Author: claimsbot

1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet;
a top cover arranged at an open top surface of the cabinet and has a laundry entrance hole; and
a lid assembly disposed to be able to rotate at the top cover and openscloses the laundry entrance hole, wherein
the lid assembly includes a lid frame which forms the appearance and a lid inner coupled to an inside of the lid frame and has a hinge unit.
2. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
the lid frame includes an upper lid frame which forms an upper portion of the lid frame and supports the lid inner, and a lower lid frame coupled to a lower side of the upper lid frame.
3. The washing machine of claim 2, wherein
the upper lid frame and the lower lid frame are coupled to each other by a connecting member in upper and lower directions.
4. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
the lid frame has a lid inner inserting groove to which the lid inner is inserted.
5. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
a plurality of lid inners are provided that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval, and wherein
a plurality of hinge units are provided that are connected to neighboring lid inners of the plurality of lid inners.
6. The washing machine of claim 5, wherein
the plurality of hinge units include a first hinge unit which adjusts a degree of rotation of the lid assembly when the lid assembly opens or closes, and a second hinge unit which adjusts rotation speed of the lid assembly when the lid assembly opens or closes.
7. The washing machine of claim 6, wherein
the first hinge unit includes a hydraulic damper filled with a fluid and adjusts rotation speed by a fluid pressure, and the second hinge unit includes an elastic member which provides an elastic force in a direction which opens the lid assembly.
8. The washing machine of claim 5, wherein
at least two or more lid inners having the hinge unit among the plurality of lid inners are arranged at a side of the lid frame, wherein
each of the lid inners having the hinge unit are connected to the lid frame by a connecting member so that hinge axes of the hinge units connected to neighboring lid inners are in alignment with each other.
9. The washing machine of claim 5, wherein
the plurality of lid inners include four lid inners which are spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the lid inners has a similar shape to that of a corner of the lid frame, wherein two lid inners are arranged at a side of the lid frame.
10. The washing machine of claim 9, wherein
the plurality of hinge units include first and second hinge units which are arranged at the lid inners respectively, wherein
the lid inners are connected to the lid frame by a connecting member so that a first hinge axis of the first hinge unit is in alignment with a second hinge axis of the second hinge unit.
11. The washing machine of claim 9, wherein
the lid frame includes a gap press-fitting part protruded and is inserted into a gap between neighboring lid inners and pressurizes the lid inners in a direction away from each other, so that the lid inners are brought in tight contact with an inner surface of the lid frame.
12. The washing machine of claim 11, wherein
the gap press-fitting part includes a plurality of ribs which protrude from the lid frame and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval.
13. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
the lid frame includes a hinge cover extended and wraps around the hinge unit.
14. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
the hinge unit includes a housing inserted into the lid inner and wraps around a hinge shaft, and a connecting arm which protrudes from a side of the housing and fits into a side surface of the lid inner.
15. The washing machine of claim 14, wherein
the lid inner, the connecting arm of the hinge unit, and the lid frame are arranged in an order thereof, and then integrally connected to each other by a connecting member.
16. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein
each of the lid frame and the lid inner is formed to have an opening at a central portion thereof, wherein a glass unit is arranged at the opening.
17. The washing machine of claim 16, wherein
the lid inner further includes a glass guide rib which guides the positions of the glass unit.
18. The washing machine of claim 16, wherein
a plurality of lid inners are provided, wherein the glass unit pressurizes the plurality of lid inners toward the lid frame so that the lid inners are brought in tight contact with the lid frame.
19. The washing machine of claim 1, further comprising:
a handle which protrudes forwards more than the top cover so that a user’s hand is inserted into a space between the lid frame and the top cover, wherein the user can hold the handle.
20. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet;
a top cover arranged at an open top surface of the cabinet and has a laundry entrance hole; and
a lid assembly disposed to be able to rotate at the top cover and openscloses the laundry entrance hole, wherein
the lid assembly includes a lid frame which forms the appearance, a plurality of lid inners which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval inside the lid assembly, a plurality of hinge units connected to the lid inners and the lid frame, wherein a hinge unit is inserted into each of two neighboring lid inners among the plurality of lid inners, a glass unit coupled to the lid inner and pressurizes the lid inner toward the lid frame so that the lid inner is brought in tight contact with the lid frame, and a decoration panel coupled to a front and lower side of the lid frame.

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 restraint arrangement for end windings of a rotor in an electrical machine comprising:
an end winding support having a plurality of axially extending, circumferentially spaced support beams secured at one end to the rotor against movement in an axial direction; and
a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending support rakes radially outwardly of respective beams for receiving the circumferentially extending end windings between axially spaced tines of the rakes and restraining the end windings against axial movement.
2. A restraint according to claim 1 wherein said beams are secured at said one end to an end face of the rotor by a tongue-and-groove connection.
3. A restraint according to claim 1 including an annular end disk secured to said beams for precluding axial thermal expansion of the rotor end windings.
4. A restraint according to claim 1 including an interpolar brace outwardly of a rotor end spindle disposed to space an outermost end winding from one pole of the rotor against circumferential displacement of an outermost end winding of each adjacent pole.
5. A restraint according to claim 1 including an annular end disk secured to said beams for precluding axial expansion of the rotor end windings, said disk having a predetermined and variable weight distribution about the disk for minimizing tendencies of the end windings to lose concentricity upon rotation of the rotor about an axis thereof.
6. A restraint according to claim 5 wherein said weight distribution is diametrically symmetrical to avoid imbalancing the rotor.
7. A restraint according to claim 5 wherein said weight distribution is in part provided by diametrically opposed recesses formed in a face of the disk.
8. A restraint according to claim 7 including an enclosure about the end windings and having apertures therethrough adjacent said disk, said recesses lying in communication with said apertures respectively affording passages for flowing the cooling medium outwardly of the rotor.
9. A restraint according to claim 1 in combination with a rotor body having defined pole regions and pole faces and parallel sides adjacent the pole faces, prefabricated field winding modules having sequentially abutting flat field windings, said modules being disposed over the parallel sides of the rotor body, said rotor having a quadrature axis generally perpendicular to said parallel sides, said weight distribution about said disk being such that the disk has a greater diametrically symmetrical weight along the quadrature axis than the diametrical symmetrical weight along a direct axis perpendicular to the quadrature axis and the axis of rotation.

1. A method for identifying a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing, by a first node, MPLS tunnels with an second node;
assigning, by the second node, a pseudo wire label to the first node, independently of the step of establishing, by a first node, MPLS tunnels with an opposing second node;
determining, by the first node, an MPLS tunnel from among the established MPLS tunnels associated with a pseudo wire corresponding to the pseudo wire label; and
notifying, by the first node, identification information of the determined MPLS tunnel together with identification information of the pseudo wire associated with the determined MPLS tunnel to the second node.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of
notifying is executed with a Notification message in a pseudo wire layer.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of
establishing comprises establishing a protection MPLS tunnel.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of
switching, by the first node, the identification information of the determined MPLS tunnel over to identification information of the protection MPLS tunnel to be notified to the second node when the determined MPLS tunnel is switched over to the protection MPLS tunnel.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of
switching, by the first node, the identification information of the protection MPLS tunnel back to the identification information of the determined MPLS tunnel to be notified to the second node when the protection MPLS tunnel is switched back to the determined MPLS tunnel.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of
updating, by the first node, a correspondence between pseudo wire labels and MPLS tunnels to a correspondence between a new pseudo wire identification information and MPLS tunnel identification information when the identification information of the MPLS tunnel and the identification information of the pseudo wire are received from the second node.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of
clearing, by the first node, the correspondence when an erasing command for the pseudo wire is received from the second node.

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. An apparatus for accessing a computer application via a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:
a global positioning device; and
a two-way wireless communication device in communication with the global positioning device.
2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the two-way wireless communication device comprises a Mobitex compatible device.
3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the two-way wireless communication device comprises a radio modem.
4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the two-way wireless communication device comprises a cellular telephone.
5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a processor in communication with the global positioning device and in communication with the two-way wireless communication device.
6. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, further comprising a user interface in communication with the processor.
7. A method for requesting location dependent information, comprising:
receiving signals from a global positioning system;
calculating a location based upon the received signals;
receiving an indication of a service request from a user interface;
formatting the service request indication as a message for communication over a wireless network; and
sending the formatted service request message over the wireless network.
8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein receiving signals from a global positioning system comprises receiving signals from at least three satellites.
9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein calculating a location comprises calculating a latitude and longitude.
10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein receiving an indication of a service request comprises:
displaying a menu containing a plurality of service request indications; and
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of service request indications.
11. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein formatting the service request indication comprises formatting the service request indication in an e-mail message.
12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein formatting the service request indication further comprises appending the calculated location to the e-mail message.
13. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising receiving a reply message from the wireless network, the reply message containing location dependent information.
14. The method as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
parsing the location dependent information from the message; and
displaying the location dependent information in a graphical form.
15. A method for providing server access to a wireless communication device that communicates over a wireless network, comprising:
receiving a message from a wireless network, the message containing a service request indication;
parsing the service request indication from the message;
determining a service request based upon the service request indication;
determining a server capable of servicing the service request;
requesting the service from the server;
receiving a reply from the server in response to requesting the service;
formatting the reply as a message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the formatted reply message to the wireless communication device.
16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein receiving a message comprises receiving an e-mail message.
17. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the received message further contains a location indication.
18. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising parsing the location indication from the message.
19. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising determining a location based upon the parsed location indication.
20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein requesting the service from the server further comprises sending the location to the server.
21. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein requesting the service from the server comprises requesting the service from a middleware component.
22. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein determining a server capable of servicing the service request comprises mapping from the service request to a server capable of servicing the service request.
23. A method for sending location dependent information to a wireless communication apparatus that communicates over a wireless network, comprising:
receiving the location of the wireless communication apparatus;
determining information based on the received location;
formatting the information as a message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the formatted message to the wireless communication apparatus via the wireless network.
24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein formatting the information as a message comprises formatting the information as an e-mail message for communication over the wireless network.
25. The method as recited in claim 23, further comprising requesting the location of the wireless communication apparatus at intervals.
26. A method for providing location dependent information to a wireless communication device that communicates over a wireless network, comprising:
receiving a message from the wireless communication device, the message containing an indication of a service request and an indication of the location of the wireless communication device;
generating a reply based on the service request indication and the location indication;
formatting the reply as a second message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the second message to the wireless communication device.
27. A system for accessing a computer application from a wireless communication apparatus via a wireless communication network, the system comprising:
a plurality of wireless communications ports that receive signals from the wireless communication network and convert the signals to a message containing an indication of a service request for the computer application; and
an integration application in communication with the plurality of wireless communication ports, the integration application determines a server capable of servicing the indicated service request, requests the service from the server, receives a reply from the server, formats the reply as a second message for communication over the wireless network, and sends the formatted message to the wireless communication apparatus.
28. The system as recited in claim 27, wherein the message further contains an indication of the location of the wireless communication apparatus.
29. The system as recited in claim 28, wherein the integration application further requests location dependent information from the server and the received reply contains location dependent information.
30. A method of providing services to wireless communication apparatus users comprising:
receiving an e-mail message that contains a request for a service;
providing the service requested; and
charging a fee for the service provided.
31. The method as recited in claim 30, further comprising:
determining a sending pager of the e-mail message;
performing an authentication check of the sending pager; and
forwarding the e-mail message and the results of the authorization check to the server.
32. The method as recited in claim 30, wherein performing an authentication check of the sending pager comprises:
determining an electronic signature of the sending pager;
receiving a password; and
determining if the sending pager is authorized to access the requested service based on the electronic signature and the password.
33. The method as recited in claim 30, wherein providing the service requested comprises determining a server capable of servicing the service request.
34. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for requesting location dependent information, the instructions, when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform the following:
receiving signals from a global positioning system;
calculating a location based upon the received signals;
receiving an indication of a service request from a user interface;
formatting the service request indication as a message for communication over a wireless network based; and
sending the formatted service request message over the wireless network.
35. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 34, wherein calculating a location comprises calculating a latitude and longitude.
36. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 34, wherein formatting the service request indication comprises formatting the service request indication in an e-mail message.
37. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 36, wherein formatting the service request indication further comprises appending the calculated location to the e-mail message.
38. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 34, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform receiving a reply message from the wireless network, the reply message containing location dependent information.
39. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for providing server access to a wireless communication device that communicates over a wireless network, the instructions when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform the following:
receiving a message from a wireless network, the message containing a service request indication;
parsing the service request indication from the message;
determining a service request based upon the service request indication;
determining a server capable of servicing the service request;
requesting the service from the server;
receiving a reply from the server in response to requesting the service;
formatting the reply as a message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the formatted reply message to the wireless communication device.
40. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 39, wherein receiving a message comprises receiving an e-mail message.
41. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 39, wherein the received message further contains a location indication and the instructions further cause the processor to perform:
parsing the location indication from the message; and
determining a location based upon the parsed location indication.
42. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 41, wherein requesting the service from the server further comprises sending the location to the server.
43. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for sending location dependent information to a wireless communication apparatus that communicates over a wireless network, the instructions when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform the following:
receiving the location of the wireless communication apparatus;
determining information based on the received location;
formatting the information as a message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the formatted message to the wireless communication apparatus via the wireless network.
44. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 43, wherein formatting the information as a message comprises formatting the information as an e-mail message for communication over the wireless network.
45. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for providing location dependent information to a wireless communication device that communicates over a wireless network, the instructions when executed on a processor causing the processor to perform:
receiving a message from the wireless communication device, the message containing an indication of a service request and an indication of the location of the wireless communication device;
generating a reply based on the service request indication and the location indication;
formatting the reply as a second message for communication over the wireless network; and
sending the second message to the wireless communication device.