Author: claimsbot

1. An operating light comprising:
a basic body with flat contact surfaces oriented with different angular orientations each, of respective surface normals, relative to a work area of the operating light;
a printed circuit board having an underside which is flat in a premounted position and having rigid sections with flat upper side surfaces facing the work area of the operating light and sections flexible in a preferred direction, which extend between said rigid sections;
light-emitting diodes, each of said light-emitting diodes being fixed to a respective one of said rigid sections of said printed circuit board and being electrically connected thereto; and
a lens holder with optical lenses for said light-emitting diodes, said rigid sections of said printed circuit board being placed on said contact surfaces of said basic body in a positive-locking manner in a mounted position, so that said light-emitting diodes have lighting orientations corresponding to said contact surface normal, wherein said lens holder is fixed to said basic body such that a mechanical force is indirectly or directly transmitted to said printed circuit board by said lens holder, so that at least said rigid sections of said printed circuit board are pressed from the premounted position into the mounted position against said contact surfaces of said basic body.
2. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said lens holder exerts mechanical force on said printed circuit board via said lenses provided thereon.
3. An operating light in accordance with claim 2, wherein said lenses each have flat lower surfaces, which exert pressure on flat surfaces of said printed circuit board and are likewise oriented in a positive-locking manner.
4. An operating light in accordance with claim 2, wherein said lenses each have an edge with projecting areas, via which said lens holder exerts pressure on said lenses.
5. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said lens holder is fixed to said basic body by means of a screw connection, bonded connection, clamped connection, especially spring clip connection.
6. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said printed circuit board is fixed to said lens holder at least in part by at least one of a spring clip connection and a plug type connection.
7. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said lenses are oriented in a defined manner in said printed circuit board in a mounted position by means of guide holes and positioning feet provided at said lenses.
8. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said basic body is made of a heat-conducting material at least in part comprising at least one of a metal and a metal alloy.
9. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a film, which is heat-conducting, provided between said basic body and said printed circuit board for electric insulation.
10. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said printed circuit board and said lens holder form an LED unit, wherein said printed circuit board is fixed to said lens holder at least in part by at least one of a spring clip connection and plug type connection.
11. An operating light in accordance with claim 10, wherein said basic body has a plurality of said contact surfaces, each said LED unit with printed circuit board and lens holder being mounted on one of said contact surfaces.
12. An operating light in accordance with claim 1, wherein said basic body has a shape of a spherical surface segment.
13. An operating light in accordance with claim 11, further comprising:
a power supply for said LED units; and
a distributor board, said power supply and said LED units being connected together centrally via said distributor board.
14. An operating light in accordance with claim 13, wherein said distributor board has plug type connectors connecting outlets of said LED units to said power supply vai said distributor board.
15. An operating light in accordance with claim 14, wherein said plug type connection between said LED units and said distributor board comprises a combination of a one-part spring force-actuated plug on one side and open strip conductor contacts on another side.
16. An operating light comprising:
a basic body with flat contact surfaces, each of said flat contact surfaces having a surface normal angle of orientation relative to a work area of the operating light;
a printed circuit board connected to said basic body, said printed circuit board having rigid sections with upper side surfaces facing the work area of the operating light, each of said rigid sections being associated with one of said flat contact surfaces, said printed circuit board having flexible sections extending between said rigid sections;
light-emitting diodes, each of said light-emitting diodes being fastened to a respective one of said rigid sections of said printed circuit board and being electrically connected thereto;
optical lenses connected to said circuit board, each of said optical lenses being associated with one of said light-emitting diodes; and
a lens holder fixed to said basic body such that a mechanical force is indirectly or directly transmitted to said printed circuit board by said lens holder, so that at least said rigid sections of said printed circuit board are pressed against said contact surfaces of said basic body and have an orientation based on the orientation of the associated one of said flat contact surfaces whereby each of said light-emitting diodes have a lighting orientation corresponding to the surface normal angle of orientation of an associated one of said contact surfaces.
17. An operating light in accordance with claim 16, wherein
said lens holder exerts said mechanical force on said printed circuit board via said lenses provided thereon;
said lenses each have flat lower surfaces, which exert pressure on flat surfaces of said printed circuit board; and
said lenses are likewise oriented in a positive-locking manner, with said lenses each having an edge via which said lens holder exerts pressure on said lenses.
18. An operating light in accordance with claim 17, wherein:
said lens holder is fixed to said basic body;
said printed circuit board is fixed to said lens holder; and
said lenses have positioning feet mounted in guide holes for orienting said lenses in a defined manner.
19. An operating light in accordance with claim 18, further comprising a film provided between said basic body and said printed circuit board for electric insulation wherein:
said film is heat conducting; and
said basic body is made of a heat-conducting material comprising at least one of a metal and a metal alloy.
20. An operating light in accordance with claim 18, further comprising:
a power supply; and
a distributor board wherein:
said printed circuit board and said lens holder form an LED unit, wherein said printed circuit board is fixed to said lens holder;
said basic body has a plurality of said contact surfaces, each said LED unit with printed circuit board and lens holder being mounted with each rigid section including an LED of the circuit board of said LED unit on one of said contact surfaces of said basic body; and
said power supply and said LED units are connected together centrally via said distributor board.

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 snowboard boot having a heel area, an instep area, a tongue, a soft inner shoe and a soft outer shoe with an outer sole and a closure overlapping the tongue, characterized in that a tension means is provided which is connected to the outer sole on a first side and is guided on the inner side of the outer shoe from the first side over the inner shoe to a first turning point, said first turning point being connected to a second side of the outer sole on the inner side of the outer shoe proximate the instep area, said tension means extending from the first turning point to a second turning point disposed in the heel area, wherein the tension means extends out of the outer shoe to the outside through an opening in a leg portion of the outer shoe, and a clamp is provided on the snowboard boot for fixing the tension means in a tightened state, said tension means extending out of the outer shoe for operation, and being fixable by the clamp in the tightened state.
2. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, characterized in that the tension means extends from a place located forwardly before the instep area on the first side and extends rearwardly in the longitudinal direction of the shoe over the instep area through the first turning point to the second turning point in the heel area.
3. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, characterized in that the second turning point is fastened to the outer sole on the same first side of the outer shoe as the tension means, and the first turning point is fastened to the outer sole on the opposite second side of the outer shoe.
4. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, characterized in that the tension means extends to the outside from the second turning point in the heel area through the opening so that the tension means is manually grippable for pulling the tension means into the tightened state.
5. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamp is disposed on the outer side of the leg portion of the outer shoe above the opening to permit pulling of the tension means into the tightened state and maintaining the tension means in the tightened state.
6. The snowboard according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and second turning points are formed by elements each made of a flat, flexible material which said elements are fastened to the sole on the inner side of the outer shoe in at least two places spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the shoe.
7. The snowboard boot according to claim 6, characterized in that each said element is formed from a band loop which has two ends which are fastened to the outer sole at spaced apart locations in the longitudinal direction of the shoe.
8. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure of the outer shoe is formed by a lacing.
9. A snowboard boot having a heel area, an instep area, a soft inner shoe and a soft outer shoe, said soft outer shoe including an outer sole, a tongue and a closure overlapping the tongue to tighten a leg portion of the outer shoe, comprising the improvement wherein an elongate tension member is provided between the inner shoe and the outer shoe and exits said outer shoe through an opening in the leg portion, said tension member being connected to a first side of the outer sole and extending from said first side, over the inner shoe in the instep area, to a first turning point which said first turning point is connected to a second side of the outer sole opposite the first side, said tension member turning at said first turning point and extending longitudinally rearwardly to a second turning point located on said first side in the heel area, said tension member turning at said second turning point and extending upwardly to said opening so as to exit said outer shoe and define a grip on an exterior of said snowboard boot which is manually pullable for tightening said tension member to a tightened state which draws said instep area downwardly toward said outer sole in the region of said first turning point, said snowboard boot including a fixing device for releasably fixing said tension member in said tightened state.
10. The snowboard boot according to claim 9, wherein the tension member provides tightening of the snowboard boot which supplements tightening of said snowboard boot provided by said closure.
11. The snowboard boot according to claim 10, wherein the closure of the outer shoe is formed by a lacing which overlaps said tongue and engages said outer shoe for tightening said leg portion thereof.
12. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, wherein said tension member extends from a first end located forwardly of said instep area such that said tension member extends rearwardly and upwardly in the longitudinal direction of the shoe over the instep area to said first turning point and then extends rearwardly and downardly to said second turning point in the heel area.
13. The snowboard boot according to claim 12, wherein said tension member is free of turns between said first end and said first turning point, and is free of turns between said first and second turning points.
14. The snowboard boot according to claim 1, wherein said tension member draws said first turning point on said second side toward said first side of said outer sole when in said tightened state to effect tightening of said instep area.
15. The snowboard boot according to claim 9, wherein said second turning point and said tension member are fastened to the outer sole on said first side of the outer shoe, and said first turning point is fastened to the outer sole on the second side of the outer shoe.
16. The snowboard boot according to claim 15, wherein said fixing device is a clamp, said clamp being disposed on the outer side of the leg portion of the outer shoe above the opening to releasably engage said tension member upon upward pulling of said tension member.

1. A Customer Replacement Unit Monitor, CRUM, unit which is mountable on a consumable unit of an image forming apparatus, the CRUM unit comprising:
a plurality of interfaces configured to be connected to the consumable unit;
a power extracting circuit configured to, when a clock signal is received through one of the plurality of interfaces, extract power from the clock signal; and
an interface controller configured to transmitreceive data through at least one of the plurality of interfaces according to the clock signal,
wherein the clock signal has a first pulse width in a data section where a data signal is received and has a second pulse width which is different from the first pulse width in an idle section where a data signal is not received.
2. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface controller, when it is determined that the idle section is changed to the data section based on the clock signal, is operable to transmitreceive the data signal in the data section.
3. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the interface controller, when a high value and a low value of the clock signal repeatedly alternate in the idle section and a section where a low value of the clock signal is maintained exceeds a predetermined first time, is operable to determine that the time when the section exceeds the first time as a time when reception of the data signal starts, and
when a high value and a low value of the clock signal repeatedly alternate in the data section or the idle section and a section where a high value of the clock signal is maintained exceeds a predetermined second time, is operable to determine that the time when the section exceeds the second time as a time when reception of the data signal ends.
4. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power extracting circuit is operable to extract the power using a clock signal having the first pulse width and a clock signal having the second pulse width,
wherein the interface controller is operable to transmitreceive a decoding signal corresponding to the data section based on the clock signal.
5. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a memory; and
a controller configured to be activated by the power and manage the memory according the data signal which is transmittedreceived tofrom the interface controller.
6. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the interface controller, the memory, and the controller consist of at least one Integrated Chip, IC.
7. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power extracting circuit comprises:
a diode configured to pass a clock signal having a high value out of the clock signal; and
a capacitor configured to be recharged by the clock signal which is passed from the diode.
8. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power extracting circuit comprises:
a switching element configured to be connected to the interface and pass a clock signal having the high value by performing a switching operation according to the clock signal which is received through the interface; and
a capacitor configured to be recharged by the clock signal which is passed from the switching element.
9. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of interfaces comprises:
a first interface configured to receive the clock signal from a clock terminal provided on the consumable unit;
a second interface configured to transmitreceive the data signal tofrom a data terminal provided on the consumable unit;
a third interface configured to be connected to a power terminal provided on the consumable unit; and
a fourth interface configured to be connected to a ground terminal provided on the consumable unit,
wherein the third interface maintains an inactive state.
10. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of interfaces comprises:
a first interface configured to receive the clock signal from a clock terminal provided on the consumable unit;
a second interface configured to receive the data signal from a first data terminal provided on the consumable unit;
a third interface configured to transmit a data signal to the image forming apparatus through a second data terminal provided on the consumable unit; and
a fourth interface configured to be connected to a ground terminal provided on the consumable unit.
11. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clock signal has a clock wave form where a high value section and a low value section having the second pulse width repeatedly alternate in the idle section, and a size of the clock signal in the high value section exceeds \u20180\u2019.
12. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clock signal has a clock wave form where a high value section and a low value section having the second pulse width repeatedly alternate in the idle section, and a size of the clock signal in the low value section is smaller than the high value.
13. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a main body having a main controller which is configured to control an operation of the image forming apparatus;
a consumable unit configured to be mounted on the main body to operable to communicate with the main controller; and
a CRUM unit configured to be provided on the consumable unit,
wherein the main controller is configured to transmit a clock signal where a high value and a low value repeatedly alternate in a predetermined pattern in an idle section where a data signal is not received to the CRUM unit through the consumable unit,
wherein the clock signal has a first pulse width in a data section where the data signal is received and a second pulse width which is a different from the first pulse width in the idle section.
14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first pulse width of the clock signal is greater than the second pulse width.
15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the consumable unit comprises:
a data terminal configured to transmitreceive the data signal tofrom the main controller;
a clock terminal configured to receive the clock signal which is transmitted from the main controller; and
a ground terminal.
16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the CRUM unit comprises:
a first interface configured to transmitreceive the data signal tofrom the data terminal;
a second interface configured to receive the clock signal from the clock terminal;
a power extracting circuit configured to, when the clock signal is received through the first interface, extract power from the clock signal;
an interface controller configured to transmitreceive the data signal through at least one of the plurality of interfaces according to the clock signal;
a memory; and
a controller configured to be activated by the power and manage the memory according to the data signal which is transmittedreceived tofrom the interface controller.
17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the interface controller, when it is determined that the idle section is changed to the data section based on the clock signal, transmitsreceives the data signal in the data section.
18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the interface controller, when a high value and a low value of the clock signal repeatedly alternate in the idle section and a section where one of the high value and the low value is maintained exceeds a predetermined first time, is operable to determine that the idle section is changed to the data section, and
when a high value and a low value of the clock signal repeatedly alternate in the data section and a section where one of the high value and the low value is maintained has the first time, is operable to determine that the data section is changed to the idle section.
19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the consumable unit further comprises:
a power terminal,
wherein the CRUM unit further comprises a third interface which is connected to the power terminal,
wherein the third interface maintains an inactive state at all times.
20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the consumable unit further comprises:
an additional data terminal,
wherein the CRUM unit further comprises:
a third interface configured to transmit a data signal to the main controller through the additional data terminal.
21. A CRUM unit which is mountable on a consumable unit of an image forming apparatus, the CRUM unit comprising:
a plurality of interfaces configured to be connected to the consumable unit;
a power extracting circuit configured to, when a clock signal is received through one of the plurality of interfaces, extract power from the clock signal; and
an interface controller configured to transmitreceive a data signal through at least one of the plurality of interfaces according to the clock signal,
wherein the clock signal is a signal where a high value and a first low value repeatedly alternate in a data section where a data signal is received, and one of a high value and a second low value is maintained in an idle section where the data signal is not received,
wherein the second low value exceeds \u20180\u2019 and less than the high value.
22. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 21, wherein the clock signal is a signal where the high value and the first low value repeatedly alternate according to a predetermined first time in the data section, and one of the high value and the second low value is maintained for a time which is longer than the first time in the idle section.
23. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 21, wherein the interface controller, when it is determined that the idle section is changed to the data section based on the clock signal, is operable to transmitreceive the data signal in the data section.
24. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 23, wherein the interface controller, when a high value of the clock signal is maintained and changed to the first low value in the idle section, is operable to determine that a point of time when the high value is changed to the first low value as a point of time when reception of the data signal starts, and
when a section where the high value of the clock signal is maintained exceeds the first time in the data section or the idle section, is operable to determine the time as a point of time when reception of the data signal ends.
25. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 23, wherein the interface controller, when one of a high value and a second low value of the clock signal is maintained longer than a first time in the idle section and the high value and the first low value have the first time, is operable to determine that the idle section is changed to the data section, and
when a high value and a first low value of the clock signal repeatedly alternate in the data section and a section where one of the high value and the second low value is maintained exceeds the first time, is operable to determine that the data section is changed to the idle section.
26. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of interfaces comprises:
a first interface configured to receive the clock signal from a clock terminal provided on the consumable unit;
a second interface configured to transmitreceive the data signal tofrom a data terminal provided on the consumable unit; and
a third interface configured to be connected to a ground terminal provided on the consumable unit.
27. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 22, wherein the first low value is the same as the second low value.
28. The CRUM unit as claimed in claim 22, wherein the first low value is \u20180\u2019.
29. A consumable unit which is mountable on an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a first contact point configured to receive a clock signal from a main body of the image forming apparatus;
a second contact point configured to transmitreceive a data signal tofrom the main body of the image forming apparatus;
a third contact point configured to be connected to a ground terminal of the main body of the image forming apparatus; and
a CRUM unit configured to receive the clock signal and the data signal,
wherein the CRUM unit is operable to extract and use power from the clock signal in an idle section in which the data signal is not received,
wherein the clock signal has a first pulse width in a data section where a data signal is received and a second pulse width which is different from the first pulse width in the idle section in which data is not received.
30. A consumable unit which is mountable on an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a first contact point configured to receive a clock signal from a main body of the image forming apparatus;
a second contact point configured to transmitreceive a data signal tofrom the main body of the image forming apparatus;
a third contact point configured to be connected to a ground terminal of the main body of the image forming apparatus; and
a CRUM unit configured to receive the clock signal and the data signal,
wherein the CRUM unit is operable to extract and use power from the clock signal in an idle section in which the data signal is not received,
wherein the clock signal is a signal where a high value and a low value repeatedly alternate in a data section where the data signal is received and one of the high value and the low value is maintained in the idle section,
wherein the low value exceeds \u20180\u2019 and less than the high value.

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 polyamide resin composition comprising (A) a polyamide, (B) an apatite compound, and (C) (i) a higher fatty acid metal salt andor (ii) a mixture of a metal halide and a copper compound, wherein the polyamide resin composition is obtained by adding component (C) after the formation of the apatite compound.
2. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of (B) is from 0.05 to 200 parts by weight and the amount of (C) is from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of (A).
3. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 2, which is obtained by adding 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of component (C) in a step after the completion of formation of the apatite compound in the steps of producing a polyamide composite comprising the polyamide (A) and the apatite compound (B) by incorporating 0.05 to 200 parts by weight of an apatite compound-forming component into 100 parts by weight of a polyamide-forming component and promoting the polymerization of the polyamide and the synthesis of the apatite compound.
4. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the higher fatty acid metal salt of (C) (i) is represented by the general formula (1): CH3(CH2)mCOO (M1) wherein n is from 8 to 30 and a metal element (M1) is at least one metal element selected form the elements of Groups 1, 2, and 3 of the periodic table, zinc, and aluminums.
5. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the metal halide of the mixture (C) (ii) is potassium iodide, the copper compound is copper acetate or copper iodide, and the molar ratio of the halogen to copper is from 21 to 401.
6. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein 1 to 300 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether resin is incorporated into 100 parts by weight of (A), and wherein components (B) and (C) are mainly present in component (A).
7. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 3, wherein the apatite compound-forming component is a phosphoric acid metal compound having a maximum particle size of 30 \u03bcm or less.
8. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 3, wherein the apatite compound-forming component is a phosphoric acid metal compound having a specific surface area of 0.1 to 100 m2g.
9. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an apatite compound having an average particle size of 0.01 to 1 \u03bcm is homogeneously dispersed in a polyamide having a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 200,000.
10. A process for producing a polyamide resin composition comprising, relative to (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyamide, (B) 0.05 to 200 parts by weight of an apatite compound, and (C) 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of (i) a higher fatty acid metal salt andor (ii) a mixture of a metal halide and a copper compound, wherein component (C) is added after the formation of the apatite compound.