10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110059599 | Graphene Nanoelectric Device Fabrication - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for fabricating graphene nanoelectronic devices with semiconductor compatible processes, which allow wafer scale fabrication of graphene nanoelectronic devices. Embodiments of the present invention also provide methods for passivating graphene nanoelectronic devices, which enable stacking of multiple graphene devices and the creation of high density graphene based circuits. Other embodiments provide methods for producing devices with graphene layer segments having multiple thicknesses. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059600 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CLEANING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - It is possible to efficiently remove deposited materials such as a conductive film or insulting film adhered to parts such as the inner wall of a processing chamber and a substrate supporting tool disposed in the processing chamber. There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises: loading a substrate into a processing chamber; forming a conductive film or an insulating film on the substrate by supplying a plurality of source gases into the processing chamber; unloading the substrate from the processing chamber; and modifying a conductive film or an insulating film adhered to the processing chamber by supplying a modifying gas into the processing chamber. After performing a cycle of the loading, the forming, the unloading, and the modifying processes a plurality of times, the modified conductive film or the modified insulating film adhered to the processing chamber is removed from the processing chamber by supplying a cleaning gas into the processing chamber. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059601 | METHOD FOR TUNING A WORK FUNCTION OF HIGH-K METAL GATE DEVICES - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first trench and a second trench on a semiconductor substrate and forming a first metal layer in the first and second trenches. The first metal layer is then removed, at least partially, from within the first trench but not the second trench. A second metal layer and a third metal layer are formed in the first and second trenches. A thermal process is used to reflow the second metal layer and the third metal layer | 2011-03-10 |
20110059602 | Methods of Forming Semiconductor Devices - A method of forming a semiconductor device may include forming a first pattern on a substrate, and forming a first dielectric layer on the first pattern. The first pattern may be between portions of the first dielectric layer and the substrate. A second dielectric layer may be formed on the first dielectric layer, and the first dielectric layer may be between the first pattern and the second dielectric layer. A second pattern may be formed on the second dielectric layer. Portions of the second dielectric layer may be exposed by the second pattern, and the first and second dielectric layers may be between portions of the first and second patterns. The exposed portions of the second dielectric layer may be isotropically etched. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059603 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which includes exposing a photoresist using an exposing mask provided with a light-shielding pattern having two or more narrow width portions, developing the photoresist to form a plurality of stripe-shaped resist patterns, selectively etching a first conductive film using the resist pattern as a mask, forming an intermediate insulating film on the first conductive film, forming a second conductive film on the intermediate insulating film, and forming, by patterning the first conductive film, the intermediate insulating film, and the second conductive film, a flash memory cell and a structure constructed by forming a lower conductor pattern, a segment of the intermediate insulating film, and a dummy gate electrode in this stacking order. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059604 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING STEP GATE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES FOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS - A method is disclosed for forming at least two semiconductor devices with different gate electrode thicknesses. After forming a gate dielectric region, and determining whether a first or second device formed on the gate dielectric region expects a relatively faster gate dopant diffusion rate, a gate electrode layer is formed on the gate dielectric region wherein the gate electrode layer has a step-structure in which a portion thereof for the first device has a relatively larger thickness than that for the second device if the first device has a relatively faster gate dopant diffusion rate. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059605 | METHODS OF FORMING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Methods of forming non-volatile memory is described. The non-volatile memory includes a substrate having a source region, a drain region and a channel region. The channel region separates the source region and the drain region. An electrically insulating layer is adjacent to the source region, drain region and channel region. A floating gate electrode is adjacent to the electrically insulating layer. The electrically insulating layer separates the floating gate electrode from the channel region. The floating gate electrode has a floating gate major surface. A control gate electrode has a control gate major surface and the control gate major surface opposes the floating gate major surface. A vacuum layer or gas layer at least partially separates the control gate major surface from the floating gate major surface. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059606 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MASK - A photosensitive resin film is formed on a protective insulating film. Next, a plurality of bump cores is formed on the protective insulating film along a first straight line by exposing and developing the photosensitive resin film. Next, a plurality of bumps, and a plurality of interconnects that connects each of the plurality of bumps to any of the electrode pads are formed by selectively forming conductive films on a plurality of bump cores, a plurality of electrode pads, and the protective insulating film. In the step of forming a plurality of bump cores, a region bordering on the interconnect on the lateral faces of the bump core is formed to have a gentler slope than that of a region intersecting the first straight line, by exposing the photosensitive resin film only one time using a multi-gradation mask. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059607 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for making a semiconductor device including at least three interconnection layers sequentially stacked without intervention of a via layer. At least one of the interconnection layers includes an interconnection and a via which connects interconnections provided in interconnection layers underlying and overlying the one interconnection layer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059608 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ADHESION OF LOW RESISTIVITY TUNGSTEN/TUNGSTEN NITRIDE LAYERS - Methods of improving the adhesion of low resistivity tungsten/tungsten nitride layers are provided. Low resistivity tungsten/tungsten nitride layers with good adhesion are formed by treating a tungsten or tungsten nitride layer before depositing low resistivity tungsten. Treatments include a plasma treatment and a temperature treatment. According to various embodiments, the treatment methods involve different gaseous atmospheres and plasma conditions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059609 | FABRICATION METHOD OF TWO-TERMINAL SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT USING TRENCH TECHNOLOGY - A method of fabricating a two-terminal semiconductor component using a trench technique is disclosed that includes forming a trench by etching an etching pattern formed on a substrate on which an active layer having impurities added is grown, forming a front metal layer on a front upper surface of the substrate by using an evaporation method or a sputtering method after removing the etching pattern, forming a metal plated layer on the front surface of the substrate on which the front metal layer is formed, polishing a lower surface of the substrate by using at least one of a mechanical polishing method and a chemical polishing method until the front metal layer is exposed, forming a rear metal layer on the polished substrate, and removing each component by using at least one of a dry etching method and a wet etching method. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059610 | Method of using an electroless plating for depositing a metal seed layer for the subsequent plated backside metal film - A method of backside metal process for semiconductor electronic devices, particularly of using an electroless plating for depositing a metal seed layer for the plated backside metal film. The backside of a semiconductor wafer, with electronic devices already fabricated on the front side, is first coated with a thin metal seed layer by electroless plating. Then, the backside metal layer, such as a gold layer or a copper layer, is coated on the metal seed layer. The metal seed layer not only increases the adhesion between the front side metal layer and the backside metal layer through backside via holes, but also prevents metal peeling after subsequent fabrication processes. This is helpful for increasing the reliability of device performances. Suitable materials for the metal seed layer includes Pd, Au, Ni, Ag, Co, Cr, Cu, Pt, or their alloys, such as NiP, NiB, AuSn, Pt—Rh and the likes. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059611 | ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF BARRIER LAYERS - The invention relates to a solution for the deposition of barrier layers on metal surfaces, which comprises compounds of the elements nickel and molybdenum, at least one first reducing agent selected from among secondary and tertiary cyclic aminoboranes and at least one complexing agent, where the solution has a pH of from 8.5 to 12. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059612 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A passivation film having a predetermined width from an outer peripheral end portion toward an inner side and extending along the outer peripheral end portion is formed on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate. An outer peripheral end surface orthogonal to the front surface and a rear surface is formed by grinding the outer peripheral end portion of the semiconductor substrate. A thickness of the semiconductor substrate is reduced to a predetermined thickness by grinding the rear surface. The ground rear surface is etched by discharging a mixed acid onto the rear surface while rotating the semiconductor substrate with the rear surface facing upward, to remove a fracture layer. Thereby, chipping or cracking of the semiconductor substrate is suppressed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059613 | MASK PATTERN FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING FINELY PATTERNED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided are a mask pattern including a silicon-containing self-assembled molecular layer, a method of forming the same, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The mask pattern includes a resist pattern formed on a semiconductor substrate and the self-assembled molecular layer formed on the resist pattern. The self-assembled molecular layer has a silica network formed by a sol-gel reaction. To form the mask pattern, first, the resist pattern is formed with openings on an underlayer covering the substrate to expose the underlayer to a first width. Then, the self-assembled molecular layer is selectively formed only on a surface of the resist pattern to expose the underlayer to a second width smaller than the first width. The underlayer is etched by using the resist pattern and the self-assembled molecular layer as an etching mask to obtain a fine pattern. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059614 | Apparatus and Methods for Enhanced Fluid Delivery on Bevel Etch Applications - An apparatus to supply a plurality of process fluids for processing a substrate in a semiconductor processing chamber is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of process fluid supply valves and a fluid supply network that is defined between a crossover valve and a tuning supply valve. The apparatus further includes a tuning fluid supply being connected to the fluid supply network through the tuning supply valve. Further included with the apparatus is a plurality of process fluids that are connected to the fluid supply network through the plurality of process fluid supply valves. A process chamber that has a substrate support is also included in the apparatus. The process chamber further including an edge fluid supply and a center fluid supply, the edge fluid supply connected to the fluid supply network through an edge enable valve and the center supply connected to the fluid supply network through a center enable valve. Wherein the crossover valve, edge enable valve, and center enable valve allow one of tuning fluid or process fluids to flow to one of the edge fluid supply or the center fluid supply. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059615 | HYBRID RF CAPACITIVELY AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SOURCE USING MULTIFREQUENCY RF POWERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A device for inductively confining capacitively coupled RF plasma formed in a plasma processing apparatus. The apparatus includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode that is adapted to support a substrate and to generate the plasma between the substrate and the upper electrode. The device includes a dielectric support ring that concentrically surrounds the upper electrode and a plurality of coil units mounted on the dielectric support ring. Each coil unit includes a ferromagnetic core positioned along a radial direction of the dielectric support ring and at least one coil wound around each ferromagnetic core. The coil units generate, upon receiving RF power from an RF power source, electric and magnetic fields that reduce the number of charged particles of the plasma diffusing away from the plasma. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059616 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A TARGET OBJECT - A method for processing a target object includes arranging a first electrode and a second electrode for supporting the target object in parallel to each other in a processing chamber and processing the target object supported by the second electrode by using a plasma of a processing gas supplied into the processing chamber, the plasma being generated between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying a high frequency power between the first electrode and the second electrode. The target object includes an organic film and a photoresist layer formed on the organic film. The processing gas contains H | 2011-03-10 |
20110059617 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO SILICON OXIDE ETCH - Methods of etching high-aspect-ratio features in dielectric materials such as silicon oxide are described. The methods may include a concurrent introduction of a fluorocarbon precursor and an iodo-fluorocarbon precursor into a substrate processing system housing a substrate. The fluorocarbon precursor may have a F:C atomic ratio of about 2:1 or less, and the iodo-fluorocarbon may have a F:C ratio of about 1.75:1 to about 1.5:1. Exemplary precursors may include C | 2011-03-10 |
20110059618 | METHOD FOR TEXTURING SILICON SURFACES AND WAFERS THEREOF - This invention relates to a method for texturing a silicon surface and silicon wafers made by the method, where the method comprises immersing the wafers in an alkaline solution at pH>10, and applying a potential difference between the wafer and a platinum electrode in the electrolyte in the range of +10 to +85 V. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059619 | SILICON ETCHING LIQUID AND ETCHING METHOD - In etching processing of silicon, in particular anisotropic etching processing of silicon in a manufacturing step of MEMS parts, an etching liquid having a long life of etching liquid and an etching method are provided by suppressing a lowering of an etching rate at the time of warming which is characteristic of a hydroxylamine-containing etching liquid. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059620 | PROTECTIVE FILM FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A protective film forming method for forming a protective film of resin on the front side of a wafer to be laser-processed. The protective film forming method includes the steps of holding the wafer on a spinner table in the condition where the front side of the wafer is oriented upward, forming a water layer covering the front side of the wafer held on the spinner table, dropping a liquid resin onto the water layer at the center of the wafer, rotating the spinner table holding the wafer to scatter the water layer and radially spread the liquid resin dropped on the water layer, thereby forming a first resin film covering the front side of the wafer by a centrifugal force produced during rotation of the wafer, dropping the liquid resin onto the first resin film at the center of the wafer, and rotating the spinner table holding the wafer to radially spread the liquid resin dropped on the first resin film, thereby forming a second resin film covering the first resin film by a centrifugal force produced during rotation of the wafer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059621 | DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus for manufacturing a device comprises a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of a component associated with manufacture of the device, a controller configured to control the temperature regulator, and a console configured to send command information to the controller upon receiving an input regarding an operation of the temperature regulator, the command information including a command for causing the temperature regulator to operate in an electric power saving mode, and a parameter which specifies a detail of the electric power saving mode. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059622 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A semiconductor manufacturing process is provided. First, a wafer with a material layer and an exposed photoresist layer formed thereon is provided, wherein the wafer has a center area and an edge area. Thereafter, the property of the exposed photoresist layer is varied, so as to make a critical dimension of the exposed photoresist layer in the center area different from that of the same in the edge area. After the edge property of the exposed photoresist layer is varied, an etching process is performed to the wafer by using the exposed photoresist layer as a mask, so as to make a patterned material layer having a uniform critical dimension formed on the wafer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059623 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING APPLIANCES TO WALL OUTLETS - Systems and adaptors for electrical connection of appliances are disclosed. An electrical connection includes an appliance adaptor having an appliance adaptor body, conducting members, and at least one magnet, and a wall adaptor having a wall adaptor body, conducting prongs, conducting rings, a spring member, and at least one magnet. The electrical connection system has an uncoupled state in which the at least one appliance adaptor magnet does not magnetically couple with the at least one wall adaptor magnet, the conducting members do not electrically contact the conducting rings, and the conducting rings do not electrically contact the conducting prongs. The electrical connection system also has a coupled state in which the at least one appliance adaptor magnet magnetically couples with the at least one wall adaptor magnet, the conducting members electrically contact the conducting rings, and the conducting rings electrically contact the conducting prongs. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059624 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a housing having an opening portion in an upper surface thereof including a width edge in a short side direction and a side edge in a long side direction; a terminal disposed in the housing; and a suction member detachably attached to the housing. The suction member includes a plate portion for covering the housing and an attachment portion for attaching to the housing at a middle portion of the side edge. The plate portion includes an attachment region between both end portions of the attachment portion in the long side direction and a non-attachment region outside the attachment region extending to a distal end portion of the plate portion in the long side direction. The non-attachment region includes a deformable portion with a free end portion to be deformable. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059625 | MODULAR CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A connector assembly includes a subsidiary circuit board, connectors, and an interposer assembly. The subsidiary circuit board includes opposite sides. The connectors are mounted to the opposite sides of the subsidiary circuit board and are electrically coupled with the subsidiary circuit board. The connectors are configured to mate with mating connectors. The interposer assembly is joined with the subsidiary circuit board. The interposer assembly includes a dielectric housing and elongated contacts that extend between opposite outer ends along a vertical axis and are held by the housing. The interposer assembly mates with the subsidiary circuit board and is configured to mate with a main circuit board such that the outer ends of the contacts electrically couple the connectors mounted to the subsidiary circuit board with the main circuit board. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059626 | Shieled connector having leveling arrangement ensuring reliable interconnection - A shield connector ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110059627 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided which includes a housing having a plurality of pinholes which are connectable to a signal cable and through which a plurality of electrical signals are transmitted or received, and a plurality of connection pins extending from the housing where a first end of each connection pin is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pinholes, and a second end of each connection pin is mountable on a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the total number of the plurality of connection pins is less than the total number of the plurality of pinholes. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059628 | SECURE DIGITAL CARD WITH TWO MICRO-SD CARDS IN STRIPING DATA ACCESS - The present invention constructs a SD Flash card by plugging two micro-SD cards into a new apparatus that has the same form factor as a SD Flash card. In this new apparatus, there is a controller to bridge the two micro-SD cards of any SD interface speed type (DS, HS, UHS50 or UHS104) to UHS104. The controller performs striping access function to achieve almost double performance in sequential read/write throughput if it is not limited by the target SD interface speed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059629 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an electrical connector, comprises: an insulation housing; a buckling sheet, an extending sheet is downwardly extended from the buckling sheet, the extending sheet has a buckling hole, at least one end of the extending sheet is installed with a protruding sheet; and a base sheet having a fastening member, a base hole and at least one folded hooking sheet, wherein a limiting sheet is installed in the base hole, the limiting sheet is extended from the bottom end of the base hole and the distal end thereof is in a bended status, when the folded hooking sheet is installed on top of the extending sheet, the limiting sheet is disposed in the buckling hole, and is able to be to finely adjusted according to deformed height of the insulation housing, therefore the electrical connector is able to be stably soldered on an substrate. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059630 | CARD HOLDER AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS HAVING CARD HOLDER - According to one embodiment, a card holder includes a first printed wiring board, a second printed wiring board disposed to face the first printed wiring board, a third printed wiring board disposed to face second printed wiring board, a first stacking connector disposed between the first printed wiring board and the second printed wiring board to electrically connect and to physically fix the first printed wiring board and the second printed wiring board, and a second stacking connector disposed between the second printed wiring board and the third printed wiring board to electrically connect and to physically fix the second printed wiring board and the third printed wiring board. The first stacking connector and the second stacking connector the first stacking connector and the second stacking connector are structurally incompatible with each other. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059631 | CONNECTOR AND INTERPOSER USING THE SAME - A connector includes a movable conductive element and an elastic body. The connector electrically conducts between opposed external electrodes disposed vertically. The movable conductive element has a pair of rigid contact. And the elastic body deforms elastically to receive the load caused by the movement of the movable conductive element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059632 | CAPPED INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONNECTOR (IDC) - An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly includes a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein. A contact element is fixed in the body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across the channel, and a second end extending from a bottom surface of the body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB. The IDC assembly includes a cap having a size and configuration so as to engage over the body, with the cap including a recess with an open bottom that is aligned with the body channel in a fitted configuration of the cap on the body. The wires may be initially received in the cap recesses wherein upon pressing engagement of the cap onto the body, the insulated conductive core wire is pressed into the body channel between and into the contact element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059633 | Surface mount contact - A surface mount contact includes a conducting pin having a shank, a first end at one end of the shank and second end at the other end of the shank, a first annular flange extending around the periphery of the shank and spaced between the first end and the second end and a second annular flange extending around the periphery of the shank and spaced between the second end and the first annular flange, and a thermoplastic connection member joined to the second end of the conducting pin and spaced from the second annular flange at a predetermined distance so that there is a room for the user to judge the connection status and quality between the conducting pin and the thermoplastic connection member during surface mounting, assuring bonding stability. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059634 | ELECTRCIAL CONNECTOR WITH ABUTTING RIBS AGAINST PCB - An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals with tail portions and an insulating housing defining a mounting face and a mating face opposite to the mounting face. The insulating housing includes a plurality of parallel first walls extending in a first direction and a plurality of parallel second walls extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and unitarily intersecting with the first walls to construe a plurality of passageway to receive the terminals. The tail portions of the terminals extend beyond two outermost first walls in the second direction. A pair of first ribs extends from one second wall away from the mounting face and the ribs do not exceed the outermost first walls in the second direction. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059635 | Electronic socket with an adjustable floating load - Floating clamp sockets useful in electronic interconnection applications are disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059636 | Lipstick-Type USB Device With Tubular Housing - A USB device including a tubular housing and a rear cap assembly including a handle structure that is rotatably connected to the tubular housing to facilitate deploying and retracting a plug connector through a front opening of the housing. The plug connector is fixedly connected onto the front end of a sliding rack assembly that is disposed in housing such that the sliding rack assembly is slidable along a longitudinal axis. The sliding rack assembly includes a carrier including a carrier tray for supporting electronic devices and an elongated positioning rod extending from a rear portion of the carrier tray. The positioning rod is operably engaged with an actuator portion such that manual rotation of the rear cap handle structure relative to the housing around the longitudinal axis causes the sliding rack assembly to slide inside the housing between retracted and deployed positions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059637 | SAFETY ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE - A safety electric outlet receiving an electrical plug having a first live standard sized plug blade and second neutral standard sized plug blade including an outlet housing having at least two slots permitting the admission of the first and the second plug blade. A live side power supply coupled to the outlet and a neutral side of the outlet is provided. A first set of contacts coupled to the live side power supply and in a normally open state and supported on a first live side lever. A second sets of contact is coupled to the live side through the first set of contacts and couples to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state supported on a second live side lever. A third set of contacts is coupled to the second and to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state on a first neutral side levers. A fourth set of contacts is coupled to the third set of at least four pairs of contacts and thereby couples the third set of contacts to neutral, the fourth set of contacts in a normally open state and supported on a second neutral side levers, where the insertion of standard sized plug prongs in their respective sides, the live side prong engages the first and second live side levers and couples the first and second sets of contacts to couple the powers supply on the live side of the circuit to neutral and the neutral standard sized plug prong engages the first and second neutral side levers to engage the third and fourth of sets of contacts to the neutral side of the circuit and complete the circuit. Failure to admit a standard sized plug blade on either the live or neutral side of the outlet would result in a failure to complete the circuit and only couple the respective side to neutral. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059638 | High Power Multi-Pin Electrical Connector - This patent discloses an improved multi-pin electrical connector for use in wet environments. Multi-pin connectors are widely used. In some uses, the connectors may be exposed to water. The improved connector keeps external water from entering the connector and isolates any water inside the connector. A number of improvements are disclosed, including seals for the pins, seals for the wires exiting the back of the connector, and bonding internal insulator materials. The invention also incorporates an improved female receptacle design that provides a better male-to-female connection, thus improving performance of the connector. The multi-pin connector disclosed is suitable for use in almost any wet environment. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059639 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Connector assemblies for use to concurrently transmit multiple signals or sources. The connector assemblies are generally formed by coupling a plurality of ring contacts, sealing rings, and spring contact elements together with at least one holding ring to form a connector having a common bore for receiving a lead cable. Contact grooves or spring chambers for positioning the spring contact elements are formed in part by assembling multiple components together. The connector assemblies may be used in a number of industries and applications. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059640 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED APPARENT MEMBER - A cable connector assembly ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110059641 | HAIR CURLER CONNECTOR - The present invention a hair curler connector, which includes a locking assembly and a buckle, the locking assembly including a lock and a spring assembly, with the lock being equipped with hooks engaged with the buckle. The hair curler connector has simple structure, and it is easy to operate, adapting for different heating components for the convenience of changing. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059642 | BREAK-AWAY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for electrically connecting a terminal to a cord of a peripheral device, the electrical connector including a plug member, a lever arm pivotally attached to the plug member, and a biasing member. The plug member and lever arm each include an engagement claw adapted to engage complementary surfaces on the terminal, and the biasing member imparts a biasing force on the lever arm to force the engagement claws to close onto the complementary surfaces on the terminal. The lever arm advantageously includes a first gripping surface with a contoured concave profile for a user to apply a releasing force against the biasing force to remove the plug member from the terminal. A second surface includes a concave surface for engaging a user's finger and forming a grip bump. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059643 | MULTICORE CABLE CONNECTOR WITH AN ALIGNMENT PLATE WITH A CABLE RECEIVING PORTION ON ONE SIDE AND A SUBSTRATE RECEIVING PORTION ON THE OTHER SIDE - To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector | 2011-03-10 |
20110059644 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH FLAT CABLE - A cable assembly, used out of an electronic device, includes an electrical connector, a flexible printed circuit having a first end electrically connected to a rear end of the electrical connector, a flat tube covering the flexible printed circuit and having a front portion with a front end, a strain relief portion covering the front portion of the flat tube with the front end of the flat tube exposed out thereof, and a cover covering the rear end of the electrical connector, the first end of the flexible printed circuit, the front end of the flat tube and a front end of the strain relief portion. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059645 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH FERRULE - An cable assembly includes an external cover having a back wall defining a retaining cavity; at least one printed circuit board accommodated in the external cover; two cables arranged in juxtaposed manner, each cable including a number of wires, a shielding layer shrouding the wires, a metallic braiding enclosing the shielding layer and an insulative jacket enclosing the metallic braiding; two ring shaped reinforcement members, each reinforcement member located between the shielding layer and the metallic braiding of a front segment of the each cable; and a ferrule crimped to the front segments of the two cable and encircling the reinforcement members, the ferrule retained in the retaining cavity, and the metallic braiding of each cable sandwiched between the ferrule and the reinforcement member inside the corresponding cable. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059646 | ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH LESS EMI DURING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - An electrical cable connector assembly comprises a metallic shell defining a receiving space and a rear wall enclosing the receiving space, a printed circuit board retained in the receiving space, an electrical connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and a cable located behind the printed circuit board and including a wire extending into the receiving space to be soldered on the printed circuit board. The contacts each defines a soldering tail soldered to the printed circuit board. Wherein the rear wall defines a cable ring deep drawn rearwardly therefrom to cover the cable. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059647 | Universal Connector Assembly and Method of Manufacturing - An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059648 | Audio Jack Connector Device - An audio jack connector device having an audio jack and a connector, the audio jack having a socket adapted to receive the tip end of the audio plug and the connector adapted to engage a cable, wherein the connector is adapted to mechanically and electrically connect by compression the coaxial cable to the audio jack. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059649 | Phone Plug Connector Device - A phone plug connector device having a preassembled three conductive phone plug and connector, wherein the phone plug includes a conductive tip and a stem, wherein the connector connects the phone plug to a triaxial cable, wherein the triaxial cable comprises a center conductor surrounded by a first dielectric, the first dielectric being surrounded by a first conductive sheath, and the first conductive sheath surrounded by a protective outer jacket, wherein the connector connects the triaxial cable to the phone plug mechanically and electrically by compression. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059650 | SECURABLE CONNECTOR - An electrical cable connector comprising an electrically conductive central body, an outer sleeve rotatably coupled to the central body, and a tubular cam member disposed between the outer sleeve and the central body. When the outer sleeve is rotated around the central body from a first rotational position to a second rotational position, the tubular cam member is displaced from a first axial position to a second axial position, thereby causing a radial camming region in an axial through bore of the tubular cam member to displace fingers of the electrically conductive central body radially inwardly. In that manner, when the connector is plugged into a port or jack comprising a cylindrical body that is at least partially enclosed by the fingers of the central body of the connector, the fingers clamp onto the body of the port, thereby securing the connector to the port. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059651 | CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRAL SEAL - A connector is provided comprising a tubular connector body with a mating end, an end face at the mating end, an outer diameter, and a center axis. A circular groove in the end face defines a ring with a sealing surface, and a coupling member mates with the sealing surface. The coupling member has a mating end configured to connect with a separate device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059652 | MULTI-PATHWAY CONNECTOR FOR CIRCUIT BOARDS - A connector includes a contact and a housing that receives the contact. The contact includes at least first and second prongs and a tension portion joining the first and second prongs that biases the prongs away from one another. The housing includes a slot shaped to receive the contact such that the first and second prongs are forced together against the bias of the tension portion. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059653 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED METAL SHELL - An electrical connector ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110059654 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATING PAD THEREON - A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a central slot expanding along a transverse direction with a plurality of contacts disposed therein. A pair of side arms are disposed at opposite ends thereof and extending along a mating direction perpendicular to the transverse direction. A key is disposed in the central slot adjacent to one of the side arms. A pair of floating pads, each is floatably assembly onto a holding section formed adjacent to the corresponding side arm. And a pair of metal plates, each respectively attached to the corresponding side arm and forming a blocking portion projecting toward the floating pad for avoiding the floating pad releasing from the holding section. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059655 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED ELASTICITY CONTACTS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining upper and lower rows of passageways arranged in a longitude direction and each of passageway extends along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; upper and lower rows of contacts are assembled into the corresponding upper and lower rows of passageways, respectively; wherein each of said contact has a mating portion folded in half, the mating portion defines a pair of inner faces facing to each other and a pair of outer faces facing away from each other, at least one protruding portion protrudes from one of the inner faces to the other inner face. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059656 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electrical connector includes a plastic base and one row of terminals disposed in one row of terminal slots of the base. Each terminal has an extension fixed to the slot, a fixing portion and a pin portion. The extension in surface contact with the slot has a connection point. The pin portion extends out of the base. The row of terminals is one of two rows of terminals formed by oppositely tearing and pressing a metal sheet. Two of the terminals of the two rows of terminals respectively have two oppositely torn and cut portions seamlessly and oppositely connected together. The oppositely torn and cut portion of the one terminal is seamlessly connected to the oppositely torn and cut portions of the two neighboring terminals when the one terminal is reversely and oppositely connected to the two neighboring terminals. The oppositely torn and cut portions are the extensions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059657 | LOW PROFILE PLUG RECEPTACLE - A low profile receptacle plug receptacle is disclosed. The low profile plug receptacle which may have a housing with a partially circular opening that is configured in one embodiment to receive a cylindrical plug. The low profile receptacle plug receptacle may have a second opening which has a width smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical plug. A portion of the cylindrical plug may extend past the second opening when inserted into the housing. The low profile receptacle plug receptacle may part of an electronic device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059658 | MODULAR TERMINAL AND MODULAR TERMINAL BLOCK - A modular terminal having a terminal housing, a busbar, and two terminal elements for connecting two conductors to the busbar. Two functional slots are formed at both connecting ends in the terminal housing. The first functional slot provides a first connection possibility for a first test socket or a test plug, and, the second functional slot provides a second connection possibility for a fixed link or a jumper. In order to be able to mount the testing and switching equipment in a simple and flexible manner in the modular terminal, an additional third functional slot is formed at both connecting ends in the terminal housing, a third connection possibility corresponding to the third functional slot is formed at both connecting ends in the busbar, and the connection possibilities in the busbar are openings into which test sockets, test plugs, fixed links, or jumpers can be alternatively plugged. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059659 | Connector - A connector includes: a terminal fitting which includes a wire connecting portion and an electric contact portion disposed coaxially with the wire connecting portion; a connector housing for fitting to a mating connector; a rear holder which is fitted at an end portion of the connector housing; a terminal accommodating chamber which is provided in the connector housing. The terminal accommodating chamber includes a first accommodating portion for accommodating the wire connecting portion, a second accommodating portion which is continuous with the first accommodating portion to accommodate the electric contact portion, and a stepped surface formed between the first and second accommodating portions. The connector also includes a flange portion which projects from an outer peripheral surface of the wire connecting portion so as to contact the stepped surface, and a sleeve member provided between the flange portion and the rear holder. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CLAMPING - An apparatus and method for electrical connection clamping are provided. The apparatus includes a connection arrangement having a top clamp section and a bottom clamp section. The connection arrangement further includes a stacked connector between the top clamp section and the bottom clamp section. The top clamp section and the bottom clamp section are configured to distribute a compression force along a plurality of points of the stacked connector. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059661 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electrical connector assembly having a connector part for electrically and mechanically connecting a printed circuit board with a land part to a lead part of an electrical component by inserting the lead part into the connector part. The connector part composed of a line spring member having a fixed end part, a terminal fixing part, and an elastic deforming part. The fixed end part is fixed to the land part. The terminal fixing part formed by winding the line spring member elastically fastens the lead part. The elastic deforming part is elastically deformed when external force is applied to the lead part while maintaining the lead part fixed to the terminal fixing part. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059662 | Cover for Cable Connectors - A cover/boot and a system of covers/boots for placement in sealed relation over a connector or pair of connectors that is or are adapted to terminate a cable or splice together a pair of cables, preferably cables that carry signals received by a receiving apparatus on a cell tower. The covers include a cable end that sealingly receives a cable therein, an elongated body that provides secure cover to a cable connector, and an end that abuts a bulkhead or sealingly engages with a second cover when used in a splicing application. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059663 | ADVANCED FOIL DESIGN METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR MULTI SPEEDS - Advanced foil design method and structure for multi speeds mainly adds a constraint according to a needed pressure distribution of the advanced foil after building an advanced foil environment. Thence, a step of optimization could be applied for analyzing the advanced foil by flow characteristics to achieve a shaped profile, so that a weight calculation weighted calculation would be further operated base on a proportion of the advanced coil applied to multi speeds. Accordingly, a preferable profile of the advanced foil and the environment parameter combination can be obtained to enhance a higher operative efficiency with the preferred benefit of the Supercavitating propeller while applied to a higher speed and with the profit of a stable competence while applied to a lower speed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059664 | ROLLING MEMBER - Rolling member comprising a track ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110059665 | WATER-ABSORBING RAPIDLY DRYABLE WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC - A water-absorbing quick drying woven or knitted fabric characterized by containing 20% by weight or more of sheath-core type polyester fiber satisfying the following (1) to (4) requirements: (1) the fiber is a modified cross-section fiber having one or more recessed portions in its single yarn section; (2) the sheath part contains polyethylene glycol, and weight ratio of sheath part/core part is in a range of 20/80 to 50/50; (3) an amount of polyethylene glycol in the sheath-core type polyester fiber be in a range of 0.1 to 1.0% by weight; (4) long streak-like grooves A and short streak-like grooves B are present in a mixed state along the direction of fiber axis, and lengths of the streak-like grooves A and streak-like grooves B are 30 μm or more and 15 μm or more, respectively; provided that, P is a ratio of length to width of the groove, and represented by P=[Length]/[Width]. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059666 | METHOD FOR FORMING SHEETS WITH ELASTICIZED REGIONS AND SHEETS MADE BY THIS METHOD - In a method for forming a thermoplastic polymer sheet, a plurality of the forming blades are configured so as to have projected cross-sectional shapes on the sheet defined by similar curved lines and/or similar flexural lines arranged around a center of similitude and extending in the thickness direction of the sheet from the stationery mold and the movable mold so as to be engaged one with another but not to come in contact one with another. The method includes a step of introducing the sheet between the stationery mold and the movable mold and a step of bring the forming blades of the stationery mold and the movable mold into engagement with one another to stretch the sheet between distal ends of each pair of the adjacent forming blades. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059667 | COVER WITH A SPRAY ON FABRIC - The present invention relates to a process for the production of a car interior part with a base layer and a fabric layer and a car interior part comprising these layers. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059668 | Fibers and Nonwovens with Improved Bonding Properties - The present invention relates to fibers, in particular to as-spun fibers, having an improved bonding performance. In particular, the present invention relates to as-spun fibers comprising a metallocene random copolymer of propylene and one or more comonomers. The present invention further relates to nonwovens comprising such fibers and to a process for producing such fibers and nonwovens. The fibers and nonwovens of the present invention are characterized by a wider bonding window as the prior art fibers and nonwovens. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059669 | MULTICOMPONENT BIODEGRADABLE FILAMENTS AND NONWOVEN WEBS FORMED THEREFROM - A biodegradable, substantially continuous filament is provided. The filament contains a first component formed from at least one high melting polyester and a second component formed from at least one low melting polyester. The low melting point polyester is an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester formed by melt blending a polymer and an alcohol to initiate an alcoholysis reaction that results in a copolyester having one or more hydroxyalkyl or alkyl terminal groups. By selectively controlling the alcoholysis conditions (e.g., alcohol and copolymer concentrations, catalysts, temperature, etc.), a modified aliphatic-aromatic copolyester may be achieved that has a molecular weight lower than the starting aliphatic-aromatic polymer. Such lower molecular weight polymers also have the combination of a higher melt flow index and lower apparent viscosity, which is useful in the formation of substantially continuous filaments. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059670 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE TO CONTROL VIEWING ANGLE - A view angle controlling LCD comprises a first panel part that has a first group of electrodes and a first liquid crystal layer driven by a first vertical electric field. The first group of electrodes includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode to generate the first vertical electric field. The view angle controlling LCD device further comprises a second panel part deposited on the first panel part that has a second group of electrodes and a second liquid crystal layer panel driven to have slope angle from the horizontal alignment condition by a second vertical electric field. The second group of electrodes includes a first electrode and a second electrode to generate the second vertical electric field. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059671 | METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATING COLD CATHODE - A method for surface treating a cold cathode includes the following steps. A cold cathode is provided and the cold cathode includes a plurality of field emitters. A liquid glue is placed on a surface of the cold cathode. The liquid glue is cured to form solid glue on the surface of the cold cathode. The solid glue is removed to allow the plurality of field emitters to stand upright. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059672 | DIRECTIONALLY CONTROLLABLE FLYING VEHICLE AND A PROPELLER MECHANISM FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME - A flying vehicle in accordance to an embodiment of the present invention includes a propeller control mechanism for flying the vehicle. The propeller control mechanism includes a propeller having a center shaft for connecting to the drive shaft; first and second propeller blades extending from the center shaft; and a control mechanism including a first linkage connecting the center shaft to the first propeller blade and a second linkage connecting the center shaft to a region defined on the propeller, wherein a change in a driving torque of the drive shaft causes the first linkage and the second linkage to change the pitch and height of the propeller blades while substantially unchanging the tip path plane of the propeller blades. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059673 | Toy Construction Assembly - The invention provides a toy construction assembly, comprising elongate members which may be interconnected and using which an infinite number of rigid spatial structures may be erected. The elongate members comprise a rigid central part and two opposite flexible ends, wherein the connection between different elongate members is realized, without separate connectors, by interconnecting the flexible ends of different elongate members or by connecting a flexible end of one elongate member to the rigid central part of at least one other elongate member. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059674 | Toy construction system - A toy construction system includes a block component and a connector component. The connector component has a connector-to-block coupling section for releasable coupling to the block component and a connector-to-connector coupling section for releasable coupling to a substantially similar connecting component. The connector-to-block coupling section defines a connector block contacting surface for contacting the block component. The coupling aperture defines a peripheral edge retaining section made out of a substantially resiliently deformable material. The peripheral edge retaining section is configured, sized and positioned so that when the block and connector components are in a component assembled configuration, the connector block contacting surface substantially deforms the peripheral edge retaining section to a retaining configuration for positively retaining the latter; and when the connector block contacting surface is spaced from the peripheral retaining section, the latter resiliently springs back to a non-retaining configuration. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059675 | WATER ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE - A water entertainment device in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes an article of clothing with at least one fluid reservoir and at least one nozzle, wherein the nozzle is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir to provide fluid to be discharged from the nozzle. A water entertainment device in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes multiple triggers formed as a part of multiple piston pumps that provide water to multiple output nozzles to direct streams of water in multiple different directions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059676 | INFLATABLE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE - An inflatable device designed to provide safety information to a plurality of people. The inflatable device includes at least one meeting venue and at least one at least one physical activity feature. The meeting includes an inflatable structure. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059677 | WIRELESS MUSICAL FIGURINES - A method, system, and medium are provided for a wireless musical figurine belonging to a set of wireless musical figurines that play audio files in coordination with one another. One system of the musical figurine includes a wireless transceiver utilized to communicate with one or more musical figurines. The musical figurine also includes a set of master audio files of a first quality level, and a set of slave audio files of a second quality level. An audio player plays an audio file from the set of master audio files or the set of slave audio files. A master audio file is played when the musical figurine is initiated in accordance with a user indication, and a slave audio file is played when the musical figurine is initiated by another musical figurine. The musical figurine may also have movement capabilities which may be coordinated with the playing of an audio file to present a dancing figurine. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059678 | Concealing undergarment - A concealing undergarment preserves a user's modesty while allowing the user to wear modern apparel such as low-slung or low-cut pants, jeans, and the like. In general, the concealing undergarment conceals parts of the user's body which may be revealed due to the style or cut of apparel the user is wearing. The concealing undergarment may have the appearance of skin when worn. This allows the user to wear more revealing styles, as intended. The concealing undergarment may conceal the user's midriff and back while preventing rear cleavage from being seen, especially where the user is wearing low-slung pants or jeans. An extension may be provided to present inspirational phrases, positive words, facts, and other information to a user. The extension may be tucked under the user's bra to be close to the user's heart, and be used to hold an upper portion of the concealing undergarment in position. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059679 | METHOD FOR SLICING WORKPIECE - The present invention is a method for slicing a workpiece into wafers by pressing a cylindrical workpiece held with a workpiece holder against a wire row formed by a wire spirally wound between a plurality of wire guides and making the wire travel while supplying a slurry to a contact portion between the workpiece and the wire, wherein the workpiece is sliced with an axis direction of the workpiece inclined with respect to a plane formed by the wire row, after the workpiece is inclined in such a manner that a side far from the wire row plane is a side where the wire guides are to be axially expanded. As a result, there is provided a method for slicing that enable wafers having a good Warp shape to be obtained by precisely slicing a workpiece with a wire saw. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059680 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD - A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion includes (A) a graft polymer that includes an anionic functional group in a trunk polymer, and (B) abrasive grains. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059681 | CO2 NOZZLES - A nozzle and method of providing CO | 2011-03-10 |
20110059682 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC PART - An adhesive sheet comprising a sheetlike base material and, superimposed on one major surface thereof, an adhesive layer, wherein the average surface roughness on one major surface of the base material is in the range of 0.1 to 3.5 μm and on the other major surface thereof is in the range of 0.05 to 0.7 μm. In this structure, the average surface roughness values on both the major surfaces of the base material as a constituent of the adhesive sheet are regulated so as to fall within respective specified ranges, so that not only can any blocking occurring in backwinding of reeled adhesive sheet be inhibited but also any occurrence of minute unevenness (waving) on the wafer surface after grinding can be inhibited, and further that the transparency of the adhesive sheet can be maintained. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059683 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition includes a copolymer and an abrasive. The copolymer has a constitutional unit expressed as the following formula (I) and at least one of constitutional units expressed as the following formulae (II) to (IV). Methoxypolyethylene glycol methacrylate etc. are used as monomers for forming the constitutional unit of the formula (I), stearyl methacrylate etc. are used as monomers for forming the constitutional unit of the formula (II), polypropylene glycol methacrylate etc. are used as monomers for forming the constitutional unit of the formula (III), and styrene etc. are used as monomers for forming the constitutional unit of the formula (IV). | 2011-03-10 |
20110059684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A CARCASS OR CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - The invention relates to a system for cleaning a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part at least still comprises a part of the breast fillet and skin, which skin comprises at least a part of the breast skin, neck skin and skin in the region of transition between the breast skin and neck skin, wherein the breast skin and the skin in the region of transition between the breast skin and neck skin rest at least partly against the muscular tissue of the breast fillet, from which carcass part the muscular tissue of the neck and the neck vertebrae are substantially removed, which system comprises a neck skin removing device which comprises:
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20110059685 | SLIDE DAMPER DEVICE - A slide damper device comprising: a case of an air conditioning device for a vehicle; a slide damper; a plate-like guide rail provided on an inner wall of the case; a connection member provided at a side end part of the slide damper, the connection member having a concave shape slidably fitting with the guide rail, the connection member connecting the slide damper to the guide rail, wherein an opening of a flow path provided inside the case is adjusted by sliding the slide damper. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059686 | Ventilator - A ventilator including a case having a supply air port to introduce outdoor air and an exhaust air port to discharge indoor air, a supply and exhaust air duct to communicate with the supply air port and the exhaust air port, and a partition disposed in the supply and exhaust air duct to divide the supply and exhaust air duct into a supply air region to communicate with the supply air port and an exhaust air region to communicate with the exhaust air port, the partition having protrusions protruding outward from opposite ends of the supply and exhaust air duct, the protrusions being bent. The partition is easily inserted into the supply and exhaust air duct by the bent protrusions of the partition to prevent leakage of indoor air and outdoor air and thus prevents the outdoor air and the indoor air from being mixed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059687 | DATA CENTER, COOLING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COOLING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVICE - A data center includes a housing room that houses an information technology device; an air conditioning machine that cools air in the housing room and supplies the air under a floor of the housing room; a grille that allows the air supplied under the floor to circulate in the housing room; and a rack device that houses the information technology device. In the housing room in the data center, the rack device is arranged in such a way as to surround the grille. The information technology device is housed in the rack device in such a way as to take in air from a space surrounded by the rack device via the grille and discharge air to the housing room. The air conditioning machine is arranged at a side from which the information technology device discharges air. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059688 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION DEVICES - A method of detecting, controlling and managing transmission of a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves transmitting information to the transmission device, detecting a response transmission from the transmission device by a least one transmission detection facility, extracting identification information associated with the transmission device in response to the transmitted information; and determining a location of the transmission device based on the response transmission received by the at least one received transmission detection facility, wherein the response transmissions are sorted by the identification information, determining an allowability of the located transmission device with the set area and interacting and manipulating transmission of the detected transmitting device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059689 | Using code channel overrides to suppress CDMA wireless devices - Techniques for generating an interloping beacon which can control the behavior of a target wireless device on a CDMA frequency channel without noticeably altering the behavior of non-target wireless devices which share the frequency channel of the target wireless device's live beacon. The interloping beacon is an override beacon which overrides the live beacon's pilot channel and a control message on a code channel on which control messages may be addressed to the target wireless device. The override beacon provides the overriding pilot and the overriding control message only as long as is required for the target wireless device to respond to the overriding control message. The period of time during which the overriding pilot and the overriding control message are generated for the override beacon is so short that only the target wireless device responds without noticeable effect on collateral wireless devices. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059690 | Method and Device for Band Translation - A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059691 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus that is coupled to a mobile terminal through a wireless link and to a network through a wired link, and that is relaying communications between the mobile terminal and the network. The communication apparatus includes a first transmission-rate acquisition unit and a power control unit. The first transmission-rate acquisition unit acquires wired-link information related to a transmission rate in the wired link. The power control unit controls at least one of a first transmission power of the communication apparatus in downlink transmission to the mobile terminal and a second transmission power of the mobile terminal in uplink transmission from the mobile terminal so as to reduce the difference between a transmission rate in the wireless link and the transmission rate in the wired link. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059692 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING NEAR FIELD - A communications device using a near field includes: a near field signal providing unit providing one of a baseband signal and a signal obtained by applying digital modulation to the baseband signal, as a near field signal; an interface unit transmitting and receiving the provided near field signal; and a controller controlling the near field signal providing unit and the interface unit. A low data transfer rate of the related art near field communications can be overcome. Namely, various services can be provided by using a high data transfer rate. In particular, near field communications and a network configuration and data communications performed through the existing wireless network can be implemented as a single combined technique. In addition, power supply and communications can be simultaneously provided effectively by sharing an interface of an electrical coupling and a magnetic coupling. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059693 | Shared transport system and service network - The network system triggers registration of the start of a transport journey in response to a communication of a transport user device and a transport provider device with each other, performs a continuous coordinated proximity monitoring to verify the identity of a transport user and a transport provider vehicle, and triggers registration of the end of the transport journey through communication of the transport user device and the transport provider device with each other. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059694 | LOW POWER NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Power consumption of near-field communication devices is regulated by waking the device for communications when a potential external near-field device is detected, and by adjusting the resonant antenna circuit to account for the detected change in antenna environment. Such near-field communication devices, which may be used to detect and read external RFID tags, include a resonant loop antenna circuit having an antenna and a variable component, the antenna circuit being tunable by adjusting the variable component. The antenna has a target range of operation for near-field communication, and an inductance that is susceptible to interference that can alter the target range. The resonant loop antenna circuit is connected to an integrated circuit that includes a controller for controlling near-field communications via the resonant loop antenna circuit, an inductance detection circuit to detect changes in the antenna inductance, a wake-on circuit responsive to a sufficient change in antenna inductance to transition the controller from a low power sleep mode to a communications mode, and an antenna tuning circuit to adjust the variable component of the resonant loop antenna circuit to compensate for changes in antenna inductance and to maintain the target range of operation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059695 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING MULTIPLE DEVICES - Various embodiments of apparatus and systems are provided for electrically isolating two devices while transferring power and RF signals therebetween. An electrical isolation apparatus includes an isolation transformer communicatively coupled to a first device. The isolation transformer operates to electronically isolate the first device from the second device and transfer power from the first device to the second device. A decoupling device of the apparatus transfers radio frequency (RF) signals between the first device and the second device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059696 | SHORT RANGE, UNI-DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS LINK - The invention relates to a system comprising a master device and at least one slave device, e.g. two slave devices, the master device comprising a transmitter including a Tx-inductive coil, and the slave device comprising a receiver including an Rx-inductive coil. The invention further relates to a method and use. The object of the present invention is to solve one or more problems of the prior art, e.g. economize on power consumption for a wireless communications link. The problem is solved in that the master and slave devices are adapted to establish a uni-directional wireless link for forwarding an upstream signal from the master to the slave device via the inductive coupling between the Tx- and Rx-induction coils when the master and slave devices are located within a certain distance from each other, wherein the master device is adapted to provide that the upstream signal comprises a payload signal and at least one control signal, the at least one control signal is/are embedded in the payload signal and repeated according to a predefined scheme, and wherein the at least one control signal represents an intended current setting of an operational parameter of the slave device. An advantage of the invention is that it provides a scheme for wirelessly controlling and changing the settings of a slave device from a master device using a uni-directional link from master to slave device. The invention may e.g. be used for applications involving wireless communication between devices at least one of which is a low-power (e.g. battery driven) device, e.g. a portable device, e.g. a listening device, such as a hearing instrument or a pair of hearing instruments. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059697 | WIRELESS HEADSET SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMOBILE - A wireless headset system (and method) for connection to a gateway such as a mobile cellular phone that includes a dock assembly and a wireless headset. The dock assembly includes a presence sensor, a first docking connector, and a circuit for sending a connection signal to the first docking connector in response to a triggering of the presence sensor. The headset includes a second docking connector for releasably connecting with the first docking connector, and connection circuitry for initiating a wireless connection with the gateway (e.g. mobile cellular phone) in response to receiving the connection signal via the first and second docking connectors. The dock assembly further includes a power connector for receiving electrical power (e.g. from a car cigarette lighter connector) and for supplying the electrical power through the first and second docking connectors and to a battery in the wireless headset. | 2011-03-10 |
20110059698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY LOCATION SENSORS - A method includes receiving, in a scanner, at least one radio-frequency (RF) signal from a sensor proximate to the scanner. The method also includes storing location information, corresponding to a location of the scanner, and signal strength information corresponding to the scanner. The method further includes calibrating location records according to the signal strength information and location information. There is also a system for calibrating location records. The system includes a plurality of sensors each configured to transmit an RF signal. The system also includes a scanner configured to receive at least one RF signal from a sensor proximate to the scanner, store location information corresponding to a location of the scanner, and store signal strength information corresponding to the scanner. The system further includes a location manager configured to receive the stored signal strength information and location information from the scanner and to calibrate location records according to the stored signal strength information and location information. | 2011-03-10 |