32nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140218778 | Hologram - A substrate includes a diffracting structure providing a hologram ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218779 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes an image forming device, collimating optical system, and optical device, with the optical device including a light guide plate, first diffraction grating member and second diffraction grating member which are made up of a volume hologram diffraction grating, and with central light emitted from the pixel of the center of the image forming device and passed through the center of the collimating optical system being input to the light guide plate from the near side of the second diffraction grating member with a certain angle. Thus, the image display device capable of preventing occurrence of color irregularities, despite the simple configuration, can be provided. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218780 | LIGHT SCANNER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT SCANNER - A light scanner includes: a base part; a shaft part that swingably supports the base part around a first axis; an optical unit including a light transmission part that is supported by the base part and has light transmissivity, and a first light reflection reduction part that is provided on the light transmission part and reduces light reflection, wherein light enters the first light reflection reduction part. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218781 | LIGHT-ADJUSTING ELEMENT AND PRODUCT CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided are a light-adjusting element and a product containing the same. The light-adjusting element usable even with a transmission display device, and has a high-quality mirror state capable of a high contrast ratio. A light-adjusting element, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is characterized by including: a pair of substrates; a pair of electrodes formed on opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates, with one electrode being a transparent electrode that has nanometer-scale depressions and protrusions; and en electrolyte layer, interposed between the pair of electrodes, which has electrolyte as well as a mediator and an electrochromic material that has silver. Furthermore, a device according to one embodiment of the present invention at least partially includes the light-adjusting element. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218782 | WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE - Provided is a wavelength tunable light source including a super luminescent diode (SLD) generating lights in a predetermined wavelength band, a voltage generating unit generating first and second voltages, a first filter receiving the first voltage from the voltage generating unit, receiving the lights from the SLD, and transmitting, as second lights, lights corresponding to wavelengths separated by a free spectral range (FSR) from each other among the received lights, a second filter receiving the second voltage from the voltage generating unit, receiving the second lights from the first filter, and transmitting, as a third light, a light corresponding to one wavelength among the separated wavelengths among the received second light, and a reflective mirror disposed at an output end of the second filter and reflects the third light transmitted from the second filter. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218783 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218784 | MATCHING LAYER THIN-FILMS FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for an electromechanical systems reflective display device. In one aspect, an electromechanical systems display device includes a reflective layer and an absorber layer. The absorber layer is spaced apart from the reflective layer to define a cavity between the absorber layer and the reflective layer. The absorber layer is capable of transmitting light into the cavity, absorbing light, and reflecting light, and includes a metal layer. A plurality of matching layers are on a surface of the absorber layer facing away from the cavity, the plurality of matching layers including a first matching layer disposed on the absorber layer and a second matching layer disposed on the first matching layer. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218785 | SUPPORT PLATE OF AN ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY - An electrowetting display device includes a picture element having a first support plate and a second support plate. A surface of a second layer of the first support plate is non-planar and has a shape at least partly corresponding with a pattern of a first layer of the first support plate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218786 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ACHIEVING NON-CONTACTING WHITE STATE IN INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATORS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing white light color output from an electromechanical systems (EMS) device with reduced likelihood of stiction. In one aspect, interferometric modulators are configured to provide a white color output while having a non-zero modulator gap dimension. Such a feature can reduce problems associated with zero modulator gap dimensions such as stiction. Various methodologies can be used to yield such a non-zero modulator gap and a white color output. In some implementations, for example, an optical element that introduced wavelength dependent phase shift is used. In some implementations this wavelength dependent phase shifting optical element includes a stack of color filters, a hologram, a diffraction grating, or layers of material having specific thicknesses and wavelength dependent indices of refraction. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218787 | FLAT PANEL ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - A display panel is provided that includes a plurality of pixel units, each having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and comprising an electrophoretic gel part with a shape tapered in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, wherein a top surface of the electrophoretic gel part forms the first surface and electrophoretic particles are provided in the electrophoretic gel part; a light guiding part with a shape tapered in a direction from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the light guiding part and the electrophoretic glue part match in shape and abut with each other, and a bottom surface of the light guiding part forms at least a portion of the second surface; and a light-emitting device provided on the bottom surface of the light guiding part and operable to emit light toward the first surface. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218788 | High Power Fiber Pump Source with High Brightness, Low-Noise Output in About 974-1030 nm Wavelength - A high power pump ultra bright low-noise source is configured with a multimode (“MM”) seed source outputting a MM smooth, low-noise signal light at a desired wavelength in a wavelength range between about 974 and 1030 nm, a MM Yb fiber wavelength converter operative to convert emission of a plurality of high power (“HP”) semiconductor laser diodes at a sub-pump wavelength λ sp to a pump output at the desired wavelength λρ, wherein Δλ=λ | 2014-08-07 |
20140218789 | Seeded Optical Amplifier Apparatus for Producing Femtosecond Pulses - A source of femtosecond optical pulses comprises a seed pulse source arranged to generate seed pulses; an optical amplifier downstream of the seed pulse source, the optical amplifier having a gain bandwidth; a nonlinear optical element downstream of the amplifier, the optical element spectrally broadening optical pulses via a non linear process to have a spectral bandwidth that exceeds the gain bandwidth of the optical amplifier; and a pulse compressor downstream of the nonlinear optical element and arranged to reduce the temporal duration of optical pulses so as to provide output optical pulses having a femtoseconds time duration. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218790 | Beam Focusing Device for a Laser Weapon System - A beam focusing unit for a laser weapon system includes a laser generating unit, an output element unit, and a beam optics element. The beam focusing unit includes a stationary/partly movable part and a fully movable part. The stationary/partly movable part is adapted for positioning or for transporting the beam focusing unit between operations. The fully movable part is adapted for targeting and target-following of the laser weapon system. The beam optics element and the at least one output element unit is arranged on the fully movable part. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMITTING OPTICAL PULSES IN VIEW OF A VARIABLE EXTERNAL TRIGGER SIGNAL - Method and system for emitting optical pulses in view of a desired output energy of the optical pulses and a variable external trigger signal, using a laser system having a seed laser oscillator optically coupled to one or more cascaded optical amplification stages. For each amplification stage, a plurality of sets of pump pulse parameters are provided, each associated with specific values of the output energy and the trigger period. Proper pumping parameters associated with the received desired value of the output energy and the trigger period of the received trigger signal are selected for each amplification stage, which is pumped accordingly before a seed optical pulse is launched through the system. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218792 | Broadband Solar Control Film - Traditional solar control applications rely on thin metal films to reflect EM radiation with wavelengths longer than that of the visible spectrum. Unfortunately such films also block radiation in cellular, GPS, and radio frequency bands. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a selectively-blocking filter that uses one or more optical filters tuned to a specific range(s) of wavelengths (e.g. for blocking IR radiation), while readily transmitting other wavelengths (e.g. both visible light and cellular/GPS signals). The filters can be manufactured on both flexible and rigid substrates. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218793 | APPARATUS FOR MICROSCOPIC DETECTION OF HARDNESS - An adjustable stage mount includes a housing having a base defining a hole and an adjustable stage including a ball joint extension that rotatably engages the hole and is rotatably securable about the x-, y-, and z-axes. An adjustable indenter mount includes a housing defining a hole and an adjustable indenter including a ball joint extension that rotatably engages the hole and is rotatably securable about the x-, y-, and z-axes. A collision protection switch includes a first plate having three pairs of electrically conductive spaced apart pins wired to a voltage source in an open circuit, and a second plate having three electrically conductive balls. A spring pulls the first and second plates together causing the three balls to complete the circuit. A sufficient force against the second plate causes a ball to disengage and open the circuit. A two-objective microscope includes two parallel objectives, upper and lower light sources, three half-mirrors, and a camera. The camera and the half-mirrors are configured such that the camera views through either objective depending on which light source is on. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218794 | Confocal Fluorescence Microscope - A confocal fluorescence microscope of the present invention consists of: a light source unit broadly comprising one or more short wavelength laser beams; a lens unit which converts parallel light, emitted from a light source, into linear light having an appropriate size; a multi-color mirror which reflects the light source and enables fluorescence to transmit so as to separate the light source and the fluorescence; a scan mirror which radiates the light source over a wide area and scatters the fluorescence over a large-area camera; a microscope unit which radiates the incident light source to a target object, collects the fluorescence emitted from the target, and outputs the collected fluorescence; and a detecting unit which removes the background of the outputted fluorescent signal and observes the outputted fluorescent signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218795 | POWER SCALABLE MULTI-PASS FARADAY ROTATOR - Transparent heat-conductive layers of significant thickness are bonded or adhered to opposing optical faces of a Faraday optic to form a Faraday optic structure that can be used with beam-folding mirrors and an external magnetic field to form a multi-pass Faraday rotator with minimal thermal gradient across the beam within the Faraday optic. The transparent heat conductive layers conduct heat through the Faraday optic substantially parallel to the beam propagation axis for each pass through the Faraday optic structure and thereby reduce thermal gradients across the beam cross section that would otherwise contribute to thermal lens focal shifts and thermal birefringence in the Faraday optic structure. The multi-pass Faraday rotator of this invention is suitable for use with any device based upon the Faraday effect such as optical isolators, optical circulators and Faraday mirrors that are scalable with beam size to power levels in excess of 2 kW. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218796 | SINGLE-SHOT LASER ABLATION OF A METAL FILM ON A POLYMER MEMBRANE - A method comprises spatially selectively irradiating in a predetermined pattern with an output beam of a laser system an interface between a polymer substrate and a metal film on the polymer substrate. The polymer substrate is substantially transparent to the output beam of the laser system; the metal film absorbs a substantial fraction of the output beam. Laser system output comprises a sequence of pulses. Beam size at the polymer/metal interface, pulse energy, and pulse duration are selected so that each pulse from the laser system that irradiates an area of the polymer/metal interface substantially completely removes by ablation the metal film from at least a portion of the irradiated area without substantially altering the surfaces or bulk of the polymer substrate and without leaving on the polymer substrate or on remaining areas of the metal film substantial residue of metal that resolidified after being melted by the laser irradiation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218797 | Polarizing Element And Polarizing Plate - [Object] A polarizing element and polarizing plate having improved optical properties and durability. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218798 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a driver which drives a front lens element, on the object side of a reflector, to reduce image shake. The driver includes voice coil motors, each having a coil and a permanent magnet. A coil-and-magnet combination is positioned on each opposite side of a first reference plane. Centers of each permanent magnet and coil are positioned on one side of a second reference plane, including the first optical axis and orthogonal to the first reference plane, a second optical axis extending on the other side of the second reference plane. Magnetic pole boundary lines of the permanent magnets are inclined to approach the first reference plane away from the second reference plane. The magnetic sensors are positioned on opposite sides of the respective coils from the first lens element side. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218799 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a front lens group having a front lens element and a prism, in that order from an object side, light rays exiting from the front lens element along a first optical axis being reflected by the prism to travel along a second optical axis nonparallel to the first optical axis, a rear lens group, and an anti-shake system. The anti-shake system includes a base member supporting the prism, a movable frame supporting the front lens element; and opposing guide members on opposite sides of the prism on both sides of a reference plane, respectively, in which the first and second optical axes lie, to support the movable frame to allow the movable frame to move along the plane orthogonal to the first optical axis relative to the base member. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218800 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens group having a negative refractive power. The zoom lens varies the interval between the lens groups to perform zooming; shifts the second lens group in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis to correct image blur occurring with optical system vibrations; and satisfies given conditions, enabling a compact size and a high zoom ratio to be achieved while improving imaging performance. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218801 | PROJECTION DISPLAY - The present invention provides a projection display ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218802 | OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical filter device has a light interference filter and a casing. The light interference filter has a fixed substrate, a movable substrate joined to the fixed substrate, a fixed reflection film provided on the fixed substrate, and a movable reflection film provided on the movable substrate. The casing has a base substrate and a lid that forms an internal space with the base substrate. The movable substrate has a holding portion provided on a surface opposite to the fixed substrate, outside a light interference region, as viewed in a plan view. The base substrate has a light transmission hole corresponding to a light transmission region. An outer peripheral edge of the light transmission hole faces the holding portion. The surface opposite to the fixed substrate of the movable substrate is joined to the base substrate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218803 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILM HAVING LUMINESCENT PARTICLES - A method for producing a film having luminescent particles is described. The method has steps a) mixing a thermoplastic and a luminescent pigment containing a hydroxyalkyl terephthalate of the formulate: R | 2014-08-07 |
20140218804 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A virtual image display device includes: an image forming element which forms an image to be displayed; and an optical element which reflects a light emitted from the image forming element to display a virtual image. The optical element has a concave shape opposite to a traveling direction of the light emitted from the image forming element. The light emitted from the image forming element enters the optical element without being reflected by other optical element. The image forming element is arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of viewing the virtual image through the optical element. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218805 | PATTERN CONTROLLED BONDING - Disclosed is fixation by means of any type of adhesive of two- or more parts in an assembly consisting of one or more inhomogeneous part internally joined rigid together, e.g. lenses buildup as doublets or higher—or as the detailed example; Polarizing beam splitters. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218806 | EYEPIECE LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE OBSERVATION DEVICE - An eyepiece lens system forms a magnified virtual image of an object to be observed, the system including: a first group disposed adjacent to an image display device and having negative refractive power; and a second group disposed adjacent to the first group on a side closer to an eye and having positive refractive power; the first group including a cemented doublet lens of a biconcave lens and a biconvex lens, the second group including two or three positive lenses, being telecentric on the object side. The eyepiece lens system has satisfactory telecentricity on the object side and satisfactorily corrects aberration. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218807 | Zoom Lens Assembly with End of Travel Sensors - Zoom lens assembly formed of a number of lens groups on a track. The lens groups can be moved on the track to form different lens effects such as zoom. The devices sense an end of travel in one direction using a hardware device. All the positions are relative to that end of travel, based on values stored in a memory, and by using the memory to drive the lens groups on the track. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218808 | Zoom Lens - A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G5, and a sixth lens unit G6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G1 and the third lens unit G3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G2 to the fifth lens unit G5 move. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218809 | FOCUS ADJUSTING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - A focus adjusting optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens element changes from concave at the paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and both of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218810 | FRESNEL LENS - A Fresnel lens includes an incident surface that is flat, and a prism-forming surface that has a plurality of prisms, the prism-forming surface being provided on the side of the Fresnel lens opposite to the incident surface. Each of the prisms has a converging surface that is located on the side away from the optical axis of the Fresnel lens. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218811 | ENDOSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS AND ENDOSCOPE - The endoscope objective lens is configured such that focusing from the farthest object to the nearest object is achieved by moving at least one lens group other than the most object-side lens group along the optical axis. One of the at least one lens group to be moved during focusing is a negative lens group. The one negative lens group that is moved during the focusing consists of a cemented lens that is formed by a positive lens and a negative lens cemented together in this order from the object side. The cemented surface of the cemented lens is oriented such that the concave surface faces the object side. Given conditional expressions are satisfied. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218812 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens set from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis in order includes: a first lens element having an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its circular periphery, a second lens element having an object-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its optical axis, a third lens element having an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its optical axis, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, and a plastic fifth lens element having an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its optical axis. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218813 | LENS UNIT - A lens unit (LU) holding at least two lenses ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218814 | DRIVING APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus includes a first axial member that is arranged so as to extend in a predetermined direction, where the predetermined direction is the axial direction of the first axial member, and a driving unit that is configured to generate a first driving force in the axial direction and a second driving force in a direction intersecting the axial direction, where the first and second driving forces are to be applied to the first axial member. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218815 | VIBRATION ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - To reduce the length of the lens barrel, a vibration actuator has a vibrating element, a rotor, a pressing portion, a rotor holder that restricts a position of the rotor in the thrust and radial direction, and a bearing of which a rotation axis is coaxial with the axis of the vibrating element. The rotor holder includes an outer flange to receive the pressure force from the rotor portion, and an inner flange to serve as a first track face of the bearing. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218816 | IMPROVED VEHICLE MIRROR - A vehicle mirror assembly has a mirror retention plate having two parallel free edges and a replaceable mirror plate having a first surface to which the mirror is attached and a second surface opposite said first surface. The second surface has two parallel edges which includes projections on one of said edges able to retain one of said edges of the retention plate. On the second edge of said second surface of the mirror plate is a releasable locking mechanisms engageable with the other of said free edges of the retention plate. This allows the mirror plate to be simply snapped into position and released by triggering the release mechanism. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218817 | VIEWING WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR SINGLE-SIDED INSTALLATION - An assembly and method for installing a viewing window into a single hole in a panel of an enclosure from a single side. A viewing window assembly comprises actuators and attachment members configurable to allow the attachment members to pass through a hole in a panel from a front side. Upon actuation of the actuators, the attachment members may engage one or both of the back surface of the panel and the inner edge of the hole therein in order to secure the window assembly to the panel. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218818 | METHOD FOR REDUCING VARIATION RANGE OF SKEW ANGLE OF MAGNETIC WRITING POLE AND MAGNETIC WRITING POLE USING THE METHOD - A method for reducing skew angle variation range in a shingled magnetic recording system, the method including the following steps: 1) determining whether a starting magnetic track is in an inner recording zone, if yes, the process proceeds to step (2), otherwise the process proceeds to step (4); 2) using an inner writing corner to start shingled magnetic recording at a starting track; 3) using a shingled magnetic method to write rest magnetic tracks sequentially by the inner writing corner, keeping a writing pole moving in a direction from an inner recording zone to an outer recording zone; 4) determining whether the starting magnetic track is in the outer recording zone; 5) using an outer writing corner to start shingled magnetic recording at the starting track; and 6) using the shingled magnetic method to write the rest magnetic tracks sequentially by the outer writing corner. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218819 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND RECORDING DISK DRIVING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a spindle motor including: a rotating member including a protrusion portion protruded so as to form a clearance narrower than a bearing clearance; and a fixed member having a protrusion corresponding portion protruded so as to be disposed to face the protrusion portion and rotatably supporting the rotating member, wherein the protrusion portion includes a thrust dynamic pressure groove formed therein in order to generate thrust fluid dynamic pressure and has a radial length smaller than that of the protrusion corresponding portion disposed to face the thrust dynamic pressure groove and having a flat surface. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218820 | METHOD OF READING AND WRITING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of reading and writing a magnetic recording medium using a magnetic head that has an element portion, the magnetic recording medium including a base, a metal film formed on the base, a protective film formed on the metal film, and a lubricating film formed on the protective film. The method includes reading and writing the magnetic recording medium while positioning the element portion of the magnetic head in the lubricating film. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218821 | DATA READER WITH MAGNETIC SEED LAMINATION - A magnetic element capable of reading data may generally be configured at least with a magnetic seed lamination disposed between a data reader stack and a magnetic shield. The magnetic seed lamination may be constructed at least with one magnetic layer coupled to the bottom shield and at least one non-magnetic layer decoupling the data reader stack from the at least one magnetic layer. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218822 | BASE ASSEMBLY AND RECORDING DISK DRIVING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a base assembly including a base member formed of a metal plate to be molded by plastic working and including a coupling part formed at an edge thereof, and a strength reinforcing member formed of metal and coupled to the coupling part, wherein the strength reinforcing member has a thickness greater than that of the base member to prevent deformation of the base member. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218823 | Magnetic Element With A Bi-Layer Side Shield - A magnetic element is generally provided that can be implemented as a data reader. Various embodiments may connect a magnetic stack to a top shield and separate the magnetic stack from a bi-layer side shield. The bi-layer side shield may have a fixed magnetization layer and a soft magnetic layer each magnetically isolated from the top shield. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218824 | REDUCED ADJACENT TRACK ERRORS IN BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA - The present disclosure relates to a magnetic medium that includes a substrate and a bit patterned magnetic layer applied to the substrate. The bit-patterned magnetic layer includes islands and each island includes a first magnetic material having a first magnetic anisotropy and that has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral surface. Each island also includes a second magnetic material covering the peripheral surface of the first magnetic material and having a second magnetic anisotropy that is higher than the first magnetic anisotropy. In one embodiment, the first magnetic material may comprise a nucleation domain in a centrally located surface portion of the magnetic islands and/or the second magnetic material may comprise an outer shell on the peripheral surface of the islands. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218825 | SIDE SHIELD PEDESTAL FOR DATA READERS - Various embodiments may be generally directed to a magnetic element capable of reading magnetic data bits. Such a magnetic element may have at least a magnetic stack laterally adjacent a side shield and non-magnetic pedestal on an air bearing surface (ABS). The non-magnetic pedestal can be configured to have a greater stripe height from the ABS than the side shield. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A DESATURATION FAULT IN AN INVERTER MODULE - A method for monitoring an inverter module for a multi-phase electric motor/generator includes deactivating operation of the inverter module, monitoring voltage on a high-voltage bus configured to supply electric power to the inverter module, detecting occurrence of a true fault when a change in the voltage on the high-voltage bus is greater than a predetermined threshold, and detecting occurrence of a false fault when the change in the voltage on the high-voltage bus is less than the predetermined threshold. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218827 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system includes: a switching power supply; a switching unit for switching a connection state between an AC power supply and the switching power supply; an electricity storage unit; an auxiliary power supply circuit for feeding charging current to the electricity storage unit; a driving circuit for driving the switching unit; a voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage of the AC power supply; and a control device configured to perform: an overvoltage detection process of determining whether the AC power supply is an overvoltage based on a detection value of the voltage detection circuit; and a process of, in a case where an overvoltage is detected, keeping the switching unit at a cutoff state where the alternating current power supply and the switching power supply are disconnected. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218828 | POWER PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A power-protection apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an over-voltage protection unit for generating an over-voltage detection signal when the power supply of the load is over the upper limit of a predetermined voltage range; an under-voltage protection unit for generating an under-voltage detection signal when the power supply of the load is under the lower limit of the predetermined voltage range; a working-state detection unit for receiving a control signal and generating a working-state detection signal when the level time-change rate of the control signal is over a time-change rate threshold; and a power-control unit coupled to the over-voltage protection unit, the working-state detection unit and the under-voltage protection unit for controlling the on and off of the power supply according to the over-voltage detection signal, the under-voltage detection signal or the working-state detection | 2014-08-07 |
20140218829 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may include, but is not limited to, a first node, a second node configured to be coupled to ground, an output driver, and a electrostatic discharge circuit electrically coupled to the first node, the second node, and the output driver. The electrostatic discharge circuit may include, but is not limited a high-pass filter configured to detect an electrostatic discharge event at the first node, a driving stage circuit electrically coupled to the high-pass filter and the output driver, the driving stage circuit configured to receive a signal from the high-pass filter when the high-pass filter detects the electrostatic discharge event and further configured to shunt an input of the output driver to the second node in response to the signal from the high-pass filter, and a step-down circuit electrically coupled to the driving stage circuit and configured to bias the driving stage circuit. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218830 | OVER-LIMIT ELECTRICAL CONDITION PROTECTION CIRCUITS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Protection circuits and methods for protecting an integrated circuit against an over-limit electrical condition are provided. One example includes a snapback circuit having at least a portion formed in an isolated doped well region and configured to switch to a low impedance state in response to an input exceeding a trigger condition and further having a control circuit coupled to a reference voltage and further coupled to the isolated doped well region and the portion of the snapback circuit formed in the doped well region. The control circuit includes an impedance adjustable in response to a control signal and configured to adjust an isolated doped well impedance in which at least a portion of the snapback circuit is formed relative to the reference voltage. A modulated trigger and hold condition tot the snapback circuit can be set according to a control signal adjusting an electrical impedance of the control circuit. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218831 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - An electrode pad is provided above a circuit block of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. A junction point A and a junction point B are provided on connection lines connecting electrode pads to an internal circuit and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The junction point A and the junction point B are positioned at locations closer to the ESD protection circuit than to the electrode pads. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218832 | BIDIRECTIONAL HYBRID BREAKER - A bidirectional hybrid breaker comprises a main current circuit, a transfer current circuit, an over-voltage limiting circuit and a control system, wherein the main current circuit, the transfer current circuit and the over-voltage limiting circuit are connected in parallel. The transfer current circuit consists of circuits | 2014-08-07 |
20140218833 | SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - An assembly includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a gate driver and a short-circuit protection circuit. The gate driver is adapted to supply voltage to a gate terminal of the IGBT. The short-circuit protection circuit includes an IGBT short-circuit detector for determining whether the IGBT is short-circuited, and a supply voltage regulator for regulating the supply voltage in response to the IGBT short-circuit detector determining that the IGBT is short-circuited. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218834 | SURGE ARRESTER WITH A CAGE DESIGN - The invention relates to a surge arrester comprising at least two mutually opposite fittings | 2014-08-07 |
20140218835 | Electrical Insulator And Method Of Production - An electrical insulator including: a first connector of an electrically conducting material; a second connector of an electrically conducting material; and an electrically insulating material being arranged between the first connector and the second connector, insulating the connectors from each other; wherein a part of the first connector extends past a part of the second connector, partly enveloping part of the second connector. The invention also relates to a surge arrester arrangement, to a use of an electrical insulator for insulating a surge arrester, and to a method for production of such an electrical insulator. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218836 | STACKED GAS FILLED SURGE ARRESTER - A surge arrester comprising stacked arrester units is provided that is that is easy to assemble. For that, a surge arrester comprises stacked arrester units, a capacitor, and a resilient element, where the resilient element electrically and mechanically connects the capacitor with a node of the arrester stack. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218837 | Fast transfer electro-mechanical relay - This invention provides an electromechanical transfer switch having a transfer time sufficiently fast, less than 20 milliseconds, as to allow computer based equipment to ride through a power interruption without shutdown. The transfer switch utilizes relatively slow acting, high amperage, electromechanical power relays that have been modified by replacing the relay armature spring with a higher tension substitute and applying overdrive voltage to the relays. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218838 | COIL ACTUATOR FOR A SWITCHING DEVICE AND RELATED SWITCHING DEVICE - An exemplary coil actuator for an associated switching device which can be actuated during its operation from an open position to a closed position to allow a current to flow therethrough and from the closed position to the open position to interrupt such flowing from flowing therethrough. The coil actuator includes a coil electromagnet arranged to move between a rest position and an actuating position, wherein movement from the rest position to the actuating position is suitable to cause the actuation of the switching device; and an electronic component arranged to count an operation time which is indicative of the duration of the actuation of the switching device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218839 | ROUTING OF MEMS VARIABLE CAPACITORS FOR RF APPLICATIONS - The present invention generally relates to a variable capacitor for RF and microwave applications. The variable capacitor includes a bond pad that has a plurality of cells electrically coupled thereto. Each of the plurality of cells has a plurality of MEMS devices therein. The MEMS devices share a common RF electrode, one or more ground electrodes and one or more control electrodes. The RF electrode, ground electrodes and control electrodes are all arranged parallel to each other within the cells. The RF electrode is electrically connected to the one or more bond pads using a different level of electrical routing metal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218840 | DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT USING THE SAME - There are provided a dielectric composition and a multilayer ceramic electronic component using the same, the dielectric composition including dielectric grains having a perovskite structure represented by ABO | 2014-08-07 |
20140218841 | LOW ACOUSTIC NOISE CAPACITORS - The described embodiments relate generally to a capacitor assembly for mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) and more specifically to designs for mechanically isolating the capacitor assembly from the PCB to reduce an acoustic noise produced when the capacitor imparts a piezoelectric force on the PCB. Termination elements in the capacitor assembly, including a porous conductive layer in the capacitor assembly may reduce an amount of vibrational energy transferred from the capacitor to the PCB. Termination elements including a soft contact layer may also reduce the amount of vibrational energy transferred to the PCB. Further, capacitor assemblies having thickened dielectric material may reduce the amount of vibrational energy transferred to the PCB. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218842 | CAPACITOR CATHODE FOIL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The instant disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of capacitor cathode foil structure, comprising the following steps. The first step is providing a base foil, subsequently inserting the foil into a reactor. The next step is executing a heating process for heat the base foil to a temperature region of 400° C. to 1000° C. The next step is directing a carbon containing precursor gas into the reactor. The last step is executing a cooling process for cooling the base foil to a temperature below 100° C. to deposit a graphene-based layer on one surface of the base foil, wherein the graphene-based layer is consisted of a plurality of graphene-based thin films in stacked arrangement. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218843 | SINTERED ARTICLE, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW ESR CAPACITOR ANODES - A sintered article in which a solid body is at least partially embedded includes an opening. The solid body extends across the opening so that the solid body can deform within the opening. The opening in the solid body prevents distortion of the sintered body from a planar configuration during sintering, even when the green body that is sintered is relatively thin. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218844 | Rack for Electronic Devices - A rack includes a frame, two locking portions and a power unit. The frame includes multiple links and the two locking portions are located on two correspondent links or formed on extension portions of the links. The power unit is located corresponding to one of the locking portions and located in the frame, or the power unit is parallel to one of the locking portions and located in the frame. The power unit has at least one power cable and multiple power modules which are respectively connected to one side of the power unit and exposed from the power unit. Each of the power modules is connected to one of the at least one power cable. The two sides of the electronic device are fixed to the locking portions. The power cable and the transmission line of the electronic device are connected to the power unit. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218845 | CHASSIS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A chassis of an electronic device includes a bottom plate, a partition plate extending up from the bottom plate, a tray slidable relative to the bottom plate, a slide base slidably connected to the bottom plate, a foldable first linkage pole group rotatably connected to an end of the slide base for receiving a cable, and a foldable second linkage pole group rotatably connected to an opposite end of the slide base for receiving the cable. An end of the first linkage pole group away from the slide base is rotatably connected to the tray. An end of the second linkage pole group away from the slide base is rotatably connected to the partition plate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218846 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF LIFTING A HOST MODULE AS A DISPLAY MODULE ROTATES RELATIVE TO THE HOST MODULE - A portable electronic device includes a host module, a display module pivoted to the host module, a pivoting component and a lifting mechanism. The pivoting component is driven by the display module to rotate simultaneously. The lifting mechanism includes a base, a linking component connected to the base, a sliding component and a pushing component. A guiding slot is formed on the sliding component, and the guiding slot sheathes the linking component. The pushing component is installed on the pivoting component for pushing the sliding component to move in a first direction after the display module pivots relative to the host module to a predetermined angle, so that the guiding slot guides the linking component to move in a second direction different from the first direction, so as to drive the base to protrude outside a bottom side of the host module to lift the host module up. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218847 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a base, a display and a rotating member. The rotating member includes a rotating portion and an installation portion. The rotating portion is rotatably mounted to the base. An installation shaft is secured to the installation portion. The display is rotatable relative to the rotating member about the installation shaft. The rotating member is rotatable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. When the rotating member is in the first position, the installation shaft is above the base, and the display is rotatable from an initial position to a first open position. When the rotating member is in the second position, the installation shaft is below the base, and the display is rotatable from the first open position to a second open position. The display rotates 360 degrees from the initial position to the second open position. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218848 | ELECTRONICS LIGHT COVER AND METHOD OF USE - One possible embodiment of the invention could be a cover in combination with an electronic device and a method of operating same, the combination comprising the electronic device having at least one illumination source; the cover being made of a sheet of opaque flexible material, the cover having two positions, a first position that blocks a transmission of a light from the at least one illumination source from passing onto the electronic device's external environment and a second open position that allows the transmission of the light from the at least one illumination source to pass onto the electronic device's external environment; wherein the cover is attached to the electronic device in a manner that places the cover proximate to the at least one illumination source. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218849 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AND USING THE SAME - Some embodiments include an electronic device accessory. Other embodiments of related electronic device accessories and methods of providing and using the same are also disclosed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218850 | UNITARY HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device having a unitary housing is disclosed. The device can include a first housing component having an open cavity, an internal electronic part disposed within the cavity, a second housing component disposed across the cavity, and a support feature disposed within the cavity and arranged to support the second housing component. The first housing component can be formed from metal, while the second housing component can be formed from a plurality of laminated foil metal layers. The second housing component can be attached to the first housing component via one or more ultrasonic welds, such that a fully enclosed housing is created. The fully enclosed housing can be hermetically sealed, and the outside surfaces thereof can be machined or otherwise finished after the ultrasonic welding. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218851 | Shield Can - A shield can is described. In one or more implementations, a shield can includes a frame configured to be installed on a printed circuit board. The shield can also includes a lid configured to be connected to the frame after installation of the frame to form the shield can over one or more components that are installed on the PCB. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218852 | INTERCHANGEABLE BATTERY WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device for sensing and transmitting physical activities of a user to a computing device is provided. The wearable device includes a first wristband worn around the wrist of the user, a left connecter assembly attached to the first wristband, a center assembly having sensors for sensing physical activities of the user attached to the left connecter assembly, a right connecter assembly attached to the center assembly and a second wristband worn interchangeably on the exhaustion of the primary battery inside the center assembly. The center assembly includes one or more sensors for sensing user activities. Examples of sensors include but not limited to heart rate sensor and the galvanic sensor. Further, the center assembly also includes a finger sensor to measure heart rate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218853 | Housing as an I/O Device - There are provided systems, devices and methods for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing configured to function as an integrated housing and I/O device and one or more sensors obscured by a panel of the housing. The one or more sensors being configured to sense via the panel of the housing. The electronic device further includes a processing unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to interpret electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors. One or more output devices are communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to provide an output in response to the one or more sensors generating an electrical signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218854 | TILT MECHANISM FOR INFORMATION DEVICE - A tilt mechanism for an information device including a body and a display is capable of changing a tilt angle of the display after the display is tilted on the body by pulling up an upper end of the display laid on the body and sliding a lower end of the display over the body. One of two links is rotatably connected to the display, the other of the links to the body, the two links engage each other. Until a roller provided at the lower end of the display engages a support provided on the body, the two links firmly engage each other so as to maintain the total length of the two links, and after the roller engages the support, the two kinks are capable to change the tilt angle by changing the total length of the two links. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218855 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH A TORQUE VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONNECTING HOUSING COMPONENTS - In an embodiment there is provided an electronic apparatus in which two housings are detachable and rotatable, and in which when one housing is detached from the other housing, and having a bracket for attachment and detachment that is easily rotated. An electronic apparatus may include an upper housing having a display; a lower housing which is rotatably connected with a bracket from which the upper housing is detachable by hinges; and a torque variable structure which changes rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges. The torque variable structure is capable of reducing the rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges in a state in which the upper housing is detached from the bracket, rather than a state in which the upper housing is mounted on the bracket. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218856 | Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays Having Fastened Bent Edges - An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218857 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable computer device includes a host having a target member, a display device pivoted to the host, a pivot member pivoted to the display device, an optical device connected to the pivot member, and a driving device. The driving device is disposed on the display device and includes a circuit board electrically connected to the host and the optical device, an angle obtaining unit and a driving unit installed on the circuit board, and a processing unit installed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the driving unit and the angle obtaining unit. The angle obtaining unit is for obtaining an included-angle information of the display device relative to the host. The driving unit is for driving the pivot member to rotate the optical device to point to the target member or a user's face according to the included-angle information. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218858 | Stand Alone Immersion Tank Data Center with Contained Cooling - A stand-alone immersion tank datacenter (SITDC) includes: a multi-phase heat transfer immersion cooling tank having external walls surrounding a tank volume within which a dielectric liquid is maintained and heated to a boiling point temperature; a plurality of servers having one or more processing and memory components submerged within the dielectric liquid for cooling of the one or more components via heat dissipation from the one or more components into the dielectric liquid when the one or more components are connected to an electric power supply; and a condenser located vertically above the plurality of servers and in a direct path of rising dielectric vapor created when the dielectric liquid absorbs sufficient heat from the one or more components to reach a boiling point temperature of the liquid. The condenser can be a passive heat exchanger, created by providing a heat conductive material as a top lid of the tank. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218859 | System for Cooling Hard Disk Drives Using Vapor Momentum Driven By Boiling of Dielectric Liquid - A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point temperature to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate into a plume of rising vapor; a HDD cooling area with at least one HDD placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the at least one HDD during functional operation of the at least one HDD; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature. The system can also include a condenser located above both the HDD cooling area. A substantial portion of the rising vapor that passes through the HDD cooling area and cools the at least one HDD is condensed back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218860 | FAN CONTROLLING METHOD AND NOTEBOOK THEREOF - The fan controlling method comprises following steps: Firstly, a current rotation speed of a fan is obtained. Next, whether the current rotation speed is not greater than an expected rotation speed corresponding to the first type is determined. Then, whether a rotation speed variance between the current rotation speed and the expected rotation speed is not greater than a reasonable variance is determined when the current rotation speed is not greater than the expected rotation speed. Then, a determination that the fan belongs to the first type is made when the rotation speed variance is not greater than the reasonable variance, and a determination that the fan belongs to the second type is made when the rotation speed variance is greater than the reasonable variance, wherein the second type is different from the first type. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218861 | Vertically-Oriented Immersion Server with Vapor Bubble Deflector - An immersion server includes: a first surface that is exposed when the server is submerged within a cooling liquid; and at least one vapor bubble deflector physically abutting the first surface and extending away from the first surface at an angle. The deflector divides the first surface into an upper segment and a lower segment when the server is upright. When the server is submerged, the cooling liquid surrounding the lower segment absorbs sufficient heat to evaporate and generate vapor bubbles rising to the liquid surface. The vapor bubble deflector deflects the rising vapor bubbles away from the surface of the upper segment. This enables superior liquid contact with heat dissipating components at the upper segment and better cooling of those components. The deflector can be a device-level deflector separating two or more components or a component-level deflector separating a lower segment from an upper segment of a single component. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218862 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes a casing configured to be mounted in a vehicle, a start relay (a start electrical component) A housed in the casing and to which a current is supplied at least at a start of the vehicle, an operational electrical component (an operational relay, a connector, and a fuse connector) housed in the casing and to which a current is supplied at least during an operation of the vehicle, and a surrounding heat shield wall (a heat shield wall) disposed between the start relay and at least one of the operational relay, the connector, and the fuse connector that are the operational electrical components. The start relay includes a relay case (an electrical component case) and a terminal portion. The terminal portion is housed in the relay case and has a fixed contact and a movable contact. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218863 | OUTDOOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprises a display panel, a protective glass sheet disposed on the front face side of the display panel, a housing that holds the display panel, an exhaust fan that generates an air flow in the space between the display panel and the protective glass, an intake opening that draws air to be sent into the space in from the outside of the housing, an exhaust opening that exhausts air that has passed through the space to the outside of the housing, an ambient temperature sensor that senses the ambient temperature and the temperature of the intake opening, an exhaust-side temperature sensor that senses the temperature of the exhaust opening, and a controller that calculates the difference between the temperature sensed by the intake-side temperature sensor and the temperature sensed by the exhaust-side temperature sensor as a difference value, and determines the rotational speed of the exhaust fan on the basis of the ambient temperature and the difference value. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218864 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH COOLING ASSEMBLY - An electronic device includes a bottom plate and a cooling assembly. The cooling assembly includes an installation box, a fan received in the installation box, and a fin module secured to the installation box and closed to the fan. The fin module defines a cutout adjacent to the fan module and extends towards the bottom plate. An airflow directed by the fan is guided along a first direction by the fin module to dissipate heat generated from a heat generating component that is thermally connected to the fin module, and along a second direction through the cutout to dissipate heat generated from the bottom plate. The cooling assembly dissipates heat for the heat generating component and the bottom plate simultaneously. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218865 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor controller comprising an inverter module including an inverter circuit coupled to a baseplate, wherein the baseplate includes cooling features; a cooling channel configured to receive a cooling fluid, wherein the cooling features extend into the cooling channel; a capacitor; and a laminated bus electrically coupling the capacitor to the inverter circuit and thermally coupling the capacitor to the cooling channel. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218866 | LEADLESS CHIP CARRIER THERMAL ADAPTER FOR DEWAR PACKAGING - A method for cooling an imaging device includes providing, by a cold finger, a cold sink to the imaging device and conducting heat from a cold shield, a sensor chip assembly and a leadless chip carrier towards the cold finger through a plurality of parallel paths. The imaging device includes a dewar assembly having a cold shield, a sensor chip assembly disposed on a leadless chip carrier (LCC) and configured to capture an infrared image, a cold finger configured to cool the dewar assembly; and a thermal adapter. The thermal adapter is configured to draw heat from the cold shield and sensor chip assembly through a plurality of parallel paths towards the cold finger. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218867 | PASSIVE LAYER FOR ATTENUATION OF NEAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND HEATDISSIPATION INCLUDING GRAPHENE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a passive layer including graphene for the attenuation of near-field electromagnetic waves and heat dissipation. The passive layer blocks electromagnetic waves radiated from an external electronic device or prevents electromagnetic waves generated in an electronic device from emitting to the outside. The passive layer is designed to reduce interference between transmission circuits of a device in the near-field region or influence such as malfunction caused by external electromagnetic waves. The present invention also relates to an electromagnetic device and a circuit board, each including the passive layer. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218868 | CIRCUIT BOARD SYSTEM COMPRISING A COOLING ARRANGEMENT - A circuit board system includes a circuit board ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218869 | HEAT RADIATION STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat radiation structure for an electric device includes: at least one multi-layer substrate including a plurality of base parts made of insulation material and a conductor pattern, which are stacked in a multi-layer structure so that the conductor pattern is electrically coupled with an interlayer connection portion in the base parts; the electric device having at least one of a first electric element built in the at least one multi-layer substrate and a second electric element, which is not built in the multi-layer substrate; and a low heat resistance element opposed to the electric device. The low heat resistance element has a heat resistance lower than the insulation material. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218870 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE LOADING MECHANISMS - The present description relates to the field of microelectronic assemblies, wherein a heat dissipation device may be incorporated into the microelectronic assembly with a loading mechanism having at least one outrigger that is rotatable or pivotable between a first position and a second position to accommodate different heat dissipation device sizes or shapes. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218871 | SUBSTRATE AND TERMINALS FOR POWER MODULE AND POWER MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - According to example embodiments, a substrate for a power module includes first to third parts spaced apart from each other, where the third part surrounds the first and second parts, and a conductive layer on the first to third parts. A terminal of a first polarity is connected to the first part, and a terminal of a second polarity is connected to the second part. The first and second terminals may be spaced apart from each other and each have a coupling part, a body, and a contact part. The bodies of the first and second terminals may overlap each other. A power module may include the substrate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218872 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit includes: a substrate including a device region and a wiring region; an electronic device disposed on the device region; and a conductive wire disposed on the wiring region and connected to the electronic device, wherein the substrate has a first side where the electronic device and the conductive wire contact and a second side facing the first side; the first side and the second side of the wiring region have a convex structure; the first side of the device region is flat; and the device region is thicker than the wiring region. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218873 | SYMMETRICAL FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A display includes an encapsulation layer and a substrate. The substrate includes a chip on glass (COG) seat and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector seat. The COG seat and the FPC seats are positioned on different edges of the substrate. A cross-connection layer between the substrate layer and the encapsulation layer, the cross-connection layer including traces connected between the COG seat and the FPC seat. A device incorporating the display may take advantage of the symmetrical display to achieve new designs. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218874 | Electronic Devices Having Multi-Purpose Cowling Structures And A Compass Mounted On A Flex Circuit - Multi-purpose cowling structures are provided to minimize spacing impact within an electronic device, while maximizing functional utility. In one embodiment, an electromagnetic interference shield may provide one or more anchors for enabling a logic board cowling to apply sufficient downward force to one or more board connectors to prevent inadvertent disconnects. In another embodiment, a cowling can electrically connect the ground plane of a logic board to the ground plane of a housing member and provide a pre-load force to a conductor connection existing on logic board. A compass mounted on a flexible printed circuit board is also provided. Mounting the compass on a flexible printed circuit board enables the compass to be mounted remote from ferrous object that may affect the compass's performance. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218875 | AQUEOUS POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR SOLUTION COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR SOLUTION COMPOSITION - An aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition, in which a polyamic acid, which is formed by the reaction of a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component, is dissolved in an aqueous solvent together with an imidazole in an amount of 1.6 mole or more per mole of the tetracarboxylic acid component of the polyamic acid. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218876 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD - In an aspect, in general, an apparatus includes an electrically conductive housing including a first portion and second portion, the first portion including electronic circuitry. An electromagnetic shield separates the first portion and the second portion and is configured to electromagnetically isolate the electronic circuitry of the first portion from the second portion. The electromagnetic shield includes a plurality of electrically conductive walls partially separating the first portion and the second portion, a plurality of electrically conductive spring loaded fingers extending from an end of at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive walls and configured to contact an inner surface of the housing. Together, the plurality of electrically conductive walls and the plurality of electrically conductive spring loaded fingers separate the first portion and the second portion. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218877 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DUST COVER THEREOF - An electronic device includes a case having an opening, an electronic circuit and a dust cover. The electronic circuit is disposed in the case and includes a circuit board, a switch, and an expansion card slot. The switch and the expansion card slot are electrically connected at the circuit board. The opening exposes the switch and the expansion card slot. The expansion card slot includes an electrical connector used for electrical connection with an expansion card. The dust cover is detachably disposed at the opening The dust cover includes a cap portion, a press portion and an elastic portion. The cap portion closes the opening. The press portion faces the switch. The elastic portion is respectively connected to the cap portion and the press portion, so the press portion is capable of moving relative to the cap portion and hence has a trigger position and a release position. | 2014-08-07 |