Abstract: The invention herein is directed to a process for producing isocyanatoorganosilanes having low color and improved color stability over known isocyanatosilanes involving a neutralizing step in which a carbamatoorganosilane intermediate is neutralized with acid to a pH equal to or greater than 6.0, to the isocyanatosilane produced by said process and to coatings and numerous other industrial applications which are useful in numerous industries containing the isocyanatoorganosilane produced by the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the weight of a passivation coating composition on a moving substrate with minimal interruption. The method of present invention is especially useful for effective quality control in an industrial setting.

Abstract: There is provided a trisiloxane having a 3-(meth)acryloxy-substituted (hydroxylcyclohexyl)ethyl group, useful in making water absorbing silicone-hydrogel films for biomedical devices, such as contact lens, and a process for producing these monomers. This invention also provides for copolymers made from the trisiloxane having a 3-(meth)acryloxy-substituted (hydroxylcyclohexyl)ethyl group described herein.

Abstract: A check valve includes a valve body, a pair of stoppers, a hinge pin, and one or more flappers. The valve body includes an inlet end, an outlet end, and an inner surface that defines a flow passage between the inlet end and the outlet end. The inner surface further defines a valve seat adjacent the inlet end. The stoppers are integrally formed on the valve body inner surface, and each has a first end and a second end. The hinge pin is disposed within each hinge pin opening and extends across the flow passage. The flappers are disposed within the flow passage and are rotationally mounted on the hinge pin. Each of the one or more flappers is rotatable between a closed position, in which the flapper engages the valve seat, and a full-open position, in which the flapper engages the pair of stoppers.

Abstract: Moisture-curable compositions are provided which comprises a moisture-curable silylated resin, a flexibilizer and at least one curing catalyst. The cured compositions possess enhanced elongation and tear properties, and are highly suitable for applications such as adhesives, sealants, coatings, gaskets, industrial rubber goods, and the like.

Abstract: Compositions are provided which comprises an active hydrogen-containing resin, a flexibilizer and at least one curing agent. The cured compositions possess enhanced flexibility while maintaining hardness, and are highly suitable for applications such as coatings, adhesives, sealants, gaskets, industrial rubber goods, and the like.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for generating markers for elements or other portions of an audio presentation so that a speech processing system may determine which portion of the audio presentation a user utterance refers to. For example, an utterance may include a pronoun with no explicit antecedent. The marker may be used to associate the utterance with the corresponding content portion for processing. The markers can be provided to a client device with a text-to-speech (“TTS”) presentation. The markers may then be provided to a speech processing system along with a user utterance captured by the client device. The speech processing system, which may include automatic speech recognition (“ASR”) modules and/or natural language understanding (“NLU”) modules, can generate hints based on the marker. The hints can be provided to the ASR and/or NLU modules in order to aid in processing the meaning or intent of a user utterance.

Abstract: A dust containment assembly for a work machine includes a frame having an access opening. The dust containment assembly includes a curtain assembly having a first curtain member a second curtain member. The curtain assembly further includes a curtain track assembly including at least one reciprocating cylinder assembly and first and second guide members. The first guide member is attached to one of a first edge of the first curtain member and a first side edge of the second curtain member. The second guide member is attached to one of a second edge of the first curtain member and a second side edge of the second curtain member. The second curtain member is movable between a first closed position and a second open position along the first curtain member through the first and second guide members.

Abstract: A speech-based system includes a local device in a user premises and a remote service that uses the local device to conduct speech dialogs with a user. The local device may also be directed to play audio such as music, audio books, etc. When designating audio for playing by the local device, the remote service may specify that the audio is either background audio or foreground audio. For background audio, the service indicates whether the background audio is mixable. For foreground audio, the service indicates an interrupt behavior. When the local device is playing background audio and receives foreground audio, the background audio is paused, attenuated, or not changed based on the indicated interrupt behavior of the foreground audio and whether the background audio has been designated as being mixable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing silylated polyurethane polymers which have increased stability under ambient condition or storage toward atmospheric moisture, in the presence of at least one of titanium-containing catalyst or zirconium-containing catalyst and to silylated polyurethane polymer compositions comprising these catalysts.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for generating markers for elements or other portions of an audio presentation so that a speech processing system may determine which portion of the audio presentation a user utterance refers to. For example, an utterance may include a pronoun with no explicit antecedent. The marker may be used to associate the utterance with the corresponding content portion for processing. The markers can be provided to a client device with a text-to-speech (“TTS”) presentation. The markers may then be provided to a speech processing system along with a user utterance captured by the client device. The speech processing system, which may include automatic speech recognition (“ASR”) modules and/or natural language understanding (“NLU”) modules, can generate hints based on the marker. The hints can be provided to the ASR and/or NLU modules in order to aid in processing the meaning or intent of a user utterance.

Abstract: Moisture-curable compositions are provided which comprises a moisture-curable silylated resin, a flexibilizer and at least one curing catalyst. The cured compositions possess enhanced elongation and tear properties, and are highly suitable for applications such as adhesives, sealants, coatings, gaskets, industrial rubber goods, and the like.

Abstract: Network-based services may be provided to a user through the user of a speech-based user device located within a user environment. The speech-based user device may accept speech commands from a user and may also interact with the user by means of generated speech. Operating state of the speech-based user device may be provided to the network-based service and stored by the service. Applications that provide services through the speech-based interface may request and obtain the stored state information.

Abstract: A method for ingesting data, the method comprising receiving a file including a plurality of portions, each of the portions corresponding to a respective characteristic of a hardware or software component in a deployed system; breaking the file into a plurality of sections, each of the sections corresponding to a respective portion of the file; for each section, adding first metadata to uniquely identify the file and provide a name for the section; and distributing the sections to a plurality of container files.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable, zero or low VOC epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions that provide for a high degree of chemical resistance to compositions containing organic resins, while at the same time, maintaining or improving the flexibility of these organic resin-containing compositions, to processes for preparing epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions, and to uses in coatings, sealants, adhesives, and composites containing the same.

Abstract: A system provides push-to-talk (PTT) or similar communication service via a radio access network providing wireless mobile packet data communications for mobile stations. A server distributes packets of digitized audio received from a broadcasting mobile station to one or more client devices of other parties. The called client device(s), however, may not all have the same communications capabilities as the broadcasting mobile station. Signaling procedures are adapted to inform the broadcasting station of the capabilities of the other client device(s). This enables the broadcasting mobile station to configure its transmissions of digitized audio through the network for compatibility with the capabilities of the other client device(s). Proper configuration avoids loss of data at the destination, particularly at the start of a PTT transmission, due to transmission in a form or configuration that may be incompatible with one or more of the receiving stations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable, zero or low VOC epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions that provide for a high degree of chemical resistance to compositions containing organic resins, while at the same time, maintaining or improving the flexibility of these organic resin-containing compositions, to processes for preparing epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions, and to uses in coatings, sealants, adhesives, and composites containing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are epoxy-based compositions that include a polysiloxane flexibilizer and amino-functional alkoxysilane, which provides flexibility, hardness and gloss to such compositions and that are useful as coatings, adhesives, sealants and composites. Also disclosed are cured compositions and substrates coated with such epoxy-based compositions.

Abstract: A silicone composition comprising a formula: (M1)a(D1)b(D2)c wherein M1=R1R2R3SiO1/2, D1=R4R5SiO2/2; and D2=R6R7SiO2/2; wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a monovalent hydrocarbon radical comprising a reactive end-group other than an amino group; R6 comprises a monovalent poly(oxyalkyl)hydrocarbon radical; and R2, R3, R4, R5, and R7 are independently monovalent hydrocarbon radicals; wherein a, b, and c are stoichiometric subscripts that are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: a is greater than or equal to 2; c is greater than or equal to 1; and when b=0, a+c is greater than or equal to 3 is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insulated glass unit having an increased service life. An outer glass pane and inner glass pane are sealed to a spacer to provide an improved gas impermeable space. The glass unit includes a curable two-part sealer composition which, upon curing, exhibits unexpectedly high adhesion to substrates.