| 23rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
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| 20090140605 | COMPLEX OXIDE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, DIELECTRIC MATERIAL INCLUDING COMPLEX OXIDE FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, CAPACITOR, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for a complex oxide film having a high relative dielectric constant and a thickness which can be arbitrarily controlled, which is obtained, without using any large-scale equipment, by forming a metal oxide layer containing a first metal element on substrate surface and then allowing the layer to react with a solution containing a second metal ion to thereby form a complex oxide film containing the first and second metal elements, and a production method thereof. Further, the invention relates to a dielectric material and a piezoelectric material containing the complex oxide film, a capacitor and a piezoelectric element including the material, and an electronic device comprising the element. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140606 | Micro-Electro-Mechanical Transducers - A micro-electro-mechanical transducer (such as a cMUT) is disclosed. The transducer has a substrate, a top plate, and a resilient structure therebetween. The resilient structure has multiple connectors distributed over the device element area to vertically transport the top player with distributed support. The resilient structure may be cantilevers formed using a middle spring layer covering cavities on the substrate. Connectors define a transducing space below the top plate. The resilient structure enables a vertical displacement of the connectors, which transports the top plate in a piston-like motion to change the transducing space and to effectuate energy transformation. No separate cells are necessary for each addressable transducer element. Multiple device elements can be made on the same substrate. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140607 | Driving apparatus - A driving apparatus includes a piezoelectric element which expands and contracts when a voltage is applied thereto, a driving shaft fixed to one end of the piezoelectric element in an expanding-and-contracting direction, a friction part frictionally engaged with the driving shaft, a lens holder moved along a direction of an optical axis of a lens, and a direction-changing unit which reciprocates the lens holder in the front-rear direction along the optical axis. The direction-changing unit includes a translation cam mechanism including a moving member and a moved member, and converts a linear movement along the expanding-and-contracting direction into a linear movement along the direction of the optical axis. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140608 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - A ultrasonic motor includes a piezoelectric device, and friction contact members moves a driven body by a elliptical vibration. And the ultrasonic motor includes a holder member which is disposed corresponding to a node of a longitudinal vibration or in the vicinity thereof on the face of the piezoelectric device and a node of a flexural vibration or in the vicinity thereof, the holder member having an engagement convex portion and being provided with a pair of sliding contact projection portions, a position limiting member which has accommodation holes each constituted of a sliding contact concave portion for accommodating the sliding contact projection portion such that it makes a sliding contact therewith freely and an engagement concave portion for accommodating the engagement convex portion, and a pressure member which presses the holder member so as to bring the friction contact members into pressure contact with the driven body. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140609 | Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers - A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) includes a structured membrane which possesses improved frequency response characteristics. Some embodiments provide CMUTs which include a substrate, a first electrode, a second movable electrode, and a structured membrane. The movable second electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode and is coupled to the structured membrane. The structured membrane is shaped to possess a selected resonant frequency or an optimized frequency response. The structured membrane can include a plate and a beam coupled to the plate such that the resonant frequency of the structured membrane is greater than the resonant frequency of the plate. Furthermore, the ratio of the resonant frequency of the structured membrane over the mass of the structured membrane can be greater than the ratio of the resonant frequency of the plate over the mass of the plate. In some embodiments, the CMUT is an embedded spring ESCMUT. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140610 | System for preloading piezoelectric actuators and method - A system for preloading piezoelectric actuators includes a fixture, a preloading mechanism configured to apply a mechanical force to a piezoelectric element supported by the fixture, and a sensor configured to sense an electrical property induced by the mechanical force in an electrical circuit having the piezoelectric element therein. A control device is coupled with the sensor and configured to generate a signal based on the sensed electrical property. A method of setting or testing preload includes applying a mechanical force to a piezoelectric element, and correlating an electrical property induced by the mechanical force with a magnitude of the mechanical force. Closed loop control allows preload to be set highly accurately. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140611 | QUARTZ CRYSTAL VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - To provide a quartz crystal vibrator, an oscillator and an electronic apparatus capable of preventing a bonding electrode from being corroded and easily maintaining soundness of the bonding electrode over a long period of time, a quartz crystal vibrator is provided with a quartz crystal vibrating plate formed by surrounding a quartz crystal vibrating piece by a frame-like portion, a hermetically closed vessel including a lid member and a base member in a plate-like shape for interposing the quartz crystal vibrating plate in a thickness direction, bonding electrodes provided between the lid member and the quartz crystal vibrating plate and between the base member and the quartz crystal vibrating plate and electrically connected to an inner electrode, and a protecting film for protecting the bonding electrode, provided with a recess portion recessed to an inner side of the hermetically closed vessel from an outer edge portion between the lid member and the quartz crystal vibrating plate and an outer edge portion between the base member and the quartz crystal vibrating plate, the protecting film is provided at the recess portion and the bonding electrode is disposed on the inner side of the recess portion. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140612 | Vibration-Wave Detector - A sensor body | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140613 | CRYSTAL UNIT FOR SURFACE MOUNTING - The crystal unit for surface mounting includes a container body having a recess, a pair of holding terminals formed on an inner bottom surface of the recess and a crystal blank provided with excitation electrodes on both principal surfaces thereof, having a first end and a second end with lead-out electrodes extending from the excitation electrodes toward both sides of the first end. Both sides of the first end are fixed to the holding terminals using a conductive adhesive. Pillow members protruding from the inner bottom surface are provided on the inner bottom surface of the recess at positions corresponding to corners on both sides of the second end. A bank having a height lower than a height of the pillow members is provided on the inner bottom surface of the recess at an intermediate position between the pair of pillow members. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140614 | STATOR OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH TEMPERATURE DETECTION - A stator for a dynamoelectric machine includes a stator body having slots and a winding system positioned in the slots of the stator body and having coils terminating in winding heads on end faces of the stator body, wherein each slot receives different coil sides of neighboring coils. Arranged between the coil sides in at least one of the slots is a temperature sensor to ascertain a temperature in the stator, in particular between the coil sides of the winding system in the slots of the stator. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140615 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AN AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES A THIN SCREEN VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT - Apparatus for supporting an audio/video system, the system including a thin screen video display unit, video components operatively coupled to the display unit for generating video signals displayable by the unit, and audio components for generating audio signals, includes an elevator mechanism for the display unit and an exterior housing. The exterior housing includes a top opening sized to permit upward and downward movement of the display unit through the opening. The video and audio components are fixedly mounted to, the housing. The elevator mechanism extends upwardly within the housing and comprises an elevator platform adapted to carry the display unit between a lower position where the display unit when carried by the platform is retracted into the mechanism and an upper position where the display unit when carried by the platform is deployed above both the elevator mechanism and the exterior housing. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus includes a swivel mounting for supporting the display unit and permitting rotational movement thereof with respect to the platform when the platform is in its upper position. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140616 | TRASH COMPACTOR CABINET - The invention comprises a trash compactor cabinet formed from two panels of sheet metal. The panels are the same shape and are attached with one being inverted compared to the other along a V-shaped channel at one end of the panel. The panels have a V-shaped channel in the back side of the panel to form a passageway between shelves in the cabinet and the rear wall of the cabinet. A front portion of the panel is formed by a channel for attaching doors or door frames to the front of the cabinet. The cabinet can be formed by quickly and easily bending sheet metal into the panels and welding the panels together. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140617 | Load Balancing Robust Computer Frame - A load balancing method and incorporated assembly is provided for a computer frame having side walls. The assembly comprises a mid-plane plate having top and bottom sides and capable of being secured to the frames inside side walls. The mid-plane plate also has means both on its top and bottom sides for securing a number of electronic books in such a manner that they can be stacked on top of or adjacent to one another. A locking mechanism can also be provided as part of the assembly or alone to further secure the electronic books to the frame. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140618 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a casing provided with a through-hole, an accessory to be attached to the casing so as to be separable from the casing, a locking member which is provided so as to be slidably movable with respect the casing, and catches the accessory so as to prevent the accessory from being separated from the casing, or releases the accessory, and a wire with a catching section provided with a catching section which catches the edge section of the through-hole or releases the edge section of the through-hole. The through-hole is formed in the casing in such a manner that the catching section which has caught the edge section of the through-hole is arranged at a midway position on the movement route of the locking member. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140619 | Device for loading cutlery in dishwasher machines - A dishwasher machine with a device for loading crockery or cutlery, which enables the cutlery to be carefully placed in the washing container in an easily accessible, space-saving manner, is provided. A separate loading device or cutlery basket is provided in the crockery basket of the dishwasher machine that is at least partially integrated into the main loading plane of the crockery basket and is arranged on the crockery basket in such a way that it can be displaced between an inserted position and a loading position. As a result, the cutlery basket can be advantageously displaced independently of the crockery basket, and thus out of the washing container of the dishwasher, from the front, without the crockery basket itself having to be displaced, thus simplifying the loading or unloading of crockery or cutlery from the cutlery basket. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140620 | FURNITURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECOND FURNITURE PART WHICH CAN BE MOTOR-DRIVEN IN RELATION TO A FIRST FURNITURE PART - An article of furniture ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140621 | Auto-return drawer rail - An auto-returning drawer rail is implemented in furniture having a drawer cavity and a drawer, and the auto-returning drawer rail has a drawer rail assembly, an auto-returning device and a buffering device. The drawer rail assembly is mounted in the drawer cavity and has a rail bracket, an outer track and an inner track. The auto-returning device is mounted in the drawer rail assembly and has a base, a sliding block, a connector and two springs. The base is mounted on the rail bracket. The sliding block is mounted slidably on the base. The connector is connected securely to the sliding block between the rail bracket and the base and has two clasping tabs engaging the base. The buffering device is mounted in the auto-returning device to prevent the drawer from returning too fast and has a damper and a drive shaft being connected to the connector. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140622 | DRAWER-TYPE HEATING COOKER - A drawer-type heating cooker capable of preventing, during an opening/closing operation of an automatic opening and closing door, a danger, such as being hit by the opening and closing door that is opening, or a hand or finger being get stuck in the opening and closing door that is closing, by calling attention to the opening and closing door movement, is provided. A drawer body allowing a heated object to be placed therein can be pulled out together with a door from a cooker body. In a state in which the drawer body is housed in the cooker body, an opening of a heating chamber is closed by the door. During opening/closing of the door, a warning sound is generated from a speaker provided in the cooker body or the door. For the warning sound, various settings such as the pitch, the tone and the volume can be made according to, for example, the open distance of the door detected by sensors. The warning sound calls attention from a person operating the heating cooker and people around the heating cooker so as to avoid a person or thing from being hit by the door that is opening, and from being get stuck in the door that is closing. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140623 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug that comprises a terminal and a ceramic insulator. The ceramic insulator has ribs and a shaft. The ceramic insulator also has an insulator that extends from the shaft and terminates at an insulator tip. Extending from the insulator tip is a central electrode post. A ground electrode has a circular wall that extends from threads. The circular wall has a top rim. The top rim has a ridge that protrudes inwardly. The ridge terminates at an interior face. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140624 | SPARK PLUG INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SPARK PLUG - A spark plug including: a center electrode; a substantially cylindrical insulator; a cylindrical metal shell; a ground electrode having a base end joined to a leading end portion of the metal shell and a distal end bent toward the axis line. The ground electrode includes: a thick portion provided on a base end side, a thin portion provided on a distal end side, and a stepped portion provided on an inner peripheral surface between the thick portion and the thin portion. A noble metal tip is joined to and partially embedded in the inner peripheral surface of the thin portion and disposed to form a gap between the noble metal tip and the leading end portion of the center electrode. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140625 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark plug including a ground electrode and a noble metal tip joined to a distal end portion of the noble metal tip. The noble metal tip is joined to the ground electrode via a molten bond in which the noble metal tip and the ground electrode are fused. A protruding length of the noble metal tip is 0.3 mm or more. Regarding the molten bond, relationships 50≦S | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140626 | VACUUM CHANNEL TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a vacuum channel transistor including a planar cathode layer formed of a material having a low work function or a planar cathode layer including a heat resistant layer formed of a material having a low work function, and a manufacturing method of the same. In the vacuum channel transistor, electrons can be emitted even when a low voltage is applied to a gate layer, a voltage of an anode layer has a small influence on electron emission of a cathode layer, and instability of emission current is obviated. Accordingly, high efficiency and a long lifespan can be achieved, and thus operational stability is secured. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140627 | ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRON SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE - An electron-emitting device according to this invention has a cathode electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, and an electron-emitting member. The gate electrode, the insulating layer, and the first electrode respectively have an opening communicating with each other. The electron-emitting member is provided on the cathode electrode, and at least a portion of the electron-emitting member is exposed in the opening. The second electrode is provided in the opening of the first electrode and electrically connected to the cathode electrode. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140628 | Inner coating of lamp vessels, such as discharge vessels of gas discharge lamps - The invention relates to a discharge vessel of a quartz glass for discharge lamps with a diffusion barrier inner layer of silicon oxide, which as a single layer is applied and/or is generated on the inner surface as well as to a method for generating and/or applying such a diffusion barrier inner layer and to the use of such a discharge vessel. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140629 | Cathode planes for field emission devices - A substrate | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140630 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - To achieve a light-emitting device emitting light with high brightness, closer to natural light, and less color shift due to a small change in intensity of emitted light, in a light-emitting device including a light source emitting light by driving current and at least one wavelength-converting material absorbing at least part of the light from the light source and emitting light having a different wavelength, the color coordinate x | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140631 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes four or more rows of element groups each having light-emitting elements arranged in a first direction, the element groups being arranged in parallel in a second direction different from the first direction. In each of a plurality of unit regions arranged in the first direction, the light-emitting elements belonging to the four or more rows of element groups are arranged at different positions by ones. The four or more rows of element groups includes a first element group, a second element group, and a third element group adjacent to the second element group. In each of the plurality of unit regions, the light-emitting element belonging to the second element group is disposed on one side in the first direction when viewed from the light-emitting element belonging to the first element group, and the light-emitting element belonging to the third element group is disposed on the other side in the first direction when viewed from the light-emitting element belonging to the first element group. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140632 | MOTHER GLASS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING ORGANIC ELECTRO LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A mother glass including a plurality of organic electro luminescence arrays having a scan pad and a data pad, wherein the plurality of organic electro luminescence arrays are arranged in a matrix type, comprising a non-array area, arranged between the organic electro luminescence arrays arranged in the matrix type, and an edge area located at an exterior of the arrangement of the matrix; at least more than one positive shorting bar formed at the edge area to supply with a positive voltage; at least more than one negative shorting bar formed at the edge area to supply with a negative voltage; a first line formed at the non-array area to electrically connect the data pad, formed in each of organic electro luminescence arrays, to the positive shorting bar; and a second line formed at the non-array area to electrically connect the scan pad, formed in each of organic electro luminescence arrays, to the negative shorting bar. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140633 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, AND DISPLAY UNIT AND LIGHTING UNIT USING THE SAME - A light-emitting module ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140634 | Light emitting element and electronic device using the same - A layer included in an electroluminescent element is required to be thickened to optimize light extraction efficiency of the electroluminescent element and to prevent short-circuit between electrodes. However, in a conventional element material, desired light extraction efficiency cannot be accomplished since drive voltage rises or power consumption is increased as the element material is thickened. A composite is formed by mixing a conjugated molecule having low ionization potential and a substance having an electron-accepting property to the conjugated molecule. A composite layer included in an element is formed using the composite as an element material. The composite layer is arranged between a first electrode and a light emitting layer or between a second electrode and a light emitting layer. The composite layer has high conductivity; therefore, drive voltage does not rise even if a film thickness is increased. Thus, an electroluminescent element which can prevent short-circuit of an electrode can be provided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140635 | Porous semiconductor layer formation material - The object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor layer formation material from which a semiconductor layer having a high carrier transport ability can be made, a method of forming a semiconductor element having a semiconductor layer having a high carrier transport ability, a semiconductor element formed by the semiconductor element manufacturing method, an electronic device provided with the semiconductor element, and electronic equipment having a high reliability. The semiconductor layer formation material includes a semiconductor material, porous particles each having a number of pores, and a dispersion medium, wherein the semiconductor material is existed in the semiconductor layer formation material in such a state that at least a part of the semiconductor material is filled in the pores of the porous particles. According to the semiconductor layer formation material it is possible to form a semiconductor layer having a high carrier transport ability can be made. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140636 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent device is provided having a metal wiring in a non-light-emitting region. The device may include a substrate, a wiring formed on the substrate to electrically connect to an external circuit, an insulating layer formed on the wiring such that the wiring is partially exposed. The insulating layer having a thickness | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140637 | NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE HAVING ELECTRON-ATTRACTING SUBSTITUENT AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT USING THE SAME - A novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having an electron-attracting substituent and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer which comprises a single layer or a plurality of layers comprising at least a light emitting layer and is disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the above nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative singly or as a component of a mixture. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a great efficiency of light emission and has a long life. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140638 | Display device - A display device in which pixels, each including an emission area, are arranged in a form of a matrix, the display device including: a first electrode formed from the emission area of the pixels to a non-emission area on a periphery of the emission area; a second electrode formed so as to be common to the pixels; and a light emitting material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein film thickness in the non-emission area of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is larger than film thickness in the emission area. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140639 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence element comprising at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises a metal complex having a partial structure represented by Formula (1): | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140640 | LUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS WITH CARBENE LIGANDS - An organic light emitting device is provided. The device has an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer comprises a compound further comprising one or more carbene ligands coordinated to a metal center. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140641 | Quinoxaline Derivative and Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, and Electronic Device Using Quinoxaline Derivative - An object is to provide a novel quinoxaline derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low driving voltage. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low power consumption. Another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device with low power consumption by using such a light-emitting element. A quinoxaline derivative which has a structure in which at least one of carbon at a 2-position and carbon at a 3-position of quinoxaline, and carbon of 1,3,4-oxadiazole ring are bound via an arylene group is provided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140642 | Quinoxaline Derivative, and Light-Emitting Element and Electronic Device Using the Same - An object is to provide a novel quinoxaline derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low driving voltage and less power consumption. Further, another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device each consuming less power by using the light-emitting element. A quinoxaline derivative represented by a general formula (G11) is provided, in which at least one of carbon at a 2-position and carbon at a 3-position, and carbon at a 2-position of benzoxazole are bound via an arylene group. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140643 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency and long lifetime is provided. By manufacturing a light-emitting device using the light-emitting element, the light-emitting device having low power consumption and long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting element is manufactured in which a light-emitting layer is included between a first electrode serving as an anode and a second electrode serving as a cathode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having a hole-transporting property, a second organic compound having an electron-transporting property, and an organometallic complex including a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton as a ligand. Further, a light-emitting device is manufactured using the light-emitting element. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140644 | Quinoxaline Derivative, and Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, and Electronic Device Using the Same - The present invention provides a quinoxaline derivative rerpesented by a general formula (G1). In the formula, α | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140645 | TANDEM ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a tandem organic light emitting device, which reduces the driving voltage by using a non-doping material having both the electron transporting and hole transporting abilities to act, respectively, as an electron transporting layer and a hole transporting layer that are in contact with the connecting layer. The tandem organic light emitting device does not have to double its driving voltage as a result of the increasing of the number of the emitting element contained therein. However, the brightness and the current efficiency of the device of the present invention will be higher than the theoretical fold value calculated in accordance with the number of emitting element contained in the device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140646 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device includes a transistor having gate, source, and drain electrodes, and first electrode connected to one of the source or drain electrodes. The device also includes an emitting layer positioned on the first electrode and a second electrode positioned on the emitting layer. Each of the source and drain electrodes includes first, second, and third layers having different tapered angles. The first electrode may include a metallic layer and a conductive layer, with a tapered angle of the metallic layer being different from a tapered angle of the conductive layer. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140647 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device and a method of manufacturing the display device, the display device has a substrate having a first region and a second region disposed at a peripheral portion of the first region. The substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first region and an insulation member selectively disposed in the first region. The insulating member has a plurality of openings that expose a portion corresponding to the first electrodes. The substrate includes light emitting patterns are disposed on the first electrodes through the openings and the substrate has a second electrode disposed on the light emitting patterns. Accordingly, the thickness of the light emitting patterns is uniformity so that the quality of an image generated from the light emitting patterns is improved. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140648 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL - A manufacturing method of a display panel including a light emitting element including a first electrode, a carrier transporting layer constituted of at least one layer and a second electrode so as to layer the first electrode, the carrier transporting layer and the second electrode, and the manufacturing method includes forming the first electrode in a predetermined region on a substrate, forming an opening from which only a predetermined region of the first electrode is exposed by patterning an insulation film by carrying out an etching after forming the insulation film on the substrate including the first electrode and forming the carrier transporting layer at least on the first electrode which is exposed from the opening. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140649 | Isolation mask for fine line display - An electroluminescent panel having a front electrode overlying a translucent sheet, a phosphor layer overlying the front electrode, a dielectric layer overlying the phosphor layer, and a rear electrode overlying the dielectric layer, the electroluminescent panel further includes a mask layer between the front electrode and the phosphor layer, wherein the mask layer is patterned to define graphics optically and electrically. A layer other than the mask layer can also be patterned. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140650 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a package housing, at least one light-emitting element, a plurality miniature elements, and a package filler. The package housing includes a recess. The light-emitting element is disposed in the recess. The miniature elements are formed on the light-emitting element. Light from the light-emitting element is output to the exterior of the recess in a predetermined direction by adjustment of the miniature elements. The package filler is filled in the recess and covers the light-emitting element and miniature elements. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140651 | Discharge Light Source | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140652 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - “Discharge delay” and “dependence of discharge delay on temperatures” are solved by improving a protective layer, thus a PDP can be driven at a low voltage. Furthermore, the PDP can display excellent images by suppressing “dependence of discharge delay on space charges.” Liquid-phase magnesium alkoxide (Mg (OR) | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140653 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel (PDP) with an improved addressing operation at a lower voltage by reducing a distance of a discharge path of the PDP. The PDP also provides an improved structure for enhancing luminous efficiency. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the PDP includes a front substrate and a rear substrate, a plurality of first barrier ribs and second barrier ribs between the front and rear substrates to form a plurality of cells. Each of the second barrier ribs is closer to the scan electrode of a corresponding one of the cells than to the sustain electrode of the corresponding one of the cells. Address electrodes are provided on the rear substrate for performing address discharges along with the scan electrodes. Phosphor layer are respectively formed on at least a part of the unit cells. According to the embodiment, the second barrier ribs provide a shorter discharge path for performing address discharges. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140654 | Extra-high pressure discharge lamp - An extra-high pressure discharge lamp, comprises an optical transparent light emitting section, sealing sections connected to the light emitting section, a pair of electrodes which face each other in the light emitting section, wherein one of the electrodes having a thick portion, a thin portion and an intermediate portion which is formed between the thick portion and the thin portion, wherein 0.15 mg/mm | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140655 | SIMPLE PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY SWEEPING METHOD FOR CCFL INVERTER - A CCFL inverter circuit integrates a feedback circuit and protection circuit together. For both in-phase and out-of-phase applications, sensed lamp voltages can be used for open lamp and short lamp detection and sensed currents can be used for open lamp detection. The driving circuit adjusts the open lamp frequency by using a duty cycle control signal so that the driving circuit can always achieve the desired lamp voltage gain. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140656 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE, ILLUMINATON DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emission device capable of holding a uniform color in various environments. A light source control device has a light detection device for detecting emission brightness of light sources that emit different colors and controlling emission brightness of at least one light source of the light sources based on the detection result of the light detection device. A through-hole is formed in a reflection member for reflecting light emitted from the light source, and the reflection is in a predetermined direction. The light detection device is provided across the reflection member from the light source, and the light propagation member is provided at the through-hole. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140657 | Light Source Device, a Display Device and Television Receiver - A light source device and a display device are disclosed of which high display quality can be maintained by correcting luminance or a color tone without making a user feel strangeness or inconvenience. A light source device is disclosed in at least one embodiment, including light source blocks each of which has red-color light-emitting diodes, green-color light-emitting diodes and blue-color light-emitting diodes and is capable of independently adjusting luminance of the three color diodes, a photo-receiving mechanism arranged to photo-receive light, and a correcting operation control mechanism arranged to calculate correction amounts of the luminance of the light sources in each of the blocks based on photo-receiving amounts of the photo-received light in order to maintain uniform luminance or a uniform color tone among the blocks, wherein the mechanism controls the mechanism to photo-receive the light when a termination operation of the light source device is performed. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140658 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method of driving a light emitting device including a light emitting element and a unit circuit that is disposed in correspondence with the light emitting element and drives the tight emitting element in accordance with emission control data generated based on image data, wherein the light emitting device has a temperature sensor and a light receiving sensor. The method includes detecting the temperature of the light emitting device by using the temperature sensor, detecting light emitted from the light emitting element by using the light receiving sensor, and generating the emission control data by correcting the image data in response to the temperature of the light emitting device which is detected by the temperature sensor and the detected value of light which is detected by the light receiving sensor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140659 | FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE LIGHT OUTPUT OF A LED UNIT - The present invention relates to a control system ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140660 | PULSE-CONTROLLED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE SOURCE - A light-emitting diode array is driven by a digital control. The digital control modulates the pulse width of pulses applied to the light-emitting diode. The intensity of the output is controlled by controlling the width of pulses applied to the light-emitting diode. Since light-emitting diodes have very low inertial energy, this system can be rapidly turned on and turned off. The output is integrated to produce a uniform output. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140661 | Organic electroluminescence display and driving method thereof - An organic electroluminescence display device is disclosed. The display comprises pixels which emit light according to data signals by controlling current from a pixel power supply through an organic light emitting diode, and to a ground power supply. In order to eliminate an initial glare, the pixel power supply is gradually provided to the pixels, and after a delay, the ground power supply is then gradually provided to the pixels. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140662 | Circuit Arrangement Having a Transformation Apparatus and Operating Method for a Lamp Using a Circuit Arrangement Having a Transformation Apparatus - The present invention relates to a circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus, which has a primary side (P) and a secondary side (S), wherein the primary side and the secondary side (S) are DC-isolated from one another, wherein the primary side (P) has a terminal for a supply voltage (UE) and is connected to a first reference potential, wherein the secondary side (S) comprises a first and a second output line, which, in the normal case, are not coupled to a reference potential and which form an output terminal, at which a voltage for a load (LA) can be provided, wherein it furthermore comprises: an apparatus for tapping off a measured voltage potential (CP) on the secondary side (S); and an apparatus (10) for determining whether the measured voltage potential is in a permissible range. The invention moreover relates to an operating method for a lamp using a circuit arrangement. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140663 | DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTO-ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS AND METHOD FOR AUTO-ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - A display system includes a display panel, a solar battery, an electric current measuring module, a memory, and a brightness adjusting module. The solar battery is for converting light energy into electric current. The electric current measuring module is for measuring electric current generated from the solar battery. The memory is for storing a pre-defined associative array of current values and their corresponding brightness values. The brightness adjusting module is for querying the associative array stored in the memory to get the corresponding brightness value, using the measured electric current value as a key, and adjusting the brightness of the display based on the brightness value returned from the associative array. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140664 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display and a method for driving a backlight thereof are provided. The display generates a control voltage and supplies the generated control voltage to a backlight driving unit in a step-wise manner. Accordingly, malfunctions of the backlight due to incomplete activation during initial driving, can be avoided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140665 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A light source module having a plurality of light source blocks corresponding to a plurality of display regions, a method for driving the light source module, and a display device having the light source module. The output brightness of each of the light source blocks is individually dimmed according to a dimming control signal. A dimming control unit determines the average gray level and inherent brightness of each of the respective display regions, calculates a threshold gray level of each display region by using its inherent brightness, outputs a fixed brightness as a dimming control signal when the average gray level of the display region is greater than the threshold gray level, and outputs a variable brightness based upon the inherent brightness value, as the dimming control signal when the average gray level of the display region is less than the threshold gray level. Accordingly, brightness spots can be reduced by performing the brightness dimming with consideration of the interference brightness caused by the adjacent light source blocks. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140666 | Dimming control circuit and method for generating analog and digital signals according to one analog control signal - The present invention discloses a dimming control circuit and a method for generating analog and digital signals according to an analog control signal. The dimming control circuit according to the present invention comprises an input for receiving an analog control signal; a digital dimming circuit for receiving the analog control signal and generating a digital signal; an analog dimming circuit for receiving the analog control signal and generating an analog signal; and a power circuit enabled by the digital signal for converting a supply voltage to an output voltage according to the analog signal generated by the analog dimming circuit. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140667 | LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting control console for controlling a lighting control system including a digital processor and a digital storage unit. The lighting control console can comprise several control elements, in particular keys, linear regulators and/or induction regulators, which are arranged on the top of the casing and can be used to enter operating commands. The lighting control console encompasses a display device with at least one screen that is arranged on the top of the casing. The data for the user can be graphically displayed on the screen. The lighting control console can include a casing provided with at least one cover, which can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cover covers at least one extra control element arranged in or on the casing in its closed position, thereby protecting the extra control element against external influences in its closed position. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140668 | Marine LED Lighting System and Method - A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140669 | Highly Directed, Adjustable Intensity Reading/Keyboard Light with Optimized Spectral Output - A highly-directed light, with color in the blue area of the spectrum, has been developed that meets the particular requirements of two types of users. One application enables a user to see a keyboard clearly enough, predominately from his peripheral vision, to use it while engaged in other principal tasks. The other application allows readers with aging eyesight to more clearly focus on written text without the aid of magnifying or reading glasses. The user's ocular physiology, the physics of the light source and the juxtaposition of the working components for the typical operational scenario were considered while designing an apparatus and method to deliver an optimal working solution. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140670 | Light beam control system for a spatial light modulator - According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a light beam control system includes a positive intrinsic negative diode coupled to a controller circuit. The positive intrinsic negative diode receives a portion of a light beam generated by a light source and converts the portion into a measured intensity. The controller circuit receives the measured intensity, determines an output signal according to the measured intensity and a reference, and adjusts the light beam according to the output signal. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140671 | MATCHING A RESONANT FREQUENCY OF A RESONANT CAVITY TO A FREQUENCY OF AN INPUT VOLTAGE - A synchrocyclotron includes magnetic structures that define a resonant cavity, a source to provide particles to the resonant cavity, a voltage source to provide radio frequency (RF) voltage to the resonant cavity, a phase detector to detect a difference in phase between the RF voltage and a resonant frequency of the resonant cavity that changes over time, and a control circuit, responsive to the difference in phase, to control the voltage source so that a frequency of the RF voltage substantially matches the resonant frequency of the resonant cavity. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140672 | Interrupted Particle Source - A synchrocyclotron includes magnetic structures to provide a magnetic field to a cavity, a particle source to provide a plasma column to the cavity, where the particle source has a housing to hold the plasma column, and where the housing is interrupted at an acceleration region to expose the plasma column, and a voltage source to provide a radio frequency (RF) voltage to the cavity to accelerate particles from the plasma column at the acceleration region. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140673 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - In a power supply apparatus | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140674 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AC MOTOR - It is attained by being provided with a motor constant calculation unit for calculating electric constants of a motor, and by correcting setting values of electric constants defined on one of the axes of two orthogonal axes, by a functional expression using a state variable defined on the same axis, and by correcting them by a functional expression using a state variable defined on the other axis. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140675 | Door drive - The present invention relates to a door drive comprising electrically operated components which are supplied with electrical energy via a mains connection. In accordance with the invention, a control and an electrical energy store are provided, with the control separating the door drive from the mains and the electrical energy store providing the electrical energy in a first operating mode and with the control connecting the door drive to the mains in a second operating mode. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140676 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSORLESS CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - Methods and systems for controlling an electric motor are provided. A signal comprising at least first and second cycles is provided to the electric motor. A first flux value for the electric motor associated with the first cycle of the signal is calculated. A second flux value for the electric motor associated with the second cycle of the signal is calculated based on the first flux value. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140677 | Motor Drive Circuit, Fan Motor, Electronic Device, and Notebook Personal Computer - A motor drive circuit comprising: a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series, a voltage of a connection point between the first transistor and the second transistor being a drive voltage applied to one end of a motor coil; an operational amplifier configured to control the first transistor and the second transistor such that the drive voltage is a voltage according to a difference between a first control voltage and a second control voltage for controlling driving of the motor coil; a switch circuit configured to drive the first transistor and the second transistor such that the motor coil is in a state of not being driven regardless of control by the operational amplifier when a pulse signal for intermittently driving the motor coil is at one logic level, and drive the first transistor and the second transistor based on the control by the operational amplifier when the pulse signal is at the other logic level; and an auxiliary drive circuit configured to drive the first transistor and the second transistor to increase the drive voltage for a predetermined time period shorter than a time period during which the pulse signal is at the other logic level regardless of the control by the operational amplifier, when the pulse signal changes from the one logic level to the other logic level. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140678 | TORQUE RIPPLE SUPPRESSOR OF ENGINE - A torque ripple suppressor ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140679 | TERTIARY LOCK SYSTEM POWER UNIT - A system for moving an aircraft thrust reverser component includes a power drive unit, a thrust reverser actuator assembly, and a tertiary lock system. The power drive unit is operable to rotate and supply a rotational drive force. The thrust reverser actuator assembly receives the rotational drive force from the power drive unit and moves the thrust reverser component between a stowed position and a deployed position. The tertiary lock system selectively engages and disengages the thrust reverser component and includes a tertiary lock power unit, an electromechanical tertiary lock assembly, and a voltage limiting circuit. The voltage limiting circuit limits the voltage magnitude of a control signal supplied to the tertiary lock assembly to a predetermined value. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140680 | Motor controller of air conditioner - The present invention relates to a motor controller, including a converter for converting commercial AC power into DC power, an inverter including a plurality of switching elements, the inverter receiving the DC power, converting the DC power into AC power of a specific frequency through switching operations, and supplying the AC power to a three-phase motor, and a noise filter unit connected between the commercial AC power and the converter in order to remove a high frequency current and including normal mode inductors and common mode inductor. Accordingly, the motor control can control the power factor, limit a high frequency current, and eliminate noise components, that is, ripple components of an input current. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140681 | SENSORLESS MEASUREMENT OF THE ROTATION FREQUENCY OF A ROTOR OF AN ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140682 | Motor control unit, motor control method and image forming apparatus - Time information indicates time required for reflecting a speed control indicating value actually on the rotation speed of the motor, the speed control indicating value being read by a motor driving part and then, being reflected on the rotation speed of the motor by the motor driving part. the speed control indicating value is generated based on the time information and the rotation speed information. The speed control indicating value is read at a period which is based on the time information for actually driving the motor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140683 | REHABILITATION ROBOT AND TUTORIAL LEARNING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a rehabilitation robot and a tutorial learning method for the rehabilitation robot. The rehabilitation robot comprises a robotic device, a rehabilitation mode control unit, and a driving unit. The robotic device comprises at least a motor capable of controlling the joints of the robotic device. The rehabilitation mode control unit further comprises a tutorial learning module capable of enabling the rehabilitation robot to learn a rehabilitation operation of a physiotherapist in a tutorial manner as he/she is operating the rehabilitation robot while registering the rehabilitation operation as an operation mode of the same. When the rehabilitation robot is used for performing a therapeutic session on a patient and a tutorial learning mode is selected for the rehabilitation robot, it is required to have a physiotherapist operate the rehabilitation robot and the same time that the rehabilitation robot will register motor actuation parameters corresponding to the therapeutic session into the tutorial learning module. On the other hand, when an automatic rehabilitation mode is selected, the rehabilitation robot will access the motor actuation parameters registered in the tutorial learning module so as to reproduce the therapeutic session simulating the physiotherapist. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140684 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING A FIVE-AXIS MACHINING APPARATUS - A numerical controller capable of moving a tool end point position to an accurate position in a five-axis machining apparatus. Compensation amounts are set, which correspond to respective ones of a linear axis-dependent translational error, a rotary axis-dependent translational error, a linear axis-dependent rotational error, and a rotary axis-dependent rotational error, which are produced in the five-axis machining apparatus. A translational/rotational compensation amount Δ3D is determined from these compensation amounts and added to a command linear axis position Pm. As the compensation amounts, there is used a corresponding one of six-dimensional lattice point compensation vectors, which are determined in advance as errors due to the use of a mechanical system and measured at lattice points of lattices into which the entire machine movable region is divided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140685 | Method and Device for Positioning a Movable Part in a Test System - The invention relates to a method and a device for the positioning of a displaceable component in an examining system, particularly a measuring or an analytic system wherein, during the process, the displaceable component is displaced with the support of an actuating element coupled to the displaceable component from a home position into an end position, wherein the actuating element is moved by means of a drive force and the displaceable component is impacted with a fixation force fixating the displaceable component in the end position by way of a fixation component connected to the displaceable component, where the fixation component is submerged at least partially in a reservoir of a medium and is fixated in the medium by means of the transformation of the medium from a liquid state into a solidified state, wherein the medium is transformed from the liquid state into the solidified state by means of the impact-application with a manipulating variable. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140686 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRIC MOTOR - For ensuring high-precision control of a planar motor ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140687 | HOBBY SERVICE HAVING ENHANCED OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE - An apparatus is disclosed for enhancing the operational performance of a servo. The apparatus comprises an auxiliary shaft that is independent and displaced from the servo and an actuation sensor that is operably coupled to the auxiliary shaft. The auxiliary shaft is configured to be driven by a motor associated with the servo. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140688 | Inverter Device - This invention provides an inverter device that can detect a step-out state of an AC motor by a simple process without depending on a rotation speed of the AC motor and also surely hold an abnormal state in the step-out state of the AC motor. The inverter device | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140689 | SOLAR CHARGER - A solar charger primarily comprises a main body and at least one solar panel wherein the main body and the solar panel are respectively an independent modulized component. In addition, one edge of the solar panel can be detachably attached to one adjacent edge of the main body. Since contacts are respectively provided on the adjacent edges of the solar panel and the main body, the two components are electrically connected when they are assembled together so as to store an electric power transformed from a light energy in a rechargeable battery in the main body for providing the electric power to charge electronic devices later. Thereupon, the present invention facilitates manufacturing as well as processing and reduces time consumption of fabricating. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140690 | Wireless Power Charging System - A wireless power charging system has a wireless power transmission apparatus formed to charge a plurality of wireless power receiving apparatuses located in a short distance therefrom, wherein the total charging time for the wireless power receiving apparatuses is saved. The wireless power transmission apparatus has a main control unit and a resonant converter unit, which transmit the electric signal to the wireless power receiving apparatus via the resonance signal generated from a primary charge core in order to charge the wireless power receiving apparatuses. The wireless power transmission apparatus also includes an output signal conversion module for transmitting a converted electric signal to the resonant converter unit and a received signal process module for processing a signal transmitted from the wireless power receiving apparatus. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140691 | Wireless Multi-Charger System and Controlling Method Thereof - Disclosed are a wireless multi-charger system capable of saving the total charging time of a large number of wireless power transmission devices since one wireless multi-power transmission device includes a plurality of the wireless power transmission devices so that a large number of the wireless power transmission devices can be charged with electricity, and preventing the damage of the wireless power transmission devices and the wireless multi-power transmission device although foreign substances are put on charger blocks that are not charged. The wireless multi-charger system (A) according to the present invention includes an external body formed as a wireless charger case | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140692 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING RECHARGE MENU SETTING FUNCTION AND INTER-RECHARGING METHOD USING THE SAME - A non-contact recharging apparatus and method provides a recharge menu to a first mobile terminal when performing non-contact recharging using inductive coupling. A user can set and operate a menu for recharging a second mobile terminal according to the recharge menu to perform inter-recharging between the mobile terminals. A recharge menu setting state is displayed in the form of icon, and the mobile terminal performs short-range communication with the counterpart terminal during the recharging to exchange information about the remaining battery capacity and the amount of current. The exchanged information is displayed on a display module such that the user can easily check which one of the mobile terminals is being recharged and can also check the recharge level of the mobile terminal being recharged. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140693 | FLYBACK CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY CONNECTED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES USING FLYBACK-TYPE CONVERTERS - A charge redistribution apparatus includes a transformer including a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. The apparatus also includes a plurality of rectifier circuits, respective ones of which are configured to connect respective ones of the secondary windings across respective groups of a plurality of serially connected energy storage devices (e.g., respective individual cells, respective batteries and/or respective strings of batteries). The apparatus further includes a switch configured to connect the primary winding across the plurality of serially connected energy storage devices, and a control circuit configured to control the switch. The control circuit may be configured to cause the switch to alternately connect and disconnect the primary winding to and from the string of serially connected energy storage devices to redistribute charge among the energy storage devices. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140694 | SEQUENCING SWITCHED SINGLE CAPACITOR FOR AUTOMATIC EQUALIZATION OF BATTERIES CONNECTED IN SERIES - Techniques for sequencing switched single capacitor for automatic equalization of batteries connected in series are described herein. In one embodiment, a battery equalizer includes a single capacitor, at least two switching circuits to be coupled to each of at least two batteries coupled in series. The battery equalizer further includes at least two driver circuits corresponding the at least two switching circuits and a controller. The controller is programmed to control the driver circuits in order to drive the switching circuits to sequentially couple the single capacitor to one of the batteries coupled in series during charging and/or discharging of the batteries. Only one of the switching circuits is turned on at a given time such that only one of the batteries is coupled to the single capacitor at the given time. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140695 | Method of regenerating lead battery cells and regenerative agent for performing of this method - The electrochemical regeneration of lead battery cells during which, after the treatment of the battery by some of the regeneration additives on the basis of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and after the basic charging, they are alternately or intermittently charged and discharged. Above the limit located above the level of the full charge it is charged with a current of 1.1%-4% and discharged with a current of 0%-5% related to the nominal value of the capacity of the cell or storage battery, or else the charging is carried out in two phases or by a constant current. Under the limit located below the level of the permitted discharging it is discharged with a current of 1% to 4% and subsequently charged with a current of 3%-10% related to the value of the capacity of the battery to a decrease in the voltage to 1.6 V of the cell or any of the battery's cells. Then the battery supplies 10%-15% of its nominal capacity and this entire procedure is repeated 2-5 times. The regenerative agent contains, for each liter of aqueous solution 40% of hydrogen peroxide, 1 ml to 70 ml of sulfuric acid with a density of 1 to 1.32 g.cm | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140696 | Apparatus and method for correcting residual capacity measurement of battery pack - A device and method of calibrating a residual capacity measurement for a battery pack uses the charging and discharging mechanism to reset the capacity to zero every time when the battery pack is completely discharged, so as to precisely measure and display the real capacity. The device includes a battery pack and a battery protection unit electrically connected to the battery pack. The battery protection unit resets the minimal capacity when the battery pack is completely discharged. The device further includes a charging switch used to control the timing of the charging unit to charge the battery pack; a discharging switch used to control the timing of the discharging unit to discharge the battery pack; a microcontroller used to detect whether the device is connected to the charging unit and capacity messages are generated; and a discharging switch used to control the battery pack to be completely discharged. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140697 | BATTERY CHARGER AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for compensating for temperature effects in a pulsed battery-charging scheme with an average charging current less than the root-mean-square (rms) current. The method comprises varying the ratio of the average charging current to rms current as a function of the battery ambient temperature. The method may also comprise varying an upper threshold charging voltage as a function of the battery ambient temperature. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140698 | Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle - A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls the cut-off voltage used during charging and the maintenance temperature of the battery pack. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY - Portable, battery powered audio playback apparatuses are abundantly available. More and more of these apparatuses have built-in rechargeable batteries. It takes a long time to recharge these batteries. A user may not always need the full amount of power that can be provided by a fully charged battery, but only the amount enough for rendering and reproduction of a limited amount of multimedia data objects. With current art devices, it is difficult to determine when—after which amount of charging time—the battery has enough energy to render a selection of multimedia data objects. Therefore, the invention provides an indicator that indicates during and/or after charging that the battery comprises enough energy to render selected multimedia data objects. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140700 | Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle - A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls the cut-off voltage used during charging and the maintenance temperature of the battery pack. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140701 | Auto-Averaging RC Time Constant Calibration - This disclosure relates to auto-averaging RC time constant calibration are described. An auto-averaging calibration circuit includes two capacitor branches, where capacitors in the capacitor branches, charge and discharge alternately to accommodate multiple charging cycles in one measurement cycle for measuring a RC time constant. A value of RC time constant is obtained in each charging cycle. A final value of the RC time constant can be determined by averaging various values of the time constants obtained during each charging cycle. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140702 | System and Method for Precharging and Discharging a High Power Ultracapacitor Pack - This invention is a system and a method that uses the braking resistor, commonly used and available in electrically or hybrid-electrically propelled vehicles, to limit the precharge current during the startup of a high power ultracapacitor pack energy storage device and/or safely and rapidly discharge an ultracapacitor pack for maintenance work or storage to lengthen the life of the individual ultracapacitor cells and, correspondingly, the whole pack. The use of the braking resistor for precharging an ultracapacitor energy storage pack is an effective and less expensive method compared to other methods such as a separate DC-to-DC converter. This method includes the control logic sequence to activate and deactivate switching devices that perform the connections for the charging and discharging current paths. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140703 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter includes a charge pump unit and a clock pulse generator unit. The charge pump unit precharges a boost node in response to a precharge clock pulse and boosts the boost node to a boosted voltage in response to a pump clock pulse. The clock pulse generator unit generates the precharge clock pulse and the pump clock pulse in which corresponding pulse widths increase during multiple time intervals over time. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140704 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT WITH VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CONTROL OF A REACTIVE ELECTRIC VARIABLE WHICH IS TO BE PROVIDED - A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with control of a reactive electric variable which is to be provided, wherein a desired value for the reactive electric variable is determined as follows: a first upper and/or a first lower limit value of the grid voltage is defined for the grid voltage, when the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value and/or the real value of the grid voltage falls below the first lower limit value, the desired value of the reactive electric variable is increased or diminished such that the deviation of the real value of the grid voltage from its desired value is counter-acted, wherein the desired value of the reactive electric variable is continuously increased or diminished further over the time, as long as the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value or falls below the first lower limit value. | 2009-06-04 |
