Author: claimsbot

1. A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons, said molding device comprising at least one blow-molding mold of the hinged mold type with at least two mold halves which can be separated from one another by rotation about a common axle of articulation under the action of actuating means;
wherein the actuating means are designed in such a way that the two mold halves have respective angles of opening on each side of the parting plane of said mold which are not equal;
wherein the actuating means comprise two link rods having first ends rotationally connected by links respectively to said two mold halves and second ends rotationally connected at a common axle and control means capable of moving said common axle in a path running approximately parallel to the parting plane;
wherein said two link rods have different lengths and in that the path of the common axle is external to the parting plane, the mold half driven by the shorter link rod having an angle of opening, with respect to the parting plane, which is larger than that of the other mold half.
2. The molding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means comprise a drive arm running transversely to the parting plane and wherein said drive arm has a first end articulated to a fixed axle and an opposite second end articulated to said axle common to the aforesaid link rods.
3. A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons, said molding device comprising at least one blow-molding mold of the hinged mold type with at least two mold halves which can be separated from one another by rotation about a common axle of articulation under the action of actuating means;
wherein the actuating means are designed in such a way that the two mold halves have respective angles of opening on each side of the parting plane of said mold which are not equal;
wherein the actuating means comprise two link rods of substantially the same length and having respective first ends rotationally connected by links to the two mold halves respectively and opposite second ends rotationally connected at a common axle, control means being functionally associated with said common axle in order to move it,
wherein said control means for controlling the common axle are designed to drive said common axle in a path running approximately transversely to the parting plane and inclined at an angle with respect thereto, the angle of inclination of this path being related to the asymmetry of opening of the two respective mold halves.
4. The molding device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the control means comprise a drive arm running approximately transversely to the parting plane but inclined at an angle with respect thereto, and wherein said drive arm has a first end articulated to a fixed axle and an opposite second end articulated to said axle common to the aforesaid link rods.
5. The molding device as claimed in claim 1, built in the form of a rotary device of the carousel type moving in a direction of rotation, the parting plane of the mold running substantially radially, wherein it is the rear mold half (considered in the direction in which the carousel rotates) which has an angle of opening, with respect to the parting plane, which is greater than that of the other mold half.
6. The molding device as claimed in claim 1, built in the form of a rotary device of the carousel type moving in a direction of rotation, the parting plane of the mold running substantially radially, wherein it is the front mold half (considered in the direction in which the carousel rotates) which has an angle of opening, with respect to the parting plane, which is greater than that of the other mold half.
7. The molding device according to claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic containers are PET containers.
8. The molding device according to claim 3, wherein the thermoplastic containers are PET containers.
9. The molding device as claimed in claim 3, built in the form of a rotary device of the carousel type moving in a direction of rotation, the parting plane of the mold running substantially radially, wherein it is the rear mold half (considered in the direction in which the carousel rotates) which has an angle of opening, with respect to the parting plane, which is greater than that of the other mold half.
10. The molding device as claimed in claim 3, built in the form of a rotary device of the carousel type moving in a direction of rotation, the parting plane of the mold running substantially radially, wherein it is the front mold half (considered in the direction in which the carousel rotates) which has an angle of opening, with respect to the parting plane, which is greater than that of the other mold half.
11. A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons, the molding device comprising:
a blow-molding mold comprising two mold halves rotatable about a common hinge, wherein a seam between the two mold halves when the two mold halves are in a closed position defines a parting plane; and
an actuator for opening the two mold halves, the actuator comprising:
two link rods having a different length, each of the two link rods having a first end rotationally connected to a respective one of the two mold halves, and each of the two link rods having a second end rotationally connected at a common axle to each other; and
a controller configured to move the common axle of the two link rods in a path running approximately parallel to and spaced apart from the parting plane of the two mold halves;

wherein, when the controller moves the common axle, the mold half connected to the shorter link rod opens with a larger angle of opening with respect to the parting plane than the mold half connected to the longer link rod, thereby opening the molds asymmetrically.
12. A molding device for manufacturing thermoplastic containers by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding heated parisons, the molding device comprising:
a blow-molding mold comprising two mold halves rotatable about a common hinge, wherein a seam between the two mold halves when the two mold halves are in a closed position defines a parting plane; and
an actuator for opening the two mold halves, the actuator comprising:
two link rods having a same length, each of the two link rods having a first end rotationally connected to a respective one of the two mold halves, and each of the two link rods having a second end rotationally connected at a common axle to each other; and
a controller configured to move the common axle of the two link rods in a path transverse to and at an inclination angle with respect to the parting plane of the two mold halves;

wherein, when the controller moves the common axle, the two mold halves open substantially asymmetrically, the inclination angle relating to an amount that the two mold halves open asymmetrically.
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 wind turbine for producing power to a utility grid, the wind turbine comprising:
a rotor including one or more blades, wherein said rotor further comprises one or more hydraulic pitch actuators for actively controlling the pitch angle of one or more of said blades,
one or more actuator hydraulic pumps adapted for powering said hydraulic pitch actuators and wherein said one or more actuator hydraulic pumps are powered by a normal operation energy source, and
wherein said wind turbine further comprises an emergency hydraulic pump also adapted for powering said hydraulic actuators, said emergency hydraulic pump being powered by an electrical energy storage.
2. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said emergency hydraulic pump is a fixed capacity hydraulic pump.
3. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said one or more actuator hydraulic pumps are one or more variable capacity hydraulic pumps.
4. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein the capacity of each of said one or more actuator hydraulic pumps is between 2 and 100 times greater than the capacity of said emergency hydraulic pump.
5. The wind turbine according to claim 4, wherein the capacity of each of said one or more actuator hydraulic pumps is between 5 and 20 times greater than the capacity of said emergency hydraulic pump.
6. The wind turbine according to claim 4, wherein the capacity of each of said one or more actuator hydraulic pumps is between 7 and 15 times greater than the capacity of said emergency hydraulic pump.
7. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said emergency hydraulic pump has a capacity of between 0.5 and 100 litresminute.
8. The wind turbine according to claim 7, wherein said emergency hydraulic pump has a capacity of between 1 and 30 litresminute.
9. The wind turbine according to claim 7, wherein said emergency hydraulic pump has a capacity of between 2 and 10 litresminute.
10. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said wind turbine further comprises a status detector for detecting an indication of the operational status of said actuator hydraulic pumps.
11. The wind turbine according to claim 10, wherein said status detector comprises a grid status detector for detecting if the utility grid is available.
12. The wind turbine according to claim 10, wherein said wind turbine further comprises a controller for enabling operation of said emergency hydraulic pump in dependency of an output from said status detector.
13. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said electrical energy storage is one or more batteries.
14. The wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said wind turbine further comprises an oscillation detector adapted for detecting edgewise oscillations in one or more of said one or more blades.
15. The wind turbine according to claim 14, wherein said wind turbine further comprises an emergency hydraulic pump controller adapted for activating said emergency hydraulic pump if said oscillation detector detects edgewise oscillations above a predefined level in one or more of said one or more blades.
16. A wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein said electrical energy storage is one or more capacitors.
17. A method for powering one or more hydraulic pitch actuators for actively controlling the pitch angle of one or more blades of a wind turbine, the hydraulic pitch actuators being driven by means of one or more actuator hydraulic pumps during normal operation of the wind turbine, wherein the actuator hydraulic pumps are powered by a normal operation energy source and wherein the method comprises:
detecting an indication of the operational status of the actuator hydraulic pumps, and
enabling that the hydraulic pitch actuators can be powered by an emergency hydraulic pump if a non-operational status of the actuator hydraulic pumps is detected, the emergency hydraulic pump being powered by an electrical energy storage.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the method further comprises activating the emergency hydraulic pump if edgewise oscillations above a predefined level are detected in one or more of the wind turbine blades.

1. A stator support shaft for an automatic transmission, comprising:
an internal axial bore for receiving an input shaft;
a forward engagement portion for engaging a stator of a torque converter of the automatic transmission;
a central engagement portion for engaging a stator support of the automatic transmission and transferring to the stator support substantially all of a torque load imposed on the stator support shaft by the stator;
a rearward portion positioned rearward of the central engagement portion; and
a first internal circumferential oil seal groove positioned in the internal axial bore of the rearward portion, the first oil seal groove constructed and arranged to receive a first oil seal for establishing a sealing engagement between the stator support shaft and the input shaft and for blocking an axial flow of oil between the stator support shaft and the input shaft originating from the torque converter.
2. The stator support shaft as in claim 1, and further comprising:
a first oil flow bore connecting the axial internal bore with an exterior of the shaft for allowing the oil from the torque converter flowing between the stator support shaft and the input shaft to flow to an exterior of the stator support shaft, the first oil flow bore positioned on the rearward portion of the stator support shaft forward of the first oil seal groove.
3. The stator support shaft as in claim 2, and further comprising:
a second internal circumferential oil seal groove positioned in the internal axial bore of the rearward portion of the stator support shaft rearward of the first oil seal groove, the second oil seal groove constructed and arranged to receive a second oil seal for establishing a sealing engagement between the stator support shaft and the input shaft and creating an oil chamber between the stator support shaft, the input shaft and the first oil seal.
4. The stator support shaft as in claim 3, and further comprising:
a second oil flow bore connecting the axial internal bore with an exterior of the shaft for allowing oil to flow from an exterior of the shaft to the interior axial bore, the second oil flow bore positioned axially on the stator support shaft between the first and second oil seal grooves.
5. The stator support shaft as in claim 4, wherein the oil chamber is axially positioned to connect to an oil flow bore positioned in the input shaft and pass oil from the exterior of the stator support shaft to the input shaft oil flow bore.
6. The stator support shaft as in claim 5, and further comprising:
the first oil seal and the second oil seal.
7. An automatic transmission, comprising:
an input shaft having a forward engagement portion for engaging a turbine of a torque converter;
a first oil seal;
a stator support shaft, comprising:
an internal axial bore for receiving the input shaft;
a forward engagement portion for engaging a stator of the torque converter of the automatic transmission;
a central engagement portion for engaging a stator support of the automatic transmission and transferring to the stator support substantially all of a torque load imposed on the stator support shaft by the stator;
a rearward portion positioned rearward of the central engagement portion; and
a first internal circumferential oil seal groove positioned in the internal axial bore of the rearward portion, the first oil seal groove constructed and arranged to receive the first oil seal for establishing a sealing engagement between the stator support shaft and the input shaft and for blocking an axial flow of oil between the stator support shaft and the input shaft originating from the torque converter.
8. The automatic transmission as in claim 7, wherein the stator support shaft further comprises:
a first oil flow bore connecting the axial internal bore with an exterior of the shaft for allowing the oil from the torque converter flowing between the stator support shaft and the input shaft to flow to an exterior of the stator support shaft and to an oil cooler of the automatic transmission, the first oil flow bore positioned on the rearward portion of the stator support shaft forward of the first oil seal groove.
9. The automatic transmission as in claim 8, and further comprising:
a second oil seal;
a second internal circumferential oil seal groove positioned in the internal axial bore of the rearward portion of the stator support shaft rearward of the first oil seal groove, the second oil seal groove constructed and arranged to receive the second oil seal for establishing a sealing engagement between the stator support shaft and the input shaft and creating an oil chamber between the stator support shaft, the input shaft and the first oil seal.
10. The automatic transmission as in claim 9, wherein the stator support shaft further comprises:
a second oil flow bore connecting the axial internal bore with an exterior of the shaft for allowing oil to flow from an oil cooler exterior of the shaft to the interior axial bore, the second oil flow bore positioned axially on the stator support shaft between the first and second oil seal grooves.
11. The automatic transmission as in claim 10, wherein the input shaft includes an oil flow bore and the oil chamber is axially positioned to connect to the input shaft oil flow bore and pass oil from the exterior of the stator support shaft to the input shaft oil flow bore.
12. The automatic transmission as in claim 11, wherein an external portion of the input shaft positioned between and near the first and second oil seals is free of any substantive grooving.
13. The automatic transmission as in claim 12, and further comprising the torque converter.
14. The automatic transmission as in claim 9, wherein an external portion of the input shaft positioned between and near the first and second oil seals is free of any substantive grooving.
15. The automatic transmission as in claim 7, and further comprising the torque converter.

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 decoding apparatus comprising:
a) an input unit, arranged to input a bitstream obtained by coding a plurality of object data in units of objects and multiplexing the coded data, wherein the plurality of object data are data which provide a desired scalability in accordance with a combination among the plurality of object data;
b) a separation unit, adapted to separate coded data of each object from the bitstream;
c) a judgment unit, adapted to judge permission of reproduction of the coded data by using intellectual property and management protection data included in the bitstream;
d) a selection unit, adapted to select predetermined object data from among the plurality of object data according to a judgment result obtained by said judgment unit and the level of reproduction-permitted scalability;
e) an outputting unit, adapted to decode the coded data of the selected object data, and output the decoded data; and
f) a synthesis unit, adapted to synthesize the object data outputted by said outputting unit.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bitstream is a bitstream complying with MPEG4.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bitstream input to said input unit includes a coded bitstream, and said input unit comprises a descrambling unit, arranged to descramble the scrambled bitstream.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the intellectual property and management protection data is not encoded, and said descrambling unit descrambles the scrambled bitstream in accordance with the intellectual property data.
5. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a read unit, adapted to read descrambling data for descrambling the scrambled data, the descrambling data being stored in an IC card, wherein said descrambling unit descrambles the scrambled bitstream in accordance with the descrambling data read by said read unit.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a read unit, adapted to read selection data for selecting the object, the selection data being stored in an IC card, and a selection unit, adapted to select the predetermined object from the plurality of objects in accordance with the selection data read by said read unit.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of objects include at least a video object.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of objects include at least an audio object.
9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of objects include at least a scene description object.
10. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a monitor unit, arranged to monitor the object data synthesized by said synthesis unit.
11. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit, arranged to perform data communication with an external device, said communication device transmitting, to said external device, information representing that the bitstream is decoded.
12. An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said communication unit performs data communication through the Internet.
13. A decoding method comprising the steps of:
inputting a bitstream obtained by coding a plurality of object data in units of objects and multiplexing the coded data, wherein the plurality of object data are data which provide a desired scalability in accordance with a combination among the plurality of object data;
separating coded data of each object from the bitstream;
judging permission of reproduction of the coded data by using intellectual property and management protection data included in the bitstream;
selecting predetermined object data from among the plurality of object data according to a judgment result obtained in said judging step and the level of reproduction-permitted scalability;
decoding the coded data of the selected object data, and outputting the decoded data; and
synthesizing the object data outputted in said decoding step.
14. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program, said program comprising steps of:
a) input processing of inputting a bitstream obtained by coding a plurality of object data in units of objects and multiplexing the coded data, wherein the plurality of object data are data which provide a desired scalability in accordance with a combination among the plurality of object data;
b) separation processing of separating coded data of each object from the bitstream;
c) judgment processing of judging permission of reproduction of the coded data by using intellectual property and management protection data included in the bitstream;
d) selecting processing of selecting predetermined object data from among the plurality of object data according to a judgment result obtained in said judgment processing step and the level of reproduction-permitted scalability;
e) outputting processing of decoding the coded data of the selected object data, and outputting the decoded data; and
f) synthesis processing of synthesizing the object data outputted in said outputting processing.
15. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of object data includes data of different resolutions.