Author: claimsbot

1. A method of repairing a damaged portion of a tire, the method comprising the steps of:
buffing an interior surface of the tire about a perimeter of the damaged tire portion to form a patch receiving surface, the interior surface being buffed to a depth sufficient to place a plurality of reinforcements of a tire patch a distance of approximately 3 millimeters or less from a damaged tire reinforcement;
covering the damaged portion by applying a pre-assembled patch to the patch receiving surface along the interior surface of the tire, the tire patch sized to cover the damaged portion, such patch including a reinforcement layer interposed between an air-impermeable layer and a tire-contacting surface of the patch, the plurality of patch reinforcements being contained within the reinforcement layer and being positioned approximately 3 millimeters or less from the damaged tire reinforcement as the patch is applied to the patch receiving surface, wherein the plurality of patch reinforcements are characterized by having a high tensile modulus of at least approximately 10 GPa; and,
curing the patch to the tire.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interior surface is buffed to a depth sufficient to place a tire patch reinforcement a distance of approximately 2 millimeters or less from a damaged tire reinforcement
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the patch reinforcement layer is characterized as being a high tensile modulus reinforcement layer having a minimum effective tensile modulus of approximately 12 GPa.
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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the high tensile modulus reinforcement is aramid or steel.
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11. The method of claim 1, wherein the patch includes an adhesive layer interposed between the tire-contacting surface and the reinforcement layer, the adhesive layer forming a portion of the contacting surface.
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15. A pre-assembled tire repair patch comprising:
an air-impermeable layer;
a reinforcement layer including a plurality of reinforcements, each of the plurality of reinforcements characterized by having a high tensile modulus of at least approximately 10 GPa; and
a tire-contacting surface arranged such that the reinforcement layer is generally positioned between the tire-contacting surface and at least a portion of the air-impermeable layer, the distance between the plurality of reinforcements and the contact surface being 3 mm or less; and,
an adhesive layer interposed between the tire-contacting surface and the reinforcement layer, the adhesive layer forming at least a portion of the contacting surface.
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22. The tire patch of claim 15, wherein the reinforcement layer is characterized as being a high tensile modulus layer having a minimum effective tensile modulus of approximately 12 GPa.
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26. The tire patch of claim 15, wherein the plurality of patch reinforcements are aramid.
27. The tire patch of claim 15 further comprising:
a cover layer interposed between the air-impermeable layer and the reinforcement layer.
28. The tire patch of claim 15, wherein one or more gum strips are applied about at least a portion of the perimeter of the reinforcement layer between the reinforcement layer and the contact surface whereby an intermediate portion of the reinforcement layer remains free of the one or more gum strips.
29. The tire patch of claim 15, the tire contact surface extending along a contour extending from the air-impermeable layer along the outer perimeter of the patch to the adhesive layer along a central portion of the patch.
30. The tire patch of claim 15 further comprising:
a second reinforcement layer having a plurality of nylon reinforcements.
31. The method of claim 1, wherein the interior surface is buffed to a depth to provide a thickness of tire material remaining between the tire reinforcements and the patch receiving surface.
32. The method of claim 1, wherein the reinforcement layer of the patch extends beyond a width of the damaged area.
33. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more gum strips are applied about at least a portion of the perimeter of the reinforcement layer between the reinforcement layer and the contact surface whereby an intermediate portion of the reinforcement layer remains free of the one or more gum strips.
34. The tire patch of claim 15, wherein the plurality of patch reinforcements are steel, the steel patch reinforcements being spaced in a lateral direction along the reinforcement layer by an average of at least 8 ends per inch and being characterized as having a tensile modulus of at least approximately 120 GPa.
35. The tire patch of claim 26, wherein the aramid patch reinforcements are spaced in a lateral direction along the reinforcement layer by an average of at least 26 ends per inch, the aramid patch reinforcements being characterized as having a tensile modulus of at least 20 GPa.
36. The tire patch of claim 28, wherein the one or more gum strips are applied to opposing longitudinal ends of the reinforcement layer forming the at least a portion of the perimeter.
37. The tire patch of claim 36, wherein the one or more gum strips extend substantially about the perimeter of the reinforcement layer, whereby an intermediate portion of the reinforcement layer remains free of the one or more gum strips.

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 process for playing an electronic board game comprising:
providing an electronic gaming console that includes
at least a first and second station, each of which includes an activation button and a timer,
the timer of the first station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the second station and the pressing of the activation button of the first station;
the timer of the second station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the first station and the pressing of the activation button of the second station;

playing a primary game between at least a first player and a second player, associated with the first and second station, respectively, wherein a predetermined event occurs during the primary game;
pressing the activation button of the first station by the first player, thereby alleging the first player has perceived the predetermined event;
signaling, to the second player, the start of the timer of the second station;
pressing the activation button of the second station by the second player, in response to the pressing of the activation button of the first station by the first player, thereby measuring the time between the pressing of the activation button of the first station and the pressing of the activation button of the second station.
2. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein the primary game is a card game.
3. The process as recited in claim 2, wherein the predetermined event is having a predetermined hand.
4. The process as recited in claim 3, wherein the predetermined hand is a four of a kind.
5. The process as recited in claim 2, wherein the cards include pictures and predetermined event is having a predetermined number of a particular picture.
6. The process as recited in claim 5, wherein the pictures on the cards denote colors.
7. The process as recited in claim 5, wherein the pictures on the cards denote shapes.
8. The process as recited in claim 5, wherein the pictures on the cards denote letters of the alphabet.
9. The process as recited in claim 5, wherein the pictures on the cards denote numbers.
10. A process for playing an electronic board game comprising:
providing an electronic gaming console that includes
at least a first and second station, each of which includes an activation button and a timer,
the timer of the first station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the second station and the pressing of the activation button of the first station;
the timer of the second station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the first station and the pressing of the activation button of the second station;

providing the second player with a finite number of challenges per game;
playing a primary game between at least a first player and a second player, associated with the first and second station, respectively, wherein a predetermined event occurs during the primary game;
pressing the activation button of the first station by the first player, thereby alleging the first player has perceived the predetermined event;
signaling, to the second player, the start of the timer of the second station;
pressing the activation button of the second station by the second player, in response to the pressing of the activation button of the first station by the first player, thereby measuring the time between the pressing of the activation button of the first station and the pressing of the activation button of the second station;
permitting the second player to use one of the challenges, thereby asking the first player to reveal whether or not the first player has accurately perceived the predetermined event.
11. The process as recited in claim 10, wherein the first player reveals an immunity card, thereby blocking the second player’s attempt to reveal whether or not the first player has accurately perceived the predetermined event.
12. An electronic gaming console that includes
at least a first and second station, each of which includes an activation button, a timer and a series of lights,
the timer of the first station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the second station and the pressing of the activation button of the first station;
the timer of the second station configured to measure the time between the pressing of the activation button of the first station and the pressing of the activation button of the second station;
the series of lights arranged in a row, the lights being configured to sequentially light at a predetermined rate as the measured time increases and to halt when the measurement stops.
13. The console of claim 12, wherein there are two stations.
14. The console of claim 12, wherein there are eight stations.

1. Method for damping vibrations on chassis bearings of motor vehicles, wherein the driving state of the motor vehicle andor the roadway conditions are detected by way of sensors and that the at least one chassis bearing is modified to different characteristics to change its stiffness andor damping depending on the detected parameters.
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chassis bearing is switched to different characteristics.
3. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein depending on the roadway conditions an opposing vibration is superimposed on the chassis bearing.
4. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein for defined driving states of the motor vehicle a setting of the chassis bearing which increases the driving safety has priority.
5. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein for several chassis bearings with superposition of an opposing vibration the chassis bearings are triggered separately and depending on their specific vibration excitation separately from the roadway.
6. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roadway conditions can be detected on the front axle of the motor vehicle by way of path andor acceleration sensors, wherein the corresponding signals are processed in a control device, and wherein the chassis bearings by way of power amplifiers are supplied with electricity or exposed to electromagnetic fields, andor by way of piezoelements.
7. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rapid modification of the characteristic of at least one chassis bearing on the rear axle is controlled by way of the roadway states which have been detected on the front axle of the motor vehicle.
8. A device for implementing the process as claimed in claim 1, with sensors for detecting the driving state of the motor vehicle and for roadway conditions, with an electronic control device (30; 96) for processing of the acquired signals and for selection of various controllable characteristics, and at least one chassis bearing, the stiffness andor damping of which can be modified.
9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the chassis bearing can be switched in four different characteristics from low stiffness and low damping to high stiffness and high damping.
10. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the chassis bearing has an outer bush and an inner bush between which there is at least one rubber-elastic support body, and wherein in the support body hydraulically acting working chambers are formed which change the stiffness and the damping action of the chassis bearing by switching means.
11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein some working chambers act in the axial direction and other working chambers act in the radial direction, and wherein the two working chambers can be switched into two damping action positions by way of choke elements which can be modified by the switching means.
12. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the radially acting working chambers are mounted within the rubber-elastic support body of the chassis bearing, and the connection between the working chambers can be controlled either by way of an annular choke channel of greater choke action or by way of a short circuit channel with lesser choke action.
13. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the axially acting working chambers are mounted within the rubber-elastic support body of the chassis bearing and wherein the connection between the working chambers can be controlled either by way of an annular choke channel of greater damping action or by way of a short circuit channel with lesser damping action.
14. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hydraulic working chambers which change the stiffness of the chassis bearing are mounted within the rubber-elastic support body of the chassis bearing and wherein the connection between the working chambers can be closed or opened in a controlled manner.
15. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the switching means are slide valves which can be electromagnetically actuated and which open or close the indicated connections in a controlled manner.
16. The device as claimed in 8, wherein a membrane which can be actuated by way of an actuator for producing opposing vibrations is adjacent to one of the hydraulic working chambers of the chassis bearing.
17. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the membrane can be set into opposing vibration by means of a piezoelement which can be electrically triggered.
18. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the piezoelement actuates a lever (88) which is coupled to the housing section of the chassis bearing and which converts the stroke of the piezoelement into a larger membrane stroke.
19. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the piezoelement is mounted laterally to the chassis bearing and wherein the membrane or the opposing vibrations act in the vertical direction (Z direction) of the motor vehicle.
20. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the working chamber with an integrated choke channel forms a damping element which acts in the X direction and is embedded in the rubber-elastic support body of the chassis bearing, the membrane representing one boundary wall of the support body (84).
21. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the membrane is actuated by means of an electrodynamic actuator with a current-carrying plunger coil and a permanent magnet.
22. The device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the permanent magnet is connected securely to the inner bush of the chassis bearing and wherein the plunger coil interacts vibrating freely with the membrane to produce the opposing vibrations.
23. Device as claimed in claim 8, wherein an additional spring can be connected to the hydraulically damped chassis bearing by means of an actuator.
24. The device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the additional spring can be connected by way of a multiple-disk clutch.
25. The device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the multiple-disk clutch can be connected or disconnected by way of an electrically triggerable piezoelement.
26. The device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the multiple-disk clutch is mounted on the inner bush of the chassis bearing and in the direction transversely to the latter has one degree of freedom.
27. The device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the rubber-elastic additional spring consists of two buffers which are located diametrically opposite and which can be coupled by way of the clutch disks to the inner bush, and the clutch disks can be released or pressed together by means of the piezoelement.
28. The device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the additional spring acts in the vertical direction (Z direction) and longitudinal direction (X direction) of the motor vehicle and the degree of freedom of the multiple-disk clutch is in the transverse direction (Y direction).
29. The device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the electrical piezoelement is mounted transversely to the center axis of the chassis bearing and acts on the multiple-disk clutch by way of a pressure plate and a pretensioning spring.
30. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the chassis bearing is one or more auxiliary frame bearings of an auxiliary frame which is mounted on the front axle andor the rear axle of the motor vehicle.
31. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the chassis bearing is one or more arm bearings of a suspension arm which is mounted on the front axle andor the rear axle of the motor vehicle.

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 apparatus for classifying an unknown multi-channel biopotential signal, comprising:
a memory operatively configured to access a biopotential dataset produced by detecting a respective biopotential signal from a plurality of biopotential channels received from the patient and containing a program; and
a controller in communication with the memory and operatively configured to execute the program comprising:
determining a classification accuracy ranking for each biopotential channel at each time instant,
selecting a subset of the biopotential channels for a selected time instant having the highest classification accuracy,
classifying independently the selected subset of biopotential channels for the selected time instant,
fusing the resulting independent classifications into a single decision fusion vector for the selected time instant, and
classifying the single decision fusion vector using a discrete Bayes classifier.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further operatively configured to execute a program that selects the subset of the biopotential channels by reordering the biopotential dataset according to the classification accuracy ranking and selecting a subset based on a predetermined number of top channels.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller is further operatively configured to execute a program further comprising determining a time instant in reference to a stimulus imparted to the patient.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller is further operatively configured to execute a program further comprising determining a time instant by pattern matching against a characteristic heart beat waveform.