All The Claims

1. A sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product, the sheet product dispenser comprising:
a housing defining an interior space configured to receive the roll of sheet product therein, the housing comprising:
a nozzle configured to allow the sheet product to be dispensed therethrough and out of the interior space of the housing, the nozzle comprising:
a first orifice disposed at or near an outer end of the nozzle and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the first orifice having a first cross-sectional area;
a second orifice disposed at or near an inner end of the nozzle and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the second orifice having a second cross-sectional area; and
a cavity disposed between the first orifice and the second orifice and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the cavity having a third cross-sectional area;
wherein the third cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area and greater than the second cross sectional area.
2. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the second cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area.
3. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first orifice, the second orifice, and the cavity are coaxial with a central axis of the nozzle.
4. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape, wherein the second orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape, and wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape.
5. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape and a diameter of between 6 millimeters and 8 millimeters.
6. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first orifice and the second orifice have different cross-sectional shapes.
7. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first orifice has a cylindrical shape, wherein the second orifice has a cylindrical shape, and wherein the cavity has a cylindrical shape.
8. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the second orifice has a tapered shape.
9. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the cavity has a tapered shape.
10. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the second orifice comprises a plurality of barbs extending inward toward a central axis of the nozzle.
11. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cover and a nozzle cap attached to the cover.
12. The sheet product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the first orifice is defined in the nozzle cap, and wherein the second orifice and the cavity are defined in the cover.
13. The sheet product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the first orifice and the cavity are defined in the nozzle cap, and wherein the second orifice is defined in the cover.
14. The sheet product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the first orifice, the second orifice, and the cavity are defined in the nozzle cap.
15. The sheet product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the nozzle cap is removably attached to the cover.
16. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cover, and wherein first orifice, the second orifice, and the cavity are defined in the cover.
17. The sheet product dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a roll of sheet product disposed within the interior space of the housing.
18. The sheet product dispenser of claim 17, wherein the sheet product comprises bath tissue.
19. The sheet product dispenser of claim 17, wherein the sheet product comprises a plurality of lines of perforations defining a plurality of sheets.
20. The sheet product dispenser of claim 19, wherein each sheet has a rectangular shape having a transverse width and a longitudinal length, wherein the transverse width is between 125 millimeters and 180 millimeters, and wherein a ratio of the transverse width to the longitudinal length is between 0.45 and 1.
21. The sheet product dispenser of claim 19, wherein the first orifice is configured to provide a first resistance to dispensing of the sheet product through the nozzle, and wherein the first resistance is sufficient to tear a leading line of perforations of the sheet product while leaving a predetermined length of a tail of the sheet product extending from the nozzle.
22. The sheet product dispenser of claim 19, wherein the first orifice is configured to provide a first resistance to dispensing of the sheet product through the nozzle, wherein the second orifice is configured to provide a second resistance to dispensing of the sheet product through the nozzle, and wherein a sum of the first resistance and the second resistance is sufficient to tear a leading line of perforations of the sheet product while leaving a predetermined length of a tail of the sheet product extending from the nozzle.
23. A nozzle for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product, the nozzle comprising:
a first orifice disposed at or near an outer end of the nozzle and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the first orifice having a first cross-sectional area;
a second orifice disposed at or near an inner end of the nozzle and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the second orifice having a second cross-sectional area; and
a cavity disposed between the first orifice and the second orifice and configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough, the cavity having a third cross-sectional area;
wherein the third cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area and greater than the second cross sectional area.
24. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the second cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area.
25. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the first orifice, the second orifice, and the cavity are coaxial with a central axis of the nozzle.
26. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the first orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape, wherein the second orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape, and wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape.
27. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the first orifice has a circular cross-sectional shape and a diameter of between 6 millimeters and 8 millimeters.
28. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the first orifice and the second orifice have different cross-sectional shapes.
29. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the first orifice has a cylindrical shape, wherein the second orifice has a cylindrical shape, and wherein the cavity has a cylindrical shape.
30. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the second orifice has a tapered shape.
31. The nozzle of claim 23, wherein the cavity has a tapered shape.
32. The sheet product dispenser of claim 23, wherein the second orifice comprises a plurality of barbs extending inward toward a central axis of the nozzle.

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. An oil supply device for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
an oil reservoir;
a delivery device configured for conducting oil from said oil reservoir along a flow path to at least one main oil duct of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine;
a plurality of oil filter units disposed in the flow path of the oil from said oil reservoir to the at least one main oil duct;
a filter switching device for selectively connecting respective said oil filter units into the flow path of the oil to the main oil duct, so as to switch only one proportion of said oil filter units to form at least one active oil filter unit to be traversed by a flow of the oil, and to switch another proportion of said oil filter units to form at least one passive oil filter unit not to be traversed by a flow of the oil;
a switching unit connected in the flow path from said oil reservoir to said oil filter units, said switching unit, when said filter switching device is set to switch a proportion of said oil filter units into an active state and another proportion of said oil filter units into a passive state, opening up a first pressurized oil flow path from said oil reservoir to said active oil filter unit and also forming a second drainage flow path between said passive oil filter unit and a drainage duct, with said drainage duct being assigned a drainage device for draining the oil that has accumulated in a region of said passive oil filter unit.
2. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein said drainage device is a suction device configured for evacuating the oil from said passive oil filter unit.
3. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein said drainage duct formed as an evacuation duct is assigned an ejector pump device forming an evacuation device, by way of which the oil that has accumulated in the region of said passive oil filter unit can be evacuated via said evacuation duct, and wherein evacuation pressure is generated by subjecting said ejector pump device to a pressurized oil partial flow branched off from the pressurized oil flow path.
4. The oil supply device according to claim 3, wherein said ejector pump device is permanently actuated during an operation of the internal combustion engine.
5. The oil supply device according to claim 3, wherein said ejector pump device is an ejector pump to be activated at defined times by way of an actuating device.
6. The oil supply device according to claim 3, wherein a branch duct branches off from a flow duct forming the pressurized oil flow path of the pressurized oil flow path, which branch duct opens into said ejector pump device.
7. The oil supply device according to claim 6, wherein said branch duct branches off from a flow duct or flow duct portion, which leads from the delivery device to the switching unit, of the pressurized oil flow path, which branch duct opens into said ejector pump device in a region of a nozzle of said ejector pump device.
8. The oil supply device according to claim 6, wherein said branch duct is at least partly formed in said switching housing.
9. The oil supply device according to claim 6, which comprises a switchable cut-off device disposed at said branch duct and configured to be switched between positions in which said cut-off device opens up or closes off the flow connection to said ejector pump device.
10. The oil supply device according to claim 9, wherein said switchable cut-off device is a controlled cut-off valve.
11. The oil supply device according to claim 9, wherein said switchable cut-off device is coupled to said adjusting device of said switching unit such that, at defined switching positions of said adjusting device said cut-off device can be placed into the positions for opening up or closing off the flow connection to said ejector pump device.
12. The oil supply device according to claim 11, wherein said adjusting device is also configured andor adjustable such that, during the operation of the internal combustion engine, said adjusting device can be adjusted into a position in which one proportion of said oil filter units is switched into an active state and another proportion of the oil filter unit is switched into a passive state, and in which said drainage device is not activated.
13. The oil supply device according to claim 12, wherein said adjusting device is movable into a position in which said drainage device is not activated, even if a flow connection is produced between the at least one oil filter unit and the drainage andor evacuation duct.
14. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein said drainage duct empties out into said oil reservoir and the oil evacuated via said duct is received in said oil reservoir.
15. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein said switching unit includes an adjusting device mounted in a switching housing of said switching unit so as to be adjustable, wherein oil filter flow ducts leading to said oil filter units open into said switching housing and, there, in defined switching positions of said adjusting device, communicate either with said drainage duct or with said pressurized oil flow duct which proceeds from said delivery device and which likewise opens into said switching housing.
16. The oil supply device according to claim 15, wherein said adjusting device is a switching drum rotatably mounted in said switching housing.
17. The oil supply device according to claim 15, wherein said evacuation device is an ejector pump device disposed in said switching housing and, at a switching housing side, is flow-connected to said evacuation duct, which at least in regions forms a constituent part of said switching housing.
18. The oil supply device according to claim 17, wherein said ejector pump device is flow-connected to said evacuation duct in such a way that a nozzle of said ejector pump device projects into said evacuation duct.
19. The oil supply device according to claim 15, wherein:
in a first switching position of said switching unit, said adjusting device connects at least one first oil filter flow duct leading to at least one active first oil filter unit, to a pressurized oil flow duct by way of a first control duct, while at least one second oil filter flow duct leading to at least one passive second oil filter unit, is flow-connected to said drainage duct by way of a second control duct;
in a second switching position of said switching unit in which said at least one second oil filter unit is active and said at least one first oil filter unit is passive, said adjusting device connects the at least one second oil filter flow duct leading to the active second oil filter unit, to a pressurized oil flow duct by way of said second control duct, while the at least one first oil filter flow duct leading to the at least one passive first oil filter unit, is flow-connected to said drainage duct by way of said first control duct.
20. The oil supply device according to claim 19, wherein said adjusting device is a switching drum formed with said first and second control ducts wherein, in the first switching position, said first control duct connects the pressurized oil flow duct to said first oil filter flow duct while said second control duct connects said second oil filter flow duct to said drainage duct, and wherein, in the second switching position, said first control duct connects said first oil filter flow duct to said drainage duct while said second control duct connects said second oil filter flow duct to said pressurized oil flow duct.
21. The oil supply device according to claim 15, wherein said adjusting device is configured to enable all of said oil filter units to be switched into an active state and to be traversed by a flow of oil.

1. A reconfigurable logic cell comprising n inputs (A,B, . . . ), n being greater than or equal to 2, and capable of producing at least four logic functions with which logic signals provided on the n inputs (A,B, . . . ) may be processed, characterized in that it comprises, between the ground and the output (F) of the cell, at least one first branch including n dual gate N type MOSFET transistors (M1,M2, . . . ) in series and n\u22121 branches in parallel with the first branch, each provided with one dual gate N type MOSFET transistor (M3), each of the logic functions corresponding to a given configuration of the cell wherein a specific set of control signals (C1,C2, . . . ) is applied on the rear gates of at least one portion of the transistors (M2,M3, . . . ), each control signal (C1,C2, . . . ) being capable of setting the transistor (M2,M3, . . . ) to a particular operating mode, the n inputs (A,B, . . . ) being each connected on the front gate of one of the n transistors (M1,M2, . . . ) of the first branch, n\u22121 inputs (B) being also applied on the front gate of one (M3) of the n\u22121 transistors of the n\u22121 branches in parallel with the first branch.
2. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that n is equal to 2, a first input (A) being connected to the connected gates of a first transistor (M1) of the first branch, a second input (B) being connected to the front gate of the second transistor (M2) of the first branch, the gates of which are separate, and to the front gate of the transistor (M3) of the second branch, the gates of which are also separate; control signals (C1,C2) applied on the rear gates of the second transistor (M2) of the first branch and of the transistor (M3) of the second branch enabling the reconfigurable cell to be made capable of performing four functions.
3. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that n is equal to 2, all the transistors being with separate gates, a first input (A) being connected to the front gate of a first transistor (M1) of the first branch, a second input (B) being connected to the front gate of a second transistor (M2) of the first branch and to the front gate of the transistor of the second branch (M4), a third input (C) being connected to the front gate of the third transistor (M3) of the first branch and to the front gate of the transistor (M5) of the third branch, five control signals (C1 to C5) applied on the rear gates of the five transistors (M1 to M5) enables the reconfigurable cell to be made capable of performing eleven functions.
4. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that the control signals (C1,C2, . . . ) have a voltage selected from \u2212Vdd, 0, +Vdd, Vdd being the power supply voltage of the cell.
5. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that it is implemented in dynamic logic, the branches of the cell being placed in series, between the ground and a power supply terminal, between a preload transistor of the P type (Mp) and an evaluation transistor of the N type (Mn), the gates of which are controlled by a clock signal and in that the transistors (M3,M4 and M5) of the n\u22121 branches in parallel with the first branch are asymmetrical.
6. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 5, characterized in that all the transistors are asymmetrical.
7. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that it is implemented in static logic, the branches of the cell being placed in series between the ground and a power supply terminal (Vdd) with a complementary network of transistors placed between the point common to the branches of the cell, the most distant from the ground, forming the output (F) of the cell, and the power supply terminal (Vdd).
8. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 7, characterized in that n is equal to 2, and the complementary network comprises, between the power supply terminal and the output (F) of the cell, a P type MOSFET transistor (Q6) in series with two P type MOSFET transistors (Q4,Q5) placed in parallel with each other and both connected to the output (F) of the cell, the first input (A) being connected to the connected gates of a first P type transistor (Q5) placed in parallel, the second input (B) being connected to the front gate of the second P type transistor (Q4) placed in parallel, the gates of which are separate, and to the front gate of the P type transistor (Q6) placed in series, the gates of which are also separate; two control signals (C3,C4) applied on the rear gates of the second P type transistor (Q4) placed in parallel and of the P type transistor (Q6) placed in series enabling the reconfigurable cell to be made capable of performing four functions.
9. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 8, characterized in that as the transistors are all symmetrical, the WL ratio of the P type transistor (Q4) with separate gates placed in parallel is adjusted so as to allow blocking of this transistor when a voltage Vdd is applied on its rear gate.
10. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 8, characterized in that the P type transistor (Q4) with separate gates placed in parallel is asymmetrical.
11. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 10, characterized in that all the transistors are asymmetrical.
12. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 5, characterized in that the asymmetry of the transistors is such that it allows increase in the threshold voltage of the front gate, controlled by the input logic signal, relatively to that of the rear gate, controlled by the control signal of the logic function of the cell.
13. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 5, characterized in that the asymmetry of the transistor(s) is selected so as to ensure a compromise between the stability of the operating modes of the transistor(s) and the functions produced by the cell with bias voltages below the gate breakdown limit of the transistor(s).
14. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that the asymmetrical gates have different gate oxide thicknesses.
15. The reconfigurable cell according to claim 1, characterized in that the asymmetrical gates are such that they have asymmetrical work functions.

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 semiconductor assembly, comprising:
a semiconductor die having a plurality of bond-sites;
a dielectric support layer having a first side and a second side, wherein the die is attached to the second side of the support layer, wherein the support layer is a photoimageable polymer;
a plurality of preformed conductive interconnects, wherein individual interconnects have a first portion in the support layer and a second portion spaced apart from the support layer; and
a dielectric encapsulant between the interconnects and around at least a portion of the die.
2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the support layer is a polymer that adheres to the die.
3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the interconnects are arranged in a predetermined pattern outside of a footprint of the die, and the dielectric encapsulant is in a flowable state.
4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the die has a first height and the interconnects have a second height greater than the first height.
5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the interconnects comprise a plurality of preformed pins, and wherein the first portions of the pins have a beveled portion.
6. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least a portion of a plate at least partially surrounding the support layer.
7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the semiconductor assembly is a first semiconductor assembly and wherein a second semiconductor assembly generally similar to the first semiconductor assembly is stacked on the first semiconductor assembly, the second semiconductor comprising:
a semiconductor die having a plurality of bond-sites;
a dielectric support layer having a first side and a second side, wherein the die is attached to the second side of the support layer;
a plurality of preformed conductive interconnects, wherein individual interconnects have a first portion in the support layer and a second portion spaced apart from the support layer; and
a dielectric encapsulant between the interconnects and around at least a portion of the die.
8. A plurality of through package interconnects in a semiconductor assembly including a die, a dielectric support layer, and an encapsulant, the interconnects comprising:
a plurality of preformed electrically conductive pins projecting from the support layer in a predetermined array outside of a footprint of the die, wherein the pins are arranged in the predetermined array apart from the encapsulant, and wherein the individual pins have a beveled end portion embedded in the support layer.
9. An intermediate article of manufacture of a semiconductor assembly, comprising:
a dielectric support layer;
a plurality of semiconductor dies attached to the support layer such that individual dies are at die sites across the support layer;
a plurality of preformed conductive pins having first portions retained in the support layer and second portions projecting from the support layer, wherein the pins are arranged in a plurality of discrete pin arrays, and wherein the second portions of the pins are free-standing without a solid material therebetween; and
a plate having a cavity, wherein the support layer is formed in the cavity and the pins are mounted to and project from the plate.
10. The article of claim 9 wherein the plate is configured to be removable from the article.
11. The article of claim 10 wherein the plate is made from a curable epoxy.
12. The article of claim 9 wherein each of the preformed conductive pins has a generally cylindrical shape.
13. The article of claim 12 wherein each of the preformed conductive pins has a diameter of at least approximately 100 \u03bcm.
14. The article of claim 9 wherein the dies extend a first height from the support layer and the preformed conductive pins extend a second height from the support layer, and wherein the second height is greater than the first height.
15. The article of claim 9 wherein each of the preformed conductive pins has a beveled end portion at least partially embedded in the support layer.
16. A system, comprising:
at least one of a processor, a memory device and an input or output device, wherein at least one of the processor, memory device and input or output device includes a semiconductor assembly comprising\u2014
a die having a plurality of bond-sites;
a dielectric support layer, wherein the die is attached to the support layer;
a plurality of preformed conductive interconnects projecting from the support layer, wherein individual interconnects have a first portion in the support layer; and
a dielectric encapsulant molded between the interconnects and around at least a portion of the die, wherein the dielectric encapsulant contacts an outer surface of the corresponding interconnects.
17. The system of claim 16 wherein the plurality of preformed conductive interconnects comprises a plurality of preformed pins, and wherein the first portions of the preformed pins are at least partially embedded in the support layer.
18. The system of claim 16 wherein the support layer retains the interconnects in a predetermined array around the die.