Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A method for assisting left-handed manipulation of a vehicle ignition switch by an individual for a vehicle having a steering wheel, comprising the step of:
providing the vehicle with an ignition switch having a key slot to the left of the steering wheel such that the ignition switch may be turned on by insertion of an ignition key into the key slot with the left hand of the individual, whereby the vehicle may be started by only using the left hand.
2. The method of claim 1, and further including the step of providing the vehicle with an additional ignition switch having a slot to the right of the steering wheel, thus to give the individual the option of starting the vehicle with either a left hand or a right hand.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a dashboard and wherein the ignition switch is mounted at the dashboard.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the vehicle has a dashboard and wherein both ignition switches are mounted at different places on the dashboard.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a steering column and wherein the ignition switch is mounted to the steering column.
6. The method of claim 5, and further including an additional ignition switch having a key slot and mounted at the steering column to permit manipulation by the ignition key inserted into the corresponding key switch from the right.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by manipulation of the ignition switch, and wherein the ignition key manipulation also results in unlocking the steering wheel.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by either ignition switch.
9. The method of claim 2, wherein the two ignition switches operate in parallel to turn on the vehicle.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by manipulation of either of the two ignition switches, and wherein the two ignition switches operate in parallel to unlock the steering wheel.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a steering column and further including a rotatable collar on the steering column, the collar on the steering column, carrying the ignition switch such that the ignition switch may be rotated by rotation of the collar from the right side of the steering wheel to the left side of the steering wheel, and from the left side of the steering wheel to the right side of the steering wheel at the election of the individual.
12. A vehicle ignition system for a vehicle having a steering wheel, comprising, an ignition switch mounted to the left of said wheel.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein said vehicle has a dashboard and wherein said ignition switch is mounted at said dashboard to the left of said wheel.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein said vehicle has a steering column and wherein said ignition switch has a key slot and mounted is at said steering column, such that an ignition key is insertable into said key slot from the left.
15. The system of claim 14 and further including a rotatable collar on said steering column, said ignition switch being mounted on said collar such that said key slot may be made to face right or left depending on the rotational position of said collar.
16. The system of claim 12, and further including a steering wheel locking mechanism, manipulation of said ignition switch to start said vehicle also unlocking said steering wheel locking mechanism, whereby said ignition switch may be easily manipulated by the left hand for both starting said vehicle and unlocking said steering wheel locking mechanism.
17. The system of claim 12, and further including an additional ignition switch accessible from the right of said steering wheel and operable to duplicate the functions of said first-mentioned ignition switch.
18. A vehicle ignition system for a vehicle having a steering station, comprising an ignition switch mounted to the left of said steering station.

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 electrode forming device comprising:
a pressing unit that presses a substrate on a printing table from above;
a suction unit that sucks the substrate pressed by the pressing unit on the printing table and continues to suck the substrate after the pressing unit is released;
a mask member that has a first mask section used for applying flux on the substrate and a second mask section used for filling a conductive ball on the substrate applied with the flux, the first mask section and the second mask section being connected to each other or being integrally formed;
a squeegee head that applies the flux via the first mask section on the substrate sucked by the suction unit;
a mask member moving unit that moves the mask member to adjust a relative position of the mask member to the substrate; and
a filling head that fills a conductive ball via the second mask section of the mask member to form an electrode on the substrate sucked by the suction unit.
2. The electrode forming device according to claim 1 further comprising a camera moving unit that moves a camera used for aligning the mask member and the substrate, wherein the camera moving unit moves the pressing unit with the camera.
3. The electrode forming device according to claim 1, wherein the mask member moving unit comprises a head moving unit that moves a head as the squeegee head or the filling head and a relative position fixing unit that fixes a relative position of the mask member and the head, and the head moving unit moves the mask member of which the relative position to the head is fixed by the relative position fixing unit with the head.
4. The electrode forming device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing unit has a surface formed in a concave-convex shape that faces the substrate so as not to contact on a preformed electrode of the substrate when the substrate is pressed.
5. An electrode forming system comprising a plurality of electrode forming devices as set forth in either one of claims 1 to 4, and a bypass unit that conveys a substrate in one of the electrode forming devices and conveys the substrate so as to bypass the other electrode forming device, wherein the plurality of electrode forming devices are arranged in series.
6. An electrode forming method comprising:
pressing a substrate on a printing table by a pressing unit from above;
sucking the substrate pressed by the pressing unit on the printing table by a suction unit and continuing to suck the substrate after the pressing unit is released;
applying flux by a squeegee head on the substrate via a first mask section of a mask member in which a first mask section for applying the flux on the substrate and a second mask section for filling a conductive ball on the substrate applied with the flux are connected to each other or integrally formed;
moving the mask member applied with the flux by the mask member moving unit and adjusting positionally a relative position of the mask member to the substrate; and
filling a conductive ball via the second mask section of the mask member by a filling head to form an electrode on the substrate sucked by the suction unit.

1. A turbocharger, comprising:
a turbine mounted on a rotatable shaft for rotation about an axis of the shaft;
a compressor comprising a compressor wheel mounted on the shaft, the compressor wheel comprising a first-stage impeller and a second-stage impeller, the compressor further comprising an interstage duct that receives pressurized fluid from the first-stage impeller and conducts the fluid to the second-stage impeller, a ring of deswirl vanes located upstream of the second-stage impeller for reducing a swirl component of flow coming out of the interstage duct before said flow enters the second-stage impeller, and a discharge duct that receives pressurized fluid from the second-stage volute and conducts said fluid out of the compressor;
wherein the first- and second-stage impellers are arranged back-to-back, the second-stage volute is disposed generally concentrically within the interstage duct, the discharge duct passes from the second-stage volute through the interstage duct such that the fluid flowing in the interstage duct must flow around the discharge duct before reaching the second-stage impeller, and wherein the ring of deswirl vanes is non-axisymmetric for taking into account non-axisymmetric flow conditions caused by the presence of the discharge duct.
2. The turbocharger of claim 1, wherein the ring of deswirl vanes includes a relatively thick vane that envelops the discharge duct, the thick vane having an outer surface exposed to the fluid flowing through the ring of deswirl vanes and having an internal passage through which the discharge duct passes.
3. The turbocharger of claim 2, wherein the ring of deswirl vanes includes a plurality of additional relatively thinner vanes spaced apart about a circumference of the ring, vanes nearer to the thick vane differing in configuration from vanes that are farther from the thick vane.
4. The turbocharger of claim 3, wherein the additional vanes progressively vary in configuration about the circumference of the ring.
5. The turbocharger of claim 3, wherein the additional vanes and a trailing-edge portion of the thick vane are integrally formed together as a one-piece ring, and wherein the thick vane further includes a leading-edge portion formed separately from the ring and mated with the trailing-edge portion.
6. The turbocharger of claim 5, wherein the internal passage of the thick vane is formed in the leading-edge portion of the thick vane.
7. The turbocharger of claim 6, wherein the leading-edge portion of the thick vane is formed integrally with a housing of the compressor, the housing also forming the interstage duct.
8. The turbocharger of claim 5, wherein the leading-edge portion of the thick vane has a first thickness at a downstream end thereof and the trailing-edge portion of the thick vane has a maximum thickness substantially at an upstream end thereof that substantially matches said first thickness, the upstream end of the trailing-edge portion mating with the downstream end of the leading-edge portion.
9. The turbocharger of claim 1, wherein the compressor further comprises a first-stage diffuser between the first-stage impeller and the interstage duct for diffusing the fluid.
10. The turbocharger of claim 9, further comprising a stationary seal plate separating the first-stage diffuser from the second-stage volute, a rotating seal being arranged between the seal plate and the compressor wheel.
11. A turbocharger, comprising:
a turbine mounted on a rotatable shaft for rotation about an axis of the shaft;
a compressor comprising a first-stage impeller mounted on the shaft, a second-stage impeller mounted on the shaft, an interstage duct that receives pressurized fluid from the first-stage impeller and conducts the fluid to the second-stage impeller, a second-stage volute that receives pressurized fluid from the second-stage impeller, a plurality of circumferentially spaced deswirl vanes located upstream of the second-stage impeller for reducing a swirl component of flow coming out of the interstage duct before said flow enters the second-stage impeller, and a discharge duct that receives pressurized fluid from the second-stage volute and conducts said fluid out of the compressor;
the first- and second-stage impellers being arranged back-to-back, the second-stage volute disposed generally concentrically within the interstage duct, the discharge duct passing from the second-stage volute through the interstage duct such that the fluid flowing in the interstage duct must flow around the discharge duct before reaching the second-stage impeller; and
the deswirl vanes comprising a relatively thick vane that envelops the discharge duct and guides the fluid around the discharge duct, and a plurality of relatively thinner vanes circumferentially spaced on opposite sides of the thick vane, the vanes continuously varying in configuration about a circumference.
12. The turbocharger of claim 11, wherein the interstage duct is generally annular in configuration and a leading-edge portion of the relatively thick vane occupies the interstage duct and extends between a radially inner wall of the interstage duct and a radially outer wall of the interstage duct.
13. The turbocharger of claim 12, wherein the leading-edge portion of the thick vane defines an inner passage through which the discharge duct passes.
14. The turbocharger of claim 13, wherein a trailing-edge portion of the thick vane is formed separately from the leading-edge portion.
15. The turbocharger of claim 14, wherein the trailing-edge portion is formed along with the relatively thinner vanes as an integral ring.
16. The turbocharger of claim 12, wherein the leading-edge portion of the thick vane is formed integrally with at least one wall of the interstage duct.
17. A combined interstage duct and second-stage volute for a two-stage radial compressor having first-stage and second-stage impellers arranged back-to-back wherein pressurized fluid from the first-stage impeller flows radially outwardly into the interstage duct and flows from the interstage duct radially inwardly into the second-stage impeller and pressurized fluid from the second-stage impeller flows radially outwardly into the second-stage volute, comprising
a structure defining an outer wall and an inner wall spaced radially inward of the outer wall so as to define the interstage duct between a radially inner surface of the outer wall and a radially outer surface of the inner wall, the inner wall being generally scroll-shaped so as to define the second-stage volute, and a vane integrally formed with at least one of the inner and outer walls and extending between the inner and outer walls in the interstage duct, the vane defining an inner passage therein for passage of a discharge duct from the second-stage volute.
18. A non-axisymmetric deswirl vane ring for a two-stage radial compressor, comprising:
a generally annular disk; and
a plurality of circumferentially spaced deswirl vanes affixed to the disk, the vanes including a relatively thick vane and a plurality of relatively thinner vanes.
19. The non-axisymmetric deswirl vane ring of claim 18, wherein thinner vanes located nearer to the thick vane differ in configuration from thinner vanes located farther from the thick vane.
20. The non-axisymmetric deswirl vane ring of claim 19, wherein the thinner vanes progressively vary in shape about a circumference of the ring.
21. The non-axisymmetric deswirl vane ring of claim 18, wherein the thick vane defines a concave pressure-side surface and a convex suction-side surface, between which a thickness of the thick vane is defined, and wherein a maximum thickness of the thick vane occurs substantially at an upstream end of the thick vane.
22. A two-stage radial compressor, comprising
a compressor wheel mounted on a shaft, the compressor wheel comprising a first-stage impeller and a second-stage impeller, the compressor further comprising an interstage duct that receives pressurized fluid from the first-stage impeller and conducts the fluid to the second-stage impeller, a ring of deswirl vanes located upstream of the second-stage impeller for reducing a swirl component of flow coming out of the interstage duct before said flow enters the second-stage impeller, and a discharge duct that receives pressurized fluid from the second-stage volute and conducts said fluid out of the compressor;
wherein the first- and second-stage impellers are arranged back-to-back, the second-stage volute is disposed generally concentrically within the interstage duct, the discharge duct passes from the second-stage volute through the interstage-duct such that the fluid flowing in the interstage duct must flow around the discharge duct before reaching the second-stage impeller, and wherein the ring of deswirl vanes is non-axisymmetric for taking into account non-axisymmetric flow conditions caused by the presence of the discharge duct.
23. The compressor of claim 22, wherein the ring of deswirl vanes includes a relatively thick vane that envelops the discharge duct, the thick vane having an outer surface exposed to the fluid flowing through the ring of deswirl vanes and having an internal passage through which the discharge duct passes.
24. The compressor of claim 23, wherein the ring of deswirl vanes includes a plurality of additional relatively thinner vanes spaced apart about a circumference of the ring, vanes nearer to the thick vane differing in configuration from vanes that are farther from the thick vane.
25. The compressor of claim 24, wherein the additional vanes and a trailing-edge portion of the thick vane are integrally formed together as a one-piece ring, and wherein the thick vane further includes a leading-edge portion formed separately from the ring and mated with the trailing-edge portion.

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. Method for determining the risk of a human individual of developing restenosis after implantation of a stent which comprises: a) obtaining genomic DNA from a sample of said human individual; b) analyzing said sample to determine the genotype of at least one of the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from the group consisting of: rs350099, rs350104, rs164390 and rs875459, in the CCNB1 gene, c) identifying the presence of a genotype indicative of an increased risk of developing restenosis; wherein the presence of a genotype selected from the group consisting of: the presence of the TT genotype of rs350099 relative to a human individual that has a CC or CT genotype for this SNP, the presence of the CC genotype of rs350104 relative to a human individual that has a TT or TC genotype for this SNP, the presence of the GG genotype of rs164390 relative to a human individual that has a TT or GT genotype for this SNP andor the presence of the GG genotype of rs875459 relative to a human individual that has a TT or GT genotype for this SNP, is indicative of an increased risk of developing restenosis; and d) determining the risk of said individual of developing restenosis after implantation of a stent.
2. A method according to claim 1, where the DNA sample is obtained from saliva, blood or leukocytes purified from blood.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein step b) comprises determining the genotype of polymorphisms rs350099 and rs350104.
4. A method according to any of claim 1 or 3, which further comprises determining the genotype of the polymorphism rs2282411, of the CCNA1 gene, wherein the presence of the TT or TC genotype of rs2282411, in a codominance model, relative to a human individual that has a CC genotype, or the presence of the GG genotype, in a dominance model, relative to a human individual that has a TT or GT genotype, is indicative of an increased risk of developing restenosis.
5. A method according to any of claim 1 or 3, which further comprises determining the genotype of the polymorphism rs733590, of the CDKN1A gene, wherein the presence of the TT genotype of rs733590 relative to a human individual that has a CC or CT genotype, both in dominance and codominance models, is indicative of an increased risk of developing restenosis.