Author: claimsbot

1. An optical waveguide device comprising:
a substrate,
a metal layer arranged on said substrate,
claddings arranged on said metal layer,
cores, arranged on said claddings, for transmitting lights,
optically non-transmissive material coating sides of said claddings, and
optically non-transmissive and electrically insulating material coating the top faces of said claddings.
2. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
said optically non-transmissive material and said optically non-transmissive and electrically insulating material have a property of absorbing or reflecting said lights.
3. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
said optically non-transmissive material is metal, metal-doped glass or ceramic, and said optically non-transmissive and electrically insulating material is ceramic, metal-doped glass or resin.
4. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 3, wherein:
said metal is gold, said ceramic is silicon carbide or silicon nitride, and said resin is epoxy resin.
5. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the coating with said optically non-transmissive material is accomplished by a film forming process, and the coating with said optically non-transmissive and electrically insulating material is accomplished by painting.
6. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
said optical waveguide device is further provided with light receiving elements for receiving lights emitted from the end faces of said cores.
7. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
dents in which the end faces of said cores are exposed are formed in said optical waveguide device, and inside faces of said dents are coated with said optically non-transmissive material except where the end faces of said cores are exposed.
8. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
optical paths from the end faces of said cores to light receiving faces of said light receiving elements and the surroundings of said light receiving elements are filled with said optically transmissive and electrically insulating material, whose top is covered with said optically non-transmissive and electrically insulating material.
9. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
optical paths from the end faces of said cores to the light receiving faces of said light receiving elements and the surroundings of said light receiving elements are filled with said optically transmissive and electrically insulating material, and said light receiving elements are blocked from each other by said optically non-transmissive material.
10. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 7, wherein:
said optical waveguide device is further provided with mirrors, formed in said dents, for reflecting said lights emitted from the end faces of said cores and inputting them into light receiving faces of said light receiving elements.
11. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 10, wherein:
said mirrors are wedge-shaped projections fixed to bottom faces of said dents.
12. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 7, wherein:
projections for blocking lights from being inputted into said dents elsewhere than from the end faces of said cores are formed on both sides of the end faces of said cores.
13. The optical waveguide device, as claimed in claim 7, wherein:
projections for blocking lights from being inputted into said dents elsewhere than from the end faces of said cores are formed on both sides of the end faces of said cores and on bottom faces of said dents.

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 spin valve sensor comprising:
a first pinned layer having a first width and a first magnetic orientation;
a free layer having a second width disposed above the first pinned layer; and
a bias layer having the second width disposed above the free layer and a second magnetic orientation orthogonal to the first magnetic orientation, wherein the second width is smaller than the first width.
2. The spin valve sensor according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second pinned layer having a third magnetic orientation anti-parallel to the first magnetic orientation; and
a coupling layer disposed between the first and second pinned layers.
3. The spin valve sensor according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the first pinned layer is substantially equal to a thickness of the second pinned layer.
4. The spin valve sensor according to claim 3, further comprising an anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) layer disposed adjacent to the first pinned layer.
5. The spin valve sensor according to claim 4, wherein a thickness of the AFM layer establishes exchange coupling between the AFM layer and the first pinned layer.
6. The spin valve sensor according to claim 4, wherein the first and second pinned layers are self-pinned.
7. A magnetic storage system, comprising:
a magnetic recording medium;
a spin valve sensor disposed proximate to the recording medium, the spin valve sensor, including:
a first pinned layer having a first width and a first magnetic orientation;
a free layer having a second width disposed above the first pinned layer; and
a biasing layer having the second width disposed above the free layer and a second magnetic orientation orthogonal to the first magnetic orientation, wherein the second width is smaller than the first width.
8. The magnetic storage system according to claim 7, further comprising:
a second pinned layer having a third magnetic orientation anti-parallel to the first magnetic orientation; and
a coupling layer disposed between the first and second pinned layers.
9. The magnetic storage system according to claim 8, wherein a thickness of the first pinned layer is substantially equal to a thickness of the second pinned layer.
10. The magnetic storage system according to claim 9, further comprising an anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) layer disposed adjacent to the first pinned layer.
11. The magnetic storage system according to claim 10, wherein a thickness of the AFM layer establishes exchange coupling between the AFM layer and the first pinned layer.
12. The magnetic storage system according to claim 10, wherein the first and second pinned layers are self-pinned.

1. A switchable tappet for a direct transmission of a cam lift to a tappet push rod in a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said tappet comprising a housing in whose axially extending cavity a longitudinally displaceable inner element is arranged that can be connected to the housing, in a relative position to the housing, by a coupling means, said housing comprising on an end facing away from the cavity, a contact surface for a cam, and the inner element comprising on a side of the cavity, a support for the tappet push rod, which inner element extends beyond the cavity by an extension and is biased away from the housing by at least one coiled compression spring, characterized in that
the coiled compression spring is arranged at least substantially around the extension of the inner element and acts at one end on a support of the inner element facing away from the cavity and at another end against an edge of the cavity or on a section of the cavity near the edge.
2. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
the housing is thin-walled and has a continuously open, tube-like geometry.
3. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
the contact surface for the cam is made as a rotatable roller that is mounted on the housing on a pin.
4. A tappet of claim 3, wherein
an end of the inner element facing the contact surface comprises a cylindrical depression extending in a direction of the contact surface.
5. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
starting from the edge, the cavity of the housing comprises a radially inwards stepped configuration so that the section near the edge is an annular shoulder situated within the cavity.
6. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
the extension of the inner element is made as a separate component out of thin-walled light-weight material.
7. A tappet of claim 6, wherein
the light-weight material is sheet metal.
8. A tappet of claim 6, wherein
the extension is connected to one of an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface of the inner element by a clip or snap connection.
9. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
the support for one end of the coiled compression spring on the inner element is made as an annular collar formed integrally on the extension.
10. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
the support for one end of the coiled compression spring on the inner element is made as a separate stop member.
11. A tappet of claim 10, wherein the separate member is a locking ring.
12. A tappet of claim 1, wherein
a hydraulic clearance compensation element is installed in the inner element.
13. A tappet of claim 12, wherein
a pressure piston of the clearance compensation element, which pressure piston encloses a reservoir for hydraulic medium, is lengthened axially beyond the edge of the housing so as to protrude into the extension of the inner element, and the support for the tappet push, rod extends directly on the pressure piston in an immediate axial vicinity of the support on the inner element.
14. A switchable tappet for a direct transmission of a cam lift to a tappet push rod in a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said tappet comprising a housing in whose axially extending cavity a longitudinally displaceable inner element is arranged that can be connected to the housing, in a relative position to the housing, by a coupling means, said housing comprising on an end facing away from the cavity, a contact surface for a cam, and the inner element comprising on a side of the cavity, a support for the tappet push rod, which inner element extends beyond the cavity by an extension and is biased away from the housing by at least one coiled compression spring, characterized in that
the housing is thin-walled and has a continuously open, tube-like geometry.

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 nickel-base superalloy comprising, in percentages by weight, from about 4.7% to 4.9% chromium, (Cr), from about 9.0% to about 10.0% cobalt (Co), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% molybdenum (Mo), from about 8.4% to about 8.8% tungsten (W), from about 4.3% to about 4.8% tantalum (Ta), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% titanium (Ti), from about 5.6% to about 5.8% aluminum (Al), from about 2.8% to about 3.1% rhenium (Re), from about 1.1% to about 1.5% hafnium (Hf), from about 0.06% to about 0.08% carbon (C), from about 0.012% to about 0.020% boron (B), from about 0.004% to about 0.010% zirconium (Zr), the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.
2. The nickel-base superalloy of claim 1, wherein the tantalum is present in an amount of from about 4.4% to about 4.7% by weight.
3. The nickel-base superalloy of claim 1, wherein the total content of tungsten, rhenium, tantalum and molybdenum is from about 16.4% to about 17.0% by weight.
4. The nickel-base superalloy of claim 1 comprising, in percentages by weight, about 4.8% chromium, about 9.2\u20139.3% cobalt, about 0.7% molybdenum, about 8.5\u20138.6% tungsten, about 4.5% tantalum, about 0.7% titanium, about 5.6\u20135.7% aluminum, about 2.9% rhenium, about 1.2\u20131.3% hafnium, about 0.07\u20130.08% carbon, about 0.015\u20130.016% boron, about 0.005% zirconium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.
5. A single crystal casting prepared from a nickel-base superalloy comprising, in percentage by weight, from about 4.7% to 4.9% chromium, (Cr), from about 9.0% to about 10.0% cobalt (Co), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% molybdenum (Mo), from about 8.4% to about 8.8% tungsten (W), from about 4.3% to about 4.8% tantalum (Ta), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% titanium (Ti), from about 5.6% to about 5.8% aluminum (Al), from about 2.8% to about 3.1% rhenium (Re), from about 1.1% to about 1.5% hafnium (Hf), from about 0.06% to about 0.08% carbon (C), from about 0.012% to about 0.020% boron (B), from about 0.004% to about 0.010% zirconium (Zr), the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.
6. The single crystal casting of claim 5, wherein the tantalum is present in an amount of from about 4.4% to about 4.7% by weight.
7. The single crystal casting of claim 5, wherein the total content of tungsten, rhenium, tantalum and molybdenum is from about 16.4% to about 17.0% by weight.
8. The single crystal casting of claim 5, where 10\u201350 ppm La, Y, Ce individually or in combination is present to improve bare oxidation resistance and coating performance.
9. A nickel-base turbine vane, turbine blade, or multiple turbine vane segment cast from a nickel-base superalloy comprising, in percentage by weight, from about 4.7% to 4.9% chromium, (Cr), from about 9.0% to about 10.0% cobalt (Co), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% molybdenum (Mo), from about 8.4% to about 8.8% tungsten (W), from about 4.3% to about 4.8% tantalum (Ta), from about 0.6% to about 0.8% titanium (Ti), from about 5.6% to about 5.8% aluminum (Al), from about 2.8% to about 3.1% rhenium (Re), from about 1.1% to about 1.5% hafnium (Hf), from about 0.06% to about 0.08% carbon (C), from about 0.012% to about 0.020% boron (B), from about 0.004% to about 0.010% zirconium (Zr), the balance being nickel and incidental impurities.
10. The turbine vane, turbine blade, or multiple turbine vane segment of claim 9, wherein the tantalum is present in an amount of from about 4.4% to about 4.7% by weight.