Author: claimsbot

1. A method for creating and maintaining an Internet-based, relational legal database for tracking and providing information regarding selected large companies, Law Firms, Attorneys and other employees employed by the Law Firms, and Lawsuits in which the Law Firms represent at least one of the selected large companies as a party, wherein the relational legal database is hosted on a server and maintained and administered by an Internet-based, relational legal database Proprietor to perform maintenance and administration of the relational legal database via a local computer having a processor, the method comprising the steps of:
loading data about each tracked Law Firm into the relational legal database;
assigning a unique Law Firm ID to each Law Firm, using the relational legal database;
obtaining from remote Law Firm web sites over the Internet Attorney data for each Attorney listed on each Law Firm’s web site, using a computer program for extracting content from a Web site;
bulk adding or updating the Attorney data into the relational legal database, using a data loader;
assigning a unique Contact ID to each Attorney in the relational legal database, using the relational legal database;
obtaining Lawsuit data from remote court databases over the Internet data;
loading the Lawsuit data into the legal relational database, using a data loader;
assigning a unique Matter ID to each Lawsuit in the legal relational database, using the relational legal database;
obtaining from independent web sites over the Internet Company data for each selected large company;
loading the Company data into the relational legal database, using a data loader;
assigning a unique Party ID to each selected large company in the relational legal database, using the relational legal database;
associating all of the Party IDs for the selected large companies associated with Lawsuits where they are represented by Law Firms tracked by the relational legal database;
updating in bulk over the Internet to the relational legal database the selected large companies associated with Lawsuits where they are represented by Law Firms tracked by the relational legal database, using a data loader;
associating the Party IDs for the selected large companies associated with tracked Lawsuits where the selected large companies are represented by tracked Law Firms; and
updating the relational legal database with the selected large companies associated with tracked Lawsuits.
2. A system and method for gathering and analyzing litigation marketplace intelligence data that facilitates transfer of data from court docket databases to a customer relationship management program using an online, on-demand productivity application, as described.

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 sensor assembly, comprising:
a number of sensor elements exhibiting a first coefficient of thermal expansion; and
an encapsulant covering said number of sensor elements, said encapsulant exhibiting a second coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
2. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said encapsulant comprises a curable adhesive.
3. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said curable adhesive is doped with an additive, such that said first coefficient of thermal expansion is substantially equal to said second coefficient of thermal expansion.
4. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said additive exhibits a third coefficient of thermal expansion lower than said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
5. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said additive comprises a ceramic material.
6. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said additive comprises a material selected from the group consisting of Aluminum Oxide, Magnesium Oxide, and Silicon Oxide.
7. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises metallic material.
8. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a respective number of copper coils.
9. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements.
10. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements, and said encapsulant covers said plurality of sensor elements to form an integral sensor assembly.
11. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said number of sensor elements is configured to provide location data for medical procedures.
12. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said sensor assembly is configured for installation on a catheter.
13. A sensor assembly, comprising:
a number of sensor elements exhibiting a first coefficient of thermal expansion; and
an encapsulant covering said number of sensor elements, said encapsulant comprising a curable adhesive and an additive, wherein said curable adhesive exhibits a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion, and said additive exhibits a third coefficient of thermal expansion less than said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
14. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said additive comprises a ceramic material.
15. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said additive comprises a material selected from the group consisting of Aluminum Oxide, Magnesium Oxide, and Silicon Oxide.
16. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises metallic material.
17. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a respective number of copper coils.
18. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements.
19. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements, and said encapsulant covers said plurality of sensor elements to form an integral sensor assembly.
20. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said number of sensor elements is configured to provide location data for medical procedures.
21. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said sensor assembly is configured for installation on a catheter.
22. A medical sensor assembly, comprising:
a number of sensor elements configured to provide location data for medical procedures; and
an encapsulant covering said number of sensor elements, said encapsulant comprising a curable adhesive and an additive.
23. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements exhibits a first coefficient of thermal expansion, said curable adhesive exhibits a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion, and said additive exhibits a third coefficient of thermal expansion less than said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
24. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said additive comprises a ceramic material.
25. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said additive comprises a material selected from the group consisting of Aluminum Oxide, Magnesium Oxide, and Silicon Oxide.
26. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements exhibits a first coefficient of thermal expansion, said curable adhesive exhibits a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion, and said additive exhibits a third coefficient of thermal expansion between said first and second coefficients of thermal expansion.
27. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said additive comprises microspheres.
28. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises metallic material.
29. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a respective number of copper coils.
30. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements.
31. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements, and said encapsulant covers said plurality of sensor elements to form an integral sensor assembly.
32. The medical sensor assembly of claim 22, wherein said sensor assembly is configured for installation on a catheter.
33. A method of making a sensor assembly, comprising:
selecting a number of sensor elements that exhibit a first coefficient of thermal expansion;
selecting an encapsulant having a second coefficient of thermal expansion based on said first coefficient of thermal expansion; and
covering said number of sensor elements with said encapsulant.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein said first coefficient of thermal expansion is approximately equal to said second coefficient of thermal expansion.
35. The method of claim 33, further comprising forming said encapsulant by:
selecting an adhesive that exhibits a third coefficient of thermal expansion different from said first coefficient of thermal expansion;
selecting a quantity of additive that exhibits a fourth coefficient of thermal expansion, such that a combination of said adhesive and said additive exhibits said second coefficient of thermal expansion; and
doping said adhesive with said additive.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein said third coefficient of thermal expansion is greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion, and said fourth coefficient of thermal expansion is less than said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein said additive comprises a ceramic material.
38. The method of claim 35, wherein said additive comprises a material selected from the group consisting of Aluminum Oxide, Magnesium Oxide, and Silicon Oxide.
39. The method of claim 35, wherein said third coefficient of thermal expansion is greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion, and said fourth coefficient of thermal expansion is between said first and coefficients of thermal expansion.
39. The method of claim 35, wherein said additive comprises microspheres.
40. The method of claim 33, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises metallic material.
41. The method of claim 33, further comprising arranging said number of sensor elements to provide location data for medical procedures.
42. The method of claim 33, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements.
43. The method of claim 33, wherein said number of sensor elements comprises a plurality of sensor elements, said method further comprising covering the plurality of sensor elements to form an integral assembly.

1. A transmission comprising:
an input member;
an output member;
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members;
a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the second planetary gear set;
a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the second planetary gear set with the first member of the third planetary gear set;
a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the third planetary gear set with the third member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a fourth interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the fourth planetary gear set; and
six torque transmitting mechanisms each selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second, and third members with at least one other of the first members, second members, third members and a stationary member, and
wherein the torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least ten forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.
2. The transmission of claim 1 wherein a first of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the first planetary gear set with the third member of the second planetary gear set.
3. The transmission of claim 2 wherein a second of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the second member of the second planetary gear set with at least one of the first member of the second planetary gear set and the first member of the third planetary gear set.
4. The transmission of claim 3 wherein a third of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the second member of the second planetary gear set with the third member of the third planetary gear set.
5. The transmission of claim 4 wherein a fourth of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first member of the second planetary gear set and the first member of the third planetary gear set with the first member of the fourth planetary gear set.
6. The transmission of claim 5 wherein a fifth of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the first planetary gear set with the stationary member.
7. The transmission of claim 6 wherein a sixth of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the third planetary gear set with the stationary member.
8. The transmission of claim 1 wherein the third member of the first and second planetary gear sets and first member of the third and fourth planetary gear sets are sun gears, the second members of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets are carrier members and the first member of the first and second planetary gear sets and third member of the third and fourth planetary gear sets are ring gears.
9. The transmission of claim 1 wherein the input member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the second member of the first planetary gear set and the second member of the fourth planetary gear set wherein the output member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the second member of the third planetary gear set and the third member of the fourth planetary gear set.
10. The transmission of claim 1 wherein two of the torque transmitting mechanisms are brakes and four of the torque transmitting mechanisms are clutches.
11. The transmission of claim 1 wherein the stationary member is a transmission housing.
12. A transmission comprising:
an input member;
an output member;
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members, wherein the input member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the second member of the first planetary gear set and the second member of the fourth planetary gear set wherein the output member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the second member of the third planetary gear set and the third member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the second planetary gear set;
a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the second planetary gear set with the first member of the third planetary gear set;
a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the third planetary gear set with the third member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a fourth interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a first torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the first planetary gear set with the third member of the second planetary gear set;
a second torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to the second member of the second planetary gear set with at least one of the first member of the second planetary gear set and the first member of the third planetary gear set;
a third torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the second member of the second planetary gear set with the third member of the third planetary gear set;
a fourth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first member of the second planetary gear set and the first member of the third planetary gear set with the first member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a fifth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the first planetary gear set with the stationary member; and
a sixth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the third planetary gear set with the stationary member, and
wherein the torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least ten forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.
13. The transmission of claim 12 wherein the third member of the first and second planetary gear sets and first member of the third and fourth planetary gear sets are sun gears, the second members of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets are carrier members and the first member of the first and second planetary gear sets and third member of the third and fourth planetary gear sets are ring gears.
14. The transmission of claim 12 wherein the stationary member is a transmission housing.
15. A transmission comprising:
an input member;
an output member;
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members, wherein the input member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the carrier member of the first planetary gear set and the carrier member of the fourth planetary gear set wherein the output member is continuously interconnected with at least one of the carrier member of the third planetary gear set and the ring gear of the fourth planetary gear set;
a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the ring gear of the first planetary gear set with the carrier member of the second planetary gear set;
a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the ring gear of the second planetary gear set with the sun gear of the third planetary gear set;
a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the carrier member of the third planetary gear set with the ring gear of the fourth planetary gear set;
a fourth interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the carrier member of the first planetary gear set with the carrier member of the fourth planetary gear set;
a first torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the sun gear member of the first planetary gear set with the sun gear of the second planetary gear set;
a second torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the carrier member of the second planetary gear set with at least one of the ring gear of the second planetary gear set and the sun gear of the third planetary gear set;
a third torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the carrier member of the second planetary gear set with the ring gear member of the third planetary gear set;
a fourth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the ring gear of the second planetary gear set and the sun gear of the third planetary gear set with the sun gear of the fourth planetary gear set;
a fifth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the sun gear of the first planetary gear set with the stationary member; and
a sixth torque transmitting mechanism selectively engageable to interconnect the ring gear of the third planetary gear set with the stationary member, and
wherein the torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least ten forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.
16. The transmission of claim 15 wherein the stationary member is a transmission housing.

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 damping vibration induced by a roll (1) in a paper machine or in a paper finishing device by means of a dynamic damper which comprises: a weight (4, 4a, 4b) and a spring (3, 3a, 3b), connecting the weight (4, 4a, 4b) to a vibrating system (2) of the paper machine or paper finishing device, whereby the dynamic damper is tuned by means of a control device (9) to a tuning frequency that is substantially equal to a multiple of the rotational frequency of the roll (1) that is closest to the natural frequency of the vibrating system (2), or to a tuning frequency that substantially corresponds to the problematic excitation frequency of the vibrating system (2), wherein said weight (4, 4a, 4b) is suspended from said vibrating system by means of said spring (3, 3a, 3b) and in that, the spring constant of the spring (3, 3b) of the dynamic damper andor the mass of the weight (4a, 4b) of the dynamic damper isare changed by means of the control device (9) in order to tune the natural frequency of the dynamic damper so as to be said tuning frequency.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vibration frequencies of the vibrating system (2) are measured constantly by means of one or more vibration detectors (6), the measurement signal given by the vibration detector (6) is amplified by means of an amplifier (7) and fed into a vibration analyser (8), which identifies the problematic excitation frequency and converts said problematic excitation frequency into a control signal, which is fed into a control device (9) in order to tune the dynamic damper.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring of the dynamic damper is a rod (3) attached at one end thereof to the vibrating system (2), wherein the spring constant is changed by changing the position of the weight (4) on the rod (3).
4. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the desired tuning frequency of the dynamic damper has been obtained, the weight is locked in place on the rod by means of a locking means.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the locking means (30) is operated by means of compressed air.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rod (3) made of memory metal is used as the spring of the dynamic damper.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the natural frequency of the damper is tuned by regulating the temperature of the rod (3) made of the memory metal material.
8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the temperature of the rod (3) is regulated by means of heaters.
9. An apparatus for damping vibration induced by a roll (1) in a paper machine or in a paper finishing device, said apparatus having a dynamic damper which comprises a weight (4, 4a, 4b) and a spring (3, 3a, 3b) connecting the weight (4, 4a, 4b) to a vibrating system (2) of the paper machine or paper finishing device, said apparatus further comprising a control device which is arranged to tune the dynamic damper to a tuning frequency that is substantially equal to a multiple of the rotational frequency of the roll (1) that is closest to the natural frequency of the vibrating system, or to a frequency that substantially corresponds to the problematic excitation frequency of the vibrating system wherein said weight (4, 4a, 4b) is suspended from said vibrating system (2) by means of said spring (3, 3a, 3b) and in that said control device (9) is arranged to change the spring constant of the spring (3, 3b) of the dynamic damper andor the mass of the weight (4a, 4b) of the dynamic damper in order to tune the natural frequency of the dynamic damper so as to be said tuning frequency.
10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the apparatus comprises one or more vibration detectors (6) which measure(s) the vibration frequencies of the vibrating system (2) constantly and which isare arranged to transmit measurement signal, an amplifier (7) that amplifies the measurement signal, a vibration analyser (8) which is arranged to receive the measurement signal transmitted by the vibration detector (6) and amplified by the amplifier (7), to identify the problematic excitation frequency from said measurement signal and to convert said problematic excitation frequency into a control signal to be fed into the control device (9) in order to tune the dynamic damper.
11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spring (3, 3b) of the dynamic damper is a rod fixed at one end thereof to the vibrating system (2) in a substantially horizontal direction, on support of which rod the weight (4, 4b) is mounted, and that the control device (9) is arranged to change the spring constant of the spring (3, 3b) of the dynamic damper by changing the position of the weight (4, 4b) on the rod (3, 3b).
12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein a locking means is mounted on the rod serving as the spring of the damper in order to lock the weight in place when the desired tuning frequency of the damper has been obtained.
13. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the locking means (30) is a piston device fixed onto the rod.
14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the piston device (30) is telescopic in order to provide the necessary stroke length.
15. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the locking means (30) is operated by compressed air.
16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rod (3) and the weight (4) fitted on the rod are provided with matching threads (3\u2032), and that the position of the weight (4) on the rod (3) can be regulated by rotating said additional weight on the rod.
17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the locking means (30) is arranged to act in the axial direction of the rod (3) and to produce an axial force acting on the weight (4) in order to provide a frictional force necessary for locking between the matching threads on the rod (3) and on the weight (4).
18. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the weight (4, 4b) included in the dynamic damper comprises a container suspended from the spring (3a, 3b) and filled with a liquid, the amount of the liquid in said container being adjustable in order to regulate the mass of the weight (4a, 4b).
19. An apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the control device (9) is connected to a pump (21) and to a valve (22) in order to regulate the amount of the liquid.
20. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control device comprises a stepping motor in order to change the location of the weight (4, 4b) on the spring (3, 3b).
21. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the apparatus is fitted so as to dampen vibration in a nip in which at least one of the rolls forming the nip is provided with a soft coating (9).
22. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dynamic damper and the vibration detector(s) (6) are fitted and fixed to a bearing housing (2) of the roll.
23. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spring of the dynamic damper is a rod (3) made of memory metal.
24. An apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein the natural frequency of the damper is arranged to be tuned by regulating the temperature of the rod made of the memory metal material.
25. An apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein, in order to regulate the temperature of the rod, the apparatus is provided with electric resistors.
26. An apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein the weight (4) is fixed to the rod (3) rigidly and without clearance.