Abstract: An insulated structural panel is made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) panel and a plurality of interior and exterior structural members that are affixed to one another by screws is provided. When assembled, the interior and exterior structural members are flush with the EPS panel. A tongue at one end of the EPS panel engages a grove at another end of another EPS panel, therein permitting interlocking two or more EPS panels. The interior panel is C-shaped and is slid into a C-shaped passage in the EPS panel formed by hot-wire cutting the EPS panel. The exterior structural member is positioned within a channel formed opposite the passage. A top plate connects a plurality of interior structural members. A seam covering member is affixed to the one end of the EPS panel and is flush with the EPS panel. A thermal break is provided between the interior and exterior structural members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum insulation panel (1) having a core (5) having insulating hollow spaces and cover layers (11) closing off the core (5) from the environment, the hollow spaces of the core (5) being formed by two chambers (3) sealed off from each other in a gas-tight fashion, extending together with the walls (4) or intermediate walls thereof from one cover layer (11) to the other cover layer (11) and being formed from the walls (4) or intermediate walls and the cover layers (11).

Abstract: A system of building modules that may readily be assembled into wall structures that, when filled with concrete forms an insulated, roughly-finished wall structure ready to receive both exterior and interior wall treatments. The building modules may readily be assembled by relatively untrained personnel and forms walls typically having an overall R-value in the range of approximately 30. The novel building modules eliminate the need for setting traditional concrete forms and of finishing a bare concrete wall. The modules are provided in various lengths, the lengths typically being multiples of 16 inches.

Abstract: A joint apparatus and method of assembly is disclosed for connecting building components such as panels, door jamb assemblies, windows and other structures. The apparatus includes an engagement structure with retaining elements that couple building components without the need for mechanical fasteners. The retaining element may contain serrations on which an adhesive is applied before a panel or other building component is secured to the joint apparatus. Other building components such as hinge assemblies include coupling members with a flange. The slots along a retaining element allows coupling members to snap fit into the joint apparatus once a flange is secured into the slots in order to lock the components.

Abstract: An insulating panel including a panel structure of closed cell foam with a first portion and a second portion. At least one compressible joint connects the first portion to the second portion. The compressible joint includes at least one segment with a cross-sectional thickness less than a cross-sectional thickness of the panel structure.

Abstract: A floating stud assembly system of particular use in attaching insulating material to aircraft structures is described employing a stud extended through a hole in a plate. The plate comprises a pocket or cavity and an end of the stud is configured to reside in the pocket or cavity such that the stud is retained by the plate while still being allowed movement in a plane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for suspending ceiling tiles, comprising a plurality of substantially parallel up-per supports, a plurality of substantially parallel lower supports which are substantially perpendicular to the upper supports and which cross the upper supports at crossing points, the upper supports having apertures and being suspended via suspending means, a mounting clip which affixes each lower support to an upper support at a crossing point, the lower supports each having a substantially vertical web, wherein the mounting clip has the form of two plates each having an upper section and a lower section and the upper section of each plate has a protruding section at one edge, and the two protruding sections each pass through an aperture in the upper support, whereby the lower sections of the two plates pass on opposite sides of the vertical web of the lower support and press against and grip the lower support as a result of the protruding sections being held within the aperture or apertures

Abstract: A wall system includes a bracket assembly and at least one block member. The bracket assembly establishes a self-supporting wall frame. The at least one block member is supported on the self-supporting wall frame. The at least one block member includes an outer face, an inner face, and a top face extending between said outer face and said inner face. The top face locates the at least one block member on the self-supporting wall frame.

Abstract: Surface facing materials structured for facing indoor and outdoor surfaces, consisting of facing sections having interdigitating connectors on opposing first and second surfaces so as to securely connect a long connecting-side of a section to a long connecting-side of an adjacent section and/or interdigitating connectors on each end so as to securely connect each section end to an end of an adjacent section, so as to provide light weight, moisture resistant, sound and heat insulating facing. One style of the facing section comprises a single row of thin-bricks positioned short end to short end securely adhered to an elongate, lightweight, insulating backing-panel having interdigitating connectors sized so as to accept a single row of bricks so as to result in a thin-bricked panel. In one preferred embodiment, from 2 to 10 thin-bricks are adhered end to end to a backing-panel forming an elongated row of thin-bricks on a backing panel.

Abstract: A joint profile (1) intended to be arranged between panels (2 and 3 respectively). The joint profile (1) comprises a first edge portion (10) and a second edge portion (11). The first edge portion (10) comprises a main body portion (101), a bridge portion (102) being at one end connected to the main body portion (101) said bridge portion (102) further being provided with a distal edge (103) and a connector means (104) arranged close to the distal edge (103). The second edge portion (11) is provided with a second main body portion (111) comprising a connector receiving means (114). The main body portion (101) is provided with an edge portion (105) having a geometry adapted for joining with a selected edge (2?, 2?, 3? and 3? respectively) of the panels (2 and 3 respectively). The second main body portion (111) is provided with an edge member (115) having a geometry adapted for joining with a selected edge (2?, 2?, 3? and 3? respectively) of the panels (2 and 3 respectively).

Abstract: Modular building blocks and block systems including a connecting lug extending outwardly beyond the exterior surface of a block for engaging another block or block accessory, the connecting lug having a recessed slot for engaging a lug rail of a mating component, each building block further having lug rails projecting inwardly from interior surfaces of the building block accessible for engaging a recessed slot of a connecting lug of another block or block accessory, wherein a width of the first recessed slot of the building block corresponds to a width of the lug rails of the building block.

Abstract: A retaining wall block has parallel top and bottom faces, a front face, a rear face, first and second side wall faces and a vertical plane of symmetry extending between the front and rear faces. The block is formed as a body portion including the front face, a head portion including the rear face and a neck portion connecting the body portion and the head portion. The body, head and neck portions each extend between the top and bottom faces and between the first and second side wall faces. An opening extends through the neck portion from the top face to the bottom face, dividing the neck portion to into first and second neck wall members extending rearwardly from the body portion to the head portion.

Abstract: In view of the limitations now present in the prior art, this invention provides a new and useful slip on boot repair kit for roof flashing, a seal for stand pipes extending thru the roof to prevent rain water leaking into the building. This invention can be installed by homeowners or handy man in several minutes without replacing shingles and only cost a few dollars, contractors charge $150.00 to $250.00 per roof as some homes have 6 standpipes. The prevent inventions provide a flashing of approximately 11 inches by 15 inches which must be installed under the shingles, on older buildings the shingles break during the installation and cannot be matched because of the fading process. Rubber boot is not sold separately.

Abstract: A door panel that is light in weight and has sufficient strength is provided. A door panel has an outer panel, an inner panel, and a foamed material filling a space between the outer panel and the inner panel. The inner panel is formed by means of press molding so as to have an uneven surface with adhering portions and a raised portion. The adhering portions are affixed to the inner surface of the outer panel, and the space is formed between the raised portion and the outer panel. The outer panel has a thickness ranging from 1.2 to 5.0 times that of the inner panel. A hemmed portion is formed by folding the peripheral edge of the outer panel so as to curl over the peripheral edge of the inner panel and then pressing down the folded part.

Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.

Abstract: A head for the application of threaded caps on containers, comprising: a hollow supporting body (12); a member for gripping the caps (50); a magnetic clutch (30) set between the supporting body (12) and the member for gripping the caps (50), wherein the magnetic clutch (30) comprises a first magnetic ring (32) and a second magnetic ring (34), said rings (32, 34) being rotatable with respect to one another about a longitudinal axis (18); and a rotary bushing (22) rotatably mounted within the supporting body (12) about said longitudinal axis (18) and axially fixed with respect to the supporting body (12), wherein the rotary bushing (22) has a prismatic guide (26, 28) aligned to said longitudinal axis (18), and wherein the member for gripping the caps (50) comprises a shaft (52) elongated along said longitudinal axis (18) and that engages said prismatic guide (26, 28), said shaft (52) being rotationally fixed and axially mobile with respect to the rotary bushing (22).

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting objects and in particular containers, having a first conveyor which transports the objects along a specified transport path (P), including a sterile room, within which the objects are transported, and including a second conveyor which follows on from the first conveyor. According to the invention, the first conveyor is positioned completely inside of the sterile room and the second conveyor is positioned completely outside of the sterile room, wherein both the first conveyor and the second conveyor are preferably positioned in a specified transitional area (B) along the transport path (P).

Abstract: A vacuum sealing appliance 1 for sealing food product or other articles in a flexible container, the appliance comprises a housing containing a roll of container material 19, an electric motor and associated drive system for causing the container material to automatically advance out of the housing at a predetermined length, a heat element 89 for creating seals on the container material, a vacuum chamber 39 for creating vacuum pressure within a section of container material, and a cutting mechanism 26 for cutting off the container material to create a sealed container containing the food product.

Abstract: A method for spraying the exterior surfaces of blow molded plastic beverage bottles with a treatment to minimize, restrict, or inhibit bottle jams during the use of an air transport system. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for manufacturing a package out of foil, with a heating process for heating a foil section, as well as a packaging machine (1) for manufacturing a package out of foil, with a heating device (14) for heating a foil section (3?) and with a device (17) for generating negative pressures on each of the two sides of the foil section. In order to allow improved coordination of individual manufacturing steps, it is proposed that in a same time interval during the heating process, a negative pressure relative to the ambient pressure is generated on both sides of the foil section (3?) during the heating process.

Abstract: Apparatus for and methods of core cooling the blood of an equine animal. The apparatus is a flexible boot having disposed in it an orthotic pad that has means for circulating coolant so the bottom hoof area of an equine can be cooled. Optionally the pad is designed to allow cooling under vacuum. In some aspects the apparatus also provides means for cooling the lower leg of the equine in a way designed to allow coolant circulated through the boot pad to also be circulated through the leg cooling means while maintaining a controlled temperature against the leg surface. The invention is also a method of core cooling an animal utilizing the apparatus described.

Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner.

Abstract: A grass catcher assembly for coupling with a grass cutting device includes a covered frame and a support defining an aperture for receiving debris from the grass cutting device. The covered frame may be pivotally coupled with the support for one or more of collecting the debris when the covered frame is in a closed position and emptying the debris when the covered frame is in an opened position.

Abstract: An automatically operated agricultural tree harvesting machine having systems for automatically steering, propelling and stopping the harvester machine to shake each tree, eliminating the need for the operator to steer or manually engage the shaker head. The system comprises a series of sensors to determine the location of each tree and a system for controlling the steering of the harvester and to determine the distance moved.

Abstract: A cutter bar drive system for a draper header has a cutter bar disposed at a leading edge of the header to cut crop. A cutter bar gear box in operative engagement with the cutter bar is mounted on a forward portion of the header with a drive train mounted on the header to drive the gear box and cutter bar. An external flywheel is mounted along the drive train remote from the gear box and is engaged with the drive train to reduce vibration in the cutter bar and gear box from a remote, external position.

Abstract: A harvesting header having a flexible cutterbar assembly utilizes draper belts behind the cutterbar assembly to gently consolidate the severed crop materials and deliver them to a point of discharge and delivery, such as to the feederhouse of a combine harvester. One embodiment has draper assemblies and a central conveyor fixed relative to the flexible cutterbar assembly, while another has the draper assemblies and central conveyer flexible with the cutterbar assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for combines for the collection of threshed material discharged from the combine and automatically dumping the collected material when a predetermined weight of material is accumulated. The apparatus includes a threshed material collector attached to the combine for rotation about a horizontal axis that is closer to a forward end of the collector than a rearward end of the collector. The collector includes a plurality of horizontally spaced tines extending in a rearward direction and position to collect material discharged from the combine. A counter weight is attached to the collector for controlling the amount of material collected before the collector rotates under the weight of the collected material to a dumping position where the collected material is removed from the collector.

Abstract: A combined cycle power plant including a gas turbine, a steam turbine and a heat recovery generator, for thermally connecting the gas turbine and the steam turbine. The heat recovery steam generator has a duct for receiving hot exhaust gas from the gas turbine. The heat recovery steam generator is also associated with a heating system for receiving feed water for heating to steam. A heat pipe having a first end disposed within the duct operates to remove heat there from. A second end of the heat pipe disposed within the heating system operates to transfer heat to the feed water.

Abstract: Systems and methods for staged combustion are provided. One staged combustion system includes a first fuel source for supplying a first fuel having a first chemical composition, a first injector for injecting the first fuel, a second fuel source for supplying a second fuel having a second chemical composition such that a relative reactive concentration of one or more of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, a hydrocarbon, or a combination of two or more hydrocarbons, in the first chemical composition is different from that of the second chemical composition, and a second injector situated for injecting the second fuel downstream of the first injector.

Abstract: An example core nacelle includes a core cowl positioned adjacent to an inner duct boundary of a fan bypass passage having an associated discharge airflow cross-sectional area. The core cowl includes a translating section located aft of an exit guide vane positioned within the fan bypass passage. The translating section is moveable to vary the discharge airflow cross-sectional area.

Abstract: During a rich spike control for an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, a base air-fuel ratio AFb is decreased in a range where a combustion variation ?CC does not exceed a permissible limit ?CCL (S108). When the combustion variation ?CC exceeds the permissible limit ?CCL, the spike base air-fuel ratio AFbs is increased (S213). When the torque decrease amount ?TD is above the permissible value ?TDL, the spike base air-fuel ratio AFbs is decreased (S215). When the combustion variation ?CC is above the permissible limit ?CCL, and the torque decrease amount ?TD is above the permissible value ?TDL, the spike base air-fuel ratio AFbs is increased, and a fuel discharge time number EN is increased (S216).

Abstract: An emissions reduction system includes an emissions control module that selectively controls fuel injection at a lean A/F ratio based on a first temperature of a catalytic converter and that selectively turns on an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) based on the first temperature. A fuel injection module selectively injects fuel into an engine cylinder during an expansion stroke based on a second temperature of the EHC.

Abstract: A system for heating a reducing agent associated with a reducing agent distribution system. The system may include a reducing agent containment device, a distribution device connected to the reducing agent containment device, and at least one heating component associated with the reducing agent containment device. A temperature sensor may be configured to determine a temperature of the reducing agent and may be disposed at least partially within the reducing agent containment device. A pressure sensor may be associated with the distribution device and configured to determine a pressure characteristic of the system. A controller may be configured to receive input from the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor and configured to send input to the at least one heating component based on the input received from the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor.

Abstract: Suggested is a procedure for operating a combustion engine (10), which comprises at least one pencil-type glow plug (12) that is assigned to at least one cylinder (11), and in whose exhaust gas area (13) at least one catalytic converter (14) is arranged, as well as a device for implementing the procedure. The pencil-type glow plug (12) is operated at least temporarily independent of the combustion engine operating status until reaching a preset measure for the conversion capability of the catalytic converter (14). The procedure according to the invention enables a low-emission operation of the combustion engine (10) simultaneously with minimal energy consumption and an extended lifetime of the pencil-type glow plug (12).

Abstract: A system comprises a particulate matter (PM) filter that comprises an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas and a downstream end. A zoned heater is arranged spaced from the upstream end and comprises N zones, where N is an integer greater than one, wherein each of the N zones comprises M sub-zones, where M is an integer greater than one. A control module selectively activates at least a selected one of the N zones to initiate regeneration in downstream portions of the PM filter from the one of the N zones and deactivates non-selected ones of the N zones.

Abstract: Before a large amount of PM is deposited in a filter, an exhaust gas cleaning system for a construction machine regenerates the filter. In a non-operational state with the engine 1 of the construction machine left running for a certain time, a controller 4 monitors the non-operational state. After this state continues for a predetermined time Ta, when the pressure sensed by a differential pressure sensor 36 is higher than a second predetermined pressure level P2, the controller 4 controls the rotating speed of the engine 1 to a predetermined speed Na before starting forced regeneration to burn off the PM deposited in a filter 32. When the pressure sensed by the differential pressure sensor 36 decreases below a first predetermined pressure level P1, the controller 4 terminates the regeneration automatically and returns the engine to normal control mode.

Abstract: A diesel particulate filter assembly includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and an electric heater that is integrally formed at an upstream end of the DPF. The electric heater includes a heating substrate and a resistive heating element. The heating substrate includes a central region and a boundary region around the central region. The resistive heating element includes a plurality of conductive portions. Adjacent ones of the conductive portions in the central region form a first spacing. Adjacent ones of the conductive portions in the boundary region form a second spacing. The second spacing is smaller than the first spacing.

Abstract: Soot filters for removing soot from the exhaust gas of lean-burn engines become blocked with progressive operating duration on account of the deposition of soot, and must therefore be regenerated at regular intervals. It has been found that reliable operation of the soot filter is possible only if an active regeneration is carried out from time to time by increasing the exhaust-gas temperature to the soot ignition temperature. For this purpose, an oxidation catalytic converter is usually arranged upstream of the soot filter, and the exhaust-gas temperature is increased by means of the catalytic combustion of additionally injected fuel. Here, the oxidation catalytic converter is subjected to high temperature loading and therefore ages very quickly.

Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust passage and an offset fin. The offset fin includes a plurality of side walls and a plurality of top walls. The offset fin is defined into a plurality of segments that are offset from each other in an offset direction. One of the plurality of top walls of the offset fin has a projection that inwardly projects therefrom. The projection is provided to one of the plurality of segments. The projection of the one of the plurality of segments is opposed to an upstream end portion of the other one of the plurality of side walls of the other one of the plurality of segments that is positioned adjacently downstream of the one of the plurality of segments in the circulation direction.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment device has a unitary cast inlet that is configurable to have a 90° or 180° entry of combustion gasses relative to flow through tubular elements housing a diesel oxidization catalyst and a diesel particulate filter. The cast component provides the primary structural support for a tubular element connected to the casting element.

Abstract: A drive system, including a torque converter with a housing arranged for connection to a combustion engine for a vehicle; and an air-operated motor, connected to the housing, for providing torque to the housing for the torque converter; or an air compressor, connected to the housing, for using torque from the housing to compress air. In one embodiment, the system includes a compressed air accumulator for providing compressed air to the air-operated motor; and a heat exchanger for transferring heat energy to compressed air provided to the air-operated motor from the accumulator. A drive system, including a combustion engine with a crankshaft; a plurality of pistons and cylinders for combusting fuel; and a cylinder and piston, the piston connected to the crankshaft. The system also includes a compressed gas accumulator for supplying compressed gas to the cylinder to operate the first piston to provide torque to the crankshaft.

Abstract: A rechargeable pneumatic reciprocating piston engine that uses a mixture of compressed air and water as the working fluid with a combination of gravity and spring force functioning to return the piston after completion of the power stroke whereafter repeated power strokes may be achieved from a single charge of compressed fluid thereby providing a rechargeable pneumatic engine capable of running for an extended period of time on a single charge is disclosed.

Abstract: There are provided: a first circuit for traveling HC1, formed through a closed circuit connection of a variable displacement hydraulic pump 2 and a variable displacement hydraulic motor 3, that includes a motor control unit 10, 11 that controls a displacement of the hydraulic motor 3; a second circuit for working HC2 that drives a work hydraulic actuator 114, 115 by pressure oil from a work hydraulic pump 4; and a maximum value control unit 10 that controls a maximum displacement of the hydraulic motor 3 in accordance with load pressure Pf in the second circuit HC2. The maximum value control unit 10 decreases the maximum displacement to a minimum limit q1 corresponding to a maximum load pressure Pr in the second circuit when load pressure Pf in the second circuit exceeds a predetermined value Ps.

Abstract: There are provided: an HST hydraulic circuit that is formed through a closed circuit connection of a variable displacement hydraulic pump 2 and first and second variable displacement hydraulic motors 3 and 4; a charge pump 6 that replenishes the HST hydraulic circuit with hydraulic oil; a cooling circuit through which an excess of the hydraulic oil that has been replenished from the charge pump 6 to the HST hydraulic circuit is returned to a reservoir through the hydraulic pump 2, the first hydraulic motor 3, and the second hydraulic motor 4; a hydraulic source 7 that supplies hydraulic oil to an hydraulic device other than the first and second hydraulic motors; and a merge circuit through which a portion of hydraulic oil from the hydraulic source 7 is merged into an intermediate oil line 22 that lies downstream of the first hydraulic motor 3 and upstream of the second hydraulic motor 4 in the cooling circuit.

Abstract: A system and method for variator control employs positively directed electronic make-up and flushing relief valves for more precise torque control of a hydraulic variator, especially during torque reversal, as well as improved cold weather operation. This can improve machine response during periods of severe torque change. The ability to more tightly control variator torque allows more precise torque management algorithms for power control and engine matching purposes. Moreover, the ability to positively control venting of the hydraulic circuit for purposes of fluid cooling allows for more consistent machine response regardless of ambient temperature.

Abstract: FES was created to protect Earth's atmosphere by improving efficiency of electricity facilities and enabling non-electricity producing reservoirs contribution to electrical demands! FES is an efficient pneumatic torque/rpm drive joinable with Geothermal, Hydro, Solar, Wind or other electricity generation systems can potentially increase their efficiency. FES Alpha prototype was tested by Prof. Tennyson Phd. and Hatten M. E. (BSU) in 2008. Dr. R. Reiman (BSU) and Prof. R. Adrian (M.A./E @ ASU) were consulted regarding the fuel conversion efficiency data. The FES Alpha prototype buoyant air fuel input lb/sec. value was 3.639792 lb/sec. The FES system's output shaft @ 1.66 rp/sec. was opposed by 10.91 lb/sec. This is a 299% energy efficiency conversion. It's achieved by replenishing stored and recycled energy within the FES like the trickle charge to a battery. The FES was re-engineered for this patent eliminating inertial losses and could have input/output efficiency ratios as high as 1:6 or more.

Abstract: A rotary steam engine of a simple constitution capable of efficiently obtaining mechanical energy not only from a heat source of a high temperature but also from various heat sources in a low-temperature state such as the exhaust heat of an internal combustion engine. The engine has a rotor 1 having a plurality of displacement chambers 11 provided in a sealed container 2 which is filled with a liquid. A steam-generating portion 4 is arranged under the rotor 1 and where the liquid vaporizes being heated by the exhaust heat of an internal combustion engine. The vaporized stem is jetted from a flow-out passage 42 toward the displacement chambers 11 of the rotor 1. The steam stays in the displacement chambers 11 and, therefore, buoyancy acts onto the displacement chambers 11 on one side of the rotor 1. The rotor 1 rotates to produce the rotational energy.

Abstract: Multiple free-piston Stirling (FPS) machines are arranged in a group and connected for preventing or minimizing vibration. A first set of identical beta FPS machines are rigidly connected together, arranged in a mechanically co-directional orientation and configured to reciprocate in thermodynamically synchronous reciprocation with each other. The first set has axes of reciprocation intersecting a first point, which may be a point at infinity. The axes of the first FPS machines make the same angle with a central axis of motion and are equi-angularly spaced around the central axis. A second set of beta FPS machines are rigidly connected together and rigidly connected to the first set of machines. The second set of machines are arranged in a mechanically co-directional orientation that is the same as the mechanical orientation of the first set of beta FPS machines.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of actuating by means of a wax actuator and to a wax actuator. The wax actuator (10, 100, 200) includes a wax expansion generator comprising a housing (12) defining a chamber (18) which is partially filled with wax (20.1) and partially filled with hydraulic fluid, the wax (20.1) and the hydraulic fluid being separated by at least one sealing interface (20.2, 202), and heating means (22) for heating the wax (20.1) to cause it to melt and expand. The wax actuator (10, 100, 200) further includes a hydraulic transmission device comprising a hydraulic line (38) in communication with the hydraulic fluid within the chamber (18) and a connector (40) at a downstream end of the hydraulic line (38) for use in connecting the hydraulic line (38) to a working object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating or controlling the compressor (2) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (3) of an internal combustion engine (4), having the following method steps: measuring an ambient air pressure (PU); measuring a static pressure (PV) upstream of the engine inlet; measuring the rotational speed (U) of the exhaust gas turbocharger (3); determining a static pressure (PE) which is present directly at the compressor inlet (11) by calculating a vacuum (Pdyn) in the compressor inlet line (11) and subtracting the calculated vacuum (Pdyn) from the measured ambient air pressure (PU); determining a static pressure (PA) which is present directly at the compressor outlet (12) by calculating the pressure loss (PDV) in the compressor outlet line (18) and adding the calculated pressure loss (PDV-) to the measured static pressure (PV); and regulating or controlling the compressor operation corresponding to at least one of the determined pressure values (PE or PA) and the rotational speed signal (