06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120033256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM, JOB TRANSMISSION PATH CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of determining a transmission path of a job when a job processing apparatus executes the job that is transmitted from a server. The information processing apparatus is connected to the server by a first connection configuration. A determination unit determines whether a connection configuration between the information processing apparatus and the job processing apparatus is a second connection configuration that is different from the first connection configuration. A check unit checks whether the job processing apparatus is connected to the server by the first connection configuration when the connection configuration between the information processing apparatus and the job processing apparatus is the second connection configuration. An instruction unit instructs the server on either of first transmission that transmits the job to the job processing apparatus and second transmission that transmits the job to the information processing apparatus according to the check result. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033257 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIA - An information processing apparatus that enables generation of an extended setting User Interface (UI) adapted to various classes devices including a device having low display capability and a device having a WEB browser. The information processing apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus via a network. A function included in the image forming apparatus is discriminated based on processing capability information. Screen information used for setting an extended function is generated depending on the discriminated function. Extended setting information inputted through a screen displayed on the image forming apparatus based on the generated screen information is received. Image processing based on contents of the received extended setting information is applied to print data received from the image forming apparatus. The image processed print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033258 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, an external device presents a display instruction for displaying information about application installed on an image processing apparatus together with screen information to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates screen information for displaying the information about the application installed therein based on the received display instruction and the screen information, and displays an operation screen based on the screen information. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033259 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a web relay unit and, in a case where a file input field exists in screen information acquired from a web service provided by the web server capable of communicating via a network, the web relay unit extracts a file downloaded from another web service which can collaborate with the web service from a storage device, converts the file input field included in the screen information into a selection box, and transmits, to the web browser, screen information in which the extracted file is set to the option of the selection box. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033260 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus configured to display a screen using information acquired from a server apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record acquisition destination information for acquiring the information from the server apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive, from the sever apparatus, a logoff notification indicating that a user has logged off the server apparatus, and a deletion unit configured to delete the recorded acquisition destination information in response to the receiving unit receiving the logoff notification. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033261 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device may be configured to perform a first sending process for sending a first type of data to an external device. The terminal device may be configured to perform a second sending process for sending a second type of data to the external device. The terminal device may be configured to measure time related to a period of duration of the second sending process. The terminal device may continues to perform the first sending process until sending all of the first type of data is completed. The terminal device may continue to perform the second sending process until the time elapses first predetermined time and cancel to perform the second sending process when the time elapses the first predetermined time even if sending all of the second type of data has not been completed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033262 | CONTROLLING DEVICE MOUNTED ON PORTABLE TYPE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable type terminal device may switch between a first state in which a specific image is shown in a display such that an up-down direction of the specific image is along a first direction, and a second state in which the specific image is shown in the display such that the up-down direction of the specific image is along a second direction. A controlling device mounted on the portable type terminal device may create print data for causing a printer to perform a first type of a print in both of a first case where a print of the specific image is instructed in the first state and a second case where the print of the specific image is instructed in the second state. In the first type of the print, the left-right direction of the specific image may be along a short side of a print medium. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033263 | Halftone Printing of Metal-Pigmented Inks to Produce Various Metallic Appearances - A system and method for producing a wide range of metallic appearances using halftones of a nano-particle metallic ink, such as, for example, nano-silver, are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a nano-particle metallic ink, such as, for example, nano-silver, can be made to produce a range of appearances from, for example, bright silver to dull oxidized aluminum, by changing halftone level of the silver inks, changing the substrate surface properties and introducing small amounts of other colored inks, such as process or spot, in either an underprinting or overprinting of the metallic ink. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, InkJet printing of a single metal-pigmented ink can be effected, and its metallic appearance can very quickly be adjusted to match a given package design. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033264 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURING DOCUMENTS AGAINST FORGERY - A document securization method includes: | 2012-02-09 |
20120033265 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Paper fingerprint information that represents a fiber pattern unique to a paper sheet is scanned, and the paper fingerprint information and its position information are embedded at two corners as the cater-cornered positions on a paper sheet. The paper fingerprint information is extracted based on the embedded position information. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033266 | DRIVING MECHANISM, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving mechanism includes: a first contacting member that comes into contact with a contacted member; a supporting member that supports the first contacting member and is reciprocatably provided, the supporting member moving the first contacting member into contact with or retracts from the contacted member; a cam that reciprocates the supporting member; and a driving force transmission member that is provided to transmit a driving force to the cam, the driving force transmission member is engaged with the cam by transmit a first driving force, and is disengaged from the cam by a second driving force. In the driving mechanism, the second driving force is applied to the driving force transmission member after the cam is stopped in a state where the cam comes into contact with the supporting member on a small radius end of the cam. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033267 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH CORRECTS MAIN SCANNING MISREGISTRATION - An image forming apparatus includes a light source which illuminates in response to image data, and a deflector to deflect an optical beam output from the light source into a scanning beam running along a main scanning line across an image forming area in a main scanning direction. There are plurality of beam detectors to detect the scanning beam at a plurality of different positions along the main scanning line, the plurality of beam detectors including first and second beam detectors detecting the scanning beam at positions in front-end and rear-end sides, respectively, in the main scanning direction. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033268 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL AND POSITION-CALIBRATING METHOD OF SCANNING MODULE - A multifunction peripheral includes a scanning platform, a scanning module, a recording unit and a controlling unit. The scanning platform includes a standby position, a position-calibrating structure and a datum line. The scanning platform is divided into a first zone and a second zone by the datum line. The position-calibrating structure is included in the second zone. The scanning module is movable with respect to the scanning platform for performing a scanning operation. The recording unit is used for recording a parameter associated with a position of the scanning module with respect to the scanning platform. The controlling unit is used for controlling movement of the scanning module according to the parameter recorded in the recording unit, so that the scanning module is moved through the position-calibrating structure to perform a position-calibrating operation. After the position-calibrating operation is completed, the scanning module is moved to the standby position. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033269 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND READABLE COMPUTER MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit that accepts an image of an original from an image reader having a conveying unit that conveys an original in sequence along a conveying path passing through a read position and an image read unit that reads the image of the original at the read position at read speed responsive to conveying speed of the original; an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a stable read range in which the read speed in the conveying direction in the original becomes a stable state from storage in which the information is previously stored; and a registration unit that extracts feature information concerning a microscopic pattern that a surface of the original has from a registration area in the image of the original accepted by the acceptance unit and registers the feature information in association with position information concerning a position of the registration area. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033270 | IMAGE READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reader includes: a read frame; a read guide; and a seal mechanism. The seal mechanism covers a gap between the read frame and the read guide. The seal mechanism includes a rib standing in parallel with a sliding direction of the read guide and a flexible dustproof sheet having an end that is in contact with the rib. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033271 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE FOR USE IN A SCANNER OR THE LIKE - The document conveying device ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033272 | Calibration Mechanism And Scanning Device Has The Calibration Mechanism - A calibration mechanism is positioned in a scanning device. The scanning device includes a scanning module having a transparent plate for being passed through a scanned light beam and creating a scanned color. The calibration mechanism includes a processor means and a display means. The display means is positioned to face the transparent plate of the scanning module and controlled by the processor means to alter the scanned color to a display color. Since, the calibration mechanism is capable altering the background color. Furthermore, the calibration mechanism has a simple structure and a compact size for conveniently positioned in a compact scanning device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033273 | PATCH CODES USING A PROXIMITY ARRAY - Patches are generated from the overprinting of one or more separations to encode four or more values per patch each color representing a numerical value. In a calibration step, all possible color overprint combinations are printed multiple times on a calibration sheet. The sheet is scanned and each overprinted patch is entered in to a proximity array, which is a volume data structure representing three dimensional (3D) color space). After all calibration colors are entered, the proximity array is repeatedly dilated. Later, sheets that need to be identified are printed with a code number encoded as one or more patch codes. The sheet is scanned and the patch code colors are looked up in the proximity array to determine which original colors were printed. The identified colors are converted the code number. Patch codes are further augmented with error detection and optionally error correction bits to further increase robustness | 2012-02-09 |
20120033274 | SCANNING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING COLOR IMAGES - In a method of scanning an image on an original, an optical sensor including sensor elements for each of a number of basic colors is used to generate pixel values of rows of pixels of the scanned image. The sensor elements are used to generate grey scale pixel values representing different parts of the image. A first sensor element for each of the basic colors is used to generate pixel values of odd pixels of rows on the original, and a second sensor element for each of the basic colors is used to generate pixel values of even pixels of rows of the original. Each color pixel value is generated mainly on the basis of a pixel value of at least one of the first sensor elements and pixel values of at least two of the second sensor elements for adjacent pixels. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033275 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR DEFRINGING - A system and method for defringing chromatic aberrations that occur in imaging devices such as scanners. The system comprises shift filters to shift lines in the various color planes together. In addition in each color plane, a spread filter is used to compensate for the unequal point spread functions of each color. Furthermore, the results can be enhanced by filtering in the luminance-chrominance space. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033276 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH PERFORMS CALIBRATION FOR MAINTAINING IMAGE QUALITY - A reader unit A reads a pattern image formed on a first printing medium to obtain a first luminance value. A color processing unit converts into a density value using first conversion information. CPU creats an image processing condition LUTa based on the density value. A photo sensor reads a pattern image formed on an image carrier. CPU corrects LUTa based on a density value of the pattern image read by photo sensor. A printer unit forms a pattern image on a second printing medium different using the corrected LUTa. CPU determines second conversion information for the second printing medium based on a second luminance value from the pattern image on the second printing medium, the first luminance value and the first conversion information. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033277 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may include a first screen processing unit, a moiré component calculation unit, a first correction unit, and a second screen processing unit. The first screen processing unit performs screen processing on image data to form screen processed image data. The moiré component calculation unit calculates an original moiré component that corresponds to a low-frequency component of the screen processed image data and a low-frequency component of the image data. The first correction unit corrects the image data based on a calculated moiré component. The second screen processing unit performs the screen processing on the corrected image data. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033278 | Optical Logic Gate - Optical logic gate having a second-harmonic generator element that receives a first and a second optical input signal respectively having a first and a second angular frequency and respectively having a first and a second polarization, and which provides a second-harmonic optical signal having a third angular frequency and a third polarization. The third angular frequency is equal to the sum of the first and the second angular frequency. The third polarization is a function of the first and the second polarization. The second-harmonic generator element includes a second-harmonic generator layer in a material having a non-null second-order optical tensor. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033279 | OPTICAL REFLECTION ELEMENT - An optical reflection element has a frame-shaped supporting body, a first oscillator and a second oscillator each having a meander shape, and a mirror portion. A line segment connecting a joining position between the mirror portion and the first oscillator to a joining position between the supporting body and the first oscillator, and a line segment connecting a joining position of the mirror portion and the second oscillator to a joining position of the supporting body and the second oscillator cross a mirror portion central axis. An outer circumference of at least any one of turn portions of the first oscillator and the second oscillator is deviated from a first end portion axis that is parallel to the mirror portion central axis and extends along a first side of the mirror portion. Alternatively, an outer circumference of at least any one of the turn portions of the first oscillator and the second oscillator is deviated from a second end portion axis T | 2012-02-09 |
20120033280 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes: a light reflecting section having a light reflecting surface; a supporting section supporting the light reflecting section; a movable section supporting the supporting section; at least a pair of movable beams extending from the movable section and disposed in such a way that the movable beams face each other; a displacement section connected to the movable beam; two drive beams each extending from the displacement section; and a supporting frame supporting the drive beams, wherein the movable beams each include a bending section which is bent and deformed in a thickness direction of the supporting frame, and an end on the side of the movable section of the supporting section is fixed in a position more distant from the light reflecting section than an end face on the side of the light reflecting section of the movable section. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033281 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - An scanning unit scanner includes a light source and a polygon mirror unit. A front-to-rear rib is disposed between the light source and the polygon mirror unit and near the polygon mirror unit. An input side opening having a slit shape is formed as a cutout in the top edge of the front-to-rear rib. When laser light from the light source passes through the input side opening, the input side opening restricts the width of the light in a main scanning direction. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033282 | EYEGUARD WITH AUTOMATIC DIAPHRAGM - An eyeguard for use on the eye-end of an optical instrument is provided having an instrument-end member adapted for connection to the optical instrument, an eye-end member adapted to interface with the periocular portion of the user's face, a hinge member disposed between the instrument-end and eye-end members having two flexible annular hinges, and a diaphragm comprising a plurality of segments attached to the interior of the hinge member between the annular hinges. The force of the user's eye pressing the eye-end member toward the instrument-end member deforms the annular hinges such that the normally closed diaphragm segments move to an open position, allowing light to pass through the eyeguard. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033283 | LASER BEAM MODULATION FOR PRINTERS USING METAMATERIALS - A modulator in an imaging apparatus includes a metamaterial shell surrounding an opaque core. The metamaterial is tunable, so that the metamaterial acts as a waveguide for light at a given wavelength. This property of the metamaterial is used to modulate the light beam in an imaging apparatus. The light beam can be guided around the opaque core under a first voltage condition, or the light beam can be blocked by the opaque core under a second voltage condition. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033284 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE, MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL MODULATOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE - A semiconductor optical modulation device includes a substrate; a first semiconductor cladding layer of a first conductivity type disposed on the substrate; an optical waveguide layer disposed on the first semiconductor cladding layer, the optical waveguide layer including a first semiconductor optical confinement layer, a second semiconductor optical confinement layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the first semiconductor optical confinement layer and the second semiconductor optical confinement layer, the insulating layer being made of aluminum oxide; a second semiconductor cladding layer of a second conductivity type disposed on the optical waveguide layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor cladding layer; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor cladding layer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033285 | Electro-Optic System Configured to Reduce a Perceived Color Change - An electro-optic system is provided that includes a front element having first and second surfaces, a rear element including third and fourth surfaces, wherein the front and rear elements are sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber, and an electro-optic medium contained in the chamber, and the electro-optic medium is adapted to be in at least a high transmittance state and a low transmittance state. The electro-optic system further includes a display device in optical communication with the electro-optic element, the display device including at least one light source and is configured to emit at least a first primary and a second primary, the first and second primaries each having a first hue (h | 2012-02-09 |
20120033286 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An electrochromic display device includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, counter electrodes formed on the counter substrate, at least first and second display electrodes arranged between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, the first display electrode and the second display electrode having a predetermined distance from each other, a first electrochromic layer arranged on the first display electrode and a second electrochromic layer arranged on the second display electrode, an electrolyte layer arranged between the respective first and the second display electrodes and the counter electrodes, and a protective layer made of an insulator material formed on a counter electrode facing side surface of one of the first and the second display electrodes such that the protective layer is sandwiched between the selected one of the first and the second display electrodes and a corresponding one of the first and the second electrochromic layers. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033287 | MULTI-PANE ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS - Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU's), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033288 | VARIABLE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE WINDOW - A variable light transmittance window includes: a substrate configured to transmit light; a thermochromic layer on the substrate; first function thin film layers on opposite surfaces of the thermochromic layer; and second function thin film layers on respective surfaces of the first function thin film layers opposite the thermochromic layer, wherein a difference between refractive indices of the first function thin film layers and the second function thin film layers is greater than a difference between refractive indices of the first function thin film layers and the thermochromic layer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033289 | ARTICLE USING AN OPTICAL DEVICE - An article includes an optical device. The optical device includes a first prism, a second prism, and a light source. The first prism includes an optically active material that affects a refractive index of at least a portion of the first prism via a photochemical change induced by exposure to different wavelengths of light from the light source. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033290 | Light Generating System and Method - An optical system includes an electrically pumped laser light source and an optically pumped laser light source. An optical switch is located in a light path of the electrically pumped laser light source such that when the optical switch is in a first position light from the electrically pumped laser light source is directed toward the optically pumped laser light source and when the optical switch is in a second position light from the electrically pumped laser light source is directed away from the optically pumped laser light source. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033291 | ADVANCED SHIFTING ALGORITHM FOR PROLONGING THE LIFE OF AN OPTICALLY NONLINEAR CRYSTAL - In a shifting algorithm for an optically nonlinear crystal arranged to frequency-convert beam of radiation, the location of one or more defects in the crystal is recorded as an exclusion zone. The location of the beam is stepped incrementally over a surface around a closed or open loop path in increments less than a beam dimension. The path is arranged such that the beam does not enter the exclusion zone. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033292 | USE OF UNDOPED CRYSTALS OF THE YTTRIUM/ALUMINUM/BORATE FAMILY FOR CREATING NON-LINEAR EFFECTS - Crystals of the yttrium/aluminium/borate family are used for producing blue or UV light. To produce blue or UV light with the described crystal family a crystal of the family A | 2012-02-09 |
20120033293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETECTING AN OPENING IN AN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION FIBER OF A ROPA SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for detecting an opening in a transmission fiber connecting a discrete gain unit to a pump unit of a Remote Optically Pumped Amplifier (ROPA) system. The method comprises measuring an optical power entering the pump unit from the transmission fiber, the optical power being in a selected wavelength range, and establishing that the optical power lacks an ASE noise power component generated by the gain unit. The lack of this component indicates the presence of a break or opening in the transmission fiber, and triggers corrective action whereby pump lasers within the pump unit are shut down or have their power reduced to a safe level. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033294 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING AN ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENE - An optical apparatus ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033295 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - An optical network unit ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033296 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus contains a plurality of optical elements arranged in N>−2 successive sections A | 2012-02-09 |
20120033297 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a parallax barrier having a first barrier region to an Nth barrier region and a first distance between the parallax barrier and the display panel, the first barrier region to the Nth barrier region respectively having a first barrier pitch to a Nth barrier pitch, a detection-and-calculation device for detecting a second distance between the display panel and an observer, and a parallax barrier adjustment device for selecting one barrier region from the first barrier region to Nth barrier region. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033298 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - A stereoscopic image displaying method includes providing a display panel for displaying an image, the display panel having a pixel pitch, providing a parallax barrier having a first barrier region to an Nth barrier region and a first distance between the parallax barrier and the display panel, the first barrier region to the Nth barrier region respectively having a first barrier pitch to a Nth barrier pitch, providing a second distance between the display panel and an observer, and selecting a proper barrier region from the first barrier region to the Nth barrier region of the parallax barrier or adjusting the first distance according to the second distance. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033299 | Protective Cup Lens Cover - A padded protective cup shaped covering sized to slip over a camera lens is disclosed. The covering is designed to fit on either the front portion of the lens or the lens mount. The protective covering has beveled side walls which allow it to fit easily on a variety of different lenses. The protective covering is made from two separate layers of material, an outer cup made from a firm yet flexible material, and the inner liner made from a soft pliable material. The soft inner liner allows the covering to easily adhere to the camera lens, and also provides impact protection. The outer cup provides additional impact protection. The outer cup also includes a domed top portion which provides a crumple zone or impact bumper. In one embodiment the outer cup has a clear optical grade lens or filer lens inserted or incorporated therein, which allows the camera user to take a photograph without removing the protective lens. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033300 | FIXED FOCAL LENGTH LENS HAVING IMAGE STABILIZATION FUNCTION - A fixed focal length lens has a focal length of a whole system shorter than a back focus. The fixed focal length lens includes an aperture stop, and an image-stabilizing lens unit that moves in a direction including a component of a direction orthogonal to an optical axis to reduce an image blur. The conditions of 0.12012-02-09 | |
20120033301 | Stationary Sunlight Redirecting Element And System - A low-cost sunlight redirecting element including multiple substantially identical redirecting structures uniformly arranged and fixedly disposed on a base, where each redirecting structure includes multiple optical surface regions that are cooperatively formed and arranged such that, when the sunlight redirecting element is operably fixedly oriented relative to a stationary target with sunlight directed along an incident direction onto the redirecting structures, at least some of the sunlight is transmitted between the corresponding optical surface regions of each redirecting structure, and redirected from the corresponding optical surface regions toward the target's surface. The optical surface regions are shaped and arranged to redirect the sunlight toward the fixed target surface even when the sunlight's incident angle direction changes during the course of a year. A stationary sunlight redirecting system (e.g., an architectural daylighting arrangement or PV farm) includes the sunlight redirecting element maintained in a fixed relationship to the stationary target surface. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033302 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, WINDOW MEMBER, AND FITTING - An optical element includes a first surface, a second surface positioned to face the first surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces arrayed in a first region defined by the first surface and the second surface, wherein the reflecting surfaces have a first length in a first direction vertical to the first surface and are arrayed at a pitch in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, light incident on one of the first surface and the second surface is reflected by the reflecting surfaces toward the other surface, and predetermined parameters satisfy predetermined relational formulae representing conditions for ensuring total reflection at the reflecting surfaces and for avoiding total reflection at a light emergent surface. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033303 | LENS BARREL, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND LENS BARREL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lens barrel includes a fourth lens, a prism, and a sixth lens. The fourth lens receives a light flux incident along a first optical axis. The prism includes a reflecting surface reflecting the light flux passing through the fourth lens to a direction along a second optical axis intersecting with the first optical axis. The sixth lens receives the light flux reflected by the prism. A second group frame includes an opening portion, a prism retaining frame that is arranged in a more inner position than the opening portion and in which the prism is contained, and a plurality of adhesive pockets arranged on an area around the prism retaining frame and being open to the side of the opening portion. Adhesive agent is filled in the adhesive pockets. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033304 | Data Security Screen and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a security screen and a manufacturing method thereof. The security screen comprises: a first film layer; and a blind layer in which shielding partition walls for blocking input images are repeatedly arranged at a distance from each other in parallel or in a lattice configuration at a predetermined angle. The shielding partition walls are constituted by repeatedly printing or transferring a light-absorbing color ink onto one or both surfaces of the first film layer. The security screen is fitted to the displays of image devices such as computer monitors, cash dispensers, navigation devices, mobile phones and PDAs or is fitted to the glass of buildings or the like, thereby making it impossible for the image being output on the display to be viewed by any third party positioned on the left, right, above or below who is not the user of the image device, and which makes the image clearer by preventing the phenomenon of blurring and the phenomenon of glare which occur, for example, when external light shines on devices and on glass or the like. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033305 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING LENS ARRAYS - A lens array for imaging image elements in an object plane, and a method of making a lens array. The lens array includes lenslets formed in or on one side of a transparent or translucent material with the image elements disposed on the opposite side, and has a gauge thickness corresponding to the distance from the apex of each lenslet to the object plane. Each lenslet has a set of lens parameters. The gauge thickness and/or at least one lens parameter is or are optimised such that each lenslet has a focal point size in the object plane which is either substantially equal to the size of the image elements in the object plane, or varies from the size of the image elements by a predetermined amount. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033306 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a slab waveguide which expands an image-bearing pupil into a visible image, reflective edge surfaces are used to redirect once-diffracted light back through the same grating structure. The number of separate grating structures thereby can be reduced to two or even one, compared to three in the prior art. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033307 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light flux generation unit | 2012-02-09 |
20120033308 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and including one piece of positive lens; and a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth lens groups are sequentially disposed in an order from an object side to an image surface side of the zoom lens, all distances between adjacent lens groups change and the third lens group performs focusing while zooming from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, and a following condition is satisfied: 0<(L | 2012-02-09 |
20120033309 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT DRIVES PLURAL LENS UNITS USING MOTORS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD OF LENS - An image pickup apparatus includes a first drive unit, a first lens unit configured to be driven by the first drive unit to perform a magnification-varying operation, a second drive unit, a second lens unit configured to be driven by the second drive unit, and a controller configured to control the first drive unit and the second drive unit so as to drive the second lens unit with reference to a position of the first lens unit in performing the magnification-varying operation. The controller controls the second lens unit so as to move only in a first direction in performing the magnification-varying operation. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033310 | LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens barrel includes: a frame for holding an optical lens, the frame having a bottomed circular recess formed in its outer peripheral surface; a cam follower fixed to an outer diameter portion of the frame with screws, the cam follower including a core and a collar provided on an outer periphery of the core; and a barrel member having a guide groove into which the cam follower is fitted, the guide groove determining a position of the frame, in which under a state in which the cam follower is mounted to the outer diameter portion of the frame, an outer diameter portion of the collar is fitted to an inner diameter portion of the circular recess, and one end surface of the core abuts on a bottom surface of the circular recess and another end surface of the core abuts on a head of the screw. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033311 | Wide-angle optical system, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same - The wide-angle optical system of the invention comprises, in order from its object side, a first lens group having negative refracting power and a second lens group having positive refracting power. The second lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a first cemented doublet lens, an aperture stop, a second cemented doublet lens and a first double-convex lens. The widest separation among axial air separations except a back focus provides an axial space for receiving the aperture stop. The optical system is divided into the first lens group and the second lens group with the second widest air separation as a boundary. Focusing is implemented by letting the whole optical system out. The optical system satisfies Condition (1). | 2012-02-09 |
20120033312 | Apparatuses and methods for changing the appearance of an object mounted behind a mirror - An apparatus includes a mirror. The mirror has a transmissivity, a reflectivity, a front side, and a back side. The apparatus further includes a substantially transparent layer, the substantially transparent layer is located on the back side; and a dark layer, the dark layer contains an aperture and is applied to the substantially transparent layer wherein a combination of the mirror, the substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined reflectivity and a combined color when viewed from the front side which causes a media display device to vanish when the media display device is off and is mounted over the aperture on the back side of the mirror. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033313 | SEAL AND EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A seal of a part of an exterior rear view mirror assembly relative to a body part of a motor vehicle is described, which seal is provided for covering at least one section of a surface of a mirror base and/or a mirror base cover, which takes its bearing on the bodywork side. The seal is securely connected to the mirror base and/or mirror base cover by means of at least one connecting link. The at least one connecting link forms a hinge-like articulated connection. The hinge-like articulated connection includes at least one hinge joint axis running adjacently to the at least one surface, which takes its bearing on the bodywork side. The seal can preferably be folded about the at least one hinge-joint axis onto the section, which is at least to be covered, of the at least one surface, which takes its bearing on the bodywork side. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033314 | EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND PROCESS FOR ITS ASSEMBLY - An exterior rear view mirror of an exterior rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle is described. The exterior rear view mirror includes: an exterior rear view mirror housing, a base bracket, at least partly accommodated in the exterior rear view mirror housing, a frame with walls, which surround an opening arranged on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing, for a mirror glass, and an adjusting device, attached to the base bracket, for the mirror glass. The frame is attached to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device. In addition, a process for assembly of an exterior rear view mirror of this type is described. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033315 | SCANNER MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a scanner motor, including: a rotor case fixed on a rotation shaft to be rotated; a polygon mirror mounted on a top of the rotor case; and a bonding part formed between the rotor case and the polygon mirror to fix the polygon mirror on the rotor case. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033316 | Systems and Methods for Format Efficient Calibration for Servo Data Based Harmonics Calculation - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for servo data based harmonics calculation. For example, a method for calculating harmonics is disclosed that includes: providing a data processing circuit; receiving a first data set derived from a data source during a servo data processing period; performing a first harmonics calculation using the first data set to yield a first harmonics ratio; receiving a second data set derived from a source other than the previously mentioned data source during a user data processing period; performing a second harmonics calculation using the second data set to yield a second harmonics ratio; and calculating a ratio of the first harmonics ratio to the second harmonics ratio. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033317 | POSITION ERROR SIGNAL DEMODULATION WITH TARGET-BASED BLENDING - In a disk drive, a method for servo burst-decoding demodulation that accommodates track pitch variation. Depending on the distance a read head is displaced from a read head target position, a target-based blending scheme, a position-based blending scheme, or a weighted combination of both is used to determine the position of the transducer head. When the transducer head is relatively close to the target position, the target-based blending scheme is used to decode servo bursts and calculate the exact head position. When the transducer head is relatively far from the target position, the position-based blending scheme is used to decode servo bursts and calculate head position. When the transducer head is an intermediate distance from the target position, a weighted combination of the target-based and position-based blending schemes is used. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033318 | PLANAR SLIDER TEST SOCKET - The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033319 | READ PATH COMPENSATION FOR SNR AND SIGNAL TRANSFER - A method and apparatus is provided for extending a read bandwidth and increasing a high-frequency signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a front-end of a read path of a hard disk drive (HDD) by introducing a high impedance section at the front-end of the read path. The high impedance section may mitigate capacitive effects found at the front-end of the read path, thereby improving signal transfer by extending the read bandwidth. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033320 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Scaling in a Read Data Processing System - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing system is disclosed that includes a decoder circuit providing a decoded output, and a dynamic scalar calculation circuit that determines a first dynamic scaling value and a second dynamic scaling value based at least in part on the decoded output. A first multiplier circuit multiplies the decoded output by the first dynamic scaling value and provides a first scaled output. A detector circuit receives the first scaled output and provides a detected output. A second multiplier circuit multiplies the detected output by the second dynamic scaling value and provides a second scaled output. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033321 | TAPE LAYOUT DESIGN FOR RELIABLE ECC DECODING - A method for physically laying out data on tape is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes receiving a data set, wherein the data set includes S sub data sets (SDSs) of fixed size and each SDS includes N codeword interleaves (CWIs). The method further distributes the CWIs for the S SDSs across T tracks on a physical tape medium such that the distances between CWIs of the same SDS are substantially maximized on the physical tape medium. To maximize the distances, the method periodically rotates the tracks within the data set by a track rotation value R, wherein the number of tracks T is equal to 2 | 2012-02-09 |
20120033322 | DISK DRIVE TRACK ADDRESS ENCODED WITH A SERVO SECTOR ADDRESS - A servo sector address and a track address of a recording medium of a disk drive are encoded into a combined address value. The combined address value is stored in a combined address field that has fewer bits than the total bits required to uniquely encode the servo sector address and the track address. The position of a transducer head, indicated by the servo sector address and the track address, is determined by reading encoded values from two consecutive servo sectors on the recording medium and then decoding the encoded values. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033323 | Systems and Methods for Servo Data Based Harmonics Calculation - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for servo data based harmonics calculation. For example, a circuit for determining harmonics is disclosed that includes an analog to digital conversion circuit that provides a series of digital samples corresponding to a pattern within a servo data region of a storage medium, and a harmonic calculation circuit. The harmonic calculation circuit is operable to calculate a first harmonic value for the series of digital samples, calculate a second harmonic value for the series of digital samples, and calculate a ratio of the first harmonic value to the second harmonic value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033324 | ROTATING BODY FOR FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING CAPABLE OF BEING THINNED AND BEING IMPROVED IN ROTATIONAL ACCURACY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE ROTATING BODY FOR FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING - A rotating body for a fluid dynamic bearing used for rotating a recording disk that has been mounted therein include: a rotating shaft portion in which a cylindrical portion that serves as a rotating shaft and a protruding portion extended radially outward from one end of the cylindrical portion are formed integrally with each other; and a hub that is to be connected to the end portion near to the outer circumference of the protruding portion and that has a mounting seat portion on which the recording disk is to be mounted. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033325 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - A dynamic pressure bearing is defined in a first gap between a shaft portion and a sleeve portion. An upper seal portion extending upward and a lower seal portion extending downward are arranged radially outward of the dynamic pressure bearing. Each of the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion includes a surface including a lubricating oil located therein. The upper seal portion and the lower seal portion are arranged in communication with each other through a communicating hole defined in the sleeve portion. The communicating hole and a space ranging from the upper seal portion to the lower seal portion through the first gap are filled with the lubricating oil. The axial distance between the surfaces of the lubricating oil in the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion is arranged to be shorter than the axial distance between an upper end and a lower end of the dynamic pressure bearing. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033326 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - A spindle motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion preferably includes a shaft portion, a lower plate portion, and an outer tubular portion. The rotating portion preferably includes an inner tubular portion and a flange portion including a communicating hole. An upper seal portion is arranged radially outward of a first gap, and a lower seal portion is arranged radially outward of a second gap. The upper and lower seal portions are arranged in communication with each other through the communicating hole. The communicating hole and a space extending from the upper seal portion to the lower seal portion through the first gap, the second gap, and a third gap are filled with a lubricating oil. The third gap includes a dynamic pressure generation portion arranged to produce a radially inward pressure acting on the lubricating oil. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033327 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - A motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion includes a communicating hole. A dynamic pressure bearing is defined in a first gap between a shaft portion and the sleeve portion. An upper seal portion and a lower seal portion are arranged radially outward of the dynamic pressure bearing. The upper seal portion and the lower seal portion are arranged in communication with each other through the communicating hole. The communicating hole and a space extending from the upper seal portion to the lower seal portion through the first gap are filled with a lubricating oil. A fixing region where an outer tubular portion and a base portion are fixed to each other is arranged to overlap with the dynamic pressure bearing in a radial direction in plan view. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033328 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - A spindle motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion preferably includes a shaft portion, an upper thrust portion, and an outer tubular portion. The rotating portion preferably includes an inner tubular portion, a flange portion, an upper hub annular portion, and a lower hub annular portion. The flange portion includes a communicating hole. An upper surface of a lubricating oil is located in a fifth gap defined between an upper thrust portion and an upper hub annular portion, while a lower surface of the lubricating oil is located in a sixth gap defined between an outer tubular portion and a lower hub annular portion. The communicating hole and a space extending from the fifth gap to the sixth gap through a fourth gap, a first gap, a second gap, and a third gap are continuously filled with the lubricating oil. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033329 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - In a motor, an annular radially extending gap is defined between an outer annular surface and a lower surface of an annular cover portion. The radially extending gap has an axial width smaller than a maximum width of an upper seal portion defined between an outer circumferential surface of an upper thrust portion and an inner circumferential surface of a tubular portion. An annular axially extending gap is defined between an inner cylindrical surface and a radially inner edge of the annular cover portion. The axially extending gap has a radial width smaller than the maximum width of the upper seal portion. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033330 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE - In a motor, a stationary portion includes a shaft portion and an upper thrust portion arranged to define a single continuous monolithic member together with the shaft portion, and arranged to extend radially outward from an upper portion of the shaft portion. The shaft portion includes a female screw portion recessed axially downward from an upper end thereof. An upper end of the single continuous monolithic member defined by the shaft portion and the upper thrust portion includes an upper end annular surface arranged to extend radially outward from the female screw portion perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the central axis. An outside diameter of the upper end annular surface is greater than a diameter of an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033331 | NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ULTRA HIGH DENSITY INFORMATION STORAGE, DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A nanocomposite article that includes a single-crystal or single-crystal-like substrate and heteroepitaxial, phase-separated layer supported by a surface of the substrate and a method of making the same are described. The heteroepitaxial layer can include a continuous, non-magnetic, crystalline, matrix phase, and an ordered, magnetic magnetic phase disposed within the matrix phase. The ordered magnetic phase can include a plurality of self-assembled crystalline nanostructures of a magnetic material. The phase-separated layer and the single crystal substrate can be separated by a buffer layer. An electronic storage device that includes a read-write head and a nanocomposite article with a data storage density of 0.75 Tb/in | 2012-02-09 |
20120033332 | LOW VISCOSITY ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DISSIPATING ADHESIVE - In one embodiment, a system includes a cable comprising a plurality of leads and an ESD dissipating adhesive coupled to the plurality of leads in a coverage area for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device. The ESD adhesive comprises a mixture of a polymeric thin film and electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the film, and the ESD adhesive has a resistivity from about 50 to 100 MΩ. In another embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device includes applying an ESD adhesive across exposed leads of a cable and evaporating the solvent from the ESD adhesive. At least some of the leads are coupled to an element of an electronic device. The ESD adhesive comprises a polymeric thin film, electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the polymeric thin film, and a solvent for controlling a viscosity of the ESD adhesive. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033333 | POWER PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A power protection circuit includes a power providing unit, a first and second voltage converters, a first and second switches, a first and second voltage detecting circuits, and a first and second warning circuits. The first switch connects between the power providing unit and the first voltage converter. The second switch connects between the power providing unit and the second voltage converter. The first and second voltage detecting circuits are respectively connected to the first and second voltage converters. The first and second warning circuits are respectively connected to the first and second voltage detecting circuits. When the input voltage of the first voltage detecting circuit drops, the first switch turns off the first voltage converter, the first warning circuit signals a warning; when the input voltage of the second voltage detecting circuit drops, the second switch turns off the second voltage converter, the second warning circuit signals a warning. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033334 | POWER CIRCUIT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POWER CIRCUITS - When an abnormality occurs in a refrigeration cycle, the inverter motor provided in the air conditioner is stopped reliably and contacts of the main relay are prevented from degradation and fusion. A power circuit | 2012-02-09 |
20120033335 | ESD Protection Scheme for Integrated Circuit Having Multi-Power Domains - The invention provides systems and methods for ESD protection for an integrated circuit (IC) having multi-power domains. The IC comprises a first device in a first power domain having a first power line and a first ground line and a second device in a second power domain having a second power line and a second ground line. A clamp circuit having a first node and a second node is coupled to the first device and the second device to provide cross-domain protection. Alternatively, two clamp circuits are used to couple with the first device and the second device to provide cross-domain ESD protection. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033336 | DEBUG INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A debug interface circuit connecting between a connector and an integrated circuit (IC) of an electronic device. The connector is used for providing a path for a debug device debugging the IC. The debug interface circuit includes a first electrostatic protection unit and a second electrostatic protection unit. One end of the first electrostatic protection unit is electrically connected between a first pin of the IC and an output port of the connector, and the other end of the first electrostatic protection unit is electrically grounded. One end of the second electrostatic protection unit is electrically connected between a second pin of the IC and an input port of the connector, and the other end of the second electrostatic protection unit is electrically grounded. The first pin is used for receiving signals from the output port. The second pin used for transmitting signals to the input port. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033337 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A SENSOR - A circuit arrangement for simulating a sensor includes two external connections configured to change at least one of a current intensity and a resistance between the two external connections as a function of a measured variable. The circuit arrangement comprises: (a) a current path connecting the two external connections having two field-effect transistors and a resistor, and (b) a circuit configured to actuate gates of the two field-effect transistors so as to at least one of control and regulate a current through the current path, wherein the resistor is configured as a shunt resistor connected to a bridge rectifier and the circuit configured to actuate the gates of the two field-effect transistors comprises a control circuit configured to detect and regulate the current in the current path via a voltage drop at the shunt resistor. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033338 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE AND LOAD - Disclosed is a device for monitoring an electrical power flow between a power source and a load. The monitoring device includes a monitoring module configured to monitor one or more aspects of the electrical power flow, the monitoring module configured to detect a fault condition when one or more aspects fall outside a predetermined operating range. In addition, the device includes a protection module configured to interrupt the electrical power flow upon detection of the fault condition. In some embodiments, the monitoring device includes a reset module configured to re-establish electrical power flow between the power source and the load. In some embodiments, the monitoring device further includes a diagnostic module configured to determine diagnostic information based at least in part on one or more of the monitored aspects of the electrical power flow. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033339 | SURGE PROTECTION MAGAZINE FOR A DEVICE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND DATA TECHNOLOGY - The invention relates to a surge protection magazine ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120033340 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An electrostatic chuck and method of use thereof is provided herein. In some embodiments, an electrostatic chuck may include a disk having a first side to support a substrate thereon and a second side, opposing the first side, to provide an interface to selectively couple the disk to a thermal control plate, a first electrode disposed within the disk proximate the first side to electrostatically couple the substrate to the disk and a second electrode disposed within the disk proximate the opposing side of the disk to electrostatically couple the disk to the thermal control plate. In some embodiments, the second electrode may also be configured to heat the disk. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033341 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS EXHIBITING CURRENT CONTROL FUNCTION - An ignitor semiconductor apparatus can include an output stage IGBT that controls the ON and OFF of the primary current of ignition coil, a sensing IGBT and a sensing resistance for detecting the current flowing through output stage IGBT, gate resistance and a current control circuit that detects the voltage across sensing resistance and controls the current flowing through output stage IGBT. First and second gate control circuits separately control the gate voltages of IGBT's such that the gate voltage of the output stage IGBT is higher than the gate voltage of the sensing IGBT, when the current flowing through output stage IGBT is larger than a predetermined current value, and such that the gate voltage of output stage IGBT is lower than the gate voltage of sensing IGBT, when the current flowing through output stage IGBT is smaller than the predetermined current value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033342 | STACKED FILM CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A stacked film capacitor including a resin protective film having excellent durability is provided which can stably secure desired properties. The stacked film capacitor includes a capacitor element | 2012-02-09 |
20120033343 | REDUCTION-RESISTANT DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a reduction-resistant dielectric composition and a ceramic electronic component including the same. The reduction-resistant dielectric composition may include a BaTiO | 2012-02-09 |
20120033344 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A dielectric ceramic and a laminated ceramic capacitor using the dielectric ceramic are achieved which provide favorable thermal shock resistance without damaging properties or characteristics such as dielectric properties, insulation properties, temperature characteristics, and characteristics in high temperature loading, even when the dielectric layers are reduced in thickness and the number of stacked layers increased. The dielectric ceramic contains, as its main constituent, a barium titanate based compound represented by the general formula ABO | 2012-02-09 |
20120033345 | Electrochemical capacitor and method of manufacturing the same - Disclosed is an electrochemical capacitor and method for manufacturing the same. The electrochemical capacitor includes: at least two winding-type separators which are wound in a spiral shape and are stacked; and stacking-type first and second electrodes which are alternately interposed between the wound separators, respectively. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033346 | Energy storage device - The present invention relates to an energy storage device. The energy storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a case providing an internal space with a first space and a second space; an electrolyte solution filled in the internal space of the case; a positive electrode structure disposed on an interface between the first space and the second space and having a cathode active material layer including activated carbon; a first negative electrode disposed in the first space and having a first anode active material layer including graphite; and a second negative electrode disposed in the second space and having a second cathode active material layer including activated carbon. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033347 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS - A method of manufacturing an electrode includes printing an electrode ink on a portion of a substrate using a rotary lithographic printer. The electrode ink is allowed to dry on the substrate. A separator material is printed on the portion of the substrate using the rotary lithographic printer. A sealant wall is printed around the portion of the substrate using the rotary lithographic printer. The substrates are then “stacked” and “folded” in appropriate configurations to obtain a desired capacitance and voltage standoff. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033348 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE GETTER - A multilayer composite getter, a method for its manufacturing and electrochemical devices for energy storage employing said multilayer composite getters are described. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033349 | Mechanically Robust Solid Electrolytic Capacitor Assembly - An integrated capacitor assembly that contains at least two solid electrolytic capacitor elements electrically connected to common anode and cathode terminations is provided. The capacitor elements contain an anode, a dielectric coating overlying the anode that is formed by anodic oxidation, and a conductive polymer solid electrolyte overlying the dielectric layer. The capacitor elements are spaced apart from each other a certain distance such that a resinous material can fill the space between the elements. In this manner, the present inventors believe that the resinous material can limit the expansion of the conductive polymer layer to such an extent that it does not substantially delaminate from the capacitor element. In addition to possessing mechanical stability, the capacitor assembly also possesses a combination of good electrical properties, such as low ESR, high capacitance, and a high dielectric breakdown voltage. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033350 | CAPACITOR ANODE - A process for producing a solid electrolyte capacitor with an anode comprising a sintered fine NbO | 2012-02-09 |
20120033351 | MOTOR CONTROL CENTER AND BUS ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A bus assembly is provided for a motor control center (MCC). The MCC includes an enclosure, an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, which is removably coupled to the enclosure, and at least one subunit. The bus assembly includes a horizontal bus, a number of vertical buses, and a number of short circuit protective devices (SCPDs), such as fuses or circuit breakers. The horizontal bus is electrically connected to the circuit breaker, each vertical bus electrically connects a corresponding subunit to the horizontal bus, and each SCPD is disposed between the horizontal bus and a corresponding one of the vertical buses. The SCPDs reduce the peak current level and arc flash energy experienced by the subunits, and relatively quickly clear the arcing event. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033352 | Motor Control Center Subunit(s) (bucket(s)) with compartmentalized disconnect associated with a distinctly separate load section. - A Motor Control Center Subunit(s) (bucket(s)) with compartmentalized disconnect associated with a distinctly separate load compartment, consisting of multiple compartments arranged so as to allow service of the load compartment without exposure to line voltages. The invention removes the energized components from the associated loads they are feeding, thereby greatly reducing the health risks and decreasing the cumbersome nature of legally necessary methods and procedures that a person working within such a compartment would currently have to ascribe to. A key feature/distinction of this invention is that the disconnecting devices is remote mounted from the load controlling components, so that when the handle operator is switched to the OFF position there are no components (e.g. disconnecting device and/or its conductors) within the load compartment that remain energized by line voltage. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033353 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A foldable electronic device includes a foldable casing, a flexible electronic element, and at least one roller. The flexible electronic element is disposed in the foldable casing, and the roller is correspondingly pivoted to a bending position of the foldable casing. The roller enables the flexible electronic element to slide and to be bent along the roller when being unfolded or folded together with the foldable casing, so as to avoid the generation of creases, such that the flexible electronic element is capable of serving as a display screen of the foldable electronic device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033354 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A foldable electronic device includes a foldable casing and a flexible display. The flexible display is disposed in the foldable casing, and is connected to the foldable casing through an elastic member, and the elastic member provides the flexible display the extending flexibility when being unfolded or folded together with the foldable casing, such that the flexible display is capable of being used as a display screen of the foldable electronic device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120033355 | SLIDER ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An slider electronic device includes a main body, a display body, two rotary members, and a resilient member. The main body includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The display body is movably mounted on the main body and includes a proximal end and a distal end opposite to each other. One end of each rotary member is rotatably connected to the main body, and the other end is rotatably connected to the display body. Two ends of the resilient member are connected to the second end of the main body the proximal end of the display body, respectively. When the display body covers the main body, the proximal end of the display body is adjacent to the first end of the main body, and the distal end of the display body is adjacent to the second end of the main body. | 2012-02-09 |