| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20100052478 | Longitudinal Pulse Wave Array - An acoustic pulse array is described. The pulse array can include a plane wave pulse generator having a first side from which a first wave emanates, and a second side from which a second wave emanates. A first waveguide array can be attached to the generator on the first side of the generator, and a second waveguide array can be attached to a second side of the generator. One or more of the waveguides can be attached to the generator so as to orient the waveguide to transmit wave pulses in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the generator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052479 | REMOTE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER SYSTEM - An ultrasonic transducer system is provided for monitoring or treating a liquid medium ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052480 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOLDING FRAME OR A TRANSMISSION FRAME FOR A STACKED PIEZOACTUATOR AND ELECTROSTRICTIVE DRIVE WITH A FRAME OF SAID TYPE - The invention relates to a method for producing a holding or transmission frame ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052481 | IN-VEHICLE AC GENERATOR - There is provided an in-vehicle AC generator having a regulator assembly that is mounted in the bracket of the AC generator. The regulator holding unit provided in the regulator assembly has a containing portion in which at least the whole periphery of an opening is surrounded by a wall member; a circuit unit of the regulator is inserted into the containing portion through the opening; the heat sink for the regulator is held by the containing portion in such a way that the peripheral portion thereof is adhered to the wall member that surrounds the whole periphery of the opening, and closes the opening; and the containing portion is provided with a resin filled in the vicinity of the contained circuit unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052482 | Case with a structure for receiving a bolt - A case has a base and a bolt assembly. The base has a distal sidewall with a mounting hole and a proximal sidewall with a large hole and a small hole. The small hole communicates with the large hole. The bolt assembly has a bolt. The bolt has a proximal end, a distal end and a stopping flange. The proximal end protrudes into the large hole via the mounting hole and is engaged with the small hole. The distal end protrudes into the mounting hole and has a knob abutting an outer surface of the distal sidewall. The stopping flange is annular and protrudes around the bolt. The knob and the stopping flange allow the bolt to connect securely with the base. The case can be assembled and disassembled quickly and easily without using any tool, which saves time and lowers cost. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052483 | COMPUTER CASING - A computer casing includes a supporting frame, a rear plate and two side plates. The supporting frame is composed of a front plate, a top plate and a bottom plate both integrally extending from the front plate. The rear plate is connected to the top plate and the bottom plate. The side plates are connected to both sides of the supporting frame. With the top plate, the front plate and the bottom plate being integrally formed, the manufacturing process can be simplified and the cost can be reduced. Further, the structural strength of the computer casing can be increased. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052484 | Face Panel for a Computer Housing - A face panel for a computer housing includes a face panel body and a cover plate assembly. The face panel body includes a surrounding wall and a mounting hole. The surrounding wall has first and second engaging grooves. The cover plate assembly includes a cover plate, a locking member, and an unlocking member. The cover plate has a first engaging hook for engaging the first engaging groove, and a guide groove. The locking member is assembled to the guide groove, and has a second engaging hook, a post, and a restoring resilient plate to apply a pressure to the cover plate so as to enable the second engaging hook to engage the second engaging groove. The unlocking member has an operating portion, and a contact portion movable with the operating portion so as to push the post for disengaging the second engaging hook from the second engaging groove. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052485 | Fastening Device and a Computer Case Having the Fastening Device - A fastening device is provided on a side wall of a positioning frame for fastening of an electronic device disposed in the positioning frame. The fastening device includes a limiting component and a positioning component. The limiting component includes a connecting part connected to an outer face of the side wall, and a limiting part extending from the connecting part and spaced apart from the side wall. The positioning component includes a rod body, and two positioning parts extending respectively from two ends of the rod body. Each of the positioning parts extends into a respective one of two holes in the side wall and a respective one of two blind holes in the electronic device. The rod body is limited from movement in a direction away from the side wall by the limiting part. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052486 | COMPUTERIZED FLEX WORKSTATION, TRAY, CABINET AND CART - A workstation includes a keyboard integrated therein and a substantially planar work surface. The keyboard may be disposed between an upper and lower portion of the workstation such that a substantially planar upper surface is provided. Additionally, the keyboard may be formed within a portion of the workstation so that an exposed surface of the keyboard is flush with or underlying the substantially planar upper surface. Advantageously, the workstation may provide an interface between a user and the keyboard that may be efficiently cleaned, sterilized and disinfected. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052487 | FRAME FOR SUPPORTING KEYPAD AND OTHER IN-WALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A multi-part electrical/electronics enclosure that may be used for in-wall installation of intercom, home audio, lighting and other similar system components. The enclosure includes two major components including a back box and a frame. The frame acts as a structural member for both, electronic components internal to the back box as well as user-facing input/output electronic devices such as a keypad and/or display. The frame is preferably formed from aluminum to act as a heat sink, and has front facing standoffs. The standoffs ensure an air gap is maintained between the frame and a front bezel, to allow for airflow and hence cooling by convection. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052488 | DEVICE FOR A TEMPERATURE-REGULATED CABINET - A temperature-regulated cabinet ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052489 | COVER OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT - A cover opening/dosing device of the present invention is formed so that a height of a rib to be in contact with a sealing member asymptotically decreases from a shaft toward an edge of a cover opposite to the shaft. With this configuration, the cover can be dosed with only a small load imposed on the cover, whereby the operability in the opening/dosing of the cover can be improved. Further, air-tightness of a recessed part provided with a disk drive sealed by the cover can be ensured. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052490 | INSERT FOR TRUCK BOX - An insert is provided for the hollow interior of a trick tool box including one or more rails having mounting structure for supporting bins, trays, tool racks, tool holders, hooks, pegs and other means for storing items within the box interior. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052491 | SHELF, IN PARTICULAR FOR REFRIGERATED INSTALLATIONS - A shelf for a furniture item, particularly for a refrigerator or similar item, including a panel intended to accommodate articles and an added plastic surround. The shelf includes between the panel and the surround, at least one added elastic seal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052492 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The exposure device that exposes a charged image carrier includes: a light-emitting chip on which light-emitting elements are arrayed in a first scan direction; and a circuit board on which the light-emitting chip is mounted and that includes wiring electrically connected to the light-emitting chip. The light-emitting chip includes: a light-emitting element chip including a first substrate and the light-emitting elements on one surface of the first substrate; a drive element chip including a second substrate, a drive element on the second substrate driving the light-emitting elements and a penetration hole in the second substrate; a first connecting member electrically connecting the light-emitting elements to the drive element, while the light-emitting elements face the penetration hole; and a second connecting member electrically connecting the drive element to the wiring, while a mounting surface of the drive element chip for fixing the light-emitting element chip faces the circuit board. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052493 | RARE GAS DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS - A rare gas discharge lamp apparatus has two or more rare gas discharge lamps aligned in parallel, each of which has a glass bulb that contains rare gas therein and first and second external electrodes that are formed on an outer surface of the glass bulb, extends in a glass bulb length direction, and are arranged apart from each other. The first and second external electrodes are made from metallic foils, and project in an outer length direction of the glass bulb from the respective glass bulbs to form extended portions. In addition, the first external electrode of one of the two or more rare gas discharge lamps and that of another one of the two or more rare gas discharge lamps are joined by a pressure bonding member at the extended portions of the respective first external electrodes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052494 | Alternating current light emitting device - An alternating current (AC) light emitting device is revealed. The AC light emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on the substrate. The light emitting unit consists of a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a second semiconductor layer, at least one electrode and at least one second electrode respectively arranged on the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer from bottom to top. The plurality of light emitting units is coupled to at least one adjacent light emitting unit by a plurality of conductors. By the plurality of conductors that connect light emitting units with at least one adjacent light emitting unit, an open circuit will not occur in the AC light emitting device once one of the conductors is broken. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052495 | LED LAMP - An LED lamp includes a heat sink, an LED module received in the heat sink, a lamp holder disposed on a top end of the heat sink and covering the LED module, and a clip coupled to the lamp holder for securing the lamp holder to the heat sink. An annular fixing portion extends from a bottom of the lamp holder and surrounds a periphery of the top end of the heat sink. The clip hoops the fixing portion of the lamp holder and has a plurality of engaging portions extending through the fixing portion and inserted into the engaging slots of the heat sink correspondingly. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052496 | DISCHARGE LAMP WITH A REFLECTIVE MIRROR - A discharge lamp configured to suppress temperature increases in the electrode on the opening part side of a reflective mirror is described. The discharge lamp includes an F electrode and an R electrode having shapes before forming the melt electrodes that satisfy at least one of the following conditions (a) to (c): (a) The diameter of the core wire of the F electrode is d | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052497 | CERAMIC ELECTRODE, IGNITION DEVICE THEREWITH AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A spark plug, a center electrode therefore and method of construction is provided. The spark plug has a generally annular ceramic insulator extending between a terminal end and a nose end. A conductive shell surrounds at least a portion of the ceramic insulator and a ground electrode having a ground electrode sparking surface is operatively attached to the shell. An elongate center electrode has a body extending between opposite ends, wherein the body is compacted and sintered of a conductive or semi-conductive ceramic material. One of the electrode ends provides a center electrode sparking surface to provide a spark gap between the center electrode sparking surface and the ground electrode sparking surface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052508 | DISCHARGE LAMP AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A discharge lamp is disclosed, including a sealed vessel with an inner surface, at least one illuminating gas filled inside the sealed vessel, and a fluorescent layer coated on the inner surface. The composition of the fluorescent layer is adjusted according to a colored light emitted by the illuminating gas during a discharge process within the sealed vessel, such that the colored light is converted into a visible light after passing through the fluorescent layer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052509 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE - In a panel unit | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052510 | LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - To provide a light emitter substrate which is characterized in that discharge current reduction performance is excellent, plural phosphors are arranged in an X direction and a Y direction on a substrate, metal backs are arranged on the phosphors, ribs extending in the Y direction are arranged between the phosphors adjacent in the X direction, first resistors to electrically connect the metal backs adjacent in the Y direction are formed on the ribs respectively, and second resistors to electrically connect the metal backs adjacent in the X direction are formed under the ribs respectively. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052511 | FIELD EMISSION DEVICE - The invention relates to a field emission device comprising a cathode having an emission region ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052512 | Nanocrytals including a Group IIIA element and a Group VA element, method, composition, device and other products - A nanocrystal comprising a semiconductor material comprising one or more elements of Group IIIA of the Periodic Table of Elements and one or more elements of Group VA of the Periodic Table of Elements, wherein the nanocrystal is capable of emitting light having a photoluminescence quantum efficiency of at least about 30% upon excitation. Also disclosed is a nanocrystal including a core comprising a first semiconductor material comprising one or more elements of Group IIIA of the Periodic Table of Elements and one or more elements of Group VA of the Periodic Table of Elements, and a shell disposed over at least a portion of the core, the shell comprising a second semiconductor material, wherein the nanocrystal is capable of emitting light having a photoluminescence quantum efficiency of at least about 30% upon excitation. Also disclosed is a nanocrystal comprising a nanocrystal core and a shell comprising a semiconductor material disposed on at least a portion of the nanocrystal core, wherein the semiconductor material comprises at least three chemical elements and is obtainable by a process comprising adding a precursor for at least one of the chemical elements of the semiconductor material from a separate source to a nanocrystal core while simultaneously adding amounts of precursors for the other chemical elements of the semiconductor material. A population of nanocrystals, method for preparing nanocrystals, compositions, and devices including nanocrystals are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052513 | SILICATE BASE LUMINESCENT MATERIALS HAVING MULTIPLE EMISSION PEAKS, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES USING THE SAME - A silicate luminescent material excitable by an excitation light source having emissions in UV to blue light region, a process for producing the same, and a white light emitting device. The luminescent material has an emission spectrum with at least two peaks in a range of from 370 to 760 nm, and has a general chemical composition formula of aAO.bA′O.cSiO | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052514 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a phosphor, method for preparing the same, and light emitting diode using the same. The method comprises the steps of preparing a precursor solution by mixing strontium nitrate (Sr(NO | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052515 | ALLOY POWDER FOR AW MATERIAL OF INORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL AND PHOSPHOR - The present invention relates to a phosphor comprising a nitride or an oxynitride, comprising an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one Region having at least one peak with an intensity ratio I of 8% or less, the X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured in the 2θ range from 10° to 60° using a CuKα line (1.54184 {acute over (Å)}), wherein the Region is the 2θ range from 41.5° to 47°, the intensity of each peak is a value obtained after background correction, and the intensity ratio I is defined by the formula (I | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052516 | EMITTING COMPLEX FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - An OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a phosphorescent light-emitting layer that contains a light-emitting organometallic complex including a precious metal, a first ligand including an imidazole group and a second nitrogen heterocycle group, and at least one second different ligand. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052517 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes a thin film transistor array panel including a pixel electrode, an organic light emitting member formed on the pixel electrode, a common electrode formed on the organic light emitting member, and a storage capacitor including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer overlapping each other via the organic light emitting member. The first conductive layer may be formed with the same layer as the pixel electrode, and the second conductive layer may be formed with the same layer as the common electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052538 | Discharge lamp lighting device, headlight device and vehicle having the same - A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a DC power source; an inverter for inverting the DC power at a predetermined inversion time interval to supply a square wave AC power to a discharge lamp; and a controller for controlling the output power. The controller performs a synchronous operation and controls the DC power source such that DC power outputted during a period other than the output temporarily increasing period in a power increasing period is greater than the DC output power outputted during the period other than the output temporarily increasing period in a rated power period. Further, the controller controls the DC power source such that at least one of an increment of the output power for the output temporarily increasing period and a length of the output temporarily increasing period is less in at least a part of the output increasing period than in the rated power period. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052539 | PORTABLE MICROWAVE PLASMA GENERATOR CAPABLE OF GENERATING PLASMA WITH LOW ELECTRIC POWER - There is provided a small-sized portable microwave plasma generator capable of generating plasma at atmospheric pressure with low electric power including a coaxial cable, an outer conductor, a connection conductor, and a connection member. The coaxial cable includes a first inner conductor and a dielectric material encircling the first inner conductor. The outer conductor encircles the coaxial cable. The connection conductor includes at least one gas inlet tube. The connection conductor electrically connects between the first inner conductor and the outer conductor at one end of the coaxial cable. The connection member includes a second inner conductor passing through the outer conductor and then connecting to the first inner conductor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052540 | ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLUID ACCELERATOR DEVICE WITH COLLECTOR ELECTRODE EXHIBITING CURVED LEADING EDGE PROFILE - Performance of an electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator device may be improved and adverse events such as sparking or arcing may be reduced based, amongst other things, on electrode geometries and/or positional interrelationships of the electrodes. For example, in a class of EHD devices that employ a longitudinally elongated corona discharge electrode (often, but not necessarily, a wire), a plurality of generally planar, collector electrodes may be positioned so as to present respective leading surfaces toward the corona discharge electrode. The generally planar collector electrodes may be oriented so that their major surfaces are generally orthogonal to the longitudinal extent of the corona discharge electrode. In such EHD devices, a high intensity electric field can be established in the “gap” between the corona discharge electrode and leading surfaces of the collector electrodes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052541 | Circuit Arrangement and Method for Operating a Discharge Lamp with Preheatable Electrodes - A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp (LA) with preheatable electrodes comprising: an input terminal for applying an input voltage (U | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052542 | LED LAMP FAILURE ALERTING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are embodiments of failure alerting systems for LED lamps and LED lamps having the same. An illustrative failure alerting system comprises a photodetector configured to detect an actual light output from the at least one LED, a regulator configured to receive a signal from the photodetector when the actual light output is below a target light output and to increase a current to the at least one LED to maintain the target light output, and a low light output indicator configured to receive a signal from the photodetector when the actual light output remains below the target light output and to produce a low light output signal. A thermal sensor can also be included and configured to sense an operating temperature of the LED and to control the regulator to increase the current and the target light output to ensure the operating temperature does not exceed the target temperature. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052543 | DUAL LIGHT SENSORS ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device capable of assuming an open configuration and a closed configuration comprises a primary light sensor and a secondary light sensor. When the portable electronic device is in the open configuration, a light sensor signal is selected from the primary light sensor, and when the portable electronic device is in the closed configuration, a light sensor signal is selected from the secondary light sensor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052544 | PWM CONTROLLING CIRCUIT, APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT COMPRISING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS OF DRIVING BACKLIGHT COMPRISING THE APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT - A pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit is disclosed. The PWM control circuit includes an adder summing up an input signal and a conversion signal to generate a summation signal, a quantizer quantizing the summation signal generated by the adder to output a quantization signal, a subtractor subtracting the summation signal from the quantization signal to output a subtraction signal, a filter filtering the subtraction signal to have a predetermined bandwidth to limit the frequency and converting the subtraction signal to provide the adder with the conversion signal, and a synchronization gate controlling the quantization signal by the gate signal inputted therein to output a PWM control signal having a same duty ratio as the quantization signal and a portion of which is off, and temporarily stopping an operation of the adder, the quantizer, the subtractor and the filter. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052545 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A detection apparatus determines whether an output of the light-receiving unit meets a predetermined reference level when the light emission amount of the light-emitting unit is changed, under a condition that the output of the light-receiving unit changes according to a change in a light emission amount of the light-emitting unit. The detection apparatus detects, based on the output from the light-receiving unit, that the light emitted from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked, under a condition that the light-emitting unit is emitting light based on a light emission amount emitted from the light-emitting unit when it has been determined that the output of the light-receiving unit meets the predetermined reference level. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052546 | Method and Apparatus for Mounting and Assembling LED Lens Assemblies in Electronic Displays - Lighting elements include light emitting diodes mounted on a circuit board with a lens assembly that may be positioned substantially near the light emitting diode to allow light from the light emitting diode to pass through a lens portion of the lens assembly. The lens assembly includes a connecting base piece to detachably connect the lens assembly to the circuit board. A method of connecting a lens to a circuit board may also include placing a lens assembly including the lens over a light emitting diode and detachably connecting the lens to the circuit board by detachably connecting a base piece of the lens assembly to the circuit board. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052547 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052568 | Light emitting diode array driver - A device and method for controlling current output to current driven loads such as active light emitting diodes (LEDs) and, more particularly, a device and method for controlling current to an array of active LED strings that are disposed in series. The device generates a square wave AC current that flows through primary windings of plural isolation transformers whose primary windings are electrically connected in series. The device includes a current regulator that produces a regulated DC current that is proportional to a current reference; a free running inverter that converts the DC current to square wave AC current; and plural isolation transformers whose secondary windings are electrically connected to LED strings. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052569 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - The present invention relates to an electronic device for driving a light emitting diode, which includes a switch (Ts) being adapted to switch a switch-mode power converter, and controlling means (CNTL) being adapted for controlling the switch (Ts) in response to a sensing value (Vs) indicative of a current of the switch-mode power converter and for controlling by the switch (Ts) the output voltage of the switched power converter and a current (Iout) through the light emitting diode. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052570 | Exposure Head, Image Forming Apparatus, and Control Method of Exposure Head - An exposure head includes: at least one light emitting element; an imaging optical system adapted to image light from the light emitting element; at least one reference element disposed to the light emitting element; and a control section adapted to control light emission of the light emitting element, and to put off the reference element in a latent image forming operation, wherein the control section obtains degree of deterioration of the light emitting element based on an intensity of light emitted by the light emitting element at timing other than timing when the latent image formation operation is executed and an intensity of light emitted by the reference element at the timing other than the timing when the latent image formation operation is executed, and controls light intensity of the light emitting element in the latent image forming operation based on the degree of deterioration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052571 | Illumination System - An illumination system includes a plurality of illumination devices and a number of sensor blocks. In each of the sensor blocks, an active sensor is provided to detect a moving object traveling within a detection area thereof and plural amplifier circuits is provided to divide a detection signal transmitted from the active sensor into plural frequency bands and for amplifying signal components of the frequency bands. Provided in a one-to-one relationship with the amplifier circuits is plural judgment units that, based on the amplified signal components of the frequency bands provided from the amplifier circuits, judges whether the moving object is travelling at a travel velocity corresponding to any one of the frequency bands. A control unit is also provided to perform a turn-on control on at least one of the illumination devices based on judgment results made by the judgment units. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052572 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING APPARATUS - The N light emitting element groups each include one or more light emitting elements. The power source circuit includes a control input terminal and supplies the power source voltage to the N light emitting element groups. The N current driving circuits, each including a feedback output terminal, generate N drive currents for driving the respective N light emitting element groups and generate main feedback voltages at the feedback output terminals based on the power source voltage. The main feedback circuit applies a main feedback signal to the control input terminal based on the N main feedback voltages. The auxiliary feedback circuit applies an auxiliary feedback signal to the control input terminal based on the power source voltage. The power source circuit adjusts the power source voltage based on at least one of the main feedback signal and the auxiliary feedback signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052573 | LED REGULATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - An LED regulation circuit and method include a voltage transformation unit to receive DC power and provide a constant current to drive at least one LED and a pulse-width modulation unit to generate a driving signal to control the voltage transformation unit. The driving signal of the pulse-width modulation unit has an operation period. In the operation period, the driving signal drives the voltage transformation unit to output regular operation power. The pulse-width modulation unit is connected to a timing regulation unit which generates a regulation signal sent to the pulse-width modulation unit to regulate the operation period of the driving signal by adding a sleep period. In the sleep period, the driving signal lowers the power of the voltage transformation unit that drives the LED. Through alternately controlling the operation period and sleep period of the driving signal, continuous heat generation and heat accumulation can be reduced. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052574 | BATTERY-POWERED OCCUPANCY SENSOR - A load control system comprises a load control device and a battery-powered occupancy sensor, which transmits a first wireless signal to the load control device in response to detecting the presence of an occupant in a space. The load control system further comprises a visual indicator for providing a visual indication when the magnitude of a battery voltage of a battery of the occupancy sensor has dropped below a predetermined low-battery voltage threshold. The occupancy sensor may comprise the visual indicator, such that the visual indicator is illuminated when the occupancy detects the presence of the occupant in the space and the magnitude of the battery voltage is less than the predetermined threshold. Alternatively, the load control device may comprise the visual indicator, such that the visual indicator is illuminated in response to receiving a second wireless signal, which is transmitting by the occupancy sensor when the magnitude of the battery voltage is less than the predetermined threshold. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052575 | Methods and Systems for Reducing View-Angle-Induced Color Shift - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, modifying and applying backlight array driving values. In some embodiments, color ratios are used to determine backlight array driving values that reduce color shift at side-view angles. In some embodiments, backlight color values may be adjusted to also reduce color shift from side-view angles. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052576 | RADIO-FREQUENCY LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH OCCUPANCY SENSING - A load control system controls an electrical load provided in a space and comprises a load control device and one or more occupancy sensors. The load control device controls the load in response to the wireless control signals received from the occupancy sensors. Each occupancy sensor transmits an occupied control signal to the load control device in response to detecting an occupancy condition in the space and a vacant control signal to the load control device in response to detecting a vacancy condition. The load control device turns on the load in response to receiving the occupied control signal from at least one of the occupancy sensors, and turns off the load in response to receiving vacant control signals from both of the occupancy sensors. The load control device is operable to determine that no wireless control signals have been received from the occupancy sensors for the length of a predetermined timeout period and to subsequently turn off the load. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052577 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING - An electrical system, which includes a light switch housing and an AC-to-DC converter carried by the light switch housing. The electrical system includes an input power line which provides an AC signal to an input of the converter and an output power line coupled to an output of the converter. An electrical device operates in response to receiving an output signal from the output power line, wherein the output signal is a DC signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052598 | POWER REGENERATIVE CONVERTER - There are provided a smoothing capacitor ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052599 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device driving an induction motor including main and auxiliary windings both having different winding specifications includes a three-arm inverter circuit having phase output terminals connected to the main winding, the auxiliary winding and a neutral winding of the induction motor respectively and converting a DC power supply to two-phase substantially sinusoidal PWM voltage, a current detector detecting currents of the respective main and auxiliary windings from a DC power supply current, a vector control computing unit obtaining balanced inductance values and resistance values from inductance values and resistance values of the respective main and auxiliary windings, determining a two-phase voltage to be supplied to the induction motor by vector control computing based on the balanced inductance values and resistance values, and a PWM signal forming unit forming a PWM signal controlling the inverter circuit according to the two-phase voltage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052600 | STARTING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS - Starting device for electric motors provides a circuit including: a first branch connected at one end to a common point and at the opposite end to the start winding of the motor, whereon a starting capacitor, a resistor and fixed contacts of a relay are inserted in series respectively; a second branch in parallel with the first branch, connected at one end to the common point and at the opposite end to the main or run winding of the motors whereon the coil of the relay is inserted; a third branch in parallel with the branches and, connected at one end to the common point and at the opposite end to the start winding of the motor, whereon a run capacitor is installed, this common point being connected to the common connector of the motor via the power supply line. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052601 | VOLTAGE CONTROL AND POWER FACTOR CORRECTION IN AC INDUCTION MOTORS - A voltage control circuit is disclosed. A power factor corrector may utilize the control circuit to provide power factor correction for an AC induction motor. An AC induction motor system may combine the power factor correct with an AC induction motor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052602 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE FOR SOLAR CELL - An electrical energy storage device for a solar cell includes at least one electrode substrate coated with a oxide or mixed oxides layer. When the electrical energy storage device is electrically connected with a receive unit of the solar unit in parallel, the electrical energy storage device can have the advantages of high electric energy density, enhancing the charging efficiency of the solar cell, and reducing the charging time of the solar cell. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052603 | Rechargeable Batteries - A rechargeable battery is provided comprising a battery housing (e.g., a can), a rechargeable battery cell within the housing, and a charger circuit comprising one or more solar cell(s) disposed on the battery housing and in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery cell. Methods of recharging batteries using solar energy are also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052604 | REMOVABLE POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A removable power storage device includes at least one airflow pressure differential power generating assembly and a power storage assembly. The airflow pressure differential power generating assembly is driven by energy created by surrounding airflow pressure differential to generate electric power. The generated power is stored in at least one removable power storage unit of the power storage assembly for use later in different places. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052605 | Supplement wind turbine car charging system - This disclosure will describe a system for supplementing or replacing the gasoline engine in a modern hybrid automobile. By taking advantage of the airflow surrounding a vehicle at moderate highway speeds thorough the use of modern electric turbines and generators, this system will allow the gasoline engine to be replaced completely or greatly extend the available range of a given vehicle by recharging the onboard batteries by wind power. It is possible with this system to dramatically reduce fuel consumption and extend the life of the vehicle by more careful charging of the batteries and reduced wear and tear on the gasoline engines if so equipped. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052606 | CHARGING DEVICE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME, AND CHARGING METHOD THEREOF - A charging device includes an electric energy generating module and a voltage regulating module electrically connected to the electric energy generating module and a battery. The electric energy generating module is configured for collecting and converting heat energy into electric energy, and outputting an voltage. The voltage regulating module receives the electric energy and regulates the output voltage of the electric energy into a stable voltage, and then the electric energy is outputted to charge the battery. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052607 | Solar Charging Device and Method Thereof - A solar charging device and method for charging a power storage module are provided. The solar charging device includes a solar charging module, a control module, and a first connection interface. The solar charging module converts light to electricity to generate charging power. The control module is coupled to the solar charging module. One terminal of the first connection interface is coupled to the control module, and the other terminal is removably coupled to the power storage module for transmitting the charging power passing through the control module to the power storage module. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052608 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - During charging of a battery, the start-up of the main body of an apparatus due to the switching on of a controller leads to increased consumption of power and also leads to heating of the battery, and therefore it is not possible to pass a sufficient charging current. A main microcomputer | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052609 | Rechargeable Battery Assembly Having a Data and Power Connector Plug - A rechargeable battery assembly comprises a rechargeable battery unit and a data and power connector plug. The battery assembly has a deployed configuration in which the battery assembly has the general form of and functions as a conventional battery format, and a recharge configuration in which the data and power connector plug is made accessible to enable said connector to be connected to a suitable receptacle on a computing or peripheral device for recharging of the battery. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052610 | Battery charger with charging reminding capability - A battery charger includes a rechargeable battery for providing electric power to an external rechargeable battery through a damper unit so as to charge the external rechargeable battery, and a control unit coupled to a charging socket and the rechargeable battery and operable to charge the rechargeable battery through a charging signal received by the charging socket. An alarm unit is coupled to the rechargeable battery and the charging socket for generating a detecting signal based on a battery voltage of the rechargeable battery, for outputting a reminder output upon detecting that a potential of the detecting signal is less than that of a reference signal, and for terminating the reminder output when the charging socket receives the charging signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052611 | SWITCHING REGULATOR INPUT CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A Buck switching regulator includes first Buck switching regulator circuitry is operable to generate a first output voltage from an input voltage and operable to generate a first sensed voltage having a value that is proportional to an output current being provided by the first Buck switching regulator circuitry. The first Buck switching regulator circuitry receives an input current and operates at a first duty cycle determined by a duty cycle signal. Input current sensing circuitry includes second Buck switching regulator circuitry coupled to the first Buck regulator switching circuitry to receive the duty cycle signal and to receive the first sensed voltage as an input voltage to the second Buck switching regulator circuitry. The second Buck switching regulator circuitry is operable responsive to the duty cycle signal to generate a second output voltage from the first sensed voltage. The second output voltage has a value that is proportional to the input current being supplied to the first Buck switching regulator circuitry. Such a Buck switching regulator can be utilized in a variety of different types of electronic systems, such as laptop computer systems, and can also be used in charging systems in laptop computer and other types of electronic systems. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052612 | Battery-Backed Power Interface Transformer for Low-Power Devices - A power interface enables a low-power device to be powered from an alternating current (AC) wall receptacle or light socket with automatic backup battery charging. The power interface of an embodiment comprises a transformer module that receives an input signal. The device includes a battery module coupled to the transformer module, and the battery module includes battery charging circuitry coupled to a battery. The device comprises an output controller coupled to the transformer module and the battery module. The output controller includes detector circuitry that detects a state of the input signal. The output controller automatically controls coupling of one of a transformer module output and a battery module output to a device output according to the state of the input signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052613 | CHARGER WITH AUDIO PLAY-THROUGH - A battery charger having an integral cable management means is adapted to receive power from a vehicle electrical system and provide power to a portable personal electronic device, for recharging the portable personal electronic device battery while allowing the audio and/or video output of the device to simultaneously be provided for listening or viewing by the user. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052614 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY CHARGE MANAGEMENT - Systems, apparatus, and methods for automobile battery management is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for providing balanced and individualized charging to a battery pack is provided. The apparatus uses microcontrollers to determine a charge level of the batteries, and correspondingly controls a power balancer to apply a charge current to the battery in relation to the charge level, and dissipates the remaining charge current as heat energy. In one embodiment, a system controller controls a balanced charging operation of the battery system, provides an interface for a user to monitor cell-level parameters, and protects the battery cells from undercharging or overcharging during the charging or discharging operations. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052615 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for a Battery Management System (BMS) for the controlling of the charging and discharging of a plurality of batteries ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052616 | SECONDARY CELL REPLACING METHOD - In a pre-replacement process, a replacement battery module is provided with a memory effect before being dispatched, by performing at least one of the process of performing a cyclic charge/discharge operation on the replacement battery module while limiting the width of SOC change to an intermediate range, and the process of setting an initial SOC and then letting the replacement battery module stand for a predetermined time in an environment of temperature above normal temperature. This pre-replacement process substantially eliminates the difference between the voltage characteristic of the replacement battery module yet to be used and the voltage characteristic of a battery module having a history of use, thereby achieving a uniform voltage characteristic of a battery pack as a whole. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052617 | Degradation determination method for lithium-ion battery, control method for lithium-ion battery, degradation determination apparatus for lithium-ion battery, control apparatus for lithium-ion battery, and vehicle - A degradation state of a lithium-ion battery is determined on the basis of information about a voltage change in the lithium-ion battery obtained in a diagnosis mode in which the lithium-ion battery is successively charged and discharged at a constant power value. The constant power value in the diagnosis mode preferably may vary with the power storage amount and the temperature of the lithium-ion battery. As the information, the degree of a voltage drop in the lithium-ion battery obtained during the discharge can be used. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052618 | BATTERY CAPACITY CONTROLLER - A battery capacity controller includes a battery capacity estimating part that estimates the battery capacity of a battery in which an internal resistance is increased in accordance with the decrease of the battery capacity in the vicinity of a prescribed lower limit battery capacity and a battery capacity correcting part that changes, during the discharge of the battery, an estimated battery capacity estimated by the battery capacity estimating part to a proper value in a lower limit side when an internal resistance difference as a difference between the internal resistance value of the battery and the internal resistance value of the battery at the time of the lower limit battery capacity is a prescribed value or lower. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052619 | ENERGY SOURCE ISOLATION AND PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An energy source isolation and protection circuit is provided for an electronic device, such as a patient-worn or patient-carried medical device. The isolation and protection circuit includes a supply voltage rail, a reference voltage rail, an electrical load coupled across the supply voltage rail and the reference voltage rail, and an energy source for supplying a voltage to the electrical load via the supply voltage rail and the reference voltage rail. The isolation and protection circuit also includes a voltage-controlled switch architecture that is configured to detach and electrically isolate the energy source from the electrical load (and from itself) in response to the voltage of the energy source falling below a threshold voltage. The voltage-controlled switch architecture is also designed to maintain the energy source in the detached and electrically isolated state in the absence of operating voltage provided by the energy source to the voltage-controlled switch architecture. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052620 | BATTERY CHARGER IC INCLUDING BUILT-IN USB DETECTION - A charging circuit included on a single integrated circuit including first circuitry for generating a charging current responsive to an input voltage source. The input voltage source may comprise a USB voltage source or a non-USB voltage source. A USB detection circuit determines whether the input voltage source comprises the USB voltage source or the non-USB voltage source. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052621 | POWER SYSTEM AND SET BATTERY CHARGING METHOD - This invention relates to a power system comprising secondary batteries and a method of charging a set battery, and more specifically relates to technology which prevents degradation of a set battery which is a power source, even when using a simple constant-voltage charger. An object of this invention is to provide a power system and a charging method which, when using a constant voltage to charge secondary batteries having a higher energy density per unit weight than lead storage batteries, can reduce concerns of deformation of the secondary batteries due to overcharging, and improve safety. According to this invention, in a power system including a set battery in which a plurality of cells are connected in series, and a constant-voltage charger which applies a constant rated charging voltage V | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052622 | MULTI-OUTPUT VOLTAGE BATTERY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A multi-output voltage battery module including a main body, a plurality of battery cells and a power-managing unit is provided. The battery cells are disposed within the main body and respectively provide different supply voltages for a plurality of electronic elements disposed in an electronic device. The power-managing unit is electrically connected to the battery cells for converting an external voltage into a plurality of charging voltages and further correspondingly outputting the charging voltages to charge the battery cells. The magnitude of each charging voltage is equal to that of the corresponding supply voltage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052623 | System and Method for Remote Battery Sensing - Systems and methods for remote battery sensing and charging are disclosed. A method may include determining whether a charge output of a battery charger is electrically coupled to a rechargeable battery, wherein the charge output is configured to charge the rechargeable battery. The method may also include electrically coupling a terminal of the rechargeable battery to a reference voltage input of the battery charger in response to determining the charge output is electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery, wherein the battery charger is configured to determine whether the rechargeable battery is to be charged based on the reference voltage input voltage. The method may further include electrically coupling the reference voltage input to the charge output in response to determining the charge output is not electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052624 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLABLE CHARGING CURRENTS - A charging path includes a charging switch for transferring a charging current from an input terminal to an output terminal. The charging path further includes a first enable terminal coupled to the charging switch. The first enable terminal receives a first enable signal to control the charging switch to operate in either a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode, based on a status of the output terminal. More specifically, in the first mode, the charging switch is fully turned off. In the second mode, an equivalent resistance of the charging switch is determined by a control terminal of the charging switch. In the third mode, the charging switch is turned off. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052625 | In Situ Verification of Capacitive Power Support - A mechanism for in situ verification of capacitive power support is provided. A memory system uses a super capacitor to support a voltage rail when input power is lost or interrupted. The voltage discharge curve is a function of load and capacitance of the component. By stepping the regulated power supply to a lower output within the voltage range and recording voltage and current draw at the super capacitor as it discharges to the new regulator output voltage, the super capacitor holdup capability can be tested. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052626 | BRUSHLESS HIGH-FREQUENCY ALTERNATOR AND EXCITATION METHOD FOR DC, SINGLE-PHASE AND MULTI-PHASE AC POWER-FREQUENCY GENERATION - A method is disclosed for arranging and exciting the stator, rotor and various windings of a multi-stage brushless high frequency alternator so that the resulting multiple high frequency sub-phase armature winding outputs can be rectified and commutated into desired phases of power-frequency alternating current (AC) electrical output, including single-phase, split-phase, three-phase and other multiple phase output. Power frequency currents in field windings control output amplitude, output frequency, and output phase. If desired, DC power output can be accommodated as zero power-frequency operation. Devices incorporating this arrangement are suitable of generating fixed frequency electrical power while accommodating variable speed rotation of a generator shaft and offer multiple advantages over existing techniques. The capability to generate speed independent electric power allows natural power sources such as windmills and hydro-power stations to be efficiently coupled to fixed frequency power grids. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052627 | DC/DC CONVERTER - A boost DC/DC converter has a voltage dividing circuit connected between the output terminal and the ground, that outputs a divided voltage obtained by dividing the output voltage; a reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage based on the input voltage; an error amplifier that outputs a first signal corresponding to the difference between the divided voltage and the reference voltage; a feedforward circuit that detects the input voltage and outputs a second signal corresponding to a current inversely proportional to the input voltage; a multiplier that multiples the first signal by the second signal and outputs a third signal obtained; and a control circuit that outputs, based on the third signal, a control signal for controlling on/off of the switching transistor so that the divided voltage is equal to the reference voltage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052648 | DRIVE CIRCUIT - A drive circuit for a switching circuit has a high-side drive circuit to turn on/off, according to a control signal, a switching element QH arranged on a high side of a DC power source Vin and a low-side drive circuit to turn on/off alternately with the switching element QH according to the control signal a switching element QL arranged on a low side of the DC power source and connected in series with the switching element QH. Ends of an auxiliary power source Vcc | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052649 | DEVICE FOR READING ELECTRONIC CHARGES AND DETECTOR COMPRISING SUCH DEVICES - The invention relates to a device for reading electronic charges, comprising an input for receiving the electronic charges, at least one capacitor for storing the electronic charges and at least one circuit based on MOS transistors, whereof the maximum operating voltage determines the maximum voltage at the terminals of the at least one capacitor ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052650 | VOLTAGE DETECTOR FOR STORAGE ELEMENT - A voltage detector for a storage element that includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, both being biased to a positive voltage, is disclosed. The voltage detector includes a first PNP transistor of which emitter terminal is connected to the negative terminal and its base terminal is connected to its collector terminal, a voltage-current converter of which first end is connected to the positive electrode, a second PNP transistor of which emitter terminal is connected to a second end of the converter and its base terminal is connected to the base terminal of the first PNP transistor, a current source connected to the collector terminal of the first PNP transistor for drawing a current from the collector terminal, a current sensing circuit connected to the collector terminal of the second PNP transistor for sensing a collector current, and a voltage output circuit for outputting a voltage across the positive electrode and the negative electrode based on an output from the current sensing circuit. The foregoing structure allows the voltage detector to detect a voltage across the storage element accurately at a high speed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052651 | PULSE WIDTH MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT - A pulse width measurement circuit | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052652 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPURIOUS-FREE SIGNAL RANGE MEASUREMENT FOR RF CIRCUITRY - The present invention is directed to an apparatus and methodology for performing spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) measurements on an RF circuit, such as a mixer, using a single analog input port. The present invention is designed for use when access to the intermediate frequency (IF) port in a radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit is not available, when the traditional two-port method for making an SFDR measurement is inadequate. Passing the analog input through a directional coupler between the RF combiner and the mixer facilitates the performance of the traditional third order intermodulation (IMD) test. Key differences between the single-port and traditional two-port setups are considered and examined, and experimental data obtained using the single-port setup is compared to data obtained using the traditional two-port set-up for different mixer models. Comparison of similar results yields confirmation and a calibration to account for the additional losses introduced by the directional coupler. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052653 | Digital Oscilloscope Module with Glitch Detection - The present invention provides a digital oscilloscope with glitch detection, including a synchronous random access memory (RAM), a digital signal processing unit, coupled to the synchronous RAM, and a master control unit coupled to the digital signal processing unit. The digital signal processing unit includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to digitize an analog signal and a digital signal processor. The digital signal processor includes a dual-port RAM, a plurality of processing blocks to process the digitized analog signal data, detect glitches in the digitized analog signal data, store the processed signal data in the synchronous RAM, create display data from the stored signal data, and store the display data in the dual-port RAM, and a communications interface to transmit the stored display data. The master control unit includes an internal communications interface coupled to the digital signal processor communications interface, an external communications interface, and a central processing unit to receive the display data over the internal communications interface and transmit the display data over the external communications interface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052654 | OPTOELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND MEASURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an optoelectronic memory device, the method for manufacturing and evaluating the same. The optoelectronic memory device according to the present invention includes a substrate, an insulation layer, an active layer, source electrode and drain electrode. The substrate includes a gate, and the insulation layer is formed on the substrate. The active layer is formed on the insulation layer, and more particularly, the active layer is formed of a composite material comprising conjugated conductive polymers and quantum dots. Moreover, both of the source and the drain are formed on the insulation layer, and electrically connected to the active layer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052655 | Self Contained Kilowatt-Hour meter Integral to Standard Load Center - The present invention relates generally to a load center. More particularly, the invention encompasses a self contained kilowatt-hour meter which is integral to a standard load center. The present invention is also directed to a novel printed circuit board and housing for the self contained kilowatt-hour meter. The self contained kilowatt-hour meter of this invention measures the energy usage of a facility, such as, residential unit, a house, an apartment, a condominium, and then it communicates the energy usage in a timely manner or as desired to a local requester, such as, the owner, occupant or any other entity, as well as, to another requester, such as, a remote requester, for example, an energy provider. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052656 | VOLTAGE SENSING DEVICE - A voltage sensing device with which high-precision voltage sensing is possible without acquiring a unique correction constant for each device. A pair of voltage input nodes NCk and NCk- | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052657 | MEASUREMENT CONNECTOR - A connector includes a connector body, a sensor mounted to the connector body, and a connector interface configured to connect to an external device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052668 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING AND/OR DETECTING MAGNETIC PARTICLES IN A REGION OF ACTION - An arrangement and a method for influencing and/or detecting magnetic particles in a region of action is disclosed, which arrangement comprises:—selection means for generating a magnetic selection field having a pattern in space of its magnetic field strength such that a first sub-zone having a low magnetic field strength and a second sub-zone having a higher magnetic field strength are formed in the region of action,—drive means for changing the position in space of the two sub-zones in the region of action by means of a magnetic drive field so that the magnetization of the magnetic particles changes locally,—receiving means for acquiring signals, which signals depend on the magnetization in the region of action, which magnetization is influenced by the change in the position in space of the first and second sub-zone, wherein the selection means and/or the drive means and/or the receiving means comprises at least partially a litz wire/stranded wire. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052669 | Flexible Plate Magnetostrictive Sensor Probe for Guided-Wave Inspection of Structures - An economical, flexible, magnetostrictive sensor probe for use on planar and/or curved structural surfaces, for guided-wave volumetric inspection of the structure is described. The flexible plate MsS probe includes a flexible strip of magnetostrictive material that is adhered to the base of a generally flat, flexible, conductor coil assembly, preferably with an elastomeric adhesive (such as silicon) or with double sided tape. The conductor coil assembly has a core that is composed of a thin flexible strip of metal, a layer of an elastomeric material (such as rubber), and a thin permanent magnet circuit. The flexible core is surrounded (top, bottom, and on the longitudinal ends) by a flat flexible cable (FFC) that is folded and looped over the layers of the core. The exposed conductors at the ends of the FFC are shifted from each other by one conductor spacing and joined together so that the parallel conductors in the FFC form a flat, flexible, continuous coil. The entire probe assembly may be bent to match the curved contours of the surface of the structure under investigation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052670 | Magnetostrictive Sensor Probe for Guided-Wave Inspection and Monitoring of Wire Ropes/Cables and Anchor Rods - An economical, flexible, magnetostrictive sensor (MsS) probe assembly for use on longitudinal cylindrical structures, for guided-wave, volumetric inspection of the structures is described. The paired flexible plate MsS probes each include a flexible strip of magnetostrictive material that is positioned and/or adhered to the base of a generally flat, flexible, conductor coil assembly, preferably with an elastomeric adhesive. The conductor coil assembly has a core composed of a thin flexible layer of metal and a thin bendable permanent magnet circuit. The flexible core is surrounded by a flat flexible cable (FFC) that is folded and looped over the layers of the core. The exposed conductors at the ends of the FFC are shifted from each other by one conductor spacing and joined together so that the parallel conductors in the FFC form a flat, flexible, continuous coil. The probe assemblies may preferably be utilized in pairs and conformed to match the curved contours of the cylindrical surface of the structure under investigation in a manner that is specifically tailored for wire rope, cable, and anchor rod type applications. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052671 | MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - For a Hall element of a magnetic sensor, a current is caused to pass along a +X-direction and a first voltage is measured in a +Y-direction, a current is caused to pass along the +Y-direction and a second voltage is measured in the +X-direction, a current is caused to pass along a −X-direction and a third voltage is measured in the +Y-direction, and a current is caused to pass along a −Y-direction and a fourth voltage is measured in the +X-direction. Then, a calculation is performed which strengthens effects of Hall voltage mutually and weakens effects of offset voltage mutually based on a value of the first voltage and a value of the second voltage, and the result is compared with a reference value. Furthermore, a calculation is performed which strengthens effects of Hall voltage mutually and weakens effects of offset voltage mutually based on a value of the third voltage and a value of the fourth voltage, and the result is compared with the reference value. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052672 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH MAGNETIC MATERIAL MAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO MAGNETO-RESISTIVE SENSING ELEMENT - An integrated circuit including a first magneto-resistive sensing element, magnetic material and a spacer. The magnetic material is situated laterally to the first magneto-resistive sensing element. The spacer is situated between the first magneto-resistive sensing element and the magnetic material. The magnetic material is magnetically coupled to the first magneto-resistive sensing element. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052673 | Efficient heteronuclear decoupling by quenching rotary resonance in solid-state NMR - A method for heteronuclear decoupling in fast magic-angle spinning NMR measurements comprises application of a decoupling RF-pulse sequence with a decoupling-field amplitude ν | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052674 | Method for determining an attenuation map for use in positron emission tomography and for the use of homogeneity information relating to the magnetic resonance magnetic field - A method is disclosed for determining an attenuation map for use in positron emission tomography and for the use of homogeneity information relating to the magnetic resonance magnetic field, in particular for the purpose of determining shim settings, within the scope of a single magnetic resonance image recording. In at least one embodiment of the method, a first and a second image data record are firstly recorded with a three-dimensional gradient echo sequence during a first and a second echo time, respectively, with the phase difference between the water and the fat signal amounting to zero during the first echo time and amounting to 180 degrees during the second echo time. The attenuation map is determined from fat/water ratios obtained from the image data records by way of a Dixon technology, in particular a 2-point Dixon technology. In at least one embodiment, all voxels with a signal intensity below a first threshold value are excluded at least for the second image data record by using a mask and only the non excluded voxels of the first and second image data record are taken into consideration in order to determine the homogeneity information from the phase differences of adjacent voxels. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052675 | System for Image Acquisition With Fast Magnetic Resonance Gradient Echo Sequences - A system uses a three-dimensional spoiled gradient recalled echo sequence for fat suppression with reduced total acquisition time suitable for acquiring image data under breath-hold conditions using a reversed asymmetry during data acquisition on an opposed phase echo. A system reduces RF pulse repetition time in an MR imaging pulse sequence in an MR imaging device. The system includes an RF pulse generator for generating an RF excitation pulse sequence having a pulse repetition interval. A read-out gradient magnetic field generator generates an asymmetric read-out gradient magnetic field having a readout gradient mid-point occurring prior to an RF echo pulse peak. The RF echo pulse peak is received in response to a generated RF excitation pulse. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052676 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SCANNING-CONDITION SETTING METHOD - A Signal-to-Noise (SN) ratio maintained scanning-condition recalculating unit re-sets a value of a scanning parameter other than an SN ratio included in scanning conditions when the size of a Field Of View (FOV) to be set for a scan is changed, so as to make the SN ratio of an image to be taken under after-change scanning conditions equal to or larger than the SN ratio of an image assumed to be taken under before-change scanning conditions. A scanning-condition edit/scan positioning unit then sets scanning conditions based on the value of the scanning parameter recalculated by the scanning-condition recalculating unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052677 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided which includes detection means for detecting a magnetic resonance signal generated from a sample, acquisition means for repeatedly acquiring data on the magnetic resonance signal detected by the detection means in an imaging period and arranging the acquired data in a k space, wherein the acquisition means acquires the data in one acquisition pattern of a plurality of different acquisition patterns, which are determined so that an acquisition frequency of data in some areas of the k space is different from that in the other areas of the k space, reconstruction means for repeatedly reconstructing an image of the sample on the basis of the data acquired by the acquisition means and arranged in the k space, and control means for controlling the acquisition means to change the acquisition pattern used by the acquisition means during the imaging period. | 2010-03-04 |
