An intake duct for an internal combustion engine includes a tubular wall configuring an intake passage. The wall includes segments that are separate from each other in a circumferential direction of the wall. At least one of the segments is made of a compression-molded fibrous body. Each of the segments includes a flange protruding radially outwards from the wall and having a joint. The joint of the flange of each of the segments and the joint of the flange of the corresponding one of the segments are joined to each other. Each of the flanges includes an opposing surface opposed to the corresponding one of the flanges. The opposing surface is provided with a step portion that is located closer to a proximal side of the flange than to the joint and forms a step in a thickness direction of the flange.

A tubular body formed by joining two semi-tubular portions that are divided in radial direction, the tubular body having a connection flange portion provided with a bolt hole on at least one end portion. The two semi-tubular portions have joint projection portions at both edge portions in circumferential direction, the joint projection portions projecting in radial direction and extending in axial direction, and each joint projection portion of the semi-tubular portions on at least one of both sides in circumferential direction is configured to be bent so as to deviate from a virtual division face passing a central axis in such a manner that a joint portion formed by abutting the joint projection portions does not interfere with a tool for fastening a bolt inserted into the bolt hole in a predetermined area in the vicinity of the bolt hole of the connection flange portion.

A bonded body formed by a vibration welding of a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first base portion extending along an edge on the second member side, and a first welded portion which protrudes from the first base portion toward the second member. The second member includes a second base portion extending along an edge on the first member side and disposed to face the first base portion, and a second welded portion protruding from the second base portion toward the first member side, and a distal end of which is vibration welded to the distal end of the first welded portion. The first member has a rib for covering the first welded portion and the second welded portion from the side, and the rib is formed so as to protrude from the first base portion toward the second member side at a position separated from the first welded portion.

A bonded body is formed of a first member and a second member. The first member has a first base portion and a first welded portion which protrudes from the first base portion toward the second member side. The second member has a second base portion and a second welded portion which protrudes from the second base portion toward the first member side. In a first region of the joint portion, a first rib formed so as to project from the first base portion toward the second member side covers the first welded portion and the second welded portion from the side. In a second region different from the first region, a second rib formed so as to project from the second base portion toward the first member side covers the first welded portion and the second welded portion from the side.

A vehicle component, and a method and tool for forming the component are provided. First and second tools with first and second surfaces, respectively, are provided. The first tool is translated along a first axis towards the second tool such that the first and second surfaces cooperate to define a mold cavity configured to form an accessory mount feature with an aperture. The second surface is configured to form an integrated rib extending outwardly from an upper surface of the mount feature to a planar bearing surface surrounding the aperture with the planar bearing surface oriented at an acute angle relative to the upper surface. The first axis is substantially parallel to the upper surface.

A two-dimensional material plasmonic laser (device) is provided with a surface plasmonic cavity and an atomically thin semiconductor monolayer gain medium disposed on the surface plasmonic cavity. Under optical pumping or electrical pumping, the surface plasmonic cavity provides a laser feedback mechanism by coupling electron-hole pairs confined in the atomically thin semiconductor monolayer gain medium and the surface plasmon modes in the dark-mode surface plasmonic cavity, and a laser light is emitted from the two-dimensional material plasmonic laser.

A two-dimensional material plasmonic laser (device) is provided with a surface plasmonic cavity and an atomically thin semiconductor monolayer gain medium disposed on the surface plasmonic cavity. Under optical pumping or electrical pumping, the surface plasmonic cavity provides a laser feedback mechanism by coupling electron-hole pairs confined in the atomically thin semiconductor monolayer gain medium and the surface plasmon modes in the dark-mode surface plasmonic cavity, and a laser light is emitted from the two-dimensional material plasmonic laser.

The present intake manifold consists of segments including an upper member, a lower member, and a middle member that is interposed between these members to demarcate and form intake passages so that the intake passages are arranged in a straight line, and has first welded portions at which the upper member and the middle member are welded together, and second welded portions at which the middle member and the lower member are welded together. The first welded portions are extended outward from the intake passage formed by the upper member and the middle member, and the second welded portions are extended outward from the intake passage formed by the middle member and the lower member. The middle member is provided with ribs holding the first welded portions and the second welded portions in one piece.

An intake apparatus for an engine is provided. The intake apparatus includes an intake manifold configured to draw intake air thereinto, a cylinder head having an intake port through which intake air drawn from the intake manifold is supplied into a cylinder of the engine and a flow control valve disposed in the intake manifold and configured to control a flow direction of intake air to be drawn from the intake manifold into the cylinder head to generate a circular flow in the intake air. A port plate is configured to reinforce the circular flow of intake air that is generated in the flow control valve and a plate support is coupled with the port plate and coupled between the intake manifold and the cylinder head to enable the port plate to be inserted into the intake port.

An inlet duct for an internal combustion engine includes a tubular body portion having an air-permeable side wall and a tubular suction portion that is arranged on an upstream side of the body portion in an intake airflow direction and has an inner peripheral surface that expands radially outward toward the upstream side. The body portion and the suction portion are formed integrally by a compression-molded fiber molding.