Abstract: An apparatus for transferring thermal energy to or from a battery cell is disclosed, which includes a thermally conductive plate enclosing a conduit in communication with an inlet for receiving a heat transfer fluid stream and being configured to cause the fluid to flow through the plate to an outlet. The plate has a surface for receiving thermal energy generated by operation of the battery cell and is operable to couple thermal energy to the fluid. In one aspect the plate includes first and second opposing walls and the conduit includes a first conduit portion formed in the first wall and a second corresponding conduit portion formed in the second wall defining the conduit. In another aspect the conduit includes an aperture in a central wall and first and second cover walls on either side of the central wall. The cover walls enclose aperture and provide a seal.

Abstract: A banking system is controlled responsive to data read from data bearing records. The banking system includes an automated banking machine. The machine is operable to carry out a financial transaction for a person responsive to a determination that the person is an authorized user of the machine based on correspondence between identifying data read by a reader of the machine and data store information. The machine includes a check acceptor that is operative to receive checks from authorized machine users. The check acceptor is operable to continuously move a received check along its transport path while simultaneously rotationally orienting the check into alignment with the transport path. A check determined not to have at least one property of an acceptable check is returned to the machine user. Acceptable checks are processed and stored in the machine.

Abstract: An automated banking machine controlled responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that is operative to read data from user cards including identifying data and to authorize operation of an automated banking machine responsive to the identifying data. The automated banking machine includes a deposit accepting device. The deposit accepting device is operative to receive a stack of sheets and to separate each sheet from the stack through operation of a picker. Each sheet is aligned with the sheet path and analyzed by analysis devices including at least one magnetic read head, an imager and/or a validation device. Sheets determined not to have at least one property of a genuine sheet are returned to a user of the machine. Sheets determined to have at least one property of genuine sheets are processed and stored in the machine.

Abstract: A banking machine system controlled by data bearing records includes an automated banking machine which includes a deposit accepting device. Data read from a user card through operation of a card reader in the machine is used to determine if the data on the card corresponds to an authorized machine user. The deposit accepting device is operative to receive a stack of sheets and to separate each sheet from the stack through operation of a picker. Each sheet is aligned with the sheet path and analyzed by analysis devices including at least one magnetic read head, an imager and/or a validation device. Sheets determined not to have at least one property of a genuine sheet are returned to a user of the machine. Sheets determined to have at least one property of genuine sheets are processed and stored in the machine.

Abstract: An automated banking machine controlled responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that is operative to read data from user cards including identifying data and to authorize operation of an automated banking machine responsive to the identifying data. The automated banking machine includes a deposit accepting device. The deposit accepting device is operative to receive a stack of sheets and to separate each sheet from the stack through operation of a picker. Each sheet is aligned with the sheet path and analyzed by analysis devices including at least one magnetic read head, an imager and/or a validation device. Sheets determined not to have at least one property of a genuine sheet are returned to a user of the machine. Sheets determined to have at least one property of genuine sheets are processed and stored in the machine.

Abstract: A banking machine system controlled by data bearing records includes an automated banking machine which includes a deposit accepting device. Data read from a user card through operation of a card reader in the machine is used to determine if the data on the card corresponds to an authorized machine user. The deposit accepting device is operative to receive a stack of sheets and to separate each sheet from the stack through operation of a picker. Each sheet is aligned with the sheet path and analyzed by analysis devices including at least one magnetic read head, an imager and/or a validation device. Sheets determined not to have at least one property of a genuine sheet are returned to a user of the machine. Sheets determined to have at least one property of genuine sheets are processed and stored in the machine.

Abstract: A turbomachine has a number of interspersed stages of rotor blades and stator vanes. A split case has first and second case sections meeting along a junction extending essentially along a longitudinal first plane. The metallic spring seal extends along the junction. The spring seal may be installed in a remanufacturing of an existing turbomachine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high speed, multi-ported, direct data flow memory architecture that employs memory width and speed greater than system bus width and speed to allow shallow burst depth and reduce other-port latencies, while maintaining multi-port throughput. The inventive system has a data storage device (SDRAM) and a multiplexer connected to the SDRAM. Two or more interfaces or ports are provided with data sourcing controllers respectively connected to the interfaces. A communications bus connects the SDRAM to the data sourcing controllers for facilitating data communications. A FIFO buffer memory is located between the multiplexer and the data sourcing controllers. The need for retries is eliminated and host bus widths are matched to memory data width. Read-ahead algorithms are provided that adapt the larger system bus burst sizes to the smaller memory burst sizes with the ability to cancel unneeded advance requests for data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high speed, multi-ported, direct data flow memory architecture that employs memory width and speed greater than system bus width and speed to allow shallow burst depth and reduce other-port latencies, while maintaining multi-port throughput. The inventive system has a data storage device (SDRAM) and a multiplexer connected to the SDRAM. Two or more interfaces or ports are provided with data sourcing controllers respectively connected to the interfaces. A communications bus connects the SDRAM to the data sourcing controllers for facilitating data communications. A FIFO buffer memory is located between the multiplexer and the data sourcing controllers. The need for retries is eliminated and host bus widths are matched to memory data width. Read-ahead algorithms are provided that adapt the larger system bus burst sizes to the smaller memory burst sizes with the ability to cancel unneeded advance requests for data.