Author: claimsbot

1. An earstem assembly comprising:
a flexible suspension component extending posteriorly from an eyeglass frame, the suspension component having an anterior end and a posterior end; and
a rigid elongate body having an anterior end and a posterior end, the anterior end of the rigid elongate body being pivotally coupled to the flexible suspension component, the rigid elongate body and the suspension component being attached to each other at a point posterior to the anterior ends of the rigid elongate body and the suspension component, the rigid elongate body being operative to rotate relative to the eyeglass frame;
wherein the attachment between the rigid elongate body and the flexible suspension component causes deflection of the flexible suspension component upon rotation of the rigid elongate body relative to the frame.
2. An earstem assembly as in claim 1, wherein the flexible suspension component is pivotally coupled relative to the eyeglass frame.
3. An earstem assembly as in claim 2, wherein upon rotation of the rigid elongate body beyond a deployed position, deflection of the flexible suspension component dampens further rotation of the rigid elongate body relative to the eyeglass frame.
4. An earstem assembly as in claim 2, wherein the anterior end of the suspension component comprises a pair of connectors that form a pivot axis such that the suspension component can be pivotally coupled relative to the eyeglass frame.
5. An earstem assembly as in claim 2, wherein the anterior end of the suspension component comprises a protrusion that engages a portion of the eyeglass frame to limit relative rotation thereof beyond a deployed position.
6. An earstem assembly as in claim 5, wherein the eyeglass frame comprises a receptacle configured to receive the anterior end of the suspension component and engage the protrusion of the suspension component to limit relative rotation thereof.
7. An earstem assembly as in claim 5, wherein the rigid elongate body moves from the deployed position to a deflected position upon deflection of the suspension component.
8. An earstem assembly as in claim 1, wherein the posterior end of the flexible suspension component is coupled to the rigid elongate body at approximately a midpoint of the rigid elongate body.
9. An earstem assembly comprising a flexible elongate body extending rearwardly from a frame and a rigid elongate body pivotally coupled to an anterior portion of the flexible elongate body to define a first pivot point, the rigid elongate body also being coupled to a posterior portion of the flexible elongate body, wherein the rigid elongate body can be rotated about the first pivot point to move to a deflected position.
10. An earstem assembly as in claim 9, wherein an anterior end of the flexible elongate body is pivotally coupled to the frame at a second pivot point.
11. An earstem assembly as in claim 9, wherein the rigid elongate body can be rotated about the first pivot point to move from a deployed position to the deflected position.
12. An earstem assembly as in claim 11, wherein the flexible elongate body is positioned adjacent to the rigid elongate body in the deployed position, and the flexible elongate body is separated from the rigid elongate body along at least a portion thereof in the deflected position.
13. An earstem assembly as in claim 11, wherein the flexible elongate body is constrained against rotation when the rigid elongate body is in the deflected position.
14. An earstem assembly as in claim 9, wherein a posterior end of the flexible elongate body is coupled to the rigid elongate body at approximately a midpoint of the rigid elongate body.
15. An eyeglass comprising:
a frame;
a pair of suspension components extending rearwardly from the frame; and
a pair of rigid elongate bodies being pivotally coupled to respective suspension components along an anterior portion of each suspension component to define first pivot points, the pair of rigid elongate bodies also being coupled to the respective suspension components along a posterior portion of each suspension component to define second contact points such that pivoting of the rigid elongate body causes deflection of the suspension components to dampen further pivoting of the rigid elongate bodies.
16. An eyeglass as in claim 15, wherein anterior ends of the suspension components are pivotally coupled to the frame.
17. An eyeglass as in claim 16, wherein the anterior ends of the suspension components each comprise a protrusion that limits relative rotation thereof beyond a deployed position.
18. An eyeglass as in claim 16, wherein the rigid elongate bodies are pivotally coupled to the suspension component adjacent to anterior ends of the suspension components.
19. An eyeglass as in claim 16, wherein the rigid elongate bodies are operative to pivot relative to the suspension components and the frame beyond the deployed position upon application of increased force.
20. An eyeglass as in claim 15, wherein the anterior ends of the suspension components each comprise a pair of protrusions that engage with corresponding recesses formed in the rigid elongate bodies to form pivot axes such that the rigid elongate bodies can be pivotally coupled relative to the suspension components.

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 controlling the behavior of an occupant of a vehicle with a resistive device and a control module and sensors to encourage compliance with desired operating conditions, and comprising the steps of;
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator pedal to establish vehicle speed,
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator to establish time of vehicle mobilization,
sensing with a first sensor the vehicle speed and the time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle distance traveled based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle acceleration based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
storing the vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization and vehicle distance traveled and vehicle acceleration as vehicle operation modes in the control module,
sensing with a second sensor the seat belt being fastened,
storing the seat belt being fastened in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed as a speed incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time as a time incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance as a distance incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration as an acceleration incident in the control module, and
characterized by adjusting the applied resistance during a first incident in proportion to a second vehicle operation mode during the first incident.
2. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first incident is a time incident and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed.
3. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first incident is a distance incident and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed.
4. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first incident is a speed incident and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration.
5. A method as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by adjusting a first threshold of a first vehicle operation mode in proportion to the number of first incidents.
6. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the first threshold is threshold speed and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the first incidents are speed incidents.
7. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the first threshold is threshold time and the first vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the first incidents are time incidents.
8. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the first threshold is threshold distance and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the first incidents are distance incidents.
9. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the first threshold is threshold acceleration and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration and the first incidents are acceleration incidents.
10. A method of controlling the behavior of an occupant of a vehicle with a resistive device and a control module and sensors to encourage compliance with desired operating conditions, and comprising the steps of;
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator pedal to establish vehicle speed,
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator to establish time of vehicle mobilization,
sensing with a first sensor the vehicle speed and the time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle distance traveled based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle acceleration based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
storing vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization and vehicle distance traveled and vehicle acceleration as vehicle operation modes in the control module,
sensing with a second sensor a seat belt being fastened,
storing the seat belt being fastened in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration, and
characterized by applying the resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to a first vehicle operation mode exceeding a first threshold overriding the response to a second vehicle operation mode exceeding a second threshold.
11. A method as set forth in claim 10 wherein the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the first threshold is threshold speed and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second threshold is threshold distance.
12. A method as set forth in claim 10 wherein the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the first threshold is threshold speed and the second vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second threshold is the threshold time.
13. A method as set forth in claim 10 wherein the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the first threshold is threshold speed and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration and the second threshold is threshold acceleration.
14. A method of controlling the behavior of an occupant of a vehicle with a resistive device and a control module and sensors to encourage compliance with desired operating conditions, and comprising the steps of;
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator pedal to establish vehicle speed,
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator to establish time of vehicle mobilization,
sensing with a first sensor the vehicle speed and the time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle distance traveled based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle acceleration based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
storing vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization and vehicle distance traveled and vehicle acceleration as vehicle operation modes in the control module,
sensing with a second sensor a seat belt being fastened,
storing the seat belt being fastened in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration, and
characterized by adjusting a first threshold of a first vehicle operation mode in proportion to the proximity of a second vehicle operation mode to a second threshold.
15. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold time and the first vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second threshold is threshold distance.
16. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold time and the first vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the second threshold is threshold speed.
17. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold time and the first vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration and the second threshold is threshold acceleration.
18. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold speed and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the second vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second threshold is threshold time.
19. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold speed and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second threshold is threshold distance.
20. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold speed and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration and the second threshold is threshold acceleration.
21. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold distance and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle speed and the second threshold is threshold speed.
22. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold distance and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second vehicle operation mode is time of vehicle mobilization and the second threshold is threshold time.
23. A method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first threshold is threshold distance and the first vehicle operation mode is vehicle distance traveled and the second vehicle operation mode is vehicle acceleration and the second threshold is threshold acceleration.
24. A method of controlling the behavior of an occupant of a vehicle with a resistive device and a control module and sensors to encourage compliance with desired operating conditions, and comprising the steps of;
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator pedal to establish vehicle speed,
applying an operational input of force with an input device to an accelerator to establish time of vehicle mobilization,
sensing with a first sensor the vehicle speed and the time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle distance traveled based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
establishing vehicle acceleration based on vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization,
storing vehicle speed and time of vehicle mobilization and vehicle distance traveled and vehicle acceleration as vehicle operation modes in the control module,
sensing with a second sensor the seat belt being fastened,
storing the seat belt being fastened in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle speed exceeding a threshold speed as a speed incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the time of vehicle mobilization exceeding a threshold time as a time incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle distance traveled exceeding a threshold distance as a distance incident in the control module,
applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input of force to the accelerator pedal in the absence of the seat belt being fastened and in response to vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration,
storing each instance of applied resistance based on the vehicle acceleration exceeding a threshold acceleration as an acceleration incident in the control module, and
characterized by increasing said applied resistance in response to a second incident occurring after a first incident and further increasing said applied resistance in response to a third incident occurring after said second incident in the continued absence of the seat belt being fastened.
25. A method as set forth in claim 24 wherein the first incident is a time incident and the second incident is a time incident and the third incident is a time incident.
26. A method as set forth in claim 24 wherein the first incident is a speed incident and the second incident is a time incident and the third incident is a time incident.

What is claimed is:

1. A speaker comprising:
a case having a peripheral projection;
a magnetic device having a yoke, and a permanent magnet and secured to the case;
a diaphragm secured to the case at the peripheral projection;
a voice coil secured to an underside of the diaphragm; and
a protector having an upper plate and a cylindrical holding portion at a periphery of the upper plate and secured to the case at the cylindrical holding portion.
2. The speaker according to claim 1 wherein the cylindrical holding portion of the protector has an axial length so as to overlap with the peripheral projection of the case in order to secure the protector to the case.
3. The speaker according to claim 1 further comprising a hold ring provided in the protector for securing the diaphragm to the case.
4. The speaker according to claim 1 wherein the protector has a stepped hold portion between the upper plate and the cylindrical holding portion, and the diaphragm is secured to the case by the stepped hold portion.
5. A method for manufacturing a speaker comprising steps of:
providing an assembly of a case having a peripheral projection and terminals on an underside, thereof and a magnetic device having a yoke, and a permanent magnet;
providing a diaphragm having a voice coil secured to an underside of the diaphragm;
providing a protector having an upper plate and a cylindrical holding portion at a periphery of the upper plate;
mounting the protector on abase in an inverted position;
inserting the voice coil in the protector in an inverted position;
pulling out a pair of ends of the voice coil;
inserting the assembly in the protector in an inverted position;
securing the cylindrical holding portion of the protector to the peripheral projection of the case; and
connecting the ends of the voice coil to the terminals on the case.

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 information handling system, comprising:
a plurality of racks of servers, each of the plurality of racks having a top-of-rack switch with each top-of-rack switch configured to provide a bridging device;
a plurality of aggregation switches, each aggregation switch being coupled to each of the top-of-rack switches and each aggregation switch configured to provide a bridging device; and
a virtual bridging device providing layer three routing services.
2. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of aggregation switches is in communication with the virtual bridging device and the plurality of aggregation switches is configured to run a master virtual internet protocol (IP) instance, the virtual IP instance spanning one or more of the plurality of aggregation switches and having a virtual IP instance IP address and a virtual IP media access control (MAC) address, the virtual IP instance IP address and virtual IP MAC address being associated with the virtual bridging device.
3. The information handling system of claim 2, wherein the virtual bridging device is provided by one or more of the bridging devices provided by the plurality of aggregation switches, the virtual bridging device being topologically located behind the bridging devices provided by the plurality of aggregation relative to the top-of-rack switches.
4. The information handling system of claim 2, wherein each of the bridging devices provided by the plurality of aggregation switches is configured to:
recognize a virtual bridging device identifier indicating that an egress bridging device address of an encapsulated packet is the virtual bridging device;
recognize the virtual IP MAC address as a destination MAC address in the encapsulated packet received by the aggregation switch;
decapsulate the encapsulated packet, thereby providing a decapsulated packet, in response to the recognition of the virtual bridging device identifier and the virtual IP MAC address; and
route the decapsulated packet to a destination.
5. The information handling system of claim 4, wherein each of the bridging devices provided by the plurality of aggregation switches is further configured to:
determine a destination top-of-rack switch for the decapsulated packet using a layer three routing table;
encapsulate the decapsulated packet to create a re-encapsulated packet using a bridging device identifier corresponding to the destination top-of-rack switch as an egress bridging device address in a header of the re-encapsulated packet; and
forward the re-encapsulated packet to the destination top-of-rack switch.
6. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein each of the top-of-rack switches is in communication with the virtual bridging device and the top-of-rack switches are configured to provide the services of the plurality of aggregation switches in the information handling system, the top-of-rack switches being further configured to run a master virtual IP instance, the virtual IP instance, spanning one or more of the top-of-rack switches and having a virtual IP instance IP address and a virtual IP MAC address, the virtual IP instance IP address and virtual IP MAC address being associated with the virtual bridging device.
7. The information handling system of claim 6, wherein the virtual bridging device is provided by one or more of the bridging devices provided by the top-of-rack switches, the virtual bridging device being topologically located behind the bridging devices provided by the top-of-rack switches.
8. The information handling system of claim 6, wherein each of the bridging devices provided by the top-of-rack switches is configured to:
recognize a virtual bridging device identifier indicating that an egress bridging device address of an encapsulated packet is the virtual bridging device;
recognize the virtual IP MAC address as a destination MAC address in the encapsulated packet received by the top-of-rack switch;
decapsulate the packet in response to the recognition of the virtual bridging device identifier and the virtual IP MAC address; and
route the packet to a destination.
9. The information handling system of claim 5, wherein one aggregation switch of the plurality of aggregation switches is designated as an address resolution protocol (ARP) master aggregation switch, the ARP master aggregation switch responding to ARP requests on behalf of the plurality of aggregation switches.
10. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the ARP master aggregation switch synchronizes the ARP response with all other aggregation switches of the plurality of aggregation switches.
11. A method for optimizing layer three routing in an information handling system, the method comprising:
receiving a packet from a source top-of-rack switch at an aggregation switch;
detecting an identifier of a virtual bridging device as an egress bridging device address in a header of the packet;
recognizing that the aggregation switch and the virtual bridging device are neighbors in the information handling system;
decapsulating the packet;
recognizing a destination media access control (MAC) address of the packet as an anycast MAC address of a virtual router instance, the anycast MAC address being provided by the virtual bridging device, and the virtual router instance spanning a plurality of aggregation switches; and
routing the packet from the virtual router instance to a destination top-of-rack switch.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
receiving an address resolution protocol (ARP) packet at the source top-of-rack switch from a connected server on a source virtual local area network (VLAN);
transmitting the ARP packet from the source top-of-rack switch to a plurality of aggregation switches;
receiving an ARP reply from one of the plurality of aggregation switches, the ARP reply including the anycast MAC address;
receiving a data packet at the source top-of-rack switch from the connected server, the data packet including the anycast MAC address; and
forwarding the data packet using equal-cost multi-path routing to any one of the plurality of aggregation switches.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the virtual router instance is a single virtual redundancy router protocol (VRRP) instance operating across the plurality of aggregation switches.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
decapsulating the data packet at the one of the plurality of aggregation switches on behalf of the virtual bridging device;
recognizing, in a header of the data packet, the anycast MAC address associated with the VRRP instance; and
presenting the data packet to the VRRP instance for routing to the different VLAN through the different top-of-the-rack switch.
15. An information handling system comprising:
an aggregation switch, the aggregation switch configured to receive data packets from a plurality of the top-of-rack switches and configured to transmit data packets to and receive data packets from one or more other aggregation switches, the aggregation switch further configured to provide an bridging device; and
a virtual bridging device, the virtual bridging device being provided by the bridging device, and the virtual bridging device providing at least one anycast media access control (MAC) address for at least one virtual router instance operating on the aggregation switch.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one virtual router instance is a master virtual internet protocol (IP) instance, the virtual IP instance having a virtual IP instance IP address and a virtual IP MAC address, the virtual IP MAC address being the at least one anycast MAC address provided by the virtual bridging device.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the bridging device provided by the aggregation switch is configured to:
recognize the virtual IP MAC address as a destination MAC address in an encapsulated packet received by the aggregation switch;
recognize a virtual bridging device identifier indicating that an egress bridging device address of the encapsulated packet is the virtual bridging device;
decapsulate the encapsulated packet in response to the recognition of the virtual bridging device identifier andor the virtual IP MAC address, thereby providing a decapsulated packet; and
route the decapsulated packet to a destination.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the aggregation switch is designated as an address resolution protocol (ARP) master aggregation switch, the ARP master aggregation switch being configured to respond to ARP requests on behalf of the one or more other aggregation switches.
19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a second virtual bridging device, the second virtual bridging device being provided by the bridging device, and the second virtual bridging device providing a second anycast MAC address for a second virtual router instance operating on the aggregation switch, the second virtual router instance being a second master virtual IP instance, the second virtual IP instance having a second virtual IP instance IP address and a second virtual IP MAC address, the second virtual IP MAC address being the second anycast MAC address provided by the second virtual bridging device.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the aggregation switch is configured to communicate with at least one other aggregation switch to provide a shared virtual bridging device that provides a shared anycast MAC address for a shared virtual router instance, the shared virtual router instance operating on both aggregation switches.