Author: claimsbot

1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
a seat backrest;
a seat bottom;
a seat frame having a front member and a rear member, said seat frame operatively supporting said seat bottom and further having at least one backrest rotating mechanism supported at said rear member that is adapted to allow said seat backrest to move between an upright position and a folded position in which said seat backrest is folded down upon said seat bottom, said seat frame further having at least one first pair of linkage attachment points on said front member to allow said rear member of said seat frame to be rotatively lifted upward and forward and move said seat frame from a seating position to a tumbled position relative to said front member;
at least one tumble mechanism is operatively disposed between said front member of said seat frame and the vehicle floor, said tumble mechanism having a first and a second linkage arm, and a base plate fixedly mounted to the vehicle floor, said first and second linkage arms are operatively and pivotably mounted to said front member of said seat frame and pivotably mounted to said base plate;
said first and second linkage arms having two unequal length lever arms which work cooperatively to cause said front member of said seat assembly to move rearward in an arcuate path as said rear member is lifted.
2. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first pair of linkage attachment points on said front member are non-coaxial and one of said first pair of linkage attachment points is disposed higher relative to the vehicle floor than the other.
3. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said base plate further includes a second pair of linkage attachment points for said first and said second linkage arms wherein said second pair of linkage attachment points are non-coaxial and one of said second pair of linkage attachment points is disposed higher relative to the vehicle floor than the other.
4. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 further including two of said tumble assemblies disposed proximate to each end of said front member and a torsion tube assembly disposed in parallel relationship to said front member between said two tumble mechanisms such that the ends of said torsion tube assembly are operatively fixed to said first linkage arms of said two tumble mechanisms thereby operatively joining said first linkage arms together to cause both said tumble mechanisms to pivot in unison when said seat assembly is lifted.
5. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein said torsion tube assembly further includes a tube body and a torsion rod, said tube body having a distal and a proximate end and said torsion rod having a distal and a proximate end, said torsion rod disposed within said tube body and having said distal end fixedly mounted to said distal end of said tube body and having said proximate end fixedly mounted to said base plate, said torsion rod operatively twisted along its length relative to the tube body such that a torsional biasing force is imparted to the tube body to maintain a preloaded angular biasing force on said linkage arms to assist in the rotational movement of the tumble mechanism.
6. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tumble mechanism further includes a locking arm supported upon said base plate and operable to move between a lock position and a release position such that said locking arm operatively engages said first linkage arm when said rear member of said seat frame is rotatively lifted upward and forward to move said seat frame from said seating position to said tumbled position and to hold said seat assembly in said tumbled position.
7. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said tumble mechanism further includes a biasing member and a release member, said biasing member operable to hold said locking arm in said lock position and said release member operable to selectively move said lock member to said release position thereby unlocking said seat assembly and allowing it to be moved to said seating position from said tumbled position.
8. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said seat assembly further includes at least one floor striker assembly having a ball latch assembly and a floor striker bracket, said ball latch assembly operatively disposed on said rear member, said floor striker bracket fixedly mounted to the vehicle floor beneath said ball latch assembly such that when said seat assembly is in the seating position said ball latch assembly engages said floor striker bracket and holds said seat assembly to the vehicle floor.
9. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein said ball latch assembly further includes at least one ball latch having a locating pin and at least one captured and spring biased ball that protrudes laterally from the side of said locating pin to engage a latch opening in said striker bracket, such that when said locating pin is set into said latch opening said ball is depressed as it passes through said latch opening and then re-extends to hold the seat assembly to said floor striker bracket.
10. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein said seat assembly further includes a pair of said floor striker assemblies each operatively mounted on the underside of the ends of the rear member and joined by a release bar, said release bar operable to simultaneously release both said ball latches from said floor striker brackets.
11. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one backrest rotating mechanism includes a locking mechanism having a release lever and a locking pin that engages a lock opening to operatively lock said backrest in the upright seating position supported at said rear member and is further adapted to selectively release said seat backrest to allow it to be moved to a folded position.
12. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 11 wherein said locking mechanism further includes a second lock opening such that said seat backrest may also be locked in the folded position by said release lever.
13. A vehicle seat tumble mechanism comprising:
a seat frame having a front member, a rear member, two side members, said front and said rear member disposed in a spaced parallel relationship with said side members disposed in a spaced parallel relationship therebetween, said front member further having at least one first pair of linkage attachment points to allow said rear member of said seat frame to be rotatively lifted upward about said front member to move said seat frame from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position relative to said front member;
a first and a second linkage arm, and a base plate, said base plate fixedly mounted to the floor of a vehicle, said first and second linkage arms operatively and pivotably mounted to said front member of said seat frame and pivotably mounted to said base plate, said first and second linkage arms having two unequal length lever arms that work cooperatively to cause said front member of said seat assembly to move rearward in said vehicle in an arcuate path as said rear member is lifted.
14. A vehicle seat tumble mechanism as set forth in claim 13 further including a torsion tube assembly and two said base plates, each said base plate having a pair of first and second linkage arms, said base plates disposed proximate to each end of said front member such that the ends of said torsion tube assembly are operatively fixed to said first linkage arms thereby operatively joining said first linkage arms together to cause both to pivot in unison when said seat tumble mechanism is lifted.
15. A vehicle seat tumble mechanism as set forth in claim 14 wherein said torsion tube assembly further includes a tube body and a torsion rod, said tube body having a distal and a proximate end and said torsion rod having a distal and a proximate end, said torsion rod disposed within said tube body and having said distal end fixedly mounted to said distal end of said tube body and having said proximate end fixedly mounted to said base plate, said torsion rod operatively twisted along its length in a relative to the tube body such that a torsional biasing force is imparted to the tube body to maintain a preloaded angular biasing force on said linkage arms to assist in the rotational movement of the tumble mechanism.
16. A vehicle seat tumble mechanism assembly as set forth in claim 13 further including a locking arm supported upon said base plate and operable to move between a lock position and a release position such that said locking arm operatively engages said first linkage arm when said rear member of said seat frame is rotatively lifted upward and forward to move said seat frame from said generally horizontal position to said generally vertical position and to hold said seat tumble mechanism in place.
17. A vehicle seat tumble mechanism as set forth in claim 16 further including a biasing member and a release member, said biasing member operable to hold said locking arm in said lock position and said release member operable to selectively move said lock member to said release position thereby unlocking said seat tumble mechanism and allowing it to be moved to said generally horizontal position from said generally vertical position.
18. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 13 wherein said seat tumble mechanism further includes at least one floor striker assembly having a ball latch assembly and a floor striker bracket, said ball latch assembly operatively disposed on said rear member, said floor striker bracket fixedly mounted to the vehicle floor beneath said ball latch assembly such that when said seat tumble mechanism is in the generally horizontal position said ball latch assembly engages said floor striker bracket and holds said seat tumble mechanism in place.
19. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 18 wherein said ball latch assembly further includes at least one ball latch having a locating pin and at least one captured and spring biased ball that protrudes laterally from the side of said locating pin to engage a latch opening in said striker bracket such that when said locating pin is set into said latch opening said ball is depressed as it passes through said latch opening and then re-extends to hold the seat tumble mechanism to said floor striker bracket.
20. A vehicle seat assembly as set forth in claim 19 wherein said seat tumble mechanism further includes a pair of said floor striker assemblies each operatively mounted on the underside of the ends of the rear member and joined by a release bar, said release bar operable to simultaneously release both said ball latches from said floor striker brackets.

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 method of creating a Terminal Identity Token for identifying a User Equipment (UE) connected to a radio base station in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) cellular radio system, wherein the UE communicates with the radio base station via a secure communication associated with an existing cryptographic key, wherein the method is performed in the UE, said method comprising:
creating the Terminal Identity Token based on an E-UTRAN physical cell identity of a target cell of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system known to both the UE and the radio base station, a terminal identity and the existing key,
transmitting the Terminal Identity Token to one of a plurality of radio base stations of the cellular radio system as an identity of the UE, said Terminal Identity Token being used during a handover of the UE between the radio base station and a target radio base station or during a reconnection of the user equipment to the E-UTRAN cellular radio system.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising using additional input parameters as input data when creating the Terminal Identity Token.
3. The method according to any claim 1, further comprising creating the Terminal Identity Token using a Pseudo Random Function.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising generating the Terminal Identity Token as a Pseudo Random Function using the terminal identity and the existing key and additional parameters as input.
5. A method in a radio base station of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) cellular radio system acting as a target radio base station of identifying a User Equipment (UE) wherein the UE communicates with a source radio base station via a secure communication associated with an existing cryptographic key, said method comprising:
receiving a first Terminal Identity Token from the source radio base station of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system, the first Terminal Identity Token being generated by the source radio base station based on an E-UTRAN physical cell identity of a target cell, a terminal identity, and an existing key;
receiving a second Terminal Identity Token from a UE, the second Terminal Identity Token being generated by the UE based on the E-UTRAN physical cell identity of the target cell, the terminal identity, and the existing key; and
identifying the UE to the target radio base station based on the received first and second Terminal Identity Tokens, said received first and second Terminal Identity Tokens being used during a handover of the UE between the source radio base station and the target radio base station or during a reconnection of the user equipment to the E-UTRAN cellular radio system.
6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:
identifying the UE in the target radio base station by comparing the first and second Terminal Identity Tokens, wherein both the first and second Terminal Identity Tokens are created in response to the terminal identity and the existing key.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the second Terminal Identity Token is generated as a Pseudo Random Function using the terminal identity, the existing key, and other parameters as input.
8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first Terminal Identity Token is generated as a Pseudo Random Function using the second Terminal identity Token and other parameters as input.
9. A User Equipment (UE) adapted to identify itself, the UE being connectable to a first radio base station in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) cellular radio system and adapted to communicate with a second radio base station of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system via a secure communication associated with a unique existing encryption key, said UE comprising:
a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit configured to communicate with at least one of the first and the second radio base stations;
a processor configured to create the Terminal Identity Token based on an E-UTRAN physical cell identity of a target cell of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system known to both the UE and the first radio base station, a terminal identity and the existing key; and
transmit the Terminal Identity Token to one of the first and second radio base stations of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system as an identity of the UE, said Terminal Identity Token being used during a handover of the UE between the first radio base station and the second radio base station or during a reconnection of the user equipment to the E-UTRAN cellular radio system.
10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the UE is configured to use additional input parameters as input data when creating the Terminal Identity Token.
11. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the use is configured to create the Terminal Identity Token using a Pseudo Random Function.
12. A method of creating a Terminal Identity Token for identifying a User Equipment (UE) connected to a radio base station in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) cellular radio system, wherein the UE communicates with the radio base station via a secure communication associated with an existing cryptographic key, wherein the method is performed in the radio base station acting as a source radio base station, said method comprising:
creating the Terminal Identity Token based on an E-UTRAN physical cell identity of a target cell of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system known to both the UE and the radio base station, a terminal identity and the existing key,
distributing the Terminal Identity Token to a number of target radio base stations of the E-UTRAN cellular radio system, said Terminal Identity Token being used during a handover of the UE between the radio base station and one of the target radio base stations or during a reconnection of the user equipment to the E-UTRAN cellular radio system.
13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising using additional input parameters as input data when creating the Terminal Identity Token.
14. The method according to any claim 12, further comprising creating the Terminal Identity Token using a Pseudo Random Function.
15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising generating the Terminal Identity Token as a Pseudo Random Function using the terminal identity and the existing key and additional parameters as input.

1. A system for storing data comprising:
a plurality of storage systems each including a storage controller and a logical volume provided by a plurality of disk devices coupled to the storage controller; and
a virtualization controller coupled to the plurality of storage systems,
wherein the virtualization controller includes:
a virtualization section managing a plurality of virtual volumes, which are access targets of a host computer, provided by a plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and managing a relation between identifiers used by the host computer to access the plurality of virtual volumes to readwrite data and information for accessing the plurality of logical volumes corresponding to the plurality of virtual volumes, wherein one or more virtual volumes are provided by one logical volume; and
a management section managing a storage class relation between the plurality of virtual volumes and a plurality of storage classes defined on the basis of attributes of the plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems associated with the plurality of virtual volumes,

wherein the management section receives information for specifying a source virtual volume and a destination storage class selected from the plurality of storage classes, the source virtual volume being accessed to readwrite data by the host computer by using a first identifier;
wherein a target virtual volume is selected from virtual volumes related to the destination storage class,
wherein data of a source logical volume corresponding to the source virtual volume are migrated to a target logical volume corresponding to the target virtual volume, and
wherein the first identifier used by the host computer to access the source virtual volume to readwrite data is assigned to the target virtual volume instead of the source virtual volume by the virtualization section.
2. A system for storing data according to claim 1,
wherein the management section of the controller configures a migration group including the source virtual volume and another source virtual volume,
wherein the information for specifying the source virtual volume is information for specifying the migration group,
wherein the target virtual volume and another target virtual volume are selected from the virtual volumes related to the destination storage class, and
wherein data of one or more source logical volumes corresponding to the source virtual volume and the another source virtual volume included in the migration group are migrated to one or more target logical volumes corresponding to the target virtual volume and the another target virtual volume.
3. A system for storing data according to claim 2,
wherein the management section of the controller has migration group information showing a relation among the migration group, the source virtual volume and the another source virtual volume included in the migration group, and a current storage class, and
wherein when the management section receives the information for specifying the migration group and the destination storage class, the migration group is related to the destination storage class instead of the current storage class in the migration group information.
4. A system for storing data according to claim 2,
wherein the source virtual volume and the another source virtual volume included in the migration group are related to each other.
5. A system for storing data according to claim 4,
wherein the source virtual volume and the another source virtual volume included in the migration group are used by a same application program.
6. A system for storing data according to claim 1,
wherein the management section of the controller receives a condition required for a storage class, plural logical volumes satisfying the condition are detected from the plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and the storage class including the detected plural logical volumes is configured.
7. A system for storing data according to claim 6,
wherein the storage class includes the plural logical volumes detected from plural different storage systems.
8. A data migration method in a system including a first storage system and a second storage system,
wherein the first storage system has a first storage controller and a plurality of first logical volumes provided by a plurality of first disk devices coupled to the first storage controller, and
wherein the second storage system is coupled to the first storage system and has a second storage controller and a plurality of second logical volumes provided by a plurality of second disk devices coupled to the second storage controller, the data migration method comprising steps of:
managing, by a virtualization section coupled to the first storage system and the second storage system, a plurality of virtual volumes, which are access targets of a host computer, provided by the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes, and a relation between identifiers used by the host computer to access the plurality of virtual volumes to readwrite data and information for accessing the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes, wherein one or more virtual volumes are provided by one first logical volume or one second logical volume;
managing, by a management section coupled to the virtualization section, storage class information regarding a relation between the plurality of virtual volumes and a plurality of storage classes defined based on attributes of the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes;
receiving, by the management section, information for specifying a source virtual volume and a destination storage class selected from the plurality of storage classes, the source virtual volume being accessed to readwrite data by the host computer by using a first identifier;
selecting a target virtual volume from virtual volumes related to the destination storage class;
migrating data of a source logical volume corresponding to the source virtual volume to a target logical volume corresponding to the target virtual volume; and
assigning, by the virtualization section, the first identifier to the target virtual volume instead of the source virtual volume.
9. A data migration method according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a condition required for a storage class;
detecting a plurality of logical volumes satisfying the condition from the plurality of first and second logical volumes; and
configuring the storage class including the detected plurality of logical volumes.
10. A data migration method according to claim 9,
wherein the storage class includes at least one first logical volume and at least one second logical volume.
11. A system for storing data comprising:
a plurality of storage systems each including a storage controller and a logical volume provided by a plurality of disk devices coupled to the storage controller;
a virtualization controller managing a plurality of virtual volumes, which are access targets of a host computer, associated with a plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and managing a relation between identifiers of the plurality of virtual volumes used by the host computer to access the plurality of virtual volumes to readwrite data and information for accessing the plurality of logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes; and
a management computer managing storage class information regarding a relation between the plurality of virtual volumes and storage classes, defined based on attributes of the plurality of logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes;
wherein the management computer receives information to specify a source virtual volume and a destination storage class, the source virtual volume being accessed to readwrite data by the host computer by using a first identifier,
wherein a target virtual volume is selected from virtual volumes related to the destination storage class,
wherein data of a source logical volume corresponding to the source virtual volume is migrated to a target logical volume corresponding to the target virtual volume, and
wherein the first identifier is assigned to the target virtual volume instead of the source virtual volume by the virtualization controller.
12. A system for storing data according to claim 11,
wherein the management computer receives a condition required for a storage class, plural logical volumes satisfying the condition are detected from the plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and the storage class including the detected plural logical volumes is configured.
13. A system for storing data according to claim 12,
wherein the storage class includes the plural logical volumes detected from plural different storage systems.
14. A system for storing data comprising:
a plurality of storage systems each including a storage controller and a logical volume configured by a plurality of disk devices coupled to the storage controller;
a virtualization controller managing a plurality of virtual volumes, which are access targets of a host computer, associated with a plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and managing a relation between identifiers of the plurality of virtual volumes used by the host computer to access the plurality of virtual volumes to readwrite data and information for accessing the plurality of logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes; and
a management computer managing storage class information regarding a relation between the plurality of virtual volumes and storage classes, defined based on attributes of the plurality of logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes;
wherein the management computer configures a migration group including at least two source virtual volumes,
wherein the management computer receives information for specifying the migration group and a destination storage class selected for the migration group,
wherein at least two target virtual volumes are selected from virtual volumes related to the destination storage class,
wherein data of one or more source logical volumes corresponding to the at least two source virtual volumes are migrated to one or more target logical volumes corresponding to the at least two target virtual volumes, and
wherein identifiers used by the host computer to access the at least two source virtual volumes to readwrite data are assigned to the at least two target virtual volumes instead of the at least two source virtual volumes by the virtualization controller.
15. A system for storing data according to claim 14,
wherein the management computer has a migration group information showing a relation among the migration group, the at least two source virtual volumes included in the migration group, and a current storage class, and
wherein when the management computer receives information for specifying the migration group and the destination storage class for the migration group, the migration group is related to the destination storage class instead of the current storage class in the migration group information.
16. A system for storing data according to claim 14,
wherein at least two virtual volumes related to each other are detected as the at least two source virtual volumes, and the migration group including the detected at least two virtual volumes is configured.
17. A system for storing data according to claim 14,
wherein at least two virtual volumes, in which data used by a same application program are stored, are detected as the at least two source virtual volumes, and the migration group including the detected at least two virtual volumes is configured.
18. A system for storing data according to claim 14,
wherein the management computer receives a condition required for a storage class, plural logical volumes satisfying the condition are detected from the plurality of logical volumes of the plurality of storage systems, and the storage class including the detected plural logical volumes is configured.
19. A system for storing data according to claim 18,
wherein the storage class includes the plural logical volumes each included in plural different storage systems.
20. A data migration method in a system including a first storage system and a second storage system,
wherein the first storage system has a first storage controller and a plurality of first logical volumes provided by a plurality of first disk devices coupled to the first storage controller, and
wherein the second storage system is coupled to the first storage system and has a second storage controller and a plurality of second logical volumes provided by a plurality of second disk devices coupled to the second storage controller, the data migration method comprising steps of:
managing, by a virtualization section coupled to the first storage system and the second storage system, a plurality of virtual volumes, which are access targets of a host computer, provided by the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes, and a relation between identifiers used by the host computer to access the plurality of virtual volumes to readwrite data and information for accessing the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes, wherein one or more virtual volumes are provided by one first logical volume or one second logical volume;
managing, by a management section coupled to the virtualization section, storage class information regarding a relation between the plurality of virtual volumes and a plurality of storage classes defined based on attributes of the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes associated with the plurality of virtual volumes;
configuring a migration group including at least two source virtual volumes;
receiving, by the management section, information for specifying the migration group and a destination storage class selected from the plurality of storage classes;
selecting at least two target virtual volumes from virtual volumes related to the destination storage class;
migrating data of one or more source logical volumes corresponding to the at least two source virtual volumes to one or more target logical volumes corresponding to the at least two target virtual volumes; and
assigning, by the virtualization section, identifiers used by the host computer to access the at least two source virtual volumes to the at least two target virtual volumes instead of the at least two source virtual volumes.
21. A data migration method according to claim 20,
wherein the step of configuring the migration group includes steps of:
detecting at least two virtual volumes related to each other as the at least two source virtual volumes; and
configuring the migration group including the detected at least two virtual volumes.
22. A data migration method according to claim 20,
wherein at least two virtual volumes, in which data used by a same application program are stored, are detected as the at least two source virtual volumes and are included in the migration group.
23. A data migration method according to claim 20, further comprising;
receiving a condition required for a storage class;
detecting plural logical volumes satisfying the condition from the plurality of first and second logical volumes; and
configuring the storage class including the detected plural logical volumes.
24. A data migration method according to claim 23,
wherein the storage class includes at least one first logical volume and at least one second logical volume.

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 image forming apparatus comprising:
a both-side image forming means for forming images on both sides of a recording material;
a rotatable belt for heating a toner image on a recording material through a belt;
a rotatable supporting member, having an elastic layer, for supporting said belt; and
a rotatable pressing member, pressed toward said supporting member with said belt interposed therebetween, for forming the nip for nipping and feeding the recording material;
wherein said pressing member has a surface hardness which is larger than a surface hardness of said rotatable supporting member, and
wherein a surface hardness of said rotatable supporting member through said belt is different from a surface hardness of said rotatable pressing member by +4 degrees to \u22128 degrees.
2-7. (canceled)