10th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090059390 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes at least two cam tubes, and an operation based on the rotation of an operation ring actuates the two cam tubes to move a lens group. The lens barrel includes a first cam tube that drives part of the lens group in response to an operation based on the rotation of the operation ring, and a second cam tube that moves part of the lens group in the optical axis direction in response to the operation based on the rotation of the operation ring. The second cam tube rotates at a speed different from that of the first cam tube. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059391 | MICROLENS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF - A microlens for an image sensor fabricated using a seed layer and a method for fabrication of the same that does not involve a reflow process. The method of fabricating a microlens includes forming a seed layer pattern on a wafer, rounding the corner portions of the seed layer pattern by applying plasma, and then depositing an oxide film on the seed layer pattern. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059392 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS - An image pickup lens is provided for forming an image of an object on a photoelectrical converter of a solid-state image pickup element. The image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side thereof: an aperture stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power and including a concave surface facing an image side of the image pickup lens; a third lens including an aspheric surface; and a fourth lens including an aspheric surface. The image pickup lens satisfies predetermined conditions relating to a curvature radius of the surface of the second lens facing the image side and a refractive power of the third lens. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059393 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - Providing an optical system having a large aperture ratio, a long back focal length, high optical performance with excellently correcting various aberrations, and an optical apparatus equipped with the optical system. The system includes, in order from an object along an optical axis of the optical system, a first lens group G | 2009-03-05 |
20090059394 | METHOD FOR HOMOGENIZING LIGHT - A method of homogenizing light includes the steps of providing a plurality of large diameter lenses selected from a group of lenses consisting of positive or negative spherical, positive or negative cylindrical lenses and positive or negative axicons, selecting a predetermined number of lenses from the group of lenses, segmenting each selected lens in a manner common to all selected lenses, selecting from each lens a predetermined number of lens segments, and arranging the selected lens segments in a predetermined array so that the light passing through each lens segment, when arranged in the predetermined array, recombines at a common plane. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059395 | LENS SYSTEM - A lens system comprises a first lens negative in power, a second lens positive in power, a third lens negative in power, a fourth lens positive in power, a fifth lens negative in power, and a sixth lens positive in power. The lens system meets a criteria of TT/f≦1.68 and 0.32009-03-05 | |
20090059396 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system including at least one first light source, a prism and a light uniforming device is provided. The first light source is capable of providing a first beam. The prism is disposed on a transmission path of the first beam, and has four first facets. Two of the first facets are opposite to each other, and the other two first facets are opposite to each other. The first beam passes through one of the first facets and is totally internally reflected by another first facet opposite to the one of the first facets. The light uniforming device is disposed on the transmission path of the first beam from the another first facet. The cost of the illumination system is lower, and the illumination system has high flexibility of the light source design and can provide illumination with high brightness. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059397 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel that configures an imaging apparatus by being detachably attached to an imaging apparatus main body includes a lens barrel in which an imaging lens is formed and a connecting section to the imaging apparatus main body is formed on one end side in an optical axis direction of the imaging lens and a grip section provided on a side surface of the lens barrel and gripped by a camera operator during imaging. The grip section projects from the side surface of the lens barrel further to a side surface of the apparatus main body than an end face on the connecting section side. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059398 | Method for making a lens module and lens module made thereby - A method for making a lens module includes the steps of: (a) providing a mold with a mold cavity; (b) mounting at least a sensing element and a lens within the mold cavity in such a manner that the sensing element and the lens are spaced apart from each other; and (c) forming a lens barrel by injecting a molding material into the mold cavity and by molding the molding material over the sensing element and the lens. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059399 | LENS DRIVE APPARATUS - A lens drive apparatus includes a lens holder holding a lens, a gear rotated by rotational force of a driving source, and a cam gear meshed with the gear. The lens holder is moved in an optical path direction by the cam gear. The lens holder has an engagement portion engaged with a cam portion of the cam gear and is arranged to move in response to a change in the cam portion in conjunction with the rotation of the cam gear. The earn gear has a teeth portion composed of plural teeth arranged in a circular shape. The teeth portion has an non-meshed portion not meshed with the gear and thicker than other teeth. The number of the pluses or the number of the rotation of the driving source is preset, whereby a position of the lens holder is recognized. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059400 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes a focus cam ring that holds a focus lens group and moves in the optical axis direction of the focus lens group while rotating along a cam groove in response to a focusing operation, and a fixed tube having a fitting raised portion that can pivot the focus cam ring in the rotational direction thereof and movably supports the focus cam ring in the optical axis direction. The focus cam ring has a position restrictor that can engage the fitting raised portion, and the position restrictor includes a rotational-direction restrictor that restricts the position of the focus cam ring in the rotational direction and an optical axis-direction restrictor that restricts the position of the focus cam ring in the optical axis direction. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059401 | Lens barrel, optical device and method for manufacturing lens barrel - A lens barrel comprises a first barrel, a second barrel having an inner face facing to an outer face of a first barrel, and a circuit board supported by said second barrel, said circuit board provided between the first barrel and the second barrel. The circuit board comprises a first circuit board and a second circuit board, said first circuit board is provided as substantially parallel with an optical axis of said optical system, said first circuit board and said second circuit board are provided at a crossing direction. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059402 | Plasmon filter - A plasmon filter may include an element supportive of plasmon energy and having a plurality of openings through which a material may pass. A system includes a fluid filter supportive of evanescent energy, an evanescent field generator, a sensor, and/or other components. A corresponding method may include generating plasmons on the filter and exposing a material to the plasmon energy. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059403 | Vehicle Detection and Alert System with Blind Spot Elimination Function - The invention relates to a modified structure for automatic rear view mirror, especially a vehicle detection and alert system with blind spot elimination function. It consists of a rear view mirror main body that contains a lens; a driving motor that is installed inside the rear view mirror main body and connects to the lens to control the lens angle; a sensor that is installed inside the rear view mirror main body to detect approaching objects; a control chip module that is installed inside the rear view mirror main body and connects with the sensor and the driving motor to receive the detection signals from the sensor and control the driving motor to obtain the optimal lens angle. Thus, the driver safety is greatly improved. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059404 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A MIRROR STACK - In one embodiment, an electronic device is provided and methods for making the same, as well as devices and sub-assemblies including the same. For example, such an electronic device (FIG. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059405 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM WITH COMPASS - An interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a compass sensor. A physical mount mounts the compass sensor at the reflective element whereby the compass sensor adjusts in tandem with adjustment of the reflective element. A control receives at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic field sensed by the compass sensor. The control determines a directional heading of the vehicle based on the signal or signals and generates a signal indicative of the directional heading of the vehicle. The control may automatically compensate for adjustment of the compass sensor in tandem with adjustment of the reflective element. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059406 | WAVELENGTH-SPECIFIC OPTICAL SWITCH - A wavelength-specific optical switch combines one or more tunable filters and bandblock reflectors such that the absorption or reflection of selected wavelength bands in the optical spectrum (visible, near infrared, or near ultraviolet) can be switched on and off. The wavelength switch is programmable, multifunctional, general-purpose, solid-state optical filter. The wavelength switch may serve as a tunable notch or bandblock filter, a tunable bandpass filter, a tunable highpass or lowpass filter, or a tunable band reflector. The wavelength switch has particular, but not exclusive, application in optics as a filter, band reflector, and as a means of isolating particular wavelengths or wavelength bands from a collimated light stream for transmission to, or rejection from, a sensor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059407 | COLOR WHEEL - A color wheel includes a motor and a color filter. The motor includes a rotating casing and a rotating shaft protruding outward from a center of a side of the rotating casing. An external thread is formed on the rotating shaft. The color filter defines an internal thread. The color filter is engaged with the motor by engaging the external thread of the rotating shaft with the internal thread of the color filter. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059408 | Optical layered product - An optical layered product comprises a translucent substrate onto which a radiation-curable resin layer containing translucent resin microparticles is layered. The layered product has an internal haze value (X) and a total haze value (Y) satisfying Y>X, Y≧X+7, X≦15 and X≧ | 2009-03-05 |
20090059409 | Magnetic recording reproducing apparatus - The magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a perpendicular recording magnetic recording medium including a track pattern including track portions and gap portions arranged so as to be alternately adjacent to each other in a cross-track direction, at least part of portions corresponding to the track portions being recording areas having the width substantially the same as the width of the track portions, portions between the recording areas being non-recording areas; and a magnetic head of a perpendicular recording type for applying a recording magnetic field to the recording areas. The anisotropic magnetic field Hk (T) of the recording areas of the magnetic recording medium and the recording magnetic field intensity Fw (t) of the recording magnetic field at the upper surface of the recording areas satisfy the following inequality (I): | 2009-03-05 |
20090059410 | Frictional heat assisted recording - In a method for writing data to a disk drive, a selected portion of a surface of a rotating disk of the disk drive is contacted with a designated contact region of a slider. An aspect of the contact is controlled to regulate frictional heating of the selected portion such that a magnetic field required to write data to the selected portion is reduced to a level which permits writing of data in the selected portion. Data is written on a frictionally heated track in the selected portion. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059411 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE STRUCTURE, THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A first alignment mark member is exposed at both of a mounting surface and a bonding surface, and thus can be seen from two directions by image sensors. While a semiconductor laser device is mounted on the mounting surface of a light source supporting substrate with reference to the first alignment mark member observed from the direction of the image sensor, the first alignment mark member can also be observed from the direction of the image sensor. With reference to the first alignment mark member observed from the latter direction, the light source supporting substrate is bonded to the slider substrate. Namely, though observed from different directions, the alignment mark member is used for a common reference for two securing operations, whereby attachment errors can be suppressed. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059412 | Extracting Position Information Using User Data - A method is disclosed for determining position information of a transducer. At least a first code and a second code are chosen. The first code has different characteristics than the second code. User data written to a first sub-track is encoded with the first code and user data written to a second sub-track is encoded with the second code. The first code read from the first sub-track is obtained and the second code read from the second sub-track is obtained. Position information of the transducer is extracted from the obtained characteristics of the first code and the obtained characteristics of the second code. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059413 | Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives - A method for increasing reliability of a hard disk drive (HDD) is disclosed. One of a plurality of magnetic read/write heads in a hard disk drive (HDD) is determined to be disabled, and a fly-height associated with the disabled read/write head is increased with respect to a fly-height associated with the plurality of read/write heads. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059414 | Hard disk drive with power saving feature - A hard disk drive with a head, and a disk that is rotated by a spindle motor. The drive includes a controller that operates in a low-speed idle mode where the spindle motor speed is reduced and the head is moved to a contact start-stop zone of the disk. Reducing the speed of the spindle motor, instead of spinning down the disk allows the disk drive to rapidly resume normal operation. Parking the head at a certain area of the disk, instead of a position off disk, allows the drive to more readily re-establish a mode where data can be retrieved or stored. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059415 | STORAGE DEVICE AND SERVO INFORMATION WRITING METHOD - A storage device receives and holds a storage medium that is subjected to first servo writing processing for writing servo information, a Gray code of which is offset, from an inner cylinder or an outer cylinder to a predetermined cylinder and, after the first servo writing processing, subjected to second servo writing processing for writing servo information from an opposite direction to the predetermined cylinder and in which Gray codes are written to be offset not to overlap in the first or second servo writing processing and the pieces of servo information having different mark patterns are written in the first servo writing processing and the second servo writing processing. The storage device acquires cylinder information and mark patterns from the servo information written in the held storage medium and controls a position of a head based on the acquired cylinder information and mark patterns. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059416 | STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of an embodiment, an storage device includes a storage medium having a substrate, a storage medium layer for storing information, a first lubricating layer on a first area of the storage medium layer, and a second lubricating layer on a second area of the storage medium, the second lubricating layer having a viscosity lower than the first lubricating layer. The storage device further comprises a head for writing information into the storage medium layer or reading information from the storage medium layer. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059417 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING WRITE OPERATION USING HIGH FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD IN DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive having a spin torque oscillator and designed to perform high frequency assisted writing. The disk drive has a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a coil, and a drive current controller. The drive current controller controls a drive current to supply to the spin torque oscillator. To record data magnetically in the disk, the drive current controller supplies to the spin torque oscillator the drive current that changes in synchronism with the polarity inversion of the recording current supplied to the coil, which excites the recording magnetic pole of the magnetic head. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059418 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND DISK DRIVE WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY ASSISTED WRITING - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head having a head slider which holds a magnetic head unit including a heat-generating element for controlling the flying-height and a high-frequency oscillator for performing high-frequency assisted writing, and on which terminals connected to the magnetic head elements are used in the smallest number required. Terminals are mounted on the head slider and are connected to the magnetic head unit. The terminals include at least one current-supplying terminal that is connected to the heat-generating element serving to control the flying height and to the high-frequency oscillator. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059419 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus, includes: a medium having inner and outer edges and including first and second servo regions extending radially, and containing first and second servo information written thereon, respectively, the first servo region extending outwardly from the inner edge to cover tracks, the first and second servo region having positioned adjacently across a circular boundary; a head for reading out said first servo information and said second servo information; and a processor for executing a process comprising: reading out the first or second servo information; and when controlling the track position across the boundary, adjusting the relation of the first and second servo information across the boundary in control the track position. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059420 | SEAM TO SEAM EMBEDDED RUNOUT CORRECTION PROPAGATION - Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to propagating repeated runout (RRO) correction values for radially concentric servo seams on a storage medium in relation to an RRO correction value for an adjacent seam and a radial separation between the seams. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059421 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THIN CLOSURE MAGNETIC HEAD - A method of manufacturing thin closure magnetic read/write heads, such as magnetic tape heads is provided. The method provides improved flexural strength of the closure so that the closure breakage during fabrication of the heads is mitigated and closure thickness is reduced. An array of chips is fabricated on a wafer. The array is closed, with a closure strip bonded to each row of the array. Closures span only the length of a row, so that the closures are not subjected to flexure during processing and breakage due to flexure is mitigated. Side bars are bonded to the array to form a column with dimensions similar to prior art columns. This allows columns manufactured by the invention to undergo additional processing using existing processes. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059422 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC HEAD APPLICABLE TO IT - A media processing device may include a frame with a transport passage in which information recording media are transported and a magnetic head for processing magnetic information signals on the information recording media. The magnetic head may be embedded in the frame and part of the frame may be interposed between the magnetic head and the transport passage. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059423 | Magnetic recording head and magnetic recording apparatus - A magnetic recording head includes: a main magnetic pole; a laminated body; and a pair of electrodes operable to pass a current through the laminated body. The laminated body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A lamination direction of the laminated body is substantially parallel to a medium moving direction. In a first direction parallel to an air bearing surface and perpendicular to the lamination direction, the laminated body has a protruding portion that protrudes beyond an end of a surface of the main magnetic pole facing the laminated body. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059424 | MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a magnetic head, a magnetic recording medium, and a magnetic recording apparatus using the magnetic head and the magnetic recording medium. The magnetic head is used for magnetically recording data on a magnetic recording medium and includes a main pole; a return-yoke forming a magnetic path along with the main pole; a coil for inducing a magnetic field to emit a magnetic field for magnetic recording through an end tip of the main pole near a magnetic recording medium; and an insulating layer for electrically insulating the main pole from the return-yoke. The main pole is electrically connected to an external device and generates an electric field for assisting magnetic recording along the magnetic field for magnetic recording. In this structure, the coercive force of a magnetic recording layer can be reduced during magnetic recording so that data can be recorded at high density. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059425 | THIN FILM PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, THEIR FABRICATION PROCESS AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE USING IT - Thin film perpendicular magnetic head with a narrow main pole capable of a high recording density in excess of 100 gigabits per square inch and generating a high magnetic recording field, while also being modified to suppress remanent magnetic fields occurring immediately after writing operation. A return path is provided for supplying a magnetic flux to the main pole, and an conductive coil for excitation of the main pole and return path. The main pole has a pole width of 200 nanometers or less, and a magnetic multilayer made up of a high saturation flux density layer and low saturation flux density layer. The low saturation flux density layer and the high saturation flux density suppress remanent magnetization and prevent erasing after writing by utilizing a closed magnetic domain structure in the pole. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059426 | Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same - A top surface of a pole layer of a magnetic head includes: a first portion having a first edge located in a medium facing surface and a second edge opposite thereto; and a second portion located farther from the medium facing surface than the first portion and connected to the first portion at the second edge. The distance from a substrate to an arbitrary point on the first portion increases with increasing distance from the medium facing surface to the arbitrary point. The angle of inclination of the first portion taken at the arbitrary point with respect to a direction perpendicular to the medium facing surface increases stepwise or continuously with increasing distance from the medium facing surface to the arbitrary point. The angle of inclination taken at the first edge is greater than zero degree. The second portion extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the medium facing surface. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059427 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method for manufacturing the same - Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of writing a signal in a track having a small width. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes an auxiliary pole, a main pole, a yoke, a coil, a first soft magnetic film and a second soft magnetic film. The yoke is in contact with the main pole. The coil is wound around a magnetic circuit composed of the auxiliary and main poles and the yoke. The first soft magnetic film is provided on both sides of the main pole with a non-magnetic film provided between the first soft magnetic film and the main pole. The second soft magnetic film is provided on the trailing side of the main pole with the non-magnetic film provided between the second soft magnetic film and the main pole. The first and second soft magnetic films are two types of plated magnetic films. One type of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective body centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The other types of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective face centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The two types of the plated magnetic films are alternately laminated with four or more layers. This can achieve the magnetic disk drive capable of reducing a possibility to erroneously delete a signal after the signal being written and preventing degradation of characteristics of a high frequency signal. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059428 | DATA STORAGE TAPE FOR MINIMIZED DAMAGE - A data storage device has a cartridge with tape having data and landing zones. One of the landing zones is aligned with a head during stopping of advancement of the tape to minimize damage. A data storage system is provided with a data storage device with data and landing zones, a read/write head, a motor for driving the tape and a processor for identifying the landing zone locations. A method for minimizing damage to data tape conveys base film along a coating head while intermittently dispensing a magnetic layer and a rougher coating layer to form landing zones. A method for minimizing damage to data storage tape provides a cassette with tape having intermittent data and non-data regions, that is inserted into a tape drive and a read or write function is performed. The tape is advanced to align a non-data region with a head and advancement is discontinued. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059429 | BIT PATTERNED MEDIUM - Provided is a bit patterned medium including bridges which induce exchange coupling between adjacent bits in order to reduce a switching field difference resulting from different magnetization directions of bits. The bridges and the bits are integrally formed with each other. The bits are locally connected by the bridges. A magnetostatic force for each bit is reduced due to an exchange coupling between adjacent bits, thereby reducing a switching field distribution of the bits. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059430 | FABRICATING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA ON PATTERNED SEED LAYERS - Patterned media and associated methods of fabrication are provided in which vertical magnetic grains are grown on a patterned seed layer. The patterned seed layer includes a matrix of islands of a first seed material. Each island of first seed material is separated from other islands by a region of second seed material. The first seed material is selected to initiate growth of magnetic material, and the second seed material is selected to initiate growth of non-magnetic material. Subsequently, magnetic material is grown on the first seed material and non-magnetic material is grown on the second seed material. Deposition may be simultaneously. The magnetic and non-magnetic materials form well-defined vertical columns over the first and second seed materials respectively. Thus, each island behaves as an isolated magnetic unit, which switches independently from its neighbor units, which are magnetically separated by the non-magnetic material. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059431 | SUSPENSION, HEAD GIMBALS ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD GIMBALS ASSEMBLY, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD GIMBALS ASSEMBLY - This head gimbals assembly has a head slider, a flexure, and a load beam. The head slider has a head element and slider-side connection terminals. The flexure has a free end, a fixed end, a slider mounting portion and suspension-side connection terminals connected to the slider-side connection terminals. The load beam fixes a fixed end of the flexure on the side opposite to a flexure surface on which the head slider is mounted a connecting portion for interconnecting the suspension-side connection terminals and the slider mounting portion has higher resiliency than other portion of the connecting portion. According to a suspension in the present embodiment, a head gimbals assembly can be easily manufactured without wastefully discarding the suspension even when the desired evaluation result is not obtained because of problems in the head characteristics and the floating surface of the head slider. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059432 | HEAD SLIDER OF MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - Lubricant on a rotating recording medium can attach to a slider, particularly on the pad formed in the proximity of the trailing edge. In the slider of this invention, lubricant is not accumulated in the vicinity of the trailing edge and can be drawn to the trailing edge and dispersed constantly. The head slider includes a center pad formed on an air bearing surface in the vicinity of the center of a trailing edge of the slider. A trailing pad is formed so as to bridge a trailing edge of the center pad and the trailing edge of the slider. The trailing pad is formed lower than a highest surface of the center pad and higher than a lowest surface of the slider. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059433 | ACTUATOR LATCH SYSTEM OF HARD DISK DRIVE - An actuator latch system of a hard disk drive keeps an actuator of the hard disk drive in place in a state in which a read/write head mounted to a swing arm of the actuator is parked. The latch system has first and second protrusions at upper and lower parts of a rear end portion of the swing arm, and a latch lever having first and second hooks at upper and lower parts of a leading end of the lever. The latch lever, like the actuator, is mounted to a base of the hard disk drive so as to be rotatable about a respective axis. The first hook engages the first protrusion of the swing arm when the arm is inadvertently rotated in a first direction to arrest such inadvertent rotation, and the second hook engages the second protrusion of the swing arm when the arm rotates for a second time in the first direction due to rebounding that occurs in the latch system after the first protrusion and the first hook collide. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059434 | ARM BLADE, HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME, AND HARD DISK DRIVE COMPRISING THE HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY - An arm plate coupled to a pivot bearing to closely contact an overmold and having a leading end portion where a head gimbal assembly (HGA) is attached when assembling a head stack assembly (HSA) of a hard disk drive (HDD), wherein a bending alleviation through hole is formed in a portion that overlaps and closely contacts an edge of the overmold, the head stack assembly with the arm plate, and the hard disk drive with the head stack assembly. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059435 | Voice coil damper - A voice coil for a voice coil motor of a hard disk drive comprises an inner surface of the voice coil, which bounds a central space of the voice coil. A first outer surface of the voice coil is substantially parallel to a second outer surface of the voice coil. A constrained layer damper is attached to the inner surface of the voice coil by a coupler. The constrained layer damper comprises a first constraining layer coupled to a first surface of a viscoelastic damping layer. A second constraining layer is coupled to a second surface of the viscoelastic damping layer. The constrained layer damper is curved in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first outer surface of the voice coil and the second outer surface of the voice coil. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059436 | THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING CPP STRUCTURE MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT DEVICE - The invention provides a thin-film magnetic head having a magneto-resistive effect device of the CPP (current perpendicular to plane) structure comprising a multilayer film in which a fixed magnetization layer, a nonmagnetic layer and a free layer are stacked together in order. The fixed magnetization layer, nonmagnetic layer and free layer extend rearward from an air bearing surface that is a plane in opposition to a medium, the length of the depth-wise side of the fixed magnetization layer is longer than that of the free layer, and a shunt layer for shunting a sense current is formed more on the depth-wise side of, and kept constantly away from, the free layer. There are thus much more favorable advantages obtained: even when device size is further reduced and narrowed, degradation of frequency characteristics is hold back, any increase in the thermal magnetic noise is stayed off, and performance fluctuations are minimized. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059437 | DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS AGAINST SPIN TORQUE NOISE - A differential giant magnetoresistive sensor for sensing a magnetic signal. The differential sensor has a structure configured to minimize spin torque noise. The differential magnetoresistive sensor includes first and second magnetoresistive sensor elements and a three lead structure including an inner lead sandwiched between the first and second sensor elements and first and second outer leads. each of the sensor elements includes an antiparallel coupled free layer structure with the free layer of each of the sensor elements preferably being positioned near the inner lead. The three lead structure allows sense current to be supplied to the sensor such that electrons travel first through the free layer of each sensor element and then through the pinned layer structure. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059438 | THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD WITH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING STRUCTURE, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH THE THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH THE MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD WITH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING STRUCTURE - A thin-film magnetic head with a perpendicular magnetic recording structure includes a main pole layer, a nonmagnetic gap layer, and an auxiliary pole layer facing the main pole layer via the nonmagnetic gap layer. A surface of a top end section of the main pole layer has an inclined step that slopes from a lamination plane of the layers. The surface faces a top end section of the auxiliary pole layer. The top end section of the auxiliary pole layer has side shield sections at a position that is not exposed to an ABS. The side shield sections faces at least part of side surfaces in a track-width direction, of the main pole layer so as to cover at least part of the inclined step. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059439 | MULTICHANNEL THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD WITH DUMMY SHIELDS - Provided is a multichannel thin-film magnetic head having a plurality of read head elements neighboring with each other, each of which includes shield layers having a desired stable magnetic-domain structure. The head comprises at least one read head part comprising a plurality of read head elements aligned in the track width direction, wherein each of the plurality of read head elements comprises a lower shield layer and an upper shield layer, and the at least one read head part comprises: a lower shield part comprising a plurality of the lower shield layers aligned in the track width direction; and an upper shield part comprising a plurality of the upper shield layers aligned in the track width direction, and wherein dummy shield layers are provided respectively on both sides of at least the lower shield part. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059440 | DATA INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIVE TO AN ELECTROSTATIC EVENT - The disclosure is related to detecting an electrostatic charge at a data storage device. The electrostatic charge can be detected and a data integrity management process can be implemented. In a particular embodiment, a method includes monitoring an electronic device having a data storage medium for an electrostatic event. The method also includes selectively performing a data integrity management process on the data storage medium when the electrostatic event is detected. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059441 | CPP device with improved current confining structure and process - Plasma nitridation, in place of plasma oxidation, is used for the formation of a CCP layer. Al, Mg, Hf, etc. all form insulating nitrides under these conditions. Maintaining the structure at a temperature of at least 150° C. during plasma nitridation and/or performing post annealing at a temperature of 220° C. or higher, ensures that no copper nitride can form. Additionally, unintended oxidation by molecular oxygen of the exposed magnetic layers (mainly the pinned and free layers) is also avoided | 2009-03-05 |
20090059442 | CPP-TYPE MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT HAVING CHARACTERISTIC FREE LAYERS - A magnetic field detecting element comprises: a stack which includes first, second and third magnetic layers whose magnetization directions change in accordance with an external magnetic field, the second magnetic layer being positioned between the first magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, a first non-magnetic intermediate layer which is sandwiched between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, the first non-magnetic intermediate layer producing a magnetoresistance effect between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a second non-magnetic intermediate layer which is sandwiched between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, the second non-magnetic intermediate layer allowing the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer to be exchange-coupled such that magnetization directions thereof are anti-parallel to each other under no magnetic field, the stack being adapted such that sense current flows in a direction that is perpendicular to a film surface thereof; and a bias magnetic layer which is provided on a side of the stack, the side being opposite to an air bearing surface of the stack, the bias magnetic layer applying a bias magnetic field to the stack in a direction that is perpendicular to the air bearing surface. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059443 | Magnetoresistive element including insulating film touching periphery of spacer layer - An MR element includes a stack of layers including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer disposed between the first and the second ferromagnetic layer. The stack of layers has an outer surface, and the spacer layer has a periphery located in the outer surface of the stack of layers. The magnetoresistive element further includes an insulating film that touches the periphery of the spacer layer. The spacer layer includes a layer made of an oxide semiconductor composed of an oxide of a first metal. The insulating film includes a contact film that touches the periphery of the spacer layer and that is made of an oxide of a second metal having a Pauling electronegativity lower than that of the first metal by 0.1 or more. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059444 | METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR AN INTEGRATED TWO-AXIS MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - A two-axis, single-chip external magnetic field sensor incorporates tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR) technology. In one embodiment, an integrated device includes at least two sensor elements having pinned layers with orientation situated at a known angle (e.g., 90 degrees) with respect to each other. In the presence of a magnetic field, the information from the multiple sensor elements can be processed (e.g., using a conventional bridge configuration) to determine the orientation of the integrated sensor with respect to the external field. In order to achieve an integrated sensor with multiple pinned layer orientations, a novel processing method utilizes antiferromagnetic pinning layers different materials with different blocking temperatures (e.g., PtMn and IrMn). | 2009-03-05 |
20090059445 | Overload Current Control Circuit for a DC Motor - An overload current control circuit for a DC motor comprises: a DC motor, a DC power source, a power semiconductor assembly, and a sampling resistor that are connected in series. The overload current control circuit further comprises a voltage polarity switching circuit that is connected to a circuit between the sampling resistor and the overload protection and detection circuit to control the single polarity of the sampling voltage of the first and second terminals of the sampling resistor, so as to provide constant voltage potential to the overload protection and detection circuit, thus providing overload protection to the DC motor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059446 | AC Motor Controller - There is provided an AC motor controller capable of detecting an abnormal state of a motor cable while an AC motor is operating without using a special circuit but using a processor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059447 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT DETECTION IN AN N-WINDING THREE-PHASE POWER TRANSFORMER - A method and a device for fault detection in an n-winding, three-phase power transformer. For each of the windings (Wi) the three phase currents (I | 2009-03-05 |
20090059448 | RISK OF SHOCK PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A risk of shock (ROS) protection circuit is disclosed, which comprises a capacitor that charges whenever there is a voltage between a ground on a lamp ballast and earth ground. If the capacitor exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage, the capacitor causes a gate to shunt current away from a tertiary winding in a control circuit, which in turn reduces impedance reflected by the tertiary winding back on to primary and secondary windings in the ballast circuit. The reduced reflected impedance causes the operating frequency of the ballast to increase, reducing the voltage between the ballast ground and earth ground until it is safe for human contact. In this manner, a human replacing a lamp connected to the ballast can be protected from shock despite a failure to disconnect the power to the lamp ballast prior to lamp replacement. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059449 | Series arc fault current interrupters and methods - A circuit interrupter for interrupting current on a line conductor is provided. The circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, a trip mechanism, a bimetal, a microprocessor, a series arc detection sequence, a low-pass filter circuit, and a high-pass filter circuit. The trip mechanism selectively opens the separable contacts when activated. The series arc detection sequence is resident on the microprocessor and includes a plurality of series fault detection algorithms. The low-pass filter circuit provides a low-pass signal to the series arc detection sequence. The high-pass filter circuit provides a high-pass signal to the series arc detection sequence. The sequence selects a particular algorithm from the plurality of algorithms based on the low-pass signal. The sequence calculates a plurality of statistical features from the high-pass signal and sends an output signal to activate the trip mechanism based on a comparison of the plurality of statistical features to the particular algorithm. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059450 | Sensing a Current Signal in an Integrated Circuit - An integrated circuit including a voltage setting circuit configured to set the voltage level at a signal input to a value corresponding to a first supply voltage of the integrated circuit. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059451 | ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH IMPROVED COUPLING CAPACITOR - In an ESD protection circuit, a MOS transistor and a coupling capacitor are formed over the same substrate. The coupling capacitor may be a MIM capacitor or a PIP capacitor. In case of MIM capacitor, the first metal layer and the second metal layer thereof are electrically coupled to the gate region and the source/drain region of the MOS transistor, respectively. In case of PIP capacitor, the gate region of the MOS transistor, an insulation layer and the second poly layer thereof define the PIP capacitor. The second poly layer of the PIP capacitor is electrically coupled to the source/drain region of the MOS transistor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059452 | Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection for a power supply - An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for protecting a power supply of a device includes a main discharge transistor with a drain coupled to a supply voltage line of the device and a source coupled to ground. The ESD protection circuit also includes a control circuit to modulate a bulk of the main discharge transistor to generate a current discharge path to ground in response to an ESD event. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059453 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an external pad, a ground line, a first protection circuit between the external pad and the ground line, and a second protection circuit between the external pad and the ground line. The second protection circuit is formed by a first protection element, a second protection element, and a resistor. With this structure, the resistance value of the resistor is set to an arbitrary value, so that an unnecessary current which would be generated at the time of power-off of the LSI can be decreased to a value which does not deteriorate the reliability of the LSI. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059454 | CURRENT LIMIT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURRENT LIMIT PROTECTION - A current limit protection apparatus and a method for current limit protection are provided. The current limit protection apparatus includes a MOS transistor, a current detecting unit, and a current limit circuit. Two source/drain of the MOS transistor are used for receiving a first-voltage and outputting a second-voltage respectively. A gate of the MOS transistor is used for receiving a gate driving signal to determine a conducting current of the MOS transistor. The current detecting unit is used for detecting the conducting current, so as to generate a detecting result. The current limit circuit has a plurality of current threshold values. The current limit circuit selects one of the current threshold values according to an indicating signal and generates the gate driving signal according to a difference between the selected current threshold value and the detecting result. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER INTERRUPTION PROTECTION - A power interruption protection module, system and method. The power interruption protection module, comprising a charging module for storing a boosted display voltage, a detecting module for identifying at least one of a drop or an increase of a functioning system voltage, wherein at least one of the drop or the increase is beyond a threshold, and a regulating module for receiving a signal from the detecting module, wherein the signal determines at least one of the drop or the increase beyond the threshold, and wherein the regulating module allows or stops the flow of the stored boosted display voltage of the charging module according to the signal of the detecting module. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059456 | OVER-VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An over-voltage protection circuit assembly includes a connector and an over-voltage protection circuit. The connector includes a power terminal. The over-voltage protection circuit includes a voltage input terminal, and a voltage output terminal. The voltage output terminal connected to the voltage input terminal via a resistor. A relay includes an inductance coil and a switch. The inductance coil is connected between the voltage input terminal and ground. A warning unit is connected in series with the switch of the relay between the voltage input terminal and ground. A voltage regulating diode is connected between the voltage output terminal and ground. The anode of the voltage regulating diode is connected to ground, and the cathode of the voltage regulating diode is connected to the voltage output terminal. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059457 | PROTECTING CIRCUIT - A protecting circuit includes a semiconductor switch that is provided between a power source and a load, a current detecting unit that detects an electric current flowing in the semiconductor switch, a protecting unit that controls the semiconductor switch to be turned off when the current detected by the current detecting unit exceeds a threshold value, a temperature detecting unit that detects an ambient temperature, and a threshold value changing unit that changes the threshold value so as to lower the threshold value as the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit becomes higher. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059458 | POWER SUPPLY PROTECTING CIRCUIT - A power supply protecting circuit configured to protect an electronic device includes a normally open switch, a voltage dropping circuit, a first rectifier, and a relay having a coil and switch. A power terminal of the electronic device is connected to a power terminal of a power supply, the other power terminal of the electronic device is connected to the other power terminal of the power supply via the normally open switch. The power terminal of the electronic device is connected to the other power terminal of the electronic device via the voltage dropping circuit, the first rectifier, and the coil of the relay in turn. The switch of the relay is connected in parallel to the normally open switch. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059459 | ELECTROSTATIC RECEIVING MECHANISM OF ELECTRONIC INDICATING DEVICE - An electrostatic receiving mechanism of an electronic indicating device installed on the electronic indicating device and electrically connected to a grounding circuit of a circuit board is provided. The electrostatic receiving mechanism mainly includes a frame, a roller mechanism, and a supporting beam. The roller mechanism is assembled onto the frame and the frame and the roller mechanism may slide relative to each other along the guide rails of the frame, and the supporting beam is made of a metallic conductive material and electrically connected to the grounding circuit. The supporting beam has an extension arm extending towards and close to an outer edge of the roller mechanism, thereby forming an electrostatic receiving mechanism. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059460 | TUNABLE AND AIMABLE ARTIFICIAL LIGHTENING PRODUCING DEVICE - A tunable and aimable artificial lightning producing device for tetanizing human voluntary muscle, disabling vehicular electronic ignition systems, and for pre-detonating wired explosives. A spark gap shaping apparatus controls a spark generated by a Tesla coil. A first stage directionalizer warps a normally spherical plasma field from the Tesla coil into an oval plasma field for confining the spark to within that shape. A second stage directionalizer converges multiple beams to successive points just ahead of a plasma field created by the first stage directionalizer without ionizing the beams, thereby maintaining ionization of a path of the spark. The spark is progressively arced to these points, thereby maintaining the path of the spark. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059461 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck of the invention includes a base portion; a heat insulating layer bonded onto the base portion; and a chuck function portion bonded on the heat insulating layer and composed by providing a heater electrode and an electrostatic chuck (ESC) electrode in a ceramic substrate portion. Adhesive layers are respectively provided on the both surface sides of the heat insulating layer. In the case where the base portion and the chuck function portion are bonded together with high adhesion strength, openings are formed in the heat insulating layer and are filled with the adhesive layers. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059462 | Electrostatic chuck device - An electrostatic chuck device provided with a dielectric plate with a surface embossed to give it a plurality of projections, an electrode, and an external power source, wherein substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections are covered by conductor wiring and the conductor wiring electrically connects the substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections. At the time of substrate processing, when the embossed projections contact the back of the substrate, the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring is made the same in potential due to the migration of the charges, the generation of force between the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring being in contact with the same is prevented, and a rubbing state between the two is prevented. Due to this, the electrostatic chuck device reduces the generation of particles, easily and stably removes and conveys substrates, and realizes a high yield and system operating rate. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059463 | MULTI-VALUE CAPACITOR WITH SAFETY DISCONNECT MECHANISM - A multi-value capacitor with a safety disconnect mechanism has a capacitive element with six capacitive sections, a common wire, and six section wires enclosed in a cylindrical metal can with a metal lid that normally has a concave configuration. The wires are soldered to contacts extending through the concave metal lid. The safety disconnect mechanism includes an external insulator disk with terminals. The terminals in the insulator disk align with the contacts in the metal lid. The center common terminal of the insulator disk is fixedly riveted to the center common contact of the metal lid. Spring elements form the electrical connection between the section terminals of the insulator disk and the section contacts in the metal lid. If an overload condition occurs, pressure inside the sealed metal can causes the metal lid to spring from its concave configuration to a convex configuration, which causes the whole insulator disk to pop up and thereby simultaneously break the connection between all of the section contacts in the metal lid and the section terminals of the insulator disk. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059464 | Acoustic bandgap structures adapted to suppress parasitic resonances in tunable ferroelectric capacitors and method of operation and fabrication therefore - An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus, comprising a stack of at least three ferroelectric layers with a top side and bottom side of each of the ferroelectric layers contacting an electrode layer, wherein the ferroelectric layers and the electrode layers form a substantially periodic structure in the direction normal to said ferroelectric and electrode layers and wherein an acoustic characteristic impedance and thickness of each layer are selected to realize an acoustic bandgap over a desired frequency band for the purpose of improving device Q. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059465 | MEMS CAPACITOR WITH CONDUCTIVELY TETHERED MOVEABLE CAPACITOR PLATE - A capacitive device including at least one actuator structure formed on a substrate is provided. The capacitive device further includes a moveable structure formed on the substrate and mechanically coupled to the at least one actuator structure. The moveable structure includes a moveable capacitive plate and a bridge, formed substantially planar to the moveable capacitive plate. The bridge is used to mechanically and electrically couple the moveable capacitive plate to a signal line formed on the substrate such that the moveable capacitive plate moves up or down based on a force generated by the at least one actuator structure. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059466 | METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor capable of achieving an enhancement in the reliability of a semiconductor device, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The disclosed MIM capacitor includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor which may include a first insulating film, a first metal layer formed over the first insulating film and a first capacitor insulating film formed over the first metal layer. A second metal layer may be formed over a portion of the first capacitor insulating film and second capacitor insulating film may be formed over the second metal layer. A third metal layer may be formed over a portion of the second capacitor insulating film and a nitride film may be formed over the third metal layer. A multilayer insulating film may be formed over the entire upper surface of the resulting structure. First and second metal lines may be formed in contact holes extending through the first capacitor insulating film, the second capacitor insulating film, and the nitride film after extending through the multilayer insulating film. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059467 | POWER CAPACITOR - A power electronics module includes a capacitor having a trough-shaped housing and at least one capacitor winding. An electronic unit includes a base on which the capacitor is mounted. A cooling plate in thermal contact with a cooling surface of the capacitor is formed by a bus bar. The cooling plate is on the base of the electronic unit. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059468 | FILTERED FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLIES FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device includes an insulator element hermitically sealed to a ferrule and a feedthrough member, and a capacitive element spaced apart from the insulator element within the ferrule and coupled to the feedthrough member by a conductive material; the conductive material extends in an area between the capacitive element and the feedthrough member. The assembly further includes a heat and pressure deformed thermoplastic adhesive member that extends around the feedthrough member within the ferrule, is located between the capacitive element and the insulator element, and is sealed to an external surface of the capacitive element in order to isolate the conductive material. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059469 | MULTILAYER CHIP CAPACITOR, CIRCUIT BOARD APPARATUS HAVING THE CAPACITOR, AND CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is a multilayer chip capacitor including a capacitor body having first and second capacitor units arranged in a lamination direction; and a plurality of external electrodes formed outside the capacitor body. The first capacitor unit includes at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes disposed alternately in an inner part of the capacitor body, the second capacitor unit includes a plurality of third and fourth internal electrodes disposed alternately in an inner part of the capacitor body, and the first to fourth internal electrodes are coupled to the first to fourth external electrodes. The first capacitor unit has a lower equivalent series inductance (ESL) than the second capacitor unit, and the first capacitor unit has a higher equivalent series resistance (ESR) than the second capacitor unit. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059470 | CAPACITOR UNIT, AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to the configuration and the manufacturing method of forming a moisture proof agent on both surfaces of a circuit substrate after soldering a capacitor connection pin in a vertical direction to the circuit substrate, and electrically connecting the capacitor so as to be in a perpendicular direction to the length direction of the capacitor connection pin at the upper space of the circuit substrate, the possibility of the moisture proof agent attaching to the capacitor is eliminated, the productivity enhances since the moisture proof agent can be easily formed on both surfaces of the circuit substrate, and a capacitor unit of miniaturized and low height configuration is realized since the capacitor is mounted in the horizontal direction in the upper space with respect to the circuit substrate. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059471 | Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor and Production Method of the Same - The invention provides a multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising a capacitor body composed by alternately layering dielectric layers and inner electrode layers, and each of the above mentioned dielectric layers contains a plurality of crystal particles, and grain boundary phases comprising interfacial grain boundaries and triple point grain boundaries formed among a plurality of the crystal particles adjacent to one another, and Si—Ba—O compound being formed in 5% or more of the triple point grain boundaries in the entire triple point grain boundaries per unit surface area of the dielectric layer. Accordingly, the multilayer ceramic capacitor has high relative permittivity and is high the temperature property and highly accelerated life test property. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059472 | METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING ANODES AND CATHODES IN A FLAT CAPACITOR - A method includes connecting together one or more anode connection members of one or more anode foils and one or more cathode connection members of one or more cathode foils and electrically isolating the one or more anode foils from the one or more cathode foils. A capacitor stack includes a plurality of cathode layers having cathode connection members and a plurality of anode layers having anode connection members. The anode connection members are connected to the cathode connection members and configured such that the anode layers can be electrically separated from the cathode layers by cutting only the anode connection members or the cathode connection members. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059473 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - A porous electrolytic solution reservoir which is capable of being impregnated with an electrolytic solution is provided in an exterior case so as to make contact with a separator. The average diameter of the pores in the electrolytic solution reservoir is greater than the average diameter of pores in the separator. The electrolytic solution reservoir is impregnated with a predetermined amount of electrolytic solution, so that the occupation ratio of electrolytic solution within the pores in the separator becomes 50% or more when fully charged, and the occupation ratio of electrolytic solution within the pores in the electrolytic solution reservoir becomes 100% or less when fully discharged. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059474 | Graphite-Carbon composite electrode for supercapacitors - A composite composition for use in an electrode for electrochemical capacitors, comprising: (a) an electrochemically active material; and (b) exfoliated graphite flakes that are substantially interconnected to form a porous, conductive graphite network comprising pores, wherein at least a portion of the active material resides in a pore of the network. The composite composition is characterized by having liquid accessible pores which provide a surface area greater than about 200 m | 2009-03-05 |
20090059475 | Aluminum electrotic capacitors utilizing fine fiber spacers - The present invention provides an aluminum electrolytic capacitor having a cathode, an anode and an improved spacer comprised of polymeric nanofibers. The nanofiber spacer offers low ionic resistance, desirable barrier properties and high electrolyte absorption. The use of the improved spacer results in devices having higher capacitance, lower ESR, less heat generation and improved capacitor manufacturing efficiency. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059476 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Solid electrolytic capacitors and methods for manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor are provided. The solid electrolytic capacitor has excellent reliability by virtue of stress reduction inside an electrolyte layer, which alleviates decrease in capacitance, increase of ESR and leakage current, and suppression of short circuits. The anode of the solid electrolytic capacitor is formed of a valve metal or an alloy thereof as a porous body. Subsequently, a dielectric layer is formed on a surface inside the porous body of the anode, and the electrolyte layer is formed on a surface of the dielectric layer. Here, the electrolyte layer is formed of a conductive polymer and the electrolyte layer inside the porous body of the anode contains an elastomer. Thereafter, a cathode is formed so as to come in contact with the electrolyte layer. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059477 | Laser-Welded Solid Electrolytic Capacitor - A solid electrolytic capacitor that is capable of withstanding laser welding without a significant deterioration in its electrical performance is provided. The capacitor contains an anode body, dielectric layer overlying the anode body, and a solid organic electrolyte layer overlying the dielectric layer. Furthermore, the capacitor of the present invention also employs a light reflective layer that overlies the solid organic electrolyte layer. The present inventors have discovered that such a light reflective layer may help reflect any light that inadvertently travels toward the capacitor element during laser welding. This results in reduced contact of the solid organic electrolyte with the laser and thus minimizes defects in the electrolyte that would have otherwise been formed by carbonization. The resultant laser-welded capacitor is therefore characterized by such performance characteristics as relatively low ESR and low leakage currents. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059478 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A solid electrolytic capacitor including: an anode containing a valve metal or its alloy; a dielectric layer provided on the surface of the anodic; a cathode provided on the surface of the dielectric layer; and an outer package resin covering the anode, the dielectric layer and the cathode, wherein a glass transition temperature (Tgb) of the outer package resin is a temperature ranging from 0.50 to 0.90 times a maximum glass transition temperature (Tga) which is a maximum value of glass transition temperatures exhibited by the outer package resin after each heat treatment at variable temperatures of every 10° C. from 50° C. to 200° C. (treatment time: 5 hours) which is performed on the outer package resin before a curing process. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059479 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A solid electrolytic capacitor is provided in which volume efficiency of its capacitor element is improved. A converting substrate having an anode terminal forming portion and cathode terminal portion obtained by forming notches on faces exposed on outside faces of the anode and cathode portions and performing plating in the notches in portions in which the anode and cathode portions of a lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic capacitor is connected to the capacitor element and, after a sheathing resin is formed therein, the sheathed portion and converting substrate are cut along cutting planes to form fillet forming faces on the outside faces of the anode portion and cathode portion of the lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic capacitor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059480 | POWER METER SOCKET TO CIRCUIT BREAKER CONNECTION - A one-piece power meter socket to circuit breaker connection structure includes an elongated trunk section connecting a lower spade section with a forwardly offset connection plate at an upper end. The connection plate is joined to the trunk section by an angled extension section. The connection plate has an aperture to receive a fastener to connect it and a meter jaw to a meter jaw base. The spade section includes a pair of laterally spaced, forwardly projection breaker receiving spades for reception in a receptacle of a circuit beaker. The connection structures are used in pairs with an insulating circuit breaker base to connect load-side meter jaws of a power meter socket to spade receptacles of a plug-in type of circuit breaker. The one-piece connection structure is formed of a sheet of metal having a thickness equal to the thickness specified for the spades engaged by the circuit breaker. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059481 | Protective enclosure for personal electronic devices - A protective enclosure for a small hand or body carryable personal electronic devices such as a well-known IPOD or IPHONE. A two-part generally rectangular housing includes front and back covers formed of high-impact thin-wall molded material and sized to protectively fit together along mating edges around the electronic device. Access openings are preferably provided for the viewing screen, control wheel, touch screen, battery charger, car phone plug-in, and docking port of the electronic device. A device clip formed of thin metal material having laterally extending retaining arms biasingly engage around opposing edges of front and back covers to hold them together against the front and back of the device. A belt clip may be connected to one end of the device clip adapted for releasable attachment to a clothing article. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059482 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a battery and a main body. The battery comprises an engaging element. The engaging element comprises a hook, a depressed surface and an inclined surface. The hook protrudes from the battery. The inclined surface and the depressed surface are connected to two sides of the hook. The main body comprises a linkage. The linkage is slidably disposed on the main body. The linkage comprises a hole with two side walls. The hook is engaged with the hole. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059483 | SECURITY SENSOR DEVICE HAVING FROST PROTECTIVE STEP - In a security sensor device an element unit ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090059484 | BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE LOOM - A broadband over power line housing which allows coupling between power lines and a broadband signal system. Cables enter and exit from a first housing portion. Connection circuitry is housed in a second housing unit selectively connectable to the first housing unit. A latch provides the selective connection, and includes three positions: a first latched position wherein the circuitry within the first and second housing units is electrically connected; a second latched position wherein the circuitry is disconnected; and a disconnected position where the first and second housing portions can be separated from one another. In one embodiment, the latch is operated with a hook stick between the first and second positions, allowing an operator to engage or disengage the circuitry from the ground. A visual indicator may be provided to indicate to the operator when the housing is in the latched and electrically disconnected state. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059485 | ASSEMBLY OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Several mechanical features of an electronic device are provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a bezel coupled to a housing. The bezel may include one or more snaps extending into the electronic device which may be operative to engage a cantilever spring extending from the inner surface of the housing. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a window that is formed by coupling an outer layer to an inner layer that is larger than the outer layer. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a chassis for supporting the window. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a grounding clip for simultaneously grounding the bezel, the housing and a circuit board. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a switch that includes a button molded into a base using a double shot process. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a switch supporting bracket that includes a slot operative to receive a pin of the bezel. In some embodiments, the housing of the electronic device may be manufactured using a forging process. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059486 | Server rack blanking panel and system - The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a server rack as a single piece, where the panel is preferably fire-rated, and where the modified panel may be easily installed onto the server rack to as to cover any open space thereon, and prevents the circular flow of warm air output from entering the cooler air input of the servers housed on the server rack. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059487 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING BATTERY RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR OF KEYBOARD - According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059488 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING BATTERY RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR OF KEYBOARD - According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion. | 2009-03-05 |
20090059489 | Display Apparatus, Heat Conductive Adhesive Sheet for Display Apparatus, and Process for Preparing the Same - The present invention provides a display apparatus comprising a display panel; a heat radiating member provided behind the display panel; and a heat conductive adhesive sheet, which is disposed between the display panel and the heat radiating member, and is capable of absorbing an electromagnetic wave and of conducting heat, a heat conductive adhesive sheet for the display apparatus, and a process for preparing the same. | 2009-03-05 |