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1. A thermal barrier coating system for a superalloy article, the coating system comprising:
a superalloy substrate, the superalloy material being capable of forming an adherent alumina layer;
a bond coat applied to a localized area of the substrate such that a portion of the substrate remains exposed;
a thin adherent alumina layer formed on the exposed portion of the substrate and on the bond coat; and
a ceramic layer applied on the alumina layer.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bond coat is an MCrAIY or aluminide bond coat.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the localized area is an area susceptible to premature failure of the ceramic layer.
4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge.
5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the bond coat is applied to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the airfoil.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bond coat is plasma sprayed.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bond coat has a thickness of less than about 5 mils.
8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic layer has a columnar microstructure.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the localized areas of the article are prone to damage by particulate matter or debris.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bond coat is applied to less than about 50% of the substrate airfoil area.
11. A superalloy article comprising:
a superalloy substrate;
a bond coat applied to at least one local area of the substrate such that a remaining portion of the substrate is exposed.
12. The article according to claim 11, wherein the superalloy material is capable of forming an adherent alumina layer, and further comprising:
a thin adherent alumina layer formed on the exposed portion of the substrate and the bond coat.
13. The article according to claim 11, further comprising:
a ceramic layer applied on the alumina layer.
14. The article according to claim 11, wherein the bond coat is an MCrAlY or aluminide bond coat.
15. The article according to claim 11, wherein the local area is susceptible to premature failure of the ceramic layer.
16. The article according to claim 11, wherein the substrate comprises an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge.
17. The article according to claim 16, wherein the bond coat is applied to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the airfoil.
18. The article according to claim 11, wherein the bond coat has a thickness of less than about 5 mils.
19. The article according to claim 13, wherein the ceramic layer has a columnar microstructure.
20. The article according to claim 11, wherein the bond coat is applied to less than 50% of the area defined by the substrate.
21. A method of reducing the weight of a ceramic coated article having a superalloy substrate, an adherent bond coat on the substrate, a thin alumina layer formed on the bond coat and an adherent ceramic on the alumina layer, comprising the steps of:
providing a superalloy substrate, the superalloy material being capable of forming an adherent alumina layer;
applying a bond coat to at least one local area of the substrate such that a remaining portion of the substrate remains uncovered;
forming a thin adherent alumina layer on the remaining portion of the substrate and on the bond coat; and
applying a ceramic layer on the alumina layer.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the bond coat that is applied is an MCrAlY or aluminide bond coat.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the at least one local area to which the bond coat is applied comprises an area susceptible to premature failure of the ceramic layer.
24. The method according to claim 21, wherein the substrate provided comprises an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge.
25. The method according to claim 21, wherein the bond coat is applied to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the airfoil.
26. The method according to claim 21, wherein the step of applying the bond coat is performed by plasma spraying.
27. The method according to claim 21, wherein the ceramic layer is applied to provide the ceramic with a columnar microstructure.
28. The method according to claim 21, wherein the bond coat is applied to less than about 50% of the substrate area.
29. A thermal barrier coating system for a superalloy article, the coating system comprising:
a superalloy substrate;
an aluminide coating applied to the substrate;
an MCrAlY bond coat applied to a localized area of the aluminide such that a portion of the aluminide remains exposed, the aluminide coating and the MCrAlY bond coat forming a thin adherent alumina layer; and
a ceramic layer on the alumina layer.
30. The system according to claim 29, wherein the localized area is an area susceptible to premature failure of the ceramic layer.
31. The system according to claim 29, wherein the substrate comprises an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the bond coat is applied to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge.
32. The system according to claim 29, wherein the ceramic layer has a columnar microstructure.
33. The system according to claim 29, wherein the localized areas of the article are prone to damage by particulate matter or debris.
34. The system according to claim 29, wherein the bond coat is applied to less than about 50% of the aluminide area.
35. A thermal barrier coating system for a superalloy article, the coating system comprising:
a superalloy substrate;
an MCrAlY bond coat applied to a localized area of the substrate such that a portion of the substrate remains exposed;
an aluminide coating applied to the exposed portion of the substrate and to the bond coat, the aluminide coating and the MCrAlY bond coat forming a thin adherent alumina layer; and
a ceramic layer on the alumina layer.
36. The system according to claim 35, wherein the localized area is an area susceptible to premature failure of the ceramic layer.
37. The system according to claim 35, wherein the substrate comprises an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the bond coat is applied to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge.
38. The system according to claim 35, wherein the ceramic layer has a columnar microstructure.
39. The system according to claim 35, wherein the localized areas of the article are prone to damage by particulate matter or debris.
40. The system according to claim 35, wherein the bond coat is applied to less than about 50% of the substrate area.

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 module for at least one combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine having electrohydraulic valve control, comprising:
a cylinder head having a plurality of gas exchange valves, at least one gas exchange valve functioning as an inlet valve to control the at least one inlet opening, and at least one other gas exchange valve functioning as an outlet valve to control the at least one outlet opening, at least one high pressure line for supplying fluid under high pressure, at least one recycling line for recycling of fluid, wherein the at least one high pressure line and the at least one recycling line each have at least one coupling opening for hydraulic coupling of the electrohydraulic valve actuators;
a plurality of electrohydraulic valve actuators; and
an arrangement for detachably fastening the electrohydraulic valve actuators;
wherein the number of the electrohydraulic valve actuators corresponds to the number of the gas exchange valves present, and
wherein each valve actuator has an actuator housing, the housing having a planar surface with a fluid supply opening, a fluid outflow opening and a leadthrough passage enclosed by a projecting hollow peg for allowing passage of a valve shaft of a gas exchange valve, wherein the fluid supply opening, the fluid outflow opening and the leadthrough passage are arranged in such a way that, at each valve actuator the fluid supply opening rests congruently on the coupling opening of the high pressure line and the fluid outflow opening rests congruently on the coupling opening of the recycling line, and the hollow peg engages the centering opening in a form-locking manner.
2. The module as recited in claim 1, wherein in the actuator housing, two blind hole-like accommodating chambers are provided per each electrical control valve, the accommodating chambers each opening out onto a housing surface that faces away from the planar housing surface, and wherein a connecting channel extends from the bottom of each accommodating chamber to the inside of the hollow peg.
3. The module as recited in claim 1, wherein in the planar housing surface, ring grooves surrounding the fluid supply opening and the fluid outflow opening are provided for accommodating sealing rings.
4. The module as recited in claim 1, wherein a cavity coaxial with the hollow peg is provided in the actuator housing, and wherein a hydraulic working cylinder connected to the fluid supply opening and the fluid outflow opening is installed into the cavity, and wherein an operating piston guided in a working cylinder in an axially shiftable manner is connected to the valve shaft of the gas exchange valve that is inserted into the hollow peg.
5. The module as recited in claim 1, wherein through holes are provided in the actuator housing for allowing passage of fastening screws adapted to be screwed into threaded holes in the cylinder head.

1. A method for transmitting collision information at a transceiver connected to a first eNB and a second eNB, the method comprising:
obtaining first scheduling information, generated by the first eNB, with regard to a first user equipment (UE), and second scheduling information, generated by the second eNB, with regard to a second UE;
generating the collision information based on the obtained first scheduling information and second scheduling information; and
transmitting the collision information to the first eNB and the second eNB.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first scheduling information includes one or more of downlink transmission resource allocation information and uplink transmission resource allocation information about the first UE and the second scheduling information includes one or more of downlink transmission resource allocation information and uplink transmission resource allocation information about the second UE.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collision information transmitted to the first eNB includes the second scheduling information and the collision information transmitted to the second eNB includes the first scheduling information.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collision information includes one or more of information indicating whether or not resources scheduled by the first and second eNBs collide with each other, information indicating the resources colliding each other and information indicating the first and second UEs.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collision information includes updated first scheduling information and updated scheduling information, generated by the transceiver, when resources scheduled by the first and second eNBs collide with each other.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the scheduling information is performed within a predetermined time range including one or more of a time at which the first scheduling information is transmitted to the first UE and a time at which the second scheduling information is transmitted to the second UE.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the collision information is performed within a predetermined time range including one or more of a time at which transmission from the first UE to the first eNB is performed and a time at which transmission from the second UE to the second eNB is performed.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein transmission from the first UE or the second UE corresponds to transmission of ACKNACK information on downlink data or uplink data transmission based on uplink scheduling information.
9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
overhearing one or both of a downlink signal transmitted from the first or second eNB and an uplink signal transmitted from the first or second UE; and
reporting information indicating whether or not overhearing has been successfully performed to one or both of the first and second eNBs.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the overheard downlink signal is retransmitted to one or both of the first and second UEs and the overheard uplink signal is retransmitted to one or both of the first and second eNBs.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein scheduling information updated by each of the first and second eNBs is generated based on the collision information.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquisition of the first scheduling information and the second scheduling information and transmission of the collision information are performed through wired connection between the transceiver and the first and second eNBs.
13. A transceiver connected to a first eNB and a second eNB, comprising:
a transmissionreception module for transmittingreceiving a signal tofrom an external device; and
a processor for controlling the transceiver,
wherein the processor is configured to obtain first scheduling information, generated by the first eNB, with regard to a first UE, and second scheduling information, generated by the second eNB, with regard to a second UE, to generate collision information based on the obtained first scheduling information and second scheduling information and to transmit the collision information to the first eNB and the second eNB.
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 hoisting apparatus comprising:
a base secured to a ceiling;
a load holder, to which a load is detachably attached;
a pair of first and second cables extending between said base and said load holder;
a drive means mounted to said base, to which one ends of said first and second cables are connected, so that said drive means is operative to take in or let out said first and second cables from said base; and
a horizontal stabilizing means for said load holder including a shaft horizontally supported in said load holder to be freely rotatable, wherein said first cable is connected at its opposite end to an end portion of said shaft, and wound around said shaft in a first winding direction, and said second cable is connected at its opposite end to an opposite end portion of said shaft, and wound around said shaft in a second winding direction opposite to the first winding direction.
2. The hoisting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said load holder has a housing for incorporating said shaft therein, and said shaft is placed in said housing such that a center of gravity of said load holder with said load is positioned on a vertical line extending downwardly from a center point on said shaft between said first and second cables.
3. The hoisting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second cables are of a pair of strip cables, and said load holder includes a housing for incorporating said shaft therein, which has a pair of slits for passing said strip cables therethrough in its top surface, and wherein said slits are spaced from each other in an axial direction of said shaft by a required distance, and one of said slits is displaced from the other one in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
4. The hoisting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second cables are of a pair of strip cables, and said load holder includes a housing, in which a space for incorporating said shaft therein is defined, and wherein said housing has a pair of slits for passing said strip cables therethrough in its top surface, and a pair of guide projections each having a curved top for guiding said strip cables into said slits, which project in said space above said shaft.
5. The hoisting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shaft is formed with a pair of elongate pieces that are separable along its axial direction, and wherein the opposite ends of said first and second cables are caught between said elongate pieces such that a position of inserting the opposite end of said first cable in a gap between said elongate pieces is spaced from the position of inserting the opposite end of said second cable in the gap between said elongate pieces by 180 degrees around said shaft.
6. The hoisting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second cables are of a pair of strip cables, said load holder includes a housing for incorporating said shaft therein, which has a pair of slits for passing said strip cables therethrough in its top surface, and a pair of protrusions extending upwardly from its rim adjacent to said strip cables to prevent such a situation that said load holder suspended from said base be accidentally rotated about a horizontal axis to cause a kink in said strip cables.
7. A hoisting apparatus comprising:
a base secured to a ceiling;
a load holder, to which a load is detachably attached;
a pair of cables extending between said base and said load holder;
a drive means mounted to said base, which is operative to take in or let out said cables from said base; and
a horizontal stabilizing means for said load holder including a shaft horizontally supported in said load holder to be freely rotatable, around which said cables are wound in opposite winding directions to each other,
wherein said horizontal stabilizing means is operative to correct an inclination of said load holder in a horizontal position by unwinding a required length of one of said cables from said shaft and at the same time winding the same length of the other one around said shaft.
8. A load holder for a hoisting apparatus, said load holder comprising:
a housing having a bottom, to which a load is detachably attached;
a horizontal stabilizing means including a shaft horizontally supported in said housing to be freely rotatable; and
a pair of cables, which are connected at its one ends to opposite end portions of said shaft, and wound around said shaft in opposite winding directions to each other, wherein under a suspended state of the load holder, said horizontal stabilizing means is operative to correct an inclination of said load holder in a horizontal position by unwinding a required length of one of said cables from said shaft and at the same time winding the same length of the other one around said shaft.