| 34th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
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| 20090207497 | Diffuser with Light Condensing Function - One face of a substrate of a diffuser with a light condensing function is disposed with a plurality of prism rods; at least one inclined face of parts of prism rods is disposed with a rough diffusion face; the diffusion face may be positioned on any position of the inclined face of the prism rod; the diffusion face is disposed with a plurality of irregularly arranged raised and indented stripes perpendicular, not perpendicular or parallel to a crest line of the prism rod; chromatic dispersion can be reduced and stripes of the prism rods can be atomized effectively by utilizing the diffusion face to eliminate the occurrence of moiré fringes and elevate the yield factor. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207498 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAGNIFYING TEXT - The present invention features a magnifying sheet for magnifying the text on a medicine bottle or a display panel of an electronic device. The magnifying sheet comprises a front side and a back side, wherein the front side comprises a magnifying component, wherein the back side comprises a non-permanent adhesive. The present invention also features a method of enhancing the legibility of text on a medicine bottle or a display panel of an electronic device. The method comprises affixing a magnifying sheet to a medicine bottle or an electronic device, wherein the magnifying sheet comprises a front side and a back side. The front side of the magnifying sheet comprises a magnifying component, and the back side comprises a non-permanent adhesive. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207499 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same - A zoom lens, which changes a magnification by properly changing distances between a plurality of lens components, has, in order from the object side, a first lens component with positive power, a second lens component with negative power, a third lens component with positive power, a fourth lens component with positive power, and a fifth lens component with positive power, and the first lens component has a reflecting member changing an optical path. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditions: | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207500 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same - A zoom lens is such that spacings between a plurality of lens units are properly changed and thereby the magnification of the zoom lens is changed. The most object-side lens unit of this zoom lens has a positive refracting power and comprises, in order from an object side, a negative lens, a reflecting member for changing an optical path, and a positive lens, without cementing the reflecting member and the positive lens as well as the reflecting member and the negative lens, and at least one of surfaces of the negative lens and the positive lens is configured as an aspherical surface to satisfy the following condition: | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207501 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a rear group including at least one lens group, the zooming operation being performed by changing a spacing of the lens groups, wherein the zoom lens has an aperture stop and, when the second lens group is taken as a first focus group and a sub-lens group constituting a portion of one lens group of the rear group is taken as a second focus group, the lens structure and the movement amount of the first and second focus groups are set appropriately. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207502 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - A zoom lens having a variable image magnification, for introducing object light from an object side toward a light receiving surface on an optical axis, is provided. An objective lens system has a positive refractive power, and includes a prism for reflecting the object light being incident to guide the object light on the optical axis, and an aperture stop control device for passing the object light, the objective lens system forming an intermediate image by focusing the object light nearer to the object side than the light receiving surface. A relay lens system has a positive refractive power, includes plural lens groups movable on the optical axis, is disposed behind the objective lens system as viewed from the object side, for zooming and refocusing the intermediate image. Also, a distance between the plural lens groups is shortest in zoom setting in the telephoto end position. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207503 | LENS TUBE, OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING THE LENS TUBE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE LENS TUBE - A lens tube includes a standard member, a lens, a guide, and a pushing member. The standard member has a standard surface via which the standard member is to be mounted to a camera main body. The lens retainer retains at least one lens and is connected to the standard member movably along an optical axis of the at least one lens. The guide is provided facing the lens retainer in a radial direction of the at least one lens to guide the lens retainer along the optical axis. The pushing member pushes the lens retainer and the guide in opposite directions. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207504 | Optical System for Taking Image - An optical system for taking image comprises three lens elements with refractive power, wherein a first lens element with positive refractive power includes at least one aspheric surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, and a third lens element with negative refractive power includes at least one aspheric surface, which are mounted orderly from the object side to the image side. By such arrangements, the volume of the lens assembly can be reduced, and can obtain high resolution. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207505 | LIGHT SHIELDLING STRUCTURE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE - A light shielding structure of an optical device, includes a plurality of optical elements arranged at different positions in an optical axis direction. The light shielding structure includes at least one annular light shielding member positioned between two of the optical elements to shield harmful light, and a plurality of springs held between the two optical elements to be resiliently deformable in the optical axis direction. The springs include at least two springs, one of which is held between one of the two optical elements and the annular light shielding member while the other of the two springs is held between the other of the two optical elements and the annular light shielding member. The annular light shielding member is supported between the two optical elements in a balanced state between the spring forces of the plurality of springs. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207506 | Optical Lens System for Taking Image - An optical lens system for taking image comprises four lens elements from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens element being aspheric, inflection points being formed on the image-side surface of the second lens element; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power; and an aperture stop being located between the object side and the second lens element. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207507 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An imaging lens includes in order from an object side, a stop and a first lens to a fourth lens. Both the surfaces of a third lens have surfaces including at least one inflection point, and an inclination of each surface at the terminal end part of a periphery within an effective diameter collapses toward the image side. And 0.125, 0.4| 2009-08-20 | |
| 20090207508 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes in order from an object side: a first lens including a positive lens having a convex surface directed to the object side; a stop; a second lens including a positive lens having a convex surface directed to an image side; a third lens including a negative meniscus lens with a concave surface directed to the object side; and a fourth lens including, near an optical axis, a positive meniscus shape with a convex surface directed to the object side. An air space between the second lens and the third lens is smaller in a periphery than near the optical axis. And f | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207509 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a rectangular image sensor, and an imaging optical system which includes an on-axis lens element and a radially-retractable lens element. The radially-retractable lens element is supported by a free end of a swingable arm pivoted about an axis eccentric from the imaging optical axis. The on-axis lens element is non-circular, defined by a removed portion from a reference circle thereof along a long side of the image sensor. When in the off-axis displaced position, the radially-retractable lens element utilizes the removed portion of the on-axis lens element and the radially-retractable lens element is offset from a plane through the imaging optical axis and parallel to the short sides of the rectangular imaging surface. The swing axis is on the on-axis lens element side, in the long side direction, closer to the optical axis of the radially-retractable lens element in the off-axis displaced position. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207510 | FLAME SCANNER COLLIMATOR BODY - A flame scanner collimator, which monitors flames produced by a fossil fuel fired combustion chamber, includes: a substantially cylindrical collimator body defining a hollow portion; a first chamber connected to a second chamber, the first and second chambers defining the hollow portion, the second chamber having a larger diameter than the first chamber; and a plurality of slots each extending in substantially a same direction as a longitudinal axis defining the body. Each slot extends through the body to the first and second chambers to allow cooling/purge air flow therethrough. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207511 | ASSEMBLY FOR ADJUSTING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - An assembly for fixation or adjusting of an optical element ( | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207512 | VIBRATION ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - To provide a vibration actuator having-good driving performance even when miniaturized, and a lens barrel and camera provided with the same. A first aspect of the present invention is to provide a vibration actuator comprising, an electromechanical conversion element, having a first joining face, and which is subject to excitation, an elastic body having a second joining face which is joined to the first joining face, and a driving face which gives rise to vibration waves as a result of said excitation, and a relative moving member, having a contact face which is in pressure contact with the driving face, which is driven by the vibration waves, and which moves relative to the elastic body, wherein an outer shape of said first joining face has a shape which differs from an outer shape of said contact face. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207513 | Multi-Zone Mirrors - A multi-zone reflector having an opaque zone and a transflective zone. The reflector includes a supporting base, a lower reflecting layer disposed adjacent the supporting base, and an upper reflecting layer extending over the opacifying layer and the transflective zone of the reflector. The lower reflecting layer substantially completely covers the transflective zone, and the opacifying layer is disposed substantially outside the transflective zone adjacent to the lower reflecting layer. Over at least a portion of the transflective zone, the upper and lower reflecting layers have a common surface. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207514 | REFLECTIVE MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A reflective mirror assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element providing a rearward field of view to a driver of a vehicle equipped with the reflective mirror assembly. The electrochromic reflective element includes an electrochromic medium disposed between a front substrate and a rear substrate in a cavity established by a seal that connects the front substrate to the rear substrate and that spaces them apart. An overhang region at a first edge region of the front substrate extends beyond a corresponding first edge region of the rear substrate. A transparent electrical conductor is disposed at the front substrate and a mirror reflector is disposed at the rear substrate. An electrically conducting tab extends outward from said seal at least partially to the edge of the rear substrate while making electrical contact with the mirror reflector. At least one hiding layer is disposed around a perimeter region of the front substrate. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207515 | ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY FOR LONGITUDINAL POSITION DATA IN A TAPE STORAGE SYSTEM - A longitudinal position (LPOS) word L(n) is encoded with error correction capability. The LPOS word includes a plurality of LPOS symbols L | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207516 | Iterative repeatable run-out nulling for magnetic head tester - A method for operating a head testing apparatus or, more generally, a host hard disk drive using a mounted hard disk that has had its servo track information pre-written in an external servo-writing apparatus rather than in the head testing or host apparatus itself. The method eliminates repeatable errors and repeatable runout by effectively replacing the pre-written servo tracks, which are eccentric, with new track profiles that are tracked like circular tracks. The problem of repeatable errors is caused by repeatable runout superimposed upon written-in position errors when a disk written in one machine is transferred to another. This problem is eliminated by forming IRON (Iterative Repeatable Runout Nulling) profile tracks from the initially pre-written servo tracks, where the IRON profile tracks are effectively tracked as concentric circular tracks and generate no PES. The IRON profile is formed by an iterative method that starts with the measurement of the PES of one of the pre-written tracks and iteratively forms a new track profile that is effectively circular. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207517 | "Flat analog" AFE coupled with an all digital architecture compensation read channel - Reading data from a magnetic storage media with an analog front end (AFE) coupled to an all digital read channel compensation architecture. A read head passes over magnetic storage media to produce an analog signal. The analog signal is amplified such that the range of the amplified analog signal substantial matches a range of the analog to digital converter (ADC) used to sample the analog signal. A baseline adjust is performed on the amplified analog signal to center the amplified analog signal to a midscale of the ADC. The amplified analog signal may be sampled where the sampling is data frequency locked by a data lock clock (DLC) tracking module. A digital signal may then be produced from the amplified analog signal where this signal is read channel compensated in the digital domain to produce a digital signal which is then processed with a sequence detector. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207518 | Microdisk array apparatus using semiconductor automated equipment - The present invention discloses a microdisk array apparatus using semiconductor automated equipment, and the apparatus is installed into a space of a 3.5-inch IDE hard disk of the semiconductor equipment to substitute the hard disk directly. The apparatus includes a frame, and the frame has a connecting interface, a disk array controller and storage devices. During use, the semiconductor equipment stores, reads, updates and copies data with the storage devices through the connecting interface and the disk array controller. The storage device can be a 2.5-inch IDE hard disk or solid state disk. Since the IDE hard disk becomes a mainstream storage device of the semiconductor equipment, and the solid state disk has the quiet, fast, compact and long-life features, the apparatus is compatible to the storage devices of these two specifications, so as to provide better data storage and backup. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207519 | Compensating the Effects of Static Head-Media Spacing Variations and Nonlinear Transition Shift in Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording - An apparatus comprises a storage medium, a recording head, a source of electromagnetic radiation, and a control circuit for modulating the source of electromagnetic radiation in response to a static deviation of a spacing between the recording head and the storage medium. A method of compensating a static deviation of a spacing between a recording head and a storage medium performed by the apparatus, and a method of precompensating for nonlinear transition shifts in a heat assisted magnetic recording system, are also provided. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207520 | Systems and Methods for Managing Power for Data Storage Devices - An information handling system may include a processor, a tape drive coupled to the processor, and a cache control module. The cache control module may be configured to receive a request from the processor for the tape drive; determine whether the tape drive is powered off; determine whether the tape drive needs to be powered on to process the request; and respond to the request on behalf of the tape drive if it is determined that (a) the tape drive is powered off and (b) the tape drive does not need to be powered on to process the request. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207521 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING PARALLEL SCAN OPERATIONS - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for improving performance of parallel scans. Disk head randomization that occurs when performing a parallel scan is minimized by assigning a worker entity to each disk involved in the parallel scan, and by ensuring data is only accessed on a respective disk by the worker entity assigned to the disk. A parallel scan can be performed that is NUMA aware by ensuring a particular sub-set of data is resident in the same memory node during each parallel scan, and by ensuring the particular sub-set of data is processed by a worker entity assigned to a node in which the sub-set of data is resident. A process for performing a parallel scan involves breaking up work into sub-sets, assigning work to each worker entity that corresponds to a respective disk, and having the worker entities process the assigned work to complete the parallel scan. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207522 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND STAMPER - On a magnetic recording medium, M sets of burst patterns are formed along a direction of rotation of a substrate in each burst pattern region, where M is a natural number of two or higher. Each burst pattern is formed so as to include two types of burst signal units that are positioned at different distances from a center of data track patterns and have an equal length along a radial direction of the substrate. The length along the radial direction is (2·M/N) times the track pitch, where N is a natural number of two or higher. In a predetermined range where both ends in the radial direction do not match a center in the radial direction of a burst pattern, (2·M) centers in the radial direction of the burst patterns are present at intervals of (1/N) times the track pitch in the radial direction, the two types of burst signal units are formed of non-recording regions and do not overlap each other in the direction of rotation, centers of the burst signal units in the radial direction are separated by (M/N) times the track pitch, and facing end parts in the radial direction of the burst signal units are separated via recording regions. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207523 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium formed on a substrate. The magnetic recording medium includes a data region including a plurality of magnetic dots arranged at predetermined positions on the substrate, for recording information; and a servo region for specifying the positions of the magnetic dots, the servo region including a plurality of magnetic segments arranged at predetermined positions on the substrate, each of the magnetic segments being smaller than each of the magnetic dots. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207524 | TAPE HEADS FOR USE WITH MULTIPLE TAPE FORMATS - A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes an array of elements, the elements being selected from a group consisting of data readers, data writers, and combinations thereof; wherein a first subset of the elements is operable for reading or writing data in a first tape format, wherein a second subset of the elements is operable for reading or writing data in a second tape format, at least some of the elements being present in both subsets, wherein a number of servo bands supported in each of the formats is one more than a number of data bands on a medium written in the particular format. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207525 | Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole - Prior art designs of single pole writers have been limited by premature saturation at the tip. This limits the head field that can be achieved without simultaneously widening the write profile. This problem has bee solved by means of a vertical main pole whose thickness has its conventional value a short distance from the tip but that tapers down to a significantly reduced value as it approaches the tip. A process for manufacturing this tapered tip design is also presented. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207526 | Head Support Device, Disk Device Having The Head Support Device, And Portable Electronic Device Having The Disk Device - A head support device allowing a further increase in shock resistance against an external impact, a disk device having the head support device, and a portable electronic device having the disk device are disclosed. In the head support device, head support arm on which head slider with a head is disposed through a flexible and elastic gimbal mechanism is formed rotatably about rotary shaft as a horizontal rotating axis in parallel with a disk surface. Head support arm is formed such that it pivots about a straight line drawn between apexes of a pair of pivots as vertical pivot axis vertically with respect to the disk surface. A gravity center position of a total mass of members, except the head slider, pivoting about vertical pivot axis is positioned near vertical pivot axis. The disk device includes the foregoing head support device. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207527 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - In a magnetic recording medium, there are realized an improvement in surface planarity and a reduction in characteristic degradation. The magnetic recording medium is fabricated so that the upper layer of a recording layer and a refill layer are formed of the same material. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207528 | DISC FLUTTER COMPENSATING SUSPENSION - A suspension is provided, which has proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end toward the distal end. A rotating hinge rotates the distal end about the longitudinal axis in response to vertical motion of the distal end relative to the proximal end. In one example, the suspension includes a preformed twist deformation, which rotates the distal end about the longitudinal axis relative to the proximal end axis in a direction opposite to rotation by the rotating hinge, in response to the vertical motion. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207529 | Flexible printed cable, head stack assembly with the same and manufacturing method thereof - A HSA includes a plurality of HGAs and an FPC. The FPC includes a connector for connecting with a control system, a voltage trace and a ground trace. A common voltage end of the voltage trace has a plurality of first voltage pads and a plurality of second voltage pads arranged adjacent to the corresponding first voltage pads respectively and electrically isolated from the respective first voltage pads. Each of the second voltage pads connects with the micro-actuator of the corresponding HGA. A common ground end of the ground trace has a plurality of micro-actuator ground pads, each of which connects with a micro-actuator of the corresponding HGA. The second voltage pads and the corresponding first voltage pads are connected with each other after the micro-actuator are tested. The invention also discloses a manufacturing method of the HSA. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207530 | Disk drive device and magnetic disk drive - Embodiments of the present invention securely latch an actuator rotated by an external impact. In an embodiment of the present invention, a latch and an actuator have a structure in which the latch can latch the actuator at two different swing angles. The swing angle of the latch is an angle in rotation centered on a rotational shaft (rotation angle). The latch may be engaged with the actuator at a shallow angle, or the latch may be engaged with the actuator at a deeper angle. Since the latch is able to latch the actuator at different swing angles, the actuator can be securely latched. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207531 | MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A magnetic recording read head is provided capable of achieving high reproduction output, resolution, and SNR, even at a high linear density. There is also provided a magnetic recording and reproducing device capable of achieving sufficient error bit rate. The magnetic recording read head includes a differential read head and a write head. The differential read head has a multilayer structure formed by laminating a first magnetoresistive sensor having a first free layer, a differential gap layer, and a second magnetoresistive sensor having a second free layer. Outside the multilayer structure, a pair of electrodes and a pair of magnetic shields are provided respectively. A ratio (Gl/bl) of an inside distance (Gl) between the first and second free layers to a bit length (bl) is set to 0.6 or more and 1.6 or less. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207532 | MAGNETO RESISTANCE EFFECT DEVICE, HEAD SLIDER, MAGNETIC INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, AND MAGNETO RESISTANCE EFFECT MEMORY - A magneto resistance effect device includes a fixed magnetization portion including a ferromagnetic material, in which the magnetization direction can be fixed, and a tunnel barrier layer including high band gap metal oxide and low band gap metal oxide, and arranged on the fixed magnetization portion. The device includes a free magnetization portion including a ferromagnetic material, arranged on the tunnel barrier layer, in which the magnetization can be changed. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207533 | CPP-TYPE MAGNETO RESISTANCE ELEMENT HAVING A PAIR OF FREE LAYERS AND SPACER LAYER SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN - A magnetic field detecting element includes: first and second free layers whose magnetization directions change in accordance with an external magnetic field; a spacer layer that is sandwiched between the first and second free layers; a first exchange coupling transmitting layer that is located adjacent to a surface of first free layer, the surface of first free layer | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207534 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT INCLUDING STACK WITH DUAL FREE LAYER AND MAGNETIZED SHIELD ELECTRODE LAYERS - A magneto-resistance effect element comprises; a magneto-resistance effect stack including an upper magnetic layer and a lower magnetic layer in which respective magnetization directions change in accordance with an external magnetic field, a non-magnetic intermediate layer sandwiched between the upper and lower magnetic layers, an upper gap adjustment layer and a lower gap adjustment layer provided at respective ends in the direction of stacking the magneto-resistance effect stack, an upper exchange coupling transmission layer configured to generate exchange coupling between the upper magnetic layer and the upper gap adjustment layer, and a lower exchange coupling transmission layer configured to generate exchange coupling between the lower magnetic layer and the lower gap adjustment layer; an upper shield electrode layer and a lower shield electrode layer which are provided to sandwich the magneto-resistance effect stack therebetween in the direction of stacking the magneto-resistance effect stack, wherein the upper shield electrode layer and the lower shield electrode layer supply sense current in the direction of stacking, and magnetically shield the magneto-resistance effect stack; and a bias magnetic layer which is provided on a surface of the magneto-resistance effect stack opposite to an air bearing surface, and wherein the bias magnetic layer applies a bias magnetic field to the upper and lower magnetic layers in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface, wherein the upper and lower shield electrode layers are each magnetized in a track width direction by a magnetization controller, and the upper and lower gap adjustment layers are composed of a material having a higher magnetic permeability and a lower saturation magnetic flux density than the upper and lower shield electrode layers respectively. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207535 | ARC FAULT DETECTOR - An arc fault detector, as a stand alone device or in combination with a circuit interrupting device such as a ground fault interrupter (GFCI), protects from potentially dangerous arc fault conditions. The device utilizes a line side or load side series connected inductance having an air or magnetic core to generate the derivative di/dt signal of the arc current in the conductor. The derivative signal is fed to an arc fault detector where it is analyzed for the presence of arcing. The device can have two series connected inductors inductively coupled to each other such that the signal from one inductor is inductively coupled into the other inductor for coupling to the arc fault detector. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DC CURRENT IN AN AC GENERATOR - An exemplary ground fault detection device is capable of detecting a ground fault on multiple phases. The ground fault detection device includes a monitoring module that monitors the phases and determines if there is a non-zero electrical energy value sum for a selected interval on each phase. An output module provides a ground fault indication when all of the phases have a non-zero electrical energy sum for the selected interval. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207537 | Application Of Wideband Sampling For Arc Detection With A Probabilistic Model For Quantitatively Measuring Arc Events - An arc detection system for a plasma generation system includes a radio frequency (RF) sensor that generates first and second signals based on a respective electrical properties of (RF) power that is in communication with a plasma chamber. A correlation module generates an arc detect signal based on the first and second signals. The arc detect signal indicates whether an arc is occurring in the plasma chamber and is employed to vary an aspect of the RF power to extinguish the arc. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207538 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A network device comprises an interface coupling an electronic device to a differential pair of signal lines, and an integrated active common mode suppression and electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled to the interface in parallel to differential signal lines of the electronic device. First and second resistors are respectively coupled to the differential lines between the integrated active common mode suppression and electrostatic discharge protection circuit and the electronic device. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207539 | I/O CIRCUIT - The I/O circuit | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207540 | POWER STRIP HAVING SURGE PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a power strip having a surge protective circuit. When a surge is inputted into the power strip, the surge is subject to two-stage suppressions so as to protect the electrical appliances which are electrically connected to the power strip. The surge protective circuit of the power strip includes a first surge protective device, a buffer conductive device and a second surge protective device. The buffer conductive device is relatively small-sized and cost-effective in comparison with the bulky inductor used in conventional power strip. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207541 | POWER STRIP HAVING SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICES - The present invention provides a power strip having surge protective device. The power strip includes a first surge protective device, a buffer conductive device and a second surge protective device. When a surge is inputted into the power strip, the surge is subject to two-stage suppressions so as to protect the electrical appliances which are electrically connected to the power strip. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207542 | VOLTAGE SURGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING ONE SUCH A DEVICE - The voltage surge protection device comprises at least one input designed to be connected to an electric power supply system, at least one output designed to be connected to an electric circuit to be protected, and voltage surge limiting means connected between the inputs and outputs to protect said electric circuit against voltage surges able to be applied on the inputs. The voltage surge limiting means comprise bidirectional series electronic limiting means comprising at least two inputs/outputs connected in series with at least one of said inputs, and which are turned on when a low voltage drop occurs when a circulating current is lower than a current limiting value, and limiting said circulating current by increasing a voltage drop between said inputs/outputs. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAULT DETECTION AND HAZARD PREVENTION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCE AND OUTPUT CIRCUITS - A fault detection system comprises a photo voltaic (PV) source responsive to incident sunlight to generate output power along output conductors. Control circuitry monitors to PV source and disables output power from the source in response to detection of a fault condition. The PV source may be situated on the roof of a structure and includes an array of modules. One or more controllers monitors the output of the PV modules and a combiner is electrically connected to an output of each controller for combining DC output power from the modules into a combined PV source power output. The combiner is capable of disabling the PV source power output upon detection of a fault condition by any of the controllers, and an override switch is preferably displaced from the PV source at a remote location. Methods for detecting fault conditions in a PV system are also provided and may entail monitoring conditions associated with the PV source and comparing the conditions to a set of known fault conditions associated with the source such that output power can be disabled when a detected source condition corresponds to a known fault condition. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207544 | Output driver with overvoltage protection - An output driver in an integrated circuit includes a driver circuit operable by a power supply voltage and coupled to an output pad, and a driver power conditioner configured to generate a fractional pad voltage in response to a voltage on the output pad and to provide the fractional pad voltage to at least one transistor of the driver circuit as a protected supply voltage in response to an absence of the power supply voltage. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207545 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH VARIABLE CURRENT LEVEL LIMITS - A protection circuit with variable current level limits is coupled to between a power supply system and a load. The power supply system outputs power to drive the load. The protection circuit with variable current level limits of the present invention comprises: a current level limiting switch unit which is coupled to between the power supply system and the load to conduct the output power, a detection unit which detects the current value of the output power, a current level setting unit which sets a normal-state current level limit and a transient-state current level limit according to the current value of the output power, a current level setting unit which checks the current value of the output power and controls the current level limiting switch unit to limit the current value and a timer unit. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207546 | ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE COUNTERMEASURE DEVICE - The present invention prevents occurrence of electrical discharge on an electrically conductive structure in an environment in which high-energy electrons impinge onto the structure or on an electronic element mounted to a surface of the structure, which electrical discharge would otherwise occur when the potential of the structure or the electronic element increases in the negative direction due to a negative charge flowing thereinto. An insulating tape bonded to the surface of the electrically conductive structure is partially cut-removed; an electrically conductive adhesive is applied to an exposed portion of the surface of the electrically conductive structure; and an insulating film is bonded to the electrically conductive adhesive, such that the electrically conductive adhesive is exposed to the outside. When encountering higher-energy electrons, the insulating film is charged, so that a strong electric field is applied to the electrically conductive adhesive, and electrons are emitted from the electrically conductive adhesive through field electron emission, to thereby prevent the potential of the electrically conductive structure from increasing in the negative direction. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207547 | Ion Blower - In an ion blower | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207548 | Ion Generating Element, Ion Generator and Neutralizer - An ion generating element capable of cost reduction and space saving while exhibiting a high generation efficiency of positive ions and negative ions and stabilized generation capacity with less variation, and an ion generator and a neutralizer employing it. The ion generating element comprises a dielectric body having at least two faces, at least two discharge electrodes arranged on the at least two faces of the dielectric body, and an induction electrode arranged in the dielectric body and subjected to the action of the at least two discharge electrodes and is characterized in that positive ions and negative ions are generated on the body, and ions are generated from the at least two faces of the dielectric body through discharge generated because of the potential difference between the discharge electrode of the ion generating element and the induction electrode when a drive voltage is applied between them. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207549 | VARIABLE CAPACITOR, MATCHING CIRCUIT ELEMENT, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - There is proved a variable capacitor that includes a substrate, a signal line disposed on a surface of the substrate for feeding a signal, a ground electrode disposed on the surface, and a movable electrode opposed the signal line and the ground electrode, the movable electrode operable to move toward and away from the signal line and the ground electrode. The movable electrode can be displaced by an electrostatic attraction between the movable electrode and the signal line and between the movable electrode and the signal line. An amount of displacement of the movable electrode varies according to an amount of the voltage which generates the electrostatic attraction. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207550 | ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - An electrical component that is surface mountable includes a base body having first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes. A first outer electrode extends along the base body in a first direction, and a through connection extends along the base body in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The first inner electrodes are electrically connected to the first outer electrode. The second inner electrodes are electrically interconnected via the through connection. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207551 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - A dielectric ceramic is provided which is can be stably used for a multilayer ceramic capacitor even at a high temperature of approximately 175° C. The dielectric ceramic includes a perovskite type compound represented by the composition formula (B | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207552 | Decoupling capacitors - A decoupling capacitor is disclosed that has an n-type portion and a p-type portion in a semiconductor, said decoupling capacitor comprising an NFET transistor and a PFET transistor, said PFET transistor being substantially formed in said n-type portion and said NFET transistor being substantially formed in said p-type portion, a boundary between said n-type portion and said p-type portion being substantially straight, said transistors being arranged such that a source and drain of said PFET transistor are connected to a high voltage rail and a source and drain of said NFET transistor are connected to a low voltage rail. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207553 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - A first internal conductor has a first portion. A second internal conductor has a lead portion and a main electrode portion. The second internal conductor is arranged in the same layer as the first internal conductor. A third internal conductor has a lead portion and a main electrode portion. The third internal conductor is arranged so as to be adjacent to the second internal conductor in a laminate direction. A fourth internal conductor has a lead portion and a main electrode portion. The fourth internal conductor is arranged so as to be adjacent to the third internal conductor in the laminate direction. When the laminate body is viewed from the laminate direction, the main electrode portion of the third internal conductor overlaps with the main electrode portions of the second and fourth internal conductors. A width of the first portion is smaller than a width of the main electrode portion of the second internal conductor in the longitudinal direction of the laminate body and a width of the main electrode portion of the second internal conductor in the transverse direction of the laminate body, | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207554 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND PACKAGING METHOD OF CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A ceramic electronic component has a chip element body having a conductor arranged inside, external electrodes, and a discrimination layer. The chip element body has first and second end faces facing each other, first and second side faces being perpendicular to the first and second end faces and facing each other, and third and fourth side faces being perpendicular to the first and second end faces and to the first and second side faces and facing each other. The external electrodes are formed on the first and second end faces, respectively, of the chip element body. The discrimination layer is provided on at least one side face out of the first side face and the second side face in the chip element body. The chip element body is comprised of a first ceramic. The discrimination layer is comprised of a second ceramic different from the first ceramic and has a color different from that of the third and fourth side faces. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207555 | ANTIFERROELECTRIC MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - An antiferroelectric ceramic material that can be formed into a multilayer capacitor is disclosed. The antiferroelectric ceramic material is selected from the Pb(Sn, Zr, Ti)O3 (PSnZT) composition family. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207556 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND CAPACITOR - The invention relates to a ceramic dielectric material and to capacitors including the ceramic dielectric material. The ceramic dielectric material of the invention exhibits a high relative dielectric constant and a stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207557 | ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - An aluminum electrolytic capacitor having an excellent short-circuit resistance, high capacitance, long life, and low equivalent series resistance (ESR) is provided. For this purpose, the aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element having a positive electrode foil, a first separator, a negative electrode foil, and a second separator, which are sequentially laminated one on another and wound together. After the capacitor element is impregnated with a driving electrolyte solution and housed in a metallic case, an open end of the metallic case is sealed with a sealing material. A ratio of B/A, i.e. a ratio of total thickness B of the first and second separators after winding with respect to total thickness A of the first and second separators before winding, is set in the range from 0.5 to 0.8. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207558 | Holder, and Assembly of the Holder and an Electronic Device - A holder is for holding an electronic device, and includes a housing, a support frame, and a resilient element. The housing is disposed on a rear face of the electronic device, defines a receiving space, and includes a barrier plate abutting against one side of the electronic device. The support frame is disposed in the receiving space and is movable relative to the housing. The support frame includes a catch member which is exposed from the housing, which is disposed opposite to the barrier plate, and which is engaged with a retaining hole in the rear face, and a push button portion exposed from the housing. The push button portion is operable to permit disengagement of the catch member from the retaining hole. The resilient element is disposed in the receiving space to provide the catch member with a restoring spring force. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207559 | BASEPAN ASSEMBLY FOR A METERING DEVICE - A basepan assembly for hook-on attachment onto a metering device is provided including a basepan support having at least two insert latches disposed at a first end and a side flange disposed at a second opposite end. A basepan body is provided being insertable onto said basepan support and including an inside wall configured to be attachable to a barrier of the metering device, as well as an outside wall, a bus stab chamber, and a hold-down insert configured to be attachable to the basepan body, the hold-down insert further having a side barrier. A top load stab having a first end affixable to the hold-down insert is provided and a bottom load stab insertable within said bus stab chamber is provided. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207560 | Electronic device having organic light emitting diode display device - An electronic device having an impact resistance property is provided. The electronic device includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a housing receiving the OLED display device. The OLED display device includes a panel assembly on which a plurality of OLEDs are formed and a printed circuit board electrically connected to the panel assembly. The housing includes a reinforcing housing having an impact absorption ability and defining first and second spaces, an upper housing disposed within the first space and physically coupled to the reinforcing housing, and a lower housing disposed within the second space and physically coupled to the reinforcing housing. The panel assembly is located in the first space. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207561 | Assembly Aid For Replacing Keys On A Key Pad - Assembly aid for installing or replacing keys on a telephone or other device with a key pad. The assembly aid has a retainer with recesses or apertures for holding keys. The keys are held in the retainer by means of an interference fit. The arrangement of keys on the retainer corresponds in layout to the layout of keys on the key pad. The retainer is placed against the inside surface of the face plate of the key pad, with the keys aligned with their appropriate apertures in the face plate. The keys are released from the retainer into the apertures simply by applying pressure against the key from the rear side of the retainer. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207562 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND HOLDER THEREOF - A holder for fixing a display module to the casing of a display device is disclosed. The holder includes a bent portion and an elastic arm. The bent portion is fixed to the casing. The elastic arm is connected to the bent portion. The elastic arm is fixed to the side of the display module. A display device using the holder is also disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207563 | BLADE SERVER AND SWITCH BLADE - A blade server is capable of being mounted with a plurality of operation blades, a plurality of switch blades, and I/O blades. The operation blades have CPUs that emit packets for the I/O blades. The switch blades include a crossbar that selects two or more of the plurality of operation blades, comparators that compare two or more packets emitted by CPUs that the two or more operation blades selected by the crossbar are provided with, and a further crossbar that transfers the compared packets to the I/O blades based on comparison results of the comparators. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207564 | TEMPERATURE-BASED MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FIRST AND SECOND FLUID FLOW RATES THROUGH A HEAT EXCHANGER - Monitoring method and system are provided for dynamically determining flow rate of a first fluid and a second fluid through a heat exchanger. The method includes: pre-characterizing the heat exchanger to generate pre-characterized correlation data correlating effectiveness of the heat exchanger to various flow rates of the first and second fluids through the heat exchanger; sensing inlet and outlet temperatures of the first and second fluids through the heat exchanger, when operational; automatically determining flow rates of the first and second fluids through the heat exchanger using the sensed inlet and outlet temperatures of the first and second fluids and the pre-characterized correlation data; and outputting the determined flow rates of the first and second fluids. The automatically determining employs the determined effectiveness of the heat exchanger in interpolating from the pre-characterized correlation data the flow rates of the first and second fluids. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207565 | Ducted Air Temperature Sensor - A temperature isolation duct in a computer system comprising a chassis securing a circuit board and a fan system, wherein the fan system draws air through the chassis in an airflow direction, and a heat-generating component is mounted on the circuit board and exposed to the air flow. The hot air duct passively directs air heated by the heat-generating component from a single hot air duct inlet in direct downstream alignment with the heat-generating component to a single hot air duct outlet, wherein the hot air duct has a length to width aspect ratio of greater than four. A first thermal sensor is secured within, or direct alignment with, the hot air duct near the duct outlet for sensing the temperature of air flowing through the hot air duct and generating a first temperature signal. A controller is in electronic communication with the first thermal sensor for receiving the temperature signal and in electronic communication with the fan system for sending a fan speed control signal. Optionally, the hot air duct may extend through, over or around a second component on the circuit board to avoid thermal effects of the second component. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207566 | Method for operating switched-mode power supply units - In a process for operating an air-cooled mains supply unit for industrial application, temperatures influenced by outer heat sources and by heat sources arranged in the mains supply unit are measured by thermo-elements and reported to a control system. Temperatures measured by at least two thermo-elements arranged at different measurement points are reported to the control system, and the measured temperatures are compared with temperature patterns. The comparison with known temperature patterns makes it possible to sense the totality of the thermal conditions continuously and to derive therefrom ratings for the control system. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207567 | METHOD AND AIR-COOLING UNIT WITH DYNAMIC AIRFLOW AND HEAT REMOVAL ADJUSTABILITY - Method and air-cooling unit are provided for dynamically adjusting airflow rate through and heat removal rate of the air-cooling unit to facilitate cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center. The air-cooling unit includes a housing, an air-moving device, and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger. The air-moving device moves air through the housing from the air inlet side to the air outlet side thereof, and the heat exchanger cools the air passing through the housing. A control unit controls the air-moving device and the flow of liquid coolant through the heat exchanger to automatically, dynamically adjust airflow rate and heat removal rate of the air-cooling unit to achieve a current airflow rate target and current heat removal rate target therefore. The current targets are based on airflow rate through and heat load generated by one or more associated electronics racks of the data center. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING IN MINIATURIZED ELECTRONICS - A method and apparatus for cooling in miniaturized electronics are provided including in an electronic circuit board. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and at least one integrated channel within the substrate configured to allow fluid flow therethrough. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207569 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A portable electronic apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit, and a hinge unit. The first unit includes a first housing, a heat generating component inside the first housing, a first heat diffusing member disposed inside the first housing and diffusing heat from the heat generating component, and a heat dissipating part dissipating heat diffused by the first heat diffusing member to the outside of the first housing. The second unit includes a second housing, a second heat diffusing member disposed inside the second housing and diffusing heat inside the second housing, and a heat receiving part conducting heat from the heat dissipating part to the second heat diffusing member upon the heat receiving part being in contact with the heat dissipating part. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207570 | COVER PART FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A cover part of an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, including a housing external appearance constituent portion that constitutes a part of an external appearance surface of a housing of the electronic equipment An inner mount lid portion fixed to the housing external appearance constituent portion and a housing fixing member sandwiched between the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are provided, where the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are formed of a constituent material different from a constituent material of the housing fixing member. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207571 | Housing for electrical components - A connector assembly for a planar vertical printed circuit board includes a housing having a pair of parallel space planar vertical side walls defining an open-topped vertical chamber in which the printed circuit board is mounted. First electrical connectors mounted on the vertical end edges of the printed circuit board include body portions that extend outward beyond the vertical edges of the side walls, which extending body portions contain access openings affording communication with first connector contacts in electrical engagement with the printed circuit board. Protective side cover members are fastened to the housing side walls to partially enclose the extending connector body portions, which cover members contain openings opposite the connector body access openings. The cover members contain ventilation openings for cooling the printed circuit board, and the housing includes a mounting foot arrangement for mounting the printed circuit board assembly on a support rail. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207572 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing defining a through hole, a circuit board fixed in the housing, including a switch and a grounding portion connecting with the ground, a fastening member received in the through hole fixed on the housing and contacting the grounding portion, passing static electricity therethrough and defining a mounting hole, and an actuating member received in the mounting hole and contacting the fastening member, and pressing the switch when actuated; wherein the fastening member and the actuating member are conductive. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207573 | ELECTRONIC MODULE COMPRISING MOUNTING TAGS - An electronic module MO | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207574 | ELECTRONIC PACKAGE STRUCTURE - An electronic package structure including at least one first electronic element, a second electronic element and a lead frame is provided. The second electronic element includes a body having a cavity. The first electronic element is disposed in the cavity. The lead frame has a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has a first end and a second end. The first end of at least one of the leads extends to the cavity to electrically connect the first electronic element. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207575 | OC2 ORIENTED CONNECTIONS 2 - The invention discloses design concepts and means and methods that can be used for enhancing the reliability and extending the operating life of electronic devices, and assemblies incorporating such devices, and substrates and/or PCBs, especially if such assemblies are exposed to severe environmental conditions such as thermal cycling or power cycling. The main thrust of the invention is to provide flexible joints, such as columns, between the attached components, and preferably to orient such joints, so that they would present their softest bending direction towards the thermal center or fixation point of the assemblies. Joints with rectangular or elongated cross-section are preferred, and they should be oriented so that the wide face of each joint would be facing the thermal center, perpendicular to the thermal deformation ray emanating from the thermal center towards the center of each respective joint. The concepts apply equally to leadless packages as well as to leaded packages. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207576 | SLOTTED MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INDUCTORS - An embodiment is an inductor that may include a slotted magnetic material to decrease eddy currents therein that may limit the operation of the inductor at high frequency. An embodiment may employ electro- or electroless plating techniques to form a layer or layers of magnetic material within the slotted magnetic material structure, and in particular those magnetic material layers adjacent to insulator layers. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207577 | Modular Stackable Angled Patch Panel for Enclosure - A modular patch panel module is mountable on an electronics enclosure and includes an angled patch face and mounting structure that enables stacking of modular patch panels without interference of patch panel cords with the top of the enclosure or another patch panel stacked thereon. The patch panel modules may each contain a plurality of RJ-45 ports and punchdown blocks. A cover plate may snap fit to the module to retain the patch panel electrical components therebetween. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207578 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND SPREADING HEAT - A radio module for use in an electronic device is disclosed. The radio module has a shield for reducing electromagnetic interference on the radio module. The shield may include a heat-spreading layer made of a material including graphite. The heat-spreading layer may spread heat generated by the radio module. The shield may also include a reflective layer overlapping the heat-spreading layer and configured to reflect electromagnetic energy to the heat-spread layer. The heat-spreading layer is also configured to absorb at least a portion of the electromagnetic energy, thereby reducing the electromagnetic interference on the radio module. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207579 | EMI SHIELDING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS OF RETAINING COMPONENTS THEREOF TOGETHER - In one exemplary embodiment, an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding apparatus generally includes a shield and a gasket. The gasket includes at least one tab formed monolithically with the gasket and attached to a support or portion of the gasket. The at least one tab is movable relative to the support from a first, pre-installed configuration in which the at least one tab is generally co-planar with the support to a second, installed configuration in which the at least one tab extends generally outwardly relative to the support. Movement of the at least one tab from the first configuration to the second configuration may position the at least one tab at least partially within the at least one opening of the shield. Frictional engagement of the at least one tab within the at least one opening may help retain the relative positioning of the gasket to the shield. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207580 | Submount and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A submount with an electrode layer having excellent wettability in soldering and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A submount ( | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207581 | Wiring placement method of wirings having different length and semiconductor integrated circuit device - A longest wiring and a shortest wiring alongside each other among the plurality of wirings are placed. Then, a longest wiring from among remaining wires which have not being placed yet, alongside an outside of a space surrounded by the wirings already placed and on a side of a shorter wiring of the wrings placed at outermost ends are placed. A shortest wiring from among remaining wires which have not placed yet, alongside an outside of a space surrounded by the wirings already placed and on a side of a longer wiring of the wirings placed at outermost ends is placed. These two processes are repeated. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207582 | Halloween Glowstick - A Halloween safety light glowstick having a symbolic long bone shape comprising a hollow shaft body that encases a glass ampule containing a chemiluminescent substance. A light is produced when the ampule ruptures in response to a bending of the plastic shaft body. Two locking arms that outline an articular joint member of a bone lockingly engage the glowstick to a costume. The articular joint member comprises a plug component that can be removed from the shaft body to provide access to the interior and to connect the shaft body to others, essentially extending a length of the lit body portion. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207583 | LED LIGHTING UNIT - An LED lighting unit can be configured to have a high color rendering for which color temperature can adjust itself to be close to a natural color. The LED lighting unit can be composed of three light sources that respectively include a blue LED and a different phosphor. A first light source can emit light having a color temperature located substantially on a blackbody locus, a second light source can emit light having a higher color temperature than that of the first light source and located substantially on the blackbody locus, and a third light source can emit a green or yellow light. A mixture of the light can be located substantially on the blackbody locus by controlling a beam ratio of the mixed light having contiguous wavelength components. Therefore, the LED lighting unit can emit a light having a high color rendering that can maintain a uniform color within a radiation range. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207584 | Backlight module of flat panel display - A backlight module disposed under a display panel and close to a polarizer on a lower surface of the display panel is provided. The backlight module has an illumination module and an optical film disposed above the illumination module. The optical film has a lower layer and an upper layer attached to the lower layer. The upper layer is close to the polarizer and has a plurality of first micro-protrusion structures formed on an upper surface thereof. The lower layer has a plurality of second micro-protrusion structures with various heights formed on an upper surface thereof. The higher second micro-protrusion structures support the upper layer, so as to form a gap with various dimensions between the upper layer and the lower layer. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207585 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An illumination device for a display device has cold cathode tube lamps capable of being driven in parallel, a first holding member having holders equivalent in number to the number of the cold cathode tube lamps and each holding one end of each lamp, a second holding member having holders equivalent in number to the number of the cold cathode tube lamps and each holding the other end of each lamp, and an electric power source device. Harness lines connected to one end of the electric power source device and the first holding member are interconnected at multiple points, and harness lines connected to the other end of the electric power source device and the second holding member are interconnected at multiple points. This reduces uneven brightness. The illumination device for a display device can be used as backlight for a liquid crystal TV. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207586 | LENS, LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lens diffusing light emitted from a light source includes a concave light-incident surface, a light guide portion, and a light-emitting surface. The light-incident surface includes a plane portion opposed to the light source and an optical function portion that is formed on the plane portion and one of scatters and diffuses the light. The light emitted from the light source enters the light-incident surface. The light that has entered the light-incident surface passes through the light guide portion. The light-emitting surface emits the light passed through the light guide portion. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207587 | LAMP HOLDING TOOL, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holding apparatus for mounting a lamp to a base member includes a mounting plate having a pair of locking portions protruding to a base side. The locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided at the base and capable of being locked to a peripheral edge on its back side. Abutting portions, which protrude to the base side and are capable of abutting the base at the time of mounting, are provided on a bottom surface of the mounting plate that is an opposing surface to the base. The abutting portions are provided at three spots with one of the locking portions interposed therebetween. At the time of mounting, each of the abutting portions abut the base, and the mounting plate is elastically deformed so as to be warped, whereby the locking surface of the locking portion is kept in the state in which it is locked to a peripheral edge of a back side of the mounting hole by its elastic force. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207588 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display using the same - A backlight unit includes a plurality a plurality of lamps, each having a first electrode and a second electrode. An alternating current (AC) signal having a high voltage is intermittently applied to the first electrode and the second electrode is connected to a ground. The backlight unit also includes: a pair of lamp guides comprising a first lamp guide and a second lamp guide, wherein the first lamp guide supports the lamps and is disposed to cross the lamps near the first electrodes, and the second lamp guide is disposed to cross the lamps near the second electrodes; a bottom cover for accommodating the lamps and the lamp guide pair; and a plurality of shock-absorbing holes formed in a bottom surface of the bottom cover near the first electrodes, a length of each shock-absorbing hole extending parallel to a corresponding one of the lamps. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207589 | READING STAND - A reading stand is described which includes a stabilizing base, a column extending upward from the base, and an arm projecting laterally from the column. Mounted at or near the end of the arm is a clamp which is used to hold reading material and/or a reading material support. Reading material placed in the claim is fully or at least substantially below the level of the arm, thereby providing greater clearance between a reader's body and the arm. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207590 | Solar illuminated knob device - A solar illuminated knob device comprises a lighting component disposed within a knob. The lighting component includes an indicating lamp, a solar panel, a storage battery, a switch and a circuit board. The solar panel is fixed to the outer surface of the knob. The indicating lamp and the switch are also installed on the knob, and the storage battery and the circuit board are disposed in the accommodating space inside the knob. The illuminated knob has the advantages of protecting the environment and saving energy since the solar panel is used as a power source for the lighting component, thereby avoiding the line arrangement required by AC or DC illumination. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207591 | PERSONAL HEADLAMP - In a personal headlamp, a housing, containing both an illumination source and a power source, is mounted in cantilever fashion on a bracket that comprises a back part and a collar fastened to, and extending forward from, the back part. A resilient pawl, which extends from the back part through a slot in the collar, is engageable with any selected one of a series of circumferentially spaced notches formed on a ring-like protrusion on the housing that fits rotatably into the collar. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207592 | SHOWCASE - An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus itself and improving the illumination effect produced by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase in which the inside of a display chamber disposed in a main body is illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus includes an LED illumination member having an LED element, and a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination member, and the holding member includes a lead wire receiving portion for receiving a lead wire of the LED illumination member. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207593 | SHOWCASE - An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus and also capable of improving the effects of illumination by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase, the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207594 | MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FOR BATTERY PACK OF LIGHTING SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to lighting systems and illumination devices, and more particularly to a removable handle and battery pack for a portable lighting system that produces a high intensity beam of light in the visible and infrared spectral regions that can be used for non-covert and ultra-covert operations. The battery pack includes a 360 degree ballast connector, a locking, water-proof, recharge connector and plug, and a four-function back switch. The battery pack fits tightly into the redundantly sealed, water-proof handle, which includes a specially designed knurling system around the handle to improve a user's comfort and grip during extreme conditions and a rotatable D-ring connector that locks in place and provides covert sound protection. The 360 degree ballast connector connects to a number of sealed connectors formed within a sealed ballast assembly. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207595 | POCKET SIZE STYLUS FLASHLIGHT - A pocket-sized flashlight may comprise a hollow cylindrical housing, a solid state light source at a forward end thereof and a switch at a rearward end thereof. The switch selectively connects the solid state light source and two or more batteries, preferably size AAAA batteries, in the housing in circuit for causing the solid state light source to produce light. The pocket-sized flashlight preferably is a relatively long and slim flashlight, wherein its length is between about 12.6 times and about 17.4 times its diameter. | 2009-08-20 |
| 20090207596 | Illuminated Wind Indicator - An illuminated wind indicator that provides visual indication of wind motion even at night. One or more chime members and a pendulum assembly are suspended from a support of housing, and arranged so that the chime members and the pendulum assembly may more relative to each other. In addition, a light source is situated such that a portion of the pendulum emits light. The light source is powered by a solar cell and a rechargeable battery. A light source may be used to detect ambient light and switch the battery from accumulating charge to powering the light source. The light source may include a luminescent material. | 2009-08-20 |
