B32B5/142

Composite laminate including interlayers with through-plane regions fused to fiber beds

A composite laminate comprises first and second fiber beds, and an interlayer between the fiber beds. The interlayer includes toughened regions that extend between the fiber beds and are fused to the fiber beds.

Foldable display device

A foldable display device may include a display panel, a window disposed on a first surface of the display panel, a metal plate disposed on a second surface of the display panel opposite to the first surface, and a functional member disposed between the display panel and the metal plate, the functional member including a first functional layer in which a plurality of holes are formed and a filler filling each of the holes. An elastic modulus of the filler may be greater than an elastic modulus of the first functional layer.

ROOFING SHINGLE
20230167640 · 2023-06-01 ·

A roofing shingle including a lower layer including a headlap and a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap, and an upper layer including one or more fingers, wherein the one or more fingers are disconnected from one another, and wherein each of the one or more fingers is disposed on one tab of the plurality of tabs, wherein a number of the plurality of tabs is different than a number of the one or more fingers. In an embodiment, the lower layer is a lowermost layer of the roofing shingle. In another embodiment, the roofing shingle further includes an alignment feature disposed in an exposure zone of the roofing shingle, wherein the alignment features is adapted to permit alignment of adjacent roofing shingles during installation on a roof.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE
20230166464 · 2023-06-01 ·

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising arranging one or more layers of fibre material and a preform in a mould (66), injecting the one or more layers of fibre material and the preform (76) with a curable resin, and curing the resin. The preform (76) is impregnated with a curing promoter such that the concentration of curing promoter varies spatially within the preform.

LAMINATED GLASS

The laminated glass includes: an outer glass plate; an inner glass plate; and an interlayer film arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate, in which the interlayer film includes: a colored shade region; a transparent non-shade region; and a transparent sheet member fitted into a through hole formed over the shade region and the non-shade region, an information acquisition device is arranged so as to oppose the sheet member, and when a thickness of the laminated glass at a central point of the sheet member is defined as H1 and a thickness of the laminated glass at a point that is 400 mm away from an edge portion of the sheet member on a virtual line extending in a horizontal direction through the central point is defined as H2, equation (1) below is satisfied.


0<|H1−H2|<120 μm  (1)

FABRIC WITH DYNAMIC VISUAL EFFECT
20170327986 · 2017-11-16 ·

A fabric includes a base, a pattern layer provided on the base, a spacer layer provided on the pattern layer, and a mesh fabric layer laid over the spacer layer. The pattern layer forms a moire pattern using at least one first pattern unit and at least one second pattern unit. When the fabric is observed through the mesh fabric layer in a first viewing direction toward the base, the at least one first pattern unit is visible because the mesh fabric layer covers the at least one second pattern unit. When the fabric is observed through the mesh fabric layer in a second viewing direction toward the base, the at least one second pattern unit is visible because the at least one first pattern unit is covered instead.

METHOD OF PRODUCING A VENEERED ELEMENT

A method of producing a veneered element, including providing a substrate, applying a sub-layer on a surface of the substrate, applying a veneer layer on the sub-layer, and applying pressure to the veneer layer and/or the substrate, such that at least a portion of the sub-layer permeates through the veneer layer. Also, such a veneered element.

HIGH BUOYANCY COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.

ENERGY-ABSORBING MEMBER

An energy-absorbing member includes a fiber structure. The fiber structure includes a first end face configured to first receive a load and a second end face opposite to the first end face in the direction that the load is applied. The fiber structure includes a shape retention section including the first end face, a main section that includes the second end face and hinders propagation of breakage of the fiber structure, and a trigger section that is located between the shape retention section and the main section and serves as a starting point of breakage when receiving an impact load. The shape retention section and the main section each have a woven structure that allows the shape retention section and the main section to have a higher interlayer bonding strength than the trigger section.

ROOFING SHINGLE
20170284100 · 2017-10-05 ·

A roofing shingle including a lower layer including a headlap and a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap, and an upper layer including one or more fingers, wherein the one or more fingers are disconnected from one another, and wherein each of the one or more fingers is disposed on one tab of the plurality of tabs, wherein a number of the plurality of tabs is different than a number of the one or more fingers. In an embodiment, the lower layer is a lowermost layer of the roofing shingle. In another embodiment, the roofing shingle further includes an alignment feature disposed in an exposure zone of the roofing shingle, wherein the alignment features is adapted to permit alignment of adjacent roofing shingles during installation on a roof.