34th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120212783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND A COMMUNICATION METHOD WITH TRAYS THEREOF - An image forming apparatus having a main body and optional trays and a communication method between the main body and the optional trays. The apparatus includes the main body having a main controller, at least one optional tray detachably set up in the main body and having a tray controller for communicating with the main controller to transmit and receive data, and communication lines forming a communication channel connecting the main controller and the tray controllers, for data exchange, and for informing the main controller that the data is provided from tray controllers to the main controller. Since the main body and the optional trays communicate through a single UART communication channel, the number of communication channels is decreased. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING USING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for printing using a synchronization signal are provided. Printing processes are performed in the apparatus by determining points in time for performing the printing processes based on a synchronization signal so that it is possible to reduce a waiting time for printing. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212785 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same in which input image data is divided into blocks and color chrominance data of each block is analyzed thereby perform a print job by automatically detecting whether an image should be print in color or pure black. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212786 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a pixel extracting unit, a correction quantity calculating unit, a selection image storage unit, a selection receiving unit, and a color correction executing unit. The pixel extracting unit extracts a pixel from predetermined image data. The correction quantity calculating unit calculates a color correction quantity based on a color difference between a color of the pixel extracted by the pixel extracting unit and a target color. The selection image storage unit stores data of a selection image representing an external appearance of each image data obtained by executing color correction on the pixel according to the color correction quantity. The selection receiving unit receives selection of a color correction type. The color correction executing unit executes color correction on the extracted pixel in image data of a correction object according to a color correction quantity corresponding to the color correction type. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212787 | CONTROLLING DEVICE - A controlling device may determine an output resolution according to one type of file format selected from a plurality of types of file format. The output resolution may be a resolution of image data to be included in a target file of a generation target. The plurality of types of file format may include a first type of file format and a second type of file format. The controlling device may determine a first resolution as the output resolution in a first case where the selected file format is the first type of file format, and determine a second resolution different from the first resolution as the output resolution in a second case where the selected file format is the second type of file format. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212788 | CONTROL DEVICE CONTROLLING SCAN OPERATION - In a control device, the scan control unit controls a scanning operation in which data is to be generated by reading a document. The data format selecting unit selects one of a first format or a second format different from the first format as a data format in which the data is to be generated. The resolution setting unit sets a reading resolution based on the data format. The resolution setting unit sets a first resolution as the reading resolution when the data format selecting unit selects the first format whereas the resolution setting unit sets a second resolution different from the first resolution as the reading resolution when the data format selecting unit selects the second format. The scan control unit controls the scanning operation to read the document in the reading resolution set by the resolution setting unit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212789 | HOLOGRAM-MOUNTED MEDIUM, ROLL-SHAPED MEDIUM, DETERMINATION DEVICE, HOLOGRAM-MOUNTED MEDIUM PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD - A hologram-mounted medium includes: visually readable identification information that is holographically formed to be visible within a predetermined angular range when illuminated at a predetermined angle; and mechanically readable identification information that is holographically formed to be visible within a predetermined angular range when illuminated at a predetermined angle. The visually readable identification information and the mechanically readable identification information are associated with each other. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212790 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEFLECTING A LIGHT BEAM IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A device for deflecting a light beam in two different directions includes a mirror and a first rotating actuator element configured to rotate about a first axis as a function of a first actuation signal. A second rotating actuator element is disposed opposite to the first rotating actuator element along the first axis and configured to rotate about the first axis as a function of a second actuation signal. A first spring element is connected to the first rotating actuator element and, off-axially with respect to the first axis at a predetermined first distance thereto, to the mirror in a rest position of the mirror. A second spring element is connected to the second rotating actuator element and to the mirror. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212791 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SCANNER AND LIGHT STIMULUS APPARATUS - Two-dimensional optical scanner includes: a first acousto-optical deflector (AOD) and a second AOD that deflects light according to a signal; a first driving unit that rotates the first AOD around axis perpendicular to a first plane including the light on and light from the first AOD; a first prism that is arranged adjacent to an emission end of the first AOD and compensates angular dispersion of the light; a second driving unit that rotates the second AOD around axis perpendicular to a second plane including the light on and light from the second AOD and perpendicular to the first plane; a second prism that is arranged adjacent to an emission end of the second AOD and compensates angular dispersion of the light; and a relay lens that allows the emission end of the first AOD and an incident end of the second AOD to be optically conjugate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212792 | ELECTRO-WETTING COLOR DISPLAY - A display panel that includes a first electro-wetting member having a first colored liquid of a first color and a second electro-wetting member having a second colored liquid of a second color is presented. The second electro-wetting member is disposed on the first electro-wetting member such that the first colored liquid overlaps the second colored liquid. The shapes of the liquid of the first color and the liquid of the second color are independently controllable. A method of manufacturing such display panel is also presented. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212793 | ACTIVE-MATRIX ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a display device arrangement, which includes a plurality of electrochromic pixel devices arranged in a matrix. First a plastic insulating layer is provided comprising passages for electrical conductors. Thereafter, in optional order, electrical conductors are provided in the passages, pixel layers are printed on one side of the insulating layer, and control layers are printed on the other side of the insulating layer. By this method the manufacturing of a printed electrochromic pixel device is improved. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212794 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - The invention relates to an electrochromic device including a first non-tempered glass substrate (S | 2012-08-23 |
20120212795 | INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR IN TRANSMISSION MODE - A transmissive micromechanical device includes a substrate, an optical stack over the substrate and a moveable membrane over the optical stack. The moveable membrane may include a partially reflective mirror and be configured to move from a first position to a second position. When the movable membrane is in the first position the transmissive micromechanical device is configured to pass light of a predetermined color and when the movable membrane is in the second position, the micromechanical device is configured to block substantially all of light incident on the substrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING COLOR SHIFT IN A DISPLAY - A system and method of reducing color shift in a display includes an interferometric modulator display configured to reflect light from at least one light source and through at least one converging optical element in an optical path from the light source to a viewer via the display. In one embodiment, the converging optical element comprises a diffractive optical element. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212797 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer, a first protecting layer, and at least one light-pervious polymer film. The display layer is arranged on the flexible substrate. The first protecting layer is arranged on the display layer. The at least one light-pervious polymer film is arranged on the first protecting layer. The light-pervious polymer film is used to protect the flexible display device from being damaged by external force. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212798 | ELECTROPHORETIC ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic element includes: an electrophoretic particle; a porous layer formed of a fibrous structure containing a non-migrating particle having optical reflective characteristics different from those of the electrophoretic particle and having a plurality of pores; and a partition that is partially adjacent to the porous layer and defines a space for accommodating the electrophoretic particle. An area rate of the pores per unit area of the porous layer is small in an adjacent region where the partition is adjacent to the porous layer compared with in a non-adjacent region where the partition is not adjacent to the porous layer. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212799 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION UNIT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical apparatus capable of forming a pupil intensity distribution of desired shape and illuminance and, in turn, capable of realizing illumination conditions of great variety. The apparatus has a spatial light modulation unit composed of a first spatial light modulator and a second spatial light modulator arranged in an order of incidence of light, and a distribution forming optical system to form a predetermined light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil, based on a beam having traveled via the first spatial light modulator and the second spatial light modulator. The first spatial light modulator has a plurality of first optical elements which are two-dimensionally arranged and postures of which each are individually controlled. The second spatial light modulator has a plurality of second optical elements which are two-dimensionally arranged in correspondence to the first optical elements and postures of which each are individually controlled. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212800 | OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL AMPLIFYING APPARATUS - An optical receiving apparatus includes an optical amplification medium that receives an excitation light and an input light, an optical loss medium that receives an output light from the optical amplification medium, a monitor that detects a power level of an output light from the optical loss medium, a controller that controls a power of the excitation light such that the power level of the output light detected by the monitor is at a target value, and a receiver that receives the output light from the optical loss medium, the output light not being optically amplified. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212801 | MULTI-CHANNEL FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER COMBINING APPARATUS INCLUDING A TAPERED FIBER BUNDLE HAVING MULTIPLE FIBER OUTPUTS - An optical system including a plurality of fibers each providing a fiber beam and at least one tapered fiber bundle. The tapered fiber bundle includes a plurality of input end fibers, a plurality of output end fibers and a center bundle portion, where each input end fiber is coupled to a separate one of the fibers, and where the bundle portion combines all of the fiber beams received by the input end fibers into a single combined beam and each output end fiber is capable of receiving the combined beam separately from the other output end fibers. The optical system also includes a plurality of optical output channels where each optical output channel is coupled to a separate one of the output end fibers. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212802 | MULTI-CHANNEL FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER COMBINING APPARATUS INCLUDING INTEGRATED SPECTRAL BEAM COMBINATION AND A TAPERED FIBER BUNDLE HAVING MULTIPLE FIBER OUTPUTS - A fiber laser amplifier system including a plurality of master oscillators each generating a signal beam at a different wavelength. A splitter for each master oscillator splits the signal beam into a plurality of fiber beams to be separately amplified. A separate tapered fiber bundle receives the amplified beam for each master oscillator, where each tapered fiber bundle includes a plurality of input end fibers, a plurality of output end fibers and a center bundle portion, where each input end fiber is coupled to a separate one of the fiber amplifiers, where the bundle portion combines all of the fiber beams received by the input end fibers into a single combined beam and each output end fiber is capable of receiving the combined beam separately from the other output end fibers. A separate optical output channel receives one of the output end fibers from each tapered fiber bundle. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND PROTECTING PULSED HIGH POWER FIBER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS - An electronic circuit for controlling a laser system consisting of a pulse source and high power fiber amplifier is disclosed. The circuit is used to control the gain of the high power fiber amplifier system so that the amplified output pulses have predetermined pulse energy as the pulse width and repetition rate of the oscillator are varied. This includes keeping the pulse energy constant when the pulse train is turned on. The circuitry is also used to control the temperature of the high power fiber amplifier pump diode such that the wavelength of the pump diode is held at the optimum absorption wavelength of the fiber amplifier as the diode current is varied. The circuitry also provides a means of protecting the high power fiber amplifier from damage due to a loss of signal from the pulse source or from a pulse-source signal of insufficient injection energy. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212804 | MULTI-PASS OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A PUMP LASER - The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212805 | Lens Unit for Infrared Camera and Infrared Camera Using the Same - A lens unit for an infrared camera is provided with one or more infrared transmitting lenses; a lens barrel which houses the infrared transmitting lens via a lens holding frame; and an actuator for performing image fluctuation correction of an infrared transmitting lens serving as a correction lens using magnetic means to prevent image fluctuation of a photographed image. The lens holding frame for the infrared transmitting lens serve as the correction lens and includes a fixing opening for the infrared transmitting lens and a shielding wall standing in an optical axis direction on an outer periphery of the fixing opening for the lens, and a separating space is provided between the correction lens and the lens barrel. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212806 | Infrared Lens Unit and Infrared Camera System Provided with the Infrared Lens Unit - An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared lens unit having a high optical quality and an infrared camera system provided with the infrared lens unit. An infrared lens unit according to the present invention to achieve the object is the infrared lens unit to be attached to an infrared camera-module characterized in comprising a data memory for storing lens data and an image focusing condition is controlled according to the data stored in the data memory and temperature data in the infrared lens unit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212807 | Infrared Lens - An infrared lens has three lens groups put in serial order from a position closer to an object, namely, the foremost or first group of lens pieces of positive refractivity, the succeeding or second group of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the rearmost or third group of lens pieces of positive refractivity, and a substance of the second group of lens pieces having greater dispersive power than that or those of the first and third groups of lens pieces. The infrared lens assuredly retains sufficient brightness, namely, having an appropriate numerical aperture, but yet no longer suffers chromatic aberration for rays in a wavelength range of 10 μm or so in addition to fully correcting spherical aberration, comatic aberration, and curvature of field, thereby attaining clear and vivid focused images. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212808 | Infrared Lens - The present invention is directed to an infrared lens that ensures sufficient quantity of light incident on light receiving elements so as to produce a clear infrared picture. The infrared lens comprises a first or leading lens unit of positive refractivity closer to an object, and a trailing lens unit. The trailing lens unit consists of at least a second group of lens pieces located closer to an imaging plane than the first lens unit, and a third group of lens pieces located closer to the imaging plane than the second group of lens pieces. The trailing lens unit is displaced in any direction perpendicular to the optical axis for compensating for image vibration. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212809 | Infrared Cut Filter - An embodiment of the invention provides an infrared cut filter including a light transmissive substrate, a first stack of infrared cut films and a second stack of infrared cut films. The light transmissive substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The first stack of infrared cut films is disposed on the first surface, and has a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films stacked alternately, wherein each of the first films has a lower refractive index than each of the second films. The second stack of infrared cut films is disposed on the second surface, and has a plurality of third films and a plurality of fourth films stacked alternately, wherein each of the third films has a lower refractive index than each of the fourth films. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212810 | MIRROR FOR THE EUV WAVELENGTH RANGE, PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY CROMPRISING SUCH A MIRROR, AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY COMPRISING SUCH A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - EUV-mirror having a substrate (S) and a layer arrangement that includes plural layer subsystems (P″, P′″) each consisting of a periodic sequence of at least two periods (P | 2012-08-23 |
20120212811 | TARGET-FIELD TELESCOPE WITH CORRECTING LENS - Regarding a sighting telescope comprising a reversing system which is configured between an objective and is fitted an ocular and fitted with an objective-proximate field lens and at least two mutually displaceable optical elements near the ocular, further comprising an objective-proximate image plane situated between the objective and the field lens and spaced from latter, further with an ocular-proximate image plane situated between the reversing system and the ocular, where, when displacing the said optical elements, an intermediate image projected by the objective into the ocular-proximate image plane is erected and reproduced at a variable magnification in the ocular proximate image plane, and at a magnification of at least 4×, the invention stipulates configuring a correcting field lens element between the objective-proximate image plane and the field lens. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212812 | POLARIZATION SENSITIVE FRONT PROJECTION SCREEN - A projection system is disclosed, in which a screen may have improved rejection of ambient light by having a high reflectivity at low angles of incidence for a polarization parallel to that of the projector, a low reflectivity at high angles of incidence for a polarization parallel to that of the projector, and a low reflectivity at both low and high angles of incidence for a polarization perpendicular to that of the projector. In some embodiments, for p-polarized light polarized parallel to the projector, the power reflectivity is high at low angles of incidence and decreases to a low value at high angles of incidence. In some embodiments, for p-polarized light polarized perpendicular to the projector, the power reflectivity is low at low angles of incidence. In some embodiments, for s-polarized light polarized perpendicular to the projector, the power reflectivity remains low at all angles of incidence. In some embodiments, the screen includes a thin film structure that has alternating quarter-wave layers of isotropic and birefringent materials, which are refractive-index-matched for light polarized perpendicular to the projector, which form a high reflector at normal incidence for light polarized parallel to the projector, and which exhibit Brewster's angle effects for p-polarized light polarized parallel to the projector at high angles of incidence. The Brewster's angle effect may be reached by use of a light-scattering layer that increases the effective incident refractive index. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212813 | MAXIMIZING ILLUMINATION FIBER IN AN ENDOSCOPE - A stereoscopic endoscope includes a proximal main body, an outer tube extended to a distal end of the endoscope and a pair of optical train subassemblies. Distal and proximal inserts in the distal and proximal ends of the outer tube, respectively, support the optical train subassemblies. First and second optical fiber bundles substantially fill all of the voids between the inner surface of the outer tube and the outer surfaces of the inserts and the optical train subassemblies. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212814 | TRANSMITTED LIGHT SELECTING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A transmitted light selecting device includes a first light selecting unit ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212815 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device and a method for manufacturing a stereoscopic image display device are provided. A stereoscopic image display device that does not generate a crosstalk or a ghost phenomenon, can secure a wide viewing angle and realize excellent image qualities during displaying a 3D image may be provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212816 | SUBSTRATE HAVING LOW REFLECTION AND HIGH CONTACT ANGLE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - Provided are a substrate including a base with a pattern on at least one side thereof, in which a refractive index in a lower region of the pattern and a refractive index in an upper region of the pattern are different from each other according to a shape of the pattern; and a water repellent coating layer provided on at least one side with the pattern of the base, an optical product including the same, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate according to the present invention has both an excellent anti-reflective property and an excellent water repellent property. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212817 | SELF HEATABLE INSPECTION MIRROR - A self heating inspection mirror for dental use has a pencil like handle with an angled mirror. A resistance wire heating coil is surrounded by wafers of insulation and lies in contact with the mirror. Leads pass down the handle to a plug and socket. The socket is in the battery compartment which allows the operator to unplug the handle and immerse the mirror and handle as a unit. The battery compartment has an integral switch for connecting the battery to the heating coil The 3V rechargeable lithium battery maintains the lightweight mirror at 43EC. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212818 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A diffractive optical element includes a diffractive surface. Raised portions and recessed portions are alternately arranged on the diffractive surface. The valley bottoms of the recessed portions are formed to have a chamfered shape. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212819 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A diffractive optical element includes a diffractive surface. Raised portions and recessed portions are alternately arranged on the diffractive surface. A shape of the valley bottoms of the recessed portions varies according to regions of the diffractive surface. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212820 | OPTICAL DIFFRACTION GRATINGS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Described herein are diffraction gratings and methods for the manufacture thereof. One method comprises applying a force to a substrate to strain the substrate, disposing a thin film on at least a portion of the substrate, and reducing the force applied to the substrate, thereby causing the thin film to buckle. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212821 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An Al film is formed so that film forming particles are incident at normal incidence to grating wall surfaces of a diffraction grating having multiple grating portions and are incident at oblique incidence to optical effective surfaces. After that, oxidation treatment is performed from a direction to be incident at normal incidence to the optical effective surface so that the Al layer on the optical effective surface is changed to Al | 2012-08-23 |
20120212822 | TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An etalon (tunable interference filter) includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate facing the fixed substrate, a fixed reflection film disposed on the fixed substrate, a movable reflection film disposed on the movable substrate and facing the fixed reflection film via a gap, a fixed electrode disposed on the fixed substrate, and a movable electrode disposed on the movable substrate and facing the fixed electrode. A movable insulating film is stacked on a surface of the movable electrode on the side of the fixed electrode, the movable electrode has a compressive stress, and the movable insulating film has a tensile stress. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212823 | TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND PHOTOMETRIC ANALYZER - An etalon as a tunable interference filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a fixed mirror, a movable mirror, and an electrostatic actuator. The respective mirrors are formed by stacking one layer of a TiO | 2012-08-23 |
20120212824 | OPTICAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical module (colorimetry sensor) includes an interference filter, and a transparent substrate to which a first substrate of the interference filter is fixed, having a second thermal expansion coefficient which has a value different from a first thermal expansion coefficient. The interference filter is fixed to the transparent substrate through an adhesive layer made of gel-like resin, and the adhesive layer alleviates stress generated due to a difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between the interference filter and the transparent substrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212825 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, AND PHOTOGRAPH - An optical element includes a base body having a surface; and a plurality of structures arranged with fine pitches equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light on the surface of the base body, wherein an elastic modulus of a material forming the structure is equal to or greater than 1 MPa and equal to or less than 1200 MPa, an aspect ratio of the structure is equal to or greater than 0.6 and equal to or less than 5, and a coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface of the base body on which the plurality of structures are formed is equal to or less than 0.85. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212826 | SUBSTRATE WITH ANTIREFLECTION COATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212827 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An optical member includes a glass substrate and an antireflection film disposed on a surface of the glass substrate. The antireflection film includes an oxide layer mainly composed of aluminum oxide and having a textured shape in a surface and
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20120212828 | OPTICAL SHEET - The present invention relates to a composite optical sheet, characterized in that two or more optical sheets regularly arranged with micro lenses each having a lens pitch of 1˜30 μm are stacked to prevent the moire phenomenon, and brightness-improving sheets with different sizes of lenses are formed to maximize the brightness. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212829 | Method for Producing Wafer Lens Assembly and Method for Producing Wafer Lens - There is provided a method for producing a wafer lens assembly capable of adhering a wafer lens and a spacer surely. The wafer lens assembly includes a first substrate including plural optical members formed of a curable resin on at least one surface, a second substrate joined to the first substrate, and a stop member arranged between the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates are adhered with an adhesive made of a photo-curable resin. The method includes an adhesive applying step of applying the adhesive made of a photo-curable resin on a joining area, a stop-member forming step, and a photo-curing step of irradiating and hardening the adhesive applied in the adhesive applying step with light after the stop-member forming step. The stop member is formed so as not to prevent the light irradiated in the photo-curing step from reaching the adhesive. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212830 | NONPOLARIZING BEAM SPLITTER - Nonpolarizing beam splitter has at least one substrate, to which a partially reflective coating having a plurality of layers is applied. The layer sequence of the coating includes at least one metal layer, at least two first refractive layers made of a high or medium refractive index dielectric material, and at least two second refractive layers made of a low or medium refractive index dielectric material. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212831 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATING STRUCTURE - An electromagnetic wave propagating structure includes a main body having surfaces capable of blocking propagation of an electromagnetic wave, and including an incident side and an exit side opposite to the incident side in a wave-propagating direction. The main body is formed with two wave-propagating channels that are spaced apart from each other by a distance not greater than the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. Each of the wave-propagating channels extends from the incident side to the exit side, and has an inner dimension not greater than half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic wave propagating structure is adapted to allow an electromagnetic wave to propagate therethrough via the wave-propagating channels for focusing into a light spot having a spot size that is smaller than half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212832 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system for observation of a front-direction object and a substantially-lateral-direction object includes, in order from the front-direction-object side, a front group with a negative refracting power having a reflecting/refracting optical element, an aperture stop, and a rear group with a positive refracting power having a moving lens component movable along the optical axis. The reflecting/refracting optical element has a first face formed on the front-direction-object side, a second face formed on the image side, and a third face formed as a transmitting surface between the first face and the second face. The first face has a first transmitting surface formed with the optical axis being at a center thereof and a first reflecting surface annularly formed around the first transmitting surface and directed toward an image side. The second face has a second transmitting surface formed with the optical axis being at a center thereof and a second reflecting surface annularly formed around the second transmitting surface and directed toward the front-direction-object side. A movement of the moving lens component changes the refracting power ratio of the front group to the rear group, to enlarge or shrink, in the entire observation region, a region in which an image of the front-direction object is formed. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212833 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having negative refractive power; a diaphragm; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, arranged in order from an object side. The first lens group is configured by at least one negative lens and one positive lens. The third lens group is configured by one negative lens. Then power is changed from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, the first, second, and third lens groups are moved in the direction of an optical axis, and the fourth lens group is fixed. When focusing, the third lens group is moved in the direction of the optical axis so as to satisfy the following Conditional Equations, | 2012-08-23 |
20120212834 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system has a combined focal length fw at the wide angle end and includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group with positive refractive power and combined focal length f | 2012-08-23 |
20120212835 | ZOOM LENS - In a zoom lens of a fixed total length, at the time of changing the magnification from the wide-angle end toward the telephoto end, the first lens group is anchored while the second lens group is moved, and the third and fourth lens groups are moved so as to be located at the object side of the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, such that: the interval between the second and third lens groups is decreased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; the interval between the third and fourth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; and the interval between the fourth and fifth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, and at the time of focusing a near object point from a remote object point, the second lens group is moved. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212836 | OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM WITH A WIDE FIELD OF VIEW - An optical lens system with a wide field of view comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power; a sixth lens element with negative refractive power; a seventh lens element, one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. There are seven lens elements with refractive power. By adjusting the arrangement of curvature, refractive power of the respective lens elements and a stop, sufficient field of view can be obtained and the aberrations of the system can be corrected in order to obtain good image quality. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212837 | LENS STRUCTURE HAVING LOW PASS FILTER CHARACTERISTIC - A lens structure includes a surface devoid of cusps that includes a seamless profile wherein the surface includes at least one segmented parabolic function forming a filtering surface for producing a controlled amount of spherical aberration. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212838 | IMAGING LENS, CAMERA AND PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT - An imaging lens includes in order from an object side a first lens group including a positive refractive power and a second lens group having a negative refractive power, the first lens group and the second lens group including a widest air space therebetween, the first lens group including in order from the object side a negative first lens having a concave face on the object side, a positive second lens having a convex face on both sides, an aperture stop, a negative third lens having a concave face on the object side, a positive fourth lens having a convex face on an image side and a positive fifth lens having a convex face on the image side, and the second lens group including a negative meniscus sixth lens having a concave face on the object side. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212839 | WIDE VIEWING ANGLE OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface. By adjusting the relationship among the above-mentioned lens elements, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly can effectively reduce its size, obtain greater angle of view as well as superior imaging quality. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212840 | CURABLE PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITIONS AND OPTICAL ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM - The present invention provides a curable, organic polymeric photochromic composition comprising: a photochromic amount of at least one photochromic material; a polymeric polyol having carbonate groups along its backbone and having a number average molecular weight greater than 5000 g/mole; and a curing agent having reactive functional groups capable of reacting with hydroxyl groups on the polymeric polyol. After curing and after the Photochromic Performance Test the composition demonstrates a T | 2012-08-23 |
20120212841 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection lens for projecting an image beam is provided. The image beam is converted by a light valve from an illumination beam irradiating the light valve. The projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam, and has a first optical axis. The second lens group is disposed on both a transmission path of the illumination beam and the transmission path of the image beam, and between the light valve and the first lens group. The second lens group has a second optical axis. The second optical axis is inclined with respect to the first optical axis. The third lens group is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, and between the first lens group and the second lens group. A projection apparatus is also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212842 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes: a first lens group; a diaphragm; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group is configured by at least one positive lens and one negative lens, wherein the second lens group is configured by a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the object side, and wherein, when focusing is performed, the second lens group is moved in a direction of an optical axis. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212843 | LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly is provided. The lens assembly comprises a lens and a bearing seat. The bearing seat has a bearing surface for bearing the lens, while the bearing surface is adapted to adhere to the lens so that the lens is fixed on the bearing seat. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212844 | LINEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A linear actuator assembly is provided, the assembly including a linear actuator, an elongated guide spaced in parallel alignment with the linear actuator and a movable carriage disposed therebetween. The carriage includes a first notch to receive a rod of the linear actuator and a second notch to receive the guide. The carriage remains in direct and continuous contact with the linear actuator and the guide at the first notch and second notch, respectively, when the carriage moves linearly back and forth along a travel axis. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212845 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a mirror assembly for a vehicle is described. The mirror assembly includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The first curved wall and second curved wall each extend from the bottom portion to the top portion and are joined to one another along a respective first side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall. The first curved wall, second curved wall, bottom portion, and top portion define an area comprising a reflecting surface. Each respective second side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall extends beyond the plane defined by the area and assists in a reduction in drag when fluid flow contacts the mirror assembly. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212846 | Method of Calibrating Data Readers Relative to Servo Readers - A method of calibrating a servo reader and a read/write head for a data storage tape machine that reads and writes data to a data storage tape. The data storage tape has a servo pattern that is recorded on the tape in a known location. The servo pattern is used to provide precise position information for the data storage tape. According to the method, data is recorded on the data storage tape and the location of the data storage track is read. The location of the data storage tape is compared to the known location of the servo pattern to establish a reader offset value. The data storage tape machine is updated based upon the reader offset value to adjust the position of the read/write head. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212847 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information recording device includes: a magnetic recording medium having tracks; and a recording controller configured to control recording of information on a track provided between a first track group and a second track group adjacent to the first track group, the first track group and the second track group being included in a plurality of track groups, each of which includes a plurality of adjacent tracks partially overlap each other. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212848 | OVERWRITE CONTROL METHOD FOR DATA IN TAPE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND TAPE RECORDING APPARATUS - A data-overwriting technique that facilitates determining whether data is new or old. A tape recording apparatus includes: a receiving unit for receiving information on overwrite starting position and an overwrite request; a trying unit for trying to determine a beginning position of a data unit; an overwrite executing unit for executing overwriting from the determined overwrite starting position in response to a success of the determination by the trying unit; and a type judging unit for judging whether the data unit that is recorded at the overwrite starting position is a null data unit or not in response to a failure of the determination by the trying unit. The trying unit responds to judgment that the data unit is the null data unit by determining a beginning of a data unit following the data unit as the overwrite starting position. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212849 | Systems and Methods for Data Pre-Coding Calibration - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for selecting between pre-coding and non-pre-coding. As an example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes: a first data detector circuit, a second data detector circuit, a first comparator circuit, a second comparator circuit, and a pre-code selection circuit. The first data detector circuit is selectably configurable to operate in a pre-coded state, and operable to apply a data detection algorithm on a data input to yield a first detected output. The second data detector circuit operable to apply the data detection algorithm to the data input to yield a second detected output without compensating for pre-coding. The first comparator circuit operable to compare the first detected output against a known input to yield a first comparison value, and the second comparator circuit operable to compare the second detected output against the known input to yield a second comparison value. The pre-code selection circuit is operable to determine a selectable configuration of the first data detector circuit based at least in part on the first comparison value and the second comparison value. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETENTION MANAGEMENT AND REORDERING THEDATA BASED ON RETENTION TIMES ON TAPE - Retention management for data stored in data blocks on a tape is provided. A block mapping table has entries each of which include an expiration date for data blocks stored on the tape. The entries of the block mapping table may be sorted in accordance with at least one sorting criterion. Data blocks on the tape are rearranged according to the block mapping table. The block mapping table is then stored, either on the tape or in a memory associated with the tape. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212851 | Systems and Methods for Medium Contact Detection - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for detecting contact. For example, a method for detecting head contact is disclosed that includes: receiving an interface signal operable to indicate a physical contact between a sensing device and a storage medium; band pass filtering a data set derived from the interface signal to yield a band pass filtered output; comparing the band pass filtered output to a level threshold to yield a comparator output; summing the comparator output with at least one prior instance of the comparator output to yield an aggregated value; and comparing the aggregated value to an aggregate threshold to yield a contact output. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212852 | DETERMINING A REFERENCE WAVEFORM USED BY A CORRELATOR IN A SERVO CHANNEL - Provided are a method, servo channel, and tape drive for determining a reference waveform used by a correlator in a servo channel. Sequences of servo signal samples are provided from read servo signals read from a servo pattern on a recording medium. A determination is made of a reference waveform based on the sequences of servo signal samples and the reference waveform is forwarded. Interpolated servo signals are generated. The interpolated servo signal samples and the forwarded reference waveform are received to generate correlation output samples. Position and velocity information are calculated from the correlation output samples. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212853 | Method and Apparatus to Position a Head Module Comprising Servo Elements and Plurality of Data Elements - A method to position a head module, where the head module comprises at least one servo element and a plurality of data elements, where the servo element and each of the plurality of data elements can detect a servo signal, wherein the method includes moving a sequential information storage medium having a servo band encoded therein across the head module and detecting the servo band using the at least one servo element or any one of the plurality of data elements. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212854 | SHUNT FOR MAGNETORESISTIVE TRANSDUCER HEADS FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - A magnetoresistive transducer head assembly includes a reader element, a writer element and a high impedance shunt electrically connecting the reader element and the writer element. The high impedance shunt provides a high impedance conductive path for maintaining electrostatic charge equipotential between the reader element and the writer element. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212855 | MAGNETIC HEAD FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HAVING A POLE LAYER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STACKED MAGNETIC FILMS - A magnetic head includes a pole layer accommodated in a groove. The pole layer has a track width defining portion and a wide portion. The pole layer includes a plurality of magnetic films stacked. At least one of the plurality of magnetic films includes a first portion included in the track width defining portion, a second portion included in the wide portion, and a third portion coupling the first and second portions to each other. In a cross section passing through the center of the pole layer taken in the track width direction, the second portion is smaller than the first portion in thickness and the top surface of the third portion is inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to a medium facing surface. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212856 | HIGH AREAL DENSITY TAPE FORMAT AND HEAD - A magnetic recording tape according to one embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks, each servo track comprising a series of magnetically defined bars, wherein an angle between at least some of the bars is greater than about 10 degrees, wherein an average height of the bars is less than 190 microns, wherein one of the servo tracks has data encoded therein, the data being selected from a group consisting of data for encryption and data for ascertaining a longitudinal position along the tape. A magnetic recording tape according to another embodiment includes at least about eight data bands, wherein each data band is defined between a pair of adjacent servo tracks, each pair of adjacent servo tracks defining only a single data band therebetween, wherein about eight to about twenty six data bands are present on the tape. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212857 | MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT DEVICE, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistive effect device includes a stacked body, a pair of electrodes for supplying current in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a spacer layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. At least one of the first magnetic layer, the second magnetic layer, and the spacer layer includes an oxide layer formed from a metal oxide. A crystalline structure of the metal oxide is a NaCl structure. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212858 | FLEXURE AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE - A flexure is capable of securing strength of the flexure while surely preventing from deteriorating electric characteristic thereof. The flexure includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer formed on the metal substrate, and a wiring pattern arranged on the insulating layer and having a first end connected to the head and a second end that is provided with a terminal for external connection. The insulating layer extends a back of the terminal and a surrounding portion of the back. The metal substrate has an isolated portion that is on the back of the terminal through the insulating layer and is separated from the other portion of the metal substrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212859 | MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT HAVING SPACER LAYER INCLUDING MAIN SPACER LAYER CONTAINING GALLIUM OXIDE AND METAL INTERMEDIATE LAYER - A magneto-resistive effect (MR) element includes first and second magnetic layers in which a relative angle formed by magnetization directions changes in response to an external magnetic field, and a spacer layer positioned between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer is positioned closer to a substrate above which the MR element is formed than the second magnetic layer. The spacer layer includes a copper layer, a metal intermediate layer and a main spacer layer composed of gallium oxide as a primary component. The copper layer and the metal intermediate layer are positioned between the main spacer layer and the first magnetic layer. The metal intermediate layer is positioned between the copper layer and the main spacer layer. The metal intermediate layer is composed of at least one member selected from a group consisting of one of magnesium and at least partially oxidized magnesium, one of aluminum and at least partially oxidized aluminum, and one of zinc and at least partially oxidized zinc, as a primary component. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212860 | MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT HAVING SPACER LAYER INCLUDING GALLIUM OXIDE LAYER WITH METAL ELEMENT - A magneto-resistive effect (MR) element includes: first and second magnetic layers in which a relative angle formed by magnetization directions changes according to an external magnetic field; and a spacer layer positioned between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The spacer layer includes a main spacer layer composed of gallium oxide as a primary component and containing at least one metal element selected from a group of magnesium, zinc, indium and aluminum. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212861 | Voltage spikes control for power converters - A novel inductive overvoltage suppression circuit for power converters is presented. High amplitude voltage spikes are generally occurring in high frequency power converters in presence of small parasitic inductances coupled to the power distribution rails, in correspondence of the switching transitions, particularly when high load currents are required. The presented invention proposes active clamps to limit the amplitude of the overvoltage. Furthermore the excess energy in the parasitic inductances is utilized to provide energy and/or a signal to determine when to turn on the next phase power device with the fastest transition possible without incurring in cross-conduction currents in the power stage of the converter, thus improving its overall performance, and circuit reliability in addition to achieving high conversion efficiency. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212862 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LIMITING SECONDARY ARC CURRENT OF EXTRA-HIGH VOLTAGE/ULTRA-HIGH VOLTAGE DOUBLE CIRCUIT LINES ON THE SAME TOWER - A method and a device for limiting secondary arc current of an extra-high voltage/ultra-high voltage double circuit line on the same tower. The method comprises the following steps: determining the type of a single-phase-to-ground fault when the extra-high voltage/ultra-high voltage double circuit line on the same tower has a single-phase-to-ground fault (S | 2012-08-23 |
20120212863 | GROUND PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND SWITCH DRIVING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A ground protection circuit ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212864 | FAIL-SAFE GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER - A fail-safe ground fault circuit interrupter includes separable contacts; operating mechanism; and GF trip circuit including analog GF circuit having power supply input, and a number of: GF current transformer, first resistor in series with the GF CT, capacitor in parallel with this series combination, and second resistor between the power supply input and a common connection point between the first resistor and the capacitor, trip actuator cooperating with the OM, and zener diode including cathode interconnected with the power supply input and anode interconnected with the trip actuator, trip solenoid cooperating with the OM, bi-directional light emitting diode, and resistor in series with the LED, this series combination in parallel with the trip solenoid, and first silicon controlled rectifier cooperating with the OM, and second SCR cooperating with the OM, the second SCR in parallel with the first SCR. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212865 | ESD BLOCK ISOLATION BY RF CHOKE - A circuit includes a first node configured to receive a radio frequency (“RF”) signal, a first electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit coupled to a first voltage supply rail for an RF circuit and to a second node, and a second ESD protection circuit coupled to the second node and to a second voltage supply node for the RF circuit. An RF choke circuit is coupled to the second node and to a third node disposed between the first node and the RF circuit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212866 | OUTPUT DRIVER - An output driver having a power supply line, a control switch, at least one protection device and at least one voltage clamp device. The control switch disposed between the at least one protection device and the power supply line an output line. The at least one protection device disposed in a series arrangement between the output line and the control switch. The at least one voltage clamp device disposed across a corresponding protection device and adapted to clamp a voltage across the protection device below a predetermined threshold voltage. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212867 | DATA PORT TRANSIENT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for protecting data bus ports and their corresponding PHY devices from taking damage associated with excess voltage across one or more signal pairs during an intermittent connection. Such connections cause the signal pins to carry external device current which raises the signal voltage above the power rails, exceeding the PIN device ratings and causing PHY degradation or destruction. In an exemplary embodiment, an RC circuit is used to detect the voltage level across a signal pair. If this voltage level exceeds a certain preset voltage level, power to the outgoing serial bus port is shut off and return power is abated. While the circuit is responding, the exemplary embodiment uses a 3.6V Zener diode to bleed excess voltage to ground. A current monitor/limiter is also used for limiting current if the voltage level detected exceeds a certain threshold. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212868 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, an output terminal, a high side output transistor including a first electrode connected to the power supply terminal, a second electrode connected to the output terminal, and a control electrode, a transistor which is connected between the control electrode and the second electrode of the high side output transistor and which short-circuits the control electrode and the second electrode in an on state, a trigger circuit connected between the power supply terminal and the control electrode of the transistor, and an Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection circuit connected between the power supply terminal and the output terminal. When a voltage larger than a maximum rating voltage is applied to the power supply terminal, the trigger circuit operates, the transistor turns on, the high side output transistor turns off, and the ESD protection circuit operates. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212869 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a first external terminal, a second external terminal, a third external terminal grounded, an output transistor connected to the second and third external terminals, an ESD protection circuit connected between the second external terminal and the third external terminal, a diode connected between the first and second external terminals, a power supply circuit connected between the first and third external terminals, an internal circuit connected between the power supply circuit and the third external terminal, a current source circuit, and a drive circuit having a first and second input terminals and an output terminal connected to the control electrode of the output transistor. When a voltage larger than a maximum rating voltage is applied to the second external terminal, the drive circuit turns off the output transistor and the ESD protection circuit operates. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212870 | POWER MODULES WITH REVERSE POLARITY PROTECTION - Power handling circuits that may be packaged as power modules, and methods of operating semiconductor devices in such circuits and modules. An exemplary circuit comprises power terminals to receive electrical power, a first semiconductor device, a first drive circuitry, and a second drive circuitry. The first drive circuitry provides a drive signal to the first semiconductor device in accordance with a desired circuit function when the electrical power received at the power terminals has the positive polarity, and ceases providing the drive circuit when the electrical power received at the power terminals has the negative polarity. During the negative polarity condition, the second drive circuitry provides a drive signals to the first semiconductor device which causes its primary current conduction path to conduct, thereby reducing the power dissipation in the device's parasitic path, and optionally causing a fuse in the circuit providing power to the circuit to blow. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212871 | OVERCURRENT DETECTING CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK - An overcurrent detecting circuit includes: a voltage detecting unit that detects a terminal voltage of a battery; a variation detecting unit that detects a variation in the terminal voltage within a base time set in advance, based on a terminal voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit; and an overcurrent judging unit that judges that an overcurrent has flowed inside the battery in a case where a variation detected by the variation detecting unit exceeds a reference threshold value set in advance. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - An electrical circuit for protecting an electrical load from overload current is provided. The system includes a voltage transformer configured to receive AC mains voltage from an electric mains supply and further configured to apply reduced voltage to the electrical load. A control switch comprising metal contacts is connected to the voltage transformer. The control switch is configured to facilitate application of reduced value of AC mains voltage to the electrical load. A reduced value of current flowing through the electrical load is measured by a current transformer connected in series with the electrical load. The reduced value of current is then used for estimating a current consumption value in event of AC mains voltage being directly applied to the electrical load. A control signal is then used for disconnecting the electrical circuit if the estimated current consumption value is greater than threshold overload current value. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212873 | ENERGIZING A COIL OF A SOLENOID OF A DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE - A method of energizing a coil of a solenoid of a directional control valve, wherein an armature of the solenoid moves between a first position in which the solenoid is operating and a second position in which the solenoid is not operating, the method comprising energizing the coil with a voltage, controlling the voltage, detecting a current in the coil at which the armature of the solenoid moves between the first position and the second position, and using the current at which the armature of the solenoid moves between the first position and the second position increased by a margin as an operating current for energizing the coil of the solenoid. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212874 | STATIC ELECTRICITY REMOVING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A static electricity removing apparatus for removing static electricity of a charged object comprises a discharge electrode which generates an ionized air having a polarity opposite to that of the object by discharge, an auxiliary electrode which is provided with openings for the ionized air generated by the discharge electrode to pass through, and an electric field forming means which forms an electric field in a space between the auxiliary electrode and the object. The electric field forming means generates the electric field between the auxiliary electrode and the object by allowing a potential having a polarity opposite to that of the object to occur in the auxiliary electrode at the start of the static electricity removal and decreases the electric field between the auxiliary electrode and the object when an absolute value of the potential of the object is equal to or less than a predetermined value. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212875 | SHAFT CURRENT CONTROL BRUSH RING ASSEMBLY - A shaft current control brush ring assembly includes a cup and a brush ring assembly secured within the cup. The cup is secured to a motor faceplate, within a recess formed in the faceplate by interference fit, or by means of a clamp attached to the faceplate. A slinger can be associated with the brush ring assembly. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212876 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IONIZATION DEVICE - A method for controlling an ionization device for ionizing air for the ventilation of motor vehicle interiors. The ionization device releases ions of a first ion type at least intermittently. In addition, the ionization device is operated at least intermittently in at least one regeneration mode. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212877 | CAPACITOR STRUCTURE - The disclosure relates generally to capacitor structures and more particularly, to capacitor structures having interdigitated metal fingers. Metal finger capacitors may have at least one layer, the at least one layer including: a first set of fingers, wherein each finger of the first set includes an end integrally connected to a bus segment of a first bus; a second set of fingers interdigitated with the first set of fingers, wherein each finger of the second set includes an end integrally connected to a bus segment of a second bus; an in port integrally connected to the first bus and an out port integrally connected to the second bus; and wherein a width of the first and second bus is non-uniform across a length of the first and second bus. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212878 | DECOUPLING CAPACITOR - An electronic device package includes first and second electrodes of a package substrate. The first electrode has fingers formed from a first metal level and is configured to operate at a first DC potential. The second electrode has fingers formed from the first metal level interdigitated with the fingers of the first electrode. A via conductively connects the second electrode to a second metal level. The second metal level is configured to operate at a second DC potential. The first and second DC potentials are thereby capacitively coupled through the interdigitated electrodes. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212879 | HIGH ENERGY HYBRID SUPERCAPACITORS USING LITHIUM METAL POWDERS - A hybrid supercapacitor comprises a negative electrode made of lithium-absorbing material, a positive electrode with high surface area carbon, and a separator inserted in between containing nonaqueous solvent solution of lithium salt as an electrolyte, wherein air-stable lithium metal powder is coated or added to the above negative electrode. The hybrid supercapacitor of the present invention shows a high capacity, high power, long durability, and is easy to manufacture. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212880 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - An electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention includes a wound element formed by winding an anode body consisting of a band-shaped metal foil and a dielectric coat provided on the surface of the metal foil and a cathode body consisting of a band-shaped metal foil in the longitudinal direction. The electrolytic capacitor includes a first conductive polymer layer provided on the surface of the anode body. The first conductive polymer layer is provided to be more thickly present on an end portion of the anode body in the width direction than on a central portion of the anode body in the width direction on the surface of the anode body. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212881 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR, IN PARTICULAR MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR - Described is a metal sheet for a metal sheet assembly, in particular for a bottom plate of a distribution panel of an electrical switchgear. The metal sheet assembly includes at least one opening for conducting through a cable. The metal sheet is provided with at least one cutout on the longitudinal side, wherein the metal sheet assembly is composed of at least two metal sheets and the two metal sheets abut along the longitudinal side. The two metal sheets are oriented, relative to each other, in such a way that the cutouts in the two metal sheets are arranged opposite each other. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212882 | MODULAR HIGH VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION UNIT FOR HYBRID AND ELECTRICAL VEHICLES - A distribution unit has an incomer module disposed on the exterior of a battery casing and electrically connected to a battery housed within the casing, and a plurality of feeder modules electrically daisy-chained to the incomer module and configured to respectively distribute electrical power from the battery to a plurality of individual electrically powered devices. | 2012-08-23 |