Author: claimsbot

1. A system comprising:
a frame configured to be housed within an exterior container, the frame comprising:
perimeter walls;
interior walls interconnecting the perimeter walls, thereby forming a plurality of container sections having openings;
wherein at least one interior wall is configured to facilitate heat transfer between neighboring container sections via heat conducting material; and

a plurality of access hatches covering at least some of the openings, wherein the plurality of access hatches are configured to retard heat transfer between the exterior of the frame and the interior via heat insulating material.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the perimeter walls are configured to retard heat transfer between the exterior of the frame and the interior via heat insulating material.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one interior wall is at least partially hollow.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one interior wall is configured to retard heat transfer between neighboring container sections via heat insulating material.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interior walls are configured to facilitate a thermal cascade from one compartment section to the next.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein heat transfer characteristics of at least some of the interior walls are configurable by a user.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a first interior wall includes a slot formed in an edge of the first interior wall.
8. The system of claim 7 comprising:
at least one removable heat conducting insert configured to slide into the at least one slot; and
at least one removable heat insulating insert configured to slide into the at least one slot.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein each access hatch of the plurality of access hatches covers one respective opening.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one access hatch of the plurality of access hatches covers at least two openings.
11. The system of claim 1, comprising:
a plurality of space filling bodies configured to fill empty spaces within one or more container sections.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one space filling body comprises heat insulating material.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one space filling body comprises heat conducting material.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the frame is integral to the exterior container.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the frame is removable from the exterior container.
16. A method comprising:
placing a first item into an opening of a first container section of a plurality of container sections, the plurality of container sections being disposed within a heat insulated exterior container;
wherein the plurality of container sections is formed by a frame comprising perimeter walls and interior walls interconnecting the perimeter walls;
wherein at least one interior wall is configured to facilitate heat transfer between a neighboring container section via heat conducting material; and
wherein the first container section includes an opening; and

closing a first access hatch of the first container section, thereby covering the opening and
insulating the first item from an ambient environment via heat insulating material.
17. The method of claim 16, comprising controlling the temperature of the first item via heat conduction between a second container section and at least one neighboring container section.
18. The method of claim 16, comprising:
placing a second item into a third container section; and
controlling the temperature of the second item via heat conduction between the third container section and at least one neighboring container section.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first item is controlled to a substantially different temperature than the second item.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the controlling step comprises creating a thermal cascade from a first perimeter wall to an opposite perimeter wall.

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 aircraft engine assembly, comprising:
an engine;
an engine suspension pylon, the pylon including a rigid structure that includes a box and a structural block installed fixed on the box between the box and the and the engine, and the pylon including a mounting system inserted between the engine and the rigid structure, the mounting system including an aft engine suspension, the structural block including an attachment interface for the aft engine suspension;
a heat exchanger system including an exchanger to which a hot fluid inlet, a cold air inlet, a first outlet communicating with the hot fluid inlet, and at least one second outlet communicating with the cold air inlet are connected, the hot fluid inlet being provided on a hot air duct connected to the exchanger and passing through the structural block in a longitudinal direction of the rigid structure, and each second outlet from the heat exchanger system being located between the box and the engine;
wherein each second outlet is located aft from the aft engine suspension, and
wherein the exchanger in the heat exchanger system is at least partially arranged inside an aft aerodynamic fairing of the suspension pylon, the aft aerodynamic fairing being located entirely aft from the aft engine suspension.
2. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second outlet opens up inside the aft aerodynamic fairing of the suspension pylon.
3. An engine assembly according to claim 2, wherein the aft aerodynamic fairing includes a controllable mobile structure including two lateral panels articulated at their forward ends on two corresponding lateral skins of the fairing, each of the panels configured to closerelease an opening formed in its related lateral skin of the fairing.
4. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the aft aerodynamic fairing includes an air outlet opening including a controllable mobile structure, that, depending on its position, can modify an aerodynamic shape of the fairing.
5. An engine assembly according to claim 4, wherein the mobile structure is placed across the air outlet opening.
6. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first outlet from the heat exchanger system is provided on a first outlet pipe connected to the exchanger and passing through the box of the rigid structure.
7. An engine assembly according to claim 6, wherein the first outlet is configured to be connected to a wing element of the aircraft.
8. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger system is a fluidair type, the fluid passing through the hot fluid inlet and the first outlet and being among the group composed of air, oil and fuel.
9. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein each second outlet is located between the box and the engine, adjacent to an engine exhaust nozzle or on the downstream side of the engine exhaust nozzle.
10. An aircraft comprising at least one engine assembly according to claim 1.
11. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the box is made of a composite material.
12. An engine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the mounting system further includes a thrust resistance device connected to an aft part of a fan casing of the engine and connected to the structural block.

1. An apparatus for reducing backflow, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of supply inlets adapted to be connected to at least one corresponding supply source for a liquid;
a plurality of supply lines connecting the plurality of supply inlets to a point of use outlet, each supply line comprising a first valve, a first vessel, and a second valve in that order from a corresponding supply inlet to the point of use outlet;
a sweep gas inlet adapted to be connected to a sweep gas source, the sweep gas being inert relative to the liquid;
a vent line connecting the sweep gas inlet to a vent outlet, the sweep gas flowing from the sweep gas inlet to the vent outlet via the vent line, each supply line of the plurality of supply lines connected to the vent line through a separate corresponding one of a plurality of vent valves;
a plurality of branch lines connecting each first vessel of each supply line to the vent line, each branch line comprising a first end;
a junction connecting the first end of each branch line to the vent line; and
a control system that:
in a liquid supply state, opens one of the first valves and opens a corresponding one of the second valves and closes the vent valve corresponding to the open first valve and the open second valve, the liquid flowing from the corresponding supply inlet to the point of use outlet via the corresponding open first valve, the corresponding first vessel, and then the corresponding open second valve, in that order,
in a stop state, closes the previously opened first valve and closes the previously opened second valve corresponding to the previously opened first valve and opens the corresponding vent valve, such that the flow of sweep gas from the corresponding sweep gas inlet to the vent outlet sweeps out liquid in the first vessel corresponding to the closed first valve and second valve via the corresponding branch line to the vent outlet,
the control system preventing backflow in the supply lines by opening the corresponding vent valve.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweep gas comprises a process-inert gas that does not contaminate the liquid for purposes of a process served by the liquid.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the process-inert gas comprises one of the following: air, purified nitrogen, or argon-helium mixture gas; and wherein the liquid comprises one of the following: chemical mechanical polishing slurry or deionized water.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control system comprises a logic component for generating a control signal to open or close the vent valve, the logic component comprising a pneumatic circuit or an electronic circuit.
5. An apparatus for reducing backflow and detecting leaks in an interconnected pressurized liquid delivery system, the apparatus comprises:
a first supply inlet adapted to be connected to a first supply source for a first liquid;
a first supply line connecting the first supply inlet to a point of use outlet, the first supply line comprising a first valve, a first vessel, and a second valve in that order from the first supply inlet to the point of use outlet;
a second supply inlet adapted to be connected to a second supply source for a second liquid;
a second supply line connecting the second supply inlet to the point of use outlet, the second supply line comprising a third valve, a second vessel, and a fourth valve in that order from the second supply inlet to the point of use outlet;
a sweep gas inlet adapted to be connected to a sweep gas source, the sweep gas being inert relative to the first liquid and the second liquid and relative to processes served by the liquids;
a vent line connecting the sweep gas inlet to a vent outlet, the sweep gas flowing at a constant flow rate from the sweep gas inlet to the vent outlet via the vent line;
a first vent valve connecting the vent line with the first vessel;
a second vent valve connecting the vent line with the second vessel;
a flow switch disposed on the vent line between said two vent valves and the vent outlet for sensing fluid that flows through the vent line into the vent outlet, the flow switch configured to actuate responding to fluid passing through the vent line into the vent outlet exceeding the constant flow rate, wherein the fluid comprises the sweep gas and any leaked liquid; and
a control system that:
in a first liquid supply state, opens the first valve, the second valve, and the second vent valve, and closes the third valve, the fourth valve, and the first vent valve, the liquid flowing from the first supply inlet to the point of use outlet via the first valve, the first vessel, and the second valve, in that order
in a second liquid supply state, opens the third valve, the fourth valve, and the first vent valve, and closes the first valve, the second valve, and the second vent valve, the liquid flowing from the second supply inlet to the point of use outlet via the third valve, the second vessel, and the fourth valve, in that order, and
in a stop state, closes the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the fourth valve, and opens the first vent valve and the second vent valve such that the flow of sweep gas from the sweep gas inlet to the vent outlet sweeps out liquid in the first vessel and in the second vessel via the vent outlet.

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 array of features comprising at least 10,000 features, each feature is attached to a surface of the array at a different positionally-defined location, the positionally-defined location of each feature corresponds to a positionally-defined location of a pillar, wherein the top surface of each pillar is at least 1 \u03bcm2 in size, and
wherein each feature comprises a different predetermined peptide chain compared to the other features, each feature comprises at least 500 identical full-length peptide chains, wherein each identical full-length peptide chain has a predetermined full-length of at least 7 amino acids in length, and
the purity of each feature with regards to the fraction of full-length predetermined peptide chains is a fraction F of the full-length predetermined peptide chains of each feature having a predetermined sequence and a predetermined full-length sequence length N being characterized by F=10(N+1)\xb7log(E100%) with an average coupling efficiency E of at least 98.5% for coupling each amino acid of the predetermined sequence, and the sequence length N being at least 7 amino acids in length, the fraction of the less than full-length predetermined peptide chains equaling (1-F); and
the surface comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising:
a planar layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and
a plurality of pillars operatively coupled to the layer in the positionally-defined locations, wherein each pillar has a planar surface extended from the layer, wherein the distance between the surface of each pillar and the upper surface of the layer is between 1,000-5,000 angstroms, and wherein the plurality of pillars are present at a density of greater than 10,000cm2.
2. The array of claim 1, wherein said surface comprises a porous surface layer, and
said porous layer comprises a plurality of free carboxylic acid groups.
3. The array of claim 2, wherein said carboxylic acid groups are oriented in multiple directions.
4. The array of claim 2, wherein said porous layer comprises a plurality of coupling molecules each attached to said array via a carboxylic acid group.
5. The array of claim 2, wherein said porous layer comprises a plurality of peptide chains each attached to said array via a carboxylic acid group.
6. The array of claim 1, wherein the features comprise a plurality of distinct, nested, overlapping peptide chains comprising subsequences derived from a source protein having a known sequence.
7. The array of claim 1, wherein the surface comprises a substrate, the substrate comprising: a first layer, wherein said first layer comprises a plurality of unprotected carboxylic acid side groups.
8. The array of claim 1, wherein the planar layer comprises a metal.
9. A method of producing an array of features, comprising:
obtaining a substrate comprising a planar layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a plurality of pillars operatively coupled to the layer in different positionally-defined locations, wherein each pillar has a planar surface extended from the layer, wherein the distance between the surface of each pillar and the upper surface of the layer is between 1,000-5,000 angstroms, wherein the surface of each pillar is parallel to the upper surface of the layer, and wherein the plurality of pillars are present at a density of greater than 10,000cm2; and
coupling through a series of coupling reactions the features to the plurality of pillars, each features attached at different positionally-defined locations comprising a plurality of peptide chains, the positionally-defined location of each feature corresponds to a positionally-defined location of a pillar, wherein the top surface of each pillar is at least 1 \u03bcm2 in size, and
wherein each feature comprises a different predetermined peptide chain compared to the other features, each feature comprises at least 500 identical full-length peptide chains, wherein each identical full-length peptide chain has a predetermined full-length of at least 7 amino acids in length, and the purity of each feature with regards to the fraction of full-length predetermined peptide chains is a fraction F of the full-length predetermined peptide chains of each feature having a predetermined sequence and a predetermined full-length sequence length N being characterized by F=10(N+1)\xb7log(E100%) with an average coupling efficiency E of at least 98.5% for coupling each amino acid of the predetermined sequence, and the sequence length N being at least 7 amino acids in length, the fraction of the less than full-length predetermined peptide chains equaling (1-F); and wherein the array comprises at least unique 10,000 features.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the features are coupled to the pillars using a coupling formulation, comprising a solvent, a water soluble polymer, a water soluble coupling molecule, a water soluble neutralization reagent, and a water soluble coupling reagent.