03rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100013282 | NON-HANDED MINI-CONNECTOR - A connector for securing a child seat to a passenger seat. A web is connected to the child seat and the connector which has a pivoting lever engageable with the passenger seat anchor bight. The connector includes a web receiving bracket that extends from the bottom of the connector frame allowing access to a push button activating the lever from either side of the connector outer housing. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013283 | ARRANGEMENT FOR RETAINING CRANK ELEMENT IN AUTOMOTIVE SEAT - A crank element is arranged rotatably between two support elements so as to prevent removal therefrom. The crank element is formed with a pair of generally inverted-L-shaped end portions each having a horizontal first end region and a vertical second end region bent from that first end region. Each of those two end portions is rotatably secured via retainer bush in each of two through-holes formed in the respective two support elements. The two through-holes each has an elongated hole region and a circular hole region. The retainer bush is resiliently deformable and has: a through-bore in which the first end region of crank element is rotatably support; and a groove portion in which the circular hole region of the through-hole is closely engaged. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013284 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND POWER SEAT SLIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A transmission device that transmits rotation of a drive cable to a screw shaft is provided. The transmission device includes a worm gear attached to the drive cable, a helical gear attached to the screw shaft, a gear case, a pair of first bearing wall portions, and a pair of second bearing wall portions. The gear case has an opening on one side so as to accommodate the worm gear and the helical gear. The first bearing wall portions are integrally formed with the gear case so as to face each other along the axial direction of the drive cable, and rotatably support both ends of the worm gear. The second bearing wall portions are integrally formed with the gear case so as to face each other along the axial direction of the screw shaft, and rotatably support both ends of the helical gear. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013285 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR SEAT ADJUSTER - A transmission device for a vehicle component adjuster, such as a seat adjuster, may include a drive screw, a drive member and a load transfer member. The drive member engages the drive screw and has a first end with an outer periphery and an end surface. The load transfer member has a first portion disposed at least partially around the periphery of the drive member and a second portion configured to be positioned between the end surface and a support structure supporting the seat adjuster relative to a track arrangement or system. The load transfer member is configured to transfer an axial load applied to the drive member to the support structure. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013286 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN ADJUSTING DEVICE - An adjusting device for a vehicle seat includes a brake housing that is centered about an actuating rotational axis. the brake housing is formed in a radial direction of the actuating rotational axis and inlcudes a housing element that is generally circular and has a outer side wall, and upper wall and an inner side wall. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013287 | CONNECTING DEVICES - A gear assembly may include first and second gear wheels meshing with each other and having a meshing line. The meshing line is formed as a circular arc that is positioned between first and second curves to determine a meshing range of the meshing line, so as to extend from a point on the first curve positioned radially inside the second curve in a circumferential direction in which the second curve is radially outwardly spaced from the first curve and to reach a point on the second curve. The circular arc is centered on a center point that is offset from a reference straight line passing through a pitch point of first and second pitch circles of the first and second gear wheels and centers of the first and second pitch circles. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013288 | CONNECTING DEVICES - A gear assembly may include first and second gear wheels meshing with each other and having a meshing line. The meshing line is formed as a combined line that is positioned between first and second curves to determine a meshing range of the meshing line, so as to extend from a point on the first curve positioned radially inside the second curve in a circumferential direction in which the second curve is radially outwardly spaced from the first curve and to reach a point on the second curve. The combined line is composed of a combination of a plurality of line portions. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013289 | VEHICULAR SEATS - One aspect of the present invention can include a vehicular seat including a seat cushion, a seat back inclinably attached to the seat cushion, and a restricting falling down mechanism. The restricting falling down mechanism restricts the seat back from falling down forward when the seat back falls down from a substantially erected state so that the seat back is maintained in a forward inclining attitude. The restricting falling down mechanism comprises an interference lever pivotably attached to the seat cushion. When the seat back falls down forward from the substantially erected state, the interference lever is squeezed between a member on a side of the seat back and a member on a side of the seat cushion. And the seat back is restricted from falling down forward by the member on the side of the seat cushion via the interference lever. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013290 | Chair stabilizer and method of use - A chair stabilizer for preventing injury to children or others who might tip over chairs. A removable chair-engaging section is removably and adjustably couplable to a table-engaging section. Generally, the entire apparatus is free standing but in conjunction with a flat or available undersurface, the table-engaging portion prevents rearward rotation of the chair as the table-engaging portion comes into contact with the underside of the flat surface, such as a table when the chair-engaging section is rotated. As a result, vulnerable individuals including children and the infirm are protected from impact with the ground should the chair begin tipping as the table restrains the rotational motion of the chair. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013291 | SEATBELT RETENTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A seatbelt retention device with a base located on the upper seat surface of a vehicle seat and a seatbelt catch mounted on the base to retain the waist section of a seatbelt. The seatbelt retention device receives a passenger on the base in use, such that the catch is accessible between the legs of the passenger. A vehicle seat assembly can incorporate the seatbelt catch mounted in the seat and projecting through the upper seat surface so as to be accessible between the legs of a passenger seated on the seat. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013292 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor including an emergency locking retractor mechanism for locking the rotation in the belt withdrawing direction of a spool, onto which a seat belt is wound, according to actuation of at least one of the deceleration sensing system and a webbing sensor; an automatic locking retractor for locking the rotation in the belt withdrawing direction of the spool when the seat belt is withdrawn by a predetermined length; and a lock switching mechanism for switching and setting between a mode exhibiting the emergency locking retractor mechanism and a mode exhibiting the automatic locking retractor mechanism. The lock switching mechanism includes an automatic locking retractor mechanism actuating lock member, and an automatic locking retractor mechanism actuating lock gear which locks the rotation in the belt withdrawing direction of the spool when the automatic locking retractor mechanism actuating lock member is engaged. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013293 | ENERGY EFFICIENT WHEEL SYSTEM - A vehicle wheel assembly and a method of making the wheel assembly. In one embodiment, a wheel assembly may include a rim, a hoop member, and a resilient member. The hoop member may be disposed around the rim and spaced apart from the rim. The resilient member may be disposed around the hoop member, and portions of the resilient member may protrude through openings in the hoop member toward the rim. A tying member may tie each protruding portion to the rim, and the tying members may remain in tension while the wheel assembly is unloaded. In other embodiments, the wheel assembly may also include a second hoop member, or a traction layer, or both. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013294 | Lug nut for golf trolley wheel - A lug nut for a golf trolley wheel has a base panel, an engaging element and a spring. The base panel has a mounting hole and a chamber respectively formed transversely and radially through the base panel and communicating with each other. The engaging element is movably mounted in the base panel and has a circular hole and an engaging hole formed through the engaging element, communicating with each other and selectively aligning with the mounting hole. The spring presses the engaging element to an engaging position, wherein the engaging hole aligns with the mounting hole to mount a trolley wheel and is compressed to remove the wheel. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013295 | AXLE BODY - The invention relates to an axle body, particularly for a commercial vehicle, wherein the body is configured substantially as an axle pipe, which comprises a center section and at least one receiving section connected thereto for receiving an axle guide, wherein the axle body in the center section has a substantially constant wall thickness, and wherein the axle body in the receiving section, at least in some regions, has a wall thickness that is greater than the wall thickness of the center section. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013296 | METHOD OF MAINTAINING OPTIMAL BRAKING AND SKID PROTECTION FOR A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING A SPEED SENSOR FAILURE ON A SINGLE WHEEL - The method of maintaining optimal braking and skid protection for a two-wheeled vehicle wheel with a wheel speed sensor failure involves providing pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel with the wheel speed sensor failure. If an incipient or initial skid on another wheel with a functioning wheel speed sensor has occurred, the pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel is limited to the brake pressure command that caused the last incipient or initial skid on the other wheel, scaled by a factor for safety. Otherwise the pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel is limited to be no greater than the greatest commanded brake pressure to the other wheel. The pulsed braking pressure is also limited to be less than the brake pressure commanded to the affected wheel. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013297 | Core Bar for Rubber Crawler - A core bar for a rubber crawler capable of enhancing the durability of the rubber crawler by preventing an end-cutting phenomenon in which cracking is generated at the end of the core bar in a crawler lateral direction of the core bar embedded in the rubber crawler when the rubber crawler rides over a curbstone at the road shoulder of a paved road, stones and obstacles on irregular ground, and is pressed in a lateral direction. In the core bar ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013298 | RUBBER TRACK - A rubber track having increased durability achieved by reducing teeth skipping phenomenon occurring between a sprocket at the vertex of a triangular chassis portion and rubber projections of the rubber track is provided. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013299 | DIESEL-ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM - A diesel-electric drive system having a generator mechanically connected to a diesel motor on the rotor side and linked to a voltage source (intermediate) inverter on the stator side. The voltage source inverter is connected to a self-commuting pulse power converter on the generator and on the load side as well as to a brake resistor. The generator has two multiple-phase coil systems which are each electroconductively linked to a self-commuting pulse power converter on the generator side, wherein the second self-commuting pulse power converter on the generator side is switched electrically parallel to the voltage source (intermediate) circuit of the voltage source (intermediate) inverter on the generator side. At least one input phase of the first self-commuting pulse power converter on the generator side is electroconductively linked via a brake resistor to a input phase of the second self-commuting pulse power converter on the generator side. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013300 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER TO AT LEAST ONE INDUCTION MACHINE ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT - A device and a method for supplying electrical power to at least one induction machine on board an aircraft. This device includes at least one CVFR type source, in which the voltage and frequency are both variable but in a constant ratio, that supplies power to at least one induction machine. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013301 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An electric power supply system mounted on a moving body, which supplies electric power from a plurality of direct-current power source devices to an alternating-current drive apparatus that functions as a drive source of the moving body. Each of the plurality of direct-current power source devices is connected to a corresponding inverter, which converts a direct-current output of the direct-current power source device into an alternating-current output, thereby forming one alternating-current output unit. Alternating-current wirings are used to make connection between each alternating-current output unit and the alternating-current drive apparatus and between respective alternating-current output units. Thereby, it is possible to keep electrical insulation between electric power supply wirings and a moving body with relative ease and also make connection between the direct-current power source devices in a simple and easy way. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013302 | Motor Vehicle Battery Disconnect Circuit Having Electronic Disconnects - An electronic disconnect switch module ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013303 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR THE JOINT PULSE WIDTH MODULATION OF VALVES WITH QUENCHING - A circuit configuration is provided for switching valves with joint pulse width modulation and quenching, having a first switch to which a pulse width modulation is applied for controlling magnetic fields of a plurality of valve inductors connected to the circuit configuration; a plurality of second switches by which the circuit configuration is able to be switched between a slow and a rapid quenching of the magnetic fields of the inductors; and a diode which is in the conducting state when the second switches are in a switching state for a slow quenching of the magnetic fields of the inductors, and which is no longer parallel to the inductors when the second switches are in a switching state for a rapid quenching of the magnetic fields of the inductors. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013304 | Adding and Dropping Phases in Current Sharing - A distributed power management system may include a digital communication bus and a plurality of POL (point-of-load) regulators coupled to the communication bus and configured in a current sharing arrangement in which each POL regulator of the plurality of POL regulators has a respective output stage coupled to a common load and configured to generate a respective output current. Each POL regulator may have a respective phase in the current sharing configuration, and each POL regulator may transmit and receive information over the bus according to a bus communication protocol corresponding to the bus. Each POL regulator may autonomously add and drop its phase as required by the system, by sequentially manipulating a pulse width of a couple of gate signals configured to respectively control a high-side field effect transistor (FET) and low-side FET in the POL regulator's output stage. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013305 | Method to Properly Ramp Current Sharing - A distributed power management system may include a communication bus and a plurality of POL (point-of-load) regulators coupled to the communication bus, and configured in a current sharing arrangement in which each POL regulator of the plurality of POL regulators has a respective output stage coupled to a common load and configured to generate a respective output current. Each POL regulator may have a respective phase in the current sharing configuration, and may transmit and receive information over the bus according to a bus communication protocol corresponding to the bus. The plurality of POL regulators may autonomously synchronize, to each other, a start time of their respective output voltage signal ramps by transmitting monitoring information to each other over the communication bus, while each of the POL regulators is ramping a duty cycle of a gate signal controlling a low-side field effect transistor of the output stage of the POL regulator according to a duty cycle of a gate signal controlling a high-side FET of the output stage of the POL regulator. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013306 | Intelligent Management of Current Sharing Group - A distributed power management system may include a communication bus and a plurality of POL (point-of-load) regulators coupled to the communication bus and configured in a current sharing arrangement in which each POL regulator of the plurality of POL regulators has a respective output stage coupled to a common load and configured to generate a respective output current. Each POL regulator may have a respective phase in the current sharing configuration, and may transmit and receive information over the bus according to a bus communication protocol corresponding to the bus. The plurality of POL regulators may autonomously arbitrate a new master assignment, when a POL regulator operating as a master device drops out of regulation when a fault occurs, the respective phase of the master device is dropped, and/or the communication interface of the master device to the communication bus fails. The plurality of POL regulators may autonomously add and drop phases while automatically redistributing phase alignments of the POL regulators relative to one another. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013307 | Active Droop Current Sharing - Point-of-load (POL) regulators may be configured as multiphase POL DC-to-DC (direct current to direct current) converters, operating in a multiphase configuration in order to boost the total current available to a system. Current balancing may be performed by utilizing an active low bandwidth current sharing algorithm that uses matched artificial line resistance (droop resistance) while maintaining multi-loop stability during both steady-state and dynamic transient states. The current sharing algorithm may be facilitated through digital communication between the devices, where the digital bus may be a single wire bus, a parallel bus or a clock-and-data bus. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013308 | TRANSFER SWITCH CONTROLLER EMPLOYING ACTIVE INDUCTIVE LOAD CONTROL AND TRANSFER SWITCH INCLUDING THE SAME - A transfer switch controller is for a transfer switch, which cooperates with a plurality of loads including an air conditioner. The transfer switch controller includes a first input structured to input a thermostat start request signal for the air conditioner, a second input structured to determine power consumed by the loads, an output structured to output a start signal to the air conditioner, and a circuit. The circuit cooperates with the first input, the second input and the output. The circuit causes the start signal to be output by the output responsive to the thermostat start request signal of the first input if the determined power consumed by the loads is less than the difference between a predetermined maximum power output of a generator and a previous maximum peak start up power consumed by the air conditioner. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013309 | POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY AND SOLAR CELLS - This is directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing circuitry that can be used to control multiple solar cells to generate power for a portable electronic device. For example, in response to determining that one or more of the solar cells is generating a reduce voltage output (e.g., due to a partial obstruction of one or more of the solar cells), the connections among the solar cells can be configured to generate a constant preset voltage, as long as a subset of the solar cells is operating. The voltage generated by the solar cells can then be boosted to a value suitable for powering the portable electronic device and/or any of its individual components. As another example, the connections among the solar cells can be configured to generate a startup voltage to directly power the portable electronic device and/or any of its components. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013310 | Metering pump power source - A power supply system includes an energy generator and an energy storage system, each electrically connected to a power bus. The power bus provides electrical power to a load. The energy generator includes a wind turbine and a solar panel. The energy storage system includes a storage device and a regulator. The regulator is configured to transfer energy from the power bus to the storage device when the power bus exceeds a maximum voltage and to transfer energy from the storage device to the power bus when the power bus drops below a minimum voltage. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013311 | INTRINSICALLY BALANCED DIRECT CURRENT UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An intrinsically phase-balanced direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is provided. The DC UPS includes first, second, and third alternating current (AC) phase inputs. First, second, and third rectifiers are coupled to the first, second, and third AC phase inputs. A common node is coupled to the first, second, and third rectifiers. At least one DC output is coupled to the common node. The at least one DC output is adapted for connection to at least one electrical load. A battery is coupled to the common node. A blocking diode is coupled between the battery and the common node. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013312 | DC UPS WITH AUTO-RANGING BACKUP VOLTAGE CAPABILITY - A direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having auto-ranging battery backup voltage capability is provided. At least one input is configured. A rectifier is connected to the at least one input. A common node is connected to the rectifier. At least one output is connected to the common node. A battery backup circuit is connected to the common node. The battery backup circuit includes first and second strings of batteries, a switch connected between a positive terminal of the first string of batteries and a negative terminal of the second string of batteries, and a plurality of steering diodes connected to the first and second strings of batteries and the switch to maintain current flow in a first direction. The switch is operable to place the first and second strings of batteries in series when closed, and operable to place the first and second strings of batteries in parallel when open. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013313 | DC UPS CONFIGURED AS INTRINSIC POWER TRANSFER SWITCH - A direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) configured as an intrinsic power transfer switch is provided. The DC UPS includes first and second inputs. First and second rectifiers are coupled to the first and second inputs. A common node is coupled to the first and second rectifiers. At least one DC output is coupled to the common node. The at least one DC output is adapted for connection to at least one electrical load. The first input is adapted for connection to a first electrical service, and the second input is adapted for connection to a second electrical service. The DC UPS continues to supply power to the at least one electrical load in the event of a loss of either the first or second electrical services. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013314 | EXTENDING BACKUP TIMES OF UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES - A system for extending backup times using networks of direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) is provided. A first DC UPS has a first input and a first output. A second DC UPS has a second input coupled to the first output of the first DC UPS, a second output coupled to at least one electrical load, and a third output coupled to the first input of the first DC UPS. Battery current from the first and second DC UPS is shared with the at least one electrical load in the event of a power loss. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013315 | Device And Method For Supplying Power To A Critical Load - A power supply device for high voltage includes first and second back-to-back voltage converters, wherein an electrical energy store is connected to the DC side of the first voltage converter, a load is connected to the AC side of the second voltage converter and a generator is connected to the second converter to provide momentary power during failures. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013316 | Uninterruptible power supply device with circuit for degradation judgment of storage battery - There is herein provided an uninterruptible power supply device with a degradation judgment circuit of a storage battery which can perform an exact judgment, continuing the power supply to a load apparatus stably without giving the excessive burden to the storage battery. The storage battery is floatingly charged from a rectifier connected with the power source. The device has the control circuit for controlling the output voltage of the rectifier and the degradation judgment circuit. The output voltage of the rectifier is lowered to below a steady state by the control circuit. As a result, the storage battery discharges with the current Idc restricted rather than rated discharge current. And a part of power supply is supplied to the load. The degradation judgment circuit judges the degradation of the storage battery based on the discharge voltage Vdc. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013317 | Integrated fuel cell system with auxiliary power delivery - A method of providing electrical power using a split bus configuration includes receiving a first direct current at a positive bus of a split bus, where the first direct current originates from a first fuel cell segment. A second direct current is received at a negative bus of the split bus, where the second direct current originates from a second fuel cell segment. A third direct current is also received at the split bus such that a combined direct current is formed including the first direct current, the second direct current, and the third direct current. The third direct current originates from an alternative direct current (DC) source. The combined direct current is provided to an inverter such that an alternating current is generated for a load. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013318 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes a ground layer, a power source layer, a signal wiring layer, an insulating layer and an electromagnetic radiation suppressing member. The power source layer is provided to be opposed to the ground layer. The signal wiring layer transmits a signal in a predetermined frequency domain. The insulating layer insulates the ground layer, the power source layer and the signal wiring layer from one another. The electromagnetic radiation suppressing member is provided to cover a circumferential edge of the insulating layer. The electromagnetic radiation suppressing member has a negative dielectric constant and a positive magnetic permeability in a frequency domain including the predetermined frequency domain. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013319 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a power transmission control device included in a power transmission device in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power from the power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil to a secondary coil to supply the power to a load of the power receiving device. The power transmission control device includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device, a host interface communicating with a power transmission-side host, and a register section accessible from the power transmission-side host via the host interface. The controller shifts into a communication mode that executes communication between the power transmission-side host and a power receiving-side host, when the power transmission-side host writes, via the host interface, a communication request command that requests the communication between the hosts in the register section. Then, the controller transmits the communication request command to the power receiving device. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013320 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil from the power transmission device to a power receiving device so as to supply the power to a load on the power receiving device. The power transmission control device includes a controller that controls the power transmission control device, and a register section. The resister section includes a power receiving side information register that stores power receiving side information received from the power receiving device, and a power transmission side information register that stores power transmission side information The controller performs at least one of: an authentication processing of the power receiving device; a power transmission control of the contactless power transmission; and a communication processing between the power transmission device and the power receiving device based on the power receiving side information stored in the power receiving side information register and the power transmission side information stored in the power transmission side register. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013321 | POWER RECEIVING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits electric power from a power transmission device to the power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil so as to feed the electric power to a load serving as a power feeding object from a voltage output node of the power receiving device, which includes a rectifying circuit and a regulator; and transmits a load modulation signal to the power transmission device by load modulation performed by a load modulation section included in the power receiving device, in a period of the power feeding to the load as the power feeding object, includes a power receiving side control circuit controlling an operation of the power receiving device; and a power supply control signal output terminal for outputting a power supply control signal by which the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped In the device, the power receiving side control circuit turns on a switch circuit provided between an input node and an output node of the regulator, based on detection of lowering of power feeding capability to the load, so as to put a bypass path, which directly connecting the input node and the output node of the regulator, in an ON state; turns off the switch circuit so as to forcibly put the bypass path in an OFF state, in a case where the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped in a period during which the bypass path is formed, at one of timing at which a voltage level of the power supply control signal outputted from the power supply control signal output terminal is switched from a non-active level to an active level so as to temporarily stop the power feeding to the load and timing before the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped; and turns on the switch circuit after releasing the temporary stop of the power feeding to the load so as to return the bypass path to the ON state. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013322 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system in which power is transmitted from the power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil and the power is supplied to a load of the power receiving device includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device. The controller includes a communication condition setting section setting, by exchanging information with the power receiving device, a communication condition that is at least one of a communication method between the power transmission device and the power receiving device and a communication parameter, and a communication processing section performing a communication processing between the power transmission device and the power receiving device by using the set communication condition. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013323 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SAFELY CONNECTING A DEVICE TO A POWER SOURCE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for safely connecting a device to a power source. The invention includes a power bus switch that operates to selectively allow operational power to flow from a power supply to a load. The operational power is independent of auxiliary power which may be separately provided to the load. A detection module determines whether an input impedance of the load is greater than a minimum impedance threshold in response to the load being connected to the power supply. A switch module causes the power bus switch to allow operational power to flow to the load in response to the detection module determining that the input impedance is greater than the minimum impedance threshold. Thus, if the load has an acceptable input impedance level, then operational power may be provided to the load without risk of failure to the power system. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013324 | DISCHARGER AND DISCHARGER CONTROL METHOD - Upon detecting an external signal which instructs to stop discharge, an input voltage equal to or less than a set value for the prevention of overdischarge, or an output voltage equal to or more than a set value for the prevention of output of an overvoltage, a control unit ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013325 | FIELD DEVICE INTERFACE WITH NETWORK PROTECTION MECHANISM - A field device interface module includes a connector, a plurality of terminals, a protocol interface module, a controller and a power supply module. The connector is configured to operably couple to a computer. The terminals are operably coupleable to a field device. The protocol interface module is coupled to the plurality of terminals and configured to generate signals in accordance with a process communication protocol. A power supply module is coupled to the plurality of terminals. The controller is coupled to the protocol interface module and to the power supply module and is configured to measure a voltage across the plurality of terminals and selectively cause the power supply module to provide power to the field device. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013326 | POWER STATION HAVING A CONSUMER AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A power station ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013327 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH NONUNIFORM POLE TEETH - Electric machines which are excited with permanent magnets are to be improved in terms of their smoothness of operation and their loss properties. For this purpose, an electric machine is proposed comprising a first active part ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013328 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor includes: a rotating shaft; a rotor fixed to the rotating shaft; a terminal unit disposed at a side of the rotor, and having an external power supply applied thereto; a coil coupled to the terminal unit; and an outer yoke disposed in circumferential directions around outsides of the coil and the rotor to form magnetic pole portions, and disposed in a circumferential direction around an inside of the coil to increase an area through which magnetic flux flows. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013329 | Oil cooled electric drive module for hybrid vehicles - An oil cooled electric drive module for hybrid vehicles includes an AC motor assembly having a shaft parallel to an output shaft, with the shafts being interconnected by a set of helical reduction gears. The motor shaft is provided with a rotary union for cooling oil that passes first axially and then radially through the shaft to an outer circumferential surface thereof beneath the core of a rotor attached thereto. The cooling oil passes beneath the rotor to the outer ends thereof, where annular deflectors disburse the oil to provide a coanda effect over the shorting rings of the rotor, onto the stator windings, and thence onto the motor housing for return to a cooling sump, which may include hydraulic and electric pumps for further desired cooling circulation. The invention also includes solenoid valves for shifting a splined collar between positions of interconnection and disconnection between the motor shaft and output shaft. The module of the invention is adapted for interpositioning within the drive shaft of a motor vehicle, with the output shaft of the module being connected at opposite ends to the vehicle drive shaft. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013330 | COOLED ELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH TUBES EMBEDDED IN THE COVER THEREOF - A cooling electric generator with pipes embedded in its housing which includes mechanisms for generating electrical power from the motor torque provided by a wind turbine rotor, and with an external housing comprised of a cylindrical casing ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013331 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INVERTER AND CAPACITOR ACCOMMODATED INTEGRALLY WITH MOTOR IN HOUSING OF MOTOR, MOTOR UNIT WITH COOLING STRUCTURE, AND HOUSING - Inside a housing, there are provided a motor generator (MG), an IPM, and a smoothing capacitor. Between the MG and the IPM, there is provided a cooler through which a coolant liquid flows, provided in an inclined manner to form contact with the top face of the IPM. Between the MG and the smoothing capacitor, there are provided a first communication channel through which an LLC flows from a region outside the housing into the cooler, brought into contact with a lateral face of the smoothing capacitor, and a second communication channel through which the LLC flows from the interior of the cooler to the region outside the housing. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013332 | MAGNETIC RADIAL BEARING AND MAGNETIC BEARING SYSTEM HAVING A THREE-PHASE CONTROLLER - A magnetic radial bearing and a bearing system for supporting a rotating shaft are disclosed. The bearing has a number of electromagnets circumferentially arranged around a rotating shaft. Each of the electromagnets has a coil which is electrically connected so as to generate both a magnetic bias and a rotating three-phase field. First terminals of opposing coils are connected in common to a corresponding phase of a three-phase controller for generating the rotating field, whereas second terminals of the coils not connected to the same phase are connected at corresponding star points. The star points are connected to DC power for generating the magnetic bias. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013333 | MAGNETIC RADIAL BEARING HAVING PERMANENT-MAGNET GENERATED MAGNETIC BIAS, AND A MAGNETIC BEARING SYSTEM HAVING A MAGNETIC RADIAL BEARING OF THIS TYPE - A magnetic radial bearing and a magnetic bearing system for non-contact support of a rotor shaft are disclosed. The magnetic radial bearing for non-contact support of a rotor shaft includes a rotating-field machine stator with a plurality of stator slots distributed in a circumferential direction, and stator teeth with radial ends arranged between adjacent stator slots. The number of stator teeth is equal to the number of stator slots. A three-phase stator winding is wound around the stator slots for producing a rotating magnetic field. An axially extending permanent magnet in form of a strip or plate is arranged at the radial end of each stator tooth, wherein permanent magnets that are adjacently arranged in the circumferential direction have alternating opposing radial magnetization directions. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013334 | Starter - In a starter having a motor comprising a rear bracket | 2010-01-21 |
20100013335 | Permanent magnet motor generator set - The invention is directed to the method of utilizing unbalanced non-equilibrium magnetic fields to induce a rotational motion in a rotor, the rotor moves with respect to the armature and stator. The invention, a three (3) tier device (armature, rotor, and stator) has the armature and stator being fixed in position with the rotor allowed to move freely between the armature and stator. To induce a rotational motion, the rotor, in its concave side uses unbalanced non-equilibrium magnetic fields created by having multiple magnets held in a fixed position by ferritic or like materials to act upon the magnets imbedded in the armature. The rotor, in its convex side has additional unbalanced non-equilibrium magnets and additional pole pair magnets to create a magnetic flux that moves with the moving fixed position fields to cut across closely bonded coils of wire in the stator to induce a voltage and current that is used to generate electrical power. In the practice of the invention multiple permanent magnets of varying strength are geometrically positioned in multiple groups to produce a motive power in a single direction with the remainder of the unbalanced magnetic flux positioned and being used to cut across the coils of wire to produce continuous electric power. In the practice of the invention the permanent magnet motor-generator set produces no pollutants nor does it create any greenhouse emissions during operation. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013336 | Anchoring System For A Stator Housing Assembly Having An Overmolding; Power Tool With Same - A permanent magnet electric motor has a stator and a rotor The stator has a stator housing with opposed axial ends and features skived in the stator housing to extend radially inwardly from an inner surface of the stator housing proximate to at least one of the axial ends of the stator housing. An overmolding of material is molded around the features. In an aspect, the overmolding of material is a magnetic composite material and is molded to form magnets. In an aspect, magnets are placed on the inner surface of the stator housing and the overmolding of material is a plastic that is over molded around the magnets and the features. In an aspect, the features hold the magnets in place during the molding of the overmolding around the magnets. In an aspect, the magnets have essentially the same inner radius and outer radius and the overmolding of material is thicker at edges of each magnet than at the center of each magnet. In an aspect, the magnets are flat magnets and the overmolding of material is thicker at edges of each magnet than at the center of each magnet. In an aspect a power tool has such a permanent magnet DC motor. In an aspect, a power tool has a housing with a permanent magnet electric motor in the housing, with an member coupled to the electric motor. The electric motor has a rotor and a stator but not an end plate. The stator has a stator housing having opposed axial ends and a plurality of magnets affixed to an inner surface of the stator housing and an overmolding of material molded around the magnets. The overmolding of material includes a pilot feature that mates with a pilot feature of a bearing support of the power tool. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013337 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a housing, a rotor rotatably installed in the housing, n permanent magnets with the same polarity fixed at an inner surface of the housing. The rotor is a wound armature having a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction. The housing includes n inner projecting parts, the permanent magnets and the inner projecting parts being alternately arranged in a circumferential direction about the rotor. The magnets generate 2n magnetic circuits via the housing and the rotor, n being an integer greater than one. The size of at least a portion of a first air gap formed between the permanent magnets and the rotor is greater than the size of at least a portion of a second air gap formed between the inner projecting parts and the rotor. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013338 | PERMANENT MAGNET-TYPE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ROTOR FOR PERMANENT MAGNET-TYPE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A production method for a rotor for a permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine, includes the step (S | 2010-01-21 |
20100013339 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR COMPRISING A STEP OF MACHINING GROOVES IN THE TEETH OF THE POLES, AND ROTOR OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD - A method for producing a claw-pole rotor, comprising: a step of mounting polar wheels on the shaft in such a way that each tooth of a polar wheel is located in the existing space between two consecutive teeth of the other polar wheel; a step of machining the lateral faces facing two adjacent teeth, whereby an axial groove is machined in each lateral face; and a step of mounting a magnetic element between two adjacent teeth such that the magnetic element is received in the axial grooves. The method is characterized in the that step of machining lateral faces is carried out before the step of mounting polar wheels on the shaft. The invention also relates to a rotor obtained by such a method. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013340 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the machine comprising a stator | 2010-01-21 |
20100013341 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH STEPPED WINDING STRUCTURE - An electric machine for direct drive or braking applications with coils providing improved power efficiency and heat transfer is disclosed. The electric machine has a coil body and a winding with a plurality of turns wound on the coil body. Each of the various turns is located in a separate plane. Respective end sections of two different turns are connected by a connecting element, with a major directional component of the connecting element being oriented in an axial direction perpendicular to the plane of one of the two turns. Axially adjacent turns can thereby be connected to one another together. This arrangement reduces or eliminates empty spaces in the slots, particularly when the turns are made from flat wire. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013342 | OPTIMIZED MULTI-PHASE ARMATURE WINDING - An electrical motor or generator asymmetrical armature winding configuration generating a multi-phase balanced power output. Each winding group for each pole, and the conductors constituting each winding group, are chosen individually according to their magnetomotive force (MMF) vector relationship to provide a balanced power output even though the individual windings may not be balanced or symmetrical. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013343 | CONSTANT FREQUENCY AND LOCKED PHASE GENERATOR ADAPTABLE TO VARIABLE TORQUE - This invention relates to a bearingless constant frequency phase locked generator adaptable of variable torque. With a reasonable combination of rotor poles and stator poles configured with U type permanent magnets and windings respectively, this novel generator can, with no need for acceleration of gearbox and sequential electrical controls, produce constant frequency constant voltage output, and is capable of auto phase (of the grid, for example) tracing and/or locking through the electrical control of the turn on/off of individual stator windings. Further a bearingless design is adopted and initiative suppression of axis vibration can be achieved. This generator has a relative simple structure, lower cost and high wind energy conversion, and is adaptable for a wide range of wind speed. This generator can be connected to grid directly and is suitable for wind power generation and other applications. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013344 | COIL BOBBIN FOR MOTOR - A coil bobbin has a body part, a first outer flange part provided at one end of the body part and a second outer flange part provided at the other end of the body part. The first outer flange part has a widthwise dimension larger than that of the second outer flange part. The first outer flange part has leg portions at both ends in the widthwise direction at the lower end. The second outer flange part has a leg portion at the lower end. The coil bobbin is preferably supported by the leg portions of the first outer flange part and the leg portion of the second outer flange part. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013345 | Bi-metal coil - A coil comprising an electrical conductive winding and a magnetic conductive winding configured to focus magnetic flux in the electrical conductive winding. The coil may be advantageously employed in electromechanical and electromagnetic devices. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013346 | LOW SPEED, PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS MOTORS AND GENERATORS - Low speed permanent magnet brushless motors and generators are described that employ an internal or external rotor in a radial form with a high or variable rotor pole to stator pole ratio. The devices incorporate multiple stators joined with parallel connections, which provides high efficiency and variable torque. Methods of construction, materials and uses are presented. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013347 | Stators for Electrical machines - An improved stator ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013348 | Slip ring assembly - A split slip ring assembly formed from first and second halves of a slip ring having a contact surface for rotational engagement with a stationary brush element for transferring electrical signals there between. The contact surface has a smooth surface at the junction of the first and second halves. A fastener locates the first and second halves to form a ring shape. An electrical contact on the ring carries electrical signals between the slip ring and the brush element. An alignment element aligns the first and second halves to form the smooth surface at their junction. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013349 | End Turn Phase Insulator with a Lead Wire Restraining Tab and Method of Restraining Lead Wires on Dynamoelectric Devices - A stator comprises a core, a plurality of wire coils, an end turn phase insulator, and at least one lead wire. The wire coils are wound through the slots of the stator and form end turns as they wind from slot to slot. The end turn phase insulator comprises an end turn separating portion and a lead wire restraining tab. The end turn separating portion is sandwiched radially between an inner end turn and an outer end turn. The lead wire restraining tab extends from the end turn separating portion and is partially wrapped over the outer end turn in a manner sandwiching the lead wire between the lead wire restraining tab and the outer end turn. This prevents the lead wire from migrating into the core of the stator. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013350 | ROTOR AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH THE ROTOR - A motor includes: a rotating shaft having a key groove formed in the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft; a rotor core having a through hole in which the rotating shaft can be received and a key portion formed on the inner surface of the rotor core defining the through hole, the key portion being fittable in the key groove; and a stress relaxation groove formed at a position adjacent to the key portion in the inner surface of the rotor core defining the through hole, and depressed away from the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft. The inner surface of the through hole is arc-shaped. A bottom surface of the stress relaxation groove, located radially outward in the inner surface of the stress relaxation groove, includes an arc portion centered at the center defining the through hole. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013351 | TOOTHED-ROTOR SHAFT, TOOTHED ROTOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SHAFT AND ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A ROTOR - The claw-pole-rotor shaft has a front end with a radially larger-sized section, two knurled regions known as crimping regions, intended to be assembled with the claw-pole rotor by local deformation of the material of the claw-pole rotor, and a centring region for centring the claw-pole rotor, the crimping regions being positioned on each side of the centring region while the centring region projects radially with respect to the crimping regions of the shaft, these themselves projecting radially with respect to the section of larger radial size at the front end of the shaft. The claw-pole rotor is characterized in that it is equipped with such a shaft while the rotary electrical machine is characterized in that it is equipped with such a rotor. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013352 | UNIMORPH/BIMORPH PIEZOELECTRIC PACKAGE - A piezoelectric package comprises an upper and lower piezoelectric plates, each having opposing electrodes. The piezoelectric package further comprises an electrically insulative structure encapsulating the piezoelectric plates. The piezoelectric package further comprises first and second external connectors mounted to the insulative structure. The connectors respectively have connector terminals that are electrically coupled to the electrodes in different orders, and have geometric arrangements that are identical, such that a single interface device can be selectively mated to either of the connectors. The piezoelectric package may be incorporated into a system that comprises electronic circuitry configured for operating the piezoelectric package, and a single interface device electrically coupled between the electronic circuitry and either of the external connectors of the piezoelectric package to selectively configure the package between a unimorph and a bimorph. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013353 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR AN ULTRASONIC MOTOR - The invention relates to a piezoelectric actuator, especially for an ultrasonic motor, comprising an acoustic oscillation resonator, wherein the acoustic oscillation resonator is substantially formed as a rectangular piezoelectric plate with two main surfaces, two side surfaces and two end faces and has a multilayer structure in its interior which represents a layer of excitation electrodes taking turns with the layers of the common electrodes and the layers of polarized ceramic provided therebetween, with the polarization vector extending perpendicularly with respect to the surface of the electrodes, wherein all excitation electrodes are divided into two groups not connected to each other, which are disposed symmetrically with respect to the symmetry surface of the aforementioned plate, wherein this symmetry surface extends perpendicularly with respect to the main and side surfaces of the plate, namely through the center thereof, with each group of the excitation electrodes forming together with the common electrodes and the piezoceramic therebetween a multilayer generator for an acoustic wave which is arranged asymmetrically with respect to the symmetry surface of the piezoelectric plate. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013354 | ADJUSTING DEVICE WITH HIGH POSITION RESOLUTION, EVEN IN THE NANO-OR SUBNANOMETER RANGE - The invention relates to an adjusting device with high position resolution, even in the nano- or subnanometer range and a regulating distance of a few micrometers up to several hundred millimeters, wherein PZT-solid state actuators in a closed-loop control circuit are used for the main control direction, the positions thereof being determined by high resolution sensors and the PZT-solid state actuators are in connection with a platform ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013355 | "PUSH BUTTON SWITCH" - A push button switch including a piezoelectric element ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013356 | COMPLIANT ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS FOR SONIC APPLICATIONS - Described herein are compliant electroactive polymer transducers for use in acoustic applications. A compliant electroactive polymer transducer includes a compliant electroactive polymer at least two electrodes. For sound production, circuitry in electrical communication with the transducer electrodes is configured to apply a driving signal that causes the electroactive polymer to deflect in the acoustic range. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013357 | PIEZOELECTRIC POWER GENERATING MECHANISM - Oscillators ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013358 | ULTRASONIC PROBE WITH ADHESIVE PROTRUSION PREVENTIVE STRUCTURE - An ultrasonic probe, in which a thick adhesive layer is not formed directly under the piezoelectric element and the adhesive is prevented from covering an electrode portion of a side face of the piezoelectric element. The ultrasonic probe includes: a main backing material having a curved surface; a flexible auxiliary member having a first surface bonded onto the curved surface of the main backing material by using an adhesive; and an array of piezoelectric elements arranged on a second surface of the flexible auxiliary member, wherein at least one of side edges of a bonding surface between the flexible auxiliary member and the main backing material is formed with a recessed area for allowing the adhesive, which has protruded when bonding the flexible auxiliary member onto the main backing material by using the adhesive, to escape thereinto. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013359 | Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element and Injection Apparatus Using the Same - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric element having high strength against breakage, high insulation and excellent displacement performance, and an injection apparatus that incorporates the same. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013360 | SILICON RESONATOR OF THE TUNING-FORK TYPE - The invention relates to a silicon resonator ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100013361 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ROTOR THEREFOR - An electric motor comprises: a rotor; a stator; and brush gear. The rotor has a shaft, a rotor core and a commutator fitted to the shaft. The rotor core has 5 | 2010-01-21 |
20100013362 | CORD ORGANIZING APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device is provided with a cord organizing apparatus. The image display device includes a housing enclosing electronic componentry, a plurality of analog, digital, or power cords coupled to and extending from the electronic componentry, and a cord organizing apparatus coupled to the housing. The cord organizing apparatus includes a plurality of teeth and at least a first tooth opening and a second tooth opening sized to removably retain the cords. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013363 | Collapsible Cabinet with Fabric Drawers - A collapsible cabinet includes a collapsible frame comprising a plurality of shelves; and a plurality of fabric drawers each releasably disposed in the shelf. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013364 | Carriage assembly - The present invention relates to a carriage assembly having a housing, having a cam disc and having a carriage which is guided in a linearly movable fashion, with the cam disc and carriage being operatively connected to one another. In order to specify a carriage assembly which is of the smallest possible construction, the invention proposes that a cam disc is arranged orthogonally with respect to a rear side of the housing. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013365 | CATHODE STRUCTURE FOR FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY WITH REFOCUSING GATE - A cathode structure of triode type which, superimposed over a substrate, includes a cathode electrode, an electric insulating layer, and a gate electrode, the electric insulating layer and the gate electrode having emission openings revealing at least one electron-emitting element electrically connected to the cathode electrode. The structure further includes a refocusing electrode arranged to refocus the electrons extracted by the gate electrode. The refocusing electrode is arranged on the electric insulating layer and is connected to an electric connection allowing a refocusing voltage to be applied to it via electrically conductive nanotubes. The cathode structure can be applied to a matrix-addressed field emission device. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013366 | LAMP FIXTURE EMPLOYING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A SEALED BEAM LAMP - A novel lamp fixture which employs semiconductor light sources and which is designed to replace or otherwise substitute for a conventional sealed beam incandescent or gas discharge fixture. Preferably, the semiconductor light sources are arranged in a combination of sub-assemblies, each of which is constructed to provide either spread light illumination or high intensity illumination for a desired illumination pattern. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013367 | COOLING SYSTEM OF LED LIGHT USING HEAT OF VAPORIZATION AND LED LIGHT INCLUDING THE SAME - A cooling system of an LED light employs a dehumidifying agent absorbing moisture in the air while the LED light is turned off, and dissipates heat from the LED light using heat of vaporization by vaporization of the moisture by heat from the LED light when the LED light is turned on. The system includes an LED module, a thermal sheet, a heat pipe, a heat sink, and a dehumidifying sheet. The LED module includes a PCB and multiple LEDs, and the thermal sheet is disposed on the LED module. The heat pipe of a cornered U-shape has a circular cross section and is coupled to a connector on the thermal sheet. The heat pipe has a horizontal section contacting an upper side of the thermal sheet and a vertical section protruding to the connector. The dehumidifying agent is disposed on the heat sink inserted into the heat pipe. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013368 | BULB-TYPE FLUORESCENT LAMP - A bulb-type fluorescent lamp using a helical luminous tube is provided. The bulb-type fluorescent lamp includes a plate to which an electrode-side end portion of the helical luminous tube is fixed; a housing having an end to which a base is joined and another end to which the plate is fixed in an opening side; an outer tube globe which is inserted and fixed in a gap between the housing and the plate in the opening side of the housing and houses the helical luminous tube; a projecting portion which is provided in an end portion of the helical luminous tube in the side opposite to electrodes and serves as a coldest-point part; a thermally conductive medium which thermally couples the projecting portion with the outer tube globe; and a retention portion which is provided in the projecting portion and, when the outer tube globe is broken along the plate circumferentially with respect to the opening, retains the outer tube globe, which is broken along the plate circumferentially with respect to the opening, via the thermally conductive medium. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013369 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP UNIT USING THE SAME, AND PROJECTIVE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE LAMP UNIT - A long-life high-pressure discharge lamp can (i) suppress damage to sealing portions, especially at an initial stage of the accumulated lighting time, (ii) allow for easy assembly of components such as electrodes and (iii) prevent deformation/ripping of metallic foils. An arc tube is a glass enveloping vessel with electrodes arranged therein, and includes: a light emitting portion in which materials are enclosed and a discharge space is formed; and sealing portions provided at ends of the light emitting portion. Each electrode includes an electrode bar whose first end is in the discharge space, and whose second end is in the corresponding sealing portion and connected to a metallic foil. The second end of each electrode bar is partially wrapped around by a sleeve-like metallic cover foil that has a cut-out section positioned over a joining area where the second end of each electrode bar is joined to the metallic foil. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013370 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is a plasma display device which is bright and has high contrast and high image quality. A plasma display device includes: a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other interposing a discharge gap; and a plurality of discharge cells formed by the front substrate and the back substrate, wherein a mixture gas containing Xe is filled in the discharge gap, and each of a plurality of phosphor layers of red, green, and blue is arranged in the discharge cell. And, the plasma display device performs a reset operation by, at least, a weak discharge. A crystal material is arranged in the phosphor layers of red, green, and blue so as to uniform weak discharge firing voltages for reset discharges in respective discharge cells. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013371 | ELECTRODE MEMBER FOR COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - An electrode member for a cold cathode fluorescent lamp which is excellent in sputtering resistance and a discharge property, and which is excellent in productivity, a method of producing the electrode member, and a cold cathode fluorescent lamp are provided. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013372 | Light Emitting Device and Electronic Device - An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013373 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device has a structure in which a light-emitting element is placed on a wiring pattern, with the wiring pattern and an upper portion of the light-emitting element being connected with each other by a bonding wire, and has a feature in that a phosphor kneaded matter, obtained from a phosphor kneaded matter packaging container, is sealed on the wiring pattern and the light-emitting element by a sealing resin. With this structure, it becomes possible to emit white light with high efficiency and consequently to obtain white light that is remarkably superior in color reproducibility (NTSC ratio). | 2010-01-21 |
20100013374 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A light emitting device | 2010-01-21 |
20100013375 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A light emitting device | 2010-01-21 |
20100013376 | Mixed semiconductor nanocrystal compositions - Composition comprising one or more energy donors and one or more energy acceptors, wherein energy is transferred from the energy donor to the energy acceptor and wherein: the energy acceptor is a colloidal nanocrystal having a lower band gap energy than the energy donor; the energy donor and the energy acceptor are separated by a distance of 40 nm or less; wherein the average peak absorption energy of the acceptor is at least 20 meV greater than the average peak emission energy of the energy donor; and wherein the ratio of the number of energy donors to the number of energy acceptors is from about 2:1 to about 1000:1. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013377 | Compounds for use in Opto-Electrical Devices - A composition for use in fabricating opto-electrical devices comprising a solution processable triazine host material and a phosphorescent moiety. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013378 | INTERMEDIATE CONNECTOR FOR STACKED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - A device is provided, having an anode, a cathode, and an intermediate connector disposed between the anode and the cathode. A first organic layer including an emissive sublayer is disposed between the anode and the intermediate connector, and a second including an emissive sublayer is disposed between the intermediate connector and the cathode. The intermediate connector includes a first metal having a work function lower than 4.0 eV and a second metal having a work function lower than 5.0 eV. The work function of the first metal is at least 0.5 eV less than the work function of the second metal. The first metal is in contact with a sublayer of the second organic layer that includes a material well adapted to receive holes from a low work function metal. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013379 | Organic light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same - An organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light emitting display includes a transistor including a gate, a source, and a drain on a substrate, a connection electrode that is positioned on the transistor to be connected to the source or the drain, a first sacrifice layer that is positioned on the connection electrode to expose a portion of the connection electrode, a second sacrifice layer that is positioned on the first sacrifice layer to expose a portion of the connection electrode, a lower electrode on the connection electrode and the second sacrifice layer, an organic light emitting layer on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode on the organic light emitting layer. The first sacrifice layer is formed within range of a length of the second sacrifice layer inside the second sacrifice layer. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013380 | DOUBLE-EMISSION ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - A double-emission organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device to display images on both sides includes two substrates each having an independently-drivable OLED bonded to each other to prevent breakage due to external pressure and decrease power consumption. The OLED display device includes a first substrate, a first OLED disposed on the first substrate and having at least one first emission layer, a conductive layer disposed on the first OLED, a second OLED disposed on the conductive layer and having at least one second emission layer, and a second substrate disposed on the second OLED. Alternatively, the OLED display device includes a sealant disposed along edges of the first and second substrates to bond the first substrate to the second substrate, and a conductive filler disposed between the first and second substrates. | 2010-01-21 |
20100013381 | NOVEL MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - The present invention relates to the compounds of the formulae (1) to (8) and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular in blue-emitting devices. The compounds of the formulae (1) to (8) are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer or also in a hole- or electron-transport layer. | 2010-01-21 |