Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable silicone composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane resin having at least two aliphatic unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon groups per molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, (C) a bis(alkynyloxysilyl)alkane represented by the general formula as disclosed and described herein, and (D) a platinum group metal-based hydrosilylation catalyst. The curable silicone composition provides the advantage that, when an organic solvent used in the preparation of the curable silicone composition is removed, removal of the hydrosilylation reaction inhibitor along with the organic solvent is suppressed, and thus there is little change in curability and storage stability.

Abstract: The vehicular state estimation apparatus includes: a physical quantity detector configured to detect a physical quantity indicating behavior by the vehicle; a vehicle behavior estimator configured to estimate current behavior by the vehicle; a distance sensor that is configured to detect a value pertaining to a distance between the vehicle body member and a measurement point on a road surface in front of the vehicle and corresponding to at least a central section of a road surface contact section on a wheel; a distance calculator configured to calculate a road surface distance; a spring constant calculator configured to calculate at least one of spring constants, in a vehicle stopped state; and a suspension controller configured to control operation of the active suspension apparatus based on the spring constants, the road surface distance, and vehicle behavior information.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system includes: a road surface sensor provided in a vehicle body portion ahead of a front wheel to detect an unevenness of a road surface; an electromagnetic damper that applies a damping force and a propulsive force along a stroke direction to a vehicle body and the front wheel with the aid of a motor element; and an ECU. The road surface sensor includes: a first road surface sensor; and a second road surface sensor that overlaps the first road surface sensor in a vehicle width direction and is provided at a position behind the first road surface sensor. The ECU includes: a road surface height calculation unit that calculates a road surface height based on detection values from the road surface sensors and a movement amount of the vehicle; and a damper control unit that controls the motor element based on the calculated road surface height.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition and applications thereof. The curable silicone composition has superior hot-melt properties and moldability, where the flexibility, toughness, and stress relief properties of a cured product obtained therefrom are not impaired even if a large amount of functional inorganic filler is blended in. The curable silicone composition comprises an organopolysiloxane resin component with a weight average molecular weight in a range of 2,000 to 15,000 and that contains a siloxane unit represented by SiO4/2 making up at least 20 mol % or more of the total siloxane units, and one or more functional fillers. The silicone resin component comprises a curing reactive functional group containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and of that curing reactive functional group, 0.05 to 1.50 mol vinyl (CH2?CH—) group is contained per 100 g of the silicone component. The curable silicone composition generally has hot-melt properties as a whole.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition that has excellent curing properties and flow properties when heated and melted, and that enables fine filling, as well as excellent storage stability and thick molding properties, and that forms a hard cured product with low surface tack when cured. A curable silicone composition having hot-melt properties as a whole, comprises: (A) a solid organopolysiloxane resin that contains (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin having a curing reactive functional group and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit, and (A2) an organopolysiloxane resin not having a curing reactive functional group and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit; (B) 10 to 100 parts by mass of a straight-chain or branched organopolysiloxane having a curing reactive functional group; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (D) particles containing a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst using a thermoplastic resin with a Tg in a range of 110 to 200° C.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition that can contain a large amount of a functional inorganic filler, provides a cured product with excellent hot-melt, gap-filling, and homogeneity properties characterized by high fluidity at high temperatures, is suitable for transfer molding and other molding or sealing processes, generates little dust, and has excellent handling workability; a manufacturing method with excellent production efficiency and homogeneity; and the like. A granular curable silicone composition comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane resin containing at least 20 mol % or more T units, (B) a curing agent, and (C) a functional inorganic filler. The amount of component (C) is 400 to 3000 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of components (A) and (B). The composition is a solid at 25° C. and has a melt viscosity of 200 Pa·s or less, and the average particle size thereof is in the range of 0.1 to 10.0 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition having excellent handleability, and curing properties during sealing due to good hot-melt properties and low melt viscosity, in addition to having excellent cured product mechanical strength and substrate bonding strength, making the composition suitable as a sealant for semiconductor devices. The curable silicone composition comprises: (A) a hot-melt organopolysiloxane resin containing M and T units in certain ratios and having alkenyl groups; (B) an organosiloxane compound containing a specific siloxane unit and containing 10 mass % or more of an alkenyl group; (C) an organohydrogensiloxane compound; (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (E) a functional inorganic filler in an amount of 400 to 3,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total of components (A) to (D). The composition is solid at 25° C. and has hot-melt properties at a temperature of 200° C. or lower.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition and applications thereof. The composition has hot-melt properties as a whole, superior workability and curing characteristics such as overmolding, as well as superior flexibility and stress relief properties of a cured product thereof, even when a relatively large amount of filler is blended. Also provided is a cured product with a relatively small coefficient of thermal expansion. A curable silicone composition, comprising: an organopolysiloxane resin where 20 mol % or more of the total siloxane units of the organopolysiloxane resin is siloxane units represented by SiO4/2; and one or more functional fillers. A vinyl (CH2?CH—) group content of curing reactive functional groups containing carbon-carbon double bonds is 0.05 to 1.50 mol % per 100 g of silicone component(s) in the composition.

Abstract: Provided herein is: a method of efficiently manufacturing a curable silicone sheet with excellent flatness and uniformity, containing a curable particulate silicone composition with excellent handling/workability and curing properties; and a method of manufacturing a laminate body containing the curable silicone sheet. A method of manufacturing a curable silicone sheet having hot melt properties, comprises the following steps: 1) a step of mixing organopolysiloxane resin fine particles, a curing agent, and a functional filler; 2) a step of kneading while heating and melting the mixture obtained in step 1); 3) a step of laminating the heated and melted mixture obtained in step 2) between films provided with at least one release surface; and 4) a step of stretching the laminate body obtained in step 3) between rollers to mold a curable silicone sheet having a specific film thickness.

Abstract: Provided herein is a curable granular silicone composition which has hot-melt properties, is particularly superior in flexibility and toughness at high temperatures from room temperature to about 150° C. in cured products such as overmolding, and provides a cured product that does not easily warp or become damaged even when integrally molded with an aluminum lead frame or the like. A curable granular silicone composition comprising: (A) organopolysiloxane resin microparticles having a curing reactive functional group; (B) a functional inorganic filler; and (C) a curing agent. The composition provides, upon curing, a cured material having a storage modulus at 25° C. and 150° C. of less than 2,000 MPa and less than 100 MPa, respectively, and a peak value of tan ? represented by the storage modulus/loss modulus (G?/G?), is 0.40 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition or the like having excellent handleability and curing properties during sealing due to good hot-melt properties and excellent melting properties, in addition to having excellent cured product mechanical strength and substrate bonding strength, making the composition suitable as a sealant for semiconductor devices. The curable silicone composition comprises: (A) a hot-melt MDT-type organopolysiloxane resin having a specific siloxane unit ratio; (B) an organohydrogensiloxane compound; (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (D) a functional inorganic filler in an amount of 400 to 3,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total of components (A) to (C). The curable silicone composition is solid at 25° C. and has hot-melt properties at a temperature of 200° C. or lower.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; front and rear wheels configured to move the vehicle body; and a road surface condition detector configured to detect road surface conditions in front of each of the front wheels, wherein the road surface condition detector is positioned in front of each of the front wheels, and a direction of radiating laser beams by the road surface condition detector for detecting a detection point on a road surface is inclined in a direction of a tangent to an arc, about a pitch center of the vehicle body and running through the detection point, at the detection point, when the vehicle body is viewed laterally.

Abstract: A curable hot-melt silicone composition that is less susceptible to curing inhibition and with excellent storage stability, and a sheet or film containing the same, is provided. The composition comprises: (A) a solid organopolysiloxane resin containing a specific ratio of (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit, and (A2) an organopolysiloxane resin not having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit; (B) a chain organopolysiloxane having a curing reactive functional group that contains at least two carbon-carbon double bonds; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin having a mass loss ratio relative to pre-exposure of 10% or less after exposure to 100° C. for 1 hour under atmospheric pressure; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The composition generally has hot-melt properties.

Abstract: A preview road surface detection device of a vehicle of the present invention includes: a distance sensor that is disposed in a vehicle member and detects a distance to a measurement point on a road surface nearer to a front part of the vehicle, corresponding to at least a central portion of a contact patch to the road surface of a wheel of the vehicle; and a distance calculator that calculates a road surface distance from the vehicle member to the measurement point, based on a value detected by the distance sensor. A displacement of the road surface nearer to the front part of the vehicle is detected as a road surface condition. The displacement of the road surface is calculated from the road surface distance and a vehicle height of the vehicle member when the distance sensor detects the distance.

Abstract: The automatic traveling method includes: causing a sprayer 1 to travel automatically along a target route in a field; executing temporary stop processing; and executing stop reservation processing. The temporary stop processing is processing to stop the sprayer at a current position in a mode in which travel of the sprayer can be resumed in the case where a temporary stop condition is satisfied during automatic travel of the sprayer. The stop reservation processing is processing to cause the sprayer to travel and thereafter stop the sprayer in a state where the travel of the sprayer can be resumed in the case where a stop reservation condition is satisfied during the automatic travel of the sprayer.

Abstract: A suspension device includes: a hydraulic damper including a rod provided with a valve for generating a hydraulic pressure when the rod is displaced between a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber; an electric damper configured to electrically displace the rod by an actuator; and a communication passage that establishes communication between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber while bypassing the valve during operation of the electric damper.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes heating and pressurizing rotary members, and a speed control unit. In a first mixed job to be executed in a first mode and where a first recording material is to be initially conveyed and a second recording material is to be conveyed subsequent to the first recording material, the speed control unit sets a conveyance speed of the first recording material to a second speed based on acquired grammage information and sets a conveyance speed of the second recording material to a first speed based on the acquired grammage information. In a second mix job to be executed in the second mode and where the second recording material is to be conveyed subsequent to the initially conveyed first recording material, the speed control unit sets the conveyance speed of the first and second recording materials to the first speed based on the acquired grammage information.

Abstract: A virtual space production apparatus includes: an audio visual (AV) device configured to provide AV information to an occupant of a moving body; an SUS actuator configured to generate load relating to vibration of the moving body; a VR controller configured to control the AV device and the SUS actuator; an information obtainer configured to obtain tilt information indicating the tilt angle of the moving body; and a determiner configured to determine whether or not the moving body is in a tilted state where the moving body is tilted greater than a predetermined tilt angle threshold, based on the tilt information indicating the tilt angle of the moving body. When the moving body is tilted greater than the predetermined first tilt angle threshold, the VR controller reduces a drive amount of the SUS actuator to an amount smaller than that in a normal state where the moving body is not in the tilted state.

Abstract: A virtual space production apparatus includes: an audio visual (AV) device configured to provide AV information to an occupant of a moving body; an SUS actuator configured to generate load relating to vibration of the moving body; a VR controller configured to control the AV device and the SUS actuator; and an information obtainer configured to obtain presence-absence information indicating presence or absence of a passerby in a monitoring region of the moving body, and produces a simulated experience for the occupant in a virtual space by driving the AV device and the SUS actuator when providing a VR service. When the passerby is present in the monitoring region, the VR controller reduces a drive amount of the SUS actuator to an amount smaller than that in a normal state that is a state in which the presence information is not obtained.

Abstract: An electrically powered suspension system includes: an actuator that generates a load for damping vibration of the vehicle body; an information acquisition part that acquires information on a sprung state amount and a road surface state; a target load calculation part that calculates a first target load related to skyhook control based on the sprung state amount and calculates a second target load related to preview control based on the road surface state; and a load control part. The target load calculation part is further configured to calculate a third target load related to virtual spring force control based on a stroke position and to calculate a combined target load into which the first target load, the second target load, and the third target load have been combined. The load control part performs load control of the actuator using the combined target load.