Author: claimsbot

1. A rechargeable battery module comprising:
a plurality of unit battery cells; and
a bus bar for interconnecting electrode terminals of the unit battery cells, wherein the electrode terminals and the bus bar are configured to face and make surface contact with each other at opposite sides in multiple directions.
2. The rechargeable battery module of claim 1, wherein an electrode terminal of the electrode terminals comprises:
a bolt terminal electrically coupled to an electrode assembly of a unit battery cell of the unit battery cells; and
a plate terminal fastened to the bolt terminal outside of a terminal hole in a cap plate of the unit battery cell,
wherein the plate terminal and the bus bar are configured to face and make surface contact with each other in multiple directions when the bus bar is disposed on the plate terminal and a nut is fastened to the bolt terminal.
3. The rechargeable battery module of claim 1, wherein an electrode terminal of the electrode terminals comprises a plate terminal located outside of a terminal hole in a cap plate of a unit battery cell of the unit battery cells, and
wherein the plate terminal and the bus bar are configured to face and make surface contact with each other along multiple directions when the bus bar is fastened to a top surface of the plate terminal.
4. The rechargeable battery module of claim 3, wherein the bus bar has a first concave groove and a first protruding portion extending toward the plate terminal, and
wherein the plate terminal has a second concave groove and a second protruding portion that are directed toward the first protruding portion and the first concave groove to be respectively coupled thereto.
5. The rechargeable battery module of claim 4, wherein the first protruding portion has a pitch and has a first inclined surface having a first inclination angle with respect to a plane of the bus bar, and the second protruding portion has a second inclined surface having a second inclination angle with respect to a plane of the plate terminal to make surface contact with the first inclined surface.
6. The rechargeable battery module of claim 5, wherein the first inclination angle is less than or equal to the second inclination angle.
7. The rechargeable battery module of claim 6, wherein a bottom of the first concave groove and an end portion of the second protruding portion are configured to make surface contact with each other in opposite directions.
8. The rechargeable battery module of claim 5, wherein the first protruding portion is symmetrically formed with the first inclined surfaces at opposite lateral sides of the first concave groove, and the second protruding portion is symmetrically formed with the second inclined surfaces at opposite lateral sides of the second concave groove.
9. The rechargeable battery module of claim 5, wherein at least one of the first inclined surface of the first protruding portion and the second inclined surface of the second protruding portion has a convexly curved cross section.
10. The rechargeable battery module of claim 9, wherein the second protruding portion has a symmetric cross-section with the second inclined surfaces at opposite lateral sides of the second concave groove, and
wherein the first protruding portion has a symmetric and convexly curved cross section with the first inclined surfaces at opposite lateral sides of the first concave groove.
11. The rechargeable battery module of claim 10, wherein the bus bar is formed of a material having the same or less hardness than that of the plate terminal.
12. The rechargeable battery module of claim 4, wherein the first protruding portion and the first concave groove interconnect the electrode terminal of the unit battery cell to another electrode terminal of another unit battery cell of the unit battery cells.
13. The rechargeable battery module of claim 12, wherein the bus bar has a plurality of cooling fins that extend from a surface of the bus bar opposite to the surface on which the first protruding portion and the first concave groove are disposed, the cooling fins extending along an extending direction of the first protruding portion, and
wherein the cooling fins are spaced apart from each other in a direction that crosses the extending direction.

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.-46. (Canceled)
47. A device for programming oscillators, comprising:
an interface to receive an oscillator;
a power connection to supply power to the oscillator;
a device to determine accuracy of a frequency output from the oscillator;
a comparator to determine whether the accuracy is within a predefined range; and
an adjustment device to instruct that a characteristic of the oscillator be adjusted in accordance with the determination of the comparator.
48. The device of claim 47, wherein the device is capable of being operated by a single human operator.
49. The device of claim 47, wherein the device is controlled by a program in a PC compatible computer.
50. The device of claim 47, wherein the device to determine accuracy measures the accuracy of a powered-up oscillator.
51. The device of claim 47, wherein the adjustment device uses a prediction of the effect of an alteration of the characteristic.
52. The device of claim 47, wherein the adjustment device uses an iterative routine to determine the effect of an alteration of the characteristic.
53. The device of claim 47, wherein adjustment device instructs that a capacitance value for coupling with a crystal be altered.
54. The device of claim 47, wherein the predetermined range is within 100 ppm.
55. The device of claim 47, wherein each programmable oscillator further includes a programmable load circuit for adjusting a reference frequency, and wherein the adjustment device causes the load circuit to be programmed.
56. The device of claim 55, wherein the programming of the load circuit includes selectively blowing at least one fuse.
57. The device of claim 55, further comprising a testing device to evaluate one or more characteristics of the clock signal frequency outputted by the oscillator, the characteristics including at least one of signal waveform, pulse duty cycle, current, and voltage.
58. A method for programming an oscillator, comprising:
removing a set of oscillators from a stock of oscillators to program an output frequency of at least one oscillator of the set within an acceptable range;
placing the at least one oscillator onto a device for configuring the at least one oscillator;
computing frequency divider parameters effective to program the at least one oscillator to generate an output frequency within the acceptable range;
entering the computed frequency divider parameters into a program memory in the at least one oscillator;
testing an output frequency generated by the at least one oscillator to verify that the tested output frequency falls within the acceptable range; and
determining a parameter for a load circuit of the at least one oscillator effective to adjust a reference frequency of the at least one oscillator in a manner to pull the output frequency to within the acceptable range.
59. The method of claim 58, further comprising entering the determined parameter into the at least one oscillator to program the load circuit.
60. The method of claim 58, further comprising marking the at least one oscillator with identifying indicia.
61. The method of claim 58, further comprising entering customer data into the at least one oscillator after placing the at least one oscillator.

1. A shaft arrangement, comprising:
a rotatable shaft;
a rolling bearing ring having an inner ring fastened on a circumference of the shaft, an outer ring spaced from and opposing the inner ring and rolling bodies arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring;
a stationary sensor carrier connected to the outer ring and having a recess;
a torsion sensor having at least one magnetic-field sensor and a permanent magnetic ring, the permanent magnetic ring being fixedly connected to the shaft, and the magnetic-field sensor being fixed in the recess of the stationary sensor carrier of the outer ring.
2. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the sensor carrier, which has an inside face, surrounds the shaft annularly and the recess is on the inside face.
3. The shaft arrangement of claim 2, wherein the sensor carrier forms an extension of the outer ring in an axial direction of the shaft.
4. The shaft arrangement of claim 3, wherein the outer ring carries the sensor carrier.
5. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the permanent-magnetic ring is fastened on a surface area of the shaft in a region of the sensor carrier.
6. The shaft arrangement of claim 5, wherein the permanent magnetic ring is connected non-positively to the shaft.
7. The shaft arrangement of claim 5, wherein the permanent magnetic ring is positively connected to the shaft.
8. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the permanent magnetic ring is connected to an axial extension of the inner ring of the bearing or is integrated in the inner ring.
9. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the permanent magnetic ring is formed as part of the shaft, in one piece with the shaft.
10. A method for producing a shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein magnetization of the permanent magnetic ring is achieved by pulsed generation of an electrical current passing through the ring.
11. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the shaft has a recess in which the permanent magnetic ring is embedded.
12. The shaft arrangement of claim 1, wherein the permanent magnetic ring has a circumference which is interrupted at one point so as to allow the permanent magnetic ring to be snapped on the shaft resiliently.
13. A shaft arrangement, comprising:
a rotatable shaft;
a rolling bearing having an inner ring mounted on a circumference of the shaft, an outer ring spaced from and opposing the inner ring and rolling bodies arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring;
a stationary sensor carrier arranged axially spaced from the outer ring;
a cylindrical sleeve having a first segment extending axially above the outer ring, a second segment extending from the first segment radially between the outer ring and the stationary sensor carrier and a third segment extending axially from the second segment, in a direction opposite the first segment, beneath the stationary sensor carrier with the stationary sensor carrier firmly connected to the outer ring by the sleeve; and
a torsion sensor having at least one magnetic-field sensor and a permanent magnetic ring, the magnetic field sensor, which opposes the permanent magnetic ring, is carried by the stationary sensor carrier and the permanent magnetic ring is an axial extension of the inner ring.
14. A shaft arrangement, comprising:
a rotatable shaft;
a rolling bearing ring having an inner ring fastened on a circumference of the shaft, an outer ring spaced from and opposing the inner ring and rolling bodies arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring;
a stationary sensor carrier connected to the outer ring;
a torsion sensor having at least one magnetic-field sensor and a permanent magnetic ring, the permanent magnetic ring being fixedly connected to the shaft, and the magnetic-field sensor being fastened to the stationary sensor carrier of the outer ring,
wherein the sensor carrier, which has an inside face, surrounds the shaft annularly and carries the magnetic-field sensor or magnetic-field sensors on the inside face,
wherein the sensor carrier forms an extension of the outer ring in an axial direction of the shaft, and
wherein the sensor carrier is connected to the outer ring by means of a cylindrical sleeve.
15. The shaft arrangement of claim 14, wherein the cylindrical sleeve has a first segment extending axially above the outer ring, a second segment extending from the first segment radially between the outer ring and the stationary sensor carrier and a third segment extending axially from the second segment, in a direction opposite the first segment, beneath the stationary sensor carrier with the stationary sensor carrier firmly connected to the outer ring by the sleeve.
16. A method for producing a shaft arrangement of claim 14, wherein magnetization of the permanent magnetic ring is achieved by pulsed generation of an electrical current passing through the ring.
17. The shaft arrangement of claim 14, wherein the outer ring carries the sensor carrier.
18. The shaft arrangement of claim 14, wherein the permanent-magnetic ring is fastened on a surface area of the shaft in a region of the sensor carrier.
19. The shaft arrangement of claim 14, wherein the permanent magnetic ring is connected to an axial extension of the inner ring of the bearing or is integrated in the inner ring.

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 O-substituted hydroxylamine free base composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2

wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl; and R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine exhibits at least one property selected from the group consisting of:
essentially free of hydroxylamine;
essentially free of any solvent;
a water content of between about 0% to 90% by weight; and
a high strength (as measured by mole of said O-substituted hydroxylamine per gram of sample) of between about 0.5 to 3.3-fold as much as a 40% O-substituted hydroxylamine salt solution, by weight.
2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is at least one isomer selected from the group consisting of cis, trans and a mixture thereof.
3. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine has at least one additional property selected from the group consisting of:
a purity of between about 98% to 100%, based on gas chromatographic area; and
a purity drop of less than about 1.2% after 78 days at 40\xb0 C. when said O-substituted hydroxylamine has a concentration of about 85% in water, based on gas chromatographic area.
4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is O-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)hydroxylamine.
5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is formed by the following steps comprising:
a. optionally admixing an organic solvent with a solution of O-substituted hydroxylamine salt to form at least an aqueous phase and extracting impurities from said aqueous phase;
b. optionally stripping residual organic solvents from said aqueous phase to form an aqueous-enriched phase;
c. adjusting the pH of said aqueous-enriched phase to a pH of at least about 3.5, thereby forming an organic-enriched stream and an aqueous phase stream; and
d. separating said O-substituted hydroxylamine from said organic-enriched stream andor said aqueous phase stream.
6. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said organic solvent used in extraction step (a) is selected from the group consisting of: aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds, and alicyclic compounds.
7. The composition according to claim 5, wherein the extraction step (a) is conducted at a pH of about 7 or less.
8. The composition according to claim 7, wherein said pH is less than about 4.
9. The composition according to claim 5, wherein the extracting step (a) is conducted at a temperature between about \u221210 to 97\xb0 C.
10. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is O-substituted hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
11. The composition according to claim 10, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine hydrochloride is O-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
12. The composition according to claim 5, wherein the extracting step (a) is conducted at a pressure between about 0 to 15 atmospheric pressure (atm).
13. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said separating step (d) comprises at least one step selected from the group consisting of:
(i) separating said organic-enriched stream from said aqueous phase stream, wherein said organic-enriched stream comprises said O-substituted hydroxylamine;
(ii) distilling said aqueous stream, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is taken overhead;
(iii) optionally, distilling said organic-enriched stream and said aqueous phase stream from the pH adjustment step (c), wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is taken overhead; and
(iv) optionally, fractionally distilling said organic-enriched stream, wherein a substantially solvent-free O-substituted hydroxylamine is taken overhead.
14. The composition according to claim 13, wherein said phase separation step (i) is conducted at a pH of between about 3.5 to 14.
15. The composition according to claim 14, wherein the pH during said phase separation step (i) is between about 4.5 to 13.
16. The composition according to claim 13, wherein the phase separation step (i) is conducted at a temperature of between about \u221210\xb0 C. to 97\xb0 C.
17. The composition according to claim 13, wherein the phase separation step (i) is conducted at a pressure between about 0 to 15 atm.
18. The composition according to claim 13, wherein said distilling step (ii) is conducted via distillation.
19. The composition according to claim 18, wherein said distillation comprises at least a column, a condenser, a reflux ratio controller, and a receiver.
20. The composition according to claim 19, wherein said column comprises about 0 to 35 theoretical plates.
21. The composition according to claim 20, wherein column comprises about 5 to 15 theoretical plates.
22. The composition according to claim 13, wherein said distilling step (ii) is conducted at a pressure between about 5 to 800 torr.
23. The composition according to claim 13, further comprising the addition of water during said distilling step (ii).
24. The composition according to claim 13, wherein said distilling step (iii) is conducted at a pressure between about 5 to 800 torr.
25. The composition according to claim 13, wherein said distilling step (iv) is conducted at a pressure between about 0 to 100 torr.
26. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said aqueous-enriched phase is adjusted to a pH between about 3.5 to 14.
27. The composition according to claim 26, wherein said pH of said aqueous-enriched phase is adjusted to between about 4.5 to 13.
28. The composition according to claim 27, wherein said pH of said aqueous-enriched phase is adjusted to between about 6.5 to 13.
29. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said pH adjusting step (c) is conducted at a temperature between about \u221210\xb0 C. to 97\xb0 C.
30. An O-substituted hydroxylamine free base composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2

wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl; and R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is essentially free of hydroxylamine.
31. An O-substituted hydroxylamine free base composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2

wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl; and R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is essentially free of any solvent.
32. An O-substituted hydroxylamine free base composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2

wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl; and R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine has a water content of between about 0% to 90% by weight.
33. An O-substituted hydroxylamine free base composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2

wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl; and R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine has a high strength (as measured by mole of said O-substituted hydroxylamine per gram of sample) of between about 0.5 to 3.3-fold as much as a 40% O-substituted hydroxylamine salt solution, by weight.
34. The composition according to claim 3, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine is O-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)hydroxylamine.
35. The composition according to claim 5, wherein said aqueous-enriched phase in step (c) is an O-substituted hydroxylamine salt.
36. The composition according to claim 35, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is O-substituted hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
37. The composition according to claim 36, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine hydrochloride is O-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
38. An O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition having the following general formula:
R1\u2014CHX\u2014O\u2014NH2.HL

wherein L is a halogen or hydrogensulfate; X is hydrogen or alkyl; R1 is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl or \u2014CR2\u2550CR3R4; wherein R2, R3, and R4 are each hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and
wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is essentially free of hydroxylamine.
39. The O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition according to claim 38, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is at least one isomer selected from the group consisting of cis, trans and a mixture thereof.
40. The O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition according to claim 38, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is O-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
41. The O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition according to claim 38, wherein said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt is formed by the following steps comprising:
a. optionally admixing an organic solvent with an hydroxylamine-containing O-substituted hydroxylamine salt to form at least an aqueous phase and extracting impurities from said aqueous phase;
b. optionally stripping residual organic solvents from said aqueous phase to form an aqueous-enriched phase;
c. adjusting the pH of said aqueous-enriched phase to a pH of at least about 3.5, thereby forming an organic-enriched stream and an aqueous phase stream;
d. separating said O-substituted hydroxylamine from said organic-enriched stream andor said aqueous phase stream; and
e. reacidifying said O-substituted hydroxylamine, thereby forming said O-substituted hydroxylamine salt which is essentially free of hydroxylamine.
42. The O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition according to claim 41, wherein step (e) is conducted at a temperature of about 75\xb0 C. or less.
43. The O-substituted hydroxylamine salt composition according to claim 42, wherein step (e) is conducted at a temperature of about 65\xb0 C. or less.