All The Claims

1. A polymer polyol comprising:
a castor oil-based polyol derived from polymerization by esterification of castor oil and a fatty acid comprising at least one hydroxyl group, the castor oil-based polyol having a molecular weight greater than 900 Da and a hydroxyl value below 130 mg KOHg; and
a hydrocarbon polyol selected from a compound having a two carbon to six carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups or a polymer consisting of from 1 to 100 monomeric units and at least two hydroxyl groups, where the monomeric unit is a two carbon to six carbon straight or branched chain hydrocarbon.
2. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a molecular weight selected from the group consisting of 900 to about 4000 Da, about 1300 to about 3500 Da, about 1700 to about 3000 Da, and about 2600 to about 3000 Da.
3. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the hydroxyl value of the castor oil-based polyol is selected from the group consisting of about 25 to about 125 mg KOHg, about 30 to about 110 mg KOHg, about 40 to about 100 mg KOHg, about 50 to about 90 mg KOHg, about 50 to about 80 mg KOHg, about 60 to about 80 mg KOHg, about 52 mg KOHg, about 78 mg KOHg, and about 109 mg KOHg.
4. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a four carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups.
5. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a polybutadiene-based polyol.
6. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a viscosity of equal to or greater than about 400 cP at 25\xb0 C.
7. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the castor oil-based polyol and the hydrocarbon polyol have relative concentrations selected from the group consisting of about 1% castor oil-based polyol to about 99% hydrocarbon polyol, about 5% castor oil-based polyol to about 95% hydrocarbon polyol, about 10% castor oil-based polyol to about 90% hydrocarbon polyol, about 15% castor oil-based polyol to about 85% hydrocarbon polyol, about 20% castor oil-based polyol to about 80% hydrocarbon polyol, about 25% castor oil-based polyol to about 75% hydrocarbon polyol, about 30% castor oil-based polyol to about 70% hydrocarbon polyol, about 40% castor oil-based polyol to about 60% hydrocarbon polyol, about 50% castor oil-based polyol to about 50% hydrocarbon polyol, about 60% castor oil-based polyol to about 40% hydrocarbon polyol, about 70% castor oil-based polyol to about 30% hydrocarbon polyol, about 80% castor oil-based polyol to about 20% hydrocarbon polyol, about 90% castor oil-based polyol to about 10% hydrocarbon polyol, about 95% castor oil-based polyol to about 5% hydrocarbon polyol, and about 99% castor oil-based polyol to about 1% hydrocarbon polyol.
8. A method of producing the polymer polyol of claim 1, the method comprising the steps of:
heating a mixture comprising a castor oil, a fatty acid, and an esterification catalyst;
reacting the mixture to produce a castor oil-based polyol having a molecular weight greater than 900 Da and a hydroxyl value below 130; and
combining the castor oil-based polyol with a hydrocarbon polyol selected from a compound having a two carbon to six carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups or a polymer consisting of from 1 to 100 monomeric units and at least two hydroxyl groups, where the monomeric unit is a two carbon to six carbon straight or branched chain hydrocarbon to produce a polymer polyol.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of heating the mixture is conducted at about 180\xb0 C. or above.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the fatty acid has at least one hydroxyl group.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a molecular weight selected from the group consisting of above 900 to about 4000 Da, about 1300 to about 3500 Da, about 1700 to about 3000, and about 2600 to about 3000.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the hydroxyl value of the castor oil-based polyol is selected from the group consisting of about 25 to about 125, about 30 to about 110, about 40 to about 100, about 50 to about 90, about 50 to about 80, about 60 to about 80, about 52, about 78, and about 109 mg KOHg.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a four carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a polybutadiene-based polyol.
15. The method of claim 8, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a viscosity of equal to or greater than about 400 cP at 25\xb0 C.
16. The method of claim 8, wherein the castor oil-based polyol and the hydrocarbon polyol have relative concentrations selected from the group consisting of about 1% castor oil-based polyol to about 99% hydrocarbon polyol, about 5% castor oil-based polyol to about 95% hydrocarbon polyol, about 10% castor oil-based polyol to about 90% hydrocarbon polyol, about 15% castor oil-based polyol to about 85% hydrocarbon polyol, about 20% castor oil-based polyol to about 80% hydrocarbon polyol, about 25% castor oil-based polyol to about 75% hydrocarbon polyol, about 30% castor oil-based polyol to about 70% hydrocarbon polyol, about 40% castor oil-based polyol to about 60% hydrocarbon polyol, about 50% castor oil-based polyol to about 50% hydrocarbon polyol, about 60% castor oil-based polyol to about 40% hydrocarbon polyol, about 70% castor oil-based polyol to about 30% hydrocarbon polyol, about 80% castor oil-based polyol to about 20% hydrocarbon polyol, about 90% castor oil-based polyol to about 10% hydrocarbon polyol, about 95% castor oil-based polyol to about 5% hydrocarbon polyol, and about 99% castor oil-based polyol to about 1% hydrocarbon polyol.
17. A polyurethane comprising the reaction product of:
an isocyanate; and
the polymer polyol of claim 1.
18. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the polyurethane is capable of maintaining at least about 70% of an initial hardness when exposed to at least about 100\xb0 C. and at least about 95% relative humidity for at least 28 days.
19. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the polyurethane is capable of maintaining at least about 40% of an initial hardness when exposed to at least about 100\xb0 C. and at least about 95% relative humidity for at least 28 days.
20. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the polyurethane has a hardness level less than or equal to about 50 Shore A.
21. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the tensile strength of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of about 90 to about 300 psi, about 100 to about 250 psi, about 110 to about 220 psi, about 117 to about 211 psi, and about 153 to about 181 psi.
22. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the elongation property of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of between about 55 to about 90%, about 60 to about 89%, about 67% to about 83%, and about 67 to about 77%.
23. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the modulus of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of about 200 to about 370 psi, about 210 to about 358 psi, about 250 to about 340 psi, and about 290 to about 310 psi.
24. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), modified MDI, polymeric MDI, toluene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, methylene bis(cyclohexyl isocyanate) and isophorone diisocyanate.
25. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a molecular weight selected from the group consisting of above 900 to about 4000 Da, about 1300 to about 3500 Da, about 1700 to about 3000, and about 2600 to about 3000 Da.
26. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the hydroxyl value of the castor oil-based polyol is selected from the group consisting of about 25 to about 125, about 30 to about 110, about 40 to about 100, about 50 to about 90, about 50 to about 80, about 60 to about 80, about 52, about 78, and about 109 mg KOHg.
27. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a four carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups.
28. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a polybutadiene-based polyol.
29. The polyurethane of claim 17, wherein the castor oil-based polyol and the hydrocarbon polyol have relative concentrations selected from the group consisting of about 1% castor oil-based polyol to about 99% hydrocarbon polyol, about 5% castor oil-based polyol to about 95% hydrocarbon polyol, about 10% castor oil-based polyol to about 90% hydrocarbon polyol, about 15% castor oil-based polyol to about 85% hydrocarbon polyol, about 20% castor oil-based polyol to about 80% hydrocarbon polyol, about 25% castor oil-based polyol to about 75% hydrocarbon polyol, about 30% castor oil-based polyol to about 70% hydrocarbon polyol, about 40% castor oil-based polyol to about 60% hydrocarbon polyol, about 50% castor oil-based polyol to about 50% hydrocarbon polyol, about 60% castor oil-based polyol to about 40% hydrocarbon polyol, about 70% castor oil-based polyol to about 30% hydrocarbon polyol, about 80% castor oil-based polyol to about 20% hydrocarbon polyol, about 90% castor oil-based polyol to about 10% hydrocarbon polyol, about 95% castor oil-based polyol to about 5% hydrocarbon polyol, and about 99% castor oil-based polyol to about 1% hydrocarbon polyol.
30. A method of producing a polyurethane, the method comprising the steps of:
forming the polymer polyol of claim 1; and
curing the polymer polyol with isocyanate to produce a polyurethane.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the polyurethane is capable of maintaining at least about 70% of an initial hardness when exposed to at least about 100\xb0 C. and at least about 95% relative humidity for at least 28 days.
32. The method of claim 30, wherein the polyurethane is capable of maintaining at least about 40% of an initial hardness when exposed to at least about 100\xb0 C. and at least about 95% relative humidity for at least 28 days.
33. The method of claim 30, wherein the polyurethane has a hardness level less than or equal to about 50 Shore A.
34. The method of claim 30, wherein the tensile strength of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of about 90 to about 300 psi, about 100 to about 250 psi, about 110 to about 220 psi, about 117 to about 211 psi, and about 153 to about 181 psi.
35. The method of claim 30, wherein the elongation property of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of between about 55 to about 90%, about 60 to about 89%, about 67% to about 83%, and about 67 to about 77%.
36. The method of claim 30, wherein the modulus of the polyurethane is selected from the group consisting of about 200 to about 370 psi, about 210 to about 358 psi, about 250 to about 340 psi, and about 290 to about 310 psi.
37. The method of claim 30, wherein the isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), modified MDI, polymeric MDI, toluene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, methylene bis(cyclohexyl isocyanate) and isophorone diisocyanate.
38. The method of claim 30, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a molecular weight selected from the group consisting of above 900 to about 4000 Da, about 1300 to about 3500 Da, about 1700 to about 3000, and about 2600 to about 3000 Da.
39. The method of claim 30, wherein the hydroxyl value of the castor oil-based polyol is selected from the group consisting of about 25 to about 125, about 30 to about 110, about 40 to about 100, about 50 to about 90, about 50 to about 80, about 60 to about 80, about 52, about 78, and about 109 mg KOHg.
40. The method of claim 30, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a four carbon straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with at least two hydroxyl groups.
41. The method of claim 30, wherein the hydrocarbon polyol is a polybutadiene-based polyol.
42. The method of claim 30, wherein the castor oil-based polyol and the hydrocarbon polyol have relative concentrations selected from the group consisting of about 1% castor oil-based polyol to about 99% hydrocarbon polyol, about 5% castor oil-based polyol to about 95% hydrocarbon polyol, about 10% castor oil-based polyol to about 90% hydrocarbon polyol, about 15% castor oil-based polyol to about 85% hydrocarbon polyol, about 20% castor oil-based polyol to about 80% hydrocarbon polyol, about 25% castor oil-based polyol to about 75% hydrocarbon polyol, about 30% castor oil-based polyol to about 70% hydrocarbon polyol, about 40% castor oil-based polyol to about 60% hydrocarbon polyol, about 50% castor oil-based polyol to about 50% hydrocarbon polyol, about 60% castor oil-based polyol to about 40% hydrocarbon polyol, about 70% castor oil-based polyol to about 30% hydrocarbon polyol, about 80% castor oil-based polyol to about 20% hydrocarbon polyol, about 90% castor oil-based polyol to about 10% hydrocarbon polyol, about 95% castor oil-based polyol to about 5% hydrocarbon polyol, and about 99% castor oil-based polyol to about 1% hydrocarbon polyol.
43. The polymer polyol of claim 1, wherein the castor oil-based polyol has a molecular weight of about 1300 to about 3500 Da and a hydroxyl value of about 25 to about 125 mg KOHg.

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. Apparatus for detecting whether wire leads were properly terminated to tang terminals of dynamo-electric machine components, comprising:
a wire gripper configured to (a) hold an excess portion of a first wire lead that extends from a first tang terminal of a dynamo-electric machine component to a first side of the wire gripper and (b) move away from the first tang terminal to tear the excess portion of the first wire lead; and
a detecting unit configured to detect whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the first wire lead was torn.
2. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein the detecting unit comprises a single sensor and wherein the detecting unit is configured to move the single sensor to scan a predetermined area about the first side of the wire gripper in order to detect whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper.
3. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein the detecting unit comprises a single sensor selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor.
4. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein the first wire lead is an initial wire lead, wherein the wire gripper is further configured to (a) hold an excess portion of a final wire lead that extends from a second tang terminal of the dynamo-electric machine component to a second side of the wire gripper and (b) move away from the second tang terminal to tear the excess portion of the final wire lead, and wherein the detecting unit is further configured to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the final wire lead was torn.
5. The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein the detecting unit comprises a first sensor and a second sensor, wherein the first sensor detects whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the initial wire lead was torn and wherein the second sensor detects whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the final wire lead was torn.
6. The apparatus defined in claim 5 wherein the first and second sensors are stationary with respect to the wire gripper, wherein the first sensor is positioned to detect within a first area where the initial wire lead is expected to be after a successful wire termination of the initial wire lead, and wherein the second sensor is positioned to detect within a second area where the final wire lead is expected to be after a successful wire termination of the final wire lead.
7. The apparatus defined in claim 5 wherein the detecting unit moves the first and second sensors to scan respective predetermined areas about the first and second sides of the wire gripper in order to detect whether the excess portions of the initial and final wire leads are extending from the respective first and second sides of the wire gripper.
8. The apparatus defined in claim 5 wherein the first and second sensors are selected from the group consisting of beam sensors, vision sensors, and tactile sensors.
9. The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein the detecting unit comprises a single sensor, wherein the single sensor is moved to a first position to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper, and wherein the single sensor is moved to a second position to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
10. The apparatus defined in claim 9 wherein the single sensor is selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor.
11. The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein the detecting unit comprises a single sensor, wherein the single sensor is moved to scan a first area about the first side of the wire gripper to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper, and wherein the single sensor is moved to scan a second area about the second side of the wire gripper to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
12. The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein the single sensor is selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor.
13. The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein the first and second tang terminals are the same tang terminal.
14. A method for detecting whether wire leads were properly terminated to tang terminals of dynamo-electric machine components, comprising:
tearing an excess portion of a first wire lead by stretching the excess portion of the first wire lead between a first side of a wire gripper and a first tang terminal; and
detecting whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the first wire lead was torn.
15. The method defined in claim 14 wherein a single sensor is used to detect whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending form the first side of the wire gripper, the method further comprising moving the single sensor to scan a predetermined area about the first side of the wire gripper in order to detect whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper.
16. The method defined in claim 14 wherein a single sensor selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor is used to detect whether the excess portion of the first wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper.
17. The method defined in claim 14 wherein the first wire lead is an initial wire lead, the method further comprising:
tearing an excess portion of a final wire lead by stretching the excess portion of the final wire lead between a second side of the wire gripper and a second tang terminal; and
detecting whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper after the excess portion of the second wire lead was torn.
18. The method defined in claim 17 wherein a first sensor is used to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper and wherein a second sensor is used to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
19. The method defined in claim 18 wherein the first and second sensors are stationary with respect to the wire gripper, wherein the first sensor is positioned to detect within a first area where the initial wire lead is expected to be after a successful wire termination of the initial wire lead, and wherein the second sensor is positioned to detect within a second area where the final wire lead is expected to be after a successful wire termination of the final wire lead.
20. The method defined in claim 18 further comprising:
moving the first sensor to scan a first predetermined area about the first side of the wire gripper in order to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper; and
moving the second sensor to scan a second predetermined area about the second side of the wire gripper in order to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
21. The method defined in claim 18 wherein the first and second sensors are selected from the group consisting of beam sensors, vision sensors, and tactile sensors.
22. The method defined in claim 17 further comprising:
moving a single sensor to a first position to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper; and
moving the single sensor to a second position to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
23. The method defined in claim 22 wherein the single sensor is selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor.
24. The method defined in claim 17 further comprising:
moving a single sensor to scan a first area about the first side of the wire gripper to detect whether the excess portion of the initial wire lead is extending from the first side of the wire gripper; and
moving the single sensor to scan a second area about the second side of the wire gripper to detect whether the excess portion of the final wire lead is extending from the second side of the wire gripper.
25. The method defined in claim 24 wherein the single sensor is selected from the group consisting of a beam sensor, a vision sensor, and a tactile sensor.
26. The method defined in claim 17 wherein the first and second tang terminals are the same tang terminal.
27. Apparatus for terminating thin wire leads to tang terminals of dynamo-electric machine components, comprising:
a wire gripper configured to hold an excess portion of a thin wire lead that extends from a tang terminal, wherein the thin wire lead is attached to the tang terminal; and
a plunger device configured to (a) contact the excess portion of the thin wire lead at a location between the wire gripper and the tang terminal and (b) move the excess portion of the thin wire lead to tear the excess portion of the thin wire lead at the tang terminal.
28. The apparatus defined in claim 27 wherein the excess portion undergoes tension when the plunger device moves the excess portion.
29. The apparatus defined in claim 27 wherein the plunger device comprises a plunger head configured to capture the excess portion of the thin wire lead.
30. The apparatus defined in claim 29 wherein the plunger device further comprises an air cylinder, wherein a portion of the plunger head (a) is positioned within the air cylinder and (b) is configured to operate as a piston, and wherein by applying pressurized gas within the air cylinder, the plunger head can be extended and retracted within the air cylinder in directions substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the air cylinder.
31. The apparatus defined in claim 27 wherein the plunger device is adjustable to contact the excess portion of the thin wire lead at a desired location.
32. The apparatus defined in claim 27 wherein the plunger device is configured to move the excess portion of the thin wire lead in a desired direction.
33. The apparatus defined in claim 27 wherein when the excess portion of the thin wire lead is moved by the plunger device, the portion of the excess portion of the thin wire lead that interacts with the tang terminal is torn by moving along an edge of the tang terminal.
34. The apparatus defined in claim 33 wherein the portion of the excess portion that interacts with the tang terminal is torn by moving along an edge of the tang terminal towards the bottom portion of the tang terminal.
35. The apparatus defined in claim 33 wherein the portion of the excess portion that interacts with the tang terminal is torn at a bottom edge of the tang terminal.
36. A method for terminating thin wire leads to tang terminals of dynamo-electric machine components, comprising:
gripping an excess portion of a thin wire lead that extends from a tang terminal, wherein the thin wire lead is attached to the tang terminal; and
moving the excess portion of the thin wire lead at a location between the wire gripper and the tang terminal to tear the excess portion of the thin wire lead at the tang terminal.
37. The method defined in claim 36 wherein the excess portion undergoes tension when the excess portion is moved.
38. The method defined in claim 36 wherein the excess portion of the thin wire lead is moved with a plunger device.
39. The method defined in claim 36 further comprising applying pressurized air to an air cylinder to move a plunger head, wherein the plunger head contacts and moves the excess portion of the thin wire lead at the location between the wire gripper and the tang terminal to tear the excess portion of the thin wire lead at the tang terminal.
40. The method defined in claim 36 further comprising adjusting the plunger device to contact the excess portion of the thin wire lead at a desired location.
41. The method defined in claim 36 further comprising moving the excess portion of the thin wire lead in a desired direction.
42. The method defined in claim 36 wherein moving the excess portion of the thin wire lead at the location between the wire gripper and the tang terminal causes a portion of the excess portion of the thin wire lead that interacts with the tang terminal to tear by moving along an edge of the tang terminal.
43. The method defined in claim 42 wherein the portion of the excess portion moves along the edge of the tang terminal towards the bottom portion of the tang terminal.
44. The method defined in claim 42 wherein the portion of the excess portion that interacts with the tang terminal is torn at a bottom edge of the tang terminal.

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15. A transmission device (1) with power branching, the transmission device (1) comprising:
a first power branch (3) and a second power branch (5),
with a transmission arrangement (9) in a form of a planetary gear system for summing parts of applied torque that are transmittable by way of the first and the second power branches (3, 5),
a hydrostatic device (4) having a first hydraulic unit (10) and a second hydraulic unit (11), the first hydraulic unit (10) being connected to a second hydrostatic shaft (29) and the second hydraulic unit (11) being connected to a first hydrostatic shaft (28) such that, in each case, first, second and third driving ranges, for forward and reverse driving, are provided which can be shifted, respectively, between by at least one shifting element (K1 to K3) that has to be disengaged and at least one shifting element (K1 to K3) that has to be engaged, and each of the shifting elements (K1 to K3) being arranged on a separate countershaft (14, 15 16),
the planetary gear system comprising a first and a second sun gear (21, 22) which engage with common double planetary gearwheels (23), a ring gear (25) and a planetary carrier (24) such that the second sun gear (22) being connected to the second hydrostatic shaft (29) and the ring gear (25) being connected, by way of a fixed wheel (26) and a further fixed wheel (27), to the first hydrostatic shaft (28),
in the first and the third driving ranges, the power of the first and the second power branches (3, 5) being summed by the first hydrostatic shaft (28) connected to the second hydraulic unit (11) and the further fixed wheel and an other fixed wheel (27, 36) being arranged on the first hydrostatic shaft (28) such that a shifting element half of a first shifting element (K1), by which the first driving range is obtained in the engaged operating condition of the first shifting element (K1), being functionally connected by way of a gearwheel (33; 43) of the countershaft (14) to the transmission output shaft (8) and another shifting element half, of the first shifting element (K1), being functionally connected by way of a further gearwheel (35) of the countershaft (14) to the first hydrostatic shaft (28) connected to the hydrostatic device (4), and
such that either an inner disk carrier or an outer disk carrier of the first shifting element (K1) being connected to the countershaft (14) and either the outer disk carrier or the inner disk carrier being connected to a gearwheel (35 or 33) which is coupled by the first shifting element (K1) to the associated countershaft (14),
and such that the gearwheel (35 or 33) that is connectable, in a rotationally fixed manner, by the first shifting element (K1) to the associated countershaft (14) being functionally connected to the transmission output shaft (8) and the fixed wheel (33 or 35 or 43) of the countershaft (14) meshing with a fixed wheel (36) of the first hydrostatic shaft (28) associated with the hydrostatic device (4).
16. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein for the power branching and for summing the parts of the applied torque, which can be transmitted by the power branches, the transmission arrangement (9) in the form of a planetary gear system is provided, which comprises two sun gears (21, 22) that engage with common double planetary gearwheels (23) which, in turn, mesh with the ring gear (25).
17. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein the gearwheel (35 or 33) which is connectable, in a rotationally fixed manner, by the first shifting element (K1) to the associated countershaft (14) meshes with a fixed wheel (36) of the first hydrostatic shaft (28) associated with the hydrostatic device (4), and a fixed wheel (33 or 35 or 43) of the countershaft (14) is functionally connected to the transmission output shaft (8).
18. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein a loose wheel (31) which is connectable in a rotationally fixed manner to the associated countershaft (15) by a second shifting element (K2), by which the second driving range can be obtained when the second shifting element (K2) is in an engaged operating condition, meshes with a fixed wheel (30) connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the first sun gear (21) of the transmission arrangement (9), and a fixed wheel (32) of the countershaft (15) is functionally connected to one of the gearwheels (33) of the countershaft (14) associated with the first shifting element (K1).
19. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein a further shifting element (K3), arranged on an additional countershaft (16), is provided for obtaining the third driving range.
20. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein a loose wheel (37) that is connectable in a rotationally fixed manner to the associated countershaft (16) by the third shifting element (K3), by which the third driving range can be obtained when the third shifting element (K3) is in an engaged operating condition, meshes with a further fixed wheel (27; 42) of the first hydrostatic shaft (28) associated with the hydrostatic device (4), and a fixed wheel (38) of the countershaft (16) is functionally connected to the transmission output shaft (18).
21. The transmission device according to claim 15, wherein a fixed wheel (39) of a transmission input shaft (7) can be connected, via a fixed wheel (40) of a further countershaft (13), to a hydraulic pump of a first working hydraulic system, and, via a fixed wheel (41) of an additional countershaft (12), to a hydraulic pump of a second working hydraulic system.
22. The transmission device according to claim 21, wherein the transmission input shaft (7) can be brought into functional connection with a planetary carrier (24) of the planetary gear system (9) by driving direction shifting elements (KR, KV).
23. The transmission device according to claim 22, wherein the fixed wheels (39, 40, 41) are arranged between the driving direction shifting elements (KR, KV) and the transmission input shaft (7).
24. The transmission device according to claim 23, wherein the driving direction shifting elements (KR, KV) are arranged between the fixed wheels (39, 40, 41) and the transmission input shaft (7).
25. A transmission device (1) with power branching, the transmission device comprising:
first and second power branches (3, 5) and a planetary gear system (9) for summing applied torques that are transmitted by the first and the second power branches (3, 5);
a hydrostatic device (4) having first and second hydraulic units (10, 11), the first hydraulic unit (10) coupling a first hydrostatic shaft (29) and the second hydraulic unit (11) coupling a second hydrostatic shaft (28) such that, in each of the first and the second power branches (3, 5), first, second and third driving ranges, in forward and reverse drive, can be implemented and shifted between by disengagement of at least one of a plurality of shifting element (K1, K2, K3) and engagement of at least one of the plurality of shifting element (K1, K2, K3), and each of the plurality of shifting elements (K1, K2, K3) being supported on a respective one of first, second and third counter shaft (14, 15 16);
the planetary gear system (9) comprises first and second sun gears (21, 22) engaging with common double planetary gear wheels (23), a ring gear (25) and a planetary carrier (24), the second sun gear (22) being fixedly coupled to the first hydrostatic shaft (29) and the ring gear (25) being directly connected to a first fixed wheel (26) which engages a second fixed wheel (27) that is fixedly coupled to the second hydrostatic shaft (28);
in the first and the third driving ranges, the applied torques of the first and the second power branches (3, 5) being summed by the second hydrostatic shaft (28) connected to the second hydraulic unit (11);
the second fixed wheel (27) and a third fixed wheels (36) being fixedly coupled to the second hydrostatic shaft (28) such that one half of a first of the plurality of shifting elements (K1) being functionally connected, via a gear wheel (33; 43) of the first counter shaft (14), to a transmission output shaft (8), by which the first driving range is implemented in an engaged operating condition of the first shifting element (K1), and another half of the first shifting element (K1) being functionally connected, via another gear wheel (35) of the first counter shaft (14), to the second hydrostatic shaft (28) connected to the hydrostatic device (4);
one of either an inner or an outer disk carrier of the first shifting element (K1) being connected to the first counter shaft (14) and the other of the outer or the inner disk carrier of the first shifting element (K1) being connected to the gear wheel (35 or 33) which is couplable, via the first shifting element (K1), to the first counter shaft (14) such that the gear wheel (35 or 33) that is couplable, via the first shifting element (K1), to the first counter shaft (14) being functionally connected to the transmission output shaft (8), and the gear wheel (33 or 35 or 43) of the first counter shaft (14) meshing with a fixed wheel (36) of the second hydrostatic shaft (28) that is associated with the hydrostatic device (4).

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 testing non-volatile memory devices that have at least one parallel communication interface, and have a conventional matrix of non-volatile memory cells with respective reading, changing and erasing circuits, wherein during the testing procedure, a reading mode is entered for reading a memory location upon the rise edge of a control signal producing a corresponding ATD signal; wherein a subsequent reading operation is started upon the fall edge of said control signal.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a second ATD signal is generated concurrently with the start of said subsequent reading operation.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein two memory locations are read at each cycle of said control signal.
4. A method according to claim 2, wherein said second ADT signal enables a full reading cycle.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the duration of said full reading cycle is less than 100 ns.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said subsequent reading occurs after only the columns in the internal addresses are stored.
7. An electronic memory device, being monolithically integrated on a semiconductor and having at least one parallel interface and a matrix of non-volatile memory cells with respective row and column decoding circuits and circuits for reading, changing and erasing the contents of the memory cells, the memory device comprising a first generator block for generating impulsive row and column address signals, said first generator block receiving a control signal, and comprises a second generator block for generating an ATD signal, said second generator block receiving in turn said control signal and being operatively linked to both the rise and the fall edge of said control signal.
8. A device according to claim 7, further comprising an address storage block being input an address bus and impulsive signals from said first generator block in order to temporarily store only the column addresses upon the rise edge of said control signal being received.
9. A device according to claim 7, wherein it is a flash memory.
10. A method, comprising:
accessing a first location of a memory in response to a first transition of a control signal;
generating a first address-transition-detection pulse in response to a second transition of the control signal, the second transition being opposite to the first transition; and
accessing a second location of the memory in response to the address-transition-detection pulse.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein:
the first transition comprises a falling edge of the control signal; and
the second transition comprises a rising edge of the control signal.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein:
the first transition comprises a rising edge of the control signal; and
the second transition comprises a falling edge of the control signal.
13. A method, comprising:
accessing a first location of a memory in response to a first transition of a control signal;
accessing a second location of the memory in response to a second transition of the control signal, the second transition being opposite to the first transition;
wherein accessing the first location comprises,
storing a column address in response to the first transition of the control signal, and
providing to the memory a location address that includes the column address and a first row address stored before the first transition of the control signal; and

wherein accessing the second location comprises,
storing a second row address in response to the second transition of the control signal, and
providing to the memory a location address that includes the column address and the second row address.
14. A method, comprising:
accessing a first location of a memory in response to a first transition of a control signal;
accessing a second location of the memory in response to a second transition of the control signal, the second transition being opposite to the first transition;
wherein accessing the first location comprises,
storing a row address in response to the first transition of the control signal, and
providing to the memory a location address that includes the row address and a first column address stored before the first transition of the control signal; and

wherein accessing the second location comprises,
storing a second column address in response to the second transition of the control signal, and
providing to the memory a location address that includes the row address and the second column address.
15. The method of claim 10 wherein:
accessing the first location comprises writing data to the first location; and
accessing the second location comprises writing data to the second location.
16. The method of claim 10 wherein:
accessing the first location comprises reading data from the first location; and
accessing the second location comprises data from the second location.
17. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a nonvolatile memory having multiple locations;
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-type edges and opposite second-type edges; and
a memory-access circuit coupled to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and
access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal.
18. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a memory having multiple locations;
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-edged and opposite second-type edges;
a memory-access circuit couple to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and

access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal; and
wherein the memory-access circuit comprises an address-transition-detect generator that is operable to,
access the first location of the memory by generating a first address-transition-detect pulse in response to the first-type edge of the control signal, and
access the second location of the memory by generating a second address-transition-detect pulse in response to the second-type edge of the control signal.
19. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a memory having multiple locations;
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-type edges and opposite second-type edges;
a memory-access circuit coupled to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and

access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal;
address nodes; and
wherein the memory access circuit is coupled to the address nodes and comprises an address latch that is operable to,
in response to the first-type edge of the control signal, latch from the address nodes a column address of the first and second locations and provide to the memory the column address and a previously latched row address of the first location, and
in response to the second-type edge of the control signal, latch from the address nodes a row address of the second location and provide to the memory the column address and the row address of the second location.
20. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a memory having multiple locations;
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-type edges and opposite second-type edges;
a memory-access circuit coupled to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and

access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal;
address nodes; and
wherein the memory access circuit is coupled to the address nodes and comprises an address latch that is operable to,
in response to the first-type edge of the control signal, latch from the address nodes a row address of the first and second locations and provide to the memory the row address and a previously latched column address of the first location, and
in response to the second-type edge of the control signal, latch from the address nodes a column address of the second location and provide to the memory the row address and the column address of the second location.
21. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a memory having multiple locations;
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-type edges and opposite second-type edges;
a memory-access circuit coupled to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and

access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal; and
wherein the memory-access circuit is further operable to,
access the first and second locations of the memory in response to the first-type and second-type edges of the control signal during a test mode of operation; and
access the first and second locations of the memory in response to only the first-type edges of the control signal during a normal mode of operation.
22. An electronic system, comprising:
an integrated circuit having,
a nonvolatile memory having multiple locations,
a control node operable to receive a control signal having first-type edges and opposite second-type edges, and
a memory-access circuit coupled to the memory and to the control node and operable to,
access a first location of the memory in response to a first-type edge of the control signal, and
access a second location of the memory in response to a second-type edge of the control signal.
23. A method for testing a memory, comprising:
recognizing a fall in a clock control signal and at that time in the cycle,
reading a column address,
generating a column pulse signal,
generating a first memory address with column decoding information,
generating a first address transition detection signal,
generating a first read control signal,
generating a first sense-amplifier latch signal,
reading a first memory address, and
outputting a first data on a parallel interface, and subsequently recognizing a rise in a clock control signal and at that time in the cycle,
reading a row address,
generating a row pulse signal,
generating a second memory address with row decoding information based on the row address and column decoding information left unchanged,
generating a second address transition detection signal,
generating a second read control signal,
generating a second sense-amplifier latch signal,
reading a second memory address, and
outputting a second data on a parallel interface.
24. The method of claim 10 wherein accessing the first location of the memory comprises:
generating a second address-transition-detection pulse in response to the first transition of the control signal; and
accessing the first location of the memory in response to the second address-transition-detection pulse.
25. A method, comprising:
accessing a first location of a nonvolatile memory in response to a first transition of a control signal; and
accessing a second location of the nonvolatile memory in response to a second transition of the control signal, the second transition being opposite to the first transition.