| 06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20110032619 | TUNABLE CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A tunable chromatic dispersion compensation device used to compensate chromatic dispersion of wavelength of at least one predetermined wavelength band of light signal is provided. The tunable chromatic dispersion compensation device comprises a chromatic dispersion compensator, and a controller. The chromatic dispersion compensator comprises at least a first chromatic dispersion compensation unit and a second chromatic dispersion compensation unit connected with the first chromatic dispersion compensation unit in series. The first chromatic dispersion compensation unit has a free spectral range, the second chromatic dispersion compensation unit has a free spectral range same as to that of the first chromatic dispersion compensation unit. Each chromatic dispersion compensation unit comprises an interference cavity. The controller comprises an inputting unit being configured for inputting a predetermined chromatic dispersion compensation information. The controller is configured for selectively adjusting refractive index of the interference cavity of a corresponding chromatic dispersion compensation unit so as to control chromatic dispersion. A tunable chromatic dispersion compensation is also provided. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032620 | DISPLAY FILTER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A display filter and a display apparatus including the display filter, which can increase a contrast ratio, increase brightness, and have a great electromagnetic (EM) radiation-shielding effect, are provided. The display filter includes: a filter base; and an external light-shielding layer formed on a surface of the filter base, wherein the external light-shielding layer includes a base substrate including a transparent resin and light-shielding patterns spaced apart on a surface of the base substrate at predetermined intervals, and including a conductive material. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032621 | ETHYLENE/ALPHA-OLEFIN BLOCK INTERPOLYMERS - Embodiments of the invention provide a class of mesophase separated ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers with controlled block sequences. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, M | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032622 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical filter for a display device includes a base substrate, an EMI shielding coating formed directly on an upper surface of the base substrate to filter EMI, and a color control resin coating applied directly on a lower surface of the base substrate or an upper surface of the EMI shielding coating. Due to the EMI shielding coating and the color control resin coating formed directly on the base substrate, it is possible to simplify a manufacturing process, improve productivity, and reduce manufacturing costs. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032623 | OPTICAL FILM - Optical films having anti-Moiré and anti-wetout features are described, along with systems and methods for making these optical films. A master used to make optical films is formed using a single axis actuator cutting along a trajectory that is out of plane with the surface of the master. Movement of the cutting tool along the trajectory cuts grooves having variable depth and variable pitch into the surface. Prisms formed from the master have variable depth, variable height prisms that provide anti-wetout and anti-Moiré features. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032624 | MEMBRANE, ESPECIALLY FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE - An optical device having a deformable membrane comprising a flexible film having at least one peripheral anchoring zone, a central zone and an intermediate zone between the central zone and the anchoring zone. The membrane also includes one or more movable parts of electrostatic actuating means, each movable part being formed from a leg terminating on one side in a foot mechanically fastened to a film-fastening region located in the intermediate zone and terminating on the other side in a free end. The legs incorporate a movable electrode, the free end having to be attracted by a fixed electrode of the actuating means. The free end is placed facing the free end so as to deform at least the central zone of the membrane. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032625 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive optical power; a second lens unit having a negative optical power; a third lens unit having a positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having a negative optical power; and a fifth lens unit having a positive optical power. In this zoom lens system, magnification sharing between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit, and a movement amount of the second lens unit as a principal magnification lens unit are set appropriately, so as to realize a high zoom ratio and high optical performance over an entire zoom range. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032626 | ZOOM LENS BARREL THAT ATTAINS A HIGHER PHOTOGRAPHING MAGNIFICATION - A zoom lens barrel capable of attaining a higher photographing magnification by reducing spacing between lens groups in a telephoto state. A first lens group barrel holds a first lens group. A second lens group holding member supported by a third cam barrel holds a second lens group. A spring member urges the holding member toward the first lens group. Cam followers are formed at an opposite end of the holding member from the first lens group. Cam grooves for engagement with the cam followers are formed on the third cam barrel. When the holding member is urged by the spring member in a non-shooting region, each cam groove is brought into contact via one cam surface with the associated cam follower. In a shooting region, the cam groove is brought into contact with the cam follower via two cam surfaces. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032627 | LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens barrel includes lens units movable in an optical axis direction, a driving unit including an annular actuator in which an optical axis serves as a rotation center, a first cam cylinder disposed inwardly of the annular actuator and including a circular cylindrical base portion and a large-diameter portion, a second cam cylinder configured to drive at least one of the lens units by rotating at an outer-peripheral side of the large-diameter portion, and a rotation transmitting portion provided at the large-diameter portion and transmitting rotation of the first cam cylinder to the second cam cylinder, wherein, in a state in which the length of the lens barrel is shortest, a portion of the second cam cylinder and the rotation transmitting portion overlap in the optical axis direction a lens unit holding frame that is closest to an object side. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032628 | DRIVE DEVICE - A drive device includes a setting unit | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032629 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY CONCENTRATING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electromagnetic energy concentrating dish ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032630 | MULTI-MODE LOOP ADAPTATION SCHEME FOR HIGH-DENSITY DATA RECORDING CHANNEL - A circuit for a high-density data recording channel includes a first data detector, a second data detector, one or more multiplexers and a sequence identifier. The first data detector generates a first data detector output, and the second data detector generates a second data detector output. The multiplexers change between a first mode and a second mode to alternately receive the first data detector output and the second data detector output. The sequence identifier receives a data sequence including at least one of a first data sequence, such as VFO data, and a second data sequence, such as random data. The second data sequence includes a greater number of signal levels than the first data sequence. The sequence identifier changes the multiplexers between the first mode and the second mode based on whether the data sequence is the first data sequence or the second data sequence. The data sequence includes a plurality of timing stages. The sequence detector can at least partially control a loop bandwidth of the circuit based on the timing stage of the data sequence. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032631 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF GENERATING A TEST PATTERN OF DATA, ANALYSING A TEST PATTERN OF DATA, AND TESTING A DATA STORAGE DISK MEDIUM AND/OR A READ/WRITE HEAD - A method of generating a test pattern of data to be written to a data storage disk medium for testing includes: rotating the disk; detecting fluctuations in the speed of rotation of the disk; producing a reference clock signal in accordance with the fluctuations so as to be synchronised with the rotation of the disk; and, generating a test pattern of data using the reference clock signal as a timing reference. An apparatus for generating a test pattern of data includes a spindle for rotating a disk; a detector arranged to detect fluctuations in the speed of rotation of the disk; a processor arranged to produce a reference clock signal in accordance with fluctuations so as to be synchronised with the rotation of the disk; and, a pattern generator arranged to generate a test pattern of data using the reference clock signal as a timing reference. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032632 | TIMING RECOVERY DETECTOR - A timing detector adapted for timing recovery on a read-channel is disclosed to improve signal quality of an input signal and maintain a small loop latency. The timing detector selects bits within the input signal that are high quality for timing recovery and discards bits that are low quality. The selected bits are used to synchronize phase and frequency of a bit sampler with a read-back analog signal. High-pass and low-pass analysis filters may split the input signal into high-frequency and low-frequency sub-bands and equalizers may re-shape the sub-bands. High-pass and low-pass synthesis filters may construct an output signal from the high-frequency and low-frequency sub-bands. Scaling factors may correct for signal and disturbance variations in the sub-bands. A comparator may eliminate sampled bits within the detector signal that have a magnitude less than a threshold and assign a common magnitude to sampled bits that meet or exceed the threshold. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032633 | Deflection Reference Adjustment for Variable Track Pitch Media - Apparatus and method for generating an analog waveform, such as a deflection signal used to deflect a write beam during the writing of data to a rotatable medium having a variable track pitch (TP). In accordance with various embodiments, a first digital to analog converter (DAC) is configured to output a deflection signal having an analog voltage level corresponding to a magnitude of a first multi-bit digital input value applied to the first DAC. A second DAC is configured to supply a rail voltage to the first DAC having an analog voltage level corresponding to a magnitude of a second multi-bit digital input value applied to the second DAC. The deflection signal is used to deflect a write beam supplied by a write beam generator. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032634 | CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A control method for information processing apparatus includes is provided. The control method includes receiving a lock instruction, locking a library device into a locked state at which insertion, removal and replacement of a medium in the library device is inhibited and/or prevented in response to the lock instruction, generating a map that indicates one or more media in the library device and a position of each of the media, receiving a power-off instruction, and powering off the library device while maintaining the library device in the locked state in response to the power-off instruction. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032635 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes, on a substrate ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032636 | ENHANCED HEAD SKEW OPTIMIZATION FOR HIGH SPEED DISK ACCESS - A hard disk drive with multiple heads coupled to multiple disks. The disk drive switches between heads when writing or reading data to access different disk surfaces. As described above, there is a head skew time associated with switching heads. The disk drive includes a circuit that switches heads in accordance with a sequence that is a function of a head skew value. For example, the sequence may include switching from a first head to a third head and from a third head to a second head. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032637 | EMBEDDED TRACK INFORMATION FOR PATTERNED MEDIA - A bit-patterned magnetic media (BPM) includes with respect to each data track a first sub-track and a second sub-track, each sub-track comprised of a plurality of bit-islands. A transducer head placed over a data track generates a readback signal. Channel response circuitry demodulates the readback signal and detects fine positioning information based on a comparison of a readback signal generated in response to the first sub-track and a readback signal generated in response to the second sub-track. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032638 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular recording layer is formed over a substrate with a soft magnetic underlayer therebetween, then an amorphous or nano-crystalline layer is formed between the substrate and the soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers, as well as a nonmagnetic layer formed between those first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers. The first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers are given uniaxial anisotropy in the radial direction of the substrate respectively and coupled with each other antiferromagnetically. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032639 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE APPARATUS FOR HUB AND SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES - An electrostatic discharge apparatus for use with a hub and spindle assembly for a disc drive storage system comprising a spindle; a hub rotatably mounted on the spindle; a capsule formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material that can be placed in electrical communication with the hub and defining a chamber configured to hold an electrically conductive fluid and defining at least one capillary channel in fluid communication with an opening formed in the capsule, the opening configured to permit rotation about the spindle, and to permit a meniscus formed by the conductive fluid proximate to the opening to electrically contact the spindle during rotation of the hub about the spindle. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032640 | MULTI-LAYER, THIN FILM OVERCOAT FOR MAGNETIC MEDIA DISK - A thin film magnetic disk overcoat for perpendicular magnetic recording media comprises three layers. The initial layer comprises a dense mixture of both SiC | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032641 | MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER - A magnetic head slider comprising: an air inflow end; an air bearing surface; and an air outflow end, the air bearing surface comprising: an inflow side rail face further formed towards the air inflow end than the center of the air bearing surface; an outflow side rail face formed further towards the air outflow end than the inflow side rail face, having a magnetic recording/reproduction element arranged thereon; a negative pressure groove face formed between the inflow side rail face and the outflow side rail face; and a groove face formed between the inflow side rail face and the negative pressure groove face, or between the inflow side rail face and the outflow side rail face; and comprising at least one step structure shallower than the groove face at the slider end in the width direction of the groove face. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032642 | COMMONLY-POLED PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A system for poling piezoelectric devices comprises a plurality of thin-film components, a plurality of piezoelectric devices, a poling pad for poling the piezoelectric devices, a plurality of traces, and a plurality of current-limiting elements. The thin-film components are separated by dice lanes to form an array, and the piezoelectric devices are formed on the thin-film components. The traces connect the piezoelectric devices across the dice lanes in parallel to the poling pad. Each current-limiting element is connected in series with one of the piezoelectric devices, in order to limit current to individual piezoelectric devices that experience current-related failure. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032643 | EXCHANGE COUPLED COMPOSITE (ECC) PMR MEDIA WITHOUT PROTECTIVE LAYER THROUGH SOFT-FERRITE - A disk for a hard disk drive. The disk includes a first magnetic layer supported by a substrate and an intermediate layer adjacent to the first magnetic layer. The disk also includes a second magnetic layer that is adjacent to the intermediate layer and includes barium. The barium second magnetic layer has a mechanical hardness so that a protective layer such as COC is not required for the disk. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTION ELEMENTS HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE THROUGH CAPPING LAYER INDUCED PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY AND MEMORIES USING SUCH MAGNETIC ELEMENTS - A method and system for providing a magnetic element and a magnetic memory utilizing the magnetic element are described. The magnetic element is used in a magnetic device that includes a contact electrically coupled to the magnetic element. The method and system include providing pinned, nonmagnetic spacer, and free layers. The free layer has an out-of-plane demagnetization energy and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy corresponding to a perpendicular anisotropy energy that is less than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned and free layers. The method and system also include providing a perpendicular capping layer adjoining the free layer and the contact. The perpendicular capping layer induces at least part of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the free layer. The magnetic element is configured to allow the free layer to be switched between magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic element. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032645 | MAGNETIC SENSOR STACK BODY, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, FILM FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to align crystal c-axes in magnetic layers near two opposed junction wall faces of a magnetoresistive element so as to be almost perpendicular to the junction wall faces. A magnetic sensor stack body has, on a substrate, a magnetoresistive element whose electric resistance fluctuates when a bias magnetic field is applied and, on sides of opposed junction wall faces of the magnetoresistive element, field regions including magnetic layers for applying the bias magnetic field to the element. The magnetoresistive element has at least a ferromagnetic stack on a part of an antiferromagnetic layer, and width of an uppermost face of the ferromagnetic stack along a direction in which the junction wall faces are opposed to each other is smaller than width of an uppermost face of the antiferromagnetic layer in the same direction. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032646 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE GROUND FAULT CONDITIONS WITH A SINGLE COIL - A ground fault detection device includes a sense coil including a primary winding and a secondary winding to detect current in a line conductor and a neutral conductor. It also includes a capacitor in parallel with the secondary winding and a virtual inductor to form a resonance circuit having a signal proportional to the current and being indicative of a ground fault condition | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032647 | Semiconductor device including esd protection field effect transistor with adjustable back gate potential - A semiconductor device includes a first circuit block powered by voltages at first and second power supply terminals, a second circuit block powered by voltages at third and fourth power supply terminals, a first ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection circuit including a first field effect transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate, where the gate and one of the source and the drain are connected to the first power supply terminal, the other of the source and the drain is connected to the third power supply terminal, and a first back gate potential adjusting circuit adapted to adjust a potential at a back gate of the first field effect transistor. The first field effect transistor includes a first conductivity type transistor formed in a first well of a second conductivity type serving as the back gate of the first field effect transistor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032648 | ESD PROTECTION - An electrostatic discharge protection structure ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032649 | ESD PROTECTIVE DEVICE HAVING LOW CAPACITANCE AND STABILITY AND A PREPARING PROCESS THEREOF - An ESD protective device having a low capacitance and stability characteristics constructed by installing a voltage sensitive material between electrodes. The voltage sensitive material comprises a fluorescent substance. The voltage sensitive material may be barium aluminate. The voltage sensitive material may be zinc silicate. The voltage sensitive material may be zinc sulfide. The voltage sensitive material is doped with a metal atom such as Mn, Cu and Eu. The device does not distort a signal wave pattern and have low capacitance of 0.5 pF or lower. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032650 | Reclosing control system and method using superconducting fault current limiter - The present invention relates to a reclosing control system and method using a superconducting fault current limiter. The reclosing control system includes a superconducting fault current limiting device in which two circuits, each having a switch and a superconducting fault current limiter connected in series with each other, are connected in parallel with each other. A recloser is disposed between the superconducting fault current limiting device and a distribution line and is configured to control reclosing. The distribution line is connected to the recloser and is configured to transfer power to a load. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032651 | OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION ELEMENT - An overvoltage protection element having at least one overvoltage limiting component in a housing, terminal contacts for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element to a path to be protected, an electrically conductive connecting element and with a spring system acting on the connecting element, a first terminal contact being directly connected with the first pole of the overvoltage limiting component, the connecting element being in electrically conductive contact with the second terminal contact and the second pole of the overvoltage limiting component via a thermally separating connection. With the thermal connection separated, the connecting element moves out of electrically conductive contact with the second terminal contact and the second pole of the overvoltage limiting component by the force of the spring system an insulating disconnecting element connected to the connecting element is moved between the second terminal contact and the second pole of the overvoltage limiting component. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032652 | MAGNETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SWITECH HAVING PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT - In order to protect Magnetic Energy Recovery Switch (MERS) against an overvoltage and an overcurrent a voltage detection unit is provided for detecting the capacitor voltage of the MERS and control means is provided to control so as to turn ON the switch of the discharge circuit connected in parallel with the capacitor to make the capacitor discharge the electric charge thereof when the output of the voltage detection unit exceeds a predetermined value. Moreover, a current detection unit is interposed between the AC power supply and the load for detecting the current flowing to the load, and the current limiting is carried out by making the duty ratio of the ON/OFF of the pulse of the gate control signals of the MERS switches smaller than 0.5, when the output of the current detection unit exceeds a predetermined value. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032653 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RELAY IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE - Disclosed is a relay control apparatus and method for electric drive vehicles. The apparatus controls turn-off of a relay operative to connect an electric drive unit with a battery pack for supplying electrical power to the electric drive unit, and comprises a current sensor for measuring and outputting a residual current flowing between the battery pack and the electric drive unit; and a controller for, in a situation requiring turn-off of the relay, receiving the measured residual current value, comparing the measured residual current value with a reference value for the residual current, and controlling to maintain the ON-state of the relay or to turn off the relay on the basis of the comparison results. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032654 | Electrostatic Clamp Optimizer - A system which may be used to control, monitor and optimize an electrostatic clamp is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, there is a computer, a control circuit, and at least one amplifier. Also, a signal assessing circuit may be included and used to provide a sensing signal to an output signal of the control circuit. The signal assessing circuit may provide a sensing signal that can be used to monitor the capacitance of the electrostatic clamp. Further, the signal assessing circuit may include circuitry which monitors performance of the electrostatic clamp, and provide performance information to the control circuit. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032655 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR ARRAY MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A multilayer capacitor array | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032656 | FILM CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A film capacitor is provided which has a smaller size and improved capacity while securing a sufficient withstand voltage. The film capacitor comprising a basic element | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032657 | Energy Conditioner With Tied Through Electrodes - The application discloses energy conditioners that include A, B, and G master electrodes in which the A and B electrodes include main body electrodes with conductive paths that cross inside the energy conditioner and which has A and B tabs at one end of the main body electrodes conductively tied together and A and B tabs at another end of the main body electrodes conductively tied together, and the application also discloses novel assemblies of mounting, contacting, integrating those energy conditioners with conductive connection structures. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032658 | CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A capacitor assembly for use in, and a method of assembling, a filtered feedthrough. The termination material present on the inner and outer diameters of the capacitor is absent from a portion of the outer diameter of the capacitor proximate an unfiltered terminal pin, such that high voltage arcing between the unfiltered terminal pin and capacitor is inhibited. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032659 | COMPLIMENTARY METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) CAPACITORS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A high density capacitor and low density capacitor simultaneously formed on a single wafer and a method of manufacture is provided. The method includes depositing a bottom plate on a dielectric material; depositing a low-k dielectric on the bottom plate; depositing a high-k dielectric on the low-k dielectric and the bottom plate; depositing a top plate on the high-k dielectric; and etching a portion of the bottom plate and the high-k dielectric to form a first metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor having a dielectric stack with a first thickness and a second MIM capacitor having a dielectric stack with a second thickness different than the first thickness. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032660 | COMPLIMENTARY METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) CAPACITORS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A low capacitance density, high voltage MIM capacitor and the high density MIM capacitor and a method of manufacture are provided. The method includes depositing a plurality of plates and a plurality of dielectric layers interleaved with one another. The method further includes etching a portion of an uppermost plate of the plurality of plates while protecting other portions of the uppermost plate. The protected other portions of the uppermost plate forms a top plate of a first metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and the etching exposes a top plate of a second MIM capacitor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032661 | MULTI ELECTRODE SERIES CONNECTED ARRANGEMENT SUPERCAPACITOR - The present invention is an electrochemical double layer capacitor (EDLC) series stack formed into a single electrolyte cell structure. The concatenated multiple electrode assembly stack has electrode assemblies electrically connected in series. The electrode assemblies have a double-sided activated carbon electrode formed on a current collector. Power tabs are connected to the end electrode assemblies. An electrolyte is also provided. A poly bag contains the electrolyte and the electrode assemblies. The electrode assemblies form a double-sided activated-carbon electrode on a current collector. The EDLC stack has a number of segments and mass free zones separating them. The segments are folded so that mass free zones are disposed at the apex of each fold. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032662 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention includes a solid electrolyte type capacitor element including a dielectric layer intervening between an anode section and a cathode section, an anode terminal connected electrically to the anode section of the capacitor element through a pad member, and a cathode terminal connected electrically to the cathode section of the capacitor element. Here, on facing surfaces of the pad member and the anode terminal, a joint part which joins the pad member and the anode terminal electrically is formed at a position adjacent to a first lateral surface of the pad member located on the cathode terminal side, and a second lateral surface of the pad member on the opposite side to the first lateral surface and a partial area of a lateral end surface of the anode terminal are flush with each other. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032663 | MOTOR CONTROL CENTER AND SUBUNIT THEREFOR - A subunit is provided for a motor control center including an enclosure, a number of compartments, a plurality of power lines, and a number of covers for covering the compartments. The subunit includes a housing removably disposed within a corresponding one of the compartments, a plurality of electrical contacts movably coupled to the housing, and an actuating assembly for moving the electrical contacts into and out of electrical contact with the power lines. The subunit further includes at least one of a locking assembly, a panel assembly, and a secondary disconnect assembly. The locking assembly locks the position of the electrical contacts and restricts access to the actuating assembly. The panel assembly is pivotable and translatable with respect to the subunit housing. The secondary disconnect assembly is independent from the actuating assembly in order that movement of the electrical contacts does not move the secondary disconnect assembly. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032664 | COVER MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A cover mechanism for an electronic device includes a protective cover and a resisting member. The protective cover includes a cover portion, and an arm portion. The arm portion allows the protective cover to rotate relative to the electronic device. The resisting member is attached to the electronic device, and prevents the arm portion from separating from the electronic device. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032665 | STRAP MECHANISM FOR DRAWING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FROM A CAGE - A strap mechanism for drawing an electronic device from a cage in a first direction is disclosed. The strap mechanism includes a first rail. The first rail includes a first locking part for connecting with a lateral surface of the electronic device and disposed inside the cage in a slidable manner, and a first handle part connected to an end of the first locking part. A first slot is formed on the first handle part. The strap mechanism further includes a strap. A first end of the elastic strap is inserted inside the first slot. The strap is for contacting against the first handle part so as to provide a component force in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to the first handle part when a deformation of the elastic strap is generated by being pulled in the first direction. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032666 | MEDIA PLAYER AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES THEREFORE - A media player is provided with a lateral groove across the back of the housing of the media player that receives a user's forefinger and provides an ergonomic grip for the media player. A control button, including thumb operated button zones and a thumb operated slider zone is located on a front face of the housing. When the user grips the media player with their forefinger located in the lateral groove, the user's thumb is naturally adjacent the button zones and slider zone. A docking station for the media player that fits within a cup holder of a motor vehicle is also described. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032667 | SLIDE/ROTATION ATTACHMENT UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a slide/rotation attachment unit ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032668 | SLIDE-TYPE OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a slide-type opening/closing device, which includes: a base member, on which first guide parts are installed, a first sliding member having first guided parts, which are movably engaged with the first guide parts, and second guide parts installed on the first sliding member in a direction different from a guiding direction of the first guide parts; and a second sliding member having second guided parts movably engaged with the second guide parts. The slide-type opening/closing device allows a portable electronic apparatus to easily implement an opening/closing operation, in which a cover of the portable electronic apparatus can be opened in both directions, and when the cover is opened in one direction, the cover isn't allowed to be opened in the other direction, or the cover is allowed to be opened in each direction without any limitation. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032669 | Bag computer system and bag apparatus - Disclosed is a system comprised of a bag and computer combination which allows the bag wearer to quickly access and use a computer while mobile. The system can be in three forms and all three are used in the same way: a pivoting cover is moved out of the way to expose a display which pivots into the line of sight of the wearer/operator. When assembled, all the components are physically connected and electrical components are electrically connected. Additional components include a keyboard or write pad mounted on the pivoting cover or on a separate pivoting mount near the center bag front, a display prop which braces the display in various angular positions and side pockets fitted for peripherals. An example is cited using a bag with flap mounts and equipment which mounts to the flaps using clamps. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032670 | REMOVABLE MECHANISM FOR DRAWING AN OBJECT AND REMOVABLE DEVICE THEREOF - A removable mechanism for drawing an object from a housing is disclosed. The removable mechanism includes a first rail disposed inside the housing and on a side of the object for guiding the object to move inside the housing. The removable mechanism further includes a driving rod installed on the first rail in a movable manner for driving the object to move in a first direction, and a pull rod pivoted to the driving rod for pulling the driving rod to drive the object to move in the first direction so as to eject from the housing when being rotated out of the housing and being pulled. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032671 | COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICE RETENTION MECHANISM - An mechanism for retaining devices in a computer system is disclosed herein. A computer storage device enclosure includes an chassis configured to house a computer storage device. The chassis includes a storage device retention mechanism. The storage device retention mechanism includes a flexible retention member disposed along and connected to an outer side wall of the chassis. The flexible retention member is configured to retain a rear corner of the storage device installed in the chassis by contacting a side, rear and upper surface of the storage device at the rear corner. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032672 | Memory Heat Sink System - A memory heat sink system includes a base comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the second side. A plurality of convective heat transfer members extend from the first side. At least one conductive liquid cooling coupling surface located on the second side. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032673 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus has a display unit, a housing which accommodates the display unit, a transparent component arranged at a front side of the display unit, and a cover component which generates an air flow between the transparent component and the display unit, the cover component is removable to the housing. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032674 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes a casing and an inverter unit housed in the casing. The inverter unit includes a unit case, a capacitor block removably provided at a position on an inner side of a detachable side plate of the unit case, and a fan block placed in the unit case in such a manner as to be removable from a front side. The capacitor block includes a capacitor case having a plurality of capacitor insertion holes, a plurality of electrolytic capacitors placed in the capacitor insertion holes, respectively, and a laminated bus bar connected to the electrolytic capacitors. The fan block includes a fan case and a cooling fan provided in the fan case. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032675 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat generated by a heat-generating component mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a heat absorbing board with a bottom thereof attached to the heat-generating component, two heat sinks, two heat pipes respectively connecting the heat absorbing board and the two heat sinks, two centrifugal fans and two clips. Each of the centrifugal fans is located at a lateral side of a corresponding heat sink. Each of the clips includes an engaging portion riveting with the heat absorbing board and two locking portions extending from two ends of the engaging portion and locked onto the printed circuit board to thereby secure the heat absorbing board on the heat-generating component. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032676 | POWER INVERTER - Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032677 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING - On a typical motherboard the processor and memory are separated by a printed circuit data bus that traverses the motherboard. Throughput, or data transfer rate, on the data bus is much lower than the rate at which a modern processor can operate. The difference between the data bus throughput and the processor speed significantly limits the effective processing speed of the computer when the processor is required to process large amounts of data stored in the memory. The processor is forced to wait for data to be transferred to or from the memory, leaving the processor under-utilized. The delays are compounded in a distributed computing system including a number of computers operating in parallel. The present disclosure describes systems, method and apparatus that tend to alleviate delays so that memory access bottlenecks are not compounded within distributed computing systems. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032678 | NANO-TUBE THERMAL INTERFACE STRUCTURE - A structure, comprising: a semiconductor structure having an electrically and thermally conductive layer disposed on one surface of the semiconductor structure; an electrically and thermally conductive heat sink; a electrically and thermally conductive carrier layer; a plurality of electrically and thermally nano-tubes, a first portion of the plurality of nano-tubes having proximal ends disposed on a first surface of the carrier layer and a second portion of the plurality of nano-tubes having proximal ends disposed on an opposite surface of the carrier layer; and a plurality of electrically and thermally conductive heat conductive tips disposed on distal ends of the plurality of nano-tubes, the plurality of heat conductive tips on the first portion of the plurality of nano-tubes being attached to the conductive layer, the plurality of heat conductive tips on the second portion of the plurality of nano-tubes being attached to the heat sink. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032679 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor package generating thermal energy, a heat collecting member transferring thermal energy from the semiconductor package to a heat collection area in the heat collecting member, a heat radiating member transferring thermal energy received from the heat collecting member and package to the outside, and a thermoelectric device transferring thermal energy through the heat collection area to the heat radiating member via the thermoelectric effect. The heat collecting member and heat radiating member may be otherwise insulated so thermal energy is transferred and controlled by the thermoelectric device. The package may be a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), microprocessor, central processing unit (CPU), graphic processing unit (GPU), or flash memory. The heat radiating member may be an external case of a solid state disk (SSD), and the thermoelectric device may be a Peltier cooler controlled through a power line. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032680 | HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY HAVING CLIP - A clip is adapted for securing a heat sink on a printed circuit board (PCB). The clip includes a linking portion, an operating portion, a handle, and a pressing portion. The linking portion is located at a lateral side of the heat sink. The operating portion pivotally engages with the linking portion and the heat sink. The handle connects the operating portion. The pressing portion connects the linking portion. A fastener mounted on the PCB extends through the heat sink and the pressing portion. The pressing portion is slidable from a first position to a second position. When the pressing portion is in the second position the handle is operable to drive the operating portion to move upwardly and urge the pressing portion to move along the fastener until the pressing portion abuts against a top portion of the fastener and simultaneously presses the heat sink. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032681 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT HAVING PCB WITH CONTACTS RECEIVED THEREIN - An electrical connection arrangement includes an IC package, and a PCB having a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a plurality of contacts therein. The contact having a contacting portion engaged with the IC package that seated upon the PCB. A retaining device is provided for securing the IC package onto the PCB. Since there is no socket utilized in the present invention, the total profile of the arrangement and the cost are effectively reduced. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032682 | RETAINING ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A retaining assembly for retaining a first member with a second member is provided. The retaining assembly is capable of retaining the first member. The retaining assembly includes a body and at least one retaining device retained to the body. Each retaining device includes a supporting member and a latching member corresponding to the supporting member. The supporting member and the latching member cooperatively define a space for receiving the second member, and further cooperatively secure the member after the member is retained in space. An apparatus using the retaining assembly are also provided. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032683 | POWER MODULE AND CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A power module includes a first bobbin, a primary winding coil, a circuit board assembly and a first magnetic core assembly. The primary winding coil is wound around the first bobbin. The circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, a second winding structure, at least one current-sensing element, a rectifier circuit and an electrical connector. The second winding structure has an output terminal. The current-sensing element includes a first conductor. The first conductor is a conductive sheet. A first end of the first conductor is in contact with the output terminal of the second winding structure. A second end of the first conductor is connected to the rectifier circuit. The primary winding coil is aligned with the second winding structure of the circuit board assembly and arranged within the first magnetic core assembly. The primary winding coil and the electrical connector are electrically connected with a system board. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032684 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A conductor having a projecting portion is formed which forms a terminal portion. An uncured prepreg including a reinforcing material is closely attached to the conductor and the prepreg is cured to form an insulating film including the reinforcing material. When the prepreg is closely attached, the prepreg is stretched by the projecting portion, so that a region of the prepreg, which is closely attached to the conductor, can be thinner than the other region of the prepreg. Then, by reducing the thickness of the entire insulating film, an opening can be formed in the portion having a smaller thickness. The step of reducing the thickness can be performed by etching. Further, it is preferable not to remove the reinforcing material in this step. The strength of a terminal and an electronic device can be increased by leaving the reinforcing material at the opening. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032685 | INTERPOSER, MODULE, AND ELECTRONICS DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An interposer with which the manufacturing steps are able to be simplified and which shows superior high frequency characteristics is provided. The interposer includes: a substrate having a front face and a rear face; a wiring that is formed on the front face side of the substrate and is electrically connected to a semiconductor chip; an electric device connected to the wiring; and a concave section that is formed from the rear face side of the substrate in a position corresponding to the electric device. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032686 | SERVER CHASSIS WITH COMMON REAR WINDOW FOR ADAPTER AND EXPANSION CARD - A structure improvement of common rear window for adapter and expansion card, arranged at a bottom seat of a server's chassis and disposed corresponding to a plug-in slot of an inside motherboard at the bottom seat, includes a rear window panel, on which a “U”-shaped notch corresponding to the plug-in slot of the motherboard is arranged, and on an upper edge of which two folded plates are provided, one side of each of which is fixed to the bottom seat, and another side of each of which is extended to an outside of the notch to form a fixing part. Two fixing parts are disposed correspondingly to each other with respect to the notch. A gold finger of a circuit board of the adapter or expansion card is plugged-in the plug-in slot of the motherboard, while a metallically connecting piece of the circuit board is fixed to the two fixing parts. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032687 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes 1) a plasma display panel (PDP) configured to display an image, 2) a chassis base having first and second surfaces opposing each other, wherein the first surface of the chassis base supports the PDP and 3) a printed circuit board assembly (PBA) formed on the second surface of the chassis base. The PBA includes i) a plurality of electrode pads formed on a surface of the PBA and ii) a plurality of dummy pads interposed between and not electrically connected to neighboring electrode pads. The device further includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) configured to electrically connect the PBA and the PDP, wherein the surface of the PBA faces the FPC, wherein the FPC contacts i) at least one of the dummy pads and ii) the electrode pads, and wherein the least one dummy pad and the electrode pads have substantially the same height defined from the surface of the PBA to the FPC. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032688 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING - On a typical motherboard the processor and memory are separated by a printed circuit data bus that traverses the motherboard. Throughput, or data transfer rate, on the data bus is much lower than the rate at which a modern processor can operate. The difference between the data bus throughput and the processor speed significantly limits the effective processing speed of the computer when the processor is required to process large amounts of data stored in the memory. The processor is forced to wait for data to be transferred to or from the memory, leaving the processor under-utilized. The delays are compounded in a distributed computing system including a number of computers operating in parallel. The present disclosure describes systems, method and apparatus that tend to alleviate delays so that memory access bottlenecks are not compounded within distributed computing systems. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032689 | CRADLING APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A cradling apparatus for a portable communication device which sets a cradling angle and provides a sense of click engagement to cradle a housing at a plurality of angles. The cradling apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing cradled at a slant angle while facing the first housing, and a cradling portion provided between the first housing and the second housing such that the cradling portion sets a cradling angle to cradle the second housing at a selected one of a plurality of cradling angles with respect to the first housing and further provides a sense of click engagement. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032690 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) - A display apparatus is provided, which includes a front cover having an opening through which an image is exposed; a rear cover which is coupled to the front cover and which is made of conductive materials; an image providing panel which provides an image through the opening of the front cover; a protection filter which is disposed between the front cover and the image providing panel and which has a conductive film to shield electromagnetic waves; and a connection unit which is in contact with an edge surface of the protection filter. The connection unit electrically connects the rear cover to an exposed end of the conductive film which is exposed on the edge surface. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032691 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS TO REDUCE EMI EMISSION - A plasma display apparatus having a structure of a base chassis to reduce EMI emission is provided. The plasma display apparatus includes a panel, a driving circuit, and a base chassis having at least one slit formed thereon. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032692 | EMI SHIELDING SLIDE ASSEMBLIES FOR SLIDABLY OPENING AND CLOSING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND FOR PROVIDING EMI SHIELDING FOR BOARD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of slide assemblies for slidably opening and closing portable communications terminals, which also are configured to provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for electronic components of a substrate, such as board-mounted electronic components on a printed circuit board (PCB) of a cellular phone, etc. In one exemplary embodiment, a slide assembly generally includes first and second slide members slidably coupled so as to allow the first slide member to be slidably moved relative to the second slide member. EMI shielding structure is along at least one surface of at least one of the first and second slide members. The EMI shielding structure and the at least one of the first and second slide members are operable for cooperatively providing EMI shielding for one or more board-mounted electronic components of a substrate when disposed within the interior cooperatively defined by the EMI shielding structure, the at least one of the first and second slide members, and the substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032693 | OPTICAL SHEET AND BACKLIGHT UNIT USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical sheet, which includes a prism pattern having condensing axes crossing each other in diagonal directions with respect to an arrangement direction of light sources, thereby achieving an enhanced contrast ratio without a reduction in viewing angle and an increase in costs, and a backlight unit using the same. The optical sheet includes a plurality of crossed prism patterns each having a first condensing axis and a second condensing axis crossing each other in diagonal directions with respect to an arrangement direction of a light source. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032694 | Low profile mount and foregrip for firearm - Embodiments include a method and apparatus for mounting one or more accessories to a rail of a firearm. A mounting member may be utilized for attaching the one or more accessories to the rail. Embodiments further include a method and apparatus for protecting a user from a discharging portion of a firearm. Some embodiments include a foregrip having a gripping portion and a guarding portion which may be used for protecting the user. In some embodiments, the guarding portion has a larger outer diameter than the gripping portion so that the guarding portion acts as a stop for the user's body parts. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032695 | SOLAR POWERED LIGHT ASSEMBLY - A light assembly comprising a globe, an electric grid powered lighting element disposed within the globe, a solar powered lighting element disposed within the globe, a solar panel coupled to the solar powered lighting element for collecting light and generating power for the solar powered lighting element, a rechargeable power source coupled to the solar panel and the solar powered lighting element for storing the power generated by the solar panel and powering the solar powered lighting element, a first sensor for detecting an ambient light level and activating the solar powered lighting element when the ambient light level is below a desired ambient light level, and, a second sensor for detecting output levels of the solar powered lighting element and activating the electric grid powered lighting element when the output level of the solar powered lighting element is below a desired output level. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032696 | Led lighting lamp - Provided is an LED lighting lamp which is installed at an electric pole or a wall surface. The LED lighting lamp includes a fixing frame having a fixing bracket which is fixedly installed at an electric pole or a wall surface; a pair of LED housings which are installed at both side surfaces of the fixing frame so as to be rotated about a shaft parallel with a length direction of the fixing frame, and in which an LED panel having a plurality of LEDs is installed; and a power supplying unit which is provided at the fixing frame so as to supply current to the LED panel. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032697 | LED lighting device module and LED lighting device - An LED light device module includes a housing, a light source structure and a power supply. The housing has a cover body and a base body. The cover body is located on the base body. The light source structure is located in the housing. The light source structure includes a cooling device, an LED light source device and a secondary optical device. The LED light source device and the secondary optical device are located on the cooling device. The LED light source device is located between the cooling device and the secondary optical device. The power supply is located in the housing and electrically connected with the light source structure. Thereby, the system cost is reduced, the total weight is low, it is easy to manufacture and maintain. The LED light device module can be expanded and the outline of the LED light device module can be designed flexibly. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032698 | UNITED REFLECTION LIGHTS WITH LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - The present invention relates to a United Reflection Lights with Light-Emitting Diode (LED). In accordance with the present invention, the United Reflection Lights with LED consists of a housing; LED light sources which are installed with an inclination angle to the opposite inside wall of the housing and emit rays in forms of dots to the inside of the housing; and a reflecting plate which, placed in the bottom of the housing, reflect asymmetrically the incident rays originated from the above LED light sources with a number of triangle-shaped projecting parts and act as an indirect lighting device as it lets each of the above mentioned asymmetrically reflected rays combine and go to an intended direction in the form of a plane light source. The surface of the reflecting plate is covered with high polished synthetic resin. The reflecting plates vary according to at least one of the factors, whereby the plates become inter-changeable, such as the number or size of the projecting parts, the forming angle and the space between each projecting part. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032699 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - In an embodiment, a lighting assembly includes a first lighting module including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a plurality of optical elements. Each optical element is configured to refract light emitted by a corresponding one of the LEDs. The assembly further includes a cooling assembly adjacent the lighting module and configured to cool the first lighting module. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032700 | LIGHTING FIXTURES AND SYSTEMS WITH HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND VISUAL QUALITY - Lighting fixtures, systems, and methods of using the lighting fixtures that can achieve radically increased energy efficiency and visual effectiveness, are disclosed. The invention also offers the potential for decorative effects, supplementary background lighting, and other lighting effects. Various embodiments use light sources capable of individual focus, replacement, and control of operation. Fixtures allow mounting of the light emitting components to achieve a large effective aperture/diameter of the fixture in relation to the distance from the illuminated area, producing improved illumination. The light emitting components may be installed on parts of the fixture that may be oriented individually, thereby allowing infinite and/or incremental adjustment of the overall light emission pattern to achieve desirable illumination effects. Desirable lighting effects are further achievable by selection of the lighting type (LED, incandescent, fluorescent, etc), combinations thereof, and by selection of the fixture aperture/diameter, axis, and intensity. Shielding of the light sources to avoid glare to bystanders may be included. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032701 | LED ASSEMBLY - An LED assembly includes a plurality of LED modules, a plurality of individual lenses and a pressing plate. Each LED module has a printed circuit board and a plurality of LEDs attached to the printed circuit board. Each lens covers a corresponding LED. Each lens includes a supporting base and a light adjusting portion disposed on the supporting portion. The pressing plate defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the light adjusting portions of the lenses. The lenses cooperates with the LEDs. The light adjusting portions of the lenses extend through the through holes of the pressing plate. The pressing plate presses peripheral portions of the supporting bases towards the printed circuit boards of the LED modules. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032702 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE - A light emitting module includes: light emitting elements arranged with a distance interposed therebetween, each of the light emitting elements includes: a first light emitting surface, and second light emitting surfaces bordering the first light emitting surface; optical wavelength conversion members that convert a wavelength of light emitted from corresponding light emitting elements; and a reflecting member that extends from a gap between adjacent light emitting elements to a gap between the adjacent optical wavelength conversion members so as to surround each of the light emitting elements and so as to separate the adjacent light emitting elements. The reflecting member includes reflecting surfaces that respectively face each of the second light emitting surfaces. Each of the reflecting surfaces is inclined such that a distance between the reflecting surface and the second light emitting surface that the reflecting surface faces is gradually increased toward the optical wavelength conversion member. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032703 | Seat Light and Backlit Plaque Holder - A seat light and plaque holder including a seat light base having a downwardly angled mounting surface and an upwardly angled mounting surface with a first plurality of LEDs mounted on the downwardly angled mounting surface and a second plurality of LEDs is mounted on the upwardly angled mounting surface. A light cover is attached to the seat light base having a row marker positioned thereon to be backlit by the second plurality of LEDs and an end portion of a length selected to shield the downwardly angled first plurality of LEDs from view of persons walking up or down an aisleway while directing illumination towards an aisleway. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032704 | LIGHTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a light-emitting display and a method of fabricating the same. The light-emitting display includes a base substrate, and at least one unit light-emitting layer disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate. Here, the unit light-emitting layer includes an electrode pattern layer having a plurality of electrode patterns formed in a specific pattern, at least one light-emitting device connected with the electrode patterns of the electrode pattern layer and selectively emitting light, and an electrode protection layer disposed to cover the electrode pattern layer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032705 | RETROFIT WITH A FLUORESCENT BASED LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - Retrofitting lighting fixtures (e.g., HID based lighting fixtures) using a pin mounted PL style fluorescent based energy efficient light assembly and methods of installing retrofitting lighting fixtures are disclosed. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032706 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes an image forming device having pixels; a collimating optical system collimating light from the image forming device; and an optical device receiving, guiding, and outputting the collimated light as directional rays in different directions. The optical device includes a light-guiding plate; a first optical member reflecting or diffracting the light so as to totally reflect the light inside the light-guiding plate; and a second optical member causing the propagated light to emerge from the light-guiding plate. When a light ray emitted from a pixel located farthest from the center of the image forming device and a light ray emitted from a pixel located at the center of the image forming device pass through a front nodal point of the collimating optical system and are respectively incident on the collimating optical system and the light-guiding plate at angles θ | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032707 | LENS BODY, LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - Substantially cylindrical supporting units are formed at both sides of a lens. The supporting units are to adjust the separation distance between the lens and the surface of a substrate depending on the height dimension of a light emitting diode mounted on the substrate from the substrate face when the lens body is fixed to the substrate. A cylindrical convex part is formed at a part of the tip face of the supporting unit in a concentric fashion relative to the supporting unit, and a cylindrical positioning unit is formed at a part of the tip face of the convex part in a concentric fashion. The positioning unit functions as a member for positioning when the substrate and the lens body are fixed to each other. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032708 | SOLID STATE LIGHT WITH OPTICAL GUIDE AND INTEGRATED THERMAL GUIDE - A solid state light having a solid state light source such as LEDs, and optical guide, and a thermal guide. The optical guide is coupled to the light source for receiving and distributing light from the light source, and the thermal guide is integrated with the optical guide for providing thermal conduction from the solid state light source and dissipating heat through convection for cooling the light. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032709 | IN-GRADE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting system has a sealable housing with a lamp cavity, a junction box and a partition wall there between with the junction box being laterally from beneath a lens opening. The system further includes a closure to close an access port in the partition wall which includes a conical wall with a circular plate truncating the wall. The plate extends across the bottom of the housing and a vertically extending sealing flange receives the closure. A ballast assembly is also located from beneath the lens opening. A formed seal is positioned about a lens which extends inwardly to capture optic components beneath the lens. A locking ring is restrained from compressing against the mounting flange of the lens. A lighting system employing an LED board array and LED power control includes a heat sink beneath the board array extending downwardly to a radiator for transfer of heat from the array downwardly to the lamp cavity for dissipation. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032710 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting device including a light-emitting element and a substrate where the light-emitting element is arranged. A housing part housing the light-emitting element and having a shape that is tapered upward from the substrate and a metal frame surrounding the light-emitting element and including the side face of the housing part made into an almost mirror-polished surface are provided on the substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032711 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PROJECTION SYSTEM - A lamp may include a lamp bulb made from glass for accommodating an anode and a cathode, which has a fill gas wherein the lamp bulb has, at least partially, an antireflective coating. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032712 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032713 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A lighting assembly including a body assembly configured to allow for the passage of visible light, the body assembly including a socket assembly configured to removable receive a cap assembly of a bulb assembly. A bulb recess is configured to receive at least a portion of the bulb assembly, such that the bulb recess is configured to form a shroud that visually obscures at least a portion of a light emitting portion of the bulb assembly. A conductor assembly is configured to provide electrical energy to the socket assembly. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032714 | LED LIGHTING FIXTURE - A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture includes a lamp housing including a heat conductive cover, and a light transmissive shield connected detachably to a periphery of the heat conductive cover to define a compartment therebetween. A base seat is disposed in the compartment. An LED lamp device is mounted on the base seat. A heat conductive unit is disposed in the compartment and includes at least one heat conductive pipe and a heat conductive medium flowing within the heat conductive pipe due to a change between a liquid state and a gaseous state thereof. The heat conductive pipe includes a heat exchange portion that absorbs heat generated by the LED lamp device, and a heat-dissipating portion that conducts heat absorbed by the heat exchange portion to the heat conductive cover. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032715 | PIECE OF MOTOR VEHICLE INTERIOR EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - This piece includes a rigid support frame ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032716 | GEAR SCREW ADJUSTER - A headlamp assembly includes a simplified adjusting mechanism for adjusting the aim of a headlamp. The mechanism includes a gear screw that is snap fit into the headlamp housing, a grommet that positioned around the gear screw and snap-fit into the headlamp reflector, and an O-ring to ensure a good seal. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032717 | Light control device for vehicles - A light control device for vehicles that controls a light axis direction of a headlight in the vehicle has an inclination acquisition means that acquires a detection result of an inclination of the vehicle, and a light axis direction changing means that changes a direction of the light axis by a response modified by a predetermined filter, so that the light axis directions of the headlights approaches an angle beforehand set to align it with the road surface according to the acquired inclination of the vehicle. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110032718 | INTERSECTION-BREACHING EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHT ASSEMBLY - The present invention is an intersection-breaching emergency response vehicle warning light incorporated into the front license plate holder. The invention includes a license plate holder and two LEDs, where each LED is mounted within a light orifice such that the lens and one or more bulbs is positioned outwardly from the license plate holder housing, as well as related wiring and hardware. | 2011-02-10 |
