26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140175900 | HARD DISK DRIVE CONTROL CIRUIT - A circuit for a hard disk drive (HDD) includes an indication unit, a HDD connector with a predefined pin, and a jumper coupled between the HDD connector and the indication unit. The jumper includes a base and a jumper block. The predefined pin performs different functions according to the jumper block being coupled between two corresponding pins of the base. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175901 | SWITCH CIRCUIT AND SPDT SWITCH CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a switch circuit and a single pole double throw (SPDT) circuit. The switch circuit includes: a MOS transistor transferring or blocking a signal according to a turn on/off operation thereof; a gate resistor connected to a gate of the MOS transistor; and a variable gate resistor circuit increasing a resistance value of the gate resistor when the MOS transistor is changed from a turn-off state to a turn-on state. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175902 | DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A discharge circuit for a power supply unit includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) chip, a first and second electronic switch, and a resistor. The first electronic switch receives a power good signal from the power supply unit. When a system power terminal outputs a voltage later than a stand-by power terminal, a voltage creep outputted by the PWM chip is discharged through the resistor and the second electronic switch. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175903 | DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A discharge circuit includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) chip, a first and second electronic switch, and a resistor. The first electronic switch receives a voltage creep from the PWM chip. When the voltage creep is less than a voltage making the first electronic switch to turned on, the voltage creep is discharged through the resistor and the second electronic switch. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175904 | WIRELESS SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A wireless switching circuit includes a charging capacitor, a voltage converter, an infrared sensor unit, a single chip microcomputer (SCM), a zero trigger circuit, and a thyristor. The charging capacitor is used to store and supply power. The voltage converter is used to convert alternating current (AC) voltage into direct current (DC) voltage to charge the charging capacitor. The infrared sensor unit is used to output control signals according to sensed infrared signals. The SCM outputs a trigger signal according to the control signals from the infrared sensor unit. Input ends of the zero trigger circuit are connected to the SCM to receive the trigger signal. An anode and a cathode of the thyristor is connected to a power supply line for the socket. A control end of the thyristor is connected to an output end of the zero trigger circuit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175905 | SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE DEVICE - A serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module device includes first and second electronic switches, a voltage detecting circuit, a power circuit, and an edge connector. The edge connector includes first to third power pins and first and second notches. The first power pins are connected to an input terminal of the voltage detecting circuit. An output terminal of the voltage detecting circuit is connected to first terminals of the first and second electronic switches. The second power pins are connected to the second terminal of the first electronic switch. The third power pins are connected to the second terminal of the second electronic switch. The third terminals of the first and second electronic switches are connected together and also connected to the power circuit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175906 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In a power transmitter device, a power transmitter side active electrode and a power transmitter side passive electrode are formed. In a power receiver device, a power receiver side active electrode and a power receiver side passive electrode are formed. The power transmitter side active electrode is rectangle that is shorter in a first direction and longer in a second direction. The power receiver side active electrode is rectangle that is longer in the first direction and shorter in the second direction. The power transmitter side active electrode and the power receiver side active electrode are formed so as that lengths of overlapping area in the first and second directions do not change in a placement receivable area on the power transmitter device, within which the power receiver device is allowed to be displaced. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175907 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmitting apparatus includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, a voltage generating circuit that applies a voltage between the active electrode and the passive electrode, and a reference potential electrode connected to a reference potential. A power receiving apparatus includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, a secondary battery connected between the active electrode and the passive electrode, and a reference potential electrode connected to a reference potential. Power is transmitted from the power transmitting apparatus to the power receiving apparatus as a result of the respective electrodes facing each other and being capacitively coupled to each other when the power receiving apparatus is mounted to the power transmitting apparatus. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175908 | METHOD OF REGULATING THE POWER OF AN ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION DRIVEN BY SUCH A METHOD - This method makes it possible to regulate the power of an energy conversion installation ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175909 | Systems and Methods for Supporting a Movable Element of an Electromechanical Device - An electromechanical device includes a movable body that is movable along an axis of a direction of motion. The device also includes an actuator beam and a compliant support beam arranged to support the movable body. The compliant support beam includes a first end connected to an anchor and an actuating portion extending from the anchor and in a direction that is transverse to the axis of the direction of motion and away from the anchor. The actuating portion is also arranged adjacently and spaced apart from the actuator beam. The compliant support beam also includes a connector portion that is contiguous with the actuating portion and coupled to the movable body. The connector portion extends at least partially back toward the anchor while being arranged adjacently and spaced apart from the actuating portion. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175910 | MULTI-SHAFT LINEAR MOTOR AND COMPONENT TRANSFER APPARATUS - A multi-shaft linear motor formed by a plurality of linear motors each provided with a magnetic body and an armature and adapted to produce a force causing the magnetic body and the armature to be relatively displaced along a given linear moving direction by interaction of magnetic fluxes generated between the magnetic body and the armature during an operation of supplying electric power to the armature. Each of the single-shaft linear motors includes a base plate. Base plate has a base surface defining the moving direction, wherein the stator is fixed onto the base surface along the moving direction, and the mover is attached onto the base surface in a movable manner reciprocating along the moving direction and in opposed relation to the stator. Single-shaft linear motors are stacked in a stacking direction perpendicular to the base surface such that the single-shaft linear motors are individually detachable as a unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175911 | STATOR AND MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a stator including: a plurality of stator cores; a coil wound around each of the plurality of stator cores; and an injection part injection-molded between the plurality of stator cores. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175912 | MOTOR - A BLDC motor for driving a cross flow fan in an air-conditioning application has an external rotor and an internal stator. The stator is a salient pole stator with insulated pole teeth and conductor coils. The inner diameter of the stator supports a single bearing. An electronic PCBA for control of the BLDC motor is optionally attached to the stator, all of which is encapsulated in a thermoset resin. The rotor comprises permanent magnet component(s) and a rotor frame. The rotor frame includes a stub axle that engages with the bearing element and features to provide torsional or rotational compliance between the rotor magnets and the fan. A level of compliance is provided between the bearing element and the stator to allow for angular misalignment between the rotational axis of the fan and the stator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175913 | SPINDLE MOTOR - A spindle motor includes a stator including a base member having a stator core installed thereon; and a rotor including a rotor hub in which a driving magnet facing the stator core is installed. The rotor hub includes a disk-shaped body, a magnet mounting part extended from edge of the body in a downward axial direction and having the driving magnet installed on an inner surface thereof, and a disk support part extended from the magnet mounting part in radial direction. A magnetic center of the driving magnet is higher than that of the stator core in the axial direction in order to generate force directed in the downward axial direction through interaction with the stator core. The magnet mounting part includes a vortex generation suppressing part disposed on a lower edge portion thereof to decrease noise and vibrations generated by flow of air during rotation of the rotor hub. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175914 | MOTOR - A motor, including: a motor body, the motor body including two ends; a damping ring, the damping ring including a bottom; a mounting bracket; a locking device; a control box; and a connection housing, the connection housing including two ends, and a sidewall. The damping ring is disposed on each end of the motor body. The bottom of the damping ring is supported by the mounting bracket. The damping ring is fixed on the mounting bracket by the locking device. One end of the connection housing is connected to a bottom of the motor body; the other end of the connection housing is connected to a top of the control box. A plurality of heat dissipation holes is arranged on the sidewall of the connection housing. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175915 | MOTOR OF OUTER ROTOR TYPE - Disclosed herein is a motor of an outer rotor type, including: a shaft; a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the shaft; a stator portion disposed at an outer side of the bearing assembly; a rotor portion including a cylindrical back yoke and a magnet disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the back yoke and disposed at a predetermined interval from the stator portion; and a fan assembly including a cylindrical hub fixing the shaft and a plurality of blades extending radially on an outer circumferential surface of the hub, wherein the inner circumferential surface of the back yoke is formed in an embossed shape using a plurality of arcs to form a space portion between the back yoke and the magnet. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175916 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING LIQUID COOLING - A liquid-cooled rotor assembly for a rotary electric machine, including a shaft provided with a fluid passageway receivable of a liquid coolant, and a substantially cylindrical rotor core rotatable in unison with the shaft. The rotor core is provided with a plurality of passages each terminating at a void in a rotor core axial end. Permanent magnets are disposed in rotor core passages, a gap is defined between each magnet and its respective rotor core passage. The shaft fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the rotor core end voids through the gaps, whereby the rotor core and the magnets are convectively cooled by liquid coolant receivable by the shaft fluid passageway and delivered to a rotor core end through the rotor core passages. Also, a method for liquid cooling a rotor assembly. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175917 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A COOLANT AGITATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A rotor assembly for an electric machine. The rotor assembly includes a shaft that defines a longitudinal axis of the electric machine, and a rotor body including a rotor hub supported by the shaft. The rotor body includes a first axial end and an opposing, second axial end. A coolant agitation system is provided on the rotor body. The coolant agitation system includes one or more coolant agitator members extending from one of the first and second axial ends. Each of the one or more coolant agitator members includes a first section that extends along the longitudinal axis and a second section that extends relative to the first section at a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175918 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator surrounds the rotor, has a top half, a bottom half, and wire windings, and is fixed with respect to the drive-unit housing. The stator is cooled by gravity feed via a fluid supplied by an external source and flowing onto and past the top half. The motor also includes a fluid dam fixed relative to the stator. The fluid dam is configured to guide the fluid around the stator and shield the rotor from the fluid flowing past the stator thereby limiting an amount of the fluid between the rotor and the stator such that spin losses in the electric motor are controlled. An electro-mechanical drive-unit employing the above described electric motor is also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175919 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND HOUSING FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A housing of a rotating electrical machine includes: a plurality of heat exchangers attached to an outer surface of the housing to cool a gas circulating in the housing; and a first partition wall portion disposed in an interior of the housing to partition the interior of the housing. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175920 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE FOR VEHICLES WITH LIQUID COOLING - An embodiment of a rotating electrical machine has: a shaft rotatably mounted to rotate around a central rotation axis; a rotor carried by the shaft; a stator which supports stator windings and is arranged around the rotor to enclose the rotor therein; a cylindrical casing which encloses the stator therein; and a cooling circuit which is intended for the circulation of a cooling fluid, is obtained at the casing, has a single common inlet opening for the cooling fluid axially arranged in the centre of a lateral wall of the casing, and two helicoidal paths, each of which is a mirror-image twin of the other one, centrally originates from the common inlet opening and extends from the centre of the casing towards a corresponding end of the casing. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175921 | ELECTRICITY COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION RING AND ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electricity collection and distribution ring includes a plurality of bus rings that include a plurality of annular conductive bodies and a plurality of connecting terminals provided on the annular conductive bodies. The connecting terminals each include a first connecting portion connected to a center conductor, a second connecting portion connected to a winding and a coupling portion for coupling the first and second connecting portions. The coupling portion includes the first extended portion including an end portion extending through a gap between the annular conductive bodies toward one side in an axial direction of the annular conductive bodies and the second extended portion extending from the end portion of the first extended portion toward one side in a radial direction of the annular conductive bodies. The second connecting portion is formed at an end portion of the second extended portion on one side in the radial direction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175922 | SEGMENTED STATOR FOR AN AXIAL FIELD DEVICE - An axial rotary energy device including a segmented stator assembly having a plurality of segments arranged in an annular array. Each stator segment is constructed by stacking a plurality of PCB power conductor layers and a plurality of PCB series layers. Each layer having radial conductors extending from an inner via to an outer via. The vias electrically connect selected radial conductors of the series conductor layer and power conductor layer. Each power conductor layer includes a pair of positive and negative terminal vias for one phase of the electric current connected to selected outer vias. A daughter PCB layer electrically connects two adjacent segments together by having a first portion electrically connected to a negative terminal via located in one segment and a second portion electrically connected to a positive terminal via located in an adjacent segment together with a current conductor electrically connecting the two terminal vias together. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175923 | WATERPROOF MOTOR STATOR STRUCTURE - A waterproof motor stator structure includes a circuit board; a stator mounted on one face of the circuit board; a lower shell forming an open-topped annular recess for receiving the circuit board therein and having an central opening communicable with the annular recess; an upper shell fitted around an outer side of the stator; and a protective layer formed in the annular recess of the lower shell to encapsulate the circuit board and an open lower end of the upper shell, so that the lower shell and the upper shell are joined into an integral unit. With these arrangements, the stator located in between the lower and upper shells can be effectively protected against external moisture and salt spray with reduced time, labor and material costs while enabling extended service life a fan using same. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175924 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING ASSEMBLY AND SPINDLE MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly including a sleeve; and a shaft rotatably inserted into a shaft hole and constituting a bearing clearance, wherein at least one of an inner circumferential surface of the sleeve and an outer circumferential surface of the shaft includes upper and lower radial dynamic pressure grooves having a herringbone pattern, and conditional expressions a+b>c+d and b−a>c−d>0 are satisfied. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175925 | MAGNETIC BEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VIBRATION CAUSED BY MAGNETIC BEARING APPARATUS - A magnetic bearing apparatus for supporting a rotational shaft includes a magnetic bearing, a rotation sensor, a controller which controls an electric current flown to an electromagnet, and at least one vibration sensor. The controller controls the electric current flown to the electromagnet as follows: in a first control mode, a first electric current is flown to the electromagnet for levitating and supporting the rotational shaft; and in a second control mode, a second electric current is flown to the electromagnet in place of the first electric current at a first periodic timing which is detected by the rotation sensor so that vibration is reduced to a lower level than a first vibration value detected in the first control mode in at least one of setting location of the at least one vibration sensor. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175926 | Motor Mount With Improved Decoupling For Ventilation System - The invention relates to a mount | 2014-06-26 |
20140175927 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle drive device includes a casing; and a plurality of motor generators mounted in the casing, each of the motor generators including a plurality of fastening portions at which a stator of the motor generator is fixed to the casing, and a number of the fastening portions of one of the motor generators being coprime to a number of the fastening portions of at least one of the rest of the motor generators. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175928 | SPINDLE MOTOR - There is provided a spindle motor including a stator including a base member in which a stator core is fixedly installed, and a rotor including a rotor hub in which a driving magnet disposed to face the stator core is installed, wherein the driving magnet is installed on a magnet mounting part provided in the rotor hub so that the magnetic center thereof in an axial direction is disposed in a position higher than that of the magnetic center of the stator core in the axial direction in order to generate force directed in a downward axial direction by interaction with the stator core, and the stator core is formed of a soft magnetic material and includes protrusion parts formed at a front end portion thereof disposed to face the driving magnet and extended therefrom in the axial direction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175929 | Rotor Structure for a Motor - A rotor structure for a motor includes a shaft, a single magnet and two fixing seats. The single magnet has two opposite end faces. An axial hole has a maximum extent equal to a maximum extent between the two opposite end faces. At least one of the two opposite end faces has a first engaging member. The magnet and each opposite end face have a maximum radial extent. Each fixing seat includes an abutting face having a maximum radial extent the same as the maximum radial extent of the single magnet and of the opposite end faces. One of the abutting faces has a second engaging member. The first engaging member is located at the maximum radial extent at the outer edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces, or located at the inner edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175930 | PERMANENT MAGNET EMBEDDED TYPE ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A permanent magnet embedded type rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotor core formed by a plurality of stacked and laminated magnetic steel plates and permanent magnets. Each magnetic steel plate has a plurality of magnet holes, connecting portions and sectional areas. The sectional area is surrounded by lines extending between the opposite ends of the magnet hole and between a rotation center of the rotor and the respective ends of the magnet hole. The connecting portion is provided only inside of the sectional area and is a joining portion at which any two adjacent magnetic steel plates are joined or a fastening hole in which a fastening member is inserted. The connecting portions include both the joining portion and the fastening hole. The connecting portion provided in the sectional area is at least one of the joining portion and the fastening hole. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175931 | AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - An axial flux permanent magnet motor includes a shaft, a rotor extending from the shaft in a radial direction, the rotor being rotatably mounted on the shaft, a magnet part disposed on the rotor to face downwardly in an axial direction, the magnet part having N poles and S poles, alternately disposed in a circumferential direction, a support member extending from the shaft in a radial direction, the support member being disposed below the rotor in the axial direction, and an electromagnet part disposed on the support member to face the magnet part in the axial direction. An axial distance between facing surfaces of the magnet part and the electromagnet part repeatedly changes in the circumferential direction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175932 | MOTOR AND ROTOR THEREOF - Disclosed are a motor and a rotor thereof. Taking the distance between the two endpoints of a permanent magnet ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175933 | STATOR OF AN AXIAL FLOW ELECTRIC MACHINE AND THE PROCESS FOR MAKING IT - Described is a stator for an axial flow electric machine comprising a toroidal core ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175934 | BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR OF AXIAL GAP TYPE - A brushless direct current (BLDC) motor of axial gap type includes a rotational axis, a stator rotatably connected to the rotational axis, a rotor disposed apart from the stator in an axial direction of the rotational axis, fixedly connected to the rotational axis, and including a permanent magnet formed on an inner surface thereof to face the stator. Further, the stator is formed as wiring board and includes a plate-like board body and a coil pattern. The board body is disposed in a horizontal position with regard to the rotor and has a central hole into which the rotational axis is inserted. The coil pattern is formed in the board body and arranged in a radial form around the central hole. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175935 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A motor-generator that is a rotary electric machine includes a cylindrical stator core having a plurality of teeth that are arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction and extend in a radial direction; a cassette coil arranged on an outer periphery of each of the teeth; an insulator that has a pawl portion and is interposed between the stator core and the cassette coil; and a wedge that is provided extending between the cassette coils that are adjacent to each other, which fixes the cassette coils with respect to the stator core. The wedge is retained by the pawl portions of the insulators that are adjacent to each other. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175936 | PHASE SEPARATOR INSULATOR FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR - An insulating phase separator is used in an electric machine to separate phase windings in a stator assembly. The insulating phase separator includes first and second endturn portions and first and second leg portions. The first and second endturn portions each have a curved outer surface and a tabbed portion located opposite the curved outer surface. The first and second leg portions extend between the first and second endturn portions and are integral with the first and second endturn portions. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175937 | PHASE SEPARATORS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES - A phase separator for an electrical machine includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a midsection. The midsection connects the first end portion to the second end portion such that the first end portion opposes the second end portion. The midsection is configured for fixing the phase separator in the electrical machine for separating the adjacent phase windings from one another. The first and second end portions are for separating end turns of adjacent phase windings of an electrical machine. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175938 | MOTORISED ROLLER - A motorised roller comprises a central shaft ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175939 | ROTOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATOR - A rotor includes a rotating shaft and a pair of first and second pole cores fixed on the rotating shaft. Each of the first and second pole cores includes a plurality of magnetic pole claws each having a root portion and a distal end. Each of the magnetic pole claws are configured to have a constant circumferential width at the root portion and taper from the root portion to the distal end. The magnetic pole claws of the first pole core are arranged alternately with those of the second pole core in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft. Further, at least part of the magnetic pole claws of the first and second pole cores each have at least one chamfered portion formed at a circumferential end of the root portion of the magnetic pole claw so as to extend parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175940 | PULSED PLASMA ENGINE AND METHOD - Pulsed plasma engine and method in which a noncombustible gas is introduced into an explosion chamber, the gas is ionized to form a plasma within the chamber, an electrical pulse is applied to the plasma to heat the plasma, the pulse is turned off to produce an explosive pressure pulse in the plasma, and the plasma is confined in the chamber by a magnetic field that directs the pressure pulse toward an output member which is driven by the pressure pulse. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175941 | VARIABLE CAPACITIVE ELECTROSTATIC MACHINERY WITH MACRO PRESSURE-GAP PRODUCT - An operational electrostatic machine having a gap distance and a gap medium pressure product above 100 μm*atm, outside enclosure housing dimensions having a height, a length and a width, that are each greater than one hundred times (100×) the product of the gap distance and the gap medium pressure, one or more electrically isolated conductive layers that, during operation, facilitate storage of electric charge, and an electric field created by the stored charge of a particular polarity passes through surrounding insulative layers, making a path to couple to an electric field of a stored charge of opposite polarity on a contiguous plate, and where, during operation, unaligned conductive layers that are repetitively charged and discharged using appropriate control techniques facilitate production of useful forces. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175942 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer ceramic electronic component achieves a high electrostatic capacitance and includes an Al inner electrode superior in smoothness and conductivity. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and a plurality of inner electrodes arranged along certain interfaces between the ceramic layers and containing Al as a main component, and an outer electrode located on an outer surface of the multilayer body. A surface of the inner electrode is covered with a layer including a noble metal or Ti as a main component. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175943 | ELECTRONIC PART COMPRISING ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An electronic component has a mounting board having a mounting surface, a SAW device mounted on the mounting surface, and a sealing part covering the SAW device and filled between the SAW device and the mounting surface. The SAW device has an element substrate, an excitation electrode provided on a major surface of the element substrate and a cover covering the excitation electrode. SAW device is mounted on the mounting surface so as to make top surfaces of the cover face the mounting surface. The sealing part contains a resin and insulating fillers having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the resin. The content of the fillers differs between an area (for example AR | 2014-06-26 |
20140175944 | CRYSTAL RESONATOR - A crystal resonator includes a mesa-type crystal element, a pair of excitation electrodes, and a deformed portion. The mesa-type crystal element has a principal surface portion and a peripheral edge portion. The peripheral edge portion surrounds the principal surface portion and has a smaller thickness than the principal surface portion. The pair of excitation electrodes are formed at the principal surface portion on one surface side and the principal surface portion on an other surface side of the crystal element, respectively. The deformed portion is configured to reduce a vibration different from a main vibration and confine energy to the principal surface portion. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175945 | PIEZOELECTRIC BULK WAVE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PIEZOELECTRIC BULK WAVE DEVICE - A piezoelectric bulk wave device that includes a piezoelectric thin plate that is made of LiTaO | 2014-06-26 |
20140175946 | Ultrasonic Actuator for a Linear Ultrasonic Motor and Linear Ultrasonic Motor Having an Ultrasonic Actuator - Ultrasonic actuator ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175947 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION MODULE - Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric vibration module including: a piezoelectric element repeatedly extended and compressed according to application of external power to generate vibration force; a vibration plate having the piezoelectric element coupled to one surface thereof and repeatedly extended and compressed integrally with the piezoelectric element to transfer the vibration force of the piezoelectric element to an external component; a weight body having a central portion coupled to the other side of the vibration plate in order to increase the vibration force of the piezoelectric element; and a coupling member fixedly coupling the central portion of the weight body and the vibration plate to each other. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175948 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric fan includes a vibration sheet, piezoelectric elements, a reinforcing sheet bonded to at least one of principal surfaces of the piezoelectric element, a reinforcing sheet bonded to at least one of principal surfaces of the piezoelectric element, and a fixing sheet. The vibration sheet is fixed to the inside of an electronic device by the fixing sheet disposed at one end of the vibration sheet. The total thickness of the reinforcing sheets and a region of the vibration sheet adjacent to the piezoelectric elements is greater than the average thickness of a region of the vibration sheet in which the piezoelectric elements are not disposed. The piezoelectric elements are disposed symmetrically to the center plane of the thickness direction of the vibration sheet. The reinforcing sheets are disposed symmetrically to the center plane of the thickness direction of the vibration sheet. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175949 | PIEZOELECTRIC BULK WAVE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PIEZOELECTRIC BULK WAVE DEVICE - A piezoelectric bulk wave device that includes a piezoelectric thin plate that is made of LiTaO | 2014-06-26 |
20140175950 | ACOUSTIC RESONATOR COMPRISING ALUMINUM SCANDIUM NITRIDE AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FEATURE - An acoustic resonator structure comprises a first electrode disposed on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode and comprising aluminum scandium nitride, a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a temperature compensation feature having a temperature coefficient offsetting at least a portion of a temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer, the first electrode, and the second electrode. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175951 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device includes a nanoimprinted film which is made from a ferroelectric polymer having a first conformation state and coated on a substrate. The ferroelectric polymer is heated at a temperature between a Curie point (Tc) and a melting point (Tm) of the ferroelectric polymer to cause a change in conformation of the ferroelectric polymer from the first conformation state to a second conformation state, and is then subjected to a nanoimprinting process at an imprinting temperature lower than Tc to cause a change in conformation of the ferroelectric polymer from the second conformation state to a third conformation state that is different from the first conformation state, thereby obtaining the nanoimprinted film. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175952 | CIRCUIT STRUCTURE ENABLING UPGRADED MOS TRANSISTOR HEAT DISSIPATION ABILITY - A circuit structure applied to a motor and enabling upgraded MOS transistor heat dissipation ability is disclosed. The circuit structure includes a motor driving unit and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit is connected to the motor driving unit for maintaining a first and a third switch of the motor driving unit at a constant turn-on voltage and boosting turn-on voltages of a second and a fourth switch of the motor driving unit, so as to effectively upgrade the heat dissipation ability of the first, second, third and fourth switches. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175953 | Monitoring Device for a Double-Fed Asynchronous Machine - The invention concerns a monitoring device for a double-fed electrodynamic asynchronous machine, having
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20140175954 | BASE STRUCTURE FOR COOLING FAN - A base structure for cooling fan includes a seat, a circuit board and a motor assembly. The seat has an inner side served as a supporting surface. The circuit board has a first side attached to a top of the supporting surface and an opposite second side having a plurality of electronic elements provided thereon. The motor assembly includes a plurality of stacked silicon steel plates located on the circuit board and above the electronic elements. With the first side of the circuit board being attached to the supporting surface of the seat and the electronic elements on the second side of the circuit board being located in spaces between the motor assembly and the circuit board, more silicon steel plates can be stacked in the motor assembly to enable upgraded motor working efficiency and reduced electric current needed by the cooling fan to operate. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175955 | COMPACT MOTOR - A compact motor which avoids peeling and cracking of the circuit board wiring pattern upon bending the printed circuit board. A projecting part ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175956 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR COMPRISING THE SAME - A motor controller, including: a control box including an inner wall; a circuit board; a dissipater; an IGBT module; and an insulating piece. The circuit board is disposed inside the controller box. The dissipater is disposed on the inner wall of the control box. The IGBT module is disposed on the dissipater and is in electric connection with the circuit board. The insulating piece is disposed between the dissipater and the controller and prevents the dissipater from contacting with the control box. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175957 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR COMPRISING THE SAME - A rotor assembly, including: a permanent magnet and a rotor core. The rotor core includes an annular ring and a plurality of magnetic induction blocks. The magnetic induction blocks protrude outward from the outer side of the annular ring. A radial recess is formed between every two adjacent magnetic induction blocks for mounting the permanent magnet. An end plate and a base plate are disposed on an end surface and a bottom surface of the rotor core by injection molding, respectively. A first connecting column passes through a through hole of the magnetic induction block and connects the end plate and the base plate. An end surface of the end plate protrudes upward to form the magnetic loop bracket. A magnetic loop is disposed on a magnetic loop bracket. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175958 | VENDING MACHINE WITH ROTATABLE DOOR - A vending machine includes a rack and a door. The rack includes a supporting board. The door is pivotably attached to the rack. The door includes a door panel, a bracket, and a supporting member. The bracket is located on the door panel. The supporting member is mounted to the bracket. The supporting member protrudes from a bottom surface of the door panel. The bottom surface is substantially parallel to the supporting board. When the door is closed relative to the rack, the supporting member abuts the supporting board. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175959 | CABINET STRUCTURE CONFIGURATIONS FOR INFUSION SYSTEMS - A cabinet structure for an infusion system includes a platform, on which the system is mounted, and a shell surrounding an interior space, which contains at least a portion of the system. The shell preferably includes an opening that is sized and oriented to allow a lowering of a radioisotope generator, for the system, into the interior space, and a lifting of the generator out from the interior space. The shell may further include another opening, located at a higher elevation than the aforementioned opening, in order to provide access to a waste bottle of the infusion system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175960 | VENDING MACHINE - A vending machine includes a change cabinet, a guiding duct, and a guiding member. The change cabinet stores a plurality of coins. The change cabinet includes a bottom wall. The bottom wall defines an output opening. The guiding duct includes a bottom panel and two side panels extending from the bottom panel. The guiding member is mounted between the two side panels. The guiding member includes a guiding panel body. The change cabinet is mounted on the guiding duct to enable the output opening to be located between the two side panels. There is an acute angle defined between the guiding panel body and the bottom wall to guide a coin from the output opening to move to the bottom panel. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175961 | WATERTIGHT CASING FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A watertight casing includes a top cover, a transparent rubber sealing layer, a frame-shaped spacer, a loop-shaped rubber seal, and a bottom cover. The top cover defines a rib along the top cover. The bottom cover defines a receiving space and a slot surrounding the receiving space. The receiving space is to receive a portable electronic device. The slot is to receive the second rubber and the rib. The transparent rubber sealing layer is secured to the frame-shaped spacer and the top cover, and is sandwiched between the frame-shaped spacer and the top cover. When the top cover is secured to the bottom cover, the rib presses the frame-shaped rubber seal into the slot to deform the frame-shaped rubber seal, causing the slot to be filled with the deformed loop-shaped rubber seal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175962 | PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING AN INNER BODY THAT CAN BE RAISED AND LOWERED, AND LEAF FOR COVERING SAME - The invention relates to a piece of furniture having an outer construction, an inner body that can be raised and lowered in relation to the outer construction via a body motor, and a leaf that is movable via a leaf motor for covering the front face of the raised inner body, wherein the leaf is articulated on the outer construction, wherein an electronic control means operable by way of at least one operating switch for coordinated actuation of the leaf motor and the body motor is provided, wherein starting from a position with the leaf open and the inner body lowered, the inner body first moves at least partially upwards before the leaf closes in order to close the piece of furniture. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175963 | CASE ASSEMBLY - A case assembly includes an upper case, a lower case, a pivot, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a stopper. The pivot is pivotally connected to the lower case, such that the upper case is able to rotate with respect to the lower case. The stopper has a shaft hole, a guiding slot hole, and a fixing slot hole. The shaft hole is disposed at one end of the stopper, and fixing slot hole is disposed at the other end of the stopper. The fixing slot hole communicates with the guiding slot hole. The first and the second shafts respectively insert into the shaft hole and the guiding slot hole. When the upper case rotates with respect to the lower case, the second shaft is stuck in the fixing slot hole from the guiding slot hole. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175964 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS BAY OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH AN IMPROVED ARCHITECTURE AND AIRCRAFT INCORPORATING SAID BAY - An electrical and electronics bay of an aircraft comprising two rows of elements, each row being separated by a single corridor and comprising at least one set of systems elements and at least one electrical power center, the systems elements being arranged in cabinets. At least one of the cabinets comprises mobile shelves for allowing access to the back of the cabinets by crossing it. This architecture makes it possible to increase the density of the elements present in the bay while observing the principles of redundancy and segregation. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175965 | Device And Method For Laterally Centring A Drawer Or The Like On A Pull-Out Guide And A Hooking Device Provided With The Device - The device ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140175966 | LED LAMP - A lamp comprises an LED light source for emitting light. A combined heat sink and reflector is thermally coupled to the LED light source. The heat sink and reflector comprise an internal surface for reflecting the light and an exterior surface. The internal surface and the external surface are uncovered such that heat is dissipated from the interior surface and the exterior surface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175967 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug has a center electrode having an electrode base member and a core material which is disposed in the electrode base member and which predominantly contains copper, and a noble metal tip disposed at a forward end of the center electrode, and a fusion portion formed between the noble metal tip, and the electrode base member and the core material. The fusion portion is in contact with the core material in a cross section which is parallel to the center axis of the center electrode and which passes through the center axis and the fusion portion. The fusion portion contains a component of the noble metal tip, a component of the electrode base member, and a copper component forming the core material. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175968 | YTTRIUM-CERIUM-ALUMINUM GARNET PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - In a yttrium-cerium-aluminum garnet phosphor having a crystallographic texture, nanocrystalline grains having a grain size of 5-20 nm and containing cerium in a higher concentration than the matrix phase are dispersed in the crystallographic texture. The emission color of the phosphor is shifted to the longer wavelength side. The phosphor can maintain its satisfactory emission performance even at high temperature. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175969 | PHOSPHOR AND LUMINESCENT DEVICE - A phosphor and a luminescent device are provided. The phosphor includes a composition represented by following formula (I): | 2014-06-26 |
20140175970 | PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A phosphor and a light emitting device are provided. The phosphor comprises a composition having a formula of A | 2014-06-26 |
20140175971 | WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a light-emitting device capable of both realizing neutral white color and having high luminous efficiency. The device has a blue-light emitting semi-conductor element and a luminescent layer containing a mixture of fluorescent substances. The mixture contains first and second phosphors. The first phosphor is activated with Ce and emits luminescence with a peak wavelength of 540 to 560 nm, and the second phosphor emits luminescence with a peak wavelength of 580 to 610 nm and is represented by the following formula (2): | 2014-06-26 |
20140175972 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Device - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; an OLED on the substrate in the display region; an encapsulation substrate bonded to the substrate via an adhesive layer such that the encapsulation substrate and the substrate face each other; and a step-difference compensation portion in the non-display region and configured to compensate for a step difference between the display region and the non-display region. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175973 | PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING LED LIGHT BULB - An LED bulb, which includes a shell, a filler material within the shell of the bulb, at least one type of phosphor dispersed inside the filler material and at least one LED within the shell. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175974 | GAS DISCHARGE LAMP WITH GETTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP - A gas discharge lamp may include: a discharge vessel; getter material in the discharge vessel, wherein the getter material has been introduced into the discharge vessel in anhydrous form. A method for producing the gas discharge lamp may include: introducing getter material into the discharge vessel of the gas discharge lamp, wherein the getter material is introduced into the discharge vessel in anhydrous form. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175975 | CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMPS WITH CONTROLLED COLD SPOT - Apparatus and methods for controlling the cold spot in a high-intensity discharge lamp. In an embodiment, an elongated arc tube has an inner wall defining a discharge chamber that includes a metal halide dose. A first leg extends from the arc tube in a first direction and a second leg extends from the arc tube in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. The first electrode is disposed within the first leg such that no voids exist between the first electrode and an entire inner portion of the first leg. Likewise, a second electrode disposed within the second leg has no voids between it and an entire inner portion of the second leg. The arc tube also has a first annular bucket structure within the discharge chamber formed by a nub surrounding the first tip and an interior wall portion, and a second annular bucket structure within the discharge chamber formed by a nub surrounding the second tip and a second interior wall portion. As a result, when the high-intensity discharge lamp is in a vertical operating position a cold spot is formed in one of the first and second annular bucket structures. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175976 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP - A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which encloses a discharge volume, wherein a filler is housed in the discharge volume, wherein the discharge vessel is equipped with an end which is tubular and in which a two-part feedthrough is sealed by means of glass solder, wherein an electrode is attached to the feedthrough, which protrudes into the discharge volume, wherein the feedthrough is composed of a front part and a rear part, wherein the rear part is manufactured from niobium material and the front part is manufactured from iridium. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175977 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING DRIVING UNIT - A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a display area having pixel areas, and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area includes first power lines for providing a first power to the pixel areas. The display device further includes a driver electrically connected to the first power lines of the display panel. The driver includes a driving integrated circuit, signal output pads connected to the driving integrated circuit and configured to output signals, a power supply line disposed outside the signal output pads and configured to supply the first power, and power output pads connected to the power supply line and configured to output the first power from the power supply line to the first power lines, wherein the power output pads are alternatingly disposed with the signal output pads. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175978 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS - An automotive headlamp apparatus includes a light source, in which a plurality of LED chips are arranged at intervals from each other, and a projection lens for projecting the light, emitted from the light source, toward a front area of a vehicle as a light source image. The semiconductor light-emitting elements may be located within than a focal point of the projection lens. The LED chip is arranged such that the light emitting surface of the LED chip faces the front area of the vehicle. The light emitting surface of the LED chip may be of a rectangular shape and the LED chip may be arranged such that a side of the light emitting surface is at a slant with respect to the vehicle width direction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175979 | LIGHT EMITTING PLASMA LIGHTING APPARATUS HAVING RF SHIELDING BAFFLES - A light emitting plasma lighting apparatus includes at least one conductive RF shielding baffle located in a reflector housing between an emitter and a window. The at least one RF shielding baffle includes a planar body portion aligned generally perpendicular to an outer surface of the plasma bulb to minimize interference with light emitted from the plasma bulb. The at least one RF shielding baffle is grounded to absorb a portion of an RF field emitted by the emitter. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED RAPID CYCLING PERFORMANCE OF INSTANT START FLUORESCENT LAMPS - Provided is a system for improving rapid cycling performance of instant start compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamps. The system provides a ballast driver circuit including a lamp driver, a lamp voltage detector, an additional cathode heating driver, and a wire lamp. The additional cathode heating driver applies an additional amount of current to the cathodes of the wire lamp during the glow phase after the ignition of the lamp. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175981 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING AN LED DRIVER, LED DRIVER, LED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN LED ASSEMBLY - A method of configuring an LED driver is disclosed. The LED driver being arranged to provide a supply current to an LED fixture comprising a plurality of LEDs. The method comprises: identifying the LED fixture (LF), sending via a communication network (NTW) a configuration request to a configuration database (DB), receiving configuration data from the configuration database; and configuring the LED driver (LPS) according to the configuration data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175982 | FAULT PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLUORESCENT LAMP BALLASTS - Provided is a lighting ballast system and method for fluorescent lamps. The system and method utilize a lamp current control loop to control the light level of a fluorescent lamp. The ballast includes an open loop detector that recognizes an open current control loop as an indication of a fault or hazard condition, and causes the ballast to output a safe lamp voltage or no voltage. The fault or hazard condition may be, for example, a very high voltage at the lamp or very low current across the lamp. The ballast also includes a disable circuit that prevents the open loop detector from triggering at times when the loop is expected to be open such as during ignition and maintenance restarting of the lamp. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175983 | LED lamp - A lamp is provided with a full-wave rectifier for convert AC to DC; a SPD electrically connected to the full-wave rectifier for protecting the lamp from voltage spikes; series connected LEDs electrically connected to the SPD; a microprocessor electrically connected to the SPD; series connected MOSFET start circuits electrically to the microprocessor, the MOSFET start circuits configured to switch electronic signals; and resistors each electrically interconnected the LED and the MOSFET start circuit. In response to a normal DC supplied from the SPD, the microprocessor creates a PWM signal to activate the MOSFET start circuits which in turn initiate operations of the LEDs via the resistors respectively. In response to an abnormal DC having voltage spikes supplied from the SPD, the microprocessor deactivates the MOSFET start circuits which in turn direct the DC through the resistors rather than supply the DC to the LEDs via the resistors respectively. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175984 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH A PROTECTION CIRCUIT HAVING DISABLE WINDING - This disclosure describes embodiments of a lighting device with circuitry that can manage current and voltage levels across a plurality of fluorescent lamps. In one embodiment, the circuitry has cross-coupled inductors in series with a pair of lamp sockets. This configuration of components causes fluorescent lamps installed in the lamp sockets to generate substantially the same amount of light by drawing approximately equivalent current throughout the entire operable range of a dimmer control. The circuitry also includes a protection circuit with a winding magnetically coupled with the cross-coupled inductors and a control circuit that can cause impedance across the winding to change from a first impedance to a second impedance in response to operating conditions in the lamps. This feature avoids high operating voltages that can occur across the cross-coupled inductors when one of the fluorescent lamps is inoperable and/or removed from the lamp sockets. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175985 | Method and Apparatus for Multiple Sensor Lighting Control Systems for Daylight Harvesting - A multi-sensor lighting control system includes at least two light sensors. Each sensor gathers light from different sources, by comparing and contrasting the output signals from the two sensors, the controller can automate many lighting control and commissioning processes leading to easier, simpler installations and maintenance and happier customers, and removing the need for special tools. Applying automated closed loop lamp warm-up techniques, the daylight ratio and the maximum electric light contribution can be learned automatically by the system. A multi-sensor lighting control system may also provide intermediate zones of lighting control between adjacent task areas with different lighting requirements. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175986 | Method Of Operating A Lighting System - A method for operating a lighting system includes a) selecting a color light source; b) emitting a color light signal with the primary color of the selected color light source; c) determining spectral data of the selected color light source using a spectrometer; d) storing the measured spectral data for describing a wavelength spectrum of the selected color light source in the digital memory of a lighting control console; and e) repeating the method steps a) to d) for multiple color light sources of the lighting system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175987 | COLOR TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING METHOD AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A color temperature adjusting method includes steps: providing a controller storing a color temperature setting value therein, a main white light source including first and second sub-main white light sources having different color temperatures, and an adjusting light source comprising red, green and blue light sources; comparing the color temperature setting value with that of an environmental light to obtain a difference value; controlling currents to the two sub-main white light sources, the red light source, the green light source and the blue light source to obtain a compensation light according to the difference value; and mixing the compensation light and the environmental light to obtain a resulted light which has a color temperature equal to the setting value. An illuminating device using the color temperature adjusting method is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175988 | LED LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM - An LED based light assembly and lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system includes at least one light assembly comprising a plurality of LED chips, a controller and a power supply module. The controller is configured to receive an input signal and to provide an output control signal for controlling power to the at least one light assembly. The power supply module is configured to receive a standard voltage and current signal and to provide a power signal to the at least one light assembly to power the at least one light assembly in response to the control signal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175989 | CLOTHING ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND CLOTHING ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A clothing illumination device is switchable between illumination with visible light only and illumination with visible light mixed with ultraviolet light. The clothing illumination device also has an LED light source and an IC tag reader. A clothing illumination system has a first and a second clothing illumination device which are each switchable between illumination with visible light only and illumination with visible light mixed with ultraviolet light, and which operate in a fashion coordinated with each other to perform the switching. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175990 | AUTOMATICALLY COMMISSIONING LIGHTING CONTROLS USING SENSING PARAMETERS OF THE LIGHTING CONTROLS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for automatically commissioning lighting controls using sensing parameters of the light controls are disclosed. One embodiment includes a building control system. The building control system includes a plurality of sensors, a plurality of lights associated with the plurality of sensors, and a controller. The controller is operative to receive sense signals from the plurality of sensors, and generate a graph based on the sensed signals, wherein the graph includes nodes that represent light locations, and edges that represent distances between the lights. For an embodiment, the controller further operative to performing inexact graph matching between a floor plan graph and the sensor graph, thereby automatically commissioning the plurality of lights based on the sensed signals of the plurality of sensors. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175991 | PRESENCE SENSOR-CONTROLLED LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus, in particular a table lamp, includes a light source; a power and control device connected to the light source; and a power line for powering the light source and the power and control device by means of a power unit; the power and control device being designed: to turn the light source off after a first predetermined time interval in which the presence sensor detects no user presence; and to cut itself and any other electronic devices of the apparatus off from the power supply, by cutting off the power line, after a second predetermined time interval, longer than the first time interval, in which the presence sensor detects no user presence. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175992 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device, which relate to the field of the display technology and can effectively compensate variation in currents due to ununiformity and drift of threshold voltages of driving Thin Film Transistors as well as ununiformity of OLEDs. The pixel circuit comprises: a light-emitting element; a driving TFT; a first TFT having a drain connected to a gate of the driving TFT; a second TFT having a drain connected to a source of the driving TFT; a third TFT having a source connected to a drain of the driving TFT, and a drain connected to the light-emitting element; a fourth TFT having a source connected to the gate of the driving TFT, and a drain connected to the drain of the driving TFT; a fifth TFT having a drain connected to the source of the driving TFT; and a capacitor. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175993 | WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175994 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT AND CIRCUIT THEREFOR - A driver circuit is provided which comprises a series-connected unit having a light-emitting element and a current limiting inductor directly connected to the light-emitting element, a regenerative diode which is connected in parallel to the series-connected unit and which regenerates energy stored in the current limiting inductor, a transistor which controls a current flowing through the light-emitting element and the current limiting inductor, and a controller which controls an operation of the transistor, wherein the controller controls the transistor according to a voltage value of a power supply applied to the light-emitting element. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175995 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRIGGERING A SERIES SPARK GAP - A series spark gap includes at least three partial spark gaps. In a continuous operation mode, a supply voltage acting over the partial spark gaps is divided by a first voltage dividing mechanism. During triggering, more than half of the partial spark gaps are bypassed by using a bypass mechanism such that more than half of the supply voltage acts over the partial spark gaps that are not bypassed, whereby the partial spark gap or the partial spark gaps that are not bypassed ignite. The voltage acting over the bypassed partial spark gaps is divided asymmetrically using the bypass mechanism, whereby the bypassed partial spark gaps ignite sequentially in the order determined by the asymmetric voltage division. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175996 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION IN SOURCE CURRENT - The LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification block; an LED block including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group; a charging/discharging block configured to charge electric charges in a charging period, and discharge electric charges in a discharging period; a driving control unit configured to determine a voltage level of a rectified voltage, controls a path selection switch to connect the rectification block to the LED block and controls the charging/discharging block to charge electric charges in the charging period, and controls the path selection switch to connect the rectification block to a ground and controls the charging/discharging block to discharge electric charges from the charging/discharging block to the LED block in the discharging period; and a path selection switch configured to connect the rectification block to the LED block in the charging period, and connect the rectification block to the ground in the discharging period. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175997 | ADAPTIVE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DIMMING DRIVING CIRCUIT - An adaptive LED dimming driving circuit is disclosed, wherein its control module is disposed with a first resistor, a second resistor, a retainer, a third resistor and a fourth resistor. When the control module receives an input voltage, the retainer is driven to output a retaining current I | 2014-06-26 |
20140175998 | LAMP DRIVING APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - A lamp driving apparatus and an illumination equipment using the same are provided. The provided lamp driving apparatus is responsible for driving a lamp. When any one of two terminals of the lamp is opened or the lamp is over-voltage, the provided driving apparatus stops driving the lamp, and thus achieving the purpose of open lamp and over-voltage protection/detection. | 2014-06-26 |
20140175999 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - It is provided an LED lighting device calibratable to 0 to 100% of wide range about a chromaticity and luminance of a illumination light by a simple configuration, and a driving method for the LED lighting device. The LED lighting device is provided with a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit differing a color temperature mutually, and a control circuit for executing a cyclic light/quench control of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit, and for executing a light control of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit by a PNM (Pulse Number Modulation) control in a fixed cycle so as to have a lighting period Ton for lighting/quenching the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit complementarily, and a quenching period Toff for quenching both the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. | 2014-06-26 |