An electricity-generating coating is provided for a surface of a cargo carrying vehicle. The electricity-generating coating includes a conformal organic photovoltaic device configured to be applied and conformed to the surface of the cargo carrying vehicle and configured to supply power for one or more electronic or electrical components or systems at least one of on-board or off-board the cargo carrying vehicle.

A method of manufacturing a display device includes: preparing a cover window including a bent part on a side surface thereof, and a guide film including a surface on which a display panel and an adhesive layer are arranged; arranging the cover window and the guide film in a face-to-face manner such that the adhesive layer faces the cover window; seating the guide film onto a seating pad of a first jig; pre-forming the display panel by bringing opposite ends of the guide film into close contact with opposite side surfaces of the seating pad using a pair of push members; and joining the display panel with the cover window by bringing the adhesive layer into contact with the cover window.

A method of fabricating a display device includes preparing a display panel including a main display area, a first edge area, a second edge area, a third edge area, a fourth edge area, a driving chip, and a printed circuit film; and disposing the display panel on a guide film, which is provided on a shaping pad. The guide film includes a main film portion which overlaps with the main display area, a first film portion, a second film portion, a third film portion, a fourth film portion, and a first ultraviolet absorption pattern which is attached to the fourth film portion.

A bonding apparatus includes a support including a cavity, and a window fixing chuck facing the support. The support includes a first part including a first through hole extending from the cavity, and a second part extending in a downward direction from the first part and including a second through hole extending from the cavity. A first distance between a first inner surface of the first part and a first outer surface of the first part is less than a second distance between a second inner surface of the second part and a second outer surface of the second part. The first inner surface of the first part and the second inner surface of the second part form the cavity.

Embodiments of this disclosure pertains to methods for controlling adhesive bondline while cold-bending a glass substrate. The method includes forming a frame to define a viewing area at least partially surrounded by the frame; shaping the frame to include at least one curvature; positioning a spacer proximate the frame, the spacer comprising: a border area; and a protrusion extending from the border area; engaging the border area of the spacer with the frame to insert the protrusion through the viewing area, wherein the protrusion extends beyond the frame a first distance; positioning an adhesive between the frame and the glass substrate alongside the protrusion to control the bondline; engaging a glass substrate with the adhesive and the protrusion to cold form the glass substrate to the shape of the frame; and securing the glass substrate to the spacer to hold the frame against the adhesive to maintain the bondline.

A method for manufacturing a composite part by laying up courses of composite tape using an automated tape layup (ATL) machine onto a conductive flexible facesheet laid flat on a flat surface, and then transferring the facesheet with the composite material thereon to a curved tooling surface for attachment of substructures and curing into the composite part. The method may also include applying insulation below the facesheet and above the composite material, then heating the conductive facesheet to cure the composite tape and fuse the composite tape to the substructures without heating the tooling surface or any other items used to compress and cure the composite material into the composite part. Heating of the facesheet may be performed using joule heat provided by a single turn transformer inducing current to a plurality of conductive wires attached at opposing ends to the facesheet.

Described is a method for producing a sandwich composite component and a sandwich composite component with a pressed two- or three-dimensional shape, having at least one structured core layer made of thermoplastic material which has two opposite core layer surfaces, each bonded to a thermoplastic cover layer. A sandwich composite component is also described.

A bonding device and a bonding method for an irregular-shaped curved cover plate and a flexible screen are disclosed. The bonding device includes: a support body supporting the flexible screen; and a bonding body supporting the flexible screen together with the support body and pressing the flexible screen. The bonding body has a cylindrical shape. A cross-sectional shape of the bonding body along an axial direction matches with a cross-sectional shape of the irregular-shaped curved cover plate. The support body is located at a radial end of the bonding body. The bonding body can be expanded along the axial direction, to have opposite sides thereof abutted against the arc hook areas.

A lamination device includes: an elastic lamination seat, including a deformation bearing portion, the deformation bearing portion including a bearing surface for bearing a to-be-laminated flexible display panel, and the bearing surface being configured as a curved surface protruding towards the cover plate; an auxiliary bearing film, configured to pre-bend and fix the to-be-laminated flexible display panel onto the bearing surface when the elastic lamination seat is in a natural state; and a driving mechanism, connected to the elastic lamination seat and configured to drive the elastic lamination seat to move towards or away from the cover plate, wherein when the driving mechanism drives the elastic lamination seat to move towards the cover plate, the elastic lamination seat is squeezed to produce elastic deformation and the bearing surface gradually laminates the flexible display panel onto the cover plate from the middle to two sides.

Embodiments of a curved vehicle display including a display module having a display surface, a curved glass substrate disposed on the display surface having a first major surface, a second major surface having a second surface area, and a thickness in a range from 0.05 mm to 2 mm, wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 200 mm or greater, wherein, when the display module emits a light, the light transmitted through the glass substrate has a substantially uniform color along 75% or more of the second surface area, when viewed at a viewing angle at a distance of 0.5 meters from the second surface. Methods of forming a curved vehicle display are also disclosed.