A wireless module, including: a substrate; an electronic circuit mounted in a first region on a one face of the substrate; a conductive pattern formed in a second region on another face of the substrate and serving as an antenna; a resin layer sealing the electronic circuit in the first region; and a shielding layer formed on a surface of the resin layer and having conductivity.

A flat strip 1, suitable for forming a tube flexible skirt, comprising a decorative film 15 superimposed on a primary film 16, said primary film 16 consisting of a series of polymeric layers and comprising a sealable inner layer 14 at the lower surface 20 of the strip 1, said decorative film 15 comprising a sealable outer layer 7 at the upper surface 19 of the strip 1 and a decorative layer 8, 9.

The primary film 16 comprises means for stabilizing the strip 1 and protecting the decorative layer 8,9 against heating.

The application relates to a nonwoven composite containing a lofty nonwoven layer and a film. The lofty nonwoven layer contains a plurality of primary fibers and defines a plurality of peak regions and a plurality of valley regions. The film contains a thermoplastic polymer and has a peak film thickness in the peak regions of the layer. The film is present on at least a majority of the second surface of the nonwoven layer. Within the valley regions, the film encapsulates a plurality of fibers from the nonwoven layer. The cross-sectional area fraction of total fibers in the film within the valley regions is at least about 8% and the cross-sectional area fraction of total fibers in the film within the peak regions is less than about 5%.

A tailored semifinished part (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is disclosed in the form of a metal sheet or strip which is formed from a first blank (1) and at least one second blank (2) and the first and at least one second blank are physically, frictionally and/or adhesively (3) joined to one another. The first blank (1) may be an ultrahigh-strength, monolithic material. A motor vehicle component (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) may be made of the tailored semifinished part (5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

A method of manufacturing an article comprises providing an article. An ion assisted deposition (IAD) process is performed to deposit a second protective layer over a first protective layer. The second protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide having a thickness of less than 50 microns and a porosity of less than 1%. The second protective layer seals a plurality of cracks and pores of the first protective layer.

Provided is a rotor blade that may include a first layer having a first plurality of non-woven fibers oriented at first angle of about 10 to 30 degrees relative to a long axis of the rotor blade, a second plurality of non-woven fibers oriented at a second angle of about 60 to 75 degrees relative to the first plurality of fibers, and a third plurality of non-woven fibers oriented at a third angle of about 60 to about 75 degrees relative to the second plurality of fibers.

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which laminated glass having a gradation pattern with suppressed color irregularity can be prepared. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer and a second resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin, a plasticizer and inorganic particles, and the first resin layer being arranged on a first surface side of the second resin layer, wherein a gradation part being a region where the parallel light transmittance is greater than 30% and less than 60% and being a region where the thickness of the second resin layer is continuously decreased in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the interlayer film at the time of preparing the laminated glass exists, and the complex viscosity at 200 C. of the second resin layer is greater than or equal to 0.7 times and less than or equal to 2 times the complex viscosity at 200 C. of the first resin layer.

Provided is a sliding member comprising: a steel back metal layer; and a sliding layer including a porous sintered layer and a resin composition. The porous sintered layer includes Fe or Fe alloy granules and a NiP alloy part functioning as a binder for binding the Fe or Fe alloy granules with one another and/or for binding the Fe or Fe alloy granules with the steel back metal layer. The steel back metal layer is made of a carbon steel including 0.05 to 0.3 mass % of carbon, and includes: a non-austenite-containing portion having a structure of a ferrite phase and perlite formed in a central portion in a thickness direction of the steel back metal layer; and an austenite-containing portion having a structure of a ferrite phase, perlite and an austenite phase formed in a surface portion of the steel back metal layer facing the sliding layer.

A flexible pipe comprising a tubular layer comprising a polymer that is crosslinked to a greater degree at an outer region of the tubular layer than at an inner region of the tubular layer, wherein the outer region is defined by the outer surface of the tubular layer to a depth of 5% of the total thickness of the tubular layer and the inner region is defined by the inner surface of the tubular layer to a depth of 5% of the total thickness of the tubular layer.

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.