Ykk Corporation

Kazuhiro Nozaka

Yoshifumi Nakata

Chieko Dokyu

John Rene Hawkins, Iii

Howard Joseph Pfeuffer

Eric Tham Rice

Tetsuya Yoshino

Zhiyu Ren

Atsushi Nakaya

Takayuki Matsui

Ayumi Fujisaki

Nao Yasuda

Masayoshi Kinoshita

There is provided a fastening tape. A plurality of fastening cells on a surface of an elongated substrate. Each of at least some of the fastening cells includes: a fastening element array; one or more barriers at least partially surrounding the fastening element array; at least one slit provided in an upper portion of at least one of the one or more barriers; and a fastening element at least partially filling the slit. At least some of the fastening cells which are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction are separated from each other by an open space extending across the substrate in a lateral direction. The fastening element extends inward of the respective fastening cells in a direction away from a respective one of the open spaces.

Fastener

Systems and methods for joining two or more pieces of hook fastener tape. In some embodiments, the two or more pieces of tape are spliced together using ultrasonic welding. At least one of the splicing components used to splice the tapes together may be configured so that the component influences the profile of a connecting portion along which the two tapes are welded together. In some cases, at least one of the splicing components may be configured to minimize deformation of the tapes as they are welded together.

Systems and methods for joining hook fastener structures

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Macon, GA, United States of America

Kazuhiro Nozaka