Author: claimsbot

1. A viewing enhancement apparatus for magnifying a display screen of a personal electronic device, wherein the viewing enhancement apparatus comprises:
a first magnifying lens;
a pyramid shaped body having a larger opening at a top end and a smaller opening at a bottom end, wherein the first magnifying lens is connected to and located in the larger opening and wherein the smaller opening is configured to reside above and around a display screen of the personal electronic device, and wherein the body spaces the first magnifying lens away from the display screen a sufficient distance to magnify an image on the display screen and focus the image for viewing through the first magnifying lens, and wherein the body forms a light shielding shroud between the image on the display screen and the first magnifying lens; and
at least one structure connected to the pyramid shaped body proximate the smaller opening configured to releasably align the screen on the personal electronic device with the smaller opening of the pyramid shaped body and the first magnifying lens.
2. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is collapsible.
3. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 2, comprising a plurality of individual sections, each having a trapezoidal shape, a larger opening and a smaller opening, wherein the larger and smaller opening is a rectangular shape.
4. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein each section of the plurality of individual sections is configured to fit within a previous section and telescopically engage the previous section such that a larger end of each section is configured to be restrained within the narrower end of the preceding section to form a telescoping, trapezoidally-shaped body.
5. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plastic comprises an ABS based plastic.
6. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plurality of individual sections comprise a groove or tooth in one section and a tab in an adjacent section, wherein the tab is configured to releasably engage the groove or tooth in a telescopically extended relationship.
7. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance from the first magnifying lens to the smaller opening of the body is at least 0.5 inches.
8. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of individual sections comprises at least three plastic sections.
9. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 6, wherein the individual section connected to the first magnifying lens has a plurality of grooves or teeth.
10. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein each individual section has a height of about one inch.
11. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein the smaller opening is between about 1.4 and about 1.7 inches in width and between about 1.9 and 2.2 inches in length.
12. The magnification theater of claim 2, wherein the body has an extended height of approximately 3 inches.
13. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one structure comprises an elastic strap.
14. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is a Fresnel lens having a size that is larger than the display screen of a personal electronic device.
15. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 14, wherein the Fresnel lens has a magnification of 4\xd7.
16. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is a Fresnel lens.
17. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a single piece of a folded material having four living hinges between a first edge and a second edge of the folded material, wherein at least one tab located on the second edge engages at least one slot located near the first edge.
18. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a projector having a second body with a first opening adapted to align above the first magnifying lens and a second opening having a second magnifying lens therein, where the second body positions the second magnifying lens such that an image from the screen on the personal electronic device may be projected through the first lens and second magnifying lens onto a remote surface.
19. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 18, wherein the projector comprises two vertically extending side walls adapted to slidably engage the top of the magnification theater body.
20. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is secured in the larger opening by a foam molding adhered to the theater body.

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 age monitoring arrangement comprising:
a sensor configured to generate one or more measurements of an environmental property;
a calculation component configured generate a virtual age and identify an occurrence of an event based on the one or more measurements and a clock using an aging model; and
a timer configured to generate the clock.
2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the environmental property is temperature.
3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the environmental property is selected from the group comprising radiation, static charge, temperature, stress, and voltage.
4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the clock includes use time.
5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the clock includes standard time.
6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes at least one sensor element.
7. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a memory device configured to maintain the virtual age, elapsed time, and the one or more measurements.
8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the calculation component includes a budget associated with the environmental property.
9. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the budget is a livetime budget.
10. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the budget includes an activation energy budget and an event count budget.
11. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the calculation component is configured to determine a remaining budget according to the budget and the virtual age.
12. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the aging model is based on temperature.
13. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the arrangement is associated with a main component having CMOS technology parts.
14. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising an initiated measures component configured to trigger an event in response to an identified fault.
15. An age monitoring arrangement comprising:
a first sensor configured to generate one or more first measurements of a first property;
a second sensor configured to generate one or more second measurements of a second property; and
a calculation component configured to identify one or more events based on the one or more first measurements, the one or more second measurements and one or more aging models.
16. The arrangement of claim 15, wherein the calculation component is configured to identify the one or more events based on a virtual age and a livetime budget.
17. The arrangement of claim 15, wherein the aging model is based on the first property and the calculation component includes a second aging model based on the second property, wherein the calculation component is configured to generate a second virtual age based on the one or more second measurements and the second aging model.
18. The arrangement of claim 15, further comprising a third sensor configured to generate one or more third measurements of a third property
19. A method of monitoring a component, the method comprising:
measuring a property;
determining elapsed time;
determining a virtual age based on the measured property and the elapsed time using an aging model; and
determining a remaining livetime based on the determined virtual age and a livetime budget.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising identifying an end of live condition on the remaining livetime being below a threshold value.

1. An optical glass composition comprising, in % by weight,
1.0% or more and 12.0% or less of SiO2,
8.0% or more and 18.0% or less of B2O3,
0% or more and 6.0% or less of ZnO,
1.0% or more and 10.0% or less of ZrO2,
25.0% or more and 47.0% or less of La2O3,
0% or more and 5.0% or less of R20 (here, R is at least one of Li, Na and K),
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Nb2O5,
0% or more and 7.0% or less of TiO2,
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Ta2O5,
1.0% or more of Nb2O5+TiO2+Ta2O5,
0% or more and 25.5% or less of Gd2O3,
0.5% or more and 15.0% or less of WO3 and
0.5% or more and 26.0% or less of Gd2O3+WO3, and having
a refractive index (nd) to the d-line of 1.88 or higher and 1.92 or lower and an Abbe number (\u03bdd) to the d-line of 33 or higher and 37 or lower.
2. A preform comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 1, that is softened by heating so as to be used at least for press molding.
3. An optical element comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 1.
4. An optical glass composition comprising, in % by weight,
1.0% or more and 12.0% or less of SiO2,
8.0% or more and 18.0% or less of B2O3,
0% or more and 6.0% or less of ZnO,
1.0% or more and 10.0% or less of ZrO2,
25.0% or more and 47.0% or less of La2O3,
0% or more and 5.0% or less of R2O (here, R is at least one of Li, Na and K),
0% or more and 15.0% or less of BaO,
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Nb2O5,
0% or more and 7.0% or less of TiO2,
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Ta2O5,
2.0% or more of Nb2O5+TiO2+Ta2O5,
0% or more and 20.0% or less of Gd2O3,
0.5% or more and 10.0% or less of WO3 and
10.0% or more and 16.0% or less of Nb2O5+WO3, and having
a refractive index (nd) to the d-line of 1.88 or higher and 1.92 or lower and an Abbe number (\u03bdd) to the d-line of 33 or higher and 37 or lower.
5. A preform comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 4, that is softened by heating so as to be used at least for press molding.
6. An optical element comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 4.
7. An optical glass composition comprising, in % by weight,
1.0% or more and 12.0% or less of SiO2,
8.0% or more and 18.0% or less of B2O3,
0% or more and 6.0% or less of ZnO,
1.0% or more and 10.0% or less of ZrO2,
25.0% or more and 47.0% or less of La2O3,
0.5% or more and 4.0% or less of Li2O,
0% or more and 16.0% or less of Nb2O5,
0% or more and 7.0% or less of TiO2,
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Ta2O5,
1.0% or more of Nb2O5+TiO2+Ta2O5,
0% or more and 26.0% or less of Gd2O3 and
0% or more and 15.0% or less of WO3, and having
a refractive index (nd) to the d-line of 1.88 or higher and 1.92 or lower, an Abbe number (\u03bdd) to the d-line of 33 or higher and 37 or lower and a yield temperature of 700\xb0 C. or lower.
8. A preform comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 7, that is softened by heating so as to be used at least for press molding.
9. An optical element comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 7.
10. An optical glass composition comprising, in % by weight,
1.0% or more and 12.0% or less of SiO2,
8.5% or more and 18.0% or less of B2O3,
0% or more and 6.0% or less of ZnO,
1.0% or more and 10.0% or less of ZrO2,
25.0% or more and 47.0% or less of La2O3,
0% or more and 5.0% or less of R2O (here, R is at least one of Li, Na and K),
0% or more and 16.0% or less of Nb2O5,
0% or more and 7.0% or less of TiO2,
0% or more and 15.0% or less of Ta2O5,
1.0% or more of Nb2O5+TiO2+Ta2O5,
0% or more and 26.0% or less of Gd2O3 and
0% or more and 13.0% or less of WO3, and
substantially not containing R\u2032O (here, R\u2032 is at least one of Ba, Sr, Ca and Mg), and having
a refractive index (nd) to the d-line of 1.88 or higher and 1.92 or lower and an Abbe number (\u03bdd) to the d-line of 33 or higher and 37 or lower.
11. A preform comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 10, that is softened by heating so as to be used at least for press molding.
12. An optical element comprising the optical glass composition as claimed in claim 10.

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 compressor comprising:
a closed container;
a compression element disposed in the closed container; and
a motor disposed in the closed container, the motor being configured and arranged to drive the compression element via a shaft,
the compression element including
a first bearing configured and arranged to support a first shaft portion of the shaft,
a second bearing configured and arranged to support a second shaft portion of the shaft, and
at least one cylinder disposed between the first bearing and second bearing, the at least one cylinder having at least one cylinder chamber,
the first bearing being disposed closer to the motor than the second bearing,
the first bearing having a first annular groove opened to the at least one cylinder chamber and a first annular shaped elastic portion positioned radially inside of the first annular groove provided in a first opposing surface thereof that is opposed to the at least one cylinder,
the second bearing having a second annular groove opened to the at least one cylinder chamber and a second annular shaped elastic portion positioned radially inside of the second annular groove provided in a second opposing surface thereof that is opposed to the at least one cylinder,
a diameter of the second shaft portion being smaller than a diameter of the first shaft portion, and
a rigidity of the second elastic portion being is smaller than a rigidity of the first elastic portion.
2. The compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein
a depth of the second annular groove is larger than a depth of the first annular groove.
3. The compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein
a first outer circumferential surface of the first elastic portion is formed into a cylindrical-surface shape so that a first diameter of the first outer circumferential surface becomes constant from a first cylinder chamber side toward a first counter cylinder chamber side, and
a second outer circumferential surface of the second elastic portion is formed into a taper shape so that a second diameter of the second outer circumferential surface gradually increases from a second cylinder chamber side toward a second counter cylinder chamber side.
4. The compressor as claimed in claim 3, wherein
a width of a second cylinder chamber side end portion of the second elastic portion is equal to or smaller than a width of a first cylinder chamber side end portion of the first elastic portion.
5. The compressor as claimed in claim 3, wherein
a width of a second cylinder chamber side end portion of the second elastic portion is smaller than a width of a first cylinder chamber side end portion of the first elastic portion.
6. The compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein
a second cylinder chamber side width of the second annular groove is larger than a first cylinder chamber side width of the first annular groove.
7. A compressor comprising:
a closed container;
a compression element in the closed container; and
a motor disposed in the closed container, the motor being configured and arranged to drive the compression element via a shaft,
the compression element including
a first bearing configured and arranged to support a first shaft portion of the shaft,
a second bearing configured and arranged to support a second shaft portion of the shaft, and
at least one cylinder disposed between the first bearing and second bearing, the at least one cylinder having at least one cylinder chamber,
the first bearing being disposed closer to the motor than the second bearing,
the first bearing having a first annular groove opened to the at least one cylinder chamber and a first annular shaped elastic portion positioned radially inside of the first annular groove provided in a first opposing surface thereof that is opposed to the at least one cylinder,
the second bearing having a second annular groove opened to the at least one cylinder chamber and a second annular shaped elastic portion positioned radially inside of the second annular groove provided in a second opposing surface thereof that is opposed to the at least one cylinder,
a diameter of the second shaft portion being smaller than a diameter of the first shaft portion,
a rigidity of the second elastic portion being smaller than a rigidity of the first elastic portion,
a first outer circumferential surface of the first elastic portion being formed into a cylindrical-surface shape so that a first diameter of the first outer circumferential surface becomes constant from a first cylinder chamber side toward a first counter cylinder chamber side, and
a second outer circumferential surface of the second elastic portion being formed into a taper shape so that a second diameter of the second outer circumferential surface gradually increases from a second cylinder chamber side toward a second counter cylinder chamber side.
8. The compressor as claimed in claim 2, wherein
a first outer circumferential surface of the first elastic portion is formed into a cylindrical-surface shape so that a first diameter of the first outer circumferential surface becomes constant from a first cylinder chamber side toward a first counter cylinder chamber side, and
a second outer circumferential surface of the second elastic portion is formed into a taper shape so that a second diameter of the second outer circumferential surface gradually increases from a second cylinder chamber side toward a second counter cylinder chamber side.
9. The compressor as claimed in claim 2, wherein
a second cylinder chamber side width of the second annular groove is larger than a first cylinder chamber side width of the first annular groove.
10. The compressor as claimed in claim 3, wherein
a second cylinder chamber side width of the second annular groove is larger than a first cylinder chamber side width of the first annular groove.
11. The compressor as claimed in claim 4, wherein
a second cylinder chamber side width of the second annular groove is larger than a first cylinder chamber side width of the first annular groove.
12. The compressor as claimed in claim 5, wherein
a second cylinder chamber side width of the second annular groove is larger than a first cylinder chamber side width of the first annular groove.