05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140029882 | OIL-LUBRICATED ANTI-FRICTION BEARING - An oil-lubricated anti-friction bearing is provided for a horizontal arrangement of a rotational axis with a shaft seal that separates a bearing inner chamber, which accommodates rolling bodies, from a bearing outer side, and has a clamping arrangement which acts on the shaft seal from a bearing outer side in order to fix the shaft seal axially. The clamping arrangement has an outlet for oil. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029883 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus For A Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an inner-side seal with an annular slinger and a sealing plate. The slinger has a cylindrical portion and a standing portion. The sealing plate has a metal core and a sealing member. The metal core is press-fit into the inner circumference of an end of the outer member. The sealing member has a pair of side lips that angularly extend radially outward. The sealing member is adapted to be in sliding contact with the standing portion of the slinger, via a predetermined axial interface. The sealing member is secured to the metal core while extending over the outer circumference of an end of the metal core. The sealing member is formed with an outer circumferential lip extending radially outward from its circumferential end. The lip has a substantially L-shaped longitudinal section and is adapted to be fit in a gap between the inner-side end of the outer member and a flange portion of the knuckle. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029884 | WAVE WASHER, ROTARY SHAFT SUPPORTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE WAVE WASHER, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING THE ROTARY SHAFT SUPPORTING DEVICE - A wave washer is used for a shaft supporting device of an electric power steering system. The wave washer has an annular portion and six outward protrusions. The annular portion has first protrusions that protrude in a first axial direction and second protrusions that are formed so as to continuous with the first protrusions and that protrude in a second axial direction. Each outward protrusion protrudes from an outer periphery of the annular portion in a radially outward direction of the radial direction of the annular portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029885 | HUB-BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING A TILLING DISC - A hub-bearing assembly is disclosed, wherein the hub-bearing assembly is used for rotatably mounting a tilling disc about an axis of rotation is disclosed. The hub-bearing assembly comprises an annular hub comprising an axially extending tubular portion defining a cylindrical housing and an outer flange for mounting a disc, a bearing unit mounted in the housing, and an elastic damping body arranged in the housing and radially interposed between the hub and an outer ring of the bearing unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029886 | PART-BEARING-RING, SECURING SLEEVE, ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING, AND MOUNTING METHOD - A part-bearing-ring of a rolling-element bearing includes first and second assembly bores on its end surface, and the second assembly bore has a larger diameter than the first assembly bore so that it can accommodate a securing sleeve. The second assembly bore may include an internal thread for attaching the securing sleeve. Also a bearing ring formed of two part-bearing-rings and a securing sleeve and a method of installing a bearing ring. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029887 | RADIAL ROLLER BEARING - A radial roller bearing comprises a smooth cylindrical outer ring inserted in a housing with a roller race arranged in the outer ring. The roller race is formed by a plurality of roller-shaped rolling elements inserted in a bearing cage, which holds said rolling elements evenly spaced in a circumferential direction. The rolling elements roll off an outer raceway formed by the inner shell surface of the outer ring, and off an inner raceway formed by the outer shell surface of a shaft to be mounted, or formed by a smooth cylindrical inner ring fitted onto the shaft. The axial guidance of the roller race is accomplished by way of two separate flanged rings abutting the axial sides of the outer ring which, together with the outer ring are axially fixed in place by way of safety elements engaging with circumferential grooves in the housing. The safety elements for the flanged rings and the outer ring, and the flanged rings are fixedly connected. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029888 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR SILICON PHOTONIC CHIP AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL CARRIER - An electro-optical device and method of assembly is disclosed. A first unit of the electro-optical device is positioned with respect to a second unit of the electro-optical device to pre-align an optical communication pathway between the first unit and the second unit. The first unit is positioned with respect to the second unit to pre-align an electrical communication pathway between the first unit and the second unit. The first unit is bonded to the second unit to assemble the electro-optical device to establish optical communication and electrical communication between the first unit and the second unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029889 | Sensor Fiber Having a Multicore Optical Waveguide Including Fiber Bragg Gratings - A sensor fiber for the detection of changes of temperature, bending, and/or torsion includes a multicore optical waveguide with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structure. One embodiment contains at least two FBG cores and a surrounding cladding. The sensor fiber is characterized by one or more distinction and orientation means which produce a marker zone to assign and label each individual FBG core. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029890 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTORS - An optical system and a method of fabrication are provided. The optical system includes a substrate and at least one hole extending from a second side of the substrate towards a first side of the substrate and configured to receive at least one optical fiber. The substrate includes at least one photodetector at the first side or between the at least one hole and the first side and configured to be in an optical path of an optical signal emitted from the at least one optical fiber or transmitted through the first side to the at least one optical fiber. The at least one photodetector is responsive to the optical signal by generating an electrical signal indicative of an intensity of the optical signal | 2014-01-30 |
20140029891 | HERMETIC PACKAGE WITH LEADED FEEDTHROUGHS FOR IN-LINE FIBER OPTIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING - An inventive hermetically sealed leaded package for in-line fiber optic devices, such as an optical fiber tap, is described. The package advantageously employs electrical feedthroughs that are compatible with batch processing of micromachined silicon wafers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029892 | IN-LINE GERMANIUM AVALANCHE PHOTODETECTOR - A method for manufacturing a photodetector including growing a quantity of germanium within an optical pathway of a waveguide. The detection of a current caused by an interaction between the optical signal and the germanium is used to indicate the presence of an optical signal passing through the waveguide. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029893 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DELAYING OPTICAL WAVES - Coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROW) can be used to control a speed of an optical signal. In particular, the coupling distance between the resonators can be adjusted to precisely control a group delay of an optical wave. Systems and methods are described to control such coupling distance in a CROW. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029894 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical assembly comprising: (a) a crystalline substrate having a top planar surface and a crystalline plane angle; (b) at least one groove defined in the top planar surface and having side walls extending from an edge of the substrate to a terminal end, the groove having a first facet at the terminal, the first facet having a first angle relative to the top planar surface, the first facet being reflective; (c) an optical conduit having an optical axis and an end face optically coupled with the first facet; (d) a waveguide; and (e) a diffractive optical element (DOE) disposed above the first facet and configured to couple light between the waveguide and the optical conduit as reflected by the first facet. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029895 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a rotating bail disposed on a front part of a case that is inserted into and removed from a cage; a slide plate that slides along a longitudinal direction of the case in conjunction with rotation of the bail; and an engagement member is disposed on the slide plate, freely engages with an engagement member of the cage, and is released from an engaged state by a sliding of the slide plate in conjunction with the rotation of the bail. The bail and the slide plate are formed by an integrated metal plate in a folded state. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029896 | HIGH PERFORMANCE QUICK TERMINAL ASSEMBLY FOR OPTICAL FIBER - A high performance quick terminal assembly comprises a first ferrule and a second ferrule connected as a whole by a connecting element. The first ferrule and the second ferrule are respectively provided with an inner bore. A gap is provided in the middle of the second ferrule to expose the inner bore, forming a connecting platform for connection of pre-embedded optical fiber and connecting optical fiber. A pressing device is provided at the connecting platform to compress the connecting point of the pre-embedded optical fiber and the connecting optical fiber. The first ferrule and the second ferrule are common ceramic ferrules. By combination of the first ferrule and the second ferrule, it replaces the conventional ceramic ferrule. Consequently, excellent optical performance and high reliability are achieved, and the production costs are largely reduced and versatility is improved. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029897 | Plug and Optical Connector Connecting Structure - A plug including main optical connector bodies, a housing for securing the main optical connector bodies on the connecting end, a cylindrical inner shell surrounding the housing and attached to the housing, and a cylindrical outer shell surrounding the inner shell and having a thread formed in the inner periphery on the connecting end side and a step portion formed in the inner periphery on the rear end side, the thread screwed onto the thread of an enclosure shell. When the plug is coupled to a receptacle, the inner shell is rotated with respect to the housing and the connecting end of the inner shell hits the abutment surface of the enclosure shell and, when the outer shell is screwed onto the enclosure shell, the step portion hits the rear wall portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029898 | Cable Termination Device - A cable termination device may include one or more components that are generic to multiple types and/or sizes of cable. The device may further comprise one or more components that are specific to a particular cable type and/or size. The cable-generic components can be combined with cable-specific components applicable to the particular cable type and/or size so as to assemble a termination device attached to an end of a cable of that particular type and/or size. The cable-generic components could alternatively be combined with cable-specific components applicable to a different cable type and/or size so as to assemble a termination device attached to an end of a cable of that different type and/or size. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029899 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS EMPLOYING MOVEABLE OPTICAL INTERFACES WITH FIBER PROTECTION FEATURES AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein include fiber optic connectors employing a movable optical interface connected by optical fibers to a fiber optic cable, components and methods. In one embodiment, the movable optical interface moves between an extended position for cleaning by the user of the movable optical interface and a retracted position to optically connect the fiber optic connector to an optical device in a mechanically-secure manner. Because the fiber optic cable employs the movable optical interfaces, embodiments described herein involve one or more fiber protection features to prevent optical fiber attenuation and/or damage to the end portions of the optical fibers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029900 | ADVANCED FIBER-OPTIC CONTACT AND METHOD - An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029901 | OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE - An optical fiber, including (i) an inner core having an α-power refractive index profile, (ii) an outer core having a refractive index of n1′, and (iii) a cladding having a refractive index of n2 (n1′2014-01-30 | |
20140029902 | FIBER OPTIC CABLES WITH ACCESS FEATURES - Cables are constructed with discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of material in the cable jacket. The discontinuities allow a section of the cable jacket to be pulled away from a remainder of the jacket using a relatively low peel force. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029903 | FIBER OPTIC DROP CABLE - A fiber optic cable includes a subunit and an outer portion. The subunit includes a subunit jacket defining a passageway interior thereto, an optical fiber extending through the passageway, and a first reinforcement material constraining the optical fiber within the subunit jacket such that the optical fiber and the subunit jacket are coupled to one another by way of the first reinforcement material. The outer portion of the fiber optic cable includes an outer jacket defining an outer periphery of the cable and a second reinforcement material between the outer jacket and the subunit jacket. The second reinforcement material includes fiberglass yarn, and hoop stress applied to the fiberglass yarn by the outer jacket constrains the fiberglass yarn such that it is positioned and oriented to provide anti-buckling support to the fiber optic cable and mitigate effects on the optical fiber of jacket shrinkage due to low temperatures. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029904 | LOGGING CABLE - A cable that includes a first optical fiber in a center, a first layer with a plurality of metal wires and a stainless steel tube surrounding the first optical fiber, a second optical fiber inside the stainless steel tube, and a second layer with a plurality of metal wires surrounding the first layer, wherein the first optical fiber is directly exposed to the outside environment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029905 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLIES - Fiber optic assemblies include subunit cables wrapped in binders. The assemblies have small cross sections and low bend radii while maintaining acceptable attenuation losses. SZ stranding of the subunit cables allows ease of access to the individual cables during installation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029906 | OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical fiber includes a core portion and a cladding portion that is formed on an outer periphery of the core portion and has a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of the core portion. Characteristics at a wavelength of 1550 nm are an effective core area of a fundamental propagation mode of equal to or larger than 120 μm | 2014-01-30 |
20140029907 | OPTICAL BACKPLANE EXTENSION MODULES, AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES SUITABLE FOR ESTABLISHING OPTICAL CONNECTIONS TO INFORMATION PROCESSING MODULES DISPOSED IN EQUIPMENT RACKS - Optical backplane extension modules and related assemblies suitable for establishing optical connections to information processing modules disposed in equipment racks are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical backplane extension module is provided. The optical backplane extension module comprises an extension module housing comprising an interior space defined by a base, a left side disposed on a left end of the base, a right side disposed on a right end of the base opposite the left end, and a rear side disposed on a rear end of the base. A plurality of backplane fiber optic connectors are disposed through the rear side of the extension module housing and accessible through an exterior side of the rear side. The plurality of backplane fiber optic connectors configured to be directly optically connected to a plurality of blade fiber optic connectors disposed in a plurality of information processing modules disposed in a rack module housing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029908 | OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTION CABINET FOR OUTDOOR USE - A fiber distribution cabinet comprises an outer shell having at least one door for accessing an interior thereof. A module support frame is located inside the outer shell. At least one input distribution module, having a plurality of input distribution connector adapters, is attached to the module support frame. The cabinet further includes at least one optical splitter module attached to the support frame. The optical splitter module has a plurality of splitter connector adapters. Also provided is a connector holder support frame carrying a plurality of removable connector holders for maintaining a multiplicity of output connectors. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029909 | POLARITY SCHEME FOR PARALLEL-OPTICS DATA TRANSMISSION - A fiber optic harness assembly includes first through sixth groups of optical fibers and first and second connector sets. The groups of optical fibers are arranged in data transmission pairs such that one group of each pair is configured to transmit data and the other group is configured to receive data. The pairs of the groups are organized such that a first pair includes the first and second groups, a second pair includes the third and fourth groups, and a third pair includes the fifth and sixth groups. The optical fibers of the groups are sized and routed to facilitate low-skew and efficient parallel optics connections for high-speed data transmission. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029910 | IMAGE INFORMATION PLAYBACK UNIT, IMAGE INFORMATION PLAYBACK DEVICE AND SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD - Each of image information playback units ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029911 | MOVIE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A movie processing apparatus comprises a first acceptance unit configured to accept an instruction to delete a section of a specific chapter of a stream of a movie divided into a plurality of chapters; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce, upon accepting the instruction by the first acceptance unit, a movie of a section of a deletion target chapter; a second acceptance unit configured to accept, after the reproduction unit starts reproduction of the section of the deletion target chapter, an instruction to execute a deletion operation for the section of the deletion target chapter; and a deletion unit configured to delete, in response to acceptance of the deletion instruction by the second acceptance unit, the section of the deletion target chapter of the movie. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029912 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus comprises a recording unit which records a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium; a setting unit which sets whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction; and a control unit which controls to, when the associated moving image has been set as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and controls to, when the associated moving image has not been set as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029913 | Controlling Trick Play And Progress of Media Playback For Multiple Media Devices - Controlling trick plays, such as play, pause, fast forward, and rewind, of a plurality of content items includes respectively assigning, via a remote-control device, a plurality of trick-play bars to the plurality of content items. The plurality of trick-play bars is operative on the remote-control device. The controlling further includes directing, via the remote-control device, a plurality of media devices to respectively play the plurality of content items. The controlling further includes displaying, on the remote-control device, the plurality of trick-play bars based on the assigning of the plurality of trick-play bars to the plurality of content items, and controlling an operation, via the remote-control device, of a trick play of one of the plurality of content items, respectively, via an input respectively received by one of the plurality of trick-play bars. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029914 | NON-LINEAR CONTEXTUAL VIDEO PLAYBACK CONTROL - A system for associating a non-linear video path with a video file includes: a controller adapted to: present a video file through the user interface; receive a command through the user interface to associate a first path point with a frame in the video file; receive a command through the user interface to associate a second path point with a second frame in the video file; receive a command through the user interface to associate a third path point with a third frame in the video file, wherein the first path point, second path point, and third path point define a non-linear path, wherein the non-linear path is associated with the video file such that, when presented to a user for playback through a device that receives user input, progress of the video file during playback is controlled by one or more user inputs related to the non-linear path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029915 | VIDEO-PREVIEWING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING PREVIEW OF A VIDEO AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS THEREOF - Video previewing methods for electronic devices with a touch-sensitive display unit for providing preview of a video to be played are provided. First, a resolution of the touch-sensitive display unit of the electronic device is detected. Thereafter, a preview screen is generated on the touch-sensitive display unit according to the resolution of the touch-sensitive display unit, wherein the preview screen includes M level frame bars and each of the M level frame bars displays N video frames, and N for each of the M level frame bars is determined based on the resolution of the touch-sensitive display unit, where M≧1 and N≧1. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029916 | Audio/video content synchronization and display - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including generating tagging data using a computer system to tag certain portions of digital content for playing at a normal rate and inserting the tagging data into a field of a data packet to create tagged digital content. In another embodiment, a further method is illustrated as including generating a metadata file using a computer system to denote certain portions of digital content for playing at a normal rate and inserting the metadata file into a media stream containing the certain portions of digital content. Additionally, in a further embodiment, a system is illustrated as including a generator residing on a device to generate tagging data to tag certain portions of digital content for playing at normal rate and an inserter residing on the device to insert the tagging data into a field of a data packet to create tagged digital content. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029917 | RECORDING DEVICE - When a recording programming time is reached, a recording device of the present invention determines whether or not an automatic conversion setting is previously made on an item of content to be recorded. If the automatic conversion setting is made, a recording processing portion ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029918 | VIDEO RECORDER HAVING USER EXTENDED AND AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TIME SLOTS - The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred from a broadcast input source to the storage device. The set top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The user has the option to extend a chosen time slot, in which a show is scheduled to be transferred to the storage device. The time slot may be extended before the show, after the show, or both. The system also implements an automatic extension of the time slot by default, which is used to ensure that the data is completely captured to the system, in case the broadcast and the set top box are slightly out of sync, the broadcaster unexpectedly begins a show's broadcast slightly early or late, or the show unexpectedly runs longer than the IPG indicates. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029919 | EDITING OF AN EVENT-BASED RECORDING - In some embodiments, a method includes retrieving a recording of a collaborative session that has been recorded as an event sequence. The recording includes at least one event. The method also includes locating at least one event in the recording of the collaborative session. The method includes performing an edit operation of the recording. The edit operation is at least one of a modification of the at least one event, a removal of the at least one event, or an addition of a new event relative to the at least one event. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029920 | IMAGE TRACKING AND SUBSTITUTION SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS - The present invention relates to a system and method for processing a video input signal providing for tracking a selected portion in a predefined audiovisual presentation and integrating selected user images into the selected portion of the predefined audiovisual presentation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029921 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOTSPOT ENABLED MEDIA - Methods and systems for managing hotspot objects associated with one or more videos are disclosed. A hotspot editor is displayed to a user, the hotspot editor includes a video area, a control area, and a hotspot data area. A first hotspot object region is defined for the first time in the first video based on the first coordinate set. A second hotspot object region is defined for the second time in the first video based on the second coordinate set. One or more hotspot object regions are determined for the first hotspot object for one more times between the first time and the second time. The first hotspot object is associated with a first address. Data associated with the first hotspot object is stored, wherein the data associated with the first hotspot object includes the hotspot regions and the associated first address. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029922 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED VIDEO REPLAY - Techniques to provide an enhanced video replay are described. A processor component controls a video interface module, a replay clip editing module, a replay clip selection module, and a broadcast feed module. The video interface module may receive a first and a second video stream of an event in a first and a second video resolution. The replay clip editing module may determine a time period within the second video stream that contains a scene of interest and create multiple video clips in the first video resolution. The multiple video clips each represent of a portion of the field of view of the second video stream. The broadcast feed module may interrupt a broadcast feed of the first video stream and insert the selected one of the multiple video clips into the broadcast feed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029923 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first creator. A first creator creates a first moving-image having a first frame rate based on output of an imager during a first period. A second creator creates a second moving-image having a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate based on the output of the imager during a second period belonging to the first period. A reproducer reproduces any one of the first moving-image created by the first creator and the second moving-image created by the second creator. A switcher switches a reproducing target of the reproducer in response to a switching instruction issued during a period corresponding to the second period. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029924 | LIQUID HEATING METHOD, LIQUID HEATING APPARATUS, AND HEATED LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A liquid heating method and apparatus including a heat device | 2014-01-30 |
20140029925 | High temperature gas line heater system including silicone foam rubber - A semi-flexible laminar silicone foam rubber-base heater for high temperature gas supply and exhaust lines used in microelectronic semiconductor fabrication uses superimposed adhesively bonded layers of an etched foil heater element containing layer, a high-to-low heat thermal transition layer, a thermal fuse laden silicone foam rubber insulation layer and a durable wrapping layer. The system can provide for the combined use of highly controllable etched foil heater elements, clean silicone foam rubber insulation, and inexpensive mechanical thermal fuses safely in a high heat gas supply and exhaust line environment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029926 | PIPING FOR AN SCR CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A piping for an SCR circuit of a motor vehicle comprising a pipe to feed a solution comprising urea, an electrical resistor surrounding the pipe to heat the solution containing urea, and a layer of a material having a flexural stiffness higher than that of the pipe, in which the layer is tubular and houses at least partially the electrical resistor and the pipe. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029927 | PIPE ASSEMBLY FOR THE FLOW OF A FLUID AND OF A CURRENT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A PIPE ASSEMBLY - This pipe assembly comprises a pipe ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029928 | HEATING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCE WITH HEATING DEVICE - A heating device for heating a liquid in the through-flow comprises a carrier with heating conductors thereon and at least two surface mounted device (SMD) temperature sensors. A first temperature sensor is arranged closed to the heating conductor at a distance of less than twice the heating conductor width. A second temperature sensor has a greater distance to the heating conductor than the first temperature sensor, preferably more than twice the distance of the first temperature sensor to the heating conductor. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029929 | AUTO-FOCUS METHOD - An auto-focus (AF) method adapted for an image capturing device includes following steps. When a first press signal generated by a user pressing a button of the image capturing device is detected, a local peak searching method is applied to perform an AF procedure. It is determined whether a second press signal generated by the user pressing the button is detected. If not, it is determined whether a first released signal generated by the user releasing the button is detected. The continuous pressing count is calculated according to the first released signal and the first press signal that are continuously generated. Whether the continuous pressing count is greater than a first threshold is determined. If yes, a global peak searching method is applied to perform the AF procedure. If not, the local peak searching method is still applied to perform the AF procedure. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029930 | DEVICE FOR EXTENDING AND CONTROLLING SIGNALS OF A CAMERA SHUTTER RELEASE CABLE THROUGH ISOLATED SWITCHES - A device for extending and controlling signals of a camera shutter release cable through an isolated switch is provided. A single short signal is generated to a camera shutter release cable by a manual button, another control device or a computer command, and extended into a multiple short signal with well isolation, good stability and enough voltage level through multiple isolated switches, so as to simultaneously activate several cameras connected in parallel to focus and snap. Therefore, it is able to prevent that the voltage levels provided by a single short signal are too low to simultaneously activate all of those cameras connected from the interference between them. Moreover, the foregoing multiple short signal can further be individually, partially or together controlled by a computer, a USB and a CPU, so as to simultaneously activate the cameras connected in parallel to focus and snap rapidly. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029931 | Shutter Having Magnet-Driven Drive Ring - A shutter assembly includes a drive ring having a permanent magnet disposed thereon. The shutter assembly also includes a solenoid defining a gap between first and second magnetic poles thereof, the drive ring being disposed coplanar with the solenoid and being rotatable in response to a magnetic field created between the first and second magnetic poles. The shutter assembly also includes a plurality of shutter blades configured to transition between an open position and a closed position in response to rotation of the drive ring. The shutter assembly further includes a base plate separating the plurality of shutter blades from at least one of the drive ring and the solenoid. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029932 | STOCHASTIC REFLECTOMETER - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a time-domain reflectometer having a transmitter configured to apply, to a system under test (SUT), an intensity-modulated probe signal generated based on a periodic pseudo-random bit sequence. The reflectometer further has a receiver configured to receive, back from the SUT, a reflected signal corresponding to the probe signal. The receiver converts the received reflected signal into a binary bit sequence using a relatively simple slicer circuit, and without the use of complex analog circuits and/or multi-bit analog-to-digital converters. The binary bit sequence is then compared with the original pseudo-random bit sequence to obtain a measure of the impulse response of the SUT. In some embodiments, the reflectometer has a controllable noise generator that can be used, e.g., to optimize the obtained measure for the detection of multiple SUT defects having significantly differing reflection characteristics. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029933 | System for Determining a Propagation Time of an Optical Signal Between Two Optical Devices Using an Optical Link - A system is provided for determining a propagation time of an optical signal between two devices in an optical transmission network. The first device is designed to determine the propagation time following the transmission of an optical measurement signal in a propagation direction towards a second device using an optical link while passing through an intermediate device, which includes at least one amplifier and one chromatic-dispersion compensation module that introduces a delay, and following the reception an optical return signal from the second device using the same optical link in a direction opposite to the propagation direction. The measurement system is configured to extract the return signal output by the intermediate device; regenerate the extracted return signal; feed the regenerated signal into the optical link, at the input of the intermediate device; and obtain a return signal-reception time while taking account the delay introduced by said compensation module. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029934 | DISTINGUISHING LIGHT IN SINGLE FIBER TRANSCEIVERS - An optical transceiver may include logic configured to incorporate a first identifier into a first optical signal and transmit the first optical signal on an optical link. The logic may be further configured to receive a second optical signal via the optical link; retrieve a second identifier from the received second optical signal; determine whether the first identifier matches the second identifier; and report that the optical link is associated with a faulty connection, when the first identifier matches the second identifier. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029935 | INDICATING A SYNCHRONIZATION POINT BETWEEN A TRANSMITTER AND A RECEIVER OF AN OPTICAL LINK - A receiver receives a predetermined pattern over an optical link from a transmitter. In response to detecting that the predetermined pattern satisfies at least one criterion, indicating that a synchronization point has been reached to allow link training of the optical link to be performed between the transmitter and receiver. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029936 | Supporting Multi-Dwelling Units in Passive Optical Networks - One embodiment provides a system for controlling flow rate in an EPON. The system includes an OLT, an ONUs coupled to the OLT via a passive optical splitter, a switch coupled to a port located on the ONU, and a flow-control mechanism. The ONU includes one or more queues corresponding to one or more classes of Services, and one or more ports. The switch includes a plurality of UNI ports, and the switch is configured to switch one or more upstream traffic flows belonging to the one or more classes of services from the plurality of UNI ports. The flow-control mechanism is configured to set a flow rate of an upstream traffic flow of certain class of service originated from a UNI port. The flow-control mechanism sets the flow rate based on status of an ONU queue corresponding to the class of service of the upstream traffic flow. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029937 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ADJUSTING OPTICAL POWER - The present disclosure provides a method for monitoring and adjusting optical power, where the method includes: according to a characteristic of a service, calculating a degraded coefficient corresponding to each service; according to a nominal signal-to-noise ratio input and a nominal power input which are between nodes, calculating a nominal signal-to-noise ratio output between the nodes; according to the nominal signal-to-noise ratio input and the nominal signal-to-noise ratio output between the nodes, calculating a nominal degraded degree of an OSNR between the nodes; according to the degraded coefficient corresponding to each service, and the nominal degraded degree of the OSNR between the nodes, calculating a target degraded degree of each service between the nodes; according to the target degraded degree of each service between the nodes, calculating a target optical power adjusting value of each service at a sending end node; and adjust optical power of each service. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029938 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING POLARIZATION DEPENDENT CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE - A method includes sweeping an optical frequency of an optical signal by an optical transmitter controlling an electric-field information signal corresponding to a transmitted signal, providing different polarization states for individual frequencies of the optical signal by the optical transmitter controlling a mixture of a first electric-field information signal corresponding to a first transmitted signal and a second electric-field information signal corresponding to a second transmitted signal, obtaining, for individual frequencies of the optical signal, polarization dependent characteristics corresponding to different frequencies, when the optical transmitter sweeps the frequency of the optical signal, by an optical receiver calculating a polarization-dependent characteristic of an optical transmission line between the optical transmitter and the optical receiver, based on items of received-electric-field information corresponding to the different polarization states, and obtaining statistical information of a polarization state of the optical transmission line, based on the polarization dependent characteristics, with the optical receiver. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029939 | Blocking Estimation To Evaluate Connection Blocking In Flexible Optical WDM Networks - A method for blocking estimation to evaluate connection blocking in flexible optical wavelength division multiplexing WDM networks includes a novel Markovian model to analyze the steady state probabilities and connection blocking probability along a fiber in FWDM networks and finding the state dependent arrival rate for each type of line rate on a fiber | 2014-01-30 |
20140029940 | INTEGRATED MULTI-CHANNEL WAVELENGTH MONITOR - An optical-source monitor images and diffracts received optical signals using an optical device that has a reflective geometry. For example, the optical device may include a diffraction grating on a curved surface, such as an echelle grating. By imaging and diffracting the optical signals, the optical device may couple to the optical signals on different diffraction orders of the optical device (which have different carrier wavelengths) from input optical waveguides to corresponding output optical waveguides. Then, output power monitors may measure the output power levels of the optical signals, and control logic may provide wavelength control signals to optical sources that provide the optical signals based on measured output power levels. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029941 | SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - A system includes an optical Y-junction coupler to receive a first modulated optical signal on a wide input path of the optical Y-junction coupler and to receive a second modulated optical signal on a narrow input path of the optical Y-junction coupler, wherein the optical Y-junction coupler generates a combined optical signal from signals received on the wide input path and the narrow input path. A multimode waveguide receives the combined optical signal from the optical Y-junction coupler and propagates a spatially multiplexed optical output signal along a transmission path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029942 | OPTICAL TERMINATING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL PATH NETWORK - An optical signal terminating apparatus for an optical path network includes: a variable filter selecting an optical signal of a predetermined wavelength path making up any one of a plurality of wavebands included in one wavelength division multiplexing light selected from a plurality of wavelength division multiplexing lights respectively transmitted in parallel via a plurality of optical fibers to a relay node in the optical path network, the variable filter dropping the optical signal to an electric layer, the variable filter including a waveband separator separating the wavelength division multiplexing light into a plurality of wavebands, a waveband selector selecting one waveband from a plurality of wavebands separated by the waveband separator, a wavelength separator separating one waveband selected by the waveband selector into wavelengths, and a drop wavelength selector. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029943 | COPLANAR ROUTING FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - A system includes a laser array that receives a plurality of electrical signals and generates a plurality of optical signals driven from a corresponding member of the plurality of electrical signals, wherein the plurality of optical signals are arranged in a plurality of different groups. A coplanar router routes the plurality of optical signals to an array of optical multiplexers, such that each multiplexer receives optical signals from each of the plurality of different groups. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029944 | OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT APPARATUS - An optical cross-connect apparatus includes: a plurality of optical cross-connect portions each having an inter-node connection input port and an inter-node connection output port respectively connected to each of the plurality of the inter-node connection optical fibers, an internal connection input port, and an internal connection output port, wherein for each of the plurality of the optical cross-connect portions, the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion, or the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion and is indirectly connected via the another optical cross-connect portion to the internal connection input port of yet another optical cross-connect portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029945 | POLARIZATION STABILIZATION SCHEME FOR UN-COOLED SELF-TUNING CAVITY FOR COLORLESS ULTRA BROADBAND PON - An optical transmitter for a WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) passive optical network (PON) and a WDM PON comprising such an optical transmitter are disclosed. An optical transmitter comprises first mirror and second mirrors at first end and second ends of a cavity; an optical amplifier positioned within the cavity upstream from the first mirror and for amplifying light polarized in a first polarization plane; an optical waveguide for transmitting light from the optical amplifier to the second mirror and vice versa; a first non-reciprocal polarization rotator upstream of the optical amplifier and downstream of the optical waveguide; and a second non-reciprocal polarization rotator upstream of the optical waveguide and downstream of the first mirror; wherein the first and second non-reciprocal polarization rotators rotate the polarization of the light such that light which re-enters the optical amplifier after having been reflected by the second mirror is polarized in the first polarization plane. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029946 | OFFICE-SIDE LINE CONCENTRATION DEVICE, ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - There is provided an office-side line concentration device that accommodates a plurality of passive optical networks, including a plurality of receiving means connected to each of the plurality of passive optical networks, and interface means for controlling a transmission timing of user data from the plurality of passive optical networks so that user data received by the plurality of receiving means can be arranged closely in an uplink, thus enabling effective use of bandwidth in the uplink | 2014-01-30 |
20140029947 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Optical Network Unit, and Passive Optical Network System - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for detecting an ONU, and a passive optical network system. The method includes detecting an identity code of an ONU in an open uplink empty window or an empty timeslot, and determining that an ONU corresponding to the identity code of the ONU is a rogue ONU according to the identity code of the ONU. A corresponding apparatus and passive optical network system are also provided in the embodiments of the present invention. In the passive optical network system, a rogue ONU is detected and determined quickly and efficiently, and an effect on an uplink service is reduced. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029948 | MULTI-BAND RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER (ROADM) SYSTEM - A device includes a first band coupler, a first reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM), a second ROADM, and a second band coupler. The first band coupler is configured to decouple a regular band and an extended band. The first ROADM is configured to add or drop one or more frequencies in the decoupled regular band to produce a first output in the regular band. The second ROADM is configured to add or drop one or more frequencies in the decoupled extended band to produce a second output in the extended band. The second band coupler is configured to couple the first output and the second output to produce a third output occupying the regular band and the extended band. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029949 | OPTICAL DE-MULTIPLEXING DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes an optical de-multiplexing portion operative to output a first optical signal having a first wavelength and a second optical signal having a second wavelength, an array of photodetectors, and a switching logic portion communicatively connected to the array of photodetectors, the switching logic portion operative to determine which photodetector of the array of photodetectors is converting the first optical signal into a first electrical signal and output the first electrical signal from a first output node associated with the first optical signal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029950 | OPTICAL DE-MULTIPLEXING DEVICE - A method for controlling an output of an electro-optical de-multiplexing device, the method including identifying which photodetector of a first array of photodetectors is converting a first channel of an optical signal into a first electrical channel signal, and affecting a communicative connection between the identified photodetector of the first array of photodetectors that is converting the first channel of the optical signal into the first electrical channel signal and a first output node associated with the first electrical channel signal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029951 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND RECEIVING OPTICAL SIGNALS AT SUBSTANTIALLY 100Gb/s AND BEYOND - A substantially 400 Gb/s optical transceiver includes a substantially 400 Gb/s optical transmitter which includes a set of four substantially 100 Gb/s tunable optical transmitters, each transmitting a substantially 100 Gb/s optical signal in a wavelength division multiplexed form over four channel wavelengths selected such that the resulting 16 channel wavelengths are different from each other and are suitable for WDM, and an optical transmission interface including a set of four 1:4 wavelength division demultiplexers which are operative to demultiplex the substantially 100 Gb/s optical signals to produce substantially 25 Gb/s optical signals over each of the 16 different channel wavelengths, and a 16:1 wavelength division multiplexer which is operative to multiplex the substantially 25 Gb/s optical signals of the 16 different channel wavelengths to generate a substantially 400 Gb/s optical signal. Other embodiments refer to a substantially 400 Gb/s optical receiver, other optical transceivers that operate at substantially 100 Gb/s and beyond, and related apparatus and methods. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029952 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and a related device and system. A data transmission method includes: A transmitter performs scrambling, constellation modulation, and multiple-input multiple-output precoding processing sequentially on downlink user data to obtain a precoded symbol sequence; performs time-frequency resource mapping on the precoded symbol sequence to obtain frequency domain data of an OFDM symbol; performs conjugate symmetric extension and IFFT on the frequency domain data of the OFDM symbol to obtain a time domain real-number sequence; performs CP insertion processing on the time domain real-number sequence to form a first downlink time domain baseband signal; loads the first downlink time domain baseband signal onto a direct current of a LED lighting circuit to form a LED driving electrical signal; and converts the LED driving electrical signal into a visible beam of the LED for transmission. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029953 | Optical Coupling Unit for an Arrangement for Sending Optical Signals, an Arrangement for Sending Optical Signals and an Optical Transceiver - The invention relates to an optical coupling unit for an arrangement for sending optical signals, including a base unit, a light path formed between a light input and a light output of the base unit and configured to transmit light received via the light input to the light output, an outer light path section included in the light path, which section extends outside the base unit and into which the light transmitted along the light path emerges from the base unit via a light exit and from which the light after passing through the outer light path section enters again into the base unit via a light entry, and a light decoupling element, which is formed in the light path by means of at least one beamsplitting surface coating and configured to decouple a portion of the light transmitted along the light path. Furthermore the invention relates to an arrangement for sending optical signals and to an optical transceiver. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029954 | Systems for Transmitting Control Signals Over a Fiber Optic Data Network and Related Methods and Apparatus - Optical couplers for injecting an optical control signal onto an optical fiber include a micro-ring resonator that is coupled to the optical fiber, an optical transmission path and a modulator that is configured to vary a distance between the optical transmission path and the micro-ring resonator in order to selectively couple light from the optical transmission path onto the micro-ring resonator. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029955 | Optical Interconnect - An optical interconnect ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029956 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Since it is difficult to emit a stable and reliable modulated lightwave signal by means of IQ modulators used for QAM format, a method for controlling an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes the steps of (a) keeping an optical amplitude of a continuous wave light output from the optical transmitter constant, (b) making operating point values in optical modulation converge to predetermined values during step (a), and (c) modulating the continuous wave light with multiple amplitudes and phase levels around the operating point values converged in step (b). | 2014-01-30 |
20140029957 | FREQUENCY EQUALIZATION FOR AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitter configured to perform digital signal equalization directed at mitigating the detrimental effects of a frequency roll-off in the transmitter's optical I-Q modulator. In various embodiments, a frequency-dependent spectral-correction function used for the digital signal equalization can be constructed to cause the spectrum of the modulated optical signal generated by the transmitter to have a desired degree of flatness in the vicinity of an optical carrier frequency and/or to at least partially mirror the frequency roll-off in the optical I-Q modulator. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029958 | DETECTING APPARATUS, OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, AND OPTICAL RECEIVING METHOD - A detecting apparatus includes a threshold detection circuit that detects by a switchable time constant, a threshold of a level of an input optical burst signal; an input detection circuit that detects input of the optical burst signal; a level detection circuit that detects a level of the optical burst signal; a switching circuit that switches the time constant when a period that corresponds to the level detected by the level detection circuit has elapsed after the input is detected by the input detection circuit; and an output circuit that outputs the threshold detected by the threshold detection circuit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029959 | DIGITAL COHERENT RECEIVING APPARATUS - A digital coherent receiving apparatus includes a first oscillator for outputting a local light signal of a fixed frequency, a hybrid unit mixing the local light signal with a light signal received by a receiver, a second oscillator for outputting a sampling signal of a sampling frequency, a converter for converting the mixed light signal into digital signal synchronizing with the sampling signal, a waveform adjuster for adjusting a waveform distortion of the converted digital signal, a phase adjustor for adjusting a phase of the digital signal adjusted by the waveform adjustor, a demodulator for demodulating the digital signal adjusted by the phase adjuster, and a phase detector for detecting a phase of the digital signal adjusted by the phase adjuster, and a control signal output unit for outputting a frequency control signal on the basis of the detected phase signal to the second oscillator. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029960 | Magnetic Interlock for a Replaceable Unit of an Image Forming Device - A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a quantity of toner. An insertion alignment guide is positioned on the housing. The insertion alignment guide has a magnet for detection by a magnetic sensor in the image forming device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029961 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a width detector that detects positions of side edges of the recording medium in a width direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, at multiple detection positions along the conveying direction; a shape calculator that calculates angles between the conveying direction and straight lines each connecting the positions of the same side edge detected at the multiple detection positions and calculates a shape of the recording medium based on the angles; and a correction unit that corrects image data of the image to be formed by the image forming unit based on the calculated shape of the recording medium. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWDER TRANSPORT UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a powder container containing powder used for image forming and including an inlet through which the powder is supplied, a powder supply unit including an outlet that is removably connected to the inlet and supplying the powder to the powder container with the outlet connected to the inlet of the powder container, a powder amount detector detecting whether a present powder level in the powder container is equal to or greater than a threshold, and a controller controlling an amount of powder supply from the powder supply unit and controlling the present powder level in the powder container after replenishment to remain in a range from the threshold and a position corresponding to an upper edge of the inlet. A powder transport unit includes a transport decelerating part to decelerate the speed of powder transport and a detection area in the image forming apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029963 | COLORIMETRY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The colorimetry apparatus includes a light source for emitting light to a surface of a detected object, a diffraction grating for spectrally separating, for each wavelength, the light emitted from the light source and reflected by the detected object, and a line sensor including multiple pixels, for receiving the light, which is spectrally separated by the diffraction grating, for the each wavelength by the multiple pixels. The light source and the line sensor are arranged on the common substrate. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029964 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, an endless transfer belt, and a plurality of transfer rollers. Each image forming unit includes a photosensitive drum, a charging unit, a developing unit, and a static remover. The static remover emits charge-removing light to the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum included in the image forming unit before a transfer to the circumferential surface is performed. The amount of pre-transfer charge-removing light emitted to the circumferential surface of a photosensitive drum by one static remover included in the plurality of image forming units is set to a value less than the amount of pre-transfer charge-removing light emitted to the circumferential surface of another photosensitive drum by another static remover located upstream of the one static remover in the movement direction of an intermediate transfer belt. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029965 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer image forming part, an intermediate transfer body, a primary transfer part, a drive mechanism to drive the intermediate transfer body, a medium carrying mechanism, and a drive controller to control an operation of the medium carrying mechanism. The developer image forming part forms a mark developer image. The developer image detection part detects the mark developer image moving on a carrying path that is from a primary transfer position to a secondary transfer position, and the drive controller controls carrying of a medium based on a detection result of the mark developer image by the developer detection part. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided an image forming apparatus including an image forming section that forms a toner image on a printing medium by using plural toners including a particular toner, a fixing section that fixes the toner image which is formed on the printing medium by the image forming section, a retransporting section that transports the printing medium to the image forming section again in a state where a surface of the printing medium is the same, and a changing section that changes a fixing pressure at the time of fixing the toner image, in which the particular toner is used, and at the time of fixing the toner image, in which the toners other than the particular toner are used, when the toner image is formed on the printing medium by the image forming section and the toner image is fixed by the fixing section plural times. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029967 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a control unit that executes a long grain feed mode of conveying a long grain recording sheet whose grain direction is in parallel with a conveying direction of the recording sheet and a short grain feed mode of conveying a short grain recording sheet whose grain direction is orthogonal to the conveying direction of the recording sheet, the control unit changing, in accordance to the long grain feed mode and the short grain feed mode, temperature of a first rotating body set by the heating unit and setting of at least either one changeable setting among settings of a pressure-contact mechanism and a driving mechanism configured such that the setting of at least one of them is changeable. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029968 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus is provided with a mechanism for changing pressure at a nip portion to prevent wrinkle in a rear end portion of an envelope in fixing the envelope is provided. If the width size of the envelope is equal to a predetermined width or less, the pressure at the nip portion is reduced. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029969 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to a printing device comprising, a storage unit configured, before the printing device is turn off, to store information according to a state of the printing device, and a control unit configured, after the printing device is turn on, to control so that the printing device shifts to a state according to the information stored in the storage unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029970 | PRINTER INTERNAL CLIMATE CONTROL - In one example, a climate control system for a printer includes: an air flow path from an intake for receiving warmer, dirtier aft from a printing area of the printer to an exhaust for returning cooler, cleaner air to the printing area of the printer; a first heat exchanger in the flow path for exchanging heat between warmer air coming from the intake and cooler air going to the exhaust; and a second heat exchanger in the flow path for receiving warmer, dirtier air from the first heat exchanger and passing cooler, cleaner air to the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger is configured to cool the air to a predetermined dew point temperature corresponding to a desired level of a contaminant in the air. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029971 | SEALING DEVICE INCLUDING A FIRST REPLACEABLE COMPLIANT SEALING MEMBER AND A LATCH MEMBER - A sealing device usable with an ink developer unit including a plurality of rollers and a plurality of end cap members includes a first replaceable compliant sealing member and a latch member. The first replaceable compliant sealing member has a plurality of replaceable seal exterior surfaces to form a seal between a first set of rollers of the plurality of rollers and one of the end cap members. The latch member has a closed state to maintain a sealing force on the first replaceable compliant sealing member and an open state to remove the sealing force on the first replaceable complaint sealing member. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029972 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MAGNETIC SEALING MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGE - Provided is an electrophotographic magnetic sealing member for sealing magnetic toner contains a magnetic material and a binder resin. The magnetic material at least includes Nd and Fe, and further includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sr and Ba, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pr and La, at least one element selected from the group consisting of B, Si, In, and P, and an Al element. The magnetic material has a residual magnetic flux density of 270 mT to 500 mT, an intrinsic coercive force of 400 kA/m to 850 kA/m, and a maximum energy product of 10.0 kJ/m | 2014-01-30 |
20140029973 | POWDER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder storage container capable of preventing erroneous opening of a powder loading port. The powder storage container includes a powder storage part configured to store a developer used for image forming, a powder discharge part provided on one end part of the powder storage part to discharge the developer stored in the powder storage part, a gripping part protruding through an end face of the one end part side of the powder storage part, a powder loading port causing an inner space of the powder storage part and an outer portion of the powder storage part to communicate with each other, and a sealing member capable of sealing the powder loading port. The powder loading port is enclosed by the gripping part. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029974 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer for image formation. A flexible container includes a developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer and an opening for permitting discharge of the developer. The flexible container also includes a superposed multi layer sheet structure portion for forming the developer accommodating portion. A sealing member seals the opening and an unsealing member moves the sealing member to unseal the opening. A frame that accommodates the flexible container, the sealing member, and the unsealing member includes a fixing portion for fixing the flexible container. A fixed portion fixed to the fixing portion is provided at the superposed multi layer sheet structure portion of the flexible container, and an interlayer bonding portion between the superposed layers is provided between the fixed portion of the multi layer sheet structure portion and the developer accommodating portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029975 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including a pair of resin-made main frames arranged to face each other along a first horizontal direction; a photosensitive member to carry an image in a developer agent thereon; an exposure device to expose the photosensitive member to light; a resin-made first auxiliary frame fixed to the main frames at one side along a second horizontal direction and configured to form a conveying path for the sheet; a second auxiliary frame to support the exposure device and fixed to the main frames at the other side along the second horizontal direction; and a swingable plate arranged in an intermediate position between the main frames with a lower surface thereof being exposed to outside, and swingably supported by lower end positions of the main frames on the other side along the second horizontal direction, is provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029976 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In one embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, the image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing cover that is supported so as to be capable of moving relative to an image forming apparatus main body and opens/closes an opening portion of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed so as to be capable of swinging on an image forming apparatus main body side of the opening/closing cover, in which when the opening/closing cover is opened/closed, the unit moves in a track that moves around a guide shaft of the unit, and in a track that moves so as to follow opening/closing of the opening/closing cover. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029977 | Methods and devices for remanufacturing printer cartridge components - A method for remanufacturing a printer cartridge component is provided. The method provides a printer cartridge component having an assembled organic photoconductor (OPC) drum with a flange portion and a cylinder portion. The flange portion has a cylinder engagement end attached and inserted in a locked position with a flange lock in a first end of the cylinder portion. The method further unlocks the flange lock so that the flange portion is in an unlocked position in the first end of the cylinder portion. The method further secures the unlocked flange portion. The method further removes the cylinder portion from the secured unlocked flange portion to obtain a removed cylinder portion and a removed flange portion. The method further assembles the removed flange portion with a replacement OPC drum cylinder portion to obtain a remanufactured printer cartridge component. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029978 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a sheet tray disposed to face a plurality of photoconductive bodies across a belt device, and two main frames disposed to face each other across the plurality of photoconductive bodies, the belt device, and the sheet tray, the two main frames being configured such that the plurality of photoconductive bodies, the belt device, and the sheet tray are detachably attached thereto, the two main frames being further configured to define a communication section that leads from a space for accommodating the plurality of photoconductive bodies to the sheet tray. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029979 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes a drum unit, a development unit, a stopper, a pressing unit and an interlock device. The development unit includes a development roller that develops a toner image on the photoconductor drum. The drum unit and the development unit can be removed from the main body of the apparatus. The stopper is freely moved between a restriction position where the removal of the drum unit is restricted and a release position where the restriction of the removal of the drum unit is released. The pressing unit is freely moved between a pressing position where the development roller is pressed onto the photoconductor drum and a pressing release position where the development roller is separated from the photoconductor drum such that the pressing is released. The interlocking device interlocks the movements of the stopper and the pressing unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a belt member for transferring a developed image, an opening provided to permit a cartridge including an image bearing drum to enter a main assembly, a first guide portion for guiding the cartridge through the opening from a position where a bottom end portion of the drum is below a transfer position where the drum and the belt member contact each other when the cartridge is mounted, and a second guide portion provided downstream of the first guide portion. The second guide portion guides the cartridge to a position where the bottom end portion of the drum is above the transfer position. In addition, a third guide portion, provided downstream of the second guide portion, guides the cartridge from the position where the bottom end portion is above the transfer position to the transfer position. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In one embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, the image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing cover that is supported so as to be capable of moving relative to an image forming apparatus main body and opens/closes an opening portion of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed so as to be capable of swinging on an image forming apparatus main body side of the opening/closing cover, in which when the opening/closing cover is opened/closed, the unit moves in a track that moves around a guide shaft of the unit, and in a track that moves so as to follow opening/closing of the opening/closing cover. | 2014-01-30 |