All The Claims

1. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device, the method comprising:
providing a proximal end of an ultrasonic waveguide at an ultrasonic surgical handle body;
removably coupling to the ultrasonic surgical handle body a cordless ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly having a shell containing therein an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit;
mechanically coupling a cordless ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body to place an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer opposite and adjacent the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide; and
rotating the waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to one another to removably fixedly couple the waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit of the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when the ultrasonic transducer is excited by the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
2. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises carrying out the step of removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body and the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body substantially simultaneously.
3. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises carrying out the step of removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body before carrying out the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
4. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body after carrying out the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein carrying out the waveguide rotation step automatically causes, at substantially the same time:
the shell to removably couple with the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
the ultrasonic transducer to mechanically couple rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
6. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing the ultrasonic transducer partially within the ultrasonic surgical handle body to expose a proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer to the environment for rotation by a user.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the waveguide has an ultrasonic end effector and which further comprises indirectly rotating the end effector by rotating the exposed proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer.
8. The method according to claim 6, which further comprises uncoupling the waveguide from the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer by:
grasping the exposed proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer; and
rotating the ultrasonic waveguide with respect to the ultrasonic transducer.
9. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably inserting a battery at a selectively accessible and aseptically sealable battery-holding compartment of the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the battery-holding compartment is disposed one of:
at a grip portion of the handle body;
in a grip portion of the handle body; and
in the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly.
11. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably inserting an entirety of a battery at a selectively accessible and aseptically sealable battery-holding compartment of the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the handle body defines the battery-holding compartment in an interior thereof and a door selectively closes off and seals the battery-holding compartment.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the battery-holding compartment is disposed one of:
at a grip portion of the handle body;
in a grip portion of the handle body; and
in the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly.
14. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises:
replacing at least one of the ultrasonic transducer and the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit from the ultrasonic surgical handle body by coupling at least one of:
a second ultrasonic transducer different from the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
a second shell containing therein a second ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit different from the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
15. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises:
substantially simultaneously removing the ultrasonic transducer and the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-drive-wave-signal generating circuit from the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
replacing the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly by substantially simultaneously coupling, to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, a second ultrasonic transducer different from the ultrasonic transducer and a second shell containing therein a second ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit different from the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
16. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises uncoupling the ultrasonic waveguide from the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer by rotating one of the ultrasonic waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the other.
17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resonant wave is a sine wave.
18. A method for assembling and using an ultrasonic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
providing a cordless ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly with:
a shell;
an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit housed within the shell; and
a cordless ultrasonic transducer having:
an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end; and
a proximal end;
providing a proximal end of an ultrasonic waveguide at an ultrasonic surgical handle body;
providing a handle body with:
an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably couple the shell to the handle body; and
an ultrasonic transducer attachment dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably receive the ultrasonic transducer at the handle body;

mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body at the ultrasonic transducer attachment dock to place the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer opposite and adjacent the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide;
removably coupling the shell of the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body at the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; and
rotating the ultrasonic waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to one another to removably fixedly couple the waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when the ultrasonic transducer is excited by the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the resonant wave is a sine wave.

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 decking member configured for use with a shelving unit comprising:
a plurality of panels, each panel comprising a plurality of slots;
first and second side supports being on opposite sides of each of the plurality of panels, each connected to and extending along the length of one side of separate panels among the plurality of panels, the side supports extending in a direction generally transverse to the panels; and
at least one side support from each of the plurality of panels connected to another side support from an adjacent panel;
wherein each of the plurality of panels and its first and second side supports is roll-formed of a single piece of material.
2. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the at least one side support from each of the plurality of panels connected to another side support from an adjacent panel is welded together.
3. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the connections and the slots make up an open deck of at least 50%.
4. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels comprises four panels.
5. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of hooks.
6. The decking member of claim 5, wherein the hooks are welded to one or more of the panels.
7. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising an open deck of at least about 50%.
8. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising an open deck of about 50%.
9. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the slots are formed by punching a hole and then drawing the hole to form the slot.
10. The decking member of claim 1, wherein a portion of the material circumscribing at least one of the holes is bent to generally extend in the direction of the side supports.
11. A method of making a decking member comprising:
cutting a first piece of material to a desired shape, wherein the first piece of material is flat;
punching out a plurality of slits along a length of the first piece of material, wherein the length is substantially in the center of the first piece of material;
roll-forming the first piece of material to create side supports substantially in an L-shape such that the first piece of material is no longer flat;
drawing the plurality of slits to create a plurality of slots larger than the slits, wherein at least of portion of the material circumscribing the slit is forced downward from a top of the first piece of material;
cutting, punching, roll-forming and drawing a second piece of material in substantially the same manner as the first piece of material; and
connecting a side support of the first piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of connecting a side support of the first piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material comprises welding the side supports together.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising cutting, punching, roll-forming and drawing a third and fourth piece of material in substantially the same manner as the first piece of material and connecting one side support of the third piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material and the other side support of the third piece of material to a side support of the fourth piece of material.
14. A decking member comprising:
a plurality of panels, at least one panel comprising a plurality of slots;
first and second side supports being on opposite ends of the decking member each connected to and extending along the length of one side of separate panels, the side supports being generally perpendicular to the panels; and
at least one center support between and connecting the panels;
wherein the decking member is roll-formed of a single piece of material, the relationship of the plurality of panels, first and second side supports, and at least one center support established by a series of folds in the single piece of material.
15. The decking member of claim 14, wherein
the at least one center support having a region perpendicular to the panels and a triangular base.
16. The decking member of claim 14, further comprising a plurality of hooks wherein the hooks are part of the single piece of material and are attached to the center support at a bottom of the triangular base.
17. The decking member of claim 14, further comprising an open deck of at least about 50%.
18. The decking member of claim 14, wherein the side supports further include a notch extending along the support adjacent the top near the panel.
19. A decking member comprising a plurality of panels, at least one panel comprising a plurality of slots therein; the decking member comprising:
first and second side supports positioned on opposite ends of the decking member and each connected to and extending substantially along the length of one side of separate panels, the side supports being generally perpendicular to the panels; and
at least one center support between and connecting the panels, wherein the center support comprises discrete members associated with adjacent panels and wherein the discrete members are engaged together to form a load bearing beam-like member, the engagement of the center support members resulting in adjacent panels being secured together to function as a unitary decking member.
20. The decking member of claim 19, wherein the at least one center support comprises a region oriented generally perpendicular to the panels and a base.

1. An electronic component comprising a wiring that contacts a glass or a glass ceramics member, wherein the wiring is formed of a binary alloy made of two elements of Cu and Al, and contains not more than 50.0% by weight of Al and a balance of unavoidable impurities.
2. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the wiring contains 1.0 to 15.0% by weight of Al.
3. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the wiring is formed on a substrate by a sputtering method, covered with the glass or the glass ceramics member, and fired.
4. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the wiring further includes glass, is formed on a substrate by a printing method, covered with the glass or the glass ceramics member including the glass, and fired.
5. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein
the wiring is formed in a hole part and a surface of a green sheet made of the glass or the glass ceramics member by a printing method,
the green sheet is stacked and fired, and
the wiring is incorporated into the green sheet thus stacked in three dimensions.
6. The electronic component according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the electronic component is any of a system on film, a tape carrier package, a low temperature co-fired ceramics multilayer wiring board, a plasma display, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and a solar cell.
7. A wiring material in which at least powders of a conductive metal material and glass powders are mixed, wherein the powders of the conductive metal material are made of a binary alloy made of two elements of Cu and Al, and contain not more than 50.0% by weight of Al and a balance of unavoidable impurities.
8. The wiring material according to claim 7, wherein the powders of the conductive metal material contain 1.0 to 15.0% by weight of Al.
9. The wiring material according to claim 7, wherein the powders of the conductive metal material have a form of molded particle powders.
10. The wiring material according to claim 7, wherein the wiring material is formed of 65 to 90% by volume of the powders of the conductive metal material, and 10 to 35% by volume of the glass powders.
11. A paste material for wiring, comprising:
the powders of the conductive metal material and the glass powders according to claim 7;
a binder; and
a solvent.
12. A sputtering target for producing by a sputtering method a wiring material formed of a binary alloy made of two elements of Cu and Al, and containing not more than 50.0% by weight of Al and a balance of unavoidable impurities, wherein the sputtering target has any of a structure in which Cu or Al is embedded in the sputtering target as a single metal, and a structure formed of a binary alloy of Cu and Al.

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 storage device for promoting security in a computer system, the storage device comprising:
a storage medium for storing data;
firmware for reading data from and writing data to the storage medium; and
a partition defined on the storage medium for dividing the storage medium into a data partition and a secure data partition, the secure data partition for storing secure data and one or more authority records, wherein the one or more authority records define access permissions relating to the secure data partition and the secure data;
wherein the secure data partition contains a master authority record, wherein the one or more authority records can be created and deleted as required by a user having access permissions according to the master authority record; and
wherein only the firmware is permitted to access the secure data and the one or more authority records.
2. The storage device of claim 1 wherein the storage device is in communication with a computer system having an operating system.
3. The storage device of claim 2, wherein secure data stored in the secure data partition is invisible to the operating system.
4. The storage device of claim 1 wherein each of the one or more authority records contains one public-private key pair for authenticating data that originates from the security partition.
5. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the storage device further comprises:
cryptographic operations embedded in the firmware of the storage device.
6. The storage device of claim 5, wherein cryptographic code is authenticated with a root assurance in the firmware of the device, wherein the firmware is non-writable.
7. A method for promoting security in a computer system having an operating system in operative connection with a storage device, wherein said storage device includes a processor and firmware for processing data stored on the storage device, the method comprising:
partitioning a storage medium of the storage device into a data partition and a secure data partition, the data partition being accessible to a user and the secure data partition being invisible to the user, the secure data partition for storing secure data and one or more authority records, wherein the secure data is encrypted and a cryptographic code is embedded in the firmware;
restricting access to the secure data partition such that only the firmware may access the secure data and the one or more authority records; and
authenticating the cryptographic code with a root assurance in the storage device.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
prohibiting access to the secure data partition by the operating system of the computer system.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein a portion of the firmware is non-writable.
10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
writing data to the secure data partition by executing of a portion of the firmware of the storage device; and
associating the data with a particular record of the one or more authority records.
11. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the secure data is accessed by the firmware using a security partition open call internal to the storage device and hidden from a user.
12. A storage device comprising: a storage medium having a security partition containing one or more authority records and at least one data set associated with each of the one or more authority records; and
a mechanism within the storage device adapted to limit access to the security partition based on the one or more authority records, wherein the mechanism comprises a processor disposed within the storage device adapted to limit access to the security partition by an operating system of a computer system, and firmware disposed within the storage device adapted to limit access to the security partition by an operating system of a computer system.
13. The storage device of claim 12 wherein the one or more authority records comprises a master authority record including instructions for governing the one or more authority records in said storage device.
14. The storage device of claim 12 wherein each of the one or more authority records comprises a plurality of fields, wherein a first field of the plurality of fields contains access rights governing access to the at least one data set.