Author: claimsbot

1. A vertical transformer comprising
a core provided with a middle leg extending approximately parallel to a first direction perpendicular to a mounting surface and installing a first and a second coils, a side leg extending approximately parallel to the first direction, a first connection part extending approximately parallel to a second direction and connecting an end portion of the middle leg and an end portion of the side leg, where the second direction is parallel to the mounting surface and connecting the middle leg and the side leg, and a second connection part extending approximately parallel to the second direction and connecting the other end portion of the middle leg and the other end portion of the side leg, which is closer to the mounting surface than the first connection part,
a first bobbin provided with a first hollow cylinder where at least either the first or the second coil is wound, and a core on-board face connected to an end of the first hollow cylinder at a side closer to the first connection part and extended approximately parallel to the mounting surface, where the first connection part is on-board, and
an adhesive hardened part connecting a connection side face and the core on-board face, where the connection side face is a face of the first connection part extended in order to intersect with the core on-board face, and formed by hardening an adhesion, wherein
the core on-board face is provided with a positioning projection formed on both sides of the first connection part having the first connection part in between in the direction parallel to the mounting surface and intersecting the second direction, where the positioning projection is provided with a positioning part positioning the connection side face and projects from the core on-board face toward the first direction.
2. The transformer as set forth in claim 1, wherein
a plural number of the positioning part is located approximately parallel to the second direction at predetermined intervals, and
the adhesive hardened part is formed between a plural number of the positioning part.
3. The transformer as set forth in claim 2, wherein
the positioning part is located on both ends of the core on-board face along the second direction.
4. The coil device as set forth in claim 1, wherein
a wall section, extending approximately parallel to the second direction and is located by having the adhesive hardened part between the first connection part and said wall section, is formed.
5. The coil device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a second bobbin provided with a second hollow cylinder which either the first or the second coil is wound, and a terminal mounting part connected to an end of the second hollow cylinder at a side close to the mounting surface, where a terminal electrically connected to the first and the second coils is mounted, wherein
the other the first or the second coil is wound to the first bobbin.
6. The transformer as set forth in claim 1, wherein either the first or the second coil locate at inner circumference side of the other the first or the second coil.
7. A vertical transformer comprising
a core provided with a middle leg extending approximately parallel to a first direction perpendicular to a mounting surface and installing a first and a second coils, a side leg extending approximately parallel to the first direction, a first connection part extending approximately parallel to a second direction, a direction parallel to the mounting surface connecting the middle leg and the side leg, and connecting an end portion of the middle leg and an end portion of the side leg, and a second connection part extending approximately parallel to the second direction and connecting the other end portion of the middle leg and the other end portion of the side leg,
a first bobbin provided with a first hollow cylinder where at least either the first or the second coil is wound, a first core on-board face connected to an end of the first hollow cylinder at a side closer to the first connection part, extended approximately parallel to the mounting surface, and opposed to the first connection part, and a first inclined surface formed on both sides of the first connection part having the first connection part in between in the direction parallel to the mounting surface and intersecting the second direction, rising from the first core on-board face to the first direction, and
a first adhesive hardened part, connecting a first connection side face and the first inclined surface of the first bobbin, where the first connection side face is a face of the first connection part extended in order to intersect with the first core on-board face, and formed by hardening an adhesion.
8. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 7, wherein
the first bobbin comprises a positioning surface located on both sides of the first connection part having the first connection part in between in the direction parallel to the mounting surface and intersecting the second direction, rising approximately upright from the first core on-board face.
9. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 8, wherein the positioning surface is located on both ends of the first core on-board face along the second direction having the first inclined surface in between.
10. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 7, wherein the first inclined surface is inclined at 15 to 60 degrees to the first core on-board face.
11. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 7, further comprises
the second bobbin provided with a second hollow cylinder where either the first or the second coil is wound, and a second core on-board face connected to an end of the second hollow cylinder at a side closer to the second connection part, extended approximately parallel to the mounting surface, and opposed to the second connection part, wherein
the other the first or the second coil is wound to the first bobbin.
12. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 11, wherein
the second bobbin is provided with a second inclined surface formed on both sides of the second connection part having the second connection part in between in the direction parallel to the mounting surface and intersecting the second direction, rising from the second core on-board face to a opposing direction of the first direction, and
a second adhesive hardened part is formed between a second connection side face and the second inclined surface of the second bobbin, which connect the second connection part side face and the second inclined surface and is formed by hardening an adhesion, where the second connection side face is a face of the second connection part extended in order to intersect with the second core on-board face.
13. The vertical transformer as set forth in claim 7, wherein the first or the second coil is located at inner circumference side of the other the first or the second coil.

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 method for calibrating agricultural measurements comprising:
using an aerial sensor to obtain aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias;
using a ground-based sensor to obtain ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric within the geographic area; and,
a processor using the absolute measurements to calibrate the relative measurements, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric in parts of the geographic area; wherein,
synthesizing absolute measurements includes using a plant growth model to propagate ground-based data forward or backward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data.
2. The method of claim 1, the aerial data obtained from a satellite.
3. The method of claim 1, the aerial data obtained from an airplane.
4. The method of claim 1, the agricultural metric being normalized difference vegetative index.
5. The method of claim 1, the agricultural metric being a reflectance-based vegetative index.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising: combining data representing the ground-based and synthesized absolute measurements with additional spatial agricultural data to generate a prescription for the application of chemicals to an agricultural field.
7. The method of claim 6, the additional spatial agricultural data being a soil data map.
8. The method of claim 6, the additional spatial agricultural data being a crop data map.
9. The method of claim 6, the additional spatial agricultural data being climate data.
10. The method of claim 6, the chemicals being fertilizers.
11. The method of claim 6, the chemicals being pesticides or herbicides.
12. The method of claim 6, the prescription based on an agricultural algorithm having an agricultural metric and climate data as inputs.
13. The method of claim 12, the agricultural metric being normalized difference vegetative index and the climate data including growing degree days since planting.
14. The method of claim 1, the plant growth model being a linear model.
15. A system for making calibrated agricultural measurements comprising:
a source of aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias;
a source of ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric within the geographic area; and,
a database and processor that use the absolute measurements to calibrate the relative measurements, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric in parts of the geographic area; wherein,
synthesizing absolute measurements includes using a plant growth model to propagate ground-based data forward or backward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data.
16. The system of claim 15, the aerial data obtained from a satellite.
17. The system of claim 15, the aerial data obtained from an airplane.
18. The system of claim 15, the agricultural metric being normalized difference vegetative index.
19. The system of claim 15, the agricultural metric being a reflectance-based vegetative index.
20. The system of claim 15, the database and processor further combining data representing the ground-based and synthesized absolute measurements with additional spatial agricultural data to generate a prescription for the application of chemicals to an agricultural field.
21. The system of claim 15, the additional spatial agricultural data being a soil data map.
22. The system of claim 15, the additional spatial agricultural data being a crop data map.
23. The system of claim 15, the additional spatial agricultural data being climate data.
24. The system of claim 15, the chemicals being fertilizers.
25. The system of claim 15, the chemicals being pesticides or herbicides.
26. The system of claim 15, the prescription based on an agricultural algorithm having an agricultural metric and climate data as inputs.
27. The system of claim 26, the agricultural metric being normalized difference vegetative index and the climate data including growing degree days since planting.
28. The system of claim 15, the plant growth model being a linear model.

1. An engine valve actuation assembly comprising:
a shaft adapted to be coupled to an engine structure and defining a shaft bore;
a rocker arm rotationally supported on an outer surface of the shaft and including:
a first arm adapted to engage a first lobe of a camshaft and a first engine valve and defining a first longitudinal bore; and
a second arm adjacent the first arm, adapted to engage a second lobe of the camshaft and defining a second longitudinal bore;

a locking assembly including a first lock pin located within the first longitudinal bore, an actuation pin extending through a radial passage in the rocker arm and engaged with the first lock pin, and a first biasing member engaged with the first lock pin and urging the first lock pin toward the actuation pin and biasing the actuation pin radially inward; and
an actuation assembly located in the shaft bore and including an actuation member supported on an actuation rod, engaged with the actuation pin and linearly displaceable between first and second actuation positions, the first and second arms being rotatable relative to one another when the actuation member is in the first actuation position and being fixed for rotation with one another by the first lock pin when the actuation member is in the second actuation position.
2. The valve actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the first lock pin is located within the first and second longitudinal bores when the actuation member is in the second actuation position to fix the first and second arms for rotation with one another.
3. The valve actuation assembly of claim 2, wherein the rocker arm includes a third arm adapted to engage a third cam lobe on the camshaft and a second engine valve and defining a third longitudinal bore, the first biasing member being located in the third longitudinal bore and the locking assembly including a second lock pin located within the second and third longitudinal bores and fixing the second and third arms for rotation with one another when the actuation member is in the second actuation position.
4. The valve actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the locking assembly is displaceable between first and second lock positions by the actuation assembly, the first biasing member displacing the actuation pin to the first lock position when the actuation member is in the first actuation position and the actuation member forcing the actuation pin to the second lock position when the actuation member is in the second actuation position, the actuation pin being located radially outward when in the second lock position relative to the first lock position.
5. The valve actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuation member is slidably disposed on the actuation rod.
6. The valve actuation assembly of claim 5, wherein the actuation assembly includes first and second stop members fixed for axial displacement with the rod on opposite ends of the actuation member and a biasing member located axially between the first and second stop members and engaged with the actuation member.
7. The valve actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuation pin is perpendicular to the first lock pin.
8. The valve actuation assembly of claim 7, wherein the actuation pin and the first lock pin include angled surfaces abutting one another and providing axial displacement of the first lock pin via radial displacement of the actuation pin.
9. The valve actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the shaft bore and the first and second longitudinal bores are parallel to a rotational axis of the camshaft.
10. An engine assembly comprising:
an engine structure;
a camshaft rotationally supported on the engine structure, defining a longitudinally extending rotational axis and including first and second lobes;
a shaft fixed to the engine structure and defining a shaft bore;
a rocker arm rotationally supported on an outer surface of the shaft and including:
a first arm engaged with the first lobe of the camshaft and a first engine valve and defining a first longitudinal bore; and
a second arm adjacent the first arm, engaged with the second lobe of the camshaft and defining a second longitudinal bore;

a locking assembly including a first lock pin located within the first longitudinal bore, an actuation pin extending through a radial passage in the rocker arm and engaged with the first lock pin, and a first biasing member engaged with the first lock pin and urging the first lock pin toward the actuation pin and biasing the actuation pin radially inward; and
an actuation assembly located in the shaft bore and including an actuation member supported on an actuation rod, engaged with the actuation pin and linearly displaceable between first and second actuation positions, the first and second arms being rotatable relative to one another when the actuation member is in the first actuation position and being fixed for rotation with one another by the first lock pin when the actuation member is in the second actuation position.
11. The engine assembly of claim 10, wherein the first lock pin is located within the first and second longitudinal bores when the actuation member is in the second actuation position to fix the first and second arms for rotation with one another.
12. The engine assembly of claim 10, wherein the locking assembly is displaceable between first and second lock positions by the actuation assembly, the first biasing member displacing the actuation pin to the first lock position when the actuation member is in the first actuation position, and the actuation member forcing the actuation pin to the second lock position when the actuation member is in the second actuation position, the actuation pin being located radially outward when in the second lock position relative to the first lock position.
13. The engine assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuation member is slidably disposed on the actuation rod.
14. The engine assembly of claim 13, wherein the actuation assembly includes first and second stop members fixed for axial displacement with the rod on opposite ends of the actuation member and a biasing member located axially between the first and second stop members and engaged with the actuation member.
15. The engine assembly of claim 10, wherein the actuation pin is perpendicular to the first lock pin.
16. The engine assembly of claim 15, wherein the actuation pin and the first lock pin include angled surfaces abutting one another and providing axial displacement of the first lock pin via radial displacement of the actuation pin.
17. The engine assembly of claim 10, wherein the shaft bore and the first and second longitudinal bores are parallel to a rotational axis of the camshaft.
18. An engine assembly comprising:
an engine structure;
a camshaft rotationally supported on the engine structure, defining a longitudinally extending rotational axis and including first and second lobes;
a shaft fixed to the engine structure and defining a shaft bore;
a rocker arm rotationally supported on an outer surface of the shaft and including:
a first arm engaged with the first lobe of the camshaft and a first engine valve and defining a first longitudinal bore;
a second arm engaged with the second lobe of the camshaft and defining a second longitudinal bore; and
a third arm engaged with a third cam lobe on the camshaft and a second engine valve and defining a third longitudinal bore, the second arm located between the first and third arms;

a locking assembly including a first lock pin located within the first longitudinal bore, a second lock pin located in the second longitudinal bore, an actuation pin extending through a radial passage in the rocker arm and engaged with the first lock pin, and a first biasing member located in the third longitudinal bore, the first biasing member engaged with the first lock pin and urging the first lock pin toward the actuation pin and biasing the actuation pin radially inward; and
an actuation assembly located in the shaft bore and including an actuation member supported on an actuation rod, engaged with the actuation pin and linearly displaceable between first and second actuation positions, the first and third arms being rotatable relative to the second arm when the actuation member is in the first actuation position, the first lock pin being located within the first and second longitudinal bores and the second lock pin being located within the second and third longitudinal bores when the actuation member is in the second actuation position to fix the first, second and third arms for rotation with one another.

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 pulse width modulation (PWM) compressor, comprising:
a motor;
a first motor controller for supplying first level power to said motor during a loading operation of said compressor; and
a second motor controller for supplying second level power less than said first level power to said motor during an unloading operation of said compressor.
2. The PWM compressor according to claim 1, wherein said second motor controller comprises restricting means for restricting alternating current (AC) power.
3. The PWM compressor according to claim 2, wherein said restricting means restricts said AC power by reducing a voltage of said AC power.
4. The PWM compressor according to claim 3, wherein said restricting means is comprised of a switch and a reactor which are disposed between said AC power and said motor while being connected in series with each other.
5. The PWM compressor according to claim 4, wherein said reactor is a coil.
6. A compressor having operation cycles including a loading operation and an unloading operation, comprising:
a motor for receiving first level power during said loading operation of said compressor and receiving second level power less than said first level power during said unloading operation of said compressor.
7. An air conditioning unit, comprising:
a compressor for performing a loading operation and an unloading operation and compressing a cooling agent during said loading operation, said compressor including a motor for receiving first level power during said loading operation of said compressor and receiving second level power less than said first level power during said unloading operation.
8. The air conditioning unit according to claim 7, wherein said second level power is minimal power required to operate said compressor.
9. A method of operating a compressor in an air conditioning unit, said compressor having a loading operation for compressing a cooling agent and an unloading operation, comprising the steps of:
supplying first level power to a motor of said compressor during said loading operation; and
supplying second level power less than said first level power to said motor during said unloading operation.
10. An air conditioning unit comprising:
a compressor having a loading operation for compressing a cooling agent and an unloading operation; and
a controller for controlling said compressor, said controller comprising,
a power level control circuit for controlling power level supplied to a motor of said compressor, said power level control circuit allowing first level power to be supplied to said motor during said loading operation and allowing second level power less than said first level power to be supplied to said motor during said unloading operation.
11. The air conditioning unit according to claim 10, wherein said power level control circuit comprises restricting means for restricting alternating current (AC) power.
12. The air conditioning unit according to claim 11, wherein said restricting means restricts said AC power by reducing a voltage and a frequency of said AC power.
13. The air conditioning unit according to claim 12, wherein said restricting means is comprised of a converting unit for converting said AC power into direct current (DC) power, and an inverting unit for inverting the DC power into AC power and reducing the voltage and frequency of said AC power to be supplied to said motor of said compressor.