16th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090096323 | Method and Device for Moving an Element to Be Driven Using an Actuating Element Formed by Etching in a Semiconductor Material - The invention concerns an element to be driven, a driving element designed to be urged into engagement with the element to be driven and an actuating element adapted to move the driving element so that it drives the element to be driven in step-by-step displacement, the driving element and the actuating element being formed by etching in a semiconductor material wafer. The invention is characterized in that it comprises elastic prestressing means for maintaining the driving element in contact with the element to be driven. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096324 | PIEZOACTUATOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIEZOACTUATOR AND INJECTION SYSTEM OF SAID PIEZOACTUATOR - A piezoactuator for injecting fuel with a predetermined fuel pressure has an at least laterally narrowing casing around the internal space of the actuator which has a first temperature- and/or pressure-dependent volume change, a piezo stack located in the internal space which has a second temperature- and/or pressure-dependent volume change, a transmission element which is located between the piezo stack and the casing for transmitting the fuel pressure on the outside of the casing onto the piezo stack, wherein the transmission element has a passivating liquid which has a third temperature- and/or pressure-dependent volume change as well as several preformed bodies which have a fourth temperature- and/or pressure-dependent volume change; wherein the relation between the passivating liquid and the preformed bodies is set that the first volume change of the casing basically corresponds to an overall internal space volume change which has at least the second, third, and fourth volume change. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096325 | Actuator - Actuator comprising:
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20090096326 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, ACOUSTIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric actuator capable of providing high sound pressure and excellent frequency characteristics when it is used as an acoustic element and advantageous for a reduction in size. The piezoelectric actuator ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SIZE OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER CABLE - Ultrasound transducer comprises an array of elements forming rows and columns and wires within a transducer cable configured to connect at least a portion of the elements to an ultrasound system. The array comprises a central row and at least first and second outer rows positioned along opposite sides of the central row. First set of lines electrically connects elements within a first portion of the central row to one of the wires. First portion comprises less than a total number of elements within the central row. Second set of lines electrically connects at least a portion of the elements within first and second outer rows that are in the same column and electrically connects elements within a second portion of the central row to elements that are in the same column. Each line within the second set of lines is connected to one of the wires. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096328 | Substrate with a piezoelectric thin film - A substrate has a first thermal expansion coefficient and a piezoelectric thin film has a second thermal expansion coefficient. The piezoelectric thin film is mainly composed of a potassium sodium niobate (K,Na)NbO | 2009-04-16 |
20090096329 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Piezoelectric devices and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having first and second electrodes and first and second surfaces, a glass base having first and second surfaces, and a lid. These three parts also form the device package. The first surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece is mounted to the base, and the lid is mounted to the second surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece to seal the package. The glass base includes first and second metal wires having ends that protrude from the surfaces of the base. The side surfaces of the protruding wire ends are connected to the first and the second electrodes, respectively. Manufacture is performed using whole wafers that are processed, sandwiched, bonded, and then cut to produce individual devices. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096330 | ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - An electronically commutated electric motor has an internal stator ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096331 | Drum Type Washing Machine - A drum type washing machine according to the present invention has an effect in that a low cover and a lower bracket are assembled by a lock fixation of a fitting plate and a fitting projection, thereby facilitating the disassembly and reassembly of a low cover. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096332 | Refrigerator and/or freezer - The present invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with at least one interconnecting element extending between two compartments of the appliance, wherein one or more holding members are provided, which are connected with the inner container of the appliance and on which the interconnecting element is arranged such that the holding member at least partly extends between the inner container and the interconnecting element. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096333 | Furniture Arrangement for Built-in Appliances - A furniture arrangement for built-in appliances is provided wherein a front panel is fastened to every built-in appliance. A first built-in appliance is arranged without an interposed partition wall directly next to a piece of furniture or an additional built-in appliance and a frame element imitating the missing partition wall is provided on the front panel of at least one built-in appliance. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096334 | Behind The Board Storage Product - An organizing product that includes a storage compartment comprising front and rear walls each having inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces, a dry erase board attached to the outwardly facing surface of the storage compartment, and a calendar removably mounted in overlying relation to the dry erase board. A septum divides the storage compartment into upper and lower sections and adds rigidity to the organizing product. A magnet attached to the outwardly facing surface of the rear wall and/or a pair of openings formed through the rear wall permit the organizing product to be mounted to a vertically oriented surface. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096335 | Meal Tray Dispensing Trolley - The trolley ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096336 | System for maintaining large numbers of handheld electronic devices - A system for maintaining a large number of Handheld Electronic Devices (HEDs) includes a drawer having a divider structure configured to define compartments that are sized to hold the HEDs while the HEDs are stored in the drawer. A 20 port USB hub is provided in the drawer so that 20 HEDs may be connected to the USB hub while stored in the drawer. The USB hub allows the HEDs to be charged at a low rate while being synchronized with a computer and at a high rate when not being synchronized. The USB hub is designed using a tree structure of available USB hub chips to enable a larger number of USB ports. A microcontroller is provided to control the manner in which the computer is allowed to recognize the HEDs connected to the USB ports. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096337 | DEVICE FOR INFLUENCING THE MOVEMENT OF FURNITURE PARTS WHICH CAN BE MOVED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PIECE OF FURNITURE - The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for influencing the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a guide unit for guidance of a first furniture part on a second furniture part, and having a drive unit by means of which the first furniture part can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to the second furniture part, with the guide unit having a fixed rail, which is associated with the second furniture part, and a moving rail, which is associated with the first furniture part. A pulling-pushing element is provided in order to apply a drive effect from the drive unit to the first furniture part, guided on the fixed rail via guide means. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096338 | PULL-OUT GUIDE FOR DISH RACK OF A DISHWASHER - A pull-out guide for a dish rack of a dishwasher includes a guide rail which can be fixed to the body of a dishwasher, and a running rail which can be connected to a grid-like dish rack which is composed of wires, and a central rail which increases the pull-out length. The running rail is provided with two rows of clamp-like holders which lie one above the other and in which two wires of a dish rack which lie one above the other and run horizontally can be fixed, with the result that the dish rack is held in a dimensionally stable manner. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096339 | Attenuating and retraction device - An attenuating and retraction device for movable furniture parts, particularly sliding doors or windows, which are guided on one or more carriages which are guided on rails. The attenuating and retraction device is mounted in a carriage provided on the closing side of the furniture part and a catching hook arranged on this side engages in the drive member for tensioning and releasing the retraction device. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096340 | Locating structure for a slide assembly - A locating structure for a slide assembly includes a first track, a second track, a releasing member, and a locating member; a locating tab is provided at a front end of the first track; the second track is inserted and connected onto the first track to slide thereon; the second track is provided with a locating portion; the releasing member is mounted to an inner side of the second track; one end of the releasing member is provided with an operation button; the locating member is located on one side of the operation button and has a propped portion and a plunged portion; the locating member provides resilience for the propped portion to hold against the locating portion of the second track; and the locating member drives the propped portion to disengage from the locating portion by means of the plunged portion. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096341 | Projection Module for a Headlamp or an Automobile Light - The invention relates to a illumination module ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096342 | HIGHLY EMISSIVE MATERIAL, STRUCTURE MADE FROM HIGHLY EMISSIVE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The invention relates to a high temperature material modified to exhibit enhanced IR emittance in the wavelength range where a black body operating at the same high temperature exhibits peak emittance, to a light-transmissive body comprising the high temperature material, to a high intensity lamp comprising the high temperature material, and to a method of preparing the same. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096343 | EXCIMER LAMPS - To avoid a decline in the reflectivity of an ultraviolet reflection film caused by lighting for an extended period of time and providing a uniform illuminance an excimer lamp has a silica glass discharge vessel with electrodes on opposite sides of the discharge vessel, wherein excimer discharge is generated in the discharge space of the discharge vessel, wherein an ultraviolet reflection film made of silica particles and alumina particles is formed on a surface exposed to the discharge space and wherein the mean particle diameter of silica particles is at least 0.67 times as large as the mean particle diameter of the alumina particles. The alumina particles in the ultraviolet reflection film preferably constitute at least 5 wt % and more preferably at least 10 wt % of the sum of silica particles and alumina particles. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096344 | Sparkplugs and method to manufacture and assemble - The invention is a spark plug having multiple precise spark gaps (G} with a donut shaped electrode ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096345 | Uniquely designed internal combustion engine spark plug that will produce two independent ignition sparks between the spark plug electrodes for each single electrical ignition coil discharge - This invention is an improvement to the internal combustion engine spark plug used to ignite the fuel air mixture in the engine combustion chamber. All spark plugs manufactured today produce one ignition spark for each high voltage electrical discharge of the ignition coil regardless of the number of spark plug electrodes used in the manufacture of the spark plug. This invention uses an intermediate electrically neutral electrode placed between the spark plug center electrode and the ground strap electrode creating two separate spark air gaps. For each single high voltage electrical discharge of the ignition coil, a spark will occur between the center electrode and the intermediate electrode and another distinct and separate spark will occur between the intermediate electrode and the ground strap electrode. Because the two ignition sparks are electrically in series, both will have the same electrical energy. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096346 | Sheet-shaped heat and light source, method for making the same and method for heating object adopting the same - The present invention relates to a sheet-shaped heat and light source. The sheet-shaped heat and light source includes a carbon nanotube film and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are separately disposed on the carbon nanotube film and electrically connected thereto. The carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranging isotropically, along a fixed direction, or along different directions. Moreover, a method for making the sheet-shaped heat and light source and a method for heating an object adopting the same are also included. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096347 | LED Flat Light and A Manufacturing Method Thereof - An LED flat light and a manufacturing method thereof including processes of preparing a substrate, mounting a support, dispensing an under-fill, mounting an LED chip, wire bonding, dispensing fluorescent powder, and LED packaging; and the finished product of LED flat light includes a substrate provided with multiple insertion holes, each hole being disposed to its peripheral a positive golden finger and a negative golden finger; multiple LED modules electrically connected to one another for each module corresponding to one insertion hole; the insertion hole includes a support comprised of a base and a base cup with the base cup placed in the insertion hole; an LED chip being fixed in the base cup; and both positive and negative electrodes of the LED chip being electrically connected to their corresponding golden fingers on the substrate; the LED chip being covered up with a fluorescent powder layer, where in turn being covered up with a sealing layer to allow firm combination among member of the LED flat light, easy and convenient process for production by lot, and longer service life without affecting optical effects of LED modules when molded in the LED flat light. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096348 | Sheet-shaped heat and light source, method for making the same and method for heating object adopting the same - The present invention relates to a sheet-shaped heat and light source. The sheet-shaped heat and light source includes a carbon nanotube film and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are separately disposed on the carbon nanotube film and electrically connected thereto. Moreover, a method for making the sheet-shaped heat and light source and a method for heating an object adopting the same are also included. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096349 | CROSS FLOW CVD REACTOR - A cross flow chemical vapor deposition chamber can comprise an inlet duct having a generally rectangular cross-section and an outlet duct having a generally rectangular cross-section. The rectangular inlet duct and the rectangular outlet duct can facilitate laminar flow of reactant gases over a susceptor. Movable partitions can be configured to define a plurality of zones within the chamber. Each zone can contain a different reactant gas, concentration of reactant gas, and/or flow rate of reactant gas. Enhanced laminar flow can be provided, undesirable depletion of reactant gas can be mitigated, and enhanced control of reactant gases can be facilitated. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096350 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a thiogallate phosphor expressed as AB | 2009-04-16 |
20090096351 | REFLECTIVE LAYERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Reflective electronic layers are provided for electronic devices, such as electroluminescent lamps, photovoltaic devices, and light emitting diodes. Processes for forming such reflective layers are also provided. The reflective layers comprise metallic particles that optionally are coated. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096352 | INVERTED OLED DEVICE WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - An inverted OLED device, comprising: a substrate; a cathode disposed on the substrate; an anode spaced from the cathode; at least one light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode; a hole-transporting layer disposed between the anode and the light-emitting layer(s); an electron-transporting layer disposed between the cathode and the light-emitting layer(s); a first electron-accepting layer disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the anode and including a first electron-deficient organic material constituting more than 50% by volume of the first electron-accepting layer and having a reduction potential greater than −0.5 V vs. a Saturated Calomel Electrode; and a second electron-accepting layer disposed between the electron-transporting layer and the cathode including a second electron-deficient organic material constituting more than 50% by volume of the second electron-accepting layer and having a reduction potential greater than −0.5 V vs. a Saturated Calomel Electrode. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096353 | LIGHT EMITTING POLYMER MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING LIGHT EMITTING POLYMER MATERIAL - Disclosed is a light emitting polymer material comprising a (co)polymer comprising a structural unit derived from an iridium complex represented by the following formula (1): | 2009-04-16 |
20090096354 | Light-emitting organic diode comprising not more than two layers of different organic materials - The diode comprises:
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20090096355 | Aromatic Graft Polymer - An aromatic graft polymer containing one or more kinds of repeating units represented by the following formula (1). (In the formula, Ar | 2009-04-16 |
20090096356 | Light-emitting device material and light-emitting device - A light emitting device material containing a pyrene compound of formula (1) and a light emitting device. In formula (1), R | 2009-04-16 |
20090096357 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device that obtains stable image qualities through prevention of any significant decrease in brightness at high temperature. The organic light emitting device includes an anode; a cathode facing the anode; an organic emitting layer interposed between the anode and the cathode; an electron transport layer interposed between the organic emitting layer and the cathode and comprising an alkali metal compound or an alkali earth metal compound; and a buffer layer interposed between the organic emitting layer and the electron transport layer. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096358 | White organic light emitting device and color display apparatus employing the same - A top emission type white organic light emitting device (OLED) has a high resolution and a wide color gamut, and a color display apparatus uses the same. The white OLED includes a substrate; a reflective electrode formed on the substrate; an organic light emitting layer formed on the reflective electrode; a semi-transparent electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer; and in the white OLED, a wavelength of a resonating mode determined by an optical thickness between the reflective electrode and semi-transparent electrode is shorter than a shortest wavelength in a visible light region of a white light spectrum generated in the organic light emitting layer. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096359 | White organic light emitting device and color display apparatus employing the same - An organic light emitting device (OLED) having increased light output efficiency and a wide color gamut, and a color display apparatus employing the OLED, includes: a substrate; a reflective electrode formed on the substrate; an organic light emitting layer formed on the reflective electrode; a semi-transparent or transparent electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer; and an optical path control layer formed on the semi-transparent or transparent electrode and formed of a light transmitting material. In the OLED, resonators are formed between the reflective electrode and the semi-transparent or transparent electrode, between the reflective electrode and the top surface of the optical path control layer, and between the top surface of the semi-transparent or transparent electrode and the top surface of the optical path control layer, respectively, therefore, as an optical mode output to the exterior of the optical path control layer, at least two multiple resonances are generated. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096360 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent element including at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises at least a compound represented by Formula (A), | 2009-04-16 |
20090096361 | LUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A luminescent material which is featured in that it exhibits an emission peak at a wavelength ranging from 490 to 580 nm as it is excited by light having a wavelength ranging from 250 to 500 nm and that it has a composition represented by the following general formula (2): | 2009-04-16 |
20090096362 | Radiation-Emitting Device - A radiation-emitting device ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096363 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - An electroluminescent device comprising: a first charge carrier injecting layer for injecting positive charge carriers; a second charge carrier injecting layer for injecting negative charge carriers; and a light-emissive layer located between the charge carrier injecting layers and comprising a mixture of: a first component for accepting positive charge carriers from the first charge carrier injecting layer; a second component for accepting negative charge carriers from the second charge carrier injecting layer; and a third, organic light-emissive component for generating light as a result of combination of charge carriers from the first and second components; at least one of the first, second and third components forming a type II semiconductor interface with another of the first, second and third components. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096364 | Display Device and Method for Manufacturing Display Device - To provide a display device with higher image quality and reliability or a large-sized display device with a large screen at low cost with high productivity. A function layer (such as a coloring layer or a pixel electrode layer) used in the display device is formed by discharging a liquid function-layer-forming material to an opening formed with a layer including a first organic compound which has a C—N bond or a C—O bond in the main chain as a base and a layer including a second organic compound as a partition. The fluorine density exhibiting liquid repellency to the liquid function-layer-forming material, which is attached to a surface of the layers including organic compounds, is controlled, whereby a liquid repellent region and a lyophilic region can be selectively formed. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096365 | BACKPLANE STRUCTURES FOR SOLUTION PROCESSED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - There is provided a backplane for an organic electronic device. The backplane has a TFT substrate having a multiplicity of electrode structures thereon; and a bank structure defining pixel areas over the electrode structures. The bank structure is removed from and not in contact with the electrode structures by a distance of at least 0.1 microns. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096366 | Organic electro-luminescent display device - An organic EL display device which can prolong a lifetime by suppressing a growth of black spots when the display device is operated for a long time can be realized. An element substrate on which organic EL layers are formed is hermetically adhered to a sealing substrate on which a desiccant is mounted by way of a sealing portion. The element substrate and the sealing substrate are curved outwardly. Particularly, by curving the element substrate outwardly, a growth of black points can be prevented when the organic EL display device is operated for a long time. Accordingly, a lifetime of the organic EL display device can be remarkably prolonged. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096367 | HETEROLEPTIC TRANSITION METAL-CARBENE COMPLEXES AND THEIR USE IN ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (OLEDS) - The present invention relates to heteroleptic carbene complexes comprising at least two different carbene ligands, to a process for preparing the heteroleptic carbene complexes, to the use of the heteroleptic carbene complexes in organic light-emitting diodes, to organic light-emitting diodes comprising at least one inventive heteroleptic carbene complex, to a light-emitting layer comprising at least one inventive heteroleptic carbene complex, to organic light-emitting diodes comprising at least one inventive light-emitting layer, and to devices which comprise at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096368 | COMPOUND AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE - The present invention provides a high-performance organic EL device and a novel compound used for the device. The novel compound of the present invention is a fluoranthene compound having a specific structure. The organic EL device of the present invention is an organic EL device comprising: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic compound layer has the fluoranthene compound. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096369 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE ELEMENT - A hole transporting region made of a hole transporting material, an electron transporting region made of an electron transporting material, and a mixed region (light emitting region) in which both the hole transporting material and the electron transporting material are mixed and which is doped with a triplet light emitting material for red color are provided in an organic compound film, whereby interfaces between respective layers which exist in a conventional lamination structure are eliminated, and respective functions of hole transportation, electron transportation, and light emission are exhibited. In accordance with the above-mentioned method, the organic light emitting element for red color can be obtained in which power consumption is low and a life thereof is long. Thus, the display device and the electric device are manufactured by using the organic light emitting element. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096370 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A lamp includes a light-emitting body that converts electric energy into light energy and a translucent glass covering the light-emitting body, wherein a phosphor layer is provided on at least inner or outer surface of the translucent glass. The phosphor layer includes a fluorescent material including a first phosphor that at least partially converts energy emitted by an excitation source, which emits ultraviolet having a wavelength of about 365 nm, to a first emission spectrum that is different from the energy, and a second phosphor that at least partially converts the first emission spectrum to a second emission spectrum. Peak wavelengths of the emission spectrum of the first and second phosphors have a relation of complementary colors so that when the light created due to the peak wavelengths of the first and second phosphors are mixed, the resulting light is in the white region. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096371 | Organic electro-luminescent display device - A top-emission-type organic EL display device which exhibits uniform screen brightness is realized by preventing a voltage drop of an upper electrode formed of a transparent conductive film. Pixels each of which is sandwiched between an upper electrode and a lower electrode are arranged in a matrix array to form a display region. An auxiliary electrode extends in the lateral direction between the pixels and the pixels for preventing a voltage drop of the upper electrode. A current supply line which supplies an electric current to the upper electrode and the auxiliary electrodes are made conductive with each other by forming a through hole in an insulation layer. To ensure reliability of connection at the through hole, a contact electrode made of metal which overlaps with the auxiliary electrode is formed on the through hole by vapor deposition. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096372 | Device for making objects visible under low or zero environmental illumination conditions - A device for making objects visible under low or zero environmental illumination conditions comprises a layer of luminescent paint applied to an exposed to the view surface of an object and an optically transparent material protective layer applied to the luminescent paint layer. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096373 | Glass-supported electroluminescent nixels and elements with single-sided electrical contacts - Systems and methods are provided for electroluminescent display elements which are glass supported. These electroluminescent display elements include an EL element or nixel structure that makes use of two rear or substantially same-sided electrodes that are electrically separated by a small gap or other non-conductive (e.g., insulating) material, but that generally cover the rear area of the EL element or nixel laminate. This EL element has a glass plate applied on the other side of the EL element. These EL elements may be made by growing the layers one on top of the other on one side on the glass plate, or a free standing EL element may be made using a ceramic substrate having a front surface onto which the layers are deposited. The back surface of the ceramic substrate may then be ground down to be thinner and the two back electrodes applied to this back surface, after which a glass plate is applied to the other side of the element. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096374 | Plasma Display Panel - A plasma display panel, having a discharge space between a first and a second substrates, includes a plurality of scan electrodes, each disposed along a display line, which can be driven individually and a plurality of address electrodes disposed to intersect with the above scan electrodes, and pixel areas at the intersecting positions of the scan electrodes and the address electrodes Further, the plasma display panel includes a sustain electrode for producing sustain discharge with the scan electrodes, and the sustain electrode is formed to have a grid shape. Each pixel area is surrounded with the grid shape. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096375 | Plasma Display Panel and Method for Manufacturing Same - A PDP, which has a plurality of display electrodes formed therein, and is provided with a front plate in which the display electrodes are covered with a first dielectric layer and a protective film and a back plate having a plurality of address electrodes that are formed in a direction orthogonal to the display electrode, and covered with a second dielectric layer (backing dielectric layer, is designed so that the protective film has a structure in which grain-state crystals are aggregated and a grain size of the crystals is large, with a void between adjacent crystals being formed with a small size. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096376 | EXCIMER LAMPS - An excimer lamp, including a discharge vessel made of silica glass and having a discharge space; a pair of electrodes disposed on the discharge vessel, wherein the discharge space is filled with xenon gas; and an ultraviolet reflection film made from ultraviolet scattering particles, including silica particles and alumina particles, formed on a surface of the discharge vessel exposed to the discharge space. A thickness Y of the ultraviolet reflection film satisfies the expression Y>4X+5, given that a mean particle diameter of the ultraviolet scattering particles making up the ultraviolet reflection film is X (μm). | 2009-04-16 |
20090096377 | EXCIMER LAMP - An excimer lamp which can emit UV radiation with a high degree of efficiency and high degree of uniformity, has a UV-reflecting film that does not peel. The excimer lamp is fitted with a silica glass discharge vessel that encloses a discharge gas which forms excimer molecules by dielectric barrier discharge in an internal space enclosed by a top wall panel, a bottom wall panel, side wall panels and end panels and with an electrode on both the outer surface of the top wall panel and another electrode on the outer surface of the bottom wall panel. On the inner surface of the discharge vessel, a UV-reflecting film comprised of silica and alumina particles is formed, at least, on the inner surface area of the side wall panels with the silica particles composing at least 30 weight % of the UV-reflecting film. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096378 | Traveling-Wave Tube 2D Slow Wave Circuit - A two-dimensional circuit for a traveling-wave tube for millimeter and sub-millimeter electromagnetic waves synchronously interacts with an electron beam in a vacuum electronic microwave amplifier or oscillator. The circuit is a solid body having a length along the tube axis. The solid body has an electrically conductive top section and an electrically conductive bottom section. The top section is configured with a plurality of vertical vanes having a width and height and configured parallel to each other. The bottom section is similarly configured such that when the circuit is viewed in cross section along the length, the vanes on the bottom section are staggered with respect to the vanes on the top section. The top section and the bottom section are separated from each other to define a tunnel through the solid body along the length. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096379 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT SYSTEM - The present invention includes a Zener diode connected between a helix electrode and an anode electrode, a transistor that closes or opens a circuit between a cathode and an anode of the Zener diode, a photocoupler for turning ON/OFF the transistor through a phototransistor, a first switch for supplying or cutting off a DC voltage for the photodiode of the photocoupler, a capacitor to which the DC voltage that is to be supplied to the photodiode is applied and a control unit that turns ON the first switch beforehand to apply a DC voltage to the photocoupler and the capacitor and that turns OFF the first switch simultaneously with an application of a helix voltage. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096380 | System and method for producing energetic particles by gas discharge in deuterium containing gas - A system for producing energetic particles including a housing containing an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode is connected to a voltage supply and the cathode is one of a cathode containing an oxide layer and a cathode in the presence of oxygen, said cathode is grounded; a vacuum source connected to the housing for providing a reduced pressure in the housing; and a supply of at least one gas connected to the housing for introducing the at least one gas into the housing containing deuterium and oxygen. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096381 | Control of Delivery of Current Through One or More Discharge Lamps - Control of delivery of current through one or more discharge lamps. Methods include alternately switching on and off switching elements that control a fluorescent lamp, in response to receiving input, until the brightness of the lamp decreases to a threshold. Further, methods include providing control signals at complementary duty cycles to further decrease the brightness and alternating the duty cycles of the signals applied to the filaments of the fluorescent lamp. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096382 | DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT, EMISSION CONTROL CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD - A drive control circuit sends out pulse signals of various pulse signals so as to control the light emission amount and luminance of LEDs by gradually increasing and decreasing the pulse width in predetermined cycles during predetermined periods based on parameters supplied from an LED drive controller that determine a first emission control processing period, a second emission control processing period, first to fourth slope periods and the like. The tone of an emitted color realized by a plurality of LEDs is controlled by synchronizing the periods of time of light emission control processings. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096383 | Inverter and Liquid Crystal Display Device Including the Same - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel which includes a switching circuit for converting an input voltage into an alternating current (AC) voltage, a transformer for boosting the AC voltage generated from the switching circuit, and a bypass capacitor part connected in parallel between an output terminal of the switching circuit and the transformer. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096384 | UNIVERSAL DIMMER - Disclosed is a universal dimmer which detects the type of load it is connected to each time the universal dimmer is activated. Information relating to the type of load connected to the universal dimmer is therefore not required to be stored for future use. In one form, the universal dimmer begins each operation in the trailing edge mode and upon detection of an inductive load, switches to leading edge mode. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096385 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, PROJECTOR, AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS DRIVE METHOD - A light source apparatus includes an arc tube having a first electrode and a second electrode that carry out an emission of light due to a discharge between them, and a drive that, when supplying energy in an alternating current to the first electrode and the second electrode, carries out a steady operation supplying a steady energy to the first electrode and the second electrode, and an initial operation making a cumulative energy supplied to at least one electrode, of the first electrode and the second electrode, in an anode period of the relevant electrode, prior to the steady period, greater than during the steady period. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096386 | LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEMS - A light-emitting system includes a first power input terminal and a second power input terminal and five rectifying devices coupled between the two power input terminals. The first and second power input terminals may receive an external power input. The first rectifying device is coupled between the first power input terminal and a first intermediate contact. The second rectifying device is coupled between the second power input terminal and the first intermediate contact. The third rectifying device is coupled between a second intermediate contact and the second power input terminal. The fourth rectifying device is coupled between the second intermediate contact and the first power input terminal. The fifth rectifying device is coupled between the first intermediate contact and the second intermediate contact. The fifth rectifying device is configured to allow a current flow from the first intermediate contact to the second intermediate contact and to emit light in response to the current flow. One or more of the first, second, third, and fourth rectifying devices may include one or more light-emitting diodes, one or more Schottky diode(s), or a combination of both types of diodes. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096387 | DRIVER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE COLD-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMPS AND/OR EXTERNAL-ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMPS - Driver system and method for multiple cold-cathode fluorescent lamps and/or external-electrode fluorescent lamps. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a system for driving a plurality of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps. The system includes a subsystem configured to receive at least a DC voltage and generate a first AC voltage in response to at least the DC voltage. The system also includes a power converter configured to receive the first AC voltage and convert the first AC voltage to at least a second AC voltage. The system further includes a plurality of current balancing devices. Each of the plurality of current balancing devices is configured to receive two currents and balance the two currents. The plurality of current balancing devices includes at least a first current balancing device, a second current balancing device, and a third current balancing device. In addition, the system includes a plurality of lamp pairs. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096388 | DRIVER FOR LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An electronic device is provided comprising a driver for light emitting semiconductor devices. The driver includes a first MOS transistor (MN | 2009-04-16 |
20090096389 | DC/DC CONVERTER - A control circuit of a DC/DC converter is provided for supplying a driving voltage to a light emitting element. A hysteresis comparator compares a detection voltage that corresponds to the output voltage of the DC/DC converter with two threshold voltages. If the detection voltage is smaller than the lower threshold voltage, the hysteresis comparator outputs a comparison signal at the low level. Otherwise, the comparison signal is set to the high level. The switching control unit uses the comparison signal as a reference. The switching control unit instructs the switching transistor of the DC/DC converter to perform the switching operation during a period when the comparison signal is at the low level. Otherwise, the switching operation is suspended. The control circuit inhibits light emission of the light emitting element during a period when the comparison signal is at the low level. Otherwise, the control circuit permits the light emission. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096390 | Electronic Ballast and Method for Operating an Electrical Lamp - An electronic ballast for an electrical lamp ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096391 | Control of Delivery of Current Through One or More Discharge Lamps - Control of delivery of current through one or more discharge lamps. Methods include alternately switching on and off switching elements that control a fluorescent lamp, in response to receiving input, until the brightness of the lamp decreases to a threshold. Further, methods include providing control signals at complementary duty cycles to further decrease the brightness and alternating the duty cycles of the signals applied to the filaments of the fluorescent lamp. Methods also include identify parameter sets stored in memory to operate fluorescent lamps. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096392 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION BASED LED DIMMER CONTROL - Methods and apparatus for implementing and operating pulse width modulation based LED dimmer controllers are described. A synchronization protocol is used to allow control information for the dimmer operations to be transferred to the PWM dimmer control clock domain from an external clock domain, such that visual artifacts are prevented when the control information is updated. Control information may be transferred to the LED dimmer controller via an I2C serial bus, and the synchronization protocol waits for an I2C STOP condition before updating control information across clock domain boundaries. The leading and trailing edges of an asserted group dimmer control signal are generated such that the active portion of the group dimmer control signal overlaps the active portion of individual LED pulse width modulated control signals. In this way, the pulse width modulation of the individual LED control signals is not cut off, or reduced in width by the group dimmer signal. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096393 | Electron-Emissive Element and Display Element - Electron-emissive drive units of electron-emissive elements capable of being arranged with a smaller pitch. FET and emitter array units exist in matrix element areas partitioned by a control wiring and data wiring. An exemplary unit is composed of four emitter arrays. The control wiring and data wiring are driven by first and second drive circuits, respectively. Corresponding arrays between units are connected by selection wiring and driven by a third drive circuit. The third drive circuit drives each unit of data wiring every time the drive circuit sequentially drives the four units of control wiring, and the emitter array drive circuit drives each emitter array selection wiring every time the drive circuit sequentially drives the three units of data wiring. Electrons can be emitted in units of arrays smaller than the unit. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096394 | ROTARY ELECTRIC SYSTEM WITH STAR-CONNECTED MULTIPHASE STATOR WINDINGS - In a rotary electric system, a switch member includes at least one of a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is connected between a neutral point of multiphase stator windings and a high-side electrode of a direct current power source. The second switch is connected between the neutral point and a low-side electrode of the direct current power source. A controller works to turn the switch member off and on thereby switching control of the multiphase inverter between full-wave driving mode and half-wave driving mode. The full-wave driving mode allows the controller to drive all of the high-side and low-side switching elements per phase of the multiphase stator windings. The half-wave driving mode allows the controller to drive any one of the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element per phase of the multiphase stator windings. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096395 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - The present motor control device detects from the speed of a motor and a current driving the motor that the motor is overloaded, and exerts control to set a target torque based on the detected overload state of the motor to cause the motor to output a maximal torque that the motor can output, intermittently within a preset allowable speed range. If the motor is overloaded, the motor's output torque is not decreased and a drive circuit can also be protected. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096396 | Method for Determining the Rotor Position of a Separately Excited Rotating Electrical Machine - A method is specified for determining the rotor position of a separately excited rotating electrical machine which machine has a stator winding set and a rotor winding set and in which method the stator winding set is fed from an associated converter unit, and the rotor winding set is fed from an associated exciter unit. First of all, the stator winding set is short-circuited by means of the converter unit. An exciter voltage signal is then applied to the rotor winding set by means of the exciter unit, which exciter voltage signal has a change from a variable first voltage value to a variable second voltage value: Furthermore, the stator current (Isa, Isb, Isc) is determined in each winding of the stator winding set, and a rotor position angle (θ) is calculated. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096397 | RELATING TO DRIVING BRUSHLESS DC (BLDC) MOTORS - In a three phase BLDC motor the rotor position is monitored by detecting the zero crossing points of the induced back EMF signals BEMF_U, BEMF_V, BEMF_W in the phase windings U, V, W. As they are illustrated, the back EMF signals are substantially sinusoidal but they may in other situations be substantially trapezoidal. The three back EMF signals are 120° out of phase with each other. In order to accurately monitor the back EMF in a phase winding, the driving waveform for each phase U, V, W includes an undriven period P close to the expected zero crossing point. The period P can be a preset part of the driving waveform or can be an interruption of the normal driving waveform in response to suitable interrupt signals. In order to determine the zero crossing points of each back EMF signal, two (or more) samples of the back EMF are taken during the undriven period P and used to interpolate the back EMF signal to determine the zero crossing point. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096398 | ROBUST BLOWER MOTOR STARTUP TECHNIQUE - A method for starting a blower motor with a locked rotor condition, the motor having one or more speed settings, each speed setting having a reference voltage and reference current value associated therewith, the method comprising, from a motor off condition, applying the reference voltage to the motor, the reference voltage associated with a desired speed setting; measuring current flowing through the motor to define a measured current value; comparing the measured current value to the reference current value associated with the desired speed setting to determine if a locked rotor condition exists; if a locked rotor condition exists, increasing the motor speed from the desired speed setting until either the output speed is at a maximum speed or the locked rotor condition ceases to exist; and adjusting the motor output speed value to the desired speed setting. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096399 | INTELLIGENT MOTORIZED APPLIANCES WITH MULTIPLE POWER SOURCES - A motorized portable appliance which monitors, and automatically selects, one of multiple power sources. The motorized portable appliance includes an electric motor, a secondary battery and at least one other source of electrical power, and an automatic control to switch between the secondary battery and the other source of electrical power, which may be mains electrical power, an external secondary battery, an on-board secondary battery, an automotive battery, a solar photovoltaic array, or a primary battery. Power conditioning circuitry converts power from the various power sources to a form compatible with the electric motor and recovers remaining power from depleted primary batteries. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096400 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system includes a power source, a starter motor, a starter relay, a control module, and an ignition switch. The starter motor is in operative communication with the power source. The starter relay is operatively interposed between the power source and the starter motor, and includes a high side node and a low side node. The starter relay is controllable to selectively enable power delivery from the power source to the starter motor responsive to activation of the high side node and the low side node. The control module includes a high side driver in operative communication with the high side node of the starter relay and a low side driver in operative communication with the low side node of the starter relay. The ignition switch is in operative communication with the high side node of the starter relay and in operative communication with the control module. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096401 | POWER TOOL - The controller determines the presence or absence of operation of the trigger switch according to an ON/OFF state of the main contact of the trigger switch and designating the rotation speed of the motor based on a signal outputted from the speed contact. The controller stops the rotation of the motor, after the trigger switch is activated and the main contact is turned ON and the motor is driven according to a signal outputted from the speed contact, when an OFF state of the main contact is detected, only in the case where a signal value outputted from the speed contact is a predetermined value or less. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096402 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND COOLING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A drive circuit of a fan motor is provided. In an embodiment of the drive circuit, a first PWM comparator compares a temperature detection voltage with a cyclic voltage, and outputs a first PWM signal. A second PWM comparator compares a minimum frequency setting voltage indicating a minimum frequency of the fan motor, with the cyclic voltage, and outputs a second PWM signal. The drive circuit combines the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal by a logical operation, to drive the fan motor. The drive circuit includes a first logic gate which generates a logical sum of the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal, and a second logic gate which generates a logical product of the first PWM signal and an inverted signal of the second PWM signal. The drive circuit switches drive mode based on the first logic gate and the second logic gate. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096403 | MOTOR CONTROL - A method of controlling a current of a three-phase electric motor with a three-phase controller. The firing angles are adjusted so as to leave a range of firing angles in which DC components appear. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096404 | Determination of the position of a component - A method for determining the position of a component, that is able to be moved into at least two end positions with the aid of a drive, especially of a flap for controlling fluid flows in an internal combustion engine, includes the following steps:
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20090096405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY PREDICTING THE REMAINING LIFE OF AN AC MOTOR SYSTEM - A method and system for remotely predicting the reliability and the remaining time before failure for an AC motor system is provided. The method and system may remotely determine the reliability and a remaining time before failure with a statistical confidence utilizing an AC motor condition forecaster. The method and system may include acquiring historical motor data, obtaining operational data, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an integrated causal network and reliability analysis of the AC motor system. The method and system may provide at least one notification of an issue with the AC motor system or at least one component of the AC motor system. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF A DC MOTOR SYSTEM - A method and system for determining the reliability and a remaining time before failure for a DC motor system is provided. The method and system may determine the reliability and a remaining time before failure with a statistical confidence. The method and system may includes acquiring historical motor data, obtaining operational data, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an integrated causal network and reliability analysis of the DC motor system. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF A DC MOTOR SYSTEM - A method and system for remotely predicting the reliability and the remaining time before failure for an DC motor system is provided. The method and system may remotely determine the reliability utilizing a DC motor condition forecaster. The method and system may include acquiring historical motor data, obtaining operational data, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an integrated causal network and reliability analysis of the DC motor system. The method and system may provide at least one notification of an issue with the DC motor system or at least one component of the DC motor system. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096408 | FREQUENCY CONVERTER - The present invention relates to a frequency converter comprising electric power supply devices for supplying electric power to an electric motor ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096409 | Electronic Device Including Handheld Electronic Device With Dual Battery Configuration, and Associated Method - An improved handheld electronic device in conjunction with an improved holder for the handheld electronic device together form an improved electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a first battery, and the holder includes a second battery and a charging apparatus. When the handheld electronic device and the holder are electrically connected together, such as when the handheld electronic device is received in a cavity formed in the holder and a plurality of first contacts on the handheld electronic device and a plurality of second contacts on the holder are electrically connected together, the charging apparatus charges the first battery on the handheld electronic device from the second battery on the holder. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096410 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE - The present invention provides a charging device for an electric automobile that can reduce the number of connection terminals provided in a vehicle and respond to a plurality of charging methods including normal charging and fast charging. Fast charging lines, an in-vehicle charger, and a feeder unit are connected to a power supply circuit for supplying power from a high voltage battery to a motor/generator. The fast charging lines, normal charging lines connected to the in-vehicle charger, and feeder lines connected to the feeder unit are respectively connected to common connection terminals of a connector. Relays provided on the respective lines are activated in accordance with the type of a connection plug attached to the connector, and as a result, charging is performed in accordance with the type of the connection plug. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096411 | Charging Stand - A charging stand | 2009-04-16 |
20090096412 | INDUCTIVE CHARGING DEVICE - An induction charging device includes a charging pad and a battery set. The charging pad is composed of an inverting oscillating circuit connected with an emitting induction coil, and a charging room having the inside, the outside, the top or the bottom of its room wall installed with the emitting induction coil. The battery set has a main body installed with a charging system, which has a rectifying/filtering circuit, a charging control circuit and a receiving induction coil, characterized by having the receiving induction coil set inside or outside the main body of the battery set to receive electromagnetic field generated by the emitting induction coil to enable two ends of the receiving induction coil created with voltage to drive the charging system to proceed with induction charging. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF PORTABLE DEVICES - A system and method for variable power transfer in an inductive charging or power system. In accordance with an embodiment the system comprises a pad or similar base unit that contains a primary, which creates an alternating magnetic field. A receiver comprises a means for receiving the energy from the alternating magnetic field from the pad and transferring it to a mobile device, battery, or other device. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be incorporated into the system to provide greater power transfer efficiency, and to allow the system to be easily modified for applications that have different power requirements. These include variations in the material used to manufacture the primary and/or the receiver coils; modified circuit designs to be used on the primary and/or receiver side; and additional circuits and components that perform specialized tasks, such as mobile device or battery identification, and automatic voltage or power-setting for different devices or batteries. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096414 | CONTACT-LESS POWER TRANSFER - A unit for transferring power in an inductive manner to at least one power-receiving device, and a system comprising such a unit and such a device. The unit includes at least one coil structure configured to allow various degrees of translational and rotational freedom of movement of the power-receiving device relative thereto. This provides increased ease of use, since it is not necessary for a user to place the power-receiving device in mechanical or other registration with the unit. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096415 | RETENTION OF RECHARGEABLE DEVICES - There is disclosed a system and method for retaining portable rechargeable devices to recharging stations wherein one or other or both of the recharging station and the portable device are provided with connecting means adapted for temporary releasable connection of the two. This is particularly advantageous when used with recharging stations which permit the device to be recharged in multiple places on the recharging station, providing a positive means of retaining the device. This is particularly advantageous if the recharging station is to be used in a mobile environment such as a car, or on a wall or ceiling. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096416 | Charging Device, Electric Vehicle Equipped With the Charging Device and Charging Control Method - An HV-ECU acquires electric power information from an electricity transmission line by using a modem. The electric power information includes information regarding the amount of carbon dioxide having been emitted in the generating process of the commercial electric power supplied from an electricity transmission line. When the CO | 2009-04-16 |
20090096417 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INCLUDING HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTELLIGENT HOLSTER - A handheld electronic device that includes a first battery and a holster that includes a second battery and a charging apparatus. When the handheld electronic device and the holster are electrically connected together, the charging apparatus charges the first battery on the handheld electronic device from the second battery on the holster when the first battery charge has been depleted to a given level and the second battery charge is above a second given level. Alternatively, if the first battery charge is above a third given level the first battery charges the second battery if the second battery is not fully charged. The holster further includes a microcontroller that communicates with a microprocessor on the handheld electronic device to identify alerts and activate a notification device powered by the second battery on the holster. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096418 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR EQUIPPING A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electrical energy storage device ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090096419 | BOTTOM BASED BALANCING IN LITHIUM ION SYSTEM - A method comprises discharging each of a plurality of cells of a battery pack, stopping the discharging of a selected cell of the plurality of cells when the selected cell reaches a predetermined capacity, and charging the plurality of cells after the discharging has stopped for all of the plurality of cells. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096420 | Systems and methods for cell balancing - A cell balancing circuit comprises a first cell having a first voltage, a second cell in series with the first cell and having a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage, and a bypass path in parallel with the second cell for enabling a bypass current for the second cell if a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is greater than a predetermined threshold. The bypass current is enabled for a balancing time period that is proportional to the difference between the fist voltage and the second voltage. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096421 | METHOD FOR BALANCING CELLS IN A BATTERY PACK - A method is provided for charging a plurality of cells in a battery pack to a target charging value. The method includes: delivering a charging current to the plurality of cells; monitoring cell voltage of each cell in the plurality of cells to determine when at least one of the cells reaches the target charging value; and diverting the charging current around the cells having reached the target charging value and cooperatively adjusting the charging current so that a current received by the cells having reached the target charging value is substantially zero. | 2009-04-16 |
20090096422 | Charge Regulation Assembly And Method For Charging A Battery - A charging regulator arrangement ( | 2009-04-16 |