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What is claimed is:

1. A device selected from the group of devices consisting of an electric motor, an electric generator, and a regenerative electric motor, the device comprising:
at least one stator arrangement having a plurality of electromagnetic assemblies with each electromagnetic assembly including at least a portion of a magnetic core that is formed from thin film soft magnetic material, the electromagnetic assemblies defining a plurality of stator poles, and
at least one rotor arrangement supported for rotation about a given rotational axis at a certain range of normal operating rotational speeds, the rotor arrangement including a plurality of rotor poles for magnetically interacting with the stator poles, the rotor poles being supported for rotation about the rotational axis along a circular path, and
a switching arrangement for controlling the electromagnetic assemblies, the switching arrangement being configured such that the switching arrangement is able to cause the stator poles of the electromagnetic assemblies to magnetically interact with the rotor poles of the rotor arrangement within a certain range of frequencies, the number of rotor poles being such that the switching arrangement causes the stator poles of the electromagnetic assemblies to magnetically interact with the rotor poles of the rotor arrangement such that the ratio of the frequency of the device in cycles per second relative to the revolutions per minute of the device is greater than 1 to 4 during the operation of the device.
2. A device according to claim 1 wherein the rotor arrangement includes at least 30 rotor poles.
3. A device according to claim 1 wherein the stator arrangement includes at least 48 stator poles.
4. A device according to claim 1 wherein the device is a radial gap device.
5. A device according to claim 1 wherein the thin film soft magnetic material is a nano-crystalline material.
6. A device according to claim 1 wherein the device is a device selected from the group of devices consisting of a switched reluctance device, an induction device, or a permanent magnet device.
7. A device according to claim 1 wherein the device is a multiple phase device.
8. A device according to claim 1 wherein
the device is a radial gap device, and
the electromagnetic assemblies include independent U-shaped one-piece magnetic cores, each electromagnetic assembly defining two stator poles located at opposite ends of the one-piece magnetic core, each one-piece magnetic core providing the entire magnetic return path for the two opposite magnetic stator poles associated with each electromagnetic assembly, the electromagnetic assemblies being positioned around the circular path of the rotor poles, each electromagnetic assembly being positioned such that the two stator poles of each electromagnetic assembly are located adjacent to one another and in line with one another along a line that is parallel with the rotational axis of the device.
9. A device according to claim 8 wherein the rotor poles are pairs of rotor poles formed from adjacent pairs of permanent magnet segments configured to form rotor poles of opposite magnetic polarity, each pair of permanent magnet segments being positioned such that the two permanent magnet segments are located adjacent to one another and in line with one another along a line that is parallel with the rotational axis of the device such that the two permanent magnet segments define two adjacent circular paths around the rotational axis of the device when the rotor is rotated about the rotational axis of the device, each of the two adjacent circular paths facing an associated one of the stator poles of each electromagnetic assembly.
10. A device according to claim 9 wherein the rotor arrangement includes at least 36 pairs of adjacent rotor poles.
11. A device according to claim 8 wherein the stator arrangement includes at least 48 electromagnetic assemblies.
12. A device according to claim 8 wherein the stator poles face inward toward the rotational axis of the device.
13. A device according to claim 8 wherein the stator poles face outward away from the rotational axis of the device.
14. A method of operating a device selected from the group of devices consisting of an electric motor, an electric generator, and a regenerative electric motor, the device comprising:
providing at least one stator arrangement having a plurality of electromagnetic assemblies with each electromagnetic assembly including at least a portion of a magnetic core that is formed from thin film soft magnetic material, the electromagnetic assemblies defining a plurality of stator poles, and
providing at least one rotor arrangement and supporting the rotor for rotation about a given rotational axis at a certain range of normal operating rotational speeds, the rotor arrangement including a plurality of rotor poles for magnetically interacting with the stator poles, the rotor poles being supported for rotation about the rotational axis along a circular path, and
using a switching arrangement to control the electromagnetic assemblies, switching the stator poles of the electromagnetic assemblies to magnetically interact with the rotor poles of the rotor arrangement within a certain range of frequencies, the number of rotor poles being such that the stator poles of the electromagnetic assemblies magnetically interact with the rotor poles of the rotor arrangement such that the ratio of the frequency of the device in cycles per second relative to the revolutions per minute of the device is greater than 1 to 4 during the operation of the device.
15. A method according to claim 14 wherein the rotor arrangement includes at least 30 rotor poles.
16. A method according to claim 14 wherein the stator arrangement includes at least 48 stator poles.
17. A method according to claim 14 wherein the device is a radial gap device.
18. A method according to claim 14 wherein the thin film soft magnetic material is a nano-crystalline material.
19. A method according to claim 14 wherein the device is a device selected from the group of devices consisting of a switched reluctance device, an induction device, or a permanent magnet device.
20. A device according to claim 14 wherein the device is a multiple phase device.
21. A method according to claim 14 wherein
the device is a radial gap device, and
the electromagnetic assemblies include independent U-shaped one-piece magnetic cores, each electromagnetic assembly defining two stator poles located at opposite ends of the one-piece magnetic core, each one-piece magnetic core providing the entire magnetic return path for the two opposite magnetic stator poles associated with each electromagnetic assembly, the electromagnetic assemblies being positioned around the circular path of the rotor poles, each electromagnetic assembly being positioned such that the two stator poles of each electromagnetic assembly are located adjacent to one another and in line with one another along a line that is parallel with the rotational axis of the device.
22. A method according to claim 21 wherein the rotor poles are pairs of rotor poles formed from adjacent pairs of permanent magnet segments configured to form rotor poles of opposite magnetic polarity, each pair of permanent magnet segments being positioned such that the two permanent magnet segments are located adjacent to one another and in line with one another along a line that is parallel with the rotational axis of the device such that the two permanent magnet segments define two adjacent circular paths around the rotational axis of the device when the rotor is rotated about the rotational axis of the device, each of the two adjacent circular paths facing an associated one of the stator poles of each electromagnetic assembly.
23. A method according to claim 22 wherein the rotor arrangement includes at least 36 pairs of adjacent rotor poles.
24. A method according to claim 21 wherein the stator arrangement includes at least 48 electromagnetic assemblies.
25. A method according to claim 21 wherein the stator poles face inward toward the rotational axis of the device.
26. A method according to claim 21 wherein the stator poles face outward away from the rotational axis of the device.
27. A method of making a device selected from the group of devices consisting of an electric motor, an electric generator, and a regenerative electric motor, the device comprising:
providing at least one stator arrangement having a plurality of electromagnetic assemblies with each electromagnetic assembly including at least a portion of a magnetic core that is formed from thin film soft magnetic material, the electromagnetic assemblies defining a plurality of stator poles, and
providing at least one rotor arrangement and supporting the rotor for rotation about a given rotational axis at a certain range of normal operating rotational speeds, the rotor arrangement including a certain number of rotor poles for magnetically interacting with the stator poles, the rotor poles being supported for rotation about the rotational axis along a circular path, and
providing a switching arrangement for controlling the electromagnetic assemblies, the switching arrangement being configured such that the switching arrangement is able to cause the stator poles of the electromagnetic assemblies to magnetically interact with the rotor poles of the rotor arrangement within a certain range of frequencies, and
selecting the number of rotor poles to be a number such that the ratio of the frequency of the device in cycles per second relative to the revolutions per minute of the device is greater than 1 to 4 during the operation of the device.

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 determining a confidence rating, the method comprising:
determining, via one or more processors, a number of location events that occurred within a zone of confidence for delivery an item to a serviceable address; and
responsive to determining the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence for delivery the item to the serviceable address, determining, via one or more processors, a confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address based at least in part on the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising assigning the confidence rating to delivery of the item to the serviceable address.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a geographic classification that indicates the size of the zone of confidence.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference point.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the zone of confidence is based at least in part on the reference point.
6. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
determine a number of location events that occurred within a zone of confidence for delivery an item to a serviceable address; and

responsive to determining the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence for delivery the item to the serviceable address, determine a confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address based at least in part on the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence.
7. The apparatus claim 6, wherein the memory and program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to assign the confidence rating to delivery of the item to the serviceable address.
8. The apparatus claim 6, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a geographic classification that indicates the size of the zone of confidence.
9. The apparatus claim 6, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference point.
10. The apparatus claim 9, wherein the zone of confidence is based at least in part on the reference point.
11. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion configured to determine a number of location events that occurred within a zone of confidence for delivery an item to a serviceable address; and
an executable portion configured to, responsive to determining the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence for delivery the item to the serviceable address, determine a confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address based at least in part on the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence.
12. The computer program product claim 11 further comprising an executable portion configured to assign the confidence rating to delivery of the item to the serviceable address.
13. The computer program product claim 11, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a geographic classification that indicates the size of the zone of confidence.
14. The computer program product claim 11, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference point.
15. The computer program product claim 14, wherein the zone of confidence is based at least in part on the reference point.

1. A tire for a motor vehicle, comprising: a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply, said carcass structure comprising a crown portion and two axially opposite side portions terminating in beads for mounting the tire on a rim; a tread band;
and a belt structure interposed between said carcass structure and said tread band, wherein each bead includes elongated cord comprised of a first yarn having a melting or decomposition point T1, and a second yarn having a melting point T2 wherein T1>T2, and T2 is greater than 40\xb0 C.
2. The tire of claim 1 wherein the T1 yarn is comprised of aramid and the 12 yarn is comprised of nylon.
3. The tire of claim 1 wherein the T1 yarn comprises between 85 and 97% by weight of the cord and the T2 yarn comprises between 3 and 15% by weight of the cord.
4. The tire of claim 1 wherein each of said bead bundle has a breaking strength of greater than about 11,000 N.
5. The tire of claim 1 wherein said bead comprises in cross-section between about 3 and 20 cord wraps.
6. The tire of claim 5 wherein said bead comprises between about 7 and 18 cord wraps.
7. The tire of claim 1 wherein each cord is comprised of between 3 to 1 and 5 to 1 of the first yarn relative to the second yarn.
8. The tire of claim 1 wherein said first yarn is at least substantially untwisted.
9. The tire of claim 1 wherein said cord comprises a diameter of at least 0.05\u2033.
10. A tire bead comprised of a plurality of polymeric cords arranged parallel to one another to form a plurality of wraps, said wraps forming a concentric ring, said cords being comprised of a combination of polymeric yarns having a melting or decomposition point T1 and polymeric yarns having a melting point T2, wherein T1>T2, and T2 is greater than 40\xb0 C.
11. The tire bead of claim 10 wherein said T1 polymer comprises aramid and said T2 polymer comprises nylon.
12. The tire bead of claim 11 wherein said aramid comprises between 85 and 97% and nylon comprise between 3 and 15% by weight of each cord.
13. A passenger tire bead comprised of a plurality of polymeric cords arranged parallel to one another to form between 12 and 18 wraps, said wraps forming a concentric ring, said ring having an internal diameter of at least about 40 inches, said bead having an average diameter of between about 0.3 and 0.4 inches, and said bead having a breaking strength of at least 20,000 (N) and a weight of less than 100 grams.
14. The tire bead of claim 13 comprised of a yarn having less than 2 twists per mm.
15. A motor cycle tire bead comprised of a plurality of polymeric cords arranged parallel to one another to form between 6 and 18 wraps, said wraps forming a concentric ring, said ring having an internal diameter of at least about 40 inches, said bead having an average diameter of between about 0.25and 0.4inches, and said bead having a breaking strength of at least 11,000 (N) and a weight of less than 100 grams.
16. A tire bead comprised of a plurality of polymeric cords arranged parallel to one another to form between 20 and 50 wraps, said wraps forming a concentric ring, said ring having an internal diameter of at least about 59 inches, said bead having a minimum dimension of 0.10\u2033 and a maximum dimension of 1.00\u2033, and said bead having a breaking strength of at least 106,000 (N) and a weight of less than 1500 grams.
17. The tire of claim 16 wherein the bead includes a fabric wrap.

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 acquiring a user location, comprising:
when it is required to acquire a current user location, a Location Service Client (LSC) transmitting a location service request carrying a user bearer identifier of user to a Bearer Mapping Function (BMF) through a Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC); and
after receiving the location service request, the BMF searching for a corresponding Interworking Packet Access Gateway (iPAG) according to the user bearer identifier, and after obtaining user location information from the iPAG, the BMF returning the user location information to the LSC through the GMLC or instructing the GMLC to obtain the user location information from the iPAG;
the BMF is a Policy Dispatch System (PDS), and the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request transmitted by the LSC is an AID or an IP address;
and the PDS determines a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request and determines the iPAG by acquiring an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then the PDS transmits a location service request to the iPAG, which carries any one or more of following identities: the user bearer identifier, a data connection identity and a user identity; and after receiving the user location information returned by the iPAG, the PDS transmits a location service response to the LSC through the GMLC, which carries current user location information; or
the PDS determines a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request and acquires an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then the PDS transmits a redirection response to the GMLC, which carries an iPAG address, instructing the GMLC to inquire the iPAG for the user location information, and after receiving the redirection response, the GMLC transmits the location service request to the iPAG, which carries a user bearer identifier, and after receiving the user location information returned by the iPAG, the GMLC returns the user location information to the LSC; or
the PDS determines a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request and acquires an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then the PDS transmits a redirection response to the GMLC, instructing the GMLC to inquire the iPAG for the user location information, wherein the redirection response carries the iPAG address and any one of following identities: a data connection identity and a user identity; and after receiving the redirection response, the GMLC transmits a location service request to the iPAG, which carries any of following identities: the user bearer identifier, a data connection identity and a user identity, after receiving the user location information returned by the iPAG, the GMLC returns the user location information to the LSC.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein,
after receiving the location service request, the iPAG searches whether there is the user location information stored locally, and if yes, the iPAG returns the user location information to the BMF or GMLC, and if no, the iPAG acquires current user location information from an Access Control Function (ACF) and returns the current user location information to the BMF or GMLC.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein,
when the iPAG does not stores the user location information locally, the iPAG transmits a location service request to the ACF through a Transfer Packet Access Gateway (tPAG) or transmits a location service request to the ACF directly, wherein an identity carried in the location service request is one or more of identities in the received location service request; and
after receiving the location service request, the ACF acquires the user location information and returns the user location information to the iPAG.
4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:
after detecting a change of the user location, the ACF notifying the iPAG of information about the changed user location directly through a control interface S3 between the ACF and the iPAG or indirectly through the tPAG.
5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:
after detecting a change of the user location, a Radio Access Network (RAN) notifying the iPAG of information about the changed user location directly through a user plane interface U2 between the RAN and the PAG or notifying the iPAG of information about the changed user location indirectly through the tPAG.
6. A system for acquiring a user location, comprising a Location Service Client (LSC), a Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), a Bearer Mapping Function (BMF) and an Interworking Packet Access Gateway (iPAG), wherein,
the LSC is configured to: when it is required to acquire a current user location, transmit a location service request to the GMLC, which carries a user bearer identifier of user;
the GMLC is configured to transmit the received location service request to the BMF; transmit location information returned by the BMF to the LSC, or transmit the location service request to the iPAG according to a redirection response of the BMF and transmit location information returned by the iPAG to the LSC;
the BMF is configured to search for a corresponding iPAG according to the user bearer identifier after receiving the location service request, and return user location information obtained from the iPAG to the LSC through the GMLC or instruct the GMLC to obtain user location information from the iPAG; and
the iPAG is configured to return the user location information to the BMF or the GMLC;
when the BMF is a Policy Dispatch System (PDS), and the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request transmitted by the LSC is an AID or an IP address; and
the PDS is configured to determine a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request and determine the iPAG by acquiring an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then transmit a location service request to the iPAG, which carries any one or more of e following identities: the user bearer identifier, a data connection identity and a user identity; and the PDS is further configured to: after receiving the user location information returned by the iPAG, transmit a location service response to the LSC through the GMLC, which carries current user location information; or
the PDS is configured to determine a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request, acquire an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then transmit a redirection response to the GMLC, which carries the iPAG address; and the GMLC is configured to transmit a location service request to the iPAG according to the iPAG address in the redirection response, which carries the user bearer identifier; or
the PDS is configured to determine a corresponding data connection according to the user bearer identifier carried in the location service request, and acquire an iPAG address from the data connection information, and then transmit a redirection response to the GMLC, which carries the iPAG address and a data connection identity andora user identity; and the GMLC is configured to transmit a location service request to the iPAG according to the iPAG address in the redirection response, which carries any one or more of following identities: the user bearer identifier, a data connection identity and a user identity.
7. The system according to claim 6, wherein,
the system further comprises an Access Control Function (ACF); and
the iPAG is configured to: after receiving the location service request, search whether there is the user location information stored locally, and if yes, return the user location information to the BMF or the GMLC, and if no, acquire current user location information from the ACF and return the current user location information to the BMF or the GMLC.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein,
the iPAG is configured to acquire the current user location information from the ACF by:
the iPAG transmitting a location service request to the ACF through a Transfer Packet Access Gateway (tPAG) or transmits a location service request to the ACF directly, wherein, an identity carried in the location service request is one or more of identities carried in the received location service request; and
the ACF is configured to return the acquired user location information to the iPAG.
9. The system according to claim 8, wherein,
the ACF is further configured to: after detecting a change of the user location, notify the iPAG of information about the changed user location directly through a control interface S3 between the ACF and the iPAG or indirectly through the tPAG.
10. The system according to claim 8, wherein,
the system further comprises a Radio Access Network (RAN), configured to: after detecting a change of the user location, notify the iPAG of information about the changed user location directly through a user plane interface U2 between the RAN and the PAG or notifying the iPAG of information about the changed user location indirectly through the tPAG.