11th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150070744 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAY WITH EDGE SEAL - Various types of edge seals for protecting electro-optic displays against environmental contaminants are described. In one type of seal, the electro-optic layer is sandwiched between a backplane and a protective sheet and a sealing material extends between the backplane and the protective sheet. In other seals, the protective sheet is secured to the backplane or to a second protective sheet adjacent the backplane. The electro-optic layer can also be sealed between two layers of adhesive or between one layer of adhesive and the backplane. Other seals make use of flexible tapes extending around the periphery of the display. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070745 | CONTROLLING TRANSITIONS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE DEVICES - The embodiments herein relate to methods for controlling an optical transition in an optically switchable device, and optically switchable devices configured to perform such methods. In various embodiments, non-optical (e.g., electrical) feedback is used to help control an optical transition. The feedback may be used for a number of different purposes. In many implementations, the feedback is used to control an ongoing optical transition. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070746 | THERMALLY SWITCHED REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SHUTTER - The thermally switched reflective optical shutter is a self-regulating “switchable mirror” device that reflects up to 100% of incident radiant energy above a threshold temperature, and reflects up to 50% of incident radiant energy below a threshold temperature. Control over the flow of radiant energy occurs independently of the thermal conductivity or insulating value of the device, and may or may not preserve the image and color properties of incoming visible light. The device can be used as a construction material to efficiently regulate the internal temperature and illumination of buildings, vehicles, and other structures without the need for an external power supply or operator signals. The device has unique aesthetic optical properties that are not found in traditional windows, skylights, stained glass, light fixtures, glass blocks, bricks, or walls. The device can be tailored to transmit sufficient visible light to see through in both the transparent and reflective states, while still providing significant control over the total energy transmission across the device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070747 | DISPLAY ELEMENT RESET USING POLARITY REVERSAL - This disclosure provides circuits and methods for resetting a movable element, such as a mirror of an interferometric modulator (IMOD), to a consistent starting point or reset position. In one example, a circuit may include three electrodes with a capacitor coupled between two of the electrodes. Additionally, the polarity of one of the electrodes may be configured to switch and reverse in polarity relative to another electrode. Accordingly, the movable element may be moved to a reset position. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070748 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - The reflective display device includes: a cell having: a display surface; a rear surface; side surfaces; and an interior space; a partition in a shape having radial extension dividing the rear surface into N regions; N rear electrodes respectively provided for the N regions on the rear surface; first side electrodes disposed on a display surface side and second side electrodes disposed on a rear surface side; N display-side electrodes separated by a separator zone in a shape having radial extension; a dielectric layer covering the N rear electrodes; polar liquid portions of N colors respectively disposed in N portions in the interior space; and polarity fluid placed within the interior space. A center of the partition matches with a center of the separator zone. A direction of the radial extension of the partition is different from that of the separator zone. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070749 | MICROMIRROR APPARATUS AND METHODS - A DMD having an array of micromirror pixels wherein each pixel comprises a right electrode on a first side of the pixel, a left electrode on a second side of the pixel adjacent the first side and a cantilevered beam supporting a mirror. The cantilever beam tilts on two axes of translation: pitch and roll. The mirror has a first landed position (on a first and second spring tip) over the right electrode and a second landed position (on the first and a third spring tip) over the left electrode such that the first landed position and the second landed positions are 90° apart. In transitioning from the first landed position to the second landed position, the mirror maintains contact with the first spring tip while rolling from the second spring tip to the third spring tip. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070750 | OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY FOR ACHIEVING CONSTANT COLOR OFF-AXIS VIEWING - Some implementations described herein involve defining a viewing angle range, also referred to herein as a viewing cone. The viewing cone may be produced by an array of optical fibers on a display. The optical fiber array may include tapered optical fibers that are capable of increasing the amount of light transmitted through the optical fiber array. The optical fiber array may be a graded index optical fiber array, wherein the refractive index of the optical fiber cores varies along the axis of the optical fibers. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070751 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY FILM FOR ANTI-COUNTERFEIT APPLICATION - The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic display film which can be controlled to malfunction permanently within a period of time. It provides an elegant method to utilize an electrophoretic film for anti-counterfeit purposes. The concept involves the removal of strong barrier layer(s) from the film to allow the solvent in the electrophoretic fluid within the film to evaporate through weak barrier layer(s), and within a period of time, the performance of the display film will be significantly degraded and the film cannot be re-used. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070752 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORATED REFLECTIVE FILM DISPLAY DEVICE - New reflective display architecture embodiments are disclosed to create specular or paper-like reflectance comprising a transparent outer sheet with an optional light diffusing layer, a rear backplane electrode, a perforated continuous reflective or non-reflective film with a thin conductive reflective or transparent layer acting as a front electrode facing the transparent outward sheet placed between the transparent outward sheet and rear backplane electrode. Other variations include semi-retroreflective or sintered TiO | 2015-03-12 |
20150070753 | MULTI-STAGE MOPA WITH FIRST-PULSE SUPPRESSION - A solid-state MOPA includes a mode-locked laser delivering a train of pulses. The pulses are input to a fast E-O shutter, including polarization-rotating elements, polarizing beam-splitters, and a Pockels cell that can be driven alternatively by high voltage (HV) pulses of fixed long and short durations. A multi-pass amplifier follows the E-O shutter. The E-O shutter selects every Nth pulse from the input train and delivers the selected pulses to the multi-pass amplifier. The multi-pass amplifier returns amplified seed-pulses to the E-O shutter. The shutter rejects or transmits the amplified pulses depending on whether the HV-pulse duration is respectively short or long. Transmitted amplified pulses are delivered to a transient amplifier configured for separately suppressing first-pulse over-amplification and residual pulse leakage. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070754 | INFRARED OPTICAL SYSTEM - An infrared optical system of two-lens structure comprises a front or first lens of negative refractive power and a rear or second lens of positive refractive power disposed in series relative to an object, the first lens having its concave surface faced toward the imaging plane, the second lens having its convex surface faced toward the object, the infrared optical system meeting the requirements as defined in the following formula 2.1≦d/f≦11, where d is an axial distance from the surface of the first lens closer to the imaging plane to the surface of the second lens closer to the object, and f is a focal length of the entire optical system. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070755 | SOLAR CONTROL GLAZING - The invention relates to a solar control glazing comprising a glass substrate provided, on one of its faces, with a stack of layers having a solar protection function, in which the stack comprises the sequence of the following layers, starting from the surface of the glass substrate: a lower layer for protecting the upper layers against the migration of the alkali metal ions resulting from the glass substrate, a layer of an indium tin oxide (ITO), an upper layer for protecting the ITO layer against atmospheric oxygen, said glazing being characterized in that said upper and lower layers are essentially composed of a dielectric material chosen from a silicon nitride, an aluminum nitride or their mixture and in that intermediate layers made of a chromium-comprising metal, which layers are optionally partially or completely oxidized and/or nitrided, are positioned on either side of and in contact with said ITO layer, the thickness of said intermediate layers being between 0.5 and 3 nanometers. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070756 | LASER SOURCE WITH A LARGE SPECTRAL RANGE - A laser source ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150070757 | Microscope - A microscope including an imaging objective for imaging a sample on a detector and means for illuminating the sample with a light sheet in the focus plane of the imaging objective. The illumination means includes an illumination source which emits coherent light, and Bessel optics which generate at least two plane waves from the light beam and give propagation directions for the plane waves. The propagation direction of each of the plane waves encloses an acute angle with the focus plane in each instance, the magnitude of the acute angle being identical for each of the plane waves, so that the plane waves undergo constructive interference in the focus plane so that a light sheet is generated. Similarly, the illumination means can also include an optical element by which a rotationally symmetric Bessel beam is generated from the light beam for dynamic generation of a light sheet. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070758 | ADJUSTMENT TURRET - The invention relates to an adjustment turret for a long-range optical device comprising a base, a rotary control element which can be rotated relative to the base about an axis of rotation, a stop pair consisting of a first stop and a second stop which in the stop position limit the rotational movement of the rotary control element, and a mechanism for overcoming the stop position of the stop pair wherein the mechanism comprises an actuating element accessible from the outside which bears or cooperates with one of the stops, and in at least one rotational position of the rotary control element can be moved relative to the base and relative to the rotary control element, so that by activating the actuating element one stop can be displaced relative to the other stop and the stop position can be overcome. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070759 | BINOCULARS - Binoculars including: a pair of lens barrels each having a telescopic optical system; and interconnecting portions interconnecting the pair of lens barrels so as to be relatively rotatable about an axis of an axial member that is parallel to an optical axis of each of the telescopic optical systems, an interpupillary distance being adjusted by relatively rotating the pair of lens barrels about the axial member, the binoculars being characterized in further including: a click position setting mechanism serving to set a click position at a predetermined angle of rotation of the pair of lens barrels, the click position setting mechanism being configured to include a rotating member provided on the axial member so as to rotatable about the axis of the axial member and facing the interconnecting portion in a direction of the axis of the axial member, a protruded portion being provided on any one of the interconnecting portion and the rotating member, and a recessed portion being provided on the other of the interconnecting portion and the rotating member and being capable of engaging with the protruded portion; and a lock/unlock member locking the rotation of the rotating member with respect to the axial member and unlocking the locked rotation thereof. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070760 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes: a switch for switching between single and plural modes for using lens apparatus singularly and plurally, respectively; a communication unit to communicate with external device; a unit to set all elements to first state in single mode and set the respective elements to second or third state in plural mode; a control source output unit to output, for each state of the elements, control source information for determining a control command to drive the element; and a unit to determine a command for controlling drive of the elements based on the control source information determined by the control source output portion, wherein in the second state, control commands for corresponding elements are output to other lens apparatuses through the communication unit, and in the third state, the control source output portion outputs control source information different from that in the first and second states. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070761 | METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE - A method of producing an optical film laminate includes: stretching and dyeing a laminate including a resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer formed on one side of the resin substrate to produce a polarizing film on the resin substrate; laminating a first protective film on the polarizing film on an opposite side to the resin substrate; and peeling the resin substrate, followed by laminating a second protective film on the polarizing film on a side from which the resin substrate has been peeled. The first protective film is a protective film to be placed on an optical cell side when the optical film laminate is attached to the optical cell, the second protective film is a protective film to be placed on an opposite side to the optical cell when the optical film laminate is attached to the optical cell. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070762 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polarizer includes a base substrate, a metal wire layer disposed on the base substrate, and a plurality of wire grid patterns disposed on the base substrate or the metal wire layer. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070763 | POLARIZING FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE POLARIZING FILM - There is provided a polarizing film that is excellent in external appearance and can contribute to the improvement of the display characteristics of an image display apparatus. polarizing film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film containing iodine. The polarizing film has a ratio I | 2015-03-12 |
20150070764 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED BODY - Method for producing a thin optical laminated body. This method is a method for producing a laminated body including a polarization layer, a λ/2 layer, a λ/4 layer, a positive C layer, and a transfer adhesive layer, the laminated body including the polarization layer, the λ/2 layer and the λ/4 layer in this member-described order; including the positive C layer between the polarization layer and the λ/4 layer, or at the side of the λ/4 layer that is opposite to the λ/2-layer-arranged side of the λ/4 layer; and including the transfer adhesive layer between the polarization layer and the λ/4 layer or positive C layer, the method including the step of bonding a bonding body including a substrate and the transfer adhesive layer to an adherend through the transfer adhesive layer, and peeling the substrate from the resultant. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070765 | DUST-FREE LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A dust-free lens driving apparatus includes a lens holder for holding a lens, a housing having a central bore in which the lens holder moves, and a film having a first contact region, a second contact region and a buffer region. The first contact region is defined by a first peripheral portion of the film and is used to sealingly attach the film to and around the lens holder. The second contact region is defined by a second peripheral portion of the film and is used to sealingly attach the film to and around a connection portion of the housing. The buffer region is defined by a remaining region of the film between the first and second contact regions and is used to seal an exit of a gap between the lens holder and the housing. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070766 | IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH OPTIMIZED EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS - An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070767 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYZER - A variable wavelength interference filter includes: a first reflective film disposed on a face of a first substrate facing a second substrate; a second reflective film disposed on a face of the second substrate facing the first substrate and the first reflective film; a first electrode disposed on the face of the first substrate; and a second electrode disposed on the face of the second substrate. The second substrate includes a movable portion on which the second reflective film is disposed and a connection maintaining portion maintaining the movable portion to be movable in a substrate thickness direction, the connection maintaining portion circumscribes the movable portion and is thinner than the movable portion, and the second electrode is disposed on a portion of the second substrate that is thicker than the connection maintaining portion. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070768 | OPTICAL FILTER INCLUDING A STEP SECTION, AND ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is opposed to the first substrate, a first reflecting section that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a second reflecting section that is disposed between the first reflection section and the second substrate, a first gap existing between the first reflecting section and the second reflecting section, a first electrode that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a second electrode that is disposed between the first electrode and the second substrate, a second gap existing between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a third electrode that is disposed between the first substrate and the second electrode. The second gap is larger than the first gap. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070769 | Solar Concentrator with Integrated Tracking and Light Delivery System with Summation - A solar light distribution system includes a solar light concentrator that is affixed externally to a light transfer tube. Solar light waves are processed by the concentrator into a collimated beam of light, which is then transferred through a light receiving port and into the light transfer tube. A reflector redirects the collimated beam of light through the tube to a light distribution port. The interior surface of the light transfer tube is highly reflective so that the light transfers through the tube with minimal losses. An interchangeable luminaire is attached to the light distribution port and provides light inside of a structure. A sun tracking device rotates the concentrator and the light transfer tube to optimize the receiving of solar light by the concentrator throughout the day. The system provides interior lighting that uses only renewable energy sources, and releases no carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070770 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, HEAD-UP DISPLAY AND LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - An optical element includes a microlens array on which plural microlenses are arranged. The microlens array includes plural areas whose microlenses have different curvature radii per area. The plural areas are configured so that the farther the area exists from the center of the microlens array, the smaller the curvature radius of the microlenses arranged on the area is. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070771 | HEAD UP DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A head up display device for a vehicle includes: a housing mounted on a dashboard of the vehicle; a display unit that generates an image or a video; a combiner vertically elevated from the housing; a first cover operated together with the combiner to be opened and closed; a second cover operated together with the combiner to be opened and closed; and a mirror that rotates together with the first cover to be opened at the time of opening the first cover to reflect the video provided from the display unit to the combiner. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070772 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - An image display apparatus includes: an image forming device; an optical system converting light emitted from the image forming device into parallel light; and an optical device to which the light beams converted into the parallel light by the optical system enter, in which the light beams are guided, and from which the light beams are emitted, wherein a central light beam emitted from the center of the image forming device, passing through the nodal point of the optical system and entering the optical device at an optical device center point intersects an XY plane defined by an X axis that passes through the optical device center point, and is parallel to the axis direction of the optical device and a Y axis that passes through the optical device center point, and coincides with the normal axis of the optical device at angles other than 0 degree. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070773 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A virtual image display apparatus, adapted for medical surgical applications, with which a surgical device is operated is provided. The virtual image display apparatus includes at least one virtual image display module which is disposed in front of at least one eye of a user. The virtual image display module includes an image display unit and a beam splitting unit. The image display unit provides an image beam, wherein the image beam includes at least one type of surgical information. The beam splitting unit is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam and an object beam from an environment object. The beam splitting unit causes at least part of the object beam to be transmitted to the eye, and causes at least part of the image beam to be transmitted to the eye to display a virtual image. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070774 | WAVELENGTH-CONTROLLED DIODE LASER MODULE WITH EXTERNAL RESONATOR - A diode laser module includes a laser diode ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150070775 | UNISOMETRIC REFLECTION DISPLAY, INFORMATION HOLDER USING UNISOMETRIC REFLECTION DISPLAY - A unisometric reflection display having a light transmissivity includes reflectors included in a reflector holding layer of a thin film form. The reflectors incline at a fixed direction and a fixed angle to a plane of the reflector holding layer. Light incident from a first direction is reflected on a front surface of a reflector to be inhibited from transmitting through the reflector holding layer. Light incident from a second direction to a reflector is reflected on a front surface of the reflector and a rear surface of another reflector adjacent the reflector at a front surface side, or reflected this way a plurality of times to transmit through the reflector holding layer. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070776 | Solar Concentrator with Integrated Tracking and Light Delivery System with Collimation - A solar light distribution system includes a solar light concentrator that is affixed externally to a light transfer tube. Solar light waves are processed by the concentrator into a collimated beam of light, which is then transferred through a light receiving port and into the light transfer tube. A reflector directs the collimated beam of light through the tube to a light distribution port. The interior surface of the light transfer tube is highly reflective so that the light transfers through the tube with minimal losses. An interchangeable luminaire is attached to the light distribution port and distributes light inside of a structure. A sun tracking device rotates the concentrator and the light transfer tube to optimize the receiving of solar light by the concentrator throughout the day. The system provides interior lighting, uses only renewable energy sources, and releases no carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070777 | EYEPIECE LENS AND OBSERVATION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - There is provided an eyepiece lens which has a long length from an image display surface to a first lens, a high observation magnification, and a large apparent field of view. An eyepiece lens used to observe an image displayed on the image display surface includes a first lens with a positive refractive power, a second lens with a negative refractive power, and a third lens with a positive refractive power sequentially from the image display surface side to the observation side. The lens surface of the first lens on the image display surface side has a convex shape on the image display surface side. The lens surface of the second lens on the observation side has a concave shape on the observation side. The focal length of the eyepiece lens, the focal length of the lens surface, and the focal length of the lens surface are set appropriately. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070778 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A variable magnification projection optical system substantially consisting of two lens groups of a first lens group having a positive refractive power and is moved during magnification change, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power and is moved during magnification change, in which the variable magnification projection optical system is configured such that the reduction side is telecentric. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070779 | Liquid lens arrays - A method of fabricating a liquid lens array creates an array of through holes of axisymmetric cross-section through a central plate, forms conductive traces on the side walls of each of the through holes and on a portion of the top and bottom surfaces of the central plate contiguous with each through hole, and bonds the bottom surface of the central plate around each through hole to the top surface of a transparent base plate, forming an array of cavities. The method applies an insulating layer to the side walls of each cavity, portions of the top surface of the base plate lying within each cavity, and portions of the top surface of the transparent central plate surrounding each cavity, introduces a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid into each cavity; and bonds the top surface of the central plate to the bottom surface of a transparent top plate. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070780 | ZOOM LENS AND DEVICE HAVING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side toward an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power and provided with a positive lens; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power and provided with a diffraction plane of a diffraction optical element; a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power to perform focusing; and an aperture stop between the second lens unit and the third lens unit. According to a change of magnification from a short focal end to a long focal end, the first lens unit is stationary, the second lens unit is moved to the image side, the third lens unit is moved to the object side, and the fourth lens unit is moved, and the positive lens satisfies the following condition formulas: | 2015-03-12 |
20150070781 | MULTI-LENS IMAGING MODULE AND ACTUATOR WITH AUTO-FOCUS ADJUSTMENT - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an optical module that includes a plurality of lenses and an electromagnetic actuator to adjust a zoom level or focus of the optical module. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070782 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a first barrel which rotates around an optical axis; and a second barrel which supports the first barrel to slide freely around the optical axis and to be movable in an optical axis direction. One of the barrels includes a cam follower, and a cam groove is formed in the other. When the first barrel rotates, the cam follower slides in the cam groove. The cam groove includes first and second sliding portions, and an inclination angle of the first sliding portion to the optical axis is smaller than that of the second sliding portion. When transitioning from the collapsed to the photographing state, the cam follower slides on the first sliding portion and the first barrel extends. When transitioning from the photographing to the collapsed state, the cam follower slides on the second sliding portion and the first barrel is incorporated in the second barrel. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070783 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070784 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - The present invention provides a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better image performance and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070785 | IMAGING LENS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first, second, and third lens elements have positive, negative, and negative refractive powers, respectively. The third lens element has an image-side surface having a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the third lens element. The fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface that has a convex portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens, and an image-side surface that has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fifth lens element. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070786 | OPTICAL LENS - An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between a magnified side and a minified side and has a negative refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side and has a positive refractive power. The optical lens is capable of forming an image at the magnified side. F/H>0.52, where F is an effective focal length, and H is an image height. A viewing angle is greater than 116.7 degrees. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070787 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses consisting of, in order from the object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of the fifth lens includes a concave surface and at least one inflection point, wherein a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070788 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having negative refractive power; a stop; and a second lens group having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from the object side to the image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having a strong concave surface facing the image plane side and negative refractive power; and a second lens having negative refractive power and a biconcave lens shape near the optical axis. The first lens group has a focal length F1, the second lens group has a focal length F2, the first lens has a focal length f1, and the second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied: | 2015-03-12 |
20150070789 | REPLACEMENT APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A replacement apparatus for an optical element mounted between two adjacent optical elements in a lithography objective has a holder for the optical element to be replaced, which holder can be moved into the lithography objective through a lateral opening in a housing of the same. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070790 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A lens driving apparatus includes a spring suspension system and an electromagnetic force generator. The spring suspension system may include a pair of leaf springs, a stationary rigid body sandwiched between the pair of springs, and a lens holder suspended by the pair of springs within a central bore of the rigid body. The electromagnetic force generator may include a coil holder holding a coil and a magnet holder holding at least one magnet. The spring suspension system and the electromagnetic force generator are connected to and spatially separated from each other by a spacer. A method for manufacturing a lens driving apparatus is also disclosed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070791 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens driving apparatus includes a housing, a lens holder mounted on a base of the housing and moveable along an optical axis, a stationary guide member provided on the base, and a moveable guide member provided on and moveable with the lens holder, wherein the moveable guide member is frictionally engaged with the stationary guide member and slidable therealong when the lens holder is activated. The apparatus further include a plurality of magnets with magnetization direction lying on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, a coil disposed adjacent and parallel to the magnets, and a position encoder provided on the lens holder or the support for close loop control of the movement of the lens holder. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070792 | ACTUATOR UNIT - The present invention aims to provide an actuator unit. When the actuator unit is assembled in a lens driving device and works, a lens support beginning to move cannot be inclined. A spring component ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150070793 | MINIATURE MEMS ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES - In one embodiment, an electrostatic actuator includes a generally planar fixed frame, a generally planar moving frame coupled to the fixed frame by a flexure for substantially coplanar, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame, a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moving frame, and an elongated output shaft having opposite input and output ends, the input end being coupled to the moving frame. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070794 | TOUCH PANEL AND DECORATION PANEL THEREOF - A touch panel, having a transparent region and a decoration region disposed on at least one side of the transparent region, includes a first substrate, a first decoration layer, a touch sensing unit, a first conductive line and a first opaque reflection layer. The first decoration layer is disposed on the first substrate and the first decoration layer is disposed in the decoration region. The touch sensing unit is at least disposed in the transparent region. The first conductive line is disposed in the decoration region and electrically connected to the touch sensing unit. The first opaque reflection is disposed on the first decoration layer and the first opaque reflection is disposed in the decoration region. The first decoration layer is disposed between the first substrate and the first opaque reflection layer. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070795 | ARTICLE COMPRISING LIGHT ABSORBENT COMPOSITION TO MASK VISUAL HAZE AND RELATED METHOD - A transparent article includes a continuous polyester matrix having at least one incompatible filler dispersed therein. The incompatible filler provides domains in the polyester matrix, each domain having a particular dimension, thus providing a range of dimensions for the domains in the article. To create haze, the dimensions are within the range of from about 380 nm to about 720 nm. Once the range of dimensions is determined, a light absorbent composition can be found which absorbs light at a range of wavelengths that at least substantially covers the range of dimensions of the domains. In doing so, it has been found that the haze of the article can be substantially masked. Method for producing the article and for masking the haze are also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070796 | Array-Reader Based Magnetic Recording Systems With Mixed Synchronization - A magnetic recording system includes an array of analog inputs operable to receive an array of analog signals retrieved from a magnetic storage medium, where one of the array of analog signals corresponds with a reference channel, a timing recovery circuit operable to generate a clock signal based on the analog signal for the reference channel, a number of analog to digital converters each operable to sample one of the array of analog signals based on the clock signal to yield a number of digital channels, and a joint equalizer operable to filter the digital channels to yield an equalized output. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070797 | MAGNETIC TAPE MEDIA HAVING SERVO PATTERNS - Magnetic tape media according to one embodiment includes a servo track having a plurality of servo marks therealong. A distance of the servo marks, as originally written, from an edge of the tape media varies along the length of the magnetic tape media. Magnetic tape media according to another embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks having physical characteristics of being written by an apparatus that monitors a lateral position of the magnetic tape media passing over a servo writing head during a servo track writing operation and writes servo marks to the magnetic tape media. A timing of the writing of each servo mark is based on the monitored position of the magnetic tape media. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070798 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A spindle motor is configured to rotate a disk in a case defined by a base plate and a top cover arranged to cover an upper side of the base plate. The spindle motor includes a fluid dynamic bearing including a lubricant oil. A rotating portion body of the spindle motor includes an air hole. An upper opening of the air hole is in communication with an annular space between the top cover and the rotating portion body. A lower opening of the air hole is in communication with a gap between a stator and a magnet. Accordingly, even if a gas including the lubricant oil vaporized through a liquid surface of the lubricant oil leaks into the annular space, at least a portion of the gas including the lubricant oil flows into the air hole. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070799 | Depolarizing Layer in a Magnetic Stack - A data reader may be configured at least with a magnetic stack positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS) and contacting a spin depolarizing layer that is a minority spin current carrier. The spin depolarizing layer can have a thickness and spin diffusion length corresponding to a net zero spin polarization at an interface of the magnetic stack and spin depolarizing layer. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070800 | Injector Stack with Diffusive Layer - A data reader may be configured at least with detector and injector stacks that each has a common spin accumulation layer. The detector stack may positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS) while the injector stack is positioned distal the ABS. The injector stack can have a diffusive layer with a larger spin diffusion length than mean free path. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070801 | TWO-POLE CIRCUIT BREAKERS - A two-pole circuit breaker is provided that includes a first mechanical pole, a second mechanical pole and an electronic pole. The first mechanical pole includes a first armature having a first armature extension, and the second mechanical pole includes a second armature having a second armature extension. The electronic pole includes a first solenoid and a second solenoid, the first armature extension is disposed adjacent the first solenoid, and the second armature is disposed adjacent the second solenoid. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070802 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARCHITECTURE, CONTROL, AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS OF MODULAR STACKED DIRECT CURRENT SUBSEA POWER SYSTEM - A high-voltage DC (HVDC) power system and a method of controlling and protecting the HVDC power system includes a plurality of sending-end (SE) modules coupled in electrical series and a plurality of receiving-end (RE) power converter modules electrically coupled to said plurality of SE modules, the RE modules coupled in a switchyard configuration, the switchyard configuration including a plurality of load branches coupled together in electrical series, each load branch including a branch bypass switch configured to bypass load current around an associated load branch, and a branch protection system. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070803 | ELECTRO-STATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Techniques for improving electro-static discharge (ESD) performance in integrated circuits (IC's). In an aspect, one or more protective diodes are provided between various nodes of the IC. For example, protective diode(s) may be provided between the drain and gate of an amplifier input transistor, and/or between the drain and ground, etc. In certain exemplary embodiments, the amplifier may be a cascode amplifier. Further aspects for effectively dealing with ESD phenomena are described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070804 | BIGFET ESD PROTECTION THAT IS ROBUST AGAINST THE FIRST PEAK OF A SYSTEM-LEVEL PULSE - Embodiments of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and a method of operating an ESD protection device are described. In one embodiment, an ESD protection device includes a bigFET configured to conduct an ESD pulse during an ESD event. The bigFET includes a backgate terminal, a source terminal, and a current distributor connected to the backgate terminal and the source terminal and configured to homogeneously activate a parasitic bipolar junction transistor of the bigFET in response to a current that is generated in the bigFET during the ESD pulse. Other embodiments are also described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070805 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device | 2015-03-12 |
20150070806 | HIGH VOLTAGE TOLERANT SUPPLY CLAMP - Apparatus and methods for active detection, timing, and protection related to transient electrical events are disclosed. A detection circuit generates a detection signal in response to a transient electrical stress. First and second driver circuits of an integrated circuit, each driver having one or more bipolar junction transistors, activate based on the detection signal and generate activation signals. The one or more bipolar junction transistors of the first and second driver circuits are configured to conduct current substantially laterally across respective base regions. A discharge circuit, having an upper discharge element and a lower discharge element, receives the activation signals and activates to attenuate the transient electrical event. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070807 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ELECTRO STATIC DISCHARGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system detects Electro Static Discharge (ESD) of an electronic device by sensing a ground voltage of an electronic device, comparing the sensed ground voltage with a predetermined reference voltage and if the sensed ground voltage exceeds the reference voltage, performs at least one predetermined operation of the electronic device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070808 | Switched Power Distribution Unit - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided in which power control relay switches may be configured to switch at or near a predetermined time during an AC cycle and/or that are configured to control a velocity of an armature of the relay switch during switching. An input power source may provide alternating current (AC) power and a voltage or current level of the AC power may be sensed. A relay controller may switch the relay switch based on a time at which the voltage or current is at or near a zero-crossing. The relay controller may be configured to close the relay switch based on when a voltage of the power input is at a zero-crossing, and is configured to open the relay switch based on when a current of the power input is at a zero-crossing. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070809 | Wireless Communication Terminal - A wireless communication terminal, comprises: a housing and a mainboard assembly configured in said housing, and it further comprises: a USB component in which a heat source module is provided. Said USB component is configured outside the housing, and a straight plug on the USB component is connected with the heat source module, and the heat source module comprises at least a voltage conversion module; the heat source module and the mainboard assembly use an electrical connection structure. The USB component is connected to the housing. The wireless communication terminal provided in the abovementioned technical solution has a small, exquisite and beautiful structure whose surface temperature is lowered, thereby greatly improving the user experience; in addition, the structure provided in the present utility model is simple and easy to be implemented, and it does not additionally increase the cost. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070810 | GROUNDING ROPE FOR A SHAFT GROUNDING APPARATUS OF A DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE - A grounding rope assembly for electrically grounding a rotatable conductive shaft of a dynamo-electric machine. The assembly includes a grounding rope member including a plurality of conductive wires extending along the length of the grounding rope member and one or more discrete fixation points intermediate the first and second ends of the grounding rope member. Two or more of the plurality of conductive wires are affixed together at each of the discrete fixation points. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070811 | DEVICE FOR A CONTROLLED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE IN PERSONS - A device for a controlled electrostatic discharge in persons consists of two electrically non-conductive elements mutually spaced by at least one spring and arranged in a housing. At least one element is arranged in the housing in a way to come closer parallel to a second element when force is exerted on it from the outside. Electric pins are arranged on adjacent surfaces of both elements and arranged on each surface at a mutual distance and the two surfaces are arranged at a mutual distance and simultaneously the rows of pins on one and the second element are offset, so that the pins of one row lie in the middle of the distance and both rows of pins are spaced from each other by a different distance. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070812 | SOLAR POWERED PLANT IONIZER - An air ionizing apparatus for enhancing plant growth that includes a housing, solar cells mounted atop the housing, a voltage regulator/conditioner circuit coupled to the solar cells, an oscillator/modulator circuit coupled to the voltage regulator/conditioner circuit, a high voltage converter/multiplier circuit coupled to the oscillator/modulator circuit, and an ion emitter element coupled to the high/voltage converter/multiplier circuit and disposed at the bottom of the housing. Solar energy transferred to the solar cells and converted into current is converted to high voltage through the voltage/regulator, oscillator/modulator, and high voltage converter/multiplier circuits. The high voltage is then applied to the ion emitter element to produce ions from ambient air in close proximity to a plant being treated. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070813 | Electrical Weapon System - An electrical weapon system includes a power supply; a control electronics connected to the power supply; and an electrode pair, wherein the control electronics are configured to deliver a voltage having a determined voltage level and modulation across the electrode pair based on the electrode pair coming into contact with a target, and wherein the electrode pair is integrated into clothing or equipment of a user. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070814 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH VARIABLE PIXILATED HEATING - Electrostatic chucks with variable pixelated heating are described. For example, an electrostatic chuck (ESC) includes a ceramic plate having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface for supporting a wafer or substrate. A base is coupled to the back surface of the ceramic plate. A light carrying medium is disposed in the base, the light carrying medium configured to provide pixelated light-based heating capability for the ESC. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070815 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK MEMBER - There is provided an electrostatic chuck member made of a complex oxide sintered body obtained by substituting some of yttrium in yttrium aluminum oxide with a rare earth element (RE) excluding yttrium, in which a ratio [N | 2015-03-12 |
20150070816 | CAPACITOR FABRICATION USING NANO MATERIALS - A multi-layer capacitor includes an anode, a cathode, a dielectric material, a first endcap, and a second endcap. The anode and cathode are formed of one or more layers of interlaced conductive material. The dielectric material is interposed between each of the layers of the anode and the cathode. The first and second endcaps configured to interconnect each of the layers of the anode and cathode, respectively. The endcaps are formed of conductive nano material. A method of forming an endcap of a capacitor configured to interconnect one or more layers of conductive material includes the step of applying conductive nano material to exposed conductive surfaces of at least one of an anode and a cathode of the one or more layers of conductive material. The method also includes the step of exposing the nano material to a source of energy effective to initiate self-sintering of the nano material. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070817 | MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multi-layer ceramic capacitor has a structure where the dispersion, nd, of average grain size of the dielectric grains constituting the dielectric layer (a value (D90/D10) obtained by dividing D90 which is a grain size including 90% cumulative abundance of grains by D10 which is a grain size including 10% cumulative abundance of grains) is smaller than 4. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070818 | INKJET INK, PRINTING METHOD, AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An inkjet ink that contains a functional particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 50 to 1000 nm, a rheology-controlling particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 4 to 40 nm, and an organic vehicle. The ink has a viscosity of 1 to 50 mPa·s at a shear rate of 1000 s | 2015-03-12 |
20150070819 | SERVER POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system has a housing and a front panel. The housing has multiple power supply slots disposed on a rear of the housing for mounting multiple power supplies respectively. The front panel has multiple peak portions and multiple valley portions arranged alternately to form a multi-dimensional space. Each peak portion has a first inclined wall for mounting multiple terminal holders, and has a second inclined wall for forming a heat dissipating structure. Electric power is input into the server power supply system via the terminal holder and is transformed and transmitted to the power supplies. With the terminal holders and the heat dissipating structures disposed on the peak portions of the front panel, space of the front of the housing can be utilize efficiently and heat dissipating efficiency to the server power supply system is also improved. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070820 | MODULAR BUS PLUG APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a first enclosure configured to be mounted on a first wall of a bus duct and housing at least one circuit protective device and a connector assembly configured to engage an outlet of the bus duct of the first wall of the bus duct. The apparatus further includes a second unit including a second enclosure mounted on the first enclosure and housing at least one metering device and wiring passing between the first and second enclosures. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070821 | COVER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cover adapted to an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a casing and the cover includes a first covering member and a second covering member. The first covering member is made of first transparent material. The second covering member is adjacent to the first covering member. The second covering member is made of second transparent material, and at least one fine feature is formed on the second covering member. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070822 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE CONTAINER - An electronic device includes: a housing; a holder configured to support a first substrate and is inserted into the housing; a second substrate disposed in the housing, at a side with respect to a direction in which the holder is inserted; and a mechanism configured to move the first substrate in the direction with the second substrate and to connect the first substrate to the second substrate. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070823 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EASY ASSEMBLY FUNCTION AND RELATED COMPUTER SYSTEM - An electronic device with easy assembly function is disclosed in the present invention. The electronic device includes a bezel, a display panel and a fixing component. The bezel includes a first engaging portion and a first wedging portion, respectively disposed on different sides of the bezel. The display panel is disposed on the bezel and adjacent to the first engaging portion and the first wedging portion. The fixing component includes a body, a second engaging portion and a second wedging portion. The body presses the display panel. The second engaging portion protrudes from the body and is detachably engaged with the first engaging portion. The second wedging portion protrudes from a position of the body different from the second engaging portion, and is detachably wedged with the first wedging portion. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070824 | SMARTPAD SPLIT SCREEN DESKTOP - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070825 | Electronic display suitable for submersion - There is disclosed herein a water tight submersible electronic device, such as a dive computer or a dive watch, comprising a case, a bezel, and glass through which a display can be viewed. The glass, case and bezel can all be different materials. The bezel is affixed to the case, in a permanent or removable manner, and has an opening for the glass and an electronic display. The electronic display is positioned under the glass and within the electronic device. For example, the glass is separated from and locked to the bezel by at least a locking ring, a shock absorber and/or a gasket. As such the glass can be free floating so that it and the bezel can deform under pressure without being damaged or causing damage to each other while maintaining a water tight connection. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070826 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY IN PRE BENT STATE - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device may include a housing and a cover panel that may cover a display. The cover panel may define a pre-bent configuration prior to being coupled to the housing. Thereby, the cover panel may be elastically bent during attachement to the housing. Thus, the cover panel may include internal forces as a result of the elastic bending that prevent the cover panel from bowing outwardly from the housing. Related assemblies and methods are also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070827 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE - A touch display module is suitable for being assembled to a back cover of an electronic apparatus. The touch display module includes a frame, a display unit and a touch unit. The frame has a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface. The display unit is supported on the second supporting surface. The touch unit is supported on the first supporting surface and adhered to the display unit and the first supporting surface. The display unit is held between the second supporting surface and the touch unit. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070828 | Hard Disk Drive Assemblies With Open Side Wall Areas - The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070829 | SERVER WITH SUPPORTING BRACKET - A supporting bracket includes two opposite sidewalls, a first end wall connected between front ends of the sidewalls, a second end wall connected between rear ends of the sidewalls, and an air guiding plate slantingly connected between lower parts of the sidewalls. The air guiding plate extends up from the first end wall toward the second end wall. A top of the air guiding plate and the sidewalls bound a cooling area communicating with an inside of the supporting bracket. An air inlet of the cooling area is defined between the first end wall and the air guiding plate. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070830 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HOUSING DEVICE - An electronic equipment housing device includes: a first housing part in which first electronic equipment is housed; a second housing part in which second electronic equipment is housed; and a connecting and disconnecting mechanism that switches a spaced state in which the second housing part is spaced apart from the first housing part and a close state in which the second housing part is made close to the first housing part. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070831 | RETAINING APPARATUS FOR HARD DISK DRIVE - A hard disk retaining apparatus includes a main body and an indicating module is installed inside the main body, the indicating module includes a display button, a trigger button, and a display unit. When the hard disk drive is installed into the main body, the hard disk drive contacts the trigger button, pressing the display button, the display unit can display if the hard disk drive is installed into the hard disk retaining apparatus. When the hard disk drive is not installed into the main body, the display unit does not work. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070832 | DOCKING STATION WITH AUDIO OUTPUT - Docking stations that may interface with various types of accessories. One example may physically and electrically support a connection to a portable computing device in either one or two orientations. One or more receptacles or dedicated or tethered cables may provide connections to one or more accessories. Examples may be able to authenticate and identify themselves to portable computing devices such that the devices know how to configure data outputs provided to the docking stations. An audio channel that converts digital audio signals and provides an analog audio signal at an audio jack may be included. Multiplexing circuitry that allows reversible connectors to be used may also be included. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070833 | COMPOSABLE THIN COMPUTING DEVICE - This disclosure is directed to a composable thin computing device. An example device may comprise at least a device interface module, a communication module, a processing module, a memory module, a composable computing module and a power module. The device interface module may couple the device to an operational environment via at least one of a physical connector or a wireless connection. The communication module may at least one of transmit or receive data via the device interface module. The processing module may process the data. The memory module may store at least a portion of the data. The composable computing module may cause at least one of the above modules to perform certain functionality related to the operational environment. The power module may power at least one of the above modules. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070834 | TABLET COMPUTER - A tablet computer includes a mobile phone mounting portion which has determined width and length and is formed in the rear of the tablet computer in a recessed manner, guide grooves which are longitudinally formed on both lateral walls of the mounting portion, and a separation prevention member which is fixedly inserted into the guide grooves and has width and length corresponding to those of the mounting portion. The separation prevention member includes wing fixing portions which are fixedly inserted into the guide grooves of the lateral walls, determined width of wings which are extended upwards from the wing fixing portions and formed to bend toward the center of the mounting portion, respectively, and a determined width of cover which is provided in the range between one end of the separation prevention member and the wings. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070835 | MODULAR DOCKING STATION - This invention provides a modular docking station for mobile devices that allow the mobile device to connect to the modular docking station by an interchangeable mount device that are specifically associated with a particular mobile devices. A user can easily swap out the specific mobile device interfaces such that the mobile station can support multiple types of mobile devices. A large display screen on the modular docking station allows users to replicate the screen on the mobile device and allows for capacitive touch such that the gestures used on the mobile device's screen will act the same way when the user touches the screen on the modular docking station. Loudspeakers and a more sensitive microphone integrated into the modular docking station can transform the relatively poor speaker phone capabilities of the mobile device into a commercial grade speaker phone. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070836 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITHIN A COMPUTING DEVICE - One variation of a system for cooling an integrated circuit within a computing device includes: a substrate arranged within the computing device, extending to an external housing of the computing device, and defining a closed fluid circuit comprising a cavity, a first boustrophedonic fluid channel across a first region of the substrate adjacent the integrated circuit, and second boustrophedonic fluid channel across a second region of the substrate; a volume of fluid within the closed fluid circuit; a displacement device comprising a diaphragm arranged across the cavity and operable between a first position and a second position, the diaphragm distended into the cavity in the first position and distended away from the cavity in the second position; and a power supply powering the displacement device to oscillate the diaphragm between the first position and the second position to pump the volume of fluid through the closed fluid circuit. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070837 | HEAT-DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR INTERFACE CARD - A heat-dissipating device for interface card is disposed on an interface card. The heat-dissipating device includes a heat sink, a housing, and a fan. The heat sink is disposed on the interface card. The housing is disposed on the heat sink. The housing has a top plate and two side plates connected to the top plate. The top plate has an inlet opening. An inner surface of the top plate proximate to the inlet opening has a protruding wall and an opening. The protruding wall has a curve panel. The fan is arranged in the housing and correspondingly arranged at the inlet opening. The fan has a rotational shaft, a plurality of axial fan blades, and centrifugal fan blades. The rotational shaft is pivotally disposed on a bottom seat. The assembled heat-dissipating device can optimize air flow to improve heat dissipation and effectively improve heat dissipating rate. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070838 | BUMPER FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE AND RELATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - Bumpers for electronic devices are provided. The bumpers may be formed from a polymer coupled to a housing via a primer. The primer may include a first functional group configured to form a chemical bond with the housing a second functional group configured to form a bond with the polymer. Accordingly, externally-mounted bumpers that do not impinge upon internal space within a housing may be provided. However, the bumpers may be employed for various other purposes. Related portable electronic devices, assemblies, and methods are also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070839 | MULTIPLE SUCTION CUP ATTACHMENT PLATFORM: SECURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON A VERTICAL SURFACE - A mounting apparatus permits easy and quick attachment and removal of the apparatus securing a portable device to smooth surfaces, or objects. An injection molded platform which allows multiple suction cups to be attached to secure a portable electronic device such as a smart phone, cellular phone, tablet, e-reader, or other digital media device to a smooth surface, or object. The primary platform is an injection molded part specifically designed to accommodate the insertion of mini suction cups, small suction cups, and medium suction cups. The injection molded platform contains multiple openings specifically designed to allow the attachment of an array of suction cups, and alternative mechanisms including kickstand assembly, elastic straps or cording. It is a further object of the invention to provide a platform apparatus that can be attached to smooth surfaces for different sized devices with touch screen capabilities, and devices with camera and video functions. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070840 | Flexible Printed Circuit Cables With Service Loops and Overbending Prevention - An electronic device may have a signal cable formed from a flexible printed circuit. A service loop may be formed in the signal cable. The bend may be formed in a desired location on the flexible printed circuit by contraction of an elastic member having ends attached to the flexible printed circuit. The elastic member may be conductive to carry signals and provide shielding. Structures may be attached to the flexible printed circuit to promote bending in a desired location and direction. A crease or other bending promotion feature may be applied to the flexible printed circuit at a desired bend location. Overbending prevention structures such as overmolded elastomeric structures may be applied to the flexible printed circuit at the bend. Integral strain relief features may prevent overbending of the flexible printed circuit upon exiting the elastomeric structures. Overmolded structures may serve as protective bumpers. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070841 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INVERTER DEVICE - A cooling structure for an inverter ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150070842 | WATERPROOF SOUND-PERMITTING SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH WATERPROOF SOUND-PERMITTING SHEET - Provided is a waterproof sound-permitting sheet, including: a porous nanoweb that has a plurality of pores and that is formed by electrospinning a polymer material to which a black or a different color pigment is added, thereby shortening a manufacturing process and improving waterproofing performance and sound-permitting performance. | 2015-03-12 |
20150070843 | RAPIDLY ASSEMBLING/DISASSEMBLING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The disclosure discloses a rapidly assembling/disassembling device including a fixing frame, partitions, pushing brackets, and a fastening member. The fixing frame includes a first side plate and a second side plate. Fan modules are sequentially arranged between the first and second side plates. The second side plate abuts against a second side of the adjacent fan module. Each of the partitions abuts against the second side of the corresponding fan module. Each of the pushing brackets is pivotally connected in the fixing frame. Each of the pushing brackets includes a pushing arm. The fastening member is disposed on the first side plate. When the fastening member pushes the adjacent pushing bracket to abut against a first side of the adjacent fan module, each of the other pushing brackets is pushed by the corresponding pushing arm to abut against the first side of the corresponding fan module. | 2015-03-12 |