All The Claims

1. A method of making a bristle arrangement for subsequent use in a brush seal, comprising the steps of:
arranging a plurality of bristles along a length;
joining essentially just said plurality of bristles along said length;
said arranging and joining steps using an apparatus comprising:
a base having a surface with an arrangement of guides thereon, said guides adapted to orient said bristles on said surface for the arranging step; and
a cover having a surface for receiving said bristles;
wherein said cover removably mounts to said base to sandwich said bristles between said base and said cover for the joining step.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said apparatus further comprises a shuttle, said shuttle removably receiving said base and having an arrangement of guides thereon corresponding to said guides on said base for orienting said bristles in the arranging step.
3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said joining step comprises joining only said plurality of bristles together to form a ring of bristles.
4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said joining step comprises welding an outer end portion of said plurality of bristles together.
5. A method of making a bristle arrangement for subsequent use in a brush seal, comprising the steps of:
providing an apparatus having a base with a surface with an arrangement of guides thereon that are adapted to orient a plurality of bristles on said surface and a cover having a surface for receiving said bristles, said cover removably mounting to said base to sandwich said bristles between said base and said cover;
arranging a plurality of bristles along a length in said guides; and
joining together only said plurality of bristles along said length.
6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said apparatus providing step comprises providing a shuttle removably receiving said base and an arrangement of guides thereon corresponding to the guides on said base and said arranging step comprising placing said bristles in said guides on said base and said guides on said shuttle.
7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein said placing step comprises placing said bristles in a skewed fashion relative to a line extending radially from a center of the apparatus.
8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said joining step comprises forming a joint which extends continuously along an outer diameter of a circular arrangement of said bristles.
9. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said joining step comprises joining only exposed portions of said bristles.
10. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said joining step comprises welding said bristles together.
11. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising removing said cover from said base and removing only said joined bristles from said base.

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, comprising the steps of:
A) offering a user, via at least one customer interaction server computer, a website hosting option comprising hosting at least one customer website in both a first datacenter located in a first geographic location and a second datacenter located in a second geographic location;
B) if said user selects said website hosting option, provisioning at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter to host said at least one customer website;
C) hosting said at least one customer website on said at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at said least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter;
D) receiving, via at least one routing server computer, a request for a plurality of said at least one customer website’s content;
E) routing, by said at least one routing server computer, said request to a responding datacenter selected from the group consisting of said first datacenter and said second datacenter by determining whether said request will receive a faster response from said first datacenter or said second datacenter; and
F) returning, by at least one hosting server computer in said responding datacenter, said plurality of said at least one customer website’s content.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Europe.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Asia.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said routing step E) further comprises the steps of:
i) determining, by said at least one routing server computer, a geographic origin of said request;
ii) identifying, by said at least one routing server computer, said responding datacenter by determining whether said first datacenter or said second datacenter is in closest physical proximity to said geographic origin of said request; and
iii) routing, by said at least one routing server computer, said request to said responding datacenter.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer website hosted in said first datacenter comprises the same content as said at least one customer website hosted in said second datacenter.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer website hosted in said first datacenter comprises different content than said at least one customer website hosted in said second datacenter.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer interaction server computer, said at least one hosting server computer, and said at least one routing server computer comprise the same server computer.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer interaction server computer, said at least one hosting server computer, and said at least one routing server computer comprise a plurality of different server computers.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said offering step A) is accomplished by providing a hosting services website comprising means for said registrant to select hosting said at least one customer website in said first datacenter and said second datacenter.
10. A system, comprising:
A) a first datacenter located in a first geographic location and comprising at least one hosting server;
B) a second datacenter located in a second geographic location and comprising at least one hosting server;
C) a hosting services website hosted on at least one customer interaction server, said hosting services website configured to offer a user a website hosting option comprising hosting at least one customer website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter, wherein said hosting services website is further configured to, if said user selects said website hosting option, provision said at least one hosting server in said first datacenter and said at least one hosting server in said second datacenter to host said at least one customer website;
D) a routing server configured to:
i) receive a request for a plurality of said at least one customer website’s content; and
ii) route said request to a responding datacenter selected from the group consisting of said first datacenter and said second datacenter by determining whether said request will receive a faster response from said first datacenter or said second datacenter; and

E) a network communicatively coupling said first datacenter, said second datacenter, said customer interaction server, and said routing server.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Europe.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Asia.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein said routing server is further configured to route said request to said responding datacenter by:
(i) determining a geographic origin of said request;
(ii) identifying said responding datacenter by determining whether said first datacenter or said second datacenter is in closest physical proximity to said geographic origin of said request; and
(iii) routing said request to said responding datacenter.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein said at least one customer website hosted in said first datacenter comprises the same content as said at least one customer website hosted in said second datacenter.
15. The system of claim 10, wherein said at least one customer website hosted in said first datacenter comprises different content than said at least one customer website hosted in said second datacenter.

1. A method for generating a software model of a dynamic system, comprising:
generating interface software configured to i) expose at least one internal variable that resides within a preliminary software model of the dynamic system, and ii) expose functions within the preliminary software model that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, the preliminary software model being generated within a modeling environment, and the at least one variable and functions that regulate access to the at least one variable being exposed outside the modeling environment; and
generating the software model by way of the preliminary software model and the interface software, the software model containing all information required to execute the software model from outside the modeling environment, and the software model allowing a user access to i) the at least one internal variable, and ii) the functions that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, from outside the modeling environment.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of generating the preliminary software model prior to generating the interface software.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of generating a system model prior to generating the preliminary software model, the preliminary software model being based on the system model.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the software model also allows the user to control execution of the software model from outside the modeling environment.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the interface software further comprises:
generating C++ wrapper classes configured to regulate access to the at least one internal variable; and
generating Component Object Model (COM) server construction software configured to construct a COM server that utilizes the C++ wrapper classes to expose the at least one internal variable of the preliminary software model.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the software model is a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) configured to be executable by a software client.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the software model is a console application.
8. A computer system including a computer storage medium for generating a software model of a dynamic system, comprising:
means for generating interface software configured to i) expose at least one internal variable that resides within a preliminary software model of the dynamic system, and ii) expose functions within the preliminary software model that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, the preliminary software model being generated within a modeling environment, and the at least one variable and functions that regulate access to the at least one variable being exposed outside the modeling environment; and
means for generating the software model by way of the preliminary software model and the interface software, the software model containing all information required to execute the software model from outside the modeling environment, and the software model allowing a user access to i) the at least one internal variable, and ii) the functions that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, from outside the modeling environment.
9. The computer system of claim 8, further comprising means for generating the preliminary software model.
10. The computer system of claim 9, further comprising means for generating a system model prior to generating the preliminary system model, the preliminary software model being based on the system model.
11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the software model also allows the user to control execution of the software model from outside the modeling environment.
12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the means for generating the interface software further comprises:
means for generating C++ wrapper classes configured to regulate access to the at least one internal variable; and
means for generating Component Object Model (COM) server construction software configured to construct a COM server that utilizes the C++ wrapper classes to expose the at least one internal variable of the preliminary software model.
13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the software model is a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) configured to be executable by a software client.
14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the software model is a console application.
15. A program storage medium readable by a computer system, embodying a program executable by the computer system to perform method steps for generating a software model of a dynamic system, the method steps comprising:
generating interface software configured to i) expose at least one internal variable that resides within a preliminary software model of the dynamic system, and ii) expose functions within the preliminary software model that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, the preliminary software model being generated within a modeling environment, and the at least one variable and functions that regulate access to the at least one variable being exposed outside the modeling environment; and
generating the software model by way of the preliminary software model and the interface software, the software model containing all information required to execute the software model from outside the modeling environment, and the software model allowing a user access to i) the at least one internal variable, and ii) the functions that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, from outside the modeling environment.
16. The program storage medium of claim 15, the method steps further comprising the step of generating the preliminary software model prior to generating the interface software.
17. The program storage medium of claim 16, the method steps further comprising the step of generating a system model prior to generating the preliminary software model, the preliminary software model being based on the system model.
18. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software model also allows the user to control execution of the software model from outside the modeling environment.
19. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein generating the interface software further comprises:
generating C++ wrapper classes configured to regulate access to the at least one internal variable; and
generating Component Object Model (COM) server construction software configured to construct a COM server that utilizes the C++ wrapper classes to expose the at least one internal variable of the preliminary software model.
20. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software model is a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) configured to be executable by a software client.
21. The program storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software model is a console program.
22. A method for generating a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) representing a software model of a dynamic system, the method comprising:
generating C++ wrapper classes configured to regulate access to at least one internal variable that resides within a preliminary software model of the dynamic system, the preliminary software model being generated within a modeling environment;
generating Component Object Model (COM) server construction software configured to construct a COM server that utilizes the C++ wrapper classes to expose the at least one internal variable of the preliminary software model, and functions within the preliminary software model that regulate access to the at least one internal variable, outside the modeling environment; and
building the DLL using the preliminary software model, the C++ wrapper classes, and the COM server construction software, the DLL being executable by a software client outside the modeling environment, the DLL containing all information required to execute outside the modeling environment, and the DLL allowing a user access to the at least one internal variable of the dynamic system by way of the software client.

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 mounting a pitch system in a partial pitch wind turbine blade (18, 20) of at least 35 metres length, the blade (18, 20) having a substantially hollow blade body with an inner blade section (24, 26) and outer blade section (28, 30) between which there is provided a pitch system for pitching the outer blade section (28, 30) relative to the inner blade section (24, 26); characterised in that the method comprises fastening the inner blade section (24, 26) to the pitch system by a fastening action performed only from inside the hollow blade body.
2. The method according to claim 1,
wherein the pitch system comprises first (120) and second (122) pitch rings, the second pitch ring (122) rotatable relative to the first pitch ring (120);
wherein the blade comprises an inner blade section (24, 26) having a root end (18a, 20a) and a first pitch end (102); the first pitch end (102) being configured for coupling to the first pitch ring (120) by a first plurality of fasteners (110, 126); the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) having first means (126) for securing the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126), the first means (126) being configured such that securing of the first means (126) fastens the first pitch end (102) to the first pitch ring (120); and
wherein the blade further comprises an outer blade section (28, 30) having a second pitch end (114) and a tip end (18b, 20b); the second pitch end (114) being configured for coupling to the second pitch ring (122) of the pitch system by a second plurality of fasteners (116, 128); the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128) having second means (128) for securing the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128), the second means (128) being configured such that securing of the second means (128) fastens the second pitch end (114) to the second pitch ring (122); wherein the second means (128) are only accessible from an interior of the wind turbine blade (18, 20);

wherein the outer blade section (28, 30) is pitchable relative to the inner blade section (24, 26) by rotating the second pitch ring (122) relatively to the first pitch ring (120);
wherein the method comprises fastening the second pitch end (114) to the second pitch ring by securing said second means (126) only from the interior of said wind turbine blade (18, 20);
wherein the method comprises fastening the first pitch end (102) to the first pitch ring (120) by securing said first means (116) only from the interior of said wind turbine blade (18, 20).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first pitch end (102) comprises a first bearing surface (106) on an interior of the inner blade section (24, 26), wherein the method comprises abutting the first bearing surface (106) against the first pitch ring (120) and fastening it by securing the first means (126).
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the first bolts (110) extend through the first pitch ring (120) and into the first pitch end (102); and wherein the first means (126) and the first bearing surface (106) are provided on opposite sides of the first pitch ring (102) for clamping the first pitch ring (120) against the first bearing surface (106).
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128) comprises second bolts (116) and second nuts (128), and wherein the second means are the second nuts (128), wherein the securing of the first means (126) and second means (128) comprises tightening the first and second nuts, respectively.
6. A partial pitch wind turbine blade (18, 20) of at least 35 metres length for a method according to any preceding claim, the blade (18, 20) having a substantially hollow blade body, the blade comprising:
a pitch system having first (120) and second (122) pitch rings, the second pitch ring (122) being rotatable relative to the first pitch ring (120);
an inner blade section (24, 26) having a root end (18a, 20a) and a first pitch end (102); the first pitch end (102) of the inner blade section (24, 26) being coupled to the first pitch ring (120) by a first plurality of fasteners (110, 126); the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) having first means (126) for securing the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126), the first means (126) being configured such that securing of the first means (126) fastens the inner blade section (24, 26) to the first pitch ring (120); and
an outer blade section (28, 30) having a second pitch end (114) and a tip end (18b, 20b); the second pitch end (114) of the outer blade section (28, 30) being coupled to the second pitch ring (122) of the pitch system by a second plurality of fasteners (116, 128); the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128) having second means (128) for securing the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128), the second means (128) being configured such that a securing of the second means (128) fastens the inner blade section (24, 26) to the second pitch ring (122); wherein the second means (128) are only accessible from an interior of the wind turbine blade (18, 20);

wherein the outer blade section (28, 30) is pitchable relative to the inner blade section (24, 26) by rotating the second pitch ring (122) relatively to the first pitch ring (120);
characterised in that the blade is configured for fastening the inner blade section (24, 26) to the first pitch (120) ring only by securing the first means (126), and wherein the first means (126) are accessible only from the interior of the wind turbine blade (18, 20).
7. The blade of claim 6, wherein the first pitch end (102) comprises a first bearing surface (106) on an interior of the inner blade section (24, 26), wherein the first bearing surface (106) abuts the first pitch ring (120) and is fastened to it by the first fasteners (110, 126).
8. The blade of claim 7, wherein the first pitch end (102) has an inner flange (104), the inner flange (104) comprising the first bearing surface (106), and wherein the first pitch ring (120) of the pitch system is fastened to the first bearing surface (106) of the inner flange (104) by the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126).
9. The blade of claim 7, wherein the first bearing surface (106) is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the inner blade section (24, 26).
10. The blade of claim 7, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the first bolts (110) extend through the first pitch ring (120) and into the first pitch end (102); and wherein the first means (126) and the first bearing surface (106) are provided on opposite sides of the first pitch ring (102) for clamping the first pitch ring (120) against the first bearing surface (106).
11. The blade of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the first means (126) and the first bearing surface (106) are provided on opposite sides of the first pitch ring (102) for clamping the first pitch ring (120) against the first bearing surface (106); wherein the inner flange (104) comprises a plurality of blind holes (108) extending from the first bearing surface (106) of the inner flange (104) into the wind turbine blade body at the inner flange (104), wherein the first bolts (110) extend through the first pitch ring (120) into the blind holes (108).
12. The blade of claim 6, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (116); wherein the second plurality of fasteners (116, 128) comprises second bolts (116) and second nuts (128), and wherein the second means are the second nuts (128).
13. The blade of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the first bolts (110) extend through the first pitch ring (120) and into the first pitch end (102); and wherein the first means (126) and the first bearing surface (106) are provided on opposite sides of the first pitch ring (102) for clamping the first pitch ring (120) against the first bearing surface (106).
14. The blade of claim 9, wherein the first plurality of fasteners (110, 126) comprises first bolts (110) and first nuts (126), and wherein the first means are the first nuts (126); wherein the first bolts (110) extend through the first pitch ring (120) and into the first pitch end (102); and wherein the first means (126) and the first bearing surface (106) are provided on opposite sides of the first pitch ring (102) for clamping the first pitch ring (120) against the first bearing surface (106).