Provided are methods of forming thermally conductive flexible bonds for use in electronic boards of unmanned spacecraft and other types of aircraft. Also provided are methods of preparing adhesive materials to form these bonds including methods of preparing treated filler particles. In some aspects, an adhesive material includes filler particles having organofunctional groups, such as boron nitride particles treated in silane. These particles may be combined with a urethane modified epoxy to form the adhesive material. The weight ratio of the particles in the adhesive material may be about 40-60%. The adhesive material may be thermally cured using a temperature of less than 110° C. to prevent damage to bonded electronic components. The cured adhesive may have a thermal conductivity of at least about 2 W/m K measured in vacuum and may have a glass transition temperature if less than −40° C.

Provided is a heater for a ciga-like electronic cigarette with a heat transfer efficiency improved by strengthening a bonding force between a cigarette support portion and a heater portion by thermally pressing and bonding the cigarette support portion and the heater portion together using a heat-dissipating adhesive layer with a heat-dissipating filler added to a high-heat-resistant thermoplastic polyimide resin, and a method of manufacturing the same.

A robot includes a power bus assembly configured to receive a voltage and a continuous dock. The robot also includes a microcontroller in communication with the power bus assembly and the continuous dock. The microcontroller is configured to determine that the continuous dock is in contact with a surface that results in a voltage differential between the continuous dock and the surface. The microcontroller is also configured to activate a motor to apply a force that presses the continuous dock against the surface. The voltage causes a current to flow from the continuous dock to the surface such that a portion of the continuous dock melts and forms a bond to the surface.

Provided is a solventless two-component adhesive having excellent processed appearance and processability while exhibiting excellent adhesive strength even with aging at room temperature (around 25° C.) and in a short period of 12 hours. Provided are a two-component curable adhesive containing a polyisocyanate composition (X) containing a polyisocyanate (A) and a resin composition (Y) containing a polyol (B) as essential components, the two-component curable adhesive satisfying (1) to (3), as well as a laminated film and a packaging body produced using the two-component curable adhesive: (1) a tensile shear adhesive strength (N1) when provided between two bases and after a lapse of 30 minutes after pressure bonding is 0.5 N/cm.sup.2 or more; (2) the tensile shear adhesive strength (N1) when provided between two bases and after a lapse of 30 minutes after pressure bonding is three times or less a tensile shear adhesive strength (N2) after a lapse of 10 minutes after pressure bonding; and (3) a tensile shear adhesive strength (N3) when provided between two bases and after a lapse of 5 hours after pressure bonding is 20 N/cm.sup.2 or more.

Adhesive bonds are applied by mixing two adhesives with different properties and dispensing them to form bondlines between substrate pairs. The adhesives are then thermally cured and cooled. Varying the mix ratio permits one to vary the properties of the adhesive mixture so formed for use in bonding many different substrate pairs. The process allows potentially infinite variations of adhesive properties between those of the respective starting adhesives, simply by varying the mix ratio. The invention is especially adapted for use in manufacturing settings in which adhesives are to be applied in multiple places, but differing adhesive properties are needed among the various bonding areas.

A robot includes a power bus assembly configured to receive a voltage and a continuous dock. The robot also includes a microcontroller in communication with the power bus assembly and the continuous dock. The microcontroller is configured to determine that the continuous dock is in contact with a surface that results in a voltage differential between the continuous dock and the surface. The microcontroller is also configured to activate a motor to apply a force that presses the continuous dock against the surface. The voltage causes a current to flow from the continuous dock to the surface such that a portion of the continuous dock melts and forms a bond to the surface.

A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member and a second structural frame member with a side wall having a slot for receiving the side wall of the first structural frame member through a notch formed in the side wall and upper wall of the first structural frame member. The upper wall of the second structural frame member is located in the notch when the second structural frame member is engaged with the side wall of the first structural frame member with the slot.

A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member having a wall and a hollow space at least partially defined by the wall and a second structural frame member having a section thereof extended into the hollow space of the first structural frame member forming an internal interface with the wall of the first structural frame member. The assembly further includes a foam material located in the hollow space that fills a portion of the hollow space to thereby form a bearing member adjacent the section to restrict motion of the section relative to the wall and thereby to form an internal connection between the second structural frame member and the first structural frame member at the internal interface to secure the second structural frame member to the first structural frame member to form a recreational vehicle component.

Two composite laminates are joined together by a bondline having portions exposed to the ambient environment. The bondline contains scrim having an electrical conductivity and impedance matched to that of the laminates in order to mitigate effects of lightning strikes.

Absorbent articles and methods of manufacturing absorbent articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, an absorbent article may comprise a chassis comprising an elasticated front waist panel, and elasticated rear waist panel material, and an absorbent insert coupled to the front and rear waist panels. The front waist panel may comprise a garment facing web, a body facing web, and a plurality of elastomeric strands disposed between the garment facing web and the body facing web. The front waist panel may further comprise a first front panel adhesive region comprising a first adhesive but not a second adhesive and a second front panel adhesive region comprising the second adhesive but not the first adhesive. The rear waist panel may comprise the same components and adhesive regions as the front waist panel. An absorbent insert may also be coupled to the front waist panel and the rear waist panel.