Author: claimsbot

1. An antenna assembly with a movable antenna adapted for mounting to an electronic device, comprises:
the movable antenna capable of moving between a close position and an open position;
a fixed portion adapted for assembling to said electronic device;
an active portion movably assembled to the fixed portion and receiving the antenna therein;
a first guiding means is served by some guiding slots formed on one of the fixed portion and the active portion and some guiding tabs corresponding to the guiding slots and formed on one of the active portion and the fixed portion;
wherein said guiding tabs are capable of sliding along the guiding slots and being stopped by the guiding slots to achieve the open position and close position of the antenna.
2. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said active portion together with the antenna flatly moves along the axes of the fixed portion.
3. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixed portion comprises a pair of latches to form a latching means to fix the fixed portion to the electronic device.
4. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pair of latches have different shapes.
5. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guiding slots are defined on the fixed portion and the guiding tabs are defined on the active portion.
6. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said guiding tabs of the active portion comprises some front guiding tabs and some rear guiding tabs, all of which respectively correspond to the guiding slots of the fixed portion.
7. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said fixed portion comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion, the active portion comprises a guiding portion, which three together form a second guiding means.
8. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said fixed portion comprises a channel formed by a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall.
9. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first protrusion and said second protrusion are respectively oppositely on the inner surfaces of the first side wall and the second side wall.
10. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein said guiding slots are oppositely on the inner surface of the third side wall and the fourth side wall.
11. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said active portion comprise two pieces to form a space receiving the antenna and the active portion is movably receive in the fixed portion.
12. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein said two pieces of the active portion is assembled together by interferentially engaging some posts and sticks defined by a front piece with some tubes defined by a rear piece.
13. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein both said front piece and said rear piece comprise an upper portion and a vertical portion forming a certain angle with to the upper portion.
14. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said antenna comprises a radiating portion located between the two upper portions and a grounding portion located between the two vertical portions.
15. An antenna assembly comprising:
an antenna stamped from a sheet metal with at least one radiating segment, and further a grounding prolongation; and
an insulative cover protectively enclosing the radiating segment and hold the antenna in position; wherein
said grounding prolongation is exposed outside of the cover.
16. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein the cover essentially extends along a lengthwise direction and said radiating segment essentially along said lengthwise direction.
17. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein said grounding prolongation extends outside of the cover along a direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction.
18. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 15, said antenna further includes ground segment stamped from the sheet metal which is protectively covered by the cover and to which the grounding prolongation is attached.
19. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein the cover includes a fixed portion and a moveable portion.
20. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein complementary interengagement means is formed on the fixed portion to retain the antenna in position.

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 producing a cereal product or food particulate with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
preparing a protein blend by mixing 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier;
cooking the protein blend;
expanding the protein blend;
cutting the protein blend; and
drying the protein blend.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the thin viscosity protein isolate portion is soy isolate.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the thick viscosity protein isolate portion is soy isolate.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the neutral protein isolate portion is soy isolate.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of thin viscosity protein isolates, thick viscosity protein isolates and neutral protein isolates is approximately 90-100% of the protein blend.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the process aid or product modifier is approximately 0-10% of the protein blend.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one process aid or product modifier is added to the protein blend to adjust pH.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one process aid or product modifier is added to the protein blend to adjust dough conditioning.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one process aid or product modifier is added to the protein blend to adjust leavening.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one process aid or product modifier is added to the protein blend to adjust cook retention.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the cereal product or food particulate has a bulk density of approximately 0.5-0.30 gcc.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the cereal product or food particulate has a cell strength of approximately 11-55 measured by a Texture Technologies TA2 texture analyzer.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the process aid or product modifier is selected from a group consisting of calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, trisodium phosphate, fibers or mixtures thereof.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the thin viscosity protein has a viscosity of approximately 4-10 seconds.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the size of the cereal product or food particulates may be customized.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the shape of the cereal product or food particulates may be customized.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the flavor of the cereal product or food particulates is denoted by the absence \u201cbitter bean\u201d notes.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of cooking, expanding and cutting follow methods of grain processing in direct expansion extrusion.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of cooking, expanding and cutting follow methods of grain processing in gun puffing.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of cooking, expanding and cutting follow methods of grain processing in tower puffing.
21. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of cooking, expanding and cutting follow methods of grain processing in half product puffing.
22. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of cooking, expanding and cutting the protein blend follow methods of grain processing in fluidized bed expansion.
23. The method of claim 1, wherein cooking the protein blend is completed at temperatures of approximately 100-250\xb0 Fahrenheit.
24. The method of claim 1, wherein cutting the protein blend further comprises sizing the protein blend using a roller cutter.
25. The method of claim 1, wherein cutting the protein blend further comprises sizing the protein blend using a rotating blade.
26. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend to a moisture below approximately 10%.
27. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend to a moisture of approximately 3%.
28. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises conveying the protein blend to a dryer by a belt conveyor.
29. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises conveying the protein blend to a dryer by vibratory conveyance.
30. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises conveying the protein blend to a dryer by air conveyance.
31. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend in a bed oven.
32. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend in a single pass band oven.
33. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend in a multi-pass band oven.
34. The method of claim 1, wherein drying the protein blend further comprises drying the protein blend in a fluidized bed dryer.
35. The method of claim 1, wherein the drying temperature is approximately 200-300 Fahrenheit.
36. An apparatus for producing cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
a mixing device for preparing a protein blend, wherein the protein blend comprises 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier;
a cooking device for cooking the protein blend;
an expanding device for expanding the protein blend;
a cutting device for cutting the protein blend; and
a dryer for drying the protein blend.
37. A composition of cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate;
20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate;
5-40% neutral protein isolate; and
at least one process aid or product modifier.
38. A composition of cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate;
20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate;
5-40% neutral protein isolate; and
at least one process aid or product modifier,
wherein the 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier is mixed, cooked, expanded, cut and dried.
39. A method of producing a cereal product or food particulate with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
preparing a protein blend by mixing 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier;
cooking the protein blend;
expanding the protein blend;
cutting the protein blend; and
drying the protein blend.
40. A method of producing a cereal product or food particulate with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
cooking a protein blend having the approximate viscosity of a mixture of 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier;
expanding the protein blend;
cutting the protein blend; and
drying the protein blend.
41. An apparatus for producing cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
a cooking device for cooking a protein blend, wherein the protein blend has the approximate viscosity of a mixture comprising 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier;
an expanding device for expanding the protein blend;
a cutting device for cutting the protein blend; and
a dryer for drying the protein blend.
42. A composition of cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
a protein blend, wherein the protein blend has the approximate viscosity of a mixture comprising 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier.
43. A composition of cereal product or food particulates with zero net glycemic carbohydrates and having defined cell structure and cell strength comprising:
a protein blend, wherein the protein blend has the approximate viscosity of a mixture comprising 20-60% thin viscosity protein isolate, 20-60% thick protein viscosity protein isolate, 5-40% neutral protein isolate, and at least one process aid or product modifier, and wherein the protein blend is mixed, cooked, expanded, cut and dried.

1. A method for preparing a transparent gas barrier composite film, comprising:
providing a polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution;
providing a graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution;
performing a blending procedure, to blend the polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution with the graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution to obtain a casting solution wherein a weight ratio of graphene oxide in the graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution to polyvinyl alcohol in the polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution is less than 0.1 wt %;
performing a cross-linking procedure, to add a cross-linking agent into the casting solution to have in-situ cross-linking reaction; and
performing a film-casting procedure, to coat the casting solution after the in-situ cross-linking reaction on a substrate to form a coating and dry the coating so as to obtain a composite film.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
performing an isothermal crystallization procedure after the film-casting procedure, to maintain a specific period of time at a specific temperature to have crystals of polyvinyl alcohol grow and to have graphene oxide induce the crystals of polyvinyl alcohol to grow so as to incorporate with graphene oxide and the cross-linking agent to form a hybrid network structure of the crystals of polyvinyl alcohol, graphene oxide and the cross-linking agent.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross-linking procedure, the cross-linking agent is glutaraldehyde or sodium tetraborate and cross-linking time for perform the cross-linking procedure is 1\u02dc6 hours.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the cross-linking agent is glutaraldehyde and the cross-linking agent in the casting solution (being 100 wt %) is 0.2\u02dc0.85 wt %.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the cross-linking agent is sodium tetraborate and the cross-linking agent in the casting solution (being 100 wt %) is 0.1\u02dc1.0 wt %.
6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the specific temperature is within 80\u02dc120\xb0 C. and the specific period of time is 2\u02dc6 hours.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the specific temperature is within 90\u02dc100\xb0 C. and the specific period of time is 1\u02dc6 hours.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the blending procedure, a weight ratio of graphene oxide to polyvinyl alcohol is 0.1 wt % and the obtained composite film has light transmittance larger than 85%.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is polyethylene terephthalate and the coating after dried has a thickness of 10 \u03bcm.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein polyvinyl alcohol in the polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution has concentration of 5\u02dc10 wt %.
11. A transparent gas barrier composite film, being formed by having polyvinyl alcohol, graphene oxide and a crosslinking agent undergo blending, crosslinking, film casting and isothermal crystallization procedures wherein a weight ratio of graphene oxide to polyvinyl alcohol is 0.1 wt %, graphene oxide induces crystallization of polyvinyl alcohol to form a hybrid structure compose of polyvinyl alcohol crystals, graphene oxide and the crosslinking agent, crystallinity of polyvinyl alcohol is more than 30%, and transmittance of the composite film is more than 85%.
12. The transparent gas barrier composite film according to claim 11, wherein the material of said reservoir and said supporting portion is selected from the following group: metal, ceramic, plastic and glass.
13. The transparent gas barrier composite film according to claim 11, wherein the cross-linking agent is sodium tetraborate; sodium tetraborate forms B\u2014O\u2014C bonds together with polyvinyl alcohol and graphene oxide; and a cross-linking rate defined as a ratio of numbers of B\u2014O\u2014C bonds to numbers of \u2014CH2 bonds is 1.05\u02dc1.15.
14. The transparent gas barrier composite film according to claim 11, wherein the composite film has an oxygen transmission rate less than 0.005 ccm2day.
15. The transparent gas barrier composite film according to claim 12, wherein the cross-linking agent is glutaraldehyde; glutaraldehyde forms C\u2014O\u2014C bonds together with polyvinyl alcohol and graphene oxide; and a cross-linking rate defined as a ratio of numbers of C\u2014O\u2014C bonds to numbers of \u2014CH2 bonds is 1.02\u02dc1.05.
16. The transparent gas barrier composite film according to claim 12, wherein blending, crosslinking, film casting and isothermal crystallization procedures comprises the following steps:
providing a polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution;
providing a graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution;
performing a blending procedure, to blend the polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution with the graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution to obtain a casting solution wherein a weight ratio of graphene oxide in the graphene oxide dispersed aqueous solution to polyvinyl alcohol in the polyvinyl alcohol containing aqueous solution is less than 0.1 wt %;
performing a cross-linking procedure, to add a cross-linking agent into the casting solution to have in-situ cross-linking reaction; and
performing a film-casting procedure, to coat the casting solution after the in-situ cross-linking reaction on a substrate to form a coating and dry the coating so as to obtain a composite film.

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 accessing information in a hierarchical file system having a plurality of directories arranged in a hierarchical tree, comprising at least one root directory and a plurality of non-root directories that each has a parent directory, wherein at least some of the plurality of directories in the tree correspond to a period of time subsumed by a period of time corresponding to its respective parent directory, the method comprising acts of:
(A) receiving a request to access a unit of information in the file system, wherein the request includes an identifier for the unit of information, and wherein the identifier does not identify a time related to a time of storage of the unit of information;
(B) mapping the identifier into a time value using a mapping function that produces a reproducible time value for the identifier; and
(C) selecting a directory from the plurality of directories, wherein the selected directory corresponds to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an act of:
(D) storing the unit of information in the selected directory.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising acts of:
(E) receiving a request to retrieve the unit of information, wherein the request identifies the unit of information using the identifier;
(F) mapping the identifier into the time value using the mapping function; and
(G) selecting the directory corresponding to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising an act of:
(H) retrieving the unit of information from the selected directory.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a content address that is computed, at least in part, based on the content of the information unit.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the act (D) further comprises an act of:
storing the unit of information in the directory as a file.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the identifier is used as a filename for the file.
8. At least one computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed on a computer system, perform a method of accessing information in a hierarchical file system having a plurality of directories arranged in a hierarchical tree, comprising at least one root directory and a plurality of non-root directories that each has a parent directory, wherein at least some of the plurality of directories in the tree correspond to a period of time subsumed by a period of time corresponding to its respective parent directory, the method comprising acts of:
(A) receiving a request to access a unit of information in the file system, wherein the request includes an identifier for the unit of information, and wherein the identifier does not identify a time related to a time of storage of the unit of information;
(B) mapping the identifier into a time value using a mapping function that produces a reproducible time value for the identifier; and
(C) selecting a directory from the plurality of directories, wherein the selected directory corresponds to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
9. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises an act of:
(D) storing the unit of information in the selected directory.
10. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises acts of:
(E) receiving a request to retrieve the unit of information, wherein the request identifies the unit of information using the identifier;
(F) mapping the identifier into the time value using the mapping function; and
(G) selecting the directory corresponding to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
11. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises an act of:
(H) retrieving the unit of information from the selected directory.
12. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the identifier is a content address that is computed, at least in part, based on the content of the information unit.
13. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the act (D) further comprises an act of:
storing the unit of information in the directory as a file.
14. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the identifier is used as a filename for the file.
15. At least one computer that maintains a hierarchical file system having a plurality of directories arranged in a hierarchical tree, comprising at least one root directory and a plurality of non-root directories that each has a parent directory, wherein at least some of the plurality of directories in the tree correspond to a period of time subsumed by a period of time corresponding to its respective parent directory, the at least one computer comprising:
at least one input; and
at least one controller, coupled to that at least one input, that
(A) receives, from the at least one input, a request to access a unit of information in the file system, wherein the request includes an identifier for the unit of information, and wherein the identifier does not identify a time related to a time of storage of the unit of information;
(B) maps the identifier into a time value using a mapping function that produces a reproducible time value for the identifier; and
(C) selects a directory from the plurality of directories, wherein the selected directory corresponds to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
16. The at least one computer of claim 15, wherein the at least one controller stores the unit of information in the selected directory.
17. The at least one computer of claim 16, wherein the at least one controller:
receives a request to retrieve the unit of information, wherein the request identifies the unit of information using the identifier;
maps the identifier into the time value using the mapping function; and
selects the directory corresponding to the time value to which the identifier is mapped.
18. The at least one computer of claim 17, wherein the at least one controller retrieves the unit of information from the selected directory.
19. The at least one computer of claim 15, wherein the identifier is a content address that is computed, at least in part, based on the content of the information unit.
20. The at least one computer of claim 16, wherein the at least one controller stores the unit of information in the directory as a file.
21. The at least one computer of claim 20, wherein the identifier is used as a filename for the file.