A wavelength conversion member complex includes a wavelength conversion member, a joining material, and a heat dissipation member. The wavelength conversion member includes a support and a phosphor member. The support defines a through-hole extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The support has a concave portion on the lower surface around the through-hole. The concave portion is spaced apart from the through-hole. The phosphor member is disposed in the through-hole and includes a phosphor. The lower surface of the phosphor member is continuous with the lower surface of the support. The joining material is disposed in the concave portion, and has a lower surface that is flush with the lower surface of the support. The heat dissipation member is disposed under the joining material and the phosphor member, and has an upper surface in contact with the lower surface of the joining material.

A joined body manufacturing method includes: a laminating step for forming a laminated body in which either a copper circuit substrate (first member) or a ceramic substrate (second member) is coated beforehand with a temporary fixing material the main ingredient of which is a saturated fatty acid, the copper circuit substrate and the ceramic substrate are stacked and positioned by the temporary fixing material which has been melted, and by cooling the temporary fixing material the stacked copper substrate and ceramic substrate are temporarily fixed; and a joining step for forming a joined body in which the copper circuit substrate and the ceramic substrate are joined by heating with pressurizing the laminated body in the stacking direction.

A thermal protection system is provided for a vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system comprises an outer layer for protecting the vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system further comprises an inner layer for conforming to the vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system also comprises an insulation layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers. The insulation layer includes a porous low-density ceramic insulating material having a densified portion that covers an inner surface of the outer layer to strengthen adhesion.

An intermediate member is a member which is directly or indirectly sandwiched between a first object and a second object. The intermediate member includes a plate-like supporting member having a lower surface which is one main surface opposed to the first object and a plurality of ceramic blocks fixed on an upper surface which is the other main surface of the supporting member in a state of being separated from one another. Thus, in a state where the plurality of ceramic blocks are collectively held by the supporting member having relatively high shape retention, by disposing the intermediate member between the objects, it is possible to easily arrange the plurality of ceramic blocks between the objects with high positioning accuracy.

A polycrystalline diamond compact including a cemented carbide substrate and a polycrystalline diamond layer bonded to the cemented carbide substrate. The cemented carbide substrate is cylindrical and includes a circumferential wall. The polycrystalline diamond layer includes a central part including between 8 and 15 wt. % of cobalt and an outer part including between 0.5 and 2 wt. % of cobalt. The outer part is a columnar ring belt and includes a chamfer. The outer part includes an upper surface, a side surface connected to the circumferential wall of the cemented carbide substrate, and a chamfer surface connecting the upper surface and the side surface. The chamfer includes a first terminal connected to the upper surface of the outer part and a second terminal connected to the side surface of the outer part.

An image generating device comprises a light source producing a light beam and a screen (5) traversed by the light beam and designed to modify the light beam so as to form an image. The screen (5) comprises a transparent element (150) traversed by the light beam and designed to evacuate the heat generated at the level of the screen (5). Said transparent element (150) is made of sintered transparent ceramic. Also described are a head-up display comprising such a device, and a method for manufacturing an image generating device.

Described herein are articles and methods of making articles, for example glass articles, comprising a thin sheet and a carrier, wherein the thin sheet and carrier are bonded together using a modification (coating) layer, for example an aromatic polymer coating layer, and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on the thin sheet, the carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between the thin sheet and the carrier. The modification layer bonds the thin sheet and carrier together with sufficient bond strength to prevent delamination of the thin sheet and the carrier during high temperature processing while preventing a permanent bond during high temperature processing.

A holding device manufacturing method includes a step of preparing a first joined body which includes a pre-machining ceramic member having a first surface and a fifth surface located opposite the first surface and approximately parallel to the first surface, a base member, and a joining portion disposed between the first surface of the pre-machining ceramic member and a third surface of the base member and joining the pre-machining ceramic member and the base member together. The thickness of the joining portion of the first joined body in a first direction, in which the first surface and the third surface face each other via the joining portion, increases from one end side toward the other end side of the joining portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The method includes a step of machining the fifth surface of the pre-machining ceramic member in the first joined body.

Fan blade containment system includes circular tile layer of annular ceramic tiles attached to and extending radially inwardly from a shell, radially inner and outer annular surfaces of ceramic tiles bonded to a radially inner composite layer and the shell respectively with elastomeric inner and outer adhesive layers respectively. Elastomeric adhesive layers between circumferentially adjacent overlapped or scarfed edges along circumferential edges of the ceramic tiles overlap and mate along oppositely facing surfaces of adjacent ones of the ceramic tiles. Inner and outer adhesive layers and elastomeric adhesive layer may be a double-sided adhesive foam tape. Scarfed edges may be bevels or rabbets. Shell may be made of a metal or composite material. Fan blade containment system may be bonded to and extend inwardly from fan case circumscribing fan blades of a fan. Inner composite layer and composite outer shell may be co-cured with ceramic tiles therebetween.

A positive temperature coefficient ceramic thermistor element includes a sintered thermosensitive ceramic piece that uses lead barium titanate as a base, as well as metal ohmic electrodes which are positioned on two side surfaces of the thermosensitive ceramic piece. The thermistor element has a microporous channel barrier layer, and includes a glass sealing layer which wraps the outer surface of the thermosensitive ceramic piece, or an organic matter sealant which fills and blocks micro-pores in the surfaces of the metal ohmic electrodes combined on the two side surfaces of the thermosensitive ceramic piece and, at the same time, blocks gaps in the surfaces of areas, that do not have the metal ohmic electrodes, of a peripheral edge of the thermosensitive ceramic piece.