1. A seed of soybean variety A1024693, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
2. A plant of soybean variety A1024693, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. The plant part of claim 3, further defined as a protoplast, ovule, cell, pollen grain, embryo, cotyledon, hypocotyl, meristem, root, pistil, anther, flower, stem, pod or petiole.
5. A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 2.
6. A soybean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 5, wherein the regenerated soybean plant expresses all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the soybean variety A1024693, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
7. A method of producing soybean seed, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with itself or a second soybean plant.
8. A hybrid seed produced by crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second, distinct soybean plant.
9. A hybrid plant grown from the seed of claim 8.
10. A method of introducing an added desired trait to a plant of soybean variety A1024693, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the desired trait into a plant of soybean variety A1024693, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site-specific genetic recombination, and modified carbohydrate metabolism.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the desired trait is herbicide tolerance and the tolerance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, sulfonylurea, imidazalinone, dicamba, glufosinate, phenoxy proprionic acid, cycloshexone, triazine, benzonitrile, PPO-inhibitor herbicides and broxynil.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxin.
14. A plant produced by the method of claim 10.
15. A seed that produces the plant of claim 14.
16. A method of introducing a single locus conversion into soybean variety A1024693 comprising:
(a) crossing a plant of variety A1024693 with a second plant comprising a desired single locus to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209;
(b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have the single locus to produce selected F1 progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with at least a first plant of variety A1024693 to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting at least a first backcross progeny plant that has the single locus to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession until said single locus conversion is introduced into soybean variety A1024693.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the single locus confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site-specific genetic recombination, and modified carbohydrate metabolism.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the trait is tolerance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, sulfonylurea, imidazalinone, dicamba, glufosinate, phenoxy proprionic acid, cycloshexone, triazine, benzonitrile, PPO-inhibitor herbicides and broxynil.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
20. A plant produced by introducing a single locus conversion into soybean variety A1024693, wherein the single locus was introduced into soybean variety A1024693 by backcrossing or genetic transformation and wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
21. A method of producing a progeny plant derived from the soybean variety A1024693, the method comprising crossing a plant of the soybean variety A1024693 with a soybean plant of a second variety to produce at least a first progeny plant, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1024693 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13209.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the steps of
(a) crossing the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;
(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from said seed and crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and
(c) repeating steps (b) and (c) at least once to produce a soybean plant further derived from the soybean variety A1024693.
23. The method of claim 22, comprising crossing said soybean plant further derived from the soybean variety A1024693 with a soybean plant of a different genotype to produce seed of a hybrid plant derived from the soybean variety A1024693.
24. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 1 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the commodity plant product is protein concentrate, protein isolate, grain, soybean hulls, meal, flour or oil.
26. A soybean commodity plant product produced by the method of claim 24, wherein the commodity plant product comprises at least a first cell of soybean variety A1024693.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for providing a visual indication of oil pressure comprising:
a housing defining an exterior and an interior region wherein the interior region defines a sealing surface of the housing, the housing further defining an inlet providing fluid communication between the interior region of the housing and the exterior of the housing;
a piston moveably disposed within the interior region of the housing so as to slide between a pressurized position and a depressurized position;
a piston face defined by the piston wherein the piston face receives oil pressure admitted through the inlet and into the interior region of the housing;
at least one low friction seal disposed on the piston so as to provide a sealing engagement between the piston and the sealing surface of the interior region of the housing;
a visual indicator connected to the piston so that the visual indicator displays a visual indication of oil pressure when the piston is in the pressurized position; and
a spring disposed within the housing so as to exert force on the piston when the piston moves from the depressurized position toward the pressurized position.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the low friction seal substantially restricts oil flow between the piston and the sealing surface of the interior region of the housing.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the piston further defines a groove and wherein the low friction seal is disposed in the groove of the piston.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising at least two low friction seals.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the low friction seal comprises PTFE.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the visual indicator is not extended when the piston is in the depressurized position.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the visual indicator further comprises gauge marks that indicate a level of oil pressure.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the spring is characterized by a spring constant such that the piston moves to the pressurized position when a threshold oil pressure is provided to the piston face.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the spring is characterized by a spring constant such that the piston moves to the depressurized position when a minimum oil pressure is not provided to the piston face.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the housing further defines a stop such that the piston is in the pressurized position when in contact with the stop.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the housing further defines a piston limit such that the piston is in the depressurized position when in contact with the piston limit.
13. An apparatus for providing a visual indication of oil pressure received from an oil feed line comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing coupled to the first housing so as to define an interior region having a sealing service, the first housing and second housing further defining an inlet for admitting oil pressure to the interior region;
a piston disposed in the interior region defined by the first housing and the second housing, wherein the piston can move between a pressurized position and a depressurized position within the interior region;
a spring disposed in the interior region defined by the first housing and the second housing, wherein the spring contacts the piston so as to oppose motion of the piston toward the pressurized position;
at least one low friction seal disposed between the piston and the sealing surface of the interior region, wherein the low friction seal comprises PTFE, and wherein the low friction seal provides a sealing engagement between the piston and the sealing surface of the interior region of the housing;
an indicator attached to the piston so as to provide a visual indication of oil pressure when the piston is in the pressurized position; and
a nipple connected to the housing, wherein the nipple is shaped to receive the oil feed line and to provide oil pressure to the inlet.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the low friction seal further comprises an antiwear additive.
15. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the low friction seal comprises a rod seal.
16. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the low friction seal is disposed on the interior surface of the housing.
17. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the indicator further comprises gauge marks so as to indicate a degree of oil pressure.
18. A method for providing a visual oil pressure indication, the method comprising the steps of:
providing oil through an inlet to an oil cavity so as to apply oil pressure on a piston face of a piston;
moving a piston within a housing having a sealing surface, by the oil pressure on the piston face, from a depressurized position to a pressurized position;
sliding low friction seals attached to the piston against the sealing surface of the housing so as to restrict oil leakage around the piston;
compressing, by the movement of the piston to a depressurized position, a spring in contact with the piston; and
moving an indicator attached to the piston so as to provide an oil pressure indication visible to a human observer when the piston moves to the pressurized position.
19. The method according to claim 18 further comprising the steps of:
removing oil pressure from the piston face;
expanding the spring so as to move the piston from the pressurized position to the depressurized position; and
moving an indicator attached to the piston such that the indicator provides an indication visible to a human observer of oil pressure below a minimum.
20. The method according to claim 18 further comprising the step of displaying an oil pressure on the indicator.