50th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080305649 | Rotatable Magnetic Electrical Connector - A rotatable quick disconnect electrical connector assembly is provided. The assembly includes a male component and a female component, which have a mating fit together and which have an electrical connection when in mating contact. The connection is further enhanced by magnetic attraction, one of either the male or female components having a magnetic material and the other having a magnet-sensitive material. Each of the male and female components has a generally circular cross-section, to permit relative rotation through unlimited degrees in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The components may be made separately. A system of such connectors is also provided (e.g. for displays). | 2008-12-11 |
20080305650 | CONDUCTING TERMINAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A conducting terminal mounting structure is disclosed to include a housing having an accommodation chamber and an insertion hole, a circuit board, which is mounted in the accommodation chamber inside the housing and has multiple electric contacts and an adapter interface electrically connectable to an external electronic apparatus, and a terminal set, which comprises multiple conducting terminals and an electrically insulative locating block formed integral with the conducting terminals and fastened to the circuit board to hold the conducting terminals in connection with the circuit board electrically. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305651 | CARD EDGE CABLE CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for connecting a cable to a card edge interface has a housing portion. The housing portion has a first surface, and a second surface opposite said first surface, and the surfaces are spaced apart to define a housing portion slot for the card edge interface. Furcated contact elements are disposed within the housing. Each contact element has a first tine portion with an exposed contact interface portion, a second tine portion; a web portion connecting the first and second tine portions, and a wire termination portion for terminating a conductor of the cable. The first and second tine portions are arranged within the housing portion with the contact interface exposed for mating with a respective contact surface of the card edge interface. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A FIRST FLAT CONDUCTOR WITH A SECOND CONDUCTOR - An apparatus for establishing a substantially unitary connecting structure including a generally flat conductor member carrying a first plurality of first electrical conductors and a second conductor member carrying a second plurality of second electrical conductors includes: (a) an electrical connecting structure configured for receiving the second conductor member to establish electrical connection between at least one first electrical conductor of the first plurality of first electrical conductors and at least one second electrical conductor of the second plurality of second electrical conductors; (b) a generally inflexible support structure; and (c) at least one connecting member traversing the flat conductor member and cooperating with the electrical connecting structure and the support structure for capturing the flat conductor member between the connecting structure and the support structure in an installed orientation. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305653 | Complant off-chip interconnects for use in electronic packages and fabrication methods - Disclosed are apparatus comprising single-path and multiple-path compliant interconnects that are coupled between electrical contacts and that allow for increased electrical performance without compromising mechanical reliability. Exemplary apparatus comprises a conductive vertical anchor coupled at a first end to an electrical contact; and one or more conductive arcuate beams coupled at a first end to a second end of the vertical anchor, and coupled at a second end to a second electrical contact. One electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad. Alternatively, one electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Also, one electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Methods of fabricating the apparatus are also disclosed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305654 | Land grid array socket with improved lever structure - An LGA socket includes an insulative housing with a number of terminals. A stiffener and a load plate are coupled to each other. The insulative housing is disposed between the load plate and the stiffener. A lever includes an actuating portion and a retaining portion rotatably mounted to the stiffener. The retaining portion has a neck portion and a stop portion at a free end thereof to prevent the lever taking side moving relative to the stiffener. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305655 | PIN GRID ARRAY PACKAGE SUBSTRATE INCLUDING PINS HAVING ANCHORING ELEMENTS - A microelectronic package substrate and an electrically conductive pin. The substrates includes: a die-side surface adapted to receive a die thereon; a PCB-side surface adapted to be mechanically and electrically bonded to a PCB; an array of land pads on the PCB-side surface, the land pads defining anchoring recesses therein; an array of electrically conductive pins electrically and mechanically bonded to respective ones of the land pads, the pins having anchoring elements thereon mated with corresponding ones of the anchoring recesses of the land pads, the anchoring elements and anchoring recesses being configured such that a mating thereof inhibits a tilting of the pins on the land pads; and a plurality of pin-attach solder joints mechanically and electrically bonding the pins to corresponding ones of the land pads. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305656 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLOATABLY ARRANGED WAFER - Provided is an electrical connector assembly comprises a supporting frame defining different sections arranged adjacent to each other. Each has generally a rectangular configuration with supporting surfaces along inner peripheral. A plurality of wafers each is supportively received in the section along its bottom edges by the supporting surfaces. Each wafer includes a plurality of contact terminals each arranged in the wafer. Each contact terminal has a tail portion extending beyond the bottom surface. A pick-up cap is properly attached to the supporting frame to position the wafer. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305657 | Male connector and connector assembly - A male connector is attached to a circuit board and fits with a female connector in a fitting direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. A terminal of the male connector extends outside a housing thereof in parallel to the circuit board. The terminal has a connection portion to be connected with a circuit portion of the circuit board with solder. When the male connector and the female connector are fitted with each other, the connection portion has a facing region facing a top face of a peripheral wall of a housing of the female connector. The terminal includes a solder barrier layer formed at least in a nearest facing region of the facing region. The nearest facing region is situated to be closest to the top face. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305658 | Connector assembly with improved strain relief structure - A connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305659 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connector in which assembly of a connecting terminal is easily confirmed, a variation in support strength is not generated, and contact reliability is enhanced. In the electrical connector, a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole are made on the same straight line in both side faces facing each other in a base, a support contact piece of a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal are laterally inserted into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole respectively, and an operation lever is rotatably attached to a side face on one side of the base while a front end portion of an FPC is inserted from an opening formed in a side face on the other side of the base. An inspection hole communicated with the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole is made in a bottom surface of the base such that a front end portion of the inserted first connecting terminal and a latch portion of the inserted second connecting terminal can visually be observed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305660 | DISPLAY AND CIRCUIT DEVICE THEREOF - A display and a circuit device thereof are disclosed. The display includes a circuit device and a panel electrically connected to the circuit device. The circuit device includes a printed circuit board and an electronic device. The printed circuit board includes a first conducting pad set. The first conducting pad set includes a plurality of pads electrically connected to each other. The electronic component includes a first connecting terminal electrically connected to at least one of the pads. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305661 | GROUNDING COMB, IN PARTICULAR FOR A PLUG-TYPE CONNECTOR FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The invention relates to a grounding comb ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305662 | Thumb Drive with Retractable USB Connector - A thumb drive has an elongated housing enclosing a coupled memory and male USB connector constrained on a translation mechanism in the direction of the long dimension of the housing, with an opening at a first end of the housing through which the male USB connector may extend and retract, a cover hinged at a second end opposite the first end of the housing, the cover shaped to fold over the housing when closed and having an extension that covers the opening for the connector at the first end of the housing, and a mechanism coupling the cover and the USB connector such that the cover being rotated from the closed position extends the USB connector from the opening, the connector fully extended with the hinged cover fully rotated open. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305663 | Electrical connector with anti-mismating mechanism for preventing incorrect insertion of a smaller sized mating connector - An electrical connector ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305664 | Dummy Plug - A waterproof connector with at least a first dummy plug includes an inner housing provided with a plurality of contact accommodating cavities. A sealing member is provided with a plurality of contact insertion openings corresponding to the contact accommodating cavities. The sealing member is attached to a rear side of the inner housing. An outer housing is provided with a plurality of contact insertion openings corresponding to the contact accommodating cavities. The outer housing secures the sealing member to the inner housing. The first dummy plug has a sealing portion extending into at least one of the contact insertion openings of the sealing member, at least one elastic piece that elastically latches between the inner housing and the outer housing, an insertion member arranged in the contact insertion opening of the outer housing, and a pull-out member that extends outward from the outer housing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305665 | Card connector - A card connector | 2008-12-11 |
20080305666 | Structure for electronic card connector - A structure for an electronic card connector is comprised of an insulating body having a universal card slot on a side thereof, a first group of pins, and a pressing unit disposed on the first surface. The universal card slot is comprised of a first surface thereinside and the first group of pins is comprised of a plurality of conducting terminals. Furthermore, the pressing unit is comprised of a contacting portion disposed higher than the first group of pins, a plurality of pivoting portions, and a pressing portion. A plurality of pivoting holes disposed on the surface are connected with the pivoting portion of the pressing unit and the pressing portion abuts against free ends of the conducting terminals. The structure is used to prevent the conducting terminals from improper contact with the inserted electronic card. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305667 | Electrical connector with an anti-dust device to avoid the poor contact from dust - An audio jack comprises a set of contacts including a stationary contact ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305668 | Cable connector assembly for solar device - A cable connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305669 | Card connector - A card connector has: a connector housing which is formed therein so as to be enclosed on three sides by an opposed pair of first and second frames and a third frame that links the end portions of the first and second frames and an open-close cover. The open-close cover has a sensing member that senses the installation status of the card, and a cover locking mechanism that latches onto either the first or the second frame and locks the open-close cover in the closed state. The rear of the open-close cover is rotatably pivoted on the first and second frames. The card's installation status is sensed by closing the open-close cover and positioning the sensing member at the rear end portion of the card; and the open-close cover is retracted, being thereby locked in the closed state via the cover locking mechanism. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305670 | Actuator member for socket connector - A socket connector assembly for holding a semiconductor package comprises a socket connector and an actuator assembled to the socket connector. The actuator comprises a housing defining an opening on a bottom face thereof; a cam portion retained to the housing and being able to rotate; and a floating module. The floating module is movably mounted to the housing and defines a topmost position and a lowermost position relative to the housing. The floating moves between the topmost position and the lowermost position during a rotation of the cam portion. The floating module has an engaging portion to contact with the semiconductor package when the floating module is at the lowermost position. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305671 | Electrical Plug Connection - An electrical plug connection includes a first plug member and a second plug member. The first plug member and the second plug member each have a plug recess module with a plug recess. At least one plug pin is arranged in the plug recesses of the plug recess modules that electrically connects the first plug member to the second plug member. The plug pin is fixed against removal from the plug recess of at least one of the plug recess modules. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305672 | Connector - A connector is provided, by which deformation or damage of a locking arm is prevented, a secure holding force of the locking arm is assured, and the connector is stably held in a hole of a panel. The connector includes: a first connector housing to be allowed to pass through a hole of a panel; a locking arm formed on the first connector housing, the locking arm being resiliently deformed to be locked to an inner edge of the hole when the first connector housing is allowed to pass through the hole; a second connector housing to be fit to the first connector housing; and a displacement preventing means for preventing the locking arm from being displaced in a direction crossing a direction in which the locking arm is resiliently deformed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305673 | Electrical connector wire guide with hinged cam lock - A wire guide ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305674 | WIRE CONNECTION MODULE - The invention relates to a wire connection module, comprising a two-part housing and a number of contact elements ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305675 | INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONNECTOR - The present invention provides an insulation displacement connector that is suitable for the tool-less connection of wires of various gages. The combination of channels having a reduction in effective diameter and blades having various gaps restricts the insertion of the wires such that an appropriately-sized pair of blades can pierce the insulation to contact the metallic core of each wire. Because of this configuration, the wire connector does not require excessive force to bite down on the wires. Because a large force is not required, the insulation displacement connector can be finger operated and no separate tool is necessary. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305676 | Plug detection mechanisms - Plug detection mechanisms can be provided for detecting when a plug of an accessory component is present within a jack of an electronic device. A detect contact and a jack contact may be positioned within a receptacle of the jack such that a signal path may be created through the plug and between the detect contact and the jack contact when the plug is present within the receptacle of the jack. The detect contact may be biased to exert a retention force on the plug. The detect contact may be positioned to contact the plug within an indent of the plug. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305677 | Electrical Connector for Flat Flexible Cable - An electric connector enabling multipolarization increasing the number of contact pieces by reducing a pressing force with which the contact pieces act on an actuator when the actuator is opened, including the actuator, the contact pieces, and a casing. The actuator includes an actuator body part and an actuator operation part. Each of the contact pieces comprises includes a top part beam, a contact beam, and a fixed base part beam. The contact beam and the top beam are formed in cantilever configurations. The contact beam opens the actuator so as to be pushed up when the actuator operation part touches near the free end of the contact beam to act a pressing force in one direction on the actuator operation part. The top part is pushed up when the actuator body part touches near the free end of the top beam to act a pressing force in the other direction facing the opposite direction of the pressing force to one direction of the contact beam on the actuator body part. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305678 | Flat Cable Connector - A flat cable connector includes an insulating base. Both ends of the insulating base have a protruding buckling end respectively. The buckling ends on both ends and a plate body of the insulating base form an accommodating space for accommodating the flat cable therein. The insulating base is provided thereon with a plurality of penetrating holes for penetrating the plate body. Both surfaces of the insulating base are connected with an upper conductive cover and a lower conductive cover respectively. The upper conductive cover and the lower conductive cover are provided with a plurality of fixing terminals. After the upper conductive cover is connected with the insulating base, the fixing terminals of the upper conductive cover abut against the flat cable. After the lower conductive cover is connected with the insulating base, the fixing terminals of the lower conductive cover abut against the flat cable via the penetrating holes, thereby blocking the electro-magnetic interference generated by the flat cable connector. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305679 | USB CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - A USB adapter/connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305680 | Electrical connector assembly - A connector assembly includes a main substrate ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305681 | CONNECTOR - A male terminal fitting ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305682 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED SPACER - A cable connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305683 | STRUCTURE FOR HDMI CONNECTOR - An improved structure for HDMI connector comprises a resilient buckle plate embedded on a side of a HDMI connector and a containing space formed in front of the resilient buckle plate, said resilient buckle plate having a plurality of retaining blocks disposed on a front end thereof and protruding out of said HDMI connector. Said containing space is disposed for a protruding portion at a front end of a resilient plate of a socket for HDMI connector to buckle up with. When plugging said HDMI connector into a common socket for HDMI connector, as said HDMI connector goes to the latched position inside said socket, said retaining blocks of said resilient buckle plate are buckled at an opening of said socket for HDMI connector to let said HDMI connector and said socket fixedly buckle up with each other. This improved structure can be used with any kind of sockets for HDMI connector. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305684 | Cable Connector For Printed Circuit Boards - The invention relates to a cable connector for printed circuit boards, said cable connector comprising a housing and at least two contact elements, each contact element being provided with a contact for connecting electrical wires, and a tuning-fork contact for contacting a printed circuit board. A surge arrester inside the housing is electrically arranged between the contact elements. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305685 | Card connector - A card connector has: a connector housing | 2008-12-11 |
20080305686 | PLUG-TYPE CONNECTOR FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The invention relates to a plug-type connector ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305687 | Electrical connector assembly - An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a first mating face ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305688 | Electrical card connector assembly - An electrical card connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305689 | High speed electrical connector assembly with shieldding system - A high speed electrical connector assembly ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305690 | Contact terminal, extender with improved ground contact, and method for making the extender - An extender ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305691 | ELECTRIC POWER CONNECTOR - In an electric power connector comprised of a plug module and a socket module, a male metal terminals of the plug module and a female metal terminals of the socket module are respectively made out of a respective solid metal plate member through a continuous stamping process, and each male metal terminal has a base and two contact prongs bilaterally extended from one side of the base at different elevations, therefore the electric power connector eliminates electron ionization or thermal stress in the metal terminals, ensuring high stability and reliability of metal terminals in power transmission. Further, the two contact prongs of each male metal terminal are bilaterally extended from one side of the base thereof at different elevations so that when one contact prongs is deformed or curved accidentally by an external force, the other contact prong is still kept in positive contact with the associating contact prong of the matching female metal terminal to ensure the stability and reliability of the electrical connection between the male metal terminals and the female metal terminals. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305692 | Electrical connector assembly - A connector assembly includes a main substrate ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305693 | Tandem-connected rotatable receptacle unit - A tandem-connected rotatable receptacle unit is provided. The unit includes a primary receptacle having a housing, an electric plug with an electric cord disposed at the front end of the housing, and a first slot set formed at the rear side of the primary receptacle for the output of power. The unit further includes at least one tandem connection receptacle having a blade set at the front side of the housing, the blade set being fixed at a round seat. The blades of the blade set are each coupled to a conducting wire electrically coupled to a conducting piece of a first slot set at the rear end of the tandem connection receptacles. The tandem connection receptacle further includes a second slot set at a side wall and a projecting rib being provided at the circumference of the round seat, whereby the round seat can be rotated about the round seat for adjusting the direction of a second slot set at the side wall of the housing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305694 | CONNECTOR - When each metal terminal | 2008-12-11 |
20080305695 | Electric connector - An electric connector includes: a soldering portion, to be soldered to a substrate, and extending in a first direction; a rising portion, one end of which is connected to one end of the soldering portion, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an elastic portion, one end of which is connected to the other end of the rising portion, and including at least one bending part; and a receiving portion, adapted to receive a plug, and having a U-shape including an open end and a closed end, the open end provided with contact parts which are opposed to each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, the closed end connected to the elastic portion. The soldering portion, the rising portion, the elastic portion and the receiving portion are integrally formed with each other. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305696 | AQUATIC EXERCISE ROWING MACHINE - A floating exercise rowing machine with two elongated floating assemblies that are kept at a parallel and spaced apart relationship with respect to each other by two transversal frame assemblies and a longitudinally extending frame assembly. The frame assemblies support a seat assembly mounted at the middle of the floating exercise machine. A propulsion mechanism that includes a bar that is pivotally mounted to the frame assembly with a coaxially extending actuating end that moves reciprocally between two extreme positions to cause, through linkage arms, the rotation of sprockets that in turn impart a rotational movement to a transversal axle that supports two paddle wheels at the ends. A steering mechanism permits a user to steer the floating machine with his/her hands. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305697 | SPORTS BOARD WITH ADJUSTABLY FLEXIBLE STRINGER - An adjustably flexible stringer and a sports board employing the stringer are disclosed. The sports board includes a foam core in which the stringer is embedded. The stringer includes a plurality of flexible longitudinal strips overlapped with one another and is arranged from one end to the other end in order of increasing flexibility. Specifically, the strips vary in length from each other. Alternatively, the strips may vary in height, width or materials. By varying the arrangement of the strips, an almost unlimited number of configurations may be attained. As such, the sports board employing that stringer may be constructed in a variety of maulers with desired flexibility. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305698 | TOWED PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A towed personal watercraft apparatus includes a submergible unit and a platform. The submergible unit comprises at least two independent vertical stabilizers and one or more hydrofoil units mounted to at least one of the vertical stabilizers. One or more of the hydrofoil units is pivotally attached to the vertical stabilizers. Pivotal attachment can include a torsion spring or roller bearing to allow the hydrofoil units to pivot or rotate about the pitch axis of the platform, thereby improving stability of the towed personal watercraft. Rotation of the hydrofoil units can be limited for functional concerns and performance. For example, rotation of the hydrofoils about the pivot can be allowed in a first direction to prevent a nose dive, while being restricted in a second direction to facilitate a launch of the watercraft out of the water. The platform includes a user mount, such as foot holds or equivalents. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305699 | Structure of Preventing Sticking and Method of Preparing the Same - The present invention provides an anti-adhesion mechanism and a method of producing it and more particularly, it provides an anti-adhesion mechanism comprising a structure body, a resin binder layer comprising a resin binder coated on all or part of the surface of the structure body and a bead layer comprising a plurality of beads bond to the upper side of the coated resin binder layer and being salient outside, and a method of producing an anti-adhesion mechanism comprising coating a resin binder on the surface to be coated, spraying beads on the upper portion of the resin binder before the coated resin binder is hardened and hardening them to form bead protrusions. The anti-adhesion mechanism prepared in accordance with the invention can prevent the adhesion of attachments such as stickers, posters and dusts to the coated surface and easily remove the attachments even though they are adhered, can be readily formed and can improve such properties as weather resistance, contamination resistance, scratch resistance, chemical resistance and impact resistance of the surfaces coated therewith. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305700 | Non-Woven Fabric That Acts as an Indicator - A non-woven fabric to be used in a disposable absorbent article is disclosed, to which a formula is added during its manufacturing process, either to change its affinity to water and/or to provide same with any desired characteristic, said formula containing an indicator means such that the formula can be detected along the entire length and width of the fabric during the manufacturing process thereof, without the need of carrying out laboratory tests. The indicator means can be an optical indicator, a thermal indicator or a coloring agent. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305701 | Textile Complex Intended to be Used as Reinforcing Layer for the Manufacture of Composite Parts, and Process for Manufacturing Such a Complex - The invention relates to a textile complex ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305702 | Substrates Having Biocidal and/or Antimicrobial Properties - The present invention relates to a method for coating substrates, comprising the steps:
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20080305703 | EMBLEM FOR SECURING TO AN ARTICLE - An emblem having a design for securing to an article by the application of at least one of heat and pressure comprises a base having a front surface and a rear surface, the base being comprised of a woven fabric. The emblem design is comprised of two portions, a first portion of the emblem design being woven into the fabric base when the fabric base is made and a second portion of the emblem design being embroidered into the fabric base. A layer of thermoplastic adhesive material is bonded to the rear surface of the fabric base for securing the emblem to the article. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305704 | NEEDLING LOOPS INTO CARRIER SHEETS - Methods of making a sheet-form loop product are provided. One method includes placing a layer of staple fibers against a first side of a substrate comprising a nonwoven web; needling fibers of the layer through the substrate by penetrating the substrate with needles that drag portions of the fibers through the substrate, leaving exposed loops of the fibers extending from a second side of the substrate; and anchoring fibers forming the loops by fusing the fibers to each other and to filaments of the nonwoven web on the first side of the substrate, while substantially preventing fusion of the fibers on the second side of the substrate. Sheet-form loop products are also provided, including for example a flexible nonwoven substrate and a layer of staple fibers disposed on a first side of the substrate, exposed loops of the fibers extending from a second side of the substrate, with bases of the loops being anchored on the first side of the substrate, wherein the fibers on the first side of the substrate are fused together to a relatively greater extent than the fibers on the second side of the substrate. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305705 | REINFORCING MATERIAL WITH BULKED FIBRES - The invention relates to a reinforcing material formed from bulked fibres that are combined in the form of a mat or a nonwoven. The bulked fibres differ as regards the material or degree of bulking. Alternatively or in addition, unbulked fibres are used. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305706 | Plasma display panel - A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel is provided. The method includes making a front substrate and a rear substrate individually and applying a low melting point glass paste including non-porous bead onto a portion of the front substrate or the rear substrate so that the applied low melting point glass paste forms a frame-like shape having a height greater than that of the structural member. The method includes assembling the front substrate and the rear substrate in a face-to-face relation with each other and burning the applied low melting point glass paste while vacuuming a discharge gas space between the front substrate and the rear substrate so as to seal the front substrate and the rear substrate. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305707 | Radiation Curable Resin, Liquid Crystal Sealing Material, and Liquid Crystal Display Cell Using Same - [Problems]
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20080305708 | MAGNETIC BUILDING BLOCK - A children's toy is disclosed, including a block, a casing affixed to the block, and a magnet housed within the casing, the magnet freely moveable within the casing. The freely moveable magnet allows for universal magnetic connections to be made with other similar blocks, as well as other fixed or moveable magnetic elements. Also disclosed are a variety of connectors that connect to the blocks in several different manners. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305709 | Toy Sensitive to Human Touch - A toy including at least one capacitive sensor comprising a metal plate constituting one of the two plates of a capacitor, the second plate being constituted by a portion of a living being in the proximity of the toy, at least one effects generator; and a control circuit including means for causing effects to take place in response to stimulation of said capacitive sensor; the toy being characterized in that said metal plate of said at least one capacitive sensor is used as an antenna for picking tip radio frequency transmission from said portion of a living being in the proximity of the toy. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305710 | Figurine with Selectable Audio and Visual Perception - A figurine and method of use is having selectable personalization includes a doll having a head and torso, also a base disposed adjacent to the head, the base including a surrounding sidewall extending from a bottom portion to an opening defining a first interior that receives a first selected indicia. Further, a transparent cover including an outer periphery that is removably engaged from the sidewall opening. The cover having a first side and second side forming a concave profile to define a second interior portion, with the second side adjacent to the base when the cover and base are engaged, wherein the first and second interior portions form a chamber for the first indicia to be protectively and securely displayed. The base and cover engagement prevents unauthorized removal of the first indicia from the chamber by requiring a tool to separate the base and the cover. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305711 | Toy - A toy actuator which includes a handle, wherein one end of the handle is hollow, and an elongate resilient member formed into a loop so that opposite ends of the member are adjacent one another and opposite a vertex of the loop. The opposite ends are mounted into the hollow end of the handle so as to dispose the handle substantially opposite the vertex. An adornment is mounted substantially to the vertex. The elongate resilient member may be a sufficiently rigid spring so that when the handle is held horizontal so as to cantilever the member from the handle, the member remains substantially horizontal also until deformed by a user oscillating or otherwise translating the handle vertically, side-to-side, forward-and-back, or circularly. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305712 | Plush toy having a coil spring backbone - A plush toy includes a head section, a hind section opposite the head section, and a mid section. The mid section has opposite first and second ends, where the first end is mounted to the head section and the second end is mounted to the hind section. The mid section incorporates an elongate helical-coiled backbone spring extending longitudinally the length of the mid section from the first end to the second end. A plush body is mounted around the backbone spring. The plush body includes a soft, flexible coiled member formed as a coil coiled around the background spring so as to not restrict bending or rotational deformation of the backbone spring. The bending or rotational deformation of the backbone spring lends to the apparently acrobatic ability of the plush toy to twist and bend its body. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305713 | Shadow Generation Apparatus and Method - Apparatus and a method for generating a shadow onto a real world surface is described, with the shadow being related to a virtual object in for example a game world. The apparatus ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305714 | BRA AND/OR BRA PAD FOR PROVIDING THE APPEARANCE OF SYMMETRY TO ASYMMETRICAL BREASTS - An apparatus comprising a first cup and a second cup. The first cup may comprise (i) an inner shell selected from a number of available cup sizes and (ii) an outer shell selected from a number of available cup sizes. The inner shell of the first cup and the outer shell of the first cup may be shaped from a first solid piece of flexible material. The second cup may comprise (i) an inner shell selected from the number of available cup sizes and (ii) an outer shell selected from the number of available cup sizes. The inner shell of the second cup and the outer shell of the second cup may be shaped from a second solid piece of flexible material. The inner shell of the first cup and the inner shell of the second cup may be different cup sizes and the outer shell of the first cup and the outer shell of the second cup may be the same cup size. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305715 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A polishing pad used in a CMP step in the manufacture of a semiconductor integrated circuit device is relatively expensive; thus, it is necessary to avoid a wasteful exchange of the pad. Accordingly, it is important to measure the abrasion amount of this pad precisely. However, in ordinary measurement thereof through light, the presence of a slurry hinders the measurement. In measurement thereof with a contact type sensor, a problem that pollutants elute out is caused. In a CMP step in the invention, the height position of a dresser is measured while the dresser operates, thereby detecting the abrasion amount or the thickness of a polishing pad indirectly. In this way, the time for exchanging the polishing pad is made appropriate. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305716 | HONING METHOD AND HONING CONTROL DEVICE - A honing method and honing control device suitable for the honing having a large processing area is provided. The honing control device includes a grinder and an expansion member for disposition in a processing hole of a workpiece. The amount of an expanding movement when the grinder contacts the inner surface of a gauge hole via the expansion member is stored as a target expansion amount by inserting a honing head into the gauge hole having the same size as a target processing diameter of a master gauge. Then, a honing of an inner surface of the processing hole is performed by inserting the honing head within a processing hole of a workpiece moving the grinder towards an outer side of a diametrical direction by the expansion member installed within the honing head to rotate the honing head. The honing is completed when the amount of the expanding movement of the grinder reaches a target expansion amount established by the master gauge. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305717 | PLATEN ASSEMBLY AND WORK PIECE CARRIER HEAD EMPLOYING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT SENSOR - A platen assembly is provided for supporting a polish pad of the type utilized to planarize a wafer. The platen assembly comprises a sensor system and a polish platen having a first surface for supporting the polish pad. The sensor system comprises a flexible sensor and a flexible circuit operatively coupled to the sensor controller. The flexible circuit includes a first flexible sensor disposed proximate the first surface. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305718 | Polishing Composition and Polishing Method - A first polishing composition includes abrasive grains and an iodine compound and has a pH of 6 or more. The first polishing composition can suitably polish the Si [0001] plane of a single crystal silicon carbide substrate. A second polishing composition includes an iodine compound and has a pH of 8 or less. The second polishing composition can suitably polish the C [000-1] plane of a single crystal silicon carbide substrate. A third polishing composition includes abrasive grains and an iodine compound and has a pH of 6 to 8, inclusive. The third polishing composition can suitably polish each of the Si [0001] and C [000-1] planes of a single crystal silicon carbide substrate. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305719 | Scratch removal device and method - A polishing wheel including a lower polishing surface and defining a different color from a secondary portion of the polishing wheel, so as to indicate wear of the polishing surface. The polishing surface includes a plurality of main radial flutes extending from a central passage to an outer edge. A reduced profile for the main radial flutes is provided adjacent to the outer edge. A plurality of secondary radial flutes is provided extending from the outer edge, but not in communication with either the central passage or the main radial flutes. The reduced profile for the main radial flute is defined by a variable depth portion. The secondary radial flutes defined by a variable depth portion. Each of the main radial flutes and the secondary radial flutes formed by a circular saw. An indexing machine is used to move the polishing wheel during the forming process. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305720 | Method for Production of a Laminate Polishing Pad - Disclosed is a method for production of a laminate polishing pad which comprises a reduced number of steps and is excellent in productivity rate, and which causes no detachment between a polishing layer and a cushion layer and can prevent the groove clogging caused by a slurry or the like. Also disclosed is a laminate polishing pad produced by the method. A method for production of a laminate polishing pad, comprising the steps of: preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical frothing process; ejecting the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a cushion layer continuously while feeding the cushion layer; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition while controlling the thickness of the composition evenly to form a polishing layer made of a polyurethane foam, thereby producing a long laminate sheet; and cutting the long laminate sheet. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305721 | TREATING METHOD FOR BRITTLE MEMBER - An object of the present invention is to provide a treating method for brittle member capable of stably holding the brittle member when applying predetermined treatments such as transportation and grinding back surface of a brittle member such as a semi-conductor wafer and separating the brittle member without breakage after finishing required treatment to thereby attaining high thickness accuracy of the brittle member. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305722 | Method for the single-sided polishing of bare semiconductor wafers - Single-sided polishing of bare semiconductor wafers is accomplished by using a polishing head with a membrane made of a resilient material by which polishing pressure is transmitted onto the backside of the semiconductor wafer to be polished, wherein the semiconductor wafer is pressed against a polishing cloth with a smooth surface while supplying a polishing agent, and is prevented from sliding off the membrane by a retainer ring. The retainer ring is provided with channels on a side surface facing the polishing cloth. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305723 | Polishing disc for a tool for the fine machining of optically active surfaces particularly on spectacle lenses and method for its production - A polishing disc for a tool for the fine machining of optically active surfaces, particularly on spectacle lenses as workpieces, comprises a main body which has a center axis and on which there is fixed an intermediate layer which is softer than the main body and on which a polishing agent carrier rests. The intermediate layer has, with respect to the center axis, a radial inner region of substantially constant axial thickness and an adjoining radial outer region. The latter is formed or is fixed to the main body in a particular way so as to prevent the edge of the polishing disc from being imprinted on the machined surface of the workpiece in the form of very fine, scratch-like microstructures. Also proposed is a simple method which can be used to produce such a polishing disc. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305724 | Surface grinding machine, spindle device and surface grinding method - In through-feed grinding workpieces by grinding stones rotating around the axes of spindles, the spindles are tiltably held by elastic holding means around tilt axes substantially orthogonal to the direction of exit and entrance of the workpieces with respect to the grinding stones. When a grinding loads are imposed on the entrance sides of the grinding stones, the spindles are tilted by offset loads around the tilt axes against the force of urging means in such a manner that the axial displacement and the exit displacement of the grinding stone due to the offset load are substantially the same. The grinding stones are reset around the tilt axes by the elastic holding means immediately before the end of processing at which time the axial displacement is smaller. This makes it possible to reduce the number of defectively ground articles coming from the through-feed grinding and reduce the wear in the grinding stones. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305725 | Chemical mechanical polish system having multiple slurry-dispensing systems - A chemical mechanical polish system includes a polishing pad, a platen supporting and rotating the polishing pad, a top slurry dispenser placed over a polishing pad, a bottom slurry dispenser placed through an opening in the polishing pad, and a duct connected to the bottom slurry dispenser, the duct extending toward the bottom of the polishing pad. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305726 | WHEEL SPINDLE DEVICE FOR GRINDING MACHINE - In a wheel spindle device wherein a plurality of grinding wheels are attached in a juxtaposed relation to a wheel spindle rotatably carried on a wheel head of a grinding machine, a reference position for specifying a position in the circumferential direction of the grinding wheel is provided on a core member of each of the grinding wheels, and a plurality of inclined grooves at predetermined angular intervals are formed on a grinding surface of each grinding wheel to be inclined relative to the circumferential direction of each grinding wheel. In order that the fluctuations in the dynamic pressure and the grinding resistance between respective grinding wheels and workpiece portions ground therewith do not grow as a combined or synergy effect, the inclined grooves on each grinding wheel are shifted in angular phase from those on another grinding wheel, so that grinding efficiency and accuracy can be enhanced. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305727 | Rapid Locking Device - A rapid locking device axially secures a disc-type tool ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305728 | Power tools - A power tool includes an air introduction device that can introduce an external air into the casing and can produce a spiral flow of the air within the casing. A motor is disposed within the casing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305729 | THIN POLISHING PAD WITH WINDOW AND MOLDING PROCESS - A polishing pad is described that has a polishing layer with a polishing surface, an adhesive layer on a side of the polishing layer opposite the polishing layer, and a solid light-transmitting window extending through and molded to the polishing layer. The window has a top surface coplanar with the polishing surface and a bottom surface coplanar with a lower surface of the adhesive layer. A method of making a polishing pad includes forming an aperture through a polishing layer and an adhesive layer, securing a backing piece to the adhesive layer on a side opposite a polishing surface of the polishing layer, dispensing a liquid polymer into the aperture, and curing the liquid polymer to form a window. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305730 | Grinding Tool for Natural Stone Floors, Artificial Stone Floors and Industrial Soils - A grinding tool for natural stone floors, artificial stone floors and industrial floors allows a greatest possible adaptation to the unevennesses of worn natural and artificial stone floors to be restored by using diamond tools that are flexibly attached. The diamond tools are fixed on a mat so that each individual diamond tool can adapt individually to the grooves and unevennesses of an animated natural stone and stone floor. The grinding pattern of a surface machined with said grinding tool corresponds to a newly produced natural stone or artificial stone floor. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305731 | POSITIONABLE BACK DRAFT ASSEMBLY - A filter housing, a duct arm and a hood which is positioned near the fume source as the duct arm extends between the hood and the filter housing for conveying the fumes from the hood to the filter housing. The filter housing includes a motor for generating suction at the hood inlet and for propelling the fumes out of the filter housing through a housing outlet. The motor has a power ranging from 7.5 to 10.0 horsepower for moving air through the assembly at speeds exceeding 6000 feet per minute (fpm) and at flow rates exceeding 2100 cubic feet per minute (cfm). The hood has a depth of 12 inches and the hood inlet has a width of 36.44 inches and a height of 12.51 inches. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305732 | Ventilation device for a motor vehicle as well as mold and method for producing the ventilation device - A ventilation device ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305733 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves using multiple cold row encapsulation structures to cool the servers installed on the racks. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305734 | Weep hole cover - An apparatus for providing ventilation in a lower level of a building and for preventing mold and mildew from building up in an interior portion of such building while also preventing entrance of small unwanted animals. The apparatus comprises a frame member having each of a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size and formed of a first predetermined material. A screen member is engageable with the frame member for attachment thereto, such screen member having each of a second predetermined shape and a second predetermined size and being formed of a second predetermined material. The apparatus is secured to the structure by one of masonry screws or is secured in new construction with bricks and brick mortar. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305735 | MOBILE TELEPHONE JAMMING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES - A mobile telephone jamming system for automobiles includes circuitry for jamming mobile telephone communications and a mechanism for an authorized person to selectively turn off the jamming. It may also include one or more switches or sensors, such as the ignition switch, a speed sensor, or an on-off switch to selectively control when the mobile telephone jamming system interferes with mobile telephone calls. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305736 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING MULTIPLE SATELLITE TRANSPONDERS FOR DATA DISTRIBUTION - Systems and method for providing digital data signals in conjunction with multiple satellite transponders are described. An uplink apparatus is configured to divide and recombine the digital data signal to generate a composite signal. The composite signal is then provided to a satellite and retransmitted by a plurality of satellite transponders to a content receiver. The content receiver is configured to recombine the plurality of transponder signals to regenerate the digital data signal. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305737 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments include systems and methods of accessing data items, including, for example, data items receivable over a broadcast network. One embodiment includes a method of accessing broadcast data items that includes receiving, on a mobile device over a broadcast wireless network, data identifying a plurality of data items available for reception by the mobile device. The method further includes transmitting, from the mobile device over a wireless network, a request for communication of at least one of the plurality of data items from a content delivery service to a repository device, detecting a connection of the mobile device with the repository device, and in response to said detecting, the mobile device receives at least a portion of the at least one data item from the repository device using the connection. Other embodiments include a mobile device, a repository device, and a content delivery service and related methods. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305738 | SYSTEM DISPLAYING RECEIVED CONTENT ON A PORTABLE WIRELESS MEDIA DEVICE - A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by being in proximity with a local base station or WiFi hotspot (i.e., publicly available local wireless access hub connected to the Internet). The portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system preferably include a security means for monitoring and blocking unauthorized use of the player apparatus and system. The player apparatus further preferably has the capability to communicate with other neighboring player apparatus for the purpose of exchanging content data files, playlists and personal messages. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305739 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE DATA TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a system, a method and a terminal for multimedia broadcast/multicast service data transmission. The system includes: a radio network controller (RNC), a service general packet radio service supporting node (SGSN), gateway general packet radio service supporting node (GGSN), a broadcast/multicast service center, an UE type inquiry module, a database, and a processing module. The method includes: acquiring feedback UE type information; calculating the number of UEs matched with the type of the to-be-transmitted media resource; determining whether the number of UEs is greater than a preset threshold, if the number of UEs is greater than the preset threshold, a bearing means of point-to-multi-points is adopted for sending the media resource; if the number of UE is not greater than the preset threshold, a bearing means of point-to-point is adopted for sending the media resource. The terminal includes: a mobile communication terminal, and a UE type feedback module. The network resource waste is avoided, and the effectiveness of media resource transmission is guaranteed through the present invention. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305740 | Wireless Communication Apparatus, Wireless Communication Method and Wireless Communication System - The objective of the present invention is to suppress an increase in the power consumption for the relaying of signals. A relay station unit | 2008-12-11 |
20080305741 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PAIRING BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICE HAVING A HINGE PORTION AND A COUPLEABLE HARDWARE ACCESSORY - A system securely forming a short distance wireless network has a first device for generating a first signal including an identification symbol; and a second device for receiving the first signal over a wired data connection or proximity based wireless connection between the first and the second devices. The second device generates a second signal responsive to the second device generating a first signal including the identification symbol and receiving a second signal including a pairing message. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305742 | INTERFACE FOR PDA AND COMPUTING DEVICE - An interface between PDAs and computing devices, such as a PC or an in-vehicle system permits a user to use the better user interface of the computing device to access and control the operation of the PDA. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305743 | Wireless Communication Path Management Methods and Systems - Methods and systems for managing wireless communication paths are provided. At wireless communication equipment which is connected to a communication device, a wireless communication path to a remote communication device is monitored. Based on results of the monitoring, a determination is made as to whether the wireless communication path should be shut down. If it is determined that the wireless communication path should be shut down, a respective notification is provided to each of the communication devices. A notification may also be provided from wireless communication equipment to a communication device to which it is operatively coupled responsive to receiving a notification that remote wireless communication equipment has determined that the wireless communication path should be shut down. In some embodiments, these notifications are used to present various modes of failure in a wireless communication path to the path endpoints as a physical layer failure. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305744 | Wireless Station and Method in a Wireless Station for Initiating Resource Measurements - The present invention relates to a method and a wireless station for initiating radio resource measurements. A wireless station identifies a need for radio resource measurements by a second wireless station despite there is no association between the wireless station and the second wireless station allowing direct radio communication between said stations. The wireless station initiates a request for radio resource measurements by the second wireless station. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF CHANNEL QUALITY AND CODING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes transmitting feedback over an aggregate of predefined control channel elements (CCEs) wherein the feedback is one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a rank index. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305746 | USER HAND DETECTION FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the wireless device during the predetermined period; and comparing the at least one acceleration measurement to at least one stored acceleration measurement, the at least one stored acceleration measurement corresponding to a held wireless device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305747 | Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for measuring service quality via mobile handsets - Methods, systems and computer-readable media are provided for measuring service quality of wireless communications systems, including automatically detecting, reporting and assessing problems in wireless communications systems. The location measurement capability of a wireless terminal is leveraged to note the position of the wireless terminal when measuring service quality and when service problems are encountered. Descriptive information associated with a service quality is collected and stored and subsequently transmitted to a central processor at a later time along with location information. This information enables service quality maps to be constructed and continuously updated without negatively impacting a wireless communications system. A user of a wireless terminal may be provided the opportunity to provide feedback that is subsequently transmitted to the central processor and used in analyzing and rectifying problems. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305748 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA OVER A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN TWO TRANSCEIVER STATIONS - Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data over a communication channel between two transceiver stations are disclosed. A first decision is made during an initialization process, wherein the first decision comprises selecting a first subset of communication parameters. A second decision is made during the initialization process wherein the second decision comprises deciding whether one or more of the communication parameters of the first subset are to be changed depending on information collected about the communication channel. | 2008-12-11 |