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20120006947 | WIRE MANAGEMENT ARTICLE - A wire management article includes a base sheet and a plurality of wire management elements. The base sheet has a major surface from which the wire management elements project. The wire management elements define a plurality of channels. Each channel is configured to retain at least one wire. The wire management article may include a cover sheet releasably attached to the base sheet. The wire management article may be part of a wire management system. | 01-12-2012 |
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20130037987 | Profiled Extrusion Replication - A profiled extrusion replication process is disclosed that includes steps of (a) extruding a molten material through an extrusion die having at least one profiled die lip to form a molten extrudate having first and second major extrudate surfaces and having a first structural feature in the first major extrudate surface; (b) bringing the molten extrudate into contact with a tool surface comprising one or more second structural features so as to cause a portion of the first structural feature in the first major extrudate surface to contact the one or more second structural features on the tool surface; and (c) cooling the molten extrudate to provide the structured film. Structured films and apparatus for making structured films are also disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20150101486 | AIR FILTER COMPRISING A MICROPERFORATED FILM, AND METHOD OF USING - Filter media including a microperforated film with tapered microperforations, and a nonwoven web positioned upstream of the microperforated film. Framed air filters incorporating such filter media, and methods of using such filter media. | 04-16-2015 |
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20160001522 | POLYMERIC MULTILAYER FILMS AND METHODS TO MAKE THE SAME - Polymeric multilayer film having first and second generally opposed major surfaces, adjacent first and second layers that are separable from each other, and an array of indentations extending into the first and second layers. Polymeric multilayer film having first and second generally opposed major surfaces, an array of openings extending between the first and second major surfaces, and at least first and second adjacent layers that are separable from each other, wherein the openings each have a series of areas through the openings from the first and second major surfaces ranging from minimum to maximum areas, and wherein the minimum area is not at at least one of the major surface. Embodiments of polymeric multilayer film described herein are useful, for example, for filtration and acoustic absorption. | 01-07-2016 |
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20160004585 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ERROR SIGNAL FOR A CONTROL UNIT - An apparatus for providing an error signal for a control unit, the error signal indicating a malfunction of a sensor unit. The apparatus includes an input module configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensor unit, the sensor signal being a periodic signal between an upper level and a lower level of a physical quantity. Further, the apparatus includes a determination module configured to determine the malfunction of the sensor unit and an output module configured to provide the error signal indicating the malfunction for the control unit. The error signal comprises a predetermined level of the physical quantity which differs from the upper level and from the lower level. | 01-07-2016 |