Author: claimsbot

1. A device, comprising:
a support having a surface;
a unit mounted to said support, said unit having a connection terminal;
at least one electrical conductor track applied directly to said surface of said support and having a contact area;
a terminal adapter including at least one conductor and formed with first and second parts, said first part being disposed between said support and said unit in an assembled state and having a surface facing said support, said first part having a terminal contact area of said conductor on said surface facing said support causing said terminal contact area to be in electrical contact with said contact area of said conductor track, and said second part extending laterally along said unit and said conductor being routed in said second part to said connection terminal.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said unit is an electrical component of a motor vehicle.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein electrical contact between said conductor track and said terminal adapter is established by bracing said unit to said support.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said conductor track is one of a plurality of conductor tracks formed on said support, and each having an end with a contact area for making electrical contact with said terminal adapter.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said terminal adapter is L-shaped in cross section, said first part defining a first limb of an L, and said second part forming a second limb of the L, and said second limb is routed along a side of said unit to said connection terminal thereof.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a portion of said terminal adapter defines said L-shaped cross section.
7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the entire said terminal adapter consists of said L-shaped cross section.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conductor track is applied, and adheres, directly to said support.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said conductor track thermal-spraying-process track.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said support is a load-bearing bodywork component.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said support is a load-bearing bodywork component in an engine compartment of a motor vehicle.
12. A connection device for electrically connecting an electrical unit with a first terminal system having a connection terminal to a second terminal system having flat conductor tracks formed directly on a surface of a support, the conductor tracks having contact areas, the connection device comprising:
a terminal adapter having conductors and formed with first and second parts:
said first part being configured for placement, in an assembled state, between the electrical unit and the flat conductor tracks formed on the support, and having terminal contact areas of said conductors on a surface facing the support, said terminal contact areas of said first part making electrical contact with the contact areas of the flat conductor tracks; and
said second part adjoining said first part and extending laterally alongside the electrical unit and said conductors being routed in said second part to the connection terminal.
13. The device according to claim 12, wherein said terminal adapter is configured to interconnect a conventional connection terminal of the electrical unit with a flat conductor track system of a motor vehicle.

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 liquid supply attachment for a spray gun, comprising:
(a) a rigid cup member having a generally cylindrical sidewall, a closed bottom and an open top defining a chamber for containing a liquid to be sprayed;
(b) a generally circular cover member adapted to be secured to the open top, the cover member including an aperture therethrough;
(c) a rigid tube fitted into the aperture in the cover and extending downwardly toward the closed bottom of the cup;
(d) a plunger member slidably disposed on the rigid tube and engaging the cylindrical sidewall at a location beneath the cover member; and
(e) an adapter for mating with a spray gun, the adapter being attached to the cover member and having a first bore aligned with a lumen of the rigid tube, and a second bore in fluid communication with an upper surface of the plunger member whereby the application of air, under pressure, to the second bore causes downward displacement of the plunger member within the chamber and attendant upward displacement of liquid to be sprayed contained in the chamber through the lumen of the rigid tube and the first bore of the adapter.
2. The liquid supply attachment of claim 1 wherein the generally cylindrical cup member includes screw threads proximate the open top; and further including an annular ring member having a downwardly depending cylindrical flange that is internally threaded to mate with said screw threads proximate the open top of the cup member for holding the cover member in place.
3. The liquid supply attachment of claim 2 and further including a seal disposed between the cover member and the rigid cup member proximate the open top of the cup member.
4. The liquid supply attachment of claim 1 wherein the plunger member comprises a centrally located support member having an elastomeric disk adhered to the support member, a peripheral portion of the disk being of lesser thickness than a central portion that is adhered to the support member, the peripheral portion being curved to effectively wipe against an interior of the cylindrical sidewall.
5. The liquid supply attachment of claim 4 wherein the elastomeric disk includes a portion of lesser thickness than the central portion and shaped to wipe along the rigid tube during said downward displacement.
6. The liquid supply attachment of claim 1 wherein the adapter member is secured to the cover member by being threaded onto the cover member.
7. The liquid supply attachment of claim 1 and further including a filter element affixed about a lower end of the rigid tube.
8. A liquid supply attachment for a spray gun as in claim 1 and further comprising:
(a) a disposable liner abutting an interior of the cylindrical sidewall and the bottom of the cup member for shielding the interior sidewall and bottom of the cup member from exposure to the liquid to be sprayed.
9. The liquid supply attachment of claim 8 wherein the generally cylindrical cup member includes screw threads proximate the open top; and further including an annular ring member having a downwardly depending cylindrical flange that is internally threaded to mate with said screw threads proximate the open top of the cup member for holding the cover member in place.
10. The liquid supply attachment of claim 9 and further including a seal disposed between the cover member and the rigid cup member proximate the open top of the cup member.
11. The liquid supply attachment of claim 8 wherein the plunger member comprises a centrally located support member having an elastomeric disk adhered to the support member, a peripheral portion of the disk being of lesser thickness than a central portion that is adhered to the support member, the peripheral portion being curved to effectively wipe against an interior of the disposable liner.
12. The liquid supply attachment of claim 8 wherein the adapter member is secured to the cover member by being threaded onto the cover member.
13. The liquid supply attachment of claim 11 wherein the elastomeric disk includes a portion of lesser thickness than the central portion and shaped to wipe along the rigid tube during said downward displacement.
14. The liquid supply attachment of claim 8 and further including a filter element affixed about a lower end of the rigid tube.
15. A liquid supply attachment for an air-operated spray gun comprising:
(a) a container for a liquid to be sprayed, the container having a cylindrical chamber with a closed base and an open top with a removable cover closing the container’s open top, the cover having first and second apertures formed through it;
(b) a generally rigid tube extending into the first aperture and extending toward, but short of, the container’s base;
(c) a movable plunger slidably mounted on the rigid tube and dimensioned to wipe against a wall defining the cylindrical chamber as the plunger is made to move from a first position proximate the top to a second position proximate the base and wherein the plunger’s movement displaces liquid contained in the cup through a lumen of the rigid tube; and
(d) means for attaching the container to an air-operated spray gun such that liquid passing through the lumen of the rigid tube feeds the liquid to the spray gun.
16. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 15 wherein pressurized air exits the spray gun through a passageway leading to the second aperture for displacing the movable plunger from the first position to the second position.
17. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 16 wherein the means for attaching the container to the spray gun comprises an adapter having a first through opening in fluid communication with the lumen of the rigid tube, and a second through opening in fluid communication with the second aperture, a coupling adapted to engage an inlet port of the spray gun and means for coupling the passageway to the second aperture.
18. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 17 wherein the adapter is integrally formed with the removable cover.
19. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 15 wherein the plunger comprises an elastomeric disk of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the cylindrical chamber and a support member concentrically affixed to an upper major surface of the elastomeric disk, the support member including a tubular stem adapted to receive the rigid tube therethrough.
20. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 19 wherein the height dimension of the tubular stem is designed to engage the cover to stop further upward displacement of the plunger at a location below the top of the container.
21. The liquid cup attachment as in claim 16 wherein the passageway includes a one-way check valve.
22. A method of supplying a liquid to be sprayed to an air-operated spray gun comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a spray gun having a liquid inlet port;
(b) providing a container filled with a liquid to be sprayed, the container having a base, a cylindrical side wall, an open top and a cover removably affixed over the open top where the cover includes a first and a second aperture therethrough with a rigid tube extending into the first aperture and leading to a location proximate the container’s base, the rigid tube slidingly supporting a movable plunger thereon where the periphery of the plunger engages the cylindrical sidewall of the container;
(c) coupling the rigid tube to the liquid inlet port and the second aperture to a source of a pressurized gas; and
(d) introducing the pressurized gas into the container to effect displacement of the plunger toward the base and force the liquid from the container through the rigid tube to the inlet port of the spray gun.
23. The method of claim 22 and further including a step of returning the plunger to a starting position by rerouting pressurized air through the rigid tube to a space between the closed base and the plunger.

1. A composite filter cartridge comprising:
a concave housing defining an interior space having a longitudinal axis, said housing having a closed first end and at least one engagement feature adjacent an open second end;
filter media supported within said interior space and surrounding said longitudinal axis between first and second axial ends;
a first end cap secured to said first axial end of said filter media and having an outside surface complementary to said at least one engagement feature, said first end cap spanning said open second end and defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
a retainer configured to surround said concave housing and including an interior surface complementary to said outside surface of said upper end cap and said at least one engagement feature,
wherein said retainer and first end cap are both engaged with said at least one engagement feature and secured to each other, thereby securing said housing to said upper end cap.
2. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said housing is cylindrical, said at least one engagement feature takes the form of a continuous or discontinuous lip at said housing second end, an interface between said upper end cap outside surface and said retainer is rotationally symmetrical and said upper end cap and retainer are joined by spin bonding.
3. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said upper end cap and retainer are joined by solvent welding or adhesive bonding.
4. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said retainer forms a shoulder facing said housing second end.
5. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said retainer defines attachment structures for engagement with complementary structures on a filter head to retain the cartridge to the head.
6. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said upper end cap outside surface having first and second diameters defining a first shoulder, said retainer has second and third diameters defining a second shoulder and said at least one engagement feature is trapped between said first and second shoulders when said retainer is joined to said upper end cap.
7. The composite filter cartridge of claim 1, wherein said housing is metal and said upper end cap and retainer are plastic.
8. A method of manufacturing a composite filter cartridge:
providing a concave housing defining an interior space, having an open end and an engagement feature adjacent said open end said housing surrounding a longitudinal axis;
providing filter media surrounding said longitudinal axis and extending between first and second axial ends;
securing an upper end cap to said filter media first end, said upper end cap configured to span said open end and defining a fluid inlet communicating with a region of said interior space outside said filter media and a fluid outlet communicating with a region of said interior space surrounded by said filter media, said upper end cap having a peripheral surface complementary to said engagement feature;
securing a lower end cap to said filter media second end, said lower end cap spanning and closing said filter media second end;
inserting said filter media, upper end cap and lower end cap into said housing interior space with said end cap peripheral surface abutting said engagement feature;
providing a retainer configured to surround said housing and including an inside surface complementary to said upper end cap peripheral surface and said engagement feature;
joining said upper end cap and retainer to secure said upper end cap to said housing with said engagement feature trapped between said upper end cap outside surface and said retainer inside surface, said fluid inlet communicating with a region of said interior space outside said filter media and said fluid outlet communicating with a region of said interior space surrounded by said filter media so that fluid entering said interior space must flow through said filter media to leave said filter cartridge.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of providing said housing comprises providing a metal housing and said step of providing said upper end cap and said retainer comprises providing plastic upper end cap and plastic retainer.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said step of joining said upper end cap and retainer comprises joining said upper end cap and retainer by spin bonding, solvent welding or adhesive bonding.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein said housing is cylindrical, said upper end cap outside surface and said retainer inside surface are rotationally symmetrical.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of joining comprises spin bonding said upper end cap and said retainer.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of providing said retainer comprises providing a retainer having an outside surface including attachment structures for securing said composite filter cartridge to a filter head.

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 light emitting device comprising:
an LED chip and a mounting substrate,
said LED chip comprising an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride light emission layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode,
said n-type nitride semiconductor layer having a first surface,
said nitride light emission layer being disposed on said first surface of said n-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said p-type nitride semiconductor layer being disposed on said nitride light emission layer,
said anode electrode being opposite of said nitride light emission layer from said p-type nitride semiconductor layer and covering said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said cathode electrode being disposed on said first surface of said n-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said mounting substrate being configured to mount said LED chip,
said mounting substrate having a first patterned conductor which is coupled to said cathode electrode through a cathode bump and a second patterned conductor which is electrically and physically connected to anode bumps, said anode bumps being electrically and physically connected to said anode electrode,
said LED chip comprising dielectric layers which have an arrangement which resembles an island and a light reflective conductive film covering said dielectric layers,
said dielectric layers having a refractive index which is smaller than a refractive index of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said dielectric layers being located between said p-type nitride semiconductor layer and said anode electrode,
said p-type nitride semiconductor layer having first regions which are overlapped with said anode bumps in a planer view, respectively,
said dielectric layers being not overlapped with said first regions,
said light reflective conductive film being located between said anode electrode and said dielectric layers, and
said anode electrode does not penetrate said light reflective conductive film.
2. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein
said LED chip further comprises a transparent conductive film,
said transparent conductive film being disposed between the said p-type nitride semiconductor layer and said anode electrode,
said transparent conductive film having a refractive index which is lower than the refractive index of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said light reflective conductive film being disposed between said transparent conductive film and said anode electrode,
said dielectric layers being partially formed on said transparent conductive film,
said dielectric layers having the arrangement which resembles the island, and
said dielectric layers being formed between said transparent conductive film and said light reflective conductive film.
3. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein
each of said first regions is a plane which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said plane having a circular shape,
said first regions being overlapped with said anode bumps, respectively, in the thickness direction of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer.
4. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 2, wherein
each of said first regions is a plane which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said plane having a circular shape,
said first regions being overlapped with said anode bumps, respectively, in the thickness direction of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer.
5. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said dielectric layers has a two-layer structure.
6. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said dielectric layers includes a silicon oxide layer and a zirconium oxide layer.
7. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said first regions is surrounded by said dielectric layers.
8. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said dielectric layers are arranged to be spaced from an adjacent dielectric layer by the same distance.
9. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 7, wherein said dielectric layers are arranged to be spaced from an adjacent dielectric layer by the same distance.
10. A light emitting device comprising:
an LED chip and a mounting substrate,
said LED chip comprising an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride light emission layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode,
said n-type nitride semiconductor layer having a first surface,
said nitride light emission layer being disposed on said first surface of said n-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said p-type nitride semiconductor layer being disposed on said nitride light emission layer,
said anode electrode being opposite of said nitride light emission layer from said p-type nitride semiconductor layer and covering said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said cathode electrode being disposed on said first surface of said n-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said mounting substrate being configured to mount said LED chip,
said mounting substrate having a first patterned conductor which is coupled to said cathode electrode through a cathode bump and a second patterned conductor which is electrically and physically connected to anode bumps, said anode bumps being electrically and physically connected to said anode electrode,
said LED chip comprising a dielectric layer having openings and a light reflective conductive film covering said dielectric layer,
said dielectric layer having a refractive index which is smaller than a refractive index of said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said dielectric layer being located between said p-type nitride semiconductor layer and said anode electrode,
in a planer view, said anode bumps overlapping with said openings, respectively, and not overlapping with said dielectric layer,
said anode electrode not directly contacting said p-type nitride semiconductor layer,
said light reflective conductive film being located between said dielectric layer and said anode electrode, and
said anode electrode does not penetrate said light reflective conductive film.
11. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 10, wherein each of said dielectric layers has a two-layer structure.
12. The light emitting device as set forth in claim 10, wherein each of said dielectric layers includes a silicon oxide layer and a zirconium oxide layer.