Author: claimsbot

1. A module for a propulsion system of a vehicle, the propulsion system having an engine, the module comprising:
a fuel pump configured to supply fuel flow having a pressure;
a check valve configured to receive the fuel flow from the fuel pump and to allow passage of the fuel flow toward the engine; and
a relief valve coupled to the fuel pump and configured to release a portion of the pressure of the fuel flow, the relief valve disposed upstream of the check valve.
2. The module of claim 1, further comprising:
a fuel filter coupled to the check valve and configured to filter the fuel flow between the check valve and the engine.
3. The module of claim 1, wherein the relief valve is connected between the fuel pump and the check valve and is not part of the fuel pump.
4. The module of claim 1, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are disposed inside a fuel tank of the vehicle.
5. The module of claim 4, further comprising:
a strainer disposed within the fuel tank and coupled to the fuel pump.
6. The module of claim 4, further comprising:
a retainer disposed within the fuel tank, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are each disposed on the retainer.
7. A propulsion system for a vehicle, the propulsion system comprising:
an engine;
a fuel pump configured to supply fuel flow having a pressure;
a check valve configured to receive the fuel flow from the fuel pump and to allow passage of the fuel flow to the engine; and
a relief valve coupled to the fuel pump and configured to release a portion of the pressure of the fuel flow, the relief valve disposed upstream of the check valve.
8. The propulsion system of claim 7, wherein the engine comprises a diesel fuel combustion engine.
9. The propulsion system of claim 7, further comprising:
a fuel filter coupled between the check valve and the engine and configured to filter the fuel flow between the check valve and the engine.
10. The propulsion system of claim 7, wherein the relief valve is connected between the fuel pump and the check valve and is not part of the fuel pump.
11. The propulsion system of claim 7, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are disposed inside a fuel tank of the vehicle.
12. The propulsion system of claim 11, further comprising:
a strainer disposed within the fuel tank and coupled to the fuel pump.
13. The propulsion system of claim 11, further comprising:
a retainer disposed within the fuel tank, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are each disposed on the retainer.
14. A vehicle comprising:
a drive system; and
a propulsion system coupled to the drive system, the propulsion system comprising:
an engine;
a fuel pump configured to supply fuel flow having a pressure;
a check valve configured to receive the fuel flow from the fuel pump and to allow passage of the fuel flow to the engine; and
a relief valve coupled to the fuel pump and configured to release a portion of the pressure of the fuel flow, the relief valve disposed upstream of the check valve.
15. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the engine comprises a diesel fuel combustion engine.
16. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the propulsion system further comprises:
a fuel filter coupled between the check valve and the engine and configured to filter the fuel flow between the check valve and the engine.
17. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the relief valve is connected between the fuel pump and the check valve and is not part of the fuel pump.
18. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the propulsion system further comprises:
a fuel tank, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are disposed inside the fuel tank.
19. The vehicle of claim 18, wherein the propulsion system further comprises:
a strainer disposed within the fuel tank and coupled to the fuel pump.
20. The vehicle of claim 18, wherein the propulsion system further comprises:
a retainer disposed within the fuel tank, wherein the fuel pump, the check valve, and the relief valve are each disposed on the retainer.

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 accommodating intraocular lens, comprising:
an optic portion comprising an anterior surface and a posterior surface;
a peripheral portion extending radially from the optic portion; and
flowable media adapted to be moved between the peripheral portion and the optic portion in response to movement of the peripheral portion,
wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface is adapted to move to change the power of the intraocular lens in response to movement of the flowable media, and
wherein at least a portion of the peripheral portion has a cross-sectional shape with a maximum dimension in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
2. The intraocular lens of claim 1, wherein the cross sectional shape is generally symmetrical in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
3. The intraocular lens of claim 1, wherein the peripheral portion comprises a first haptic and a second haptic, the first and second haptics extending from the optic portion and in fluid communication with the optic portion.
4. The intraocular lens of claim 3 wherein the first and second haptics extend from the optic portion substantially 180 degrees apart.
5. The intraocular lens of claim 3 wherein the first haptic extends from the optic portion and follows the shape of the optic portion substantially to where the second haptic extends from the optic portion.
6. The intraocular lens of claim 5 wherein the second haptic extends from the optic portion and follows the shape of the optic portion substantially to where the first haptic extends from the optic portion.
7. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein the peripheral portion comprises a flowable media chamber in communication with the optic portion, wherein at least a portion of the flowable media chamber has a generally oval cross-sectional shape in an unaccommodated configuration with a maximum dimension measured in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
8. The intraocular lens of claim 7 wherein the optic portion comprises a flowable media channel in communication with the flowable media chamber, wherein the flowable media chamber maximum dimension is greater than a flowable media channel maximum dimension measured in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
9. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein the peripheral portion extends further in the anterior direction than the anterior surface of the optic portion.
10. The intraocular lens of claim 9 wherein the peripheral portion comprises a flowable media chamber in communication with a flowable media channel in the optic portion, and wherein the flowable media chamber extends further in the anterior direction than the flowable media channel.
11. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein the peripheral portion is adapted to change shape in response to a capsular bag force to move the flowable media between the peripheral portion and the optic portion.
12. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface is adapted to change shape to change the power of the intraocular lens.
13. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional shape is generally oval.
14. The intraocular lens of claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional shape has the maximum dimension in the anterior-to-posterior direction when the peripheral portion is in an unaccommodated configuration.
15. An accommodating intraocular lens, comprising:
an optic portion comprising an anterior surface and a posterior surface;
a peripheral portion extending radially from the optic portion;
flowable media adapted to be moved between the peripheral portion and the optic portion in response to movement of the peripheral portion,
wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface is adapted to move to change the power of the intraocular lens, and
wherein at least a portion of the peripheral portion has a cross-sectional shape with a maximum thickness dimension in the anterior-to-posterior direction and a maximum height dimension measured along a line generally perpendicular to the thickness dimension, wherein the thickness dimension is greater than the height dimension.
16. The intraocular lens of claim 1, wherein the cross sectional shape is generally symmetrical about the thickness dimension.
17. The intraocular lens of claim 1, wherein the peripheral portion comprises a first haptic and a second haptic, the first and second haptics extending from the optic portion and in fluid communication with the optic portion.
18. The intraocular lens of claim 17 wherein the first and second haptics extend from the optic portion substantially 180 degrees apart.
19. The intraocular lens of claim 17 wherein the first haptic extends from the optic portion and follows the shape of the optic portion substantially to where the second haptic extends from the optic portion.
20. The intraocular lens of claim 19 wherein the second haptic extends from the optic portion and follows the shape of the optic portion substantially to where the first haptic extends from the optic portion.
21. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein the peripheral portion comprises a flowable media chamber in communication with the optic portion, wherein at least a portion of the flowable media chamber has a generally oval cross-sectional shape in an unaccommodated configuration with a maximum thickness dimension in the anterior-to-posterior direction and a maximum height dimension measured along a line generally perpendicular to the thickness dimension, wherein the maximum thickness dimension of the chamber is greater than the maximum height dimension of the chamber.
22. The intraocular lens of claim 21 wherein the optic portion comprises a flowable media channel in communication with the flowable media chamber, wherein the flowable media chamber maximum thickness is greater than a flowable media channel maximum thickness measured in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
23. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein the peripheral portion extends further in the anterior direction than the anterior surface of the optic portion.
24. The intraocular lens of claim 23 wherein the peripheral portion comprises a flowable media chamber in communication with a flowable media channel in the optic portion, and wherein the flowable media chamber extends further in the anterior direction than the flowable media channel.
25. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein the peripheral portion is adapted to change shape in response to a capsular bag force to move the flowable media between the peripheral portion and the optic portion.
26. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface is adapted to change shape to change the power of the intraocular lens.
27. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein the cross-sectional shape is generally oval.
28. The intraocular lens of claim 15 wherein the cross-sectional shape has the maximum thickness dimension in the anterior-to-posterior direction when the peripheral portion is in an unaccommodated configuration.

1. A method of data transfer, the method comprising using an examination device for producing electrical data from an organ, the method comprising:
transmitting an identifier of the examination device wirelessly from the examination device to a base station of the data transmission network of the patient data system;
transmitting the identifier of the examination device from the base station to the auxiliary server;
receiving the identifier determining the examination device by an auxiliary server, which has installation data associated with at least one accepted device identifier available;
transmitting the installation data associated with the examination device identifier from the auxiliary server to a server of a patient data system;
automatically installing the identifier determining the examination device on the basis of the installation data on the server of the patient data system for data transfer; and
transferring data between the examination device and the server of the patient data system after installing the identifier.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling the operation of the detection unit by means of the docking station.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling the data transfer between the detection unit and the server of the patient data system by means of the docking station.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising connecting the examination device comprising the detection unit and the docking station to the data transmission network of the patient data system; and transmitting the docking station identifier, which also determines the detection unit, from the docking station to the auxiliary server.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the data transfer between the examination device and the server of the patient data system according to a DICOM protocol.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the data transfer between the examination device and the server of the patient data system according to an HL7 protocol.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching among a plurality of connections for a working connection to the base station by means of the examination device, and using at least one operating working when communicating with the base station.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a MESH connection between the examination device and the base station.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a GRID connection between the examination device and the base station.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the examination device and the base station.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring the identifier and the installation data in secured form.
12. A method of data transfer, the method comprising using an examination device for producing electrical data from an organ, the method comprising:
searching for examination devices to be connected to the data transmission network of a patient data system by means of a base station, reading an identifier of a detected examination device at the base station;
transmitting the identifier of the examination device from the base station to the auxiliary server via the data transmission network of the patient data system;
receiving the identifier determining the examination device by an auxiliary server, which has installation data associated with at least one accepted device identifier available;
transmitting the installation data associated with the examination device identifier from the auxiliary server to a server of a patient data system;
automatically installing the identifier determining the examination device on the basis of the installation data on the server of the patient data system for data transfer; and
transferring data between the examination device and the server of the patient data system after installing the identifier.
13. A method of data transfer, the method comprising using an examination device for producing electrical data from an organ, the method comprising:
transmitting an identifier of a camera unit representing the examination device to a docking station;
transmitting from the docking station of the camera unit to an auxiliary server at least one of the following: a camera unit identifier, a docking station identifier;
receiving the identifier determining the examination device by an auxiliary server, which has installation data associated with at least one accepted device identifier available;
transmitting the installation data associated with the examination device identifier from the auxiliary server to a server of a patient data system;
automatically installing the identifier determining the examination device on the basis of the installation data on the server of the patient data system for data transfer; and
transferring data between the examination device and the server of the patient data system after installing the identifier.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the detection unit identifier andor the docking station identifier from the docking station to the auxiliary server via the data transmission network of the patient data system.
15. A system for data transfer, the system comprising an examination device for producing electrical data from an organ, a base station of a data transmission network of a patient data system and an auxiliary server, which has installation data associated with at least one accepted device identifier available;
the examination device is configured to transmit the identifier of the examination device wirelessly to the base station of the data transmission network of the patient data system;
the base station is configured to transmit the identifier of the examination device to the auxiliary server;
the auxiliary server being configured to receive an identifier determining the examination device and transmit the installation data associated with the examination device identifier from the auxiliary server to a server of a patient data system for an automatic installation; and
the examination device being configured to transfer data with the server of the patient data system after the identifier has been installed.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the examination device is configured to transmit the identifier of the examination device to the auxiliary server when the examination device is connected to a data transmission network of the patient data system.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the examination device comprises a detection unit and a docking station;
the examination device is configured to transmit the identifier of the detection unit representing the examination device to the docking station; and the docking station is configured to transmit from the docking station to the auxiliary server at least one of the following: a detection unit identifier, a docking station identifier.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the docking station is configured to transmit the detection unit identifier andor the docking station identifier from the docking station to the auxiliary server via the data transmission network of the patient data system.
19. The system of claim 17, wherein the docking station is configured to control the operation of the detection unit.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein the docking station is configured to control the data transfer between the detection unit and the server of the patient data system.
21. The system of claim 15, wherein the docking station is configured to transmit the docking station identifier, which also determines the detection unit, to the auxiliary server.
22. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is configured to perform the data transfer between the examination device and the server of the patient data system according to a DICOM protocol.
23. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is configured to perform the data transfer between the examination device and the server of the patient data system according to an HL7 protocol.
24. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is configured to transfer the identifier and the installation data in secured form.
25. A system for data transfer, the system comprising an examination device for producing electrical data from an organ, a base station of a data transmission network of a patient data system and an auxiliary server, which has installation data associated with at least one accepted device identifier available;
the base station is configured to search for examination devices connected to the data transmission network of the patient data system, read the identifier of the detected examination device and transmit the identifier of the examination device to the auxiliary server via the data transmission network of the patient data system;
the auxiliary server being configured to receive an identifier determining the examination device and transmit the installation data associated with the examination device identifier from the auxiliary server to a server of a patient data system for an automatic installation; and
the examination device being configured to transfer data with the server of the patient data system after the identifier has been installed.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein the examination device is configured to search among a plurality of connections for a working connection to the base station and use at least one working connection when communicating with the base station.
27. The system of claim 25, wherein the system is configured to establish a MESH connection between the examination device and the base station.
28. The system of claim 25, wherein the system is configured to establish a GRID connection between the examination device and the base station.
29. The system of claim 25, wherein the system is configured to establish a peer-to-peer connection between the examination device and the base station.

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 exposure apparatus for transferring a pattern formed on a mask onto a photosensitive substrate through a projection optical system while synchronously moving the mask and the photosensitive substrate, the exposure apparatus comprising:
a substrate stage supported in a floating manner over a base member;
a mask stage supported in a floating manner over the base member and having a mass corresponding to an amount obtained by multiplying a mass of the substrate stage by a reduction magnification of the projection optical system; and
a first linear motor provided between the substrate stage and the mask stage, for driving the substrate stage and the mask stage so that the mask and the substrate are moved in mutually opposite directions.
2. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the projection optical system is an optical system which projects an inverted image of the pattern formed on the mask onto the photosensitive substrate.
3. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive substrate is held horizontally on the substrate stage, the mask is held vertically on the mask stage, and the projection optical system comprises a plurality of transmitting optical elements, a beam splitter, and a reflecting optical element, and wherein the optical system projects the pattern of the mask arranged on an object plane onto the photosensitive substrate arranged on an image formation plane at a predetermined reduction magnification.
4. The exposure apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a half TTL alignment detection system which is capable of detecting, via the beam splitter, both of an alignment mark formed on the mask and an alignment mask formed on the photosensitive substrate.
5. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second linear motor for driving the mask stage is provided between the base member and the mask stage.
6. The exposure apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a third linear motor for driving the substrate stage is provided between the base member and the substrate stage.
7. The exposure apparatus according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the second linear motor and the third linear motor is provided with a regenerative braking circuit for finely adjusting a velocity ratio during synchronous movement of the both stages effected by the first linear motor
8. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate stage comprises a first stage which is movable in a first direction in which the photosensitive substrate is moved synchronously, with the mask stage and a second stage which is movable in the first direction integrally with the first stage while holding the photosensitive substrate and which is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction by being guided by the first stage.
9. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate stage is supported in the floating manner over the base member via an air bearing.
10. The exposure apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mask stage is supported in the floating manner over the base member via an air bearing.
11. A scanning exposure apparatus having a projection optical system with an optical axis substantially perpendicular to a mask and a substrate respectively, for transferring a pattern formed on the mask onto the substrate through the projection optical system, the scanning exposure apparatus comprising:
a base;
a first stage for moving the mask over the base;
a second stage for moving the substrate over the base; and
a driving system connected to the first stage and the second stage, for synchronously moving the mask and the substrate at a velocity ratio corresponding to a magnification of the projection optical system, wherein:
the driving system drives the first stage and the second stage along predetermined directions oppositely to one another so that a reactive force generated by the synchronous movement is offset.
12. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a mass ratio between the first stage and the second stage is substantially coincident with a projection magnification of the projection optical system.
13. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the projection optical system comprises a refractive optical element and at least one reflecting optical element, and the projection optical system reduces and projects a partial inverted image of the pattern on the mask onto the substrate.
14. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the projection optical system comprises at least two reflecting optical elements, and its image plane is arranged on a side of an object plane with respect to the projection optical system.
15. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the projection optical system comprises, as the reflecting optical element, at least one of a mirror, a concave mirror, and a beam splitter.
16. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the projection optical system comprises, as the reflecting optical element, at least one of a mirror, a concave mirror, and a beam splitter.
17. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 11, wherein an object plane and an image plane of the projection optical system are arranged in an identical plane, and the first and second stages move the mask and the substrate along the plane respectively.
18. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 14, wherein an object plane and an image plane of the projection optical system are arranged in an identical plane, and the first and second stages move the mask and the substrate along the plane respectively.
19. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising an illumination system arranged on a side opposite to the projection optical system with respect to the base, for irradiating the mask with a light beam.
20. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising an illumination system arranged on a side opposite to the projection optical system with respect to the base, for irradiating the mask with a light beam.
21. The scanning exposure apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising an illumination system arranged on a side opposite to the projection optical system with respect to the base, for irradiating the mask with a light beam.
22. A scanning exposure method for transferring a pattern formed on a mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system, the scanning exposure method comprising the steps of:
arranging the mask and the substrate in an identical plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system;
projecting a partial inverted image of the pattern formed on the mask onto the substrate; and
synchronously moving the mask and the substrate oppositely to one another along predetermined directions on the plane so that a reactive force generated by the synchronous movement is substantially offset.
23. The scanning exposure method according to claim 22, wherein the mask and the substrate are synchronously moved at a velocity ratio corresponding to a magnification of the projection optical system.
24. The scanning exposure method according to claim 22 wherein in order to perform overlay transfer of the pattern on the mask onto a pattern on the substrate, a velocity ratio between the mask and the substrate is adjusted during the synchronous movement so that at least one of a magnification error and a distortion error between the pattern on the substrate and the image of the pattern on the mask is corrected.