1. A seed of corn variety I174086, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
2. A plant of corn variety I174086, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. The plant part of claim 3, further defined as pollen, an ovule or a cell.
5. A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 2.
6. The tissue culture of claim 5, wherein the regenerable cells are from embryos, meristematic cells, pollen, leaves, roots, root tips, anther, pistil, flower, seed, boll or stem.
7. A corn plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 5, wherein the regenerated corn plant expresses all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the corn variety I174086, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
8. A method of producing corn seed, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with itself or a second corn plant.
9. An F1 hybrid seed produced by crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second, distinct corn plant.
10. A method of producing a plant of corn variety I174086 comprising an added desired trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the desired trait into a plant of corn variety I174086, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect or pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, 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 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, wherein the plant comprises the desired trait and otherwise comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of corn variety I174086 when grown in the same environmental conditions, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
15. A method of introducing a single locus conversion into corn variety I174086 comprising:
(a) crossing a plant of variety I174086 with a second plant comprising a desired single locus to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772;
(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 I174086 to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting backcross progeny plants that have the single locus and physiological and morphological characteristics of corn variety I174086 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until selected backcross progeny plants are produced that comprise the single locus and otherwise comprise all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of corn variety I174086 when grown in the same environmental conditions.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the single locus confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility; herbicide tolerance; insect or pest resistance; disease resistance; modified fatty acid metabolism; and modified carbohydrate metabolism.
17. 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 and broxynil.
18. 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.
19. A plant of corn variety I174086 comprising a single locus conversion, wherein the single locus was introduced into corn variety I174086 by backcrossing, and wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772.
20. A method of producing an inbred corn plant derived from the corn variety I174086, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing a progeny plant derived from corn variety I174086 by crossing a plant of the corn variety I174086 with a corn plant of a second variety, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety I174086 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8772;
(b) crossing the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;
(c) 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
(d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for an additional 3-10 generations with sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred corn plant derived from the corn variety I174086.
21. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 2 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the commodity plant product is starch, seed oil, corn syrup or protein.
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 electric machine for use in an environment having moisture, said machine comprising:
a housing, said housing having an inner surface defining a cavity therein, said housing defining a leak path exit adapted to remove moisture accumulating within said housing from said housing;
a stator secured to said housing;
a rotor, rotatably secured to said housing
a moisture guide positioned at least partially within the cavity and adapted to guide at least some of the moisture toward the leak path exit.
2. The machine as in claim 1:
wherein the inner cavity is generally cylindrical; and
wherein said moisture guide is generally planar.
3. The machine as in claim 1, further comprising at least one control component, said moisture guide positioned at least partially above the control component.
4. The machine as in claim 1, wherein said moisture guide is adapted to divert moisture toward the inner surface of said housing.
5. The machine as in claim 4, wherein said moisture guide is spaced from the inner surface of said housing a distance of no more than 2.0 inches.
6. The machine as in claim 1, wherein said moisture guide is made of a polymer.
7. The machine as in claim 1:
wherein said rotor defines an axis of rotation thereof; and
wherein at least a portion of said moisture guide is positioned in an orientation skewed with respect to the axis of rotation of said rotor.
8. The machine as in claim 1:
wherein said rotor defines an axis of rotation thereof;
wherein said moisture guide includes a first planar portion thereof positioned at a first angle with respect to the axis of rotation of said rotor;
wherein said moisture guide includes a second planar portion thereof extending from the first portion and positioned at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation of said rotor;
wherein said moisture guide includes a third planar portion thereof extending from the second portion and positioned at a third angle with respect to the axis of rotation of said rotor; and
wherein at least one of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle are different from the other of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle.
9. The machine as in claim 8, wherein at least two of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle are different from the other of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle.
10. The machine as in claim 1, wherein said moisture guide defines an aperture therein for at the passage therethrough of at least one of a conduit, an electrical component or a fastener.
11. The machine as in claim 1, wherein said moisture guide comprises an electrically conductive material.
12. A moisture guide for use in a cavity formed by an inner surface of a housing of an electric machine, said housing defining an inner wall defining an opening therethrough, said moisture guide comprising a member adapted to guide moisture toward opening.
13. The moisture guide as in claim 12, wherein said moisture guide is adapted to divert moisture toward the inner surface of said housing.
14. The moisture guide as in claim 12:
wherein the outer periphery of the guide generally cylindrical; and
wherein at east a portion of said moisture guide is generally planar.
15. The moisture guide as in claim 12, wherein said moisture guide is sized to be spaced a distance of no more than 2 inches from the inner surface of said housing.
16. The moisture guide as in claim 12, wherein said moisture guide is adapted to he used in a motor having sensitive components and adapted to provide a desired leak path by occupying a portion of the cavity of the housing sufficient enough to direct moisture away from the sensitive components and toward the opening of the housing.
17. The moisture guide as in claim 12, wherein said moisture guide is made of a polymer.
18. The moisture guide as in claim 12;
wherein the housing is generally cylindrical and defines a cylindrical axis thereof;
wherein said moisture guide includes a first planar portion thereof positioned at a first angle with respect to the cylindrical axis of the housing;
wherein said moisture guide includes a second planar portion thereof extending from the first portion and positioned at a second angle with respect to the cylindrical axis of the housing.
19. The moisture guide as in claim 12, wherein said moisture guide comprises a mylar sheet.
20. A method for guiding moisture in a cavity of an electric machine, the cavity defined by an inner surface of a housing of the electric machine, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a moisture guide and adapted to divert moisture toward the inner surface of said housing;
positioning the moisture guide in the cavity;
accumulating moisture formed in the cavity onto a surface of the moisture guide; and
urging by gravity the moisture on the surface of the moisture guide toward the inner surface of said housing.