1. A device for sealing intersecting joints, the device comprising:
a compliant central body; and
a plurality of compliant legs extending outward from the compliant central body, the plurality of legs including:
a first compliant leg;
a second compliant leg coplanar with respect to the first compliant leg; and
a third compliant leg coplanar with respect to the first compliant leg and discretely coplanar with respect to the second compliant leg,
wherein each of the first compliant leg and the second compliant leg includes a blind bore comprising a bore opening at a distal end of the compliant leg and a bore extending from the bore opening along a length of the compliant leg toward the compliant central body, into which a length of o-ring, c-seal, or other geometric-type seal material is inserted.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of compliant legs intersect, forming a complex intersection comprised of the plurality of outwardly-radiating compliant legs.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second compliant legs are collinear.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the third compliant leg is substantially perpendicular to both the first and second compliant legs.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the third compliant leg is angled at an obtuse angle with respect to the first compliant leg and at an acute angle with respect to the second compliant leg.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein the plurality of compliant legs further comprises:
a fourth compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body,
wherein the third and fourth legs are collinear.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of compliant legs further comprises:
a fourth compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body,
wherein the third and fourth legs are collinear.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of compliant legs further comprises:
a fourth compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body,
wherein the fourth compliant leg is substantially perpendicular to each of the first, second, and third compliant legs.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of compliant legs is discretely coplanar with each of the other of the plurality of legs.
10. A device for sealing intersecting joints, the device comprising:
a first compliant portion;
a second compliant portion intersecting with the first compliant portion at an angle; and
a third compliant portion intersecting with both the first compliant portion and the second compliant portion,
wherein the third compliant portion is collinear with the first compliant portion or the second compliant portion and each of the first, second, and third compliant portions include a through bore comprising an elongate member having a bore opening at a distal end and an open channel extending from the bore opening along a length of the elongate member.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the angle is obtuse.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the first compliant portion has a first through bore diameter and the second compliant portion has a second through bore diameter less than the first through bore diameter.
13. The device of claim 10, wherein the third compliant portion is collinear with the first compliant portion and substantially perpendicular to the second compliant portion.
14. A device for sealing intersecting joints, the device comprising:
a compliant central body;
a first compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body; and
a second compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body coplanar with respect to the first compliant leg,
wherein each of the first compliant leg and the second compliant leg includes a blind bore comprising a bore opening at a distal end and a bore extending from the bore opening to a termination at a proximal end adjacent the compliant central body.
15. The device of claim 14, wherein the first compliant leg has a first blind bore diameter and the second compliant leg has a second blind bore diameter less than the first blind bore diameter.
16. The device of claim 14, further comprising:
a third compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body at an angle relative to both the first compliant leg and the second compliant leg.
17. The device of claim 16, wherein the third compliant leg is angled at an obtuse angle with respect to the first compliant leg and at an acute angle with respect to the second compliant leg.
18. The device of claim 17, further comprising:
a fourth compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body,
wherein the third and fourth legs are collinear.
19. The device of claim 16, further comprising:
a fourth compliant leg extending outward from the compliant central body,
wherein the fourth compliant leg is substantially perpendicular to each of the first, second, and third compliant legs.
20. The device of claim 14, wherein the first and second compliant legs are collinear.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A recording medium, comprising:
a plurality of recording layers into which data can be written;
each of said recording layers having a data area into and from which main data are to be recorded and reproduced, a preceding area which is to be formed at a position preceding to said data area, and an end area succeeding said data area;
said recording medium having a region into which, in response to a fact that recording on a certain one of said recording layers reaches a maximum recording range or that data recording advances from a certain one of said recording layers to a next one of said recording layers, interlayer folding back position information indicative of a position to which the data recording advances is to be recorded.
2. A recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the region into which the interlayer folding back position information is to be recoded is provided in the data area.
3. A recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the region into which the interlayer folding back position information is to be recoded is provided in said preceding area or said end area.
4. A recording apparatus for a recording medium which has a plurality of recording layers into which data can be written and each of which has a data area into and from which main data are to be recorded and reproduced, a preceding area which is to be formed at a position preceding to said data area, and an end area succeeding said data area, comprising:
a recording block for recording information on any of the recording layers; and
a control block for controlling, when, in a recording operation by said recording block, recording on a certain one of said recording layers reaches a maximum recording range or data recording advances from a certain one of said recording layers to a next one of said recording layers, said recording block to record interlayer folding back position information indicative of a position to which the data recording advances into a predetermined region on the recording medium.
5. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when a certain session formed on the recording medium by a recording operation of said recording block is to be closed, if advancement of the data recording from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed within the session, then said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information.
6. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when the recording medium on which a recording operation has been performed by said recording medium is to be unloaded, if advancement of the data recording from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed within a session on the recording medium which is not closed as yet, then said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information.
7. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when advancement of the data recording by a recording operation of said recording block from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed, then said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information.
8. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information in response to an instruction from an external host apparatus.
9. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information into a predetermined region in the data area of the recording medium into which management information of a session is to be recorded.
10. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said control block controls said recording block to record the interlayer folding back position information into a predetermined region in the preceding area or the end area of the recording medium into which management information of a session is to be recorded.
11. A recording method for recording on a recording medium which has a plurality of recording layers into which data can be written and each of which has a data area into and from which main data are to be recorded and reproduced, a preceding area formed at a position preceding to said data area, and an end area succeeding said data area, comprising:
a step of recording information on any of the recording layers; and
a step of controlling, in response to a fact that recording on a certain one of the recording layers reaches a maximum recording range or data recording advances from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers at the recording step, so that interlayer folding back position information indicative of a position to which the data recording advances is recorded into a predetermined region on the recording medium.
12. A recording method according to claim 11, wherein the control step is executed if, when a certain session formed on the recording medium by the recording step is to be closed, advancement of the data recording from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed within the session.
13. A recording method according to claim 11, wherein the control step is executed if, when the recording medium on which a recording operation has been performed by the recording step is to be unloaded, advancement of the data recording from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed within a session on the recording medium which is not closed as yet.
14. A recording method according to claim 11, wherein the control step is executed when advancement of the data recording by a recording operation at the recording step from a certain one of the recording layers to a next one of the recording layers is performed.
15. A recording method according to claim 11, wherein the control step is executed in response to an instruction from an external host apparatus.