Author: claimsbot

1. A device unit detachably provided to an image forming apparatus having a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus, the device unit comprising:
a CPU configured to communicate with the control unit; and
a memory configured to store property information including information provided through a communication between the CPU and the control unit, the memory including:
a write-prohibited area configured to prohibit information overwriting, and
a first writable area configured to allow information writing.
2. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises a second writable area configured to controllably prohibit or allow a one time overwriting of information therein.
3. The device unit according to claim 2, wherein the second writable area of the memory is configured to allow a one time overwriting of information therein when the device unit recognizes a predetermined code transmitted from the control unit.
4. The device unit according to claim 2, wherein the write-prohibited area, the first writable area, and the second writable area of the memory are allocated in a way corresponding to product group identifications.
5. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the write-prohibited area of the memory is configured to cancel the prohibition of information overwriting.
6. The device unit according to claim 5, wherein the write-prohibited area of the memory is configured to allow a one time overwriting of information therein when the device unit recognizes a predetermined code transmitted from the control unit.
7. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the memory is included in an IC tag detachably provided to the device unit.
8. The device unit according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of an image carrying member, a charging device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a cleaning device.
9. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the write-prohibited area of the memory stores information relating to image forming conditions.
10. The device unit according to claim 1, further comprising a developer cartridge configured to store developer.
11. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the write-prohibited area of the memory stores information relating to manufacturing of the device unit.
12. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the first writable area of the memory stores information relating to an operational history of the device unit.
13. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises a second writable area configured to controllably prohibit or allow a one time overwriting of information therein, and the second writable area stores information relating to a start time of using the device unit.
14. The device unit according to claim 1, wherein the memory includes a nonvolatile memory.
15. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus and including a memory; and
a device unit including a CPU configured to communicate with the control unit, and a memory configured to store property information including information provided through a communication between the CPU and the control unit, the memory including:
a write-prohibited area configured to prohibit information overwriting; and
a first writable area configured to allow information writing.
16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the image forming apparatus is coupled to a management system which administers operational status of the image forming apparatus via a public telecommunication line or Internet, and is configured to transmit information stored in the memory to the management system via the public telecommunication line or the Internet.
17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the image forming apparatus is coupled to a management system which administers operational status of the image forming apparatus via a public telecommunication line or Internet, and is configured to receive information from the management system via the public telecommunication line or the Internet, and to store the information from the management system into the memory.
18. The image forming apparatus to claim 15, wherein the memory includes a nonvolatile memory

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for reducing vibrations in a printing press, the printing press having a first plate cylinder independently registrable from a second print cylinder, the first plate cylinder being operatively connected to at least one first laterally-moving vibrator roll and the second plate cylinder being operatively connected to at least one second laterally-moving vibrator roll, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a lateral position of the first vibrator roll with respect to the second vibrator roll; and
rotating the first plate cylinder with respect to the second plate cylinder so as to change the lateral position of the first vibrator roll with respect to the second vibrator roll.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the rotating step includes rotating either the first or second plate cylinder so that a circumferential register of the first or second plate cylinder is not altered.
3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the first or second plate cylinder is rotated a plurality of single rotations of 360 degrees.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising determining a desired phase difference between the first and second vibrator rolls, the rotating step including rotating the first or second plate cylinder a number of rotations to achieve the desired phase difference.
5. The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising feeding back a lateral position of the first vibrator roll to a controller, the controller controlling the rotating step.
6. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the determining step is performed using a mathematical model.
7. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the determining step is performed by measuring actual vibrations.
8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first vibrator roll is phased a 180 degrees from the second vibrator roll after the rotating step.
9. A method for reducing vibrations in a printing press, the printing press having a first plate cylinder independently registrable from a second print cylinder, the first plate cylinder being operatively connected to-at least one first laterally-moving vibrator roll and the second plate cylinder being operatively connected to at least one second laterally-moving vibrator roll, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a desired lateral position of the first vibrator roll with respect to the second vibrator roll as a function of actual or predicted vibration of the printing press; and
rotating the first plate cylinder with respect to the second plate cylinder so as to change the lateral position of the first vibrator roll with respect to the second vibrator roll to the desired lateral position.
10. A printing press comprising:
a first plate cylinder;
at least one first vibrator roll operatively connected to the first plate cylinder, the first vibrator roll being part of an inking unit or a dampening unit, the first vibrator roll moving laterally a certain amount for each rotation of the first plate cylinder;
a second plate cylinder independently registrable with respect to the first plate cylinder in a circumferential direction;
at least one second vibrator roll operatively connected to the second plate cylinder, the second vibrator roll being part of another inking unit or another dampening unit, the second vibrator roll moving laterally a certain amount for each rotation of the second plate cylinder;
at least one sensor for sensing at least one of a lateral position of the first vibrator roll with respect to the second vibrator roll and a vibration of the printing press; and
a controller receiving an input from the at least one sensor, the controller rotating the first plate cylinder with respect to the second plate cylinder so as to alter a phase between the first vibrator roll and the second vibrator roll as a function of the input.
11. The printing press as recited in claim 10 farther comprising a first blanket cylinder connected to the first plate cylinder and a second blanket cylinder connected to the second plate cylinder.
12. The printing press as recited in claim 10 further comprising a first motor driving the first plate cylinder and the first vibrator roll and a second motor driving the second plate cylinder and the second vibrator roll.
13. The printing press as recited in claim 10 wherein the at least one first vibrator roll includes at least two vibrator rolls.
14. The printing press as recited in claim 10 wherein the press is an offset lithographic printing press.
15. The printing press as recited in claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor includes a sensor sensing a first vibrator roll lateral position and a second sensor sensing a second vibrator roll lateral position.
16. The printing press as recited in claim 15 wherein the at least one sensor farther includes an accelerometer measuring the vibration.
17. The printing press as recited in claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor includes an accelerometer.

1. A battery cell assembly, comprising:
a first frame member having a first rectangular ring-shaped body and a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the first plurality of tabs having a first tab portion, the first tab portion extending in a first direction from the first rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the first rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the first plurality of tabs further having a first coupling feature at a distal end of the first tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the first tab portion and toward an inner open region defined by the first rectangular ring-shaped body; the first peripheral edge further having a first plurality of slots extending into the first peripheral edge, each slot of the first plurality of slots being disposed directly adjacent to a respective tab of the first plurality of tabs;
a second frame member being directly coupled to the first frame member, the second frame member having a second rectangular ring-shaped body and a second plurality of tabs extending away from a second peripheral edge of the second rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the second plurality of tabs having a second tab portion, the second tab portion extending in the first direction from the second rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the second rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the second plurality of tabs further having a second coupling feature at a distal end of the second tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the second tab portion and toward an inner open region defined by the second rectangular ring-shaped body; the second peripheral edge further having a second plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge, each slot of the second plurality of slots being disposed directly adjacent to a respective tab of the second plurality of tabs;
a first slot of the second plurality of slots having a depth in a second direction from the second peripheral edge toward an inner open region of the second rectangular ring-shaped body that is greater than a length of an engaging surface of a first coupling feature of a first tab of the first plurality of tabs such that an open space is defined in the second direction between an end of the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs and the second rectangular ring-shared body when the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs is disposed in the first slot of the second plurality of slots and is coupled to the second rectangular ring-shaped body; the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs directly contacting the second rectangular ring-shaped body; and
a battery cell being disposed between the first and second frame members when the first and second frame members are coupled together.
2. The battery cell assembly of claim 1, wherein the battery cell is a lithium-ion pouch type battery cell.
3. The battery cell assembly of claim 1, wherein the first frame member has an identical structure as the second frame member.
4. The battery cell assembly of claim 1, wherein each first tab portion of each tab of the first plurality of tabs is configured to extend over a portion of the second peripheral edge of the second frame member, and the first coupling feature of the each tab is configured to extend into the respective slot of the second frame member.
5. The battery cell assembly of claim 1, wherein a tab of the first plurality of tabs directly communicates with a slot of the first plurality of slots.
6. A battery cell assembly, comprising:
a first frame member having a first rectangular ring-shaped body with first, second, third, and fourth body portions, the first and second body portions being substantially parallel to one another, the third and fourth body portions being substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the first and second body portions;
the first body portion having first and second tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first body portion, the first and second tabs being separated from one another and having a gap therebetween;
the third body portion having third and fourth tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the third body portion, the third and fourth tabs being separated from one another and having a gap therebetween;
the first tab having a first tab portion extending in a first direction from the rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the rectangular ring-shaped body, the first tab further having a first coupling feature at a distal end of the first tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the first tab portion in a second direction and toward an inner open region defined by the rectangular ring-shaped body;
a second frame member being directly coupled to the first frame member, the second frame member having a second rectangular ring-shaped body and first, second, third, and fourth tabs extending away from a second peripheral edge of the second rectangular ring-shaped body, the second rectangular ring-shaped body further having first, second, third, and fourth slots extending into the second peripheral edge of the second frame member directly adjacent to the first, second, third, and fourth tabs, respectively, of the second frame member, the first slot having a depth in the second direction greater than a length of an engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first body portion in the second direction such that an open space is defined in the second direction between an end of the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first body portion and the second rectangular ring-shaped body when the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first body portion is disposed in the first slot and is coupled to the second rectangular ring-shaped body, the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab directly contacting the second rectangular ring-shaped body; and
a battery cell being disposed between the first and second frame members when the first and second frame members are coupled together.
7. The battery cell assembly of claim 6, wherein the third tab having a second tab portion extending in the first direction from the first rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the first rectangular ring-shaped body, the third tab further having a second coupling feature at a distal end of the second tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the second tab portion and toward the inner open region defined by the first rectangular ring-shaped body.
8. The battery cell assembly of claim 6, wherein a cross-sectional plane extending through the second frame member passes through the first slot of the second frame member and the first tab of the second frame member.
9. The battery cell assembly of claim 6, wherein the first slot of the second frame member directly communicates with the first tab of the second frame member.
10. A battery cell assembly, comprising:
a first frame member having a first rectangular ring-shaped body and a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the first plurality of tabs having a first tab portion, the first tab portion extending in a first direction from the first rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the first rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the first plurality of tabs further having a first coupling feature at a distal end of the first tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the first tab portion and toward an inner open region defined by the first rectangular ring-shaped body; the first peripheral edge further having a first plurality of slots extending into the first peripheral edge, each slot of the first plurality of slots being disposed adjacent to a respective tab of the first plurality of tabs such that a cross-sectional plane extending through the first frame member passes through a first tab of the first plurality of tabs and a first slot of the first plurality of slots disposed adjacent to the first tab of the first plurality of tabs;
a second frame member being directly coupled to the first frame member, the second frame member having a second rectangular ring-shaped body and a second plurality of tabs extending away from a second peripheral edge of the second rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the second plurality of tabs having a second tab portion, the second tab portion extending in the first direction from the second rectangular ring-shaped body and being substantially perpendicular to the second rectangular ring-shaped body, each tab of the second plurality of tabs further having a second coupling feature at a distal end of the second tab portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the second tab portion and toward an inner open region defined by the second rectangular ring-shaped body; the second peripheral edge further having a second plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge, each slot of the second plurality of slots being disposed adjacent to a respective tab of the second plurality of tabs such that the cross-sectional plane further extending through the second frame member passes through a first tab of the second plurality of tabs and a first slot of the second plurality of slots disposed adjacent to the first tab of the second plurality of tabs, the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs of the first frame member being configured to engage the first slot of the second plurality of slots of the second frame member;
a first slot of the second plurality of slots having a depth in a second direction from the second peripheral edge toward the inner open region of the second rectangular ring-shaped body that is greater than a length of an engaging surface of a first coupling feature of a first tab of the first plurality of tabs such that an open space is defined in the second direction between an end of the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs and the second rectangular ring-shaped body when the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs is disposed in the first slot of the second plurality of slots and is coupled to the second rectangular ring-shaped body; the engaging surface of the first coupling feature of the first tab of the first plurality of tabs directly contacting the second rectangular ring-shaped body; and
a battery cell being disposed between the first and second frame members when the first and second frame members are coupled together.

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 conjugate molecule comprising an O-specific polysaccharide antigen of Shigella bacteria covalently bound to the Shigella IcsP2 or SigA2 protein.
2. A conjugate molecule comprising a saccharide compound comprising an O antigen of Shigella bacteria covalently bound to an isolated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
3. A vaccine for immunizing a mammal in need thereof against shigellosis comprising the conjugate molecule of claim 1.
4. A conjugate molecule comprising a polysaccharide from a bacteria non related to the genus Shigella covalently bound to the Shigella IcsP2 or SigA2 protein.
5. A conjugate molecule comprising a polysaccharide from a bacteria non related to the genus Shigella covalently bound to an isolated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
6. The conjugate molecule of claim 5 wherein said polysaccharide is lipopolysaccharide.
7. A vaccine for immunizing a mammal in need thereof against shigellosis to the Shigella comprising the conjugate molecule of claim 1.
8. A vaccine for immunizing a mammal in need thereof against shigellosis comprising the conjugate molecule of claim 2.
10. A vaccine for immunizing a mammal in need thereof against shigellosis and a disease caused by a pathogen compromising the conjugate of claim 4.
11. A vaccine for immunizing a mammal in need thereof against shigellosis and a disease caused by a pathogen comprising the conjugate of claim 5.