06th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100033009 | Method and Device for Tightening a Hydraulic Parking Brake - A method and a device for tightening a hydraulic parking brake are disclosed. In the method, a tightening force is generated in a first step by creating a hydraulic pressure in a parking brake circuit. To this end, a pressure generating unit driven by an electric motor is used. In a subsequent step, at least one motor-related parameter which permits a conclusion about the hydraulic pressure prevailing in the parking brake circuit is detected. Subsequently, an activation of a tightening force assistance device takes place depending on the detected motor-related parameter and without the necessity of providing a pressure sensor. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033010 | RUBBER TRACK - A rubber track has lugs ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033011 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE DC-DC CONVERTER AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle drive DC-DC converter and an electric vehicle are provided in which the electric vehicle drive DC-DC converter is constructed by connecting a plurality of DC-DC converter units in parallel, and in which a smoothing capacitor is allowed to be reduced in size thereof so that the DC-DC converter unit can be constructed in a small size, and electric power required by the electric vehicle can be coped with by only increasing the number of DC-DC converter units. Each of the DC-DC converter units includes: a coil having both ends thereof being connected to a DC power source and an electric vehicle drive source (motor); and a drive element which is connected in parallel to the electric vehicle drive source and driven in response to a signal supplied from a control circuit, the drive element having combined therewith a load current commutation diode. A single smoothing capacitor is connected in parallel to the electric vehicle drive source so that the respective drive elements of the plurality of DC-DC converter units are driven by the control circuit at different timings. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033012 | Motor Vehicle Controller With Polarity-Reversal Protection - For a motor vehicle control device including one or more first high-side-actuated loads which is/are driven by a load actuator and, in particular, at least one further high-side actuated load, wherein the load actuator and the loads are supplied with voltage via at least two high-side paths and via one or more low-side paths connected to a reference potential, a reliable, electronic polarity reversal protection, which ensures a high degree of operational security, is to be made available for a control device, which polarity reversal protection is more cost-effective than existing circuits for polarity reversal protection. For this purpose, at least one active semiconductor component is connected as a polarity reversal protection into a low-side path. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033013 | Vehicle Energy Supply System - A vehicle energy supply system includes a first branch of the vehicle's electrical system, a second branch of the vehicle's electrical system, and an energy transfer device that couples together the first branch of the vehicle's electrical system and the second branch of the vehicle's electrical system. The energy transfer device is designed in such a manner that energy is drawn from the alternating component of the voltage in the first branch of the vehicle's electrical system by the energy transfer device and is then fed to the second branch of the vehicle's electrical system. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033014 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER - A voltage supply arrangement is proposed, which provides a voltage from a first power range in a first operating mode and from a second power range in a second operating mode, to a first electrical load. The voltage supply arrangement includes a voltage converter which is coupled on the input side to a voltage input of the voltage supply arrangement and on the output side to a first connection of a first switch, which is connected at a second connection to a voltage output of the voltage supply arrangement for connection of a first electrical load. The voltage supply arrangement further includes a second switch, which is coupled at a first connection to the voltage input and at a second connection to the voltage output, and a drive circuit, which is configured to set the first and the second switch to the first or the second operating mode in response to a control signal. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033015 | Unitized Electric Generator and Storage System - Combined Hydro Turbine and Solar Powered Electrical Storage System - A unitized electrical generating and storage system is herein described that combines up to three sources, hydroelectric, solar and wind, of that can produce electric power. This invention encompasses an enclosed housing structure that securely and efficiently integrates multiple power generating technologies and electrical storage capacity into a single platform assembly or unit that is easy to install and implement. It can be applied to a variety of applications and locations where conventional utility power or a single renewable energy source can not be reasonably incorporated. This invention is designed to address the electrical needs of remote sites or locations where other power supply facilities or means are non-existent or difficult to impossible to implement and creates more aesthetic power generating equipment to sites along highways, roads, parks, golf courses, rivers, lakes and reservoirs. It also provides an ecological alternative to other less environmentally friendly power generating or supply options. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033016 | System for Generating Electric Energy - The invention relates to a system for generating electric energy from renewable energy sources. The system includes a plurality of generator aggregates ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033017 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A holding device with charging function includes a holder, a solar power receiving module and a power transformer. The holder is provided for holding an electronic device. The solar power receiving module is coupled with the holder and electrically coupled to the power transformer. The solar power receiving module receives and transforms solar power to a first power source, and the power transformer has an external input port for electrically coupling to an external second power source. The power transformer selectively conducts the first power source and the second power source and transforms the conducted power source to an output voltage. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033018 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND CHARGING CONTROLLING METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic equipment capable of supplying an electric power to a secondary battery only when the secondary battery must be charged. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033019 | MODULAR SOLAR DEVICE POWER DISTRIBUTION - A system includes a power distributor having a power collection rail and a power management rail disposed within a track. A first module having a solar collector is adapted to couple to the track and electrically connect to the power collection rail. A rechargeable battery provides direct current (DC) power to the power management rail. A controller is coupled the battery and to the track to receive power from the power collection rail to recharge the battery. Various modules having solar collectors, batteries and devices may be coupled to the track. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033020 | POWER DEVICE AND POWER DEVICE POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A power device of the present invention makes a plurality of DC/DC converters redundant, and supplies power individually to a plurality of disk drives. Each first DC/DC converter is respectively made correspondent to a subgroup. One first DC/DC converter is connected to the disk drives respectively inside one subgroup, and the other first DC/DC converter is connected to the disk drives inside the other subgroup. A second DC/DC converter is made correspondent to all of the subgroups. Second DC/DC converters respectively supply direct-current power to any one disk drive of the disk drives in the subgroups. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033021 | PHASED ARRAY WIRELESS RESONANT POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM - A resonant power transmission system for wirelessly delivering electric power to a target device. A transmitter resonant phased array includes a power source operable to source alternating current power at a target frequency. A plurality of transmitting elements, each operable to produce a non-radiated magnetic field, produces a composite non-radiated magnetic field. A plurality of transmitter tuned circuit elements couple the alternating current power to the plurality of transmitting elements. Control circuitry controls the plurality of transmitter tuned circuit elements to direct the composite non-radiated magnetic field toward the target device. Communication circuitry communicates with the target device. The plurality of transmitting elements may be a plurality of coils with the control circuitry individually controlling phase of the non-radiated magnetic fields produced by the plurality of transmitting elements by control of the plurality of transmitter tuned circuit elements. The plurality of coils may be directed mechanically in other embodiments. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033022 | SIGNAL COUPLER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a signal coupler including, a first coil being formed over a semiconductor substrate, the first coil including a first pad-pair and a first metal wiring, the first pad-pair including two first pads, the first metal wiring being perpendicularly configured as a half-loop over the semiconductor substrate, both ends of the first metal wiring being bonded to each of the first pad, respectively, an input circuit being configured in the semiconductor substrate and providing electrical current corresponding to an input signal to the first metal wiring, a second coil being opposed to the first coil and formed over the semiconductor substrate, the second coil including a second pad-pair and a second metal wiring, the second pad-pair including two second pads, the second metal wiring being perpendicularly configured as the half-loop over the semiconductor substrate, both ends of the second metal wiring being bonded to each of the second pad, respectively, the second coil detecting magnetic field variation generated in the vicinity of the first coil and generating an output electrical current corresponding to the magnetic field variation, and an output circuit being configured in the semiconductor substrate and outputting an output signal corresponding to the output electrical current. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033023 | ADAPTIVE INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY WITH COMMUNICATION - An adaptive inductive ballast is provided with the capability to communicate with a remote device powered by the ballast. To improve the operation of the ballast, the ballast changes its operating characteristics based upon information received from the remote device. Further, the ballast may provide a path for the remote device to communicate with device other than the adaptive inductive ballast. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033024 | CONTROLLABLE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - Controllable electrical outlets and systems and methods for controlling and disabling the electrical outlets. A controllable electrical outlet includes a current sensor, an electrical switch, and a microcontroller. When an electrical load is plugged into the electrical outlet, the current sensor senses the flow of current and a current sense event is reported from the electrical outlet to a central computer. The central computer provides timing and control of the electrical outlet. When a predetermined elapsed time has passed, as measured by the central computer, a timed-out event is communicated from the central computer to the electrical outlet triggering the electrical switch, opening the current path within the electrical outlet such that electrical current no longer flows to the electrical load. Communication between the central computer and an electrical outlet may occur, for example, via existing electrical wiring, wirelessly, or via dedicated communication wiring. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033025 | Power adator having power-saving circuit - A power adaptor for converting AC/DC current to DC current and providing the converted DC current to a portable device. The power adaptor includes a converter and switching means. The converter includes input ports for receiving the input current therethrough and output ports for flowing the output current therethrough. The switching means are coupled to the input ports and operative to control the flow of the input current. The switching means are adapted to be connected to and operated by the portable device such that the input current flows only when the portable device is coupled to the power adaptor. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033026 | Electronic equipment and power supply state control method for electronic equipment - An electronic equipment includes:
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20100033027 | Automatic Pole - An automatic pole includes a mechanical push device and a circuit board device electric-connected with each other. The mechanical push device includes a magnetic inductance device, a contact device, and a housing. The circuit board device comprises a control circuit and an internal cell. The control circuit includes a first optoelectronic coupler and a second optoelectronic coupler electric-connected with each other, and a first transistor which base is connected to the first optoelectronic coupler and a second transistor which base is connected to the second optoelectronic coupler. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033028 | DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE POWER TRANSMISSION AND DEICING OF A HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINE BY MEANS OF DIRECT CURRENT - In order to provide an apparatus ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033029 | SWITCHED RELUCTANCE LINEAR MOTOR/GENERATOR - The invention consists on a linear switched reluctance electrical machine that may be operated indistinctly as a generator or a motor, with a series of characteristics that allow the optimization of the mass to power ratio, as well as the manufacturing cost. The machine has several air gaps, crossed by a single magnetic flux, in which the magnetic force is obtained. This flux is fed by a set of coils ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033030 | ACCELERATION GENERATOR AND PSEUDO FORCE SENSE GENERATOR - An acceleration generator | 2010-02-11 |
20100033031 | Voice coil motor for optical device - A voice coil motor. A first coil is connected to a fixed base and includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion connected to and opposite the first winding portion. A second coil is connected to the fixed base and includes a third winding portion and a fourth winding portion connected to and opposite the third winding portion. A first magnetic member is connected to a support base and includes a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole. The first and second magnetic poles oppose the first and third winding portions, respectively. A second magnetic member is connected to the first magnetic member and includes a third magnetic pole and a fourth magnetic pole. The third magnetic pole opposes the second winding portion and abuts the first magnetic pole. The fourth magnetic pole opposes the fourth winding portion and abuts the second magnetic pole. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033032 | LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A first pair of connected portions of one end magnetic pole portion, a first pair of connected portions of an end bracket, a first pair of connected portions of the other end magnetic pole portion, and a first pair of connected portions of each of five magnetic pole portions are connected by a pair of magnetic cylindrical members. A second pair of one connected portions of one end magnetic pole portion, a second pair of the other end magnetic pole portion, and a second pair of connected portions of each of five magnetic pole portions are connected by a pair of magnetic conductive parts. One pair of guide shafts are slidably fitted into the one pair of magnetic cylindrical members through linear bearings. A yoke is constituted from the one pair of magnetic cylindrical members and one pair of magnetic conductive parts. The five magnetic pole portions are each formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic steel plates in the axial direction. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033033 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING REPLACEABLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE CHUCK ASSEMBLIES - An electric machine, such as a switched reluctance motor (SRM), having a stator housing that allows for stator chuck assemblies to be removed and replaced independently of other stator chuck assemblies is described. The stator housing of the electric machine has a plurality of slots for receiving the stator chuck assemblies and for supporting the chuck assemblies in fixed positions relative to a rotor assembly of the electric machine. In preferred embodiments, the slots are disposed on the exterior surface of the stator housing. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033034 | High-Power and High-Torque Step Motor - A high-power and high-torque step motor comprising a stator which is provided with a first stator pole, a second stator pole, a third stator pole, a fourth stator pole, a fifth stator pole, a sixth stator pole, a seventh stator pole and a eighth stator pole. An A-phase winding orderly winds around the first, third, fifth and seventh stator poles, and a B-phase winding orderly winds around the second, fourth, sixth and eighth stator poles. The first, second, fifth and sixth stator poles are wound in the same direction, and the winding direction of the third, fourth, seventh and eighth stator poles is opposite to that of the first, second, fifth and sixth stator poles. By such arrangements, the high-power and high-torque step motor is formed. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033035 | Ring Motor - A ring motor ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033036 | Motor With Permanent Magnets and Method of Manufacturing; Power Tool With Same - An electric motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor or the stator has arced permanent magnets that have essentially the same inner radius (IR) and outer radius (OR). In an aspect, the stator has a stator housing having a plurality of poles. Each pole includes a plurality of flat magnets affixed to an inner surface of the stator housing. In an aspect, flats on the outside of the stator housing key the stator assembly in a power tool housing. In an aspect, flat magnets are pre-magnetized, pre-assembled with alternating magnetic polarities, inserted into a stator housing, and remagnetized to a final, desired magnetic polarity configuration. In an aspect, pre-magnetized magnets and unmagnetized magnets are pre-assembled with unmagnetized magnets between magnetized magnets, the pre-assembled magnets inserted into a stator housing, and the unmagnetized magnets magnetized to a final, desired magnetic polarity configuration. In an aspect, pre-magnetized magnets are inserted between anchors inwardly extending from an inner surface of a stator housing with the anchors retaining each magnet placed in the stator housing between anchors from being angularly displaced by subsequently inserted magnets. In an aspect, pre-magnetized magnets are inserted in recesses in an inner surface of a stator housing with the recesses retaining each magnet placed in the stator housing between anchors from being angularly displaced by subsequently inserted magnets. In an aspect, each pole has at least three magnets, at least one of the magnets being thinner than the other magnets. In an aspect, the outer most magnets are made of magnetic material that is more resistant to demagnetization than at least one of the other magnets. In an aspect, the magnets of each pole are unevenly spaced over the pole In an aspect, a power tool includes such an electric motor. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033037 | Shielding of superconducting field coil in homopolar inductor alternator - A superconducting field coil assembly includes a superconducting field coil disposed within a vacuum insulated electro-magnetic (EM) shielded cryostat. A water cooling jacket is thermally integrated with the outer surface of the EM shielded cryostat. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A cooling system is provided for an electric motor and comprises a rotor assembly, an intake assembly, and a first reservoir. The rotor assembly is coupled to and rotatable within a housing, and comprises a rotor having a first and second ends having a first plurality of veins extending therebetween, each vein having an inlet and an outlet. The rotor assembly also comprises a first manifold coupled to and rotatable with the first end of the rotor in fluid communication with the inlets of the first plurality of veins. The intake assembly is coupled to the housing and is in fluid communication with the first manifold. The first reservoir is configured to contain a motor coolant and is coupled to the housing for collecting the motor coolant from the outlets of the first plurality of veins, and for providing a source of motor coolant to the intake assembly. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033039 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor for use in an electric vehicle, the electric motor includes: an inner housing which holds a stator; and an outer housing which defines a space through which cooling water is caused to flow between the inner housing and itself. The inner housing and the outer housing are connected by a plurality of columns disposed in the space. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033040 | ROTARING ELECTRIC MACHINE - To provide a rotating electric machine capable of accurate detection of coil temperature by causing refrigerant to flow so as not to contact a temperature detecting element provided on a coil end portion. A rotating electric machine ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033041 | COUNTER-ROTATING AXIAL-FLOW FAN - A counter-rotating axial-flow fan is provided that is capable of increasing effect of cooling a stator. One or more through-holes | 2010-02-11 |
20100033042 | TOTALLY ENCLOSED HEAT PIPE COOLED MOTOR - A totally enclosed motor comprising a housing totally encloses an electrical package that includes plurality of slot vents extending radially outward from a shaft on which the electrical package is mounted. The electrical package being operable to generate a closed circuit electrical package cooling air flow that circulates through the slot vents and is confined within the housing. The motor additionally including an exterior cooling assembly that is operable to generate a directed exterior air flow along an exterior portion of the housing. The motor further including a plurality of heat pipes having evaporator ends disposed within the closed circuit electrical package cooling air flow and condenser ends disposed within the exterior air flow, whereby heat is removed from the electrical package chamber such that the ‘Totally Enclosed’ more provides a power output substantially equivalent to that of an ‘Open’ motor of approximately the same size. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033043 | MOTOR STATOR AND MOLD MOTOR - A motor stator is disclosed. Each of a first phase, second phase and third phase of three-phase winding has multiple toroidal coils and crossover wires connecting the coils. The crossover wire of the first phase runs inside the second phase coil and the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the second phase runs over the first phase coil with a guide by guide posts and runs inside the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the third phase runs over the first phase coil and the second phase coil with a guide by the guide posts. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033044 | MOTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A motor for an electric power steering apparatus is obtained which can reduce the number of parts required. The motor has terminals for electrically connecting between leads and a stator coil. Each terminal is a band-shaped conductive member that has a pair of connector side terminal end portions at its opposite ends, respectively, when developed, and a plurality of stator side terminal portions protruding to one side of the conductive member along a longitudinal direction thereof. Each terminal is deformed in its thickness direction into a circular shape, and the connector side terminal end portions being bent in the same plane are connected with each other to form a connector side terminal portion. The connector side terminal portion is connected to the leads, and the stator side terminal portions are connected to the stator coil. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033045 | VIBRATING MOTOR - A vibrating motor includes a base having a bearing mounting section, a magnet mounted on the base, a shaft assembled with the bearing mounting section, a pair of brushes located on the base and a rotor rotably supported by the shaft. Each of the brushes has a first contacting portion and a second contacting portion. The rotor includes a commutator facing the brushes. The commutator defines a plurality of segments. A gap is defined between two adjacent segments and extends along radial direction of the commutator. A connecting line connecting the first and second contacting portions is not through the shaft. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033046 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine in which an adequate magnetic supporting force can be produced even when the gap length of the rotator is long. The rotating electric machine comprises a rotator ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033047 | Flavell home electric generation system - A self generating home electric system. Started by a portable generator that powers the first motor that then belt drives a generator head. That generator head then supplies 240 volts power to a second motor that then belt drives a second generator head. The second generator head will then supply 240 volts power to a third motor that then belt drives the third generator head. The third generator head then sends 240 volts power to motor four. Motor four now takes over from motor one to belt drive generator head one. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033048 | Hybrid Step Motor - A hybrid step motor comprises a stator, a rotor assembly, a magnet and a mandrel. The rotor assembly and the magnet are mounted on the mandrel and are disposed in the stator. The proportion of a stator outer diameter to a stator inner diameter is 1:0.475 to 1:0.6. The proportion of the stator outer diameter to a rotor outer diameter is 1:0.5125 to 1:0.5875. The proportion of a first rotor thickness to a magnet thickness to a second rotor thickness is 0.236:0.09:0.236 optimally. The proportion of the rotor outer diameter to a magnet outer diameter is 0.54:0.45. By such arrangements, the optimal proportion is formed and the output efficiency is improved. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033049 | ROTARY MOTOR - The present invention relates to rotary motors in which the rotational motion of the motor is provided by the attractive (or repulsive) forces between a pair of cooperating magnets in response to tilting of the motor axle. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033050 | MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The motor of the invention is an outer rotor type motor, and a rotor includes a cylindrical rotor frame that is opened at one end thereof in an axial direction, and a hollow cylindrical magnet attached to an inner periphery of the rotor frame. The magnet has a joining portion joined to an inside cylindrical portion of the rotor frame, and a protruding portion that further protrudes in the axial direction from one end, the outer diameter of the protruding portion is larger than the inner diameter of the rotor frame, and the joining portion is directly brought into close contact with a portion ranging from the one end to at least a portion of the inside cylindrical portion. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033051 | ROTOR AND PERMANENT-MAGNET ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A permanent-magnet rotating electrical machine includes a stator with an armature coil and a rotor arranged to rotate with a predetermined air gap with respect to the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core. Permanent magnets are arranged inside the rotor core on an outer circumferential side, or at the surface of the rotor core. The permanent magnets each are divided into a plurality of segments in an axial direction along a dividing face. The dividing face and an end face of the permanent magnet facing a circumferential direction form acute angles to define narrowed areas to suppress generation of eddy currents in the permanent magnets, prevent deterioration of the permanent magnets, and improve efficiency of the permanent-magnet rotating electrical machine. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033052 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH A MULTI-LEVEL WINDING - Stator winding ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033053 | BRUSH DEVICE FOR MOTOR - Each of the paired brush devices includes a brush in sliding contact with a commutator, a brush arm holding the brush, and a brush base to which the brush arm is fixed and which has a base hole. The pair of brush devices are disposed such that a line connecting the centers of the pair of brushes inclines in relation to a line connecting the centers of a pair of magnets. Each of the brush arms of the brush devices is disposed on the outside of the corresponding brush base at a location where the brush arm is fixed to the brush base, and one of the brush arms is bent from the outside of the corresponding brush base toward the inside thereof while being passed through the base hole to intersect the brush base. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033054 | PATTERNED DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A patterned dielectric elastomer actuator is disclosed which includes a series of thin parallel elastomer filaments, separated by certain distances sandwiched between a pair of rigid electrodes. The elastomer filaments and air acts as a patterned dielectric layer. The elastomer filaments can compress laterally from a circular cross-section to an elliptical shape when a voltage is applied between the rigid electrodes. The elastomer filaments can touch laterally, which implies no further squeezing in order to provide a minimal secure distance between the rigid electrodes. The dielectric elastomer actuator can be fabricated utilizing a reel-to-reel fabrication process with the thin elastomer filaments fabricated ahead of time, by extrusion techniques and cured completely before storing on reels. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033055 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELASTIC WAVE DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an elastic wave device includes: forming comb-shaped electrodes for exciting elastic waves on a piezoelectric substrate; forming a dielectric layer having a thickness greater than that of the comb-shaped electrode so as to cover the comb-shaped electrodes, forming an etch back layer so as to cover the dielectric layer, and etching an etch back layer and part of the dielectric layer under the conditions where the etch back layer and the dielectric layer are thinned at the same rate. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033056 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR HAVING LIGHTWEIGHT VIBRATING ELEMENT - An ultrasonic motor includes a vibrating element having a piezoelectric body attached thereto to produce a traveling wave when the piezoelectric body is supplied with an electric power, and a contacting element to come in friction contact with the vibrating element when the vibrating element is vibrated by the traveling wave. The vibrating element is formed of a Mg-based alloy having a Mg content of more than 85% by weight. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033057 | ULTRASONIC LINEAR MOTOR - An ultrasonic linear motor includes a substrate; a vibrator disposed on the substrate having an oblique or curved face at two sides thereof forming concave receiving portions with the surfaces of the substrate; and a slider having clamping portions at two sides thereof for correspondingly clamping to the receiving portions, wherein the vibrator is for generating a driving force to the slider while connecting with a power supply, such that the clamping portions of the slider move within the receiving portions, thereby generating a linear translation. The present invention adopts a simple structure having few elements that enables easy manufacturing and integration with other elements, thus reducing manufacturing cost. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033058 | Physical/Biochemical Sensor Using Piezoelectric Microcantilever And Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention discloses a physical/biochemical sensor using a multisized piezoelectric microcantilever resonator array which enables to quantitatively and simultaneously analyze a mass loading effect and a surface stress change effect and a manufacturing method thereof. In the physical/biochemical sensor using the multisized piezoelectric microcantilever resonator array, a plurality of piezoelectric micro-cantilever resonators having different sizes is arrayed so as to quantitatively and discriminately analyze a surface stress change as well as a sensor surface mass change induced by an adsorbed sensing-target material occurring in a sensing process. Thus, the mass loading effect and the surface stress change effect can be quantitatively and simultaneously analyzed. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033059 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An apparatus for generating electrical energy including a first electrode, a second electrode and one or more nanowires, and a method for manufacturing the apparatus for generating electrical energy. The second electrode may have a concave portion and a convex portion. The first electrode and the nanowire are formed of different materials. The nanowire is formed on the first electrode and is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. Because the nanowire is formed on the first electrode, the nanowire may be grown vertically and the uniformity and conductivity of the nanowires may be improved. When a stress is applied to the first electrode or the second electrode, the nanowire is deformed and an electric current is generated from the nanowire due to a piezoelectric effect of the nanowire and a Schottky contact between the nanowire and the electrode which makes contact with the nanowire. Accordingly, when the apparatus for generating electrical energy is bent or pressed in part, electrical energy is generated in response to the applied stress. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033060 | BENDING TRANSDUCER FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS - A bending transducer device for generating electrical energy from deformations, and a circuit module which has such a bending transducer. The bending transducer includes at least one electrically deformable, vibration-capable, electrically conductive support structure, one piezoelectric element and a first contacting element, the conductive support structure having a first restraining area and a second restraining area for restraining the support structure, the piezoelectric element being designed and situated on the support structure in such a way that the piezoelectric element is deformable due to the deformation of the support structure caused by vibrations, and a first electrode for picking up the voltage generated by the deformation of the piezoelectric element is formed and contacted by the support structure, the first contacting element being connected electrically conductively to the support structure outside the first restraining area and the second restraining area. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033061 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES - In the disclosed piezoelectric devices a piezoelectric frame includes a vibrating piece. An excitation electrode is formed on the vibrating piece. An outer frame portion surrounds the vibrating piece and includes an extraction electrode connected to the excitation electrode. A package base is bonded to one surface of the outer frame portion and includes a connection electrode connected to the extraction electrode. The package base includes an external terminal formed on a surface thereof opposite the surface on which the connection electrodes are formed. Through-hole conductors connected the connection electrodes with respective external terminals. A lid is bonded to an opposing surface of the piezoelectric frame. An exhaust channel is in communication with the extraction electrode adjacent the through-hole conductors. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033062 | LOW FREQUENCY QUARTZ BASED MEMS RESONATORS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a low frequency quartz resonator includes metalizing a top-side of a quartz wafer with a metal etch stop, depositing a first metal layer over the metal etch stop, patterning the first metal layer to form a top electrode, bonding the quartz wafer to a silicon handle, thinning the quartz wafer to a desired thickness, depositing on a bottom-side of the quartz wafer a hard etch mask, etching the quartz wafer to form a quartz area for the resonator and to form a via through the quartz wafer, removing the hard etch mask without removing the metal etch stop, forming on the bottom side of the quartz wafer a bottom electrode for the low frequency quartz resonator, depositing metal for a substrate bond pad onto a host substrate wafer, bonding the quartz resonator to the substrate bond pad, and removing the silicon handle. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033063 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN0FILM RESONATOR, FILTER USING THE SAME, AND DUPLEXER USING THE SAME - A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes a substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode and the upper electrode opposing each other through the piezoelectric film to form an opposing region, the opposing region including a space at a boundary of the opposing region. The space extends from an innerside to an outer side of the opposing region and is formed in or on the piezoelectric film. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033064 | ROTATION DETECTOR AND DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR - A power supply unit superimposes alternating-current voltage on direct-current voltage and applies it to a motor. As a result, when the motor is rotated, a current containing an alternating-current component flows. Further, the motor includes a capacitor connected in parallel with one phase coil. Owing to this capacitor, the impedance of the motor circuit between brushes is varied according to the rotation of the motor. Variation in impedance appears as variation in the amplitude of the alternating-current component in motor current. A signal processing unit extracts an alternating-current component from the motor current detected by the current detection unit and generates a rotation pulse corresponding to variation in the amplitude. A rotation angle detection unit detects the rotation angle of the motor based on this rotation pulse. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033065 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR STATOR - A plurality of winding parts are wound around teeth of an iron core with insulators disposed therebetween, and a printed wiring board is electrically connected to the winding part with a plurality of terminal pins. Each terminal pin is extends along an axial direction of the iron core and is attached to one of the insulators. An end portion of each winding part is wound around one of the terminal pins, and the terminal pin is soldered to the printed wiring board together with the end portion of the winding part. The terminal pins extend through hole portions of the printed wiring board. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033066 | Starting device for engines - An electromagnetic switch unit comprises a solenoid device that pushes out a pinion gear to a ring gear side of an engine, and an electromagnetic switch that opens and closes a main point of contact of a motor circuit. The solenoid device and the electromagnetic switch are arranged in series in an axial direction, while a magnetic plate that forms a part of magnetic circuit between a first coil used for the solenoid device and a second coil used for the electromagnetic switch is shared by the solenoid device and the electromagnetic switch. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033067 | Refrigerator with step adjustment device - Disclosed is a refrigerator capable of adjusting a step difference of a refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a body, a door opening/closing the body, a hinge member having a hinge shaft to be coupled with the door, a mounting member fixed to the body to receive the hinge member, and an adjusting unit coupled with the hinge member to adjust a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033068 | BUILT-IN SLIDING ROTATING ELEMENT FOR MODULAR CORNER CABINETS - The present invention relates to a wall cabinet for modular kitchens made up of a first bottom ( | 2010-02-11 |
20100033069 | SLIDING-TYPE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVCIE - A sliding-type portable electronic device for opening bottle covers of bottles is provided, including a housing member and a cover member. The housing member defines a first latching recess. The cover member is slidably attached to the housing member, and defines a second latching recess facing the first latching recess. The second latching and the first latching recess enclose an adjustable latching space configured for latching the bottle covers during opening of the bottle covers. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033070 | Electronic box-drawer with auxiliary supporter - An electronic box-drawer with at least one auxiliary supporter is characterized in the auxiliary supporter that is capable of pivoting with respect to a drawer body of the electronic box-drawer between a retracted position and a supporting position so that the electronic box-drawer is enabled to provide larger operational space and bear heavy loads. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033071 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LED ILLUMINATION DEVICES WITH SYNTHETIC JET EJECTORS - An illumination device (b | 2010-02-11 |
20100033072 | FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON SOURCE - A field emission electron source for emitting electrons under applied electric field includes a cold cathode having molecules of an aromatic compound vapor-deposited thereon at a pointed end of said cold cathode. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033073 | INTEGRATED LAMP AND LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM HAVING SAME - An integrated lamp includes a transparent tube body, a passive component and a covering part. The passive component is disposed at an end of the transparent tube body, and electrically connected to the transparent tube body. The covering part is electrically connected to the passive component and has a receptacle. The end of the transparent tube body is sheathed by the covering part such that the passive component is accommodated within the receptacle. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033074 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LUMINAIRE - A phosphor operable to absorb ultraviolet or visible light and emit visible light with longer wavelength and a process for producing same is disclosed. A wavelength converter phosphor material comprising Eu, Mg, Mn, and Si as essential components converts the wavelength of light emitted from a light-emitting element such as a light emitting diode (LED) into a changed wavelength for emission. An illumination device such as a luminaire may be equipped with the wavelength converter. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033075 | WHITE LGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND ITS FLUORINE-OXIDE PHOSPHOR POWDER - The present invention discloses a fluorine-oxide phosphor powder, based on the cubic garnet fluorine oxide and yttrium aluminum oxide and using cerium as activator, is characterized in that the luminescent material is added with fluorine with a chemical equivalence formula as Y | 2010-02-11 |
20100033076 | LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE - There is provided a light emitter substrate which can suppress halation by forming a rib between adjacent light-emitting members of respectively different light emitting colors, and at the same time can withdraw a potential difference when a discharge occurs between adjacent metal backs, thereby achieving a desired discharging current suppressing capability. For that purpose, the plural parallel ribs protruding from a substrate are formed, a phosphor is provided between the adjacent ribs, plural divided metal backs are disposed respectively on the phosphors in the direction along the ribs, the metal back is connected to a feeding resistor on the rib by means of a connection conductor, and the feeding resistor is covered by a high-resistance cover member. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033077 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes steps of setting a threshold of luminous intensity, measuring luminous intensity of a measured light emitting device, calculating an offset value between the threshold of luminous intensity and the measured luminous intensity, performing a destruct structure capable of decreasing energy of light beam on an optical element of the measured light emitting device, wherein the energy decreasing efficiency of the destruct structure is direct proportion to the offset value. While the light beam is radiated from a light emitting chip of the measured light emitting device and to the destruct structure, few light energy is absorbed or scattered by the destruct structure to decrease the luminous intensity. Therefore, the light emitting device with the destruct structure has a consistent luminous intensity due to the energy decreasing efficiency of the destruct structure is direct proportion to the offset luminous intensity. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033078 | Organic light emitting display device - An organic light emitting display (OLED) device that can improve light coupling efficiency by causing laterally emitted light emitted from an organic light emitting layer to travel in a direction in which an image is formed, resulting in reduced color mixing between pixels by reducing the leakage of internal light. The OLED device includes a substrate, a first electrode arranged on the substrate, a light scattering layer arranged on the substrate and covering a portion of the first electrode and having an opening exposing a portion of the first electrode, a second electrode arranged on the light scattering layer and within the opening facing the first electrode and an organic light emitting layer arranged within the opening between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033079 | Shatterproof light tube having after-glow - A lamp or light tube that is both shatterproof and produces an after-glow effect. The light tube is comprised of a cylinder sealed by glass and metal end caps on each end of the glass-sealed cylinder, and electrical conducting pins extend from at least one of the metal end caps to connect the light tube to a power source. The glass-sealed cylinder is coated on its exterior with a shatterproof coating composition that emits an after-glow effect. The coating composition is comprised of a strontium aluminate after-glow phosphor, an ethylene acid copolymer resin, and an ultraviolet additive. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033080 | COAXIAL LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE - The light irradiation device is for inspecting a surface of an object | 2010-02-11 |
20100033081 | 4-AMINOFLUORENE COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - To provide a compound excellent in light emitting properties and an organic light emitting device having the compound. The compound is a 4-aminofluorene compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 2010-02-11 |
20100033082 | Method of Manufacture of a Multi-Layer Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Device, and Articles Thereof - A method for forming multi-emissive phosphorescent layers for a phosphorescent OLED comprises coating a first phosphorescent material from a first solvent onto a first electrode and removing the first solvent to form a first emissive layer; and coating a second phosphorescent material from a second solvent onto the first emissive layer and removing the second solvent to form a second emissive layer, wherein the first and second emissive layers are not cured after coating, and wherein the first emissive layer has negligible solubility in the second solvent. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033083 | Novel organic electroluminescent compounds and organic electroluminescent deviceusing the same - Provided are novel organic electroluminescent compounds, and organic electroluminescent devices and organic solar cells employing the same. Specifically, the organic electroluminescent compounds according to the invention are characterized in that they are represented by Chemical Formula (1): | 2010-02-11 |
20100033084 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY INCLUDING A SPACER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an organic electroluminescence display device. The display device may include a set of multi-directional spacers that are interposed between the pixels of the display. In one embodiment, the spacers are positioned in both lengthwise and crosswise directions. In another embodiment, the spacers include a first portion that is extends lengthwise between pixels and one or more portions that extend laterally from the first portion between pixels. In yet another embodiment, the spacers include portions that extend in multiple directions between pixels. The spacers may substantially surround each of the pixels and may serve as a boundary, for example, that prevents organic material for one pixel from being incorrectly deposited in another pixel. The spacers can be configured as a support structure, such as, for a metal mask during fabrication of the display device. In addition, the multi-directional aspect of the spacers may be useful in protecting the pixels from damage, such as, when a metal mask is moved during mounting or during fabrication of the display device. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033085 | BLOCK COPOLYMER, COMPOSITION USING THE SAME, LIQUID COMPOSITION, LIGHT-EMITTING THIN FILM, AND POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a block copolymer characterized by containing a block (A) containing one or more repeating units represented by the general formula (I) below, one or more repeating units represented by the general formula (II) below and one or more repeating units represented by the general formula (III) below, and a block (B) containing one or more repeating units represented by the general formula (III) below and one or more repeating units represented by the general formula (IV) below. (I) (In the formula (I), R | 2010-02-11 |
20100033086 | POLYMER COMPOUND AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - A polymer compound comprising as repeating units an optionally substituted fluorenediyl group and a phenylene group having one or more substituents, and comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and/or a group of the following formula (2): | 2010-02-11 |
20100033087 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on the substrate, an OLED, a colored polarizing member on the OLED, and a colored material on the OLED and having a color that is different from that of the polarizing member. The OLED includes a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode on the organic emission layer, wherein the pixel electrode is coupled to the TFT. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033088 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic electroluminescent device including an organic layer comprising the heterocyclic compound: | 2010-02-11 |
20100033089 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a light emitting layer configured to emit light in accordance with current; a first pixel separation film configured to define a first opening for providing a light emitting region when the light emitting layer emits light; and a second pixel separation film laminated on the first pixel separation film and configured to define a second opening that is restricted so as not to gradually become wider as apart from a surface contacted with the first pixel separation film. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033090 | Light Emitting Element and Light Emitting Device - A light emitting element of the invention includes n pieces of light emitting layers (n is a natural number) between first and second electrodes. A first layer and a second layer are provided between the m | 2010-02-11 |
20100033091 | LIGHT EMITTING UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIGHT EMITTING UNIT - A method of manufacturing a light emitting unit includes steps of previously setting a threshold of luminous intensity, measuring luminous intensity of a measured light emitting unit, calculating an offset value between the threshold of luminous intensity and the measured luminous intensity, performing absorption of light by a light absorbing portion direct proportion to the offset value, and positioning the designed light absorbing portion onto an optical element of the measured light emitting unit. While light beam is radiated from the measured light emitting unit and passed through the light absorbing portion, few light energy is absorbed by the light absorbing portion to decrease the luminous intensity. Therefore, the light emitting unit with the light absorbing portion has a consistent luminous intensity due to the light absorbing ratio of the light absorbing portion is direct proportion to the offset luminous intensity. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033092 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, scan electrodes and sustain electrodes that are positioned on the front substrate substantially parallel to each other, a rear substrate opposite the front substrate, a barrier rib on the rear substrate, and a black layer opposite the barrier rib. The black layer is positioned on the front substrate substantially parallel to the scan electrode and the sustain electrode. The black layer includes a first black layer between two adjacent scan electrodes and a second black layer between two adjacent sustain electrodes. An auxiliary electrode is positioned on the second black layer. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033093 | LOWER TURN PER INCH (TPI) ELECTRODES IN CERAMIC METAL HALIDE (CMH) LAMPS - An electrode assembly for a discharge lamp, particularly a ceramic metal halide (CMH) lamp, having a ceramic body defining a discharge chamber and at least one leg having an opening therethrough. An electrode assembly is received at least in part in the body, preferably including a niobium mandrel, a molybdenum mandrel, and a molybdenum overwind received over the mandrel. A tungsten portion is then joined to the molybdenum composite. Adjacent turns of the overwind are spaced by a gap to facilitate receipt of an associated seal material on the overwind and the molybdenum mandrel. The gap is approximately 10% to 50% of the dimension between adjacent turns of the overwind relative to a diameter of the overwind. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033094 | FOIL FOR LAMPS AND ASSOCIATED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC LAMP WITH SUCH A RESPECTIVE FOIL AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION PROCESS - A foil for lamp construction is provided with a substantially rectangular design with a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis. The foil may include at least one zone in its interior which comprises a plurality of structures arranged next to one another. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033095 | Solid State Semiconductor LED Replacement for Fluorescent Lamps - Various apparatuses and methods for replacing a fluorescent lamp with a non-fluorescent tube are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide an apparatus for replacing a fluorescent lamp, including an electrical connector adapted to electrically connect to a fluorescent lamp fixture, a DC rectifier connected to the electrical connector, a voltage converter connected to the DC rectifier, and a non-fluorescent light source connected to the voltage converter. The DC rectifier, voltage converter and non-fluorescent light source are substantially contained within a housing that is physically configured to replace the fluorescent lamp in a fluorescent lamp fixture. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033096 | Atmospheric pressure plasma apparatus - Disclosed is an atmospheric pressure plasma apparatus for enhancing and or controlling the dissociation of a secondary gas by converting a source gas into a plasma state at atmospheric pressure and controlling the interaction between that plasma and the secondary gas using porous metal, and ceramic tubes to create a path having controllable isolation from the region where plasma is generated. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033097 | LAMP ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE AND INVERTER, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a lamp abnormality detecting device that detects an abnormality in a lamp. A maximum/minimum extraction circuit outputs, as a maximum current, a current having a maximum current value among currents supplied thereto from lamp drive circuits and outputs, as a minimum current, a current having a minimum current value. A subtraction circuit calculates a difference between the maximum current and the minimum current and outputs an amplified difference as a differential voltage. A comparison circuit compares the differential voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage and outputs a result of the comparison as a control signal. A control circuit stops the operation of the lamp drive circuit when the control signal indicates that the differential voltage is higher than the threshold voltage. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP | 2010-02-11 |
20100033099 | THREE-LEVEL DIMMING CIRCUIT FOR DISCHARGING LAMP - A three-level dimming circuit for a discharging lamp includes a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact, a first full-wave rectification circuit connected to the first contact and the third contact, and a second full-wave rectification circuit connected to the first contact and the second contact. A selection circuit includes three resistors and a first electrical controlled switch. A half-wave rectification circuit includes a second electrical controlled switch and a third electrical controlled switch in series connection. The three resistors of the election circuit are the main devices for dimming that the present invention has a lower cost and superior competition in the market. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033100 | BACKLIGHT MODULE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A backlight module control system includes at least one backlight module, a driving circuit, at least one switch and a power supply module. The driving circuit is utilized for determining a driving signal to drive the backlight module. The switch is coupled between the driving circuit and the backlight module, and is selectively turned on or off according to the driving signal. The power supply module is coupled to the backlight module, and is utilized for providing an operating voltage required by the backlight module control system. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033101 | Electronic Ballast with Multimode Lamp Power Control - A control means has an adjustment function in a microprocessor to adjust variations in an output to a discharge lamp due to variations in components by correcting a duty ratio of a PWM signal for varying an operating frequency of an inverter circuit so that a detected value of a second detection circuit falls within a target range. The microprocessor switches paths to transmit the PWM signal between a path passing through a feedback circuit and a path passing through a voltage follower circuit by switches a switch circuit to supply the signal through the path passing through the voltage follower circuit in adjusting output variations in the preheating mode and the starting mode. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033102 | Light Adjusting Device for a Light Emitting Diode and Related Light Adjusting Method and Light Emitting Device - A light adjusting device for a light emitting diode includes a switch, a detecting unit and an illumination adjusting unit. The switch is coupled to a power terminal, which is utilized for providing power for the light emitting diode. The detecting unit is coupled to the switch, and is utilized for determining a status of the switch, so as to generate a detecting result. The illumination adjusting unit is coupled to the detecting unit, and is utilized for adjusting illumination of the light emitting diode according to the detecting result. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033103 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving device for a discharge lamp includes: a discharge-lamp lighting unit that supplies an alternating current to the discharge lamp to thereby supply electric power to between two electrodes of the discharge lamp; an inter-electrode-voltage detecting unit that detects an inter-electrode voltage applied when predetermined electric power is supplied to between the two electrodes; and a power-supply-condition switching unit that switches, on the basis of the detected inter-electrode voltage, the power supply by the discharge-lamp lighting unit with a predetermined hysteresis given to the switching of the power supply conditions, wherein the power supply conditions are switched by changing at least one of a frequency of the alternating current, a duty ratio of the alternating current, a modulation pattern of the frequency, and a modulation pattern of the duty ratio. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033104 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AND OPERATING AT LEAST ONE DISCHARGE LAMP - A circuit arrangement for starting and operating at least one discharge lamp is provided. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033105 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving device of an electric discharge lamp includes: a discharge lamp lighting unit which supplies power to the electric discharge lamp while alternately switching polarity of voltage applied between two electrodes of the electric discharge lamp to lighting the electric discharge lamp; and an anode duty ratio modulating unit which sets at least a first retention period and a second retention period having an anode duty ratio different from that of the first retention period and provided after the first retention period to modulate the anode duty ratios, assuming that each of the retention periods is a period for retaining an anode duty ratio as ratio of an anode period in which one of the electrodes operates as anode at a constant value in one cycle of the polarity switching, wherein the anode duty ratio modulating unit has a first modulation mode for operating the electric discharge lamp in steady condition and a second modulation mode for providing larger change of the anode duty ratio between the first retention period and the second retention period than change of the first modulation mode. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033106 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING SYSTEM AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramics sealed container provided with an enclosed part with a discharge space formed therein, a pair of electrodes disposed inside of both end parts of the translucent sealed container, an ionization medium having a structure containing a metal halide that primarily emits light, a starting gas and substantially no mercury, the metal halide that primarily emits light including 30% by mass or more of a halide of at least one lanthanoid type rare earth metal and the starting gas having a pressure P (atm) satisfying the equation, 1≦P≦20, the ionization medium being sealed in the translucent ceramics sealed container, wherein the ratio D/G satisfies the equation, 0.3≦D/G≦2.4 when the maximum inside diameter of the translucent ceramics sealed container is D and the inter-electrode distance is G. | 2010-02-11 |
20100033107 | UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC BALLAST FOR OPERATING HG-FREE AND HG-CONTAINING DISCHARGE LAMPS - The invention discloses a method and/or electronic ballast, which can be universally used for a plurality of types of discharge lamps and which performs an orientation mode for detecting the lamp type once the lamp is switched on, whereby the lamp type is detected | 2010-02-11 |
20100033108 | LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE - This invention refers to electricity and can be applied for wire and wireless remote control (RC) of target illumination equipment or different lights, for example tactical under-barrel light or laser designator mounted on small arms. The technical results achieved at application of the invention are the following: application of light remote power on/off, application of light brightness remote control, application of light lamp battery power-safe mode, application of light operation modes remote control. The essence of the invention is in the fact that the light control device consists of electronic tailcap circuit and remote control device circuit. The electronic tailcap circuit includes light lamp, light lamp battery, electronic switch, voltage stabilizer, voltage devisor, analog-to-discrete converter of the electronic tailcap circuit, electronic tailcap circuit microcontroller, electronic tailcap circuit memory module, electronic tailcap circuit control button, electronic tailcap circuit radio transceiver, electronic tailcap circuit antenna. The remote control device circuit includes: remote control device circuit battery, remote control device circuit control button, remote control device circuit analog-to-discrete converter, remote control device circuit microcontroller, remote control device circuit memory module, remote control device circuit radio transceiver, remote control device circuit antenna. | 2010-02-11 |