36th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190274174 | LOCAL INTERNET PROTOCOL ACCESS (LIPA) EXTENSIONS TO ENABLE LOCAL CONTENT SHARING - Methods and apparatus for enabling local content sharing are described. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a non-access stratum (NAS) message with a content sharing session request to a network entity. The network entity verifies that the WTRU and a sharing WTRU are allowed to participate in a content sharing session. Upon verification, the network entity sends a NAS response with the content sharing session set-up information to the WTRU and sends a resource allocation request for the content sharing session to other network entities. The WTRU establishes the content sharing session between the WTRU and sharing WTRU using a local gateway (LGW) connection absent non-local entity connections and transmits content between the WTRU and the other WTRU using the LGW connection during the content sharing session. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274175 | APPLICATION-TRIGGERED TETHERING - Disclosed herein is a method for obtaining Internet access via tethering is disclosed. The method may be performed by a client device. The method may include detecting one or more user actions indicating that a task requires a connection to the Internet and also that the task is time sensitive, broadcasting a tethering request in response to detecting the one or more user actions, receiving a reply from a tethering device, tethering to the tethering device, and establishing a connection to the Internet via the tethering device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274176 | Extending Use of a Cellular Communication Capabilities in a Wireless Device to Another Device - Extending cellular telecommunication service from a first UE to another device. The first UE may register for cellular telecommunication service with a cellular network using a first cellular service account, using a cellular communication link via a cellular radio. A second device may be discovered and a communication link may be established between the first UE and the second device. The second device may be registered to use cellular telecommunication capability provided by the first UE. Communications between the second device and the cellular network may be conveyed via the communication link between the first UE and the second device and the cellular communication link. Conveying communications between the second device and the cellular network may provide use of the first cellular service account for cellular telecommunication service to the second device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274177 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, CORE NETWORK APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a communication control method for optimally managing control information of a terminal apparatus capable of connecting to various kinds of core networks, a device communication controller for a network capable of connecting to the terminal apparatus, a configurator for configuring control information relating to communication of each device, a communication controller for updating configuration information relating to communication stored by each device, and the like, in the terminal apparatus and the network. This provides a communication controller suitable for a communication system and a terminal apparatus that support configurations of various kinds of core networks. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274178 | MULTI-ACCESS DATA CONNECTION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing data paths over multiple access network for a multi-access data connection. One apparatus ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190274179 | PROCEDURES FOR MANAGING SECONDARY eNB (SeNB) RADIO LINK FAILURE (S-RLF) IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY SCENARIOS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for managing secondary eNB (SeNB) radio link failure (S-RLF) in dual connectivity scenarios. A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a Master Evolved Node B (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB). The UE may detect a Radio Link Failure (RLF) of a connection with the SeNB and may transmit an indication of the RLF to the MeNB, in response to the detection. The MeNB may take at least one action to manage the RLF, in response to receiving the indication of the RLF, for example, including transmitting a reconfiguration command to the UE. The SeNB may also detect the RLF and transmit an indication of the RLF to the MeNB over a backhaul connection, in response to the detection. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING FROM RADIO DOWNLINK FAILURE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method and an apparatus for recovering from a radio downlink failure. The method includes: monitoring a first radio link to determine whether a radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, where the first radio link is a currently connected radio link; if it is detected that the radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, starting a physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process for the first radio link and starting a Radio Link Control RRC connection re-setup process to set up a second radio link; and recovering from the radio downlink failure through either of the physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process and the RRC connection re-setup process. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING USER PLANE PATH RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for initiating user plane path re-establishment and a communications system are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a session management function entity based on first location information of a terminal device, a session service area to which a current session of the terminal device belongs; and after receiving second location information of the terminal device sent by a mobility management function entity, if determining that the second location information is not within the session service area, instructing the terminal device to initiate a re-establishment procedure for the current session or initiate a handover procedure. Due to introduction of the session service area, when the terminal device moves back and forth at edges of service areas of two adjacent user plane function entities, a ping-pong effect caused by frequent handover between the two user plane function entities is avoided, and user experience is improved. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274182 | Data Transmitting/Receiving Apparatuses and Methods and Communication System - Data transmitting/receiving apparatuses and methods and a communication system. The data transmitting method includes: in an inactive state, determining whether to maintain in the inactive state or enter an active state according to indication information of a network device or one or more parameters configured by the network device; and in the inactive state, transmitting data and/or a request message for entering the active state to the network device. Hence, data transmission may be performed in an appropriate state, without needing to restart connection at each time of data transmission; saved resources may be used for the data transmission, and time needed in performing identical data transmission may be reduced. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274183 | OPERATING WITH MULTIPLE SCHEDULERS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274184 | CONFIGURATION METHOD OF DISCOUNTINUOUS RECEPTION PARAMETER, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION - The preset disclosure provides a configuration method of DRX parameter, a mobile terminal, and a base station. The configuration method includes: transmitting, upon detecting that the mobile terminal satisfies a preset DRX parameter modification condition, a DRX parameter modification request message to a base station; receiving a response message corresponding to the DRX parameter modification request message and the response message is transmitted from the base station; and updating a DRX parameter configuration by the mobile terminal according to the response message. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274185 | SESSION CONTINUITY IN MOBILE SYSTEMS USING USER PLANE FUNCTIONS WITH UPLINK CLASSIFIER - Embodiments of the present disclosure session continuity within mobile systems using user plane functions with uplink classifiers. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274186 | APPARATUSES FOR END-TO-END COORDINATION OF VOICE OVER CELLULAR DATA NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS - Apparatuses of user equipment (UEs) for end-to-end coordination of voice over cellular data network communications. An apparatus of a UE includes one or more data storage devices and one or more processors. The one or more data storage devices are configured to store delay budget information pertaining to end-to-end delivery of a real-time transport protocol (RTP) stream sent from a remote UE to the UE. The one or more processors are configured to generate an application layer message including the delay budget information, the application layer message to be transmitted to the remote UE to enable the remote UE to request, from a cellular base station servicing the remote UE, additional air interface delay based on the delay budget information. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274187 | RADIO TERMINAL - A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a controller configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel to a base station by an interlace mapping using a plurality of resource blocks distributed on a frequency axis while overlapping on a time axis. The controller receives, from the base station, control channel information on a time-frequency resource used for transmitting the physical uplink control channel. The controller stops transmission in a specific resource block corresponding to the time-frequency resource from among the plurality of resource blocks, based on the control channel information. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274188 | SPLIT WIRELESS NETWORKS AND MANAGEMENT OF SAME TO PROVIDE DATA AND VOICE SERVICES - According to one configuration, a mobile communication device receives first communications over a first wireless communication link from a first wireless network (which potentially supports data only communications). The first communications received over the first wireless network can include a message indicating a pending incoming call available over a second wireless network (which potentially supports voice/call communications). In response to receiving the message indicating the pending incoming call, the mobile communication device is operated to receive second communications (such as a paging signal) from over the second wireless network. For example, the mobile communication device listens for a paging signal from the second wireless network further indicating the pending incoming call. If desired, an operator of the mobile communication device can accept the incoming call via a second wireless communication link to the second wireless network. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274189 | EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE DATA TRANSFER IN 5G SYSTEMS - Systems and methods provide solutions for reliable data transfer in a mobile communication network. A user equipment (UE) may indicate to the mobile communication network a capability of the UE to support a reliable data service protocol. The UE may process non-access stratum (NAS) messages, for both mobile originated (MO) data transfer and mobile terminated (MT) data transfer, using the reliable data service protocol to determine whether protocol data units (PDUs) of the NAS messages require no acknowledgement, require acknowledgment, or include an acknowledgement, and to detect and eliminate duplicate PDUs received at the UE in the NAS messages. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274190 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEVICE - A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1≤i≤N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1≤j≤M, a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i,j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element. At least one switching diode connects at least one of the row switching elements or at least one of the column switching elements to at least one reference potential. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274191 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1≤i≤N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1≤j≤M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274192 | INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEMS - An induction heating system includes a base having a controller and an electromagnetic radiation source in communication with the controller. The electromagnetic radiation source is configured to emit radiation. The base also includes a mounting surface configured to receive one of a plurality of interchangeable heating surfaces. The system further includes a heating surface mounted to the mounting surface of the base. The heating surface includes a ferromagnetic material that heats via induction responsive to the radiation emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274193 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS, REPAIR METHOD AND VACUUM HOOD APPARATUS - An induction heating apparatus is proposed, comprising at least one coil layer having a coil device and a carrier, on which carrier the coil device is arranged, wherein the at least one coil layer is of flexurally flexible configuration, wherein the at least one coil layer is embedded in the structural material of the vacuum hood and wherein the vacuum hood having the at least one coil layer is of flexurally flexible configuration. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274194 | DISTRIBUTED TRANSISTOR-BASED POWER SUPPLY FOR SUPPLYING HEAT TO A STRUCTURE - A heating system includes a structure to be heated, and a heating apparatus disposed to heat the structure. The heating apparatus includes a housing member, a plurality of resonant frequency power sources, and a plurality of associated controls. The plurality of resonant frequency power sources are attached to the housing member. The plurality of associated controllers is configured to separately operate the plurality of resonant frequency power sources at resonant frequencies matching heating requirements of the structure. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274195 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MICROWAVE HEATING SYSTEMS - A method for processing articles using a microwave heating system includes obtaining an operating profile for heating a type of article using the microwave heating system. The operating profile includes a temperature-time profile for a target F | 2019-09-05 |
20190274196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZONE COOKING ACCORDING TO SPECTROMODAL THEORY IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC COOKING DEVICE - An electromagnetic cooking device and cooking method to perform zone cooking is disclosed. The method includes scanning a resonant cavity in which a food load has been placed with RF feeds that are coupled to respective high power amplifiers; identifying resonant frequencies and corresponding phases of the RF feeds; storing a resonance map; classifying symmetries in the resonant map; determining paths defining stirring routes between poles of different symmetries; determining midpoints in the paths with a maximum unbalance between reflected powers of the respective high power amplifiers; classifying the unbalance in terms of power steered to the left and right sides of the food load; synthesizing a heating strategy for zone cooking using the classified unbalance; and implementing the heating strategy by causing the plurality of high power amplifiers and RF feeds to introduce electromagnetic radiation at specific selected frequencies and phases into the cavity based on the heating strategy. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274197 | RIDE THROUGH MODE IN LED BACKLIGHT DRIVER FOR AUTOMOTIVE IDLE STOP AND COLD CRANK OPERATION - A circuit comprising a first regulator coupled to a voltage input, a second regulator coupled to a voltage output and a switch coupled to the first regulator and the second regulator, wherein the switch is configured to provide voltage to a load from the voltage input when the voltage input is greater than a first predetermined voltage, and to provide voltage to the load from the voltage output when the voltage input is lower than a second predetermined voltage. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274198 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an LED lighting apparatus. The LED lighting apparatus may include a leakage current control unit configured to provide a leakage current path when a rectified voltage is retained at a predetermined voltage or less for a preset time or more, and a leakage current and retention current may be discharged through a leakage current path. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274199 | SWITCHING DEVICE WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AND WIRELESS RECEIVER FUNCTION, AND LAMP SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are a switching device with an auxiliary power unit and a wireless receiver function, and a lamp system using the same, wherein the switching device is connectable to a lamp and includes a power switching portion, which transmits external electricity to the lamp when in a power supplying mode and stops doing so when in a power-off mode; and the auxiliary power unit in the switching device keeps powering other components of the switching device, so while the power switching portion is in the power-off mode, a wireless module in the switching device can still transmit a wireless signal from a wireless controller to a control unit to adjust the power switching portion to the power supplying mode. Thus, even when the switching device is in a power-off state, a user can control the lamp by sending a wireless control signal to the switching device through the wireless controller. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274200 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE - A light source driving device includes: a storage unit that stores therein three or more combinations of a level indicating brightness of light emitted from a light source, and a control value used when light with brightness corresponding to the level is emitted, the control value having a nonlinear relation with the level; and a control unit that controls the light source so that the brightness of the emitted light is gradually changed to brightness corresponding to a level of a target indicated by a light control instruction signal, by calculating a level indicating the brightness of the emitted light between a level when a light control instruction signal is supplied and the level of the indicated target, by using two or more combinations for calculating the control value corresponding to the calculated level, among the stored combinations. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274201 | ROBOT STATE NOTIFICATION DEVICE FOR NOTIFYING ABOUT OPERATION STATE OF ROBOT - A robot state notification device includes: an LED lamp; a battery; a sensor configured to detect the presence and/or absence of a change of a voltage or a current in an electric cable connected to a robot; an installation unit configured to install the robot state nitrification device to the robot; a battery residual capacity determination unit configured to determine whether or not a residual capacity of the battery falls below a predetermined threshold value; and a lighting control unit configured to control the LED lamp to allow the same to light up in a first lighting content manner when the sensor detects a change of a voltage or a current in the electric cable, and controlling the LED lamp to allow the same to light up in a second lighting content manner when a residual capacity of the battery falls below the predetermined threshold value. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274202 | LIGHT EMITTING GIFT WRAPPING APPARATUS - There is described a gift wrapping apparatus having a sheet of material being foldable by hand, a plurality of light emitting elements made integral to the sheet, the plurality of light emitting elements having power receiving conductors, and a plurality of conductive traces made integral to the sheet and forming a powering circuit connecting the power receiving conductors of the light emitting elements to at least a positive terminal and a negative terminal. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274203 | DAYLIGHT HARVESTING TO EXCEED ARTIFICIAL LIGHT MAXIMUM - A daylight harvesting system includes a daylight harvester device that distinguishes the natural and artificial contributions to the light in a workspace. Distinguishing the contributions allows the values of the contributions to be combined in ways other than linearly summing them to obtain the total light. For example, when the natural light increases, the artificial light may be reduced by less than the natural-light increase to mitigate glare and/or shadows and other artifacts that might otherwise be present and objectionable. The daylight harvesting system can include a human-based sensor located in a workspace, e.g., on or close to a user, so the measurements it takes are not adversely affected by spatial variations across a room in the natural and artificial lighting. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274204 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL LOADS - Systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. The system includes a room controller having a microprocessor for accessing data and providing commands, memory for storing information operably connected to the microprocessor, a relay for powering a load based on commands from the microprocessor, and a port for connecting a peripheral device. The system also includes a peripheral device connected to the port and configured to send data including a device type and a device instance byte to the controller indicating the type of peripheral device. The device instance byte includes a port number identifying the port and a slot number identifying a time slot within a time domain multiplexing cycle. The system also includes a load connected to the relay. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274205 | LIGHTING ELEMENT WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, CONTROL, AND MOTION SENSING CAPABILITY - Systems and methods are provided relating to a smart lightbulb that can comprise means to sense motion and means to wirelessly transmit and receive information. The smart lightbulb can include a radio frequency transceiver and a motion sensor having an antenna. The transceiver and motion sensor can be electrically coupled to a programmable processor. The transceiver can be oriented in a first plane and the antenna of the motion sensor can be oriented in a second plane different than the first plane. In some embodiments, an oscillator circuit can be provided in place of the motion sensor antenna. The oscillator circuit can be electrically coupled to the transceiver, the motion sensor, and communication circuitry. The programmable processor can be configured to direct the oscillator circuit to switch between electrically coupling the motion sensor to the radio frequency transceiver and electrically coupling the communication circuitry to the radio frequency transceiver. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274206 | Ornamental Lighting - Enhancements to ornamental or holiday lighting are disclosed including remote control ornamental illumination with color pallet control whereby a user can vary the color/intensity/appearance of an individual bulb or entire light string by selecting the electronic address of the bulb and selecting its attribute. Further disclosures include: motion responsive lights which respond to sensed movement, gesture controlled lights, adjustable white color/white led sets, connectable multi-function lights, controller to sequence lights to music or other input source, rotating projection led light/tree top/table top unit, and remote controlled sequencing icicle lights and ornament lighting system. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274207 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Synchronizing Flashing in a Marker System - A method of synchronizing flashing of a plurality of marker systems includes within each marker system of the plurality of marker systems, receiving a signal from at least one global positioning satellite, the signal comprising a time value. Then, when initiating illumination of at least one light emitting device of the marker systems, synchronizing of the initiating illumination to the time value. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274208 | VIDEO CAMERA WITH PRIVACY - Systems and methods are described for a network video camera device. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for embodiments of a network video camera with a blocking mechanism for privacy and control of the blocking mechanism. Embodiments of the present invention include a network video capture device. The network video capture device comprises a lens connected to a housing; a blocking mechanism, wherein the a blocking mechanism is configured to selectively block the lens from capturing video images, and wherein the blocking mechanism includes a physical body; an indication device, wherein the indication device is configured to provide visible feedback that the lens is blocked; and a circuit board having a data processor, a wireless transceiver, and a memory configured to store a customizable setting associated with the blocking mechanism. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274209 | VEHICULAR LIGHTING DEVICE - A first light source illuminates a first region. A second light source is configured to provide lower luminance than that of the first light source. The second light source illuminates a second region that overlaps the first region, and that has a larger area than that of the first region. A lighting circuit drives the first light source and the second light source according to a common lighting instruction. The lighting circuit gradually turns on the first light source and the second light source with different gradual changing time periods in response to the lighting instruction. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274210 | REDUCING THE EFFECT OF PLASMA ON AN OBJECT IN AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE - A first target is provided to an interior of a vacuum chamber, a first light beam is directed toward the first target to form a first plasma from target material of the first target, the first plasma being associated with a directional flux of particles and radiation emitted from the first target along a first emission direction, the first emission direction being determined by a position of the first target; a second target is provided to the interior of the vacuum chamber; and a second light beam is directed toward the second target to form a second plasma from target material of the second target, the second plasma being associated with a directional flux of particles and radiation emitted from the second target along a second emission direction, the second emission direction being determined by a position of the second target, the first and second emission directions being different. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274211 | HIGH SPEED PLUG - A communication plug including a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side surfaces and opposing end surfaces, a grounding plane in the substrate, a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane, where the grounding strip is electrically connected to the ground plane in the substrate. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274212 | HIGH FREQUENCY MODULE - A high frequency module includes a plurality of components on an upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate, a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the multilayer wiring substrate, a shield wall surrounding one of the components within the sealing resin layer, and a shield film on an upper surface of the sealing resin layer. The shield film covers a portion of the upper surface of the sealing resin layer that overlaps the one of the components but not the other components viewed from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the multilayer wiring substrate. An upper end of the shield wall is exposed from the upper surface of the sealing resin layer to be connected to the shield film, and a lower end thereof is exposed from a lower surface of the sealing resin layer to be connected to the multilayer wiring substrate. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274213 | CIRCUIT BOARD PAD MOUNTING ORIENTATION SYSTEM - A circuit board pad mounting orientation system includes a board. A signal transmission line is included on the board. A plurality of connector pads are positioned on the board. At least one connector pad receives the signal transmission line adjacent a first end of that connector pad. At least one connector pad includes a second end that provides a reduction in a width of that connector pad to indicate a mounting orientation for coupling to the connector pad that receives the signal transmission line. In a specific example, a first connector pad receives the signal transmission line, includes the first end, and includes the second end that is opposite the first connector pad from the first end and that provides the reduction in the width of the first connector pad to indicate the mounting orientation for coupling to the first connector pad. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274214 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board of the present disclosure includes a power supply layer and a ground layer. A power supply layer pattern to be formed partially on the power supply layer includes a branch and a power supply layer electrode. The branch is a direct-current power feeding path for connecting adjacent electromagnetic band gap (EBG) unit cells, and the power supply layer electrode is connected through a slit provided along the branch. A capacitive coupling element disposed to oppose the power supply layer electrode with an interlayer being provided therebetween has a structure in which the EBG unit cells are disposed at regular intervals, the EBG unit cells being connected to the branch in the power supply layer pattern through a via. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274215 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A circuit board is obtained by providing a wiring pattern on an insulating board. The circuit board includes a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first wiring pattern is provided on which a first surface treatment is applied. In the second region, a second wiring pattern is provided on which a second surface treatment having a cutting fluid resistance and/or a humidity resistance lower than the first surface treatment is applied. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274216 | BOARD MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BOARD MODULE - A board module includes a first board having an inner wall that has a protrusion and defines a through hole. The board module includes a second board provided in the through hole and joined to the protrusion by using a resin. The board module includes a third board joined above and across the first board and the second board. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274217 | CORE LAYER WITH FULLY ENCAPSULATED CO-AXIAL MAGNETIC MATERIAL AROUND PTH IN IC PACKAGE SUBSTRATE - Embodiments may include inductors with embedded magnetic cores and methods of making such inductors. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit package may include an integrated circuit die with a multi-phase voltage regulator electrically coupled to the integrated circuit die. In such embodiments, the multi-phase voltage regulator may include a substrate core and a plurality of inductors. The inductors may include a conductive through-hole disposed through the substrate core and a plugging layer comprising a dielectric material surrounding the conductive through-hole. In an embodiment, a magnetic sheath is formed around the plugging layer. In an embodiment, the magnetic sheath is separated from the plated through hole by the plugging layer. Additionally, a first layer comprising a dielectric material may be disposed over a first surface of the magnetic sheath, and a second layer comprising a dielectric material may be disposed over a second surface of the magnetic sheath. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274218 | Component Carrier With Adhesion Promoting Shape of Wiring Structure - A component carrier includes a base structure and an electrically conductive wiring structure on the base structure. The wiring structure has a nonrectangular cross-sectional shape configured so that an adhesion promoting constriction is formed by at least one of the group consisting of the wiring structure and a transition between the base structure and the wiring structure. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274219 | Printed circuit board element with integrated electronic switching element, power converter and method for producing a printed circuit board element - A printed circuit board element (LP) having at least one electronic switching element ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190274220 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A circuit board includes: a metal core base material including a first main surface, a second main surface on an opposite side of the first main surface, a side surface, and a projection that projects from the side surface; an outer cover including a first insulation layer that covers the first main surface, a second insulation layer that covers the second main surface, and a third insulation layer that covers the side surface; a first wiring layer provided in the first main surface with the first insulation layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the first main surface; a second wiring layer provided in the second main surface with the second insulation layer interposed between the second wiring layer and the second main surface; and a sealing portion that is made of an insulation material embedded in the outer cover and covers an end surface of the projection. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274221 | Catalytic Laminate with Conductive Traces formed during Lamination - A circuit board is formed from a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth. Trace channels and apertures are formed into the catalytic laminate, electroless plated with a metal such as copper, filled with a conductive paste containing metallic particles, which are then melted to form traces. In a variation, multiple circuit board layers have channels formed into the surface below the exclusion depth, apertures formed, are electroless plated, and the channels and apertures filled with metal particles. Several such catalytic laminate layers are placed together and pressed together under elevated temperature until the catalytic laminate layers laminate together and metal particles form into traces for a multi-layer circuit board. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274222 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR MODULE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a display area and a connecting area extending from one side of the display area, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected with the connecting area, and a first module mounted on a first surface of the FPCB, where the connecting area is bent such that the first module is apart from the display to face the display. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274223 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A circuit board comprising a substrate and a circuit trace. The substrate includes a surface etched via ion milling over a circuit area such that the surface has an increased roughness. The circuit trace forms portions of an electronic circuit and may be created from a thin conductive film deposited on the surface within the circuit area. The circuit trace adheres more strongly to the roughened substrate surface, which prevents the circuit trace from peeling or becoming delaminated from the substrate surface. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274224 | Electroless Plating Activation - A method of initiating and controlling electroless nickel plating on copper substrates carried into a plating bath on a continuous stainless steel web where the copper is electrically bussed or in physical contact with the steel is described. A bias current is applied to the plating bath and a feedback loop is established to determine initiation of plating as well as to ramp down the biasing current to prevent electro- or electroless plating of the web. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274225 | PORTABLE OPERATION DEVICE - A portable operation device includes a first housing at least partially covering an inner space, a second housing at least partially covering the inner space, an electronic component disposed in the inner space, and a waterproof sheet fixedly held between the first housing and the second housing, wherein the first housing includes a first facing portion that faces the second housing, and the second housing includes a second facing portion that faces the first housing, and wherein the waterproof sheet is interposed between, and in contact with, the first facing portion and the second facing portion, and at least one of the, first facing portion and the second facing portion has an uneven surface facing the other. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274226 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS OF FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - The present disclosure provides three-dimensional structures and related methods. The three-dimensional structures may define patterns of positive and negative spaces on opposing surfaces that combine to form the three-dimensional structures. The negative spaces of the patterns may intersect to form apertures through the three-dimensional structures, which may define linear or non-linear paths therethrough. The apertures may be configured to provide desirable characteristics with respect to light, sound, and fluid travel therethrough. Further, the three-dimensional structures may be configured to define desired stiffness, weight, and/or flexibility. The three-dimensional structures may be employed in embodiments including heat sinks, housings, speaker or vent covers, springs, etc. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274227 | HINGE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A hinge structure including a plurality of pivots, a driving part, two positioning gear sets, and a plurality of fixing parts is provided. The pivots are parallel to each other. The driving part is disposed at a central portion of the pivots and is perpendicular to the pivots. These two positioning gear sets are respectively sleeved around two ends of each of the pivots. The fixing parts are respectively disposed outside these two positioning gear sets. When the plurality of fixing parts is under the action of an external force, the two gear sets are moved relative to each other, and the driving part is adapted to be bent and drives the pivots to rotate synchronously with respect to a central axis. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274228 | SUPPORT MECHANISM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A support mechanism and a mobile terminal are provided. The support mechanism comprises: a first support plate, a second support plate, and a transmission mechanism for connecting the first support plate with the second support plate. When the support mechanism is in a support state, the first support plate and the second support plate are in a first relative position with respect to each other to form a support surface. The mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a support mechanism and a display screen. The display screen comprises: fixed portions fixed to at least one of the first body or the second body, and a deformable portion. The support mechanism is arranged on the second body. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274229 | MODULE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A module includes a heat dissipating substrate including a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, an element arranged on the first surface of the heat dissipating substrate, a connecting terminal arranged on the first surface of the heat dissipating substrate and provided for electrically connecting the element to a wiring substrate arranged on the module, a module case arranged on the first surface in such a manner that a circumference of the heat dissipating substrate is partially covered, and a sealing member sealing the element and a connecting portion of the connecting terminal with the element, wherein the heat dissipating substrate includes a positioning part for positioning the module with respect to the housing case, and the positioning part protrudes to an outer side of the module case. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274230 | System and Method of Transferring Energy - In one or more embodiments, energy transfer device may include: a sealed housing having an evaporating region and a condensing region; a fluid; a Tesla valve enclosed in the housing, between the evaporating region and the condensing region and configured to transfer the fluid in a gaseous state from the evaporating region to the condensing region; and a first liquid fluid transfer structure enclosed in the housing, between the first condensing region and the first evaporating region and configured to transfer the fluid in a liquid state from the first condensing region to the first evaporating region. In one example, the liquid fluid transfer structure may include the Tesla valve. In another example, the liquid fluid transfer structure may include metal sintered particles. In one or more embodiments, the fluid may include one or more of acetone, ammonia, water, and a chlorofluorocarbon, among others. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274231 | DYNAMIC AIR INTAKE CONTROL ASSEMBLY - An air intake control system can consist of an aero-acoustic assembly positioned within an enclosure. The aero-acoustic assembly may have an intake occupied by a plurality of louvers with each of the plurality of louvers configured to move between open and closed positions in response to airflow passing through the intake. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274232 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A CARD-LEVEL THERMAL REGULATOR MECHANISM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first functional circuit attached to the substrate; a first thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to utilize cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit; a second functional circuit attached to the substrate; and a second thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to cool the second functional circuit without using the cryogenic liquid. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274233 | HEAT SINK - The present disclosure is a heat sink used for an electronic component. The heat sink includes a shell body, a fan, and a thermally-conductive strip. The thermally-conductive strip abuts against the shell body. The shell body has an internal space and a side wall, and a channel is formed in the side wall of the shell body for a coolant fluid to flow. At two ends of the channel, a coolant fluid inlet and a coolant fluid outlet are respectively formed on an outer wall surface of the side wall. In this way, when flowing through the shell body, the coolant fluid brings heat of the shell body away. Therefore, heat dissipation efficiency can be substantially increased. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274234 | THERMAL GASKET WITH HIGH TRANSVERSE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - An exemplary passive heat transfer apparatus is suited for transferring heat away from an electronic heat generating device to another environment. A gasket has many spaced-apart holes that are transverse to two major opposing surfaces of the gasket. A thermally conductive material is disposed within and fills the holes for conducting heat from one of the two major surfaces to the other major surface. The thermally conductive material is a nanocomposite material having nano-particles aligned substantially perpendicular to the two major opposing surfaces. The thermally conductive material as disposed in the holes has no interfacial boundaries that could adversely affect the transfer of heat. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274235 | HOUSING HAVING CONFIGURABLE AIRFLOW EXHAUST - A configurable housing includes a top surface having a closed configuration and an opened configuration in which a first plurality of perforations provide a first air flow path. The housing further includes a plurality of sidewalls connected to the top surface. The plurality of sidewalls including a first sidewall having a closed configuration and an opened configuration in which a second plurality of perforations provide a second air flow path. The housing also includes a bottom surface connected to the plurality of sidewalls. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274236 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device capable of suppressing air from flowing back into a housing is provided. The power conversion device includes a power conversion unit configured to perform power conversion, a housing for accommodating the power conversion and having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan provided inside the housing and generating airflow in such a manner that air flows to the outside of the housing via the air outlet after flowing into the housing via the air inlet, and a cover provided at the air outlet, the cover being configured to be brought into an opened state with respect to the air outlet if the airflow generated by the fan is stronger than airflow moving from the outside of the housing toward the air outlet, and to be brought into a closed state with respect to the air outlet if the airflow generated by the fan is weaker than the airflow moving from the outside of the housing toward the exhaust of the housing. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274237 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - Provided is a high-frequency module capable of improving a shielding performance for a specific component. In a high-frequency module | 2019-09-05 |
20190274238 | STORED IMAGE RECLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND RECLASSIFICATION METHOD - A component picked up by a suction nozzle of a component mounting machine is imaged by a camera, the captured image is processed by an image recognition system to recognize the component, the image is determined to be normal or abnormal based on the recognition result, and in addition to classifying the image as a normal image or an abnormal image and storing the image in a storage device, component mounting boards, unloaded from a component mounting machine, are inspected with an inspection device. A stored image reclassification computer acquires the inspection result from the inspection device, reclassifies the normal image stored in the storage device, based on the inspection result, as an image whose determination as a normal image is suspect or as an image whose determination as a normal image is not suspect, and then stores the normal image in the storage device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190274239 | X Mangave plant named 'FRECKLES AND SPECKLES' - A new and unique X | 2019-09-05 |