Author: claimsbot

1. A replaceable cavity insert for use in a multi-cavity compression mold, each cavity insert comprising:
a tapered construction for friction fitting into a recess defined in the compression mold;
each cavity insert having an arcuate inner surface defining an inverted dimple pattern of a golf ball;
each cavity insert having an O-ring located about the perimeter of an upper section of the insert for limiting the flow of fluids beyond the perimeter;
a pair of semi-circular cut-out sections on an upper surface of each cavity insert; and
a pair of removable cavity retainer screws, each screw countersunk into the compression mold, an edge of the screw disposed over the cut-out section of the cavity insert to retain the cavity insert and secure the O-ring,
wherein the cavity insert may be quickly and individually removed without the need to remove the entire mold or to disconnect utility lines therein.
2. The cavity insert according to claim 1, wherein a baked-on mold release is applied to the concave surface of each cavity insert at a temperature between about 600\xb0 F. to 750\xb0 F.
3. The cavity insert according to claim 1, wherein each cavity insert is made of a high thermal conductive metal.
4. The cavity insert according to claim 1, wherein the height of each cavity insert is less than the height of the corresponding recess therein only requiring the O-ring in the upper section of the insert.
5. The cavity insert according to claim 1, wherein the cavity insert is utilized for casting a cover on a golf ball subassembly.
6. The cavity insert according to claim 1, wherein the cavity insert is utilized for casting an inner layer on a golf ball subassembly.
7. A method of placing a cavity insert into a multi-cavity compression mold frame without removing the mold frame from a hydraulic press, the method comprising:
providing in the frame a tapered recess sized to accommodate the cavity insert;
inserting into the recess by friction fit the cavity insert and a single O-ring displaced about the top portion of the insert; and
retaining the insert and O-ring within the recess by a pair of threaded screws and accompanying washers,
wherein the cavity insert may be removed from the frame by loosening the screws and manually lifting the cavity insert out of the frame.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein a baked-on mold release is applied to a concave inner surface of each cavity insert at a temperature between about 600\xb0 F. to 750\xb0 F.
9. The method according to claim 7, wherein each cavity insert is made of a high thermal conductive metal.
10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the height of each cavity insert is less than the height of the corresponding recess therein only requiring the O-ring in the upper section of the insert.
11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the cavity insert is utilized to cast a cover on a golf ball subassembly.
12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the cavity insert is utilized for casting an inner layer on a golf ball subassembly.

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 network device comprising:
a plurality of ports to transmit and receive data flows comprising packets of data;
a memory to store a routing table;
a forwarding engine to transfer the packets of data between the ports according to the routing table; and
a processor to
define a routing interface comprising a selected group of the ports,
map a selected media access control (MAC) address to the routing interface,
disable link aggregation between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface,
disable bridging between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface without disabling the selected group of the ports, and
modify the routing table to direct each of the data flows having the MAC address as a destination address to one of the selected group of the ports of the routing interface.
2. The network device of claim 1:
wherein the processor modifies the routing table entries for the selected group of the ports of the routing interface to provide load balancing among the selected group of the ports of the routing interface after disabling bridging between the selected group of the ports.
3. The network device of claim 2:
wherein the load balancing is based on Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing Protocol (ECMP).
4. The network device of claim 1, wherein, to define a routing interface, the processor allocates a virtual local-area network (VLAN) to the selected group of the ports.
5. A network device comprising:
a plurality of port means for transmitting and receiving data flows comprising packets of data;
memory means for storing a routing table;
forwarding means for transferring the packets of data between the port means according to the routing table; and
processing means for
defining a routing interface comprising a selected group of the port means,
mapping a selected media access control (MAC) address to the routing interface,
disabling link aggregation between the selected group of the port means of the routing interface,
disabling bridging between the selected group of the port means of the routing interface without disabling the selected group of the port means, and
modifying the routing table to direct each of the data flows having the MAC address as a destination address to one of the selected group of the port means of the routing interface.
6. The network device of claim 5:
wherein the processing means modifies the routing table entries for the port means in the routing interface to provide load balancing among the port means in the routing interface after disabling bridging between the selected group of the port means.
7. The network device of claim 6:
wherein the load balancing is based on Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing Protocol (ECMP).
8. The network device of claim 5, wherein, to define a routing interface, the processing means allocates a virtual local-area network (VLAN) to the selected group of the port means.
9. A method for a network device having a plurality of ports for transmitting and receiving data flows comprising packets of data according to a routing table, the method comprising:
defining a router interface comprising a selected group of the ports;
mapping a Media Access Control (MAC) address to the router interface;
disabling link aggregation between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface;
disabling bridging between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface without disabling the selected group of the ports; and
modifying the routing table to direct each of the data flows having the MAC address as a destination address to one of the selected group of the ports of the routing interface.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
modifying the routing table entries for the selected group of the ports of the routing interface to provide load balancing among the selected group of the ports of the routing interface after disabling bridging between the selected group of the ports.
11. The method of claim 10:
wherein the load balancing is based on Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing Protocol (ECMP).
12. The method of claim 9, wherein defining a routing interface comprises:
allocating a virtual local-area network (VLAN) to the selected group of the ports.
13. A computer readable medium storing a computer program capable of being executed by a computer for a network device having a plurality of ports for transmitting and receiving data flows comprising packets of data according to a routing table, the computer program comprising:
defining a router interface comprising a selected group of the ports;
mapping a Media Access Control (MAC) address to the router interface;
disabling link aggregation between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface;
disabling bridging between the selected group of the ports of the routing interface without disabling the selected group of the ports; and
modifying the routing table to direct each of the data flows having the MAC address as a destination address to one of the selected group of the ports of the routing interface.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:
modifying the routing table entries for the selected group of the ports of the routing interface to provide load balancing among the selected group of the ports of the routing interface after disabling bridging between the selected group of the ports.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 14:
wherein the load balancing is based on Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing Protocol (ECMP).
16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein defining a routing interface comprises:
allocating a virtual local-area network (VLAN) to the selected group of the ports.
17. A first network device comprising:
X ports within the first network device that transmit and receive data flows comprising packets of data with a second network device that has a media access control (MAC) address;
memory that stores a routing table;
a forwarding engine to transfer the packets of data between the X ports according to the routing table; and
a processor to
define a routing interface comprising Y of the X ports,
map said MAC address to the routing interface,
disable link aggregation between the Y of the X ports of the routing interface,
disable bridging between the Y of the X ports without disabling the Y of the X ports, and
modify the routing table to direct each of the data flows having the MAC address as a destination address to one of the Y of the X ports, where X is an integer greater than 1 and where Y is less than X.
18. The network device of claim 17:
wherein the processor modifies the routing table entries for the Y of the X ports of the routing interface to provide load balancing among the Y of the X ports of the routing interface after disabling bridging between the Y of the X ports.
19. The network device of claim 18:
wherein the load balancing is based on Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing Protocol (ECMP).
20. The network device of claim 17, wherein, to define a routing interface, the processor allocates a virtual local-area network (VLAN) to the selected group of the ports.
21. The network device of claim 17, wherein the processor disables link aggregation between the Y of the X ports without disabling link aggregation between X-Y of the X ports that are not members of the Y of the X ports of the routing interface.

1. A multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system comprising:
a multi-degree-of-freedom stage structured by a plurality of actuators;
an instruction generator for generating instructions of plural degrees of freedom;
a position arithmetic unit for calculating positions of plural degrees of freedom from signals of a plurality of sensors attached to a control object,
a control arithmetic unit for calculating operation amounts of plural degrees of freedom from the instructions of plural degrees of freedom and the positions of plural degrees of freedom;
a thrust force conversion arithmetic unit for calculating thrust force instructions of the plurality of actuators from the operation amounts of the plural degrees of freedom;
a current instruction unit for calculating current instructions which should be flowed to the plurality of actuators; and
a sensor configuration input device for selecting a desired sensor configuration from among a plurality of sensor configurations, wherein
the positions of plural degrees of freedom are calculated by using a position arithmetic expression corresponding to a selected sensor configuration.
2. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 1, wherein the position arithmetic unit has position arithmetic expressions respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor configurations in a memory in advance.
3. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 1, wherein the position arithmetic unit has a function of adding position arithmetic expressions respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor configurations later on as functions.
4. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor configuration input device has a sensor number input unit for inputting the number of sensor with respect to each of X axis, Y axis, and Z axis defined by a user.
5. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 1, wherein
the sensor configuration input device is equipped with a sensor position input unit for inputting a position coordinate of each sensor used in the selected sensor configuration.
6. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 1, wherein
the sensor configuration input device includes a sensor type input unit for inputting the type of each sensor used in the selected sensor configuration.
7. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 6, wherein
the sensor type input unit is capable of selecting at least an absolute position sensor and a relative position sensor in which an activation position is zero.
8. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 6, wherein
the position arithmetic unit includes a zero position signal detector for detecting a zero position signal of a relative position sensor, and has a function of storing a sensor signal that is obtained when the zero position signal is detected.
9. A multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system comprising:
a multi-degree-of-freedom stage structured by a plurality of actuators;
an instruction generator for generating instructions of plural degrees of freedom;
a position arithmetic unit for calculating positions of plural degrees of freedom from signals of a plurality of sensors attached to a control object,
a control arithmetic unit for calculating operation amounts of plural degrees of freedom from the instructions of plural degrees of freedom and the positions of plural degrees of freedom;
a thrust force conversion arithmetic unit for calculating thrust force instructions of the plurality of actuators from the operation amounts of the plural degrees of freedom;
a current instruction unit for calculating current instructions which should be flowed to the plurality of actuators; and
an actuator configuration input device for selecting a desired actuator configuration from among a plurality of actuator configurations, wherein
the thrust force instructions of the plurality of actuators are calculated by using a thrust force conversion arithmetic expression corresponding to a selected actuator configuration.
10. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 9, wherein
the thrust force conversion arithmetic unit has thrust force conversion arithmetic expressions respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuator configurations in a memory in advance.
11. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 9, wherein
the thrust force conversion arithmetic unit has a function of adding thrust force conversion arithmetic expressions respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuator configurations later on as functions.
12. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 9 wherein,
the actuator configuration input device has an actuator number input unit for inputting the number of actuator with respect to each of X axis, Y axis, and Z axis defined by a user.
13. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 9, wherein
the actuator configuration input device has an actuator position input unit for inputting a position coordinate of each actuator used in the selected actuator configuration.
14. The multi-degree-of-freedom stage control system according to claim 9, wherein
the actuator configuration input device has an actuator type input unit for inputting the type of each actuator used in the selected actuator configuration.

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 pet bed, comprising:
a plurality of scissor bar sets, each of the scissor bar sets including two crossed bars pivotally connected where the two bars cross,
wherein upper ends of bars in adjacent scissor bar sets are pivotally connected and lower ends of bars in adjacent scissor bar sets are pivotally connected so that the plurality of scissor bar sets form a closed loop that defines a frame, the frame being foldable from a storage position in which the upper ends of the bars in the plurality of scissor bar sets are positioned adjacent to each other to an extended position in which the upper ends are spread apart and the upper ends are closer to the lower ends of the bars in the plurality of scissor bar sets than when the frame is in the storage position;
at least one structure on the frame configured and arranged to prevent the upper ends from moving to adjacent to the lower ends when the frame is in the extended state; and
a cover suspended from the upper ends.
2. The pet bed of claim 1, wherein the structure comprises a first stop positioned on one of the bars on a first of the scissor bar sets so that the crossed bars on the first scissor bar set are prevented from moving to a position where the upper ends of the crossed bars of the first scissor bar set are adjacent the lower ends of the first scissor bar set.
3. The pet bed of claim 2, wherein the structure comprises a second stop positioned on one of the bars on a second of the scissor bar sets so that the crossed bars on the second scissor bar set are prevented from moving to a position where the upper ends of the crossed bars of the second scissor bar set are adjacent the lower ends of the second scissor bar set.
4. The pet bed of claim 3, wherein the number of scissor bar sets in the plurality is exactly four.
5. The pet bed of claim 4, wherein the first and second scissor bar sets are on opposite sides of the frame.
6. The pet bed of claim 3, wherein the first and second stops each are spaced from where the respective crossed bars are pivotally connected.
7. The pet bed of claim 6, wherein each of the first and second stops comprises a groove for receiving the other of the bars of the respective first and second scissor bar sets.
8. The pet bed of claim 3, wherein each of the first and second stops comprises a groove for receiving the other of the bars of the respective first and second scissor bar sets.
9. The pet bed of claim 2, wherein the first stop is spaced from where the respective crossed bars are pivotally connected.
10. The pet bed of claim 9, wherein the first stop comprises a groove for receiving the other of the bars of the first scissor bar set.
11. The pet bed of claim 2, wherein the first stop comprises a groove for receiving the other of the bars of the first scissor bar set.
12. The pet bed of claim 1, wherein the upper ends of bars in adjacent scissor bar sets for the plurality of scissor bar sets are pivotally connected at upper pads.
13. The pet bed of claim 12, wherein the cover comprises pockets that extend over and around the upper pads.
14. The pet bed of claim 13, wherein the cover sags when suspended from the upper pads when the frame is in the extended position.
15. The pet bed of claim 14, wherein said at least one structure is independent of the connection of the cover to the upper pads.
16. The pet bed of claim 12, wherein the cover is suspended from the upper pads, and wherein said at least one structure is independent of the connection of the cover to the upper pads.
17. The pet bed of claim 12, wherein the lower ends of bars in adjacent scissor bar sets for the plurality of scissor bar sets are pivotally connected at lower pads.
18. The pet bed of claim 12, wherein the upper pads and lower pads are substantially similar.
19. The pet bed of claim 18, wherein the upper pads and lower pads comprise two pairs of flanges, with each pair of flanges having a pin extending between the pair of flanges, and wherein the bars connected to each pad are pivotally connected to the pins.
20. The pet bed of claim 1, wherein the cover is in the shape of a bone.