Author: claimsbot

1. A base station apparatus, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit, to a plurality of mobile stations, control information on a control channel element (CCE), wherein the CCE is associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the PUCCH is determinative of a cyclic shift value among a plurality of cyclic shift values comprising a set of channel quality indicator (CQI) cyclic shift values and a set of acknowledgementnegative acknowledgement (ACKNACK) cyclic shift values, with one or more unused cyclic shift values separating the sets of CQI cyclic shift values and ACKNACK cyclic shift values; and
a receiver configured to receive:
CQI signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective CQI cyclic shift values of the set of CQI cyclic shift values; and
ACKNACK signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective ACKNACK cyclic shift values of the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.
2. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned after a CQI cyclic shift value and before an ACKNACK cyclic shift value.
3. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned after an ACKNACK cyclic shift value and before a CQI cyclic shift value.
4. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned before the set of CQI cyclic shift values and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned after the set of CQI cyclic shift values.
5. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned after an ACKNACK cyclic shift value and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned before a second ACKNACK cyclic shift value.
6. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned after an ACKNACK cyclic shift value and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned before a second ACKNACK cyclic shift value, and a CQI cyclic shift value is positioned between the unused cyclic shift value and the second unused cyclic shift value.
7. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned before the set of CQI cyclic shift values and after an ACKNACK cyclic shift value, and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned before a second ACKNACK cyclic shift value and after the set of CQI cyclic shift values.
8. The base station of claim 1 wherein the set of CQI cyclic shift values consists of a single cyclic shift value.
9. The base station of claim 1 wherein the unused cyclic shift values consists of a single cyclic shift value.
10. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to a CQI cyclic shift value.
11. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to an ACKNACK cyclic shift value.
12. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to an ACKNACK cyclic shift value, and a second unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to a CQI cyclic shift value.
13. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to an ACKNACK cyclic shift value, and a second unused cyclic shift value is cyclically subsequent to a CQI cyclic shift value, and the CQI cyclic shift values is positioned between the unused cyclic shift value and the second unused cyclic shift value.
14. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is incrementally shifted from a CQI cyclic shift value by a unit of cyclic shift value and decrementally shifted from an ACKNACK cyclic shift value by the unit.
15. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is incrementally shifted from an ACKNACK cyclic shift value by a unit of cyclic shift value and decrementally shifted from a CQI cyclic shift value by the unit.
16. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is incrementally shifted from an ACKNACK cyclic shift value by a unit of cyclic shift value and an second unused cyclic shift value is decrementally shifted from an second ACKNACK cyclic shift value by the unit.
17. The base station of claim 1 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is incrementally shifted from an ACKNACK cyclic shift value by a unit of cyclic shift value and decrementally shifted from a CQI cyclic shift value by the unit, and an second unused cyclic shift value is decrementally shifted from an second ACKNACK cyclic shift value by the unit and decrementally shifted from a CQI cyclic shift value by the unit.
18. The base station apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver receives an ACKNACK signal transmitted from a first mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations and a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station of the plurality, which are mapped to a same symbol.
19. The base station apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver receives an ACKNACK signal transmitted from one of the mobile stations of the plurality, which is code-multiplexed with a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station of the plurality, or the receiver receives a CQI signal transmitted from one of the mobile stations of the plurality, which is code-multiplexed with an ACKNACK signal transmitted from another mobile station of the plurality.
20. The base station apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver receives a CQI signal spread with a sequence defined by one of the set of CQI cyclic shift values, and an ACKNACK signal spread with a sequence defined by one of the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.
21. The base station apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver receives the CQI signal transmitted on a PUCCH, an index of which is specified from the control information, and the ACKNACK signal transmitted on a PUCCH, an index of which is specified from the control information.
22. The base station of claim 1 wherein the set of CQI cyclic shift values, the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values, and the one or more unused cyclic shift values are mutually exclusive for each symbol.
23. The base station of claim 1 wherein the control information includes mobile station identification information indicating a mobile station of the plurality to which the control information is addressed.
24. A method, comprising:
transmitting, to each of a plurality of mobile stations, control information on a control channel element, wherein the CCE is associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the PUCCH is determinative of a cyclic shift value among a plurality of cyclic shift values, the plurality of cyclic shift values comprising a set of channel quality indicator (CQI) cyclic shift values and a set of acknowledgementnegative acknowledgement (ACKNACK) cyclic shift values, with one or more unused cyclic shift values separating the sets of CQI cyclic shift values and ACKNACK cyclic shift values;
receiving CQI signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective CQI cyclic shift values of the set of CQI cyclic shift values; and
receiving ACKNACK signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective ACKNACK cyclic shift values of the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein the set of CQI cyclic shift values, the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values, and the one or more unused cyclic shift values are mutually exclusive for each symbol.
26. The method of claim 24 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned before the set of CQI cyclic shift values and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned after the set of CQI cyclic shift values.
27. The method of claim 24 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned before the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned after the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.
28. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium whose contents cause a base station to perform a method, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a plurality of mobile stations, control information on a control channel element, wherein the CCE is associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the PUCCH is determinative of a cyclic shift value among a plurality of cyclic shift values, the plurality of cyclic shift values comprising a set of channel quality indicator (CQI) cyclic shift values and a set of acknowledgementnegative acknowledgement (ACKNACK) cyclic shift values, with one or more unused cyclic shift values separating the sets of CQI cyclic shift values and ACKNACK cyclic shift values;
receiving CQI signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective CQI cyclic shift values of the set of CQI cyclic shift values; and
receiving ACKNACK signals transmitted by one or more mobile stations of the plurality using respective ACKNACK cyclic shift values of the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.
29. The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 28 wherein an unused cyclic shift value is positioned before the set of CQI cyclic shift values and a second unused cyclic shift value is positioned after the set of CQI cyclic shift values.
30. The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 28 wherein the set of CQI cyclic shift values, the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values, and the one or more unused cyclic shift values are mutually exclusive for each symbol.
31. The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 28 wherein a received CQI signal is spread by one of the mobile stations of the plurality with a sequence defined by one of the set of CQI cyclic shift values, and a received ACKNACK signal is spread by one of the mobile stations of the plurality with a sequence defined by one of the set of ACKNACK cyclic shift values.

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 hermetic feed-through comprising:
a housing body;
a conductive pin; and
a seal structure that hermetically seals the conductive pin to the housing body and that provides electric insulation between the housing body and the conductive pin;
wherein the seal structure comprises a first material fused to one of the housing body and the conductive pin, and a second material fused to the first material and to the other one of the housing body and the conductive pin such that the seal structure comprises a first sealing path, a second sealing path, and a third sealing path that are connected to form a continuous sealing boundary.
2. The hermetic feed-through of claim 1, wherein the housing body is made of a first metal, the first metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the first material, the conductive pin being made of a second metal, the second metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the second material.
3. The hermetic feed-through of claim 2, wherein the first material has a gas permeation prevention property better than that of the second material.
4. The hermetic feed-through of claim 3, wherein the second material has a fusing temperature lower than that of the first material.
5. The hermetic feed-through of claim 1, further wherein the first sealing path is a glass-to-metal seal, the second sealing path is a polymer-to-metal seal, and the third sealing path is a glass-to-polymer seal; and
wherein the housing body is made of a first metal, the first metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the first material, and the conductive pin is made of a second metal, the second metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the second material.
6. The hermetic feed-through of claim 1, wherein the first material is glass, the second material is epoxy, the housing body is made of steel, and the conductive pin includes at least one of copper, silver, and gold.
7. The hermetic feed-through of claim 1, wherein the third sealing path forms an angled portion between the first material and the second material.
8. The hermetic feed-through of claim 1, wherein the seal structure further comprises a third material fused to the second material such that the seal structure comprises a fourth sealing path.
9. The hermetic feed-through of claim 8 wherein the first sealing path is a glass-to-metal seal, the second sealing path is a polymer-to-metal seal, the third sealing path is a glass-to-polymer seal, and the fourth sealing path is a glass-to-polymer seal.
10. The hermetic feed-through of claim 9, wherein the first and second sealing paths are parallel to one another; and
wherein the third and fourth sealing paths are parallel to one another.
11. A hermetic feed-through comprising:
a housing comprising an aperture therethrough;
a conductive pin having a longitudinal axis and extending in a direction along the longitudinal axis through the aperture in the housing; and
a seal structure hermetically sealing the conductive pin to the housing and electrically insulating the conductive pin from the housing;
the seal structure comprising a first dielectric material, a second dielectric material and at least three sealing paths extending parallel to the direction of the longitudinal axis, a first sealing path located between the first dielectric material and the housing, a second sealing path located between the second dielectric material and the pin, and a third sealing path located between the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material; and
wherein the first sealing path comprises a glass-to-metal seal, the second sealing path comprises a polymer-to-metal seal, and the third sealing path comprises a glass-to-polymer seal.
12. The hermetic feed-through of claim 11, wherein the second dielectric material comprises a flange portion extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis; and
wherein the seal structure further comprises a fourth sealing path extending perpendicularly to the direction of the longitudinal axis, the fourth sealing path located between the flange portion of the second dielectric material and first the dielectric material.
13. The hermetic feed-through of claim 11 wherein the first dielectric material comprises a sealing glass and the second dielectric material comprises a polymer; and
wherein the housing comprises a first metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the sealing glass, and the conductive pin comprises a second metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the polymer.
14. A hermetic feed-through comprising:
a housing comprising an aperture therethrough;
a conductive pin having a longitudinal axis and extending in a direction along the longitudinal axis through the aperture in the housing; and
a seal structure hermetically sealing the conductive pin to the housing and electrically insulating the conductive pin from the housing;
the seal structure comprising a first dielectric material, a second dielectric material, a third dielectric material and four sealing paths extending parallel to the direction of the longitudinal axis, a first sealing path located between the first dielectric material and the housing, a second sealing path located between the second dielectric material and the pin, a third sealing path located between the first dielectric material and the third dielectric material, and a fourth sealing path located between the second dielectric material and the third dielectric material.
15. The hermetic feed-through of claim 14, wherein the housing comprises aluminum.
16. The hermetic feed-through of claim 14 wherein the first and second sealing paths comprise a polymer-to-metal seal, and the third and fourth sealing paths comprise a glass-to-polymer seal.
17. The hermetic feed-through of claim 14 wherein the first and third dielectric materials comprise a polymer, and the second dielectric material comprises a sealing glass; and
wherein the housing comprises a first metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the first dielectric material, and the conductive pin comprises a second metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of the third dielectric material.

1. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section engagable with a trailer;
an extension section for supporting a coupler; and
an internal hinge positioned between said extension section and said base section, said internal hinge rotationally connecting said base section and said extension section and having a first pivot post and a second pivot post defining two axes of rotation, said base section and said internal hinge rotationally displacable relative to each other about said first pivot post, and said extension section and said internal hinge rotationally displacable relative to each other about said second pivot post, wherein said trailer tongue assembly has an extended operational position and a folded storage position with said internal hinge housed in said trailer tongue assembly and essentially shielded from view by said trailer tongue assembly when said trailer tongue assembly is in said extended operational position.
2. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 1, wherein said trailer tongue assembly has a greater length in said extended operational position than in said folded storage position.
3. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 1, wherein said internal hinge has a base box mounted in said base section, an extension box mounted in said extension section and a pivot box positioned between said base box and said extension box and rotationally connected to said base box and said extension box.
4. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 1, wherein said internal hinge has a base box mounted in said base section, an extension box mounted in said extension section, and a pivot box positioned between said base box and said extension box, said first pivot post rotationally connecting said pivot box and said base box and said second pivot post rotationally connecting said pivot box and said extension box.
5. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 1, wherein said extension section has a greater length than said base section.
6. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section;
an extension section having a longitudinal axis; and
an internal hinge positioned between said extension section and said base section, said internal hinge rotationally connecting said base section and said extension section, wherein said internal hinge has a base box mounted in said base section and an extension box mounted in said extension section, further wherein said base box and said extension box are horizontally positioned in series to define a junction between said base box and said extension box, and wherein said base box and said extension box are slidably displaceable relative to said extension section along an essentially linear displacement axis essentially collinear with siad longitudinal axis of said extension section.
7. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 6 further comprising a plate mounted in said base section, extending over or under said junction, and slidably engaging said base box and said extension box when said trailer tongue assembly is in said extended operational position.
8. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section;
an extension section having a longitudinal axis; and
an internal hinge positioned between said extension section and said base section, said internal hinge rotationally connecting said base section and said extension section, wherein said internal hinge has a base box mounted in said base section and an extension box mounted in said extension section, and wherein said base box and said extension box are slidably displaceable relative to said extension section along an essentially linear displacement axis essentially collinear with said longitudinal axis of said extension section.
9. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 8 further comprising a stationary pin mounted through said base section, wherein said stationary pin selectively engages said base box when said trailer tongue assembly is in said folded storage position and said stationary pin selectively engages said extension box when said trailer tongue assembly is in said extended operational position.
10. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section;
an extension section; and
an internal hinge including a base box mounted in said base section, an extension box mounted in said extension section and a pivot box positioned between said base box and said extension box and rotationally connected to said base box and said extension box, wherein said base box has a U-shaped configuration with a top face, a bottom face, a rear face and an open front end, said extension box has a U-shaped configuration with a top face, a bottom face, a front face and an open rear end, and said open front end of said box faces said open rear end of said extension box, and wherein said trailer tongue assembly has an extended operational position and a folded storage position, said trailer tongue assembly having a greater length in said extended operational position than in said folded storage position.
11. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 10, wherein said pivot box has a top crossbar and a bottom crossbar positioned below said top crossbar, further wherein said top and bottom crossbars are positioned between said top and bottom faces of said base box and said top and bottom crossbars are positioned between said top and bottom faces of said extension box.
12. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 11, wherein said internal hinge further includes a first pivot post and a second pivot post, said first pivot post extending between said top and bottom faces of said base box through said top and bottom crossbars and rotationally connecting said top and bottom faces of said base box, said second pivot post extending between said top and bottom faces of said extension box through said top and bottom crossbars and rotationally connecting said top and bottom faces of said extension box.
13. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 12, wherein said first pivot post and said second pivot post define two axes of rotation, said base box and said pivot box rotationally displacable relative to each other about said first pivot post, and said extension box and said pivot box rotationally displacable relative to each other about said second pivot post.
14. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section;
an extension section; and
an internal hinge rotationally connecting said base section and said extension section, wherein said internal hinge has a first pivot post and a second pivot post defining two axes of rotation, said base section and said internal hinge rotationally displacable relative to each other about said first pivot post and said extension section and said internal hinge rotationally displacable relative to each other about said second pivot post.
15. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 14, wherein said base section is engagable with a trailer.
16. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 14, wherein said extension section supports a coupler.
17. The trailer tongue assembly of claim 14, wherein said trailer tongue assembly has an extended operational position and a folded storage position with said internal hinge housed in said trailer tongue assembly and essentially shielded from view by said trailer tongue assembly when said trailer tongue assembly is in said extended operational position.
18. A trailer tongue assembly comprising:
a base section;
an extension section; and
an internal hinge having an axis of rotation about which said base section and said extension section are rotationally displacable relative to each other, wherein said trailer tongue assembly has an extended operational position and a folded storage position, said axis of rotation slidably displaceable internally within said trailer tongue assembly when said trailer tongue assembly is in said extended operational position and said axis of rotation slidably displaceable external to said trailer tongue assembly when said trailer tongue assembly is in said folded storage position.

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 secondary battery comprising:
a case;
a cap plate coupled to the case;
at least one electrode assembly accommodated in the case, the electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator located between the positive and negative electrode plates;
an electrode collector electrically connected to the electrode assembly;
an electrode terminal connected to the electrode collector and protruding outward from the cap plate;
a gasket surrounding the electrode terminal; and
a reinforcement part coupled to the gasket such that at least a portion of the electrode collector is located between the reinforcement part and the gasket.
2. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein at least one first opening is formed in the gasket,
wherein at least one hook is formed on the reinforcement part, and
wherein the hook penetrates the first opening and is coupled to the gasket.
3. The secondary battery of claim 2, wherein the gasket has an inner space, and
wherein the hook is coupled to an outer surface of the gasket after passing through the first opening from the inner space.
4. The secondary battery of claim 2, wherein at least one gasket protrusion is formed on the gasket,
at least one second opening is formed in the reinforcement part, and
the gasket protrusion is coupled to the at least one second opening.
5. The secondary battery of claim 4, wherein the gasket protrusion protrudes from an inner wall of the gasket.
6. The secondary battery of claim 4, wherein the at least one second opening is formed in a surface of the reinforcement part on which the hook is formed.
7. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein the reinforcement part surrounds at least a portion of the electrode collector.
8. The secondary battery of claim 7, wherein the reinforcement part is insert-molded on the electrode collector.
9. The secondary battery of claim 7, wherein the electrode collector comprises at least a bent portion, and
wherein the reinforcement part is molded to include the bent portion.
10. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein a hook and a hook coupling opening are respectively formed on the electrode collector and the reinforcement part and are coupled to each other.
11. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein a guide and a guide groove are respectively formed on the electrode collector and the reinforcement part and are coupled to each other through sliding.
12. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein the electrode terminal penetrates a terminal opening formed in the cap plate to protrude outward from the cap plate, and
wherein the gasket is located between an outer surface of the electrode terminal and an inner surface of the cap plate in which the terminal opening is formed.
13. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein an insulator is also located between the electrode collector and the electrode assembly.
14. The secondary battery of claim 1, wherein the gasket comprises a seal coupled to a gasket housing and surrounding the electrode terminal, the gasket housing comprising at least one first opening;
wherein the reinforcement part comprises a body and at least one hook protruding from an edge thereof; and
wherein the reinforcement part is coupled to the gasket such that the hook extends through the first opening and is fixed to the gasket housing.
15. The secondary battery of claim 14, wherein the gasket housing has an inner space, and
wherein the hook is coupled to an outer surface of the gasket housing after passing through the first opening from the inner space.
16. The secondary battery of claim 14, wherein at least one gasket protrusion is formed on the gasket housing,
wherein at least one second opening is formed in the body, and
wherein the gasket protrusion is coupled to the at least one second opening.
17. The secondary battery of claim 16, wherein the gasket protrusion protrudes from an inner wall of the gasket housing.
18. The secondary battery of claim 16, wherein the second opening is formed in a surface of the body on which the hook is formed.
19. The secondary battery of claim 14, wherein the reinforcement part is insert-molded on the electrode collector.
20. The secondary battery of claim 19, wherein the electrode collector comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being substantially parallel with the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode terminal, the second portion being bent from the first portion and connected to the electrode assembly,
wherein the reinforcement part surrounds a third portion of the electrode collector connecting the first and second portions.