Author: claimsbot

1. An indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of one of time, temperature, time-temperature, or exposure to UV light by developing a first color and monitoring exceeding a pre-determined higher temperature by said first color changing to a second color.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein said monitoring of integral value is observed as at least one of color development, color intensification, color change or change in fluorescence.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein said color change, color development, color intensification or change in fluorescence is selected from one of colorless to blue, colorless to red, colorless to purple, blue to red or red to blue.
4. The device of claim 3 wherein said second monitor comprises at least one compound selected from diacetylene, partially polymerized diacetylene and polydiacetylene.
5. The device of claim 4 where said diacetylene is R\u2032\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R\u2033, where R\u2032 and R\u2033 are independently selected from: (CH2)b\u2014H; (CH2)bOH; (CH2)b-OCONH\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014CO\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014COOH; (CH2)b\u2014COOM; (CH2)b\u2014NH2; (CH2)b\u2014CONHR1; (CH2)b\u2014CO\u2014O\u2014R1 or a mixture thereof; where b=1-10; R1 is an aliphatic or aromatic radical and M is a cation or (R1)3N+.
6. The device of claim 4 wherein said diacetylene is a derivative of one of 2,4-hexadiyn-1,6-diol, 3,5-octadiyn-1,8-diol, 4,6-decadiyn-1,10-diol, 5,7-dodecadiyn-1,12-diol or mixtures thereof.
7. The device of claim 4 where said diacetylene is selected from R\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R, where R is selected from CH2OCONH(CH2)5CH3; (CH2)3OCONH(CH2)3CH3; (CH2)4OCONHCH2COO(CH2)3CH3; and symmetrical or asymmetrical fatty chain diynoic acids, their derivatives and salts.
8. The device of claim 7 where said diacetylene is selected from tricosa-10,12-diynoic acid, and pentacosa-10,12-diynoic acid.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is used for monitoring a false positive signal in a radiation sensitive device.
10. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is used for monitoring a false negative signal in a radiation sensitive device.
11. A process of applying an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
12. A process of monitoring at least one of exposure to time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature by monitoring color density of an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to exposure to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
13. A process of monitoring tampering of a radiation sensitive device by using an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to exposure to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, time-temperature, temperature or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature for determining exposure to at least one of time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to at least one of said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
14. A process of monitoring tampering of a radiation sensitive device with an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to exposure to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light and a predetermined higher temperature with a color bar of a color reference bar printed on it by comparing a color of the second monitor to the color bar reference wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to at least one of said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
15. A process of monitoring at least one of effect of, time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature with an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature, or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature with an optical densitometer or a spectrophotometer by monitoring color changes in the second monitor wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
16. A process of exposing an indicating device comprising a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to exposure to high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light and a predetermined higher temperature wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
17. A monitor for high energy radiation comprising:
a first monitor capable of changing first color density in response to a primary radiation at a first rate and in response to a second radiation at a second rate;
a second monitor capable of changing second color density in response to said second radiation at a third rate wherein said first rate and said third rate are faster than said second rate; and
wherein the second monitor is capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature; and
wherein each of the first monitor and the second monitor are comprised of different diacetylenes wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said pre-determined higher temperature.
18. The monitor of claim 17 wherein said changes first color density or said changes second color density is selected from one of colorless to blue, colorless to red, colorless to purple, blue to red or red to blue and wherein said first color density and said changes second color density are different.
19. The monitor of claim 17 wherein at least one of said first monitor or said second monitor comprises a diacetylene selected from at least one compound selected from diacetylene, partially polymerized diacetylene and polydiacetylene.
20. The monitor of claim 19 where said diacetylene is R\u2032\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R\u2033, where R\u2032 and R\u2033 are independently selected from: (CH2)b\u2014H; (CH2)bOH; (CH2)b-OCONH\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014CO\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014COOH; (CH2)b\u2014COOM; (CH2)b\u2014NH2; (CH2)b\u2014CONHR1; (CH2)b\u2014CO\u2014O\u2014R1 or a mixture thereof; where b=1-10; R1 is an aliphatic or aromatic radical and M is a cation or (R1)3N+.
21. The monitor of claim 19 wherein said diacetylene is a derivative of one of 2,4-hexadiyn-1,6-diol, 3,5-octadiyn-1,8-diol, 4,6-decadiyn-1,10-diol, 5,7-dodecadiyn-1,12-diol or mixtures thereof.
22. The monitor of claim 19 where said diacetylene is selected from R\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R, where R is selected from CH2OCONH(CH2)5CH3; (CH2)3OCONH(CH2)3CH3; (CH2)4OCONHCH2COO(CH2)3CH3; tricosa-10,12-diynoic acid, and pentacosa-10,12-diynoic acid.
23. A monitor comprising:
a first monitor comprising a first diacetylene and capable of changing first color density proportional to a dose of high energy radiation wherein said first monitor also changes first color density proportion to at least one of time, temperature, time-temperature, UV exposure or excessive heat;
a second monitor comprising a second diacetylene wherein said second monitor capable of changing second color density proportional to said at least one of, time, temperature, time-temperature, UV exposure or excessive heat wherein said second monitor changes to a first color upon exposure to said time, temperature, time-temperature or UV light and said first color changes to a second color upon subsequent exposure to said excessive temperature; and
an indicating device comprising a high energy radiation monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to said high energy radiation and a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature, or exposure to UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature.
24. The monitor of claim 23 wherein said changing first color density or said changing second color density is selected from one of colorless to blue, colorless to red, colorless to purple, blue to red or red to blue and wherein said first color density and said changes second color density are different.
25. The monitor of claim 23 wherein at least one of said first diacetylene and said second diacetylene is selected from at least one compound selected from partially polymerized diacetylene and polydiacetylene.
26. The monitor of claim 23 where the said diacetylene is R\u2032\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R\u2033, where R\u2032 and R\u2033 are independently selected from: (CH2)b\u2014H; (CH2)bOH; (CH2)b\u2014OCONH\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014CO\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014O\u2014R1; (CH2)b\u2014COOH; (CH2)b\u2014COOM; (CH2)b\u2014NH2; (CH2)b\u2014CONHR1; (CH2)b\u2014CO\u2014O\u2014R1 or a mixture thereof; where b=1-10; R1 is an aliphatic or aromatic radical and M is a cation or (R1)3N+.
27. The monitor of claim 23 wherein said diacetylene is a derivative of one of 2,4-hexadiyn-1,6-diol, 3,5-octadiyn-1,8-diol, 4,6-decadiyn-1,10-diol, 5,7-dodecadiyn-1,12-diol or mixtures thereof.
28. The monitor of claim 23 where said diacetylene is selected from R\u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014R, where R is selected from CH2OCONH(CH2)5CH3; (CH2)3OCONH(CH2)3CH3; (CH2)4OCONHCH2COO(CH2)3CH3; and tricosa-10,12-diynoic acid, and pentacosa-10,12-diynoic acid.
29. A device comprising:
a first monitor capable of undergoing at least one color change in proportion to exposure to high energy radiation; and
a second monitor capable of monitoring integral value of time, temperature, time-temperature or exposure to UV light by developing a first color and monitoring exceeding a predetermined higher temperature by said first color changing to a second color.

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 polishing apparatus comprising:
a polishing table having a polishing surface thereon;
a top ring for pressing a workpiece to be polished against said polishing surface;
a dresser for dressing said polishing surface on the polishing table;
a dressing element provided on a surface of said dresser for dressing said polishing surface by sliding contact with said polishing surface; and
an ejection nozzle provided on the surface of said dresser for ejecting a fluid supplied from a fluid source toward said polishing surface.
2. A polishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said dressing element is annularly disposed on the lower surface of said dresser, and said ejection nozzle is disposed inside of said dressing element annularly disposed.
3. A polishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
said dressing element has a fluid flow hole defined therethrough for flowing said fluid from said fluid source to a lower surface of said dressing element, and a fluid ejection slot defined in the lower surface of said dressing element; and
said fluid ejection slot is extended from said fluid flow hole to an outer circumferential edge of said dressing element.
4. A polishing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said fluid ejection slot is extended toward an outer circumferential edge of said dresser.
5. A polishing apparatus comprising:
a polishing table having a polishing surface thereon;
a top ring for pressing a workpiece to be polished against said polishing surface;
a dresser for dressing said polishing surface on the polishing table;
a dressing element provided on a surface of said dresser for dressing said polishing surface by sliding contact with said polishing surface; and
an ejection nozzle provided on the surface of said dresser for ejecting a mixture of a fluid supplied from a fluid source and a gas supplied from a gas source toward said polishing surface.
6. A polishing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said dressing element is annularly disposed on the lower surface of said dresser, and said ejection nozzle is disposed inside of said dressing element annularly disposed.
7. A polishing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:
said dressing element has a fluid flow hole defined therethrough for flowing the fluid from said fluid source to a lower surface of said dressing element, and a fluid ejection slot defined in the lower surface of said dressing element; and
said fluid ejection slot is extended from said fluid flow hole to an outer circumferential edge of said dressing element.
8. A polishing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said fluid ejection slot is extended toward an outer circumferential edge of said dresser.

1. A thermoplastic molding composition comprising
(A) 10 to 99 percent of aromatic polycarbonate resin, and
(B) 90 to 1 percent of a vinyl (co)polymer and
(C) 1 to 30 parts per one hundred parts by weight of the total of A and B (pph) of a compound rubber graft copolymer, said graft copolymer being a product of graft polymerization of one or more vinyl monomers onto a compound rubber having a weight average particle diameter of 0.01 to 10 microns and containing 1 to 10% relative to its weight of a polyorganosiloxane rubber component and 90 to 99% relative to its weight of a polyalkyl (meth)acrylate rubber component, said components inseparably entangled.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the weight average particle diameter is 0.04 to 1 \u03bcm.
3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polyorganosiloxane rubber component is present in an amount of 3 to 10 wt. %.
4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polyorganosiloxane rubber component is present in an amount of 5 to 10 wt. %.
5. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein (A) is present in an amount of 20 to 95 percent, (B) is present in an amount of 8 to 5 percent and (C) is present in an amount of 2 to 25 pph.
6. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein (A) is present in an amount of 40 to 90 percent, (B) is present in an amount of 6 to 10 percent and (C) is present in an amount of 2 to 15 pph.
7. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl (co)polymer is a product of polymerization of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting vinyl aromatics, vinyl cyanides, (meth)acrylic acid (C1-C8) alkyl esters, unsaturated carboxylic acids and derivatives of unsaturated carboxylic acids.
8. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl (co)polymer is a product of polymerization of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, \u03b1-methyl styrene, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methacrylic acid (C1 to C4) alkyl ester, acrylonitrile and maleic anhydride.
9. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl (co)polymer is a copolymer of
50 to 99 wt. % of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl aromatic, ring-substituted vinyl aromatics, methacrylic acid (C1-C8) alkyl esters and
1 to 50 wt. % of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl cyanides (meth)acrylic acid (C1-C8) alkyl esters and derivatives of unsaturated carboxylic acids.
10. The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl (co)polymer is a copolymer styrene and acrylonitrile wherein content of acrylonitrile is 15 to 35 percent relative to the weight of the copolymer.

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 electronic unit, comprising:
a thermally conductive electronic base plate having an upper side and an underside;
components, selected from the group consisting of electric components and electronic components, thermally coupled to said base plate;
a cooler section having a cutout formed therein, a ridge with an upper end running in an annularly closed manner along an edge of said cutout, and a leakage passage, said ridge having an inner side which together with said underside of said base plate delimiting a coolant passage; and
a sealing configuration, said underside of said base plate being connected in a coolant-sealing manner to said ridge via said sealing configuration running along said ridge, said sealing configuration having two seals running in an annularly closed manner along said upper end of said ridge and between said two seals a space running in an annularly closed manner is delimited and connected to said leakage passage leading out of said cooler section.
2. The electronic unit according to claim 1, further comprising a housing structure, said upper side of said base plate and said components are sealed against an ingress of coolant by said housing structure and said underside of said base plate is connected in said coolant-sealing manner to said ridge running in said annularly closed manner via said sealing configuration running in said annularly closed manner, said ridge being embodied in an upwardly projecting manner on an upper side of said cooler section and said inner side together with said underside of said base plate and said upper side of said cooler section delimiting said coolant passage.
3. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein said base plate is implemented as part of a housing of an electronics module containing at least some of said components.
4. The electronic unit according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit substrate for supporting said components and having an underside, said base plate is a metal plate attached flat to said underside of said circuit substrate.
5. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein said coolant passage is configured to take a coolant having a pressure of at least 2 bar.
6. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein said ridge has receiving grooves formed therein for receiving said seals.
7. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein one of said cooler section and said base plate, connected to said ridge via said sealing configuration, has receiving grooves formed therein for receiving said seals.
8. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein:
said sealing configuration is one of a plurality of sealing configurations; and
said base plate is formed of a plurality of separately embodied base plate parts connected to said cooler section via a corresponding one of said sealing configurations.
9. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein the electronic unit is a control unit for a motor vehicle.
10. The electronic unit according to claim 1, wherein said coolant passage is configured to take a coolant having a pressure of at least 3 bar.