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20080238268 | Brushless automotive alternator having easily-replaceable protective resistor - A brushless alternator includes a stationary field winding, a rotor, a stator, a rectifier, a terminal, and a protective resistor. The stationary field winding creates a magnetic flux. The rotor creates a rotating magnetic field with the magnetic flux created by the field winding. The stator includes three different-phase windings to generate a three-phase AC power in the rotating magnetic field created by the rotor. The rectifier rectifies the three-phase AC power generated by the stator into a DC power. The terminal is provided so that AC power generated by one of the three windings of the stator can be output from the alternator to external through the terminal. The protective resistor is electrically connected between the terminal and the one of the three windings of the stator to protect the alternator from electrical damage. | 10-02-2008 |
20080315694 | Brushless type of vehicular AC generator - A brushless alternating current generator for vehicles comprises a stator, rotor, field winding, rectifier, housing, cover, and extension member. The rectifier has plural rectifying elements to rectify a voltage from the stator winding and output the rectified voltage and a radiating fin to which the rectifying elements are attached. The housing has a side wall and houses both the stator and the rotor and has an end face to which electric parts including the rectifier are attached. The side wall Is along the axial direction. The end face is along the radial direction. Both the side wall and the radiating fin are mutually adjacent to provide a gap in the radial direction. The cover encloses the end face of the housing and has plural air inlets that takes in cooling air. The extension member is secured to the cover and extends into the gap in the axial direction. | 12-25-2008 |
20090033181 | AC generator for vehicles - According to an AC generator for vehicles of the present invention, a terminal mount includes an L-shaped support having a radial extension, in which a metal terminal is contained and which radially extends about a rotary shaft of a rotor, and an axial extension, which extends from an end of the radial extension toward a rear cover along the rotary shaft, and at least one first guide molded integral with the L-shaped support. A radiating fin includes a second guide having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first guide. One of the first guide and the second guide is inserted into the other of the first guide and the second guide. | 02-05-2009 |
20100052456 | Automotive alternator having improved magnet holder - An automotive alternator includes a magnet holder that is composed of first and second magnet holder pieces. Each of the first and second magnet holder pieces is made of a nonmagnetic metal plate to have a one-piece structure. Each of the first and second magnet holder pieces includes a plurality of receiving portions, each of which receives a permanent magnet, and a plurality of connecting portions. All the receiving portions of the first magnet holder piece have the same orientation. Each of the connecting portions of the first magnet holder piece connects a circumferentially-adjacent pair of the receiving portions of the first magnet holder piece. All the receiving portions of the second magnet holder piece have the same orientation. Each of the connecting portions of the second magnet holder piece connects a circumferentially-adjacent pair of the receiving portions of the second magnet holder piece. | 03-04-2010 |
20110043083 | VEHICLE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The vehicle electric rotating machine includes a pulley unit having an opening portion formed in an axial front end thereof, and configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception of a rotation drive force to and from the rotation shaft of the rotor, and a lid attached to the opening portion to close an internal space of the pulley unit. The rotor includes a rotor side receiving surface in contact with one axial end surface of an inner ring of the bearing rotatably supporting the rotor. The pulley unit includes a pulley side receiving surface in contact with the other axial end surface of the inner ring. An air passage enabling air communication between the internal space of the pulley unit closed by the lid and ambient space is formed in at least one of the rotor side receiving surface, the pulley side receiving surface, and the lid. | 02-24-2011 |
20120045158 | ALTERNATOR FOR AUTOMOBILE HAVING WASHER BETWEEN HOUSING AND OUTER RACE OF BEARING - An alternator has front and rear bearings, supported by front and rear frames, to rotatably support a shaft of a rotor extending along axial direction. A washer is located between the rear frame and the rear bearing to apply pressing force to the rear bearing slightly movable along axial direction. The washer has a ring-shaped base portion concentrically located with the rear bearing, slanting portions extending from the base portion toward outside of radial direction such that two adjacent slanting portions arranged as each pair along circumferential direction are inclined to different sides of axial direction, and flattened portions extending from respective slanting portions toward outside and being parallel to the base portion. Flattened portions shifted to front side are in contact with the rear bearing, and flattened portions shifted to rear side are in contact with the rear frame. | 02-23-2012 |
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. | 12-27-2012 |
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20080297412 | GPS RECEPTION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a GPS reception device includes a section which acquires information in radio signals from satellites, a storage section which stores parameters to select part of the satellites, a section which calculates pseudo-distances from the satellites to a reception point based on the acquired information and measures the position of the reception point based on calculation results obtained for the selected part, and a touch panel display which inputs the position of a known reception point. The device includes a section which calculates real distances from the satellites to the known reception point when the position is input, determines ranges of elevation and azimuth angles suitable for the measurement based on the elevation and azimuth angle values of the satellites preferentially set in an order in which differences between the real distances and the pseudo-distances become smaller and sets the ranges as parameters into the storage section. | 12-04-2008 |
20140133871 | OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE - An optical receiver module capable of increasing the range in which the error in distance between a collecting lens and a light receiving section is allowed is provided. In the optical receiver module according to the invention, the optical receiver includes a semiconductor substrate to which the light from the collecting lens is input, and through which the light passes, and a light receiving section disposed on a side (a reverse side) of the semiconductor substrate, the side being further from the collecting lens, and adapted to receive the light transmitted through the semiconductor substrate, and then convert the light into an electrical signal. On a side (an obverse side) of the semiconductor substrate, the side being nearer to the collecting lens, there is formed a lens surface adapted to converge light from the collecting lens toward the light receiving section. | 05-15-2014 |
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20110233708 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor light receiving device including: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer laminated on the semiconductor substrate and including an upper surface portion; a reflecting film formed to cover the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer and including a principal reflecting region and an upper surface; and an upper electrode formed to cover at least one portion of the upper surface of the reflecting film, and including a junction portion extending through the reflecting file to be provided in contact with the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer, the junction portion of the upper electrode surrounding a portion of a circumference of the principal reflecting region of the reflecting film, the principal reflecting region being connected to a region of the reflecting film located outside the junction portion, in which the semiconductor light receiving device detects light entering from another side of the semiconductor substrate. | 09-29-2011 |
20110286083 | BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - Provided is a backside illuminated semiconductor light-receiving device enhancing a frequency characteristic without deteriorating assembling operability. The light-receiving device includes a rectangular substrate; a light receiving mesa portion formed on a center portion of one side on a front surface of the substrate and includes a PN junction portion; a P-type electrode formed on the light receiving mesa portion and conductive with one side of the PN junction portion; an N-type electrode mesa portion formed on one corner portion of the one side; an N-type electrode pulled out to the N-type electrode mesa portion and conductive with the other side of the PN junction portion; a P-type electrode mesa portion and a dummy electrode mesa portion formed in a region including three other corner portions; and a dummy electrode formed on the dummy electrode mesa portion. | 11-24-2011 |
20120292731 | LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE ALLAY, OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - A light-receiving device array includes a photodiode array that is provided with plural light-receiving sections each of which includes a first conductivity type electrode and a second conductivity type electrode, and a carrier, wherein the carrier includes plural pair of electric lines each of which is formed from a first electric line connected to the first conductivity type electrode of each light-receiving section, and a second electric line connected to the second conductivity type electrode of the light-receiving section, a first ground electrode that extends between one pair of electric lines of the plural pair of electric lines and a pair of electric lines adjacent to the one pair of electric lines, and a second ground electrode that is formed on a part of the rear surface and is electrically connected to the first ground electrode. | 11-22-2012 |
20130147002 | RECEIVER MODULE AND DEVICE - Provided is a receiver module, including: a semiconductor light receiving element including an electrode; and a sub-mount including: an electrical wiring joined to the electrode with solder; and a trap region arranged around a joining surface of the electrical wiring, the trap region retaining solder by solder wetting. | 06-13-2013 |
20130161497 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a light-receiving element configured to convert an incident optical signal to an electric signal. The light-receiving element includes a mesa part configured to laminate at least a first semiconductor layer, a light absorption semiconductor layer that absorbs an optical signal entering from a light reception surface, and a second semiconductor layer. The light-receiving element also includes an electrode part disposed on a top of the mesa part and a wiring part that covers a part of a side surface of the mesa part. The optical module includes a lens configured to condense an optical signal from an optical fiber onto the light reception surface. The wiring part is disposed at a position based on an intensity distribution of the optical signal on the light reception surface. | 06-27-2013 |
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20120098791 | TOUCH PANELS, METHOD FOR FABRICATING TOUCH PANELS, DISPLAY DEVICES, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DISPLAY DEVICES - A touch panel includes a touch region for detecting a location of a touch by an object, and a plurality of touch location detection electrodes arranged in the touch region. The touch panel is configured to detect the location of the touch based on a capacitance formed between the touch location detection electrodes and the object. An optical characteristic of a gap between the touch location detection electrodes adjacent to each other is substantially equal to an optical characteristic of the touch location detection electrodes. | 04-26-2012 |
20120327005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a touch panel and displays stereoscopic images with reducing its thickness and weight. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel | 12-27-2012 |
20130162918 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel arranged on a display surface side of the display panel, a switching liquid crystal panel including a parallax barrier that enables three-dimension display, a common board that is commonly used as a base board of the touch panel and a base board of the switching liquid crystal panel, a plurality of electrodes provided on the common board and used for the touch panel and the switching liquid crystal panel, and a drive circuit configured to apply a synthesized signal to some of the electrodes. The synthesized signal is configured by synthesizing a touch panel drive signal and a switching liquid crystal drive signal. | 06-27-2013 |
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20160119719 | ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an embodiment, an electroacoustic converter (earphone | 04-28-2016 |
20160119720 | ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an embodiment, an electroacoustic converter (earphone | 04-28-2016 |
20160119721 | ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERTER - In an embodiment, an electroacoustic converter has an enclosure, piezoelectric sounding body, electromagnetic sounding body, passage, and wiring members. The piezoelectric sounding body includes a first vibration plate supported directly or indirectly on the enclosure, and a piezoelectric element placed at least on one side of the first vibration plate. The piezoelectric sounding body divides the interior of the enclosure into a first space and a second space. The electromagnetic sounding body has a second vibration plate and is placed in the first space. The passage is provided at the piezoelectric sounding body or around the piezoelectric sounding body, to connect the first space and second space. The wiring members are electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and led out toward the electromagnetic sounding body, from the piezoelectric element, through the first space or second space. | 04-28-2016 |