Author: claimsbot

1. Device for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with a hydraulically activated actuating element, through adjustment of which a phase position of the camshaft can be directly or indirectly changed, whereby the actuating element is bordered by two pressure chambers, which pressure chambers can be loaded with or relieved of hydraulic fluid via control lines, and with a control valve, which, depending upon the operating state of the internal combustion engine, forces a flow of oil that is forced from an oil reservoir by an oil pump via a first control line to a first pressure chamber, while oil from a second pressure chamber is returned to the oil reservoir via a second control line, and vice versa, wherein at least one controlled bypass is arranged between the two pressure chambers, and wherein the bypass is integrated into the actuating element.
2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the bypass can be controlled via at least one valve element, whereby the actuating element is designed as an inner component that is connected to the camshaft, is equipped with fixed members or vanes, and is encompassed by a driven cell wheel, which is equipped with several cells that are bordered by fixed members, with each of these cells being divided by the fixed members or vanes of the inner component into two pressure chambers.
3. Device according to claim 2, wherein four bores are provided in the inner component, in which bores the supply of oil to the two pressure chambers and to valve pins that control the bypass between the two pressure chambers are arranged such that they can be shifted.
4. Device according to claim 3, wherein a valve pin that controls the supply of oil to the pressure chamber is also designed as a locking element that acts between the inner component and the cell wheel, wherein said locking element operates in conjunction with at least one counter element in the other of the two component cell wheel and inner component.
5. Device according to claim 3, wherein all four bores are arranged in one vane of the inner component.
6. Device according to claim 4, wherein all four bores are arranged in one vane of the inner component.
7. Device for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with a hydraulically activated actuating element, through adjustment of which a phase position of the camshaft can be directly or indirectly changed, whereby the actuating element is bordered by two pressure chambers, which pressure chambers can be loaded with or relieved of hydraulic fluid via control lines, and with a control valve, which, depending upon the operating state of the internal combustion engine, forces a flow of oil that is forced from an oil reservoir by an oil pump via a first control line to a first pressure chamber, while oil from a second pressure chamber is returned to the oil reservoir via a second control line, and vice versa, wherein at least one controlled bypass is arranged between the two pressure chambers, and wherein the bypass is integrated into a valve that controls the supply of hydraulic fluid to the pressure chambers.
8. Device according to claim 7, wherein the valve that controls the supply of hydraulic fluid is a solenoid valve with two valve actuators, each of which is provided with a ring collar, wherein the ring collars control openings that lead to the control lines.
9. Device according to claim 8, wherein a check valve is integrated into the solenoid valve, and is connected to a delivery line that leads to the oil pump.
10. Device according to claim 9, wherein a valve body of the check valve is designed as a spring band.
11. Device for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with a hydraulically activated actuating element, through adjustment of which a phase position of the camshaft can be directly or indirectly changed, whereby the actuating element is bordered by two pressure chambers, which pressure chambers can be loaded with or relieved of hydraulic fluid via control lines, and with a control valve, which, depending upon the operating state of the internal combustion engine, forces a flow of oil that is forced from an oil reservoir by an oil pump via a first control line to a first pressure chamber, while oil from a second pressure chamber is returned to the oil reservoir via a second control line, and vice versa, wherein at least one controlled bypass is arranged between the two pressure chambers, wherein a reversing valve is provided in an oil tank line that leads to the control valve, and wherein this reversing valve is connected via a line to a second oil tank line.
12. Device according to claim 11, wherein the reversing valve is designed as a pressure-controlled 32 directional valve.
13-16. (canceled)

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 robotic storage system comprising:
a first and a second robot;
a first and a second mobile storage element;
a shelf system adapted to support said first and said second mobile storage elements;
a first and a second drive adapted to be loaded with either of said mobile storage elements in an engaging relationship whereby storage related operation can occur;
a queue system containing a first and a second move instruction received from a host wherein said first move instruction includes a first set of commands to move said first mobile storage element from said shelf system to said first drive and load said first mobile storage element into said first drive via said first robot and said second move instruction includes a second set of commands to move said second mobile storage element from said shelf system to said second drive and load said second mobile storage element into said second drive via said second robot;
a communication interface adapted to affirms to said host that said first move instruction is completed via a first move response, that said first drive is engaged at a minimum acceptable level with said first mobile storage element via a first load response, that said second move instruction is completed via a second move response, that said second drive is engaged at said minimum acceptable level with said second mobile storage element via a second load response wherein all of said responses are made prior to actual execution of any of said responses; and
a processing system that operatively regulates said queue system to reorganize said first and said second move instructions in said storage system in a preferred order and cause said first and said second robot to physically execute said instructions in said preferred order.
2. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said preferred order is to complete said second move instruction before completing said first move instruction.
3. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said preferred order is to complete said second move instruction via said first robot and said first move instruction via said second robot.
4. The robotic storage system of claim 1 further comprising a means for retaining said first and said second move instructions in said queue system after said robotic storage system is re-energized following an unexpected loss of power before said move instructions have been fully executed.
5. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said queue system includes a table of said instructions maintained by memory disposed within said storage system.
6. The robotic storage system of claim 1 further comprising:
a third drive and a third mobile storage element disposed in said shelf system;
a first partition and a second partition wherein said first and said second drives are associated with said first partition and said third drive is associated with second partition;
a third move instruction from a second host retained in said queue system wherein said third move instruction includes commands to move said third mobile storage element from said shelf system to said third drive and load said third mobile storage element into said third drive via said first robot, and wherein said third move instruction is affirmed to said second host as executed via a third move response and that said third drive is engaged at a minimum acceptable level with said third mobile storage element via a third load response via said communication interface; and
said processing system further capable of organizing said third instruction with said first and said second instructions in said preferred order.
7. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said first and said second mobile storage element are selected from a group of mobile storage elements consisting of: a tape cartridge magazine, a mobile disc drive magazine, a solid state memory adapted for mobility, and a disc drive adapted for mobility.
8. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said minimum acceptable level of engagement is when said first or said second mobile storage element is linked with said first or said second drive, respectively, prior to being ready to perform storage related operations.
9. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said minimum acceptable level of engagement is when said first or said second mobile storage element is linked with said first or said second drive, respectively, and ready to perform storage related operations.
10. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said first and said second mobile storage elements are a tape cartridge and said robotic storage system is a tape library.
11. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said preferred order is based at least partly on efficiency of travel of said robots between said mobile storage elements and said drives.
12. The robotic storage system of claim 11 wherein said efficiency consists essentially of time of travel.
13. The robotic storage system of claim 11 wherein said efficiency consists essentially of distance of travel.
14. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said preferred order is based at least partly on an urgency to obtain information from at least one mobile storage element.
15. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said preferred order is based at least partly on a priority of customer or other entity associated with information on at least one mobile storage element.
16. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said processing system organizes said instructions after a predetermined amount of time from when said queue system receives said first move instruction from said host.
17. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said processing system organizes said instructions after receiving a predetermined number of move instructions from said host.
18. The robotic storage system of claim 1 wherein said processing system organizes said instructions upon either (a) a predetermined amount of time after said queue system receives said first move instruction from said host or (b) after receiving a predetermined number of move instructions from said host, whichever occurs earlier.
19. A method for executing instructions in a robotic storage system comprising:
providing a first robot and a second robot, a shelf system supporting a first storage element and a second storage element, a first drive and a second drive;
receiving a first request from a host to move said first storage element from said shelf system to said first drive and load said first storage element in a cooperating relationship with said first drive via said first robot;
responding to said host that said first storage element has been moved to said first drive and that said first storage element is engaged at said minimum acceptable level with said first storage drive;
queuing said first request;
receiving a second request from said host, after said first request, to move said second storage element from said shelf system to said second drive and load said second storage element in a cooperating relationship with said second drive via said second robot;
computing a strategy that reorganizes said first and said second requests in a desired order; and
carrying out said strategy via said first and said second robots.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising queuing said second request.
21. The method of claim 20 further comprising:
providing a third storage element, a third robot and a third drive;
receiving a third request from said host to move said third storage element from said shelf system to said third drive and load said third storage element in a cooperating relationship with said third drive via said third robot;
responding to said host that said third storage element has been moved to said third drive and that said third storage element is engaged at said minimum acceptable level with said third storage drive;
queuing said third request;
computing said strategy to include said third request; and
carrying out said strategy via said first, said second and said third robots.
22. The method of claim 20 further comprising:
providing a third storage element, a third robot and a third drive;
receiving a third request from a second host to move said third storage element from said shelf system to said third drive and load said third storage element in a cooperating relationship with said third drive via said third robot;
responding to said second host that said third storage element has been moved to said third drive and that said third storage element is engaged at said minimum acceptable level with said third storage element;
queuing said third request;
computing said strategy to include said third request; and
carrying out said strategy via said first, said second and said third robots.
23. The method of claim 19 wherein said desired order is for said second robot to move said first storage element and said first robot to move said second storage element.
24. The method of claim 19 wherein said first robot carries out said strategy while said second robot is carrying out said strategy.
25. A robotic storage system comprising:
a queue system containing a first move instruction and a second move instruction wherein said first move instruction commands said first robot to move a first mobile storage element from a shelf system to a first drive and load said first mobile storage element into said first drive, and said second move instruction commands said second robot to move a second mobile storage element from said shelf system to a second drive and load said second mobile storage element into said second drive, said second move instruction received by a host after said storage system makes known to said host that said first mobile storage element has been moved to said first drive and that said first mobile storage element is engaged with said first drive, prior to actually physically completing said first move instruction;
a means for reorganizing said first and said second move instructions in said storage system in a preferred order via said queue system and wherein said first robot and said second robot physically carry out said first and said second move instructions based on said preferred order.
26. A robotic storage library method comprising steps of:
a) receiving a first move instruction from a host computer directing a first robot to move a first storage element from a shelf to a first drive;
b) in reference to said first move instruction, responding to said host that said first drive is in possession of said first storage element in a minimal acceptable engaged relationship in anticipation of a second move instruction regardless of whether, in actuality, said first drive possesses said first storage element;
c) receiving a second move instruction from said host computer directing a second robot to move a second storage element from said shelf to a second drive;
d) in reference to said second move instruction, responding to said host that said second drive is in possession of said second storage element in a minimal acceptable engaged relationship regardless of whether, in actuality, said second drive possesses said second storage element;
queuing said first and said second move instructions;
reorganizing said first and said second move instructions in a preferred order; and
carrying out said preferred order via said first and said second robots within said robotic storage library.
27. A robotic storage library including:
a plurality of mobile storage elements;
at least one robot;
at least one drive adapted to receive one of said mobile storage elements in an at least minimally acceptable operative engagement;
a queue system that is adapted to receive a plurality of move instructions, each of said move instructions to move one of said storage elements via said at least on robot to said at least one drive for operative engagement therewith, to initially organize said instructions in an order essentially as chronologically received, and to reorganize said instructions according to a pre-established set of conditions.

1. An apparatus for performing a treatment on tissue, comprising:
a housing having a portion that defines a target treatment area on the tissue when located in proximity to the tissue;
a radiation source for generating radiation; and
a deflector to selectively steer radiation from the radiation source to a treatment location within the target treatment area.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the deflector comprises an optical device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the deflector comprises a mechanical motor and an optic device, wherein the mechanical motor can adjust an angular position of the optic device to steer radiation.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an illumination source for illuminating the target treatment area on the tissue.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a control device for controlling the deflector.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a detector to detect radiation emanating from the tissue.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a first polarizer coupled to the radiation source and a second polarizer coupled to the detector.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the detector is an image capture device for generating an image of the illuminated tissue in the target treatment area.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a display device to display the image.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an image processor in communication with the image capture device and the display device.
11. A handheld dermatological device for performing a treatment on tissue, comprising:
a housing having a head portion that defines a target treatment area on the tissue when located in proximity to the tissue;
a radiation source for generating radiation;
an image capture device for capturing an image of the target treatment area;
a display, operably coupled to the housing, to display the image;
a deflector to steer radiation from the radiation source to a treatment location within the target treatment area; and
a user control device to control the deflector.
12. A method of operating a handheld dermatological device, comprising:
capturing an image of a condition on tissue through an image capture device of the handheld dermatological device, wherein the image of the condition is of at least a portion of the condition in a target treatment area defined by a head portion of the handheld dermatological device when located in proximity to the tissue; and
steering radiation to selectively treat the condition within the target treatment area.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the act of steering comprises steering radiation through adjustment of a deflector.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the deflector comprises a mechanical motor and an optic device, wherein the mechanical motor can adjust an angular position of the optic device to steer radiation.
15. The method of claim 12, further comprising controlling the steering of the radiation through a user control device.
16. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the image to an operator of the handheld dermatological device.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the image includes displaying a graphic to represent where the radiation will strike the tissue.
18. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying an image of the condition to an operator of the handheld dermatological device.
19. The method of claim 12, further comprising illuminating the target treatment area to aid in capturing the image.
20. The method of claim 12, further comprising calculating positional information of the condition within the target treatment area.

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 knee orthosis device comprising:
a) two vertical struts, positioned on opposed sides of a knee joint in a generally parallel relationship, each vertical strut having a hinge member located at a general middle portion thereof, each vertical strut having a top and bottom end portion;
b) an upper thigh cuff attached at opposed ends to the upper end portions of the two vertical struts;
c) a lower shin cuff attached at opposed ends to the lower end portions of the two vertical struts.
2. The knee orthosis of claim 1, wherein the lower shin cuff has a pair of hinges located proximal to the shin cuff opposed ends for permitting the shin cuff to pivot downwardly away from a shin of a person wearing the knee orthosis when a person flexes the knee, performs a squatting motion or walks.
3. The knee orthosis of claim 1, wherein the upper thigh cuff has a pair of hinges located proximal to the thigh cuff opposed ends for permitting the thigh cuff to pivot upwardly away from a thigh of a person wearing the knee orthosis when a person flexes the knee, performs a squatting motion or walks.
4. The knee orthosis of claim 1, wherein the lower shin cuff has a pair of hinges located proximal to the shin cuff opposed ends for permitting the shin cuff to pivot downwardly away from a shin of a person and the upper thigh cuff has a pair of hinges located proximal to the thigh cuff opposed ends for permitting the thigh cuff to pivot upwardly away from a thigh of a person wearing the knee orthosis when a person flexes the knee, performs a squatting motion or walks.
5. The knee orthosis of claim 1, further comprising at least one air bladder employed along either inner surfaces of the left or and right vertical struts.
6. The knee orthosis of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of air bladder employed along inner surfaces of the left or and right vertical struts.