| 01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20130002006 | VARIABLE LUG INSERT FOR WHEEL OPENING - A wheel assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle via a plurality of wheel studs or holes, the wheel assembly including a wheel defining a plurality of wheel openings therethrough, wherein each of the wheel openings has a non-circular shape and is configured to receive a wheel stud or bolt; and a plurality of variable lug inserts, wherein one of the variable lug inserts is within each of the openings and wherein each variable lug insert comprises a body having a longitudinal cross-sectional shape generally corresponding to the non-circular shape of the wheel opening and a variable lug insert opening extending through the body. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002007 | WHEEL HUB, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD - A wheel hub, for use on off-highway vehicles, includes a first flange defining a wheel axis and a second flange spaced apart from the first flange along the wheel axis. The first flange includes a generally annular attachment face generally orthogonal to the wheel axis, while the second flange includes an axially inward side confronting the attachment face. The wheel hub also includes a plurality of rungs extending from the first flange to the second flange. Torque is transferred between the first flange and the second flange via the plurality of rungs. Additionally, the wheel hub includes a lubricant retention structure associated with at least one of the first flange and the second flange at a radially inward surface thereof. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002008 | Brake Control Apparatus - A brake control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a regenerative braking system includes a hydraulic circuit where a first passage connects a master cylinder to a wheel cylinder. A second passage connects a discharge side of a pump to a first portion of the first passage. A third passage connects a suction side of the pump to a second portion of the first passage between the master cylinder and the first portion. A fourth passage connects the suction side of the pump to a third portion of the first passage between an inflow valve and the wheel cylinder. A reservoir is disposed in a section of the fourth passage between the outflow valve and third passage. A cutoff valve in a section of the fourth passage between the reservoir and third passage operates depending on operation of the regenerative braking system. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002009 | MOBILE MACHINE TRACK SHOE - A mobile machine track shoe includes a ground engaging surface including a first grouser bar and a second grouser bar substantially parallel to the first grouser bar. The track shoe further includes a base opposite the ground engaging surface. The base includes a first relief disposed opposite the first grouser bar, and a second relief disposed opposite the second grouser bar. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002010 | TRACK CHAIN CARTRIDGE HAVING THRUST BEARINGS - A cartridge for a track chain is disclosed. The cartridge includes a track pin. The cartridge also includes a rotatable bushing and a rotatable bearing located on the track pin. The cartridge further includes a first thrust bearing located on the track pin between the bearing and the bushing. The first thrust bearing is configured to contact the rotatable bearing and configured to contact the rotatable bushing. The first thrust bearing is configured to bear thrust loads and not radial loads. The cartridge may further include a collar located at an end of the track pin. The cartridge includes a second thrust bearing located between the bearing and the collar. The second thrust bearing is configured to contact the rotatable bearing and configured to contact the collar. The second thrust bearing is configured to bear thrust loads and not radial loads. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002011 | TRACK PIN RETENTION SYSTEM - A chain link for a track of a mobile machine includes a pin, and a retention ring coupled to the pin at a mechanical joint. A portion of the retention ring fills imperfections of the pin at the joint and the pin remains substantially metallurgically separate from the retention ring. The chain link also includes a first track link defining a hole having a step. The first track link is mounted on the pin such that the retention ring is disposed substantially within the step. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002012 | Two-Wire Power And Communications For Irrigation Systems - A two-wire power and communication system is provided, having a decoder that draws a constant amount of current for communication signals despite changes in the voltage on the power and communication wires. In one example, decoders have a constant current sink circuit that includes a shunt regulator that controls a field effect transistor. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002013 | CUSTOMIZABLE ENERGY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A customizable energy system for a vehicle includes a plurality of interchangeable energy modules, wherein at least one of the plurality of interchangeable energy modules is an energy storage module configured for storing a first form of energy. The customizable energy system also includes a receptacle defining at least one cavity therein and configured for operatively communicating with the plurality of interchangeable energy modules, wherein the at least one cavity is configured for receiving any one of the plurality of interchangeable energy modules. Each of the plurality of interchangeable energy modules has a substantially similar shape and is interchangeably insertable into and removable from the at least one cavity. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002014 | ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An electrical generating system for aircraft with one or more engines includes a plurality of generators associated with the engines so as to produce respective AC outputs. The frequencies of these outputs can differ from each other, as a result of differing engine speeds and/or deliberate design, but they are to be connected to a common bus to avoid redundancy of wiring. One or more converters are present between the generators and the bus for adjusting the output frequency of the generators to provide an AC output voltage at a common bus frequency. The system includes a control system for setting the AC bus frequency in such a way that it can vary with time. The bus frequency may follow the natural frequency of the engine, and only small converters are needed to make the already approximately equal generator frequencies identical, so that they can all feed the common bus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002015 | SUPPLEMENTARY POWER SUPPLY FOR VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a supplementary power supply including a solar generator for ohmic consumers in a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, wherein a control circuit is electrically connected to a multiplicity of solar cells via generator terminals of the solar generator and includes at least one output terminal, and wherein the control circuit is configured to interconnect the at least one output terminal with the multiplicity of solar cells in accordance with an actual intensity of insolation of the solar cells such that a nominal voltage and/or a nominal current intensity is available at the at least one output terminal. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002016 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - The power source apparatus is provided with a plurality of modules ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002017 | CAR BATTERY SYSTEM - A car battery system includes a battery block | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002018 | HYBRID CIRCUIT - In a hybrid circuit including a high-voltage circuit and a low-voltage circuit having different power supply voltages from each other, a voltmeter serving as a high-voltage circuit, a high-voltage connector for connecting the voltmeter and the lithium ion battery, the control unit which is a part of the low-voltage circuit and performs switching control to turn on/off internal switches of the voltmeter are mounted on a hybrid integrated circuit. Then, the hybrid integrated circuit is stacked on top of a hybrid integrated circuit mounting area of a low-voltage substrate on which the rest of the low-voltage circuit is mounted. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002019 | Circuit, Method for Operating a Circuit, and Use - Circuit, method for operating a circuit, and use, having a voltage regulator, which has a regulator output for providing a supply voltage, which for the supply can be connected to at least one first digital subcircuit via a first switch and to a second digital subcircuit via a second switch, wherein the voltage regulator is formed to output a first status signal dependent on the supply voltage, and to turn on the first switch by the first status signal is connected to a first control input of the first switch, and the first switch is formed to output a second status signal dependent on its switching state, and to turn on the second switch by the second status signal is connected to a second control input of the second switch. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002020 | Systems and methods for controlled startup of electrical devices loading a power line - An electrical system having a plurality of devices is supplied with power by a common power supply line. One of the devices has a circuit that slows or delays device startup or activation in response to a signal indicative of power demand, draw or use by another of the plurality of devices supplied with power by the common power supply line. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002021 | INVERTER AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A control section generates a quasi-sine wave with a plurality of gradation voltages including power supply voltages from DC power supplies with different voltages and one or more potential differences between two of the power supply voltages. Specifically, the control section generates the quasi-sine wave by, in a time range where a sine wave voltage is at two gradation voltages, generating a PWM signal with one gradation voltage set at a low level and the other gradation voltage set at a high level. The timing for switching the PWM signal is determined using an intersection between a sine wave and a triangular wave in the time range where the sine wave voltage is at two gradation voltages, where the triangular wave is generated with one gradation voltage set at a low level and the other gradation voltage set at a high level. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002022 | LINE INTERACTIVE POWER QUALITY SYSTEM - A flywheel interface system for line interactive power correction comprises a flywheel system that includes a flywheel coupled to rotate with a motor/generator. A passive rectifier is coupled to the flywheel system for converting alternating current generated by the flywheel system to direct current. An active inverter is coupled to the passive rectifier for converting the direct current from the passive rectifier to alternating current and to output the alternating current to the load. A motor drive is coupled to the motor/generator of the flywheel system for driving the motor/generator to rotate the flywheel, the motor drive including a second passive rectifier coupled to a second active inverter. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002023 | HYBRID POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A hybrid power supply system includes a number of power modules electrically connected with each other in series. Each power module includes a fuel cell unit and a lithium-ion battery unit. Each fuel cell unit includes at least two fuel cell monomers electrically connected with each other in series. Each lithium-ion battery unit includes one or more lithium ion battery monomers electrically connected with each other in parallel. Each fuel cell unit is electrically connected with each lithium-ion battery unit in parallel to directly charge the lithium-ion battery unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An uninterruptible power supply includes a first input to receive input power from an input power source, an output to provide output power, a switch, a first logic power supply coupled to the switch, a back-up power source, a charger, a main logic power supply and power converter circuitry. The switch is configured to close when a characteristic of the input power is within a selected range. The first logic power supply is coupled to the switch and configured to receive input power from the input power source when the switch is closed. The first logic power supply has a first DC output. The back-up power source has a second DC output and is coupled to the first DC output at a common node. The charger has a third DC output and is coupled to the common node. The main logic power supply is coupled to the common node and is configured to receive at least one of the first DC output, the second DC output and the third DC output. The power converter circuitry is coupled to the backup power source and the first input and is configured to provides the output power derived from at least one of power at the first input and power from the backup power source. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002025 | UPS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING POWER TO NON-LINEAR LOAD - An UPS system and a method of supplying power to a non-linear load are provided. The UPS system may include a bypass module configured to supply a fundamental wave current to a non-linear load of the UPS system; and a power module configured to supply a harmonic current to the non-linear load when the bypass module operates normally. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002026 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an energy storage apparatus includes a DC/DC convertor including a discharge terminal and a charge terminal, the DC/DC convertor which sets up a voltage of a DC power supplied from the discharge terminal and outputs the DC power from the charge terminal, switches which switch connections between a rechargeable batteries and a first connection terminal electrically connected to an external device, a second connection terminal electrically connected to the discharge terminal, and a third connection terminal electrically connected to the charge terminal, and a controller which controls the DC/DC convertor to perform charge and discharge between a rechargeable battery connected to the discharge terminal via the switches and a rechargeable battery connected to the charge terminal via the switches, | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002027 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An uninterruptible power supply includes an input and an output. The uninterruptible power supply may include a first power path between the input and the output. The uninterruptible power supply may also include a second power path between the input and the output. The second power path may include a rectifier and an inverter. The uninterruptible power supply may also include controls configured to operate the uninterruptible power supply to supply electricity to the output. In controlling the uninterruptible power supply, the controls may selectively operate in first mode by transmitting electricity from the inlet to the outlet via the first power path while operating the inverter to condition at least one characteristic of electricity at the output. The controls may also selectively operate the uninterruptible power supply in a second mode by transmitting electricity from the input to the output via the second power path. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002028 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY HAVING AN INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER - An interruptible power supply (UPS) has a surge cancellation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) prevention device, a charger, a battery set and a power converter. The power converter has multiple power switches, an integrated transformer and a controller. An input terminal of the surge cancellation and EMI prevention device is connected with the AC mains, and an output terminal is connected with the integrated transformer. The charger is connected with the battery set. The battery set is connected with the power switches. The integrated transformer has a primary side having a first winding and a second winding serially connected. The first and second windings respectively have multiple sub-windings. The first winding is connected with the power switches. The second winding is connected with a power output terminal and shares a part of the first winding, thereby decreasing turns of the windings and reducing the size and cost of the UPS. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING LOSSES IN AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - Aspects of the invention are directed to systems and method for limiting losses in an uninterruptible power supply. In one aspect, the present invention provides an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) comprising an input to receive input power having an input voltage, an output to provide output power having an output voltage, a neutral line, an automatic voltage regulation (AVR) transformer coupled to the input and the output of the UPS and having an input, an output, a core and at least one switch controllably coupled to at least one of the core, the input and the output, and a means for isolating the core of the AVR transformer from the neutral line when the input voltage is substantially equal to a defined output voltage. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002030 | BATTERY MONITOR CIRCUIT, STORAGE APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE, AND POWER SYSTEM - A battery monitor circuit includes a first monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a first group, a second monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a second group, and a current cancellation unit for canceling a difference between first and second currents that flow through the first and second monitoring units, respectively. One terminal of a series connection of the battery cells in the first and second groups and one terminal of the first monitoring unit are connected, the other terminal of the first monitoring unit and one terminal of the second monitoring unit are connected, and the other terminal of the second monitoring unit and the other terminal of the series connection are connected. The current cancellation unit is disposed between a connection point between the first and second monitoring units and a middle connection point in the middle of the series connection. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002031 | Enclosure and Message System of Smart and Scalable Power Inverters - An enclosure design is disclosed to accommodate and support the unique features and capabilities of the Smart and Scalable Power Inverters or Mini-Inverters that have multiple input channels to easily connect to multiple solar PV panels, invert the DC power to AC power, and daisy chain together to generate AC power to feed the power grid or supply power to electrical devices. Further disclosed is a message system using LEDs (light-emitting diodes) mounted on the enclosure to indicate the system status and the status of each input channel of the Smart and Scalable Mini-Inverters. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002032 | POWER GRID OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - A power grid operation control system, device, and method for steadily operating a power grid while making the most of renewable energy. The power grid operation control system serves a power grid connected to a plurality of renewable energy and a plurality of thermal/hydroelectric power generators, and includes an automatic dispatching system, which controls the thermal/hydroelectric power generators, and a renewable energy generation control system, which controls the renewable energy. The automatic dispatching system controls the thermal/hydroelectric power generators by generating an automatic frequency control signal for correcting the power supply and demand imbalance of the power grid. The renewable energy generation control system determines an available connection capability and issues load instructions to ensure that the total power generation capacity of the renewable energy does not exceed the available connection capability. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002033 | Controlling Antenna Characteristics of a Near Field Communications (NFC) Device - An apparatus and method is disclosed to control antenna characteristic of a near field communications (NFC) device. The apparatus and method may tune a resonant frequency of an antenna module of the NFC device to compensate for manufacturing tolerances of the antenna module. The NFC device may cause the antenna module to operate in a first configuration for a first period of time that is characterized by a compensation resonant frequency and a second configuration for a second period of time that is characterized by an actual resonant frequency. The NFC device causes the antenna module to continuously switch between the first configuration and the second configuration such that on average, a resonant frequency of the antenna module is approximately equal to an expected resonant frequency of the antenna module. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002034 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER - According to one embodiment, a wireless power transmitter wirelessly transmits power to a power receiving apparatus which includes a first resonance circuit and a load circuit. The first resonance circuit includes a power receiving coil and a first capacitor. The wireless power transmitter comprises a second resonance circuit that includes a power transmission coil and a second capacitor and transmits the signal generated by a power supply to the power receiving apparatus, a measuring unit that measures a signal reflection coefficient, and a controller. The controller detects a value of an oscillation frequency of the power supply making the signal reflection coefficient smaller than or equal to a threshold value, calculates an electromagnetic coupling coefficient between the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil, and controls one of the oscillation frequency and a capacitance value of the second capacitor based on the electromagnetic coupling coefficient. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002035 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND POWER RECEPTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a wireless power transmission system, includes a power transmission antenna and a power reception antenna. The power transmission antenna has a first resonance frequency and a first frequency bandwidth, and wirelessly transmits high-frequency energy having a first transmission frequency. The power reception antenna has a second resonance frequency and a second frequency bandwidth, and wirelessly receives the high-frequency energy. The second resonance frequency is higher than a highest frequency within the first frequency bandwidth. The first transmission frequency falls within the first frequency bandwidth. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002036 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A contactless power supply device capable of appropriately supplying power to a plurality of power supplied devices at the same time without contact is provided. A contactless power supply device capable of supplying power without contact even when the positional flexibility of a plurality of power supplied devices is increased is provided. The contactless power supply device determines a power supply condition that power can be most appropriately supplied to a plurality of power supplied devices that need power supply in a short time. The contactless power supply device can appropriately supply power to a plurality of power supplied devices at the same time without contact by controlling the resonant capacitance of a power transmission coil in an optimized power supply condition. The positional flexibility of the plurality of power supplied devices with respect to the contactless power supply device can be increased. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002037 | CONTACTLESS POWER-FEED EQUIPMENT - Contactless power-feed equipment includes: a power-supply device that outputs an AC constant current having a predetermined oscillation frequency to a main induction line; a primary coil provided on the main induction line connected to the power-supply device; a secondary coil that forms an insulating transformer with the primary coil and is connected in parallel with the sub induction line, a resonance capacitor that is connected in parallel with the secondary coil and constitutes a parallel resonant circuit with the sub induction line, and a switch provided between the secondary coil and the parallel resonant circuit. In the parallel resonant circuit, the sub induction line and the resonance capacitor have constants such that the parallel resonant circuit has a resonance frequency equal to the oscillation frequency of the power-supply device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002038 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING SIGNAL COLLISION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - In a wireless power transmitter, a wireless power receiver, and a signal collision avoiding method disclosed herein, when a new wireless power receiver is placed in a specific area while the wireless power transmitter is performing communication with a specific wireless power receiver, the new wireless power receiver analyzes a response signal formed by the specific wireless power receiver through a listening mode, and transmits its own response signal at a collision-avoided time point, thereby allowing an efficient stable data communication. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002039 | NON-CONTACT CONNECTOR - A receiving unit portion and a transmission unit portion are brought close to each other. Then, when upper end surfaces of protrusions ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002040 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - The present application provides a technique for a signal transmitting apparatus using a plane coil for a sending coil and a receiving coil respectively, so that the outer diameters of the sending coil and the receiving coil can be decreased, and a signal can be stably transmitted from a sending side to a receiving side. The signal transmitting apparatus disclosed in the present application is provided with: a sending coil driven by an inputted signal; a receiving coil configured to output a received signal in response to the sending coil being driven; a pre-processing circuit to which the received signal outputted by the receiving coil is inputted; and a detecting circuit configured to detect the inputted signal from a signal outputted by the pre-processing circuit. The pre-processing circuit converts the received signal outputted from the receiving coil into a signal, and outputs the converted signal, and a frequency of the converted signal is within a frequency range of a signal that the detecting circuit can receive, and a voltage of the converted signal is equal to or lower than a withstand voltage of the detecting circuit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002041 | MAGNETIC ELEMENT FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - In the disclosed magnetic element ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002042 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MODULE WITH PLANAR COIL, AND MODULE WITH PLANAR COIL - A method for manufacturing a module including a planar coil, and a module including a planar coil, reduce manufacturing cost and also are able to handle a large current. The method for manufacturing the module including the planar coil includes the steps of providing a second resin layer including a magnetic filler on a first resin layer with a built-in chip-type electronic component; providing a planar coil on the second resin layer; and providing a third resin layer including a non-magnetic property so as to coat the planar coil. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002043 | ANTISTATIC SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTISTATIC SWITCH - An antistatic switch connected between a micro control unit and a power supply of an electronic device includes six terminals. A first terminal is left vacant and a third terminal is connected to the power supply. A second terminal is public access terminal connected to the micro control unit and selectively connected to the first terminal or the second terminal. The fourth terminal, the fifth terminal, and the sixth terminal are all grounded to remove the static electricity flowing to the electronic device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002044 | NETWORK TOPOLOGY FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A SOLAR PANEL ARRAY - Embodiments of a network topology for monitoring and controlling an array of solar panels include an intelligent node adapted to send and receive data and commands by at least two redundant means of communication. An intelligent node includes a solar panel, a node controller, a photovoltaic module, a bypass relay, a bypass bus, PLC and wireless communication interfaces for redundant means of communication, and sensor and actuator interfaces for monitoring and controlling the intelligent node. A PV module in the intelligent node may selectively be bypassed without interrupting network communications. Some embodiments include a plurality of intelligent nodes electrically connected serially into a chain of nodes and further connected to a gateway. Other embodiments include a plurality of chains of nodes connected to an inverter and a transformer, thereby defining an area. Additional embodiments further include a central server in communication with a plurality of areas. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002045 | Power Harvesting Device - Techniques are described to harvest power from a single current carrying conductor to furnish power to a powered device. The techniques employ a power harvesting device that is coupled to the conductor. In implementations, the conductor has a first path and a second path. The power harvesting device includes a first switch coupled to the second path. An energy storing element is coupled to the first path and configured to store energy based upon the direct current flowing through the first path. The power harvesting device also includes a power condition and management device coupled to the energy storing element configured to switch the first switch to a closed configuration when the energy storing element is measured to have a predefined high voltage threshold, and to switch the first switch to an open configuration when the energy storing element is measured to have a predefined low voltage threshold. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002046 | DATA TRANSMISSION CABLE WITH INTEGRATED REPEATER UNIT AND CABLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A CABLE - The present disclosure relates to a data transmission cable having at least one data transmission line for transmitting data signals, and at least one repeater unit. The data line and the repeater unit are integrated into the cable. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002047 | ETHERNET SYSTEM - A communication system ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002048 | HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power reception device which are capacitively coupled to allow electrical conduction therethrough in the manner of alternating current. The power transmission device includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, a step-up transformer, and a high-frequency voltage generating circuit. The power reception device includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, and a load circuit. A divider for voltage division based on load capacitances (C | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002049 | BATTERY BOOSTER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A battery booster for smartphones, tablets and other portable electronic devices is provided. The battery booster includes includes a battery pack and a retractable cable. A connector, structured to be electrically connected to the battery charging interface of a smartphone, is provided at one end of the cable. A securing mechanism is provided to removably secure a rear surface of the battery housing to the smartphone. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002050 | ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A ROBOT DRIVER - An actuating device for a robot driver that reduces the effort involved for setting or learning of the actuating means. In addition, the effort for determining the pedal force can be reduced. The actuating device comprises at least one actuating means, which has at least one control rod comprising an actuator region and a contact element, wherein the contact element can be caused to connect to a pedal and the control rod in the actuator region is a rotationally symmetrical component which is slidably received in an actuator housing in the actuator region. In the actuator region the control rod contains a first element, and the actuator housing has a second element which is provided in an outer circumferential region of the first element, wherein the first element and the second element form an electromagnet force-generating means for moving the control rod. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002051 | VOICE COIL MOTOR HOUSING AND VOICE COIL MOTOR USING SAME - A voice coil motor housing includes a top wall having an opening and four sidewalls extending from the top wall. The four sidewalls and the top wall cooperatively form a rectangular chamber opened at one end. Each of the sidewalls includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portions of the four sidewalls are connected to one another and forming a substantially gapless seam between each two adjacent sidewalls at the top portions. At least one slot is defined in the bottom portions of the sidewalls, the at least one slot is perpendicular to the top wall, and the slot is arranged adjacent to the corresponding gapless seam. At least one snap is arranged on the sidewalls at the corresponding bottom portion thereof, and the at least one snap protrudes inwardly of the chamber. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002052 | MAGNETIC STATOR ASSEMBLY - An electric device including: a stator assembly; and an actuator including a coil having an axis, wherein the stator assembly includes: a stator core arranged along a linear axis, the stator core made up of a plurality of magnets each characterized by a magnetic moment, the plurality of magnets arranged in a stack along the linear axis with the magnet moments of the plurality of magnets being co-linearly aligned parallel to the linear axis, wherein the plurality of magnets includes a first magnet and a second magnet positioned adjacent to each other in the stack separated by a gap and with their magnetic moments in opposition to each other, and wherein the actuator is arranged on the stator core with the coil of the actuator encircling the linear axis with the axis of the coil parallel to the linear axis. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002053 | SLOTLESS MOTORS WITH GROOVED CORE - The invention provides slotless electrical motors with grooved core (grooved motors). The motors with grooved core are much easier in production than conventional motors with laminated core. Also, they do not have significant Eddy currents losses due to grooves. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002054 | LINEAR VIBRATION MOTOR - Disclose herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a coil having a power applied from the outside thereto to form a magnetic field; a vibrator part including a magnet facing the coil; and an elastic member having one end coupled to the stator part and the other end coupled to the vibrator part to elastically support linear vibration of the vibrator part, wherein the stator part includes: a cover member including a set fixing part extended to one side thereof to thereby be fixedly coupled to a set component and an extended plate extended to the other side thereof; an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the cover member so as to receive the vibrator part therein; a printed circuit board having the coil coupled thereto and coupled to the cover member and an upper portion of the extended plate; and a contact part fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the printed circuit board of which a portion is coupled to the extended plate. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002055 | LINEAR MOTOR FOR A SMALL ELECTRIC HANDHELD DEVICE - A handle for a small electric handheld appliance in which the handle comprises a motor assembly disposed in the handle. The motor assembly comprises a generally L-shaped magnetic yoke formed from two substantially perpendicular surfaces, such that the two substantially perpendicular surfaces define a concave receiving portion. The motor assembly also comprises an iron core and a coil winding disposed substantially in the concave receiving portion, such that the iron core and the coil winding are free from contact with one of the two substantially perpendicular surfaces when the motor is at rest. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002056 | MECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTER - Embodiments of an apparatus for harvesting electrical power from fluid motion are described. The apparatus includes a magnetostrictive component having an internal pre-stressed magnetostrictive core. A magnetic property of the magnetostrictive core is configured to change with changes in stress within the magnetostrictive core along at least one direction within the magnetostrictive component. Also, forces at least partially due to fluid motion results in changes of stress within the magnetostrictive core and consequently change the magnetic property. The magnetostrictive component is further configured such that the change in the magnetic property will result in a change in the magnetic flux, which can be used to generate electrical power. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002057 | ACTUATOR - Actuator having a drive element ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002058 | Low-Cost Low-Cog PM Machine - Due largely to their high torque-to-current and torque-to-volume ratios, permanent magnet (PM) motors and generators are increasingly being used in a wide range of high performance applications, such as industrial drives, robotics, computer peripherals, and automotive applications. The present invention utilizes stator modularity to enable cost efficiency by significantly decreasing stator core manufacturing costs, and coil forming and fixturing costs in several ways. Minimizing costs extend to a novel, lightweight, support structure that does not require the usual encasement structure. The approach presents a challenge to mitigating cogging torque via popular methods; therefore a novel anti-cogging approach was developed that is a natural outgrowth of the modular layout instead of being negatively impacted by. The result is a low cost PM machine design and method with low cogging torque. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002059 | SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor including: a rotor formed with a plurality of salient poles; a rotor core having the rotor coupled thereto; and a stopper formed integrally with the rotor core by an insert special molding method. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002060 | STATOR - The stator of an electric motor includes a stator lamination bundle which is provided with windings which pass through this and which in the regions projecting beyond the stator lamination bundle form end-windings. An end-winding shielding which is electrically conductively connected to the stator lamination bundle is provided. This shielding is formed by segmented and distanced shielding sections which in each case shield at least one end-winding completely or partly. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002061 | COGGING TORQUE REDUCTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES - Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be “balanced” to achieve reduced overall cogging torque via utilization of one or more cogging torque reduction devices. Cogging torque reduction devices may be configured and/or otherwise customized in order to reduce and/or minimize cogging torque in an electrical machine, by generating a counteracting cogging torque waveform that at least partially counteracts and/or cancels the initial cogging torque waveform of the electrical machine. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002062 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor includes a stator, a rotor which is rotatable to the stator, a rotor-side position regulation part which is fixed to the rotor and is rotated together with the rotor, and a stator-side position regulation part which is fixed to the stator. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, and a rotor magnet which is mounted on an outer periphery of the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft is integrally formed with the rotor magnet by resin. The stator-side position regulation part includes a first stator-side position regulation part which contacts the rotor-side position regulation part at a first position to regulate a rotation of the rotor in one direction, and a second stator-side position regulation part which contacts the rotor-side position regulation part at a second position different from the first position to regulate a rotation of the rotor in an opposite direction to the one direction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002063 | DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC BALANCING OF A ROTATING COMPONENT - A device for limiting an unbalance in inside a centrifugal, with an electric motor to drive a rotating component disposed in an enclosure around a rotational axis, wherein a rotor of the electric motor is non-rotatably connected to the rotating component, a bearing assembly for the rotor and the stator to be arranged in, and a stabilizer unit which generates as a function of a disturbing force acting on the rotating component a balancing force that is adapted to compensate said latter, the bearing assembly including support means such as to make the stator radially movable, and the stabilizer arranged radially outside and/or inside said stator and/or support means of the bearing assembly and having stabilizing means whereby in aggregate a radial balancing force can be generated. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002064 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An apparatus, such as an electrical machine, is provided. The apparatus can include a rotor defining a rotor bore and a conduit disposed in and extending axially along the rotor bore. The conduit can have an annular conduit body defining a plurality of orifices disposed axially along the conduit and extending through the conduit body. The rotor can have an inner wall that at least partially defines the rotor bore. The orifices can extend through the conduit body along respective orifice directions, and the rotor and conduit can be configured to provide a line of sight along the orifice direction from the respective orifices to the inner wall. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002065 | TOTALLY-ENCLOSED HORIZONTAL ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - In a totally-enclosed horizontal rotating electric machine in which a rotor horizontally arranged and a stator arranged at an outer circumference side of the rotor are hermetically sealed in a main frame, and the rotor and the stator are cooled by circulating refrigerant gas, which is encapsulated in the main frame, through a refrigerant passageway, and water-cooled heat exchangers for cooling the refrigerant gas are provided on the way of the refrigerant passageway, the heat exchangers are respectively arranged in a longitudinal direction at each of positions neighboring both left-right end portions at a front side and both left-right end portions at a rear side of the main frame, and a feed-water inlet and a drain outlet of cooling water are provided at an upper side of the heat exchangers. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002066 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND EFFICIENT ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A lightweight and efficient electrical machine element including a method of manufacture providing a stator winding for an electric machine which has a large portion of its volume containing electrically conductive strands and a small portion of its volume containing of an encapsulant material. The stator winding includes winding of a first phase ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002067 | Electric Machine Module Cooling System and Method - Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module including a housing. The housing can include a machine cavity, a coolant jacket, and at least one coolant aperture positioned through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is fluidly connected to the machine cavity. In some embodiments, an electric machine can be at least partially positioned within the machine cavity and includes a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core with slots. The stator core can include a weld side and an insertion side. In some embodiments, conductors can be positioned in the slots so that portions of the conductors axially extend from the weld side and the insertion side of the stator core. In some embodiments, at least some of the conductors can be configured and arranged to define a substantially radially-directed aperture between portions of the conductors on the weld side. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002068 | OUTER ROTOR-TYPE MOTOR - In the outer rotor-type motor, coil leads can be efficiently wired in small spaces of stator units. The outer rotor-type motor comprises: a stator being constituted by a plurality of the stator units, in each of which a coil is sandwiched between stator yokes having magnetic pole teeth; a rotor having a rotor yoke, which includes a permanent magnet and which is capable of rotating together with an output shaft; and lead terminals of a driving circuit for energizing the coils. Each of the stator yokes is constituted by a plurality of yoke parts and formed into a ring shape, the stator yokes surround outer circumferences of the coils, and coil leads are extended outward from the inner side of each of the coils via a gap between the outer circumference of the coil and the magnetic pole teeth. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002069 | MOTOR - A yoke of a motor has a bottom and an open end and accommodates an armature. An end bracket substantially closes the open end of the yoke. A connector portion, which bulges outward of the yoke, and a cutout portion are formed in the circumferential wall of the end bracket. A pair of feed members is provided to extend from the interior of the end bracket to the connector portion through the cutout portion. The end bracket has an accommodation recess for accommodating the noise suppression element at a position corresponding to the cutout portion. Each feed member has an accommodation recess corresponding portion, which corresponds to the accommodation recess, and a cutout portion corresponding portion, which corresponds to the cutout portion. The distance between the accommodation recess corresponding portions of the feed members is greater than the distance between the cutout portion corresponding portions. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002070 | MOTOR - A motor includes an armature, a yoke, and an end bracket. The yoke has a bottom and an open end and accommodates the armature. The end bracket substantially closes the open end of the yoke. A connector portion, which bulges outward of the yoke, and a cutout portion are formed in the circumferential wall of the end bracket. A pair of feed members is provided to extend from the interior of the end bracket to the connector portion through the cutout portion. Each feed member has a plurality of connection portions. Each of a pair of terminals of each of a plurality of noise suppression elements is connected to each connection portion. The connection portions are formed in the feed member and arranged in the radial direction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002071 | INERTIAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - An inertial energy storage device includes a plurality of stationary electrical windings, a rotatable shaft, and a plurality of rotatable magnets coupled to the rotatable shaft. The plurality of stationary electrical windings extend about at least a portion of the plurality of rotatable magnets. The inertial energy storage device also includes a flywheel device that includes a substantially cylindrical hub rotatably coupled to the rotatable shaft. The flywheel device also includes a radially inner ring that includes a first material having a first density. The flywheel device further includes a radially outer ring that includes a second material having a second density. The first density is greater than the second density. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002072 | ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH INTEGRAL REDUCTION GEAR SET - A vehicle includes a transmission having an input member on a primary axis and a motor positioned on the primary or a secondary axis. The motor includes a rotor circumscribing a rotor shaft connected to the input member, a stator having axially-extending end-windings, and a reduction gear set. The gear set is positioned substantially within in a void or radial space between the end windings. The gear set may include a first member on the rotor shaft and a stationary second member positioned adjacent to the end windings. A method for assembling the motor includes providing the gear set, stator, and rotor, connecting the ring gear to the stationary member, and inserting the carrier member into the ring gear from an axial side of the traction motor until the gear set is substantially inside of the void between the end windings. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002073 | Modularized Electromagnetic Resistance Apparatus - An electromagnetic resistance apparatus includes a support frame, a metallic conductive plate rotatably mounted on the support frame, and at least one magnetically controlled mechanism mounted on the support frame and aligning with the metallic conductive plate. Thus, the electromagnetic resistance apparatus has a modularized structure so that the electromagnetic resistance apparatus is mounted on a rehabilitation or exercising equipment easily and quickly so as to shorten the time and save the cost of assembly of the electromagnetic resistance apparatus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002074 | Modularized Electromagnetic Resistance Apparatus - An electromagnetic resistance apparatus includes a magnetically controlled mechanism. The magnetically controlled mechanism includes a spool, a coil wound around the spool, two magnetic units connected with the spool, and a clearance defined between the two magnetic units and aligning with the coil. Thus, the coil is directly wound around the spool, the magnetic plates laminate each other to form each of the two magnetic units, and the two magnetic units are directly combined with the spool, so that the magnetically controlled mechanism is assembled easily and quickly so as to shorten the time and save the cost of assembly of the electromagnetic resistance apparatus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002075 | MAGNETIC GEAR ARRANGEMENT - A magnetic gear arrangement includes: a first gear member for generating a first magnetic field, a second gear member for generating a second magnetic field, and a coupling device which provides an arrangement of interpoles between the first gear member and the second gear member. The interpoles couple the first and second magnetic fields to produce a gearing between the first and second gear members. The first gear member has superconducting magnets or coils for generating the first magnetic field and/or the second gear member has superconducting magnets or coils for generating the second magnetic field. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002076 | MAGNETIC GEAR MECHANISM - A magnetic gear mechanism including a simplified assembly of a magnetic flux modulating section in the magnetic gear mechanism which improves the strength thereof. In the magnetic flux modulating section of the magnetic gear mechanism, the magnetic flux modulating section being formed of a magnetic member and a non-magnetic member, a piece of the magnetic member and a piece of the non-magnetic member are separately produced. The piece of the magnetic member is sandwiched between circumferential projections provided in pieces of the non-magnetic member, and the magnetic member and the non-magnetic member and bearing holding sections form a structure in which the magnetic member and the non-magnetic member are fitted into the bearing holding sections by using recessed portions provided in the bearing holding sections and axial projections provided in the pieces of the non-magnetic member. This structure simplifies production and improves strength. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002077 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY MULTIGENERATOR - The invention relates to an electrical energy multi-generator comprising a series of radial magnetic circuits, each one formed by two columns ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002078 | ROTOR OF A MULTIPOLAR SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH SALIENT POLES - A rotor of a multipolar synchronous electric machine, with salient poles, includes a plurality of salient poles and a source of magnetomotive force, distributed on each of the salient poles, configured to generate a magnetic flux configured to encompass the armature of a stator, a part of the magnetic flux generated by the source of magnetomotive force, designated leakage flux, being dispersed between the salient poles of the rotor; the rotor including a magnetic compensation source configured to compensate the leakages of magnetic flux dispersed between the salient poles, the compensation source being dimensioned so as to compensate at least a part of the leakage flux. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002079 | Motor - There is provided a motor including: a sleeve supporting a shaft; a hub operating together with the shaft and including a magnet; a base coupled to the sleeve and including a core having a coil wound therearound, the coil generating rotational driving force; and a magnetic flux increase space part formed to be enclosed between the magnet and the hub in order to increase magnetic flux density between the magnet and the core. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002080 | BLDC MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A BLDC electric motor assembly ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002081 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR - A rotor for a permanent magnet brushless motor includes a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and magnets embedded in the rotor core. The rotor core defines a plurality of spaced first slots arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, and a plurality of spaced second slots, each second slot being located between two adjacent first slots and each first slot being located between two adjacent second slots. First permanent magnets are received in the first slots and second permanent magnets are received in the second slots. Each second magnet is located between two adjacent first magnets and each first magnet is located between two adjacent second magnets in the circumferential direction, and the first magnets are magnetized in radial directions of the rotor core and the second magnets are magnetized in the circumferential direction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002082 | ROTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTOR - A rotor has a rotor core arranged to radially face a stator. The rotor core has an accommodation hole extending axially from an axial end face of the rotor core. A magnet is received in the accommodation hole. A recess, which is dented in a direction separating from the magnet, is formed in an end surface of the accommodation hole. The recess has an opening facing the magnet. A pair of open distal portions are arranged at opposite sides of the opening and pressed against the magnet. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002083 | ROTOR OR A STATOR FOR A SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotor (or a stator) for a superconducting electrical machine includes a mounting that is maintained at substantially ambient temperature during operation of the electrical machine and a field coil support structure. A plurality of superconducting field coils are maintained at cryogenic temperatures during operation of the electrical machine and are supported by the field coil support structure. A plurality of coupling elements are used to fix the field coil support structure to the mounting. The coupling elements can be linear struts and carry substantially of the torque that is experienced during operation of the electrical machine. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002084 | MOTOR ROTOR - A motor rotor has an outer casing, multiple silicon-steel sheets, multiple copper sheets and multiple copper bars. The silicon-steel sheets are stacked and mounted in the outer casing and each has multiple through holes formed through the silicon-steel sheet at intervals. The copper sheets are mounted in the through holes, extend out of the silicon-steel sheets and each has two side faces. Each side face of the copper sheet has a flat inner end and an outer end. The flat inner end of the side face of the copper sheet is flat to enable a distance between the outer ends of two adjacent copper sheets to be smaller than a distance between the flat inner ends of the adjacent copper sheets. The copper bars are inserted into the copper sheets from the flat inner ends to the outer ends of the side faces of the copper sheets. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002085 | Structured magnetic material - A bulk material formed on a surface is provided. The bulk material includes a plurality of adhered domains of metal material, substantially all of the domains of the plurality of domains of metal material separated by a predetermined layer of high resistivity insulating material. A first portion of the plurality of domains forms a surface. A second portion of the plurality of domains includes successive domains of metal material progressing from the first portion. Substantially all of the domains in the successive domains each include a first surface and a second surface, the first surface opposing the second surface, the second surface conforming to a shape of progressed domains, and a majority of the domains in the successive domains in the second portion having the first surface comprising a substantially convex surface and the second surface comprising one or more substantially concave surfaces. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002086 | SEGMENTED STATOR CORE - A stator core includes a first lamination and a second lamination. The first lamination is formed from a plurality of first segments and has a plurality of first mounting ears. The second lamination is formed from a plurality of second segments and has a plurality of second mounting ears. The first lamination and the second lamination are aligned with a common axis and are rotated about the common axis such that the first lamination is not aligned with the second lamination. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002087 | STATOR CORE MODULE, STATOR CORE ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLING A STATOR CORE ASSEMBLY - The present invention comprises a stator core module, stator core assembly and process for assembling a stator core assembly to replace existing stator cores in electric power generators. First and second stator core modules are aligned such that one end of a fastener assembly in the second stator core module is nested in a counter-bore of the first stator core module and one end of a fastener assembly in the first stator core is nested in a counter-bore of the second stator core module. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002088 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - A brush direct current motor has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion for respectively connecting the positive and negative electrode of a direct current power source, a stator having a number of coils corresponding to N phases, a rotor, a current converting device and a spark suppression circuit. The spark suppression circuit has N branches. Each branch comprises a first diode and a second diode, the cathode of the first diode and the anode of the second diode are respectively connected to the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the anode of the first diode and the cathode of the second diode are connected to a corresponding phase. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002089 | COMMUTATOR - A commutator includes a substantially tubular insulating core, a first slip ring fixed to the core, a plurality of first bars electrically connected to the first slip ring, a second slip ring fixed to the core, and a plurality of second bars electrically connected to the second slip ring. The first bars and the second bars are fixed to the outer surface of the core and are alternately arranged at equally spaced intervals in the circumferential direction of the core. The first slip ring and the second slip ring are arranged on the same side of the first bars and the second bars. The first and second slip rings respectively comprise a contact surface that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the commutator and is configured for contacting brushes. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002090 | ION CONDUCTING ACTUATOR - Provided is an ion conducting actuator that easily allows reduction in size and integration thereof, compared to existing one, and gives a large generating force. The columnar ion conducting actuator includes a tubular member serving as a first electrode, an ion-supplying material disposed inside the tubular member, and linear second electrodes disposed inside the tubular member. The ion-supplying material lies between the inner wall of the tubular member and the second electrodes and includes a polymer gel containing positive ions and negative ions. The tubular member contains a plurality of the second electrodes. Either the positive ions or the negative ions contained in the polymer gel move toward the plurality of second electrodes side and the other ions move toward the inner wall side of the tubular member by applying a voltage between the tubular member and the plurality of the second electrodes to elongate the ion conducting actuator. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002091 | POWER-GENERATING SYSTEM - A power-generating system includes a heat source having a temperature that goes up and down over time; a first device that undergoes electric polarization due to a temperature change of the heat source; and a second device that takes out an electric power from the first device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002092 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component which has excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, low defective rate, and various properties. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes: a laminate which has a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and Al/Mn alloy internal electrodes at a plurality of specific interfaces between the ceramic layers and an external electrode formed on the outer surface of the laminate, wherein the Al/Mn ratio of the Al/Mn alloy is 80/20 or more. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002093 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION MODULE - Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric vibration module including: a piezoelectric element repeatedly extended and compressed according to application of external power to generate vibration force; a vibration plate having the piezoelectric element coupled to one surface thereof and repeatedly extended and compressed integrally with the piezoelectric element to transfer the vibration force of the piezoelectric element to an external component; a weight body having a central portion coupled to the other side of the vibration plate in order to increase the vibration force of the piezoelectric element; and a coupling member fixedly coupling the central portion of the weight body and the vibration plate to each other. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002094 | MULTILAYER ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE CONVERTER FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS - An impedance conversion layer useful for medical imaging ultrasonic transducers comprises a low impedance polymer layer and a high impedance metal layer. These layers are combined with corresponding thicknesses adapted to provide a function of converting from a specific high impedance to specific low impedance, wherein the polymer layer is at the high impedance side and the metal layer is at the low impedance side. The effective acoustic impedance of the polymer and metal layer combination may be adapted to configure an impedance converter in the same way as a quarter wavelength impedance converter, converting from low impedance to high impedance (metal to polymer) or from a high impedance to low impedance (polymer to metal). This structure may be used for front matching with the propagation medium and back matching with an absorber for ultrasonic transducers. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002095 | BENDING TRANSDUCER - The bending transducer has a layer construction containing a piezoelectrically active element, which is formed of a piezoactive material, in particular a piezoceramic, and electrode layers fitted thereon. In order to enable a high bending loading of the bending transducer and to reduce the risk of fracture, it is provided that a protective layer is applied to the layer construction on the outer side, preferably on both sides, which protective layer is applied to the layer construction in particular under prestress. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002096 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating plate, a first plate, a first glass sealing material disposed in a ring shape, and an electrically conductive adhesive. The piezoelectric vibrating plate includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a frame body, and a pair of extraction electrodes. The piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a pair of excitation electrodes. The frame body surrounds the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The frame body is formed integrally with the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The first glass sealing material encloses a periphery of the first main surface of the frame body so as to bond the first plate and the first main surface of the frame body together. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002097 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A laminated piezoelectric element includes a base part that is configured from a piezoelectric layer, and a laminate configured by a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode, which are alternately laminated with the piezoelectric layer interposed therebetween, and that includes a displacement part extending from the base part in a laminating direction of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002098 | Modular Refrigerated Merchandise Display System - A method of transporting and assembling components of a merchandise display system having one or more display units. The components of the merchandise display system may be shipped to and received at a merchandising location and may lay flat and stack on top of each other during transportation. The components of the merchandise display system may be assembled at the merchandising location. One or more of the components may be pre-assembled and shipped to and received at the merchandising location to be assembled with the remaining components of the merchandising display system. The merchandise display system may include a base unit having a refrigeration unit that cools one or more display units. The refrigeration unit may be removable from the base unit. The display units may be stackable on top of one another and be configured to attach to the base unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002099 | Modular Refrigerated Merchandise Display System - A merchandise display system including one or more display units. The merchandise display system may include a base unit having a refrigeration unit that cools one or more display units. The refrigeration unit may be removable from the base unit. The one or more display units may attach to another display unit or a base unit. The display units may be stackable on top of one another or may abut the back side of another display unit. The display units may also be configured to attach to the base unit. The one or more display units may include a plurality of shelves and one or more doors, which allow access to display units. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002100 | UNDER-SINK RECEPTACLE - Apparatus for use in a cabinet is disclosed. The cabinet has a front carrying a door. The apparatus comprises a shuttle that mounts to the cabinet. A bin, having an upper rim and an axis, moves with the shuttle, when said door is open, between a storage position inside the cabinet and an access position outside the cabinet. When the bin is in the storage position, the axis is parallel to the front and adjacent that part of rim that is furthest from the front. The lid has a closed position associated with the storage position whereat the lid occludes the bin and an open position associated with the access position whereat the lid projects upwardly from the axis to permit egress to the bin. The mechanism causes the lid to move between the closed and open positions as the bin is moved between the storage and access positions. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002101 | HOUSING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A housing used in an electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, a key, a latch and an elastic member. The key coupled to the first casing has a first inclined surface. The latch coupled to the first casing has a second inclined surface so as to be engaged with the second casing at a first position or release the second casing at a second position. When a force is applied to the key to move the key along a first direction, the first inclined surface pushes the second inclined surface, so that the latch is moved from the first position to the second position to release the second casing and deform the elastic member. When no force is applied to the key, the elastic member drives the latch towards the first position, and the second inclined surface pushes the first inclined surface to move the key. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002102 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electronic device housing is disclosed. The electronic device housing, the electronic device housing comprises a cover comprising a base board, a receiving portion defined in the base board, and a fixing portion in the receiving portion; a silicone rubber membrane; and a panel received in the receiving portion, the panel is fixed to the cover via the silicone rubber membrane. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002103 | NUT UTILIZED IN ELECTTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing and a nut. The housing defines a fixing hole. The nut is located in the fixing hole. The nut is shaped to fit in the housing and leave a receiving space. Glue is used in the receiving space for fixing the nut to the housing. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002104 | STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A structure and a method for suppressing noise of electronic equipment utilize a noise suppresser to cover a periphery or a surface of the electronic equipment or the circuits thereof. The noise suppresser comprises elements of zirconia and at least one oxide that serves as a stabilizer. By compounding afore elements and sintering process the compound, a zirconia ceramics is formed. Simply made and costing less, the noise suppresser yet offers numerous applicable means. The noise around the electronic equipment is efficiently reduced or suppressed while operating. Thereby, the quality of electronic signals transmitted between the circuits of the electronic equipment is enhanced. Further, when the noise suppressor is disposed on a periphery or a surface of the electronic equipment or the circuits thereof, far infrared and resonance are concurrently generated while the electronic equipment is electrified, so that accumulated heat in the electronic equipment is dispersed for reducing noise. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130002105 | BEZEL ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A manufacture method for a bezel assembly through an injecting molding machine includes the following steps. A metal front wall is placed on a male mold of the injecting molding machine. The metal front wall is attracted to the male mold. A female mold is coupled onto the male mold. Liquid plastic material is injected onto the metal front wall through the female mold. The female mold is removed from the male mold after the liquid plastic material is substantially solidified to a plastic bezel on the metal front wall. The attraction force is removed from the metal front wall. The bezel assembly is lift from the male mold. | 2013-01-03 |
