29th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110175435 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR - In a brake device for a motor vehicle having a first and a second hydraulic brake circuit, the second brake circuit is decoupled from the main brake cylinder in partial braking operations, and is operated with the aid of a pressure accumulator controlled by a control device, which takes an additional deceleration effect due to an active power component, e.g., a generator, into account. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175436 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SUCH A HYDRAULIC BRAKE UNIT - A hydraulic brake unit ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175437 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - A brake control apparatus is equipped with a plurality of fluid pressure adjusting valves that have opening degrees thereof adjusted through energization control to adjust the fluid pressures, a plurality of valves that are provided in series with at least two of the fluid pressure adjusting valves are closed during stoppage of energization to hold the fluid pressures, and a brake ECU. The brake ECU controls fluid pressure adjustment achieved by supplying the fluid pressures to the wheel cylinders respectively, opening the communication valves and adjusting the opening degrees of the fluid pressure adjusting valves to adjust the fluid pressures respectively, and fluid pressure holding achieved by closing the communication valves opening the fluid pressure adjusting valves and holding the fluid pressures by means of the communication valves respectively. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175438 | Vehicle Line-Locking Braking System and Method - The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method of line-locking a hydraulic vehicle braking system. The method includes performing a preliminary system check and controlling the distribution of fluid between a hydraulic module and two sets of vehicle brakes when the preliminary check is satisfied. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175439 | Vehicle Line-Locking Braking System and Method - The present disclosure relates to various computer-implemented methods of line-locking a hydraulic vehicle braking system. A method includes performing a preliminary system check and controlling the distribution of fluid between a hydraulic module and an individual wheel-end brake component when the preliminary check is satisfied. The system continues to monitor predetermined vehicle inputs during activation. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175440 | PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE ARRANGEMENT HAVING DIAPHRAGM VALVES FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID PRESSURE IN AN ABS BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICALE, HAVING DIAPHRAGMS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL PLANES OR COPLANAR FASHION - A pressure control valve arrangement is described for controlling the fluid pressure in an ABS brake system of a vehicle in such a manner that, in the event of a tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle to lock, the brake pressure in associated brake cylinders can be adaptively adjusted, at least two diaphragm valves which have diaphragms loaded by spring elements, as well as at least one electromagnetic control valve which can be activated by an electronic control device for the pilot control of the diaphragm valves. Also described is a method for producing the pressure control valve arrangement. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175441 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUPLING TWO PARTS OF A DC NETWORK, PARTICULARLY IN AN AIRCRAFT - A device and method for coupling two parts of a dc network, in which at least two capacitors respectively are installed, particularly onboard an aircraft. The device includes at least one static converter including at least one electronic coupling device, including at least one transistor and one diode, associated with an inductance, arranged between these at least two capacitors. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175442 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING ELECTRICAL ENERGY - An apparatus, system, and method, the apparatus includes an intelligent energy transfer system including a configurable switching system electrically coupleable to a vehicle. The vehicle includes one of an electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The configurable switching system is configured to convey a first direct current (DC) energy from a first energy source to an energy storage system of the vehicle, receive a first alternating current (AC) energy conveyed to the vehicle, convey a second DC energy from the vehicle to a first DC powered load, and convey a second AC energy from the vehicle to a first AC powered load. Each of the first energy source, the first AC powered load, and the first DC powered load are located remotely from the vehicle. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175443 | ALTERNATING CURRENT AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED AC POWER SYSTEM - The objective of this invention is to provide an autonomous distributed electric power system without depending on a known electric power system. In order to achieve such objective, this invention proposes a following feature: Output frequencies of autonomous grid-connection inverters ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175444 | Portable Power System - A remote station may be constructed such that components or the station arc placed upon a skid and transported to a remote site. When deposited at the remote site, the remote station may cause a minimal disturbance on the ground while providing the necessary remote services, such as power and communications, because the skid may simply rest upon the ground, and the components rest atop the skid. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175445 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system including a fuel cell power-generating part, a state detector, a charging circuit, a secondary cell, a control unit, a first internal load power supply circuit, a second internal load power supply circuit, a path selection circuit, an internal load, and an external load power supply circuit is provided. The first internal load power supply circuit and the charging circuit are coupled to the fuel cell power-generating part. The secondary cell is coupled between the charging circuit and the second internal load power supply circuit. The path selection circuit determines whether the first internal load power supply circuit or the second internal load power supply circuit provides power to the internal load according to a first electric power of the fuel cell power-generating part that is detected by the state detector, so as to reduce energy consumption. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175446 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - A monitoring system includes a controller, a number of input devices, a number of digital sensors, a number of analog sensors, a number of displays, and a number of alarms. Each input device includes a switching circuit, an input circuit, and a connector. The connector is connected to a digital sensor or an analog sensor. The switching circuit includes an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a p-channel MOSFET, a first resistor, and a second resistor. The input circuit includes an operational amplifier and a third resistor. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175447 | Current Control System and Method for Controlling a Current - A current control system comprising at least one series arm including a linear series regulator for generating a manipulated variable signal, wherein the linear series regulator is connected to a semiconductor control element which is connected to a supply voltage referenced to a ground potential, and the semiconductor control element includes an output voltage at its output side relative to the ground potential. A reference signal fed to the series regulator, a current measurement signal, and the manipulated variable signal are referenced to the ground potential, where the manipulated variable signal is fed to a subtractor which subtracts the difference of the feed voltage minus the output voltage from the manipulated variable signal, and the generated output signal of the subtractor is fed to the semiconductor control element as a corrected manipulated variable signal. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175448 | COMBINED WIRELESS BRIDGE AND SURGE PROTECTED POWER STRIP - The present invention is directed toward a combined wireless bridge and power strip including a housing defining an interior and an exterior. A power cord is coupled to the housing. A power surge protector coupled to the power cord is disposed in the housing. An electrical power switch is coupled to the surge protector and is disposed in the housing. An array of electrical outlets is coupled to the electrical power switch and is disposed in the housing in operative communication between the interior and the exterior. A power transformer is coupled to the power surge protector in the housing interior. A wireless bridge is coupled to the power transformer and can be disposed in the housing interior or on its exterior. The wireless bridge includes one or more ports to provide entry points for devices requiring wired LAN entry points. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175449 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit generates the internal power supply voltage intVCC from a first power supply capable of supplying a first power supply voltage V | 2011-07-21 |
20110175450 | Load Control Module For A Generator And Method Of Operation - A load control module is provided for use with a transfer switch apparatus that controls the delivery of standby electrical power to a load during utility power interruption. The load control module selectively brings loads online to receive standby electrical power to prevent overloading of the electric generator that is providing the standby electrical power. The frequency of the electrical power is also monitored and if a low frequency condition is detected, loads are taken offline (shed). A method to flag those loads that induce an overload condition is also provided. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175451 | POWER STORAGE APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A power storage system and method are disclosed. The system is connected to a load, a power grid, and a power generation system. When the grid is in an abnormal state, a battery is simultaneously charged with power from the power generation system and used to supply power to the load. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175452 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply device includes a power conversion circuit, a secondary battery, a table, and a control circuit. The power conversion circuit converts alternating-current or direct-current power into direct-current power to supply power to a load. The secondary battery is connected between the power conversion circuit and the load and charged with power from the power conversion circuit so that power is supplied to the load when the charging power is discharged. On the table, power conversion efficiency of the power conversion circuit associated with output power and charging efficiency of the secondary battery associated with charging power are recorded. The control circuit looks up the table to calculate power loss, which is based on the power conversion efficiency of the power conversion circuit associated with the output power in the case where power is supplied from the power conversion circuit to the load, and power loss, which is based on the charging efficiency of the secondary battery associated with the charging power in the case where power is output from the power conversion circuit so that the power conversion efficiency is at the highest level and the secondary battery is charged with extra power that is left after power is supplied to the load, makes a determination, on the basis of both the calculated power losses, as to whether the supply of power from the secondary battery to the load leads to a smaller power loss, makes a determination, when the supply of power from the secondary battery to the load leads to a smaller power loss, as to whether there is a remaining capacity in the secondary battery, and performs a control process, when there is no remaining capacity in the secondary battery, so that power is supplied from the power conversion circuit to the load and the secondary battery is charged for a predetermined period of time. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175453 | METER SOCKET TRANSFER SWITCH - A control system for a home electrical system includes a first switch installed at a meter socket of a utility module for controlling flow of electricity from a utility source to an electrical load, a second switch installed in a home generator for controlling flow of electricity from the generator to the electrical load, and circuitry configured to actuate the first and second switches. The circuitry includes at least one interlock to provide power to the electrical load from only one of the utility source and the generator at any given time. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175454 | Dual-Loop Dynamic Fast-Tracking MPPT Control Method, Device, and System - A converter unit to improve the response dynamics and overall recovered power in a photovoltaic array configuration. Each photovoltaic panel in the photovoltaic array may be coupled to a respective converter unit, which may include a controller to sense an output voltage and output current produced by the solar panel, and control operation of a power converter to output modified voltage and current corresponding to the solar panel onto a bus coupling the converter units. The controller may operate as an analog or (digital) firmware control system to regulate the input voltage of each power converter unit under indirect guidance of a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller to optimize and regulate the resultant power, and achieve very fast dynamic response to environmental transients. Input voltage and output voltage management may be achieved by way of a fast inner control loop and a corresponding MPPT control system configured as an outer guidance loop providing a reference signal to the inner control loop. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175455 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a wireless power supplying system, including a power transmission device adapted to transmit power supplied thereto, a repeater device adapted to repeat the transmission power of the power transmission device, and a power reception device adapted to receive the power repeated by said repeater device | 2011-07-21 |
20110175456 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLYING RACK - Disclosed herein is a wireless power supplying rack, including: a power transmission device adapted to transmit power to be supplied; a repeater device adapted to repeat the transmission power of the power transmission device; a power reception device adapted to receive the power repeated by the repeater device; and a main body in which a load to which the power received at least by the power reception device from between the power reception device and the repeater device is supplied is disposed; at least the repeater device and the power reception device from among the power transmission device, repeater device and power reception device being incorporated in the main body; wherein the power transmission device, the repeater device and the reception device have a first resonance element, a second resonance element and a third resonance element, respectively. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175457 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A power supplying apparatus includes: a power generation section adapted to generate power to be supplied; a power supplying element adapted to receive the power generated by and supplied thereto from the power generation section; and a plurality of resonance elements disposed at multiple stages and adapted to couple to each other through a magnetic field resonance relationship; one of the resonance elements being coupled to the power supplying element through electromagnetic induction. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175458 | ADAPTIVE INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY - A contactless power supply has a dynamically configurable tank circuit powered by an inverter. The contactless power supply is inductively coupled to one or more loads. The inverter is connected to a DC power source. When loads are added or removed from the system, the contactless power supply is capable of modifying the resonant frequency of the tank circuit, the inverter frequency, the inverter duty cycle or the rail voltage of the DC power source. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND POWER SUPPLY OF AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CONSUMER - A method for controlling and supplying power to at least one electrical consumer that is connectable in a wired, electrically conductive fashion to an energy source is provided. In the method, electrical energy is transferred by an alternating voltage and control information for activating the at least one electrical consumer is transmitted to the electrical consumer by an angle modulation of the alternating voltage used for the power supply. The control information is transmitted in binary form by a frequency modulation, wherein individual binary values are depicted and transmitted by an associated predetermined frequency of the alternating voltage used for the power supply. Each binary value is transmitted by a plurality of oscillations of the alternating voltage. A system for controlling and supplying power to at least one electrical consumer that is connectable in a wired, electrically conductive fashion to an energy source by a cable includes a device for generating an alternating voltage that is disposed between the energy source and the at least one electrical consumer and a device for the angle modulation of the alternating voltage, the electrical consumer comprising a decoder. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175460 | DC CURRENT BREAKER - A device for breaking DC currents exceeding 2500 A has a resonance circuit connected in parallel with an interrupter and a surge arrester connected in parallel with the resonance circuit. The resonance circuit has a series connection of a capacitor and an inductance. The relationship of the capacitance in μF to the inductance in μH of the resonance circuit is ≧1. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175461 | Method and apparatus for harvesting energy - An energy harvesting circuit includes one or more broadband or narrow band antennas to detect WIFI (wireless fidelity) or other RF (radio frequency) signals. The signals are rectified and voltage multiplied, and the resultant DC voltage is provided to a power management circuit. The output of the power management circuit charges a lithium battery or other storage device within the energy harvesting circuit. The energy stored in the battery or storage device is provided through a DC/DC converter circuit to a USB output connector to power or recharge the batteries of an external electronic device connected to the USB output connector of the energy harvesting circuit. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175462 | LINEAR DRIVE - The present invention relates to an electric linear drive, particularly for a rotary-lifting motor. Such a linear drive includes a winding system including a plurality of wound coils which are arranged to be coaxial to each other and successive in axial direction, and a magnet system which is movable in axial direction relative to the winding system and includes a plurality of axially successive permanent magnets. The winding system is normally fed by a controlled converter. The coils of the winding system and the permanent magnets of the magnet system define an air gap thereinbetween. Furthermore, a sensor is provided for detecting the relative movement of winding system and magnet system and for detecting the relative position of the two systems, the sensor being used for scanning a timing ruler mounted on the outer circumference of the magnet system. The magnet system is radially arranged in the interior of the winding system, and the timing ruler circumferentially extends only over a portion of the circumference of the magnet system. According to the invention it is either provided that the coils of the winding system have a radial bulge for the timing ruler, or that the magnet system is eccentrically arranged relative to the winding system, or that the magnet system includes a radial bulge in the form of a flat portion for the timing ruler. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175463 | RECIPROCATING MAGNET ENGINE - A reciprocating magnet engine has first and second magnet pairs ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175464 | MOTOR STATOR AND MOLDED MOTOR - A motor stator is disclosed. Each of a first phase, second phase and third phase of three-phase winding has multiple toroidal coils and crossover wires connecting the coils. The crossover wire of the first phase runs inside the second phase coil and the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the second phase runs over the first phase coil with a guide by guide posts and runs inside the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the third phase runs over the first phase coil and the second phase coil with a guide by the guide posts. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175465 | GEARBOX DRIVE UNIT - The invention relates to a gearbox drive unit ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175466 | HANS POWER TOOL WITH BRUSH MOTOR - A hand power tool with an oblong motor housing, particularly used as a handle, houses an electric collector motor. The brushes of the motor are housed in a brush holder with a brush shaft in a spring loaded way. Furthermore, the brush holder is solely/individually fixed in the motor housing, to which an axis intersection is associated, particularly a longitudinal, a vertical, and a transversal axis. According to the invention, the hand power tool is arranged in the motor housing in a space-saving manner with the shaft of the brush holder arranged opposite the vertical axis of the motor housing at an angle of approximately 20° in a laterally displaced way, particularly radially, relative to the longitudinal axis. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175467 | COOLANT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE - A cooling system for an electric motor of an electric motorcycle is disclosed. The cooling system includes a motorcycle frame including an internal volume, an entrance orifice and an exit orifice. The cooling system further includes an electric motor including an internal volume, a first tubular element connecting the exit orifice with the electric motor and a second tubular element connecting the electric motor with the entrance orifice. The cooling system further includes a liquid coolant located within the internal volume of the frame, the internal volume of the first and second tubular elements and the internal volume of the electric motor. The cooling system further includes a pump for circulating the liquid coolant from the electric motor, through the first tubular element, through the entrance orifice of the frame, through the internal volume of the frame, through the exit orifice of the frame and back to the electric motor. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175468 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine including a rotor rotating relative to a stator, the rotor rotating a first fan placed at a first end of the stator, and a second fan placed at a second end of the stator opposite to the first end, the first and second fans being configured to generate an air flow from the first fan to the second fan through the rotor and the stator, the first fan comprising an external ring connecting the radial ends of blades together. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175469 | AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATOR - An automotive alternator is provided that reduces exclusive circumferential space for a regulator assembly inside a rear bracket, and that also increases performance in cooling the regulator assembly and a rectifier by ensuring that flows of air that cool the regulator assembly and the rectifier do not interfere with each other. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175470 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes a housing having at one end thereof an accommodation space, an electric motor, a motor driver circuit provided in the accommodation space and having a circuit board, a connector having a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board, and a cylindrical portion located at the one end of the housing and extending toward the direction close to the electric motor. The housing has a mounting hole communicating with the accommodation space and the interior of the cylindrical portion. The bus bar has a bent shape having opposite ends extended toward the direction close to the electric motor. The connector is disposed in the mounting hole with one end of the bus bar inserted in the cylindrical portion and the other end of the bus bar inserted in the accommodation space. The mounting hole is closed up by a cover with a seal member provided therebetween. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175471 | STATOR CONNECTOR - A stator connector has an annular carrier structure adapted to be superposed on and fixed to the central annular portion of the stator and manufactured from an electrically insulating plastic overmolded onto a group of N conducting members which are separated from each other and electrically insulated by said plastic and having a generally arcuate shape. The conducting members have respective first projections extending out of the annular carrier structure. These first projections are adapted to be connected, in particular by soldering or welding, to terminals or ends of coils of the stator. Each conducting member further has at least one additional connection projection extending out of the annular carrier structure to form phase terminals for the stator. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175472 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A stator includes a stator coil that is formed of a plurality of electric wires each being comprised of an electric conductor having a substantially rectangular cross section and an insulating coat covering the electric conductor. The electric wires include a pair of first and second electric wires each having an end portion where the electric conductor is not covered by the insulating coat. Each of the end portions of the two electric wires includes a joined part at a distal end thereof; the joined parts of the end portions are joined together. At least one of the first and second electric wires has a bent part that is bent only once and adjoins the joined part of the end portion of the electric wire. The end portion of the at least one of the first and second electric wires includes at least part of the bent part. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175473 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE APPARATUS - A rotating electrical machine apparatus comprising a motor generator | 2011-07-21 |
20110175474 | COMPACT ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATED TRANSMISSIONS FOR DRIVING MULTIPLE OUTPUT LOADS FROM A SINGLE PRIMARY ACTUATOR - Power is selectively transferred from a primary actuator to one of a plurality of output shafts with a transmission including a plurality of output members coupled to an input member, the input member being coupled to the primary actuator. A first active material actuator includes a mechanical coupling feature coupling one of the plurality of output shafts to one of the plurality of output members when the active material actuator is activated. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175475 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - An electric motor drive device ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175476 | FREE-EJECTING STARTER - A free-ejecting starter for cranking an internal combustion engine in a vehicle includes a pinion shaft, which at the front, free-ejecting end, has an engaging pinion and a pinion shank at the opposite end which is guided and supported slidably on a drive shaft of the starter and accommodated in a bearing by a bearing shield of the starter. The pinion shank has a first, outer bearing section which is directly supported on the drive shaft. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175477 | Direct Rotation-Inducing Generator - The invention discloses a direct rotation-inducing generator, which comprises an iron core bracket, and a rotating shaft is arranged on the iron core bracket. A first rotary disc and a second rotary disc are respectively arranged on both ends of the rotating shaft. A first iron core is arranged on the iron core bracket and a first coil is arranged on the periphery of the iron core bracket. A first sealing plate is arranged on the first rotating disc, a first magnet is arranged on the first rotary disc or the first sealing plate, and the surface of the first magnet and the first sealing plate share a same surface. A fourth magnet is arranged on the second rotary disc, the first magnet and the fourth magnet correspond with the two ends of the first iron core, and the first magnet faces the fourth magnet by the opposite poles. One end of the first iron core is provided with a liquid storage tank, which is filled with magnetic liquid, and the end filled with magnetic liquid in the first iron core contacts with the first sealing plate. The main magnetic flux of the direct rotation-inducing generator and the magnetic flux generated by induced current are both horizontal with the iron core within the iron core, which significantly reduce the resistance effect on the relative rotation of the iron core and the magnets, thus saving the energy for power generation. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175478 | PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MOTOR - An increase of the magnetization current can be restrained during demagnetization and magnetization, and a variable speed operation can be achieved at a high power output over a wide range of from a low speed to a high speed. A rotor | 2011-07-21 |
20110175479 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR - A permanent magnet rotor for a brushless electric motor of the kind with an internal stator, has a carrier structure of molded plastic that includes a disc portion fixed to a shaft. The disc portion has a periphery joined to a substantially cylindrical cage portion coaxial with the shaft. The cage portion accommodates a magnetic flux conducting structure forming an wall which is coaxial with the shaft, and a plurality of permanent magnets shaped as ring segments, disposed at angular intervals within and adjacent to the flux conducting structure. Each magnet has its circumferentially terminal faces parallel with each other or converging in the outward direction. The cage portion is overmolded onto the flux conducting structure and has a plurality of angularly spaced struts which are essentially parallel to the axis of the rotor and which protrude radially inwards. Each of the struts having on its flanks respective containment surfaces which are essentially parallel to, or converge in the outward direction with, corresponding facing surfaces of the adjacent struts, such that between the magnetic flux conducting structure and each pair of adjacent struts there is defined a respective seat adapted to snugly receive a respective permanent magnet. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175480 | Magnetic Component Part for a Rotor Assembly - A magnetic component part for a rotor assembly of an electromechanical transducer is provided. The magnetic component part includes a base element having a first side and an opposing second side, a permanent magnet, attached to the base element at the first side, and a mounting structure fixed to the base element at the second side and adapted to be mechanically connected to a support structure of the rotor assembly. The permanent magnet is located in an offset position with respect to a central axis of the mounting structure, which central axis extends from the mounting structure through the second side to the first side. A rotor assembly, an electromechanical transducer and a wind turbine, which are all equipped with at least four magnetic component parts are also provided as well as a method for manufacturing a rotor assembly including at least four magnetic component parts. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175481 | PERMANENT TYPE ROTARY MACHINE - The permanent magnet type rotary machine is capable of reducing cogging torque even if permanent magnets are displaced in the axial direction and which is capable of reducing production cost and increasing torque. At least a stator unit of a first phase out of two stator units, which are stacked with a phase difference of (360°/(2P)), is stacked m-th, from one end of the stack of the stator units, to face magnetic poles of one of the permanent magnets. The other stator unit of the second phase, whose excitation cycle is shifted ¼ cycle with respect to that of the stator unit of the first phase, is stacked ((nQ/2)+m)-th, from the one end of the stack, to face magnetic poles of another permanent magnet. Note that, P is number of the magnetic poles of the permanent magnet; m is an integer of (nQ/2) or less, and one or more; Q is an even number of two or more; and n is an integer of one or more, and the product of n×Q is an integer of four or more. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175482 | OPTIMIZED STATOR TOOTH TIP FOR A MOTOR WITH AXIALLY INSERTED STATOR WINDINGS - An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator assembly concentrically located about the rotor. The stator assembly includes a stator stack and a plurality of spaced apart stator teeth extending radially from the stator stack. The plurality of stator teeth defines a plurality of stator slots. Each stator tooth defines a stator tooth tip. The stator tooth tips are shaped to reduce the magnetic flux generated by the stator assembly during operation of the electric motor | 2011-07-21 |
20110175483 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A stator includes a stator coil formed of electric wires which include a joined pair of first and second electric wires. The first electric wire has a lead portion led out from the radially inner periphery of a first slot of a stator core and including a crossover part. The crossover part crosses over an axial end face of an end part of the stator coil from the radially inside to the radially outside of the axial end face; the end part protrudes from an axial end face of the stator core. The second electric wire has a lead portion led out from the radially outer periphery of a second slot of the stator core. The lead portions of the electric wires are joined together with a joint formed therebetween. The joint is positioned closer to the axial end face of the stator core than the crossover part is. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175484 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING INDUCTION ROTORS WITH CONDUCTOR BARS HAVING HIGH CONDUCTIVITY AND ROTORS MADE THEREBY - Squirrel cage rotors of aluminum based material end rings joined with high conductive and durable material (such as copper) conductor bars for use in electric motors and methods of making them are described. The methods include forming conductor bars by casting or other metal forming methods in the slots of laminate steel stack, or positioning the preformed or premade solid conductor bars in the longitudinal slots of the stacked laminated steel, with bar ends extending out of the laminated steel stack ends, optionally coating the extended part of the conductors (bars) with a latent exoergic coating containing Al and one or more conductor bar chemical elements, positioning the laminated steel stack having conductors (bars) in a casting mold that forms the cavity of both end rings of the rotor, filling the end ring cavities with aluminum melt, and allowing the end rings to solidify under pressure. Alternatively, the conductor bars and end rings can be made separately and mechanically joined together. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175485 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A STATOR THEREOF - A rotating electrical machine includes: a rotor to which a plurality of magnetic poles are provided along its circumferential direction; a stator core laminating a plurality of core plates, and having a cylinder portion with teeth extending radially outwards; and a stator coil received in a slot between the teeth; wherein each of the teeth includes: a tooth body portion extending radially outwards from the cylinder portion; and a pair of projecting end portions, provided at an end of the tooth body portion, that are in radially extended state before receiving the stator coil in the slot, and that are in curved state in which they are bent in circumferential direction after receiving the stator coil in the slot; and wherein, in the curved state, a vacant space is defined at the slot side of a curved portion that communicates the base portion and the projecting end portion. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175486 | WINDINGLY LAMINATED CORE OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A windingly laminated core of a rotary electric machine, having a first number of magnetic poles in total and configured by unit cores, each of which is formed in an arc and thin plate shape and has a second number of magnetic poles, wherein a winding lamination is applied to the unit cores in a circumferential direction and in a spiral manner so as to form a cylindrical shape and a lamination thickness in an axial direction of the winding lamination is set to a predetermined thickness, includes an adjustment unit core having magnetic poles whose number is less than the second number, wherein the adjustment unit core is arranged at a start or an end of the winding lamination, in a circumferential direction, in order to align a rotational phase of the start of the winding lamination to a rotational phase of the end of the winding lamination. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175487 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIELECTRIC LAYER IN AN ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a dielectric layer ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175488 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM DEVICE - To provide a piezoelectric thin film on a substrate, having an alkali-niobium oxide-based perovskite structure expressed by a composition formula (K | 2011-07-21 |
20110175489 | ULTRASONIC ACTUATOR - The invention relates to an ultrasonic actuator, preferably for use in an ultrasonic motor, in the form of a piezoelectric plate with a length L, height H and thickness t, wherein the piezoelectric plate has a lateral plane of symmetry Sq, a longitudinal plane of symmetry Sl and at least two main surfaces, and the piezoelectric plate comprises at least two generators symmetrically disposed with respect to plane of symmetry Sq for generating ultrasonic standing waves. According to the invention, the piezoelectric plate has a shape that includes at least eight lateral surfaces, wherein at least two of the lateral surfaces are working surfaces for contacting of elements to be driven, and at least two of the lateral surfaces are holding surfaces for holding the piezoelectric plate, and the remaining lateral surfaces are free surfaces, wherein at least four free surfaces are arranged at an identical angle α with respect to the longitudinal plane of symmetry Sl and/or at an identical angle φ with respect to the lateral plane of symmetry Sq. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175490 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric actuator has a piezoelectric element and a frictional portion. The piezoelectric element simultaneously generates first and second vibration modes in response to a voltage applied thereto. The frictional portion is arranged on an outer surface of the piezoelectric element and adapted to come into contact with a body to be driven and cause a frictional force therewith. The frictional portion has a glass-containing portion containing a glass material and being aimed such as to project from the outer surface of the piezoelectric element. Without restricting the size of the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric actuator inhibits its driving state from fluctuating. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175491 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric actuator has a piezoelectric element adapted to simultaneously generate first and second vibration modes in response to a voltage applied thereto. The piezoelectric element has one outer surface including a first region and a second region projecting from the first region, while the second region comes into contact with a body to be driven, so as to cause a frictional force with the body to be driven. Without restricting the size of the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric actuator inhibits its driving state from fluctuating. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175492 | Temperature Compensation Device and Method for MEMS Resonator - The present disclosure provides a device including a MEMS resonating element, provided for resonating at a predetermined resonance frequency, the MEMS resonating element having at least one temperature dependent characteristic, a heating circuit arranged for heating the MEMS resonating element to an offset temperature (T | 2011-07-21 |
20110175493 | FAN - A fan includes a bracket, a stator, a rotor, and a slanting portion. The bracket includes a tray, and a frame circling the tray. The stator is mounted to and circled by the frame. The rotor includes a shaft rotatably mounted to the stator, and a shell coupled to the shaft. The shell covers the stator, and the shell and the tray of the bracket cooperatively enclose the stator. An assembly clearance is formed between a bottom end of the shell and a top surface of the tray. The slanting portion circles the tray and extends down from the bottom end of the shell, slanting away and spaced from the tray. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175494 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A rotor of an electric motor has a carrier structure including a disc portion to which is centrally connected a shaft, and the periphery of which is joined to an essentially cylindrical annular skirt portion which in use extends coaxially around the stator. The disc portion has a plurality of slots between which there is defined a corresponding plurality of spokes. At least some of the spokes have, in a circumferential direction, a transverse cross-section shaped in a manner to induce, at least when the rotor rotates in one direction, an at least approximately axial air flow through corresponding slots. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175495 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ISOLATED GROUND ELECTRONICS - An electrical system for a vehicle comprises a battery including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and an alternator. The alternator includes a metal housing with a rotor and a stator positioned within the housing. The alternator further includes an electronics package positioned on the alternator housing. The electronics package includes a regulator and a rectifier, the rectifier including a plurality of negative diodes and a plurality of positive diodes. The plurality of positive diodes are positioned on a first diode carrier that is electrically connected to the negative terminal of the battery. The plurality of positive diodes are positioned on a second diode carrier that is electrically connected to the positive terminal of the battery. The first diode carrier is separated from the housing by an electrical insulation member positioned between the first diode carrier and the housing. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175496 | CONTROL APPARATUS-INTEGRATED DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - A dynamoelectric machine main body, power circuit modules and a field circuit module, and a control apparatus that has a heatsink that is prepared by die casting, and that is mounted integrally onto the dynamoelectric machine main body are included, the heatsink including a plurality of convex heat receiving portions that are disposed so as to project from a front surface of a base plate, and that have heat receiving surfaces, the power circuit modules and the field circuit module including seal main body portions that are constituted by an electrically insulating resin that seal switching elements so as to expose bottom surfaces of element heat radiating portions on reference surfaces that have a surface shape that corresponds to a shape of the heat receiving surfaces, and electrical insulation supporting layers being interposed between the bottom surfaces of the heat receiving surfaces and the element heat radiating portions. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175497 | MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The motor comprises a stator, a rotor, and magnets. The stator has a plurality of magnetic poles circumferentially arranged at first spaced intervals. The rotor is rotatably arranged in a position opposing to the stator. The magnets are arranged at second spaced intervals circumferentially on a surface of the rotor. The stator is formed by laminating plate materials, and a plurality of laminated plate materials at least including outermost layers of a laminated body thereof are bent in a direction substantially parallel to the magnet in order to form extended portions. And, when a magnet opposed area of pole tip portion being closest to a magnet including the extended portion is S, and a sectional area of magnetic pole is A, then area ratio (S/A) fulfills the relation of 4.8>(S/A). | 2011-07-21 |
20110175498 | Data Center - A data center includes a mobile enclosure having an interior space. The interior space includes a first section and a second section, where the first section is separated from the second section by a first divider. The first section houses a rack having a first side and a second side, where the rack is positioned to separate the first section into a first aisle and a second aisle such that fluid flow between the first aisle and the second aisle is substantially prevented other than through the rack. The first aisle includes a fluid delivery device and the second aisle includes a fluid removal device, where the second section facilitates fluid communication between the fluid removal device and the fluid delivery device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175499 | CONTAINER-TYPE DATA CENTER - A container-type data center, including a container, at least three rows of cabinets, and data processing devices, is provided. The data processing devices are disposed in the cabinets. The at least three rows of the cabinets are disposed in parallel and perpendicular to a long edge of the container. Two neighboring rows of the cabinets of the at least three rows of the cabinets are back-against-back disposed or disposed at intervals, in which when the two neighboring rows of the cabinets are disposed at intervals, a maintenance channel is formed from the space between the two neighboring rows of the cabinets. As the at least three rows of the cabinets are disposed in parallel and perpendicular to the long edge of the container, the cabinets of each row are not limited to a width of the container in a width direction, and a cabinet with a large size can be integrated, thereby improving an integration level of the container. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175500 | COLORED DEVICE CASING AND SURFACE-TREATING METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A colored device casing includes a base, a color layer and a bonding layer. The base has at least one smooth region. The bonding layer is positioned between the base and the color layer and bonds the base and color layer together. A portion of the color layer corresponding to and located over the smooth region has a value of L* in a range from about 75.26 to about 77.26, a value of a* in a range from about 0.42 to about 1.42 and a value of b* in a range from about 9.36 to about 10.36 according to the Commission Internationale del'Eclairage LAB system. A surface-treating method for fabricating the colored casing is also provided. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175501 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting apparatus includes a frame, a resilient grounding piece and a fastener both made of conducting material. The frame includes an end arm, a first fixing arm connected to the end arm, and a second fixing arm pivotably connected to the end arm. Two pins protrude from an inner side of each of the first and second fixing arms, for correspondingly engaging in fixing holes of a storage device. The resilient arm is fixed to an outer side of the second fixing arm and includes a resilient arm bending away from the second fixing arm. The fastener is fixed to an inside surface of the resilient grounding piece and is pressed by the resilient grounding piece to extend through the second fixing arm and insert into the threaded hole of the storage device, to connects the storage device to ground cooperating with the resilient grounding piece. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175502 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting apparatus includes a frame and a fastener made of conducting material. The frame includes opposite first and second fixing arms, and an end arm connected between the first and second fixing arms. The first fixing arm is pivotably connected to the end arm. Two pins protrude from an inner side of each of the first and second fixing arms, for correspondingly engaging in fixing holes of a storage device. The fastener is fixed to one of the first and second fixing arms. The fastener includes a head exposed out of the one of the first and second fixing arms, and a post-shaped engaging portion inserted into a threaded hole of the storage device and contacting a threaded portion of the threaded hole of the storage device. The fastener is capable of connecting the storage device to ground. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175503 | EQUIPMENT CABINET HAVING IMPROVED SPACE UTILIZATION - An equipment cabinet ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175504 | DOOR AND SIDE PANELS - There is provided a door or side panel for a cabinet for storing data processing or telecommunications equipment, the door or side panel comprising a first vertical face and an opposing second vertical face, a first vertical side and an opposing second vertical side, and a first horizontal side and an opposing second horizontal side; the door or side panel further comprising at least one partition means positioned between the first and second vertical faces, and also comprising at least one air passage arranged so that air may pass through the door or side panel from the first vertical face, past the partition means, to the second vertical face, or from the second vertical face, past the partition means, to the first vertical face. There is also provided a cabinet for storing data processing or telecommunications equipment comprising one or more door or side panels of the invention. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175505 | ADJUSTABLE BLANKING PANEL - Adjustable blanking panels for use with equipment racks and enclosures to cover or fill in vacant sections of the rack or enclosure, to prevent the circular flow and reentry of high temperature air into the intake of electrical and computer equipment. The adjustable blanking panels include a generally rectangular base frame that defines opposing left and right side channels, and a generally rectangular shield that is adapted to be inserted into the side channels and slide relative to the base frame, to adjust the height of the panel to the size of the vacant section. The adjustable blanking panel may further include a lip that may be used to raise or lower the shield. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175506 | OVERBED TABLE - An overbed table having a double-sided cabinet with a flexible sliding door that is movable to selectively open either side of the cabinet. The flexible sliding door is movable through a range of motion that allows it to selectively close the openings in both sides of the cabinet or to provide access to the interior of the cabinet through one opening or the other. The door may be a single tambour door. The tambour door may be into fitted into a track that extends substantially around the front, top, rear and bottom of the cabinet. The tambour door wraps around only portion of the cabinet and is movable within the track. The cabinet includes a base with a rack for storing, among other things, shoes or slippers. The base may include outer feet that support the outer wheels. The rack may be mounted to the outer feet. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175507 | TILTING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A tilting portable electronic device includes a base, a cover, at least one connecting bar, a swinging plate and an elastic member. The connecting bar and the swinging plate respectively rotatably connect to the base and the cover. The elastic member is secured with the swinging plate and has an end portion slidably resisting against the cover. when the cover is opened relative to the base, the connecting bar and the swinging plate rotate to support one end of the cover in a slanted position relative to the base, the elastic member is compressed, the end portion slides and resists the cover to make the cover sliding automatically after the cover slides a predetermined distance. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175508 | Drawer Slide Auto-Close Dampening System with Reset Feature - A drawer slide with an auto close dampening system with reset feature is disclosed. The drawer slide may incorporate a stationary slide member attached to a frame of the drawer and a pin in fixed relative position to a drawer box of the drawer. A carriage is attached to the stationary slide member and has an actuator that is releasably engageable with the pin. The actuator works in conjunction with the pin to automatically close the drawer box to the closed position. During malfunction, the actuator is drawn back to a retracted position so that the auto close mechanism no longer automatically closes the drawer box when the drawer box is traversed to the closed position. The actuator includes a ramp so that the pin may be pushed over the ramp and engage back with the actuator to reset the auto close mechanism. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175509 | REFRIGERATED CABINET WITH DOOR ASSEMBLY - A refrigerated cabinet includes a door assembly for closing a cooling chamber. The door assembly includes a door supported by pivot bearings being configured to pivot about a vertical axis between a closed position and an opened position. Rails arranged substantially parallel to a side wall of the refrigerated cabinet are configured to displaceably support the pivot bearings of the door. The door is displaceable in the rails between a use position in front of the cooling chamber, in which the door is pivotable between the opened position and the closed position, and a parking position next to the cooling chamber, in which the door cannot be pivoted. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175510 | TUBULAR LIGHTING PRODUCTS USING SOLID STATE SOURCE AND SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPHOSPHOR, E.G. FOR FLORESCENT TUBE REPLACEMENT - A tube lamp has a tubular portion that serves both as a light guide for energy from a solid state source and as a container for a material bearing a nanophosphor that is pumped by the energy from the source as the energy traverses the light guide. However, the tubular portion of the light guide also allows emission of light produced by the phosphor when excited. The material with the nanophosphor dispersed therein may appear either clear or translucent when the lamp is off and the nanophosphor is not excited by energy from the source. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175511 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT SOURCE MODULE HAVING SAME - An exemplary light emitting diode includes a light emitting diode chip, a casting, two metallic electrodes, and a heat sink. The casting has a first surface and a second surface at two opposite sides thereof. In addition, the casting has a receiving space defined in the first surface for receiving the light emitting diode chip and a hole extending from the light emitting diode chip to the second surface. The two metallic electrodes each are coupled to the casting and extending to the first surface. The heat sink fills in the hole and thermally contacts the light emitting diode chip, and the heat sink is thermally and electrically insulated from the two metallic electrodes by the casting. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175512 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT SOURCE MODULE HAVING SAME - An exemplary light emitting diode includes a heat sink, an insulating layer, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a light emitting diode chip. The heat sink has a first surface, and the first surface includes a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The insulating layer is arranged on the first portion of the first surface and has a second surface facing away from the heat sink. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are arranged on the second surface. The light emitting diode chip is mounted on the second portion and spaced from the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the light emitting diode chip is electrically connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175513 | DOUBLE-SIDED LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A double-sided light-emitting display device includes optical layers having transmissive axes perpendicular to each other and polarizing members having polarization axes parallel with the transmissive axes of the optical layers. Thus, loss of internal light and reflection of external light are greatly reduced. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175514 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark plug without any noble metal chip on a ground electrode and capable of enhancing the ignition property, prolonging the life and ensuring a sufficiently high strength of the ground electrode is provided. The spark plug | 2011-07-21 |
20110175515 | SPARK PLUG - It is an object of the present invention to provide a spark plug that can be produced at low cost and secure compatibility between ignition performance and durability. The spark plug according to the present invention includes a center electrode and a ground electrode having an inner surface facing the center electrode, characterized in that; the ground electrode has a protrusion and a hole; the protrusion protrudes from the inner surface by a protruding length A of 0.4 to 1 mm and has a first straight portion with a projected first straight portion area S | 2011-07-21 |
20110175516 | BULB SHELL FOR LED LIGHT BULBS - A bulb shell includes a transparent shell base having an opening, a largest outer diameter and a light projection surface defined by a critical boundary on the shell base, and a coating on the shell base in a region between the opening and the critical boundary to increase brightness of the light projection surface. The critical boundary lies between a first position where the largest outer diameter is located and a second position distant from the first position by 33% of the dimension of the largest outer diameter in a direction away from the opening. The coating will significantly increase the brightness of the light projection surface when the bulb shell is used in a LED light bulb. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175517 | High-Definition Cathode Ray Tube and Electron Gun - A high-definition CRT is provided having an electron gun to produce high beam current without increasing spot size and to provide lower electrical power requirements at high beam-modulation frequencies. The electron gun includes beam-forming electrodes and a lens. Each beam-forming electrode has several aperture clusters operable to form several collimated beams of electrons. In addition, the lens is operable to focus the several collimated beams of electrons onto a display screen. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175518 | APPARATUS, METHOD TO CHANGE LIGHT SOURCE COLOR TEMPERATURE WITH REDUCED OPTICAL FILTERING LOSSES - The efficiency and color temperature of a lighting device may be improved by using wavelength shifting material, such as a phosphor, to absorb less desired wavelengths and transmit more desired wavelengths. A reflective filter (e.g., dichroic or dielectric mirror material) may pass desired wavelengths while returning or reflecting less desired wavelengths away from an optical exit back toward wavelength shifting material which may either be disposed in the optical path or on the periphery of the light source. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175519 | Oxynitride fluorescent material and light-emitting device - An oxynitride fluorescent material includes a JEM phase as a mother crystal and a luminescence center element Ce. The oxynitride fluorescent material has a fluorescence spectrum with a maximum emission wavelength of 420 nm to 500 nm inclusive and an excitation spectrum with a maximum excitation wavelength of 250 nm to 400 nm inclusive. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175520 | LIGHTING USING SOLID STATE DEVICE AND PHOSPHORS TO PRODUCE LIGHT APPROXIMATING A BLACK BODY RADIATION SPECTRUM - Solid state light emitting devices and/or solid state lighting devices use three or more phosphors excited by energy from a solid state source. The phosphors are selected and included in proportions such that the visible light output of such a device exhibits a radiation spectrum that approximates a black body radiation spectrum for the rated color temperature for the device, over at least a predetermined portion of the visible light spectrum. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175521 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMESCENCE DEVICE - Materials for organic electroluminescence devices are represented by following general formula [1]: | 2011-07-21 |
20110175522 | SUBSTRATE FOR PATTERNED APPLICATION AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - A substrate for patterned application comprises: a substrate body having a patterning area ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175523 | ENHANCED EDGE SEAL DESIGN FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) ENCAPSULATION - A light source assembly and associated method of forming same includes a generally planar light emitting device having parallel first and second generally planar surfaces that are interconnected along a perimeter. A seal extends over at least a portion of the light emitting device. Further, a sidewall portion encloses the perimeter of a light emitting device, and a cover portion may extend over at least a portion of the light emitting device. The method includes folding perimeter edges of an enlarged backsheet, or providing a frame seal that is dimensioned so that perimeter edges may be folded over the light emitting device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175524 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A high definition plasma display panel which can display a video of a higher brightness and yet can be driven at a low power consumption is realized. To this end, a plasma display panel includes front panel including display electrode formed on glass substrate, dielectric layer covering display electrode, and protective layer formed on dielectric layer; and a rear panel opposing to front panel to form a discharge space filled with discharge gas, and including an address electrode formed along a direction intersecting with display electrode, and a barrier rib partitioning the discharge space. Protective layer is formed of a metal oxide made of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide and contains zinc. In an X-ray diffraction analysis on a surface of protective layer, a diffraction angle where a peak of the metal oxide occurs exists between a diffraction angle where a peak of the magnesium oxide occurs and a diffraction angle where a peak of the calcium oxide occurs. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175525 | ELECTRODE FOR A DISCHARGE LAMP AND A DISCHARGE LAMP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE - In various embodiments, an electrode for a discharge lamp is provided. The electrode may include a metal pin that has a section around which a coil made of metal wire is wound, wherein the metal wire is flattened. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175526 | DISCHARGE VESSEL AND HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP HAVING SUCH DISCHARGE VESSEL - A discharge vessel for high intensity discharge lamps is disclosed. The discharge vessel comprises an elongated arc chamber having a longitudinal axis of rotational symmetry. It has a translucent wall made of fused silica glass, or alternatively ceramic material. A pair of electrodes is located at opposite ends of the arc chamber for providing discharge arc. The wall of the arc chamber has at least one inwardly protruding circumferential narrowed portion thereby the arc chamber is divided into convection cells. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175527 | LIGHTING APPLICATIONS WITH LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE OPTIC CONTOURED TO PRODUCE TAILORED LIGHT OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION - The present application relates to a lighting applications. In particular, the present application describes examples of lighting fixtures and light bulbs containing a light transmissive optic. The orientation of the solid state emitters together with the contoured output surface of the light transmissive optic produce a tailored light output distribution over a designated planar surface. The light generated by the solid state light emitters is of a sufficient intensity to illuminate the designated planar surface. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175528 | LAMP USING SOLID STATE SOURCE AND DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPHOSPHOR - A lamp uses a solid state source to pump one or more doped semiconductor nanophosphors to produce a light output of a desired characteristic. The nanophosphor(s) is dispersed in a material, examples of which include liquids and gases. Various nanophosphors are discussed. In the examples, the material with the doped semiconductor nanophosphor(s) dispersed therein appears at least substantially clear when the lamp is off. The exemplary lamp also includes circuitry for driving the solid state source and a housing that at least encloses the drive circuitry. The lamp has a lighting industry standard lamp base mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected to provide electricity to the circuitry for driving the solid state source. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175529 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR-TYPE LIGHT SOURCE OF VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE AND A VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - The present invention includes a light source | 2011-07-21 |
20110175530 | LED LIGHTING POWER SOURCE AND LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - Problem to be Solved: In left and right independent lighting power sources, even when left and right light-emitting units each including one or a plurality of LEDs light up with a time difference, the quality of emission as headlamps is increased by making it difficult to visually identify the time difference. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175531 | PLASMA GENERATION DEVICE WITH SPLIT-RING RESONATOR AND ELECTRODE EXTENSIONS - A plasma generation device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a stripline resonant ring disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and defining a discharge gap; a pair of electrode extensions connected to the stripline resonant ring at the discharge gap; a ground plane disposed on the second surface of the substrate; a gas flow element configured to flow gas between at least one of: (1) the discharge gap, and (2) the pair of electrode extensions; and a structure disposed adjacent the substrate to form an enclosure that substantially encloses at least a region including the discharge gap and the electrode extensions, the enclosure being adapted to contain a plasma. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING CONSTANT POWER TO LUMINUOUS LOADS - An apparatus is disclosed that is capable of delivering substantially constant power to a luminous load in response to variation in the input voltage and variation in the environment temperature. The apparatus may be further adapted to vary the power supplied to the luminous load in response to changes in the input voltage produced by a dimmer circuit. In other words, during non-dimming applications, the apparatus is able to maintain substantially constant power supplied to the load even though the input voltage and environment temperatures are varying during typical daily operations. Additionally, if the input voltage is changed due to a user controlling a dimmer device to control the brightness of the luminous load, the apparatus is able to control the power delivered to the load in response to the dimmer device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175533 | DISTRIBUTED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - The present invention introduces a new class of lightweight tile-based illumination systems for uses wherein thin directionally-illuminating light distributing engines are embedded into the body of otherwise standard building materials like conventional ceiling tiles along with associated means of electrical control and electrical power interconnection. As a new class of composite light emitting ceiling materials, the present invention enables a lighter weight more flexibly distributed overhead lighting system alternatives for commercial office buildings and residential housing without changing the existing materials. One or more spot lighting, task lighting, flood lighting and wall washing elements having cross-sectional thickness matched to that of the building material or tile into which they are embedded, are contained and interconnected within the material body's cross-section. Embedded power control devices interconnected to each lighting element in the distributed system communicate with a central switching center that thereby controls each light-emitting element in the system. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175534 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING LIGHT BRIGHTNESS AND METHOD THEREOF - An illumination device includes a light sensor, a light-emitting unit, a switch unit and a processing unit. The light sensor is configured for sensing ambient light intensity and providing results based on the sensed light intensity. The switch unit is configured for controlling the electrical connection between the light-emitting unit and a power unit. The processing unit includes a control module and a light adjusting module. The controlling module is configured for turning off the switch unit to cut off the electrical connection between the light-emitting unit and the power unit during the sensing of the light intensity. The light adjusting module is configured for adjusting the brightness of the light-emitting unit according to the results provided by the light sensor. A related method is also provided. | 2011-07-21 |