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Great news lenka, happy to hear this :) .
For the voting part, I will not vote this year.
I was not active enough in LOTRO last year to do so.
See u around Lenka and stay healthy :)
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Great news lenka, happy to hear this :) .
For the voting part, I will not vote this year.
I was not active enough in LOTRO last year to do so.
See u around Lenka and stay healthy :)
Not joining the drama, but that nerd rage vid really made my day:p
Congratz on rank 13 lillye! Well done you smelly hobbit.
Congratz to learya too. She aswell hit rank 13 a month ago.
I might have missed some ppl who ranked, to them congratz too (creeps and...
There we go. Goiing for the active ones since there are a few good players not active at the moors lately
Best NEW freep player:...
Congratz to Dairos! Freepside now once again got an active rank 14!!
Hello there Ziggy!
First of all a big congratz on your more then deserved rank 14!
On to rank 15 now u slug, and do not get cocky because u have a higher rank now :p .
Glad to see action is...
First of al gratz on your rank lome, finally purple slacker :).
Good to see the veterans still around in the moors, mostly the same ppl I encounter when roaming the map on my fat dwarf .
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Hello there:). I would say action during daytime is rather low on this server.
In the evenings its better. Ofc we would be more then happy to see a high rank creep transfer to laurelin.
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Cheers GK :) .
Now I ranked I might start to pve again...
Or not :p
Ahha, good to see you're (check it arach, you're;) ) back.
Well, im not sad you play warg instead of rvr tbh , kinda missing the spars though but atm you would prolly kill me without any wrath/aoe...
Thanks for correcting arach. U might have to do that a couple more times since English is not my native language.
I do my best though ;)
Nothing is done yet about it, this afternoon he was proud to show of how much renown he made last 10 mins in freep ooc. ( it was over 10 k ).
That @#/* feels untouchable thanks to no reaction from...
so, your back in game now maggot?
Yep, that skill gives us the chance to play solo (in ettens) in red line.
Atm if u solo in red line ( moors ) your squishy as hell. And u can only hope to ambush a creep if your lucky or find low...
Let me guess, your main is a creep?
15 sec is ok.
Look at the pvp side of it with all the incomming healing debuffs etc...
Atm that lamer is still running around in ettens. I wonder how many ranks he will club b4 he gets banned.
So turbine, would it be possible to react a bit quicker?
If u let them club for a few...
Hello there Goblinking, good to see you again after a while:).
Brunt gave u a pretty good update on how things are atm.
Imo there is still fun to be found in ettens, solo or raid.
Creeps had a...
must have bin a while b4 hd since glitchonab was still rank 12:-)
how old are those screenies btw?
ah, you have to understand... guardians are so underpowered that they need a few ranks... . big lolz:p nice catch lugbara i hope there will be some consecuenses for that player. seems like fc happens...
hello all, i do have a guardian wich i played a lot b4 hd.
i started lvl' ing after hd and stopped after one lvl, as i was able to tank all npc + 2nd boss in school instance at lvl 86. like pox said...
ahha gratz zpykee. well done and respect for playing defiler in the state the class is atm:-). prolly highest ranked defiler ever on laurelin:-).
cheers for the spars GK , riiggs and a few other high ranked reavers. u maggots are though nuts to crack. had some good fun in the little amount of time i was online. ps. gonna try a new setup, gona...
Nice post there catrat. And nice achievement:-). Indeed u sticked to your warg all the time, nothing then respect for that.
Big congratz on rank 15, and see you on the fields!
ahha nice:-) ill be around aswell i think.
and welcome to the new creepleader, next week ill be leading during weekday's if nothing changes in rl. lets hope for some nice fights then:-). ( and lets...
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Modi made the remarks in his video-link address to the people of the Gujarati community living in 18 cities across the US, which lasted for more than an hour and was followed by a question-and-answer session.
In his address, Modi lashed out at the UPA Government and alleged that people of India have lost 'trust and confidence' in the center, due to its 'poor governance' and high corruption.
"I feel biggest crisis (today) is lack of confidence. We need to get this trust back. This cannot be merely done by words: Biggest need today is trust," Modi said while speaking to the audience from different cities of the US, including New Jersey and Chicago.
Besides the overseas Gujarati community across the country, who had organised the event on the occasion of the Gujarat Divas, Indian students in several US universities, like the University of Maryland, had gathered together to watch Modi's live address.
In his speech, Modi insisted that the country is experiencing a new crisis due to developments in the last few months, as he narrated several corruption related incidents.
Lashing out at foreign policy of the UPA government, he alleged that New Delhi is being ruled by weak leaders.
It is unbelievable that the India's Foreign Minister is seen reading the speech of his counterpart from another country, he said.
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I have a book and when you do the verb conjugation for "te" My book says "open" is "aite", but other websites say it's "akete". Which one is correct?
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[開]{あ}ける (akeru) vs. [開]{あ}く (aku)
You 開ける the door. vs. The door 開く by itself.
開ける conjugates to 開けて (akete) and 開く conjugates to 開いて (aite).
"aite" is a form of "aku" which is an intransitive verb that means "open".
"akete" is a form of "akeru" which is a transitive verb "open".
It's a little confusing for English speakers because "open" can be used transitively OR intransitively.
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Genes Associated With Wilms Tumor
Wilms tumor (hereditary or sporadic) appears to result from changes in one or more of at least ten genes. The changes may be somatic or germline. Several genes, but not all, will be discussed here.
Aberrations in germline or clonal WT1, WT2, and Wnt activation, when combined with stage of development of the nephron, characterize different subsets of Wilms tumor that can be differentiated by using gene expression profiling. This genetic/ontogenic categorization describes some of the heterogeneity among Wilms tumors.[44]
Wilms tumor 1gene (WT1)
The WT1 gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 11 (11p13). The normal function of WT1 is required for normal genitourinary development and is important for differentiation of the renal blastema.
When modern molecular genetic techniques are used in testing, the incidence of germline WT1 mutations is about 11%. Most of these mutations may be diagnosed, or at least highly suspected, on the basis of clinical syndromic findings at or before diagnosis of Wilms tumor. In a United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group study of patients entered in clinical trials, about 2% of Wilms tumor patients had germline mutations in WT1 but no genitourinary abnormalities, as detected by WT1 heteroduplex DNA screen followed by sequencing.[36] These were mostly de novo mutations in children presenting before age 2 years, and the tumors were mostly unilateral with stromal histology. The relatively low number of reports of parent and child pairs with Wilms tumors and WT1 mutations may be the result of decreased fertility. However, the offspring of a child who has a parent with Wilms tumor and WT1 mutation will be at risk for developing Wilms tumor.
Germline WT1 mutations in children with Wilms tumors do not confer poor prognoses per se.
Because deletion of WT1 was the first mutation found to be associated with Wilms tumor, WT1 was assumed to be a conventional tumor suppressor gene. However, non-inactivating mutations can result in altered WT1 protein function that also results in Wilms tumor, such as in Denys-Drash syndrome.
WT1 mutations are more common in children with Wilms tumor and one of the following:
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- Stromal and rhabdomyomatous differentiation.
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The Pacific Centre is a shopping mall located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, operated by Cadillac Fairview (CF) Corporation. Based on the number of stores, most of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver with over 100 stores and shops. Anchor stores include Holt Renfrew, Harry Rosen, H&M, and Nordstrom. The mall is directly connected to the Hudson's Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, two SkyTrain subway stations, and the Four Seasons Hotel.
Built between 1971 and 1973, it was an unofficial Eaton Centre. The Pacific Centre was home to an Eaton's department store, succeeded by Sears Canada after 2002 and vacated in the fall of 2012.[1] A Nordstrom store opened in its former space in 2015.
The City of Vancouver approved an 578,000 sq ft. expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a direct link connecting the shopping centre with the new Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain station on Granville Street. The link opened in the summer of 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Canada Line.
In 2012, an incident at Pacific Centre Mall sparked an investigation by the Ministry of Justice and the Vancouver police.[2] A security guard was shown on videotape striking a disabled man suspected of shoplifting, throwing him from his wheelchair on the floor and yelling profane language.[3] The guard in question — Ali Rahnumah, 30, an employee of Genesis Security — was fired over the incident and criminally charged.[4][5] He is suing Genesis Security for wrongful dismissal.[4] The investigation itself ultimately concluded that the guard acted with unnecessary force and had used profanity contrary to the Security Services Regulation of that province.[6]
Anchor tenants[edit]
- H&M (31,437 sq ft. over 2 levels)
- Holt Renfrew (140,414 sq ft. over 3 levels)
- Nordstrom (237,000 sq ft. over 3 levels)
- Harry Rosen
- Michael Kors
(square footage is approximate)
Former anchors[edit]
- Sears (600,000 sq ft. over 7 levels) – closed; replaced by Nordstrom in 2015
- Eaton's - closed 2002; was replaced by Sears in 2003
See also[edit]
- List of largest shopping malls in Canada
- Hotel Vancouver (1916), which once sat on the site of Pacific Centre
- ^ http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/03/sears-closing-pacific-centre-vancouver-nordstrom/
- ^ Wheelchair-bound man's handling by mall guards investigated. UPI.com (2012-11-02). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ B.C. Wheelchair Takedown Under Investigation. Huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ a b Vancouver mall cop allegedly knocked wheelchair-bound man to ground. UPI.com (2013-03-29). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ B.C. wheelchair takedown under investigation - British Columbia - CBC News. Cbc.ca (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ Crawford, Tiffany. (2013-01-18) Vancouver security guard used 'unnecessary force' on man in wheelchair. Vancouversun.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
External links[edit]
- Pacific Centre official site
- City of Vancouver Development Permit Board report on expansion proposal
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PROVO — A former Pleasant Grove doctor convicted of murdering his wife by drugging her and drowning her in a bathtub will appeal the decision handed down by jurors last weekend, his attorney said.
But before that happens, Martin MacNeill has other legal battles to fight. He is scheduled to return to a Provo court on Monday to answer other criminal charges.
"There will be an appeal, but I'm not going to do it," defense attorney Randall Spencer told the Deseret News, adding that it's not common or "prudent" for the attorney who handled the original case to also handle an appeal.
MacNeill, 57, does not yet have another attorney, and he doesn't have any money to pay fees, so "it'll have to be somebody that does it pro bono or the public defenders," Spencer said.
Prosecutors charged MacNeill with his wife's death in 2012, five years after 50-year-old Michele MacNeill was found unconscious in the tub by her then 6-year-old daughter.
Just after 1 a.m. Saturday, a jury of five men and three women convicted MacNeill of murder and obstruction of justice, agreeing with prosecutors who said he overdosed his wife on painkillers and sleeping pills before holding her head under the water.
Sentencing is set for Jan. 7, 2014. MacNeill, the former clinical director of the Utah State Developmental Center, faces a possible prison term of 15 years to life on the murder charge and a term of one to 15 years for obstruction of justice.
Prosecutor Chad Grunander said such appeals are not uncommon.
"I think in almost any murder conviction case that goes to a jury, there's going to be an appeal," the deputy county attorney said. "I think we have a very strong record for appeal purposes."
But sentencing and a pending appeal aren't the only court appearances in MacNeill's future. On Monday he'll be back for a hearing in a separate sexual abuse case.
MacNeill's daughter Alexis Somers — the state's star witness in the murder trial — has accused him of sexually abusing her in the months following her mother's death. The Deseret News does not typically name victims in sexual abuse cases, but Somers has previously spoken to reporters about the case.
MacNeill is charged with forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony, and tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony. The case was initially dismissed and then refiled the same year about the same time MacNeill was charged with identity theft in federal court. That case resulted in a conviction and a four-year prison sentence.
Spencer also represents MacNeill in the sex abuse case. Judge Samuel McVey will hear oral arguments on a motion to continue Monday. A two-day jury trial is currently scheduled to begin Dec. 3.
"I just can't do that trial in December. I'm emotionally and physically exhausted. I need some time to recuperate," Spencer said Wednesday. "So the judge will hear my motion to continue and we'll plan from there."
Prosecutors intend to move forward with the case despite the murder conviction, said David Sturgill, the prosecutor in the sex abuse case.
"I'm willing to negotiate (a plea agreement) now," said Sturgill, adding that MacNeill had not been willing to make a deal in the past. "If it's a choice between dismissal and going forward, I'm ready to go forward, and I think Alexis is, too."
Any decision about a plea agreement would be up to MacNeill, Spencer said.
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M.Ed in Elementary Education
The Master's of Education in Elementary Education is a 30 semester hour program which leads to AA license endorsement in Elementary Education. In addition to the university requirements for graduate school, applicants for this program must hold a current class A educator license in Elementary Education, and have a degree in Elementary Education.
The programs offered by the Department of Teacher Education and Leadership at Mississippi College are accredited by the Mississippi Department of Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, which is transitioning to the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
The courses in the M.Ed. program can currently be taken as a mixture of online, hybrid and traditional classes. For the Brookhaven area, we propose a mixture of 50% traditional brick and mortar classes offered onsite in the Brookhaven area (5 classes, 15 hours), and 50% of the classes to be taken online (5 classes, 15 hours) through MCMoodle. The five traditional courses are well established and taught by our faculty and long-time adjuncts, and the 5 online courses have been developed and in use for several semesters already. This schedule would provide a consistent faculty contact and advising with the Brookhaven cohort each semester, as well as allow for flexibility through the availability of online classes.
Candidates in this program could complete the requirements in four semesters, as shown in the suggested class rotation chart. Candidates who are employed as full-time teachers may also be eligible for a 30% reduction in tuition through the Professional Development Scholarship offered at MC.
Ed.S in Educational Leadership
The Education Specialist (Ed.S) in Educational Leadership is a 40 semester hour degree program that leads to AAA licensure in administration. This program is now available in Brookhaven, Ms at 127 S. Railroad Avenue in the Hurst Review building. Course curriculum includes practicum experiences, courses in finance, school law, research, statistics, leadership, and more. All coursework includes preparatory work for the SLLA examination.
In addition to the university requirements for graduate school, applicants for the Ed.S program must also provide a copy of their current class AA educators license, official transcripts must be sent to MC graduate admissions from all previously attended colleges/universities, provide proof of three years teaching experience, provide an endorsement from your current administrator, 3 letters of recommendation, and schedule an interview with the program advisor.
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the main beach is almost close, 15 minutes walking but you can also rent a bike, a very nice way of visiting the island! the prices are low compared to all other resorts, but the lodge gives you the possibility to make boat tours as all other hotels are doing but with reduced costs... and you will see exactly the same things!!
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Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
Episode List
Season 7
1 Oct. 1986L.A.
Magnum is in Los Angeles serving a writ when he meets a woman who is later murdered. Magnum sets out to find the killer and possibly finds his soulmate.
8 Oct. 1986One Picture Is Worth
A deaf woman witnesses a bank robbery where four people are murdered. Magnum agrees to act as her bodyguard after the murderer is released on bail.
15 Oct. 1986Straight and Narrow
Lesley, the prostitute Magnum met while working as a hotel detective, is back and she asks Thomas for help in finding her sister.
22 Oct. 1986A.A.P.I.
Magnum is being awarded the Local PI Of The Year Award when the presenter, French detective Jean Claude Fornier, collapses and dies. Thomas, aided by several other PIs, sets out to find the murderer.
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A psycho killer calls Magnum and gives him clues to the next victim.
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Magnum and Higgins engage in an all out prank war leading to Magnum finally accusing Higgins of being Robin Masters.
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In this crossover episode featuring Murder, She Wrote (1984) character Jessica Fletcher, Magnum investigates an attempt on the life of Higgins and several guests.
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Magnum saves the life of a native Hawaiian girl who witnesses a hit. Wounded in the getaway, Magnum is nursed back to health on the forbidden island of Kapu.
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T.C. faces his worst nightmare when his daughter is kidnapped.
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17 Dec. 1986Autumn Warrior
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1940's Magnum investigates the murder of a newspaper publisher in a classic whodunit mystery.
21 Jan. 1987On the Fly
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4 Feb. 1987Solo Flight
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|Application number
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|Feb 8, 2005
|Filing date
|Feb 26, 2003
|Priority date
|Feb 26, 2002
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|Rudolph Bergsma, Gary D. Cochran
|Original Assignee
|Rudolph Bergsma Trust, Gary D. Cochran
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (3), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (11), Classifications (7), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This non-provisional application derives from the following commonly owned co-pending patent applications, the priorities of which are expressly claimed: Provisional Application No. 60/360,337, filed on 26 Feb. 2002 in the name of Rudolph Bergsma and bearing the title HERMETIC FUEL LEVEL SENDER; and Provisional Application No. 60/370,058, filed on 04 Apr. 2002 in the name of Rudolph Bergsma and bearing the title HERMETIC FUEL LEVEL SENDER.
This invention relates to float-operated senders that are associated with fuel tanks of motor vehicles to transmit a value of a parameter representing the level of liquid fuel in a tank to instrumentation that uses the value to operate a display that presents information related to the level of fuel in the tank to a driver of the vehicle.
One type of sender that is used in motor vehicles comprises a resistor card that is disposed in a fuel tank in a manner that exposes it to whatever fuel is used by the vehicle (gasoline and/or alcohol for example), including fuel additives, sour gas, and/or contaminants. The sender is operated by a float that follows the level of liquid fuel in the tank. As the float assumes different levels within the tank, its motion is transmitted by a float rod, or arm, to a contact arm, causing a contact on the arm to move along a succession of commutator bars extending from locations along the length of a resistor track printed on a resistor card, thereby selecting a portion of the resistor in correlation with the level of the float. The selected portion provides a variable resistance that is electrically connected with instrumentation that operates a fuel gauge that can be observed by the driver. The float rod is mounted for pivotal movement via a bearing, and the float is disposed at an end of the rod opposite the bearing. As the float moves, the rod imparts pivotal motion to the contact arm, causing its contact to move in an arc along the succession of commutator bars, changing the value of the variable resistance as it moves. In that design for a resistive type fuel level sender, the commutator bar contact produces a result similar to a contact moving in an arc along a potentiometer or variable resistor track, changing the value of the variable resistance as it moves.
The force that the contact is able to apply against the resistor on the resistor card is important in enabling the sensor to provide a service life that will meet relevant specifications. Over the life of a sender the force that the contact exerts on the resistor may vary for one or more different reasons, such as fuel slosh in the tank and/or looseness in the bearing. The use of a silver palladium alloy as the resistor commutator may reduce the effects of those factors. Nonetheless the contact may at times lose contact with the resistor, creating a momentary open circuit. Events that may cause such open circuits include intrusion of foreign particles between the contact and the resistor, corrosion of the commutator, oxidized fuel coating, and high-G loads experienced by the sender. Momentary open circuits create excess wear on the contact and the resistor commutator.
A sender that precludes those undesirable possibilities and that meets certain cost objectives is therefore seen to be a desirable improvement.
The durability and accuracy of a fuel sender are also important, especially where a motor vehicle manufacturer warrants a fuel system and/or its components either for legal compliance and/or by competitive considerations. Failure to meet relevant compliance criteria can expose a motor vehicle manufacturer to costly penalties and/or warranty claims.
Accordingly, it is believed that a sender that provides both increased durability and accuracy over an extended period would be a significant improvement in the state of the art.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,739,641 and 4,987,400 describe gauges having magnetically driven senders in which the contacts are housed within sealed enclosures. The gauge of U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,641 is sealed against intrusion of volatile vapors that may accumulate from many sources and might ignite from a spark. An example given is in the bilge of a marine vessel. The gauge of U.S. Pat. No. 4,987,400 is said to be ultrasonically sealed for withstanding at least eight inches of mercury pressure differential. Both patents teach the use of an external magnet driving a magnet internal to the enclosure where the magnet is rotated by a coupling to a float. The enclosure materials are not selected to be highly impermeable to fuel or fuel vapors, only sufficient to prevent spark ignition.
Considerations in the prevailing design of motor vehicle fuel systems either tacitly or explicitly mandate that the fuel sender be contained within the fuel tank where it may at times be immersed in liquid fuel. A contact-containing enclosure that is external to a tank, as in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,739,641 and 4,987,400, is not seen to be suitable for placement in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle where it must withstand immersion in a hostile liquid fuel that can at some times be quite hot and at others, quite cold, and that may contain various contaminants, additives, foreign substances, etc.
Accordingly, it is believed that an in-tank fuel sender for a motor vehicle that maintains its accuracy when exposed to liquid fuels, especially liquid fuels like gasoline, over an extended period would be another significant improvement in the state of the art.
Prevailing fuel system design practices in the automotive industry employ a fuel pump module that is assembled into a fuel tank, typically through an opening in a top wall of the tank that is subsequently closed. A fuel sender is typically part of the fuel pump module. Certain of the known systems comprise a fixed mounting of the sender in an assembly that is installed in a tank. The assembly has a construction that forces its lower end against a bottom wall of the tank thereby bodily positioning the sender within the tank relative to the bottom wall.
Accordingly, an in-tank fuel sender that can be conveniently assembled into fuel pump modules is also seen desirable.
The present invention relates to a novel fuel sender for a motor vehicle fuel tank that possesses features and characteristics: that render the sender suitable for in-tank placement in a motor vehicle fuel system where it is exposed to liquid fuel, including convenient mounting on a fuel pump module; that endow the sender with continued accuracy over an extended period, enabling it to comply with increasingly stringent specifications; and that make the sender quite cost-effective considering the increasingly stringent demands that may be imposed on it by motor vehicle manufacturers.
A presently preferred embodiment of the invention provides a novel sender having a central hub comprising a sealed enclosure in which a contact arm and a resistor card are disposed. The enclosure is preferably filled with a non-conducting fluid, such as a light oil. Force of a contact on the contact arm against a commutator on the resistor card will be essentially insensitive to influences, such as particle intrusion and fuel slosh, that otherwise might cause momentary open circuits, with contact-to-resistor card force remaining more consistent over the useful life of the sender. Contact-to-resistor card arcing is unlikely, but any arcing that might occur, such as due to a high-G force, will not be exposed to fuel or fuel vapor.
The enclosure is formed by a low permeable casing, or housing, preferably a non-magnetic stainless steel, and a low permeable cover, preferably a non-metallic, fuel-tolerant synthetic material, which may be either transparent or opaque. The housing has a circular back, or rear, wall and a circular perimeter wall that extends forward from and perpendicular to the rear wall. The forward margin of the perimeter wall is crimped over a circular outer edge of the cover to forcefully hold the circular outer margin of the cover against a circular shoulder formed in an intermediate portion of the housing perimeter wall. A sealing gasket that is disposed between the housing shoulder and the cover margin seals the joint between the cover and housing in a manner that prevents both liquid fuel and fuel vapor from intruding into the enclosure interior that is cooperatively formed by the assembled cover and housing.
When installed within a fuel tank, the sender is disposed in an orientation that places a main center axis of the hub enclosure in a desired orientation. The hub is fixedly mounted in any suitable manner, such as by attachment to a wall of a fuel pump module. A movement actuating member that is external to the sealed enclosure and operated by a fuel level float is positionable relative to the central hub in correspondence with fuel level sensed by the float. As the float moves vertically up and down with changing fuel level in the tank, the movement actuating member is correspondingly positioned in relation to the sealed enclosure.
The contact aim is positioned by a movement within the interior of the sealed enclosure. The movement is supported within the enclosure for turning about the main center axis and forms one portion of a magnetic circuit whose other portion is formed by the movement actuating member. The movement and the movement actuating member are magnetically coupled such that the movement is forced to turn within the enclosure in correspondence with positioning of the movement actuating member relative to the exterior of the enclosure. In this way the movement is forced to follow the actuating member, and hence follow the level of liquid fuel in the tank.
The movement moves the contact arm contact along the commutator on the resistor card to change the resistance that is presented to an electric circuit connected to the sender. In this way, the sender enables the circuit to operate a fuel gauge that indicates to a driver of the motor vehicle the amount of fuel in the tank.
The movement provides the source of magnetism, while the movement actuating member comprises a magnetically conductive material. Turning of the movement actuating member causes substantial follower torque to be applied to the movement, thereby causing the movement to follow the turning of the actuating member with low hysteresis. Those features, in conjunction with the isolation of the commutator, its contact, and the resistor from fuel, enable the sender to perform with consistency and accuracy during the course of its useful life.
A general aspect of the invention therefore relates to an in-tank fuel level sender for signaling the level of liquid fuel in a motor vehicle fuel tank. An enclosure forming a hub of the sender provides an interior that is sealed against intrusion of fuel. An actuator is positionable on an exterior of the enclosure in correlation with liquid fuel level. A movement within the interior of the enclosure follows the positioning of the actuator. An electric circuit element within the interior of the enclosure is operated by the movement to provide an electric characteristic for transmission through the enclosure to signal the liquid fuel level.
Another general aspect relates to a method of calibrating such a sender.
The foregoing, along with further aspects, features, and advantages of the invention, will be seen in this disclosure of a presently preferred embodiment of the invention depicting the best mode contemplated at this time for carrying out the invention. This specification includes drawings, briefly described below, and contains a detailed description that will make reference to those drawings.
Cover 28 is placed over housing 30 with inner face 42 facing and aligned with the open housing interior. The cover is then advanced, i.e. lowered, to fit the cover outer margin within wall portion 40 and seat groove 46 on gasket 48, thereby closing what would otherwise be the open front of the housing. Wall portion 40 is then rolled over, i.e. crimped, onto outer face 44, forcing the two parts 28, 30 together and compressing gasket 48 in the process to form sealed enclosure 31. The assembled condition can be seen in
Sender 26 comprises a movement, 52 shown by itself in FIG. 6. Movement 52 is housed within enclosure 31 as shown by FIG. 7. Movement 52 comprises a magnet 54 magnetized along its length (see
Before its association with parts 54, 60, eyelet 64 has a cylindrical shape, but with one end rolled over. Assembly of parts 54, 60 is accomplished by placing bracket 60 in front of the front face of magnet 54 with a through-hole 67 in the bracket aligned with a through-hole 65 in magnet 54, and then inserting the non-rolled-over end of eyelet 64 through the two aligned through-holes so that the non-rolled-over eyelet end protrudes rearward beyond the rear face of the magnet. Through-hole 65 is located at the center of magnet 54, midway between the magnet's tip ends 56, 58. The protruding rear end of the eyelet is then rolled over against the margin of through-hole 67 thereby forcing bracket 60 to be held flat against the front face of magnet 54 that is to confront inner cover face 42 in the completed sender.
As can be appreciated from consideration of
Cover 28 is a molded synthetic part having several formations that are advantageous for the fabrication and operation of sender 26. Those formations can be seen in
A third formation shown in
A fourth formation in cover 28 is a straight ridge 108 on front face 44 lying on a diameter of the cover but stopping short of the perimeter of the cover at both ends. Pad 102 and terminal 97 are disposed to one side of ridge 108, as shown by
As cover 28 and housing 30 are being assembled to form enclosure 31, contact 70 bears against resistor 86 with increasing pressure as the two parts move toward final position. Once the perimeter of cover 28 has engaged gasket 48, and the housing has been crimped to the cover, the angularly extending portion of arm 62 has been resiliently flexed to cause contact 70 to bear with a desired amount of force against resistor 86.
Riser 76 of embossment 72 provides a bearing on which an actuating plate, or lever, 110 that is shown by itself in
As can be seen in
Actuating plate 110 carries a magnet return conductor 122 that is shown by itself in
The circularly contoured perimeter edge of the large end of actuating plate 110 comprises two generally semi-circular notches 128, 130 diametrically opposite each other about axis 81. Those notches locate and seat magnet return conductor 122 on the large end, as shown by
As shown by
Grounding of housing 30 is accomplished through a conductive electric terminal 132 (
Turning of movement 52 within enclosure 31 can be damped and lubricated by filling the interior with a light oil, thereby immersing movement 52 and resistor 86 in a fluid medium, as mentioned earlier. Calibration of sender 26 occurs after cover placement, but before the housing is crimped onto the cover.
Calibration is performed with the aid of suitable equipment. First, before attaching float rod 118 to actuating plate 110, the resistance measured between terminals 132 and 97 must be properly correlated with the position of actuating plate 110. The proper resistance can be set for extra close tolerance for a low fuel signal point, such as empty, by holding actuating plate 110 at a particular position about axis 81 referenced to terminal 132, turning the cover via ridge 108 to obtain the proper resistance, and then crimping housing 30 to cover 28, as described above, to prevent cover turning. With this calibration, proper orientation of the sender in a fuel tank, or on a fuel module, uses terminal 132 as the reference. With the resistance having been properly correlated with actuating plate position, float 120 is placed at the low fuel, or other, level, actuating plate 110 is turned to provide the corresponding resistance across terminals 132, 97, and the opposite end of float rod 118 is secured to actuating plate 110, such as by welding.
When sender 26 is installed in a fuel tank, float 120 will move up and down with changing fuel level. As a result, rod 118 turns actuating plate 110, and hence magnet return conductor 122, on enclosure 31 about axis 81. Movement 52 tracks return conductor 122 to correspondingly position contact 70 along resistor 86, causing resistance between terminals 97 and 132 to indicate the fuel level. The arrangement of various parts in the particular embodiment of sender 26 illustrated here provides that contact 70 is essentially midway along the arcuate length of resistor 86 when actuating plate 110 and magnet return conductor 122 are midway between limits of travel constrained by blade 134 and tab 136. When the fuel level falls to empty, the moving parts of sender 26 assume the solid line position shown in
It is believed that the sender that has been described herein provides significant improvements in performance and durability that are quite cost-effective. The magnet can be economically fabricated by known magnet fabrication technology, magnet molding technology in particular being contemplated. The metal parts, such as the housing, actuating plate, and the contact arm and its mounting bracket can be fabricated from conventional materials using conventional metalworking techniques. The cover can be molded by conventional molding techniques to include the various features described.
Tight dimensional tolerances in a mass-produced bent wire part may be costly to achieve. Dimensional tolerances for the formed wire magnet return conductor 122 however need not be especially strict. It is the precision in stamping notches 128, 130 in the perimeter of actuating plate 110 that enable conductor 122 to have less strict tolerance because it is the notches that will control the locations of end segments 124, 126. Yoke portion 127 need merely allow member 122 to expand from its free unstressed state to spread end segments 124, 126 sufficiently apart to enable them to fit over actuating plate 110 so that when the wire is thereafter allowed to relax, the energy that has been imparted to the wire by expanding it will result in the yoke portion exerting retention force on the end segments urging them into the respective notches and thereafter keeping them in place in the notches. To the extent that such retention force may be considered insufficient, member 122 may be mechanically secured to actuating plate 110 by any suitable means, such as welding, or providing features in the actuating plate that are deformed or bent onto member 122.
It is possible to minimize movement hysteresis and maximize movement accuracy by making the radius of curvature of each magnet tip end 56, 58 equal to the radius of curvature of the outside diameter of the wire forming magnet return conductor 122.
The movement damping provided in the inventive sender may be especially desirable for significantly attenuating the effect of float flutter on the resistance output of the sender.
While a presently preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be appreciated that the invention may be practiced in various forms within the scope of the following claims.
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This thesis aims to create a new framework for estimating the mass of metallic and composite transport aircraft wings via finite element multidisciplinary analysis, and design optimisation techniques. To this end, the multidisciplinary static strength and stiffness, dynamic aeroelastic stability, and manufacturing constraints are simultaneously addressed within an optimisation environment through a gradient-based search algorithm. A practical optimisation procedure is presented as part of the sizing optimisation process, with enhanced features in solving large-scale nonlinear structural optimisation problems, incorporating an effective initial design variable value generation scheme based on the concept of the fully stressed design. The applicability and accuracy of the proposed approaches is accomplished by conducting a number of case studies in which the wingbox structure of the public domain NASA wing - commonly referred to as the Common Research Model (CRM) - is optimised to produce a minimum mass design. The results of a case study examining minimisation of the mass of the CRM wingbox structures designed using four different models of increasing structural fidelity prove that the multidisciplinary design optimisation framework can successfully calculate the mass of realistic real-world aircraft wing designs. This provides an insight into the competence of certain wingbox models in predicting the mass of the metallic and composite primary wing structures to an acceptable level of accuracy, and in demonstrating the relative merits of the wingbox structural complexity models under consideration and the computational resources necessary to achieving the required degree of accuracy ... 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This is followed by the measurement of the amount of back scatter via detecting the change in the voltage once it is placed in the optical station. The optical tests reveal the amount of dust adhered to the samples which results in increased voltage. Review of these samples under the microscope matches the results obtained from the optical test. The two sets of data obtained from the two tests determined that some samples collected more dust in comparison to others. It was established that under identical test conditions i.e. flow, temperature and moisture, BK7 and Sapphire collect considerably less dust compared to ZnS. 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This is more important in real scenarios where the ambient conditions in uence the systems operation signi cantly. This research proposed an ice protection methodology which enables the development of a decision making process within the FMS dependent on weather conditions; thus transforming the conventional anti-icing method into a more intelligent system. A case of a medium size transport aircraft ight from London - Amsterdam under various levels of possible icing was studied. The results show that fuel burn due to anti-icing operation can increase up to 3.7% between climb and cruise altitudes. Up to 5.5% of this penalty can be saved using icing optimised trajectories. A 45% reduction in awakenings due to noise was achieved with 3% fuel penalty. The novelty of the study was extended using 3D optimisation to further improve ight operations. It was found that the simulation successfully changed the lateral position of the aircraft to minimise the time spent and distance covered in icing conditions. The work here presents a feasible methodology for future intelligent ice protection system (IPS) development, which incorporates intelligent operation. 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z Shinkafi, A. Distributed propulsion and future aerospace technologies https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:443/handle/1826/10029 Title: Distributed propulsion and future aerospace technologies Authors: Ameyugo, Gregorio Abstract: This thesis describes an Engineering Doctorate project in Distributed Propulsion carried out from 2004 to 2007 at Cranfield University. Distributed propulsion is a propulsion system arrangement that consists in spreading the engine thrust along the aircraft span. This can be accomplished by distributing a series of driven fans or the engines themselves. The aim of this project is to determine the feasibility of distributed propulsion for civil aviation in the medium term (with small gas turbines) and long term (with driven fans) from a technical and economic perspective. The effect of distributed propulsion was assessed by creating a long-range subsonic airliner baseline with conventional technology for the small gas turbines study, and an equivalent blended wing body baseline for the driven fans study. Different distributed propulsion effects were modelled and integrated together to produce optimised baselines with different technological parameters. The feasibility of small gas turbine distributed propulsion was found to be limited by the excessive fuel consumption associated with small gas turbines. Although advanced heat exchanger technology could improve their performance, the resulting cost advantage might not be large enough to justify the development costs. The feasibility of distributed driven fans depends on the availability of superconductive elements, as electrical power transmission seems to be the only promising transmission method in the long run. If superconductive elements are applied, distributed driven fans could afford fuel burn reductions of more than 50% relative to current technology. As both distributed propulsion concepts rely on small propulsive units, their enabling technologies coincide with those required to develop future unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs therefore represent the most appropriate technological avenue to develop technologies with the potential to become distributed propulsion enablers. Future work should therefore concentrate on improving engine performance and cost for unmanned aerial vehicles. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Ameyugo, Gregorio


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