20th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160141674 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECOVERYING CELL VOLTAGE THEREOF - An amount of power generation is increased in the case where a difference in water content between some and others of the cells is greater than a predetermined value. In the case of satisfaction of a first condition that the difference in water content between some and others of the cells is greater than the predetermined value, a fuel battery may be caused to perform an operation in which the amount of power generation exceeds that in the normal operation to reduce a cell voltage difference ΔV between an average cell voltage Va and a minimum cell voltage Vb. The first condition is, for example, that the cell voltage difference ΔV, which is a difference between the average cell voltage Va and the minimum cell voltage Vb, is greater than a first threshold value. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141675 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a technique capable of satisfying both the restoration of an output voltage of a fuel cell and an improvement of electric power responsiveness in a fuel cell system in a situation in which its operation status is restored to a normal operation from an operation having low power generation efficiency. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141676 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object is to provide a technique that a current state of a fuel cell may be detected more accurately. A fuel cell system includes a controller, a fuel cell, and an impedance measurer that may measure an impedance of the fuel cell. The controller obtains a first impedance value that expresses the impedance of the fuel cell in a predetermined state, acquires a second impedance value that expresses the impedance of the fuel cell that is measured by the impedance measurer during operation control of the fuel cell, and performs operation control of the fuel cell using the first impedance value and the second impedance value. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141677 | Method of Detecting Leakage of Reactive Gas of Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell System - To provide a technique that allows prompt detection of leakage of fuel gas in a fuel cell system. A controller included in a fuel cell system performs a hydrogen leakage detecting process of detecting the occurrence of hydrogen leakage in the low-pressure zone based on the detected pressure in a low-pressure zone of an anode gas piping at a time of start-up of the fuel cell system. A controller uses at least one of a first condition and a second condition for determination as a determination condition in hydrogen leakage detecting process, and determines that there is no leakage of the reactive gas while the fuel cell stops generating power if the determination condition is satisfied. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141678 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF DETECTING A HYDROGEN GAS LEAK - The fuel cell system is provided with the hydrogen gas circulation system that supplies hydrogen gas to the fuel cell while merging the hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell with the newly supplied hydrogen gas, a hydrogen gas supply valve that controls the amount of hydrogen gas supplied to the hydrogen gas circulation system, an initial pressurization unit that pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by temporarily opening the hydrogen gas supply valve at the start of the fuel cell, and a re-pressurization and gas leak detection unit that re-pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by opening the hydrogen gas supply valve when a given level of pressure drop is found in the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit after the pressurization by the initial pressurization unit and detects a hydrogen gas leak from the hydrogen gas circulation system based on the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit in a given timing after the pressurization. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141679 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, FUEL CELL MOUNTABLE VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell; a cooling liquid supply flow path for supplying cooling liquid to the fuel cell; a radiator for cooling the cooling liquid; a first temperature sensor, provided at an outlet of the radiator, for measuring a temperature of the cooling liquid; an ambient temperature sensor; and a controller. The controller executes: estimating a temperature of the cooling liquid inside the cooling liquid supply flow path based on an ambient temperature measured by the ambient temperature sensor; acquiring a temperature of the cooling liquid inside the cooling liquid supply flow path based on the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor after it is determined that the cooling liquid within the radiator has reached the first temperature sensor; and adjusting a flow rate of the cooling liquid based on the estimated temperature or the acquired temperature of the cooling liquid. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141680 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a control unit configured to perform air-conditioning-system preparation control, wherein, under the air-conditioning-system preparation control, when an air conditioning system is not requested to heat air, it is determined whether or not a coolant within a coolant circulation passage is capable of being supplied to an air conditioning circuit, when the coolant within the coolant circulation passage is not capable of being supplied to the air conditioning circuit, the heater is operated to maintain a first predetermined temperature or higher of the coolant within the air conditioning circuit, and When the coolant within the coolant circulation passage is capable of being supplied to the air conditioning circuit, the air-conditioning water pump is operated to draw the coolant from the coolant circulation passage into the air conditioning circuit and to maintain the first predetermined temperature or higher of the coolant within the air conditioning circuit. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141681 | Fuel Cell System, Fuel Cell Vehicle, and Method for Controlling Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system installed in a vehicle includes a fuel cell that supplies power to a motor that drives the vehicle, a pump that supplies oxygen to the fuel cell, an accelerator position detector that detects an accelerator depression amount of the vehicle, and a controller that calculates required generated power of the fuel cell and required driving power of the pump, based on the accelerator depression amount. When a preset condition of causing a sharp drop in the calculated required generated power is satisfied, the controller calculates the required driving power in such a mariner that a drop rate of the required driving power becomes higher than a drop rate of the calculated required generated power, sets a lower limit to the calculated required driving power, and drives the pump in accordance with the lower limit when the required driving power is lower than the lower limit. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141682 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL - An object is to maintain the voltage of a fuel cell at a desired voltage level and suppress a voltage variation, even in the case of a low load request. A power supply system including a fuel cell causes at least part of a required electric power to be supplied from the fuel cell in an ordinary load state. In a low load state, the power supply system supplies an amount of oxygen that is required to make the voltage of the fuel cell equal to a predetermined target voltage and that is less than an amount of oxygen supplied to the fuel cell in the ordinary load state, to the fuel cell. In a first low load state, the power supply system sets the target voltage to a first target voltage and supplies oxygen to the fuel cell. After a subsequent shift to a state that the required electric power becomes higher than a predetermined reference value to cause the fuel cell to generate electric power at an output voltage that is higher than the first target voltage, in a further shift to a second low load state, the power supply system sets the target voltage to a second target voltage that is higher than the first target voltage and supplies oxygen to the fuel cell. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141683 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, MOVABLE BODY, AND CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a technology for ensuring the safety of a vehicle on which a fuel cell is mounted and the convenience of a user. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141684 | CONTROL METHOD OF FLOW REGULATING VALVE OF OXIDIZING GAS AND FLOW REGULATION DEVICE - There is provided a control method of a flow regulating valve of an oxidizing gas in a fuel cell. In a load disconnected state that the fuel cell is electrically disconnected from a load, the control method gradually opens the flow regulating valve that is configured to supply the oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell by a predetermined valve opening each time from a full-close position or gradually closes the flow regulating valve by a predetermined valve opening each time from a full-open position, so as to gradually change a supply amount of the oxidizing gas introduced to the cathode and cause hydrogen transmitted from an anode to the cathode in the fuel cell to be oxidized. The control method measures an open circuit voltage of the fuel cell accompanied with oxidation of the hydrogen and stores at least one valve-opening position among valve-opening positions of the flow regulating valve at a predetermined number of timings including a timing when the measured voltage shifts to an increase or shifts to a decrease, as a regulation reference valve-opening timing. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141685 | Fuel Cell System and Control Method of Fuel Cell System - An objection is to provide a technology by which a decline in the starting performance of a fuel cell system may be controlled in a low-temperature environment. A control method of a fuel cell system includes a temperature acquisition step of acquiring a temperature of the fuel cell at start-up of the fuel cell; and an exhaust gas control step of restricting, when the temperature of the fuel cell is below a predetermined value, a flow rate of an exhaust gas flowing into a flow path configuring portion that configures at least a part of a flow path of the exhaust gas of the fuel cell as compared to the flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing into the flow path configuring portion when the temperature of the fuel cell is equal to or less than the predetermined value. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141686 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a fuel cell system capable of suppressing the accumulation of impurities in a hydrogen system even when a hydrogen pump stops. A fuel cell system 100 includes a hydrogen pump 4, which is provided in a hydrogen gas circulation flow path 3 and which circulates a hydrogen off-gas discharged from the outlet side of a hydrogen electrode 1 | 2016-05-19 |
20160141687 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, FUEL CELL-MOUNTED VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL SYSTEM - When a first timing at which a fuel gas is injected to a fuel gas supply flow path by an injector and a second timing at which water residing on a circulation flow path is discharged by controlling rotating speed of a circulation pump coincide with each other, a controller performs either: (i) a first process of operating the circulation pump at a preset RPM without injecting the fuel gas to the fuel gas supply flow path by the injector; or (ii) a second process of injecting the fuel gas to the fuel gas supply flow path by the injector and operating the circulation pump at an RPM lower than the preset RPM. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141688 | Fuel Cell System and Dryness Degree Acquisition Method - A fuel cell system, comprising: a measurer that measures an impedance of the fuel cell; a controller that controls an operation state of the fuel cell; and an acquirer that acquires a dryness degree of the fuel cell from the measured impedance when the operation state is a first operation state, and acquires the dryness degree of the fuel cell as a wet state when the operation state is a second operation state in which a water balance is more than the first operation state. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141689 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL CONTROL METHOD - A fuel cell system comprising: a power generation controller that controls a value subject to control, which is a value exhibiting a power generating state by a fuel cell and is a value that is affected by alternating current applied to the fuel cell, to approach a target value; a dead zone setter that sets a dead zone with the target value as a reference; and, a stopper that stops the control by the power generation controller when the value subject to control is contained in the dead zone. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141690 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An object is to suppress drying of a fuel cell during continuous operation with high load. There is provided a fuel cell system including a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises an impedance detector that is configured to detect an impedance of the fuel cell; and a current limiter that is configured to limit an output current of the fuel cell with a limiting rate. The current limiter changes the limiting rate, based on the detected. impedance. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141691 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a coolant path connected to the fuel cell and allowing a coolant that cools the fuel cell to flow therethrough; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the coolant in the coolant path; a temperature correction unit configured to calculate a temperature correction value by correcting the temperature of the coolant detected by the temperature detection unit; and a lower limit voltage control unit configured to control a lower limit voltage of the fuel cell based on the temperature correction value, wherein the temperature correction unit calculates the temperature correction value based on a following equation: | 2016-05-19 |
20160141692 | IMPROVED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention is concerned with improved fuel cell systems and methods. The present invention provides an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) system comprising: (i) at least one fuel cell stack comprising at least one intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell, and having an anode inlet, a cathode inlet, an anode off-gas outlet, a cathode off-gas outlet, and defining separate flow paths for flow of anode inlet gas, cathode inlet gas, anode off-gas and cathode off-gas; and (ii) a steam reformer for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel to a reformate, and having a reformer inlet for anode inlet gas, a reformer outlet for exhausting anode inlet gas, and a reformer heat exchanger; and defining: (a) an anode inlet gas fluid flow path from a fuel source to said steam reformer to said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet; (b) an anode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack anode off-gas outlet to a fuel cell system exhaust; (c) a cathode inlet gas fluid flow path from an at least one oxidant inlet to said reformer heat exchanger to said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet; and (d) a cathode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack cathode off-gas outlet to said fuel cell system exhaust; wherein said reformer heat exchanger is a parallel-flow heat exchanger in fluid flow communication with (i) said at least one oxidant inlet and said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet, and (ii) said fuel source and said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet, and is arranged for exchanging heat between said cathode inlet gas and said anode inlet gas. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141693 | GAS LIQUID SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The gas liquid separator comprises a gas liquid separator-forming portion formed in an end plate of a fuel cell to have an opening at an end face of the end plate and that constitutes part of the gas liquid separator; and a cover member located to cover the opening and is combined with the gas liquid separator-forming portion to constitute the gas liquid separator. The gas liquid separator-forming portion includes a first inner wall portion provided to serve as a flow path of the off-gas and form part of a reservoir and that is configured to include an off-gas outlet, to be connected with the opening and to be formed concave in a thickness direction of the end plate; and a surrounding portion protruded from the first inner wall portion along a first direction from the gas liquid separator-forming portion toward the cover member to surround the off-gas outlet. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141694 | CATHODES CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION, AND RELATED CELLS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - A flow battery is described, including a catholyte in the form of an aqueous solution of at least one salt of a halogen oxoacid compound; and an anolyte that includes an eletrochemically-active material capable of participating in a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction with the catholyte salt; along with an intervening ion-permeable membrane. A unique cathode used in the battery or for other purposes is also described, along with a method of providing electrical energy to a device, system, or vehicle, using the flow battery. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141695 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - An object is to prevent an increase in overall thickness of a membrane electrode assembly. There is provided a membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly comprises an electrolyte membrane; a catalyst layer that is formed on a surface of the electrolyte membrane and includes a catalyst and an ionomer; and a gas diffusion layer that is formed on a surface of the catalyst layer on an opposite side to the electrolyte membrane. The catalyst layer includes a first layer that is in contact with the electrolyte membrane and a second layer that is in contact with the gas diffusion layer. An amount of the ionomer in a first portion of the first layer that is in contact with the electrolyte membrane is larger than an amount of the ionomer in a second portion of the first layer that is in contact with the second layer. An amount of the ionomer in a third portion of the second layer that is in contact with the gas diffusion layer is larger than the amount of the ionomer in the first portion. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141696 | ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CONTINUOUSLY DISSOLVING FACILITY, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - A method for producing an electrolyte solution including a supply step of continuously supplying an emulsion based a polymer electrolyte and a solvent into a dissolution facility, and a dissolution step of continuously dissolving the polymer electrolyte in the solvent by heating the interior of the dissolution facility to obtain the electrolyte solution. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141697 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY - The present invention relates to a redox flow battery, and is to provide a redox flow battery having high battery potential and high energy efficiency and providing a stable charge-discharge performance. The present invention provides a redox flow battery including: a stack arranged to separate a negative electrode unit and a positive electrode unit with respect to a separator; pumps configured to supply electrolytes including polythiophene to the stack; and tanks storing the polythiophene. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141698 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery includes a charge/discharge cell ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160141699 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery. A metal-ligand coordination compound including an aromatic ligand that contains an electron withdrawing group is used as the catholyte and/or the anolyte so that a redox flow battery having high energy density and excellent charge/discharge efficiency may be provided. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141700 | Fuel Cell Module - A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell and a case housing the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes a cell stack and a pressure plate arranged at an outermost position of a stacking direction relative to the cell stack. The case includes a cover section that faces the pressure plate and covers the pressure plate while the fuel cell is housed in the case. The cover section includes a pin housing portion having a through hole and a pin placed in the through hole with which the pressure plate is pressed. The pin housing portion has a thick part thicker than a thin part that is at least a part of the cover section continuous with the pin housing portion. The thick part is formed in an inward direction of the case. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141701 | FUEL CELL DEVICE - A fuel cell device includes a fuel cell body, a case and a pin having one end contacting a part of the fuel cell body. A through hole is formed in the case. The through hole penetrates the case from the outside to the inside. The pin is inserted in the through hole and provided with a sealing member formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface. The through hole has a constant inner diameter from a position inside the case to a border with the outside. In the through hole, an inner diameter between a portion of the constant inner diameter and the border with the outside is larger than the constant inner diameter. The pin has an opposite end located inside the through hole in a portion from an end of the portion of the constant inner diameter to the border with the outside. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141702 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL CASE - To reduce a manufacturing cost on anodization in an aluminum-type fuel cell case, a method of manufacturing a fuel cell case made of one of aluminum and aluminum alloy and for accommodating a fuel cell is provided, which includes forming, in a fuel cell case, through-holes for receiving pins when the fuel cell case is mounted on a vehicle, and forming alumite on a surface of the fuel cell case by anodizing the surface using the through-hole as a contact. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141703 | FUEL CELL CASE - A fuel cell case that is configured to place a fuel cell therein, the fuel cell case includes: a first member including a bottom surface of the fuel cell case; and a second member fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the first member using a fastener, wherein a gasket seals between the first member and the second member, and the first member includes a rib, wherein the rib is positioned on an inner circumferential side of a portion where the first member comes into contact, with the gasket and is protruded upward from a surface where the first member comes into contact with the gasket. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141704 | MANIFOLD BLOCK ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLES - A manifold block assembly for a fuel cell vehicle mounted on a fuel cell stack and supplying air and hydrogen to the stack, includes a manifold block in which a hydrogen discharge path connected to a hydrogen line formed in the stack, an air discharge path connected to an air line formed in the stack, and a watertight bulkhead are integrally formed with each other. The manifold block assembly further includes a hydrogen inflow pipe configured to be attached to the manifold block and connected to the hydrogen line formed in the stack. The manifold block assembly also includes an air inflow pipe configured to be attached to the manifold block and connected to the air line formed in the stack. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141705 | FUEL CELL STACK ASSEMBLY - There is provided a fuel cell stack assembly being thermally and mechanically compliant. The fuel cell stack comprises fuel feed pipe and fuel outlet pipe, a plurality of bundles of fuel cell tube sub-assemblies, the bundles being separated by an expansion gap to prevent thermal and mechanical stresses propagating from one bundle to an adjacent bundle. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141706 | COMPONENTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF A FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack which is amenable to simple manufacturing processes and is thermally and mechanically compliant. The fuel cell stack reduces the number of components by combing fuel cell tubes to form tube sub-assemblies, the tube sub-assemblies comprising end fittings connected to the fuel cell tubes, the end fittings provided with at least one or preferably a plurality of channels to provide equal distribution of fuel throughout the fuel cell tubes. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141707 | METHOD AND COMPONENTS FOR REPAIRING A CERAMIC FUEL CELL STACK ASSEMBLY - There is disclosed a method and components for repairing a fuel cell stack. In particular, the method and components relate to repairing a high temperature fuel cell stack incorporating ceramic components. The method includes identifying a fuel cell bundle within a fuel cell strip to be disconnected from the fuel cell strip, identifying at least one fuel feed pipe portion connected to the fuel cell bundle, and identifying at least one fuel outlet pipe portion connected to the fuel cell bundle. A cutting blade is positioned on the fuel feed pipe portion and cutting through the fuel feed pipe portion, and similarly for the fuel outlet pipe portion. The fuel cell bundle is then removed, and a replacement inserted in its place. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141708 | ROTOLINEAR CLAMPING CYLINDER - The invention relates to a clamping cylinder ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160141709 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - A method of manufacturing a secondary battery and a secondary battery manufactured by the method are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates, wherein the first electrode plate includes a plurality of first multi-tabs outwardly extending from an end thereof, and wherein the second electrode plate includes a plurality of second multi-tabs outwardly extending from an end thereof. The method also includes tack welding the first and second multi-tabs with the use of upper and lower welding tools, wherein the upper welding tool has a protrusion and the lower welding tool has a recess, and wherein a bending portion is formed in the first and second multi-tabs. The method further includes and welding lead tabs to the tack welded first and second multi-tabs, respectively and accommodating the electrode assembly having the lead tabs welded thereto in a case. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141710 | MANDREL FOR SPIRAL-WINDING ELECTRODE - The present invention discloses a mandrel that can uniformly form a thickness of an electrode assembly and minimize deformation of an electrode plate upon swelling. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141711 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH CURVED SURFACE - A method of manufacturing a rechargeable battery with a curved surface is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes winding a plurality of electrodes and a separator together so as to form an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly has first and second sides and two lateral ends connected to each other by the first and second sides, and wherein the first side is longer than the second side. The method also includes pressing the electrode assembly so as to bend the electrode assembly, electrically connecting the electrode assembly to a plurality of terminals, and accommodating the electrode assembly within a case. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141712 | BATTERY MODULE ARRAY - Disclosed is a battery module array including battery modules, which may have improved space utilization. The battery module array includes a plurality of battery modules, each having two secondary battery cells, a module frame and a cooling fin. If the battery module array is configured using the above battery modules, space utilization may be improved. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141713 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM SOLID STATE BATTERY - A method for producing a lithium solid state battery having a solid electrolyte membrane with high Li ion conductivity, in which firm interface bonding is formed on both sides of the membrane, comprising steps of: a membrane-forming step of forming CSE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on a cathode active material layer by an AD method and ASE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on an anode active material layer by an AD method, and a pressing step of forming SE1 with the CSE1 and the ASE1 integrated by opposing and pressing the CSE1 and the ASE1, wherein the SE1 such that an interface between the CSE1 and the ASE1 disappeared is formed by improving denseness of the CSE1 and the ASE1 in the pressing step. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141714 | Paper-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries - A method for fabricating a paper lithium ion cell including depositing a first lithium-metal oxide composition onto a first electrically conducting microfiber paper substrate to define a cathode, depositing a second, different lithium-metal oxide composition onto a second electrically conducting coated microfiber paper substrate to define an anode, separating the cathode and the anode with a barrier material, infusing the cathode and the anode with electrolytes, and encapsulating the anode, the cathode, and the barrier material in a housing. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141715 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A binder layer formation step of forming a binder layer of which an initial sticking strength of a surface is 1 or more on a current collector; a sticking step of sticking a powder having an angle of repose of 45° or less onto the surface of the binder layer by bringing the powder into contact with the surface; and a compression step of compressing the powder stuck in the sticking step into a predetermined density are included. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141716 | ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An all-solid-state secondary battery, including: a solid electrolyte layer; a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material layer and a first current collector layer; a negative electrode layer including a second current collector layer, the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer sandwiching the solid electrolyte layer; and external electrodes connected respectively to the first current collector layer and the second current collector layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer is formed of an olivine-type active material, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is formed of a phosphate having a NASICON-type structure, and wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains particulate precipitate having an olivine-type crystal structure that includes a same element as an element forming the positive electrode active material layer. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141717 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE ELECTROLYTE - An electrolyte for a lithium battery includes an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-05-19 |
20160141718 | COMPOSITE SEPARATOR AND ELECTROLYTE FOR SOLID STATE BATTERIES - Separator and electrolyte composites are disclosed. The composites include a porous self-supporting separator film between or adjacent one or two electrolyte films. The electrolyte films may contain a glyme or mixture of glymes, LiX salt and complexing agent, such as PEO. The porous self-supporting separator film may be used dry or wetted with a liquid electrolyte composition. Solid state batteries using the described separator and electrolyte composites in combination with an anode and a cathode are also disclosed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141719 | IONIC LIQUID, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A nonaqueous electrolyte of the present invention includes an ionic liquid including a first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having one or more substituents, a second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having an alicyclic skeleton that is the same as an alicyclic skeleton of the first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, and a counter anion to the first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation and the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation and an alkali metal salt. In the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, one of substituents bonded to a nitrogen atom in the alicyclic skeleton is a substituent including a halogen element. In the ionic liquid, the amount of a salt including the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation is less than or equal to 1 wt % per unit weight of the ionic liquid, or is less than or equal to 0.8 wt % per unit weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141720 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a flame retardant non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, with which a lithium ion secondary battery which is less likely to undergo thermal runaway and which is excellent in the high temperature storage properties can be obtained; and a lithium ion secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141721 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD - Secondary battery includes a battery assembly configured by alternately stacking positive electrodes | 2016-05-19 |
20160141722 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - Metal hydride batteries comprising an electrolyte composition which comprises an aqueous solution comprising potassium hydroxide (KOH) and one or more halide and/or oxyacid salts exhibit reduced degradation of the anode material during operation. The salts are for instance alkali metal salts. Anode materials exhibit for instance <100% of the degradation of the same anode material in the same battery when replacing the electrolyte composition with 30 weight percent (wt %) aqueous KOH and the conductivity of the electrolyte composition is for instance ≧85% of 30 wt % aqueous KOH. Anode materials are for example ABx high capacity hydrogen storage alloys comprising Mg where x is from about 0.5 to about 5 and which has a discharge capacity of ≧400 mAh/g. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141723 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - Metal hydride batteries comprising an electrolyte composition which comprises an aqueous solution comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of metal hydroxides, metal oxide/hydroxides and ammonium hydroxides where when the electrolyte composition comprises KOH, the composition also comprises a further compound selected from the group consisting of metal hydroxides, metal oxide/hydroxides and ammonium hydroxides, exhibit reduced degradation of the anode material during operation. Anode materials advantageously exhibit ≦95% of the degradation of the same anode material in the same battery when replacing the electrolyte composition with 6 M aqueous KOH and exhibit conductivity of ≧50% of that of 6 M aqueous KOH. Anode materials are for example ABx high capacity hydrogen storage alloys comprising Mg where x is from about 0.5 to about 5 and which has a discharge capacity of ≧400 mAh/g. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141724 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - A metal hydride battery comprising at least one negative electrode, at least one positive electrode, a casing having said electrodes positioned therein and an electrolyte composition, where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of protic acids, protic ammonium compounds, protic oxonium compounds, aprotic ammonium compounds, aprotic oxonium compounds, aprotic phosphonium compounds and alkali or alkali earth metal salts; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkali earth metal hydroxides and alkali or alkali earth metal alkoxides and an organic solvent; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, water and one or more further components selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, further ionic compounds and additives; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate compounds and carboxylic acids. Ionic compounds include ionic liquids and salts. Metal hydride batteries comprising certain electrolyte compositions have a nominal open-circuit voltage of from about 1.5 V to about 5.0 V. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141725 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - A metal hydride battery comprising at least one negative electrode, at least one positive electrode, a casing having said electrodes positioned therein and an electrolyte composition, where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of protic acids, protic ammonium compounds, protic oxonium compounds, aprotic ammonium compounds, aprotic oxonium compounds, aprotic phosphonium compounds and alkali or alkali earth metal salts; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkali earth metal hydroxides and alkali or alkali earth metal alkoxides and an organic solvent; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, water and one or more further components selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, further ionic compounds and additives; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate compounds and carboxylic acids. Ionic compounds include ionic liquids and salts. Metal hydride batteries comprising certain electrolyte compositions have a nominal open-circuit voltage of from about 1.5 V to about 5.0 V. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141726 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - A metal hydride battery comprising at least one negative electrode, at least one positive electrode, a casing having said electrodes positioned therein and an electrolyte composition, where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of protic acids, protic ammonium compounds, protic oxonium compounds, aprotic ammonium compounds, aprotic oxonium compounds, aprotic phosphonium compounds and alkali or alkali earth metal salts; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkali earth metal hydroxides and alkali or alkali earth metal alkoxides and an organic solvent; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, water and one or more further components selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, further ionic compounds and additives; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate compounds and carboxylic acids. Ionic compounds include ionic liquids and salts. Metal hydride batteries comprising certain electrolyte compositions have a nominal open-circuit voltage of from about 1.5 V to about 5.0 V. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141727 | Electrolytes and Metal Hydride Batteries - A metal hydride battery comprising at least one negative electrode, at least one positive electrode, a casing having said electrodes positioned therein and an electrolyte composition, where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of protic acids, protic ammonium compounds, protic oxonium compounds, aprotic ammonium compounds, aprotic oxonium compounds, aprotic phosphonium compounds and alkali or alkali earth metal salts; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkali earth metal hydroxides and alkali or alkali earth metal alkoxides and an organic solvent; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, water and one or more further components selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, further ionic compounds and additives; or where the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate compounds and carboxylic acids. Ionic compounds include ionic liquids and salts. Metal hydride batteries comprising certain electrolyte compositions have a nominal open-circuit voltage of from about 1.5 V to about 5.0 V. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141728 | BATTERY PACK, TOOL BATTERY AND BATTERY OPERATED TOOL - A lithium-polymer based battery pack for power a hand held power tool or a garden tool, the battery pack has a plurality of battery cells located within housing that is selectively connectable to and supportable by a hand held power tool or a garden tool. The battery cells have a lithium-polymer based chemistry and a nominal charged internal impedance of less than or equal to approximately 5 milliohms. In one embodiment the cells are think cells are stacked within the housing such that each sell is layered over or under an adjacent cell and a resiliently deformable substrate located between adjacent battery cells. In another embodiment the cells may be interconnected to have a combined output voltage of at least 9 volts and to produce a combined average discharge current of greater than 20 amps. A lithium-polymer tool battery and a battery powered tool are also part of the invention. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141729 | PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND PROTECTION METHOD FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE SAME - A protection apparatus for a rechargeable battery includes a battery module, a cathode power line, an anode power line, a signal line, and a battery protector. The battery module includes a unit cell, a conductor case, a cathode, and an anode. The battery protector measures a charged voltage of the unit cell through the cathode power line and the anode power line, measures a detection voltage of the unit cell through the anode power line and the signal line, and determines a charged state of the unit cell based on a calculated voltage ratio of the charged voltage and the detection voltage. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141730 | Method of Controlling Different Kinds of Battery Cells and Electronic Device for Same - In acccordance with an embodiment of a disclosure, a battery pack is disclosed that includes a first battery cell of a first battery type, a second battery cell of a second battery type, a sensor enabled to measure a current and/or a voltage of the first battery cell and/or the second battery cell, a controller enabled to compare a measured current with a current threshold and/or a measured voltage with a voltage threshold, and a switching circuit enabled to connect to the controller one of the first battery cell and the second battery cell, based on a result of the comparison. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141731 | BATTERY STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A battery state detection device ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160141732 | ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A STATE DETECTOR - An electrochemical storage device including a state detector, has an electrochemical storage device, which has a wall that surrounds an electrochemical storage material. The state detector has at least one ultrasonic transmitter and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which are attached to the side of the wall facing away from the electrochemical storage material. The electrochemical storage material is subject to a volume change during operation of the storage device, and the electrochemical storage material is liquid during operation of the storage device and is in direct contact with the wall and the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are attached to the wall in such a way that the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are acoustically coupled to the wall. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141733 | HEAT QUANTITY CONTROL DEVICE - A heat quantity control device has a heat flux sensor arranged between first and second heating elements arranged adjacently to each other, and a control section for controlling a heat quantity of the first and second heating elements. The heat flux sensor has an insulation board made of thermoplastic resin, first and second via holes formed in the insulation board penetrating in a thickness direction thereof. First and second layer connection members are embedded in the first and second via holes, respectively. The first and second layer connection members are made of different metals and alternately connected in series. The control section controls a heat quantity generated in the first and second heating elements based on the electromotive force generated in the heat flux sensors so that a heat flux flowing between the first and second heating elements becomes not more than a predetermined value. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERY - A system and method regulate the temperature of an electrochemical battery. The system can be incorporated in a hybrid or electric motor vehicle including at least two electrical-energy-accumulating elements, each element including at least one electrochemical cell. The system increases the intensity of the value of the current flowing through the battery up to a first threshold value and includes a module for disconnecting and connecting an electrical-energy-accumulating element. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141735 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY - A battery unit, a bottomed case, a plate-shaped cooling plate, and first heat transfer material are included. The cooling plate is fastened to a bottom part of the case from the outside of the case, and can cool the battery unit via the bottom part of the case. The first heat transfer material have a plastic property and are held between the bottom part of the case and the cooling plate. The bottom part of the case has heat transfer material housings that house excess first heat transfer material therein when the cooling plate has been fastened to the case. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141736 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrochemical device and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrochemical device includes an electrode assembly that is formed in such a manner that a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode are wound in the form of a jelly-roll shape, and includes a hollow portion in a center thereof, a first tap plate that is installed on an upper surface of the electrode assembly to be electrically connected to the first electrode, and includes a first through-hole corresponding to the hollow portion in a center thereof, and a second tap plate that is installed on a lower surface of the electrode assembly to be electrically connected to the second electrode, and includes a second through-hole corresponding to the hollow portion in a center thereof. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141737 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE BLOCK AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE MODULE - An electricity storage block includes: an element stacked body in which a plurality of square electricity storage elements is stacked and arranged such that wide surfaces of the adjacent square electricity storage elements are opposed to each other; and a pressing device that presses the element stacked body toward the thermally-conductive sheet arranged on the heat transfer plate. The element stacked body includes holders having wide surface abutment parts in abutment with one of the wide surfaces in a pair in at least the predetermined square electricity storage element. The outer surfaces of the bottom plates of the square electricity storage elements are set as heat transfer surfaces thermally connected to the heat transfer plate via the thermally-conductive sheet. The heat-transfer surfaces protrude toward the heat transfer plate more than the end surfaces of the wide surface abutment parts at the heat transfer plate side. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141738 | BATTERY PACK - One aspect is a battery pack for a transportation device, the battery pack including a plurality of bare cells and a case including a bottom portion including an air guide pipe. The case has a sidewall portion extending from the bottom portion so as to form a space accommodating the bare cells, the sidewall portion having an air hole passing therethrough. The air guide pipe is configured to transfer air received from the environment to the interior of the case via the air hole. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141739 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A high-frequency signal transmission line includes a body including a plurality of first base layers and a second base layer stacked on one another in a stacking direction. The first base layers have a first relative permeability, and the second base layer has a relative permeability lower than the first relative permeability. A first signal line and a second signal line extending along the first signal line are provided in the body. In a cross section perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a first direction in which the first signal line extends, the second base layer occupies at least a portion of an area between the first signal line and the second signal line. In the cross section perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of first base layers define a loop enclosing the first signal line, the second signal line and the second base layer. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141740 | TWO-PORT TRIPLATE-LINE/WAVEGUIDE CONVERTER - A two-port triplate-line/waveguide converter in one embodiment of this invention is provided with a rectangular waveguide and two probes that connect to central conductors of separate trip late lines via slits, said slits being formed separately on two opposing inside walls of the rectangular waveguide and lying on an imaginary straight line that is perpendicular to said inside walls. The two probes, the tips of which are bent inside the rectangular waveguide, constitute monopole antennas with the aforementioned inside walls functioning as the ground planes thereof. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141741 | FEED LINE - A feed line in the form of a trip late line that runs from a waveguide/triplate-line converter coupled to a radio to a plurality of patch antennas in a cluster pattern. The width and length of a section of said feed line between the waveguide/triplate-line converter and the branch point nearest thereto are set such that the impedance of said section directly matches the parallel combination of the impedances of branches beyond said branch point and the loss in said section is kept to or below a predetermined upper limit. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141742 | N-WAY COAXIAL WAVEGUIDE POWER DIVIDER/COMBINER - A low loss and compact power divider/combiner is provided for high power efficiency. The power divider/combiner can be an N-way coaxial-waveguide cavity power divider/combiner with good characteristics of low loss and compact size. The power divider/combiner can be comprised of a coaxial common port, a radial-waveguide cavity, and N-way probe outputs. In various embodiments, the power divider/combiner can have a plurality of probe outputs that are equally spaced radially around an axis on which the coaxial common port is located. The radial-waveguide cavity and N-way probe outputs can be fabricated on a substrate board using printed circuit technology. In addition, the power divider/combiner can have reversed probe outputs which provide for 180 degree out of phase outputs between the probe outputs. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141743 | Harmonic cacity resonator - Cavity resonators have a multitude of applications in radio-frequency, microwave, and vacuum electronics. Cavity resonators are used as frequency selective filters and oscillators. In vacuum electronic devices and charged particle accelerators cavities are used to couple energy into and out of charged particle beams. Typically cavity resonators are optimized for single mode operation and are limited to sinusoidal waveforms and interactions. Harmonic cavities have many of the same applications, but because they resonate many axially symmetric harmonic modes simultaneously, the superposition of these modes is an on-axis arbitrary waveform. Harmonic cavities have both passive and active applications. When a periodic charged particle beam passes through a harmonic cavity whose resonances are at the same frequency as the beam's periodicity, the beam induces these cavity modes to resonate. The superposition of these modes, on axis, has a voltage vs. time waveform that ideally mirrors the current vs. time of the beam that induced it. Harmonic cavities can also be used to apply arbitrary waveforms to charged particle beams when driven externally. These waveforms can be used to modulate, shape, and accelerate the beam. A harmonic cavity whose axis is tilted to the beamline can be used to change the trajectory of selected particle bunches by delivering them fast kicking pulses. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141744 | ANTENNA AIMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS - A system and method are provided for automatically aiming an antenna to communicate with a remote broadband wireless communication device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141745 | INDOOR ANTENNA - An indoor antenna has a cover body, a coax cable panel, and a coax cable. The cover body has a panel cover. The panel cover has an edge and at least one first coax cable channel formed in a side of the coax cable panel and formed through the edge of the panel cover. The coax cable panel is mounted in the cover body. The coax cable is electrically connected with the coax cable panel, inserted through the panel cover, mounted in one of the at least one first coax cable channel, and extending out of the edge of the panel cover. Therefore, when the indoor antenna is assembled, the coax cable can be arranged firmly without over-bending, such that the indoor antenna can be keeping as good performance as it is and assembled easily. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141746 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ANTENNA - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a body including a communication module, and at least one first conductive contact configured to transmit electrical signals to and receive electrical signals from the communication module; and at least one strap removably connected to the body, the at least one strap including an antenna therein, and at least one second conductive contact configured to transmit electrical signals to and receive electrical signals from the antenna, the one strap being configured to removably connect to the body, such that at least a portion of the at least one first conductive contact is electrically connected to the at least one second conductive contact. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141747 | Helix-Loaded Meandered Loxodromic Spiral Antenna - An antenna element having a metal pattern with a three-dimensional profile. The metal pattern is at least one helix-loaded helix-loaded meandered loxodromic spiral. The profile is generally that of a domed top adjoined to a rotationally symmetric body such as a conical section. Typically, the metal antenna pattern is fabricated upon or otherwise supported by a dielectric medium. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141748 | ANTENNA DEVICE USING EBG STRUCTURE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND RADAR DEVICE - An antenna device comprises a dielectric substrate that has first and second surfaces; first and second antenna elements that are arranged on the first surface of the dielectric substrate; a ground conductor that is arranged on the second surface of the dielectric substrate; and an electromagnetic band gap structure that is arranged between the first and second antenna elements on the dielectric substrate. The electromagnetic band gap structure comprises: a plurality of patch conductors that are arranged on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and are electromagnetically coupled with the ground conductor; and at least one opening that is arranged in the ground conductor to expose the dielectric substrate, and causes the electromagnetic coupling between the plurality of patch conductors and the ground conductor to change. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141749 | ANTENNA DEVICE USING EBG STRUCTURE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND RADAR DEVICE - An antenna device comprises a first dielectric substrate; first and second antenna elements arranged on a first surface of the first dielectric substrate; a ground conductor arranged on a second surface of the first dielectric substrate; and an EBG structure arranged between the first and second antenna elements. The EBG structure comprises first patch conductors that are each arranged in contact with the first surface of the first dielectric substrate and are each electromagnetically coupled with the ground conductor; second patch conductors that are each arranged in a prescribed distance from the first surface of the first dielectric substrate in a direction opposite to the second surface, and are each electromagnetically coupled with corresponding one of the first patch conductors; and first connection conductors that electrically connect the first patch conductors with the second patch conductors. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141750 | ANTENNA SYSTEM - An antenna system for motor vehicles includes a surface that comprises an electrically conductive medium. A recess is located inside the electrically conductive surface, with the electrically conductive surface being a periphery of the recess. At least one electrically conductive crosspiece is electrically conductively connected to the periphery and protrudes into the recess and extends in the direction of a second side, facing the first side, of the periphery and there ends, forming a gap with the periphery. This crosspiece divides the recess into first and second parts with a gap connecting the two parts. At least one electrical line in a part of the recess originates at a feed point, located on the crosspiece but is electrically separate from it. The electrical line extends in the part of the recess in the direction of the periphery and is capacitively coupled to the periphery. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141751 | ANTENNA ISOLATION USING A TUNED GROUNDPLANE NOTCH - There is disclosed an antenna device relating to a single or dual band antenna system for use in mobile telecommunications devices, laptop and tablet computers, USB adapters and electrically small radio platforms comprising a pair of antennas attached to a conductive ground plane, the antennas being separated by free space in which at least one notch is formed in the conductive ground plane between the pair of antennas characterised in that the notch further includes an inductive component and a capacitive component providing good antenna isolation so as to enable MIMO operation or diversity operation. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141752 | ANTENNA ARRAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - The embodiments of the present application disclose an antenna array control apparatus, method, and system. The apparatus includes a link establishing unit, multiple modems, and multiple AISG interfaces, and the AISG interfaces are configured to receive an antenna array configuration signal; the multiple modems are connected to the link establishing unit, and the modems are configured to decode the antenna array configuration signal to obtain an antenna array configuration instruction; and the link establishing unit is connected to multiple electric motors and configured to establish a communications link between each electric motor and one modem according to the antenna array configuration instruction. The multiple AISG interfaces are used in the apparatus as control ports, and a communications link between an antenna array and the multiple AISG interfaces can be connected in multiple manners, so that multiple antenna arrays are more flexibly controlled. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141753 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ANTENNA OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for selecting an antenna of an electronic device, one or more sensors are used to detect whether all of the antennas of the electronic device are approached by external objects. When all of the antennas are approached by the external objects, an approached antenna which has a largest value of received signal strength indication is selected. When not all of the antennas are approached by the external objects, an antenna which has a largest value of received signal strength indication and is not approached is selected. The selected antenna is set for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141754 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - Embodiments provide a phased array antenna including a feed structure adapted to guide an electromagnetic wave, a plurality of controllable elements coupled to the feed structure and a plurality of radiating elements, wherein each of the radiating elements is coupled to at least two of the plurality of controllable elements. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - There are disclosed various methods for a communication device and apparatuses comprising an antenna and a transmitter. In some embodiments of the method a transmission signal is provided to a first feed point ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160141756 | Antennaless Wireless Device - A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141757 | SHORTED BOWTIE PATCH ANTENNA WITH PARASITIC SHORTED PATCHES - Described herein are shorted bowtie patch antennas. The shorted bowtie patch antenna includes parasitic shorted patches. Signals are received by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. The received signals are propagated to a receiver. Signals sent from a transmitter are transmitted by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. Current is induced in the parasitic shorted patches during receiving and transmitting of signals. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141758 | ANTENNA FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION HAVING STRUCTURE FOR SWITCHING MULTIPLE BAND SIGNALS - The present invention discloses an antenna for satellite communication having a structure for switching multiband signals. The antenna for satellite communication according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main reflecting plate configured to be rotatable in a predetermined direction so as to be oriented in a direction in which a satellite is located, a first feed horn configured to be detachably installed in a region of an edge of the main reflecting plate, a sub-reflecting plate configured to be installed so as to be spaced apart from a reflecting surface of the main reflecting plate by a predetermined distance by at least one support means provided in a region of the main reflecting plate, and a second feed horn configured to be detachably installed on a side opposite to the reflecting surface of the sub-reflecting plate, wherein an installation position of the sub-reflecting plate is changeable. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141759 | DUAL POLARIZED ANTENNA - A dual polarized antenna assembly that can be used in connection with rail-based high speed data transmission is provided. One or more high gain directional antennas can be included within a single package such that each package can include a waveguide feed, first and second probe feed assemblies terminating at the waveguide feed, and a horn flair coupled to a first end of the waveguide feed. The first probe feed assembly can be terminated orthogonally with respect to the second probe feed assembly, each probe feed assembly can be fed separately and radiate a linearly polarized signal into the waveguide such that each linearly polarized signal is parallel to the respective probe feed assembly, and each linearly polarized signal can propagate independently through the waveguide to the horn flair, which can couple each linearly polarized signal to free space. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141760 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLING DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MULTI-ELEMENT ASSEMBLIES TO PREDETERMINED TOLERANCES AND ALIGNMENTS USING A RECONIFIGURABLE ASSEMBLING AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - Systems and methods for assembling different multi-element items with different specifications using a reconfigurable apparatus are provided. One embodiment includes a base plate, a back plate coupled to the base plate in a predetermined angle relationship. The exemplary back plate comprises a plurality of alignment pins adapted to engage with alignment locations of multiple element assembly items. The exemplary base plate and alignment mounting structures couple to end cap parts disposed on opposing ends of the multiple element assembly items holding the items together. A clamping mechanism maintains/releases pressure on the multiple element assembly items against the back plate. The back plate holds alignment pins in a first back plate location in a first orientation for one type of multiple element assembly items and hold the alignment pins in a second location when the back plate is in a second orientation for a different type of multiple element assembly items. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141761 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLING DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MULTI-ELEMENT ASSEMBLIES TO PREDETERMINED TOLERANCES AND ALIGNMENTS USING A RECONIFIGURABLE ASSEMBLING AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - Systems and methods for assembling different multi-element items with different specifications using a reconfigurable apparatus are provided. One embodiment includes a base plate, a back plate coupled to the base plate in a predetermined angle relationship. The exemplary back plate comprises a plurality of alignment pins adapted to engage with alignment locations of multiple element assembly items. The exemplary base plate and alignment mounting structures couple to end cap parts disposed on opposing ends of the multiple element assembly items holding the items together. A clamping mechanism maintains/releases pressure on the multiple element assembly items against the back plate. The back plate holds alignment pins in a first back plate location in a first orientation for one type of multiple element assembly items and hold the alignment pins in a second location when the back plate is in a second orientation for a different type of multiple element assembly items. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141762 | Antenna - Disclosed is an antenna, the antenna includes a metal trace, an antenna feeder, and a power connector set on a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the metal trance and the antenna feeder are connected at a feed point, the antenna is configured with a reactive element on one surface of the PCB board which is opposite to or the same with the surface where the feed point is located; and when a radio frequency signal of the antenna is at a low frequency, the reactive element is conducted, and when a radio frequency signal of the antenna is at a high frequency, the reactive element is disconnected, or when a radio frequency signal of the antenna is at a low frequency, the reactive element is disconnected, and when a radio frequency signal of the antenna is at a high frequency, a control switch of the reactive element is conducted. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141763 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - An antenna arrangement comprising at least a first and a second elongated structure, e.g., a coaxial cable, for guiding an electromagnetic wave is provided. Each of said structures comprises a plurality of radiation elements. The structures are positioned alongside each other in their longitudinal direction of extension forming a bundle. The elongated structures are arranged within the bundle such that the radial positions of said structures are alternated in the longitudinal direction of extension. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141764 | SOURCE FOR PARABOLIC ANTENNA - The invention relates to a source (S) for a parabolic antenna, comprising:—a sigma radiating assembly ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160141765 | RADIO COMMUNICATION ANTENNA HAVING NARROW BEAM WIDTH - In the present invention, a radio communication antenna having a narrow beam width comprises: a reflecting plate provided in the form of a plate of rectangular shape; and one radiating module disposed on the reflecting plate and generating x-polarized waves. Here: the radiating module comprises four radiating elements of dipole structure; the four radiating elements are respectively disposed at four edge portions of the reflecting plate, and each comprises two radiating arms placed in the direction extending along both sides relative to the edges; and, among the four radiating elements, those radiating elements that face each other diagonally are linked in movement so as to generate one of the x-polarized waves. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141766 | GRADIENT ANTENNA COILS AND ARRAYS FOR USE IN LOCATING SYSTEMS - Buried object locators including an omnidirectional antenna array and a gradient array are disclosed. A locator display may include information associated with a buried object based on both omnidirectional antenna array signals and gradient antenna array signals. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141767 | Multiple-Antenna System and Mobile Terminal - A multiple-antenna system includes a planar inverted-F antenna PIFA of a first type, which includes a metallic ground plane, a dielectric plate, a radiation patch, a probe-type feeding unit, and a metallic shorting pin. The system also includes a PIFA of a second type perpendicular to the PIFA of the first type and including a metallic ground plane, a radiation patch, a feeding unit, and a metallic shorted patch. The radiation patch is connected to the metallic ground plane by using the feeding unit and the metallic shorted patch. Isolation stub is located on an edge of a side, close to the PIFA of the second type, of the upper surface of the dielectric plate of the PIFA of the first type. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141768 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF CRIMP TERMINAL WITH RESPECT TO WIRE - Herein disclosed is a connection structure including a waterproof sheet disposed in an inner surface of a wire connection section and has an opening section in a position corresponding to a conductor exposed section, in which the waterproof sheet is configured such that a front end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a front side from a front end of a conductor crimp section and a rear end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a rear side from a rear end of the cover crimp section. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141769 | Device for attaching and contacting an electrical component and method for manufacturing the device - A device for attaching and contacting an electrical component, e.g., a sensor device, includes: at least two contact points which are electrically contactable via associated busbars, a contact point of the component being connected to the associated busbar via a respective connecting element, which at its respective free first end forms a mounting for the component and establishes the electrical connection to the contact point of the component in the mounting, and which at its respective second end is held on the busbar and is electrically connected thereto. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141770 | Electrical Connection Module, Semiconductor Module and Method for Producing a Semiconductor Module - An electrical connection module system includes a first connection plate with a first connection end and at least one first foot section, a first screw nut, and a dielectric holder. The dielectric holder has a first reception region for receiving the first screw nut. The first connection plate can, when the first screw nut is placed in the first reception region, be pushed onto the dielectric holder and be brought into a first target position such that the first screw nut is arranged between the dielectric holder and the first connection end and is held by the first connection end in the first reception region in such a way that the first screw nut cannot fall out. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141771 | MACHINE CASE WITH IMPROVED TERMINAL MODULE - A machine case includes a sink-like main portion and opposite deck stations by two ends of said main portion, and a terminal module. Said terminal module includes an insulator defining opposite top and bottom surfaces and a set of contacts retained to the insulator via a first insert molding process and arranged along a transverse direction. Each of said contacts is stamped and bent from sheet metal and unitarily formed with an upper contacting section and a lower contacting section. One of said upper contacting section and said lower contacting section defines an exposed end for originally linking to a contact carrier. The insulator forms a set of recesses originally formed between the contacting sections of neighboring contacts during the first insert molding while successively filled with material by the corresponding deck station in which said terminal module is embedded. | 2016-05-19 |
20160141772 | TERMINAL TABLE AND TERMINAL TABLE UNIT - Provided are a terminal table and a terminal table unit allowing a plurality of busbars to be connected certainly and easily with reactor busbars of reactor securing members that are connected with reactors included in reactor units having an error. A sensor terminal table | 2016-05-19 |
20160141773 | COMPOSITE AND NANOWIRE CONDUIT - An electrical wiring system comprises a plurality of electrical conduits, each of which comprises a plurality of electrically conductive wires, a carrier encapsulating and electrically insulating the wires from each other, the carrier being composed of a rigid material, and at least connector carried by the carrier in electrical communication with the wires. The electrical wiring system further comprises a junction box comprising a plurality of interconnecting wires and a plurality of connectors electrically coupled together by the interconnecting wires. The plurality of connectors of the junction box are coupled to the plurality connectors of the electrical conduits. | 2016-05-19 |