Author: claimsbot

1. A brimless lined elastic head covering worn by a user with a head, comprising:
a center panel with two sides;
a pair of side panels with one side panel attached to each side of the center panel forming an outer shell with a perimeter, an inner surface and a back side;
a brim band with two ends that is attached around the perimeter of the outer shell;
a liner that is shaped and dimensioned to mate with the inner surface of the outer shell;
a rectangular cut out on the back side of the outer shell to accommodate a user’s ponytail; and
an elastic band that is attached to each end of the brim band that is disposed across the bottom of the rectangular cut out allowing for expansion and contraction.
2. The head covering according to claim 1, wherein the center panel is trapezoidal.
3. The head covering according to claim 1, wherein the pair of side panels are mirror images of each other.
4. The head covering according to claim 1, wherein the pair of side panels are almond-shaped.
5. The head covering according to claim 1, wherein a liner is sewn inside of the outer shell as a layer between the user’s head and the outer shell, when worn by the user.
6. The head covering according to claim 1, wherein the elastic band is disposed inside of a fabric sleeve.

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 method for fabricating a microelectronic package comprising:
obtaining a substrate;
mounting a circuit chip on the substrate;
proving a heat spreaderlid on the circuit chip,
wherein the heat spreaderlid has an underside surface comprising at least one curvilinear contour;
and applying a thermal interface material (TIM) between the circuit chip and the heat spreaderlid;
wherein the curvilinear contour comprises one positive or protruding curvilinear feature, and one negative or recessed curvilinear feature,
wherein the positive or protruding curvilinear feature aligns with low stress regions in the TIM between the heat spreaderlid and circuit chip, and results in an increase in heat dissipation, and
wherein the negative or recessed curvilinear feature aligns with a high stress region in the TIM between the heat spreaderlid and circuit chip, and results in a reduction in mechanical stress.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the contour comprises one positive or protruding curvilinear feature, and two negative or recessed curvilinear features.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the contour comprises two positive or protruding curvilinear features, and one negative or recessed curvilinear feature.
4. The process according to claim 1, wherein the increase in heat dissipation is 35%.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein the reduction in mechanical stress is 80%.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein the at least one positive or protruding curvilinear feature is located, starting 10 to 25% in from an edge of the circuit chip, and further extending inboard up to 25% of a dimension of the chip.
7. The process according to claim 6, wherein the starting location is inboard 20% from the chip edge.
8. The process according to claim 6, wherein the positive or protruding curvilinear feature has a height up to 80% of the TIM thickness.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein the at least one negative or recessed curvilinear feature is located, starting from an edge of the chip, inboard up to 15% of a dimension of the chip.
10. The process according to claim 9, wherein the negative or recessed curvilinear feature has a height less than or equal to 100% of the thickness of the TIM.
11. The process according to claim 9, wherein the negative or recessed curvilinear feature has a width of up to 15% of a dimension of the chip.
12. The process according to claim 1, wherein the microelectronic package is a flip chip microelectronic package or a flip chip plastic ball grid array (FCPBGA) package.
13. A heat spreaderlid for a microelectronic package, wherein the heat spreader has an underside surface comprising a plurality of curvilinear contours,
wherein the curvilinear contour comprises at least one positive or protruding curvilinear feature, and at least one one negative or recessed curvilinear feature.
14. The heat spreaderlid to claim 13, wherein the contour comprises one positive or protruding curvilinear feature, and two negative or recessed curvilinear features.
15. The heat spreaderlid according to claim 13, wherein the contour comprises two positive or protruding curvilinear features, and one negative or recessed curvilinear feature.
16. The heat spreaderlid to claim 13, wherein the microelectronic package is a flip chip microelectronic package or a flip chip plastic ball grid array (FCPBGA) package.

1. A sealing structure, including:
a) a sealing member having a through-hole for allowing a passage of a sample;
b) a housing having a cavity for holding the sealing member, the cavity having a sample introduction hole at a bottom thereof, the sample introduction hole communicating with the through-hole; and
c) a pressure device for pressing the entire sealing member from an opening of the cavity toward the bottom of the cavity,
wherein the cavity is shaped so that the wall surface of the cavity fits with the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state from the opening of the cavity to a predetermined depth thereof while a space is left between the wall surface of the cavity and the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state at and around the bottom of the cavity from the aforementioned depth.
2. The sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein
the sealing member is cylindrical; and
the cavity has a larger cross section in a portion closer to the bottom thereof from the aforementioned depth than in the portion closer to the opening.
3. The sealing structure according to claim 2, wherein the wall surface of the cavity in the portion closer to the bottom from the predetermined depth is a sloped surface spread toward the bottom.
4. The sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the sealing member is made of a resin, and the housing is made of a resin having a higher modulus of elasticity than the resin used as a material of the sealing member.
5. The sealing structure according to claim 2, wherein the sealing member is made of a resin, and the housing is made of a resin having a higher modulus of elasticity than the resin used as a material of the sealing member.
6. The sealing structure according to claim 3, wherein the sealing member is made of a resin, and the housing is made of a resin having a higher modulus of elasticity than the resin used as a material of the sealing member.
7. A sealing structure, including:
a) a sealing member having a through-hole for allowing a passage of a sample;
b) a housing having a cavity for holding the sealing member, the cavity having a sample introduction hole at a bottom thereof opposite to an opening of the cavity, the sample introduction hole communicating with the through-hole; and
c) a pressure device for pressing the entire sealing member from an opening of the cavity toward the bottom of the cavity,
wherein the cavity and the sealing member are shaped such that the external shape of the sealing member fits with the wall surface of the cavity in pressure-free state, except a space is left between the wall surface of the cavity and the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state at and around the bottom of the cavity.
8. A sealing structure, including:
a) a sealing member having a through-hole for allowing a passage of a sample;
b) a housing having a cavity for holding the sealing member, the cavity having a sample introduction hole at a bottom thereof, the sample introduction hole communicating with the through-hole, the cavity being larger at and around the bottom of the cavity opposite to an opening of the cavity; and
c) a pressure device for pressing the entire sealing member from an opening of the cavity toward the bottom of the cavity,
wherein the cavity and the sealing member are shaped such that the external shape of the sealing member fits with the wall surface of the cavity in pressure-free state, except a space is left between the wall surface of the cavity and the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state at and around the bottom of the cavity.

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:

1. A system for converting material into a cushioning product, comprising:
a roll tensioner including a roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material to permit the roll to be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the roll by pulling the material from the roll to unwind material from the roll;
a conversion assembly for shaping material unwound from a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement for converting the material into a cushioning product;
wherein the roll support arrangement includes at least one roll support member which contacts the periphery of a roll material positioned by said roll support arrangement to support the roll and to apply frictional resistance to the rotation of the roll of material as a function of the weight of the roll.
2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a motor and a material feeding arrangement driven by the motor for pulling material from a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement of the roll tensioner.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said material feeding arrangement includes cooperating feed rollers for pulling material from a roll of material positioned by the roll support arrangement and feeding it through said system, and wherein at least one of said feed rollers is a rotary cutting die having a plurality of cutting blades on its surface for cutting slits in the material at spaced locations along the length of the material as the material is fed through said system to allow an operator to rip from said system a desired length of cushioning product being dispensed by said system.
4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising a controller for adjusting an accelerationdeceleration profile of said pulling by said motor and said material feeding arrangement as a function of a characteristic of a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
5. The system according to claim 4, further comprising a recognition device to detect information provided on a roll of material concerning a characteristic of the roll of material and to provide a signal thereof from the recognition device to said controller.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said roll support member is a belt.
7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said belt is mounted on pulleys for applying rolling frictional resistance to a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said roll support arrangement includes a plurality of belts as roll support members, each belt being mounted on pulleys and applying rolling frictional resistance to the rotation of a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of belts form respective sides of a V-shaped cradle configuration of the roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said roll support member includes an array of rotatably mounted elements.
11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the elements are cylindrical rollers.
12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the elements are spherical rollers.
13. The system according to claim 1, wherein said roll support arrangement includes a plurality of arrays of rotatably mounted elements as roll support members, the arrays forming respective sides of a V-shaped cradle configuration of the roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material.
14. The system according to claim 1, wherein said roll support member is a length of a flexible material supported at spaced locations along its length with a portion of the flexible material intermediate the spaced, supported locations upon which a roll of material can be positioned and, during unwinding, rotated relative to said flexible material.
15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the flexible material is selected from the group consisting of fabric, netting, sheet metal and belting.
16. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a stand on which said roll tensioner and said conversion assembly are mounted.
17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said stand includes means for adjusting the position of the conversion assembly relative to the stand with three degrees of freedom of motion.
18. A roll tensioner comprising:
a roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material to permit the roll to be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the roll by pulling the material from the roll to unwind material from the roll,
wherein the roll support arrangement includes at least one roll support member which contacts the periphery of a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement to support the roll and to apply frictional resistance to the rotation of the roll of material as a function of the weight of the roll.
19. The roll tensioner according to claim 18, wherein said roll support member is a belt.
20. The roll tensioner according to claim 19, wherein said belt is mounted on pulleys for applying rolling frictional resistance to a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
21. The roll tensioner according to claim 18, wherein said roll support arrangement includes a plurality of belts as roll support members, each belt being mounted on pulleys and applying rolling frictional resistance to the rotation of a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
22. The roll tensioner according to claim 21, wherein said plurality of belts form respective sides of a V-shaped cradle configuration of the roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material.
23. The roll tensioner according to claim 18, wherein said roll support member includes an array of rotatably mounted elements.
24. The roll tensioner according to claim 23, wherein the elements are cylindrical rollers.
25. The roll tensioner according to claim 23, wherein the elements are spherical rollers.
26. The roll tensioner according to claim 18, wherein said roll support arrangement includes a plurality of arrays of rotatably mounted elements as roll support members, the arrays forming respective sides of a V-shaped cradle configuration of the roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material.
27. The roll tensioner according to claim 18, wherein said roll support member is a length of a flexible material supported at spaced locations along its length with a portion of the flexible material intermediate the spaced, supported locations upon which a roll of material can be positioned and, during unwinding, rotated relative to said flexible material.
28. The roll tensioner according to claim 27, wherein the flexible material is selected from the group consisting of fabric, netting, sheet metal and belting.
29. A method of making a cushioning product comprising:
pulling material from a roll of material which is positioned to permit the roll to be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the roll in response to the pulling to unwind material from the roll; and
shaping the material pulled from the roll for converting the material into a cushioning product;
wherein the material being pulled from the roll is tensioned by applying frictional resistance to rotation of the roll at the periphery of the material on the roll with at least one roll support member which supports the roll.
30. The method according to claim 29, wherein the frictional resistance is applied as a function of the weight of the roll by the at least one roll support member which supports said roll.
31. The method according to claim 30, wherein the frictional of resistance applied is rolling frictional resistance.
32. The method according to claim 30, wherein the frictional resistance applied is sliding frictional resistance.
33. The method according to claim 29, including identifying a characteristic of the roll of material and adjusting an accelerationdeceleration profile of said pulling as a function of the identified characteristic.
34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the characteristic of the roll of material identified is at least one of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of:
(1) type of material;
(2) weight of the material;
(3) thickness of the material;
(4) weight of the roll of material;
(5) diameter of the roll of material;
(6) width of the roll of material;
(7) presence or absence of a core around which the material is wound; and
(8) dimension andor shape of a core around which the material is wound.
35. The method according to claim 33, wherein said identifying a characteristic includes using a recognition device to detect at least one marking provided on the roll of material.
36. The method according to claim 35, wherein the at least one marking on the roll of material which is detected is selected from the group consisting of:
(1) bar code;
(2) magnet;
(3) microchip;
(4) hologram; and
(5) pattern.
37. The method according to claim 29, including tracking the amount of material used in said method.
38. The method according to claim 37, wherein said tracking includes using a recognition device to detect at least one marking provided along the length of the roll of material.
39. An apparatus for converting material into a cushioning product comprising:
a roll tensioner including a roll support arrangement for positioning a roll of material to permit the material to be unwound from the roll;
a motor and a material feeding arrangement driven by said motor for pulling material from a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement;
at least one material shaping member for shaping material pulled from a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement for converting the material into a cushioning product; and
a controller for adjusting an accelerationdeceleration profile of said pulling by said motor and said material feeding arrangement as a function of a characteristic of a roll of material positioned by said roll support arrangement.
40. The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein said controller includes a programmed microprocessor.
41. The apparatus according to claim 39, further comprising a recognition device to detect at least one marking provided on a roll of material and to provide a signal thereof to said controller.
42. A method of making a cushioning product comprising:
pulling material from a roll of material to be converted into a cushioning product;
shaping the material pulled from the roll for converting the material into a cushioning product;
wherein the roll of material has at least one marking thereon, and the method includes detecting the at least one marking on the roll of material.
43. The method according to claim 42, including tracking usage of material in the method with the aid of said detecting.
44. The method according to claim 42, including tracking the amount of material made into cushioning product with the aid of said detecting.
45. The method according to claim 42, including identifying a characteristic of the roll of material with the aid of said detecting.
46. The method according to claim 45, wherein the characteristic of the roll of material identified is at least one of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of:
(1) type of material;
(2) weight of the material;
(3) thickness of the material;
(4) weight of the roll of material;
(5) diameter of the roll of material;
(6) width of the roll of material;
(7) presence or absence of a core around which the material is wound; and
(8) dimension andor shape of a core around which the material is wound.
47. The method according to claim 42, wherein the at least one marking on the roll of material which is detected is selected from the group consisting of:
(1) bar code;
(2) magnet;
(3) microchip;
(4) hologram; and
(5) pattern.
48. A system for converting material into a cushioning product, comprising:
a motor and a material feeding arrangement driven by the motor for pulling material from a roll of material to be converted into a cushioning product;
at least one material shaping member for shaping material pulled from a roll of material by the motor and material feeding arrangement for converting the material into a cushioning product; and
a recognition device for detecting at least one marking provided on a roll of material to be converted into a cushioning product.
49. The system according to claim 48, further comprising a controller for controlling the system for converting, and wherein the recognition device provides a signal to the controller in response to detecting at least one marking on a roll of material to be converted.
50. The system according to claim 49, further comprising a roll tensioner for positioning a roll of material to be converted into a cushioning product and tensioning the material as it is pulled from the roll.
51. The system according to claim 49, wherein said controller adjusts on accelerationdeceleration profile of said pulling by said motor and said material feeding arrangement as a function of the signal provides to the controller from the recognition device.
52. The system according to claim 49, further comprising a roll of material to be converted into a cushioning product, the roll of material having at least one marking thereon detectable by said recognition device.
53. The system according to claim 52, wherein the at least one marking identifies at least one of the characteristics of the roll of material selected from the group consisting of:
(1) type of material;
(2) weight of the material;
(3) thickness of the material;
(4) weight of the roll of material;
(5) diameter of the roll of material;
(6) width of the roll of material;
(7) presence or absence of a core around which the material is wound; and
(8) dimension andor shape of a core around which the material is wound.
54. The system according to claim 52, wherein the at least one marking is selected from the group consisting of:
(1) bar code;
(2) magnet;
(3) microchip;
(4) hologram; and
(5) pattern.
55. The system according to claim 52, wherein the at least one marking corresponds to a pulling profile for pulling the material from the roll with said motor and material feeding arrangement.
56. The system according to claim 48, further comprising a stand on which at least said motor, said material feeding arrangement, and said at least one shaping member are mounted.