05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100027092 | Magnetic mirror air bearing for Michelson interferometer with lateral motion - The invention claimed is a novel magnetic mirror air bearing for a Michelson interferometer with lateral motion. A precise kinematic mount is used in combination with magnetic fields wherein current can be applied on a centerline to move a piston and mirror laterally without pitch and yaw so as to effect accurate light beam reflection regardless of distance of lateral movement within a defined space. The assembly is able to operate across extended temperature ranges by utilizing materials which expand and contract at similar rates, and contains a thermalizing cavity which will thermalize the gas to avoid temperature induced artifacts. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027093 | WIDE ANGLE IMMERSIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A wide angle display system, comprising a scanner having at least one reflective surface and an axis of rotation, a dome having a reflective inner surface, the inner surface having an axis of revolution which is coincident with the axis of rotation of the scanner, at least one linear arrangement of light sources producing beams of light. The reflective surface of the scanner reflects the beams of light towards the reflective inner surface of the dome which in turn collimates the beams of light and reflects them towards an observer positioned within the wide angle display system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027094 | LIGHT CONTROLLING APPARATUS, CONTROL UNIT OF LIGHT CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A method of driving light controlling apparatus which includes a substrate, which has an aperture, a plurality of incident-light controlling unit which are displaced on the substrate, a plurality of driving unit which exert on the incident-light controlling unit, an aperture-displacing driving force which displaces the incident-light controlling unit to an aperture position, and a retracting-displacement driving force which displaces the incident-light controlling unit to a retracted position which is different from the aperture position, and in which, the incident-light controlling unit is displaced by the driving unit to the aperture position and the retracted position alternately, and incident light passing through the aperture is adjusted, and the displacement of each incident-light controlling unit to the aperture position is exclusive for the other incident-light controlling unit, includes a step of displacing the incident-light controlling unit, which includes a step of displacing a first incident-light controlling unit disposed at the aperture position, to the retracted position, and a step of displacing a second incident-light controlling unit disposed at the retracted position, to the aperture position, after completion of the step of displacing the first incident-light controlling unit to the retracted position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027095 | BALANCED LIGHT VALVE - Radiation from an illumination source ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100027096 | Tunable Optical Filter and Method of Manufacture Thereof - A tunable optical filter is formed in the structure of an etalon. A thin electro-optic ceramic substrate is fixed between two end substrates. Each end substrate has an inner parallel surface toward said electro-optic ceramic substrate covered by an electrode layer and a reflecting layer. An adhesive which attaches the electro-optic ceramic substrate to each first and second end substrates has a consistency so as to avoid stress on the electro-optic ceramic substrate. A voltage imposed on the electro-optic ceramic substrate by the electrode layers on the inner parallel surfaces of the first and second end substrates effectively controls an optical distance between the reflective coating layers on the inner parallel surfaces of the first and second end substrates of the etalon structure. The electro-optic ceramic substrate is preferably PMN-PT ((1-x)Pb(Mg⅓Nb⅔)O | 2010-02-04 |
20100027097 | DEFECT MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURE FOR MANIPULATION OF REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT ACHIEVED BY WAY OF OPTICAL CONTROL OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC FIELD ACROSS THE DEFECT MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURE - In one aspect, the invention provides a defect multiple-quantum-well structure for manipulation of reflection and transmission of light by way of optical control of spatial distribution of electric field across the defect multiple-quantum-well structure. The defect multiple-quantum-well structure includes a pair of terminal multiple-quantum-well structures and a central multiple-quantum-well structure. The central multiple-quantum-well structure is sandwiched between the pair of terminal multiple-quantum-well structures. Each of the pair of terminal multiple-quantum-well structures has a band gap profile, and the central multiple-quantum-well structure has a band gap profile. The band gap profile of the central multiple-quantum-well structure is greater than the band gap profile of each of the pair of terminal multiple-quantum-well structures. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027098 | ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL FOR ELECTRO-CONTROLLED DEVICE METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, ELECTRO-CONTROLLED DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID DEVICE - The invention relates to an electrolyte material for an electrically-controllable device having variable optical/energy properties, characterized in that it comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix containing ionic fillers and a liquid for solubilizing said ionic fillers, said liquid not solubilizing said self-supporting polymer matrix, the latter being selected so as to provide a percolation path for said ionic fillers; to an electrically-controllable device having variable optical/energy properties, comprising such an electrolyte material; and to a method for fabricating such an electrically-controllable device, characterized in that the various layers thereof are assembled by calendering or lamination, optionally with heating. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027099 | Thermochromic Optical Filter Incorporating Quantum Confinement Devices - A thermochromic optical filter incorporating quantum confinement devices is formed as multilayered composite film of semiconducting materials. A quantum well adjacent a barrier layer ensures proper confinement of charge carriers within the well. A transition wavelength (i.e., the energy/wavelength at which the filter becomes transparent) is established by selecting a quantum well material with a bandgap near the desired energy and a barrier layer material with a higher bandgap. For a given reference temperature (e.g., room temperature), the exact transition wavelength is fixed by the thickness of the quantum well. The quantum confinement energy is added to the bandgap energy to yield the transition energy. A thermal control system varies the temperature of the thermochromic filter to adjust the transition wavelength. Temperature changes affect both the bandgap and the quantum confinement energy, and thus the optical properties of the thermochromic filter. The thermochromic filter may function as a longpass filter. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027100 | Display with controlled formation of bubbles - The invention relates to a display apparatus including a first substrate supporting an array of light modulators, a second substrate separated from the first substrate by a gap, a fluid substantially filling the gap, sealing material joining the first substrate to the second substrate, and a bubble trapping region within a space enclosed by the sealing material for substantially constraining a location of a bubble trapped within the gap. In some embodiments, the bubble trapping region extends along a majority of a side of at least one of the substrates. In some embodiments, the fluid has a viscosity less than 70 centipoise. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027101 | Spatial light modulator with metal layers - The present invention provides image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator, for modulating an illumination light projected from a light source wherein said spatial light modulator comprising an image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator for modulating an illumination light projected from a light source wherein said spatial light modulator comprising: at least two electrically conductive layers functioning as two different electrical wirings and said conductive layers having respectively a first and a second longitudinal directions overlapping and crossing each other; and a fixed electric potential layer electrically connected to a fixed electric potential, wherein the two different conductive layers and fixed electric potential layer overlapping one another and disposed at a location along a light path of the illumination light emitted from the light source to block said illumination light. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027102 | Variable metamaterial apparatus - Artificial materials, such as metamaterials, include adjustable properties. In some approaches the properties are adjustable according to active feedback of interaction with electromagnetic waves. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027103 | Zonal Lenslet Array - The invention includes a master lens, which initially focuses a laser pulse, and then the pulse passes through a zonal lenslet array, which uses different lenslet elements that provide for predetermined focal lengths so as to establish a three or two dimensional, predetermined dispersion of foci of the laser pulse. The zonal lenslet array of the present invention may be thought of as a variant of a Shack-Hartman wave front sensor, but used for an entirely different application. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027104 | Photonic Devices Based On Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers - Vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers for various photonic devices including all optical logic gate devices and oscillators, where such devices can be implemented to achieve various advantages, including Boolean inversion at high speeds, low power, workable noise margins for cascadability because of input output isolation, and easy of integration in large arrays. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027105 | ROBUST WINDOW FOR INFRARED ENERGY - Articles transparent to infrared radiation and resistant to impact and wear are provided. In one embodiment the article comprises a substrate and a composite coating disposed over the substrate and extending from an interface with the substrate to an external surface. The coating and the substrate are capable of transmitting infrared radiation. The composite coating comprises a first phase and a second phase, where the second phase has a higher resistance to erosive wear than the first phase. The coating comprises a compositional gradient proceeding from a first composition at the interface of the coating with the substrate to a second composition at the external surface, the first composition comprising a higher concentration of the first phase than that of the second composition. The first phase has at least one property selected from the group consisting of a) a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is within about plus or minus 3 parts per million per degree centigrade of a CTE of the substrate, and b) an index of refraction that is within a range from as high as about 0.1 plus the index of refraction of the substrate to as low as about the square root of the index of refraction of the substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027106 | REMOVING REFLECTIVE LAYERS FROM EUV MIRRORS - A method for removing at least one reflective layer ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100027107 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY DEVICE - A reflective optical element exhibits an increase in the maximum reflectivity at operating wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet or soft x-ray wavelength range. A first additional intermediate layer ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100027108 | CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPE - A confocal laser microscope has at least one laser whose illumination light is transmitted in direction of the microscope objective by at least one light-conducting fiber. The light-conducting fiber can be plugged in at a housing which preferably comprises the scanning head of the microscope, and a holder is provided which can be plugged into the housing and into which the light-conducting fiber projects and which is provided at its end remote of the fiber with first optics for transmitting the laser light exiting divergently from the fiber in direction of at least partially displaceable collimating optics in the housing. At least second optics are advantageously arranged between the first optics and the collimating optics. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027109 | IMMERSION OBJECTIVE, APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN IMMERSION FILM AND METHOD - An immersion objective for microscopic investigation of a specimen is provided wherein an outer lens is disposed in an objective body. A delivery device including a cap that is disposed over the objective body so as to form a space adapted to receive an immersion liquid is also provided. The cap is open in a region of the outer lens so as to form a gap with the outer lens. The cap includes at least one connector configured to provide a continuous supply of the immersion liquid to the space so that the immersion liquid emerges through the gap to a region between the outer lens and at least one of the specimen and a specimen slide. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027110 | OBSERVABLE CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is an observable centrifugal apparatus capable of checking in real time a state of a sample during reaction of separation or synthesization in the form of a stable and high-quality image at a high frame rate. An observable centrifugal apparatus A has a rotary disc | 2010-02-04 |
20100027111 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING A DISPLAY - A device and method for arranging a display allows for the easy installation of a display in a home entertainment system. The flexibility of modem home entertainment/theater systems that include a digital display device permits many different installation options. Thus, the invention facilitates the installation of such a display by aligning a viewing screen with an image from a projection display device on both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027112 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes a screen on which an image is projected; and a frame that holds a periphery of the screen. The frame includes a plurality of frame units that respectively extend along a plurality of sides of the screen and holds a rim of the screen, and a coupling member that couples the frame units that abut at a corner portion. Each end of the coupling member is fitted into an enclosed section formed at a rear portion of each of the frame units at a position hidden behind the screen. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027113 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device of the present invention is capable of reducing stereoscopic image noise to improve the quality of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image. The display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels provided therein and displaying an image, a lenticular sheet provided on the display panel and having a plurality of first cylindrical lenses arranged on one surface and a second cylindrical lens for focusing light arranged on the other surface, and a backlight assembly provided below the display panel and emitting light to the display panel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027114 | LENS STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF SHAPED POLYMER ARTICLES - A method of manufacturing a shaped polymer device comprises forming a planar polymer layer over a substrate which has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the polymer layer; and shaping the polymer layer using a laser ablation process. This method uses a substrate with low thermal expansion to limit the expansion of the attached polymer layer when it is being shaped by a laser ablation process. In addition there is provided a lens structure for an *autostereoscopic display device comprising a substantially planar glass substrate and a polymer layer defining a lenticular arrangement provided over the glass substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027115 | LENS STRUCTURE FOR AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A lens structure for a display device comprises a lenticular arrangement, the lenticular arrangement comprising an array of parallel lenticular elements and comprising a birefringent layer. The extraordinary axis of the birefringent layer is arranged to be substantially at an angle between 30° and 90° with the elongate axis of the lenticular elements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027116 | ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including a transparent plastic film substrate; an antiglare layer having fine recesses and projections on the surface thereof; and an abrasion resistant layer provided at an uppermost surface of the antiglare film, the abrasion resistant layer having an average film thickness of from 0.03 to 0.4 μm, wherein the abrasion resistant layer is formed from a curable composition containing at least following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an inorganic fine particle containing silicon oxide as a main component and having an average particle size of from 1 to 300 nm; (B) an ionizing radiation-curable resin; and (C) a polymer thickener. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027117 | Hardcoat film, production method of hardcoat film, antireflection film, polarizing plate and display device - A hardcoat film is provided, the hardcoat film including: a cellulose acylate film containing at least a base layer and a surface layer; and a hardcoat layer disposed at a surface layer side of the cellulose acylate film, wherein the surface layer contains inorganic oxide fine particles and a cellulose acylate, the surface layer has a refractive index of from 1.49 to 1.56 and an average film thickness of from 50 to 130 nm, and the hardcoat film satisfies formula (I): | 2010-02-04 |
20100027118 | Method and device for modification of surface properties of materials - A method and device are presented for modifying parameters of a solid material. This is implemented by applying radiation, such as photon flux and/or charged particle beam and/or heat, to at least a region of the material, and controlling at least one parameter of the applied radiation, thereby modifying a wettability property of the material within the irradiated region(s) thereof in a reversible manner. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027119 | RECEIVER/EMITTER COVER UTILIZING ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATION - A system for protecting an emitter/receiver device, including a cover and an active material actuator operable to selectively cause the cover to move between default protective and open positions, wherein the actuator includes at least one active material element, such as an SMA wire configured to cause the retraction of the cover and present a heating net when activated, and an activation signal source, and preferably further including at least one pulley and/or jack mechanism configured to redirect a displacement force vector, synchronization means, an antagonistic element for biasing the cover towards the protective or open position, and a controller presenting overheating protection through control logic. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027120 | Soft lens cover - What is disclosed is a removable cover for a camera lens. The lens cover is generally circular and is adapted to cover the front element of a camera lens. The lens cover is fabricated from an elastic material so as to fit tightly on the end of a camera lens. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027121 | LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A lens according to the present invention includes at least one first area ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100027122 | Metal Mold, Optical Device, Metal Mold for Forming Optical Device, and Process for Manufacturing the Same - A mold for forming an optical element includes: a surface including a plurality of grooves arranged concentrically. Each of the grooves includes a bottom surface with a predetermined width, a side surface, and a curved surface with a predetermined curvature radius. The bottom surface extends in a radius direction of the grooves. The curved surface connects the bottom surface and the side surface. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027123 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATING, OPTICAL MEMBER COMPRISING IT, AND EXCHANGE LENS UNIT AND IMAGING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH OPTICAL MEMBER - An anti-reflection coating laminated on a substrate, wherein in a wavelength range of 400-700 nm, the substrate has a refractive index of 1.45-1.72, the first layer is based on alumina, the second to sixth layers are dense layers having refractive indices of 1.95-2.23, 1.33-1.50, 2.04-2.24, 1.33-1.50 and 1.85-2.40, respectively, the seventh layer is composed of nanometer-sized, mesoporous silica particles, and the first to seventh layers have optical thicknesses of 25.0-250.0 nm, 27.5-52.5 nm, 37.5-54.0 nm, 45.0-62.5 nm, 77.5-102.5 nm, 16.0-26.5 nm and 112.5-162.5 nm, respectively. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027124 | ANTI-GLARE FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An anti-glare film is provided and includes a substrate and an anti-glare layer which is formed on the substrate and contains fine particles. The anti-glare layer has micro concave/convex shapes on the surface. The micro concave/convex shapes of the anti-glare layer are formed by coating the substrate with a coating material containing the fine particles and aggregating the fine particles by a convection of the coating material. A thickness of the anti-glare layer is equal to or larger than a mean diameter of the fine particles and is equal to or less than three times as large as the mean diameter of the fine particles. The fine particles are constructed substantially by fine particles having particle sizes less than twice as large as the thickness of the anti-glare layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027125 | LIGHT DIFFUSING MEMBER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a light diffusing member which has excellent optical transparency and light resistance and has excellent light diffusibility despite of a small amount of filler to be added, and a method for producing the same. The light diffusing member of the present invention is a light diffusing member including a base material and ceramic particles contained in the base material, wherein the ceramic particles have a composition in which the total amount of MgO and Al | 2010-02-04 |
20100027126 | ANTIGLARE FILM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present invention provides an antiglare film, which includes a transparent resin layer, a plurality of transparent hollow particles and a plurality of transparent solid particles. The hollow particles and the solid particles are distributed in the transparent resin layer, while the hollow particles are partially exposed thereon. The refraction index of the hollow particles and the refraction index of the solid particles are different from the refraction index of the transparent resin layer. Applying both the solid particles and the hollow particles mixed together can lead the antiglare film to have an excellent antiglare property, a high contrast and a great clarity. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027127 | ANTIGLARE FILM, ANTIGLARE SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THEM - An antiglare film and an antiglare sheet with which an image display apparatus excelling in contrast while maintaining excellent antiglare performance is obtained, and a simple process for producing them are provided. In the antiglare film of the present invention, a rugged shape in a first direction is substantially different from a rugged shape in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Preferably, an average gradient angle θa | 2010-02-04 |
20100027128 | Lens array - The lens array | 2010-02-04 |
20100027129 | LENS ARRAY UNIT AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - A lens array unit includes a first lens array plate, a second lens array plate, and a holder. The holder includes a first surface part provided with a plurality of first through holes respectively corresponding to a plurality of first outer lenses, a second surface part provided with a plurality of second through holes respectively corresponding to a plurality of second outer lenses, and a support part operative to support the first surface part and the second surface part so as to be located at a predetermined distance from each other. The first surface part, the second surface part, and the support part are integrally formed by a light shielding material, and the first lens array plate and the second lens array plate are held by the holder by being inserted into the gap between the first surface part and the third surface part and the gap between the second surface part and the third surface part, respectively. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027130 | Emitting and negatively-refractive focusing apparatus, methods, and systems - Apparatus, methods, and systems provide emitting and negatively-refractive focusing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing from an interior field region with an axial magnification substantially less than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027131 | Optical member, solid-state imaging device, and manufacturing method - An optical member includes high refractive index layers having a great refractive index and low refractive index layers having a small refractive index, which are each relatively thin as compared with an optical length, disposed alternately in the lateral direction as to an optical axis. Each width of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is equal to or smaller than the wavelength order of incident light. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027132 | OBJECTIVE LENS AND OBJECTIVE LENS ADAPTER - Especially when observing brain tissue, damage inflicted on the brain tissue is reduced, and light from the brain tissue is collected to the utmost extent. The invention provides an objective lens in which a tip transparent member that is made to contact an observation object is formed to gradually narrow towards an end face thereof, a diameter d of the end face being defined by the following expression, and a maximum diameter D being 3 mm or less: | 2010-02-04 |
20100027133 | LENS UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A simply structured zooming movement mechanism for moving a first lens group located in the object side from a bending member. Also provided are a small-sized lens unit by making it collapsible and an image pickup apparatus. The lens unit has: the bending member for bending the light entering from an object along a first optical axis, to the direction of a second optical axis substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis; and a first moving member for moving a first support member, which supports the first lens group, in the direction of the first optical axis to a storage position; a bending member moving member for moving the bending member to an evacuation position in order to create a space for storing the first supporting member; and a first zooming movement member for moving the first supporting member in the direction of the first optical axis in a variable magnification manner. The first zooming movement member, the bending member moving member and the first moving member are driven in this order. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027134 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens of variable power ratio of the order of 3 in which the whole of the zoom lens is made up of three lens elements groups and the power configuration of each of the groups has an arrangement of negative, positive, and negative. The zoom lens includes, sequentially from an object side thereof, a first lens elements group which has a negative refraction power as a whole, a second lens elements group which has a positive refraction power as a whole, and a third lens element group, which has a negative refraction power as a whole. A variable power is realized by shifting the positions of the first and second lens elements group in the direction of an optical axis thereof. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027135 | Lens assembly - A lens assembly comprises a lens group M and a lens frame | 2010-02-04 |
20100027136 | IMAGE FORMING LENS, CAMERA AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - An image forming lens includes: a first optical system positioned in an object side, a second optical system positioned in an image side, and an aperture stop interposed between the first optical system and the second optical system, wherein the first lens system includes a first F lens group which is positioned in the object side and has at least two negative lenses, and a first R lens group which is positioned in the aperture stop side and has at least one lens, wherein a distance between the first F lens group and the first R lens group is set to be largest, and wherein the second optical system includes a second F lens group in which, in the order from the aperture stop side, a first positive lens, a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a second positive lens are arranged, and a second R lens group positioned in the aperture stop side and having at least one positive lens. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027137 | Lens module - A lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, a spacer, a seating part, and a protrusion part. The first lens includes a lens surface and a rib. The second lens is laminated on the first lens. The spacer maintains a predetermined interval between the first lens and the second lens. The seating part is disposed between the lens surface of the first lens and the rib and allows the spacer to be seated on the upper part of the first lens. The protrusion part includes a plurality of protrusions protruded from an undersurface of the spacer, which allow a height of the spacer seated on the seating part to change when the spacer is decentered. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027138 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes a first lens holding member configured to hold a lens, and an actuator configured to move the first lens holder in an optical axis direction. The lens apparatus transfers to a retracted state by moving the first lens holding member to a retracted position via the actuator from an image picking-up state. The lens apparatus further includes a stopper configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis direction between a first position at which the stopper restricts a movement of the first lens holding member and a second position off the first position, and a driving member configured to move the stopper from the second position to the first position relative to the first lens holding member that has moved to the retreated position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027139 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - When an external force that is equal to or greater than the urging force of a first ball spring is applied to a first lens holder, a first ball follower is dislocated from a first cam groove, and a first external force receiving groove and a first external force receiving pin are brought into engagement to receive the external force. When the external force that has been applied to the first lens holder is released, the first ball follower is restored to the first cam groove due to the urging force of the first ball spring. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027140 | DRIVING UNIT AND OPTICAL PICK-UP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a driving unit capable of implementing a long stroke drive while achieving height reduction of the driving unit. The driving unit is provided with a driving mechanism for driving a driven body. The driving mechanism includes: a bendable displaceable member that is fixated at one end and, through electric control, bent and displaced at the other end; a driving direction-changing member changing a direction of the bending and displacement of the bendable displaceable member to a driving direction of the driven body, the driving direction of the driven body being perpendicular to the direction of the bendable displaceable member; a contact member frictionally engaged with the driving direction-changing member and driving the driven body; and a precompression member mounted in the driven body and precompressing the contact member towards the driving direction-changing member. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027141 | LENS MOVING DEVICE AND INSTALLATION UNIT - Disclosed is a lens moving device and a lens installation unit within which at least one lens is installed and at least one guiding protrusion is formed, a driving means that moves the lens installation unit, and a frame which includes a guiding slot into which the guiding protrusion is arranged and houses the lens installation unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027142 | Scalable-Size Deformable Pocket Mirror With On-Pocket Bimorph Actuator - The invention includes a deformable mirror for use in adaptive and active optical systems and in optical technology laser communication directed energy systems. The invention utilizes pockets formed in the back of the mirrors substrate. The pockets house actuators that are bonded to the substrate and may adjustably deform the mirror surface depending on the voltage supplied to the actuators. A plurality of mirrors may be combined to form a scalable array or positioned to overcome issues related to the uncontrollable portions of separate individual mirrors. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027143 | MAGNETIC MEMBRANE MIRROR - Described is a magnetic membrane mirror having a flexible membrane comprising a magnetic material and having a high reflectance. The flexible membrane is secured over a frame to enclose a volume between the frame and membrane. A transmembrane pressure is established to achieve a desired mirror shape or curvature. Curvature can be changed by modifying the transmembrane pressure by increasing or decreasing the pressure in the enclosed volume. An array of electromagnetic actuators generates individually-controlled magnetic fields to cause localized displacements of the mirror surface. The magnetic membrane mirror can be constructed with inexpensive components and can be used as a dynamic component in an adaptive optical system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027144 | Articles with protective coating - A first-surface mirror or other substrate includes protective coating and is for use in a solar collector, projection television, or the like. In certain example embodiments, a protective coating is formed over a reflective coating of a first surface mirror. In other aspects, this application is related to other coated articles, including, for example, articles (such as insulating glass (IG) window units) having coatings providing for low emissivity. In certain example embodiments, the protective coating may comprise organic materials containing alkyl chains or fluoro-alkyl chains and reactive functionalities comprising silicon and/or phosphorous so as to protect the reflective coating and improve durability. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027145 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM WITH COMPASS - An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a casing having a reflective element, a compass sensor and a control. The compass sensor is disposed within the mirror casing and has a first magnetoresponsive sensing element and a second magnetoresponsive sensing element. The control receives a first signal indicative of a magnetic field sensed by the first magnetoresponsive sensing element and a second signal indicative of a magnetic field sensed by the second magnetoresponsive sensing element. The control determines that the casing is adjusted by an occupant of the vehicle in response to a change in the first and second signals being indicative of an abrupt movement of the casing about the mounting structure by an occupant of the vehicle. The control is operable to enter a rapid compensating mode to compensate for the mirror adjustment. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027146 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER AND COLOR FILTER MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a color filter, which includes forming a light-shielding portion and a pixel portion on a substrate, and reforming the pixel portion to be ink-philic by using a laser ablation. In the method of manufacturing the color filter, the laser ablation is used to prevent ink particles from being agglomerated in the pixel portion, uniformly filling with the ink, and selectively performing surface reformation of the pixel portion. The color filter manufactured by using the method has desirable pixels without color mixing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027147 | LOW POWER CONSUMPTION STORAGE ARRAY - Disclosed is a low power consumption storage array. Read and write cycles are separated so that a multiple disk array can be spun down during periods when there are no write requests. Cooling fans are operated with a pulse-width modulated signal in response to cooling demand to further reduce energy consumption. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027148 | TRIPLE TRACK TEST FOR SIDE ERASE BAND WIDTH AND SIDE ERASE AMPLITUDE LOSS OF A RECORDING HEAD - A triple track test for determining respective erase band widths associated with a read/write head involves writing first and second data tracks in each direction and at a certain distance from an origin, and erasing a track having a center at the origin. Based on a triple track test profile (3T) corresponding to the three tracks, a first distance is measured in one direction from the origin to one of the modified data tracks and a first erase band width is computed based thereon. The other side erase band width is computable similarly. A side erase amplitude loss measurement procedure, for determining the amount of signal amplitude lost by an adjacent track due to the respective erase bands, involves constructing a side-erase profile based on a composite of the 3T profile and a full-track profile, from which respective amplitude losses are computed for the respective erase bands. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027149 | OSCILLATION TEST FOR OFF TRACK WRITE - An enhanced oscillation test for detecting off track writing associated with a read/write head writing, on a magnetic media, a measurement track. Once the measurement track is written, a series of seek, write, and read operations is performed, e.g., between various origin tracks and the tracks adjacent to the measurement track, in order to detect any off track write problems. If a measurement track read operation fails a certain number of times, then an error code is generated which indicates an off track write problem. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027150 | MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THEREOF - According to an aspect of the embodiment, a MCU divides a target track into recording areas on magnetic disks, assigns the recording areas to the magnetic heads, and performs write control during one rotation of the magnetic disks so that the magnetic heads write data in the recording areas assigned to the respective magnetic heads. After data writes by the magnetic heads, the MCU verifies whether data in the testing areas of the tracks adjacent to the target track is held without being erased. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027151 | SECURE DATA DISPOSAL FOR DISK DRIVE - When a disk sector is written to, a bit for the sector is set indicating that the sector will require secure data disposal (SDD) to be run on it. To save time during end of life disposal, SDD is executed only on sectors whose bits indicate that they have been written to. SDD can be executed on each dirty sector in one operation at end of life or incrementally during use as disk activity permits. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027152 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT HEAD-DISK CLEARANCE MEASUREMENT BY SLIDER VIBRATION AND FLY HEIGHT CALIBRATION - A method models and calibrates the fly height of a slider above the disk for disk drives. The calibration scheme uses the Wallace spacing loss equation and laser doppler velocimetry to predict fly height and detect the actual fly height of the slider. The slider is vibrated at selected resonances, such as by capacitive coupling to the disk, and the fly height is gradually reduced. In one version, contact between the slider and disk may be detected using an arm electronics sensor. The amplitude of mean-to-peak, vibration detection is used as an indication of the actual fly height and to calibrate the modeled fly height. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027153 | THIN FILM PLANAR ARBITRARY GAP PATTERN MAGNETIC HEAD - Planar magnetic heads and methods of making the same using a built-up approach and thru-hole via technology to achieve a true planar head. A head may comprise a substrate having conductive thru-hole vias extending therethrough, a first magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the substrate, a first insulation layer deposited and patterned on the first magnetic layer, a conductive coil layer deposited and patterned on the first insulation layer and connected to the conductive thru-hole vias, a second insulation layer deposited and patterned on the conductive coil layer, vias patterned into the insulation layer extending to the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer deposited in the vias, and a third magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the second insulation layer and second magnetic layer. The third magnetic layer may be connected to the first magnetic layer through the second magnetic layer deposited in the vias of the insulation layers. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027154 | FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A floating amount of the magnetic head is controlled. The disk device has a temperature or humidity sensor and a controller. The controller monitors the detected temperature or humidity and retracts the magnetic head to an area where the circumferential speed is fastest, such as at the outermost side of the flying guarantee area of the magnetic disk, if the temperature or humidity is a predetermined value or more. The lubricant transferred from the magnetic disk to the magnetic head can be removed, and the increase of the flying height of the magnetic head can be suppressed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027155 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTING AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC HEAD - A magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, and a magnetic head facing the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk apparatus also includes a thermal deforming member and a thermal deformation controller. The thermal deforming member is provided in the magnetic head for thermally deforming the magnetic head to change the projecting amount of the magnetic head toward the magnetic disk. The thermal deformation controller controls the driving power supplied to the thermal deforming member, so that the falling characteristic of the driving power in transition from an on-state to an off-state is gentler in inclination than the rising characteristic of the driving power in transition from an off-state to an on-state. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027156 | RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - A magnetic disk device includes a VCM coil that controls the movement of a head for recording or reproducing information onto and from a rotating magnetic disk, and an airflow guiding unit that guides an airflow occurring by the rotation of the magnetic disk toward the VCM coil when the temperature of the VCM coil exceeds a limit temperature defined in advance. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027157 | MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - According to an aspect of the embodiment, an MPU obtains, as a first gain value from a RDC, a gain value of a servo signal when data is read from a magnetic storage medium, and obtains, as a second gain value from the RDC, the gain value of the servo signal when data is written to the magnetic storage medium. The MPU controls supplied power for controlling flying height of the magnetic head when data is written to the magnetic storage medium based on a result of the comparing between the first gain value and the second gain value. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027158 | Magnetic head for high-frequency field assist recording and magnetic recording apparatus using magnetic head for high-frequency field assist recording - A magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole; a magnetic shield forming a magnetic circuit with the magnetic pole; and a spin torque oscillator provided between the magnetic pole and the magnetic shield, and formed with a stack structure including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer is made of a magnetic material of 200 Oe or smaller in coercive force. A cross-sectional area of the first magnetic layer in a direction perpendicular to a stack layer face of the first magnetic layer is four or more times greater than a cross-sectional area of the second magnetic layer in a direction perpendicular to a stack layer face of the second magnetic layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027159 | MAGAZINE-BASED DATA CARTRIDGE LIBRARY - The present invention provides a magazine-based data cartridge library that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of shelves that are capable of holding a plurality of data cartridge magazines, one or more drives, a magazine transport for moving magazines within the cabinet, and a cartridge transport for moving data cartridges between a magazine and a drive. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027160 | DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A SHROUD FOR REMOVING DEBRIS FROM A HEAD-SLIDER - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head-slider, an actuator, a ramp and a shroud. The head-slider is configured to fly above the disk. The actuator is configured to support the head-slider and to swing about a pivot shaft to move the head-slider in a radial direction of the disk. The actuator may also be configured to rest on the ramp in a stand-by position. The shroud includes an inner peripheral side surface and an outer peripheral side surface. The shroud is configured to control an air-stream which flows in a direction from the pivot shaft toward the head-slider. The inner peripheral side surface and the outer peripheral side surface are configured to blast the head-slider with the air-stream upon spinning the disk when the head-slider is positioned away from the disk in the stand-by position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027161 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - A magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording head having a magnetic pole and a spin torque oscillator, the spin torque oscillator being placed adjacent to the magnetic pole and includes at least two magnetic layers of a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer, and a magnetic recording medium includes two magnetic layers of a recording layer and an antenna layer, the recording layer including a hard magnetic material, such that the antenna layer is formed closer to the magnetic recording head than the recording layer, in which the antenna layer has a resonance frequency fa lower than a resonance frequency fr of the recording layer, greater than a resonance frequency of the second magnetic layer, and the recording layer and the antenna layer are ferromagnetically coupled to each other. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027162 | Method to reduce sensitivity of a perpendicular recording head to external fields - In a read-write head, the shields can serve as magnetic flux conductors for external fields, so that they direct a certain amount of flux into the recording medium. This problem has been overcome by the addition to the shields of a pair of tabs located at the edges closest to the ABS. These tabs serve to prevent flux concentrating at the edges so that horizontal fields at these edges are significantly reduced. Said tabs need to have aspect ratios of at least 2 and may be either triangular or rectangular in shape. Alternatively, the tabs may be omitted and, instead, outer portions of the shield's lower edge may be shaped so as to slope upwards away from the ABS. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027163 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING REINFORCING ISLANDS - A method for protecting a thin film structure including fabricating a plurality of island structures in a recording gap of a magnetic recording head, exposing a substantial portion of the plurality of island structures by removing at least a portion of the surrounding recording gap material via at least one etching process, including ion milling, coating the magnetic recording head containing the plurality of island structures with a coating material, including silicon nitride or aluminum oxide, and removing at least a portion of the coating material via a removal process, including chemical-mechanical polishing or lapping, to expose an uppermost region of at least a portion of said plurality of island structures. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027164 | MAGNETIC MEDIA FORMED BY A THIN PLANAR ARBITRARY GAP PATTERN MAGNETIC HEAD - Magnetic media made using planar magnetic heads. A head may comprise a substrate having conductive thru-hole vias extending therethrough, a first magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the substrate, a first insulation layer deposited and patterned on the first magnetic layer, a conductive coil layer deposited and patterned on the first insulation layer and connected to the conductive thru-hole vias, a second insulation layer deposited and patterned on the conductive coil layer, vias patterned into the insulation layer extending to the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer deposited in the vias, and a third magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the second insulation layer and second magnetic layer. The third magnetic layer may be connected to the first magnetic layer through the second magnetic layer deposited in the vias of the insulation layers. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027165 | SYMMETRICALLY TAPERED CONSTRAINED LAYER DAMPER FOR A FLEX CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A HARD DISK DRIVE - A flex cable assembly for a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive comprises a flex cable for conducting data signals from the head stack assembly to a connector. The flex cable has a dynamic loop section between a termination for the head stack assembly and the connector. The flex cable has a constrained layer damper for attenuating random transient vibration. The constrained layer damper has a symmetrically tapered shape for reducing stress concentration and is coupled with the dynamic loop section of the flex cable adjacent to an area of the flex cable configured for receiving a coupler for coupling the flex cable assembly with the head stack assembly. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027166 | REDUCING FLEX CABLE OSCILLATION - A method of reducing oscillation at the read write element of a hard disk drive, is described. In one embodiment, a flex cable for conducing data signals from a head stack assembly to a connector is provided. One or more weights are then coupled with the flex cable at one or more predetermined locations. The one or more predetermined locations are selected based upon mass distribution along the flex cable. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027167 | CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE MAGNETORESISTANCE READ HEAD DESIGN USING A CURRENT CONFINEMENT STRUCTURE PROXIMAL TO AN AIR BEARING SURFACE - A current to perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistance (MR) read head using current confinement proximal to an air bearing surface (ABS) is disclosed. A CPP MR read head includes a first shield, an MR sensor formed on the first shield, and a second shield contacting the MR sensor proximal to an ABS. The CPP MR read head further includes insulating material between the MR sensor and the second shield, where the insulating material is distal to the ABS to electrically isolate the MR sensor from the second shield distal to the ABS. Sense current injected from the second shield through the MR sensor and into the first shield is confined proximal to the ABS at a location where the second shield contacts the MR sensor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027168 | Thin film magnetic head having a pair of magnetic layers whose magnetization is controlled by shield layers - A thin film magnetic head comprise an MR laminated body composed of a first and second MR magnetic layers, first and second shield layers, and a bias magnetic field application layer provided on an opposite side of an air bearing surface (ABS) of the MR laminated body in order to apply a bias magnetic field orthogonal relative to the ABS. The first shield layer comprises a first exchange coupling magnetic field application layer, a first antimagnetic layer, a second exchange coupling magnetic field application layer, and a second antimagnetic layer. The first antimagnetic layer is provided in contact with the first exchange coupling magnetic field application layer on the rear face of the first exchange coupling magnetic field application layer and which is antimagnetically coupled with the first exchange coupling magnetic field application layer. The second shield layer has the same configuration as that of the first shield layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027169 | POWER DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement and a method for distributing power supplied by a power source to two or more of loads (e.g., electrical vehicular systems) is disclosed, where a representation of the power taken by a particular one of the loads from the source is measured. The measured representation of the amount of power taken from the source by the particular one of the loads is compared to a threshold to provide an overload signal in the event the representation exceeds the threshold. Control signals dependant on the occurring of the overload signal are provided such that the control signal decreases the output power of the power circuit in case the overload signal occurs. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027170 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes a control unit having overcurrent generation judgment unit, inverter selection unit, and inverter drive control unit. The overcurrent generation judgment unit judges whether an overcurrent is generated in an inverter for generation or an inverter for travel. When an overcurrent is generated in one of the inverters, the inverter selection unit selects the other inverter to be driven. The inverter drive control unit stops the driving of the one inverter and drives the other inverter to drive a travel motor or a generator. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027171 | Method and Apparatus for Forming I/O Clusters in Integrated Circuits - A first I/O pad has a first type transistor disposed at a first end of the first I/O pad. A second I/O pad has another first type transistor disposed at a first end of the second I/O pad. The first end of the first I/O pad abuts the first end of the second I/O pad, so the first type transistor is adjacent to the other first type transistor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027172 | INTEGRATED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DEVICE - A semiconductor device for ESD protection includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a well region of a second conductivity type formed within the substrate. The well region is characterized by a first depth. The device includes an MOS transistor, a first bipolar transistor, and a second bipolar transistor. The MOS transistor includes a first lightly doped drain (LDD) region of a second depth within the well region, and a drain region and an emitter region within in the first LDD region. The emitter region is characterized by a second conductivity type. The first bipolar transistor is associated with the emitter region, the first LDD region, and the well region, and is characterized by a first trigger voltage. The second bipolar transistor is associated with the first LDD region, the well region, and the substrate, and is characterized by a second trigger voltage. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027173 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE TRIGGER VOLTAGE - An improved ESD protection circuit having an ESD device and a triggering device to provide a continuously adjustable trigger voltage. This can be accomplished by various techniques such as placing a selected number of triggering elements in series, modifying the gate control circuitry and varying the size of the triggering elements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027174 | CIRCUIT FOR PROTECTING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY - The integrated circuit may include at least one electronic protection circuit for protecting against at least one electrostatic discharge and being able to discharge the overvoltage current generated by the electrostatic discharge. The electronic protection circuit includes a controlled short-circuiting switch embodied in CMOS technology including a CMOS technology TRIAC or a CMOS technology thyristor arranged in anti-parallel with a CMOS technology diode, and a triggering circuit for controlling the short-circuiting switch. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027175 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH OVERDRIVE TECHNIQUE - The present invention relates to a protection circuit and method of protecting a semiconductor circuit against a temporary excessive voltage on a supply line, wherein a first trigger signal is generated in response to a detection of an excessive voltage on the supply line and a clamp element (M | 2010-02-04 |
20100027176 | ARC FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS EMPLOYING A COMPARATOR WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE THRESHOLD - An arc fault detection apparatus that provides for better discrimination of electrical arcing events from nuisance loads. The arc fault detection apparatus includes an arcing sense circuit having a comparator circuit with a variable threshold voltage that varies continuously with the line voltage. The arc fault detection apparatus has reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping in the presence of sudden changes in the load current that occur outside of a specified time window centered on each zero crossing point of the line voltage. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027177 | Thyristor Valve of an HVDC Transmission System - A valve of a converter of a high-voltage direct current transmission system has a plurality of valve sections, each comprising a plurality of thyristors electrically connected in series, and a surge arrester, which is electrically connected in parallel to the valve. According to the invention, a surge arrester is connected electrically in parallel to each valve section. Thus a thyristor valve of a converter of a high-voltage direct current transmission system is obtained, which does not require control capacitors. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027178 | ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM WITH CONDUCTIVE GLASS MEMBER - [Problems] To provide a means for preventing electric/electronic materials from losing or degrading functionality when electrically conductive glasses are used as such electric/electronic materials. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027179 | POWER AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A LOW OR MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPARATUS - A power and control unit for low or medium voltage applications operatively coupable to a low or medium voltage apparatus and to a protection relay having a trip circuit supervision. The power and control unit for low or medium voltage applications according to the invention comprises:
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20100027180 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKER APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - Electronic circuit breakers and systems for isolating a load from a power-supply unit are provided. One electronic circuit breaker includes a current sensor, a switching element coupled to the current sensor, and a switch controller coupled to the current sensor and the switching element. The switch controller is powered by the power-supply unit and is configured to switch OFF the switching element when the current sensor detects an amount of current from the power-supply unit greater than a predetermined amount. An electronic system includes a power-supply unit, a load, and the above-referenced electronic circuit breaker coupled to the power-supply unit and the load. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027181 | Coaxial In-Line Assembly - A fine arrestor having a body with a bore there through, an inner conductor within the bore, an inner conductor capacitor within the bore coupled between a surge portion of the inner conductor and a protected portion of the inner conductor, and an inner conductor inductor within the bore coupled electrically in parallel with the inner conductor capacitor. A first shorting portion coupled between the surge portion of the inner conductor and the body and a second shorting portion coupled between the protected portion of the inner conductor and the body, for conducting a surge to ground. Also, other coaxial in-line assemblies may be formed incorporating the inner conductor cavity for isolation of enclosed electrical components. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027182 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND USE - A protection device for protecting an electrical installation, which protection device is designed to be connected in parallel with the electrical installation and includes at least two electrically conductive contact members ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100027183 | SINGLE COIL ACTUATOR FOR LOW AND MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - A single coil actuator for low and medium voltage applications which comprises a single coil electromagnet and a power and control unit operatively connected to said single coil electromagnet. The power and control unit comprises:
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20100027184 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ELECTROSTATIC GUIDING STRUCTURE - An electronic device with an electrostatic guiding structure includes a metal case, a plastic case overlapping the metal case, a conductive strip, and an electrically insulating strip. The conductive strip is electrically connected to a conductive region of the plastic case, and has at least one tip portion. An end point of the tip portion is located at an edge of the electrically insulating strip, and separated from the metal case with the electrically insulating strip. The conductive region is electrically connected to a ground region of an electronic module. Therefore, when electrostatic charges accumulated in the metal case is above a specific value, the electrostatic charges are discharged to the ground region of the electronic module according to point discharge principle, thereby protecting user of the electronic device from getting an electric shock. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027185 | Vehicle static electricity discharge device - The vehicle static electricity discharge device is an electrostatic discharge system for a road vehicle including an electrically conducting rod in electrical contact with a. thin film resistor which in turn is in electrical contact with an electrically conducting part of the vehicle body. An actuator mountable to the vehicle can reversibly and pivotally move the conducting rod between a position that contacts the ground and a retracted position removed from ground contact. An actuator energizer operatively connected to the actuator selectively energizes the actuator for deployment of the conductor rod to contact the ground so as to provide an electrical pathway for electric charge from the electrically conducting part of the vehicle body, through the thin film resistor, and then to the ground for a predetermined interval, and wherein in the retracted position the conductor element is distanced from the ground so as to interrupt the electrical pathway. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027186 | Negative ion generating device for water - A negative ion generating device includes a housing having a number of water flowing passages, a number of electrically conductive boards engaged with sockets of the housing and electrically coupled to negative and conductive electricity respectively and disposed alternatively with each other for generating an electromagnetic field in the water, a copper plate is disposed in the housing and disposed above the electrically conductive boards for attracting and removing positive ions and for generating negative ions, and a processor device coupled to the conductive boards for receiving signals and for controlling the conductive boards. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027187 | Electroadhesion - Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027188 | Replaceable Electrostatic Chuck Sidewall Shield - A replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield is provided. The replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield fills or partially fills an indentation located between a base member and a top member of an electrostatic chuck, such that the replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield may protect an epoxy in the indentation or may replace the epoxy within the indentation. The replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield may be fully contained with the indentation. The replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield may also cover an epoxy in the indentation such that the replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield protrudes beyond the indentation. In an alternate embodiment, the replaceable electrostatic chuck sidewall shield substantially covers the area in which a conductive pole is embedded in a bipolar electrostatic chuck. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027189 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - An element body has a major capacitance forming portion to form a first capacitance, and a minor capacitance forming portion to form a plurality of second capacitances smaller than the first capacitance. The major capacitance forming portion includes a first internal electrode connected to a first terminal electrode, and a second internal electrode opposed to the first internal electrode and connected to a second terminal electrode. The minor capacitance forming portion includes a third internal electrode connected to the first terminal electrode, a fourth internal electrode arranged as separated from the third internal electrode in an identical layer and connected to the second terminal electrode, a fifth internal electrode opposed to the third and fourth internal electrodes and connected to the first terminal electrode, and a sixth internal electrode opposed to the third and fourth internal electrodes and opposed to the fifth internal electrode through a region between the third and fourth internal electrodes, and connected to the second terminal electrode. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027190 | Multilayer Capacitor and Method for Adjusting Equivalent Series Impedance of Same - A multilayer capacitor operable to allow adjustment of its equivalent series resistance substantially independent of its equivalent series inductance is disclosed. The multilayer capacitor can be used in decoupling circuits such as power supply decoupling circuits. The equivalent series resistance of the multilayer capacitor can be increased while suppressing an increase in the equivalent series inductance resulting in improved noise grounding. | 2010-02-04 |
20100027191 | Ceramics Based on Lanthanum-Doped Barium Titanate, Method of Preparation and Uses - The present invention relates to a method of preparing ceramics based on lanthanum-doped barium titanate, which comprises the following steps: (a) flash sintering of lanthanum-doped barium titanate powders; and (b) heat treatment of the material thus obtained, in an air atmosphere or in an oxidising atmosphere. The invention also relates to ceramics based on lanthanum-doped barium titanate, possessing a very high real part of the relative dielectric permittivity, and to their use for obtaining capacitors of high capacitance and high capacitance per unit volume for high-voltage withstand capability. | 2010-02-04 |