44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150311531 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a power generating element including a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer. A main plane having the smaller area, between a main plane of the positive electrode active material layer and a main plane of the negative electrode active material layer, has an approximately rectangular shape with a short side having a length of 132 mm or more. The positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer are provided such that the main plane of the positive electrode active material layer and the main plane of the negative electrode active material layer face each other with a separator interposed therebetween, and the positive electrode active material layer contains a binder in an amount of 2 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311532 | BATTERIES AND CATHODES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES - Cathodes containing active materials and carbon nanotubes are described. The use of carbon nanotubes in cathode materials can provide a battery having increased longevity and volumetric capacity over batteries that contain a cathode that uses conventional conductive additives such as carbon black or graphite. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311533 | SLURRY CONTAINING DISPERSED ACETYLENE BLACK, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY | 2015-10-29 |
20150311534 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode collector, and a positive electrode active substance layer formed upon the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode active substance layer has a positive electrode active substance and an aromatic organophosphate compound. The aromatic organophosphate compound ideally has a solubility of no more than 1% relative to a non-aqueous electrolytic solution serving as a liquid non-aqueous electrolyte. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311535 | Batteries and Related Structures Having Fractal or Self-Complementary Structures - An aspect of the subject technology/invention of the present disclosure includes electrode structures or elements/components that have (e.g., present) fractal and/or self-complementary shapes or structures, e.g., on a surface. Such shapes or structures can be pre-existing. The electrodes can be made of any suitable material. The electrodes may function or operate or be used as a “seed” structure to incorporate or receive a material or materials useful for lattice assisted nuclear reactions and/or cold fusion processes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311536 | NANOSTRUCTURED WHISKER ARTICLE - In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a first article comprising nanostructured whiskers having a first layer thereon comprising an organometallic compound comprising at least one of Ru or Ir. Optionally, the first layer further comprises an complex comprising at least one of Ru or Ir. Typically, the article includes at least one or more additional layers (e.g., a second layer comprising at least one of metallic Ir, Ir oxide, or Ir hydrated oxide on the first layer). Articles described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell catalysts (i.e., an anode or cathode catalyst). | 2015-10-29 |
20150311537 | COMPOSITION, POLYMER THEREOF, ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A composition including a compound having a fluorine functional group, a polymer as a polymerization product of the composition, an electrode and an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, which include the composition or the polymer thereof, and a fuel cell including at least one of the electrode and the electrolyte membrane. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311538 | FUEL CELL INTERCONNECT WITH REDUCED VOLTAGE DEGRADATION OVER TIME - A method of making an interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell stack includes providing a chromium alloy interconnect and providing a nickel mesh in contact with a fuel side of the interconnect. Formation of a chromium oxide layer is reduced or avoided in locations between the nickel mesh and the fuel side of the interconnect. A Cr—Ni alloy or a Cr—Fe—Ni alloy is located at least in the fuel side of the interconnect under the nickel mesh. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311539 | BIPOLAR PLATE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING SUCH A BIPOLAR PLATE - A bipolar plate for an electrochemical cell contains two plate elements between which a flow field has a flow inlet and a flow outlet. The flow field has coolant flowing through it. Each plate element has a contact plane for making contact with the respective other plate element and a plurality of first embossments project from the contact plane and face away from the other plate element. One of the plate elements has second embossments. Both the first and the second embossments have an aperture to the contact plane of the plate element. Flow channels are formed by the apertures by having the embossments of the two plate elements offset against one another such that each embossment only partially overlaps one embossment of the other plate element. The second embossments are smaller than the first embossments such that the flow channels are restricted in the second embossments. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311540 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUID FLOW FIELD PLATES - Disclosed herein is a method for producing fluid flow field plates. The method includes cutting through an electrically conductive sheet to create at least one opening for a fluid in the sheet; and embossing the sheet to create therein at least one support for the at least one opening for a fluid. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311541 | FLOW BATTERY HAVING A SEPARATOR MEMBRANE COMPRISING AN IONOMER - The invention relates to flow batteries having improved crossover resistance to electroactive species, excellent coulombic and voltage efficiency and durability, which batteries comprise a separator membrane comprising an ionomer having a high equivalent weight, EW, to achieve these performance benefits. The ionomer has an EW of 1150 to 2000. Preferably, the ionomer is a perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer which has substantially all of the functional groups being represented by the formula —SO | 2015-10-29 |
20150311542 | ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION HAVING A COOLED FUEL CELL COMPRISING AN ABSORPTION HEAT ENGINE - The invention relates to an installation ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311543 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply/exhaust portion, an oxidant gas supply/exhaust portion, a cooling portion, and a controller. The controller performs at least one of a transient increase control process and a transient decrease control process. In the transient increase control process, the controller determines whether a temperature of a coolant is in a transient increase state. In the transient increase state, the controller performs an oxidant gas pressure increase process. In the transient decrease control process, the controller determines whether the temperature of the coolant is in a transient decrease state. In the transient decrease state, the controller performs at least one of the oxidant gas pressure increase process and an output increase process. In the output increase process, the controller controls the fuel cell to generate an output higher than a target output corresponding to a request output. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311544 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING RESIDUAL HYDROGEN IN FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell. The device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell sucks residual hydrogen gas in a fuel cell system and easily removes the sucked hydrogen gas so as to prevent a fire, an explosion, and the like which may occur due to residual hydrogen in the fuel cell system during maintenance work of a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, the device may be manufactured as a simple ejector structure in which a nozzle, a venturi, and a diffuser are sequentially combined, the nozzle and the venturi are combined, and the like to use compressed air as a driving flow and use gas inside a fuel cell system as a suction flow and thus easily remove the residual hydrogen. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311545 | SULFUR MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION IN MOLTEN METAL ANODE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS FUELS CELLS - Embodiments of a molten metal anode solid oxide fuel cell (MMA-SOFC) system comprise a first MMA-SOFC and a second MMA-SOFC, a fuel contactor integral with the first MMA-SOFC or in fluid communication with the first MMA-SOFC, a molten metal conduit configured to deliver molten metal from a first molten metal anode to a second molten metal anode, and one or more external electric circuits, wherein a first molten metal anode is configured to oxidize molten metal to produce metal oxides and electrons, the fuel contactor is configured to reduce the metal oxides and produce metals and metal sulfides in the molten metal upon reaction with sulfur-containing fuel. The second molten metal anode is configured to oxidize the metal sulfides in the metal sulfides-containing molten metal to produce metals and electrons, and the external electric circuits are configured to generate power from the electrons produced in the first and second MMA-SOFCs. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311546 | Composite Membrane and Moisture Adjustment Module Using Same - A composite membrane and moisture adjustment module using the same is disclosed. The composite membrane includes a moisture-permeable resin layer interposed between porous membranes that constitute a pair; and the mean thickness of the moisture-permeable resin layer is 5 μm or less. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311547 | FUEL CELL CATHODE BALANCE OF PLANT FREEZE STRATEGY - A system and method for a cathode subsystem in a fuel cell system. The system includes a fuel cell stack, a cathode inlet line that provides cathode air to a fuel cell stack and a cathode exhaust line that exhausts a cathode exhaust gas out of the fuel cell stack. Also included is a backpressure valve in the cathode exhaust line that is located downstream of a drip rail of the cathode exhaust line, where the drip rail includes a protrusion that prevents condensed water from building up near the backpressure valve. The drip rail further includes a sump that collects drips of condensed water from the protrusion of the drip rail. The system also includes a drain below a water vapor transfer unit that includes an orifice that is in a portion of the drain that is within the cathode exhaust line. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311548 | INTEGRATED RECIRCULATING OPEN CATHODE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A PEM fuel system includes a fuel cell stack comprising one or more PEM fuel cells and fan configured to provide process air to supply oxidizer to and cool the fuel cell stack. The system has an air duct coupled to the fan and the fuel cell stack, and an electrical service load coupled to the fuel cell stack for receiving electrical power generated from reactions within the fuel cell stack. The system further includes as auxiliary electrical load coupled to the fuel cell stack and located within the air duct to reduce potentials across the fuel cell stack. The air duct is configured to direct the flow of air to the fuel cell stack and auxiliary electrical load to provide cooling air to the fuel cell stack and auxiliary electrical load. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311549 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator includes: a hydro-desulfurizer operative to remove a sulfur compound in a raw material and including a tubular first wall; a reformer operative to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using the raw material supplied from the hydro-desulfurizer; a tubular second wall provided coaxially with the first wall so as to be opposed to the first wall; and an electric heater annularly provided in a gap between the first wall and the second wall so as to turn back in the axial direction of the first wall and including a portion extending in an axial direction of the first wall. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311550 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator includes: a reformer operative to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material gas; a hydro-desulfurizer operative to remove a sulfur compound in the raw material gas; a recycle passage through which the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the raw material gas before the raw material gas flows into the hydro-desulfurizer; an ejector which is disposed on a raw material gas passage provided upstream of the hydro-desulfurizer and into which the hydrogen-containing gas flows from the recycle passage; and a heater operative to heat the ejector. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311551 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A power generation system which is a fuel cell system including a preheating device that preheats a fuel, a preliminary reforming device that reforms the preheated fuel, a fuel cell stack module in which the reformed fuel reacts to generate electric power, and a circulating device that selectively supplies a product generated in the fuel cell stack module to the preheating device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311552 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a reformer operative to generate a reformed gas by using a raw material gas; a fuel cell operative to generate electric power by using the reformed gas from the reformer and air; a desulfurizer operative to perform hydrodesulfurization of the raw material gas; a recycled gas passage through which a part of the reformed gas is supplied as a recycled gas to a raw material gas passage provided upstream of the desulfurizer; and a heat exchanger operative to cause the recycled gas flowing through the recycled gas passage to perform heat exchange with one of the raw material gas and the air. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311553 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a fuel cell system using combustion heat for an evaporator and a desulfurizer effectively. The fuel cell system comprises a combustor, a reformer, a fuel cell, a first cathode air heating part, a desulfurizer and an evaporator. A mixture of oxygen and gas which is contained in fuel is combusted in the combustor. A combustion exhaust gas generated in the combustor flows in the fuel cell system in such a manner that the combustion exhaust gas gives thermal energy to the reformer, the first cathode air heating part, the desulfurizer, and the evaporator in this order. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311554 | Filtering device, in particular for the air to be supplied to a fuel cell - A filtering device features a carrier medium and activated carbon as adsorbent which is immobilized due to the addition of adhesive. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311555 | DIBENZYLATED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE BASED POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A polybenzimidazole based polymer in which substituted or non-substituted benzyl groups are introduced to the two nitrogen atoms of benzimidazole ring. The benzimidazole ring is not decomposed by the attack of hydroxide ions but shows excellent alkali resistance, and thus maintains high ion conductivity. The polybenzimidazole based polymers are particularly useful for not only solid alkali exchange membrane fuel cells (SAEMFC) but also various industrial fields in which polybenzimidazole based polymers are used. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311556 | PLATINUM ADLAYERED RUTHENIUM NANOPARTICLES, METHOD FOR PREPARING, AND USES THEREOF - A superior, industrially scalable one-pot ethylene glycol-based wet chemistry method to prepare platinum-adlayered ruthenium nanoparticles has been developed that offers an exquisite control of the platinum packing density of the adlayers and effectively prevents sintering of the nanoparticles during the deposition process. The wet chemistry based method for the controlled deposition of submonolayer platinum is advantageous in terms of processing and maximizing the use of platinum and can, in principle, be scaled up straightforwardly to an industrial level. The reactivity of the Pt(31)-Ru sample was about 150% higher than that of the industrial benchmark PtRu (1:1) alloy sample but with 3.5 times less platinum loading. Using the Pt(31)-Ru nanoparticles would lower the electrode material cost compared to using the industrial benchmark alloy nanoparticles for direct methanol fuel cell applications. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311557 | POLYMER, A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, COMPOSITE PREPARED FROM THE POLYMER, AND ELECTRODE AND COMPOSITE MEMBRANE EACH INCLUDING THE POLYMER OR THE COMPOSITE - A polymer comprising a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1: | 2015-10-29 |
20150311558 | Electricity Generation - A method for generating electricity comprising the steps: (A) passing a concentrated ionic solution through a first pathway in a reverse electrodialysis unit comprising a membrane stack having electrodes and alternating cation and anion exchange membranes; and (B) passing a dilute ionic solution through a second pathway in said reverse electrodialysis unit, whereby solute from the concentrated solution in the first pathway passes through the membranes to the dilute solution in the second pathway, thereby generating electricity; wherein the concentration of solute in the dilute ionic solution as it enters the reverse electrodialysis unit is at least 0.03 mol/l. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311559 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell of a fuel cell stack includes a power generation reaction area, a marginal area around the power generation reaction area, and a first reactant gas flow area and a second reactant gas flow area. The first reactant gas flow area and the second reactant gas flow area are provided outside the power generation reaction area and inside the marginal area. The fuel cell stack includes a first load applying unit configured to apply a first load to the marginal area in the stacking direction and a second load applying area configured to apply a second load to the power generation reaction area in the stacking direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311560 | FUEL-CELL SINGLE CELL - A fuel-cell single cell has a membrane electrode assembly sandwiched between a pair of separators, and a sealing member that seals a gas channel formed between the membrane electrode assembly and the separators. An uneven portion is formed in a part of the membrane electrode assembly where the sealing member is disposed. A sealing member sump to trap the sealing member is provided at a side exposed to reactant gas pressure and a holder part for the sealing member are provided within a part of the separators where the sealing member is disposed. The uneven portion is opposed to the holder part. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311561 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BATTERY PLATES AND ARRANGING THEM IN WET OR AGM BATTERY CASES FOR CARS OR TRUCKS - A device for processing battery plates having a centrally arranged processing turntable with a lifting and/or rotating device at the individual processing stations, transporting devices for the battery plates, battery plate packs and finished battery cases. Stationary gripping robots with up to six axes of movement and specially designed grippers are arranged at the processing turntable as a transporting device for feeding the battery plates to be processed and removing the finished battery plates to and from the processing turntable, forming battery plate sets for the battery plate packs, checking the thickness of the set of battery plate packs, straightening and bending the plate lugs, filling the battery cases with the battery plate packs and final inspection. The gripping robots positioned around the processing turntable are arranged movably outside the processing turntable and independently in terms of the sequences of movements. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311562 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR A MICROBATTERY - A solid electrolyte including a layer of Li | 2015-10-29 |
20150311563 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF - Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery combining excellent input/output performance with great durability (cycle characteristics) and an assembly thereof. The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery assembly. The positive electrode has a maximum operating voltage of 4.3 V or higher relative to lithium metal, comprising a positive electrode active material and an ion-conductive inorganic phosphate compound. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a supporting salt, an oxalatoborate-type compound, and a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent is formed of a non-fluorinated solvent. This invention also provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery obtained by charging the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery assembly. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311564 | ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY CELL, NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY CELL, AND ADDITIVE FOR ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION - The present invention provides an electrolytic solution for a non-aqueous secondary cell and an additive for an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes, in an organic solvent: an electrolyte; and an organic boron compound having at least one nitrogen-boron bond or an organic aluminum compound having at least one nitrogen-aluminum bond. The additive includes an organic boron compound having at least one nitrogen-boron bond or an organic aluminum compound having at least one nitrogen-aluminum bond. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311565 | CHLORIDE-FREE ELECTROLYTE FOR A MAGNESIUM BATTERY AND A METHOD TO CONVERT A MAGNESIUM ELECTROLYTE TO A CHLORIDE-FREE ELECTROLYTE - A method to prepare a chloride free magnesium electrolyte salt is provided. According to the method a water stable borate or carborate anion is converted to metal salt of an alkali metal or silver by an ion exchange and then converted to a chloride free magnesium salt by another ion exchange. A chloride free magnesium salt suitable as an electrolyte for a magnesium battery and a magnesium battery containing the chloride free magnesium electrolyte are also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311566 | ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - Secondary batteries capable of improving cycle characteristics are provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. A separator provided between the cathode and the anode is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains a cyclic compound having a disulfonic acid anhydride group (—S(═O) | 2015-10-29 |
20150311567 | CHEMICAL BATTERY - The invention is directed to chemical batteries employing conductive and/or semiconductive electrode cores that are coated with at least one ceramic coating layer and methods of preparing the same. The batteries and/or battery cells include an electrolyte composition. The ceramic coating layer(s) provides a protective layer for the electrodes to prevent rapid corrosion. The ceramic coatings also serve to control energy and rate of ion exchange between the electrolyte composition and the electrode. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311568 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery cell unit including a plurality of terminals for transmitting signals and current; an outer cover covering an upper portion of the battery cell unit to shield the terminals from surrounding factors; a flexible circuit board unit between the outer cover and the battery cell unit and contacting the terminals, the flexible circuit board unit including a first portion extending outward through a side of the outer cover in the first direction, a second portion bent from the first portion and around the edge of the outer cover, and a third portion bent from the second portion in a second direction, the third portion forming an angle with the upper surface of the outer cover; and a fixing part on the outer cover and accommodating the third portion of the flexible circuit board unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311569 | Wearable Battery Charger - An all graphene battery is disclosed. The battery is designed into a form of a belt and can charge multiple portable electric devices simultaneously. The battery has a graphene based anode, a graphene composite based cathode. The electrolyte of the battery is gel like functionalized graphene oxide. The device of this disclosure may use thermoelectric effect to charge itself. The battery of this disclosure is safe, and has a high capacity, high energy density and long life time. The battery includes no liquids and is light weighted. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311570 | BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit may include a main accommodation casing that includes a power output terminal, at least one sub-module that is accommodated in the main accommodation casing and a control unit that is accommodated in the main accommodation casing and controls at least one of charging and discharging of a unit battery, wherein in the sub-module, two or more battery blocks are accommodated inside a sub-accommodation casing so that the terminals of the battery blocks each including a plurality of unit batteries are not exposed and the battery blocks are connected to each other through an electric connection member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311571 | BATTERY CELL COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF THE BATTERY CELL - The invention relates to a battery cell ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311572 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF BATTERY - The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling the temperature of a battery, which is capable of cooling a battery such as a lithium ion battery and the like by using the circulation of a liquid refrigerant and controlling the temperature of the battery through an endothermic reaction or an exothermic reaction caused by a phase transformation process of the corresponding supersaturated liquid refrigerant. To this end, the present invention comprises: at least one temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a battery pack so as to generate a temperature detection signal; a refrigerant pipe which is extended between arrangement spaces of a plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and circulates the supersaturated liquid refrigerant through the inside thereof; a refrigerant circulation driving unit which drives a cooling operation by circulating the supersaturated liquid refrigerant through the refrigerant pipe when the temperature of the battery pack rises; and a control unit for driving and controlling the refrigerant circulation driving unit when the rise in the temperature of the battery pack is detected according to a temperature detection signal received from at least one temperature sensor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311573 | SIT ON TOP CIRCUIT BOARD FERRITE PHASE SHIFTER - Systems and methods for sit on top circuit board ferrite phase shifters are provided. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises a waveguide ferrite phase shifter configured to propagate electromagnetic energy longitudinally between the ends of the waveguide ferrite phase shifter, a stripline circuit board that includes a conductive trace, and one or more conductive pins configured to couple electromagnetic energy between the conductive trace and an end of the waveguide ferrite phase shifter. The waveguide ferrite phase shifter comprises at least one ferromagnetic core that extends longitudinally between the ends of the waveguide ferrite phase shifter, at least one dielectric slab that abuts one side of the ferromagnetic core and extends longitudinally through the waveguide ferrite phase shifter against the ferromagnetic core, and a metalized rectangular housing that encases the ferromagnetic core and the dielectric slab and extends longitudinally between the ends of the waveguide ferrite phase shifter. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311574 | NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT ELEMENT - In a non-reciprocal circuit element, first to third center conductors intersect one another in an insulated state around a microwave magnetic body, and first ends of the first to third center conductors define first to third ports. A first capacitance element is connected to the first center conductor in parallel and a second capacitance element is connected to the second center conductor in parallel, and the other ends of the first to third center conductors are connected to one another and are grounded via a first inductance element and a third capacitance element that are connected in series. A second inductance element is connected to one end of the center conductor in parallel, and the other end of the second inductance element is grounded. A fourth capacitance element is connected to a connection point between the one end of the center conductor and the second inductance element, and the other end of the fourth capacitance element is connected to a third terminal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311575 | Miniature RF and Microwave Components and Methods for Fabricating Such Components - RF and microwave radiation directing or controlling components are provided that may be monolithic, that may be formed from a plurality of electrodeposition operations and/or from a plurality of deposited layers of material, that may include switches, inductors, antennae, transmission lines, filters, hybrid couplers, antenna arrays and/or other active or passive components. Components may include non-radiation-entry and non-radiation-exit channels that are useful in separating sacrificial materials from structural materials. Preferred formation processes use electrochemical fabrication techniques (e.g. including selective depositions, bulk depositions, etching operations and planarization operations) and post-deposition processes (e.g. selective etching operations and/or back filling operations). | 2015-10-29 |
20150311576 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A semiconductor package mounting structure includes a substrate ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311577 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes a multilayer structure formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers including first and second dielectric layers; a main line including first and second main line portions that are electrically connected in series to each other; and a sub line electromagnetically coupled with the main line, the sub line including first and second sub line portions that are electrically connected in series to each other. The first main line portion and the first sub line portion are provided on the first dielectric layer. The second main line portion and the second sub line portion are provided on the second dielectric layer. In planar view along a stacking direction, the first main line portion and the second sub line portion overlap one another, and the first sub line portion and the second main line portion overlap one another. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311578 | Antenna construction, for example for an RFID transponder system - The invention relates to an antenna construction for an RFID chip for long ranges, which comprises a substrate, an antenna of conducting material supported by the substrate, and coupling means for coupling the antenna to a circuit. In accordance with the invention the antenna is a magnetic dipole, and the coupling means are formed by extensions of the antenna conductor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311579 | Electronic Device Antenna Carrier Coupled to Printed Circuit and Housing Structures - Electronic device antenna structures may include first and second antennas. A housing may have a periphery that is surrounded by peripheral conductive structures such as a segmented peripheral metal member. A segment of the peripheral metal member may be separated from a ground by an opening. An antenna feed for the first antenna may have a positive antenna terminal coupled to the peripheral metal member and a ground terminal coupled to the ground. A return path for the first antenna may span the opening in parallel with the antenna feed. A plastic carrier may be mounted to a printed circuit and a metal housing structure using screws. The plastic carrier may support an antenna resonating element for the second antenna and may support the return path for the first antenna. The screws may short metal structures on the plastic carrier to the metal structures and traces on the printed circuit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311580 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a first antenna, a second antenna, a distributor and a communication module. The first antenna is in a first region of the housing. The second antenna is in a second region of the housing. The distributor is configured to distribute a same signal to the first antenna and the second antenna. The communication module is configured to perform communication by using the first antenna when an antenna of an external device approaches the first region and to perform communication by using the second antenna when the antenna of the external device approaches the second region. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311581 | Terminal Device - A terminal device includes a first house configured to at least accommodate a processing unit and a wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit is configured to cause the terminal device to perform wireless communication with an external apparatus and exchange data. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna unit configured to receive and transmit a RF signal, a RF circuit connected with the antenna unit and configured to transmit the RF signal to or receive the RF signal from the antenna unit, wherein, an air vent is set on the first house, and the antenna unit is formed by the air vent. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311582 | RECONFIGURABLE MIMO ANTENNA FOR VEHICLES - The present invention discloses are configurable MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna for vehicles. The antenna comprises a balanced antenna and an unbalanced antenna mounted on a supporting substrate. Both the balanced antenna and the unbalanced antenna are located towards the same end of the substrate and the substrate comprises a substantially triangular planar element. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311583 | ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY FOR INSTALLATION IN A TYRE - The electronic assembly is intended for installation in a tyre. It comprises an electronic device ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311584 | WIDEBAND WHIP ANTENNA - A wideband antenna, including a radio-frequency connector providing a radio-frequency current, an elongate radiating element galvanically connected to the radio-frequency connector, the elongate radiating element forming a galvanic radio-frequency current path for the radio-frequency current and at least one generally cylindrical conductive element enclosing at least a portion of the elongate radiating element and forming a capacitive radio-frequency current path for the radio-frequency current. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311585 | Near Field Tunable Parasitic Antenna - An antenna comprising: a conductive ground plane; a conductive half loop grounded to the ground plane and configured to be fed with a radio frequency (RF) signal; a single, unitary, three-sided, conductive cage positioned so as to cover the half loop; and dielectric mounts disposed between the cage and the ground plane such that the cage is electrically insulated from the ground plane. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311586 | FLEXIBLE LOW IMPEDANCE POWER BUS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for implementing power buses. Apparatus may include a first plurality of connectors, a second plurality of connectors, and a first plurality of conductive sheets configured to electrically couple the first plurality of connectors with the second plurality of connectors. The first plurality of conductive sheets may include a first conductive sheet and a second conductive sheet. The first conductive sheet may conduct a first current in a first direction. The second conductive sheet may provide a return path for the first current in a second direction. The apparatus may also include a second plurality of conductive sheets. The second plurality of conductive sheets may include a third conductive sheet and a fourth conductive sheet. The third conductive sheet may conduct a second current in the first direction. The fourth conductive sheet may provide a return path for the second current in the second direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311587 | Antenna System - A multi-band low-profile, low-volume two-way mobile panel array antenna system is described. Operation of the antenna may automatically switch between bands based on various user-entered parameters. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311588 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM THEREOF - The disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device includes a ground conductor portion and a multi-antenna system. The multi-antenna system includes at least a first and a second resonant portion, each of which is disposed on the corresponding radiating edge of the ground conductor portion. Each of the resonant portions may have a loop resonant structure or may have an open-slot resonant structure, and has a resonant path. The electrically coupling portion makes the length of the resonant path less than or equal to 0.18 times the wavelength of the lowest operating frequency of the multi-antenna system, and thereby excites the corresponding radiating edge and forms a strong surface current distribution, and generates an effective radiating energy and at least one resonant mode, in which the effective radiating energy has a corresponding strongest radiation direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311589 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA - Two high frequency antennas are provided in a multilayer substrate. Each high frequency antenna is configured of a radiation element, a high frequency power supply line, and a high frequency power supply unit. A low frequency antenna is configured of a series radiation element, a low frequency power supply line, and a lower frequency power supply unit. The series radiation element is formed of two radiation elements connected by a radiation element connection line. One end side of the series radiation element is connected to the low frequency power supply unit via the low frequency power supply line. Open stubs to block transmission of a high frequency signal (SH) are connected to the radiation element connection line and the low frequency power supply line. Short stubs to block transmission of a low frequency signal (SL) are connected to the high frequency power supply lines. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311590 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTED RADIATOR - A portable electronic device is provided, which includes a circuit board, and a radiator arranged along an edge of the circuit board on one side of the circuit board. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311591 | PRINTED ANTENNA HAVING NON-UNIFORM LAYERS - An antenna has a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conducting layers. At least one of the dielectric layers comprises one or more regions with differing dielectric properties. A plurality of such antennas may be arranged in an antenna array. The array includes a radiating component etched in the array top first layer, a reflector embedded in a second layer below the top layer, a feeding network located in a third layer below the reflector, and a ground plane bottom layer configured to shield the feeding network in the bottom layer. At least one of the layers of the array is a non-uniform dielectric layer of a material having a substantially different electrical property compared to the array dielectric and conducting layers. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311592 | HIGH GAIN VARIABLE BEAM WI-FI ANTENNA - This invention discloses a design and application of a variable beam antenna optimized for Wi-Fi application in data, video and voice transmission between various systems with an emphasis on medical monitoring. The subject antenna consists of a unique group of dipole radiators that are excited by zigzag feed lines and perform together as an array. This antenna is unique because it can provide various high gain beams by simply applying electrical shorts at the cross points in the feed lines. The shorts can be created mechanically or electronically. The antenna beam coverage can range from 15° to 110° wide in H plane and maintains a constant beam width of 60° in E plane. The shorts are applied to reduce the antenna effective aperture, thereby increasing the beam width of the antenna. The current that flows to the outer dipoles are cut-off due to the shorts. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311593 | MONOCONE ANTENNA - A monocone antenna includes a conical radiation element having a feed point at a vertex of the conical radiation element being connected to a feed transmission line and a capacitive ring radially outside of the conical radiation element and in proximity to the conical radiation element. The capacitive ring is connected to a ground plane of the monocone antenna. Optionally, a capacitive gap may be defined between the conical radiation element and the capacitive ring that is substantially filled with dielectric material. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311594 | Electronic Devices With Hybrid Antennas - An electronic device may be provided with hybrid planar inverted-F slot antennas and indirectly fed slot antennas. A hybrid antenna may be used to form a dual band wireless local area network antenna. An indirectly fed slot antenna may be use to form a cellular telephone antenna. Antenna slots may be formed in a metal electronic device housing wall. The housing wall may have a planar rear portion and sidewall portions that extend upwards from the planar rear portion. The slots may have one or more bends. A hybrid antenna may have a slot antenna portion and a planar inverted-F antenna portion. The planar inverted-F antenna portion may have a metal resonating element patch that is supported by a support structure. The support structure may be a plastic speaker box containing a speaker driver that is not overlapped by the metal resonating element patch. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311595 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a first section including at least one slit spaced apart from an outer edge of the antenna apparatus by a predetermined distance, a second section distinguished from the first section through the slit, and a feeding module for supplying a current to at least one of the first section and the second section. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311596 | DIELECTRIC HOLLOW ANTENNA - A dielectric hollow antenna apparatus includes a hollow inside tapered rod (e.g., a waveguide) with a flat section and a cap. The antenna further includes a feed through section, a feed pin, and a metal flange. A low loss dielectric material fills the hollow rod that protrudes beyond the metal waveguide to form a radiating element. The radiating element is designed in such a way to maximize radiation and minimize reflections over the antenna bandwidth. The feed through section reduces internal reflection and the waveguide is designed to include a rectangular waveguide that support a propagation (TE01) mode and the waveguide then transitions to a circular waveguide that supports another propagation (TE11) mode. The antennas can be employed for radar level gauging and withstand high temperature and possesses a small diameter that permits the antenna to fit in small tank nozzles. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311597 | ARRAY OF TWO TWIN-REFLECTOR ANTENNAS MOUNTED ON A COMMON SUPPORT AND A SATELLITE COMPRISING THIS ARRAY - The two twin-reflector antennas comprise a common support on which they are mounted, with each twin-reflector antenna comprising a main reflector, a secondary reflector and at least one radiating source placed in front of the corresponding secondary reflector, and the two twin-reflector antennas criss-crossing one another on the common support. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311598 | EXPANDING AXIAL RATIO BANDWIDTH FOR VERY LOW ELEVATIONS - Systems and methods for expanding the axial ratio bandwidth at very low elevations are provided. In certain implementations, a system comprises an antenna having a first group of antenna elements and a second group of antenna elements, wherein elements in the first group of antenna elements are reflectively symmetrical about a plane with corresponding elements in the second group of antenna elements; and a global navigation satellite system receiver configured to drive the antenna and process received signals from global navigation satellite system satellites, wherein the global navigation satellite system receiver operates elements in the first group of antenna elements with a first phase delay and the second group of antenna elements with a second, different phase delay and drives the first group of antenna elements and the second group of antenna elements at different power levels. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311599 | ANTENNA WITH POLARIZATION DIVERSITY - A horizontally polarized antenna array allows for the efficient distribution of RF energy into a communications environment through selectable antenna elements and redirectors that create a particular radiation pattern such as a substantially omnidirectional radiation pattern. In conjunction with a vertically polarized array, a particular high-gain wireless environment may be created such that one environment does not interfere with other nearby wireless environments and avoids interference created by those other environments. Lower gain patterns may also be created by using particular configurations of a horizontal and/or vertical antenna array. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna systems disclosed herein are utilized in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) wireless environment. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311600 | CIRCULAR POLARIZED ISOLATED MAGNETIC DIPOLE ANTENNA - A circularly polarized isolated magnetic dipole (CP-IMD) antenna includes: a first isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) element; a second IMD element positioned adjacent to the first IMD element; a third IMD element positioned adjacent to the second IMD element and configured to oppose the first IMD element; a fourth IMD element disposed positioned adjacent to each of the first and third IMD elements and configured to oppose the second IMD element; and a feed network configured to supply signals to the first thru fourth IMD elements at a phase difference of ninety degrees in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311601 | GROUNDING STUD AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - An electrical connection includes an elongate stud defining a central longitudinal axis, and having a patterned segment, a shoulder, and a flange. The shoulder is generally circular in cross-section having one or more outwardly directed curved surfaces. The shoulder may have an outer continuous curved surface, an outer continuous undulating curved surface, an outer continuous undulating curved surface including alternating sectors of concave and convex regions relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate stud. Convex regions of the shoulder define corresponding flutes whose cross sections each form a fraction of a first circle, and concave regions define corresponding lobes whose cross sections each form a fraction of a second circle. A diameter or radius of the first and second circles are the same. In an aspect, the diameters or radii of the first and second circles are different. The shoulder may be multilobular, pentalobular, hexalobular or octalobular. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311602 | RIGHT ANGLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a dielectric having a right angle body including a first segment and a second segment and defining a right angle chamber extending through the first and second segments. At least one door at a right angle corner of the body provides access to the right angle chamber through a rear opening in an open state, and restricts access to the rear opening in a closed state. A female center contact in the right angle chamber in the first segment has a terminating end configured to electrically connect to a cable conductor of a cable received in the right angle chamber in the second segment. A front shield receives the dielectric and forces the door to move from the open state to the closed state upon loading the dielectric into the front shield. A rear shield couples to the front shield. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311603 | INTERLOCKING POKE HOME CONTACT - A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. One wall of the cage structure includes a tab that extends into a recess included in another wall of the cage structure. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311604 | DETACHABLE CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to a detachable connector ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311605 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A cable connector assembly includes a carrier having an insulative sheet with a substrate side fixedly mounted to a substrate and a contact side opposite the substrate side. A first conductive contact is secured to the contact side of the carrier. The first conductive contact has a pad coupled to a center conductor of a cable and a spring beam extending from the pad of the first conductive contact. The spring beam of the first conductive contact is resiliently deformed against a corresponding printed electronic on the substrate. A second conductive contact is secured to the contact side of the carrier. The second conductive contact has a pad coupled to an outer conductor of the cable and a spring beam extending from the pad of the second conductive contact. The spring beam of the second conductive contact is resiliently deformed against a corresponding printed electronic on the substrate. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311606 | Assembly for Clamping and Grounding Objects - In various representative aspects, an apparatus for clamping and grounding solar panel frames to a mounting rail is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a fastener with an enlarged end, and a shank, with the enlarged end having one or more sharp protrusions that resemble teeth, and a washer with one or more sharp protrusions, and an opening. When installed, the shank is inserted through the opening of the washer, the sharp protrusions of the enlarged end penetrate either the lower or upper surface of the mounting rail and the sharp protrusions of the washer penetrate the other surface of the solar panel frames while at the same time creating a grounding path through the apparatus. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311607 | Connector - An electrical connector has a connector housing, a conductive contact, and a housing cover. The connector housing has a plurality of wire receiving passageways, and a plurality of elastic wire holders. The conductive contact has a plurality of wire insulation cutting blades electrically connected together, each cutting blade having a tapered tip. The housing cover is connected to the conductive contact, and together with the conductive contact, is positioned on the connector housing such that when a plurality of conductive wires are positioned in the plurality of wire receiving passageways, after the housing cover has been positioned on the connector housing, the conductive contact has pierced through an outer insulation sheath of the conductive wires and is in contact with a conductive core thereof | 2015-10-29 |
20150311608 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION UNIT BETWEEN TWO ELECTRONIC BOARDS - An electrical connection unit for electrically interconnecting two electronic boards, is disclosed. The connection unit includes at least one electrical pin for electrically interconnecting the two boards, a mechanical link part for mechanically interlinking the two boards, where the electrical connection unit is disposed to enable concomitantly the electrical connection of the two boards via the pin and the mechanical link of the two boards via the link part, and a body which simultaneously carries the electrical pin and the mechanical link part, the body including a support portion for receiving and supporting one of the electronic boards, the support portion and the link part being disposed in such a way that the electronic board is held in place by being wedged between the support portion of the body and a point at which the mechanical link part is secured to the board. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311609 | FOLDING SO-DIMM SOCKET - Sockets that provide easy access for users to change cards while allowing the use of thinner device enclosures. One example provides a socket having two positions. When the socket is in an open state, the card may be oriented in a direction substantially away from the main logic board. When the socket is in a closed state, the card moves such that it is oriented at least closer to being in parallel to the main logic board. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311610 | BOARD TO BOARD CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING IMPROVED TERMINAL ARRANGEMENT - A primary connector ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311611 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED TERMINALS - A card edge connector is used for connecting an electronic card to a printed circuit board and includes an insulative housing defining a central slot extending along a longitudinal direction with a key disposed therein and a plurality of terminal slots located on at least one side of the central slot; and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the terminal slots and each defining a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contacting portion extending into the central slot along a mating direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a soldering portion extending outside of the insulative housing. The retaining portion of each conductive terminal defines a pair of positioning portions interfering with the insulative housing in the longitudinal direction, and each positioning portion defines an inclined portion guiding the conductive terminal inserted into the insulative housing along the mating direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311612 | CABLE-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to cable-to-board connectors for fine pitch, high speed connector assemblies. The exemplary connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing wherein at least a portion of the contacts are adapted to terminate at a conductive trace on a printed circuit board and a first cable comprising a plurality of first wires. Each of the first contacts has a first mating portion for making electrical contact with a corresponding contact of a mating connector; and a first terminal portion extending along a housing bottom wherein the first terminal portion is adapted to terminate at a conductive trace on a printed circuit board. In the exemplary cable assembly, each first wire of the first cable is terminated at the first terminal portion of a different first contact. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311613 | LATCH APPARATUS FOR RETAINING A FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CABLE WITHIN A RECEPTACLE MOUNTED ON A CIRCUIT BOARD - A latch apparatus for retaining a flexible circuit cable within a receptacle mounted on a circuit board comprises a latch body having a second planar side comprising opposing alignment pins positioned at a first edge and a second edge of the body. A second end of the body comprises alignment protrusions extending from the second end in a first direction. The second end also comprises clamping protrusions extending from the second end in the first direction. The clamping protrusions are a distance from the alignment protrusions equal to a thickness of the circuit board. A latch member extends from the second end. The latch member comprises a linear clip surface extending from the latch in a direction perpendicularly away from the second planar side, and the linear clip surface runs in a second direction and has a length less than a width of the receptacle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311614 | CONNECTOR AND CONTACT - A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311615 | SOCKET CONTACT - A socket contact which is reduced in manufacturing costs and has a spring member difficult to be removed from a socket contact body. The socket contact includes a socket contact body, and a spring member fitted on the socket contact body. The spring member includes an elastic annular portion and at least one protruding portion provided on the elastic annular portion. A hollow cylindrical contact portion of the socket contact body for receiving a pin contact therein is formed with at least one slit that extends in a receiving direction in which the contact portion receives the pin contact therein, and a hole that receives the protruding portion for limiting the movement of the spring member in a direction parallel to the receiving direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311616 | CONNECTOR AND TRANSMISSION LINE STRUCTURE - A connector including one and the other first terminals, a second terminal, and a third terminal that are partially held in a body and spaced from each other along a first direction. The middle portion of each first terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges. The second middle portion of the second terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges being non-parallel to the edges of the first middle portions. The third terminal extends between the one first terminal and the second terminal and includes a third middle portion extending obliquely. Of the non-parallel edges of the third middle portion, one edge next to the second middle portion is substantially parallel to the edges of the second middle portion, and the other edge next to the first middle portion of the one first terminal is substantially parallel to the edges of the first middle portion of the one first terminal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311617 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A connector including a body, an adjacent pair of first terminals, a second terminal next to one of the first terminals, a third terminal next to the other first terminal, and a fourth terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially and includes a first recess, a second recess, and a first separating portion therebetween. The first and third terminals each have a portion exposed through the first recess. The fourth terminal has a portion exposed through the second recess. The second terminal includes an exposed portion and an unexposed portion. The unexposed portion includes an area on one side in the first direction of a part in the second direction of the second terminal and is covered with the body. The exposed portion includes an area on the other side in the first direction of the part of the second terminal and is exposed through the first recess. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311618 | Connector for Motor Vehicles and Process for Mounting of this Connector - The invention relates to a connector for motor vehicles. By means of the invention the device for assuring the position of the contacts is prevented from being accidentally displaced from its shipping position to its use position. To this end, the device for assuring the position of the contacts is locked in the shipping position against a stop. On insertion of one or more contacts into its respective cavity, a direct interaction between this contact or these contacts and the device for assuring the position of the contacts causes escape from the stop. The device for assuring the position of the contacts can then be displaced from its shipping position to its use position. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311619 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a contact including a contact point to be electrically connected to an external apparatus when a connecting terminal of the external apparatus is pressed against the contact point, a protection member for protecting the contact point, and a base body storing the contact and the protection member. The protection member includes an opening for projecting the contact point on the external apparatus side from a surface on which the external apparatus is pressed. The protection member is movable between a first position and a second position with movement of the external apparatus. At the first position, the contact point is arranged so as to project on the external apparatus side from the opening. At the second position, the contact point is arranged on the same plane as the surface of the protection member on which the external apparatus is pressed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311620 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An actuator includes a tabular partition that partitions, for each beam located at a position that allows the beam to abut the actuator, a through-hole into which one of a pair of beams located at the other-end side and at the position that allows the beam to abut the actuator is inserted to prevent the beam from abutting the actuator, and a wider-width part including a wider-width surface which is disposed at one end of the partition corresponding to an upstream side of a flow of resin flowed to mold the partition when the actuator is molded by the resin containing a filler, and which has a wider width than a width of the one end of the partition. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311621 | PHYSICAL SHIELDING FOR ECG ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - In one aspect, a physical shielding system includes one or more shield components to protect a first ECG electrical connection and a second ECG electrical connection from objects. The first ECG electrical connection is formed between a connector of an ECG lead set and an adapter and the second ECG electrical connection is formed between the adapter and an ECG monitor. In another aspect, an ECG adapter system includes an ECG adapter. The ECG adapter includes a first interface configured to directly couple with a connector of an ECG lead set to form a first ECG electrical connection, a second interface configured to directly couple with an ECG monitor to form a second ECG electrical connection and a shield disposed around the adapter that includes a first opening configured to allow the connector to couple with the adapter and to shield the first ECG electrical connection from objects and a second opening configured to allow the ECG monitor to couple with the adapter and to shield the second ECG electrical connection from objects. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311622 | CONNECTOR SHELL USED IN A LIGHTNING CONNECTOR - A connector shell includes an upper shell and a lower shell. The upper shell has a top plate positioned horizontally. Two opposite side edges of the top plate are bent downward and extend vertically to form two first side plates each defining a plurality of locking holes. The lower shell has a bottom plate positioned horizontally. Two opposite side edges of the bottom plate are bent upward and extend vertically to form two second side plates of which each protrudes outward to form a plurality of locking blocks corresponding to the locking holes of the upper shell. The upper shell and the lower shell are coupled and covered with each other with the first side plates abutting against outer sides of the second side plates. The locking blocks are buckled in the locking holes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311623 | TERMINAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND TERMINAL CONNECTING METHOD - A terminal connecting structure includes: an electric wire in which a conductor is covered by an insulative covering; a conductor connecting terminal to which a conductor exposed portion in which the covering of an end portion of the electric wire is removed and the conductor is exposed is electrically connected; a water sealant for molding the conductor connecting terminal; and a fixing terminal which includes a terminal fixing portion that is to be fixed and electrically connected to a mount part, and which is electrically connected to a part of the conductor connecting terminal in a state where the water sealant is removed from the part of the conductor connecting terminal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311624 | Connection of an Electrocardiogram Electrode to a Data Acquisition and/or Transfer Facility - A connection facility for connecting an electrocardiogram electrode to a data acquisition and/or transfer facility includes a signal line and a connecting element for connecting the signal line to the electrocardiogram electrode. The connecting element has a clamping body with two clamping jaws connected by an elastic reset element between a front and a rear end of the clamping body, and a contact element for making contact with the electrocardiogram electrode arranged at the front end of the clamping body and connected in an electrically conducting manner to the signal line. The connecting element has a grip region, in which the jaw width is wider than the jaw width at the front end. The contact element is arranged centrally in the jaw width of the clamping jaws and has an extension in the direction of the jaw width, which is smaller than the jaw width at the front end. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311625 | An Apparatus Providing One or More Socket Contacts for Contacting an Inserted Flexible, Planar Connector; A Method - An apparatus including a housing: including an upper surface and a socket cavity, the socket cavity extending underneath the upper surface, from an opening at the upper surface, to provide one or more socket contacts; and at least one retainer, within the socket cavity, configured to be automatically actuated to retain a flexible planar connector including connector contacts, for contacting the socket contacts underneath the upper surface, inserted along the socket cavity. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311626 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector, adapted for being mounted with an accessory, comprises a body and a frame surrounding the body, the body has a base and a plurality of blocking walls extending upwardly from the base. The base and the blocking wall define a receiving cavity for receiving the accessory, the blocking wall has a locking arm extending into the receiving cavity to retain the accessory, and the frame has a pushing arm for upwardly pushing the accessory out of the receiving cavity. The electrical connector retain the accessory in the receiving cavity by the locking arm, and push the accessory out off by the pushing arm when the locking arm is released, it is simply to operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311627 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector includes a male connector and a female connector, the male connector including a cylindrical main portion, and a male contact terminal formed at the main portion. The female connector includes a hole into which the main portion is fit, and a female contact terminal formed at the hole for making electrical contact with the male contact terminal when the main portion is fit into the hole. One of the male connector and the female connector includes a guide shaft axially extending in a direction in which the male connector is fit into the female connector, and the other of the male connector and the female connector includes a guide hole for allowing the guide shaft to be inserted thereinto to guide the guide shaft in the direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311628 | CONNECTOR - A female connector (F) includes a block-like main body ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150311629 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector includes a first connector including a first housing in which an inner space is formed, and a second connector including a second housing insertable into the inner space, the first housing including in the inner space a lock engagement portion, the second housing including a lock arm having a lock projection to be engaged with the lock engagement portion, the first housing including in the inner space at least one rib extending in a first direction in which the second housing is inserted into the inner space, the lock arm being formed with a guide space into which the rib is able to be inserted when the second housing is inserted into the inner space. | 2015-10-29 |
20150311630 | ELECTRONIC CARD CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic card connector includes a tray, a first push rod rotatably attached to a bottom wall, a second push rod and an arc-shaped push rod. The second push rod includes a first end and a second end. The first end resists the first rod body. The second end is used for a user pushing. The arc-shaped push rod includes a fixing portion rotatably attached to the bottom wall and a latching portion. The latching portion engages the tray with the housing. Therein, the second push rod is driven to rotatably push the first push rod, thereby cause the first push rod to resist the latching portion and drive the arc-shaped push rod to rotate so as to disengage the latching portion with the tray. | 2015-10-29 |