Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a silicone composition which provides a release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular a plastic film substrate, such as a polyester film. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a release sheet having a cured coating of the silicon composition. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a silicone composition which has improved storage stability and does not cause separation of the functional compound during long-term storage or transportation. The present invention provides a silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule, having a viscosity at 25 degrees C.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone adhesive composition having (A) a condensation product of a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms at a terminal and having no alkenyl group, a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups, and an organopolysiloxane comprising an R13SiO0.5 unit and an SiO2 unit and having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three SiH groups and an average polymerization degree of 80 or less in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of component (A), and (C) a platinum group metal catalyst in a catalytic amount.

Abstract: An adhesive silicone composition having (A) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule (B) an organopolysiloxane comprising R23SiO1/2 units and SiO4/2 units, wherein R2 is, independently of each other, a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule and having no aryl group, and (E) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule and having an aryl group-containing organic group.

Abstract: A method for producing a cyclic polysiloxane that includes a step for reacting a raw material cyclic siloxane and a dihalosilane in association with ring-opening of the cyclic siloxane in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from Lewis base compounds having a carbonamide bond represented by —C(?O)N<, phosphorus compounds having a P?O bond, quaternary ammonium salts, and quaternary phosphonium salts to obtain a linear polysiloxane with both ends of the molecular chain blocked by halogen atoms and a step for obtaining a cyclic polysiloxane by reacting the linear polysiloxane with both ends of the molecular chain blocked by halogen atoms with water makes it possible to provide a method for producing a cyclic polysiloxane that obtains a cyclic polysiloxane at high yield and high purity by simple steps and under moderate conditions.

Abstract: A compound that is devoid of epoxy groups and has a quantity of alkenyl groups corresponding to 5-1000 times the alkenyl content of a base polymer, and/or an organopolysiloxane that is devoid of alkenyl groups, has an average degree of polymerization of 2-50, and contains, per molecule, 30 mol % or more of siloxane units having epoxycyclohexyl groups bonded to silicon atoms via carbon atoms, are/is blended with a silicone composition for a release film as adhesion-enhancing components.

Abstract: Accordingly, a bus bar for a battery module is disclosed. The bus bar has a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a base joined to form a channel. A plurality of terminal receivers are provided on the base and configured to couple to a plurality of battery terminals. One or more stress-relief features are provided on the channel. A battery module including a bus bar is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical conduction assembly comprising a flexible layer, an interface being associated with and electrically coupled to a terminal of an external electrical element, and a circuit trace coupled to the flexible layer and to the interface. The circuit trace includes a fuse as part of the trace, and the fuse is associated with the interface. Also disclosed is a battery including the electrical conduction assembly. Further disclosed is a bus bar holder for a battery. The bus bar holder includes a lead-in structure coupled with a main body on a first side. The lead in structure includes a first lead-in wall to be disposed between a first plurality of battery cells and a second lead-in wall orthogonal to the first lead-in wall. The bus bar holder can also include a plurality of pockets, each or which includes a respective aperture and a respective recess.

Abstract: This ultraviolet curable silicone adhesive composition that contains (A) an organopolysiloxane resin which contains (a) an R13SiO1/2 unit (wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group) and (b) an SiO4/2 unit, and wherein the molar ratio of the unit (a) to the unit (b) is from 0.6:1 to 1.

Abstract: An electrical conduction assembly comprising a flexible layer, an interface being associated with and electrically coupled to a terminal of an external electrical element, and a circuit trace coupled to the flexible layer and to the interface. The circuit trace includes a fuse as part of the trace, and the fuse is associated with the interface. Also disclosed is a battery including the electrical conduction assembly. Further disclosed is a bus bar holder for a battery. The bus bar holder includes a lead-in structure coupled with a main body on a first side. The lead in structure includes a first lead-in wall to be disposed between a first plurality of battery cells and a second lead-in wall orthogonal to the first lead-in wall. The bus bar holder can also include a plurality of pockets, each or which includes a respective aperture and a respective recess.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicone release agent composition comprising the components (A), (B), (C) and (D): 50 to 99.9 parts by mass of (A) linear or branched organopolysiloxane represented by the general formula (1) and having at least two alkenyl group-containing organic groups and at least one aryl group-containing organic group in one molecule and having no fluorine-containing organic group, wherein a percentage of the number of the alkenyl group-containing organic group is 0.005 to 5% and a percentage of the number of the aryl group-containing organic groups is 0.1 to 40%, each based on the total number of groups each bonded to a silicon atom; 50 to 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a silicone composition which provides a release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular a plastic film substrate, such as a polyester film. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a release sheet having a cured coating of the silicon composition. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a silicone composition which has improved storage stability and does not cause separation of the functional compound during long-term storage or transportation. The present invention provides a silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule, having a viscosity at 25 degrees C.

Abstract: Provided is a solventless silicone composition which can form a highly transparent release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular to a plastic film substrate, and which can provide a layer of cured product having good adhesion even when the release coating exhibits a small peeling force. Also provided is a release paper and release film having such a cured coating.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module having a housing and a stack of battery cells disposed in a receptacle area of the housing, where each battery cell has a top having a battery cell terminal and a bottom, where the top of the battery cells face outwardly away from the receptacle area. The battery module includes an integrated sensing and bus bar subassembly positioned against the stack of battery cells and has a carrier, a bus bar integrated onto the carrier, and a biasing member integrated onto the carrier. The bus bar electrically couples battery cells in an electrical arrangement, and the biasing member is between the top of each battery cell and the carrier, where the biasing member has a first material, more compliant than a second material of the carrier, and the biasing member biases the stack of battery cells inwardly toward the housing.

Abstract: In various embodiments, training objects are classified by human annotators, psychometric data characterizing the annotation of the training objects is acquired, a human-weighted loss function based at least in part on the classification data and the psychometric data is computationally derived, and one or more features of a query object are computationally classifies based at least in part on the human-weighted loss function.

Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle is comprised of a motor including a rotor shaft and a stator having an electromagnetic coil; an inverter configured to generate an alternating current, the inverter being connected with the coil to controllably rotate the rotor shaft relative to the stator; a gear set including an input shaft coupled with and rotated by the rotor shaft, an output shaft and gears so meshed as to transmit torque of the input shaft to the output shaft; and a grounding path electrically connecting a part of the gear set with a body of the vehicle, the part being so disposed as to have the input shaft electrically interposed between the part and the rotor shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone adhesive composition having (A) a condensation product of a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms at a terminal and having no alkenyl group, a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups, and an organopolysiloxane comprising an R13SiO0.5 unit and an SiO2 unit and having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three SiH groups and an average polymerization degree of 80 or less in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of component (A), and (C) a platinum group metal catalyst in a catalytic amount.

Abstract: An adhesive silicone composition having (A) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule (B) an organopolysiloxane comprising R23SiO1/2 units and SiO4/2 units, wherein R2 is, independently of each other, a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule and having no aryl group, and (E) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in a molecule and having an aryl group-containing organic group.

Abstract: In various embodiments, training objects are classified by human annotators, psychometric data characterizing the annotation of the training objects is acquired, a human-weighted loss function based at least in part on the classification data and the psychometric data is computationally derived, and one or more features of a query object are computationally classifies based at least in part on the human-weighted loss function.

Abstract: This ultraviolet curable silicone adhesive composition that contains (A) an organopolysiloxane resin which contains (a) an R13SiO1/2 unit (wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group) and (b) an SiO4/2 unit, and wherein the molar ratio of the unit (a) to the unit (b) is from 0.6:1 to 1.

Abstract: In various embodiments, training objects are classified by human annotators, psychometric data characterizing the annotation of the training objects is acquired, a human-weighted loss function based at least in part on the classification data and the psychometric data is computationally derived, and one or more features of a query object are computationally classified based at least its part on the human-weighted loss function.