31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090189417 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle, preferably a two door sports car, is provided with a side wall section, in particular comprising a fender, which forms at least partially the outer wall of a wheel housing. A sill panel which covers a lateral sill of the motor vehicle in the connected state to the side wall section forms an outer wall of an air guiding channel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189418 | HEADLINER RETAINER CLIP - A retainer assembly for connecting a headliner panel to a support structure. A retainer clip is configured to connect the support structure to the headliner panel. A slot is defined in the support structure and configured to receive s stem portion of the retainer clip. The slot and the stem portion cooperate to define a float length and a float width, which define a range of motion over which the headliner panel is longitudinally and transversely moveable with respect to the support structure. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189419 | Folding Chair - A folding chair includes two side boards, a foldable paper beehive structure, and a positioning device. The foldable paper beehive structure includes a plurality of paper boards interconnected with one another. The paper beehive structure includes two sides to which the side boards are mounted to form a chair body. A plurality of polygonal holes are formed between two paper boards adjacent to each other. The polygonal holes extend perpendicularly to a ground on which the paper beehive structure is placed. The positioning device is made of rigid material and coupled with the side boards when the paper beehive structure is in an extended state to fix a width of the chair body. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189420 | Electric Auxiliary Heating Unit for a Motor Vehicle - An electric auxiliary heating unit reliably avoids temperature overshoots of the heated air. To this end, the temperature of the air flowing into the heating is determined and converted into a heating power for controlling the heating elements. This is preferably done via a stored characteristic field via which a plurality of vehicle parameters, such as the vehicle speed, the opening condition of the convertible top, etc., can be taken into account. Also the temperature of the incoming air can be derived from temperature values which are already available in the vehicle. A user-friendly electric heating can be realized very easily in this way. Temperature fluctuations in the heated air can be avoided reliably and easily even in the case of dynamically varying operating conditions of the motor vehicle. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189421 | Saddle Assembly and Venting Device Thereof - A saddle assembly and a venting device thereof are provided. The venting device comprises a body and an air-passage structure, wherein the body has an upper surface and a peripheral portion, while the air-passage structure is at least partially formed on the upper surface and connects at least one portion of the peripheral portion. The venting device is preferably made of a shock-absorbing material, so that the venting device and the saddle assembly are heat dissipative and shock-absorbing. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189422 | CHILD CHAIR - A child chair includes a seat, a frame, a reclining adjusting device, a locking device, and a bouncing device. The seat pivoted with the frame. The reclining adjusting device mounted on the seat capable of moving between a locking status and a release status, the seat movable relative to the frame when the reclining adjusting device is in the release status. The locking device mounted on the seat for retaining the reclining adjusting device in the release status. The bouncing device mounted between the seat and the frame for bouncing the seat along a direction relative to the frame when the reclining adjusting device is retained in the release status by the locking device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189423 | Glider with massage devices - A glider with massage devices includes a chair guiding mechanism, a chair frame, a back cushion, a seat cushion and a plurality of vibration generators. The chair guiding mechanism has a fixing portion and a gliding portion glidably mounted on the fixing portion. The chair frame is fixed on the gliding portion. The back cushion and the seat cushion are detachably mounted on the chair frame and the vibration generators are embedded in the back cushion and the seat cushion. When users sit in the glider with massage devices, they can rock themselves back and forth to relax via the chair gliding mechanism, and further, the vibration generators mounted in the back cushion and the seat cushion of the glider can provide a massage effect so that the users can have massages while sitting in the glider. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189424 | Glider with a music player - A glider with a music player includes a gliding mechanism, a chair frame, a back cushion, a seat cushion, a plurality of speakers and a music controller. The gliding mechanism has a fixing portion and a gliding portion glidably mounted on the fixing portion. The chair frame is fixed on the top surface of the gliding portion. The back cushion and the seat cushion are detachably mounted on the chair frame. The speakers are placed in the back cushion. The music controller is electrically connected with the speakers. When users sit in the glider with a music player, they can rock themselves back and forth to relax via the gliding mechanism. Further, users can enjoy music via the speakers and the music controller while sitting in the glider to relax themselves. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189425 | Child safety chair cover and method of use thereof - The present invention relates to a portable and compact child safety chair cover. The child safety chair cover comprises a chair cover portion having a pocket configured to be positioned over the back of a chair. The child safety chair cover further comprises a harness portion to secure a child within, wherein the chair cover portion and harness portion are formed as one piece. Additionally, the child safety chair cover comprises tie straps attached with the chair cover portion and the harness portion. The tie straps attached to the chair cover portion secure the chair cover portion to the back of the chair, while the tie straps attached with the harness are used to secure the child inside the harness to the chair. The present invention is compact enough to be folded to fit into most diaper bags. Finally, the present invention is comprised of a machine-washable material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189426 | BLEACHER CUSHION - A seat cushion includes a cushioned bottom portion and a back portion. The back portion is flexibly connected to the bottom portion. An attachment mechanism is provided to attach the bottom portion to a bleacher. A constraint element restrains the back portion for rotating beyond a desired angle with respect to the cushioned bottom portion. The back portion does not include any rigid cross members. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189427 | VEHICLE SEAT PROTECTOR - A protector having a body member positioned over designated portions of a vehicle seat and secured and retained in place by a retaining member. The retaining member can consist of two tie straps. Alternatively, a strap is attached at one end to the body member and removably attached at its other end by a snap assembly, a button/buttonhole assembly or a hook and loop fastening assembly. In another embodiment a hood defining a pocket is attached to one end of the body member to receive a headrest member of the vehicle seat. In a further embodiment, one or more holes can be provided in the body member for disposal around the headrest or post(s) of the headrest member. The body member hangs down from the headrest over a desired portion of the vehicle seat and can be quickly and easily attached/detached and removed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189428 | Arm assembly for a chair - An office chair is provided with includes a chair arm assembly on each opposite side thereof for supporting the arms of a user. The arm assemblies each include a latching assembly to permit adjustment of the height of an arm cap thereof while maintaining the arm cap at a selected elevation. The latch assembly is engageable with an inner liner provided within a support post. Further, the armrest assembly has a plurality of interconnected and relatively movable plates which permit adjustment of the angular orientation of the arm cap along with adjustment of the arm cap in the front-to-back direction and the side-to-side direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189429 | Easy lift mechanism for vehicle seats - A method and apparatus for actuating a folding vehicle seat. The apparatus includes a handle remotely and functionally connected to the vehicle seat for moving the seatback from a folded position to an upright or design position. The handle is pivotally mounted on a support bracket and attached to an actuator member interconnecting the handle and the seatback. The actuator member transfers the motion of the handle to a generally “L-shaped” arm which is pivotally mounted to the vehicle seat below the seatback. The L-shaped arm rotates toward the back of the seat as the handle is lifted. As the L-shaped arm moves, it catches a stop or extension member located on the seatback and moves the seatback toward the upright position. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189430 | Head rest for a seat, especially an air passenger seat - The invention relates to a head rest for a seat, especially an air passenger seat. Said head rest comprises a carrier structure that can be applied to the back rest part of the seat and comprises a supporting structure for supporting the head of the seat passenger, said supporting structure consisting of individual strand-type or strip-type supporting parts ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189431 | CABLE WIRING STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE SEAT - One aspect of the present invention can include a headrest attached to a seat-back, a skin member covering the seat-back, a cable extending in the seat-back, a wire member extending between sides of a frame, a strip member attached to the wire member, so that when the cable is pulled and the headrest is moved to a seat front side by being pulling the cable, the cable is moved to extend through a guiding recess portion formed in a portion of the wire member and a portion of the skin member is pulled into the seat-back as the part of the skin member is extended by the strip member over the guiding recess portion. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189432 | Self-inflatable footrest - A self-inflatable footrest for use in a vehicle or a plane that comprises an elongated body having a floor-rest surface and a foot-supporting surface which is inclined with respect to the floor-rest surface. The footrest consists of an air-proof inner casing filled with plastic foam and provided with a valve for sealing the interior of the inner casing or for opening connection thereof to the atmosphere so that when the valve is opened, the plastic foam can be compressed for displacing air from the cells of the plastic foam with subsequent closing of the valve, whereby the footrest becomes several times smaller in value for convenience of storage and transportation. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189433 | MODULAR SCHOOL BUS SEATS - A modular seat frame for a school bus seat based on a minimized number of components and allowing for different orders of assembly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189434 | VEHICLE SEAT FRAME AND METHOD - A vehicle seat frame provides a tilting feature for tilting the seat cushion. The frame includes side brackets ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189435 | Method for the Manufacture of a Wire Wheel and a Wheel Obtained by that Method - A method for the manufacture of a wire wheel of the type comprising a rim and a hub secured to each other by a plurality of spokes. Each spoke includes a stem at the opposed axial ends of which are arranged respective anchorage members capable of being secured respectively to the hub and to the rim. The member for anchorage to the rim is received in a seat fixed on the rim with the capability of limited axial displacement in the seat. The seat is provided integrally on the rim in the form of a substantially tubular appendage thereof and the anchorage member is received in a sealed manner with coupling of the cylinder/piston type in the tubular appendage. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189436 | Bearing Device for Wheel - A wheel support bearing assembly, which enables an increase in the strength and the fatigue strength of its wheel mounting flange or vehicle body fitting flange against high stress and repeated stress and the suppression of the increase of the number of processes, includes an inner member and an outer member rotatable relative to each other through rolling elements. The flange is formed on the inner member or the outer member, for example, a hub. A component part having the flange is a hot-forged product of steel in which a matrix portion is formed as a standard structure and the non-standard structural portion is formed on the surface of the flange. The non-standard structure is formed of either of a fine ferrite/pearlite structure, an upper bainite structure, a lower bainite structure, and a tempered martensite structure, or mixture of two or more of these structures. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189437 | Hub unit - A hub unit is equipped with an inner member having an inner ring raceway formed on its outer peripheral face, an outer member having an outer ring raceway formed on its inner peripheral face, and a plurality of rolling elements provided between the inner ring raceway and the outer ring raceway. At least one of the inner ring raceway and the outer ring raceway has a rolling contact zone on which an induction-hardened layer is formed. The hardened layer has a depth of about 1.5 to 1.9 mm at a distance of 1 mm inward from each end of the hardened layer. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189438 | Vehicle brake system - A brake system for a vehicle includes brake cylinders operated by pressurized fluid for actuation of brakes by means of pressurized fluid on at least one first axle of the vehicle. The brakes on at least one other, second, axle can be actuated exclusively electromechanically in response to an electrical braking request signal. The pressure of the pressurized fluid can be modulated indirectly or directly and the electrical braking request signal can be generated indirectly or directly in response to actuation of a brake pedal of a brake pedal device. A service brake function is provided by means of hybrid use of the brakes on the first axle(s) together with the brakes on the second axle(s). The brake cylinders operated by pressurized fluid are pneumatically operated brake cylinders. The pressure modulated by the brake pedal device is a pneumatic pressure, and the pressurized fluid is compressed air. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189439 | BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - In a brake hydraulic pressure control device for a vehicle, a plurality of electromagnetic valves are mounted on a first surface of a housing, while an electric motor for driving pumps built in the housing are mounted on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface. A cover member for covering the electromagnetic valves is attached to the first surface, and a main ECU for controlling the electromagnetic valves and the electric motor is arranged in a space defined by the cover member and the first surface. One or more spaces are formed between the electric motor and the second surface to receive a plurality of pressure sensors for detecting hydraulic pressures at various parts in a hydraulic brake device of the vehicle. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189440 | BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - In a brake hydraulic pressure control device, a main ECU is provided with a first converter for converting serial signals or parallel signals inputted thereto into parallel signals or serial signals to output the converted signals, while a motor ECU arranged away from the main ECU is provided with a second converter for converting serial signals or parallel signals inputted thereto into parallel signals or serial signals to output the converted signals. The first and second converters are electrically connected with each other through at least one conductive member capable of serial communication. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189441 | Distributed electrical/electronic architectures for brake-by-wire brake systems - A brake system including a communication bus, a sensor including an integral star coupler, the star coupler being in communication with the communication bus, wherein the sensor generates a sensor signal, a first electronic control unit directly connected to the sensor to directly receive the sensor signal, the first electronic control unit being in communication with the communication bus, and a second electronic control unit in communication with the communication bus, wherein the second electronic control unit receives the sensor signal over the communication bus by way of the star coupler. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189442 | Systems and methods for powering circuits for a communications interface - Embodiments include systems and methods of powering data communications transmitter circuitry using current sinked from biasing circuitry used to bias a transmission line between the data communications transmitter circuitry and data communications receiver circuitry. In some embodiments, the current sinked from the biasing circuitry is sourced by a power supply configured to power the data communications receiver circuitry. The current sinked from the biasing circuitry is then re-used to power the data communications transmitter circuitry. The data communications transmitter circuitry can be operated using less power overall than the prior art by re-using the current first used to bias the transmission line to power the data communications transmitter circuitry. Various embodiments include HDMI transceivers, DVI transceivers, and DisplayPort transceivers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189443 | Power conversion system and method thereof using pulse width modulation - A power conversion system comprises an input unit, a control unit, a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) units and a plurality of conversion units. The input unit is for generating an input voltage-current, and the PWM units are connected with the input unit respectively for receiving the input voltage-current and output the PWM signals corresponding to the input voltage-current respectively. The control units are connected with the PWM units respectively for counting the number of PWM units and determining the order of the PWM units. The PWM units determine the phases of the PWM signals based on the number and order of the PWM units. The conversion units connected with the corresponding PWM units respectively are for generating a plurality of working voltage-currents corresponding to the PWM signals. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189444 | Power supply system and ramp strategy - A power supply system for supplying power to a load is disclosed. The power supply system includes a power source, a high voltage terminal coupled to the power source, a programmable controller coupled to the power source, and a first low voltage terminal and a second low voltage terminal. Each low voltage terminal is coupled to the programmable controller. The programmable controller may be programmed to switch each of the first and second low voltage terminals between a connected state and a disconnected state and to implement a power up strategy when initially supplying power to the load. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189445 | RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE SYSTEM - An integrated system of renewable energy management and storage that receives direct current generated from renewable sources and intelligently routes the electrical power between a direct current circuit and an alternating current circuit, and at the same time determines the optimal routing for electrical storage based on usage and demand. Electrical power from the direct current circuit can be converted to alternating current electrical power and supplied to the alternating current circuit, or vice versa. Electrical power from either the direct current circuit or the alternating current can be stored in the energy storage subsystem. Electric energy can be further converted to and stored as gaseous hydrogen and can supply for other applications that consume gaseous hydrogen. The system can work with a connection to a utility grid or as a stand-alone system. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189446 | Power converter control system for electric powertrains - A power converter control system for electric powertrains is disclosed. The power converter control system may include at least one power producing device and at least one power consuming device. The power converter control system may further include at least one power electronics module configured to convert and condition a flow of electrical current between the at least one power producing device and the at least one power consuming device. The at least one power electronics module may further be configured to serialize a flow of a first set of signals between the at least one power electronics module and at least one controller. The first set of signals may correspond to at least one characteristic of the at least one power electronics module. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189447 | MULTI-CHANNEL SWITCHING REGULATOR - A controlling unit generates a pulse signal whose duty ratio is controlled so that the output voltage of each channel will be constant, and controls the main transistor and the rectification circuit of each channel in accordance with the pulse signal. The first synchronous rectification transistor is disposed in a direction such that the cathode of the body diode thereof is on the switching terminal side. The second synchronous rectification transistor is disposed in a direction such that the cathode of the body diode thereof is on the output terminal side. The controlling unit first turns on the first synchronous rectification transistor, and then turns on the second synchronous rectification transistor for a period of time in accordance with the pulse width of the pulse signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189448 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING POWER TO A LOAD SELECTED FROM A PLURALITY OF LOADS - The invention relates to a device and method for addressing power to at least a selected load from a plurality of loads, in particular light sources in solid state lighting applications, such as decorative indoor and outdoor illumination for buildings or cars, by timing a power signal such as to power a selected load when said common timed power signal is switched to said load under control of a delayed clock signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189449 | Power source and method for controlling operational power - The solution controls electric operational power to be fed to an amplifier. The control can be carried out, for instance, in accordance with a predetermined signal. The operational power is fed to the amplifier with a voltage source unit and a current source unit, and the operational voltage that the voltage source unit feeds to the amplifier is controlled. The current source unit feeds at least some of the operational electric current of the amplifier. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189450 | DUAL-CHANNEL LOAD SWITCH CIRCUITS, DEVICES INCLUDING A DUAL-CHANNEL LOAD SWITCH CIRCUIT AND METHODS OF SWITCHING LOAD CHANNELS - A dual-channel load switch circuit may be provided for switching between first and second sources that generate respective input voltages. The circuit may include first and second channels adapted to receive the respective input voltages and to supply respective output voltages to a load element based on the respective input voltages. The first and second channels may each include first and second switching elements and first and second control circuitry. The second channel may include a diode in parallel with the second switching element and may be coupled to the first control circuitry. The circuit may include a reservoir element coupled to the first and second channels and configured to store a potential when one of the first and second channels supplies a respective output voltage to the load element and to apply the potential to the load element when neither output voltage is being supplied to the load element. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189451 | ESTIMATED REMAINING LIFE OF A BATTERY INCLUDED IN AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) is provided with a backup power supply that has an adjustable reserve power level that is based on a user's input and/or is configured to notify a user if a battery included in the UPS needs to be replaced. In one embodiment of the present invention, the UPS (or a circuit included therein) estimates a remaining life (ERL) of the battery by considering various battery conditions, including, but not limited to, a predetermined battery life expectancy, whether the battery is being used to power a load, and battery temperature. If it is estimated that the ERL is low, or below a predetermined threshold, then the UPS (or a circuit included therein) is configured to notify a user that the battery needs to be replaced. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189452 | System and Method for Creating a Networked Infrastructure Distribution Platform of Small Fixed and Vehicle Based Wind Energy Gathering Devices Along Roadways - A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of wind energy generating devices, and a roadway system electricity grid. The wind energy generating devices are electrically connected to the roadway system electricity grid and are positioned on part of or near to a road in a system of roads and are optionally fixed in a position such that a multi-form, wind energy gathering network can be formed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189453 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITIVE LOAD AND FLUID INJECTING DEVICE - A driving circuit that drives a capacitive load includes a drive signal generator that generates a drive signal driving the capacitive load via a transistor pair in response to an analog signal, and a power-source voltage generator that generates a high-voltage power-source voltage and a low-voltage power-source voltage and that supplies the high-voltage power-source voltage and the low-voltage power-source voltage respectively to collectors of the transistors of the transistor pair via a high-voltage output terminal and a low-voltage output terminal. The power-source voltage generator includes multiple power sources connected in parallel, a backcurrent prevention diode connected between the adjacent power sources, and a switch unit that connects the adjacent power sources in series under the on-off control of a controller each time the drive signal rises above a predetermined threshold value or falls below a predetermined threshold value. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189454 | Reference voltage generation circuit and start-up control method therefor - To solve the problem of the conventional reference voltage generation circuit in that an output voltage exceeds a predetermined voltage value, there is provided a reference voltage generation circuit including: a voltage generation circuit provided between a first power supply and a second power supply, to output an output voltage to an output terminal; an auxiliary start-up circuit provided between the output terminal and the first power supply, to supply a voltage of the first power supply to the output terminal; and a control circuit that switches the auxiliary start-up circuit between an operating state and a non-operating state according to a value of a voltage at the output terminal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189455 | SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER (SSPC) USED AS BUS TIE BREAKER IN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - The present invention provides an electrical power distribution system that includes a first primary distribution panel (PDP) connected to a first source of electrical power and a second PDP connected to a second source of electrical power. The second PDP is connected to the first PDP by a conductor. A first solid state power controller (SSPC) receives signals corresponding to the flow of current through the first PDP to a load. A second SSPC receives signals corresponding to the flow of current between the first PDP and the second PDP. The first and second SSPC protect the electrical power distribution system from a variety of fault conditions. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189456 | System and Method for Coordinated Control and Utilization of Local Storage and Generation, with a Power Grid - Our system improves the efficiency and functionality of a grid-interactive or grid-tied power system that utilizes one or more local power sources and one or more local energy storage devices. The purpose is the coordination, optimization and efficient control, regulation, and transfer of electrical energy among several energy storage devices, power generators, the utility grid, and connected local electrical loads. The coordinated control and utilization of local storage and generation combined with coordinated integration with the utility grid results in an overall system that can be more flexible, economical, and efficient than any of the individual components can be, when operated separately. It uses dynamic adjustment, feedback, and other control modules/methods. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR READING A TRANSPONDER - A transponder, a method for powering the transponder, and a system relating to the method. The transponder includes at least two electrical coils, a dipole antenna, and a chip electrically connected to the dipole antenna and the electrical coils, wherein the electrical coils surround the dipole antenna and the chip. The transponder is surrounded with a wiring loop. An alternating current is generated in the wiring loop. The alternating current generates a magnetic field at the electrical coils. The electrical coils receive energy from the magnetic field and transfer the received energy to the chip for powering the transponder. The dipole antenna is configured to transmit an output signal to a reader and to receive an input signal from the reader. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189458 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE WINDOW MEMBER - The vehicle power supply apparatus | 2009-07-30 |
20090189459 | CONTACTLESS ENERGY AND DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a device for the contactless energy and data transmission, having a primary unit provided with a primary inductor, and a secondary unit provided with a secondary inductor. The primary and secondary units are at least temporarily so relatively positioned that between the primary inductor and the secondary inductor a transformer coupling distance is formed. Furthermore, the primary unit is set up for the contactless transmission of energy to the secondary unit and the secondary unit is designed for supplying terminals connected thereto. The device is further developed in that the primary unit has means for interrupting the energy transmission across the transformer coupling distance in energy transmission intervals and the secondary unit has means for detecting the energy transmission intervals. Further, the secondary unit has means for transmitting data in the energy transmission intervals and/or the primary unit has means for transmitting data to the secondary unit. The invention also relates to a method for the contactless energy and data transmission. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189460 | PORTABLE POWER SOURCE TO PROVIDE POWER TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA AN INTERFACE - A portable power source is configured for use with an electronic device. The portable power source cooperates and communicates with the electronic device via a peripheral bus to which the electronic device is attachable. The portable power source includes circuitry to process a power request signal from the electronic device to determine whether a device connected to a bus interface of the portable power source is requesting power from the portable power source. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189461 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A POWER MOS TRANSISTOR - An integrated circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate and a first source and a second transistor having a second gate and a second source. The integrated circuit includes a first source contact adjacent the second transistor and coupled to the first source and the second source. The integrated circuit includes a first bond wire coupled to the first source contact. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189462 | Power Control Device - A power control device prevents unauthorized and unwanted use of electrical devices by locking the plug of the electrical device in the power control device, when the current flowing through the power control device is stopped. The device includes a switch, moveable between on and off conditions by moving a slide lock or bolt, typically by rotating a key in a locking structure. When the slide lock has moved into contact with the switch, such that it is in an off-condition and current is not flowing through the power control device, the slide lock has also locked the plug in the power control device. The electrical device is temporarily inoperable and can not resume normal operation until the power control device is unlocked. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189463 | Actuator for actuating a safety switch - An actuator is disclosed for actuating a safety switch. In at least one embodiment, the actuator includes a fixing element, an actuating element, and a connection arrangement for connecting the elements. A technical method is disclosed which proposes a universally applicable and low-cost activator. To this end, in at least one embodiment, the connection arrangement is implemented with at least one elastic element, which is pretensioned by way of at least one pretensioning element. Due in particular to the internal mounting of the pretensioning element inside the elastic element, a very simple and robust structure of the connection arrangement is achieved. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189464 | Solenoid Actuator - A fluid assay system and a method for immobilizing magnetic particles within a fluid assay system are provided which employ a vessel for receiving magnetic particles and a solenoid actuator comprising a core component and a coil of wire wound around at least a portion of the core component. The solenoid actuator is configured such that an application of current through the coil of wire moves the core component toward the vessel. In some cases, core component includes a magnet to immobilize one or more magnetic particles disposed within the vessel. An embodiment of the solenoid actuator includes a telescoping body holding a core component and a coil of wire wound around at least a portion of the telescoping body. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189465 | LINEAR MOTOR WITH DIFFERENTLY CONFIGURED SECONDARY PART SECTIONS - The aim of the invention is to better adapt the power range of a linear motor to specific applications. For this purpose, the secondary part ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189466 | MOTOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE FUEL PUMP - A rotor for a brushless motor is resistant to degradation in alternative fuels and has desirable magnetic properties. A stator for a brushless DC motor includes coils wound both clockwise and counterclockwise around teeth of a back iron. Pairs of the coils are electrically connected in parallel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189467 | Vibration generator for a vibration pile driver - A vibration generator for a vibration pile driver, comprises imbalance masses that can rotate, which are disposed on shafts. A hydraulic drive having a changeable suction volume is disposed on the generator. A vibration pile driver consists of the vibration generator and a mast for movably supporting the vibration generator and/or an accommodation for a pile-driven material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189468 | ROTARY ACTUATOR HAVING ELECTRIC MOTOR AND SPEED REDUCTION DEVICE - A rotary actuator of the present invention is advantageously used as an actuator in a shift-by-wire system in an automatic transmission. An electric motor and a speed reduction device for reducing a rotational speed of the motor are contained in a housing composed of a front housing and a rear housing. The motor is positioned in the housing at its rear side, and the speed reduction device at its front side. The speed reduction device is composed of a sun gear rotatably supported on an eccentric portion formed on a rotor shaft, a ring gear having inner teeth engaging with outer teeth of the sun gear, and an output shaft loosely coupled to the sun gear for outputting the rotational torque at a reduced speed. The sun gear made of a magnetic material is positioned in contact with an axial end of a stator core of the motor to provide an additional magnetic flux path and thereby to increase an output torque of the motor. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189469 | MAGNETIC BEARING APPARATUS - A magnetic bearing apparatus supports a rotating object using magnetic levitation by a magnetic force of electromagnets. The magnetic bearing apparatus includes a PWM driver configured to supply exciting currents to the electromagnets, a driver power source configured to drive the PWM driver, and a displacement error signal removing section configured to extract a displacement error signal of the displacement information from a current flowing through the driver power source and to remove the displacement error signal from the displacement information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189470 | Flux-Focused Shaped Permanent Magnet, Magnetic Unit Having the Magnets, Device Having the Magnetic Units and Method for Asymmetrically Focusing Flux Fields of Permanent Magnets - A flux-focused, shaped permanent magnet includes a body of magnetic material having multiple surface contouring to form a reduced flux side with convex surfaces and an increased flux side with concave surfaces. The surfaces develop high and low resistance external flux paths creating focused asymmetric flux fields. A magnetic unit having the shaped permanent magnet and a magnetic flux attracter or two shaped permanent magnets interconnected by two segmented permanent magnets and a kinetic device having a stationary stator ring, a rotor disc rotating within the stator ring and a multiplicity of the magnetic units on the stator ring and the rotor disc, are also provided. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189471 | Spindle Motor - A spindle motor having a stator and a rotor includes: a stator core provided in the stator having salient-poles; a stator coil arranged between the salient-poles; a rotor; and a permanent magnet provided in the rotor. The stator core includes a stack of steel sheets whose salient-poles are formed by etching. The permanent magnet includes a ferromagnetic material consisting mainly of iron. The ferromagnetic material has formed in laminae on a surface thereof a layer of a fluorine compound containing an alkali element, an alkaline earth element or a rare earth element formed in laminae. Near an interface between the ferromagnetic material and the layer of the fluorine compound, iron exists in the layer of the fluorine compound such that a basic crystal structure of the fluorine compound is not changed and the fluorine compound containing the iron exists in the layer of the fluorine compound. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189472 | Vehicle alternator - The vehicle alternator comprises a rotor. The rotor comprises a first pole core | 2009-07-30 |
20090189473 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE FUEL PUMP - A rotor for a brushless motor is resistant to degradation in alternative fuels and has desirable magnetic properties. A stator for a brushless DC motor includes coils wound both clockwise and counterclockwise around teeth of a back iron. Pairs of the coils are electrically connected in parallel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189474 | Winding arrangement for an electrical machine - Presented is a winding arrangement for an electric machine that includes a laminated core that includes a yoke that includes a plurality of teeth each having flanks that form first wedge surfaces and a winding support area that has a trapezoidal cross-section. The arrangement further includes a coil winding, and a winding body configured to arrange the coil winding on one of the plurality of teeth. The coil winding has an inner area arranged opposite the first wedge surfaces and represents second wedge surfaces. The arrangement further includes a stop means disposed on the winding body and/or one of the plurality of teeth. The stop means is configured to limit movement of the winding body in a direction toward the yoke. The arrangement further includes a centering means configured to center the winding body on one of the plurality of teeth. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189475 | Motor, method for fabricating the same, and home appliance with the same - The present invention relates a motor, a method for fabricating the same and a home appliance with the same. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189476 | INTERPHASE INSULATING MEMBER AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - An interphase insulating member allowing reduction in size of a rotating electric machine is provide. The interphase insulating member includes a flat portion interposed between and insulating neighboring two phases of coil ends, and a three-dimensional portion protruding from the flat portion and guiding the coil. On a surface of the flat portion, epoxy resin layer is provided as a reinforcing member. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189477 | Split Core and Manufacturing Method of the Same, and Stator Core - A first laminated body includes first and second laminated groups including respective convex parts alternately disposed. A second laminated body includes third and fourth laminated groups including respective concave parts alternately disposed. The convex part of the first laminated group is shaped to not be inserted into the concave part of the third laminated group and to be inserted into the concave part of the fourth laminated group, from a lamination horizontal direction. The convex part of the second laminated group is shaped to be inserted into the concave part of the third laminated group and the concave part of the fourth laminated group, from the lamination horizontal direction. The convex part of the first laminated group is press-inserted in the concave part of the third laminated group, and the convex part of the second laminated group is inserted in the concave part of the fourth laminated group. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189478 | Vehicle alternator provided with brushes and slip rings - An alternator for vehicles, the alternator being provided with a rotary shaft, comprising slip rings fixed to a rotary shaft to be rotated with the rotary shaft, brushes being placed to be in slide contact with the slip rings a brush holder that accommodates the brushes to be held therein; connection terminals fixed to the brush holder, brush leads electrically connecting the brushes to the connection terminals respectively, and a slip ring cover that covers the slip rings in cooperation with the brush holder, wherein the brush holder comprises first chambers in which the bushes are fixedly accommodated second chambers in which the brush leads are accommodated, the second combers communicating with the first chambers, and first air holes formed to open outside of the housing and formed as inlet/exhaust passages communicating with the second chambers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189479 | Brush Assembly - A brush assembly is provided that facilitates a longer usable brush life and permits easy brush assembly replacement. The brush assembly includes an arc-shaped brush and a pivot arm, with the mounting end of the arc-shaped brush bound or otherwise mounted with respect to one end of the pivot arm. The end of the pivot arm that is not bound to the arc-shaped brush typically includes a female cylindrical slot for mating with a male shaft that is prefabricated in the motor housing, parallel to the rotor's axis. When the disclosed brush assembly is installed into an electric motor, the pivot arm slot is slidably positioned onto the shaft in the motor housing, enabling the brush assembly to pivot about the shaft on a plane that is perpendicular to the rotor's axis of rotation. A biasing spring force impels the brush assembly to pivot inward toward the rotor in the longitudinal direction of the brush, and maintains the operating end of the arc-shaped brush in contact with the rotating faces of the commutator. A single biasing spring is adapted to act upon both the brush and an interrupter device that is activated when the brush life is exhausted. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189480 | Ultrasonic Transducer And Manufacturing Method - This invention provides a technique whereby, even if a step is produced by splitting a lower electrode into component elements, resistance increase of an upper electrode, damage to a membrane and decrease of dielectric strength between an upper electrode and the lower electrode, are reduced. In an ultrasonic transducer comprising plural lower electrodes, an insulation film covering the lower electrodes, plural hollow parts formed to overlap the lower electrodes on the insulation film, an insulation film filling the gaps among the hollow parts, an insulation film covering the hollow parts and insulation film, plural upper electrodes formed to overlap the hollow parts on the insulation film and plural interconnections joining them, the surfaces of the hollow parts and insulation film are flattened to the same height. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189481 | Micromechanical resonator - The invention relates to design of micromechanical resonators and, more precisely, to the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators. The invention provides an improved design structure for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator in which the width of the spring elements ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189482 | Piezoelectric Thin Film Device - A piezoelectric thin film device according to the present invention comprises a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film and an upper electrode, in which the piezoelectric thin film is formed of an alkali niobium oxide-based perovskite material expressed by (K | 2009-07-30 |
20090189483 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A boundary acoustic wave device includes a LiNbO | 2009-07-30 |
20090189484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AFFECTING PHYSICAL PARAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH A SHAFT - An apparatus for affecting at least one physical parameter associated with a shaft oriented about a longitudinal axis includes: a piezoelectric tubular member in a substantially osculatory coaxial relation with at least a portion of the shaft; and at least one electrical network coupled with the piezoelectric tubular member for switchingly completing an electrical path through the piezoelectric tubular member. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189485 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR PROVIDED WITH A DISPLACEMENT METER, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT USED THEREFOR, AND POSITIONING DEVICE USING A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - By resistor attached by a piezoelectric element, measurement with high accuracy is possible by strain of the piezoelectric element and there is not a trouble by a short, a piezoelectric actuator, the piezoelectric element and a positioning device therewith. The piezoelectric actuator includes; a piezoelectric element which is formed into an arbitrary shape, polarized in an arbitrary direction, and includes electrodes provided on at least two surfaces opposed in a thickness direction thereof; a driver power supply for applying a voltage between the electrodes to generate strain in the piezoelectric element; a driver power supply for applying a voltage to generate strain in the piezoelectric element; resistors provided on the electrodes through intermediation of insulators; and a displacement detection device connected with the resistors; The electrodes of the piezoelectric element on which the resistors are provided are set at a ground potential. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189486 | INERTIAL DRIVE ACTUATOR - An inertial drive actuator includes a fixed member, a vibration substrate which is disposed on the fixed member, a displacement generating unit which causes a reciprocating movement of the vibration substrate with respect to the fixed member, a moving body which is disposed on the vibration substrate, and which is made of a magnetic body which moves with respect to the vibration substrate due to inertia with respect to the reciprocating movement of the vibration substrate, a coil which is provided on the moving body, and a driving unit which applies a voltage for causing a reciprocating movement of the moving body, and which controls a frictional force generated between the vibration substrate and the moving body by making an electromagnetic force act by applying an electric current to the coil. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189487 | ACTUATOR AND ELECTRONIC HARDWARE USING THE SAME - An actuator includes a first beam, a first fixed part, a second beam, a first connective part, and a first fixed electrode. The first beam extends from a first fixed end to a first connective end, and the first fixed part connects the first fixed end and the substrate and supports the first beam above a main surface of the substrate with a gap. The second beam extends from a second connective end to a first action end and is provided in parallel to the first beam, and has a first division part divided by a first slit extending from the first action end toward the second connective end. The first connective part connects the first connective end and the second connective end and holds the second beam above the main surface of the substrate with a gap. The first fixed electrode is provided on the main surface of the substrate being configured to be opposed to a part of the first division part on a side of the first action end. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189488 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR A PROXIMITY SENSOR - An ultrasonic transducer assembly for use in sensing the location of objects in proximity to the transducer. The ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a substrate member, a piezoceramic resonator plate supported on a planar surface of the substrate member adjacent to a peripheral edge of the substrate member, and a coupler connected to a surface of the resonator plate for acoustically coupling the resonator plate to a medium in contact with the coupler. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189489 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE FILM ELEMENT AND METHOD MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An actuator includes a fired ceramic substrate having a space opened downward, a first electrode formed on the upper surface of the fired ceramic substrate above the space, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body formed on the first electrode so that the volume changes with input and output of electric power, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive body is composed of Pb(Zr | 2009-07-30 |
20090189490 | Piezoelectric Thin Film Device - A piezoelectric thin film device according to the present invention comprises a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film and a upper electrode, in which the piezoelectric thin film is formed of an alkali niobium oxide-based perovskite material expressed by (K | 2009-07-30 |
20090189491 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING REED, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WAVE CLOCK, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING REED - A piezoelectric vibrating reed includes a piezoelectric plate having a pair of vibrating arms provided parallel to each other, a base portion to integrally fix the pair of vibrating arms at a base end side thereof, and groove portions formed on both principal surfaces of the pair of vibrating arms in a constant length from base end portions toward tip end portions of the vibrating arms, and an electrode film formed of a base metal layer and a finishing metal layer laminated on outer surfaces of the piezoelectric plate and configured to vibrate the pair of vibrating arms when a predetermined voltage is applied thereon. The finishing metal layer of the electrode film is removed either partially or entirely at least in regions from the base end portions to the tip end portions of the vibrating arms. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189492 | Heat Dissipating Fan - A heat dissipating fan includes a fan housing having an outer frame portion. An air inlet and an air outlet are respectively defined in two ends of the outer frame portion. A hollow motor casing is formed in and integral with the outer frame portion. An inner-rotor-type motor is mounted in the motor casing and includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is rotatably received in the stator and includes a shaft and a magnetic element. The shaft extends beyond the motor casing. The magnetic element is coupled with the shaft and faces the stator. At least one impeller is coupled to the shaft and located outside the motor casing. A circuit board is electrically connected to the stator. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189493 | Television and rib structure - There is provided a rib structure formed at a predetermined position inside a cabinet and at positions around a display panel housed in a cabinet, the rib structure including a first rib portion that is substantially linear and one end of which is opposed to a side face of the display panel and a second rib portion that is substantially U-shaped and connected to an other end of the first rib portion at a nearly bottom position of the U-shape and two ends of the U-shape being connected to a wall face of the cabinet. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189494 | No Drip Slab Counter top and Related Method - A method for making a profiled no drip edge countertop in a series of attractive shapes where much of the profiled surface is already polished as it utilizes the factory polished surface of the original slab. This method decreases the amount of skilled labor or expensive tooling required for making this countertop and edge. This method hides lamination seams in joints so that the profiled edge appears as one piece as if it were milled out of a single slab of material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189495 | INTEGRATED COMMAND CENTER FOR FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, AND INTERNET PROTOCOL MONITORS - A wall mountable media control system locatable adjacent a wall mounted video screen comprising a wall mountable media control center capable of controlling a plurality of different types of information data and having at least one output connection for each of said different types of information data for connection of wiring from said wall mountable media control center to said wall mounted video screen, at least one of said plurality of different types of information data being selectively enableable by a service provider of said information data, said plurality of different types of information data being accessible by command of a user of said wall mountable media control center; a plurality of wall mountable cowls locatable between said wall mountable media control center and said wall mounted video screen, said plurality of wall mounted cowls being sized and shaped to cover said wiring connecting said wall mountable media control center and said wall mounted video screen, said plurality of wall mountable cowls being interconnectable with one another by integral connection components; and a modular information data receiver addition connectable to said wall mounted media control center, said modular information data receiver addition adapted to receive information data not initially receivable by said wall mountable media control center. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189496 | System and Method for Managing Portable Information Handling System Cooling - Information handling system thermal parameters applied by a thermal manager to manage cooling are adjusted based on whether or not a thermal barrier is coupled to the information handling system. The presence of a thermal barrier allows higher operating temperatures without exposing an end user to excessive thermal energy. The thermal barrier couples to the bottom of the chassis of a portable information handling system and may provide additional features, such as additional battery power storage or an optical drive. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189497 | CONCEALED, WALL-MOUNTED LOCKING CABINET - A flat, rectangular, concealed wall-mounted locking cabinet which can be securely fastened through the outside surface of a wall and into supporting studs without requiring significant modification to the wall is described. The cabinet is completely concealed by a nesting cover that simultaneously functions as a picture frame or other artistic work. The cover and the door of the cabinet both may open in a downward manner, thereby permitting the cabinet to be made in a variety of sizes whereby handguns and long guns, such as shotguns and rifles, as well as other articles, may be accommodated. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189498 | CLEANING CART - The cart comprises a platform supported on wheels. A plurality of vertical supports support a frame member at a spaced distance from the platform. The frame member defines a first opening disposed over a compartment. A door closes the opening to allow a user to isolate the compartment from the external environment. The door pivots from the closed position to the open position about two axes such that the door can be opened and the compartment accessed from different positions around the cart. In one open position the door is stopped in an upstanding, substantially vertical position such that the door is easily opened and closed. In a second open position the door extends downward against the side of the cart such that the door does not obstruct access to the compartment. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189499 | RAIL ASSEMBLY - A rail assembly includes an outer rail, an intermediate rail, an inner rail, and a retrieving unit. The outer rail has an outer rail space defined therein for receiving the intermediate rail, the inner rail, and the retrieving unit. The intermediate rail is movably received in the outer rail space. The intermediate rail has an intermediate rail space defined therein. The inner rail is movably received in the intermediated rail space. The retrieving unit is disposed in one end of the outer rail space. The retrieving unit includes a fixing member, a sliding rail, a sliding member, a clip, a guiding member, and at least one spring. The fixing member is disposed in the outer rail space to close the outer rail space. The sliding rail is disposed in the fixing member. The sliding rail has a lean rail formed therein. The lean rail has a hold slot defined therein. The sliding member is disposed in the outer rail space. The sliding member moves along the sliding rail and is movably received in the outer rail space. The intermediate rail has an avoiding space defined in an underside thereof such that a length and a moving range of the intermediate rail are increased. The clip is pivotally connected to the sliding member. The guiding member is disposed in the inner rail. The guiding member temporarily engages with the clip to connect the inner rail and the sliding member. The at least one spring is disposed between the fixing member and the sliding member. The fixing member and the sliding member has two avoiding slots respectively defined therein. The inner rail moves in the outer rail space. The inner rail passes the avoiding slots to reach a closed end of the outer rail such that a length of the inner rail is equal to that of the outer rail. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189500 | MAGNETIC FREEZER BASKET PULL - A pull-out drawer assembly for a refrigerator bottom freezer. The assembly includes upper and lower baskets slidably mounted one above the other. The bottom basket has a drawer face mounted to its front edge. The upper basket has a magnet which cooperates with an engagement device that is mounted on the lower basket and is attractable to the magnet so that, when the drawer is pulled out of the freezer compartment, both drawers travel as a unit. The upper drawer can then be pushed back to disengage the engagement device from the magnet and provide access to the lower basket. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189501 | HIGH-PRESSURE GAS DISCHARGE LAMP - The invention relates to a high-pressure gas discharge lamp which comprises at least a lamp tube ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189502 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SPARK PLUG, AND SPARK PLUG - It is an object of the invention to provide a method of producing a spark plug in which, in order to reduce the size of the spark plug, the diameter of a center electrode can be reduced while maintaining the heat dissipation property of the center electrode, and also such a spark plug. A columnar member | 2009-07-30 |
20090189503 | HIGH THREAD GROUND SHIELD - A spark plug for an internal combustion engine comprises an elongated center electrode having a center electrode tip at one end and a terminal proximate the other end, an insulator substantially surrounding the center electrode, and a ground shield. The insulator has a substantially cylindrical body with at least a first insulator section and a second insulator section. The first and second insulator sections having first and second diameters respectively and are separated by an insulator shoulder. The ground shield has an elongated base section substantially surrounding the first insulator section, a frustoconical flange protruding from one end of the base section to engage the insulator shoulder, and a ground electrode extending from the other end of the base section to define an axial spark gap with respect to the center electrode tip. The base section and the ground electrode are formed as separate components and secured together to form the ground shield. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189504 | OPEN-CHAMBER MULTI-SPARK PLUG - An internal combustion engine radio frequency spark plug including two plasma-generating electrodes, separated by an insulator, that constitute respectively an outer shell enclosing the insulator and a central electrode housed in a central bore of the insulator. The spark plug includes a deep opening over the entire circumference of the shell, forming a heat-exchanger chamber inside the spark plug shell, opening outwards. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189505 | DIELECTRIC ENHANCED PARTIAL THREAD SPARK PLUG - A small diameter spark plug configuration is provided, the configuration has been found to provide additional volume for the insulator member. That is, by limiting the overall number of threads on the intermediate portion along with a limit of the overall diameter of the spark plug, additional volume of insulator material may be achieved in an interior cavity of a metal shell of the spark plug. This additional volume enables a portion of the insulator member to have a larger diameter and hence greater material thickness. The larger diameter of the insulator provides enhanced dielectric properties and protects internal components of the spark plug from high combustion chamber temperatures while simultaneously providing a robust attachment of the spark plug with an engine head. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189506 | COLD FOUL RESISTANT SPARK PLUG - A spark plug is provided providing resistance to fouling. The spark plug includes a metal shell having a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion that collectively define a central cavity. The spark plug also includes an insulator that extends through the central cavity of the metal shell. The insulator includes a first end portion extending through an intermediate portion to a stepped tip portion having a first length. The stepped tip portion includes a first section and a substantially straight second section having a second length. The substantially straight second section includes a segment that extends beyond the second end of the metal shell to a third length. The second length of substantially straight portion is based upon at least one of the first length and the third length. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189507 | Process for the preparation of garnet phosphors in a pulsation reactor - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of garnet phosphors or precursors thereof having particles with an average particle size of 50 nm to 20 μm via a multistep thermal process in a pulsation reactor, and to illumination units comprising the garnet phosphors according to the invention. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189508 | BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit includes a base substrate and a first electrode which is formed on the base substrate in a line. An electron emission layer is formed on the first electrode in the substantially same pattern as the first electrode. A second electrode supporter is formed on the base substrate and disposed on sides of the first electrode and the electron emission layer. A second electrode is formed on the second electrode supporter and has an aperture pattern. A third electrode is formed on the front substrate for accelerating electrons emitted from the electron emission layer. A phosphor layer is formed on the third electrode responsive to electrons accelerated by the third electrode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189509 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - The present invention relates to monochromatic organic light emitting devices. The organic light emitting device includes a substrate, an anode, a cathode and an organic electroluminescent medium disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic electroluminescent medium includes compound monochromatic luminescent layer; and the compound monochromatic luminescent layer includes host A doped with monochromatic dopant and host B doped with monochromatic dopant, wherein the host A is consisted of two kinds of materials with different transporting characteristics, one is hole-transporting material, and the other is electron-transporting material. In addition, the present invention further relates to white organic light emitting devices, wherein the organic electroluminescent medium is consisted of at least one compound monochromatic luminescent layer, which includes host A doped with monochromatic dopant and host B doped with monochromatic dopant. The present invention provides a design to improve the lifetime of the organic light emitting device markedly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189510 | METAL-COATING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PROTECTING METAL, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a metal-coating material excellent in sulfur barrier property and transparency, a method for protecting a metal using the metal-coating material, and a light emitting device permitting high luminance and long life. The metal-coating material contains a polymer (A) obtained by subjecting at least one silane compound (a1) selected from the group consisting of at least one organosilane represented by the formula (1): R | 2009-07-30 |
20090189511 | Light-Emitting Device - A light-emitting device having the quality of an image high in homogeneity is provided. A printed wiring board (second substrate) ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189512 | FLUORESCENCE EMITTING DEVICE - [Object] To provide a light emitting device which can take out fluorescence with luminance higher than conventional by efficiently converting excitation light into fluorescence. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189513 | LED using thin film dichroic filters - An improved LED using patterned coated dichroic filters. More specifically a method for placing, during the wafer fabrication, patterned dichroic filters between the LED chip and phosphor layer to increase luminous efficiency and lower thermal load, and/or over the phosphor layer for spectral shaping and reduction of color temperature shift with viewing angle. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189514 | LUMINESCENT MATERIAL - A lithium calcium silicate luminescent material is provided, which includes a tetragonal crystal phase containing Li, Ca, Si and O, and an activator containing Eu. The luminescent material exhibits a peak wavelength of emission spectrum falling within a wavelength region of 470 to 490 nm when excited by light having an emission peak falling within a wavelength region of 360 to 460 nm. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189515 | Laminated interconnects for organic opto-electronic device modules and methods - A method of producing an encapsulated module of interconnected opto-electronic devices which comprises: forming a patterned anode layer; forming a layer of opto-electronically active material over the patterned anode layer; forming a patterned cathode layer over the layer of opto-electronically active material, to provide a device array of opto-electronically active cells on the substrate; selectively removing portions of the layer of opto-electronically active material so as to expose minor portions of the anodes; forming a patterned interconnect layer on an encapsulating sheet in a pattern to define an array of interconnect pads; and laminating the patterned encapsulating sheet over the array of opto-electronically active cells whereby the exposed anode portions are interconnected with the cathodes of adjacent cells by the interconnect pads and the interconnected cells are encapsulated by the encapsulating sheet. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189516 | ORGANIC EL LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic EL light emitting display employs a color conversion system having a structure in which generation of dark areas in an organic EL element can be suppressed and emission of the organic EL light emitting element can be made highly efficient. The organic EL light emitting display successively includes a transparent substrate, one kind or a plurality of kinds of color filter layers, a bonding layer, a color conversion layer, a barrier layer, a transparent electrode, an organic EL layer and a reflecting electrode. The color filter layer is formed by a wet process, the color conversion layer and the barrier layer are formed by a dry process, and the bonding layer is selected from a group consisting of an inorganic bonding layer, an organic bonding layer, and a laminated body of an organic bonding layer and an inorganic bonding layer. | 2009-07-30 |