40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130258464 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device capable of maintaining continuity of images of adjacent image display elements on a display screen that is composed of a plurality of image display element includes image display elements ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258465 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image display apparatus is described. The three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display panel and a film-type patterned retarder. The three-dimensional image display apparatus allows the phase retarding regions of the film-type patterned retarder to be deviated from the pixel regions of the display panel so that the line of vision the viewer along the extension of the phase retarding direction corresponds to the pixel regions of the display panel. In other words, the phase retarding regions of the film-type patterned retarder deviate from the pixel of the display panel to avoid the image crosstalk when the viewer looks on the three-dimensional image display apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258466 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device includes: a scan driver for transmitting scan signals to scan lines; a data driver for transmitting data signals to data lines; a display unit including pixels and configured to receive a corresponding data signal when a corresponding scan signal is transmitted to the pixels; a power supply controller for supplying a driving voltage to drive the pixels; and a controller for controlling the scan driver, the data driver, and the power supply controller, for generating an image data signal corresponding to each period of a plurality of periods, and for supplying the corresponding image data signal to the data driver. The power supply controller controls the driving voltage to block light emitting during a first view point image non-light emitting period and a second view point image non-light emitting period. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258467 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION AND ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention is directed to a polymerizable composition containing: a compound containing a repeating unit having a polyether structure having a fluorine atom and four or more polymerizable groups and being represented by the formula (I) as defined herein; a photopolymerization initiator; and an organic solvent, or a polymerizable composition containing: a compound containing a repeating unit having a polyether structure having a fluorine atom and four or more polymerizable groups and being represented by one of the formulae (I-1) to (I-5) as defined herein; a photopolymerization initiator; and an organic solvent. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258468 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical transmitter includes an optical isolator that includes a Faraday rotator transmitting light output from a light source, and has a first state in which the light is transmitted through the optical isolator when a first magnetic field is applied to the Faraday rotator, and a second state in which the amount of the light transmitted through the optical isolator is less than that in the first state when a second magnetic field different from the first magnetic field is applied to the Faraday rotator; a junction to which an optical transmission medium into which the light output from the optical isolator is input is connected; a magnetic-field generator that selectively applies the first magnetic field or the second magnetic field to the Faraday rotator; and a switching unit that switches the magnetic-field generator to the second state when the optical transmission medium is not connected to the junction. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258469 | SPATIAL BEAM COMBINING FOR MULTIPLE DIODE LASER ELEMENTS - In order to achieve a high brightness optical source with both spatial size and numeric aperture ideal for fiber coupling, an assembly of multiple individually collimated laser diode chips on submount (COS) are mounted onto a common flat surface and redirected through a series of optical components. This is done in such a manner which allows for active reduction of both overall spot size and numeric aperture. This optical stacking technique achieves a high brightness source which is also suitable for directly coupling into an optical fiber, or can achieve enhanced brightness through the use of existing polarization or wavelength combining schemes prior to fiber optic coupling. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258470 | REDUCTION OF POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOSS IN DOUBLE-PASS GRATING CONFIGURATIONS - Optical systems for routing light that reduce or eliminate polarization-dependent loss are provided. Such optical systems generally accommodate an optical element that has an intrinsic polarization-dependent loss and which is disposed to be encountered twice by the light being routed. In some instances, the optical element may be a dispersive element such as a diffraction grating or prism, but the invention has more general applicability. The optical system additionally includes both a reflective element and a wave plate assembly disposed to be encountered by the light between encounters with the dispersive element. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258471 | FINE PITCH GRID POLARIZER - A grid polarizer including an array of groups of parallel elongated ribs disposed over a substrate. Each group of elongated ribs can comprise at least four ribs. Tops of two center ribs, at a center of each group, can be substantially the same elevational height and can be higher by more than 10 nm than tops of outer ribs of the groups. A region between adjacent ribs can have an index of refraction substantially equal to one. Some or all of the ribs can comprise polarizing wires disposed over substrate rods. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258472 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR TOUCH-FREE, IN PARTICULAR OPTICAL PROBE HEAD AND OPERATING METHOD - In an optical probe head | 2013-10-03 |
20130258473 | STOWABLE LENS CAP FOR OPTICAL DEVICE - A removable lens cap for an optical device includes a lens cap body having one or more walls defining an interior space on one side of the lens cap body that is configured to conceal a lens of the optical device; and provisions for removably mounting the lens cap body to the optical device that is defined on a different side of the lens cap body. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258474 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED LENS CAP - An optoelectronic device includes a base part and a lens cap. The base part has an optoelectronic chip mounted thereon. The lens cap is mounted over the optoelectronic chip and includes a metallic hollow cylindrical part and a plastic inner cylindrical part. The hollow cylindrical part has an opening on a top thereof. The inner cylindrical part is firmly coupled within the hollow cylindrical part, and the inner cylindrical part has a lens part located within the opening and at least three aligning members in contact with an upper circumference of the base part so as to align the lens part with the optoelectronic chip. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258475 | Suspension Mechanism for an Optical Image Anti-Shake Device - An optical image anti-shake device, defined with an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, includes a casing, a movable member and a base. A suspension mechanism furnished inside the optical image anti-shake device includes a movable-member support and a suspension module. A first surface of the movable-member support is connected to the movable member. The suspension module suspends the movable-member support together with the movable member inside an inner compartment formed between the casing and the base. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258476 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In an optical system in which a focal length of an entire system is shorter than a back focus, an image stabilizing lens unit, is at a position adjacent to an aperture on an image side and a cemented lens obtained by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens is on an object side of the aperture diaphragm, and the focal length of the entire system, a focal length of the image stabilizing lens unit, a focal length of the cemented lens, a distance on the optical axis from the aperture to a lens surface on the object side of the image stabilizing lens unit, and a distance on the optical axis from a first lens surface on a side closest to an object to a final lens surface on a side closest to an image when an infinite-distance object is brought into focus are set. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258477 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE DEVICE - An optically variable device and method of manufacturing the device is disclosed, the device including a plurality of zero-order diffraction grating elements some of which are modulated such that a coloured at least partially polarised image is visible to a person viewing the device, observing a first optically variable effect when the device is rotated about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane, and a second optically variable effect when the device is viewed under polarised light and rotated about an axis substantially perpendicular to or parallel with the plane. The device is particularly suitable for security documents such as bank notes. Preferably, the first optically variable effect is produced by a change in brightness and/or colour of the grating elements and the second optically variable effect may likewise be produced by a change in brightness and/or colour of the grating elements. The device advantageously provides two different types of optically variable effect may be provided in a single device. This is possible due to the use of zero-order grating elements as the “pixels” of the coloured image. Each pixel, under illumination by unpolarised light, produces reflected light of a defined colour which is also at least partially polarised. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258478 | FABRICATION OF A MICRO-OPTICS DEVICE WITH CURVED SURFACE DEFECTS - A method of fabrication of a micro-optics device included providing a layer of material; patterning the layer of material by one or more of: locally unzipping and desorbing molecules thereof, with a nano-scale dimensioned probe, to obtain a curved surface for the layer of material, the curved surface having a curved profile in a plane section; and completing a layer structure perpendicular to the plane section by providing one or more additional layers of material in contact with the curved surface to obtain the micro-optics device, wherein the micro-optics device has the layer structure, with a given layer thereof comprising a defect delimited by two surfaces, wherein one of the two surfaces is the curved surface. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258479 | TRANSFER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a transfer film wherein: a low-refractive-index film having a refractive index (Nx) and a high-refractive-index film having a refractive index (Ny) are laminated in this order on one surface of a peeling film; the refractive indices satisfy Nx2013-10-03 | |
20130258480 | PRECURSOR SOL OF ALUMINUM OXIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMBER, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND OPTICAL SYSTEM - A precursor sol of aluminum oxide includes particles containing a hydrolysate and/or a condensate of an aluminum compound, a solvent, and an organo aluminum compound. When a pulsed-NMR T | 2013-10-03 |
20130258481 | ANTIGLARE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An antiglare film includes an antiglare layer having a thickness of from 3 to 10 μm and a transparent support having a thickness from 20 to 70 μm, and the antiglare layer is formed by applying a composition containing the following components (A) to (D) on the transparent support, drying and curing the applied composition: (A) a resin particle having an average particle size of from 1.0 to 3.0 μm, (B) a curable compound having two or more curable functional groups in a molecule, (C) a smectite clay organic complex in which a smectite clay is intercalated with a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the formula (1) as defined herein, and (D) a volatile organic solvent. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258482 | LAMINATE BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A laminate body ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258483 | GLASS-LIKE POLYMERIC ANTIREFLECTIVE FILMS COATED WITH SILICA NANOPARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING AND LIGHT ABSORBING DEVICES USING SAME - A transparent anti-reflective structured film comprising a structured film substrate having a structured face, with anti-reflective structures defining a structured surface. The structured face is anti-reflective to light, with at least a substantial portion of the structured surface comprising a glass-like surface. At least the anti-reflective structures comprise a cross-linked silicone elastomeric material, and the glass-like surface comprises an SiO | 2013-10-03 |
20130258484 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVE WINDOWS WITH GLARE SENSOR - The present invention relates to a system for controlling the optical transmission of a plurality of windows V | 2013-10-03 |
20130258485 | GLASS LENTICULARS FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A method of making a glass lenticular array is provided. The method comprises: heating a sheet of glass, the sheet of glass comprising contact regions located thereupon in substantially parallel linear rows; and deforming the heated sheet of glass by contacting the contact regions with a forming body so as to form a plurality of cylindrical lenses in the heated sheet of glass, the plurality of cylindrical lenses arranged in substantially parallel rows with depressed regions between adjacent cylindrical lenses. The depressed regions are formed at the contact regions while apex regions of the cylindrical lenses are kept untouched during the step of deforming. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258486 | HEAD-MOUNT DISPLAY - A system and method is provided for varying the apparent distance of a virtual image projected by a head-mounted display. The distance between the user and an object being viewed by the user is determined. Then, the focal distance of an eyepiece optical system in the head-mounted display is adjusted to provide a virtual image at an apparent distance that corresponds to the determined distance. The user thereby experiences an approximately seamless overlay in sharp focus of the virtual image from the display and the three-dimensional binocular image being viewed. For example, when viewing a movie screen, or other object at infinity, the focal length is adjusted to provide a virtual image at or near optical infinity. Likewise, when reading a book, or inspecting another object in close proximity, the focal length is adjusted to provide the virtual image at a nearby apparent distance. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258487 | LOW MASS WARPAGE FREE EYEPIECE - An eyepiece for a night vision goggle (NVG) system includes a first lens element axially aligned with second and third lens elements. The first, second and third lens elements are sequentially positioned between a viewer and an object formed on a screen surface. The first lens element is formed as a doublet having two cemented elements. The second lens element includes a convex surface facing the doublet and a concave surface facing toward the third lens element. The third lens element includes a first convex surface facing the second lens element and a second convex surface facing the object. The second lens element is formed with two even aspheric surfaces comprised of only even coefficients and is substantially uniform in thickness. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258488 | VEHICLE INFORMATION TRANSMITTING DEVICE - In a vehicle information transmitting device, a plurality of light sources is arranged in an array form of plural rows or plural columns in the light source panel so that light can be irradiated in a horizontal direction (right and left direction) and vertical direction (height direction, up and down direction). The light source panel includes a diffusion plate and a shaft member for entirely or partially adjusting the transmitting degree (blurring degree of light) of the light of the light source in association with the arrangement position of the light source, and a plurality of springs that plays the role of a fail safe for maintaining the distance between the light source and the diffusion plate in a maximum state at the time of malfunctioning. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258489 | SCANNER LENS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The method includes the steps of: obtaining lateral magnification of an optical scanning system; obtaining the maximum value of thickness in the optical axis direction of an scanner lens; obtaining allowance b on one side and beam diameter a in the vertical scanning direction in the lens; and obtaining width h in the vertical scanning direction of the lens by the following expression | 2013-10-03 |
20130258490 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus, including: an imaging optical system including a plurality of lenses; and an image plane which is disposed on an image side of the imaging optical system and is curved so that a concave surface thereof faces an object side of the imaging optical system. The imaging optical system includes an aperture stop. In the imaging optical system, a lens closer to the object side than the aperture stop and a lens closer to the image side than the aperture stop have different positive powers. A focal length of the imaging optical system is substantially equal to a distance from an exit pupil of the imaging optical system to the image plane. A radius of curvature of the image plane is substantially equal to the focal length of the imaging optical system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258491 | PROJECTION LENS ASSEMBLY WITH SIX LENSES - A projection lens assembly with six lenses, suitable for being applied to a pico projector projecting vivid and clear images. The projection lens assembly comprises six lenses, that is, a first lens having a minus focal distance, a second lens having a positive focal distance, a third lens having a minus focal distance, a fourth lens having a positive focal distance, a fifth lens having a positive focal distance and a sixth lens having a positive focal distance arranged in sequence and with spaces therebetween, an aperture stop between the second lens having the positive focal distance and the third lens having the minus focal distance, a reflective liquid-crystal panel behind the sixth lens having the positive focal distance, wherein the front sixth lens having the positive focal distance has a greater area than that of the rear reflective liquid-crystal panel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258492 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens having a concave object-side surface, a positive second lens, a negative third lens, a positive fourth lens having a convex object-side surface, and a positive fifth lens, which are in this order from an object side. A stop is arranged between an image-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the third lens. When the focal length of an entire system is f, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, and the focal length of the second lens is f2, the following formula is satisfied: | 2013-10-03 |
20130258493 | THIN LENS MODULE - A thin lens module has a case, in which an optical lens set, an image sensor, a focusing driving device, two position indicators, a zooming driving device, a shutter, and a shutter driving device are provided. An optical axis of the optical lens set has a first optical axis section and a second optical axis section, and the first optical axis section is perpendicular to an object side. The focusing driving device, the position indicators, and the shutter driving device respectively connects to joints for signal transmission, and these joints are provided on a side of the case parallel to the first optical axis section to achieve the thinning purpose. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258494 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and a positive rearward-remaining lens group. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the distance between the first and second lens groups increases, the distance between the second and rearward-remaining lens groups decreases, and at least the first lens group and at least part of the rearward-remaining lens group moves. The second lens group includes a negative first sub-lens group which does not move during a focusing operation, and a negative second sub-lens group which moves in the optical axis direction during a focusing operation. The positive rearward-remaining lens group includes at least two lens groups, the distance therebetween mutually changing during zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258495 | ZOOMING OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE ZOOMING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOMING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A zoom optical system ZL to be mounted on an optical apparatus such as a single lens reflex camera | 2013-10-03 |
20130258496 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS - The present invention has, in order from an object, a first lens group (G | 2013-10-03 |
20130258497 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens consists of positive first lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, negative second lens group, which is moved during changing magnification, negative third lens group for correcting a fluctuation of an image plane caused by changing magnification, and positive fourth lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, which are in this order from an object side. The first lens group consists of negative lens and positive lens group consisting of three or less positive lenses in this order from the object side. Each of the negative lens and at least one of the positive lens or lenses in the first lens group has at least an aspherical surface. A predetermined formula is satisfied. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258498 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side,
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20130258499 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS - An image pickup lens includes a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side, a third lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing the object side, a fourth lens having both sides formed as aspheric surfaces and having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having both sides formed as aspheric surfaces and having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side, wherein the first lens and the second lens satisfy following conditional expressions (1), (2) and (3); | 2013-10-03 |
20130258500 | IMAGING LENS - A compact imaging lens suitable for a high pixel density image pickup device which properly corrects chromatic aberration and other types of aberrations and ensures high image quality, low f-number, and low cost. A first lens, second lens, third lens, fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from the object side and both sides of all the lenses are aspheric surfaces and a diffractive optical surface with a chromatic aberration correction function is formed on one of the surfaces from the object side surface of the first lens to the object side surface of the second lens and on one of the surfaces from the object side surface of the third lens to the object side surface of the fifth lens. All the lenses are made of a plastic material. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258501 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM - This invention provides an imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the third lens. The on-axis spacing between the first lens and second lens is T12, the focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and they satisfy the relation: 0.5<(T12/f)×100<15. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258502 | LENS BARREL AND LENS MODULE - An exemplary lens barrel includes a hollow main body and an abutting portion formed on an outer wall of the hollow main body. The hollow main body includes a first upper end at an object side, and a first lower end at an image side. The hollow main body also includes a central axis passing through the first upper end and the first lower end. The hollow main body further includes an outer screw thread. The outer screw thread is located between the first upper end and the abutting portion. The outer screw thread is spaced apart from the abutting portion. The abutting portion is a closed ring-shaped protrusion extending outwardly from the outer wall along a circumstance of the hollow main body. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258503 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND A LASER WELDING METHOD USED FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an optical lens assembly, comprising: at least an optical lens; a lens barrel within which the at least one optical lens is placed; and a retainer placed within the lens barrel; wherein the optical lens is arranged such that an optical axis thereof is aligned with a central axis of the lens barrel; and wherein the retainer is arranged such that a peripheral surface thereof is in contact with an inner wall of the lens barrel and a bottom surface thereof is pressed against one surface of the optical lens. A laser beam is used to irradiate the peripheral surface of the retainer to cause a temperature rise at an area where the retainer is in contact with the lens barrel to reach a welding temperature, thereby welding the retainer to an inner side of the lens barrel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258504 | LENS MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE LENS MODULE - A method for assembling a lens module includes the following steps. Firstly, a lens barrel, at least one optical element, a spacer ring, and a fixing ring are provided. The spacer ring includes an annular projection along a circumference of the spacer ring. The fixing ring includes a annular pipe and glue received in the pipe. The film is made of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. Secondly, the at least one optical element and the spacer ring are put into the barrel, with an annular groove defined between the projection and the barrel. Thirdly, the fixing ring is placed in the groove. Fourthly, the fixing ring is heated and the film is melted to let the glue fill the groove. Finally, the glue is cured to fix the spacer ring and the at least one optical element in the barrel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258505 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an optical apparatus having an optical element, a holding member, and a base member includes preparing the holding member and fixing the optical element to the first member. The method further includes fixing a second member of the holding member to the base member and plastically deforming a first member of the holding member and the second member to adjust the position of the optical element. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258506 | Electromagnetic Driving Device for Lens having an Anti-Tilt Mechanism - An electromagnetic driving device defined with an X axis, a Y axis and a Z axis includes a casing, a base, a driven object, an anti-tilt mechanism and an electromagnetic driving module. The electromagnetic driving module includes at least one magnetic member and at least one coil. The base connects to the casing so as to form an inner compartment thereinside. The driven object is received and movable along the Z axis inside the inner compartment. The magnetic member fixed to the driven object can be driven by magnetic forcing generated by the respective coil fixed to the casing. With the anti-tilt mechanism to provide lateral pressing forcing to eliminate possible gap between components connecting the driven object and the casing while the driven object is moved along the Z axis inside the inner compartment, possible dynamic tilt of the moving driven object can then be diminished. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258507 | LENS BARREL AND CAM MECHANISM - A lens barrel includes an optical system for forming an optical image of an object, a first tube for supporting at least one lens included in the optical system, and a second tube disposed inside or outside the first tube. The first tube includes first cam grooves in the side surface thereof on which the second tube is disposed. The second tube includes first cam followers that engage with the first cam grooves. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258508 | LENS MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE LENS MODULE - A method for assembling a lens module includes the following steps. Firstly, a lens barrel, at least one optical element, a spacer ring and a fixing ring are provided. The spacer ring includes an annular projection along a circumference of the spacer ring. The fixing ring includes a pipe-shaped film and a glue encapsulated in the pipe-shaped film. The film is made of polylactic acid and light decomposition agent. Secondly, the at least one optical element and the spacer ring are put into the barrel, with an annular groove defined between the projection and the barrel. Thirdly, the fixing ring is placed in the groove. Fourthly, the fixing ring is illuminated and the film is melted to let the glue fill the groove. Finally, the glue is cured to fix the spacer ring and the at least one optical element in the barrel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258509 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device capable of maintaining continuity of images of adjacent image display elements on a display screen that is composed of a plurality of image display element includes image display elements ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258510 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE MIRROR DEVICE - According to the present invention, with regard to a plurality of notch portions, a plurality of tilt faces are provided for a respective one of the notch portions. As a result, the present invention is capable of lowering a facial pressure of a respective one of a plurality of tilt faces of one notch portion more remarkably than a facial pressure of one tilt face of one notch portion. As a result, the present invention is capable of reducing a frictional wear and tear of a tilt face without a need to use any other component. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258511 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE MIRROR DEVICE - According to the present invention, a stopper member lock mechanism is configured to lock a stopper member from rotating in a direction from a forward tilt location to a use location with respect to a shaft when the mirror assembly that is positioned in the forward tilt location is restored to the use location and to release the locked state of the stopper member when the mirror assembly is restored from the forward tilt location to the use location. As a result, it is capable of causing the mirror assembly to be precisely positioned in the use location without any positional shift when the mirror assembly that has rotated from the use location to the forward tilt location for the sake of buffering is rotated and restored from the forward tilt location to the use location. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VEHICLE MIRRORS AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON DRIVER HEAD POSITION - An automatically adjusting mirror system including a mirror assembly, a head position sensor configured and arranged to detect a pose of a head of a driver of a vehicle, and a master controller in communication with the mirror assembly and head position sensor. The master controller is configured to receive input from the mirror assembly and head position sensor, and adjust the mirror assembly based on the input from the mirror assembly and the input from the head position sensor to maintain a line of sight for the driver. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258513 | MAGNETIC READ-WRITE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC READ-WRITE INSPECTION METHOD - Provided are magnetic read-write inspection apparatus and inspection method allowing measurement and inspection again by a sector servo system even when a magnetic disk measured and inspected by the sector servo system is detached from the inspection apparatus and re-mounted. A data write unit writes a servo pattern signal in a predetermined track range of the disk, writes an inspection test pattern signal onto an inspection track by performing sector-servo-system-based positioning and concentrically writes an eccentricity learning pattern onto an eccentricity learning track which is different from the inspection track. An eccentric quantity learning unit calculates an eccentric quantity of the disk from a read signal detection position by reading out the eccentricity learning pattern without using servo information. An eccentric quantity correction unit controls shaking of a magnetic head so as to cancel the calculated eccentric quantity when reading out a test signal from the disk. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258514 | MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD USING NON-CONSTANT MICROWAVE - A magnetic recording device includes a magnetic disk and a magnetic head that performs magnetic recording to the magnetic disk. The magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole layer and a microwave generating element. The magnetic recording device further includes a microwave generating element driving current control circuit. The microwave generating element driving current control circuit, during the magnetic recording, applies a microwave generating element driving current at a first current level to the microwave generating element for a period that is from at the latest a polarity reversal of the recording current before a subsequent polarity reversal of the recording voltage, and thereafter applies another microwave generating element driving current at a second current level, which is smaller than the first current level, to the microwave generating element, or stops the application of the another microwave generating element driving current until the polarity reversal of the recording voltage. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258515 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A motor drive device has a driver circuit generating an output current for a motor and a control circuit controlling the drive circuit. The control circuit, when switching the driver circuit from a PWM-driving state to a linear-driving state, controls the timing of the switching such that the path of the output current does not change between before and after the switching, and in addition, in the middle of the switching, switches the driver circuit to a high-output-impedance state momentarily. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258516 | ERROR RECOVERY PROCEDURE (ERP) USING ESTIMATED BEST SETTING IN FIRST RUN - In one embodiment, a tape drive system includes a read channel, a write channel, logic adapted for accessing data sets using the read channel and/or the write channel, logic adapted for counting each data set access using the read channel that used error recovery procedure (ERP), logic adapted for counting each data set access using the read channel that did not use ERP, logic adapted for counting each data set access using the write channel that used ERP, logic adapted for counting each data set access using the write channel that did not use ERP, and logic adapted for accessing subsequent data sets using the read channel and/or the write channel, wherein any subsequent data set access that uses ERP is accessed using an initial ERP step characterized by a first tape speed, wherein the first tape speed is selected at least partially based on the counts. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258517 | REDUCTION OF DEGRADATION OF MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus are provided related to magnetic recording tape. Respective voltage sources are coupled to respective magnetic head components of a tape recording apparatus. Circuitry controls each voltage source independently in accordance with identity information for a magnetic tape, relative humidity within the tape recording apparatus, or other factors. Chemical migration from the tape, and/or plating or erosion of elements of the tape recording apparatus are substantially reduced or eliminated according to the present teachings. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258518 | PATTERNED STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a patterned medium is disclosed herein. The patterned medium includes a patterned layer, a stop layer, and a fill layer. The patterned layer includes plurality of grooves. The stop layer is positioned on the patterned layer. The stop layer is at least partially positioned within the plurality of grooves and a portion of the stop layer may be positioned on walls of the grooves of the patterned layer. The fill layer is at least partially positioned within the grooves between portions of the stop layer. The stop layer substantially separates the fill layer from the patterned layer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258519 | READING MAGNETIC TAPE - A system and method for reading magnetic tape are provided herein. The system includes a tape head including two read arrays. Each of the two read arrays includes a first set of data read elements of a first channel pitch and a second set of data read elements of a second channel pitch, and the first set of data read elements and the second set of data read elements are interleaved. The tape head also includes a write array located between the two read arrays. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258520 | MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE HAVING DUAL-STAGE ACTUATOR AND HEAD POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a storage unit, a head position detector and a head position estimator. The head position detector detects a position of a first head if the first head is switched to a second head. The head position estimator estimates a position of the second head based on the position of the first head, first and second voltages, polarities of first and second microactuators, gains of the first and second microactuators, and a first inter-head offset. The first and second voltages are applied to the first and second microactuators, respectively. The first inter-head offset is stored in the storage unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258521 | Management Module, Storage System, and Method of Temperature and Vibration Management Thereof - The present invention discloses a management module for a storage system. The storage system comprises a plurality of hard disk drives and a plurality of fans. The management module comprises a reading unit, for obtaining a plurality of hard disk drive temperature information and a plurality of hard disk drive vibration information of the plurality of hard disk drives, and a controller, coupled to the reading unit, for adjusting rotational speeds of the plurality of fans according to the plurality of hard disk drive temperature information, the plurality of hard disk drive vibration information, and a plurality of fan vibration information of the plurality of fans. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258522 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A stationary unit of a brushless motor includes a flat armature and a base member arranged to support the armature. The armature includes a power supply portion to which a lead wire is connected. The base member includes a wall portion and a window portion. The wall portion is radially opposed to an outer edge portion of the armature. The window portion is positioned below the power supply portion to axially extend through the base member. An adhesive agent exists between the wall portion and the outer edge portion of the armature. Accordingly, the base member and the armature are strongly fixed to each other. Further, a sealing material is interposed between a whole periphery of an edge of the window portion and the armature, so that the window portion is sealed. (FIG. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258523 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A magnetic recording medium of an embodiment includes: a substrate; a nonmagnetic base layer disposed on the substrate; a perpendicular magnetic recording layer disposed on the nonmagnetic base layer, having a hard magnetic recording layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a soft magnetic recording layer, and divided into mutually separated plural regions; and a protective layer disposed on the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The hard magnetic recording layer has an easy magnetization axis directed to a stack direction of the hard magnetic recording layer. The nonmagnetic intermediate layer contains one of C, ZnO, a carbide of Si, Ti, Ta or W, and a nitride of Si, Ti, Ta or W. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258524 | SPIN CONDUCTION ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC HEAD USING SPIN CONDUCTION - A spin conduction element includes a main channel layer having a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a fifth electrode, and a sixth electrode, and extending in a first direction. Spins are injected into the main channel layer from a second ferromagnetic layer constituting the second electrode and a fourth ferromagnetic layer constituting the fourth electrode, and a spin current is detected as a voltage in a third ferromagnetic layer constituting the third electrode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258525 | Write Yoke with Stabilizing Layer - An apparatus is provided that generally relates to a data writer that may be constructed with a write pole coupled to a yoke. The yoke may be configured with a stabilizing layer that stabilizes magnetic domains present in the yoke. In some embodiments, the yoke has first and second sub-yokes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258526 | HIGH AREAL DENSITY TAPE FORMAT AND HEAD - A magnetic recording tape according to one embodiment includes at least about eight data bands, wherein each data band is defined between a pair of adjacent servo tracks, each pair of adjacent servo tracks defining only a single data band therebetween. One of the servo tracks has data encoded therein, the data including data for encryption. A magnetic recording tape according to another embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks, each servo track comprising a series of magnetically defined bars. An average height of the bars is less than about 50 microns. About eight to about twenty six data bands are present on the tape. A tape supply cartridge according to various embodiments has a magnetic recording tape as described herein. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258527 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - A magnetic head includes a microwave-generating element connected to a ground line. The ground line is made shorter by connecting the ground line to a conductive slider substrate so that the microwave-generating element is in a short-circuited end condition. This allows a microwave excitation current to be efficiently supplied to the microwave-generating-element, thus enabling effective microwave-assisted recording. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258528 | Advanced Air Bearing Slider with Modulation Decreasing Stiffness - A data storage device may have at least a slider constructed with at least one feature positioned on an air bearing region and separated from a data transducer. The at least one feature can be configured to provide a slider stiffness that decreases modulation while the at least one feature is floating above or in contact with a data storage media. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258529 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND CONTROL PLASMA FIRES - Methods and systems to detect and control plasma fires are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first optical fiber proximate a conductor through which electricity is to flow and a sensor to identify a change in a signal received via the optical fiber. The change is associated a physical change in the optical fiber or a casing surrounding the first optical fiber. The example apparatus also includes a controller to control a flow of electricity through the conductor based on the change in the signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258530 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS INCLUDING OVERCURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT - A comparator includes a first potential supply terminal, a second potential supply terminal supplying a different potential from that of the first potential supply terminal, a first transistor of a first conductivity type coupled between the first potential supply terminal and a first node, and including a control terminal coupled to a first terminal, a second transistor of the first conductivity type coupled between the first potential supply terminal and a second node, and including a control terminal coupled to a second terminal, a third transistor of a second conductivity type coupled between the first node and a third terminal, and including a control terminal coupled to the second node, and a fourth transistor of the second conductivity type coupled between the second node and the second potential supply terminal, and including a control terminal coupled to the second node. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258531 | Faulty Protective Earth Ground Circuit Detection System And Method - A system and method for detecting the presence of a voltage on a ground conductor which is coupled to a protective Earth (PE) terminal associated with a power source. The power source is used to apply a voltage to a device. The system may use a high impedance device coupled across a switch, with the switch being in communication with a portion of the device. A control system may monitor a voltage across the high impedance device and determine if the voltage across the high impedance device exceeds a predetermined threshold. Exceeding the predetermined threshold indicates that an unsafe voltage from the power source is present on the ground conductor. A natural high impedance path between the device and the Earth is used to provide an Earth connection through the device to the Earth during operation of the system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258532 | PASSIVE DEVICES FOR FINFET INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGIES - Device structures, design structures, and fabrication methods for passive devices that may be used as electrostatic discharge protection devices in fin-type field-effect transistor integrated circuit technologies. A portion of a device layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate is patterned to form a device region. A well of a first conductivity type is formed in the epitaxial layer and the device region. A doped region of a second conductivity type is formed in the well and defines a junction with a portion of the well. The epitaxial layer includes an exterior sidewall spaced from an exterior sidewall of the device region. Another portion of the device layer may be patterned to form fins for fin-type field-effect transistors. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258533 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT HAVING HIGH ALLOWABLE POWER-UP SLEW RATE - One embodiment sets forth a technique for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technologies. A power supply RC-based ESD protection circuit having a RC value in the nanosecond range increases the allowable power-up slew rate so that fast power-up events (e.g., hot-plug and power switching operations) are not erroneously interpreted as ESD events. Because the RC value is small, the layout area needed for the RC-based ESD protection circuit is also reduced. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258534 | LOW VOLTAGE ESD CLAMPING USING HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICES - Some embodiments relate to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device. The ESD protection device includes a first electrical path extending between the first and second circuit nodes and including a trigger element. A second electrical path extends between the first and second circuit nodes. The second electrical path includes a shunt element. A switching element is configured to trigger current flow through the shunt element based on both a state of the trigger element and a state of the switching element. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258535 | TUNABLE CAPACITOR - Disclosed is a tunable capacitor which includes: a variable capacitor unit placed between a first terminal and a second terminal; and an ESD protection circuit which is inserted either between the first terminal and a ground terminal or between the second terminal and the ground terminal, or is inserted both between the first terminal and a ground terminal and between the second terminal and the ground terminal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258536 | BUSBAR DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a busbar differential protection method. For each bay, firstly, zero-crossing point of voltage is determined according to sample values of voltage, then the current values are re-sampled on a current fitting curve by using zero-crossing point of voltage as a synchronous signal according to a given sampling time period to get a sample sequence. The sample sequence is comprised of current values of sampling points and sample serial numbers. The sample serial numbers of sampling points at the same time are same for the sample sequence of respective interval. Finally, computing is done to sample sequences of respective intervals, and differential protection is achieved. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258537 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF LEAKAGE OR FAULT CURRENTS FROM EQUIPMENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM - A method of digital sampling of a current or group of currents in an electrical system including using in the sampling, sufficient bandwidth to reconstruct the amplitude and phase of a synthesized power frequency and its harmonics and a fundamental carrier frequency of switching electronics and modulation sidebands. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258538 | Power Conditioning, Distribution and Management - A power conditioning, distribution and management system includes a switch circuit that enables coupling of an AC power supply to a load though an overcurrent device. A control circuit switches the switch circuit from a non-conductive state to a conductive state when a supply voltage signal is between first overvoltage and undervoltage thresholds. The control circuit records an overvoltage event and maintains the switch circuit in the conductive state when the supply voltage signal exceeds a second, higher overvoltage threshold and switches the switch circuit to a nonconductive state when the supply voltage signal exceeds a third, highest overvoltage threshold. The control circuit records an undervoltage event and maintains the switch circuit in the conductive state when the supply voltage signal falls below a second, lower under-voltage threshold and switches the switch circuit to the non-conductive state when the supply voltage signal falls below a third, lowest undervoltage threshold. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258539 | OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device powered by a voltage of a power supply includes a load, a switching module connected between the power supply and the load, and an overvoltage protection circuit. The overvoltage protection circuit comprises a control unit presetting a first predetermined voltage and an overvoltage protection unit. When the voltage is larger than the first predetermined voltage, the control unit generates a protection signal to control the overvoltage protection unit to generate a first control signal, the switching module cuts off an electrical connection between the power supply and the load in response to the first control signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258540 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an overcurrent protection circuit for controlling an output transistor connected between a power source and an output terminal is provided. The overcurrent protection circuit has an overcurrent limiting circuit, a current-voltage control circuit, and a first control circuit. The current-voltage control circuit configured to control a gate voltage of the output transistor so that an output current is proportional to an output voltage of the output terminal Tout. The first control circuit is configured to allow the current-voltage control circuit to control the output transistor so that the output current is proportional to the output voltage when the output voltage is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold voltage. The first control circuit is configured to allow the current-voltage control circuit to stop controlling the output transistor when the output voltage exceeds the threshold voltage. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION WITH DISTRIBUTED TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSION - A method of method of forming a wide band-gap semiconductor transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly and a system for a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly are provided. The TVS assembly includes a connecting component configured to electrically couple a first electrical component to a second electrical component located remotely from the first electrical component through one or more electrical conduits and a transient voltage suppressor device positioned within the connecting component and electrically coupled to the one or more electrical conduits wherein the TVS device includes a wide band-gap semiconductor material. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258542 | Lightning Protective High-Voltage Divider - The present invention relates to a lightning protective high-voltage divider, which comprises: a printed circuit board; an impedance coil; a coupling capacitor having one end being coupled to the signal input terminal; a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil, wherein one end of the primary coil is coupled to the other end of the coupling capacitor, the other end of the primary coil is grounded, the secondary coil is coupled to at least a signal output terminal, so the input signal inputted by the signal input terminal is enabled to be coupled to the signal output terminal through the primary coil and the secondary coil; when a lightning surge current occurs, the impedance coil is able to guide the surge current to the ground, thereby protecting the coupling capacitor from being damaged. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258543 | ELECTRIC CHARGE GENERATING DEVICE - An ionizer that acts as an electric charge generating device includes a first high voltage power source and a second high voltage power source, which are disposed in confronting relation to each other, and a first wiring arrangement and a second wiring arrangement, which are disposed in confronting relation to each other. The first high voltage power source applies an AC high voltage to needle electrodes via the first wiring arrangement, whereas the second high voltage power source applies an AC high voltage, which is 180° out of phase with the aforementioned AC high voltage, to needle electrodes via the second wiring arrangement. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258544 | THIN FILM CAPACITOR - A thin film capacitor includes an under electrode, a plurality of dielectric body layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers that are alternately laminated on the under electrode, the internal electrode layers respectively including protrusion parts that each protrude from the dielectric body layers viewed in the lamination direction, and connection electrodes to which at least a portion of each of the protrusion parts contacts. Assuming that protrusion amounts of the protrusion parts of the internal electrode layers that are connected to the same connection electrode are regarded as L, a protrusion amount L | 2013-10-03 |
20130258545 | THIN FILM CAPACITOR - A thin film capacitor includes two or more of dielectric body layers that are alternately laminated on an under-electrode, and internal electrode layers that are laminated between the dielectric body layers, and are exposed off the dielectric body layer, and a connection electrode that is electrically connected to the internal electrode layers via the exposed portion of the internal electrode layers, A relationship between an average grain size D of crystal grains in the internal electrode layers and an average grain size d of crystal grains in the connection electrode is D>d. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258546 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a fabrication method thereof. The multilayer ceramic component includes a ceramic main body in which internal electrodes and dielectric layers are alternately laminated; external electrodes formed on outer surfaces of the ceramic main body; intermediate layers formed on the external electrodes and including one or more selected from the group consisting of nickel, copper, and a nickel-copper alloy; and plating layers formed on the intermediate layers, whereby infiltration of a plating solution can be prevented. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258547 | CERAMIC POWDER AND MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A ceramic powder that contains, as a main composition, barium titanate powder having a perovskite structure with an average particle size (median size) of 200 nm or smaller as measured by SEM observation, wherein the barium titanate powder is such that the percentage of barium titanate particles having twin defects in the barium titanate powder is 13% or more as measured by TEM observation and that its crystal lattice c/a is 1.0080 or more. The ceramic powder has a wide range of optimum sintering temperatures and thus offers excellent productivity and is particularly useful in the formation of thin dielectric layers of 1 μm or less. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258548 | CERAMIC POWDER AND MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A ceramic powder that contains, as a main composition, barium titanate powder having a perovskite structure with an average particle size (median size) of 200 nm or smaller as measured by SEM observation, wherein the the barium titanate powder is such that the percentage of barium titanate particle having twin defects in the barium titanate powder is less than 10% as measured by TEM observation and that its crystal lattice c/a is 1.0075 or more. The ceramic powder is particularly useful in the formation of thin dielectric layers of 1 μm or less and can be used to manufacture MLCCs having both desired capacity and longevity traits. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258549 | PZT-BASED FERROELECTRIC THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A PZT-based ferroelectric thin film formed on a lower electrode of a substrate having the lower electrode in which the crystal plane is oriented in a (111) axis direction, having an orientation controlling layer which is formed on the lower electrode and has a layer thickness in which a crystal orientation is controlled in a (111) plane preferentially in a range of 45 nm to 270 nm, and a film thickness adjusting layer which is formed on the orientation controlling layer and has the same crystal orientation as the crystal orientation of the orientation controlling layer, in which an interface is formed between the orientation controlling layer and the film thickness adjusting layer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258550 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Electrical components for microelectronic devices and methods for forming electrical components. One particular embodiment of such a method comprises depositing an underlying layer onto a workpiece, and forming a conductive layer on the underlying layer. The method can continue by disposing a dielectric layer on the conductive layer. The underlying layer is a material that causes the dielectric layer to have a higher dielectric constant than without the underlying layer being present under the conductive layer. For example, the underlying layer can impart a structure or another property to the film stack that causes an otherwise amorphous dielectric layer to crystallize without having to undergo a separate high temperature annealing process after disposing the dielectric layer onto the conductive layer. Several examples of this method are expected to be very useful for forming dielectric layers with high dielectric constants because they avoid using a separate high temperature annealing process. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258551 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION FOR INTERNAL ELECTRODE AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a conductive paste composition for an internal electrode and a multilayer ceramic capacitor including the same. The conductive paste composition for an internal electrode includes metal powder; and chrome oxide (Cr | 2013-10-03 |
20130258552 | POROUS GRAPHENE FILM REPRESENTING EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a porous graphene film representing superior electrical properties. The method includes preparing a graphene/polymer composite dispersed solution by adding polymer particles to a first graphene dispersed solution obtained by dispersing graphene powders into a solvent, manufacturing a graphene/polymer composite film by using the graphene/polymer composite dispersed solution, and manufacturing the porous graphene film by removing the polymer particles from the graphene/polymer composite film. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258553 | CAPACITOR AND CAPACITOR MODULE USING THE SAME - A pair of electrodes are drawn out from a wound capacitor element by a pair of leads. Each of electrodes forming the capacitor element includes a sheet-like collector, an electrode layer formed on the surface of the collector, and an exposed part provided on one edge of the collector. The electrode layer is not formed on the exposed part. The pair of electrodes are wound such that the exposed parts come to both ends of the capacitor element. Two or more points of at least one of the exposed parts are connected together. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258554 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND SOLUTION FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor which retains a high capacitance and a low ESR and has high heat resistance. The solid electrolytic capacitor ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258555 | CAPACITOR UNIT AND STACKED SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a capacitor unit, which includes an anode portion, a cathode portion, and an insulating portion. The insulating portion is provided for in a form of a headband to partially cover the surface of the anode portion to divide the anode and the cathode portions. The cathode portion partially covers the anode portion and is located behind the insulating portion. The cathode portion has at least one conductive layer which is made of a conductive polymer having copper, copper alloy, or a mixture thereof. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258556 | SWITCH FOR SOLID INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - A switch according to the invention comprises a enclosure that is solid insulated and includes an electric power source side bushing portion, an electric load side bushing portion, and an accommodation body portion having air filled therein; a main circuit switch installed, for each pole, and having a vacuum interrupter that switches an electric power circuit by receiving a switching driving force from a common actuator; and an earth switch installed including a first fixed contactor to be earthed; a second fixed contactor electrically connected to the electric power source side connection conductor; and a movable blade connected to the common actuator, and movable to a first position for contacting the first fixed contactor and to a second position for contacting the second fixed contactor, by the switching driving force from the common actuator. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258557 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR USE WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A heat transfer system includes an electrical distribution cabinet extending about at least one current-carrying conductor. The heat transfer system also includes at least one electrically-insulating and thermally-conducting device coupled to the at least one current-carrying conductor. The heat transfer system further includes at least one heat pipe coupled to the at least one electrically-insulating and thermally-conducting device. The heat pipe is also thermally coupled to at least a portion of the electrical distribution cabinet. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258558 | CROSS BUS MAIN DEVICE - A device for disconnecting electrical power from a first stack of meter modules, wherein the power is supplied by a main box that also supplies power to a second stack of meter modules. The device includes an incoming bus section for receiving power from the main box and an outgoing bus section for feeding power to the first stack of modules. In addition, the device includes a cross bus device connected to the incoming and outgoing bus sections and a circuit breaker connected to the cross bus device. When the circuit breaker is closed, power is supplied to the first and second stacks of modules. When the circuit breaker is opened, power to the first stack of modules is disconnected while power to the second stack of modules is maintained. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258559 | DIE CAST CAGE FOR A RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY - A cage is provided for a receptacle assembly that includes a receptacle connector. The cage includes a die cast body having side walls that are spaced apart to define an internal compartment of the die cast body therebetween. The die cast body has a front end that is open to the internal compartment of the die cast body. The internal compartment is configured to receive the receptacle connector therein. The internal compartment is configured to receive a pluggable module therein through the front end. An alignment plate is mounted to the die cast body. The alignment plate includes an alignment segment that extends between the side walls to form a bottom wall of the cage. The alignment segment includes an alignment surface that defines a bottom boundary of the internal compartment of the die cast body. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258560 | SNAP-ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE - It is a snap-engagement structure whereby a mother body and a daughter body of a portable electronic device are snap-engaged with each other and thereby fixed to each other. The mother body includes two installation units. The snap-engagement structure includes a key unit, fastening units, and a first restoring unit. The key unit and the fastening units move relative to each other in different directions to effectuate enhanced snap-engagement, watertightness, and miniaturization. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258561 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITH GUIDING ELEMENT - An electronic component includes a component body and at least one guiding element. The component body includes a number of sides. The at least one guiding element is placed on at least one side of the component body. A user can quickly and easily determine orientation of the electronic component by touch when mounting the electronic component in a socket. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258562 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device including a cover, a base, screws and a hinge member is disclosed. The base includes a first shell defining blind holes, and a second shell defining first through holes aligned with blind holes respectively. The hinge member comprises a rotation portion fasten on the cover; and a fixed portion sandwiched between the first shell and the second shell defines second through holes aligned with first through holes respectively. Screws extends through the first through holes, the second through holes and threadedly engages in the blind holes. Inner thread of the second through holes is formed by extension of the screws through the second through holes. The blind holes are configured for receiving debris produced during the extension of the screws through the second through holes to tap the inner thread. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258563 | DUSTPROOF AND WATERPROOF STRUCTURE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A dustproof and waterproof structure used in a portable electronic device including a housing, a frame and a support plate located between the housing and the frame, the dustproof and waterproof structure includes an adhesive, a sealing element and a fastener. The adhesive attaches the frame to the support plate. The sealing element fills in gaps between the housing and the support plate. The fastener fastens the housing to the support plate and provides a resisting force causing the sealing element to be clamped between housing and the support plate. | 2013-10-03 |