37th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170264022 | Method to Locate and Identify Artificial Objects in Space Using Van Atta Array Retro-Reflectors and RADAR Systems - A method to improve the ability to detect, track and identify man-made objects in space, primarily small satellites (Nano-Satellites, Cube Satellites, etc.) in low earth orbit. The method consists of designing and fabricating Van Atta Array retro-reflectors that are designed to match the operating parameters (center frequency, bandwidth, polarization) of RADAR systems that track space objects, and then attaching the retro-reflectors to external surfaces or structures on the small satellites. The retro-reflectors will improve the RADAR cross section of the small satellites, which in turn will improve the ability of the RADAR to detect and track them. Additional enhancements include modulation of the RADAR return, or changing the spectral content or polarization of the RADAR return, to allow unique identification of the small satellite. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264023 | COMPACT ELECTRONIC SCANNING ANTENNA - An antenna comprises at least one cold plate serving as main mechanical structure and a set of transmission and reception modules, the modules supplied with electrical power by an electrical power distribution circuit connected to a power source delivering a power supply voltage, the distribution circuit formed by conductive tracks deposited by plasma spraying on the cold plate and crossing the cold plate to reach connection points to the transmission and reception modules. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264024 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR FASTENING, IN PARTICULAR SOLDERING, TO A GLASS PANE, AND RIBBON LITZ WIRE MIXED BRAID - The invention relates to an electrical connection element for fastening, in particular soldering, to a glass pane and conductive sections present there, in particular to a vehicle pane, consisting of a solder connection part and a ribbon litz wire section fixed to the solder connection part by welding. According to the invention, the ribbon litz wire section consists of a mixed braid which, in addition to single wires made of copper or a copper alloy, contains single wires made of a material which has a melting temperature that corresponds substantially to the melting temperature of the solder connection part or has a higher melting temperature than the latter. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264025 | PLUG CONNECTOR - Plug connector ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170264026 | Apparatus for Electrically Bonding a Solar Array - In various representative aspects, an apparatus for securing solar panels to a rail support guide, while facilitating grounding by a common grounding wire. The apparatus is an electrically conductive lay-in-lug fastener, which facilitates multiple rows of solar panels to be electrically bonded to each other. The apparatus includes a lug member for securing the grounding wire. In doing so, the structure for securing the grounding wire is at an acute angle to the frame, enabling a wrench to be used even in space-challenged locations. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264027 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LIMITER STRUCTURE OF WIRE CONNECTION TERMINAL - An electrical connector limiter structure of wire connection terminal is easily operable to enhance the stability of the operation and motion of metal leaf springs. The wire connection terminal includes conductive components mounted in the insulation case and electrical connector assembled with the conductive components. The electrical connector has a limiter for receiving the metal leaf springs and restricting moving path thereof. The limiter is partitioned to define a first space and a second space with fully closed peripheries, in which the metal leaf springs are mounted. The wiring circuits or conductive wires coming from an apparatus can be easily directly plugged into the first and second spaces of the limiter to insert with the metal leaf springs. The limiter serves to prevent the metal leaf springs from deflecting in operation. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264028 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A FLAT CONDUCTOR - An object is to provide an electrical connector for a flat conductor that does not leave behind plastic deformation on a pressing arm part of a terminal pressing a flat conductor. A metal plate terminal, housing, and movable member are provided, where the terminal has a pressing arm part extending such that an insertion-and-removal direction of a flat conductor is in a longitudinal direction, and a supporting arm part extending in the longitudinal direction, which is connected with the pressing arm part by a connecting part. The pressing arm part has a pressing part for pressing one surface of the flat conductor on a rear end side which is an insertion side of the flat conductor, and a pressure receiving part receiving a force from a cam part on a position more forward than the pressing part. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264029 | MOUNTABLE TERMINAL BLOCKS FOR CONTACTORS AND OPERATOR ELEMENTS - A wire connection accessory is disclosed that includes a mounting structure formed thereon configured to mate with an existing mounting feature provided on a “host” electrical switching component or “host” operator switch present within an electrical enclosure/assembly is disclosed. The wire connection accessory comprises a component whose mechanical and electrical state does not change response to functioning of the host device to which it is mounted. The host electrical switching component or operator switch includes a first mounting feature formed on an external surface thereof so as to serve as a host device. The wire connection accessory includes a second mounting feature mateable with the first mounting feature to selectively affix the wire connection accessory to the host device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264030 | RELAY TERMINAL BLOCK - A relay terminal block fixed to a fixing part by a screw includes a main body having a first surface facing the fixing part, and a second surface on a rear surface side of the first surface. The main body is formed with a recessed portion depressed from the second surface toward the first surface, a through-hole formed from a bottom surface of the recessed portion through to the first surface, and a protrusion that is provided at an edge of the recessed portion to protrude in a direction away from the second surface. The through-hole is formed to have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of a shaft of the screw and smaller than an outer diameter of a head of the screw, and the recessed portion is formed to have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the head of the screw. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264031 | VERTICAL TYPE CONNECTING TERMINAL FOR STORAGE BATTERY - Disclosed is a vertical type connecting terminal for a storage battery, the vertical type connecting terminal including: a body unit | 2017-09-14 |
20170264032 | FLOATING CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE FITTING-SIDE HOUSINGS - A plug connector includes a substrate-side housing, a fitting-side housing, a plurality of terminals having movable springs. The fitting-side housing is formed by a plurality of divided housings. The fitting-side housing is formed by a plurality of divided housings moveable separately in a width direction of the connector. The substrate-side housing includes a receiving chamber that receives the divided housings therein and an abutment receiving portion against which the divided housings displaced inside the receiving chamber abut. The terminals are disposed in each of the divided housings, and have contact portions inside the substrate-side housing and the divided housings, and the contact portions are to be in conductive contact with the connection object. The movable springs support each of the divided housings displaceably relative to the substrate-side housing. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264033 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGE BOX - An electronic device package box includes a box unit having lower and upper end sections that are spaced apart in an up-down direction, and multiple first and second connecting pins that are aligned with each other and alternatingly arranged in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. Each first connecting pin has a first embedded portion, a first wire-connecting portion extending from the lower end section, and a first extending portion extending from the box unit and proximate to the lower end section. Each second connecting pin has a second embedded portion, a second wire-connecting portion extending from the upper end section, and a second extending portion extending from the box unit and proximate to the lower end section. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264034 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A METALLICAL SUPPORTING MEMBER SECURED THERETO - A high-profile electrical connector includes a terminal module, a metallic shell and a metallic supporting member. The terminal module has an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals. The insulative housing has a base portion provided with a mounting face and an insulative mating portion. The conductive terminals have contacting portions and connecting legs. The metallic shell shielding around the terminal module has a metallic mating portion surrounding around the insulative mating portion and a plurality of printed circuit board mounting legs. The metallic mating portion has a lower face which is higher than the mounting face. The metallic supporting member has a supporting plate used for supporting the lower face and at least a supporting leg extending downwardly. The supporting plate is higher than the mounting face so that the supporting plate is spaced from an upper surface of the printed circuit board. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264035 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - A connector is attachable to a board having a principal surface, a recess and a board-side contact portion. When the connector is attached to the board, the connector is, at least in part, arranged within the recess while an upper-lower direction with respect to the connector intersects with the principal surface. The connector comprises a contact and a holding member having a protection portion. The contact has a held portion held by the holding member, a support portion extending from the held portion to be resiliently deformable and a contact portion supported by the support portion. When the connector is attached to the board, the contact portion is brought into contact with the board-side contact portion, and the protection portion is, at least in part, positioned within the recess. The protection portion hides the contact portion when seen along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upper-lower direction. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264036 | ELECTRONIC SUBASSEMBLY FOR A PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT - An electronic subassembly for a personal care product with a housing defining a chamber. The housing has a tapered guide surface. A first circuit board having a rigid end is positioned within the chamber and a flexible portion positioned outside the chamber. A second circuit board is positioned within the chamber of the housing. The second circuit board has an electrical connector dimensioned to receive the rigid end. An adapter is secured to the first circuit board between the rigid end and the flexible portion. The adapter has a corresponding tapered guide surface that engages the tapered guide surface of the housing to align the rigid end with the electrical connector. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264037 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONNECTOR - In various embodiments, an electronic band for a wearable device comprises: a first band segment including a first affixing structure configured to couple the first band segment to the wearable device when inserted into a first channel of the wearable device, a processing unit, and a first electrical connector having a plurality of contact pins at least some of which are electrically connected to the processing unit; where the first electrical connector electrically connects the processing unit of the first band segment to a second electronic component positioned within the wearable device when the first affixing structure is inserted into the first channel. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264038 | CONNECTOR MODULE AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - A plurality of electrical connection structures are provided. Each of the electrical connection structures includes a plurality of electrical wires each having a wiring portion and an electrical connection portion directly or indirectly electrically connected to an electromagnetic valve (a control unit) at an end of the wiring portion, and wiring plates on which wiring portions are arranged. Between the electrical connection structures disposed next to each other, another end of the wiring portion of the electrical connection structure establishes an electrical connection relation with the another end of the wiring portion of the electrical connection structure. Between the electrical connection structures disposed next to each other, a movable portion capable of changing a relative positional relation therebetween is provided. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264039 | CONNECTOR MODULE AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - A connector module includes an electrical connection structure including: a plurality of electrical wires; and a wiring plate on which the electrical wires are wired. Each of the electrical wires is coated with an insulating coating, and includes: a wiring portion wired on the wiring plate; and an electrical connection portion to be physically and electrically connected to a counterpart electrical connection portion. The wiring plate includes a surrounded recess-shaped portion. The electrical connection portion and the counterpart electrical connection portion are arranged in the recess-shaped portion and are formed such that a physical and electrical connection part thereof is housed in the recess-shaped portion. The connection part is covered with an insulating member. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY SHIFTING RESONANCE OF CONNECTOR STUBS - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a connector may include a housing and an electrically-conductive pin housed in the housing and configured to electrically couple to a corresponding electrically-conductive conduit of an information handling resource comprising the connector. The pin may include a beam extending from the housing and a stub terminating the pin, the stub having a per-unit-length surface area greater than that of the beam. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264041 | PORT INCLUDING MOVABLE CONNECTOR - In some examples, a port of an electronic device includes a connector movable between a recessed position and an extended position, and an actuator to move the connector from the recessed position to the extended position in response to insertion of a plug into the connector, the connector when in the extended position to engage the plug. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264042 | PROTECTIVE CAP FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING - Provided is a protective cap for mounting on a plug connector housing in order to protect the plug connector housing and plug connector modules received in the plug connector housing from environmental influences such as dirt, dust and moisture. At least one receptacle in the form of a rubber nipple is provided in a plug-in side of the protective cap, which receptacle is suitable for mechanical contact-making with a plug connector module received in the plug connector housing. The mechanical connection between the protective cap and plug connector module ensures that the plug connector module is protected from damage during transport and secured against loss and falling out when the protective cap is released. Moreover, the plug connector module can be removed, together with the protective cap, from the plug connector housing. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264043 | STRAIN RELIEF CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING - A strain relief connector assembly for flexible electrical wiring is provided that includes an adapter that is configured to form a sealed connection to the wiring and a connector and to form a connection with a strain relieving device, which can include an arc of bend control mesh. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264044 | FIELD TERMINABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTOR - A connector includes a modular connector including: a connector body; a substrate positioned in the connector body; wire termination contacts electrically coupled to the substrate; connector contacts electrically coupled to the substrate; the substrate including traces that electrically connect each of the wire contacts to a respective one of the connector contacts; a lacing cap subassembly including: a lacing cap having a plurality of wire receiving slots; a lacing cap body coupled to the lacing cap; a lacing cap door hingedly coupled to the lacing cap body, the lacing cap door moveable between an open and closed position. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264045 | DOCKING DEVICES AND CABLE CONNECTORS FOR PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS - A connector includes a connector array of magnets having a first magnetic polarity pattern. A port includes a port array of magnets having a second magnetic polarity pattern that is complementary to the first magnetic polarity pattern. The connector is guided and aligned toward a mounted position in which the connector is retained on the port. The guiding and the aligning is through both (i) attraction when the connector is properly aligned to the port and (ii) repulsion when the connector is improperly aligned to the port. The port further includes a securing magnet configured to be activated when the connector reaches the mounted position, to magnetically secure the connector to the port. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264046 | MAGNETIC CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF CONNECTING DEVICES - There is disclosed magnetic connectors and electronic devices including such connectors. A connector may include a magnet rotatable about at least one axis of the magnet; wherein the magnet rotates to magnetically engage a magnet of another connector to form an electrical connection between the two magnets. A connector may also include a cylindrical magnet to magnetically engage a magnet of another connector; and a sleeve wrapped around at least part of the magnet, the sleeve comprising a contact for forming an electrical connection with a contact on the other connector. A connector may be adapted for selective connection with other connectors. A connector may be adapted such that a moveable magnet may move between an engaged position proximate a contacting surface of the connector and a disengaged position recessed from a contacting surface, wherein the moveable magnet is biased to the disengaged position. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264047 | CONNECTOR FOR CAMERA - A connector for a camera includes a first connector housing accommodating a first terminal, and a second connector housing accommodating a second terminal connected to the first terminal. The first connector housing includes a flange configured to be contact with a terminal-edge surface of a camera housing which is assembled, a first fitting portion fitted in the second connector housing and disposed at a shifted position shifted from one surface side of the flange, and a locked portion disposed on a surface facing in a first direction orthogonal to a fitting direction. The second connector housing includes a second fitting portion fitted to the first terminal, a locking arm locking to the locked portion, and a locking protective wall including a projecting protective wall projecting to a front side in the fitting direction which protects the locking arm. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264048 | CONNECTOR - A connector is mateable with a mating connector along an up-down direction. The connector comprises a contact, a holding member and two reinforcing members. The holding member has an accommodation portion and an island-like portion. The island-like portion has two end portions in a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. The reinforcing members are positioned at the two end portions, respectively. Each of the reinforcing members has a guard portion and a supporter. The guard portion of each of the reinforcing members guards the corresponding end portion of the island-like portion. The guard portion has an upper surface, an embedded portion and an exposed coupling portion. The upper surface is exposed upward from the island-like portion in the up-down direction. The embedded portion is embedded into the island-like portion. The exposed coupling portion couples the upper surface and the embedded portion with each other. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264049 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - A first connector (R) element ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170264050 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a female housing, an engagement detection member, and a cover member. The female housing is provided with a terminal connected to a counterpart terminal of a counterpart connector and is capable of being engaged with the counterpart connector. The engagement detection member is assembled with the female housing in a movable manner from an initial position to an engagement assurance position in a state where the counterpart connector and the female housing are completely engaged with each other. The cover member is assembled with the engagement detection member through a locking unit locked with the engagement detection member. The locking unit is provided inside an outer shape line of the engagement detection member when viewed in a direction of relative movement between the female housing and the engagement detection member. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264051 | Connector - In a substrate-side housing of a plug connector and a housing of a socket connector, an abutment receiving portion and a columnar projection are provided to disable the socket connector from being inserted into the substrate-side housing when the socket connector is misaligned beyond a movable range of a fitting-side housing of the plug connector. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264052 | CONNECTOR MODULE ASSEMBLY HAVING A GASKET PLATE - A receptacle assembly includes communication connectors secured together as a communication module each having a contact array arranged within a shroud for mating with a pluggable module. A gasket plate is coupled to the communication module between the communication module and the pluggable modules. The gasket plate has a plurality of openings receiving corresponding shrouds and pluggable module interfaces around each of the openings for interfacing with mating ends of the pluggable modules. The receptacle assembly includes a receptacle housing having a plurality of panels dividing a housing cavity into module cavities. The gasket plate is coupled to the communication module to define a connector module assembly. The connector module assembly is loaded into the housing cavity prior to mounting to the circuit board such that the connector module assembly and the receptacle housing are configured to be mounted to the circuit board as a unit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264053 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A connector system is disclosed that can include a first and second connector. The first connector supports a channel terminal that is U-shaped and includes a mating edge. The second connector includes one or more wafers that support signal terminals arranged in an edge-coupled manner. Ground terminals in the one or more wafers are positioned on two sides of a pair of signal terminals and are configured to engage the mating edge of the channel terminal. Each wafer can include a shield mounted on a side of the wafer. The shield can include arms that electrically engage ground terminals. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264054 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED SHIELDING PLATE - A receptacle includes a first and a second insulating housing, and a shielding plate. The first housing has a first base and a first tongue extending forwardly, the first tongue having a slant connection portion located close to the first base. The second housing has a second base and a second tongue extending forwardly, the second tongue has a slant connection portion located close to the second base. A plurality of first contacts is carried within the first housing, a plurality of second contacts is carried within the second housing. Each contact has a contacting portion, an affixed portion, and a soldering portion. The plate is sandwiched between the first and second housing and has a slant connection portion sandwiched between the connection portions of the two housing. The first housing defines a first stepping portion going through an opening on the plate and pressing against the second housing. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264055 | CONNECTORS WITH SWITCHABLE TERMINAL LOADS - Switchable grounded terminal loads are built into, or otherwise coupled to, connectors on motherboards and control devices. The terminal loads are coupled to the bus termination at the connector when the connector is “stuffed” (connected to a mating connector). The switchable grounded terminal loads replace dummy connectors in preventing empty “unstuffed” connectors from increasing error risks on active channels. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264056 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR INTEGRATED WITH A SHIELDING AND ELECTRONIC CARD EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A CONNECTOR - Coaxial connector for electronic card having at least one principal face and a side substantially perpendicular to the principal face, the connector comprising a base fixed to a front panel of an electromagnetic shielding housing and a pin passing through a first opening of the front panel in such a way that the pin has a free end portion which extends by projecting into the housing flush with a plane of a second opening delimited by a lower edge of a strap of the housing, the lower edge of the strap bearing against the principal face of the electronic card whilst the front panel bears against the side of the electronic card, the housing comprising two internal rims extending along the front panel on either side of the free end portion of the pin so as to bear on said principal face of the electronic card. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264057 | NON-REVERSIBLE PLUG CONNECTOR FOR DEVICE CHARGING - A non-reversible plug connector for providing power to a host device. The non-reversible plug connector includes a connector having a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts configured to make electrical contact with at least some pins within a receptacle connector of the host device. The non-reversible plug connector also includes control circuitry operatively coupled to at least some of the plurality of contacts. The control circuitry is configured to receive a checksum from the host device, verify whether the checksum is correct and when the checksum is correct, powering the host device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264058 | COMMUNICATION CONNECTORS - In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication system that includes a communication plug including a plug housing and a plurality of plug contacts positioned at least partially within the plug housing, and a communication jack including a jack housing and a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs) at least partially positioned within the jack housing. The communication plug and the communication jack are configured to mate together in a first configuration where each of the plug contacts interfaces one of the PICs along the respective plug contact's first section. The communication plug and the communication jack are further configured to mate together in a second configuration where each of the plug contacts interfaces one of the PICs along the respective plug contact's second section, the second section being different than the respective first section. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264059 | POWERED WALL PLATE SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET - Systems and devices are disclosed for a powered wall plate for an electrical outlet. The system includes a wall plate and a cable. The wall plate includes a conductor having a first end to engage a socket of the outlet. The wall plate is attached to the outlet and covers two or more sockets of the outlet. The cable includes a first cable end and a second cable end. The first cable end includes a connector to engage a second end of the conductor of the within the wall plate. The second cable end includes an additional electrical outlet. In some embodiments, the powered wall plate system includes a base plate, and the base plate includes a cavity therein. The wall plate is disposed within the cavity and attached to the electrical outlet. An exterior cover plate is positioned over the wall plate and on the base plate. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264060 | INTERFACE COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACE STANDARDS - An interface includes a connector that is physically and electrically connectable to a device conforming to a first interface standard and a device conforming to a second interface standard, and an interface circuit including a signal line extending to a terminal of the connector, a coupling capacitor disposed on the signal line, and a switch having a first end electrically connected to a first terminal of the coupling capacitor and a second end electrically connected to a second terminal of the coupling capacitor. The switch is turned on when the connector is connected to a device conforming to the first interface standard so that a signal bypasses the coupling capacitor and is transmitted through the switch and turned off when the connector is connected to a device conforming to the second interface standard so that the signal is transmitted through the coupling capacitor. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264061 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS JACK WITH SWITCHABLE CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS - Telecommunications jacks and methods of their use and construction are described. One telecommunications jack is adapted to receive a plug, and includes a housing defining a port for receiving the plug, as well as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth consecutively arranged contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing along a first axis. The jack includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack, and a circuit board arrangement including first and second circuits, the circuit board arrangement including a circuit board moveable in a direction non-parallel with the first axis between first and second positions. In the first position the circuit board electrically connects contact springs to wire termination contacts in a first configuration, and in the second position the circuit board connects contact springs to wire termination contacts in a second configuration. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264062 | COMPOSITE CABLE AND COMPOSITE HARNESS - [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. [Solution] A composite cable | 2017-09-14 |
20170264063 | COMPOSITE CABLE AND COMPOSITE HARNESS - [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264064 | TRUNK LINE STRUCTURE IN IN-VEHICLE NETWORK AND CONNECTOR FOR IN-VEHICLE NETWORK - It is aimed to build a trunk line of an in-vehicle network having low connection resistance. The in-vehicle network is composed of a trunk line ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170264065 | SLIDING-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCULATING GARAGE HAVING THE SAME - A sliding-contact power supply system and a three-dimensional circulating garage having the same are provided. The sliding-contact power supply system includes: a plurality of sub-sliding wires, each of the plurality of sub-sliding wires being adapted to be electrically connected to an outside power supply; a plurality of insulation segmentation elements, each of the plurality of insulation segmentation elements being connected between two sub-sliding wires; and a plurality of current collectors, each of the plurality of current collectors being electrically connected to the sub-sliding wire; wherein the plurality of sub-sliding wires and the plurality of insulation segmentation elements form a sliding wire guide rail having a ring shape, and each current collector is slidably disposed on the sliding wire guide rail. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264066 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC MICRODISK STRUCTURE - A method for producing an organic microdisk structure | 2017-09-14 |
20170264067 | ULTRASHORT PULSE FIBER AMPLIFIER WITH RARE-EARTH DOPED GAIN FIBERS - Ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier having a pulse width from 200 ps to 200 fs comprising a rare earth oxide doped multicomponent glass fibers for laser amplification, including a core and a cladding, the core comprising at least 2 weight percent glass network modifier selected from BaO, CaO, MgO, ZnO, PbO, K | 2017-09-14 |
20170264068 | EFFICIENT LASING WITH EXCITED-STATE ABSORPTION-IMPAIRED MATERIALS - Laser signal intensity is resonantly enhanced within a laser cavity to be greater than a pump intensity. This enables the suppression of excited-state absorption and is applicable to terbium-doped fiber lasers, lambda-type materials, or other materials used in lasers. In other embodiments, ESA is suppressed by de-populating the higher excited state using a resonant cavity. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264069 | LASER RADAR SYSTEM - A laser radar system includes a first light source unit including a signal light source —a seed laser diode or a light source for amplifying a laser beam from the seed laser diode —and a pump laser diode, a second light source unit disposed to be spaced apart from the first light source unit, the second light source unit including an optical amplifier for amplifying a signal output from the first light source unit, and an optical connector for connecting the first light source unit and the second light source unit to each other, wherein the second light source unit is disposed at an end of a laser transceiver unit of the laser radar system. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264070 | OPTICAL COMB CARRIER ENVELOPE-OFFSET FREQUENCY CONTROL USING INTENSITY MODULATION - A system for optical comb carrier envelope offset frequency control includes a mode-locked oscillator. The mode-locked oscillator produces an output beam using an input beam and one or more control signals. The output beam includes a controlled carrier envelope offset frequency. A beat note generator produces a beat note signal using a portion of the output beam. A control signal generator produces the one or more control signals to set the beat note signal by modulating the intensity of the input beam within the mode locked oscillator. Modulating the intensity comprises using a Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator or using an intensity modulated external laser to affect a gain medium within the mode-locked laser. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264071 | Electron Injector and Free Electron Laser - A photocathode comprises a substrate in which a cavity is formed and a film of material disposed on the substrate. The film of material comprises an electron emitting surface configured to emit electrons when illuminated by a beam of radiation. The electron emitting surface is on an opposite side of the film of material from the cavity. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264072 | DIFFUSER, LASER-LIGHT-SOURCE MODULE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A diffuser includes a first substrate and a gel layer. The first substrate has a first refractive index n1. The gel layer includes a body and at least one microstructure. The body is disposed on the first substrate. The microstructure is disposed on the body, wherein the dimension of the microstructure is smaller than that of the body. The body is located between the microstructure and the first substrate. The gel layer has a second refractive index n2, and n1>n2. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264073 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A LASER CHIP - A method of producing a laser chip includes providing a semiconductor wafer; creating a plurality of depressions arranged one behind another along a breaking direction on a top side of the semiconductor wafer, wherein 1) each depression includes a front boundary face and a rear boundary face successively in the breaking direction, 2) in at least one depression, the rear boundary face is inclined by an angle of 95° to 170° relative to the top side of the semiconductor wafer, 3) at least one depression includes a shoulder adjacent to the rear boundary face, and 4) the shoulder includes a shoulder face parallel to the top side of the semiconductor wafer and adjacent to the rear boundary face; and breaking the semiconductor wafer in the breaking direction at a breaking plane oriented perpendicularly to the top side of the semiconductor wafer and which runs through the depressions. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264074 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes: a wiring substrate that has a wiring pattern including a connecting portion and is arranged on an optical subassembly so as to be electrically connected thereto; and a flexible insulating layer formed between the optical subassembly and the wiring substrate. The optical subassembly includes: a conductive stem that has a surface opposed to the wiring substrate, the conductive stem being shaped so that the surface has a through hole opened therein and being connected to a reference potential; and a signal lead for transmitting a signal, the signal lead passing through the through hole while being electrically insulated from the conductive stem. The signal lead passes through the flexible insulating layer to be joined to the connecting portion. The flexible insulating layer is in contact with the connecting portion, the signal lead, and the surface of the conductive stem. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264075 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device includes: a semiconductor laser including a plurality of emission regions into which currents are injected to emit laser beams and first and second major surfaces opposite to each other; and a plurality of first wires bonded to the first major surface of the semiconductor laser, wherein the first major surface of the semiconductor laser has a first stripe region corresponding to one of the plurality of emission regions, and a second stripe region corresponding to another of the plurality of emission regions, and the number of the first wires bonded to the first stripe region is larger than the number of the first wires bonded to the second stripe region. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264076 | Light Source Driving Circuitry for Electronic Devices - An electronic device may have control circuitry and input-output components. The input-output components may include audio components, sensors, and other devices. A proximity sensor may supply the control circuitry with proximity sensor data. The control circuitry may adjust the audio components or take other suitable action in response to proximity sensor readings from the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor may have a light source such as an infrared laser diode and a light detector that measures a reflected portion of infrared light pulses emitted by the infrared laser diode. The control circuitry may include circuitry for safely producing pulses of emitted light with the light source. This circuitry may include a signal generator that produces ramped pulses, a differentiator that differentiates the ramped pulses to produce differentiated pulses, and an output driver that produces current pulses for the light source based on the differentiated pulses. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264077 | APPARATUS FOR DAMPING AND MONITORING EMISSIONS FROM LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for damping arid monitoring emissions from a light emitting device, particularly a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), comprising: a semi transparent substrate, preferably glass; a light emitting device for generating light emission; a damping layer deposited on a surface of the substrate; and a pair of electrodes, each of which being in direct contact with the damping layer. The damping layer is adapted to decrease the power level of the light emission of the light emitting device by absorption, to a desired level, for instance, to a level that meets eye safety limits. In addition, the damping layer is photosensitive to the light emission of the light emitting device, thereby allowing the pair of electrodes to output an electric signal corresponding to the power level of the light emission of the light emitting device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264078 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING THE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes at least one laser diode, an illumination section, and a light control circuit. The illumination section uses light emitted from the laser diode as illumination light. The light control circuit controls light intensity of the laser diode by pulse-modulating a drive current supplied to the laser diode. The light control circuit controls the light intensity of the laser diode in combination with a duty ratio and a peak current of the pulse-modulated pulse drive current in combination in a multi-oscillation mode region in which a wavelength spectrum width of the light emitted from the laser diode is equal to or larger than a threshold wavelength width. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264079 | SELF-LOCKED DIODE LASER INTEGRATED WITH MICRO-DISK RESONATOR - Disclosed is a self-locked laser system, including: a semiconductor substrate; a laser diode including a first semiconductor part disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and which generates an optical signal; an unidirectional Whispery Gallery Mode (WGM) resonator including a second semiconductor part disposed on the semiconductor substrate; and a structure emitting an optical signal self-locked by the optical signal of the laser diode, in which the laser diode and the resonator are optically coupled on the semiconductor substrate. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264080 | Laser Diode Assembly - A laser diode arrangement comprising: at least one semiconductor substrate; at least two laser stacks based on the AlInGaN material system, each laser stack having an active zone, wherein at least one of the at least two laser stacks comprises a two-dimensional structure of laser diodes; and at least one intermediate layer. The laser stacks and the intermediate layer are grown monolithically on the semiconductor substrate. The intermediate layer is arranged between the laser stacks. The active zone of the first laser stack can be actuated separately from the active zone of the at least one further laser stack. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264081 | EXTRUDED INSULATOR FOR SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An extruded insulator for a spark plug that is made in a manner that minimizes pores, relics and/or other defects in the insulator microstructure so that the overall dielectric strength or performance of the insulator is improved. The extruded insulator avoids many of the drawbacks associated with such defects, but also has a stepped internal bore for receiving a center electrode. In one embodiment, the extruded insulator is made with a method that uses a multi-phase extrusion process to extrude a ceramic paste around an elongated arbor and form an extruded section, and then removes the arbor from the extruded section to reveal a stepped internal bore. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264082 | TAPE MATERIAL HAVING CLAD STRUCTURE FOR MANUFACTURING IGNITION PLUG ELECTRODE - The present invention relates to a tape material for manufacturing an ignition plug electrode, the tape material being a member for forming an electrode chip, in which a base metal layer and a precious metal layer are cladded, on a bonded region set on an electrode base material of an ignition plug, the member is in the form of a long tape in which the base metal layer being in contact with the bonded region is cladded with the precious metal layer being in contact with the base metal layer, the base metal layer has a width substantially equal to one of the longitudinal width, lateral width and diameter of the bonded region. According to the present invention, bonding between a precious metal chip and a substrate can be reliably maintained to prolong the life of an ignition plug. Accordingly, precious metals can be efficiently used to save resources. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264083 | Method for Manufacturing an Ignition Electrode for Spark Plugs and Spark Plug Manufactured Therewith - A method for manufacturing an ignition electrode for spark plugs for internal combustion engines and spark plug manufactured therewith. The method includes producing by powder metallurgy a green part or brown part containing the base metal or the base metal alloy, coating of a part of the surface of the green part or brown part with a mixture that contains the precious metal or the precious metal alloy in the form of a powder and a binder, removing the binder from the layer that was formed by the coating and that contains the precious metal or the precious metal alloy, and sintering the coated green part or brown part to form a composite part. The composite part can be welded as an end piece to the one end of the base-metal section of the ignition electrode. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264084 | CIRCUIT BREAKER POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a circuit breaker positioning system and method including a circuit breaker casing and circuit breaker cell for connecting and disconnecting a circuit breaker to an external electrical circuit. The circuit breaker positioning system includes a motion system for receiving a rotational force from an external source and translating the rotational force into a displacement of the casing relative to the cell. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264085 | RACKING INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS FOR WITHDRAWABLE CIRCUIT BREAKERS - An interlocking system for a circuit breaker assembly including a circuit breaker having a plurality of contacts includes a racking screw coupled to the contacts that changes a position of the circuit breaker when engaged by a tool. The interlocking system also includes a front panel defining an opening through which the racking screw is accessible, an access door coupled to the front panel and configured to selectively cover the opening, and an access door stopper coupled to the front panel. The interlocking system also includes a trip assembly coupled to the access door stopper. Each of the access door, the access door stopper, and the trip assembly are moveable between a first position and a second position such that moving to the first position triggers delivery of a trip signal to the circuit breakers to open the plurality of contacts, and wherein, in the second position, the access door is fully open to enable access to the racking screw through the front panel. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264086 | METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF COMPONENTS OF A SUBSEA OILFIELD FACILITY - Disclosed are processes for removing carbon steel components of a subsea oilfield facility in a subsea environment by accelerating the corrosion of the carbon steel components in the surrounding seawater, by a passive and/or active impressed current method. In the passive method, the facility is connected to a cathodic metal of greater electrical potential, such as copper. In order to cause the maximum and uniform corrosion, it is preferred that a wire of the chosen cathodic metal be extended along the facility and through pipelines. In the active impressed current method, an external DC electrical supply is used to apply an electrical potential difference between the steel components of the facility and the cathodic metal. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264087 | METHOD OF EXPOSING A GLASS-COATED MICROWIRE AND USES THEREOF - A method for exposing a microwire from it glass coating in a glass coated microwire. The method for exposing the microwire is facilitated by way of sufficiently bending the glass coated microwire to break the glass coating while maintaining the embedded microwire intact. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264088 | INSULATION STRUCTURE FOR SPLICE PORTION, HARNESS MOUNTING PLATE, AND WIRING UNIT - A insulation structure for a splice portion, a harness mounting plate, and a wiring unit that are capable of reducing labor-hours that are required when insulating a splice portion where a plurality of electrical wires are connected by a splice terminal. A plurality of electrical wires are connected by a splice terminal, wherein an opening portion that allows the splice portion to be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom is formed in a splice housing portion that surrounds and insulates the splice portion, and the insulation structure is provided with a separation restricting portion that restricts the splice portion that is housed in the splice housing portion from becoming separated from the opening portion. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264089 | APPARATUS FOR RELIEVING TENSION OF ELECTRIC CABLE - An apparatus for relieving tension of an electric cable includes an anchor plate; a bell mouth supporting the cable; a plurality of guide supporting bars directly connecting the anchor plate and the bell mouth; an elasticity controller through which each guide supporting bar is penetrated and inserted; a mobile supporting plate elastically supported by one end of the elasticity controller, the mobile supporting plate selectively pressurizing the elasticity controller according to the tension of the cable and moveable along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of guide supporting bars; a fixed supporting plate provided between the mobile supporting plate and the bell mouth, the fixed supporting plate being supported and fixed to each guide supporting bar, the other end of the elasticity controller being supported by the fixed supporting plate; and one or more spring cleats combined with the mobile supporting plate, the spring cleat adapted for holding and fixing the cable. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264090 | POWER TRANSFER UNIT - A power transfer unit is disclosed. In a first implementation of the disclosed power transfer unit, a tubular assembly of the power transfer unit includes an encapsulated elbow hinge design with a reduced profile that permits substantially off-center installation of the housings of the power transfer unit. In a second implementation of the disclosed power transfer unit, the tubular assembly includes an inverted, telescoping tubing design that does not come apart during installation and use, and in some implementations may act as a stop for a closable member. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264091 | OVERVOLTAGE RECOVERY CIRCUIT AND A CONTROLLER AND HVAC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An overvoltage recovery circuit (ORC), a controller for an HVAC system and an HVAC system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the ORC includes: (1) a first supply voltage terminal connected to a first voltage supply, (2) a second supply voltage terminal connected to a second voltage supply, (3) interruption circuitry including a switch and a trip terminal connected to the second supply voltage terminal and (4) detection circuitry connected to the first supply voltage terminal and the switch of the interruption circuitry, the detection circuitry configured to operate the switch in response to an overvoltage condition at the first supply voltage terminal. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264092 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - To provide a switching regulator equipped with an overheat protection circuit small in current consumption. A switching regulator of the present invention is configured to intermittently operate an overheat protection circuit only for a prescribed period based on a signal turning on a switching element, which is outputted from an output control circuit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264093 | PRINTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE - Power can be supplied to a smart device without affecting control of a cash drawer. A printer | 2017-09-14 |
20170264094 | Decentralized Control of Electricity Passing through Electrical Grid - An amount of electricity passing through an electrical grid is controlled by balancing amount of electricity for each energy provider and each energy consumer. In response to transmitting requests for the electricity, a decentralized control system receives an amount of electricity each energy operator agrees to supply or demand to satisfy the requests, as well as a sensitivity of the amount of electricity to a variation of at least one parameter of a corresponding request. The system updates parameters of at least some requests in directions governed by the corresponding sensitivities to produce a balanced amount of electricity for each energy provider and each energy consumer. The system causes the energy providers to supply into the electrical grid their corresponding balanced amounts of electricity and causes the energy consumers to consume from the electrical grid their corresponding balanced amounts of electricity. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264095 | SELF-LEARNING, REAL-TIME, DATA-DRIVEN POWER METERING SYSTEM - A power metering system includes any number of sites and a central database. Loads within a site are unmetered and a sensor data vector over time includes sensor data, operational data and external data. Iteration occurs over time intervals for all unmetered loads and the unmeasured power for each interval is disaggregated by matching a load type with a computer model in the central database having the same feature domain in order to predict the power usage of each load. Iteration again occurs over those intervals in which only a single load is operating; the power of that load is determined to be the unmeasured power minus miscellaneous power, and a new computer model is fitted for that single load and also uploaded to the database. The feature domain of an existing model may also be increased. Both iteration steps repeat until no more unmeasured power can be disaggregated. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264096 | METHOD AND SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR THE DECENTRALIZED PROVISION OF ENERGY - Disclsoed is a method for the decentralized provision of energy, preferably electricity or heat. In the method, a plurality of decentralized energy producers ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170264097 | Load Shed System - A load shed module configured to be connected in series between a power supply and a load is disclosed. A separate load shed module is connected in series between each load and the power supply. The load shed module determines the frequency of the Voltage supplied from the power supply. Based on the frequency, the load shed module determines if utility power is connected or if a generator is connected. If the generator is connected and the frequency of the voltage goes outside of a desired operating range for a preset time, the load shed module disconnects the load from the power supply. Each load shed module includes a priority setting and reconnects its corresponding load after a predetermined time corresponding to the priority setting. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264098 | SOLAR POWER CONVERTER WITH FOUR-WIRE GRID-SIDE CONNECTION - There are provided methods and systems for interfacing converters and solar power arrays. For example, there is provided a method for interfacing a solar power generation apparatus with an electricity grid. The method can include connecting a first level and a second level of the solar power generation apparatus to a two-level converter. Furthermore, the method can include interfacing the two-level converter with the electricity grid via a four-wire connection. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264099 | CENTRALIZED MPPT EXITING AND SWITCHING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Disclosed is a centralized MPPT exiting method for a photovoltaic inverter comprising multiple DC chopper circuits and one inverter circuit. The method comprises: when the photovoltaic inverter is in a centralized MPPT mode, MPPT control is implemented independently for each photovoltaic cell in a photovoltaic component and the maximum power point for each photovoltaic cell is obtained; a reference value of the maximum power point for each photovoltaic cell is determined according to the type of the multiple DC chopper circuits; whether the voltage difference between the other maximum power points and the reference value goes beyond an allowable voltage difference is judged and the operation of the DC chopper circuits connecting to the photovoltaic cells with a voltage difference beyond the allowable voltage difference is recovered. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264100 | SYSTEM FOR STORING ELECTRICAL POWER - A wind turbine, which includes a base, a tower, the tower having a cavity therein, which houses a rechargeable battery, and one or more blades, which produce a source of electricity, which is stored in the rechargeable battery housed in the tower of the wind turbine. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264101 | DFIG-BASED UPS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROL - An uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system for providing power to a load coupled to a utility power source is provided. The UPS system includes a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), a rechargeable energy storage system, a first inverter, and a controller in communication with the DFIG and the first inverter. The DFIG includes a stator and a rotor coupled to the load. The stator and rotor are magnetically coupled together. The DFIG generates an auxiliary power output. The first inverter is coupled between the rotor and the rechargeable energy storage system. The controller detects a power disturbance associated with the utility power source and controls the first inverter to provide an excitation input to the rotor in response to the power disturbance. The DFIG provides the auxiliary power output to the load based on the excitation input. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264102 | WIRELESS POWER-SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A wireless power-supplying system includes a power-transmitting coil provided on the ground and a power-receiving coil provided above the power-transmitting coil and wirelessly supplies electric power from the power-transmitting coil to the power-receiving coil. The wireless power-supplying system further includes a flexible cover provided so as to cover the power-transmitting coil and configured to be inflated to occupy a space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil. During the inflation of the flexible cover, the flexible cover assumes a specific shape capable of removing a foreign object laid thereon before occupying the space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264103 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND POWER RECEPTION DEVICE FOR POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In a power transmission apparatus which transmits power from a power transmission device to a power reception device in a noncontact manner, the power transmission device includes a first main body supporting the power reception device on adjacent first and second surfaces, and a power transmission coil formed by planar coils which are respectively symmetrically disposed on the first and second surfaces with respect to an intersection between the first and second surfaces inside the first main body, and includes an extension region in which an occupation area of the coils gradually increases while becoming distant from a part close to the intersection. The power reception device includes a second main body that includes third and fourth surfaces which respectively face the first and second surfaces, and a power reception coil disposed in the second main body so as to correspond to the third and fourth surfaces. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264104 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An electric power supply system for a vehicle includes a first battery, a second battery connected in parallel with the first battery, a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage value of the second battery, a current sensor configured to detect a current value of the second battery, an electronic control unit configured to make a voltage of the alternator fluctuate according to a predetermined voltage waveform, and calculate internal resistance of the second battery using the voltage value and the current value of the second battery respectively detected by the voltage sensor and the current sensor while the electronic control unit is making the voltage of the alternator fluctuate according to the predetermined voltage waveform. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC BATTERY TEMPERATURE MAINTENANCE - A method and apparatus for battery cell temperature maintenance including determining a battery cell temperature of a battery cell is below a temperature threshold and initiating a temperature maintenance mode. Upon initiation of the temperature maintenance mode, determining a charge level of the battery cell and initiating one of a charge sequence in which the battery cell is charged and a discharge sequence in which the battery cell is discharged. The charge sequence initiated upon determining the charge level is equal to or less than a discharge limit and the discharge sequence initiated upon determining the charge level is equal to or greater than a charge limit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264106 | Selective Rasterization - According to one embodiment, a given tile, made up of pixels or samples, may be of any shape, including a square shape. These pixels may contain colors, depths, stencil values, and other values. Each tile may be further augmented with a single bit, referred to herein as a render bit. In one embodiment, if the render bit is one, then everything is rendered as usual within the tile. However, if the render bit is zero, then nothing is rasterized to this tile and, correspondingly, depth tests, pixel shading, frame buffer accesses, and multi-sampled anti-aliasing (MSAA) resolves are not done for this tile. In other embodiments, some operations may be done nevertheless, but at least one operation is avoided based on the render bit. Of course, the render bits may be switched such that the bit zero indicates that everything should be rendered and the bit one indicates more limited rendering. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264107 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes at least two battery cells; a circuit board to control charging and discharging operations of the battery cells; and a connection tab electrically connected to the battery cells, extending towards the circuit board, and including a bent portion proximal to the battery cells and located within a battery area defined by the battery cells. A battery pack suitable for a compact type device is provided and a low-resistive design may be applied to the battery pack. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264108 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An electric power supply system includes a first power storage, a second power, an input, and a processor. Information including priority information is to be input through the input. The processor is configured to determine whether the first power storage is charged up to a first target residual capacity and the second power storage is charged up to a second target residual capacity by a timing at which at least one of the first power storage and the second power storage starts discharging. The processor is configured to charge either one of or both of the first power storage and the second power storage according to the priority information when it is determined that the first power storage is not charged up to the first target residual capacity and/or the second power storage is not charged up to the second target residual capacity by the timing. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264109 | DEVICE FOR BALANCING A POWER BATTERY ELEMENT LOAD - A device for balancing load of a storage device including plural elements connected in series. The device includes: a DC/AC converter including an inverter and a series resonant circuit connected to the output of the inverter; plural AC/DC converters, each including an input and an output that is connected to one of the respective storage elements and selectively supplies power to the output thereof; a transformer, the main winding of which is connected to the series resonant circuit and the secondary winding of which has outputs connected to an input of a respective AC/DC converter; and a control circuit configured to control the DC/AC converter at the current source when a number of outputs supplied with power is no higher than a threshold and moreover configured to control the DC/AC converter at a constant power when the number of outputs supplied with power is greater than the threshold. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264110 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM - An system includes: a first circuit that serially connect storage battery units; second circuits; adjusters that adjust an amount of current flowing at the second circuits; and a controller that executes at least one of first control where voltage at a first storage battery unit is made to be higher than voltage at a second storage battery unit regarding which prediction has been made that a degree of deterioration will be greater than the degree of deterioration of the first storage battery unit, and charging is stopped, and second control where the adjusters are controlled and voltage at the first storage battery unit is made to be lower than voltage at the second storage battery unit, and discharging is stopped. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264111 | ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM - A battery system includes a plurality of electronic storage modules serially connected together wherein the electronic storage modules include a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells, and a different magnetic core connected to each battery block group. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264112 | CHARGING SYSTEM - Power-feeding units to which charge-scheduled devices are connected, charge-end-point detecting-circuits detecting charging-start timing and charging-end timing, reference-charge-period determining-circuits measuring reference-charge-periods, a priority-determining circuit determining priority orders of uses of charge-scheduled devices based on the charging-periods of the charge-scheduled devices, and charging-state displaying circuits displaying under-charging or charge-completed and the priority in the use order of the charge-scheduled devices are included. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264113 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND BATTERY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a portable terminal including: a first battery; a second battery having a thermal capacity smaller than the first battery; a switch configured to switch an electric power supply to electronic components between the first battery and the second battery; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to control the switch so that the second battery supplies electric power to the electronic components when the portable terminal is started. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264114 | OVERVOLTAGE AND OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides an overvoltage and overcurrent protection circuit and a mobile terminal. The overvoltage and overcurrent protection circuit comprises a primary protection circuit and a secondary protection circuit. The primary protection circuit comprises a power end coupled to an anode of a cell, a detection end coupled to a cathode of the cell, and a low potential interface end coupled to a ground end of a charging and discharging interface. The secondary protection circuit comprises a high potential cell end, a low potential cell end, and a high potential interface end, in which the high potential cell end is externally coupled to the anode of the cell, the low potential cell end is externally coupled to the cathode of the cell, and the high potential interface end is externally coupled to a power end of the charging and discharging interface. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264115 | POWER CONNECTOR WITH LOAD CURRENT SENSING - A power connector for use in charging a battery of a device is provided. The power connector has an electromagnetic switch having terminals used to supply power from an external power source to a power adapter which is connected to the battery of the device. A power sensing circuit is coupled between the terminals of the electromagnetic switch and the power adapter, wherein the electromagnetic switch is configured to shut off power supplied to the power adapter when the power sensing circuit detects that the battery is fully charged. A reset mechanism is configured to mechanically activate the electromagnetic switch to start supplying power to the power adapter. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264116 | MODULAR SHARE PACK BATTERY - Described is an energy share pack comprising a housing, at least one energy storage component within the housing, at least one energy conversion component within the housing, and a connection point for connecting to more than one of energy users, energy sources and other energy share packs simultaneously for sharing energy. The energy share pack may have an energy generation component for generating harvestable energy, and two or more ports of any combination of the following types: bidirectional power port, bidirectional USB port, unidirectional output power port, and unidirectional input power port. The share pack ports may operate simultaneously at different voltage levels, and at least one port may be bi-directional. Furthermore, the share packs may have an integrated display for providing information on the energy share pack in which the display is integrated and information about other energy share packs connected thereto. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264117 | HOUSING WITH MULTIPLE MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHARGING STATIONS AND A DISPLAY - A housing including a body, a lid, a plurality of light sources, and a power source. The body includes a top opening, a base, and at least one side wall. The top opening, the base, and the at least one side wall all define a cavity therebetween. The lid is pivotably coupled to the body and movable from a closed state covering the top opening to an open state. The lid includes a translucent screen that is positioned on an underside of the lid. The plurality of light sources are disposed within the lid. The power source is electrically coupled to the plurality of light sources to provide electrical power thereto. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264118 | COMBINATION PORTABLE POWER CHARGER AND COMPACT MIRROR - A portable power charger is combined with a personalized accessory, namely, a compact mirror with a lighting feature, to improve the functionality of the portable charger. The charger includes a charger housing with a cover pivotally hinged thereto and moveable between a closed condition and an opened condition. When the cover is opened, it exposes at least one mirror disposed in either the top surface of the charger housing or the inward face of the cover as well as at least one LED light that preferably automatically turns on when the cover is opened. At least one power connection interface is provided on the charger housing for connecting the charger with an external power source for recharging an internal rechargeable battery of the charger or with an electronic device in need of recharging form the internal rechargeable battery of the portable charger. Additional connection interfaces are provided as necessary. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264119 | RECHARGEABLE FLAMELESS CANDLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a recharging device includes a recharging port that receives a flameless candle and recharges a battery in the candle. The recharging device includes a first stacking structure that has a top portion and a bottom portion. There is a top stacking contact on the top portion. An electrical power bus is connected with the top stacking contact. The electrical power bus is also configured to provide electrical power to the flameless candle through the recharging port. The top portion of the first stacking structure is configured to mate with a bottom portion of a first stacking structure of another recharging device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264120 | FURNITURE-MOUNTED CHARGING STATION - A self-contained electrical charging station includes a housing configured for coupling to a furniture article. The charging station includes an electrical output connector that is accessible from outside the housing, an electrical input connector supported at the housing and also accessible from outside the housing, and a self-contained electrical power source such as a rechargeable battery. The self-contained electrical power source is configured to be simultaneously electrically engaged with the electrical input connector and mechanically supported by at least one of the electrical input connector, the housing, or associated structure. | 2017-09-14 |
20170264121 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT CONTROL METHOD - A battery management method and apparatus. In one embodiment of the method, a source current is divided into Ic and Icr. Ic is transmitted to and charges a battery. A first voltage is generated that is related to Icr. The first voltage is converted into a first digital signal. A processing unit receives and processes the first digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in a memory. The transmission of Ic to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the first digital signal. Current provided by the battery is divided into Idc and Idcr. Idc is transmitted to a device. A second voltage is generated that is related to Idcr. The second voltage is converted into a second digital signal. The processing unit receives and processes the second digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The transmission of Idc to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the second digital signal. | 2017-09-14 |