The disclosure relates to a bond produced with an at least partially crystallized glass, such as a metal-to-glass bond, in particular a metal-to-glass bond in a feed-through element or connecting element, and to a method for producing such a bond, in particular in a feed-through element or connecting element. The at least partially crystallized glass includes at least one crystal phase and pores which are distributed in the at least partially crystallized glass in a structured manner.

This invention relates to a moisture management fabric and methods of producing such a fabric. In some embodiments, the moisture management fabric is a multi-layered fabric comprising an inner layer, and intermediate layer and an outer layer. In other embodiments the fabric is one or two layers. In some embodiments, the inner layer comprises a fabric treated with a nanoparticle dispersion. In some embodiments, the intermediate, inner, or single layer comprises a hydrophilicity gradient. In some other embodiments, the outer layer comprises at least one nanofiber.

A thermoplastic membrane composite comprising (i) a planar thermoplastic body having first and second opposed planar surfaces; (ii) a fabric backing fixedly attached to said first planar surface thereby forming an interface between said thermoplastic body and said fabric backing; and (iii) expandable graphite disposed at or near the interface.

A flexible substrate includes a polymer substrate. At least a portion of a first barrier region is formed on a neutral plane of the polymer substrate. A top region is formed above the first barrier region. A bottom region is formed below the first barrier region. The first barrier region includes a first inorganic material disposed in at least a portion of a free volume of the polymer substrate. A density of the first inorganic material in the first barrier region is greater than a density of the first inorganic material in the top or bottom regions.

An anisotropic conductive film 1A includes a conductive particle array layer 4 in which a plurality of conductive particles 2 are arrayed in a prescribed manner and held in an insulating resin layer The anisotropic conductive film 1A has a direction in which a thick distribution, around the individual conductive particle, of the insulating resin layer 3 holding the array of the conductive particles 2 is asymmetric with respect to the conductive particle 2. The direction in which the thickness distribution is asymmetric is aligned in the same direction in the plurality of conductive particles. When an electronic component is mounted using this anisotropic conductive film 1A, short circuits and conductive failure can be reduced.

The invention relates to a method: for producing a protective sound panel for a motor vehicle. The method involves producing a complex including a fibre-based porous back layer, an intermediate layer of shredded recycled material, and a porous front layer, placing the complex in a thermoforming mould to produce a three-dimensional shell, placing the shell in an RIM mould and injecting a foam precursor mixture in order to form a sealed acoustic insulation barrier the binder being incorporated into the front layer. The front layer having a mass per unit area of between 500 and 2000 g/m2, and at least one lightly compressed, high-absorption region with a thickness of between 4 and 10 mm, the minimum total percentage of the lightly compressed region being 40%.

A fabric includes a first textile layer, a second textile layer, and a middle textile layer. The first textile layer includes a plurality of first fiber yarns. The second textile layer is separated from the first textile layer, and the second textile layer includes a plurality of second fiber yarns. The middle textile layer is between the first textile layer and the second textile layer, and the middle textile layer includes a plurality of middle fiber yarns. One or more of the middle fiber yarns has one or more peak and one or more valley. The peak is knitted with the first textile layer and the valley is knitted with the second textile layer. Sizes of the fiber yarns are 30 deniers, weaving densities of the fiber yarns are less than 28 and the opacity rate of the fabric is less than 15%.

A floor panel may include a substrate and a top layer located above the substrate. The substrate may include a closed cell foamed synthetic material layer with fillers, and have an average density of more than 300 kilograms per cubic meter. The top layer may include a back layer, a printed synthetic material film above the back layer, and a transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer above the printed synthetic material film. The back layer may include a vinyl compound with fillers, and have a thickness of at least 45 percent of the thickness of the top layer. The floor panel may include first mechanical coupling parts at the pair of long edges and second mechanical coupling parts at the pair of short edges. The first mechanical coupling parts may allow horizontal and vertical locking of two of such floor panels using a turning movement along the respective long edges.

A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.

Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.