Abstract: A vehicle latch, including: a retention plate; a housing; a cover, the retention plate being secured to the housing and the housing is secured to the cover; a claw pivotally mounted to the retention plate; a pawl pivotally mounted to the retention plate; an outside handle lever securable to either a rod or a cable located outside of the housing of the latch; an inside release lever that is pivotally mounted to the housing via a pivot, the pivot being integrally formed with the housing such that they are formed as a single component, wherein the cover includes two retaining features to hold the inside release lever in position on the pivot, a first one of the two retaining features is located proximate to a tip of the pivot and a second one of the two retaining features is located at an opposite side of the tip of the pivot such that portions of the release lever is rotationally received between the two retaining features; and a fastener for securing the cover to the housing.

Abstract: A device for converting wave energy into electrical energy has a sliding mass, a guide for the sliding mass, an electric generator provided with a rotor, a rotor shaft integral with the rotor, a first mechanism that connects the sliding mass to the rotor shaft and can convert the motion of the sliding mass on the guide into a rotational motion of the rotor shaft, and a second mechanism interposed between the first mechanism and the rotor shaft to provide the rotor with an one-way rotation, regardless of the direction of motion of the sliding mass. A floating apparatus may include such a device.

Abstract: The invention relates to amino acid derivatives of general formula (I), wherein R1 is H or CH3, X is H or NR2R3, wherein R2 is H, CH3, COH or COCH3 and R3 is H, CH3 or COO—Z wherein Z is R2R3 NH+CHR1(CH2)nCOO(CH2)mCH2Y; Y is H, CH3 or NHR4, wherein R4 a COO—NH3+CH2(CH2)mOOC(CH2)nCH3, the meaning of group (CH2)m being selected from alkyls, secondary alkyls, monocycloalkyls, bicycloalkyls and tricycloalkyls having from 4 to 15 carbon atoms and n having a value of from 3 to 14.