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| 20090108146 | Low ergonomic grommet and method of making - A grommet for use in a panel. The grommet including a panel mounting portion that seats in a hole defined in the panel. The panel mounting portion has a bearing surface. A textured layer is disposed on at least a part of the bearing surface to help reduce friction between the bearing surface and the panel as they contact each other when the grommet is installed in the panel. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20120268864 | APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF OPENINGS TO ACCESS REMOVABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES SOME OF WHICH HAVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS USING NO CIRCUIT BOARD TRACE - An electrical current-carrying apparatus includes a housing containing a plurality of electronic devices that also includes a plurality of removable electronic devices. The housing further defines a plurality of openings so that the removable devices are accessible through at least one of the plurality of openings. The housing receivably couples at least one wire cable that is in electrical communication with the electronic devices. When the at least one wire cable is receivably coupled to the housing and the at least one removable device needs accessed, the at least one removable electronic device is accessed through at least one of the plurality of openings while the at least one coupled wire cable remains attached to the housing. A relay and fuse electronic circuit arrangement and a fuse electronic circuit arrangement each effectively utilize the allotted packaging space within the apparatus while also conserving the use of circuit board trace. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140211379 | TWO SIDED ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER - An electrical distribution center, bussed electrical center, or power distribution box includes a housing containing a plurality of electronic devices including a plurality of removable electronic devices. The housing further defines a plurality of openings on opposite side of the housing so that the removable electronic devices are accessible through at least one of the openings. The housing receivably couples at least one wire cable that is in electrical communication with the removable electronic devices. When the wire cable is coupled to the housing, the removable electronic device is accessed through one of the openings while the coupled wire cable remains attached to the housing. A relay and fuse electronic circuit arrangement and a fuse electronic circuit arrangement each effectively utilize the allotted packaging space within the housing while also conserving the use of circuit board traces. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150015062 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CENTER - An electrical center for distributing electrical power to an electrical system of a vehicle is provided. A housing of the electrical center includes a shroud that protrudes outward from a sidewall of the housing. A fuse assembly which is configured to fit into the housing includes a tab that protrudes outward from the sidewall. A sleeve is configured to engage the shroud and the tab such that a receptacle for a connector of the electrical system is formed on the sidewall. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150016077 | ELECTRICAL CENTER FOR A VEHICLE - An electrical center for distributing electrical power to an electrical system of a vehicle is provided. The electrical center includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that is configured to fit inside of a cover. The PCB includes a first electrical component that is electrically connected to the electrical system. A first retainer is configured to secure the PCB to the cover and to protect an exposed side of the PCB. The cover, the PCB, and the first retainer cooperate to form an assembly that protects the PCB when shipped. A base is configured to mechanically and electrically couple with the assembly. The base includes a second electrical component that is electrically connected to the electrical system. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20110266331 | CUTTING BLADE FOR A WIRE BONDING SYSTEM - A cutting blade for a wire bonding system is provided. The cutting blade comprises a body portion having an end portion. The end portion includes a blade tip configured to penetrate into a conductive material The end portion further includes a stepped portion proximate the blade tip that is configured to limit penetration of the blade tip during use thereof. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110290859 | RIBBON BONDING TOOLS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A ribbon bonding tool including a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a tip portion. The tip portion includes a working surface between a front edge of the tip portion and a back edge of the tip portion. The working surface includes a region defining at least one of a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The working surface also defines at least one of (1) a first planar portion between the region and the front edge of the tip portion, and (2) a second planar portion between the region and the back edge of the tip portion. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130019458 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A support system for a semiconductor device during a wire or ribbon bonding operation is provided. The support system includes a body portion defining an upper surface. The upper surface has an upper surface contact region configured to support at least a portion of a lower surface of a semiconductor device at a lower surface contact region during a wire or ribbon bonding operation. The support system also includes a plurality of protrusions on the upper surface contact region. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130119111 | RIBBON BONDING TOOLS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A ribbon bonding tool including a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a tip portion. The tip portion includes a working surface between a front edge of the tip portion and a back edge of the tip portion. The working surface includes a region defining at least one of a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The working surface also defines at least one of ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20150235983 | RIBBON BONDING TOOLS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A ribbon bonding tool including a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a tip portion. The tip portion includes a working surface between a front edge of the tip portion and a back edge of the tip portion. The working surface includes a region defining at least one of a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The working surface also defines at least one of (1) a first planar portion between the region and the front edge of the tip portion, and (2) a second planar portion between the region and the back edge of the tip portion. | 08-20-2015 |
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| 20150023485 | Telephone system, apparatus, and method for providing enhanced privacy features - A telephone system for enhanced privacy management includes a telephone switch, a rejected call handler, a user preference database, and an internet app privacy manager, whereby an incoming call can be assigned to a calling class, and routed according to a calling rule associated with the calling class. Using an interactive voice response menu or an application portal, the user can assign callers to calling classes and specify call handling rules and schedules. A rejected call handler includes a voice interface, a switch control, a voicemail, interactive voice response, call progress simulator, in-message options, in-call options, post-call options, and other components. Further disclosed is a method for determining a calling rule, including determining the caller id status, querying a calling rules table, and determining a calling rule. | 01-22-2015 |
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| 20090221698 | MANNOSE DERIVATIVES FOR KILLING TUMOR CELLS - A method for treating cancer by killing selected tumor cells such as human breast, non-small cell lung cancer cells, pancreatic cancer cells, osteosarcoma cancer cells, and glioblastoma cells, includes administering to a patient in need of treatment, an effective amount of at least one mannose analog such as 2-DG or 2-FM or 2-CM. The killing is believed to be due to an interference with glycosylation. A theranostic method includes determining whether a patient. cancer tumor sample comprises cells sensitive to killing to at least one mannose analog due to an interference with glycosylation. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110183926 | TREATMENT USING CONTINUOUS LOW DOSE APPLICATION OF SUGAR ANALOGS - Methods and uses of low dosage nonmetabolizable D-glucose analogs and mannose analogs such as 2-deoxy-D-glucose, 5-thio-D-glucose, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-chloro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-bromo-2-deoxy-D-glueose, 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-mannose, 2-deoxy-2-chloro-mannose, 3-deoxy mannose, 4-deoxy mannose, and 2,3 didioxy mannose, for the treatment of tumors. | 07-28-2011 |
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| 20110186919 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit is provided, which comprises at least one first group each having at least one analog unit; and at least one second group each having at least one electronically settable semi-permanent switching unit coupled to the at least analog unit of the first group for trimming the first group and having at least one many-times-programmable and non-volatile cell (MTP). Each many-times-programmable cell (MTP) comprises at least one MOS transistor having a floating gate (FG) with a tunnel oxide (TO) and a first capacitor coupled to the floating gate (FG). The capacitance of the first capacitor is substantially larger than a gate-channel capacitance of the MOS transistor. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120168766 | LATERAL EXTENDED DRAIN METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (LEDMOSFET) WITH TAPERED DIELECTRIC PLATES TO ACHIEVE A HIGH DRAIN-TO-BODY BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE, A METHOD OF FORMING THE TRANSISTOR AND A PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR DESIGNING THE TRANSISTOR - A lateral, extended drain, metal oxide semiconductor, field effect transistor (LEDMOSFET) with a high drain-to-body breakdown voltage (Vb) incorporates gate structure extensions on opposing sides of a drain drift region. The extensions are tapered such that a distance between each extension and the drift region increases linearly from one end adjacent to the channel region to another end adjacent to the drain region. In one embodiment, these extensions can extend vertically through the isolation region that surrounds the LEDMOSFET. In another embodiment, the extensions can sit atop the isolation region. In either case, the extensions create a strong essentially uniform horizontal electric field profile within the drain drift. Also disclosed are a method for forming the LEDMOSFET with a specific Vb by defining the dimensions of the extensions and a program storage device for designing the LEDMOSFET to have a specific Vb. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120168817 | LATERAL EXTENDED DRAIN METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (LEDMOSFET) HAVING A HIGH DRAIN-TO-BODY BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE (Vb), A METHOD OF FORMING AN LEDMOSFET, AND A SILICON-CONTROLLED RECTIFIER (SCR) INCORPORATING A COMPLEMENTARY PAIR OF LEDMOSFETS - Disclosed are embodiments of a lateral, extended drain, metal oxide semiconductor, field effect transistor (LEDMOSFET) having a high drain-to-body breakdown voltage. Discrete conductive field (CF) plates are adjacent to opposing sides of the drain drift region, each having an angled sidewall such that the area between the drain drift region and the CF plate has a continuously increasing width along the length of the drain drift region from the channel region to the drain region. The CF plates can comprise polysilicon or metal structures or dopant implant regions within the same semiconductor body as the drain drift region. The areas between the CF plates and the drain drift region can comprise tapered dielectric regions or, alternatively, tapered depletion regions within the same semiconductor body as the drain drift region. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for forming an LEDMOSFET and embodiments of a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) incorporating such LEDMOSFETs. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130001589 | LATERAL EXTENDED DRAIN METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (LEDMOSFET) WITH TAPERED DIELECTRIC PLATES TO ACHIEVE A HIGH DRAIN-TO-BODY BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE, A METHOD OF FORMING THE TRANSISTOR AND A PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR DESIGNING THE TRANSISTOR - A lateral, extended drain, metal oxide semiconductor, field effect transistor (LEDMOSFET) with a high drain-to-body breakdown voltage (Vb) incorporates gate structure extensions on opposing sides of a drain drift region. The extensions are tapered such that a distance between each extension and the drift region increases linearly from one end adjacent to the channel region to another end adjacent to the drain region. In one embodiment, these extensions can extend vertically through the isolation region that surrounds the LEDMOSFET. In another embodiment, the extensions can sit atop the isolation region. In either case, the extensions create a strong essentially uniform horizontal electric field profile within the drain drift. Also disclosed are a method for forming the LEDMOSFET with a specific Vb by defining the dimensions of the extensions and a program storage device for designing the LEDMOSFET to have a specific Vb. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140239448 | INTERDIGITATED CAPACITORS WITH A ZERO QUADRATIC VOLTAGE COEFFICIENT OF CAPACITANCE OR ZERO LINEAR TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF CAPACITANCE - Disclosed are an interdigitated capacitor and an interdigitated vertical native capacitor, each having a relatively low (e.g., zero) net coefficient of capacitance with respect to a specific parameter. For example, the capacitors can have a zero net linear temperature coefficient of capacitance (T | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140346596 | HIGH VOLTAGE LATERALLY DIFFUSED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR - High-voltage LDMOS devices with voltage linearizing field plates and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming an array of poly islands and a control gate structure by patterning a poly layer formed over a deep well region and a body of a substrate. The method further includes forming a metal shield in contact with the control gate structure and over the array of poly islands. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150014769 | HIGH VOLTAGE LATERALLY DIFFUSED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR - A high-voltage LDMOS device with voltage linearizing field plates and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a continuous gate structure over a deep well region and a body of a substrate. The method further includes forming oppositely doped, alternating segments in the continuous gate structure. The method further includes forming a contact in electrical connection with a tip of the continuous gate structure and a drain region formed in the substrate. The method further includes forming metal regions in direct electrical contact with segments of at least one species of the oppositely doped, alternating segments. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20080204949 | ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER AND METHOD OF PARALLEL AND SERIES ARC FAULT DETECTION - An arc fault circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, a neutral conductor, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, at least one current sensor structured to sense current flowing through the separable contacts and output a sensed current value; and a processor. The processor includes a first routine structured to provide parallel arc fault detection, a second routine structured to provide series arc fault detection, and a third routine structured to enable the first routine and disable the second routine for a predetermined time when the sensed current value is greater than a predetermined value and to enable the second routine and disable the first routine for the predetermined time when the sensed current value is less than the predetermined value. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204950 | ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER AND SERIES ARC FAULT DETECTION METHOD USING PLURAL HIGH FREQUENCY BANDS - A circuit interrupter includes band pass filters cooperating with a current sensor to output bands having different, non-overlapping ranges of frequencies, peak detectors cooperating with the filters to detect corresponding peak current values, envelope detectors cooperating with the filters to detect corresponding occurrences from the bands being within corresponding predetermined magnitude ranges, a counter counting the occurrences, and a processor providing and disabling series arc detection when sensed current is greater than a first predetermined value. The processor determines tallies responsive to peak current values exceeding corresponding thresholds, determines series arcing from sensed current being less than the first predetermined value for a predetermined time, the tally for a current half-cycle being nonzero, and a count for the current half-cycle being different than the count for an immediately previous half-cycle of like polarity by at least a second predetermined value. A series chaos accumulator is increased responsive to series arcing. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090040666 | CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER INCLUDING TEST CIRCUIT - A circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, a neutral conductor, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, and a plurality of current sensors structured to sense at least current flowing through the separable contacts. Each of the current sensors includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding being electrically connected in series with the separable contacts. A trip mechanism is structured to cooperate with the secondary winding of the current sensors and the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts. A test circuit tests the current sensors and the trip mechanism. The test circuit is structured to apply a test signal directly to the secondary winding of each of the current sensors. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100157486 | ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER AND METHOD PROVIDING IMPROVED NUISANCE TRIP REJECTION - An arc fault circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism and an arc fault detector structured to detect an arc fault condition operatively associated with the contacts. The arc fault detector includes a tuned current sensor structured to sense broadband noise of a current flowing through the contacts, a compression circuit including an input of the sensed broadband noise and an output. The compression circuit compresses the dynamic range of the sensed broadband noise. A minimum detector includes an input of the compression circuit output and an output of the minimum value of the minimum detector input. A processor includes a number of inputs and an output. One of the inputs is the output of the minimum value of the minimum detector. A trip mechanism cooperates with the output of the processor and the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts responsive to the detected arc fault condition. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20140071575 | CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER EMPLOYING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS - A miniature circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a trip mechanism cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts, a processor having a routine, a plurality of sensors sensing power circuit information operatively associated with the separable contacts, and a non-volatile memory accessible by the processor. The routine of the processor is structured to input the sensed power circuit information, determine and store trip information for each of a plurality of trip cycles in the non-volatile memory, store the sensed power circuit information in the non-volatile memory for each of a plurality of line half-cycles, and determine and store circuit breaker information in the non-volatile memory for the operating life span of the miniature circuit breaker. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140095086 | DIRECT CURRENT ARC FAULT DETECTOR AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER, AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN ARC IN A DIRECT CURRENT POWER CIRCUIT - A direct current arc fault detector includes a first current sensor sensing an alternating current component of current flowing in a DC power circuit; a second current sensor sensing a DC component of the current; and a bandpass filter filtering the sensed AC component. A demodulating logarithmic amplifier includes an input of the filtered AC component, and an output. An integrator or minimum detector includes an input connected to the amplifier output, and an output. A processor repetitively inputs and then resets the integrator or minimum detector output, and determines an arc when, for a predetermined time: the sensed DC component being greater than a first predetermined value, and a present value of the integrator or minimum detector output being greater than or different from a previous value of such output by more than a second predetermined value, or the present value being greater than a third predetermined value. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20150271909 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT ROGOWSKI COIL - A flexible circuit current measuring apparatus includes a flexible substrate member having a top side and a bottom side, a plurality of first conductive traces disposed on the top side of the flexible substrate member and spaced along a length of the flexible substrate member, and a plurality of second conductive traces disposed on the bottom side of the flexible substrate member and spaced along the length of the flexible substrate member. The first conductive traces and the second conducive traces are electrically connected to one another to form a serpentine pattern having a number of windings about and along the flexible substrate member, and the current measuring apparatus is structured to be wrapped around a conductor for measuring a current carried by the conductor. | 09-24-2015 |
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| 20120081704 | FIBER BUNDLE FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY, SPATIALLY RESOLVED COUPLING - Optical fibers are utilized to provide high efficiency, spatially resolved coupling of light from collection optics to an imaging spectrometer. In particular, a micro lens array may be utilized to couple light from multiple spatial locations into individual optical fibers. At the opposite end of the fiber bundle, the fibers are packed tightly together to send the light into an imaging spectrograph. The light that enters this spectrograph maintains its spatial separation, for instance, along the array dimension and is spectrally dispersed, for instance, along a dimension orthogonal to the array dimension. This spatially separated, wavelength resolved light can then be recorded on a two dimensional detector such as a CCD camera. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120323533 | FILTERS FOR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS DATA - Cosmic spike filters are provided, which remove noise spikes in spectral data. Spikes are eliminated by locating, smoothing and filtering the spikes using replicates to improve the accuracy of the spike detection process compared to when only one replicate is used. Cosmic spike filters are also provided that combine a data collection approach and a statistical approach to remove cosmic spike noise from the collected signal without distorting the true signal. Still further, a statistical approach is provided to identify and remove negative peaks from a spectrum, where the negative peaks are caused by bad pixels in a charge coupled device. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130032031 | ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC SPRAYING - A small area electrostatic aerosol collector combines electrostatic collection of aerosol particles and electrohydrodynamic spraying of fluid so that a sample collected electrostatically can have fluid applied thereto. The fluid may assist with disaggregation and/or desalinization of biological material collected onto a sample substrate. A controller associated with the collector may control an electrostatic charge device and a spraying device such that the charge device and spraying device may operate in alternating fashion, or the charge device and spraying device may operate simultaneously. Further, mechanical systems are provided, for the disaggregation of particulate clusters collected onto a sample substrate. | 02-07-2013 |
