31st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110189864 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MAGNETICALLY COUPLING STANDARD ELECTRICAL PLUGS - An adapter includes a device-side component and a wall-side component. The device-side component has a male socket receptacle to receive an electrical plug and a male socket opposite the male socket receptacle. The wall-side component has a female socket plug to insert into an electrical outlet and a female socket opposite the female socket plug. The male socket is configured to interface with the female socket, regardless of orientation of the male socket with respect to the female socket. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189865 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Connector jacks are surface-mounted on one surface of a substrate. A reinforcing member reinforces the connector jacks. On the reinforcing member, a first reinforcing part, which is in contact with the back of the surface of the substrate on which the connector jack is mounted, and second reinforcing parts, which elastically urge the top surface of the connector jacks, are formed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189866 | Dual Interface Card with Backward and Forward Compatibility - Techniques are presented that allow a memory card operable according to two protocols (such as a legacy protocol and newer protocol), and having a corresponding dual interface, to be used with hosts that support the new protocol as well as having backward compatibility with legacy hosts, while preventing the use of legacy cards with hosts that support the new protocol but do not support the legacy protocol. The card that supports the new protocol has a similar form factor to the legacy card, includes an indentation. A host that supports the new, but not the legacy, type card includes a mechanical structure within the attachment slot that, based on the card indentation, can distinguish the card types and prevent the non-supported card from being attached. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189867 | ELASTIC-CUSHIONED CAPACITIVELY-COUPLED CONNECTOR - A connector according to the present invention is equipped with an elastic member with elasticity, at least one terminal including a connecting conductor portion formed on one side of the elastic member and connected to a circuit side conductor portion electrically continuous with a circuit provided on a first flat circuit substrate, a first opposing conductor portion formed on another side of the elastic member and opposed to a second opposing conductor portion electrically continuous with a circuit provided on a second flat circuit substrate, and a linking conductor portion linking the connecting conductor portion and the first opposing conductor portion with each other so as to allow them to make relative movement, and a dielectric portion formed at least on one of the first opposing conductor portion | 2011-08-04 |
20110189868 | DIFFERENTIAL PAIR INVERSION FOR REDUCTION OF CROSSTALK IN A BACKPLANE SYSTEM - A connector for connecting a first printed circuit board with a second printed circuit board that comprises a first column of differential signal pair launches offset from a second column of differential signal pair launches on the first printed circuit board so that each differential signal pair in the first column is closest to a launch of a first polarity in a corresponding differential signal pair in the second column on the first circuit board, a first column of differential signal pair launches offset from a second column of differential signal pair launches on the second printed circuit board so that each differential signal pair in the first column is closest to a launch of a second polarity, opposite the first polarity, in a corresponding signal pair in the second column on the second circuit board, and a connector electrically connecting the first column of differential signal pair launches on the first printed circuit board to the first column of differential signal pair launches on the second printed circuit board and electrically connecting the second column of differential signal pair launches on the first printed circuit board to the second column of differential signal pair launches on the second printed circuit board. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189869 | SOCKET CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A socket connector is configured for receiving a first card and a second card. The socket connector includes a latching seat, a plurality of latching plates, and a shielded case. The latching seat includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface defines a sliding groove, a second surface defines a receiving slot. The latching plates extend from edges of the first surface. The shielded case is secured in the receiving slot, and defines an entrance. The first card is received in the sliding groove and latched by the latching plates, the second card is inserted into the shielded case through the entrance. The disclosure further discloses an electronic device using the socket connector. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189870 | Electronic device - An electronic device has: a connector having plural kinds of terminals with respectively different cross section shapes; and a substrate having a plurality of through-holes with lands formed therein. In the electronic device, a width W | 2011-08-04 |
20110189871 | Bus bar assembly and vehicle room lamp having the same - A bus bar assembly | 2011-08-04 |
20110189872 | DEVICES FOR CLOSING AND OPENING A CONNECTOR PASSAGE - The environmental conditions encountered in industry are not equally suitable for all connectors. Therefore, office connecting technology is rarely used in industry. In order to allow the use of office connecting technology in industry, wall leadthroughs such as are used in the construction of switchboards and appliances are used and cover plug contacts when the plug receiving elements are not used or cover wall passages. The predominantly square or rectangular wall passages also have fastening and positioning means in the form of mounting frames for such connectors. Said mounting frames are covered, e.g. with caps, when not in use in order to close the connector passage or already existing contacts off from unfavorable environmental conditions. The invention relates to a closing device of the above type in the form of a pre-mounted closing element for sealingly closing a connector leadthrough and comprises means for repeatedly closing and opening the leadthrough, the device being easy to handle due to the fact that it can be simply pushed onto the leadthrough and slightly twisted to open (push & twist). | 2011-08-04 |
20110189873 | Connector having a rotary engaging member - In a connector for connecting a connection object having a locked portion, a movable member is provided so as to be movable in a predetermined direction between a connecting position and an ejecting position together with the connection object. A cam mechanism is coupled to the movable member and selectively maintains the movable member at the connecting position or at the ejecting position. A first engaging member is held by the movable member and is rotatable in a rotating direction. The first engaging member has a locking portion to be engaged with the locked portion in the predetermined direction when the first engaging member is located at a predetermined angular position. A braking device is coupled with the first engaging member to brake the first engaging member in the rotating direction. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189874 | COAXIAL LATCHING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector that has a housing, a lever arm, and a center contact. The housing defines an interior chamber. The lever arm is pivotally joined to the housing. The center contact is disposed within the interior chamber and is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the receptacle connector. The mating connector includes a plug body and an axial conductive member. The axial conductive member is disposed in the plug body along a center axis of the plug body. The lever arm of the receptacle connector engages the plug body of the mating connector when the plug body is received in the interior chamber and pivots relative to the housing to drive the plug body within the interior chamber and mate the axial conductive member with the center contact. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189875 | PUSH-PUSH CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189876 | Enclosure assembly for a connector, strain relief element and method - The invention relates to a enclosure assembly for at least one connector, including an enclosure, the enclosure having a connector volume configured to receive the connector and an opening at least at a rearward end, a strain relief element being adapted to receive a cable, the strain relief element being provided with a relief portion at one end, the relief portion being configured to support the cable elastically, and with a fastening portion, the fastening portion in a mounted state being arranged at least partially within the opening and affixing the strain relief element to the enclosure. To create an enclosure which is easy to mount and assures a reliable anchorage of the cable within the enclosure, in a pre-mounted state, the enclosure and the strain relief element are adapted to be slid relative to each other in a forward direction (F) up to a forward position, and in that in the forward position the enclosure is automatically engaged in a friction lock with the fastening portion. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189877 | WATER-TIGHT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LATERALLY COMPRESSED O-RING - An electrical connector housing system provides a water-tight o-ring seal between a receptacle housing and a plug housing without compressing the o-ring in the mating direction. The housing system includes at least two latch sliders that can be engaged to trap latch tabs within latch slots. The latch sliders are substantially unaffected by the o-ring compression, and are compatible with housing systems of almost any size and/or shape. Embodiments include a connector region surrounded by a curved wall having an o-ring groove in its outer surface, and the plug housing includes a shell which overlaps the curved wall and compresses the o-ring perpendicular to the mating direction. The housings can include integral electrical contacts and/or can accept one or more insertable contacts. The latch sliders. The latch mechanism can include a detent mechanism, and can require a tool for disengagement. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189878 | Connectors - Connector part for making an electrical connection with a complementary connector part while underwater or in a harsh environment, the connector part comprising: first and second axially extending, electrically conductive signal-carrying elements, the connector part being configured such that, on mating with the complementary connector part in normal use, the signal-carrying elements electrically contact with respective signal-carrying elements of the complementary connector part to form signal conduction paths between the connector parts, the signal conduction paths being sealed watertight; and electrically conductive crosstalk suppressing means electrically connected, in use, to earth and being arranged to, in use, extend between and thereby electrically shield the signal conduction paths from each other to suppress signal crosstalk therebetween. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189879 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector to be disposed on a circuit board includes a housing with two sidewalls, a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of second terminals. The first terminals and the second terminals are attached to the one and the other of the sidewalls, respectively, and are situated near a bottom portion of the housing. The first terminal has a flexible first elastic arm portion. The first elastic arm portion extends upward. The first elastic arm portion has a first contact section that protrudes toward the flat conductive member. The second terminal has a flexible second elastic arm portion. The second elastic arm portion extends upward further than an upper end of the first elastic arm portion. The second elastic arm portion has a second contact section that protrudes towards the flat conductive member at a position above than the upper end of the first elastic arm portion. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189880 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MALE AND A FEMALE PLUG MEMBER, A MALE PLUG MEMBER AND A FEMALE PLUG MEMBER - An assembly having a male and female plug. The female plug has an elongate cavity extending along a longitudinal axis and having in the cavity signal conducting elements. The male plug has an outer surface positioned partly within the cavity with signal conducting elements provided on the outer surface, and clicking elements. The female plug has clicking elements that click together with the clicking elements of the male plug when it is introduced into the female plug along the longitudinal axis. The signal conducting elements engage one another when the clicking elements of the male and female plugs are clicked together. The clicking elements of the female plug are positioned, in a cross section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, symmetrically relative to a center point, in the plane, between positions of the clicking elements. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189881 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A connector assembly comprises a main body and a cover rotatably connected to the main body. The main body comprises a base wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a third sidewall extending from three edges of the base wall. The base wall and the three sidewalls cooperatively define a latching groove for receiving the cover. The base wall defines a plurality of receiving slots receiving a corresponding plurality of conductive wires and communicating with the latching groove. The cover defines a plurality of mounting slots cooperating with the receiving slots of the main body for receiving a plurality of testing wires. When the cover is rotated to a predetermined position relative to the main body, the testing wires are electronically connected to the corresponding conductive wires. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189882 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided that can easily insert a connecting terminal into a terminal accommodating hole of a housing and assuredly connect the connecting terminal to a connecting terminal of a mate side. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189883 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a male terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a female terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a plurality of isolating plates aligned and accommodated in the male terminal housing, a connecting member, and a lever mechanism including a lever to rotate a head of the connecting member so as to press the head of the connecting member against the adjacent one of the plurality of insulation plates. The lever mechanism further includes an operation permitting means that permits the connecting member to collectively fix the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at the contacts, when the male terminal housing and the female terminal housing are in a predetermined fitting state. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189884 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED TERMINATING MEANS - A cable assembly ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189885 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOCKET WITH A TRANSFORMER AND A PLUG WITH A SWITCH WITH A MAGNET - A connector assembly includes a socket connector with a transformer circuit and a plug connector that is releasably fit to the socket connector. The plug connector includes a slidable power switch containing a magnet and a magnetic detection element that detects the magnetic field of the magnet. When the slidable power switch changes position to bring the magnet close to the magnetic detection element, a closed circuit is formed and a power supply is activated. When the magnet is moved away from the magnetic detection element, the circuit is open and the power supply is cut off. The plug connector has a front end with a rotatable water-tight collar. The socket connector includes a closure cap arranged at an end for temporarily engaging an external thread of the socket connector in order to protect the assembly when the socket connector is engaged with the plug connector. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189886 | PATCH PANEL AND INTELLIGENT STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEM - A patch panel is provided including a patch panel frame, an indicator module connected to the patch panel frame, a microcontroller unit (MCU), a connector connected to the patch panel frame and a detection device for detecting a connection state at the connector. A circuit board interface is provided with a communication path between the indicator module and the MCU and between the detection device and the MCU. A communication unit is connected to the circuit board interface. The communication unit conveys signals between any one of patch panels of a group, between groups of patch panels, between the patch panel and a control unit and between the group of patch panels and the control unit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189887 | VISIBLE OPEN FOR SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly may include a connector body having a conductor receiving end, a first connector end, and a visible open port. A contact assembly may extend axially within the connector body from the conductor receiving end to the first connector end. A conductive insert may be inserted into the visible open port. At least a portion of the contact assembly is visible through the visible open port prior to insertion of the conductive insert or following removal of the conductive insert. The portion of the contact assembly visible through the visible open port includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion separated by a gap. A portion of the conductive insert is received in the gap between the first contact portion and the second contact portion to allow current to flow from the second contact portion to the first contact portion upon insertion of the conductive insert into the visible open port. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189888 | HEADER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A header connector assembly includes an outer housing, an inner housing, a shield subassembly, and a seal body. The outer housing is disposed in an opening of a panel and includes a cavity. The inner housing includes a channel and is disposed in the opening of the panel. The inner housing is received in the cavity of the outer housing and includes a channel configured to have a contact disposed therein. The shield subassembly is disposed between the outer housing and the inner housing. The shield subassembly engages the panel to electrically couple the shield subassembly with the panel. The seal body is disposed between the panel and at least one of the outer housing and the inner housing. The seal body restricts passage of contaminants between the panel and at least one of the outer housing and the inner housing. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189889 | RADIO FREQUENCY CONNECTOR AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an antenna, and a RF connector. The circuit board, the antenna, and the RF connector are within the housing. The antenna and the RF connector are electrically connected to the circuit board. The RF connector includes a probe and is capable of receiving test signals through the probe to test the portable electronic device, and the RF connector is also capable of connecting the antenna through the probe to receive communication signals to implement communication function of the portable electronic device. A RF connector used in the portable electronic device is also provided. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189890 | Coaxial Cable Connector - The coaxial cable connector according to the invention includes a male connector having a male terminal assembly that connects to a female connector having a female terminal assembly during coupling between the male connector and the female connector. Each of the male and female terminal assemblies includes a catching protrusion, while each connector includes an elastic plate formed at a top of an receiving passageway. The elastic plate includes a catching hole in which the corresponding catching protrusion is caught. Each male and female terminal assemblies includes a groove formed at a side thereof, while the male and female connectors include a fixing piece formed at a side of the receiving passageway thereof. The fixing piece fits in the corresponding groove through a side of a corresponding one of the male and female connectors, whereby the male and female terminal assemblies are dually fixed to the male and female connectors. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189891 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a metallic male terminal housing with a plurality of first joining terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a female terminal housing with a plurality of second joining terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a stacked structure that when the male terminal housing is mated into the female terminal housing, within the male terminal housing, the plural first joining terminals an the plural second joining terminals face each other to form pairs, respectively, at one surface thereof, and the first joining terminals and the second joining terminals are disposed alternately, and an electricity screening plate disposed between the stacked structure and the male terminal housing to cover a side surface of the stacked structure facing the male terminal housing. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189892 | MALE CONNECTOR, FEMALE CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR - A male connector includes male connector modules placed in tiers and having respective first and second surfaces facing away from each other. The male connector modules each includes interconnection parts for electrical signal transmission on the first surface; a male connector ground part formed on the second surface so as to substantially cover the second surface; male connector contact parts provided at respective first ends of the interconnection parts on the first surface; male connector terminal parts joined to respective second ends of the interconnection parts on the first surface; and a male connector shield part provided on the side on which the male connector is configured to be connected to a female connector to be connected to the male connector ground and project relative to ends of the male connector contact parts in a direction in which the male connector is configured to be connected to the female connector. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189893 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT EMBEDDED CONNECTOR, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing an electronic component embedded connector includes a first step for fixing a terminal to a fixing means; a second step for fixing electronic components to the fixing means; a third step for cutting connecting sections of the terminal fixed to the fixing means; a fourth step for connecting the electronic components fixed to the fixing means, to the terminal in which the connecting sections are cut off; and a fifth step for covering a section of the terminal other than terminal sections, and the electronic components by an insulating cover. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189894 | COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURES AND RELATED LAMP CONVERSION KITS AND ADAPTERS - The disclosure describes devices that are used in conjunction with a pair of (single wattage) compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). In some embodiments, the devices can emulate the behavior of a 3-way incandescent bulb used in a standard 3-way lamp socket. Such can allows people to retain the benefits of their existing Edison-base (E26d) 3-way lamps with the improved energy efficiency and color temperature of modern CFL technology in a cost effective and flexible way. Light fixture conversion kits for allowing an incandescent lamp to accept CFL bulbs are also described. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189895 | CONNECTOR - The present invention provides a card edge connector as a high-speed differential signal connector configured to equalize electric potentials of ground contacts adjacent to signal line contacts, and thus to reduce crosstalk between adjacent signal line contacts. The card edge connector serves as a female connector in which multiple signal line contacts and multiple ground contacts are arranged in parallel in at least one row. In the card edge connector, the signal line contacts and the ground contacts are arranged in a way that every two signal line contacts for high-speed signals to send and return respectively therethrough are interposed between two ground contacts, and all of the multiple ground contacts arranged in the one row are electrically connected to one another by use of a common contact. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189896 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A circuit board electrical connector to be disposed on a circuit board includes a housing and a plurality of terminals arranged in the housing. The housing includes a receiving space with an upper opening portion to receive a flat conductive member and a housing space with a lower opening portion that communicates with the receiving space. Each of the terminals has a connecting section and a contact section. The circuit board electrical connector has a portion to house a middle section of the terminal between the connecting section and the contact section. The portion is a region includes a range that overlaps at least with the upper opening portion and lower opening portion when viewed from an upper side, and is made wider at a gap between an inner surface of the housing space and the terminal than a gap other than the region. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189897 | CARD CONNECTOR HAVING INSERT MOLDED TERMINALS - A card connector includes an insulative housing ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189898 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector that is capable of preventing solder wicking. In one embodiment, The electrical connector has an insulating body that includes a containing groove, a solder stop portion extended from a sidewall of the containing groove or passed through a bump stopper and connected to the sidewall; at least one conductive terminal installed in the containing groove and having a main body portion between the solder stop portion and the sidewall, a contact portion extended upwardly from both ends of the main body portion and bent to both sides of the bump stopper and the solder stop portion separately, a soldering portion extended downwardly from the main body portion and including a diffusion preventing area for separating the main body portion and the soldering portion, the diffusion preventing area being higher than the lowest point of the solder stop portion; a solder installed in the containing groove and abutted against the solder stop portion, whose side is contacted with the soldering portion. The electrical connector includes the diffusion preventing area formed on the conductive terminal by laser. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189899 | TERMINAL FITTING AND CONNECTOR PROVIDED THEREWITH - A terminal fitting ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189900 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED TERMINATING MEANS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A cable assembly ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189901 | WIRE CLAMP - A wire clamp for earthing a metal structure includes a body ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189902 | Contact member for electrical connectors - The invention relates to an electrically conductive contact member for an electrical connector, comprising a terminal portion adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to at least one conductor, a contact portion adapted to contact a mating contact portion of a mating connector, a spring portion that electrically connects the terminal portion to the contact portion, the contact portion being supported by the spring portion elastically displaceable from a resting position to a displacement position, and a holding portion that comprises a picking platform for attachment of a pick-up head, wherein the holding portion provides a stop against which, in the resting position, the spring portion is pressed. To improve the mechanical and electrical performance, the spring portion is spaced apart from the picking platform in the displacement position. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189903 | Electrical Connection Element With Thin Connectors and Electrical Connection Using Said Connection Element - Electrical connection element ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189904 | WELD TERMINAL, SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF ATTACHMENT - A terminal and electrical contact for a pair of leads of an electrical component is provided, the terminal having a pair of terminals each comprising a planar member comprising a conductive material that surrounds an opening in the planar member; and wherein one of the pair of leads is welded to one of the pair of terminals such that the lead traverses the opening and is welded to the terminal at a portion of the terminal adjacent to the opening and the other one of the pair of leads is welded to the other one of the pair of terminals such that the lead traverses the opening and is welded to the terminal at a portion of the other one of the pair of terminals adjacent to the opening, wherein the opening and the planar member are configured such that a high resistance zone is created at the portion of the terminal adjacent to the opening. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189905 | MOUNTING COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOUNTING METHOD - A mounting component has a conductive member. The conductive member includes a press-fitting unit that is linearly extended and press-fitted in a housing, two electrode portions that are arrayed in a direction in which the press-fitting unit is press-fitted and soldered onto pads, and a connection portion that is extended in parallel with the press-fitting unit to connect the two electrode portions. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189906 | AMPHIBIAN - An amphibian ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189907 | AMPHIBIAN - Planing amphibian ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189908 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR REALATING TO AMPHIBIANS - An amphibian ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189909 | ADJUSTABLE PROPELLER ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING FLUID TO AND/OR FROM SUCH AN ADJUSTABLE PROPELLER ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to an adjustable propeller arrangement comprising a drive shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and an adjustable propeller connected to the drive shaft. The adjustable propeller comprises at least one propeller blade and an adjusting member connected to the at least one propeller blade such that the pitch if the at least one propeller blade is controlled by the position, in the longitudinal direction, of the adjusting member. The arrangement comprises a conduit assembly which in turn comprises a duct located outside of the drive shaft and the conduit assembly further comprises a first conduit portion extending at least partially within the drive shaft. The conduit assembly is adapted to provide a fluid communication between the adjustable propeller and the duct. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189910 | Sleeve Arrangement for an Oar | 2011-08-04 |
20110189911 | HIGH LOFT NONWOVEN SHEET MATERIAL AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A nonwoven acoustic sheet material including Asian cardboard and a scrim layer and method of construction thereof is provided. The method of construction includes providing Asian cardboard and comminuting the cardboard into pieces of a predetermined size. Further, combining the reduced size pieces of cardboard with heat bondable textile fibers and staple fibers to form a substantially homogenous mixture, and then, forming a web from the mixture. Then, thermally bonding the constituent ingredients of the web to produce a matt of a desired thickness. Further, laminating a scrim layer to at least one side of the matt while maintaining the thickness of the matt as initially produced. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189912 | MATERIAL FOR THE PREVENTIVE PROTECTION OF STRUCTURES AGAINST UNDERGROUND TERMITES - Described is an anti-termite material intended for preventive protection of structures against the invasion of subterranean termites. The material of the invention is in the form of a woven material constituted of textile fibers known for their tenacity. The woven mesh is dimensionally stabilized by any suitable method. To render the material impassible by subterranean termites, the threads constituting the mesh are coated with an abrasive powder securely affixed with an adhesive, a polymerisable mastic, or a resin. This coating of threads by an abrasive powder renders contact with them harmful to subterranean termites. To avoid injury, the target insects will turn away from the material through which they will not pass. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189913 | WOVEN MAT FABRIC WITH FUSED LAYERS - A woven mat fabric with fused layers containing a plurality of woven layers, where each woven layer contains a plurality of warp elements interwoven with a plurality of weft elements. The warp and weft elements contain polymeric strips which have a core layer disposed in layered relation with at least one surface layer. The core layer contains a first strain oriented polymer composition and having a first softening point and the surface layer contains a second polymer composition having a softening point lower than the first softening point. The weft and warp elements within each layer are fused to one another, but the weft and warp elements of one layer are not consolidated to the weft and warp elements of the adjacent layers. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189914 | BALLISTIC MATERIAL SYSTEM FOR TACTICAL BODY ARMOR - A ballistic material system for tactical body armor comprises utilizing novel fabric structure with less than all of the fabric layers having the same level of scoured and water repel treated finish. This improved structure can be symmetrical or unsymmetrical, and can include water repel treated finish level in the range of 0% to 99%. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189915 | CRIMPED CONJUGATED FIBER AND NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING THE SAME - A crimped conjugated fiber having a crimpable cross-sectional configuration wherein:
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20110189916 | BIOCOMPONENT FIBERS WITH AN EXTERIOR COMPONENT COMPRISING POLYPROPYLENE - The present invention relates to bicomponent fibers with improved bonding properties. In particular, the present invention relates to bicomponent fibers comprising an exterior component, which in turn comprises a polypropylene that has been degraded from a first melt flow index MFI | 2011-08-04 |
20110189917 | FIBERS, NONWOVEN FABRIC AND USES THEREOF - It is an object of the present invention to develop a polypropylene nonwoven fabric which is excellent in both of initial hydrophilicity and long-lasting hydrophilicity, that is, which is excellent in initial hydrophilicity that the nonwoven fabric exhibits hydrophilicity in a short time after it is produced and long-lasting hydrophilicity that the nonwoven fabric recovers hydrophilicity in a short time even if it is subjected to heat treatment. The present invention provides fibers of a propylene copolymer composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a propylene/α-olefin random copolymer having a melting point (Tm) of 125 to 155° C. and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a nonionic surface active agent comprising an alkylene oxide adduct of an aliphatic alcohol. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189918 | FABRICATION OF PRINTHEAD NOZZLE PLATE COATING WITH SELF CLEANING AND HIGH DROOL PRESSURE BY ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUE - Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for ink jet printhead nozzle plate and related printing apparatus, wherein the ink jet printhead nozzle plate can include a coaxially electrospun layer to provide a low adhesion oleophobic textile surface exhibiting a low sliding angle and a high contact angle with ultra-violet gel ink and/or solid ink. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189919 | COMBINATION TOY CHEST AND OTTOMAN - A toy chest is provided herewith that includes: a body; a seating surface movably coupled to the body so as to expose a storage area within the body; a fabric cover removably located over the body, the fabric cover includes a head and the body includes at least one other feature, the chest therewith resembling a character; a plurality of wheels attached to the body; and a pull chord attached to a front end of the body. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189920 | ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE INCLUDING A REMOTE CONTROLLED MAGNETIC MINI-CRAFT - The present document describes an entertainment device including one or more mini-crafts provided in a fluid medium within the sides of an electromagnetic frame. Each mini-craft includes a magnet and has a different cutoff frequency. Motion of the mini-crafts may be controlled by a user using a controller such as joystick, remote control etc. A processor computes, based on the multidirectional navigation signals received from the controller, electromagnetic signals for each coil in the electromagnetic frame. The electromagnetic signals are amplified and sent to the coils to generate superimposed rotating magnetic fields which cause the mini-crafts to rotate separately within the electromagnetic frame, each mini-craft following a distinct magnetic field with a frequency that is lower than its cutoff frequency. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189921 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A GLOWING TRAIL ONTO A SURFACE - A device and method are provided for applying a glowing trail onto a surface on a playmat of material that glows in the dark, which lasts only for a limited time depending on the type and strength of the light and playmat material. The trail can be generated by a game piece that moves on the playmat, or a game board. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189922 | TOY FIGURES - Toy figures may include a torso, an elongate member extending from the torso, an articulation element, and a limb having a socket. The elongate member may include an end region. The articulation element may be molded substantially around the end region and may be received within the socket. The socket may be configured for pivotable movement about the articulation element. Some examples of toy figures may include a hip joint assembly. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189923 | TOY COMPONENT GROUP AND TOY VEHICLE - A toy component group ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189924 | METHOD OF MACHINING BETWEEN CONTOURED SURFACES WITH CUP SHAPED TOOL - A method of machining a rotor disk includes the step of detecting accessible contact areas on a rotor surface and corresponding abrasive disk orientations at contact points within that contact area. The detected accessible area and orientations are then utilized to map a machining path and corresponding abrasive disk movements. Machine tool executable instructions are generated using the mapped machining path and corresponding abrasive disk movement for removing material on a rotor surface between two airfoils. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189925 | High Sensitivity Real Time Profile Control Eddy Current Monitoring System - An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a platen having a surface to support a polishing pad, and an eddy current monitoring system to generate an eddy current signal. The eddy current monitoring system includes a core and a coil wound around a portion of the core. The core includes a back portion, a first prong extending from the back portion in a first direction normal to the surface of the platen and having a width in a second direction parallel to the surface of the platen, and second and third prongs extending from the back portion in parallel with the first protrusion, the second and third prongs positioned on opposite sides of and equidistant from the first prong. A spacing between each of the second and third prongs and the first prong is approximately equal to twice the width of the first prong. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENDPOINT DETECTION - A method and system are presented for monitoring a process sequentially applied to a stream of substantially identical articles by a processing tool, so as to terminate the operation of the processing tool upon detecting an end-point signal corresponding to a predetermined value of a desired parameter of the article being processed. The article is processed with the processing tool. Upon completing the processing in response to the end-point signal generated by an end-point detector continuously operating during the processing of the article, integrated monitoring is applied to the processed article to measure the value of the desired parameter. The measured value of the desired parameter is analyzed to determine a correction value thereof to be used for adjusting the end-point signal corresponding to the predetermined value of the desired parameter for terminating the processing of the next article in the stream. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189927 | COMPOSITE PADS FOR BUFFING AND POLISHING PAINTED VEHICLE BODY SURFACES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A composite pad includes an outer pad portion having a surface with a firmness, stiffness or abrasiveness, and an inner pad portion disposed on or in the outer pad portion, the inner pad portion having a surface with a firmness, stiffness or abrasiveness which is greater than that of the outer pad surface. The backside of the composite pad preferably includes a hook-and-loop or other mechanism for attachment to a tool such as an orbital polisher. The inner portion may used to remove larger scratches left from sand paper (or other abrasives) then, without removing the pad, the polisher tool may be tilted relative to the surface enabling the outer portion to buff the area and remove any swirl marks. The surface of the inner pad may be raised relative to the surface of the outer pad, flush or recessed. In the preferred embodiments the various pad portions are made of foam material such as polyurethane. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189928 | WAFER MOUNT TAPE, WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR USE IN THINNING WAFERS - A wafer mount tape, a wafer processing apparatus and an associated method of using the wafer mount tape for use in wafer thinning operations is presented. The wafer mount tape includes a tape body, a first adhesive member and a second adhesive member. The tape body has a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region of the tape body is for being disposed onto a wafer. The second region of the tape body is defined along a periphery of the first region. The third region of the tape body is defined along a periphery of the second region. The first adhesive is member is disposed at the first region. The second adhesive member is disposed at the third region. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189929 | BRUSH GATE ACCESSORY FOR FACETING MACHINE SPLASH PAN - A brush gate accessory for a faceting machine splash pan including a mounting bracket having an arcuate cross-member interconnecting first and second attachment arms, each of the first and second attachment arms defining a clip about their free for retaining the brush gate in place over a sidewall of a splash pan, and first and second opposing brushes removably attached to the first and second attachment arms, respectively, the brushes together substantially filling a space defined between the arms from the cross-member to the free ends of the arms. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189930 | SIMPLE, ULTRA-SAFE, LIGHTWEIGHT, HAND-HELD OYSTER-OPENING DEVICE - At present there's no universally adopted Handheld Portable Oyster Opener available to consumers. The Oyster Opener described herein is simple, quick and ultra-safe to operate. It's lightweight, robust, inexpensive, portable and handheld. It can be leveled in use to prevent unwanted loss of Oyster Liquor. This caulk gun style Oyster Opener can be easily carried and used by anyone regardless of their strength or dexterity. It can be used at home and passed around at outings for the safe, simple opening of oysters, large or small. Its intuitive ergonomic design and the synergistic integration of its lightweight functional elements allow a user to rapidly load, ideally position, firmly secure and effectively leverage an oyster open in a safe, regulated and controllably nuanced manner while keeping the oyster level. It allows the cutting of adductor muscles and removal of the top shell while an oyster is in the device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189931 | Combination Tool Used to Kill, Scale, and Gut Fish - The present invention is a fish cleaning tool incorporating a fishhook remover, a fish scaler and collector, a method for safely cutting open a fish, means for removing fish innards, and a means for killing a fish. The present invention is buoyant. In addition to adding functionality to prior art items, the present invention also improves upon the storage and safety concerns created with prior art items. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189932 | Elastic Drive Disk for a Coin Handling Machine - An elastic coin moving disk assembly ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189933 | Coin Storage - A coin storing apparatus has at least one receiving space for coins as well as a feeding and/or dispensing device and/or a coin overflow for feeding and/or dispensing coins. A chain that stores the coins is disposed in the receiving space. The chain has chain links each having a storage area adapted to selectively receive at least one coin. The chain is helically wound in several planes. The storage area has a holding device formed by one or more of the chain links arranged in an adjacent plane of the several planes that is adjacent to that one of the several planes where the storage area is located. The coin storing apparatus is installed in a machine such as a ticket machine. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189934 | Storage Device Testing System Cooling - A storage device testing system that includes at least one rack, test slots housed by each rack, and at least one air mover in pneumatic communication with the test slots. Each test slot includes a test slot housing having an entrance and an exit, with the entrance configured to receive a storage device. The at least one air mover is configured to move air exterior to the racks into the entrance of each test slot housing, over the received storage device, and out of the exit of each test slot housing. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189935 | AIRFLOW GUIDE - An airflow guide includes a top cover and two side covers. The two side covers are disposed on opposite ends of the top cover. At least one of the two side covers includes a base plate and a sliding plate. The base plate is fixedly connected to the top cover. The sliding plate is slidably connected to the base plate. The sliding plate slides relative to the base plate, such that an air inlet is defined in the at least one of the two side covers. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189936 | Modular datacenter element and modular datacenter cooling element - A modular datacenter element, comprising: a modular space defined by at least a bottom panel; and a front wall having substantially the same length as the bottom panel, placed substantially vertically on the bottom panel; further comprising a plurality of racks for holding equipment, the racks being aligned in an opening in the front wall along the length of the bottom panel; wherein a first side of the aligned plurality of racks is spaced away from a first edge along the length of the bottom panel at a distance substantially smaller than the width of the bottom panel, thus creating a ledge bottom part between the first edge of the bottom panel and the plurality of racks. By creating a datacenter comprising multiple modular datacenter elements, a datacenter with efficient inspection possibilities and efficient air handling is created. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189937 | HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - A heat exchange ventilator includes a plurality of heat exchanger elements provided with a heat-exchanger exhaust airflow path and a heat-exchanger intake airflow path. Exhaust airflow and intake airflow are guided to pass through one of the plurality of heat exchanger elements, and the exhaust airflow and the intake airflow are switched to the next heat exchanger element in a sequential order when a state of the heat exchanger element comes to a predetermined condition set based on adverse influences of ice formation inside a heat-exchanger exhaust airflow path. The structure prevents the heat exchanger element from icing to avoid the adverse influences, thereby making it capable of exerting the fundamental heat exchanging and ventilating function continuously. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189938 | VENTILATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A ventilation control apparatus of an indoor ventilation system including an intake device configured to take outside air into an indoor space, the intake device capable of changing an intake amount of the outside air, the ventilation control apparatus includes: a people count detection unit configured to determine the number of people who are present in the indoor space, to be outputted as people count information; and a control unit configured to obtain the people count information and control the intake device so that the more the number of people indicated by the people count information is increased, the greater an amount of the outside air to be taken in becomes. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189939 | CEILING AIR OUTLET FOR CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A ceiling air outlet has an elongated supply air chamber comprising a supply air inlet. At least one side chamber is located to the side of the supply air chamber. A nozzle inflows supply air from the supply air chamber into the side chamber. Each side chamber has an associated heat exchanger through which room air is induced into the side chamber as a result of induction. Each side chamber comprises an outlet opening. Each nozzle flows the supply air passing through it horizontally. The ceiling air outlet comprises on the underside facing toward the room to be ventilated, a flat element that covers the ceiling air outlet and is impermeable to air. Each outlet opening is oriented in alignment with its nozzle(s) so that the supply air flowing through each nozzle is not deflected. The room air is induced from above the upper edge of the ceiling air outlet. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189940 | Ridge Vent and Roof Ridge Assembly - A roof ridge vent for installation overlying an open roof ridge to provide ventilation to a space beneath a roof is provided. The ridge vent is a continuous, elongate mat of randomly convoluted polymeric filaments having an openwork upper face, an openwork opposite lower face, a plurality of hollow recesses extending into the mat and opening into the lower face, and opposite longitudinally-extending openwork side edges. The openwork upper face is formed of randomly convoluted filaments formed to provide a relatively flat surface of sufficient density to catch heads of fasteners. The plurality of hollow recesses is defined by a plurality of upstanding openwork walls of convoluted filaments that extend from the upper face to the lower face of the mat. The upstanding openwork walls are arranged in a latticework structure such that no unobstructed passageways extend through the mat through which wind-blown rain and snow can freely pass into the side edges of the mat and laterally pass through the mat. A ventilated roof ridge assembly including the vent is provided. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189941 | REMOTE MONITOR SYSTEM WITH RADIO DISPATCH - The present invention is directed toward systems and methods for providing a remote monitoring system with radio dispatch. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a central monitoring unit for receiving a first event signal from a first remote monitoring device, identifying the first remote monitoring device as the originator of the first event signal, accessing a first prerecorded dispatch message associated with the first event signal, and transmitting the first prerecorded dispatch message. The present invention may also include multiple remote monitoring units for detecting events at a plurality of remote monitoring locations. Upon detection, the remote monitoring units transmit an event signal to the central monitoring unit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189942 | Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live entertainment event - The present invention relates to methods and systems for providing interactive audience participation at live entertainment events. The method includes providing audience members with an interactive device that presents a promotional message and includes a user interface, broadcasting audio programming to the audience member through the interactive device, querying the audience members, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by the audience member via the user interface of the interactive device, transmitting the answers to a central processor, storing the answers as audience data, processing the audience data into results, storing the results of the processing of the audience data and broadcasting the results of the processing of the audience data. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189943 | AUGMENTED AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to aircraft communication, and more particularly to a non line-of-sight communication path to augment a line-of-sight communication path. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189944 | MULTI-HOP WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELAY METHOD AND RELAY STATION THEREIN - A relay station, which is originally deployed in the multi-hop wireless communication system and used for relaying the communication between a base station and a mobile station, is referred to as an ordinary relay station, and a relay station is referred to as an aid relay station. The aid relay station can decide whether to provide aid to the ordinary relay station, and can be invisible to the base station and the mobile station, namely, the aid relay station will not generate signaling between itself and the base station or the mobile station, and therefore the aid relay station, when being implemented, will not generate extra signaling overheads in the multi-hop wireless communication system; and at the same time, when the relay quality of an aided relay station is poor, it can be improved by the aid relay station, thereby improving the system performance of the multi-hop wireless communication system. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189945 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, RELAY DEVICE, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - There is provided a wireless communication system which causes a wireless terminal to select a relay device among plural relay devices connected together via a communication line when the wireless terminal attempts to communicate with another wireless terminal. The relay device has an information acquiring unit, a calling determining unit, and an information adding unit. The wireless terminal has an information analyzing unit which analyzes whether or not the own device is included in a communication counterparty of calling information when the calling information is included in communication information, a priority comparing unit which determines whether or not a priority level of the calling information is higher than that of a current communication when the own device is included, and a channel changing unit which changes a channel to that of another relay device of the calling information when the priority level of the calling information is higher. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189946 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, AND RELAY SYSTEM - Wireless terminal devices (TA) to (TH) each detects whether channel information received from each of repeaters ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110189947 | FLEXIBLE COVERAGE AREAS FOR RETURN LINK SIGNALS IN A SPOT BEAM SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Conventional spot beam satellites receive return uplink beam signals that each correspond to a separate and unique return downlink beam. An embodiment of the invention allows flexible coverage areas by selectively attenuating and combining multiple return uplink beam signals and transmitting them on a single beam to a gateway terminal. This allows uplink capacity to be dynamically allocated amongst different uplink signals. Offered load in different beams can be predicted and used to set the attenuation values appropriately and the attenuation values may also be controlled remotely. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189948 | FLEXIBLE COVERAGE AREAS FOR FORWARD LINK SIGNALS IN A SPOT BEAM SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Conventional spot beam satellites transmit downlink beams that each correspond to a separate and unique uplink signal. Power available for each downlink beam is typically set by an associated amplifier on the satellite, and total transmit power cannot be dynamically distributed across different spot beams. An embodiment of the present invention overcomes this distribution limitation by using multiple replicas of a single signal as input to a multi-port amplifier that allows transmit power to be dynamically distributed across the different spot beams. The replicas may be de-correlated through techniques such as selectively delaying some of the replicas. This power distribution effectively allows dynamic allocation of capacity between areas serviced by different beams. Offered load in different beams can be predicted and used to set the attenuation values appropriately and the attenuation values may also be controlled remotely. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189949 | REPEATER SYSTEM - The present invention provides a repeater system, comprising: first transceiver circuitry, for establishing communications with a base station of a cellular communications system; second transceiver circuitry, for establishing communications with a wireless device; and a single antenna system, comprising a plurality of antenna elements. Signals to and from the first transceiver circuitry and the second transceiver circuitry can each be received and transmitted through the single antenna system. The single antenna system includes beam definition circuitry, in which amplitudes of signals between the first transceiver circuitry and each antenna element, and between the second transceiver circuitry and each antenna element, can be adjusted independently, such that different beam patterns can be provided for the first transceiver circuitry and the second transceiver circuitry. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189950 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE USING GROUPING - Method for generating reference signal sequence using grouping is explained. In this method, base sequences are grouped such that each group contains at least one base sequence of each length, so UE(s) can use various length sequences as a reference signal. And in this method, inter cell interference caused by using various length sequence as a reference signal sequence can be minimized by grouping sequences having the high cross correlation relation. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189951 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE USING GROUPING - Method for generating reference signal sequence using grouping is explained. In this method, base sequences are grouped such that each group contains at least one base sequence of each length, so UE(s) can use various length sequences as a reference signal. And in this method, inter cell interference caused by using various length sequence as a reference signal sequence can be minimized by grouping sequences having the high cross correlation relation. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189952 | System and Method for Receiving Data Across an Isolation Barrier - In one embodiment, A system for communication has a receiver for receiving data from a passive transmitter capacitively coupled to the receiver. The receiver has a sensing element having a plurality of terminals configured to be capacitively coupled to the passive transmitter and DC isolated from the passive transmitter. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189953 | Near Field Communications, NFC, Communicators and NFC Communications Enabled Devices - A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device has a data store to store data, an inductive coupler to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal supplier to supply a radio frequency signal to the inductive coupler. A modulator is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler A controller enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The inductive coupler has an antenna and a variable impedance element and the controller is operable to control the variable impedance element to control a magnetic field strength associated with a radio frequency signal supplied by the signal supplier. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189954 | ADAPTIVE INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY WITH COMMUNICATION - An adaptive inductive ballast is provided with the capability to communicate with a remote device powered by the ballast. To improve the operation of the ballast, the ballast changes its operating characteristics based upon information received from the remote device. Further, the ballast may provide a path for the remote device to communicate with device other than the adaptive inductive ballast. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189955 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Mobile terminals and a communication method using the same in which a mobile terminal includes a display unit to display image information processed in the mobile terminal; a conversion unit to convert an image signal corresponding to the image information output from the display unit into an electric signal; and an electrical output unit to output the electric signal converted by the conversion unit. Further, a mobile terminal includes an electrical reception unit to receive an electric signal for image information; a conversion unit to convert the electric signal received by the electrical reception unit into an image signal; and a display unit to display image information corresponding to the image signal converted by the conversion unit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189956 | MODULAR, RECONFIGURABLE AND COGNITIVE MICROSYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING AND REMOTE CONTROL OF SMART COMMUNICATING OBJECTS - The present invention is a modular, reconfigurable and cognitive Microsystem that dynamically adapts itself to a given radio context for an improved user experience and health risk detection while enabling the realization of custom telehealth products in a flexible and highly integrated manner. The Microsystem of the invention is made of one or several semiconductor dies, with complementary functionality, that are integrated both vertically and horizontally. By default, the Microsystem of the invention includes a ‘base’ die made of dual-mode and dynamically reconfigurable functional blocks implementing the whole ‘Bluetooth Low Energy’ standard and a portion of the ‘Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4’ specification. The Microsystem according to the invention is particularly well-suited for the collection and transfer of (tele)health data but can also be applied to other application markets and devices having the need to support the operating modes, ‘Bluetooth Low Energy’ and/or ‘Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4’, in a modular, reconfigurable and cognitive manner. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189957 | MEDICAL TECHNICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING A WIRELESS FOOTSWITCH DEVICE - A medical technical apparatus includes an optical viewing unit including a receiver unit and a wireless footswitch device. The wireless footswitch device includes at least one switch configured to generate a control command corresponding to a performance of a function of the optical viewing unit, a transmitter unit configured to wirelessly, unidirectionally transmit data signals corresponding to the control command from the wireless footswitch device to the optical viewing unit using radio technology, a control processor, and a switching device. The switching device is configured to switch the control processor from an operating mode to a standby mode upon completion of a data transfer of the data signals from the wireless footswitch to the optical viewing unit and is also configured to switch the control processor from the standby mode to the operating mode in response to an actuation of the at least one switch for generating the control command. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189958 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189959 | REDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a tilt correction method and a corresponding apparatus for correcting tilt of RF signals in a wanted channel having a predetermined frequency range, in a signal path of a communication equipment, wherein the RF signals are down-converted to an intermediate frequency of an IF domain. The method comprises the steps of: providing a predetermined RF signal having a particular frequency to the signal path, detecting an output signal in the intermediate frequency (IF) domain and outputting a detection result, repeating the providing step and the detecting step for plural RF signals of different frequencies within the channel frequency range, determining the tilt of the RF signals in the frequency range by comparing the detection results, and correcting the tilt to obtain a minimized tilt of the wanted channel depending upon the determined tilt. The present invention further refers to a computer program including program code means to carry out the method, and to an integrated circuit wherein the apparatus is implemented. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189960 | Estimating Whether A Wireless Terminal Is Indoors Using Pattern Classification - A method and apparatus for estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is indoors are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a pattern classifier that is trained on a plurality of input/output mappings, where each mapping corresponds to a respective location, the output of the mapping is a Boolean value that indicates whether the location is indoors, and the input of the mapping is based on empirical and predicted signal data for the location. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a computer-executable program is generated based on the trained pattern classifier. The computer-executable program estimates whether or not a wireless terminal is indoors based on empirical data reported by the terminal, and on a location estimate for the terminal that might be crude or inaccurate (e.g., based on Cell Identifier [Cell-ID], GPS, etc.). | 2011-08-04 |
20110189961 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MOTION IDENTIFICATION - A data transmission method and apparatus based on motion identification are disclosed. The method includes detecting and identifying a change of a position status of a data transmission apparatus, detecting, by the data transmission apparatus, a target apparatus when the change of the position status is determined to be a predefined motion, and establishing, by the data transmission apparatus, a connection with the target apparatus and performing, by the data transmission apparatus, a data transmission, if the target apparatus is detected. The data transmission method does not operate through an interface, but can trigger a data transmission apparatus to detect a target apparatus and to perform a data transmission by only identifying a motion of the data transmission apparatus. Thus, the operation of data transmission can be simplified, and a user-friendly operation method can be achieved. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189962 | OVER-THE-AIR TEST - A testing system optimizes a cost function of a theoretical spatial cross correlation and a spatial correlation obtained with antenna elements for determining weights of the antenna elements, and forms a beam of a signal of at least one path of a simulated radio channel with at least two antenna elements of a plurality of antenna elements coupled to an emulator in an anechoic chamber. The at least two antenna elements are capable of polarizing the beam in a known manner. | 2011-08-04 |
20110189963 | ANTENNA ELEMENT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna element includes a feeding path unit connected to a feeding point, first and second antenna main body units, and first and second short-circuit path units. The first antenna main body unit has one end connected to the feeding path unit and the other end that is opened. The second antenna main body unit has one end connected to a connection point between the feeding path unit and the first antenna main body unit and the other end that is opened. The first short-circuit path unit contributes to a resonance to a radio signal in a predetermined first frequency band, and is formed between the connection point and a ground point. The second short-circuit path unit contributes to a resonance to a radio signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, and has a path length different from that of the first short-circuit path unit. | 2011-08-04 |