Dow Corning Corporation

Novinium, Inc.

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Gary A Vincent

William P Brady

Glen John Bertini

Randall Gene Schmidt

Daniel F Meyer

Martin E Cifuentes

Robert E Kalinowski

Harold L Vincent

William J Schoenherr

Maris J Ziemelis

Don Lee Kleyer

Michael Raymond Strong

Bernard Vanwert

Judith M Sylvester

Wayne J Chatterton

Glen J Bertini

James Steven Tonge

Kyuha Chung

David L Stickles

Kristen A Scheibert

William T Brooks

Leroy Elton Thayer

Cecelia M Syktich

Frederick W Fearon

A power control and indicator device for coupling to an acoustic string instrument preamp is provided. The device includes a light emitting diode having an anode terminal and a cathode terminal, a switch having a first terminal and a second terminal, the switch having a closed position that closes a circuit between the first and second terminal and an open position that opens the circuit between the first and second terminal, a battery connector having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the battery connector adapted to couple to a battery, a preamp connector having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, whereby with a battery connected to the battery connector, wherein with the switch in the closed position, the light emitting diode is powered and illuminates and the battery connector is coupled to the preamp connector, the battery provides power to the preamp connector, and wherein with the switch in the open position, the light emitting diode is not powered and does not illuminate and the battery connector is not coupled to the preamp connector and the battery does not provide power to the preamp connector.

Power control and indicator for preamp of acoustic string instrument

An improved method for imparting excellent long-term dielectric performance to an in-service electrical cable section having a stranded conductor surrounded by a conductor shield encased in a polymeric insulation and having an interstitial void volume in the region of the conductor, the cable section having an average operating temperature T is disclosed. The method comprises injecting a dielectric enhancement fluid composition into the interstitial void volume.

Method for extending long-term electrical power cable performance

A dielectric enhancement fluid composition having at least one organoalkoxysilane and an acid catalyst having a pKless than about 2.1 and a method for using the composition to enhance the dielectric properties of an electrical cable having a central stranded conductor encased in a polymeric insulation and having an interstitial void volume in the region of the conductor, the method comprising at least partially filling the interstitial void volume of the cable with the composition. The fluid composition may further include an organometallic catalyst and a corrosion inhibitor.

Acid-catalyzed dielectric enhancement fluid and cable restoration method employing same

An improved method for imparting excellent long-term dielectric performance to an in-service electrical cable section having a stranded conductor surrounded by a conductor shield encased in a polymeric insulation and having an interstitial void volume in the region of the conductor, the cable section having an average operating temperature T. The method comprising injecting a dielectric enhancement fluid composition into the interstitial void volume, the composition comprising at least one component selected from:

This invention relates to a radiation curable silicone coating composition comprising an alkoxylated resin-polymer organosilicone network containing radiation curable functionality and a cationic photoinitiator. The radiation curable silicone compositions of this invention are useful as fast curing low and high release coating compositions which are especially suitable for release of pressure sensitive adhesives.

Radiation curable silicone compositions

A moisture-curable silicone hot melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed, said composition comprising

Moisture-curable hot melt silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives

Alkoxylated organosilicone resins are made by reacting an MQ resin with alkoxysilanes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a base catalyst. The alkoxy silanes may include numerous organo groups such as alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, epoxy, ether, alkylamide, alkylamine which are also incorporated into the structure of the alkoxylated organosilicone resin so-made.

Method of making alkoxylated organosilicone resins and the resins

Disclosed are coating compositions which include hydrogen silsesquioxane resin dissolved in saturated alkyl hydrocarbons. The compositions are useful for forming coatings which are thick and/or have good coating quality.

Hydrogen silsesquioxane resin coating composition

Curable adhesive compositions comprise combinations of organosiloxane MQ resins and liquid polyorganosiloxanes of specified viscosity and functionality. The compositions are substantially free of unreactive materials and are applied in the molten state. Depending upon the concentration of reactive groups on the resin and polyorganosiloxane, the compositions may also include a silane containing an average of more than two hydrolyzable groups per molecule. Preferred compositions develop excellent adhesion to a variety of organic and metallic substrates during curing under ambient conditions.

Method for bonding substrates using molten moisture reactive

A method for enhancing the dielectric properties of a new or in-service electrical cable is disclosed, the method comprising supplying the interstitial void space of the cable's conductor with a water-reative antitreeing agent having a diffusion coefficient of at least 1.times.10.sup.-7 cm.sup.2 /second at 50.degree. C. in the insulation of the cable and having an initial viscosity of .ltoreq.100 cP at 25.degree. C. The instant method provides a more symmetrical distribution of dielectric enhancing fluid in the insulation than prior art fluids and results in a significant reduction in cable treatment time.

Method for enhancing dielectric strength of cable using fluid having a

A method for enhancing the dielectric properties of a new or in-service electrical cable is disclosed, the method comprising supplying the interstitial void space of the cable's conductor with a fluid mixture comprising

Method for enhancing the dielectrical strength of cable using a fluid

A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having high adhesion and tack while having a high percentage of adhesive failure when peeled from substrates is disclosed, said composition consisting essentially of

Silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives

A moisture-curable silicone hot-melt adhesive composition is disclosed, which composition comprises

Oxime-functional moisture-curable hot melt silicone pressure-sensitive

There is disclosed a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on a siloxane resin component, a polydiorganosiloxane polymer component having unsaturated groups in its molecule, a silicon hydride-functional crosslinking agent and a hydrosilation catalyst, wherein the crosslinking agent is a reaction product of a cyclic or linear organohydrogenpolysiloxane and an unsaturated organic compound selected from alpha-alkenes having 6 to 28 carbon atoms or aromatic compounds having the formula Ph-R.sup.4, wherein Ph represents a phenyl radical and R.sup.4 is a terminally unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.

Unsaturated organic adduct of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane as an

There is disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on a silicone resin and a polydiorganosiloxane polymer wherein the resin component has a number average molecular weight of about 950 to 1,600 and consists essentially of triorganosiloxy (M) units and silicate (Q) units wherein the molar ratio M/Q is in the range 1.1/1 to 1.4/1, inclusive. The adhesives of the invention exhibit improved adhesion to low energy substrates such as polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Gary A Vincent