Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode made of carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers, comprising:
a current collector,
carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers, and
sulfur or metal nanoparticles as a binder,
wherein the sulfur or metal nanoparticles are bonded, deposited, or fused on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers so that the carbon nanotubes or nanofibers are bonded to each other and also bonded to the current collector.
2. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the sulfur or metal nanoparticles used as the binder is in the range of from 0.01 to 3 times with respect to the amount by weight of the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers.
3. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the metal forming the metal nanoparticles is selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, representative metals and transition metals
4. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the metal nanoparticles comprise a material selected from the group consisting of metal itself, metal sulfides, metal carbides, metal oxides and metal nitrides.
5. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the sulfur or metal nanoparticles have an average particle size of 1 m or less.
6. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the current collector comprises a metallic material as the main constituent and has a shape selected from plate, network and foam.
7. The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the sulfur or metal nanoparticles are chemically bonded or physically deposited or fused on the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers by pressing under a pressure of from 1 to 500 atm or by heat-treating at a temperature in the range of the melting point of the sulfur, metals or metal compounds 500 C. in an inert gas atmosphere.
8. A process for preparing a carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode, comprising the steps of:
(1) preparing an electrode material by mixing the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers with a binder such as sulfur or metal nanoparticles or by depositing the sulfur or metal nanoparticles on the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers;
(2) preparing a pressed electrode material by first pressing the electrode material; and
(3) subsequently pressing or heat-treating the previously pressed electrode material that is placed on the current collector so that the carbon nanotubes or nanofibers are bonded to each other and simultaneously bonded to the current collector.
9. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step (2), the electrode material is uniformly dispersed on the current collector and then pressed, or simultaneously dispersed and pressed.
10. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step (2), the sulfur or metal nanoparticles are pressed under a pressure of from 1 to 500 atm.
11. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step (3), the sulfur or metal nanoparticles are pressed under a pressure of from 1 to 500 atm or heat-treated at a temperature in the range of the melting point of the metals or metal compounds 500 C. in an inert gas atmosphere.
12. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step of (1), the mixing of the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers with the sulfur or metal nanoparticles is performed by a method chosen from the group consisting of physical mixing, ultrasonic-mixing, solvent-mixing, and uniformly dispersing the sulfur or metal nanoparticles on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers.
13. The process according to claim 12, wherein the method of uniformly dispersing the sulfur or metal nanoparticles on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers is carried out by a method selected from the group consisting of catalytic impregnation followed by an optional oxidation or reduction, precipitation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), electrodeposition, plasma spraying, and sputtering.
14. The process according to claim 8, wherein the primary pressing in step (2) provides the electrode material in the shape of a disk or thin film.
15. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step (3), the pressing and the heat-treatment are carried out simultaneously or consecutively.
16. The process according to claim 8, wherein in step (3), the heat-treatment is carried out by a heating method selected from the group of thermal heating, chemical vapor deposition, plasma heating, RF (radio frequency) heating, and microwave heating.
17. An electric double layer capacitor comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode according to claim 1.
18. An electric double layer capacitor comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode prepared according to the process of claim 8.
19. A secondary battery comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode according to claim 1.
20. A secondary battery comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode prepared according to the process of claim 8.
21. A fuel cell comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode according to claim 1.
22. A fuel cell comprising the carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber electrode prepared according to the process of claim 8.

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 flame retardant styrene-based resin composition with high impact property comprising:
100 parts by weight of a rubber-modified styrene-based copolymer base resin;
1-30 parts by weight of a flame retardant;
0.5-15 parts by weight of a flame retardant aid; and
0.1-15 parts by weight of a styrene-containing graft copolymer,
wherein the rubber-modified styrene-based copolymer base resin consists essentially of a matrix of polystyrene and a rubber polymer particle dispersed in the matrix of polystyrene; and the styrene-containing graft copolymer is a styrene-conjugated diene graft copolymer in which only styrene is grafted to 50 to 90% by weight of a conjugated diene rubber having an average particle diameter of 500-4000 \u212b, based on the total weight of styrene-conjugated diene graft copolymer.
2. The resin composition of claim 1, the flame retardant being at least one selected from a group consisting of a halogen compound, a phosphorus-based compound and an epoxy compound.
3. The resin composition of claim 2, the halogen compound being at least one selected from a group consisting of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBA), TBBA-based phenoxy resin, TBBA-based carbonate oligomer, brominated epoxy oligomer, octabromodiphenyl oxide, decabromodiphenyl oxide, tribromophenoxyethane, hexabromodiphenoxyethane, decabromodiphenylethane, ethylenebis(tetrabromophthalimide), and 2,4,6-tris(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) -1,3,5-triazine.
4. The resin composition of claim 2, the phosphorus-based compound being at least one selected from a group consisting of triphenyl phosphate, tri(hydroxyphenyl) phosphate and tricresyl phosphate.
5. The resin composition of claim 2, the epoxy compound being a brominated epoxy oligomer the epoxy terminal group of which is substituted with tribromophenol.
6. The resin composition of claim 2, the epoxy compound having a molecular weight of 500-4000 and being represented by the following formula 1:
X is Br or Cl;
a, b, c and d are integers of 1 to 4; and
n is an integer of 1 or larger.
7. The resin composition of claim 1, the flame retardant aid being at least one selected from a group consisting of an antimony oxide, a zinc compound, barium borate, zirconium oxide, talc and mica.
8. The resin composition of claim 7, the antimony oxide being at least one selected from a group consisting of antimony trioxide, antimony tetraoxide and antimony pentaoxide.
9. The resin composition of claim 7, the zinc compound being at least one selected from a group consisting of zinc borate, zinc molybdate and zinc sulfide.
10. The resin composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one additive selected from a group consisting of a lubricant, a heat stabilizer, an antioxidant, a photostabilizer, an antidripping agent, a pigment and an inorganic filler.

What is claimed is:

1. In a system having a first error correction encoder, a second error correction encoder, a first error correction decoder, and a second error correction decoder, a method for error correction of a data stream, the data stream including a number of symbols, the method comprising acts of:
a) using the first error correction encoder to generate error correction information for a first portion of a first symbol from the number of symbols, based on the error correction algorithm;
b) using the second error correction encoder to generate error correction information for a second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols, based on the error correction algorithm;
c) processing, based on the error correction algorithm, the first portion of the symbol from the number of symbols using the first error correction decoder; and
d) processing, based on the error correction algorithm, the second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols using the second error correction decoder.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act c) further comprises:
c1) correcting errors in the first portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated in act a).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the act d) further comprises:
d1) correcting errors in the second portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated in act b).
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
e) repeating the act a), b), c), and d) for each symbol of the number data symbols.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
performing the acts c) and d) in parallel.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the act c1) further comprises correcting errors in the first portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a first portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein the act d1) further comprises correcting errors in the second portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a second portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
8. A system for error correction of a data stream, the data stream including a number of symbols, the system comprising:
a) a first error correction encoder for generating, based on an error correction algorithm, error correction information for a first portion of a first symbol from the number of symbols;
b) a second error correction encoder for generating, based on the error correction algorithm, error correction for a second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols;
c) a first error correction decoder for decoding, based on the error correction algorithm, the first portion of a symbol from the number of symbols; and
d) a second error correction decoder for decoding, based on the error correction algorithm, the second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the first portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated by the first error correction encoder.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the second error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the second portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated by the second error correction encoder.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder and the second error correction decoder are adapted to operate in parallel.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the error-correction algorithm includes a Reed-Solomon algorithm.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the first portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a first portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the second error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the second portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a second portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-10. (canceled)
11. A device for representing andor displaying various process andor controlled variables for selectable application cases on a display unit, comprising:
the display unit on which bar graphs are arranged in respective, predetermined surface elements, each bar graph, respectively each surface element has a defined form andor a defined position on the display; and
a control unit which assembles the bar graphs, respectively the corresponding surface elements, mosaic-like in a display or said display unit in such a manner that the resulting bar graph display is matched to a selected application case.
12. The device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
an input unit is provided, via which a particular bar graph display is determinable for a selected application case.
13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
a first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a first surface element (A), has a predetermined length and a predetermined height, said height of said first bar graph, respectively the first surface element (A), differs in a middle region from the height of said first bar graph, respectively the first surface element (A), in its two lateral, end regions; and
said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A), is formed point-symmetrically with reference to a perpendicular bisector.
14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein:
said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A), has a maximum height in a region at the perpendicular bisector and a minimum height in two lateral, end regions.
15. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
a second bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a second surface element (B), and a third bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a third surface element (C) both are formed as acute-angled, isosceles triangles;
peaks of said isosceles triangles adjoin the region of maximum height of said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A); and
bases of said two isosceles triangles lie, respectively, parallel to the perpendicular bisector in said two end regions of said first bar graph, respectively said first surface element (A).
16. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph and said second bar graph, respectively of said first surface element (A) and said second surface element (B), a bar graph (A+B) rising from a left region of the display to a right region of the display is formed.
17. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph and said third bar graph, respectively said first surface element (A) and said third surface element (C), a bar graph (A+C) rising from a right region of the display to a left region of the display is formed.
18. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph, said second bar graph and said third bar graph, respectively of said first surface element (A), said second surface element (B) and said third surface element (C), a bar graph (A+B+C) rising from the perpendicular bisector of said first surface element (A) to a left region and to a right region is formed.
19. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein:
in end regions of said individual bar graphs, respectively said individual surface elements (A, B, C), arrow-shaped markings are provided.
20. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
at least one region is provided on said monitor for representing alphanumeric characters andor symbols.