The present invention relates to a deformable device (10), including a first thermoplastic material (40), said first material being substantially rigid at a temperature lower than a first threshold (T.sub.1) and malleable at a temperature higher than said first threshold (T.sub.1), said first threshold (T.sub.1) preferably being comprised between 40 C. and 90 C. The device includes an outer shell (16) made of at least one second flexible material (42), said outer shell defining an inner recess (18), the first material (40) filling the inner recess, the at least one second flexible material (42) forming the outer shell being in solid state at least until a second temperature threshold (T.sub.2) higher than the first threshold (T.sub.1) by 10 C., preferably by 20 C.

A seat back assembly that includes a composite seat back cover. The composite seat back cover includes at least one composite layer, that includes a layer of reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic layer surrounding the reinforcing fibers. The thermoplastic layer is coextensive with the layer of reinforcing fibers. In various embodiments, the seat back includes a seat back frame. The seat back frame includes a side rail, a top rail main section, and a top rail cap. The side rail, the top rail main section, and the top rail cap are fused to each other by a homogenous chemical bond. A homogenous chemical bond is formed between the seat back cover and the seat back frame creating a unitary seat back assembly.

A method of manufacturing a physical quantity measurement sensor, which includes a measurement portion, a cable including a conductor electrically connected to the measurement portion and a sheath, and a resin molded body covering at least an end portion of the cable. The method includes arranging the measurement portion connected to the cable in a mold, and molding the resin molded body by injecting a molten resin toward the sheath through an injection hole formed in the mold. The injection hole is formed at a position distant from the cable and includes a central axis inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cable at an opening facing an inside of the mold. The molding is conducted such that the sheath arranged in the mold is at least partially melted by heat of the molten resin injected through the injection hole and is adhered to the resin molded body.

An article manufactured in a mould and which comprises a structural composite of plastics layers, the article having a wall defining an internal space for holding contents therein; wherein, the wall is formed from at least two layers of plastics materials; wherein a first of said layers comprises a thermoplastics material and at least a second layer comprises a thermosetting resin and a fibrous layer.

The invention relates to a process for the production of a composite component (33) which comprises a molding (1) made of a thermoplastic polymer foam and which comprises a functional layer (37) made of an unfoamed thermoplastic, comprising the following steps: (e) insertion of the molding (1) made of thermoplastic polymer foam into a mold (3), (f) application of a thermoplastic polymer by an injection process, where the pressure during the application of the thermoplastic polymer is smaller than 100 bar.

The present invention is intended to provide a manufacturing method of a protective cover having a sensor holder part that has high adhesion strength between a metallic component and a plastic component and maintains high reliability over a long period of time.

The manufacturing method includes: a step of applying a thermoset resin adhesive to a surface of a metallic component 1A including a joining surface relative to a plastic component; a drying and solidification step of evaporating a solvent contained in the adhesive under a temperature condition at a temperature lower than a temperature at which the adhesive starts cross-linking reaction; and an injection molding step of placing the metallic component 1A as an insert in dies 18 and 19 and injecting a molten plastic material from a gate 20 into cavities.

A method for producing a rubber-plastic composite, including the steps of (a) shaping an unvulcanized elastomer, (b) partially vulcanizing the shaped elastomer at a temperature of at least 140 C. up to a degree of vulcanization in the range from 10% to 40%, (c) cooling the partially vulcanized elastomer to a temperature of less than 100 C. within less than 20 minutes, (d) overmolding the partially vulcanized elastomer with a plastic, and (e) heat treating the partially vulcanized elastomer overmolded with a plastic at a temperature in the range from 100 C. to 170 C. for a duration of from 5 minutes to 5 hours to complete the vulcanization and form a rubber-plastic composite. The method further relates to a rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention and also to a shoe comprising the rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention.

The vehicle window member with the window frame includes: the vehicle-window-use transparent plate-shaped body; the window frame made of a thermoplastic resin arranged at a region including a peripheral edge part of at least one principle surface; a functional sol-gel layer arranged at one of principle surfaces of the plate-shaped body where the window frame is arranged and between the window frame and the plate-shaped body to be partially overlapped with an arrangement region of the window frame; a primer layer arranged at substantially the same region as the arrangement region of the window frame at the plate-shaped body side of the window frame to be adjacent to the window frame; and an overcoat layer arranged between the functional sol-gel layer and the primer layer to include a region where both are overlapped, and mainly constituted of an oxide of at least one selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Zn.

A polymer molded article including: a base portion; and a surface layer portion thermally bonded onto the base portion, wherein the polymer molded article satisfies the following requirements: 1) Gs>Gb where Gs is a rigidity of the surface layer portion, and Gb is a rigidity of the base portion; and 2) Tms<Tp where Tms is a melting point of the surface layer portion at a joint portion with the base portion, and Tp is a molding temperature during the thermally bonding.

In an injection molded polypropylene field joint of an oil or gas pipeline, the three-dimensional geometry of the injection molded/cast coating can have an influence on the stress placed on the line coating during cooling. Specifically, it has been found that molding or casting a coating having circumferential grooves, or other groove geometry, proximal to the interface with the line coating, will reduce line coating failure proximal to the field joint, in particular line coating failure related to the initial spooling/reeling of the pipe.