| 45th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights (11-05-09/11-05-09_14) part 14 |
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| 20090273203 | Trailer Flooring System - A trailer includes a floor engageable with a load and a longitudinally extending support member. The support member has an upper portion connected to the floor, a lower portion connectable to a suspension system, and a web extending between the upper and lower portions and transverse to the floor. The lower portion has a lower flange extending transverse to the web and connectable to the suspension system. The lower flange has a first portion extending from a first side of the web a first distance and a second portion extending from a second opposite side of the web a second distance larger than the first distance. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273204 | Trailer Side Rail - An improved side rail structure is used to form a portion of a flat bed trailer. The side rail structure is integrally formed as one piece. The side rail structure includes an outer side rail wall which is integrally formed as one piece with a rub rail. A flooring section may also be formed as one piece with the outer side rail wall. The one piece side rail structure may be formed of extruded metal. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273205 | Sidewall assembly having composite panels for trailers and vans - A sidewall assembly for a trailer or van having a plurality of composite panels interconnected along the length of the trailer. The composite panels have a polyurethane core sandwiched between inner and outer metal panels in bonded relationship. The composite panels are affixed to a respective hat-shaped inner side post between adjacent vertical ends of the composite panels. A plurality of vertically arranged rivets affixes the composite panel to inner post and to an outer sidepost. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273206 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR PIPE AND CAB STRUCTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A reinforcement structure for a pipe includes a hole section and a plate member. The hole section is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the pipe along a longitudinal direction of the pipe to pass through a peripheral wall of the pipe to reach an interior portion of the pipe. The plate member is inserted in the hole section and secured to the pipe. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273207 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A closure system with a reduced out-swing reach for an opening in a body of a vehicle. The closure system has an upper portion arranged to expose at least a section of the body opening, and a lower portion which is guided by a track to an open position when the upper portion is not in a closed position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273208 | WINDSHIELD FRAME WITH INTEGRATED SIDE AND REARVIEW MIRRORS - A frame for supporting a windshield, a rearview mirror and at least one side-view mirror of a vehicle. The frame comprises first and second side pillars, each side pillar having a lower end for attachment to the body of a vehicle, an upwardly extending body, and an upper end. A top member having first and second lateral ends is attached to the upper ends of the respective side pillars and a central portion extends between the lateral ends. A rearview mirror mounting structure is defined on the top member near the centerline of the vehicle, is adapted to receive a rearview mirror facing away from the front end of the vehicle, and has an areal extent, when viewed from the front end of the vehicle, that is at least coincident with the areal extent of the rearview mirror to be mounted thereto. At least one side-view mounting structure is defined on one of the top member and side pillar members at a position between the rearview mirror mounting structure and the outer lateral edges of the side pillar members. The side-view mirror mounting structure is adapted to receive a side-view mirror facing away from the front end of the vehicle, and has an areal extent, when viewed from the front end of the vehicle, that is at least coincident with the areal extent of the side-view mirror to be mounted thereon. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273209 | RETRACTABLE ROOF SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - The present invention is directed to a retractable roof system that provides slidable roof sections for vehicles and truck bed shells/caps, where the cargo area roof panels and rear window panel (hatch above tailgate) may be moved forward and above the seating area roof section, by means of a telescoping track system. Additionally, as applied to vehicles, the roof section above the seating areas may be moved rearward and above the cargo area roof section. The retractable roof system truck bed shell/cap assembly will come in segments that can be stored and shipped in a relatively small container. The shell/cap structure is composed of metal frame members and window panels. Right and left telescoping track assemblies are mounted on the metal frame members, with roof panels secured between them. Side and front window panels are attached to the exterior of the metal frame members to form the shell/cap walls. The rear window panel is attached to the rear roof panel by the means of a hinge and will pivot up onto the rear roof panel before the roof panels are moved forward and above the truck cab. An optional lumber/sport rack set may be mounted to the top of the left and right track assemblies. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273210 | CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE WITH A ROOF THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPENING SEPARATELY - The invention relates to a convertible vehicle with at least two roof sections that, when the roof is closed, are situated one behind the other with regard to the direction of travel (F), of which, when roof section that is situated behind the other section when the roof is closed, at least one separately openable part of the or a roof section, which is situated in front of roof section, can be displaced with a component pointing toward the rear, and the convertible vehicle is ready to be driven when the roof sections are in this position. The convertible vehicle is designed in such a manner that the or each separately openable part, when in its closed position, extends in a transversal direction (q) of the vehicle up to the outer edge of the respective roof section, abuts against at least one upper edge of a side window and at least when closed, is supported on a longitudinal beam placed in the vicinity of a vertical longitudinal center plane (E) of the vehicle and between the windshield frame and a rear roof section. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273211 | Vehicle seating system - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame having a seat back and stadium-type seat base for movement between a seating position and a storage position to improve ease of entry to the vehicle area behind the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat assembly includes a swing assembly coupled to the seat back and configured to rotate the folded seat assembly around a substantially vertical axis. A single handle operation is included for unlatching the seat latches—the seat base automatically flips up—and pivoting the entire vehicle seat toward the interior of the vehicle to allow easy entry behind the vehicle seat. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273212 | Folding Structure for a Folding Chair - A folding chair, including a first folding support and a second folding support, the first folding support includes a first front leg, a first back leg and a seat, the upper-end of the first front leg is pivotally connected to the lateral front-end of the seat, the first front leg is pivotally cross-linked with the first back leg, the lateral side of the seat is slidably and pivotally connected to the first back leg; the second folding support includes a second front leg, a second back leg and a second horizontal bearing-rod, connection of the second folding support is similar to that of the first folding support. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SEAT USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION - A method for adjusting a seat that includes one or more adjustable physical features includes for each person within a plurality of persons, calibrating the seat by determining a preferred setting for each of the one or more adjustable physical features of the seat, utilizing the determined preferred settings to determine a cluster from among a plurality of clusters within which each of the plurality of persons is placed, identifying one of the persons; and for the identified person, adjusting each of the one or more physical features of the seat to the preferred setting depending on the one of the plurality of clusters that the identified person is placed in. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273214 | Tilting Nestable Table and Chair Set - A portable chair and table set is provided that is tiltable and nestable to simplify and accommodate compact storage. The chair includes a seat shell that is pivotably mounted to a nestable support frame. Hinges connect the shell to the frame and are configured to hold the seat shell in a tilted configuration for storage. In this tilted configuration, several chairs can be horizontally nested so that the overall length of the nest chairs is minimized. Similarly, the table includes a table top having a unitary desk surface and modesty panel that is pivotably mounted to a support frame by hinges that are configured to hold the table top in a tilted configuration that allows horizontal nesting of several tables in a minimal overall length. The hinges can be easily disengaged by manual movement of the table top to its in use position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273215 | SAFETY SEAT FOR INSTALLING A BABY OR A VERY YOUNG CHILD ON A VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a safety seat for installing a baby or a very young child on a vehicle seat, the safety seat comprising a seat structure and an intermediate structure ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273216 | Recline mechanism for a child restraint seat - A mechanism for securing a seat carriage at a plurality of recline angles relative to a seat base. Embodiments of the mechanism are attached to a seat carriage and include a coupling device, which has a plurality of recesses which may be selectively engaged with or disengaged from one or more rods attached to the seat base. A handle operates the coupling device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273217 | ROCKER AND HOOK ON HIGH CHAIR APPARATUS - A child seat apparatus that may be engaged on the end of a table top so as to be used as a hook on high chair and that also may be set on the floor to be used as a rocker. The apparatus includes a base that includes longitudinal curved members. A rear portion of the base can be disengaged from the front portion of the base such that, when used as a hook on high chair, the rear portion can swing to an out-of-the-way position underneath front portion, so that the rear portion does not protrude into kitchen or dining room space. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273218 | Pumping device for seat cushion of vehicle - The present invention relates to a pumping device for a seat cushion of a vehicle, in which a brake assembly | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273219 | DETACHABLE ELECTRIC HEADREST - The detachable electric headrest includes a headrest pole, an ascending and descending slider, elastic pins, and locking bars. The headrest pole is configured such that engaging depressions are formed in the lower end portion thereof. The ascending and descending slider is provided with detachment depressions, into which the respective lower end portions of the headrest pole are inserted, and is mounted to the fastening bracket of a seat frame so as to be raised and lowered. The elastic pins are mounted in the respective detachment depressions so as to be inserted into the engaging depressions of the inserted headrest pole. The locking bars are configured such that cut depressions, in which the elastic pins can be moved, are formed in respective upper ends thereof, and are configured to be elastically supported to the ascending and descending slider. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273220 | Ottoman Device - The present invention provides an ottoman device with a structure in which a link device including a leg support and a link frame to which the leg support is attached and an electric driving device for driving the link device are modulated on a fixing frame as a base connected to a vehicle body beneath a rear seat. As a result, the ottoman device of the present invention can be simply attached to and detached from the vehicle body, can be applied to a vehicle having no center console on the rear seat, and can increase strength with a both-side supporting structure of the leg support, differently from a conventional one arm type leg support. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273221 | ERGONOMIC CHAIR - An improved ergonomic chair, including a chair base, a chair cushion and a chair back located to the rear of the chair base. Support strength of cushion pads on the chair back assumes a fan-shape extending from a lower end towards the upper end, thereby dispersing the compressive stress on the lower back and supporting the back of a person. A support cushion is located on the chair back corresponding to the cervical vertebra of a person, and a head cushion, provided with a plurality of depressions, is located on the chair back above the support cushion. Accordingly, the design of the support cushion and the head cushion facilitating the dispersal of the compressive stress on the lower back and support of the back and cervical vertebra provide the chair back with the ability to appropriately support the cervical vertebra, thereby enabling neck pains to be avoided when sitting. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273222 | CUSHION BODY, SEAT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cushion body, which can secure both soft touch feeling and durability, a seat having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273223 | Vehicle Seatbelt - To provide a vehicle seatbelt capable of suppressing the reduction in the power holding a buckle webbing, a vehicle seatbelt | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273224 | Layered polycrystalline diamond - In one aspect of the present invention, a high impact wear resistant tool has a superhard material bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface. The superhard material has a thickness of at least 0.100 inch and forms an included angle of 35 to 55 degrees. The superhard material has a plurality of substantially distinct diamond layers. Each layer of the plurality of layers has a different catalyzing material concentration. A diamond layer adjacent the substrate of the superhard material has a higher catalyzing material concentration than a diamond layer at a distal end of the superhard material. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273225 | Resilient Pick Shank - In one aspect of the invention, a pick assembly comprises a pick shank press fitted within a bore of a pick holder. The pick comprises a pick head opposite the shank. The shank also comprises at least one longitudinal slot extending towards the pick head along the shank from a distal end of the shank. The slot allows the shank to resiliently collapse upon insertion into the bore while still allowing the shank to maintain a press fit while within the bore. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273226 | Distributed Load Wheel - This specification relates to the improvement of load wheels. The current design of load wheels results in the most of load being born by the ends of the wheel. The invention distributes the load across the entire load wheel assembly, thereby reducing friction. Reducing friction extends the service life of the load wheel. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273227 | DEEP LIP VEHICLE RIMS - A vehicle wheel including a rim, a medial flange, a lateral flange, and an inner surface of the rim, wherein an extension portion of the inner surface extends beyond the medial flange. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273228 | MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKING INSTALLATION - Motor vehicle braking installation comprising a master cylinder ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273229 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BRAKE PRESSURE REGULATION - The present invention relates to a braking force regulating system for a vehicle, including at least one discharge valve assigned to a wheel brake cylinder. The discharge valve is a constantly adjustable valve. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273230 | BRAKING BOOSTER SYSTEM LEAK DIAGNOSTICS - A leak diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a calculation module and a diagnostic enabling module. The calculation module calculates a decay rate of a brake booster vacuum. The diagnostic enabling module selectively enables the decay rate calculation based on mass airflow (MAF) into an engine and engine vacuum. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273231 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR STOPPING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT JOLTING - A method of stopping a motor vehicle without jolting is described, which is characterized in that a sum of the hydraulic fluid pressures generated by a foot-force-actuable brake system and acting upon the braking devices of the motor vehicle during the stopping operation is reduced in a driver-independent manner by 30% to 70% in dependence upon a variable that is related to the vehicle velocity. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273232 | Electronic braking system and method for drawbar trailers - A system and method for braking a drawbar trailer having a front axle and one or more further axles, each axle having at least two wheels, includes first sensors which sense the axle load of at least one axle, and second sensors which sense the rotational wheel speeds. Brakes actuatable with a pneumatic brake pressure brake the trailer. Brake signals generated in the towing vehicle are transmitted between the towing vehicle and the trailer. A control unit receives these brake signals and the sensor signals, and determines the axle load. The operating pressure is adapted to the brake pressure which is fed to the brakes. The control unit detects the brake pressure value as a function of (i) the specific axle loads of the front axle and the other axles and (ii) the received brake signals, and actuates the brakes such that the detected brake pressure is made available. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273233 | MODULAR TRACK TENSIONING SYSTEM - A spring loaded track tensioning assembly for a track on a track driven vehicle has a spring subassembly that is retained on a spring shaft under a preload with a first fixed spring retainer and a second slidable spring retainer. The spring shaft has an outer end that extends beyond the second spring retainer and the outer end is slidably received in a bore in a piston or actuator shaft of a grease cylinder, with the end of the actuator shaft bearing on the second spring retainer. The grease cylinder contacts and applies a force to the second spring retainer, for initial positioning of the tensioning assembly, and additional loads on the first spring retainer that compress the spring cause the outer end of the spring shaft to slide in the bore of the actuator shaft as the second spring retainer slides along the spring shaft. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273234 | MODULAR PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION CONTACT BOARD - An aircraft power distribution system is disclosed that includes a power distribution box. A generator supplies power to the power distribution box, and a load receives power from the power distribution box. The power distribution box includes a board supporting plug-in pins receiving the power. A contactor is supported by the board to selectively providing power to a secondary power distribution connector supported on the board. The board includes power traces that are run within the board to connect the plug-in pins to the secondary power distribution connector. Protection and secondary power distribution circuitry is also supported by the board and connected to the contactors and/or power traces by control traces. The power and control traces eliminate loose wiring and harnesses. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273235 | Power Supply System and Vehicle - Transfer functions of control have duty commands as inputs and battery current values as outputs, provided corresponding to respected converters. Control gains are determined such that certain transfer functions substantially match with each other, with respect to delay elements. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273236 | System and Method for Supplying Voltage to Electrical Loads of a Motor Vehicle by Using a Supercap - A system and method for supplying voltage to electrical loads in the onboard electrical system of a motor vehicle are provided. The onboard electrical system consists of at least two onboard electrical system regions. The first onboard electrical system region has an electric generator, a vehicle battery, as well as one or more first electrical loads. The second onboard electrical system region has a double-layer capacitor or a so-called supercap and one or more second electrical loads. Between the two onboard electrical system regions, a blocking device is provided, in particular, a semiconductor diode or a power switch, which permits a current flow from the first onboard electrical system region into the second electrical system region and largely prevents a reverse current flow from the second onboard electrical system region into the first onboard electrical system region. The output voltage of the electric generator is raised and the supercap is charged when a first threshold value of the electric voltage in the second onboard electrical system region is undershot. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273237 | REGULATOR CIRCUIT AND CAR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A regulator circuit stabilizes the input voltage applied to an input terminal before outputting the output voltage via an output terminal. An output transistor is provided between the input terminal and the output terminal. An error amplifier adjusts the voltage applied to the control terminal of the output transistor such that a voltage that corresponds to the output voltage approaches a predetermined reference voltage. A fluctuation detection capacitor is provided on a path from the input terminal to the grounded terminal. One terminal of the fluctuation detection capacitor is set to a fixed electric potential. In a case that the input voltage is lower than the voltage at the other terminal of the fluctuation detection capacitor, an undershoot suppressing circuit forcibly reduces the gate voltage of the output transistor. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273238 | POWER SOURCING EQUIPMENT DEVICE INCLUDING A SERIAL INTERFACE - In a particular embodiment, a circuit device is disclosed that includes a power sourcing equipment (PSE) circuit having a plurality of high-voltage line circuits adapted to communicate with a respective plurality of powered devices via network cables. The PSE circuit includes a serial interface circuit and includes a common controller coupled to the serial interface circuit and to the plurality of high-voltage line circuits. The circuit device also includes a low-voltage circuit having a programmable controller adapted to transmit control signals to the common controller via the serial interface circuit to control operation of the plurality of high-voltage line circuits. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273239 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for dynamic integrated circuit power distribution and control is disclosed. The system includes an external power consumption target generator configured to generate a power dissipation target for one or more integrated circuits. The system also includes a first integrated circuit that includes an IC power control unit coupled to the external power consumption target generator. The first integrated circuit also includes a first plurality of functional units, each functional unit of the first plurality including a unit power level control and a first power control grid coupling the IC power control unit to one or more of the first plurality of functional units. The IC power control unit is configured to generate a mode control signal which places at least one of plurality of functional units into a first mode of operation based upon the power consumption target. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273240 | Uninterruptible fuel cell system - An exemplary method of providing electrical power is provided. A first alternating current is received from a grid. The first alternating current is converted to a first direct current using a first inverter in electrical communication with the grid. The first inverter is also in electrical communication with a fuel cell system. The first direct current is converted to a second alternating current using a second inverter, and the second alternating current is provided to a load. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273241 | Direct Current Power Combiner - A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at a frequency sufficiently high so that direct currents flowing through the inductive elements are substantially zero. A direct current voltage output is connected across one of the DC voltage inputs and a common reference to both the inputs and the output. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273242 | Wireless Delivery of power to a Fixed-Geometry power part - Wireless power is used to deliver power to different areas on a circuit board or on an integrated circuity. The power can be delivered by magnetic resonant power or by inductive power coupling. Optical isolation can be used between different stages. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273243 | Wall-Mountable Timer for an Electrical Load - A wall-mountable electrical timer for controlling the delivery of power from an AC power source to an electrical load, such as a lamp or a fan motor, includes: a timer adjustment actuator for selecting a predetermined time period of operation for the load; a toggle actuator for starting the timer, turning off the timer, and placing the timer in a bypass mode of operation; a vertical linear array of light-emitting diode visual indicators for indicating the length of a predetermined time period, the time remaining, and whether the timer is in the bypass mode; a controllably conductive device for regulating the delivery of power from the AC source to the load; and a controller for receiving inputs from the timer adjustment actuator and the toggle actuator, and for transmitting outputs to the visual indicators and the controllably conductive device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273244 | Electric Reciprocating Motion Device - An electric reciprocating motion device includes a casing ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273245 | STATOR AND MOTOR - A stator core is formed by arranging divided cores ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273246 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The invention relates to an electrical machine ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273247 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A drive device for an electric vehicle, having a structure where a stator is received inside a motor receiving cover to allow an inner cable, connected to the stator, to be led out to the transmission mechanism case side. This enables a projection to be provided on the transmission mechanism case side of the motor receiving cover, and also enables a female connector, connected to the inner cable, to be provided at the projection. The drive device for an electric vehicle has enhanced mountability. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273248 | LEAD FRAME CONNECTOR - A lead frame connector for windings of an electric motor, has a plurality of fixed electrical conductors embedded in overmoulding material, a plurality of spaced termination points provided through the overmoulding material for electrically connecting the motor windings to the electrical conductors, at least one access opening in the overmoulding material, and at least one terminal of one of the electrical conductors being provided at the access opening for interfacing with a motor control circuit. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273249 | WHEEL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A hybrid-electric vehicle is provided having a respective electrical machine in each wheel thereof. Each electrical machine is of the axial-flux type, having a rotor sandwiched axially between two parts of a stator. Each electrical machine is fitted to the respective wheel such that the rotor takes the place of a disc of a disc brake system, and the stator is mounted in place of a calliper of the disc brake system. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273250 | ELECTRIC MOTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPER DRIVE WITH IMPROVED SEATING FOR THE ARMATURE SHAFT BEARING - The invention relates to an electric motor ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273251 | Synchronous Machine - A magnet wheel and a stator winding which are necessary for an excitation device are included in a synchronous machine. Energy is transferred to the magnet wheel through inductivity, preferably, energy to a super-conductive coil, by the excitation device. Protection against the magnetic field produced by the current in the winding head is provided in the form of a specific system which is used to reduce the corruptions of the interfering fields of stator and rotor winding. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273252 | MAGNETIC FIELD ELEMENT - A magnetic field element includes magnetic field portions and a coupling portion and is rotatable on a rotation axis along a given direction. Each magnetic field portion includes a magnet and magnetic plates. The magnet includes first and second pole faces having different polarities from each other in the given direction. The magnetic-material plates are provided on the first and second pole faces. The magnetic field portions are annularly arranged along a circumferential direction around the rotation axis and spaced in the circumferential direction from one another. The coupling portion is made of a non-magnetic material and couples the magnetic field portions to one another. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273253 | STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE STATOR - A rotor provided in rotary electric machines comprises a stator core having a radial direction and slots provided with bottomed openings directed in the radial direction. The rotor also comprises a stator coil comprising slot accommodation portions being accommodated in the slots of the stator core and coil end portions each connecting mutually adjacent slot accommodation portions among the slot accommodation portions and respectively protruding from both end faces of the stator core. The stator coil is pre-formed into a cylindrical shape before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots of the stator core. The slot accommodation portions are formed to respectively have convex parts each protruding toward an opposite way to the slot openings, before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots. The convex parts are pressed by the stator core toward the openings during accommodation of the slot accommodation portions into the slots. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273254 | ENCAPSULATED STATOR OF A DYNAMO-ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A laminated core of a stator has windings which are arranged in slots and form end windings on the end faces of the laminated core. The end windings are embedded in an encapsulation compound, with the laminated core having a radially outer area formed with at least one axial recess of a contour which is closed in the circumferential direction and through which encapsulation compound can be introduced. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273255 | ACTUATOR USING COMB-TOOTH - An actuator comprises a connection section having one end rotatably connected to a connection point (C | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273256 | TRANSCEIVER CIRCUIT FOR FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR (FBAR) TRANSDUCERS - A piezoelectric transducer device includes a receive signal path, a transistor and a piezoelectric transducer connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The device also includes a switch connected to a second terminal of the transistor, wherein the switch is adapted to selectively connect the second terminal of the transistor to a transmit signal or to a bias voltage; an output connected to a third terminal of the transistor, and adapted to receive a signal from the transducer when the switch is connected to the bias voltage, wherein the switch is not in the receive signal. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273257 | PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTANCE, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS USING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric substance which is made of oxide with perovskite type structure which is made of ABO | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273258 | STIFFENER TAB FOR A SPINDLE MOTOR BASE PLATE - An apparatus and method are provided for stiffening a base plate of a spindle motor to improve shock resistance and vibration response, and thereby increase reliability and performance of a disc drive memory system. A stiffener tab for stiffening a base plate is connected to the base plate, extends from the base plate, and is dimensioned to fit adjacent to a stator tooth. Stiffening of a base plate is especially useful in the case of stamped base plate designs that typically have uniform thickness, whereas cast base plate designs are formed with thicker sections. In an aspect, the present invention stiffens a motor cup portion of the base plate, and replaces stiffness lost by removal of material from the base plate to form holes for recessing a stator into the base plate. Axial and angular displacement of a spindle motor during shock events and vibration are decreased. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273259 | Mobile Storage Assembly - A storage assembly has a frame assembly defining a compartment and a drawer slidably supported in the frame assembly between a closed position and an open position. The storage assembly further has cooperative structure between the frame assembly and the drawer to selectively maintain the drawer in the closed position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273260 | ADAPTABLE CABLE MANAGEMENT DESK SYSTEM - An adaptable cable management desk system comprising a frame assembly including at least one static leg. At least one interleg is releasably connected to the frame assembly, each interleg being movable along the length of the frame assembly. A monitor beam having a proximal edge is supported by the frame assembly and a work surface having a distal edge is spaced apart from the proximal edge of the monitor beam. A cableway for running wires and cabling is defined by the proximal edge of the monitor beam and the distal edge of work surface. An access flap is pivotally connected to the proximal edge of the monitor beam and movable from a closed position covering the cableway to an open position providing access to the cableway. A front gully is attached to the distal edge of the work surface and a rear gulley is attached to the proximal edge of the monitor beam, wherein liquid spilled on the work surface and access flap will flow into at least one of the front and rear gully to protect wiring and cabling from the liquid. A door panel is pivotally connected to the static leg or interleg using at least one spring-biased quick release hinge to facilitate removal of the door panel. The door panel may include an inwardly projecting support surface for supporting a computer, the support surface having a plurality of wheels to permit movement of the door panel and support surface relative to the frame assembly. Alternatively, shelves, a file cabinet or other storage may be attached to an inner surface of the door panel and move with the door panel relative to the frame assembly. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273261 | SERVICE CABINET FOR USE WITH A UTILITY POLE - The service cabinet is for use around a utility pole for receiving electrical or communication equipment. The service cabinet comprises a frame having at least two complementary parts connectable together and to the bottom section of the utility pole. The frame generally defines a vertically-extending internal passage for enclosing the bottom section of the utility pole. A side wall is connected to the frame, providing at least one internal chamber. The service cabinet can be used around an existing utility pole as a retrofit cabinet, or be used around a newly installed utility pole. It does not create a new obstacle when used in an urban area and can have a low manufacturing cost since it uses the utility pole as a substrate. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273262 | EJECTOR OF A MOVEABLE FURNITURE PART - The invention relates to a device for ejecting a movable furniture part from a closed end position in or on a furniture body, having an ejector comprising a motor-driven ejector lever, wherein a power transmission device interacting with the ejector lever is provided such that the force exerted on the movable furniture part by the ejector lever can be transferred in the mounted state of the device in a furniture body, in which the movable furniture part in the closed end position is at a distance from the ejector lever. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273263 | Closing and Opening Device for Drawers - Closing and opening device for drawer pull-out guides ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273264 | FLAPPER MECHANISM FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator has a housing and first and second doors. The first door mounted to the housing for rotation about a first pivot axis. The second door is mounted to the housing for rotation about a second pivot axis. The refrigerator further includes a flapper mechanism having a main body portion mounted to the door by at least one hinge member for movement between first position and a second position. The flapper mechanism is movable from the first position to the second position in response to movement of the first door from an open position to a closed position. The flapper mechanism includes a stop member carried by the main body portion. The stop member is biased into engagement with the hinge member to normally maintain the main body portion in the first position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273265 | PORTABLE ACTIVE CRYO CONTAINER - A portable active cyro container for maintaining product at refrigerated and/or cryogenic temperatures. Said container comprising a control system to monitor and control the flow of cooling air from a bunker section to at least one material storage section wherein temperature sensitive product is contained. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273266 | HAND HELD, HIGH POWER UV LAMP - A hand held UV lamp and beam generator has resistive ballast provided by a glowing wire and thermal ballast provided by heated air coming via the same hot wire. A detachable reflector housing has curved symmetric spars in a generally parabolic shape defining an axis with an elongated axially lamp at a focal line. Heated air flows through the spars heating the lamp in a start mode and cooling the lamp in a run mode. The lamp and beam generator is made from electrical components found in a household hair dryer. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273267 | Low pressure discharge lamp - The invention relates to a mercury-free low pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel having an ionizable filling. The surface temperature of the discharge vessel, and thus the temperature of the ionizable filling, can be adjusted at least in some sections such that an emitting substance can produce the radiation required for the excitation of the luminescent substance. The temperature of the fluid is preferably adjusted in a temperature control circuit, using a temperature sensor, a pump and a heating device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273268 | LAMP FOR A LIGHT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a lamp for a light system, which lamp comprises at least: a lamp envelope ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273269 | SCANDATE DISPENSER CATHODE - A scandate dispenser cathode having a cathode body ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273270 | ELECTRON SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electron source including: a plurality of electron-emitting devices connected to a matrix wiring of scan lines and modulation lines on a substrate, wherein each of the electron-emitting devices includes a cathode electrode connected to the scan line, a gate electrode connected to the modulation line and a plurality of electron-emitting members, the cathode electrode is configured in a first comb-like structure for applying an electric potential of the cathode to the plurality of electron-emitting members, the gate electrode is configured in a second comb-like structure for applying an electric potential of the gate to the plurality of electron-emitting members, and each of the first and second comb-like structures is provided with a plurality of comb-teeth, and a connecting electrode electrically connected to the plurality of teeth in at least one of the first and second comb-like structures. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273271 | HIGH PRESSURE METAL HALIDE LAMP - The invention relates to a high-pressure metal halide lamp, comprising an arc tube ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273272 | MULTI-ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP TUBE - A fluorescent lamp with a multiple electrodes at each input, where 3 to 8 electrodes may be installed in a single electrode holder sealed at each end of the fluorescent lamp tube. In operation, electron discharge primarily only occurs from one electrode at each input end, which has smallest resistance. With multiple electrodes, the electron discharge function at each input end will last one to several times longer, compared with the input end with just a single electrode. Because the life span of the fluorescent lamp depends on the electron discharge function at each input end, multiple electrodes at each input end increases the overall service life of the lamp. This invention increases cost-effectiveness of the fluorescent lamp without requiring complex structural modifications. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273273 | Gas discharge tube, and display device having gas discharge tube arrays - A gas discharge tube includes: a elongated tube within which an electron-emissive film is formed, and which is filled with a discharge gas and sealed; a plurality of pairs of display electrodes disposed on a display side of the elongated tube; a signal electrode disposed on a rear side of the elongated tube; and an elongated support member inserted into the elongated tube and extending in the length direction of the elongated tube. The support member has a curved shape so that a curved inner surface thereof forms a discharge space, has longitudinally extending opposite edges, and has a phosphor layer formed on the inner surface of the support member. The support member further has an end wall at each of longitudinally opposite ends thereof. The end walls and the curved inner surface form an elongated depression in the support member. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273274 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRON SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a precursor to an electron-emitting device includes the steps of preparing an electron-emitting member, and alternately exposing the electron-emitting member to an oxygen-containing gas and a metal-containing gas. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273275 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS - An electroluminescent layer for a light. The light includes a phosphor with a fluorescent pigment or dye. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273276 | Organic electroluminescence element - Provided is an organic EL elements in which an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an emissive layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode are stacked up on a substrate. An electron transporting material which is not a metal complex and which has a work function at HOMO level exceeding 5.7 eV is used as a host material of the emissive layer. Accordingly, the energy-barrier difference between the hole transport layer and the emissive layer, or that between the hole injection layer and the emissive layer can be made greater than that in a conventional organic EL element. This enhances the hole-blocking performance for the organic EL element of the present invention, so that the carrier balance between the electrons and the holes in the emissive layer can be improved. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273277 | Novel organic electroluminescent compounds and organic electroluminescent device using the same - The present invention relates to novel organic electroluminescent compounds, and organic electroluminescent devices employing the same as electroluminescent material. Specifically, the organic electroluminescent compounds according to the invention are characterized in that they are represented by Chemical Formula (1): | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273278 | Novel organic electroluminescent compounds and organic electroluminescent device using the same - Provided are novel organic electroluminescent compounds, and organic electroluminescent devices employing the same in an electroluminescent layer. Specifically, the organic electroluminescent compounds according to the invention are characterized in that they are represented by Chemical Formula (1). | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273279 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence device includes an organic electroluminescence element having a function layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The function layer includes at least an organic light emission layer. The electroluminescence device includes: partition walls which define concave portions and each of formation areas of the organic electroluminescence element within each of the concave portions to arrange the function layer within the concave portion; and auxiliary electrodes which are each arranged continuously on the partition wall and within the concave portion. The second electrode is formed in an area where both the formation area of the organic electroluminescence element and a non-formation area of the organic electroluminescence element overlap with each other, so as to be electrically connected to the function layer and the auxiliary electrode and is formed continuously between the function layer arranged within the concave portion and the auxiliary electrode in a state where the second electrode contacts with the function layer arranged within the concave portion and the auxiliary electrode. The auxiliary electrode is formed to be thicker than the second electrode. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273280 | LUMINESCENT DEVICE - Interfaces between layers in a light emitting element are eliminated by using a light emitting element with a mixed region comprising a hole transporting material and an electron transporting material. The light emitting element may further comprise a region with a dopant. By using this light emitting element, an organic luminescent element of low power consumption and long life is achieved, and the light emitting element can be used to manufacture a luminescent device and an electric appliance. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273281 | PHOTOCATHODE AND ELECTRON TUBE HAVING THE SAME - The photocathode of the present invention is provided with a supporting substrate composed of a single-crystal compound semiconductor, a light absorbing layer which is formed on the supporting substrate and smaller in an energy band gap than the supporting substrate to absorb incident light transmitted through the supporting substrate, thereby generating photoelectrons, and a surface layer which is formed on the light absorbing layer to lower a work function of the light absorbing layer, in which the supporting substrate comprises Al | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273282 | CONFIGURABLE TAIL LIGHT MODULE - The present disclosure provides a tail light module comprising a configurable indicator array that includes a plurality of individually controllable lights that may be activated and deactivated to form a plurality of light patterns. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273283 | VOLTAGE FED PROGRAMMED START BALLAST - A lighting ballast ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273284 | Radial hall effect ion injector with a split solenoid field - A closed drift Hall Current accelerator with a split solenoid Hall field, a radial injection collimated gas source, an anode, intermediate Hall effect ionization magnetic field structures and intermediate acceleration electrodes, for injection of ions into the solenoid field. The Hall Effect field in this case is in the gap of the return field of the split solenoid magnetic field. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273285 | PROTECTION FOR EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP SYSTEM - The present invention provides a protection means for a driving circuit which drives a set of external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL). The driving circuit with protection function for driving a set of EEFLs consistent with the present invention includes: a transformer connected to the set of EEFLs; a switching network connected to the transformer which delivers power to the transformer; a sensing circuit connected to the set of EEFLs which detects disconnection if one light source is disconnected; and a controller connected to the switching network which controls the switching network to reduce the total current supplied to the EEFLs which remain connected, if the sensing circuit detects that one EEFL is disconnected. Appropriate protection can therefore be implemented when the EEFL is disconnected on one end or both ends. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273286 | MULTIPLE-INPUT ELECTRONIC BALLAST WITH PROCESSOR - A ballast having a microprocessor embedded therein is controlled via four inputs. The ballast includes a high-voltage phase-controlled signal provided by a dimmer and an infrared (IR) receiver through which the ballast can receive data signals from an IR transmitter. The ballast can also receive commands from other ballasts or a master control on the serial digital communication link, such as a DALI protocol link. The fourth input is an analog signal, which is simply a DC signal that linearly ranges in value from a predetermined lower limit to a predetermined upper limit, corresponding to the 0% to 100% dimming range of the load. The output stage of the ballast includes one or more FETs, which are used to control the current flow to the lamp. Based on these inputs, the microprocessor makes a decision on the intensity levels of the load and directly drives the FETs in the output stage. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273287 | SEMANTIC LIGHT - A lighting system for delivering a dynamic, fully customized, and automatic illumination to a subject. The lighting system comprises a programmable light unit for emitting a programmed pattern and spectra of illumination, a sensor pod comprising an array of sensors for detecting ambient lighting conditions and subject characteristics, a control unit for allowing a user to program the lighting system, and a processing unit for analyzing data from the sensor pod and control unit to construct an optimal lighting profile in accordance therewith. The lighting system generates light in accordance with the lighting profile which is fully optimized in spectrum, intensity, color, contrast, temperature, angle, and focus for any given environment, subject and task. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273288 | LED DRIVER WITH DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT - A light emitting diode (LED) system implements a LED driver to drive a set of one or more LED strings. The LED driver includes a voltage source to provide an adjustable output voltage to a head end of each LED string of the set for a first duration and a second duration following the first duration. The LED driver further includes a feedback controller to control the voltage source to adjust the output voltage for the second duration based on a digital code value generated from a minimum tail voltage of one or more tail voltages of the set at a sample point of the first duration. The LED driver further includes a power controller to temporarily enable one or more components of the feedback controller for a sample period of the first duration, the sample period comprising the sample point. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273289 | LED Light String for Decoration with Units having Replaceable LED and Housing - A lamp unit includes a power cord having a mating plug at one end and a corresponding mating plug at the other end, a bulb seat, an LED holder, an LED, and a housing. The LED is mounted on the LED holder in a watertight fashion and the LED holder is mounted on the bulb seat in a watertight fashion so as to prevent water from getting in the bulb seat. The LED can be replaced with another LED capable of emitting light of different color. The housing can be replaced with another housing of different shape. The corresponding mating plug of one lamp unit is adapted to connect to the mating plug of another lamp unit so as to form an LED light string for decoration of any desired length. The invention is highly adaptable to be employed in different environments and events. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273290 | Boost LED Driver Not Using Output Capacitor and Blocking Diode - An LED driver is disclosed that boosts an input voltage to drive any number of LEDs in series. The driver includes a switch-mode current regulator that supplies regulated current pulses to the LEDs. No high voltage output capacitor is used to smooth the current pulses, so the LEDs are turned on any off at the switching frequency. Also, no blocking diode between the switching transistor and the LEDs is used. The cathode of the “bottom” LED in the string is connected to ground via a current sense resistor. In parallel with the sense resistor is connected an RC filter using a small, low voltage filter capacitor. The RC filter provides a substantially smooth feedback voltage for the current regulator to control the duty cycle of the switching transistor so that the feedback voltage matches a reference voltage. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273291 | Circuit Apparatus With a High-Side Buck Transistor - The invention provides a cost-effective driver circuit for an LED background lighting unit (BLU). For this purpose, a buck circuit with an upper transistor (T | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273292 | OPERATING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - An operating circuit for at least one light-emitting diode (LED) incorporates a switched-mode regulator circuit to which a DC voltage is fed and which provides a supply voltage for the at least one light-emitting diode (LED) by means of a coil (L | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273293 | Light-emitting Diodes With Carrier Extraction Electrodes - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a light-emitting diode having one or more light-emitting layers, a pair of electrodes disposed on the light-emitting diode so that an operating voltage can be applied to generate light from the one or more light-emitting layers, and at least one external electrode in electronic communication with the one or more light-emitting layers. Applying an appropriate voltage to the at least one external electrodes at about the time the operating voltage is terminated extracts excess electrons from the one or more light-emitting layers and reduces the duration of electron-hole recombination during the time period over which the operating voltage is turned off. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273294 | FLAT DISCHARGE LAMP AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a flat discharge lamp and the production method thereof. The flat discharge lamp comprises an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a discharge chamber disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the discharge chamber is filled with an inert gas, and a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged with one another disposed on the discharge chamber. Besides, each of the first electrodes and second electrodes is connected with one end and another end of an alternating power supply, respectively. The invention is characterized in that the discharge chamber is provided with fluorescent film coated on its interior surface and a plurality of third electrodes each disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Besides, all the third electrodes are connected to a common plane, or each of which is connected to the common plane, respectively. The third electrode is controllable to change the discharge energy and path when dielectrically impeded discharge is carried out between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273295 | STRIKING AND OPEN LAMP REGULATION FOR CCFL CONTROLLER - An apparatus and method for igniting a lamp during a strike mode of an inverter comprising: sequentially controlling a duty cycle sweep and a frequency sweep of driving signals in the inverter to provide an increasing output voltage to the lamp. One embodiment advantageously includes a closed feedback loop to implement the duty cycle sweep and the frequency sweep such that an open lamp voltage is reliably regulated during the strike mode. For example, the closed feedback loop stops the duty cycle sweep or the frequency sweep when the output voltage to the lamp reaches a predetermined threshold and makes adjustments to the duty cycle or frequency the driving signals as needed to keep the output voltage at approximately the predetermined threshold if the lamp has not ignited. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273296 | MULTIPLE-INPUT ELECTRONIC BALLAST WITH PROCESSOR - A ballast having a microprocessor embedded therein is controlled via four inputs. The ballast includes a high-voltage phase-controlled signal provided by a dimmer and an infrared (IR) receiver through which the ballast can receive data signals from an IR transmitter. The ballast can also receive commands from other ballasts or a master control on the serial digital communication link, such as a DALI protocol link. The fourth input is an analog signal, which is simply a DC signal that linearly ranges in value from a predetermined lower limit to a predetermined upper limit, corresponding to the 0% to 100% dimming range of the load. The output stage of the ballast includes one or more FETs, which are used to control the current flow to the lamp. Based on these inputs, the microprocessor makes a decision on the intensity levels of the load and directly drives the FETs in the output stage. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273297 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION AND DRIVER CIRCUITS - Power factor correction and driver circuits and stages are described. More particularly, power factor correction circuits are described that utilize an auxiliary inductor winding for power regulation. Driver circuits configured for electrical loads such as series arrangements of light emitting diodes are also described. An exemplary embodiment of a driver circuit can implement a comparator and/or a voltage regulator to allow for improved output current uniformity for high-voltage applications and loads, such as series configurations of LEDs. Embodiments of PFC stages and driver stages can be combined for use as a power supply, and may be configured on a common circuit board. Power factor correction and driver circuits can be combined with one or more lighting elements as a lighting apparatus. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273298 | Field emission apparatus and driving method thereof - The present invention relates to a field emission apparatus and a method of driving the field emission apparatus, which has a three-pole structure of dual emitters formed on both first and second electrodes of a rear substrate in order to obviate a distinction between a gate and a cathode, thus enabling dual field emission. In such a field emission apparatus, a ground is formed between an anode and a point of the first and second electrodes of the rear substrate, and a square wave is applied thereto in order to alternately generate field emission in the first and second electrodes, thus increasing a light-emitting area and emission efficiency, decreasing a driving voltage and consumption power, saving the manufacturing cost and manufacturing time, and accomplishing a longer lifespan. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273299 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Filament Voltage in an Electronic Dimming Ballast - An electronic dimming ballast comprises a filament turn-off circuit for controlling the magnitudes of filament voltages supplied to the filaments of a gas discharge lamp. Each of a plurality of filament windings is directly coupled to one of the filaments and is operable to supply a small AC filament voltage to the filaments. The plurality of filament windings and a control winding are loosely magnetically coupled to a resonant inductor of an output circuit of the ballast. A controllably conductive device is coupled across the control winding. When the controllably conductive device is conductive, the voltage across the control winding and the filament windings falls to zero volts. The controllably conductive device is driven with a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal so as to control the magnitudes of the filament voltages. The filament voltages are provided to the filaments before striking the lamp, and when dimming the lamp near low end. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273300 | Variable Intensity LED Illumination System - A variable intensity LED illumination system is configured to provide a change in luminance versus input voltage that corresponds to a desired transfer function, such as the dimming characteristics of an incandescent lamp, which more closely resembles the response of the human eye. The system also advantageously provides overvoltage protection, increased brightness, energy efficiency, and significantly better longevity and ruggedness, compared to incandescent lamps. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273301 | LED Driving Arrangement - A circuit for driving LEDs includes:—transformer with a secondary winding for driving the LEDs and a primary winding,—a half-bridge arrangement fed with an input voltage and coupled to the transformer,—a resonant circuit between the half-bridge arrangement and the primary winding of the transformer, the resonant circuit having a given resonance frequency, and—a controller configured for switching the half-bridge arrangement with a switching frequency variable between first and second values. The second value is closer than the first value to the resonance frequency of the resonant circuit created between the half-bridge arrangement and the primary winding of the transformer. This boosts the voltage fed towards the LEDs via the transformer. The LEDs are preferably included in the form of series of LEDs connected to the secondary winding of the transformer via a rectifier placed outside the housing of the power-supply. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273302 | ARTIFICIAL WINDOW - Disclosed is an artificial window ( | 11-05-2009 |
