| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
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| 20080211315 | Electrical harmonic suppression system and enclosure for the same - In an electrical distribution system for supplying power from an AC source to an adjustable-speed drive connected in a single-phase manner, a device for substantially eliminating harmonic currents in the supply lines of said system. The device includes a completely-passive parallel resonant circuit having three passive electrical branches connected in parallel and also having an almost infinite impendence at a third harmonic frequency of a fundamental frequency of said AC source to prevent the formation of only said third harmonic frequency so that there is no third harmonic current to remove or dissipate as heat. The three passive electrical branches comprise a first branch consisting of a capacitor, a second branch consisting of a reactor, and a third branch consisting of a resistor. The parallel resonant circuit is electrically connected to at least one supply line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211316 | Electric power converter - The invention provides an optimal electric power converter for a DC/DC converter which variably steps up a voltage successively with an optional magnification of one to two times or more and/or step down a voltage successively with a step-down ratio of one time or less. The converter includes a first input-output part, an inductor connected with a positive or a negative electrode side of the first input-output part, plural switches, plural capacitors, a second input-output part connected with plural capacitors, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit controls the plural switches with operation mode and makes the inductor and plural capacitors selectively functional, wherein the electric power converter is of a switched capacitance type that performs any operation out of step-up, step-down, regeneration, and continuity, and wherein the control circuit controls to have a period for which two switches out of the plural switches are simultaneously turned ON. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211317 | Method and Apparatus for Determining a Switching Time for an Electrical Switching Device - A method and a device for determining a switching time of an electric switching device. An electric switching device includes an interrupter link. A first line section and a second line section can be connected and disconnected by way of the interrupter link. In order to determine a switching time, the temporal progression of a driving voltage is determined in the first line section. In addition, a temporal course of an oscillator voltage appearing in the second line section is determined. Potential switching times are determined at the voltage zero crossings of a resulting voltage. The selection of the potential switching times ensues while evaluating the rises of the driving voltage and of the oscillator voltage or of the polarity of the oscillating current. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211318 | SWITCH CIRCUIT - A switch circuit including a control unit and a voltage level adjusting circuit is provided. The control unit has a first end, a second end, and a third end. The first end of the control unit receives a first voltage, and the voltage difference between the first end and the third end is steady. In addition, the voltage level adjusting circuit has a switch which is determined whether or not turning on according to the voltage on the second end of the control unit, so as to determine whether driving a load or not. The voltage level adjusting circuit is used for adjusting a bias of the load on driving. The switch has a source. The voltage on the source is varied following the ON/OFF of the switch, and the voltage on the third end of the control unit is varied following the voltage on the source. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211319 | Systems and methods for electrical power supply - The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing an electrical power supply system that may be used in various environments including those that are prone to liquid spills, debris buildup, and accidental contact (by a human or animal such as a pet) and those environments with curves that require a flexible power supply system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211320 | WIRELESS POWER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Wireless energy transfer system. Antennas are maintained at resonance with High Q. Techniques of maintaining the high-Q resonance matching are disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211321 | Power adapter module with rotatable plug, power supply and electric apparatus with power adapter module or power supply of the same - A power adapter module with alternative plug includes a power supply body constructed by putting an upper housing and a lower housing together, and an attachable/detachable plug, wherein a recess portion is formed within the upper housing. The recess portion includes a recess bottom and a recess wall, wherein a plurality of projecting hold portions are formed on a portion of the recess wall facing a center axial of the recess portion, and a plurality of recesses corresponding to the plurality of hold portions are formed on a plug wall of the plug adjacent to the recess wall. A groove thinner than other portions is formed on a portion of the hold portion near the recess bottom, and, in each recesses of the plug wall, a plug groove complementary to the groove is formed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211322 | Multipolar, Linear or Rotating Synchronous Direct Drive Motor - The invention relates to a multipolar, linear or rotating synchronous direct drive motor which comprises a primary part and a secondary part. The primary part comprises a yoke and a plurality of teeth and slots interposed between said teeth, and winding strands of a polyphase winding running inside the slots. Between two winding strands of the same phase order the winding strands of the other phase or phases are disposed so as to overlap them. The secondary part is arranged opposite the primary part and comprises a plurality of permanent magnets of changing polarities on a common reflux base. The slot exits have an even slot pitch TN and the permanent magnetic poles have an even pole pitch TP. According to the invention, the winding strand of a respective phase winding consists of a continuous highly flexible braided wire, said braided wire being guided through the slots so as to meander around a group of teeth. The entire winding of a respective phase is configured by the braided wire which is arranged in layers in the respective slots. Every slot has a width that corresponds to the diameter of the insulated braided wire. The braided wires of the winding strands of the remaining phase or phases are guided between the slots of the first phase in a symmetrically off-set relation thereto. The layer structure of the winding of the meshed meandering winding strands results in flat winding overhangs having a small volume in the area of the points of intersection of the partial windings outside the slots. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211323 | Magnetic actuator device - The magnetic actuator device of the invention comprises a magnetic field generator external to the duct and a permanent magnetic field generator internal to the duct, separated from the magnetic field generator external to the duct by a non-magnetic separator wall, and connected to a moving member, the permanent magnetic field generator internal to the duct being dimensioned to have a face spaced apart from the separator wall so as to define a space that can receive particles of metal without the actuator device jamming. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211324 | LINEAR MOTOR - A linear motor comprising a stator core and/or a mover. The stator core of said linear motor comprising an inner perimeter, an outer perimeter essentially encircling the inner perimeter, a first and a second tooth being arranged along one of the inner perimeter or the outer perimeter, a slot for receiving a stator coil, said slot being a cavity arranged within the stator core, wherein said stator core is divided into a first stator part and a second stator part, said first stator part including the first tooth, being arranged to partially define the slot, and being made of soft magnetic powder, and said second stator part including the second tooth, being arranged to partially define the slot, and being made of soft magnetic powder. The mover of said linear motor comprising at least one section of soft magnetic material and at least one permanent magnet, the at least one section of soft magnetic material and the at least one permanent magnet being aligned in an axial direction of the mover, wherein a polarization vector of said at least one permanent magnet is directed axially. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211325 | Electromotive Drive - The invention relates to an electromotive drive comprising an electric motor with a commutator that is located in a motor housing, in addition to gearing that is flange-mounted on the electric motor. In the drive, the armature shaft passes through an opening into the interior chamber of a gearing housing. A screening element is fixed onto the shaft to rotate with the latter. The screening element almost completely seals the opening against abraded carbon particles or dust from the brushes. The screening element also carries a control magnet that co-operates with a sensor of the motor control module. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211326 | Inner rotor type permanent magnet excited transverse flux motor - Disclosed herein is an inner rotor type permanent magnet excited transverse flux motor, in which a laminated structure in an axial direction or in a radial shape is applied to a stator iron core so as to employ a small amount of permanent magnets compared with a conventional outer rotor type permanent magnet excited transverse flux motor, thus providing high output power, increasing the efficiency of power generation, and reducing noise and vibration. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211327 | Battery Pack And Electric Hand-Held Power Tool - The present invention provides a replaceable battery pack for an electric hand-held power tool ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211328 | Machine Tool and Method For Operating a Machine Tool - The invention relates to a machine tool comprising an electric motor ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211329 | Electric motor - The invention relates to an electric motor, particularly a spindle motor used for driving storage disks in hard disk drives, having a stationary bearing part ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211330 | CONTROLLER FOR AC GENERATOR - A control system that can accommodate the wide variations in the output of a generator, such as a permanent magnet alternator, while providing an output with relatively uniform phase ripple. The control system includes a zero crossing detector and variable ramp generator for generating control signals to a switching rectifier to generate a regulated DC signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211331 | Electronic Module for Rotating Electrical Machine - An electronic module for a rotary electrical machine which applies to any type of polyphase rotary electrical machine, synchronous or asynchronous, such as alternators or alternator starters, and also whether it is a case of electrical machines for motor vehicles and driven for example by belt, with cooling by air, liquid or any other solution that can be envisaged. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211332 | MOTOR - A motor having a busbar unit which is accommodated in a housing along with an armature includes a relay wherein the connection between the armature and the relay is secured. By virtue of such a configuration, reliability of the connection between the armature and the relay is improved. In the busbar unit, a plurality of first busbars and a plurality of second busbars each having a substantially arcuate shape are arranged so as to be circumferentially spaced apart from one another. The first busbars do not overlap with the second busbars in the axial and radial directions thereby reducing the dimensions of the motor in the axial and radial directions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211333 | Disk drive compatible new esters for FDB applications with optimized viscosity - An embodiment of the invention relates to a spindle motor of a magnetic recording storage device, the spindle motor comprising a fluid dynamic bearing comprising a lubricant comprising di-2-ethyl hexyl pimelate, di-2-ethyl hexyl suberate, or combinations thereof. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211334 | SPINDLE MOTOR - A spindle motor comprises a fixed shaft member, a sleeve, and an annular chucking portion. The fixed shaft member has an annular collar protruding outward from and substantially perpendicular to the outer peripheral surface of said fixed shaft member, and also has a thrust flange provided a specific distance away from said annular collar. The sleeve component is monolithic with a hub component The annular chucking portion is formed to include a surface along an axial direction outside said thrust flange in a diameter direction of said thrust flange. The annular chucking portion is disposed at a position in an axial direction that includes a vertical position of a surface to which said disk is attached. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211335 | Accessory drive system with rd motor - [Object] To provide an accessory drive system which is capable of achieving downsizing of the system, reduction of manufacturing costs thereof, and enhancement of its marketability. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211336 | Rotating Transverse Flux Machine - A transverse flux rotating machine including a first interacting part including an electric winding and a second interacting part including a plurality of magnetic poles. The first and second interacting parts are movable relative to each other and defining between them an airgap. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211337 | Claw Pole Generator and Closure Body for a Claw pole Generator - The invention relates to a claw pole generator comprising a claw pole rotor, two magnet wheel halves ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211338 | ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE - An electrical rotating machine with permanent magnets which is configured such that the ratio of the number of magnetic poles of permanent magnets | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211339 | ROTOR FOR A GENERATOR | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211340 | Rotor of Synchronous Reluctance Motor - A rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, comprising: a laminated core formed by laminating a plurality of silicon steel sheets, and having a barrier formed at each of regions equally divided on the basis of the center of each silicon steel sheet and a guide pin hole formed between the barriers; end plates fixed to both side of the laminated core; a guide pin inserted into each of the guide pin holes; and a rivet installed by penetrating a hole of each barrier in order to couple the laminated core and the end plates with each other. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211341 | WALL CRAWLING DEVICES - Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211342 | Device For Assisting The Variable Capacity Generating Movement | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211343 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR - [Object] To provide an electrostatic actuator having a simple structure including a reduced number of systems that supply driving voltages and a method for driving the electrostatic actuator. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211344 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A dielectric substance is laminated on one surface of a piezoelectric substance, and an IDT and reflectors are disposed as electrodes at a boundary between the piezoelectric substance and the dielectric substance, and the thickness of the electrodes is determined so that the acoustic velocity of the Stoneley wave is decreased less than that of a slow transverse wave propagating through the dielectric substance and that of a slow transverse wave propagating through the piezoelectric substance, thereby forming a boundary acoustic wave device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211345 | Method and Device for Controlling a Capacitive Load - A tendency of the controlled load to oscillate when controlling a capacitive load can be avoided according to a piezo actuator for an injection valve of an internal combustion engine, having charging and discharging processes for charging and discharging the capacitive load by means of a load current, each loading process being effected by chronological partial load current pulses according to chronological partial charging capacity pulses (p | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211346 | Device for Operating a Piezo Actuator - A first energy control unit has a pilot controller with an applied setpoint energy and outputs a pilot control signal, and a regulator outputting a regulator signal as a function of the setpoint energy and an actual energy of the piezo actuator. The energy control unit creates a control signal representative for a current threshold of a charge current, depending on the pilot control and regulator signals. Furthermore, there is a second energy control unit for another setpoint energy and another control signal. A power output stage sets a charge current for the piezo actuator as a function of the predetermined control signal and performs this for the predetermined time. A scheduling unit predetermines, for setting the setpoint energy, the control signal and the time to the power output stage, and for setting the another setpoint energy, the another control signal and the time to the another power output stage. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211347 | Circuit System With Supply Voltage For Driving An Electromechanical Switch - A circuit for controlling operation of a load. In one example, a MEMS switch is positioned in the circuit to place the load in one of a conducting state or a nonconducting state. A piezoelectric transformer provides a relatively high voltage output signal or a relatively low voltage output signal to control movement of the switch between a closed position, placing the load in the conducting state, and an open position. The high voltage output signal includes a frequency component in the resonant frequency range of the transformer. Control circuitry provides an input voltage signal to the piezoelectric transformer to provide the high voltage output signal or the low voltage output signal at the output terminals of the piezoelectric transformer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211348 | Linear Ultrasound Motor - The invention relates to an ultrasound linear piezoelectric motor comprising an ultrasound oscillator ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211349 | Stage Mechanism, Electron Microscope Having the Stage Mechanism and Method of Controlling Positioning of Stage Mechanism - An electron microscope stage mechanism capable of performing high-accuracy positioning while limiting vibration and drift. An ultrasonic motor is used in a stage drive mechanism, and a fixing mechanism capable of increasing stop stiffness is combined integrally with the motor. That is, a structure in which a piezoelectric actuator of the fixing mechanism is mounted in a pre-load mechanism together with the ultrasonic motor is used. When the stage is fixed by the fixing mechanism after acceleration, deceleration and positioning of the stage performed by the drive mechanism, the piezoelectric actuators positioned on opposite sides of the stage are extended to press the stage. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211350 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric resonator element includes: a base in a predetermined length, the base being made of a piezoelectric material; a plurality of resonating arms extending from a first end of the base; a joining part connected to a second end apart from the first end of the base by a predetermined distance; a connecting part connected to the joining part and extending in a width direction of the piezoelectric resonator element; a supporting arm connected to the connecting part and extending in a same direction as the resonating arm at an outer side of the plurality of resonating arms. A ratio L | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211351 | Micromotion mechanism having ultrasonic motor and oscillation element holding mechanism - A micromotion mechanism having an ultrasonic motor includes: a fixing base; a moving element supported to be movable in the moving axis direction with respect to the fixing base; an oscillation element having a rectangular geometry including a first plane parallel to the moving axis direction and provided with a plurality of projections and a second plane parallel to the first plane for exciting a plurality of oscillation modes by applying a high frequency voltage signal, and a holding mechanism for holding the oscillation element with respect to the fixing base. The holding mechanism is fixed to a part of the second plane of the oscillation element, and is incorporated with a high rigidity material not including high nonlinearity elements including at least one of a friction sliding unit and a rubber member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211352 | Acoustic mirror for a bulk acoustic wave structure - According to one embodiment of the invention, an acoustic mirror structure situated in a bulk acoustic wave structure includes a number of alternating low acoustic impedance and high acoustic impedance layers situated on a substrate. Each high acoustic impedance layer includes a first mole percent of a primary metal and a second mole percent of a secondary metal, where the first mole percent of the primary metal is greater than the second mole percent of the secondary metal, and where the secondary metal causes each high acoustic impedance layer to have increased resistivity. According to this exemplary embodiment, the second mole percent of the secondary metal can cause only a minimal decrease in density of each high acoustic impedance layer. The increased resistivity of each high acoustic impedance layer can cause a reduction in electrical loss in the bulk acoustic wave structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211353 | HIGH TEMPERATURE BIMORPH ACTUATOR - A bimorph actuator has been found that uses commonly available piezoelectric material and is operational up to about 150° C. or one half of Curie temperature, in that it does not exhibit depolarization due to negative electric fields and/or elevated temperature. This result is accomplished by driving both piezoelectric materials with a positive electric field along the polarization direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211354 | Bearingless Step Motor - There is provided a bearingless step motor in which a rotating shaft can rotate while rising from a main body by a magnetic force without using a mechanical bearing. The bearingless step motor comprises a stator including stator cores having winding portions and a rotor including a rotating shaft and rotor cores. The rotor rotates by a magnetic interaction between the rotor cores and the stator cores. A first permanent magnet is mounted to the rotor and a second permanent magnet is mounted to the stator. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are arranged so that a repulsive force is generated between magnetic poles. There is little power consumption for raising the rotating shaft and a complicated system for controlling the rise of the rotating shaft is unnecessary. Thus, the motor can be manufactured with a light and compact structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211355 | STEPPING MOTOR - A rotor rotable about a rotary axis is magnetized so as to have a plurality of poles along a circumferential direction thereof. Stator yokes each of which has a plurality of pole portions facing an outer circumferential face of the rotor is provided. An exciting coil is wound on the pole portions. Each of the stator yokes is made of a sheet of silicon steel having a thickness of 0.7 mm. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211356 | MOTOR - A motor includes a housing having a substantially cylindrical shape accommodating therein a stator portion and a rotor portion. The housing includes a housing body having an opening at an upper side thereof, and a lid portion arranged between an armature and a sensor so as to close the opening of the housing body. Since the lid portion is made of a magnetic material and is arranged between the armature and the sensor, a magnetic effect on the sensor caused by a magnetic force generated at the armature is minimized. By virtue of such configuration in which the lid portion of the housing functions as a magnetic shield, the motor can be smaller in the axial direction compared with a configuration in which an extra layer of magnetic shield is arranged. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211357 | MOTOR - A motor includes a sensor which magnetically detects an angular position centered about a central axis of a rotor core with respect to an armature. The sensor preferably includes a yoke which has a substantially annular shape, is made of a magnetic material, is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the central axis and is affixed to a shaft, a sensor magnet affixed at the yoke, a magnet cover which covers a surface of the sensor magnet other than a portion in contact with the yoke, a first Hall element and a second Hall element both of which are arranged facing in an axial direction a surface of the sensor magnet opposite from a surface thereof at which the yoke is arranged. Since the sensor magnet is covered by the yoke and the magnet cover, even when the sensor magnet is damaged, the damaged sensor magnet is prevented from damaging other components of the motor. By virtue of such configuration, the reliability of the motor is improved. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211358 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A very high density storage system comprising a storage grid having a number of storage cells and individual cargo carriers where a cargo carrier is stored in a storage cell. The storage system uses a unique set of individually actuatable gear drives on both the top and bottom of each storage cell, but installed at 90 degrees to each other, to move the cargo carrier to a specific storage cell. Software controls and manages the location of each cargo carrier such that when a specific cargo carrier is desired, software instructions cause the cargo carriers to be shuffled within the storage grid until the desired cargo carrier is located at the desired position, such as an unloading position. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211359 | Frameless Door Suspension - A refrigerator cabinet includes a cabinet housing having a canopy, a base, and side walls which define an opening; a door mounted within the opening; wherein edges of the canopy and base define upper and lower boundaries of the opening, and the edges are defined by beams mounted horizontally on the housing; and structure for pivotably mounting the door between the beams. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211360 | MultiFunction Desk - A multifunction desk that includes various amenities in one device wherein the desk may include each or in combination a removable refrigerator, a water dispensing unit, a freezer, an icemaker, a power strip, a water filtering unit, and or a water heating and cooling system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211361 | OFFICE FURNITURE SYSTEM - Office furniture system, in particular, a desking system, with various useful features including a display pool, a vertical storage system, a support system for facilitating the distribution of power and data to electrical devices used with the desk system as well to adjacently disposed desks to enable a wide range of multi-desk configurations, and privacy panels. The support system includes a central spine and various ribs for supporting accessory brackets including a tackable binder. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211362 | Piece of Furniture With a Removable Container in a Drawer - A piece of furniture and in particular a desk, an office cupboard or a box-like receptacle for office use, comprises a drawer able to be pulled out as far as a maximum pulled-out position from a body ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211363 | Safety cabinet - A safety cabinet is disclosed which includes an enclosure having a double-walled construction and a pair of doors to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet includes a lock bar and a pair of retaining arms that permit the lock bar to be set across the front of the safety cabinet, thereby preventing the safety cabinet doors from being opened. The lock bar may be locked in place at both ends to the retaining arms by use of removable locks. When locked in place, the lock bar protects the safety cabinet from accidental or unauthorized opening. The enclosure is mounted on top of a base that contains two forklift pockets designed to accommodate the fork of a forklift. An indicator is disposed on the safety cabinet for, among other things, making the safety cabinet easy to locate and indicating the nature of the contents stored in the safety cabinet, especially in situations where the safety cabinet is located in a room where there is smoke or low light. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211364 | Cabinet assembly including a scissors lift - A cabinet assembly is disclosed. The cabinet assembly includes a scissors lift mountable to a utility pole and including a plurality of linkages. The scissors lift is moveable between extended and retracted positions. The scissors lift includes a drive mechanism interfaced with the linkages and configured to move the scissors lift between the extended and retracted positions. The cabinet assembly further includes a cabinet mounted to the scissors lift and moveable between raised and lowered positions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211365 | Furniture Guided in a Synchronised Manner - A piece of furniture ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211366 | COMPACT MULTIFUNCTIONAL SELF-CLOSING SLIDE ASSEMBLY - Preferred embodiments of the present slide assembly include one or more of a self-closing mechanism, a detent open/stop open mechanism and a bearing hold forward mechanism. Especially preferred embodiments include all three of these mechanisms incorporated into a slide assembly having a small cross-sectional profile. In one arrangement, the cross-sectional dimensions of the slide assembly are about 0.75 in height by about 0.59 inches in width. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211367 | Refrigerator Case Wall Structure - A refrigerated case has a base and a number of supports extending upward from the base. A number of structural uprights are coupled to the supports. At least one insulated panel is positioned between the uprights and the supports and is secured to the uprights and the supports. A refrigeration apparatus is positioned to cool an interior of the case. At least the first of the panels has front and rear liner sheets. A transversely extending polymeric layer is at least partially between the liner sheets. An insulative foam layer is between the front and rear liner sheets. A number of fasteners secure at least some of the supports to the polymeric member and at least some of the uprights to the polymeric member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211368 | REFRIGERATOR - In the related art refrigerator, its structure for supplying water to a dispenser and water tank was complicated. In addition, since an icemaker is installed in a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator, there is a problem in that the water supplied into the icemaker is frozen. Furthermore, if the icemaker is installed in the freezing chamber of the refrigerator in which the refrigerating chamber is formed at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber is formed at an upper portion thereof, there is another problem in that it is difficult to control the temperature in the refrigerating chamber or ice-making capability of the icemaker is lowered. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211369 | Remote control lighting assembly and use thereof - A remote-controllable lighting device comprising a first substrate and an adjacent second substrate maintained in a spaced apart relationship to allow airflow therebetween and at least partly overlapping each other, at least the second substrates carrying thereon at least one emission sources, the first substrate being located towards a proximal end of the device and the second substrate being located towards a distal end of the device; said first substrate being arranged so as to allow light generated by the at least one located second light emission source to pass thereby in a direction defining a primary light emission direction and said first light emission source located so as to emit light in said primary light emission direction; said first and second substrate being in thermal communication so as to allow heat generated by the at least one light emission sources to flow between the substrates so as to provide thermal distribution between the substrates, the first and second substrate being formed of a thermally conductive material suitable for convection of the generated heat therefrom; a signal detector for receiving a wirelessly transmitted control signal from a remote control device; said signal receiver being located proximal of the first substrate in the primary light emission direction; and a controller in communication with said signal detector and the light emission sources and for controlling at least one characteristic of at least one light emission source responsive to said control signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211370 | Heat dissipating structure of light source utility - The present invention discloses a heat dissipating structure of a light source utility that includes a rear-located heat dissipating element, a light source generating element, a thermally conductive mounting element and a front-located heat dissipating element. The rear-located heat dissipating element has a first surface, and a light source generating element arranged on the first surface. The thermally conductive mounting element is arranged around the light source generating element on the first surface. The front-located heat dissipating element is arranged on the thermally conductive mounting element, and has at least one hole corresponding to the light source generating element. The heat generated from the light source generating element is conducted to the rear-located heat dissipating element, and the thermally conductive mounting element further conducts the heat to the front-located heat dissipating element for heat dissipation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211371 | Light-Transmitting Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Film And Process For Producing The Same - A light-transmitting electromagnetic wave shielding film which is a conductive silver thin film with a metallic silver portion formed on a support in a meshy state, wherein the metallic silver portion formed in the meshy state has a line width of 18 μm or less, an opening rate of 85% or more, an Ag content of 80 to 100% by mass and a surface resistance value of 5 Ω/sq or less. This light-transmitting electromagnetic wave shielding film has characteristic features that it has a high electromagnetic wave shielding property and a high transparency at the same time and the meshy portion is black. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211372 | Method For Enhancing The Luminance And Uniformity Of A Flat Panel Light Source And The Light Source Thereof - A method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source provides a patterned reflective structure to reflect or deflect the light back onto the display area of a field emission display panel and lighten the area which used to be blocked by spacers. The patterned reflective structure may be designed in several places, such as between an end surface of a spacer and the inner surface of an anode substrate, or on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate by further coating a reflective material, or on the side-frames surrounding the panel by further coating a reflective material, etc. With such a patterned reflective structure, the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source are enhanced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211373 | Spark Plug With Optical Sensor - A spark plug has an optical window for sensing combustion processes in an Otto engine. The optical window is located in the central electrode of the spark plug and has at least one lens exposed to the combustion chamber, as well as at least one flexible optical fiber which can conduct light through the spark plug from the lens to an analysis system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211374 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed that can prevent pressing of a substrate and exposure of D-IC to the outside. The display includes a display panel, a driving circuit on one side of a rear surface of the display panel, the driving circuit driving the display panel, and a case receiving the display panel and the driving circuit. The case includes a slit having a predetermined space to expose the driving circuit, and both ends of the slit include a spacer supporting a lower portion of the display panel. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211375 | FIELD EMITTER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A field emitter includes a cathode, a field emission point part, a first anode, a charge storing plate, and a second anode. The field emission point part faces the first anode and is disposed at a first surface of and electrically connected to the cathode. The charge storing plate is disposed at a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the cathode. The second anode faces the second surface of the cathode. The charge storing plate is interposed between the second anode and the second surface of the cathode. Even if substantially the same electric field is formed in the field emitter as in a field emitter without the charge storing plate, the field emitter having the charge storing plate induces a more effective field emission current than the field emitter without the charge storing plate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211376 | Electron gun, electron beam exposure apparatus, and exposure method - An electron gun having an electron source emitting electrons includes: an acceleration electrode which accelerates the electrons; an extraction electrode which has a spherical concave surface having the center on an optical axis and facing the electron emission surface, and which extracts an electron from the electron emission surface; and a suppressor electrode which suppresses electron emission from a side surface of the electron source. In the electron gun, an electric field is applied to the electron emission surface while the electron source is kept at a low temperature in such an extent that sublimation of a material of the electron source would not be caused, to cause the electron source to emit a thermal field emission electron. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211377 | LIGHT SOURCE APPASRATUS AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A light source apparatus applicable to a backlight module includes a cathode structure, an anode structure, a fluorescent layer, a secondary electron generation layer, and a low-pressure gas layer. The fluorescent layer is located between the cathode structure and the anode structure. The low-pressure gas layer is filled between the cathode structure and the anode structure. The secondary electron generation layer is disposed on the cathode structure and can generate additional secondary electrons to hit the fluorescent layer for improving the luminous efficiency. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211378 | Enhanced UV-Emitting Fluorescent Lamp - An enhanced UV-emitting fluorescent lamp is described that provides a UV spectral emission for simultaneously tanning of the human skin and promotion of vitamin D production in the human body. The lamp contains a phosphor layer having a phosphor blend of three rare-earth-activated phosphors: SrB | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211379 | Fluorescent Lamp - The disclosed subject matter includes a fluorescent lamp and particularly a cold cathode fluorescent lamp that can be employed as a light source for a LCD backlight unit for a television, a computer, a display, and the like. The fluorescent lamp can include a couple of electrode units located opposite to each other at each end of a tube, a couple of welding beads sealing both the tube and the couple of electrode units, and a filler gas located in the tube. Each of the electrode units can include an emitter electrode that is configured with a crystalline silicon carbide material having an electrical conductivity and including a concave portion formed thereon. The electrode units can prevent blackening on an inner surface of the tube by avoiding the occurrence of spattering. Thus, the fluorescent lamp using the electrode units can enjoy a long life, high reliability, easy manufacture, and the like. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211380 | Scanning Field Emission Display - Provided is a scanning field emission display (SFED). The SFED includes an electron emitter and a module for inducing electron emission of the electron emitter and deflecting an electron beam. A multi-SFED may be realized as a large-sized thin and flat display by arranging in an n×m array. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211381 | APPARATUS OF LIGHT SOURCE - An apparatus of light source includes a cathode structure, an anode structure, a fluorescent layer, a secondary electron generating layer, and a low-pressure gas layer. The fluorescent layer is located between the cathode structure and the anode structure. The low-pressure gas layer is filled between the cathode structure and the anode structure. The secondary electron generating layer is located on the cathode structure. The secondary electron generating layer can generate additional secondary electrons to hit the fluorescent layer for improving the performance of the light source. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211382 | Image display device - The present invention achieves a desired white color temperature without deteriorating white uniformity and without lowering brightness in a field emission display (FED). A width of a green phosphor is set larger than a width of a red phosphor or a width of a blue phosphor and, at the same time, a distance between the center of the red phosphor and the center of the green phosphor is set larger than a distance between the center of the blue phosphor and the center of the red phosphor. Due to such a constitution, black matrix widths between the respective phosphors are set to a fixed value. Simultaneously, positions of electron sources are set in conformity with the positions of the respective phosphors. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to realize a desired white color temperature without deteriorating landing tolerance of electron beams or without lowering a utilization efficiency of a phosphor screen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211383 | Flat display, method for manufacturing same and displacement prevention member for use in the flat display - A displacement prevention member of a flat display includes attachment surfaces respectively attached to inner surfaces of first and second substrates forming an airtight vessel of the flat display; and a bending part between the attachment surfaces. The bending part is bent in one direction on a plane perpendicular to the pressing direction of pressure applied in the perpendicular direction to inner surfaces of the substrates. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211384 | Field Emission Display and Glass Frit - Constituent elements of a glass frit for fixing spacers propagate along the spacers and migrate to electron emitters to deteriorate the electron emitters, and thereby silhouetting shadows of the spacers on a screen are suppressed. In an image display which is equipped with a rear substrate provided on its inner surface with electron emitters, a front substrate facing the rear substrate, provided on its inner surface with a phosphor pattern having an array corresponding to the electron emitters, and having an outer surface serving as a display surface, and in which a gap between the substrates is held by glass-made spacers, propagation along the spacers and migration to the side of the electron emitters of the constituent elements of the glass frit for fixing spacers is prevented by fixing oxide crystal particles on the spacer surface, or by fixing at least a part of the spacer to the front panel by an adhesive layer comprising a conductive glass a part of which is crystallized. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211385 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY - Provided is an organic electro-luminescent display (OELD). The OELD includes: a plurality of unit pixels having an organic light emitting unit and a driving unit for driving the organic light emitting unit; and a substrate supporting the unit pixels, wherein the substrate has a non-planar portion corresponding to the light emitting unit and increasing a surface area, and the light emitting unit has a non-planar cross-sectional shape corresponding to the non-planar portion. The OELD has a concave portion or a convex portion for enlarging a surface such that the substantial area of an organic light emitting material increases. Thus, an effective light emission area increases in a pixel having a limited area and light emission of desired high brightness can be performed by a low driving voltage. A reduction in a driving voltage causes improvement in the durability of a pixel and the life span of the OELD is enlarged. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211386 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting diode disposed on a substrate to emit light of a first wavelength. A transparent molding part encloses the LED, a lower wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the transparent molding part, and an upper wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the lower wavelength conversion material layer. The lower wavelength conversion material layer contains a phosphor converting the light of the first wavelength into light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, and the upper wavelength conversion material layer contains a phosphor converting the light of the first wavelength into light of a third wavelength, which is longer than the first wavelength but shorter than the second wavelength. Light produced via wavelength conversion is prevented from being lost by the phosphor. Light emitting devices including a multilayer reflection mirror are also disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211387 | Electroluminescent Device - An electroluminescent device comprising at least one electroluminescent light source ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211388 | LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A light emitting semiconductor device includes: a package; a light emitting device; a reflection member; and a light transmissive fluorescent material layer. The package has a bowl-like recess, and the light emitting device is placed at the center of the recess. The reflection member is provided on an inclined surface of the package surrounding the light emitting device and has a fluorescent material layer. The light transmissive fluorescent material layer is provided to face the light emitting device inside the inclined surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211389 | PHOSPHOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light-emitting device is produced using a phosphor composition containing a phosphor host having as a main component a composition represented by a composition formula: aM | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211390 | Organic light emitting device having an external microcavity - A device is provided that includes an organic emissive layer and a microcavity vertically stacked with the emissive layer, where the emissive layer is not in a microcavity. The microcavity may allow for improved saturation and intensity of emitted light at a variety of viewing angles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211391 | Highly Branched Dendrimers - A dendrimer of formula (I): [DENDRON | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211392 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An organic EL element includes a light-transmitting cathode, an emitting layer, and an anode facing the cathode with the emitting layer interposed therebetween and including a light-reflecting metal material layer and a carbon layer interposed between the metal material layer and the emitting layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211393 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A light emitting apparatus | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211394 | Organic Electroluminescence Device Having Input Function and Electronic Apparatus - The invention provides an organic electroluminescence device having an input function, including: an element substrate that has a light-emitting layer sandwiched between a positive electrode and negative electrode in each of a plurality of sub pixel regions that are arrayed in a matrix pattern; a sealing substrate that seals the element substrate; and a touch panel section that is provided at the outer-surface side of the sealing substrate. In such a configuration of the organic electroluminescence device having an input function according to an aspect of the invention, the negative electrode is formed on an individual basis so as to correspond to the display color of each of the sub pixel regions; and the sealing substrate has a shield conductor that is formed on the element-substrate side of the sealing substrate, the shield conductor having a fixed potential. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211395 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE HAVING INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention provides an organic electroluminescence device having an input function, including: an element substrate that has a light-emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes; a sealing substrate that seals the element substrate; a first detection electrode that is provided at the inner-surface side of the sealing substrate; a second detection electrode that is provided at the outer-surface side of the sealing substrate; the second detection electrode having a detection axis that is not the same as that of the first detection electrode; a dielectric film that is formed on the second detection electrode; and a detection unit that detects a position at which electrostatic capacitance is generated via the dielectric film between the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211396 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a method for manufacturing a light emitting device in which no copy-in is caused in the case of a light emitting device having a glossy cathode. An uneven portion is formed on the surface of a cathode which is in contact with an organic layer in a pixel portion, and incident light is reflected in all directions. An insulating film having a high light absorption property is formed in a driver circuit portion, and the copy-in becomes invisible to the observer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211397 | Pixel, organic light emitting display using the same, and driving method thereof - A pixel, an organic light emitting display using the pixel, and a driving method thereof may compensate for degradation of an organic light emitting diode. The pixel includes the organic light emitting diode and a drive transistor that supplies an electric current to the organic light emitting diode. A pixel circuit compensates a threshold voltage of the drive transistor. A compensator controls the voltage of the gate electrode of the drive transistor in order to compensate a degradation of the organic light emitting diode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211398 | FLAT PANEL OLED DEVICE HAVING DEFORMABLE SUBSTRATE - A flat panel OLED device including a transparent deformable substrate having first and second sides and defining a predetermined illumination region and a non-illumination region; a moisture-sensitive OLED disposed over the first side of the transparent substrate within the illumination region and means for applying electrical signals to the OLED which causes the OLED to produce light and heat; a protective layer disposed over the OLED; a flexible encapsulating foil disposed over the protective layer, but not attached thereto, and which dissipates the heat and sealingly connected to the substrate in the non-illumination region; and a rigid chassis structure operatively associated with the transparent deformable substrate for providing rigidity to the transparent deformable substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211399 | Organic electroluminescent display device and fabrication method thereof - An organic electroluminescent display device and fabrication method thereof is provided. The device includes a first substrate having at least one thin film transistor; an electroluminescent unit formed on the first substrate and electrically connect to the thin film transistor; a first protective layer formed on the electroluminescent unit; a second protective layer formed on the first protective layer; and a third protective layer formed on the second protective layer and in contact with the first protective layer. The device further comprises a second substrate sealed to the first substrate to form the electroluminescent unit between the first substrate and second substrate. In the device, the first protective layer comprising inorganic material, the second protective layer comprising organic material and the third protective layer comprising inorganic material are formed on the electroluminescent unit to reduce oxidation of electrodes by preventing infiltration of moisture. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211400 | Light Emitting Device Having Vertically Stacked Light Emitting Diodes - Disclosed is a light emitting device having vertically stacked light emitting diodes. It comprises a lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type positioned on a substrate, a semiconductor layer of a second conductive type on the lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, and an upper semiconductor layer of a first conductive type on the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type. Furthermore, a lower active layer is interposed between the lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type and the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type, and an upper active layer is interposed between the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type and the upper semiconductor layer of a first conductive type. Accordingly, there is provided a light emitting device having a structure in which a lower light emitting diode comprising the lower active layer and an upper light emitting diode comprising the upper active layer are vertically stacked. Therefore, light output per unit area of the light emitting device is enhanced as compared with a conventional light emitting device, and thus, a chip area of the light emitting device needed to obtain the same light output as the conventional light emitting device can be reduced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211401 | Electron Emission Device And Manufacturing Method Of The Same - An electron emission device including a lower electrode on a near side to a substrate and an upper electrode on a far side to the substrate and an insulator layer and an electron supply layer stacked between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and emitting an electron from the upper electrode side at the time of applying a voltage between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, which includes an electron emission part provided with an opening formed by an inner wall of a stepped shape in which a thickness of the insulator layer decreases stepwise; and a carbon-containing carbon region which is connected to the upper electrode side and which is brought into contact with the insulator layer and the electron supply layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211402 | FLAT PANEL OLED DEVICE HAVING DEFORMABLE SUBSTRATE - A flat panel OLED device including a transparent deformable substrate having first and second sides and defining a predetermined illumination region and a non-illumination region; a moisture-sensitive OLED disposed over the first side of the transparent substrate within the illumination region and means for applying electrical signals to the OLED which causes the OLED to produce light and heat; a protective layer disposed over the OLED; a flexible encapsulating foil disposed over the protective layer, but not attached thereto; and a rigid chassis structure operatively associated with the transparent deformable substrate for dissipating the heat and providing rigidity to the transparent deformable substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211403 | Photomultiplier - The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a structure that enables to perform high gain and satisfy higher required characteristics. In the photomultiplier, an electron-multiplying unit accommodated in a sealed container comprises a focusing electrode, an accelerating electrode, a dynode unit, and an anode. Particularly, at least the accelerating electrode and dynode unit are held unitedly in a state that at least a first-stage dynode and a second-stage included in the dynode unit are opposite directly to the accelerating electrode not through a conductive material. A conventional metal disk for supporting directly dynodes which are set to the same potential as that of the first-stage dynode is not placed between the accelerating electrode and dynode unit; thus, variations of the transit time of electrons may be drastically reduced while the electrons reach from the cathode to the second-stage dynode via the first-stage dynode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211404 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD OF DRIVING AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel and method of driving the panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate that is positioned opposite to the front substrate and a phosphor layer positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate. The phosphor layer includes particles of phosphor material and particles of oxide material. The oxide material particles are positioned in the phosphor layer in such a manner that illumination at the front surface from at least one phosphor material particle in the phosphor layer is unobstructed by the oxide material particles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211405 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The panel includes a substrate having a plurality of discharge cells, and barrier ribs defining the discharge cells, the barrier ribs contain carbon in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211406 | Plasma Display Device - A plasma display device includes a front protective cover | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211407 | Plasma display panel and method of forming barrier ribs of the plasma display panel - A method of forming barrier ribs of a plasma display panel includes providing a barrier rib layer on a substrate and selectively removing portions of the barrier rib layer to form a barrier rib structure defining a plurality of first and second discharge cells, at least one barrier rib of the barrier rib structure having a horizontal cross-section that is asymmetric along a center axis thereof, the first and second discharge cells having different internal surface areas. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211408 | Plasma Display Panel and Method for Manufacturing Same - An object of the present invention is to provide a plasma display panel and a manufacturing method thereof that can prevent a dielectric layer and a protective layer from being deteriorated and give excellent image display performance, by performing a sealing process effectively. The object can be realized by a plasma display panel including a front panel | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211409 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a first panel including address electrodes, a first dielectric layer, and a phosphor layer formed on a first substrate, and a second panel bonded with the first panel by interposing barrier ribs therebetween, the second panel including a plurality of transparent electrodes and bus electrodes, a second dielectric layer, a first protective layer containing magnesium oxide doped with a crystalline oxide, and a second protective layer containing crystalline magnesium oxide. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211410 | HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP HAVING COMPLIANT SEAL - In certain embodiments, a lamp is provided with an arc envelope including a ceramic, an end member including a material different from the ceramic, and a compliant seal disposed between the end member and the arc envelope. The compliant seal includes a plurality of layers having different thermal expansion characteristics in an order of gradual change between the arc envelope and the end member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211411 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP OPERATING APPARATUS, AND ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - A high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramic discharge vessel having a surrounding part formed of translucent ceramic, and a pipe connected to the surrounding part, formed of translucent ceramic having an average crystal particle size of 50 μm or less in a region close to an intended sealing portion, and having a smaller diameter than the surrounding part. A current introducing conductor is inserted into the pipe of the translucent ceramic discharge vessel, and is sealed at least by a sealing portion formed by fusion of the translucent ceramic in the pipe. An electrode is connected to and disposed in the current introducing conductor in the translucent ceramic discharge vessel. A discharge medium is sealed in the translucent ceramic discharge vessel. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211412 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED LIGHT FIXTURE SYSTEM - A remotely controlled LED light fixture system is disclosed. The system includes a series of light fixtures featuring LED electrically connected in series to an electrical source. In a preferred embodiment, the series of light fixtures are connected using a quick secure electro/mechanical connection. The system also includes an infrared remote receiver for receiving control signals from a remote control transmitter. The infrared remote receiver is positioned between the electrical source and the series of LED light fixtures, and controls the flow of electricity between the electrical source and the series of LED light fixtures. The remote control transmitter is configured to send a variety of different signals to the infrared remote receiver. In one embodiment the electrical source is an electrical transformer connected to standard house current. In another embodiment, the electrical source is a solar panel. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211413 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display apparatus includes a matrix of thin-film light-emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on a transparent substrate. The thin-film LEDs are epitaxially grown on a semiconductor substrate, then transferred in strips to the transparent substrate, anchored by intermolecular forces, and separated into individual LEDs by photolithography and etching. The anodes and cathodes of the thin-film LEDs are connected to anode and cathode driving circuits by a matrix of thin-film electrical paths formed on the transparent substrate. The matrix of LEDs and interconnections is dense enough to display images of high quality, and provides enough pixels for the display of useful text and graphics on even small information display devices. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211414 | Light emitting device - A light emitting device is provided that includes a substrate, a light emitting unit formed on the substrate, and an encapsulation unit. The encapsulation unit may include a first region corresponding to the light emitting unit and a second region coalesced with the substrate. The encapsulation unit of the first region or a part of the encapsulation unit of the first region may have a positive curvature. | 2008-09-04 |
