| 52nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20120326512 | ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - An electric power control apparatus, an electric power control method, and an electric power feeding system by which the maximum operating point of a generating element such as a solar battery can be controlled to be maintained, and electric power loss can be avoided. The electric power control apparatus is provided with an electric power path switch unit to which a plurality of generating elements can be connected, and a voltage conversion unit that converts a voltage level which is generated by the generating elements and supplied via the electric power path switch unit. The electric power path switch unit includes a first connection switching function which switches between series connection and parallel connection for the plurality of generating elements, and a second connection switching function which switches between connected and non-connected to an input side of the voltage conversion unit for the generating elements connected in series or parallel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326513 | POWER OFF DELAY CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power off delay circuit includes a first diode with an anode receiving input power and a boost transformer circuit connected to a cathode of the first diode. The boost transformer circuit outputs power signals to a load circuit, and includes a capacitor, a primary winding, a first secondary winding, and a second secondary winding. The capacitor is charged when an input power is on, and discharges when the input power is off. The first secondary winding boosts power flowing through the primary winding and the first switch branch to charge the capacitor via the third switch branch when the input power is on. The capacitor discharges via the second secondary winding and the fourth switch branch when the input power is off, and the primary winding boosts discharging power of the capacitor, and outputs boosted discharging power to the load circuit via the second switch branch. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326514 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A power supply control apparatus is connected to an electric device to control supply of power to the electric device. The apparatus includes a main power switch to apply or interrupt main power to the electric device, the main power being external input commercial AC power, an auxiliary power storage unit supplied and charged with the main power as auxiliary power, a charging/discharging unit including a charging circuit to convert the main power into DC power and charge the converted DC power in the auxiliary power storage unit, and a discharging circuit to convert the DC power in the auxiliary power storage unit into AC power and discharge the converted AC power to the electric device, and a controller to control the main power switch, and control the charging/discharging unit to selectively drive the charging circuit or the discharging circuit. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326515 | ELECTRIC POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECEIVING ELECTRIC POWER - An electric power receiving device according to the invention receives an electric power from a primary coil, with which a first alternating voltage is applied and through which a first alternate current flows. The device includes an electric power receiving section and a reducing-voltage generating section. The receiving section includes a secondary coil electromagnetically coupled to the primary coil and a capacitor connected to the secondary coil, and generates a second alternating voltage based upon the first alternating current. The generating section generates a reducing-voltage and applies the reducing-voltage to the receiving section, the reducing-voltage being capable of reducing a reactance voltage generated in the receiving section by a second alternating current generated in the receiving section due to the second alternating voltage, and the reducing-voltage being approximately equal to the second alternating voltage in frequency. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326516 | Fuel Cell Power Generation System with Isolated and Non-Isolated Buses - A fuel cell system provides isolation of one or more DC buses which supply power to a DC IT load from AC noise generated by AC inverters or the AC grid using one or more isolating DC/DC converters. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN A FIRST SUPPLY VOLTAGE AND A SECOND SUPPLY VOLTAGE OF A LOAD - A system switches between application of a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage to a load. The second supply voltage is a regulated voltage that is generated from the first supply voltage, or is alternatively generated from a reference voltage, such as bandgap. When the load is supplied from the first supply voltage, the regulated voltage is also generated from the first supply voltage. At or after switching the load to the second supply voltage, the regulated voltage is generated instead from the reference voltage. The load is a clock circuit, such as an oscillator. The controlled switching of the supply voltage for the load in the manner described addresses concerns over introducing errors in the output clock signal when the clock circuit's supply voltage is changed. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326518 | PARALLEL ELECTRIC SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING METER SOCKET AND LOAD CENTER COMBINATION - A parallel electric service system including a combination load center is disclosed. More particularly, the parallel electric service system encompasses a combination load center adapted to receive power from a utility power source and a parallel power source such as a solar module, wind turbine, fuel cell, or the like. Power may be supplied to electrical loads of branches of the system by the utility power source, parallel power source, or both. The system also provides electrical usage metering and allows electrical power to flow back to the grid. Methods of connecting parallel power sources in the parallel electric service system are provided, as are other aspects. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326519 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD AND ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY SUPPLIED TO A RESONANT TANK - The invention relates to an adaptive controlling method for controlling energy supplied by an electrical source to a resonance tank that is connectable to an electric load. The method comprises the step of determining an energy amount to be supplied to the tank, based on information of energy in the resonance tank. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326520 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a communication apparatus including a magnetic sheet that includes an opening, a non-contract power supply coil that is disposed on the magnetic sheet, a high-frequency coupler that includes a coupling electrode, a ground, and a resonance unit configured to increase an amount of current flowing into the coupling electrode, and is configured such that the coupling electrode appears on the magnetic sheet via the opening, and a communication circuit unit that processes a high-frequency signal transmitted to and received from the coupling electrode. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326521 | DETECTION OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FOREIGN OBJECT IN AN INDUCTIVE TRANSMISSION PATH - A system for contactless inductive energy transmission includes a primary system and a secondary system. The primary system comprises a first modulation unit that is configured to convert an energy signal to a first modulated alternating voltage signal. Furthermore, the primary system comprises a primary element that is configured to inductively transmit the first modulated alternating voltage signal. The secondary system comprises a secondary element that is configured to receive the first modulated alternating voltage signal. Moreover, the primary system comprises a primary control unit and a first measuring unit configured to determine a first parameter of the system and to transmit it to the primary control unit. Therein, the primary control unit is configured, depending on the first parameter, to determine whether at least one electrically conductive foreign object is located in the inductive transmission path between the primary element and the secondary element. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326522 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - To increase efficiency of wireless power feeding to a moving object in wireless power feeding. A wireless power feeder | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326523 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - To increase efficiency of wireless power feeding to a moving object in wireless power feeding of a magnetic field resonance type. A wireless power feeder includes a plurality of feeding coils and a power feeding source (power transmission control circuit) provided in common to the plurality of feeding coils and feeds power from the plurality of feeding coils to a receiving coil by wireless. The plurality of feeding coils are adjacently arranged such that coil surfaces thereof partially overlap each other. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326524 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A portable terminal is activated when receiving verification power transmitted in a contactless manner from a charger using electromagnetic coupling between the charger and the portable terminal. The portable terminal sends an electrical signal (wakeup frame) indicating activation immediately after being activated to the charger. Reception of the wakeup frame triggers the power transmitting device to start a verification process on the power receiving device and perform a detection process for a metal foreign object. After authentication is established, the charger transmits normal power to the portable terminal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326525 | Regulating Power for a Wireless Communication Device - A method is provided for managing power for a wireless communication device. The method includes receiving a loop current at an insertion voltage at an initial input, the loop current being generated by a power supply. The method further includes comparing a reference voltage to the insertion voltage and generating a feedback signal based at least upon the comparison of the reference voltage to the insertion voltage. The method still further includes regulating the insertion voltage based at least upon the feedback signal, delivering charging power to an electrical storage element, wherein the charging power is a function of the insertion voltage and the loop current, and storing the charging power in the electrical storage element. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326526 | Inductively coupled data and power transfer system and apparatus - The present invention provides a system and apparatus for transferring electronic data and/or power from one station to another by means of a transportable pod comprising a solid state memory device and further provided with an inductively linked, electrically insulated connector. The transportable pod comprises a battery which is used to power a remote host docking station, which may be used in an underwater environment for the collection of subsea data. The transportable pod can be transferred alternately from a home docking station, where it is charged up, and where it's stored data is uploaded and to a remote host docking station where is provides power, and where it collects and stores data collected by the remote host docking station. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326527 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE GENERATOR - An electromagnetic pulse generating apparatus including an elongated flexible tube having an inflated mode and a non-inflated mode, wherein a cross section of said tube perpendicular to the elongation axis is larger when inflated mode than when not-inflated. The tube is placed inside an electrically conductive coil wound along the elongated axis and electrically connected to an output connector, and an opening connected to a source of a hydraulic and/or pneumatic pressure. A magnetic field generating apparatus provides a magnetic flux parallel to coil axis. Where the tube is operative to receive the pressure into the opening, causing the tube to inflate, thus causing change of cross-section area of the coil within the magnetic flux, thus generating an electromagnetic pulse at the output connector. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326528 | Compenstation scheme for the voltage droop of solid-state marx modulators - A novel design scheme for the compensation circuitry of solid-state Marx modulators has been described for enhancing the compensation ability of the compensation cells of solid-state Marx modulators and simplifying the entire circuitry of the modulator. High-speed solid-state switches are adopted in the new compensation cell for the control of the compensation actions. Inductive components and diodes are adopted in the design scheme to smooth the flattop of the voltage pulse output by the Marx modulator. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326529 | POWER SUPPLY IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A power supply identification apparatus includes a first delay section for delaying a voltage via the first power terminal or the second power terminal by a first delay time so as to output the voltage to the first input terminal, a second delay section for delaying a voltage via the first power terminal or the second power terminal by a second delay time shorter than the first delay time so as to output the voltage to the second input terminal, and a delay time switching section for switching the second delay time into a third delay time longer than the first delay time based on a power supply to the second power terminal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326530 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENABLED TO DECREASE POWER CONSUMPTION - An electronic device includes an input interface receiving a power signal, a voltage conversion unit converting the power signal into a voltage signal, a processing unit receiving the voltage signal to operate normally, a load unit, and a control unit electrically connected to the processing unit, the voltage conversion unit and the load unit. The processing unit detects whether the load unit stops operating. In response to the processing unit detecting that the load unit stops operating, the processing unit controls the control unit to cut off an electrical connection between the voltage conversion unit and the load unit, and thereby the voltage conversion unit stops providing the voltage signal to the load unit. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326531 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electrical storage apparatus includes an electrical storage unit configured to output direct-current power, a switch element configured to block positive-side wiring connecting the electrical storage unit to an outside, a diode connected in parallel with the switch element in a direction of a current flowing from the outside to the electrical storage unit, a voltage detection unit configured to detect voltages at both ends of the switch element, and a switch control unit configured to open the switch element when the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit is a predetermined value or greater. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326532 | ELECTRODYNAMIC-TRANSDUCER MAGNETIC MOTOR - The disclosure relates to an electrodynamic-transducer magnetic motor device ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326533 | LINEAR MOTOR WITH BACK YOKE - Provided herein is a linear motor in which a back yoke can readily be mounted onto a linear motor body. The linear motor body is surrounded or wrapped by the back yoke that works to form part of a magnetic circuit of the linear motor body. The back yoke assembly includes first and second divided assemblies. The first and second divided assemblies have the same dimension and shape, and are each formed by press working a silicon steel plate or a magnetic plate made of SPCC material. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326534 | ELECTRICAL ACTUATORS WITH GROOVED TABLE TOP OR HOUSING - The invention provides electrical actuators with grooved table top or housing (grooved actuators). In the invented electrical actuators, the Eddy current losses in moving conductive part from stationary permanent magnets (or in stationary conductive part from moving magnets) are reduced due to grooves. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326535 | ELECTROMOTIVE INDUCTIVE CORE FOR A GENERATOR - An electromotive inductive core for a generator has a first rotation disk and at least two second rotation disks. A driving shaft passes through a central position of the first and second rotation disks and is connected to a power unit to drive the first and second rotation disks to simultaneously rotate. A plurality of permanent magnets and auxiliary magnets are disposed around each of the first and second rotation disks, and the permanent magnets and the auxiliary magnets are disposed on respective disks in an alternating manner and interleaved between adjacent disks with opposite poles facing each other. Furthermore, a plurality of sleeve tubes are disposed adjacent to at least a side of each of the first rotation disk and the second rotation disk, each sleeve tube having a slidable force magnet and wrapped with a coil, with ends of each coil electrically connected to a battery. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326536 | VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for harvesting energy is described. The apparatus includes a vibration component and a moving mass. The vibration component has a first and second end and further includes a magnetostrictive material. The vibration component further includes a conduction coil wrapped around the magnetostrictive material. The moving mass is coupled to the second end of the vibration assembly. The mass is configured to move in an oscillating path in response to forces acting on the vibration energy harvesting apparatus, inducing strain on the magnetostrictive material. The strain on the magnetostrictive material changes a magnetic property of the magnetostrictive material, inducing electrical energy in the conduction coil wrapped around the magnetostrictive material. Other embodiments of the apparatus are also described. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326537 | LINEAR MOTOR WITH BACK YOKE - Provided herein is a linear motor in which a back yoke can readily be mounted onto a plurality of linear motor units. The back yoke is constituted from a back yoke assembly including a surrounding portion that entirely surrounds six linear motor units. The back yoke works to form part of respective magnetic circuits of the six linear motor units. The back yoke assembly includes first and second divided assemblies and five partition wall portions. The first and second divided assemblies are each formed by press working a magnetic plate made of silicon steel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326538 | MOLDED MOTOR - A molded motor includes a stator, a resin casing, a rotor, a pair of bearings, a pair of bearing retainers, a resin bracket cover, and a control board. The rotor includes a shaft. The bearings are arranged to rotatably support the shaft. The bearing retainers are made of an elastic electrically insulating body. The bearing retainers are arranged to cover the bearings at radial outer sides of the bearings and to hold the bearings in place. The bracket cover is arranged to cover the open side of the casing. One of the bearings is attached to the bracket cover through one of the bearing retainers. The other bearing is attached to a bottom wall portion of the casing through the other bearing retainer. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326539 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH CONTRA-ROTATING ROTORS - An electrical machine comprising: a first stator member ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326540 | MOTOR UNIT - The invention relates to a motor unit ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326541 | Regenerative Motor and Coil - This invention presents a highly efficient electric motor which can be embodied in several configurations, including a standard motor, a hub motor, a linear motor, or other motor configuration. As a regenerative device, the motor may also act as a part-time or full-time electrical generator. There is provided a motor composed of a stator and a rotor. The stator has an array of coils arranged therein. The rotor has an array of magnets arranged therein. Each of the coils includes a first winding of wire wrapped around a core, and the wire has a non-circular cross-section. The wire can be a flattened wire. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326542 | EXTERNAL ROTOR MOTOR - An electronically commutated external-rotor motor has an internal stator ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326543 | BEARING APPARATUS, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A bearing apparatus includes a stationary shaft, a first annular member, and a rotating member. The rotating member includes a first inner circumferential surface arranged opposite to the outer circumferential surface of the stationary shaft, and a second inner circumferential surface arranged opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the first annular member. A lubricating oil is arranged in a gap between a surface of a stationary member and the rotating member. On an upper side of an upper surface of the lubricating oil, the first annular member and the rotating member are arranged radially opposite to each other with a slight gap defined therebetween, so that a labyrinth seal is defined. The labyrinth seal and a fixing range over which the stationary shaft and the first annular member are fixed to each other are arranged to overlap with each other in a radial direction. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326544 | Magnetic break system - A magnetic brake system includes a magnetic induction unit, which is fixedly mounted at the chassis of a vehicle and comprising a stack of silicon steel sheets and a coil wound round the stack of silicon steel sheets and electrically connected to a switch at a brake pedal of the vehicle, and a magnetic attraction unit, which is arranged corresponding to the magnetic induction unit for causing a magnetic attractive or repulsive force between the magnetic induction unit and the magnetic attraction unit when the brake pedal is pressed to switch on the switch. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326545 | Method of attaching a magnet to a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine - A method of attaching a magnet to a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine is provided. The method includes arranging a magnet along a surface of the rotor or stator; arranging a pair of retainers, one on each side of the magnet; enclosing the rotor or stator, magnet and retainers in a vacuum bag; and performing vacuum evacuation to consolidate the magnet to the retainers by means of adhesive. A magnet mounting arrangement for a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine and a wind turbine with a generator including a rotor and a stator and such a magnet mounting arrangement are also provided. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326546 | Electrical Actuators with Eddy Current Reducer - The invention provides electrical actuators with reducer of Eddy current losses (Eddy current reducer) that improves the performance of actuator. In the electrical actuators, it greatly reduces the Eddy current losses in moving conductive part from stationary permanent magnets (or in stationary conductive part from moving magnets). | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326547 | MOTOR HAVING ROTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTOR - A rotor core has installation portions in which first magnets, which are permanent magnets, are arranged. The installation portions are larger than the first magnets. The first magnets are divided into a first group and a second group. The first magnets in the first group are fixed to the installation portions to be offset in the positive rotational direction of the rotor toward the pseudo magnetic poles or the different magnetic poles. The permanent magnets in the second group are fixed to the installation portions to be offset in the inverse rotational direction of the rotor toward the pseudo magnetic poles or the different magnetic poles. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326548 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes a stator and a rotatable, approximately cylindrical rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, rotor cores, radial permanent magnets, and side plates. The shaft includes projected and depressed engagement portions. The rotor cores are separated from each other on a magnetic pole basis. The rotor cores constitute circumferentially arranged pole shoes. The radial permanent magnets are each on a circumferential side of a pole shoe among the pole shoes. Each of the radial permanent magnets is engaged with an engagement portion among the engagement portions of the shaft. The side plates are on axial ends of the rotor. The side plates support the rotor cores and the permanent magnets in a radial direction of the rotor. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326549 | FIXING A PERMANENT MAGNET IN A DRIVING MOTOR ROTOR - A method of fixing a permanent magnet in a rotor of a driving motor, e.g., for a vehicle, includes inserting the permanent magnet into a core of the rotor and fixing the permanent magnet by supplying resin to the permanent magnet, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the resin is substantially equal to that of the rotor core. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326550 | STATOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, STATOR, AND MOTOR - A stator manufacturing method includes the steps of preparing an armature core, forming an insulating member including two opposing portions from a sheet-like insulating material, and deforming the insulating member to move the two opposing portions toward each other. The method also includes the step of inserting distal parts of the two opposing portions into the corresponding slit from the axial direction thereby covering an inner surface of each of the slot with the insulating member. Further, the method includes the steps of inserting a conductor forming a winding into each of the slots between the two opposing portions. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326551 | STATOR, MOTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STATOR - A stator includes a core having a plurality of slots and a plurality of U-shaped conductors, which are inserted in the corresponding slots. Each of the conductors has a pair of legs and a joint portion that connects the legs together. Each slot receives four legs and each of the legs in the slot is one leg of the corresponding one of the conductors. Two of the four conductors corresponding to the four legs inserted in each slot are overlapped with each other at the joint portions as viewed at least circumferentially. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326552 | STATOR AND MOTOR - An armature core of a stator has an annular portion and a plurality of teeth extending radially from the annular portion. A segment coil is configured by electrically connecting a plurality of segment conductors together. The segment conductors extend axially through slots S, each of which is defined between each adjacent pair of the teeth. Each of the teeth has a width adjustment portion for decreasing a slot width in a direction perpendicular to a radial direction in the radially inward direction. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326553 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VARIABLE-SPEED MOTOR TECHNICAL FIELD - An electromagnetic variable-speed motor includes a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnet structures, a stator disposed on the same axis as the rotor and having a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots, and a variable-speed module disposed on the same axis as the rotor and the stator and at a position between the rotor and stator. Therein, the pole number of the variable-speed module no greater than the number of the slots such that the variable-speed module can be completely integrated with the stator, thereby providing a simplified yet strengthened structure which requires less components and fabrication costs than the prior art. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326554 | STATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND MOTOR - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a stator configured to ensure insulation properties between a conductor and an armature core while preventing a manufacturing cost from increasing and preventing a space factor from lowering. In an edge-removing step, a plurality of independent edge-removing punches, which correspond to one slot S or two or more slots S press and chamfer a corner portion of an axial opening edge of the slot in an axial end core sheet of the armature core. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326555 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING SLEEVE MOUNTED TO ROTARY SHAFT WITH HIGH PRECISION - In an electric motor | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326556 | Ultrasonic Transducer and Manufacturing Method - An ultrasonic transducer includes a first electrode, a first insulation film covering the first electrode, a hollow part overlapping the first electrode on the first insulation film, a second insulation film covering the hollow part, a second electrode overlapping the hollow part on the second insulation film, and an interconnection joined to the second electrode. An edge of the first electrode is formed so as to moderate a step of the first electrode. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326557 | ACTUATOR - The present invention relates to an actuator including a supporting portion including a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite the first electrode, and a part of a planar electrolyte member disposed therebetween, and having terminals configured to apply a voltage between the first and second electrodes; a displacement portion; and an intermediate portion disposed between the supporting portion and the displacement portion and including a third electrode on the electrolyte member and a conductive connecting member. The third electrode includes linear members and a conductive material. The linear members have major axes thereof extending in a direction crossing a direction from the supporting portion toward the displacement portion. The third electrode has conduction paths through which a current flows in the crossing direction. The conductive connecting member is electrically connected to one of the first and second electrodes and electrically connects the conduction paths together. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326558 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A laminated ceramic electronic component having excellent mechanical characteristics and internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, and low defective rate includes a laminate having a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and a plurality of Al/Cu alloy-containing internal electrodes at specific interfaces between ceramic layers; where the Al/Cu ratio of the Al/Cu alloy is 80/20 or more. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326559 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component having excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, low defective rate, and various properties. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes: a laminate which has a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and internal electrodes at a plurality of specific interfaces between the ceramic layers and having an Al/Ni alloy as a component; and an external electrode formed on the outer surface of the laminate, wherein the Al/Ni ratio of the Al/Ni alloy is 85/15 or more. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326560 | WAFER LEVEL FABRICATION OF CAVITY FOR SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER - This invention utilizes atomic layer deposition (ALD) to deposit a layer of a material (e.g., aluminum oxide) as a passivation and adhesion enhancement layer on a piezoelectric layer and an interdigitated transducer(s) (IDT(s)) of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter and also utilizes a photosensitive polymer layer (e.g., epoxy dry film) for photodefining a cavity for SAW filter fabrication. The ALD layer serves to protect the IDTs from possible corrosion caused by either the polymer layer and/or moisture and at same time provide for stable operation of the SAW filter without a signal shift occurring by protection of the piezoelectric layer. The cavity, having walls formed by the photosensitive polymer, provides for a SAW fabrication process that is simple and cost effective. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326561 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component which has excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of ceramic material design freedom, low cost, low defective rate and various properties. It includes a laminate of a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes at specific interfaces between ceramic layers. The internal electrodes contain an Al/Mg alloy in which the Al/Mg ratio is 65/35 or more. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326562 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component which has excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, low defective rate, and various properties. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes a laminate which has a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and internal electrodes formed along at a plurality of specific interface between the ceramic layers and having an Al/Ti alloy as a component; and an external electrode formed on the outer surface of the laminate. The Al/Ti ratio of the Al/Ti alloy is 91/9 or more. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326563 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The ultrasonic sensor includes: a conductive case; a piezoelectric element fixed to a bottom. surface of the case through a conductive adhesive; a temperature compensation capacitor positioned over the piezoelectric element; a first lead wire lead from the outside of the case and electrically connected to one surface of the temperature compensation capacitor and the piezoelectric element; a second lead wire lead from the outside of the case and electrically connected to the other surface of the temperature compensation capacitor and the case; and a first molding part closely adhered to outer portions of the temperature compensation capacitor and the first and second lead wires. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326564 | DRIVE DEVICE USING POLYMER ACTUATOR - An actuator includes an electrolytic layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The electrolytic layer includes a polymer and an ionic liquid included in the polymer. When a voltage that makes the first electrode layer a positive side is applied, the actuator deforms to be in a drive state, thereby driving a protruding member. In a period other than a drive period in which the protruding member is driven, a reverse voltage that makes the first electrode layer a negative side is applied, thereby rectifying the tendency of the actuator to bow or the like. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326565 | ENERGY HARVESTING/TIRE PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE AND TIRE DATA TRANSMITTER - The invention embodies a harvester ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326566 | EXTERNAL FORCE DETECTION APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL FORCE DETECTION SENSOR - In an external force detection apparatus, a crystal plate is cantilevered within a container. Excitation electrodes are formed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the crystal plate. A movable electrode is formed on a distal end on the bottom surface of the crystal plate and is connected to the excitation electrode on the bottom surface via an extraction electrode. A fixed electrode is provided on the bottom of the container to oppose the movable electrode. The excitation electrode on the top surface and the fixed electrode are connected to an oscillating circuit. When an external force acts on the crystal plate to bend it, the capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode changes, and this capacitance change is captured as a change in the oscillating frequency of the crystal plate. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326567 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICE CAPABLE OF HEAT DISSIPATION AND CONDUCTION - A piezoelectric vibrating device comprises a metallic containing member, a piezoelectric member and a heat dissipating and conducting member. The piezoelectric member is provided within the metallic containing member, and the heat dissipating and conducting member includes a plurality of the heat dissipating and conducting fins. Each the heat dissipating and conducting fin has a first heat conduction connecting end and a second heat conduction connecting end, wherein the first heat conduction connecting end is provided on an external surface of the piezoelectric member, and the second heat conduction connecting end is connected with an inner wall surface of the metallic containing member. The piezoelectric member generates vibrations with specific polarization directions based on a piezoelectric controlling signal, and the heat energy generated from the vibration of the piezoelectric member is conducted to the external wall surface of the metallic containing member through the heat dissipating and conducting member. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326568 | Apparatus for Providing Haptic Feedback - Disclosed is an apparatus used in an electronic device for providing haptic feedback. The apparatus includes a holder having a pair fastening holes, a piezoelectric vibrator having a first though holes, a terminal with a second though hole mounted on the piezoelectric vibrator and electrically connected to the piezoelectric vibrator, and a pair of fixing portions fixing the terminal and the piezoelectric vibrator on the holder though the second though hole of the terminal, a first though holes of the piezoelectric vibrator and the fastening holes of the holder. The fixing portions fix the terminal and piezoelectric vibrator on the holder, which makes the assembling process much easier. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326569 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic electronic component includes two electronic-component main bodies and two metal terminals. Each of the metal terminals includes a base, ribs on left and right sides of the base, and a mounting portion below the base. The base includes two bonding portions to be bonded to respective external electrodes of the two electronic-component main bodies and cut-out portions each having a closed shape and being disposed below the respective bonding portions. The ribs are bent from the left and right sides of the base in the width direction toward the electronic-component main body. The ribs extend from the top of the base in the height direction to the vicinity of the mounting-side major surface of the mounting-side electronic-component main body and do not reach the mounting portion. The mounting portion is bent from the bottom of the base toward the electronic-component main body. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326570 | FLEXURAL VIBRATOR ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXURAL VIBRATOR ELEMENT - A flexural vibrator element has a vibrator arm extending from a base section and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, the vibrator arm having first and second step sections composed of step surfaces intersecting respectively with a left side surface and a right side surface, and step side surfaces intersecting respectively with an upper surface and a lower surface, between the lower surface, the upper surface and the left side surface, the right side surface, and first and fourth detection electrodes on the left and right side surfaces and second and third detection electrodes on the step side surfaces are respectively separated in a thickness direction of the vibrator arm. The first through fourth detection electrodes are patterned with accuracy by exposure from the upper surface and the lower surface using a common exposure device by existing photo etching. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326571 | BENDING VIBRATION PIECE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A double-side tuning fork-type bending vibration piece having a basal part, a pair of drive vibration arms, a pair of detection vibration arms, drive electrodes and detection electrodes includes adjustment films of a metallic material or the like formed in connecting areas between the vibration arms and the basal part. The adjustment films are formed in such a way as to cover an area of tapered portions formed in connecting parts between the drive vibration arms and the basal part, an area of the basal part near the tapered portions and an area of the drive vibration arms. While monitoring a detection current outputted from the detection electrodes when the drive vibration arms are excited in driving mode, the adjustment films are partly deleted by laser irradiation so that the detection current becomes 0. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326572 | ALTERNATOR FOR VEHICLE WITH HEAT DISSIPATING FIN - An alternator for a vehicle is provided which is equipped with a heat dissipator and a cooling air generator. The heat dissipator is disposed in a rectifier to cool rectifying devices. The cooling air generator generates a flow of cooling air to the heat dissipator. The heat dissipator has a plurality of sub-fins formed thereon. Each of the sub-fins is defined by a combination of a protrusion and a recess. The protrusions are formed on one of opposed major surfaces of the heat dissipator, while the recesses are formed on the other major surface, one in coincidence with each of the protrusions in a thickness-wise direction of the heat dissipator. This permits the heat dissipator to be pressed to form the protrusions and the recesses to make the sub-fins simultaneously, thus allowing a heat-dissipating area to be increased to ensure a desired degree of heat capacity thereof. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326573 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVEN DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to maintain a predetermined positional relationship between an outer pin holder and a housing in a speed reducer section B, to prevent damage to such components as revolving members, outer circumferential engagers, and motion conversion mechanism upon a large axial load due to turning or sudden acceleration/deceleration, and to eliminate rattling noise caused by a housing and the outer pin holder. An elastic member is disposed on one or both axial end surfaces of the outer pin holder, between the outer pin holder and the housing. As a result, even if there is an axial load exerted on the outer pin holder, the outer pin holder is always held at a predetermined position by restoring force from the elastic member(s), in a proper positional relationship with the housing. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326574 | ROTARY SINGLE-PHASE ELECTROMAGNETIC SERVO ACTUATOR COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR AND A POSITION SENSOR - A single phase electromagnetic servo-actuator that includes a rotary actuator which moves a mobile member along a limited travel including a 2N ferromagnetic pole stator structure and at least one excitation coil, the stator structure being made of a material with high magnetic permeability and a rotor having ferromagnetic yoke and a thin magnetized portion of 2N pairs of axially magnetized poles, in alternate directions, and a rotor angular position sensor, the thin magnetized portion being a separate element from the ferromagnetic yoke. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326575 | DISPLAY DEVICE HOUSING - In a display device housing | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326576 | BEZEL-LESS ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacent the electronic display device and includes a first portion positioned adjacent the image-displaying portion of the display device and a second portion positioned adjacent the other portion of the display device. The optical properties of the first portion are also selected to transmit images displayed on the image-displaying portion and the optical properties of the second portion are selected to mask the other portion of the display device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326577 | Waterproof covering member for a panel of an electronic device - A plastic waterproof covering arrangement includes a peripheral edge of arcuate section; a first set of a plurality of concentric structures; a second set of a plurality of concentric structures; and a brace member for separating the first set of concentric structures from the second set of concentric structures; wherein each of the concentric structures comprises a plurality of concentric circular grooves; and wherein at least one of the concentric structures is provided with a transverse diametrical slit and a circular hole through the slit and a center of the concentric structure. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326578 | One-Piece Protective Carrying Case - A carrying case for a portable electronic device is disclosed. Generally speaking, the protective case for a portable electronic device comprises a body section having a back surface and upturned sides, and a rim affixed to an edge of the upturned sides of the body sections, the rim defining an open area. Preferably, the body section is comprised of contrasting colors and forms a cavity defined by the back surface and the upturned sides. Further, the body section and the rim are preferably formed of the same material. A second protective section may be used to form a protective shell-like structure about the electronic device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326579 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURE WITH PULL TAB - A computer enclosure includes a chassis, a mounting bracket, and a pull tab. The mounting bracket is mounted to the chassis. The mounting bracket includes a resilient clip. A fastener is located on the resilient clip. The pull tab is located between the chassis and the mounting bracket. The pull tab is engaged with the mounting bracket. A channel is defined in the pull tab and extends along a first direction. The fastener extends through the channel, and the pull tab is removable along the first direction with the fastener guided by the channel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326580 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE - An electronic device enclosure which is able to resist damage from jolts or bumping includes a frame, a limiting member located in the frame, a cover secured to the frame, a mounting bracket and a blocking member. The frame includes a side plate. The mounting bracket is adapted to receive a data storage device and includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The second sidewall is secured to the side plate. A first end of the first sidewall is rotatably received in the limiting member and located between the limiting member and the second sidewall. A second end of the first sidewall opposite to the first end is hung on the frame. The blocking member is secured to the cover and abuts the second end. The second end is located between the blocking member and the second sidewall. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326581 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE - An electronic device enclosure includes a frame, a limiting member located in the frame, a limiting member located in the frame, a mounting bracket, and a maintaining member. The frame includes a mounting plate. The mounting bracket is adapted to receive a data storage device and includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The second sidewall is secured to the mounting plate. A first end of the first sidewall is rotatably received in the limiting member. A second end of the first sidewall opposite to the first end is hung on the frame. A protruding block protrudes from the second end. The maintaining member includes a positioning portion and two latching poles secured to the mounting plate. The protruding block is engaged with the positioning portion and located between the positioning portion and the mounting plate. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326582 | BEZEL ASSEMBLY FOR COMPUTER - A bezel assembly includes a bezel, at least one base member secured to the bezel, and at least one engaging member slidably attached to the at least one base member. The at least one base member includes a side flange substantially perpendicular to the bezel. At least one opening is defined in the side flange. The at least one engaging member includes at least one engaging protrusion. The at least one engaging member is slidable between an original position, wherein the at least one engaging protrusion engages into the at least one opening and protrudes out from an exterior surface of the side flange, and a release position, wherein the at least one engaging protrusion is disengaged from the at least one opening and retracts to an inner side of the side flange. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326583 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container, and a number of cabinets arranged in the container. A shockproof device is mounted to the bottom of the cabinet. A supporting apparatus is mounted between the top of the cabinet and the container. The supporting apparatus includes a first sleeve fixed to the top of the container, and a second sleeve, wherein a first end of the second sleeve is slidably engaged in the first sleeve, and a second end of the second sleeve is fixed to the top of the top wall of the cabinet. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326584 | WATER COOLER COVER HAVING ADJUSTABLE AND RELOCATABLE OPENINGS - A cover for a fluid-containing reservoir. The cover comprises a front surface defining a plurality of adjustable openings to access one or more of a control and an outlet of the reservoir, wherein the front surface comprises a plurality of slats, and wherein a position of the slats is adjustable to relocate or resize the plurality of adjustable openings for alignment of the openings with the one or more of the control and the outlet. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326585 | Drawer Closer - A cabinet with sliding drawers has a mechanism for applying motive force in a first direction. The motive force is obtained from motion of the mechanism in an opposite second direction. The mechanism includes a cam and a cam follower. The cam includes a first part, a second part and an inflection point between the first part and the second part. The cam follower engages with the cam. The cam follower is configured to store mechanical energy responsive to translation of the follower and cam relative to each other in the second direction along the first part. The cam follower is also configured to apply motive force in the first direction to urge the follower to continue translation in the second direction along the second part. The motive force is applied after the follower passes the inflection point. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326586 | LOCKABLE PULL-OUT GUIDE - An arrangement includes a drawer and a pull-out guide for the drawer. The drawer has a drawer container and a front panel that can be connected to the drawer container, and the pull-out guide has at least one body rail for fastening to a furniture body and at least one drawer rail, which can be moved relative to the body rail between an open position and a closed position and on which the drawer can be fastened to the pull-out guide. The arrangement also includes a releasable locking element so that, in a locking position, the motion of the drawer rail in the closing direction relative to the body rail can be stopped in an intermediate position before the closed position is reached, and, in a release position, the motion of the drawer rail in the closing direction relative to the body rail can be released. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326587 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator door includes a front surface panel and a rear surface panel configured such that a foam space is provided between the panels, first and second frames configured to form each side surface of the door and to which the two panels are supportedly attached, an upper cap and a lower cap configured to form upper and lower surfaces of the door, respectively, and thermal insulating material which is provided in the foam space to couple the front surface panel, the rear surface panel, the first frame, the second frame, the upper cap, and the lower cap to one another, wherein each of the first frame and the second frame is formed by sequentially introducing a steel plate coil having a predetermined thickness and width into a predetermined number of roll forming members. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326588 | REFRIGERATOR VACUUM STORAGE SYSTEM - A vacuum storage system in a refrigerator includes a bin or drawer unit removably received in a housing. The vacuum storage system may be utilized in a storage configuration or in a vacuum sealing configuration to remove air from one or more food preservation containers having one-way evacuation valves. A switch on a control interface actuates a vacuum source and a front wall of the bin or drawer unit seals against the cabinet. Air is drawn from the storage space via a hose in communication with the vacuum source and air pressure within the storage space is reduced below atmospheric pressure, whereby air is simultaneously evacuated from the containers housed in the storage space. At a predetermined pressure, a control deactivates the vacuum source and an equalizing valve is opened to return the storage space to atmospheric pressure. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326589 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE BULB - A light emitting diode bulb including a heat sink, a light source plate, a reflective frame and a secondary optical component is provided. The light source plate includes a circuit board disposed on the heat sink and a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the circuit board. The reflective frame disposed on the light source plate includes a plate portion and a reflective pillar. The plate portion has a plurality of openings exposing the light emitting devices. The secondary optical component has a first optical surface and a second optical surface. An absolute value of the slope of a tangent line of any point on the first optical surface with respect to the heat sink is constant. An absolute value of the slope of a tangent line of any point on the second optical surface is gradually smaller along the direction away from the heat sink. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326590 | Stereoscopic Image Display Device Using Pattern Retarder Method and Method for Fabricating the Same - Embodiments of the invention relate to a stereoscopic image display device using a pattern retarder method, which can widen a vertical viewing angle when watching a stereoscopic image, and a method for fabricating the same. The stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel having data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and a plurality of pixels formed in cell areas defined by the crossings of the data lines and the gate lines; and a pattern retarder having a first retarder for passing only left circularly polarized light therethrough and a second retarder for passing only right circularly polarized light therethrough, wherein a plurality of light absorption patterns are formed in a first substrate of the display panel, and the long axis direction of the light absorption patterns is the same as the long axis direction of the first retarder and the second retarder. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326591 | SPARK PLUG FOR GASOLINE ENGINES - Described is a spark plug for gasoline engines with an elongated hollow body made of metal, said body having a forward end with an undercut formed by an interior annular shoulder of the body and a rear end, with an elongated ceramic insulator which is mounted in the body and has a rear end that projects beyond the rear end of the body and has a forward end beyond which the forward end of the body projects, with a center electrode which is inserted into the insulator, projects beyond the forward end thereof, and is connected to a metal connection pin in an electrically conductive manner, said connection pin projecting beyond the rear end of the insulator, and with at least one ground electrode which starts from the forward end of the body and is approached to the center electrode to an electrode distance (EA) to form a spark gap. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326592 | Transmission Line RF Applicator for Plasma Chamber - A transmission line RF applicator apparatus and method for coupling RF power to a plasma in a plasma chamber. The apparatus comprises an inner conductor and one or two outer conductors. The main portion of each of the one or two outer conductors includes a plurality of apertures that extend between an inner surface and an outer surface of the outer conductor. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326593 | NITRIDE PHOSPHOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A phosphor and a manufacturing method thereof, and the light emitting device using the same are provided, wherein the composition formula of the phosphor is I | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326594 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - PDP includes front plate and rear plate. Front plate has protective layer. Rear plate has phosphor layers. Protective layer includes a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide. In X-ray diffraction analysis, a peak of a base layer lies between a first peak of the first metal oxide and a second peak of the second metal oxide. The first and second metal oxides are two selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO. An arithmetic average roughness “Ra” of the surface of a dielectric layer is not more than 50 nm. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326595 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326596 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326597 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326598 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326599 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is a huge demand for increase in the luminance of electroluminescent elements and decrease in the electric power consumption. An objective of the present invention is to provide such an electroluminescent element as to satisfy the demand, as well as lightening equipment and display devices with high performance by utilizing the element. Provided is an electroluminescent element comprising a transparent substrate, and a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode layer, which layers are layered on the substrate in this order, wherein a surface of the transparent substrate on the side of the first electrode layer has a light-directional structure. A lightening device and a display device including this electroluminescent element are also provided. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326600 | BACKLIT DISPLAYS INCLUDING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMISSIVE MATERIAL - A display device comprising: a light switching unit comprising an array of pixels each operable to vary the transmission of light therethrough; and a backlight comprising a first series of regions of organic light-emissive material having a first emission colour and a second series of regions of organic light-emissive material having a second emission colour, each region of organic material being located so as to lie behind a plurality of pixels of the array in the viewing direction for backlighting those pixels; and at least one of the regions of organic light-emissive material being formed by a process of ink-jet deposition. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326601 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the anode and the cathode,
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| 20120326602 | MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode and a cathode and at least one electroluminescent layer arranged between the anode and cathode which comprises at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II). The invention furthermore relates to the production of an organic electroluminescent device by means of a sublimation process and/or by application from solution and to a mixture comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II). | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326603 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An OLED display includes a pixel substrate including a pixel area at which an organic light emitting member is located, and a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area, a pixel protective layer located in the pixel area, a peripheral protective layer separated from the pixel protective layer and located in the peripheral area, a sealing substrate opposite to the pixel substrate, a moisture absorbent between the pixel substrate and the sealing substrate, and on and overlapping the peripheral protective layer, and a sealing member between the pixel substrate and the sealing substrate, and located at an outer side of the moisture absorbent. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326604 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display panel has a sealed part where peripheral portions of a front plate and a rear plate are sealed to each other with a sealing member. The sealed part includes bead which regulates any gap formed between the peripheral portions of the front plate and the rear plate. A dielectric layer is formed as far as location of the bead but an insulator layer is formed short of the location of the bead in the sealed part on the side of a direction where display electrodes extend. The insulator layer is formed as far as the location of the bead but the dielectric layer is formed short of the location of the bead in the sealed part on the side of a direction where data electrodes extend. The bead has a diameter larger than a thickness of the dielectric layer and a height of barrier ribs summed with each other and at most twice as large as the thickness of the dielectric layer and the height of the barrier ribs summed with each other. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326605 | SOLID STATE KLYSTRON - A solid state Klystron structure is fabricated by forming a source contact and a drain contact to both ends of a conducting wire and by forming a bias gate and a signal gate on the conducting wire. The conducting wire may be at least one carbon nanotube or at least one semiconductor wire with long ballistic mean free paths. By applying a signal at a frequency that corresponds to an integer multiple of the transit time of the ballistic carriers between adjacent fingers of the signal gate, the carriers are bunched within the conducting wire, thus amplifying the current through the solid state Klystron at a frequency of the signal to the signal gate, thus achieving a power gain. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326606 | SEQUENTIAL VEHICLE SIGNALING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An illumination apparatus ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326607 | LIGHT SOURCE TURN-ON/OFF CONTROLLER - A light source turn-on/off controller includes an input section of a turn-on/off timing signal, a PWM signal generating section for generating a pulse signal responding to a rise or a fall of the timing signal, a duty cycle of the pulse signal changing so as to simulate a rise or a fall of emission in turn-on or turn-off of a filament, an emission control section for controlling an emitting section responding to the pulse signal from the PWM signal generating section, and a storage section for storing a control data table for duty cycle control by the PWM signal generating section. The control data table includes a rise table to be referred to in the rise of emission and a fall table to be referred to in the fall of emission, and each of the rise table and the fall table indicates association between elapsed time from the rise or the fall of the timing signal and the duty cycle of the pulse signal, and a relationship between the tables indicates that they cannot be superposed on each other. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326608 | Intelligent and Emergency Light Control - Methods, apparatuses and systems of an intelligent light controller controlling a light, are disclosed. One method includes interpreting a switch from a normal power supply to an emergency power supply. Upon interpreting the switch from the normal power supply to the emergency power supply, the intelligent light controller controllably powers the light for a predetermined period of time. Further, the intelligent light controller executes an energy-savings behavior control of the light. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326609 | MULTIPLE LAMP LIGHTING LEVEL BALLAST FOR SERIES CONNECTED LAMPS - A ballast that selectively operates multiple lamps is provided. The ballast includes a switching network, capable of operating in a number of switching configurations. The ballast also includes a control circuit, and two lamp control switches. The control circuit is connected to the switching network, and provides respective control signals via respective output terminals as a function of the switching configuration of the switching network. Each lamp control switch is in parallel with its lamp and is connected to a respective output terminal. The first lamp control switch is connected to a ballast power supply, and either provides power to the first lamp or does not, depending on the first control signal. The second lamp control switch is connected to the first lamp control switch and to ground, and either provides power to the second lamp or does not, depending on the second control signal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326610 | LIGHTING UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING - A lighting unit for illuminating a habitat is provided. The lighting unit includes a housing and a light emitter. The operating parameters of the lighting unit may be adjusted to mimic different natural conditions. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326611 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes a light source; a sensor which has an image sensor and detects an illuminance and a presence of a human based on a captured image while setting a range overlapping a range illuminated by the light source as a visual field; an illuminance determining unit for varying a light output from the light source based on the illuminance and the presence of a human; and a dimming control unit. The illuminance determining unit obtains an illuminance of an illuminance maintaining area included in the visual field based on the captured image, and when the sensor detects no human, the illuminance determining unit reduces the light output while maintaining the illuminance of the illuminance maintaining area to be equal to or greater than a threshold that is set in advance as a lower limit illuminance, which makes it feasible for the image sensor to capture an image. | 2012-12-27 |
