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20090102418 | MANUAL DYNAMO CHARGER FOR RECHARGING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A manual dynamo recharging device including a roller disposed in a housing and arranged for manually pressing and rolling against a surface, a dynamo connected to the roller, wherein rotation of the roller operates the dynamo to create electricity, and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to the dynamo through electrical circuitry, wherein manually pressing and rolling the roller against the surface operates the dynamo to create electricity to recharge the rechargeable battery, which is electrically connected to an electric portable device battery. | 04-23-2009 |
20090159330 | Direct Current Power Supply - A portable electrochemical power supply for handheld electronic devices, such as cellular telephones, is disclosed. The power supply includes a housing with an electrical connector, a circuit board, and a removable electrochemical cell disposed therein. The circuit board carries power supply circuitry which receives electrical energy from the electrochemical cell and provides a power supply output for powering an external device. | 06-25-2009 |
20100176689 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - Apparatus for transmitting motion to a moveable body comprising: a first bar having ends; two articulated arms, each comprising first and second arms connected at a joint having an axis about which the first and second arms rotate, wherein the first arms are of equal length, the second arms are of equal length and the second arm of each articulated arm is connected to a different end of the bar at a joint having an axis about which second arm and bar rotate; a mount connected to the first arm of each articulated arm at a joint having an axis about which first arm rotates; a second bar coupled to each articulated arm at a joint having an axis about which the second bar rotates; and a piezoelectric motor coupled to the first bar controllable to apply a force selectively in either direction along the bar's length; wherein, the joints are configured so that all the axes are substantially parallel and the first arms are parallel and the second arms are parallel for all rotations about the axes. | 07-15-2010 |
20100201224 | STICK-SLIP PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR - A piezoelectric motor including a rotor, a stator including a piezoelectric material having axial polarization, the stator including at least three pairs of electrodes spaced from one another on a top end face thereof and a common electrode on a base end face thereof, and slabs affixed to the stator at spacings between the electrodes, wherein the rotor is pressed towards the slabs by a pre-load force, wherein when a positive charge is applied to a first of the electrodes and a negative charge is applied to a second of the electrodes and an electric common port is applied to the common electrode, D | 08-12-2010 |
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20120039597 | FIBER OPTIC CROSS CONNECT WITH NON-INTRUSIVE MONITORING AND CIRCUIT TRACER - A non-intrusive monitoring optical connection between two fiber optic lines including a sending fiber optic end that emits light to a first lens that collimates the light to a larger diameter parallel beam of light that enters a tunnel, a second lens that focuses the light from the tunnel to an end of a receiving fiber optic line, a mirror disposed in the tunnel between the first and second lenses, which reflects and diverts part of the parallel beam of light to a diverting tunnel, and a second diverting mirror, disposed at a non-zero angle to a longitudinal axis of the diverting tunnel, which directs the beam from the diverting tunnel into a second diverting tunnel wherein it is collimated by a third lens, disposed in the second diverting tunnel, to an end of a monitoring fiber optic line. | 02-16-2012 |
20120206013 | MODES OF OPERATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR - A piezoelectric motor ( | 08-16-2012 |
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