Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first terminal;
a second terminal;
a first resistor that is coupled to the first terminal, wherein the first resistor includes a first set of metal resistors coupled in parallel with one another;
a second resistor that is coupled to the first terminal, wherein the second resistor includes a second set of metal resistors coupled in series with one another, wherein each metal resistor from each of the first and second sets of metal resistors has substantially the same temperature coefficient;
a current source that is coupled to the second resistor;
an amplifier having inputs and an output, wherein the inputs of the amplifier are coupled to each of the first and second resistors; and
a transistor having a first passive electrode, a second passive electrode, and a control electrode, wherein the first passive electrode is coupled to the first resistor, and wherein the second passive electrode is coupled to the second terminal, and wherein the control electrode is coupled to the output of the amplifier.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of metal resistor further comprise a plurality of metal strips that are substantially in parallel with one another.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transistor further comprises an N-type LDMOS transistor with the first resistor coupled to its drain and the second terminal coupled to its source.
4. An apparatus comprising:
a deploy unit including:
a first terminal;
a second terminal;
a third terminal;
a fourth terminal that is coupled to ground;
a first resistor that is coupled to the first terminal, wherein the first resistor includes a first set of metal resistors coupled in parallel with one another;
a second resistor that is coupled to the first terminal, wherein the second resistor includes a second set of metal resistors coupled in series with one another, wherein each metal resistor from each of the first and second sets of metal resistors has substantially the same temperature coefficient;
a current source that is coupled to the second resistor;
an amplifier having an inputs and an output, wherein the inputs of the amplifier are coupled to each of the first and second resistors;
a first transistor having a first passive electrode, a second passive electrode, and a control electrode, wherein the first passive electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first resistor, and wherein the second passive electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the second terminal, and wherein the control electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the output of the amplifier;
a low side gate driver; and
a second transistor having a first passive electrode, a second passive electrode, and a control electrode, wherein the first passive electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the third terminal, and wherein the second passive electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the fourth terminal;
a squib that is coupled to the second and third terminals;
a first capacitor that is coupled to the second terminal; and
a second capacitor that is coupled to the third terminal.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first and second sets of metal resistor further comprise a plurality of metal strips that are substantially in parallel with one another.
6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first transistor further comprises an N-type LDMOS transistor with the first resistor coupled to its drain and the second terminal coupled to its source.
7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second transistor further comprises an N-type LDMOS transistor with the third terminal coupled to its drain and the fourth terminal coupled to its source.

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 electric power variation compensating device in a compound system of a wind power generation and an electric power energy storage including a wind power generator and an electric power energy storage device and an electric power converting device provided in parallel therewith, characterized in that the electric power variation compensating device comprises means (8a) for detecting a composite current (Iw) of the wind power generator (1a, 1b); means (9a) for detecting a voltage (Vs) of an electric power system (18) to which the wind power generator (1a, 1b) and the electric power energy storage device (4a) and the electric power converting device (6a, 6b) are connected; and means (8b) for detecting a current (Ic) either inputted into or outputted from the electric power converting device (6a, 6b); wherein an output electric power (Pw, Qw) of the wind power generator (1a, 1b) is computed according to the detected voltage (Vs) of the electric power system (18) and the detected composite current value (Iw) as well as an input or output electric power (Pc, Qc) of the electric power converting device (6a, 6b) is computed according to the detected voltage (Vs) of the electric power system (18) and the detected current value (Ic) of the electric power converting device (4a), and the computed output electric power (Pw, Qw) of the wind power generator (1a, 1b) and the computed input or output electric power (Pc, Qc) of the electric power converting device (6a, 6b) are used as an electric power feed-back in a control system (11a) for the electric power converting device (6a, 6b).

2. An electric power variation compensating device in a compound system of a wind power generation and an electric power energy storage including a wind power generator and an electric power energy storage device and an electric power converting device provided in parallel therewith, characterized in that the electric power variation compensating device comprises means (8c) for detecting a composite current (Iw) of the wind power generator (1c, 1d); means (9b) for detecting a voltage (Vs) of an electric power system (18) to which the wind power generator (1c, 1d) and the electric power energy storage device (4b) and the electric power converting device (6c, 6d) are connected; and means (8d) for detecting a current in the electric power system (18); wherein an output electric power (Pw, Qw) of the wind power generator (1c, 1d) is computed according to the detected voltage (Vs) of the electric power system (18) and the detected composite current value (Iw) as well as an input or output electric power (Pc, Qc) of the electric power converting device (6c, 6d) is computed according to the detected voltage (Vs) of the electric power system (18) and the detected current value of the electric power system (18), and the computed output electric power (Pw, Qw) of the wind power generator (1c, 1d) and the computed input or output electric power (Pc, Qc) of the electric power converting device (6c, 6d) are used as an electric power feed-back in a control system (11b) for the electric power converting device (6c, 6d).

3. An electric power variation compensating device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that an amount of the electric power used for the electric power feed-back in the control system (11a, 11b) is a value (Pf, Qf) in which either the active electric power (Pw) or the reactive electric power (Qw) in the output electric power of the wind power generator (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) each of which low frequency components (PwL) are excluded through a low frequency pass filter (12a, 12b) is added to either the active electric power (Pc) or the reactive electric power (Qc) in the input or output electric power of the electric power converting device (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d).

4. An electric power variation compensating device according to claim 3, characterized in that either the active electric power (Pc) or the reactive electric power (Qc) in the input or output electric power of the electric power converting device (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) is determined by subtracting either the active electric power (Pw) or the reactive electric power (Qw) in the output electric power of the wind power generator (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) from the electric power of the electric power system (18).

5. An electric power variation compensating device according to claim 3 or claim 4, characterized in that the electric power variation compensating device further comprises a change-over switch (A, B) which makes or interrupts the active electric power (Pw) or the reactive electric power (Qw) in the output power of the wind power generator (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), and another change-over switch (C) which makes or interrupts low frequency components (PwL) of the active electric power (Pw) or the reactive electric power (Qw) in the output electric power of the wind power generator (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d).

6. An electric power variation compensating device according to one of claims 1 through 5, characterized in that a superconducting magnetic energy storage device (17a), a static var compensating device (17b) or an adjustable speed electric power generating system (17c) is used as the electric power energy storage device (4a, 4b).

1. In a beam for a grid in a suspended ceiling, formed from a single layer of metal folded longitudinally into a cross section having
(a) a bulb at the top,
(b) a single-layered web extending downwardly from the bulb,
(c) a first and second flange at the bottom of the web, each of which extends horizontally on the opposite side of the web from the other flange, with the first flange formed of an upper and lower layer of metal, the upper layer of which extends from the bottom of the web, and the second flange formed of at least a single layer of metal extending from the lower layer of the first flange;

the improvement comprising
a balanced beam wherein the second flange is cantilevered from the bottom of the web by a binding, so that the resultant load of an equal vertical load on each of the first and second flanges of the beam passes directly through the vertical plane of the web.
2. The beam of claim 1, wherein the binding is formed by a seam of stitches.
3. The beam of claim 1, wherein the binding stiffens the web.

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 composition consisting of:
at least one lubricant based on at least one polyol ester obtained from a polyol having a neopentyl backbone, or at least one polyvinyl ether;
a refrigerant consisting of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and at least one hydrofluorocarbon selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoromethane, and pentafluoroethane; and
optionally at least one of a compatibilizer, a surfactant, and a solubilizing agent.

2. A composition consisting of:
at least one lubricant based on at least one polyol ester or at least one polyvinyl ether;
a refrigerant consisting of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and at least one of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and
optionally at least one of a compatibilizer, a surfactant, and a solubilizing agent.

3. The composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is obtained from a polyol which has a neopentyl backbone.

4. The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is obtained from linear or branched carboxylic acid having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms.

5. The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester represents between 10% and 50% by weight of the composition.

6. (canceled)

7. A composition consisting of:
at least one lubricant based on at least one polyol ester or at least one polyvinyl ether;
a refrigerant consisting of at least one hydrofluoropropene, wherein the at least one hydrofluoropropene includes 3,3,3-trifluoropropene; and
optionally at least one of a compatibilizer, a surfactant, and a solubilizing agent.

8. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one hydrofluoropropene further includes at least one of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

9. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one hydrofluoropropene further includes 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

10. The composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is obtained from linear or branched carboxylic acid having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms.

11. The composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester represents between 10% and 50% by weight of the composition.

12. The composition as claimed in claim 3, wherein the polyol which has the neopentyl backbone is selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, trimethylol propane, and dipentaerythritol.

13. The composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is a pentaerythritol ester.

14. The composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on at least one polyvinyl ether.

15. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is obtained from linear or branched carboxylic acid having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms.

16. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester represents between 10% and 50% by weight of the composition.

17. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is obtained from a polyol having a neopentyl backbone.

18. The composition as claimed in claim 17, wherein the polyol having the neopentyl backbone is selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol, and dipentaerythritol.

19. The composition as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on at least one polyvinyl ether.

20. The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester obtained from a polyol having a neopentyl backbone, wherein the polyol having the neopentyl backbone is selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, trimethylol propane, and dipentaerythritol.

21. The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lubricant is based on the at least one polyol ester, and wherein the at least one polyol ester is a pentaerythritol ester.