3M Innovative Properties Company

Daigo Yasuda

Yorinobu Takamatsu

Akihiko Nakayama

Minori Kawagoe

Muneki Miyasaka

A design transfer sheet of one embodiment of the present disclosure contains a release layer and a design transfer layer releasably mounted on the release layer, and the design transfer layer contains a thermally adherable first surface layer and a thermally adherable second surface layer in that order from the release layer side.

Transfer sheet, and decorative film, and method for producing same

A film capable of covering an article having a three-dimensional shape by heat expansion provided by one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises an outermost layer disposed on an outermost surface, and a polyurethane thermal adhesive layer, which contains a thermoplastic polyurethane selected from the group consisting of polyester-based polyurethanes and polycarbonate-based polyurethanes and is thermally adhered to the article during the heat expansion, wherein the fracture strength of the polyurethane thermal adhesive layer is not less than 1 MPa at 135&#xb0; C., and the storage modulus at 150&#xb0; C. and frequency 1.0 Hz is from 5&#xd7;10Pa to 5&#xd7;10Pa, and the coefficient of loss tan &#x3b4; is not less than 0.1.

Film and decorative film capable of covering article having three-dimensional shape by heat expansion

A reinforced mat () for a pollution control device has a first major surface (), a second major surface () and a thickness, and the mat comprises ceramic fibers and a reinforcing mesh () disposed between the first major surface and the second major surface such that the mat is generally separated into two layers () by the mesh. The mesh comprises non-metallic fibers that are spaced-apart so as to define a space therebetween that is large enough that the layers of the mat are integrally joined together through the mesh. The mat has a total organic component weight that is up to about 5% of the total weight of the mat, and the mat is dimensioned for use, either as a mounting mat for mounting a pollution control element or as an insulator for insulating a region within a pollution control device in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine.

Pollution control devices, reinforced mat material for use therein and methods of making same

A holding material () for mounting a pollution control element () in a pollution control apparatus () that provides for a high friction coefficient with the casing () and/or the pollution control element and can hold the pollution control element with good stability. The holding material comprises a fiber material (e.g., in the form of a mat) having a thickness and being provided with a friction layer () comprising inorganic colloidal particles () on an outer peripheral surface and/or an inner peripheral surface of the fiber material.

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Hachioji, Japan

Daigo Yasuda