Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A method of reducing the noise generated by a piezo-actuator drive including a drive member and a piezo-actuator drive means for driving said drive member, said method comprising the steps of providing as piezo-actuator drive means at least a first and a second piezo-actuator element and energizing said piezo-actuator elements in a phase-shifted manner such that the sound waves generated by said first and second piezo-actuator elements cancel each other.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least said first piezo-actuator element includes at least a drive actuator element and a clamping actuator element and said second piezo-actuator element is energized at twice the frequency with which said clamping actuator element is operated.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the phase of the energization of said second piezo-actuator element is adjusted for greatest noise reduction.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein a second actuator drive element is provided, which is essentially identical to said at least one actuator drive element, and both actuator drive elements are operated at the same frequency and the clamping actuator elements and drive actuator elements of the second drive element are energized at a phase shift of 90 with respect to the energization of the clamping and drive actuators of the one actuator drive element.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said drive piezos actuators are divided each in two halves which are independently energized and there is a phase shift between the two halves which is at least one vibration period.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein, for controlling the operating speed of said actuator drive, energization of said drive actuators is selectable so as to skip at least one energization cycle of said clamping actuator.
8. An apparatus for compensating acoustic waves generated by a piezo-actuator drive comprising a movable drive member, a drive shoe arranged adjacent said drive member for engagement therewith, vibrating piezo actuator elements disposed adjacent said movable drive member and including at least one piezo drive element, each piezo drive element consisting of at least two pairs of piezo actuators, each pair comprising clamping actuators and drive actuators arranged at a right angle to each other, each of said clamping and drive actuators being connected to said drive shoe, the clamping actuators for acting on said drive shoe to engage said drive shoe with said drive element and said drive actuators for moving said drive shoe, and at least an additional piezo actuator, which is energized phase-shifted with respect to the clamping actuators and arranged such that its direction of effectiveness is essentially parallel to the operating direction of the clamping actuators.
9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein at least two piezo actuator drive elements are provided which are disposed opposite each other with respect to said drive member.
10. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said actuator elements include pairs of drive actuators, which are each divided into two halves that can be energized at variably different phases for controlling the drive stroke.
11. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each piezo actuator element includes an actuator element body provided, at the end opposite said drive shoe with a rigid bridge portion and the actuator element body is divided at its end adjacent said drive shoe by parallel slots into separate sections in each of which one of a clamping piezo actuator and a drive piezo actuator is disposed.
12. An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said separate sections form cages which are elastic in the operating direction of said piezo actuator elements.
13. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said cages are connected to said drive shoe by way of elastic webs extending in the operating direction of the respective piezo actuator element.
14. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said two actuator drive elements are arranged adjacent one another at the same side of said drive member.
15. An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the piezo actuators of said two actuator drive elements are arranged alternately so that they are intertwined for effective noise cancellation.

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 sheet coil, comprising:
an electrically insulative sheet substrate; and
at least one coil formed as a wiring trace of an electrically conductive material in a winding direction on the sheet substrate, the coil being divided by at least one slit extending in the winding direction to form multiple partial coils of the coil.
2. The sheet coil of claim 1, wherein the slit divides the coil into multiple separate partial coils arranged parallel to each other on the sheet substrate, the partial coils of the coil being configured to be energized with AC current having the same phase.
3. The sheet coil of claim 2, wherein:
the said wiring trace is formed in a fixed-cycle waveform; and
the sheet substrate with wiring trace is pleat-folded to form the sheet coil, the pleat-folds being regularly spaced from one another relative to the fixed-cycle waveform.
4. The sheet coil of claim 2, further comprising;
a plurality of individual coils formed on the sheet substrate, the coils forming at least one group; and
a connector unit formed on the sheet substrate for serially connecting together the coils of the group and for serially connecting selected partial coils in the group together.
5. The sheet coil of claim 4, wherein:
a count Nb of the partial coils is equal to a divisor of a number of coils Nc facing a stator; and
the connector unit serially connects the selected partial coils together at sites that are shifted by one from one partial coil to the next.
6. The sheet coil of claim 4, wherein the connector unit is made of an electrically insulative sheet substrate with connective wiring traces formed thereon of an electrically conductive material, the connector unit being contiguous with the sheet coil.
7. The sheet coil of claim 2, further comprising:
a plurality of individual coils formed on the sheet substrate, the coils forming at least one group; and
a connector unit formed on the sheet substrate for serially connecting together the coils of the group and for serially connecting selected partial coils in the group, the partial coils being selected individually from each of the coils of the group.
8. The sheet coil of claim 7, wherein the connector unit serially connects the partial coils together using at least two partial coils located in symmetrical positions within each coil.
9. A sheet coil, comprising:
an electrically insulative substrate configured as a sheet extending in an longitudinal winding direction;
multiple coils each formed as a respective wiring trace on the insulative substrate and extending in the winding direction;
each coil comprising at least one slit extending in the winding direction so as to form multiple respective partial coils of the coil; and
in each coil, the respective partial coils being situated parallel to each other and identically energized.
10. The sheet coil of claim 9, wherein, in each coil, the respective partial coils are electrically separated from each other on the insulative substrate.
11. The sheet coil of claim 9, wherein, in each coil, the respective partial coils are electrically connected to each other on the insulative substrate by one or more linking units.
12. The sheet coil of claim 9, wherein:
each coil is defined by a respective wiring-trace pattern separated on the insulative substrate from adjacent wiring-trace patterns by a width (w1); and
with respect to each coil, each partial coil being separated from adjacent partial coils of the coil by a width (w2), wherein w2<w1.
13. The sheet coil of claim 9, wherein:
each coil has a cyclic profile in the winding direction; and
the substrate is pleat-folded along periodic fold lines extending perpendicular to the winding direction.
14. The sheet coil of claim 13, wherein:
the cyclic profile has a period (); and
the fold lines are spaced from each other, in the winding direction, by 2.
15. The sheet coil of claim 14, wherein:
the cyclic profile is trapezoidal, with mountains and valleys extending in opposite directions perpendicular to the winding direction; and
respective fold lines are situated in each mountain and in each valley.
16. The sheet coil of claim 9, wherein the sheet coil comprises a number of coils that is an integer multiple of 3, so as to form at least one set of three coils.
17. The sheet coil of claim 16, wherein each coil in a set is energized by AC current having a different respective phase.
18. The sheet coil of claim 16, further comprising at least two sets of coils, each set including three respective coils, the coils of the sheet coil being divided into three groups of respective coils, each group including a coil from each set that is energized with a respective phase of 3-phase AC current for the respective group.
19. The sheet coil of claim 18, wherein, in each group, the partial coils of each constituent coil are connected in parallel with each other and the constituent coils are connected in series with each other.
20. The sheet coil of claim 18, wherein:
in each group, the constituent coils are connected in series with each other; and
in each group, the partial coils are connected to each other such that a first partial coil of a first coil is connected in series to a second partial coil of a second coil, a second partial coil of the first coil is connected in series to a third partial coil of the second coil, and a third partial coil of the first coil is connected in series to a first partial coil of the second coil.
21. The sheet coil of claim 20, further comprising an integral connector unit formed on the insulative substrate, the connector unit comprising wiring traces for connecting respective pairs of partial coils together.
22. The sheet coil of claim 18, wherein:
in each group, the constituent coils are connected in series with each other; and
in each group, the partial coils are connected to each other such that a first partial coil of a first coil is connected in series to a third partial coil of a second coil, a second partial coil of the first coil is connected in series to a second partial coil of the second coil, and a third partial coil of the first coil is connected in series to a first partial coil of the second coil.
23. The sheet coil of claim 22, further comprising an integral connector unit formed on the insulative substrate, the connector unit comprising wiring traces for connecting respective pairs of partial coils together.
24. The sheet coil of claim 9, comprising multiple sets of coils, wherein each set includes (m) coils (m2), and each coil has (m1) slits that form (n) partial coils of the coil (nm).
25. The sheet coil of claim 9, comprising multiple sets of coils, wherein each set includes (m) coils (m2), and each coil has (k1) slits that form a number of partial coils equal to a divisor (k), including m, of the number (m) of coils.
26. The sheet coil of claim 9, further comprising an integral connector unit formed on the insulative substrate, the connector unit being configured to connect selected partial coils together.
27. A linear motor, comprising an armature including the sheet coil of claim 1.
28. A stage unit, comprising the linear motor of claim 27.
29. A lithographic exposure apparatus, comprising the stage unit of claim 28.
30. A linear motor, comprising an armature including the sheet coil of claim 9.
31. A stage unit, comprising the linear motor of claim 29.
32. A lithographic exposure apparatus, comprising the stage unit of claim 31.
33. A method for manufacturing a microelectronic device, comprising the steps:
(a) preparing a substrate;
(b) processing the substrate; and
(c) assembling devices formed on the substrate during steps (a) and (b),
wherein step (b) comprises the steps of (i) applying a resist to the substrate; (ii) exposing the resist; and (iii) developing the resist; and step (ii) comprises providing a lithographic exposure apparatus as recited in claim 29; and using the lithographic exposure apparatus to expose the resist with the pattern defined on the reticle.
34. A method for manufacturing a microelectronic device, comprising the steps:
(a) preparing a substrate;
(b) processing the substrate; and
(c) assembling devices formed on the substrate during steps (a) and (b),
wherein step (b) comprises the steps of (i) applying a resist to the substrate; (ii) exposing the resist; and (iii) developing the resist; and step (ii) comprises providing a lithographic exposure apparatus as recited in claim 32; and using the lithographic exposure apparatus to expose the resist with the pattern defined on the reticle.

1. A method for an engine, comprising:
indicating degradation of a compressor recirculation valve based on a surge line adaptation of a surge line on a compressor map stored in a controller of the engine.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the surge line adaptation is learned over one or more drive cycles.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein learning the surge line adaptation includes learning a range of the surge line adaptations including a left surge line boundary and a right surge line boundary.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising indicating a compressor recirculation valve opening amount less than a desired amount based on the surge line adapted to a right side of the right surge line boundary.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising indicating the compressor recirculation valve opening amount greater than the desired amount based on the surge line adapted to a left side of the left surge line boundary.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the surge line adaptation is learned based on one or more of a compressor surge event, a number of surge events, a tip-out greater than a threshold amount and the compressor not surging during the tip-out, and a number of tip-outs, each tip-out greater than the threshold amount and the compressor not surging during each of the tip-outs.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the surge is detected based on a frequency of a throttle position sensor greater than a threshold frequency, the sensor located downstream of the compressor.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the surge line is adapted to the left of an initial surge line in response to the number of tip-outs greater than a threshold number of tip-outs.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the surge line is adapted to the right of an initial surge in response to the number of surge events greater than a threshold number of surge events.
10. A method for an engine, comprising:
monitoring a global adaptation of a compressor surge line,
in response to a first condition, indicating a compressor recirculation valve is more open than a desired opening amount; and
in response a second condition, indicating the compressor recirculation valve is more closed than a desired closing amount.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first condition includes determining that the adapted surge line is adapted beyond an advance limit.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second condition includes determining that the compressor surge line is adapted beyond a retard limit.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the advance limit and the retard limit are based on an expected lifetime of an intake system of the engine including a turbo compressor, a turbine and the compressor recirculation valve, and a maximum expected part-to-part variability and change over time of the intake system.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the global adaptation of the surge line includes retarding the surge line in response to a number of surge events greater than a threshold number of surge events, and advancing the surge line in response to a number of tip-out events greater than a threshold number of tip-out events.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the number of surge events is detected based on a frequency of throttle inlet pressure sensor signal greater than a threshold frequency.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the number of tip-out events is greater than a threshold amount, and wherein, the compressor is not surging during each of the number of tip-out events.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein retarding the surge line includes adjusting the surge line to a left side of an initial surge line, and wherein advancing the surge line includes adjusting the surge line to a right side of the initial surge line.
18. An engine system, comprising:
an engine;
a turbocharger for providing a boosted air charge to the engine, the turbocharger including an exhaust turbine and an intake compressor;
a continuously variable recirculation valve coupled across the compressor;
a throttle coupled to the intake, downstream of the compressor;
a throttle inlet pressure sensor located downstream of the compressor and upstream of the throttle; and
a controller with computer readable instructions for,
detecting degradation of the continuously variable recirculation valve based on adaptation of a surge line of a compressor map stored in a memory of the controller.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the controller includes further instructions for indicating the recirculation valve stuck closed in response to an area to the left of the surge line greater than a first threshold area.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the controller includes further instructions for indicating the recirculation valve stuck open in response to an area to the left of the surge line less than a second threshold area.

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. A seed of soybean cultivar S040119, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-6944.
2. A soybean plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. A tissue culture of regenerable cells produced from the plant of claim 2, wherein said cells of the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaves, pollen, embryos, cotyledons, hypocotyls, meristematic cells, roots, root tips, pistils, anthers, flowers, stems and pods.
4. A protoplast produced from the plant of claim 2 or the tissue culture of claim 3.
5. A soybean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 3, wherein the plant has all the morphological and physiological characteristics of cultivar S040119.
6. A method for producing an F1 hybrid soybean seed, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different soybean plant and harvesting the resultant F1 hybrid soybean seed.
7. A method of producing an herbicide resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
8. An herbicide resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 7.
9. A method of producing an insect resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.
10. An insect resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 9.
11. The soybean plant of claim 10, wherein the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
12. A method of producing a disease resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.
13. A disease resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 12.
14. A method of producing a soybean plant with modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or encoding the antisense of a stearyl-ACP desaturase gene, wherein the transgene is expressed and the fatty acid metabolism or the carbohydrate metabolism of the soybean plant is modified.
15. A soybean plant having modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism produced by the method of claim 14.
16. A method of introducing a desired trait into soybean cultivar S040119 wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing an S040119 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-6944, with a plant of another soybean cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the S040119 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S040119 listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S040119 listed in Table 1.
17. A plant produced by the method of claim 16 wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S040119 listed in Table 1.
18. The plant of claim 17 wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
19. The plant of claim 17 wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
20. The plant of claim 17 wherein the desired trait is modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism and said desired trait is conferred by a nucleic acid encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or encoding the antisense of a ACP desaturase.