38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130242385 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING IMAGE MODULE PROVIDED THEREON - The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a terminal body, and an image module mounted onto the terminal body to provide an externally exposed stereoscopic image, wherein the image module includes an optically transmissive layer made of an optically transmissive material, a pattern layer made of an optically transmissive material and protruding from a rear surface of the optically transmissive layer in a shape corresponding to the image, and a reflection layer disposed to cover the pattern layer to reflect at least part of light incident onto the pattern layer toward a front surface of the optically transmissive layer, and a fabricating method for the image module. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242386 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display portion and an opening portion. In the display portion, pixels having different optical characteristics are arranged. The opening portion is arranged so as to face a display surface side of the display portion and causes a light from the display portion to pass in a predetermined direction. With respect to the pixels having the different optical characteristics in the display portion, the pixels having the same color are located in the opening portion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242387 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEGLASSES - Provided is a three-dimensional image display system including: eyeglasses including a type information transmission unit which transmits type information of the eyeglasses and a potential information transmission unit which transmits a biopotential of a viewer as potential information; and a three-dimensional display TV including a type information reception unit which receives the type information, an electrode position determination unit which determines, based on the received type information, a position of an electrode included in the eyeglasses, a potential information reception unit which receives the transmitted potential information, and a wearing conditions determination unit which determines wearing conditions of the viewer wearing the eyeglasses, based on the determined electrode position and the received potential information. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242388 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - A pair of stereoscopic glasses includes a pair of left and right stereoscopic rims connected to each other and respectively holding stereoscopic optical components used when observing a stereoscopic image, and a stereoscopic frame that includes stereoscopic temples extending rearward from the stereoscopic rims. The stereoscopic frame is provided with an engagement section that is brought into engagement with a rim or a bridge of a frame of glasses already worn by a user in a state where the stereoscopic optical components are positioned in front of lenses of the glasses so that the stereoscopic optical components are positionally maintained in front of the lenses of the glasses. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242389 | Method and System for Shaped Glasses and Viewing 3D Images - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242390 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ROTATABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A drive system includes a rotational driving member, a rotational driven member, to which a rotational resistance is applied, a holding member of a rotatable optical element supported by the rotational driving member and the rotational driven member, an insertion controller preventing the holding member from rotating when the holding member is in an inserted position, and a removal controller allowing the holding member to move to a fully removed position and prevents the holding member from rotating at a limited removed position. An insertion/removal operation of the holding member is performed by relative rotation between the rotational driving member and the rotational driven member, and when the holding member is prevented from rotating by the insertion controller and the removal controller, the rotational driven member and the holding member rotate with the rotational driving member about the optical axis. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242391 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In a first face and a second face of an irregular configuration portion configuring a wire grid structure, surface roughness of the first face farther from an input side of a light (electromagnetic wave) is made rougher than the surface roughness of the second face closer to the input side of the light (electromagnetic wave). With this configuration, according to this embodiment, since a reflection polarization element can be realized, there can be provided an optical device that is excellent in tolerance to heat and light, and contributes to a reduction in the costs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242392 | NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY WITH DIFFRACTIVE LENS - An eyepiece for a HMD includes a waveguide, an ambient light polarizer, and a wire grid polarizer with a diffraction lens having a lens function patterned into the wire grid polarizer. Polarized image light is guided between eye-ward and ambient sides of the waveguide from a display source to a viewing region of the waveguide where the polarized image light is directed out of the waveguide through the eye-ward side. The viewing region passes ambient light incident on the ambient side through to the eye-ward side. The ambient light polarizer is disposed adjacent to the ambient side to polarize the ambient light into polarized ambient light having a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization. The wire grid polarizer is disposed adjacent to the eye-ward side along the viewing region. The wire grid polarizer is oriented to applying the lens function to the polarized image light via diffraction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242393 | PLASTIC POLARIZED LENS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A plastic polarized lens of the present invention, comprising: a polarized film containing thermoplastic polyester, a coat layer containing a urethane-based resin comprised of a structural unit derived from compound having hydroxyl group and a structural unit derived from aromatic diisocyanate, which is formed over at least one surface of the polarized film and a substrate layer containing a thiourethane-based resin, which is formed over at least the coat layer of the coat layer-attached polarized film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242394 | BEAM TRANSFORMING ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE METHOD WITH TWO OPTICAL ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT THICKNESSES - A beam transforming element for forming a predetermined light intensity distribution on a predetermined surface on the basis of an incident beam includes a first basic element made of an optical material with optical activity, for forming a first region distribution of the predetermined light intensity distribution on the basis of the incident beam; and a second basic element made of an optical material with optical activity, for forming a second region distribution of the predetermined light intensity distribution on the basis of the incident beam, wherein the first basic element and the second basic element have their respective thicknesses different from each other along a direction of transmission of light. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242395 | METHODS OF PRODUCING LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT OBTAINED BY THE METHODS - There is provided a method capable of producing an extremely thin light diffusing element, which has strong light diffusibility and in which backscattering is suppressed, at a low cost and with extremely high productivity. A method of producing a light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: mixing a matrix formation material containing a monomer of a resin component and an ultrafine particle component, light diffusing fine particles, and a solvent for dissolving the monomer; and polymerizing the monomer. A zeta potential of each of the light diffusing fine particles in a solution prepared by dissolving the monomer in the solvent is equal in sign to a zeta potential of the ultrafine particle component in the solution prepared by dissolving the monomer in the solvent. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242396 | FOCUS POSITION CHANGING APPARATUS AND CONFOCAL OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a focus position changing apparatus is provided on an optical path of a confocal optical apparatus having a light source and an objective lens and is configured to change a focus position of the objective lens in an optical axis direction of the objective lens. The focus position changing apparatus includes at least a plurality of optical path changing pieces and a rotating plate. Each of the plurality of optical path changing pieces is differ from each other in at least one of a refractive index and a thickness. On the rotating plate, the plurality of optical path changing pieces is arranged along a rotation direction of the rotating plate so as to cross an optical axis of the objective lens. And an anti-reflection layer is formed in a predetermined region on a surface of the rotating plate on a side of the light source. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242397 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal panel, and an image display apparatus, wherein interference fringes can be made to be invisible, and cloudiness can be reduced. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical film including a light transmissive substrate; and a functional layer disposed on the light transmissive substrate, wherein the functional layer has a concavo-convex surface forming a surface of the optical film; assuming that a slope angle of the concavo-convex surface with respect to a film plane of the optical film in a cross section along a direction normal to the film plane is a surface angle, a rate of a region in which the surface angle is 0.05° or more is 50% or more in the concavo-convex surface; and the root mean square slope RΔq of a roughness curve on the concavo-convex surface is 0.003 or less. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242398 | ANTIREFLECTIVE MEMBER, OPTICAL ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING STAMPER AND METHOD OF MAKING ANTIREFLECTIVE MEMBER USING THE STAMPER - A method for making a stamper which has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): | 2013-09-19 |
20130242399 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A display capable of suppressing curing failure of a resin layer on a backside of a light shielding layer and a method of manufacturing the display are provided. Light L is applied from a side surface | 2013-09-19 |
20130242400 | OPTICAL BEAM SWEEPER - An optical device, comprising an optical device, comprising an optical beam sweeper that includes a multi-wavelength laser source and an optical power splitter. The optical power splitter has an optical input optically coupled to the multi-wavelength laser source, the optical power splitter having N optical outputs, each optical output connected by a corresponding optical pathway of a parallel array to an optical output surface of the optical beam sweeper. N parallel optical paths connect the optical input to the optical output surface, each optical path including a corresponding one the optical pathways and having a different optical path length than the one or more other optical paths, the optical path lengths differing in a wavelength-dependent way. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242401 | LENS ARRAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - As a result of a fourth surface being a surface on a gate side, a merging position of a molten resin material during molding of a lens array main body is placed away from formation positions of lens faces, and as a result of the three dimensional shape of a third recessing section, during molding of the lens array main body, the flow of molten resin material from a surface side that opposes the fourth surface into a flow path corresponding with an area between a first recessing section and a second recessing section can be suppressed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242402 | LENS-BASED IMAGE AUGMENTING OPTICAL WINDOW WITH INTERMEDIATE REAL IMAGE - An image augmenting window and method of operation. An image augmenting window has at least one selectably transmissive internally focused intermediate image lens with a first and rear side opposite one another. Each lens respectively has a first portion that receives light and focuses it into a focused image on an internal focal plane. Each lens also has a projecting output optical structure that refracts the focused image as a projected image exiting the rear side at an exit angle. A selectably transmissive shutter is located in the internal focal plane and is controllable to block at least a portion of light passing through the lens. At least one controllable light source, positioned adjacent to a lateral side of a respective selectably transmissive internally focused intermediate image lens, emits projected light parallel to the exit angle. A controller independently controls each shutter and each controllable light source. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242403 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY COMPRISING A PROJECTION SCREEN AND A DEVICE FOR MOVING AND POSITIONING A PROJECTION SCREEN, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A HEAD-UP DISPLAY - The invention relates to a head-up display comprising a projection screen and a device for moving and positioning said projection screen. To open or close the projection screen by the device, a linear movement with a short path can be transformed into a pivoting movement with a long path, an adjustment of the incline of the projection screen being actuatable by means of the device when the projection screen is in the operating position. A method for operating a head-up display comprises actions of a projection screen and a device for moving and positioning a projection screen. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242404 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A concave mirror of a reflective display device, which includes a reflector, a concave mirror arranged inside of an instrument panel, a display body, a lighting device, a display control circuit, driving parameters and the like, has reflecting surfaces with different wavelength selectivities, and the reflecting surfaces are formed into reflecting surface shapes of different focal lengths. By image light reflected selectively from the concave mirror, it is possible to present virtual images in different positions to an observer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242405 | OPTICAL BEAM TILT FOR OFFSET HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - An eyepiece for a head mounted display includes a display module, end reflector, and viewing region. The end reflector is disposed at an opposite end of the eyepiece from the display module to reflect the display light back from a forward propagation path to a reverse propagation path. The viewing region is disposed between the display module and the end reflector and includes a partially reflective surface, that passes the display light traveling along the forward propagation path and redirects the display light traveling along the reverse propagation path out of an eye-ward side of the eyepiece along an emission path. The partially reflective surface has a compound folding angle such that the emission path of the display light emitted from the eyepiece is folded along two axes relative to the reverse propagation path between the concave end reflector and the partially reflective surface. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242406 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - To provide a plastic optical element with reduced birefringence. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242407 | WIDE RANGE ZOOM SYSTEM - A wide range zoom system, for microscopes. The zoom system includes five lens groups, of which, starting at the object side, the second and fourth lens group are displaceable in the axial direction relative to the first, third and fifth lens group. A stop of variable opening diameter that is stationary relative to the first, third and fifth lens group is provided between the second and fourth lens group, wherein the maximum opening diameter of said stop is in middle zoom magnifications. As magnification increases, the object-side aperture increases non-linearly in relation to the magnification, such that in regions of low magnifications the object-side aperture increases more sharply than in regions of higher magnifications. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242408 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens units arranged sequentially from object to image sides and having respective refractive powers. Compared to a wide-angle end, at a telephoto end, the distance between the first and second lens units, the distance between the third and fourth lens units, and the distance between the fourth and fifth lens units are increased, and the distance between the second and third lens units is decreased. Compared to the wide-angle end, at the telephoto end, the first lens unit is positioned closer to the object side. The first and second lens units each consist of a positive lens element and a negative lens element. The distances between the third and fourth lens units at the wide-angle and telephoto ends D | 2013-09-19 |
20130242409 | Zoom Lens Unit and Imaging Apparatus Incorporating the Same - A zoom lens unit | 2013-09-19 |
20130242410 | Zoom Lens Device - A zoom lens device includes a base barrel, first and second cam barrels connected rotatably to and movable relative to the base barrel, first and second lens barrels connected respectively to the first and second cam barrels, and a driving barrel surrounding and rotatable relative to the base barrel. Rotation of the driving barrel drives the first and second cam barrels to rotate synchronously and move individually along an axis, and therefore causes individual axial movements of the first and second lens barrels along the axis. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242411 | PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS OPTICAL SYSTEM - A lens optical system includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses that are arranged between an object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed, in order from an object side, wherein the first lens has a positive (+) refractive power and an incident surface that is convex toward the object, the second lens has a negative (−) refractive power and a meniscus shape that is convex toward the object, the third lens has a positive (+) refractive power and both convex surfaces, the fourth lens has a positive (+) refractive power and a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor, and the fifth lens has a negative (−) refractive power and an incident surface and an exit surface, at least one of the incident surface and the exit surface is an aspherical surface. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242412 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. An aperture stop is disposed nearest to the object side, and the first lens has a biconvex shape. An image-side surface of the third lens has in a peripheral portion, an area of which, a refractive power becomes weaker as compared to a refractive power of a central portion thereof. An object-side optical function surface of the fourth lens has a concave shape, and an object-side surface of the fifth lens has a concave shape. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242413 | OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical unit that is configured of a three-group wide-angle lens, that is capable of suppressing optical distortion to a small amount, that has favorable optical characteristics, and that is tolerant of reflow, and an image pickup apparatus are provided. An optical unit | 2013-09-19 |
20130242414 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system includes a first lens unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit includes a cemented lens, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface facing an object side, and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface facing an image side. In the cemented lens, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power are cemented. A distance D | 2013-09-19 |
20130242415 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes, in the order from an object side toward an image side: an aperture stop; a first lens having positive power and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having negative power and a concave object-side surface; a third lens having negative power; a fourth lens having positive power; and a fifth lens having negative power. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242416 | Mobile phone/mobile device magnifying screen protector and mobile phone/mobile device magnifying case. - User friendly magnification system with varying/optical powers of magnification, 5.0 fold, 10.0 fold, 15.0 fold, 20.0 fold. Magnifying screen protector system, designed for smart phone applications, android applications, galaxy applications, touch-pad applications, tablet applications, blackberry applications generally all mobile devices, wherein the magnifying screen and case are impregnated with conductive material during the manufacturing process which allows and promotes the user's gloved hands/fingers to mimic touch of human skin for nuance, and for tactile control capacitive touch screen devices. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242417 | Paper Advertising Apparatus with Magnifier - A paper advertising apparatus with magnifier comprising a main paper piece, a first window disposed on said paper piece, a magnifier disposed within said first window such that an object is visually magnified when a viewer looks at the object through said magnifier. The paper advertising apparatus comprising a magnifier piece that can resemble the shape of eyeglasses. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242418 | LENS-HOLDER WITH OFFSET HOOK - The subject of the present invention is a lens-holder device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242419 | KINEMATIC OPTIC MOUNT - A two-axis, optical mount provides two flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural element exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexural elements, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242420 | VOICE COIL MOTOR HAVING A BASE WITH PROTRUSIONS AND A SHELL WITH MOUNTING HOLES RECEIVING THE PROTRUSIONS - A voice coil motor includes a base made of plastic or resin, a stator, a moving and a shell. The base includes a mounting surface, assembling surfaces, and protrusions extending from at least one of the assembling surfaces. The stator includes a rack and magnets. The rack is mounted to the mounting surface. The moving unit received in the rack. The shell includes a top plate and side plates extending from the top plate. The shell defines at least one slot. Each slot is positioned at a joint between two neighboring side plates. At least one side plate defines mounting holes. The base, the moving unit, and the stator are accommodated in the shell. Each protrusion passes through a mounting hole and is heated to form a head portion. The head portion is positioned outside the shell and has an outer diameter greater than a diameter of each mounting hole. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242421 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND MAGNET - There are provided a position detection device that makes it possible to enhance the precision of detection, an image pickup apparatus equipped with the position detection device, and a magnet provided in the position detection device. The position detection device includes: a magnet and a magnetic detection device arranged opposite to each other to be relatively movable in a straight-line direction. The magnet has a first surface facing the magnetic detection device, and has periodic projections and recesses arrayed on the first surface in a relative movement direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242422 | LENS ACTUATING MODULE - A lens actuating module for realizing focus adjustment and optical zooming. The lens actuating module includes a rod which is disposed on one side of a lens barrel on which at least one lens is mounted, and has an axis direction corresponding to an optical axis direction of the lens barrel, a driving force transmission member which has a conjoining recess to be conjoined with an outside surface of the rod and has magnetism so as to be conjoined with the outside surface of the rod due to a magnetic force, and a piezoelectric actuator which is disposed on one side of the driving force transmission member in the optical axis direction to provide an axis direction driving force to the rod via the driving force transmission member. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242423 | GROUP OF EXTERIOR MIRRORS - A system of exterior mirrors having a mirror head and a mirror foot, the system including a first mirror which is configured to rotate about and also move vertically along a first axis defined by a first drive for the first mirror, and a second mirror which is configured to rotate about a second axis defined by a second drive for the second mirror. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242424 | PRIMARY MIRROR SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND TELESCOPE UNIT - The primary mirror support structure comprises an EL rotation structure including two arc-shaped members, a truss structure frame, and a primary mirror support structure. The arc-shaped members face each other via the EL axis and supporting the primary mirror, each of which rotates about the EL axis along an outer surface so as to rotate the primary mirror about the EL axis. The truss structure frame is connected to either one of the arc-shaped members at the ends. The primary mirror support structure includes multiple support members connecting multiple points on the circumference of the primary mirror provided above the truss structure frame to the truss structure frame. At least the support members nearest to the arc-shaped members are connected to the truss structure frame at parts different from the ends at which the truss structure frame is connected to the arc-shaped members. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242425 | WRITE REORDERING IN A HYBRID DISK DRIVE - A hybrid drive and associated methods increase the rate at which data are transferred to a nonvolatile storage medium in the hybrid drive. By using a large nonvolatile solid state memory device as cache memory for a magnetic disk drive, a very large number of write commands can be cached and subsequently reordered and executed in an efficient manner. In addition, strategic selection and reordering of only a portion of the write commands stored in the nonvolatile solid state memory device increases efficiency of the reordering process. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242426 | SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK DRIVE WITH MINIMIZATION OF THE EFFECT OF FAR TRACK ERASURE ON ADJACENT DATA BANDS - A shingled magnetic recording (SMR) hard disk drive (HDD) essentially eliminates the effect of far track erasure (FTE) in the boundary regions of annular data bands caused by writing in the boundary regions of adjacent annular data bands. The extent of the FTE effect is determined for each track within a range of tracks of the track being written. Based on the relative FTE effect for all the tracks in the range, a count increment (CI) table or a cumulative count increment (CCI) table is maintained for all the tracks in the range. For every writing to a track in a boundary region, a count for each track in an adjacent boundary region, or a cumulative count for the adjacent boundary region, is increased. When the count reaches a predetermined threshold the data is read from that band and rewritten to the same band. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242427 | Low inductance, ferrite sub-gap substrate structure for surface film magnetic recording heads - A thin film magnetic recording head is fabricated by forming a substrate from opposing ferrite blocks which have a ceramic member bonded between them. This structure is then diced to form a plurality of columns, wherein each column has a ferrite/ceramic combination. Each column represents a single channel in the completed head. A block of ceramic is then cut to match the columned structure and the two are bonded together. The bonded structure is then cut or ground until a head is formed, having ceramic disposed between each channel. A ferrite back-gap is then added to each channel, minimizing the reluctance of the flux path. The thin film is patterned on the head to optimize various channel configurations. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242428 | WRITE DELAY STABILIZATION - Apparatus and method for write delay stabilization. A write driver is adapted to output bipolar write currents to write data to a memory. A preconditioning circuit is adapted to output first and second thermal preconditioning currents through the write driver to stabilize a write delay associated with the write driver to a steady-state level prior to the writing of data to the memory. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242429 | MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A motor includes a shaft component including an inner shaft portion and an outer shaft portion. A radial gap is defined between a sleeve portion and the outer shaft portion. A radial dynamic pressure generating groove array is arranged on at least one surface of an inner circumferential surface of the sleeve portion and an outer circumferential surface of the outer shaft portion, which define the radial gap. The radial dynamic pressure generating groove array includes an upper and lower radial dynamic pressure generating groove array. The inner shaft portion is fixed to the outer shaft portion in an interference fit. An axial range of a fixing region of the inner shaft portion and the outer shaft portion which is in the interference fit is included in a range between the upper and lower radial dynamic pressure generating groove array. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242430 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Ion irradiation is applied to the surface of a recording layer which has a granular structure containing ferromagnetic particles which are composed of an L10 ordered alloy and a non-magnetic intergranular layer, thereby the ferromagnetic particles in the side of the substrate are transformed into an L10 ordered alloy having a high magnetic anisotropy, and the ferromagnetic particles in the side of the surface of the medium are transformed into an A1 disordered alloy having a low magnetic anisotropy. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242431 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD WITH NON-CONFORMAL SIDE SHIELD GAP - A magnetic write head having a shield structure that provides both a leading shield and side shielding function. The magnetic shield is separated from the sides and leading edge of the write pole by a non-magnetic gap layer that has a non-uniform thickness. The non-magnetic gap layer is thicker near the leading edge and thinner at the trailing edge. This allows for increased side field gradient near the trailing edge of the write pole and decreased write field loss at the leading edge of the write pole. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242432 | RECORDING HEAD COIL STRUCTURE - A recording head comprising a write pole and a coil structure asymmetric with respect to the write pole and configured to generate more magnetic flux on a trailing side of the main pole than the magnetic flux on a front side of the main pole. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242433 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING UNIT AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A first sleeve rotatably extends around a shaft. First and second flanges are fixed to the shaft. A second sleeve extending around the first sleeve is fixed thereto. A first annular member fixed to the second sleeve surrounds the first flange. A second annular member fixed to the second flange surrounds a portion of the second sleeve. A first capillary seal includes a clearance between the first flange and the first annular member. A second capillary seal includes a clearance between the second annular member and the second sleeve. Lubricant is provided in the clearances in the first and second capillary seals. The second annular member and the second sleeve are designed so that the lubricant in the clearance in the second capillary seal can be viewed from a point in a radial position which is outward of the second sleeve as seen in an axial direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242434 | MID-LOADBEAM DUAL STAGE ACTUATED (DSA) DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION - Various embodiments concern a head suspension system having a load beam. The lead beam comprises a metal base having a proximal portion and a distal portion. Two opposing rails extend along the proximal and distal portions. The load beam has a void in the metal base separating the proximal portion from the distal portion, the void extending between the rails. A pair of microactuators is coupled to each of the proximal portion and the distal portion such that each microactuator extends across the void. The microactuators bend the rails to move the distal portion along a X-Y plane relative to the proximal portion. Additionally, the rails stiffen the load beam to resist movement between the first portion and the second portion along a Z-axis. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242435 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistance effect element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first magnetic layer provided between the first and the second electrodes; a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second electrode; and an oxide layer of a metal oxide provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The oxide layer includes wustite crystal grains of a wustite structure with a (1 1 1) plane orientation containing iron. A lattice spacing of a (1 1 1) plane of the wustite crystal grains is not less than 0.253 nanometers and not more than 0.275 nanometers. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242436 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE, FLEXURE, AND HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING A TERMINAL FACE ON METAL LAYER CONNECTED TO WIRING LAYER - A terminal structure includes an insulating layer hole formed through an insulating layer, a ground via that passes through the insulating layer hole and electrically connects a wiring layer formed on the insulating layer and a metal layer formed under the insulating layer to each other, and a terminal face defined on a surface of the metal layer and bonded through a conductive adhesive to an electrode of a piezoelectric element. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242437 | BUCK CIRCUIT - A buck circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, a controller, a voltage input terminal, and a voltage output terminal. The relationship of the capacitance C of the first capacitor, the resistance R of the first resistor, the inductance L of the first inductor, and the equivalent impedance Z of the first inductor is R*C=L/Z. The controller detects voltage of the first capacitor, determines whether current of the first inductor is more than a preset value according to the voltage of the first capacitor, and executes over-current protection when the current of the first inductor is more than the preset value. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242438 | DRIVER FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTARY MACHINE USING THE SAME - In a driver, a dissipating unit dissipates, upon a potential difference between input and output terminals of a switching element being lower than a predetermined potential, electrical charge for overcurrent detection between the input and output terminals. The dissipating unit includes a rectifier having a pair of first and second conductive terminals. The first conductive terminal is connected to the input terminal of the switching element. An overcurrent determiner determines that an overcurrent flows between the input and output terminals of the switching element upon determination that electrical charge has not been dissipated by the dissipating unit despite the change of the switching element from the off state to the on state. A failure determiner determines whether there is a failure in the dissipating unit as a function of a potential at a point on the first electrical path from the failure determiner to the second conductive terminal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242439 | Motor Protection and Control Apparatus, System, and/or Method - In the field of motor protection for industrial automation systems, HVAC systems, pumping systems, and/or similar implementations, improved motor starters and overload electronics can be configured to offer substantially automatic levels of protection for motors, independent of such starters and/or overload electronics first being calibrated for, or properly calibrated for, the motor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242440 | Enhanced Auto-Monitoring Circuit and Method for an Electrical Device - A resettable switching apparatus, useful in a GFCI receptacle, has an auto-monitoring circuit for automatically testing various functions and structures of the device. The auto-monitoring circuit initiates an auto-monitoring routine which, among other things, establishes a test fault situation on either the positive or negative half-wave of the power cycle and determines whether the detection mechanisms within the device appropriately detect the test fault and whether the device would trip in the event of an actual fault. Additional functionality of the auto-monitoring circuit permits automatic verification that the device is properly wired, that is, not miswired, and determines whether the device has reached the end of its useful life. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242441 | PROTECTION RELAY FOR SENSITIVE EARTH FAULT PROTECTION - A protection feature is disclosed for a self powered protection relay having, for example, sensitive earth fault protection. Protection can be achieved in tandem with optimal power on trip time and with integrated logic for inrush discrimination. The self supplied protection relay can include a current processing module to measure and evaluate line current to generate a trip signal, and to suppress inrush current to block earth fault detection during an inrush condition and thereby increase sensitivity of fault detection. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242442 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROVIDED WITH A PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES - An integrated circuit protected against electrostatic discharges, having output pads coupled to amplification stages, each stage including, between first and second power supply rails, a P-channel MOS power transistor in series with an N-channel MOS power transistor, this integrated circuit further including protection circuitry for simultaneously turning on the two transistors when a positive overvoltage occurs between the first and second power supply rails. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242443 | DC POWER SURGE PROTECTOR - A DC surge protection circuit for protecting hardware from surges. During operation when no surge condition is present, the circuit passes signals from an input to an output through an inductance. When a surge is present, the circuit conducts a portion of the surge through at least one diode and diverts the surge to a ground node. A gas tube begins to conduct a portion of the surge above a first voltage level after the at least one diode first begins to conduct. A first MOV begins to conduct a portion of the surge above a second voltage level after the gas tube begins to conduct. The circuit may include a status portion. The circuit may be within an enclosure for plug-in to a motherboard or within an enclosure of an in-line connector for connection with a cable. The circuit may be configured to attach directly to a frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242444 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR PROTECTION OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AGAINST REVERSAL OF POLARITY, METHOD, CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND VEHICLE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a protective device for protection of an electrical circuit equipped with a smoothing capacitor against reversal of polarity of the input voltage, with an input via which the protective device can be connected to a voltage supply for coupling in an input voltage, with an output via which the protective device an be connected to the electrical circuit to be protected, with a controllable switch which is arranged between an input terminal of the input and an output terminal of the output having the same polarity and which is designed to interrupt a current flow between the input terminal and the output terminal which are connected to one another, and with a control unit which is designed to control the controllable switch, when an applied input voltage with reverse polarity is detected, in such a way that the interruption of the current flow takes place with a time lag relative to a time of the application of the input voltage with reverse polarity. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method, a circuit arrangement with a protective device according to the invention and a vehicle system. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242445 | Service Voltage Load Protection in an Electric Utility Meter - An arrangement for controllably disconnecting a utility power service from a load includes a utility meter housing, a switch and a processing circuit. The utility meter housing includes metrology circuitry configured to generate metering information regarding electrical power provided to the load. The switch is configured to controllably interrupt a connection between the utility power service and the load. The switch has an open state and a closed state. The processing circuit is configured to determine whether a line voltage varies from an expected value by more than a predetermined amount over a predetermined amount of time. The processing circuit is further configured to cause a change in state of the switch based on the determination. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242446 | PROTECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR SECONDARY CELL - Provided is a protective semiconductor device detecting a disconnection reliably with secondary cells including for each cell: cell-connecting terminals; a first resistance detecting the voltage of each cell; a comparator detecting whether or not the voltage of each cell is in the reference voltage range; a series circuit composed of a second resistance and a first switch element, and including a control circuit controlling ON/OFF of the switch element, wherein the first switch element connects the second resistance to the connecting terminals by turning ON, while disconnecting it by turning OFF, the control circuit maintains a disconnection test signal ON, while turning ON the plurality of first switch elements sequentially and detecting the disconnection between the cells and the connecting terminals based on the output signal from the comparator corresponding to the first switch element turned ON. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242447 | Method and Apparatus To Detect A Broken Wire Condition in an Integrated Circuit - An integrated circuit includes circuitry to sense the occurrence of a break in a ground connection and/or supply connection and to indicate same to an exterior environment. In at least one implementation, the break may be indicated by providing a signal on an output terminal of the device that is not associated with a normal output of the device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242448 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF PRECISION MIXED-SIGNAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - Apparatus and methods for precision mixed-signal electronic circuit protection are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a p-well, an n-well, a poly-active diode structure, a p-type active region, and an n-type active region. The poly-active diode structure is formed over the n-well, the p-type active region is formed in the n-well on a first side of the poly-active diode structure, and the n-type active region is formed along a boundary of the p-well and the n-well on a second side of the poly-active diode structure. During a transient electrical event the apparatus is configured to provide conduction paths through and underneath the poly-active diode structure to facilitate injection of carriers in the n-type active region. The protection device can further include another poly-active diode structure formed over the p-well to further enhance carrier injection into the n-type active region. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242449 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device for protecting loads from power surges includes a first resistor having a first end connected to a first supply terminal, a capacitor connected to a second end of the first resistor and a second supply terminal. There is a first transistor with a source connected to the first supply terminal and a gate connected to a point between the first resistor and the capacitor. A second resistor is connected between the drain of the first transistor and the second supply terminal, and a first diode is connected between the gate and the source of the first transistor. A second transistor has a drain connected to the first supply terminal, a source connected to the second supply terminal, and a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor. There is a second diode connected between the gate and the source of the second transistor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242450 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS WITH EMBEDDED ARC FAULT PROTECTION AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - An electrical switching apparatus, such as a subminiature circuit breaker, includes a housing assembly, separable contacts, an operating mechanism having an actuator device and a latching assembly, a first trip device for tripping open the separable contacts in response to an overcurrent condition, and a second trip device for tripping open the separable contacts in response to an arc fault, a ground fault or a remotely transmitted signal. The subminiature circuit breaker includes a reset solenoid and a trip solenoid. The resent solenoid is coupled to the actuator device, and includes a coil operable to electrically reset the separable contacts. The trip solenoid is coupled to the latching assembly, and includes a coil operable to move the catch lever, thereby electrically tripping open the separable contacts. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242451 | ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATION UTILIZING MAGNETIC OVERLOAD PROTECTION - A system for and method of providing overload protection for an active material actuator, includes a magnetically functioning mechanism comprising, for example, one or more permanent or electromagnets, and/or magnetorheological fluid, and configured to produce a holding force less than the capacity of the actuator, and more preferably, a modifiable holding force responsive to load influencing conditions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242452 | MAGNETIC ENERGY-TRANSMITTING ELEMENT AND POWER SUPPLY FOR CANCELLING OUT ELECTRICAL NOISE - The present invention relates to a transmitter and power supply which suffers little EMI deviation and provides adequate margin even in volume production, and which can cut the unit price of transformers and economize on the costs of EMI filters, by cancelling out and eliminating the conducted noise or the conducted noise and radiated noise caused by capacitive coupling between the windings of a transformer, the transformer being of an uncomplicated construction which is good in terms of production. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242453 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION SHEET WITH PATTERNED DISCRIMINATOR - A lightning protection system is provided, typically for use on an outer surface of an aircraft, which includes the use of a lightning protection sheet that includes an electrically conductive film and at least one patterned, electrically non-conductive discriminator layer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242454 | APPARATUS FOR THE ABSORPTION, CONVERSION AND DETECTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY - An apparatus for the absorption, conversion and detection of electromagnetic energy without the need for an earth ground or atmosphere. This apparatus has three major parts: a collector stage, a conversion stage, and an emissive stage. The collection stage, an apparatus that can carry electromagnetic energy from the environment external to the apparatus, is connected electrically to the conversion stage, which comprises one or more layers of a material that can carry an electrical charge, disposed among two or more layers of a material that can carry an electrical charge, which layers are in turn connected electrically to components so as to trap the electromagnetic energy in an electromagnetic field and convert it into electrical energy. Finally, the electrical output of the conversion stage is electrically connected to an emissive stage: comprising an amplification circuit, transducing device or circuit capable of utilizing the energy. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242455 | Electroadhesive Handling And Manipulation - An electroadhesive gripping system includes a shear gripper. The shear gripper can include an electroadhesive surface associated with one or more electrodes and a load-bearing structure coupled to the electroadhesive surface. A power supply can be configured to apply voltage to the one or more electrodes associated with the electroadhesive surface. A controller can be configured to cause a voltage to be applied, via the power supply, to the one or more electrodes associated with the electroadhesive surface to thereby cause the first shear gripper to adhere to an item situated proximate the electroadhesive surface. The controller can be configured to cause a shear force to be applied to the adhered item, via the load-bearing structure, that is sufficient to move the adhered item. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242456 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic main body having internal electrodes laminated therein; and external electrodes formed on ends of the ceramic main body in a length direction, wherein each external electrode includes a first layer formed on the ceramic main body and including a conductive metal, and a second layer formed on the first layer and including a conductive resin, and when Tc is thickness of a cover layer, Te is thickness of the internal electrode, Td is distance between neighboring internal electrodes, L | 2013-09-19 |
20130242457 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic main body having internal electrodes laminated therein; and external electrodes formed on both ends of the ceramic main body in a length direction thereof, wherein each of the external electrodes includes a first layer formed on the ceramic main body and including a conductive metal, and a second layer formed on the first layer and including a conductive resin, and when Tc is a thickness of a cover layer of the ceramic main body, L | 2013-09-19 |
20130242458 | MONOLITHIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MONOLITHIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A monolithic electronic component includes a laminate including a plurality of stacked insulating layers and a plurality of internal electrodes which extend between the insulating layers and which have end portions exposed at predetermined surfaces of the laminate, first plating layers disposed on the predetermined surfaces of the laminate, and second plating layers disposed on the first plating layer. The first plating layers are made of a metal different from that used to make the internal electrodes. The first plating layers are formed by electroless plating. The second plating layers are formed by electroplating. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242459 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer having an average thickness of 0.6 μm or less; and first and second inner electrode layers within the ceramic body, disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, wherein the dielectric layer includes contact dielectric grains in contact with the first or second inner electrode layer and non-contact dielectric grains not in contact with the first or second inner electrode layer, and, when an average thickness of the dielectric layer is defined as td and an average diameter of the contact dielectric grains is defined as De, De/td≦0.35 is satisfied. The multilayer ceramic electronic component has improved continuity of the inner electrode layer, large capacitance, extended accelerated lifespan and excellent reliability. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242460 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a method of manufacturing the same, the multilayer ceramic electronic including: a ceramic body; and a plurality of internal electrodes laminated within the ceramic body, wherein, when T1 is the greatest distance between an upper outermost internal electrode and a lower outermost internal electrode among the plurality of internal electrodes and T2 is the distance between the highest point and the lowest point in each of the upper outermost internal electrode and the lower outermost internal electrode in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, T2/T1<0.05 is satisfied, and thus, defects in alignment of internal electrodes of the multilayer ceramic electronic component may be suppressed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242461 | MULTI LAYER CHIP CAPACITOR, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a multi-layer chip capacitor by depositing a dielectric layer and a conductor layer in the form of multi-layer chip, while a width of the conductor layer is narrower than a width of the dielectric layer including adjusting and setting a distance between a single shadow mask installed to a mask set to be rotated and revolved and having a plurality of slits, positioning a dielectric layer deposition source to be perpendicular to the single shadow mask and a conductor layer deposition source to be oblique to the single shadow mask, and forming the dielectric layer and the conductor layer in the vacuum deposition while controlling the mask set to move along the X-, Y-, and Z-axes (the X-axis is the width direction, the Y-axis is the longitudinal direction, and the Z-axis is the height direction). | 2013-09-19 |
20130242462 | CERAMIC CAPACITOR - When a voltage two times a rated voltage is applied between a first external electrode and a second external electrode of a ceramic capacitor, the electric field intensity generated at portion connected between a first internal electrode and an end of a portion of a second external electrode at a side of a first side surface by a shortest distance F | 2013-09-19 |
20130242463 | ELECTRIC STORAGE CELL - An electric storage cell includes a film-like casing configured to house a layered charge collector and electrolyte, and an electrode terminal connected to the charge collector and exposed to an outside of the film-like casing, the electric storage cell being chargeable/dischargeable using the electrode terminal, wherein bending portions of the film-like casing are formed in parallel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242464 | Wet Capacitor Cathode Containing a Conductive Copolymer - A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating contains a conductive copolymer having at least one thiophene repeating unit, as well as a pyrrole repeating unit and/or aniline repeating unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242465 | Wet Capacitor Cathode Containing a Conductive Coating Formed Anodic Electrochemical Polymerization of a Colloidal Suspension - A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating is formed through anodic electrochemical polymerization (“electro-polymerization”) of a precursor colloidal suspension on the surface of the substrate. The colloidal suspension includes a precursor monomer, ionic surfactant, and sulfonic acid, which when employed in combination can synergistically improve the degree of surface coverage and overall conductivity of the coating. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242466 | Wet Capacitor Cathode Containing a Conductive Coating Formed Anodic Electrochemical Polymerization of a Microemulsion - A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating is formed through anodic electrochemical polymerization (“electro-polymerization”) of a microemulsion on the surface of the metal substrate. The microemulsion is a thermodynamically stable, isotropic liquid mixture that contains a precursor monomer, sulfonic acid, nonionic surfactant, and solvent. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242467 | Wet Capacitor Cathode Containing an Alkyl-Substituted Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) - A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating contains an alkyl-substituted poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) having a certain structure. Such polymers can result in a higher degree of capacitance than many conventional types of coating materials. Further, because the polymers are generally semi-crystalline or amorphous, they can dissipate and/or absorb the heat associated with the high voltage. The degree of surface contact between the conductive coating and the surface of the metal substrate may also be enhanced in the present invention by selectively controlling the manner in which the conductive coating is formed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242468 | Abrasive Blasted Cathode of a Wet Electrolytic Capacitor - A wet electrolytic capacitor that includes a porous anode body containing a dielectric layer, an electrolyte, and a cathode containing a metal substrate on which is disposed a conductive coating is provided. Prior to application of the conductive coating, the metal substrate is blasted with abrasive particles to enhance the ability of the substrate to adhere to the coating. The micro-roughened metal substrate can be treated after blasting so that substantially all of the abrasive particles are removed. This is accomplished by contacting the metal substrate with an extraction solution to remove the particles, and also by selectively controlling the nature of the abrasive particles so that they are dispersible (e.g., soluble) in the solution. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242469 | Apparatus and Method for Securing an Enclosure - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for securing a box cover to a watthour meter socket box. In certain embodiments, the apparatus has a clamping member that fits over a wall of a meter box and a lock housing that locks to the clamping member after a box cover has been installed thereby securing the cover to the box. Further embodiments relate to a clamping member and a lock housing wherein the clamping member generally comprises a clamp, clamp actuating member, and fastening shelf, and wherein the clamp actuating member may comprise a lever or threaded member to attach the clamping member to a wall of a meter box base. The box cover is secured to the meter box base when the clamping member is secured to the wall and used in combination with the lock housing and a locking shaft. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242470 | Multifunctional Emergency Rescue Device - A multifunctional emergency rescue device includes a main control circuit, a selection switch, an indicator lamp, an annunciator, a battery unit, a connection port module, an external power input socket and output socket. The main control circuit contains a micro control unit (MCU), a power sensing unit, a rectifier and regulator unit, a monitoring unit, and a vibration induction unit. When the selection switch is switched to a first working mode, recharging, rescue, a stable operation to a car electric system are performed. When a second working mode is switched to, electronic devices are recharged at the USB port and the LED lighting lamp illuminates. When a third working mode, an emergency mode, is switched to, the vibration induction unit generates a signal determined by the MCU to drive the annunciator to generate an alarm sound, achieving functions of emergency calling, disaster calling and burglar-proof calling. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242471 | FORWARD LID-LIFT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A forward lid-lift device assembled to a counteraction member of an electronic apparatus includes a main lid and a turning lid. The main lid includes a first rotary shaft connected with the counteraction member, and an engaging end fastened at the end of the electronic apparatus opposite to the first rotary shaft. The turning lid includes a second rotary shaft connected to the main lid, a poking end at an end of the second rotary shaft, and a pushing member at the other end of the second rotary shaft. When the pushing member rotates from a start point to an end point along a second turning path in a first direction, the interference between a first turning path of the counteraction member and the second turning path is increased gradually and the main lid and the turning lid are both turned in the same direction to complete lid-lift action. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242472 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SUPPORT MECHANISM - An electronic device includes a housing, a display and a support mechanism. The housing includes a bottom plate and a peripheral wall. The display screen is mounted to the housing and positioned above the bottom plate. The support mechanism is movably and adjustably assembled to the bottom plate of the housing, away from the display screen. The support mechanism includes a retracting assembly and a support assembly. The retracting assembly is releasably mounted to the bottom plate and received within the housing. The support assembly is rotatably hinged to the bottom plate of the housing, and further hinges with the retracting assembly for supporting the housing at different viewing angles. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242473 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a component member, a screw, and a gathering post. The first housing defines a through hole. The second housing combines with the first housing to form a receiving space. The component member is received in the receiving space. The screw passes through the through hole of the first housing to screw in a predetermined position of the component member. The gathering post gathers filings falling from the component member when the screw is screwed in the component member. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242474 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INDICATOR LAMP - An electronic device includes a cover, a base, a circuit board, an indicator lamp mounted on the circuit board, and a light guide plate fixed to the cover. The cover includes a first sidewall with a first edge and a through hole adjacent to the first edge. The base includes a second sidewall with a second edge contacting the first edge, and a blocking tab with a top portion above the second edge. The base is coupled to the cover and cooperatively defines a receiving space accommodating the circuit board. The light guide member includes a first end surface facing the indicator lamp and a second end surface located within the through hole and facing an outside of the cover. The light guide plate is made of light pervious material. The blocking tab prevents light from leaking out through a gap formed between the first edge and the second edge. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242475 | TECHNIQUES FOR SHIELDING CONNECTORS THAT ALLOW FOR CONFORMAL COATING AGAINST CORROSION - An electronic device including a connector. The connector includes a housing defining a cavity for receiving a mating connector. The housing includes a contact support member. The connector also includes contacts supported by the contact support member, the contacts including protruding portions that protrude outside of the cavity. The connector may also include a shielding element disposed over the protruding portion of at least some of the contacts. A moisture sealant may be disposed within a gap located between the contacts and the shielding element. In one embodiment, a cap may be provided between the housing and the shielding. The cap and the housing may each include an aperture for viewing a moisture indicator, and at least one of the cap and the housing may include cutouts for holding a transparent element. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242476 | BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device includes a base body, a battery cover, a button and an ejecting mechanism. The base body defines a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove. The battery cover includes a hook. The button is slidably attached to the base body, the button defining a latching groove and including a bar portion. The hook is releaseably latched in the latching groove. The ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting member. The bar portion selectively presses the ejecting member. When the button is pressed, the hook is disengaged from the latching groove, the bar portion presses the ejecting member to force the ejecting member to eject the battery cover. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242477 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SEALED STRUCTURE - An electronic device includes a first housing member having an opening that houses a housed object; a second housing member that is mated with the first housing member; a cover member that covers the opening; and a sealing member that is integrated with the first housing member by two-color molding, seals a seam between a perimeter of the opening of the first housing member and the cover member as well as a seam between the first housing member and the second housing member, and contacts side surfaces of the housed object when the housed object is housed in the opening. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242478 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a body having a slot at one side thereof; a socket mounted to the body, and to which an external device is connected through the slot; a slide door coupled to the body so as to expose or cover the socket; and a guide portion formed in the body, and configured to guide motion of the sliding door, wherein the slide door comprises: a base having a plate shape; a manipulation portion protruding from a front surface of the base, and exposed to the outside through the slot; and a rail portion formed to be slidable along the guide portion, and coupled to a rear surface of the base so as to be covered by the base. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242479 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal may be provided that includes a case having a through window formed in front of the case, an optical sensor arranged in the case toward the through window, a glass formed of an opaque material to cover the through window of the case, and a window layer disposed on a behind face of the glass, with a fine hole formed above the optical sensor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242480 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display module, a case and a combining member. The display module includes a display panel and a lower receiving container having a first bottom portion through which a hole is formed. The lower receiving container receives the display panel. The case receives the display module and includes a second bottom portion through which a guide rail hole is formed. The case covers at least a portion of the first bottom portion of the lower receiving container. The combining member is inserted into the hole and the guide rail hole to combine the first bottom portion of the lower receiving container and the second bottom portion of the case, and slides in the guide rail hole in a direction substantially parallel with a plane of the second bottom portion. As a result, a bezel and a thickness of the display apparatus can be decreased. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242481 | WATERPROOF CASE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A waterproof case for a portable terminal is provided. The waterproof case includes a waterproof member assembled to the portable terminal to wrap an outer perimeter of the portable terminal, the waterproof member being formed with an opening for partially exposing the portable terminal, a protective member configured to wrap an outer perimeter of the waterproof member, the protective member being integrally formed with the waterproof member through dual injection molding, and a waterproof rib formed from an elastic material around the opening on an inner surface of the waterproof member, the waterproof rib being configured to come into close contact with the outer perimeter of the portable terminal | 2013-09-19 |
20130242482 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display device body with a screen, a frame attached to the display device body, the frame having an opening for exposing the screen, and a panel secured to the frame so as to face the screen, the panel being elastic, wherein the frame has four sides to which the panel is secured and at least one of the four sides has a section projecting ahead of the screen higher than both ends, the section being other than both ends in a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the four sides. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242483 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a display apparatus including a display that has a display face on which an image is displayed, a back chassis that is disposed on a side opposite to the display face of the display, and a cover film that is positioned in a state in which the cover film reaches the back chassis from the display face, one end of the cover film being attached to at least a portion of an outer circumferential portion of the display. The display is held by the cover film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242484 | ADJUSTING DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ADJUSTING ELEMENT - An electronics and/or gearing housing, in particular for a worm wheel of a window lifting drive, of a motor vehicle is provided. The electronics and/or gearing housing has a housing body, within which an electronic assembly is arranged, and a cover, which is joined to the housing body via ultrasonic welding. | 2013-09-19 |