06th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100033809 | UV-Transmission Fabric, Method of Obtaining the Same and Garment Being Made of the said Fabric - A fabric includes a first yarn having a UV-A transmission of between 10 and 50% while substantially blocking UV-B transmission, and at least a second yarn different from the first yarn, the yarns being interweaved such that the fabric has regular mesh openings that give rise to a transmission of the fabric of between 20 and 65% for UV-A and between 3 and 20% for UV-B. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033810 | POLARIZER PROTECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a polarizer protective film of thin type, which has excellent heat resistance and excellent transparency as well as excellent UV-absorbing ability, has good external appearance of a film surface, and can be stably produced by film forming. The polarizer protective film of the present invention includes a resin layer (A) and a resin layer (B | 2010-02-11 |
20100033811 | AUTOFOCUS DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPY - A microscope including an objective which images a sample along a microscope beam path, and an autofocus device, which is coupled into the microscope beam path via a beam splitter at a location behind the objective direction, a A light modulator for generating a two-dimensional, intensity-modulated modulation object, is located in the autofocus beam path in a plane conjugated to the focal plane of the objective or intersects the latter and is imaged into the focal plane of the objective. A camera records a two-dimensional image onto which the modulation object's image is imaged. The image plane of the camera intersects a plane that is conjugated to the modulation object or is located in the plane and the camera detecting the contrast of the modulation object's image located in the sample. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE SPHERICAL ABERRATION OF OBJECTIVE LENSES - A spherical aberration adjustment system is disclosed, which includes a plurality of objective lenses, where at least one of the plurality of objective lenses has a spherical aberration collar. The plurality of objective lenses are mounted onto an objective holder, where the objective holder is configured to place the at least one of the plurality of objective lenses in an imaging position. A driving mechanism is coupled by a mechanical link to the at least one of the plurality of objective lenses, where the mechanical link is configured to transmit motion from the driving mechanism to the spherical aberration collar. A control system is configured to manipulate the driving mechanism to move the spherical aberration collar of the at least one of the plurality of objective lenses in the imaging position to a specific spherical aberration adjustment setting. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033813 | 3-D Display Requiring No Special Eyewear - A display system enables viewing a stereo pair of images without any special eyewear. In one embodiment an array of micro-lens elements are mounted in front of a pixel-based image display. Lens elements in the micro-lens array can have differing fixed optical properties and in one embodiment the micro-lens array can have differing focal lengths to provide flexibility as to the location of a viewer, reduced optical distortion, and more comfortable viewing due to balanced horizontal and vertical resolution. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033814 | SURGERY MICROSCOPE CONTROL DEVICE - A device for controlling a surgery microscope during a surgery intervention. The surgery microscope control device is embodied in the form of a bent holder which is arranged, during the use thereof, along a surgeon head from the parietooccipital area through the facial area to a chin area, is provided with means for fixing it to the microscope eye lenses and with supports for interacting with the surgeon head in the nasal bridge, chin, frontal and parietooccipital areas. The support interacting with the chin is provided with an electric switch. In addition, a joystick is mounted on the holder. The device makes it possible to rigidly secure a microscope on the surgeon head during movement, to duplicate the control members mounted directly on the microscope and to not divert the surgeon hands from a surgery for controlling the microscope. The surgery microscope is controlled by means of the head, mouth (lips) and chin of the surgeon. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033815 | POLARIZATION FILTER UTILIZING BREWSTER'S ANGLE - A polarization filter utilizing Brewster's angle. The polarization filter includes a stimulus receiving body having more than one facet. At least two of the more than one facet being arranged at Brewster's angle (relative to the plane of polarization of the incident stimulus) and positioned in different radial orientations (relative to the incident stimulus) which are adapted to provide differential transmission or reflection of polarized electro-magnetic radiation coming from a common source. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033816 | ADHESIVES INHIBITING FORMATION OF ARTIFACTS IN POLYMER BASED OPTICAL ELEMENTS - Inhibiting formation of optical artifacts in a multi-layer film polarizer of an optical imaging assembly that includes a polarizing beam splitter. The beam splitter may include a multilayer reflective polarizing film having at least two materials, one of which may exhibit birefringence after uniaxial orientation; an adhesive disposed on the multilayer reflective polarizing film; and at least a first prism disposed on the adhesive. The adhesive may include a plasticizer for inhibiting formation of optical artifacts in the polarizing film. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033817 | Wave plate and its manufacturing method - Provision of a wave plate and its production process, which is of low cost and which has a high durability and a wide band property, and which is easily produced. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033818 | MICROSTRUCTURES TO REDUCE THE APPEARANCE OF FINGERPRINTS ON SURFACES - Various shapes of microstructures and patterns of microstructures are provided to reduce the visibility of fingerprints, or other foreign marks, that occur on the surface of substrates due to handling. The microstructures may be formed directly on an exterior surface of a substrate to render the substrate fingerprint resistant, or formed on a surface of a polymeric sheet to provide a fingerprint-resistant protective layer that may be disposed onto a surface of a substrate (e.g., an optical display). The size, shape, orientation, and distribution of the microstructures across the surface of the substrate, or protective layer, may be optimized to enhance the durability of the microstructures and/or to impart a diffusing surface to the substrate for the particular application of the substrate. In some embodiments, the density and distribution of the microstructures on a transparent protective layer are also optimized in order to minimize the appearance of haze and Moiré when the protective layer is disposed on a surface of an optical display or other image producing surface. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033819 | Optical Element with an Anti-Fog Layer and Method for its Production - An optical element is provided with a fog reducing polymer layer. A reflection reducing nanostructure is formed on the surface of the fog reducing polymer layer. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033820 | VIBRATION REDUCTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A vibration reduction apparatus to stably control the driving of a vibration reduction optical system. A vibration reduction apparatus | 2010-02-11 |
20100033821 | High variable power zoom lens - A compact and lightweight, high variable power zoom lens especially suitable for single-lens reflex digital cameras, which is 75 degrees or even wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, approximately 3 to 4 in F-number at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about 15× in variable power ratio. The zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces of positive refractivity closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane caused by a tremor of the user's hand(s). The 2nd lens group are displaced closer to objects for the focusing. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033822 | LENS ACTUATOR AND CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING SAME - An exemplary lens actuator includes a fixed unit, a movable unit, and a connecting member for connecting the fixed unit with the movable unit. The fixed unit includes a fixed barrel and a plurality of magnets mounted on the fixed barrel. The fixed barrel includes a first receiving cavity in a center thereof for receiving the movable unit therein. The movable unit includes a lens barrel, and a plurality of coils connected with the outer wall of the lens barrel and facing the respective magnets. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033823 | Film, process for the producton thereof and use | 2010-02-11 |
20100033824 | Optical Article Comprising a Multilayer Anti-Reflective Coating and Method Of Production Thereof - The invention relates to an optical article, for example, an ophthalmic lens, comprising at least one multilayer anti-reflective coating on a transparent substrate made from organic or mineral glass. Said coating comprises successively and starting at the substrate, a layer of material with high refractive index (HI), made from a hybrid organic/inorganic matrix within which are dispersed particles of mineral oxide or chalcogenide with a diameter of 2 to 50 nm and a layer of material with low refractive index (BI), obtained by hardening of a composition comprising at least one silane precursor (I) with 4 hydrolysable groups and at least one fluorosilane precursor (II), said second composition comprising at least 10% in mass of fluorine in a theoretical dry extract and with a molar ratio I/I+II greater than 80% | 2010-02-11 |
20100033825 | RETARDATION FILM - Disclosed is a film suitable for improvement of luminance, contrast and view angle of a liquid crystal display. Specifically disclosed is a retardation film having a thickness of 30-500 μm, a light transmittance of not less than 85%, and an Nz factor of not less than 10. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033826 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCING FILM COMPRISING NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED CRACK RESISTANCE - Microstructured films such as brightness enhancing films, polymerizable resin compositions comprising an organic component and surface modified nanoparticles, and surface modified nanoparticles are described. The microstructured film has a polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of the polymerizable resin composition (e.g. having a refractive index of at least 1.58). The cured nanocomposite (e.g. structure) can exhibit improved crack resistance. In some embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a cylindrical mandrel bend test property (e.g. a mandrel size to failure of less than 6 mm or a mandrel size to failure according to the equation D=1000(T/0.025−T) wherein T is the thickness in millimeters of a (e.g. preformed base layer). In other embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a tensile and elongation property (e.g. a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa and an elongation at break of at least 1.75%). | 2010-02-11 |
20100033827 | Optical device and system for privacy or contrast enhancement and methods of use thereof - The present invention relates to an optical device for privacy or contrast enhancement of a viewing display. Also disclosed are a system including the optical device and methods of improving privacy or contrast of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033828 | SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COLOR DIVISION - A system for optical color division receives an incident light from a side and divides the incident light into a plurality of color lights. The system includes a light guide plate for allowing the incident light to have total internal reflection back and forth therein. A surface of the light guide plate has a plurality of microstructures, which can destroy the total internal reflection and enable the light to exit. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033829 | Device for Homogenizing Radiation by Means of Irregular Microlens Arrays - A device for the homogenization of radiation, preferably light, using chirped microlens arrays (cMLA) from the established regular microlens arrays (rMLA), chirped microlens arrays are an arrangement of non-identical lenses in one array. Non-identical means that the lens parameters of the lenses of the array, such as e.g. the radius of curvature, the free diameter, vertex position, and others, can vary from lens to lens or cell to cell. The parameters of each lens or cell can be determined by functions (analytically, numerically), the functions preferably being dependent upon the position of the cell or the lens in the array. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033830 | WEARABLE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wearable image display device for superimposing a virtual image into the wearer's field of vision includes a lens, for spectacles or the like, which includes inner and outer lens portions bonded together at complementary boundary surfaces of the lens portions. One of two opposing optical surfaces of the lens is located on each lens portion. Each boundary surface is disposed between the optical surfaces of the inner and outer lens portions to avoid discontinuities on the optical surfaces. A partially transmissive reflector is located on one of the boundary surfaces and a microdisplay radiates light internally through the lens between the optical surfaces of the inner and outer lens portions to strike the partially transmissive reflector and reflect the light out of the lens to a user's eye. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033831 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SEALING APPARATUS - A liquid crystal sealing apparatus that radiates light to a sealing layer for sealing liquid crystal between a pair of substrates to cure the sealing layer includes: a laser beam source that emits laser beams as the light; and an optical system V that shapes the laser beams such that regions irradiated with the laser beams emitted from the laser beam source are substantially identical to the shape of the sealing layer. According to the liquid crystal sealing apparatus, since laser beams are used as light, it is possible to substantially restrict the irradiation regions to the sealing layer. Therefore, a mask for covering a liquid crystal region is not needed, and it is possible to radiate light with sufficiently high intensity to the sealing layer. As a result, it is possible to reliably seal the liquid crystal. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033832 | Negatively-refractive focusing and sensing apparatus, methods, and systems - Apparatus, methods, and systems provide negatively-refractive focusing and sensing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes providing an interior focusing region with an axial magnification substantially less than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033833 | Emitting and negatively-refractive focusing apparatus, methods, and systems - Apparatus, methods, and systems provide emitting and negatively-refractive focusing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing from an interior field region with an axial magnification substantially greaters than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033834 | VARIABLE-POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power; and a third lens group with a negative optical power, where an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases when a power of the variable-power optical system varies from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The first lens group comprises a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group consists of a positive lens and a negative lens, and includes at least one aspheric surface. The variable-power optical system satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033835 | Optical lens displacement systems - The present invention provides optical systems, devices and methods which utilize one or more electroactive polymer actuators to adjust an optical parameter of the optical device or system. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033836 | Variable focal length lens system - A variable focal length lens system includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a negative refracting power; a fifth lens group having a negative refracting power; and a sixth lens group having a positive refracting power; the first to sixth lens groups being disposed in order from an object side. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033837 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes an optical system in which two zoom lens units perform zooming in different ranges in accordance with a zoom position, and a mechanism for driving the two zoom lens units by a single driving portion. An urging force for urging moving members toward an interlocking movement member that is moved along the optical axis by a feed screw is cut off by regulating portions. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033838 | HIGH ZOOM-RATIO ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A high zoom-ratio zoom lens system of five lens groups includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, and a negative fifth lens group, in this order from the object. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033839 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first and third lens units are movable such that they are located closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide-angle end. The fourth lens unit is movable with a locus convex towards the object side. A distance between the first and second lens units at the telephoto end, a distance between the second and third lens units at the telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the second lens unit, and a focal length of the third lens unit, and a focal length of the entire zoom lens at the wide-angle end are appropriately set. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033840 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A zoom lens is provided with comprising a plurality of lens groups including, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 2010-02-11 |
20100033841 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens comprises, from object to image side: a positive first-lens unit; a negative second-lens unit; a positive third-lens unit; and a positive fourth-lens unit; the third-lens unit comprising a negative | 2010-02-11 |
20100033842 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS - A three-lens group zoom lens in an N-P-P configuration; the first, second, and third lens groups are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side; during zooming from a wide-angle to a telephoto position the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is reduced and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is changed, and the zoom lens satisfies the following inequalities | 2010-02-11 |
20100033843 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus which makes it possible to achieve reduction of the size in the optical axis direction thereof, and easily maintain the accuracy of rectilinear guidance between lenses. A cam barrel rotatable around an optical axis has a cam for controlling motion of a lens unit along the optical axis. A rectilinear motion guide unit rectilinearly guides the lens unit. The rectilinear motion guide unit has a rectilinear motion barrel fitted in the cam barrel for rectilinearly guiding the lens unit, and a rectilinear motion member that is rectilinearly guided by a rectilinear motion guide member disposed around the rectilinear motion barrel and is connected to the rectilinear motion barrel. The cam barrel is sandwiched from front and rear in a direction along the optical axis by the rectilinear motion guide unit, and is movable together therewith along the optical axis. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033844 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus which makes it possible to form a multi-stage retractable lens barrel permitting the amount of extension of the lens barrel to be set as desired. A first intermediate rotary barrel fitted, for rotation, on a first intermediate rectilinear motion barrel restrained from rotation about an optical axis. A second intermediate rectilinear motion barrel is rectilinearly guided by the first intermediate rectilinear motion barrel. A second intermediate rotary barrel is fitted on the second intermediate rectilinear motion barrel and engaged with the first intermediate rotary barrel, rotation. The first intermediate rectilinear motion barrel has a cam groove formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, for engagement with the second intermediate rotary barrel to cause the same to move along the optical axis. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033845 | Inner focusing zoom lens - The present invention is directed to an improved inner focusing zoom lens barrel that implements a zoom ratio as high as | 2010-02-11 |
20100033846 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LENS BARREL - There is provided a lens barrel and the like, which permits downsizing along the optical axis direction and in which the slide resistance is reduced. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033847 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS SYSTEM - A wide-angle lens system includes a negative first lens group, a negative second lens group and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033848 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes a first lens unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, the first lens unit includes at least one positive lens made of a material whose Abbe number (νdGP) and relative partial dispersion (θgFGP) satisfy a predetermined condition. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033849 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT FORMING MOLD AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element being high in productivity and capable of ensuring a large bonding area, and a production method of the optical element. At mold opening when a top part ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033850 | LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - An exemplary lens module includes a barrel, a holder receiving the barrel therein and a plurality of lenses received in the barrel. The barrel includes a circular peripheral barrel wall. An inner diameter and an outer diameter of the barrel both gradedly increase from an object side to an imaging side. The holder includes a peripheral holder wall. An inner diameter of the holder gradedly increases from the object side to the imaging side. The peripheral barrel wall is engaged with the peripheral holder wall. Diameters of the lenses gradedly increase from the object side to the imaging side. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033851 | LENS BARREL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - Provided is a lens barrel assembly and method. The lens barrel assembly including: a lens barrel in which at least one lens is installed; a driving member that moves the lens barrel in the direction of an optical axis; a base at which the driving member is accommodated; a guide member that is formed on the base and guides a movement of the lens barrel; and an elastic unit that connects the base and the lens barrel and includes a plurality of elastic members. The lens barrel assembly can improve image quality of an image processing device by stabilizing the movement of the lens barrel. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033852 | LENS ACTUATOR - A lens actuator includes a housing, a plurality of magnets, a base, and a coil-wrapped lens barrel. The housing includes a top panel, and a plurality of side panels cooperatively defining an accommodating space. The top panel defines a light passage. Each of the magnets is attached to an inner surface of each side panel. The base is fixed to an end of the housing and is opposite to the top panel. The lens barrel is resiliently mounted on the base, and is accommodated in the accommodating space. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033853 | LENS MODULE WITH MAGNETIC FIELD BARRIER - An exemplary lens module includes an electromagnetic shutter, an electromagnetic motor and a magnetic field barrier sandwiched between the electromagnetic shutter and the electromagnetic motor. The electromagnetic shutter is configured for generating a first magnetic field. The electromagnetic motor is configured for generating a second magnetic field. The magnetic field barrier is configured for preventing the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field from penetrating therethrough. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033854 | REFLECTIVE SURFACE - The invention relates to a reflective surface substantially perpendicular to a vector field described by the equation: and a computer program for forming the reflective surface. The reflective surface is capable of providing a substantially undistorted wide-angle field of view. It is particularly useful as a diver's side mirror of a vehicle to provide an enlarged, substantially undistorted field of view which may be used to reduce or eliminate blind spots. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033855 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ENTRANCE CAVITY IN WHICH A MIRROR IS PLACED - The invention relates to an optical instrument ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033856 | Spring, Mirror Device, Mirror Array, and Optical Switch - A total length of members ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033857 | TWO BALL MOUNT WITH WIRING PASSAGE - A rearview mirror assembly comprises a two-ball connector having at least one pivot ball thereon, a receiver having a plurality of fingers defining a ball receiving area, and a spring forming a circle. The spring is placed around the fingers of the receiver and the at least one pivot ball is placed into the ball receiving area of the receiver. The two-ball connector can be made of a high strength material and formed on a screw machine. The receiver does not experience a weight loss changing the torque force between −40° Celsius and 85° Celsius, thereby substantially maintaining the torque force at a substantially constant level between −40° Celsius and 85° Celsius. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033858 | REAR VIEWING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A rear viewing device includes an elongate main body member having a first end, a second end and a medial portion positioned between the first end and the second end. The medial portion may include a pocket formed therein. The rear viewing device may also include a mirror adapted to be removeably carried by the pocket formed in the medial portion of the elongate main body member. The rear viewing device may also include respective fasteners carried by the first end and the second end of the elongate main body member. The respective fasteners may be adapted to matingly engage one another so that the elongate main body member may be worn by a user. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033859 | Reflective fog filter and method - A reflective fog filter is comprised of a substantially flat white substrate upon which a translucent color filter is applied. A preferred embodiment comprises a blue translucent acetate filter applied to a bright white metallic substrate. The subject apparatus is placed on the dashboard and/or cowl of a motor vehicle with the filter side up. Ambient light striking the apparatus is filtered and reflected onto the windshield directly in the driver's field of view. The apparatus therefore uses ambient light to project a filter onto the windshield. Visibility of objects in fog and other conditions that scatter light is enhanced when light reflecting from the objects is viewed through that portion of the windshield onto which the filter is reflected. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033860 | Proximity Detection Method For Magnetic Head And Recording Medium - Touchdown is detected between an R/W head and disk by determining the variance in the frequency domain of a baseline position error signal (PES) and a PES measured after incrementally increasing the DFH control signal. To quantify the variance in the frequency domain, a discrete Fourier transform of the baseline PES and of each PES produced for a given DFH control signal is used. A band-limited PES variance is used to improve touchdown detection, but is not a requirement of this method. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033861 | ERROR BURST DETECTION AND AMELIORATION - A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether art error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred; altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033862 | Inspection Apparatus and Inspection Method of Magnetic Disk or Magnetic Head - The present invention provides a technique for converting burst data to digital data, applying FFT operation to 2 | 2010-02-11 |
20100033863 | CARTRIDGE REFRESH AND VERIFY - A method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes receiving an instruction to perform a verification operation on a media cartridge having a tape wrapped around a spool; unwrapping at least some of the tape from the spool of the media cartridge; after the unwrapping, wrapping at least some of the tape back onto the spool; during at least one of the unwrapping and wrapping (and preferably both, and possibly over several cycles of unwrapping and wrapping), performing a verification operation; generating a quality metric based on the verification operation; and outputting the quality metric or derivative thereof, such as a pass or fail indication; an instruction to set a pass/fail flag; a number, score or graphic illustrating to a user a general quality of the tape, etc. Additional methods and systems are also presented. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033864 | METHODS OF FORMING AND READING SERVO TRACK AND DATA STORAGE APPARATUS - A method of forming a servo track on a recording medium includes; forming a magnetic layer, defining a first servo track region having a plurality of first magnetic segments and a second servo track region having a second plurality of magnetic segments in the magnetic layer, applying a first magnetic field to induce a first magnetization direction in the first and second pluralities of magnetic segments, forming first magnetic patterns, each having a first width, and second magnetic patterns, each having a second width different from the first width, on a first side of a substrate, disposing the substrate on the recording medium, such that the first magnetic patterns are aligned in correspondence with the plurality of first magnetic segments and the second magnetic patterns are aligned in correspondence with the plurality of second magnetic segments, and applying a second magnetic field to the recording medium to selectively induce a second magnetization direction into first selected ones of the first plurality of magnetic segments and second selected ones of the second plurality of magnetic segments. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033865 | MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - One purpose of the invention according to one embodiment is to provide a magnetic recording apparatus of high recording density in which magnetization transition curvature amount of a recording pattern is small. In one embodiment, the center of a heating area is arranged at a track edge side of a recording pattern as compared with the width-direction center position of a main magnetic pole of a recording head, and a recording magnetic field is applied while a medium is locally heated at the time of signal recording. A switching magnetic field of the medium is locally reduced by heating, so that a line where the switching magnetic field of the medium is equal to the recording magnetic field from the head approaches the heating center position, and a desired recording pattern in which the transition curvature amount is reduced can be realized. Other systems and methods are also presented. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033866 | MULTI-SPEED STORAGE DEVICE - Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to adjusting a fly height of a transducer to enable a first data access with a storage medium rotating at a first speed, rotating the storage medium at a second speed substantially different from the first speed, and adjusting the fly height of the transducer to enable a second data access with the storage medium rotating at the second speed. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033867 | MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE - A patterned media type magnetic storage medium has separated magnetic dots formed a data area having a first magnetic dots and a servo area. The micro position detection portion in the servo area is constructed with first and second dot arrays having a different number of second magnetic dots in the circumference direction and face with the center line that the first magnetic dots of the data area in the magnetic storage medium are disposed, as the axis. The area of the magnetic dot constituting the micro position detection portion of the servo area is small, so the coercive force of the servo area increases. The frequency is changed depending on the number of magnetic dots, and the phase is changed depending on the position of the magnetic dot array in the radius direction with the center line as an axis. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033868 | METHOD FOR WRITING SERVO PATTERNS AND DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A CONTROLLER FOR WRITING SERVO PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A method for writing servo patterns onto a disk of a disk drive. The method includes providing a plurality of different drive currents for an actuator while pushing the actuator into a crash stop defining a swing range of the actuator. The method also includes performing a write operation for at least one of the plurality of different drive currents to write a plurality of servo pattern tracks including a plurality of separate servo pattern sectors. Furthermore, the method includes gradually changing a drive current of the plurality of different drive currents while pushing the actuator into the crash stop so as to gradually move a read element in searching for a servo pattern track to a radial position different from a radial position of the write element. Moreover, the method includes positioning the read element at one of the plurality of servo pattern tracks. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA ON A TAPE MEDIUM - An apparatus and method are disclosed for writing data accumulated in a buffer on a tape medium in such a way that overwriting is prevented. The apparatus comprises a write unit configured for writing first data in a first position extending over a first track and an area adjacent to the first track, writing second data in a second position extending over a second track and an area adjacent to the second track, and writing the first data and the second data in a third position extending over a third track and an area adjacent to the third track. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a processing unit configured for preventing the first data written in the first position from being overwritten with the second data written in the second position or with the first data written in the third position. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033870 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING, MOTOR, AND RECORDING DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - Channels and gaps inside a bearing mechanism are filled with lubricating oil, and the lubricating oil is retained in a first tapered seal portion arranged radially outward of a sleeve, and a second tapered seal portion arranged between the shaft and an upper cap placed above the sleeve. An arrangement of groove-shaped recessed portions on an inner circumferential surface of the upper cap and raised portions on a lower surface of a top portion thereof contributes to increasing a channel cross-sectional area of a channel provided between the upper cap and the sleeve to connect the first tapered seal portion with the second tapered seal portion. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033871 | BI-DIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD BUILT ON A COMMON SUBSTRATE - The aspects of the present invention provide a magnetic recording head, a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording head, and a magnetic recording head drive. The magnetic recording head includes a substrate and a first magnetic device connected to the substrate. The magnetic recording head also includes a second magnetic device connected to the first magnetic device. The first magnetic device is aligned with the second magnetic device. The first and second magnetic devices are supported by the same side of the substrate. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033872 | PATTERNED MEDIA BITS WITH CLADDING SHELL - A bit patterned media (BPM) includes many magnetic dots arranged in tracks on a substrate. The magnetic dots each have a hard magnetic core, a soft magnetic cladding surrounding the core and a thin non-magnetic layer that separates the hard magnetic core from the soft magnetic ring. The soft magnetic cladding stabilizes the magnetization at the edges of the hard magnetic core to improve the signal to noise ratio of the magnetic dots. The soft magnetic rings also narrow the magnetic field of the dots which reduces the space requirements and allows more dots to be placed on the substrate. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033873 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which at least a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a magnetic recording layer and a protective layer are formed on a non-magnetic substrate in order from the bottom, the orientation control layer has a laminated structure of two or more layers including an intermediate layer and a seed layer which is disposed closer to the non-magnetic substrate than the intermediate layer. The seed layer includes two or more kinds of elements having a face-centered cubic structure, has face-centered cubic (111) plane crystals oriented in a direction perpendicular to a substrate surface, and has a pseudo-hexagonal structure. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033874 | Method of correcting head suspension, method of manufacturing head suspension, head suspension and method of processing thin plate - A method corrects a head suspension by irradiating an objective part of the head suspension with a laser beam before or after mounting a read/write head on the head suspension. The method can precisely correct the head suspension even when correcting the head suspension a plurality of times. The method includes drawing, with the laser beam, a straight line of predetermined length on the objective part and repeating this process a plurality of times in such a way that the direction of a straight line drawn this time crosses the direction of a straight line drawn last time. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033875 | Suspension board with circuit - A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board extending in a longitudinal direction, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer. In the suspension board with circuit, a magnetic-head mounting region where a slider with a magnetic head mounted thereon is mounted is located in one end portion in the longitudinal direction, and the thickness of the metal supporting board in at least a part of the magnetic-head mounting region is smaller than that in a region other than the magnetic-head mounting region. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033876 | Method of manufacturing head suspension and head suspension - A head suspension | 2010-02-11 |
20100033877 | ALIGNING DEVICE, ALIGNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An aligning device includes a recognizing unit and a determining unit. The recognizing unit recognizes an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines of a register mark. The determining unit determines a position based on the recognized intersection. The register mark is used when an FPC terminal and a head terminal are superposed and connected. The FPC terminal is a wiring pattern formed on an FPC in a magnetic disk device. The head terminal is one of wiring patterns that are connected to a magnetic head in the magnetic disk device and is located in a portion that is superposed with the FPC terminal. The determining unit determines a position on the FPC where the head terminal is superposed. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033878 | TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTIVE THIN FILM AND MAGNETIC MULTILAYER FORMATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a tunnel magnetoresistive thin film having a high MR ratio by improving heat resistance while maintaining a thin film of a Ru layer used as a non-magnetic layer so that the Ru layer expresses preferable exchange coupling magnetic field even through annealing at high temperature. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033879 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM - A perpendicular magnetic head for writing information on a magnetic recording medium comprises an ABS, a coil for generating a magnetic flux, a magnetic pole layer, a magnetic shield layer, and a gap layer disposed between the magnetic pole layer and the magnetic shield layer. Further the magnetic head has a non-magnetic region of a non-magnetic material. The non-magnetic region is disposed in the magnetic shield layer and positioned behind the ABS at a predetermined distance. The non-magnetic region is also disposed in the magnetic shield layer and has a predetermined width. With such a configuration, an undesirable concentration of the magnetic flux on the ABS is prevented. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033880 | MULTI-BIT STRAM MEMORY CELLS - A multi-bit spin torque magnetic element that has a ferromagnetic pinned layer having a pinned magnetization orientation, a non-magnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic free layer having a magnetization orientation switchable among at least four directions, the at least four directions being defined by a physical shape of the free layer. The magnetic element has at least four distinct resistance states. Magnetic elements with at least eight magnetization directions are also provided. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033881 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING SYSTEM USING SPIN-TORQUE DIODE EFFECT - A magnetic field sensing system with a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) sensor, like that used for giant magnetoresistive (GMR) and tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) spin-valve (SV) sensors, operates in a mode different from conventional GMR-SV and TMR-SV systems. An alternating-current (AC) source operates at a fixed selected frequency and directs AC perpendicularly through the layers of the CPP sensor, with the AC amplitude being high enough to deliberately induce a spin-torque in the CPP sensor's free layer. The AC-induced spin-torque at the selected frequency causes oscillations in the magnetization of the free layer that give rise to a DC voltage signal V | 2010-02-11 |
20100033882 | Circuit Arrangement and Method for Increasing the Safety of an Electronic Operating Device - A circuit arrangement for increasing the safety of an electronic operating device comprising: mains input terminals ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033883 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A method and an arrangement to detect and protect an electrical device against short-circuiting due to a presence of a conductive subject are provided. The arrangement may include a first and second probe, the first probe connecting to an electrical ground and the second probe connecting to a detecting device, the detecting device being configured to detect a short-circuit between the first and second probes, and output a signal to interrupt power supply from a power source to electrical components of the electrical device. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033884 | ESD PROTECTION TRIGGER CIRCUIT - This invention discloses a trigger circuit for an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device, the ESD protection device being turned on during an ESD event and being turned off during a normal operation, the trigger circuit comprises a voltage sensing circuit coupled to a bonding pad, the voltage sensing circuit being configured to produce a first predetermined voltage during a ESD event, and to produce a second predetermined voltage complimentary to the first predetermined voltage during a normal operation, and a voltage converting circuit having a positive feedback circuit and coupled between the voltage sensing circuit and the ESD protection device for converting the first predetermined voltage to a third predetermined voltage for turning on the ESD protection device, and for converting the second predetermined voltage to a fourth predetermined voltage for turning off the ESD protection device. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033885 | POTTED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH PROTECTIVE INSULATION - A potted electrical circuit is enclosed within a housing and has a first and second fiberglass layer that is laid upon a top surface of the potted electrical circuit. A lid of the housing seals the electrical circuit there within and an opening formed in a side wall allows circuitry wiring to extend there from out. The first fiberglass layer is a woven layer while the second fiberglass layer is a padding-like layer. Circuitry wiring pushes through the woven first fiberglass layer before extending out through the opening in the housing. The first fiberglass layer is tucked in and around the electrical circuit and adheres to the inside of the housing by attaching to the potting material while it hardens. In a preferred embodiment, the electrical circuit in combination with the insulation material is used within a transient voltage surge suppression device. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033886 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE - An electronic device having ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protection for a plurality of sides and including an external cover having at least one aperture and a plurality of slots disposed sufficiently close to a periphery of the at least one aperture. The electronic device further includes an ESD shield configured for providing ESD protection for a second side of an electronic device and also for the first side, the second side being opposite the first side. The ESD shield includes an ESD-shielding surface configured to provide the ESD protection for at least a portion of the second side, and a plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs, individual ones of the plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs configured to fit within respective ones of the plurality of slots when the ESD shield is mated with the external cover. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033887 | OVERVOLTAGE AND/OR UNDERVOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICE - The overvoltage and/or undervoltage protection device ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033888 | CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH ARC FAULT DETECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A circuit breaker having a series arc fault detector and method of operation is provided. The series arc fault detector measures the RMS current and monitors current stability in response to a change in current levels. The sensitivity of the series arc fault detection is changed in response to the current satisfying a stability criterion. The circuit breaker further enables and disables series arc fault detection based on an enable threshold. The enable threshold is set based on the level of sensitivity being used to detect a series arc fault. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033889 | ELECTRICAL GROUND TRANSIENT ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical ground transient eliminator assembly for attenuating high frequency transients and protecting a continuous attenuator circuit of the assembly from overheating due to excessive transients generated on an electrical load is provided. The electrical ground transient eliminator assembly includes a continuous attenuator circuit, which is electrically coupled in parallel to a relay. The assembly includes three lead wires, which are interconnectable to an earth ground line, a neutral line and a load ground of a system that has an electrical load coupled to external AC power lines. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033890 | SOFT START CLUTCH CONTROLLER - A clutch actuator for an electromechanical clutch having a solenoid actuating coil initially provides power to the solenoid at a high rate by using a high duty cycle pulse with a modulated controller. When the initial engagement of the clutch elements is sensed by a decrease in current, the duty cycle of the pulse width modulator is reduced and thereafter increased in a controlled fashion to accomplish a soft start. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033891 | IONIZER HAVING MECHANISM FOR CLEANING DISCHARGE ELECTRODES - Discharge electrodes for generating ion and a member for cleaning the discharge electrodes are mounted on an electrode support frame, which is detachably attached to the case of an ionizer. When the electrode support frame is attached to the case, the cleaning member occupies a retraction position where the cleaning member does not shut off or disturb air that is supplied from a fan. Upon the detachment of the electrode support frame from the case, the cleaning member becomes moveable. Then, the cleaning member is moved while being brought into contact with the discharging parts of the discharge electrodes one after another. As a result, the cleaning member sweeps dust or other particles off the discharging parts thereof. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033892 | COMPACT GAS LIGHTING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR A COOKING DEVICE - A gas lighting device including: a body formed by an electrically insulating material and carrying a plurality of high-voltage outputs for the connection to spark generating means; a transformer accommodated in the body and including a primary winding wound about and carried by a ferromagnetic material core, a carrying element formed by an electrically insulating material and designed to contain within a tubular drum thereof the primary winding, and a secondary winding consisting of a plurality of coils externally carried by the drum of the carrying element, electrically insulated from the primary winding and essentially coaxial with the latter; the core is bar-shaped and accommodated inside the carrying element and the drum directly supports also the high-voltage outputs, which are integrally obtained on the drum so as to form therewith the carrying element and laterally overhangingly protrude from the drum. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033893 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD FEED-THROUGH CAPACITOR - A feed-through capacitor is constructed in a printed wiring board using alternating layers of metal capacitive layers and plastic dielectric layers of the printed wiring board. The large number of layers, the avoidance of ceramic layers and the flexible geometry of this device allow it to be used in many applications, particularly in those involving high power high current. Also, because it utilizes a printed wiring board, the capacitor can be made in numerous sizes and shapes. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033894 | HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS - A multilayer ceramic capacitor component includes a ceramic capacitor body having opposite ends and comprised of a plurality of electrode layers and dielectric layers, first and second external terminals attached to the ceramic capacitor body. The plurality of electrode layers include a plurality of alternating layers of active electrodes extending inwardly from alternating ends of the ceramic capacitor body. The capacitor may include a plurality of side shields disposed within the plurality of alternating layers of active electrodes to provide shielding with the alternating layers of active electrodes having a pattern to increase overlap area to provide higher capacitance without decreasing separation between the alternative layers of active electrodes. The capacitor may have a voltage breakdown of 3500 volts DC or more in air. The capacitor may have a coating. The capacitor provides improved resistance to arc-over, high voltage breakdown in air, and allows for small case size. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033895 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes dielectric ceramic layers having a thickness of less than 1 μm. When this thickness is t and the crystal grains of a dielectric ceramic of the layers have a mean diameter of r, a mean number N of grain boundaries satisfies 02010-02-11 | |
20100033896 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - A multilayer capacitor comprises a capacitor element body; a first signal terminal electrode, a second signal terminal electrode, and a ground terminal electrode which are arranged on an outer surface of the capacitor element body; and a ground internal electrode and first to third signal internal electrodes which are arranged within the capacitor element body. The ground internal electrode is connected to the ground terminal electrode. The first signal internal electrode is connected to the first signal terminal electrode and opposes the ground internal electrode so as to construct a first capacitor The second signal internal electrode is connected to the first signal terminal electrode and opposes the ground internal electrode so as to construct a second capacitor. The third signal internal electrode is connected to the second signal terminal electrode and opposes the ground internal electrode so as to construct a third capacitor. The first and second capacitors have respective capacitances different from each other. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033897 | MULTILAYER CHIP CAPACITOR - There is provided a multilayer chip capacitor a multilayer chip capacitor including: a capacitor body including first and second capacitor units arranged therein; and first to fourth outer electrodes, wherein the first capacitor unit includes first and second inner electrodes, and the first capacitor unit includes a plurality of capacitor elements each having a pair of the first and second inner electrodes repeatedly laminated, the second capacitor unit includes third and fourth inner electrodes, and the second capacitor unit includes at least one capacitor element having a pair of the third and fourth inner electrodes repeatedly laminated, and at least one of the capacitor elements of the first capacitor unit is different from the other capacitor elements of the first capacitor unit in a lamination number of the first and second inner electrodes or a resonant frequency. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033898 | Electrode for energy storage device - Particles of active electrode material are made by blending or mixing a mixture of activated carbon, optional conductive carbon, and binder. In selected implementations, the activated carbon particles have between about 70 and 98 percent microporous activated carbon particles and between about 2 and 30 percent mesaporous activated carbon particles by weight. Optionally, a small amount of conductive particles, such as conductive carbon particles may be used. In one implementation, the binder is inert. The electrode material may be attached to a current collector to obtain an electrode for use in various energy storage devices, including a double layer capacitor. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033899 | ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - The present invention provides an electrical double layer capacity comprising a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising (A) a solvent comprising a specific fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate and (B) an electrolyte salt comprising a cyclic quaternary onium salt comprising cyclic quaternary onium cation and PF | 2010-02-11 |
20100033900 | CAPACITOR - The capacitor includes element ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033901 | Dry-particle based adhesive electrode and methods of making same - A dry process based capacitor and method for making a self-supporting dry adhesive electrode film for use therein is disclosed. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033902 | COMPOSITE CONTAINING CARBONIZED BIOPOLYMERS AND CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE COMPOSITE - A composite suitable as a charge-storing material for electrochemical capacitors contains carbon nanotubes and a carbonaceous materiel. The carbonaceous material is the carbonization residue of a biopolymer or seaweed rich in heteroatoms. Wherein the carbonization residue of the biopolymer or seaweed is electrically conductive and has a heteroatom content as detected by XPS of at least 6%. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033903 | ELECTRODE FOR SUPERCAPACITOR HAVING MANGANESE OXIDE-CONDUCTIVE METAL OXIDE COMPOSITE LAYER, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND SUPERCAPACITOR COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides an electrode for a supercapacitor, a fabrication method thereof, and a supercapacitor comprising the same. The electrode exhibits enhanced specific capacitance and electrical conductivity, among others, due to the fact that it comprises a porous composite metal oxide layer which has the structure of a web of entangled nanofibers or has a nanoparticle network structure. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033904 | COMPOSITE ELECTRIC ELEMENT - [Problems] To provide an electric element which generates less heat even when its components are miniaturized and it carries a large amount of current, decreases the impedance by decreasing the inductance and is effective over high frequencies. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033905 | CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SUSPENSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CONDUCTIVE POLYMER MATERIAL, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, AND SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in a solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof; purifying the conductive polymer; and mixing the purified conductive polymer and an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a polyacid component. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033906 | CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SUSPENSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CONDUCTIVE POLYMER MATERIAL, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, AND SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension can be is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof, or a polyacid having a weight average molecular weight of less than 2,000 or a salt thereof. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033907 | Sealed circuit breaker - A sealed electrical enclosure used in hazardous locations for enclosing circuit breakers having a bottom housing and a top housing with a labyrinth seal or joint formed therebetween, the bottom housing adapted to receive one or more circuit breakers, a first metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a first end wall to a point external thereto, and a second metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a second end wall to a point external to thereto, where the first and second metal buses are adapted to contact first and second electrical terminals of a circuit breaker when placed within the bottom housing, and a first vent positioned on the top housing for dissipating pressure buildup, wherein the top housing is removably secured to the bottom housing to allow for removal and replacement of a circuit breakers within the housing. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033908 | Power distribution unit configured for direct contact with leads - A power distribution unit (PDU) configured to receive power from a multiple phase power source provides power for other devices in formats not previously available from PDUs. The PDU receives power in multiple phases and then separates the power into individual phases. The individual phases are then electrically coupled to separate output terminals. The output terminals then provide power to other devices in a format other than the original multiple phase format while maintaining safety features. | 2010-02-11 |