34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110205629 | WATER-RESISTANT POLARIZING FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-RESISTANT POLARIZING FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The water-resistant polarizing film of the present invention comprises an organic colorant having an anionic group, and organic nitrogen compounds. The organic nitrogen compounds include a first organic nitrogen compound having at least two nitrogen atoms in the molecule thereof, and a second organic nitrogen compound having at least two nitrogen atoms in the molecule thereof. The distance (A) between adjacent nitrogen atoms in the first organic nitrogen compound is shorter than the distance (B) between adjacent atoms of the nitrogen atoms in the second organic nitrogen compound. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205630 | Optical device and optical apparatus - An optical device includes: an optical device body; a first transparent electrode film deposited on a light incident side; a second transparent electrode film so formed that the first and second transparent electrode films face away from each other; and a first ferroelectric film deposited at least between the first and second transparent electrode films, wherein the first ferroelectric film vibrates in response to a drive voltage applied through the first and second transparent electrode films. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205631 | LENS ADAPTER DEVICE, PARTICULARLY LENS PROTECTING DEVICE - A lens attachment device is provided for use with a camera having a housing, the housing having at least one modular insert compartment, wherein each modular insert compartment is adapted to receive an insert having an optical device. The lens attachment device includes a lens protection device having a circumferential surface, a holding frame adapted to fit within the modular insert compartment of the housing. The holding frame holds the lens protection device. The lens attachment device further includes a motor housing for containing an electromechanical drive, and a drive wheel operable to rotate the lens protection device, wherein the electromechanical drive is operable to rotate the drive wheel. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205632 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An optical filter provided in front of a display panel of a display device includes a background layer and a color shift-reducing pattern formed to a predetermined thickness at the background layer. The color shift-reducing pattern includes a plurality of pattern elements spaced apart from each other. At least two pattern elements of the plurality of pattern elements have different light absorptivities and/or light diffusivities. The at least two pattern elements may contain different amounts of a light-absorbing material that cause the different light-absorptivities and/or different amounts of a light-diffusing material that cause the different light diffusivities. The plurality of pattern elements may form a group of first pattern elements and a group of second pattern elements. Only the group of first pattern elements may contain the light-absorbing material, and only the group of second pattern elements may contain the light-diffusing material. The groups of first and second pattern elements may be arranged alternately. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205633 | TARGET PRESENTATION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A target presentation device comprises a concave mirror, a half mirror | 2011-08-25 |
20110205634 | OPTICAL MEMBER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical member including high refractive index layers having a great refractive index and low refractive index layers having a small refractive index, which are each relatively thin as compared with an optical length, disposed alternately in the lateral direction as to an optical axis. Each width of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is equal to or smaller than the wavelength order of incident light. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205635 | ZOOM LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides a zoom lens assembly in order from an object side toward an image side including a first lens group with negative refractive power, a second lens group with positive refractive power and a third lens group with positive refractive power. The first lens group has only two lenses with refractive power from an object side toward an image side in order including a first lens with negative refractive power and a second lens with negative refractive power. The second lens group from an object side toward an image side in order includes an aperture stop, a third lens and a fourth lens. The third lens group includes a fifth lens. The number of the lens with refractive power in the zoom lens assembly is N, which satisfies the condition of 5≦N≦7, and the lens with refractive power in the zoom lens assembly includes at least three aspheric-surface lens. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205636 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a position of the first lens group is fixed. At least a portion of any one of the lens groups is moved in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis, and a given conditional expression is satisfied, thereby providing a zoom lens system capable of excellently suppressing variation in aberrations upon zooming and upon correcting an image blur, an optical apparatus including the zoom lens system, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens system. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205637 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes sequentially from an object side a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a diaphragm; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. Zoom from a wide angle edge to a telephoto edge is performed by displacement of the second lens group along an optical axis, toward the object side. Correction of imaging plane variation accompanying zoom, is performed by displacement of the first lens group along the optical axis. The second lens group includes a positive first lens disposed farthest on the object side and having at least one aspheric surface, and a cemented lens that includes a negative lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens. Furthermore, a first condition υd | 2011-08-25 |
20110205638 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes sequentially from an object side a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a diaphragm; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. Zoom from a wide angle edge to a telephoto edge is performed by displacement of the second lens group along an optical axis, toward the object side. Correction of imaging plane variation accompanying the zoom, is performed by displacement of the first lens group along the optical axis. The second lens group includes sequentially from the object side, a positive first lens having at least on aspheric surface and a positive second lens. Furthermore, a first condition υd | 2011-08-25 |
20110205639 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING MODULE - In order to attain an imaging lens whose resolution performance is totally excellent, the imaging lens of the present invention is in a shape of rotation symmetry in an optical effective aperture, and an image height-MTF property of the imaging lens is designed such that a maximum MTF value of a peripheral region where the image height is greater than zero is greater than an MTF value of a center region where the image height is zero in at least one of a sagittal direction and a tangential direction. This makes it possible to totally maintain an excellent resolution performance of a product even in a case where the performance of the product becomes unstable due to a tolerance that occurs at the time of manufacturing the product. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205640 | Short Overall Length Imaging Lens System with Four Lenses - Along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, a short overall length imaging lens system with four lenses includes a first lens with positive power that is a meniscus spherical/aspherical lens with a convex surface on the object side; an aperture stop; a second lens with negative power that is a meniscus aspherical lens with a convex surface facing the object side; a third lens with positive power that is a meniscus aspherical lens and a concave surface on the object side; and a fourth lens with negative power that is a biconcave aspherical lens with at least one inflection point in the effective diameter range of the optical surface on the image side so as to make the positive power gradually change into negative power. Moreover, the imaging lens system satisfies the following conditions: | 2011-08-25 |
20110205641 | Wide Angle Imaging Lens System with Two Positive Lenses - A wide-angle imaging lens system with two positive lenses is revealed. The imaging lens system includes a first lens with positive refractive power that is a biconvex aspherical lens and a second lens having positive refractive power that is a meniscus lens with concave surface facing the image side. In the concave surface of the second lens, the effective diameter range from the lens center to the edge includes at least one inflection point that changes the refractive power of the second lens from positive to negative. Moreover, the following conditions are satisfied by the imaging lens system: | 2011-08-25 |
20110205642 | Plastic lens, lens module, and lens injection mold - There is provided a plastic lens, a lens module and a lens injection mold. The plastic lens includes an effective aperture portion being an optical surface of the lens and a rib portion being a circumferential portion of the lens. The effective aperture portion and the rib portion are shaped in concentric circles having the same central axis. The rib portion includes three or more concave portions in an outer circumferential portion thereof, the concave portions being positioned to be symmetrical with respect to the central axis. The plastic lens is designed to be symmetrical with respect to a concentric axis so that it may avoid asymmetric contraction inside a barrel. Also, since the concave portions, when assembled in the barrel, do not contact an inner circumferential surface of the barrel, press-fitting force in the assembly thereof is reduced so that deformation caused by excessive press-fitting force applied thereto may be avoided. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205643 | EXTENDING THE STABILITY OF UV CURABLE ADHESIVES IN 193NM LASER SYSTEMS - This disclosure is directed to an optical element and method in which a UV-curable adhesive, used along the edge of the optic to keep it in a holder, has been stabilized against degradation by below 300 nm radiation. The technical solution to the degradation of the adhesive includes both 193 nm scatter light reduction and protective coatings of plasma modified AlF | 2011-08-25 |
20110205644 | ATHERMAL LENS DEVICE - The athermal lens device includes lenses, a lens holding frame, a coil spring for pressing the lens holding frame toward an imaging surface direction, a ring formed by looping a round bar, and a lens barrel for containing them. The lens holding frame includes a pressing surface intersecting with an optical axis at the imaging surface side. The lens barrel has a sliding contact surface formed with a conical shape at an end of the imaging surface side of the lens container. The ring is made of an invar material whose thermal expansion coefficient is very small, and disposed between the sliding contact surface and the pressing surface formed with a plain shape. The ring is constantly pressed to the sliding contact surface by bias of the coil spring via the pressing surface. Position of the lens holding frame changes according to environmental temperature to correct focus point. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205645 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A method for driving a lens and a lens driving apparatus, the lens driving apparatus including a base in which a guide member is disposed; a lens support member comprising an installation unit disposed on one side thereof to slidingly move along the guide member, wherein at least one lens is mounted in the lens support member; a driving structure configured to move the lens support member and comprising a lead screw; a working member having one portion contacting the driving structure and another portion contacting one side of the installation unit; an elastic member for providing the installation unit with an elastic force; and wherein a predetermined space is disposed between the installation unit and the base, and wherein the installation unit is configured to be moved to the base by a means other than the driving structure. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205646 | LEAF SPRING WITH HIGH VICKERS HARDNESS - A leaf spring supports a pillar shaped movable portion disposed in a center portion with respect to a cylindrical fixed portion disposed around the movable portion in the direction of a center axis shiftably so as to position the movable portion in a radial direction. The leaf spring is made of a material having Vickers hardness which is not less than 500 (HV). | 2011-08-25 |
20110205647 | LEAF SPRING WITH HIGH THRUST - A leaf spring supports a pillar shaped movable portion disposed in a center portion with respect to a cylindrical fixed portion disposed around the movable portion in the direction of a center axis shiftably so as to position the movable portion in a radial direction. The leaf spring is made of stainless steel having relative magnetic permeability which is not less than 1.1. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205648 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens drive device formed in a substantially quadrangular shape may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include first drive magnets respectively disposed on four side faces of the lens drive device, a second drive magnet for restraining inclination which is disposed on at least one of four corners of the lens drive device, and a drive coil which is wound around in a substantially octagonal shape. Magnetic flux passing through the drive coil at one of the four corners of the lens drive device is different from magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at the other three corners, or magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at two corners adjacent to each other of the four corners of the lens drive device are different from magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at the other two corners. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205649 | HOUSING STRUCTURE OF DOOR MIRROR - The present invention provides a housing structure of a door mirror in which a fixed-side housing portion is reliably crimped to a fixing-side housing portion on the surface side of a housing. In the housing structure of a door mirror, a boss portion and a contact piece are located on the deeper side than first and second butting portions located on the surface side, and a projection portion is located farther than a screwing portion in a positional relationship in the vertical direction (an arrow Y direction) with respect to a horizontal plane passing through the first butting portion. Therefore, when the boss portion (first mounting portion) of an upper housing (fixing-side housing portion) and the contact piece (second mounting portion) of a lamp assy (fixed-side housing portion) are fixed by a screw, a screw tightening force can be concentrated on the projection portion as shown by an arrow A, and this force can be made to act on the first and second butting portions as shown by an arrow B. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205650 | Wavelength-Specific Optical Switch - A wavelength-specific optical switch combines one or more tunable filters and bandblock reflectors such that the absorption or reflection of selected wavelength bands in the optical spectrum (visible, near infrared, or near ultraviolet) can be switched on and off. The wavelength switch is programmable, multifunctional, general-purpose, solid-state optical filter. The wavelength switch may serve as a tunable notch or bandblock filter, a tunable bandpass filter, a tunable highpass or lowpass filter, or a tunable band reflector. The wavelength switch has particular, but not exclusive, application in optics as a filter, band reflector, and as a means of isolating particular wavelengths or wavelength bands from a collimated light stream for transmission to, or rejection from, a sensor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205651 | APERTURE STOP - An aperture stop | 2011-08-25 |
20110205652 | TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT THROUGH LIGHT ABSORBING MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for transmitting light through a light absorbing medium in which a light transmissive fluid column or channel contiguous with the light absorbing medium is formed in the light absorbing medium. The light is introduced into a light inlet end of the column of light transmissive fluid, whereby the light is transmitted in the column of light transmissive fluid through the light absorbing medium until exiting a light outlet end of the column. The invention has applicability to the field of fiber optics and downhole applications of lasers, such as for wellbore drilling and completion activities. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205653 | Systems and Methods for Data Recovery - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for identifying a reproducible location on a storage medium. As an example, a circuit is described that include a media defect detector and an anchor fixing circuit. The media defect detector is operable to identify a media defect, and the anchor fixing circuit is operable to identify a location relative to the media defect. The location is reproducible. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205654 | CONTROL APPARATUS, NONVOLATILE STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA INITIALIZATION METHOD - A control apparatus for controlling initialization of data stored in a storage unit in response to receipt of an initialization instruction from a host system, includes (a) a register unit that stores inversion bit information indicating a plurality of bits to be inverted in data readout process, (b) a data receiving unit that receives read data and an error correcting code corresponding to the read data, and (c) an inversion unit that inverts part of bits of at least one of the read data and the error correcting code corresponding to the read data on the basis of the inversion bit information in the data readout process after the receipt of the initialization instruction. In the above (a), the plurality of bits to be inverted being part of bits of at least one of read data and an error correcting code corresponding to the read data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205655 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole, a shield, and a stacked structure body. The shield is provided to oppose the main magnetic pole. The stacked structure body is provided between the main magnetic pole and the shield. The stacked structure body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer. The first magnetic layer has coercivity lower than a magnetic field applied from the main magnetic pole. A size of a film surface of the second magnetic layer is larger than a size of a film surface of the first magnetic layer. The intermediate layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and is made of a nonmagnetic material. A current is configured to pass between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205656 | Servo Pattern Architecture and Method Using Same to Improve LPOS Encoding Efficiency - A sequential data storage medium, such as for example and without limitation a magnetic tape, comprising a sequence of plurality of servo patterns encoded therein, which provide lateral position information and LPOS information. Each servo pattern comprises a first burst comprising a first pulse, a second pulse, a third pulse, a fourth pulse and a fifth pulse and a second burst comprising a sixth pulse, a seventh pulse, an eighth pulse, a ninth pulse and a tenth pulse. The widths of the plurality of pulses, in combination with the spacings between the plurality of pulses, encode two bits of data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205657 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF SYMMETRIC TIMING BASED SERVO BURSTS - Timing based servo bursts of servo frames, in which the frames are arranged to be symmetric with the same number of servo stripes in each burst of a frame, are synchronized by shifting selected bits. For example, servo frames are arranged with four servo bursts with an equal number of servo stripes in each burst, the servo frames comprising two symmetric sub-frames, each sub-frame comprising two bursts of servo stripes that are parallel to each other within a burst, and the bursts are non-parallel with respect to each other; each servo burst is arranged to comprise at least one reference servo stripe; and each servo burst is arranged to comprise at least one shifted servo stripe, wherein the shift is in the same longitudinal direction with respect to at least one reference servo stripe for each burst of a frame and the opposite longitudinal direction for bursts of sequentially adjacent frames. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205658 | Automatically Detecting Discrepancies Between Storage subsystem Alignments - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for detecting misalignment in a data storage stack by opening a first storage layer in the data storage stack, performing a plurality of accesses of the first storage layer, each of the plurality of accesses starting at a different offset, and determining an optimal offset based on a performance benchmark of each of the plurality of accesses. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205659 | SERVO WRITER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC TAPE WITH SERVO SIGNAL WRITTEN THEREON - In a servo writer, a write signal generator circuit is configured to output a signal for writing a servo signal to a servo write head disposed to allow a magnetic tape to slidably contact therewith and configured to write the servo signal thereon, and a plurality of tape guides are configured to guide the magnetic tape supplied from a supply reel to the servo write head and to a take-up reel. The plurality of tape guides include a first tape guide disposed to contact with the magnetic tape at a position directly upstream of the servo write head and a second tape guide disposed to contact with the magnetic tape at a position directly downstream of the servo write head. Each of the first and second tape guides includes a guide roller rotatably supported by an air bearing and having a diameter of 19 mm or greater. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205660 | Spot size converter and thermal assist magnetic recording head therewith - A spot size converter according to the present invention is capable of shortening the waveguide length in the spot size converter and of promoting a size reduction of the optical waveguide itself because two cores having a taper portion are combined and those tapering angles are mutually aligned. Furthermore, spot size conversion efficiency is favorable even in a small size. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205661 | Optical waveguide and thermal assist magnetic recording head therewith - An optical waveguide of the present invention is an optical waveguide in order to directly introduce light beams emitted from a light emitting element. In a core that is a waveguide through which light propagates, a concave part is formed that is a depression in a light incident end surface that is one side where light enters. Therefore, an optical waveguide is realized that can obtain a large optical coupling efficiency is possible by the operation of phase alignment in the concave part. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205662 | CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR BY DYNAMIC SWITCHING - An apparatus for controlling an electric motor is provided. A plurality of switches is provided for controlling a direction of current through motor coils of the electric motor. A brushless motor control circuit is connected to each of the plurality of switches. Responsive to a request to adjust one of an angular velocity and an angular acceleration of the electric motor, the plurality of switches are activated to place the motor coils in a predetermined configuration to maximize torque or reduce a total back electromotive force (BEMF) from the motor coils. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205663 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM, MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - It is an object to produce a magnetic storage medium of a high recording density by a production method that does not impair mass productivity, and a magnetic storage medium | 2011-08-25 |
20110205664 | INFORMATION STORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME TO RECORD/REPRODUCE INFORMATION BY SELECTING ONE OF WORKING MODES - An information storing device and an information processing device having a memory for registering a plurality of working modes at recording/reproduction and a switching circuit for selecting one of the plurality of working modes, which select the optimum working mode automatically or by an instruction of an operator according to power supply capacity of a device of higher rank to effect recording/reproduction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205665 | COVALENTLY BOUND MONOLAYER FOR A PROTECTIVE CARBON OVERCOAT - A magnetic data storage medium may include a substrate, a magnetic recording layer, a protective carbon overcoat, and a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms adjacent a surface of the protective carbon overcoat. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolayer comprises at least one of hydrogen, fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, and a fluoro-organic molecule. In some embodiments, a surface of a read and recording head may also include a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms of a protective carbon overcoat. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205666 | MAGNETIC SENSOR, MAGNETIC DETECTOR, AND MAGNETIC HEAD - A magnetic sensor comprises a channel, a ferromagnetic body and first and second reference electrodes on the channel, a magnetic shield covering a part of the channel opposing the ferromagnetic body, and an insulating film disposed between the channel and the magnetic shield, while the magnetic shield has a through-hole extending toward the part of the channel opposing the ferromagnetic body. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205667 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a spin torque oscillator, a first shield and a second shield. The magnetic pole has an air-bearing surface. The spin torque oscillator is provided so that a first side of the spin torque oscillator faces the magnetic pole in a first direction parallel to the air-bearing surface. The first shield includes a granular magnetic material, and is provided so that two portions of the first shield sandwich the spin torque oscillator in a second direction which is parallel to the air-bearing surface and perpendicular to the first direction. The second shield is provided on a second side of the spin torque oscillator opposite to the first side. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205668 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A magnetic recording medium comprises a data region for recording data and a servo region that is disposed adjacent to the data region and has recorded information for controlling a magnetic head. The data region has a pattern of dots separated from each other by grooves or nonmagnetic material. The servo region lacks the pattern of dots, and includes magnetic information written in a flat region. The magnetic recording medium can be formed by a method that does not need a separate process of writing servo information. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205669 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element is disclosed. The element has first and second magnetic layers, and an intermediate layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The intermediate layer has an insulating layer and a conductive portion penetrating through the insulating layer. The method can include forming a structure body having the insulating layer and the conductive portion, performing a first treatment including irradiating the structure body with at least one of ion including at least one selected from the group consisting of argon, xenon, helium, neon and krypton and a plasma including at least one selected from the group, and performing a second treatment including at least one of exposure to gas containing oxygen or nitrogen, irradiation of ion beam containing oxygen or nitrogen, irradiation of plasma containing oxygen or nitrogen, to the structure body submitted to the first treatment. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205670 | Magnetic Head Slider Locking Apparatus - In the magnetic head slider locking apparatus according to the present invention, a spring portion takes a sandwiching posture in which a center region of a proximal-side engage portion sandwiches a magnetic head slider in a suspension longitudinal direction in cooperation with a distal-side engage portion when an operational force to the spring portion is released after the magnetic head slider has been mounted in a state where the spring portion has been elastically deformed from an initial posture to an elastically deformed posture. Paired arm are elastically deformed by paired side regions of the proximal-side engage portion that are moved upon posture change of the spring portion from the initial posture to the elastically deformed posture so as to take a distant posture in which a distance between the paired arm portions is wider than the width of the magnetic head slider, and are shifted to take a sandwiching posture of sandwiching the magnetic head slider from both sides in the suspension width direction upon posture change of the spring portion from the elastically deformed posture to the sandwiching posture. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205671 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD WITH NOTCHED SHIELD - A magnetic recording head includes a magnetic recording write element including a main pole. The main pole has a leading edge and an opposing trailing edge and a first side surface and a second side surface separating the leading edge from the trailing edge. A first side magnetic shield is positioned adjacent the first side surface and a second side magnetic shield positioned adjacent to the second side surface. A first side shield gap separates the first side shield from the first side of the main pole. A second side shield gap separates the second side shield from the second side of the main pole. A front magnetic shield is separated from the main pole trailing edge by a front shield gap. A recess extends into the front shield adjacent to the trailing edge, and parallel to the trailing edge. The recess extends laterally away from the main pole and into the front shield a distance greater than the first side shield gap or second side shield gap. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205672 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A microcomputer detects and determines whether a problem exists in a power supply breaker of an ECU functioning as a motor controller. Specifically, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a short circuit in a first FET based on the output voltage and output voltage that are detected in a first FET and a second FET, respectively, when the switching states of the first and second FETs are both off. Afterwards, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a break in the first FET based on the output voltages of the first and second FETs that are detected when only the first FET is switched on. If the microcomputer determines that the first FET is free from any malfunction, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a short circuit or a break in the second FET by comparing the output voltage of the first FET and a charge voltage of a smoothing capacitor that are detected afterwards. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205673 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A semiconductor device includes: a first power source (PS | 2011-08-25 |
20110205674 | VOLTAGE SURGE AND OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION - Disclosed are various embodiments of voltage protectors that include a first voltage clamping device configured to clamp a voltage of an input power applied to an electrical load, and a second voltage clamping device configured to clamp the voltage applied to the electrical load. A series inductance separates the first and second voltage clamping devices. Also, a switching element is employed to selectively establish a direct coupling of the input power to the electrical load, where a circuit is employed to control the operation of the switching element. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205675 | VOLTAGE SURGE AND OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION - Disclosed are various embodiments of voltage protectors that include a first voltage clamping device configured to clamp a voltage of an input power applied to an electrical load, and a second voltage clamping device configured to clamp the voltage applied to the electrical load. A series inductance separates the first and second voltage clamping devices. Also, a switching element is employed to selectively establish a direct coupling of the input power to the electrical load, where a circuit is employed to control the operation of the switching element. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205676 | VOLTAGE SURGE AND OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION - Disclosed are various embodiments of voltage protectors that include a first voltage clamping device configured to clamp a voltage of an input power applied to an electrical load, and a second voltage clamping device configured to clamp the voltage applied to the electrical load. A series inductance separates the first and second voltage clamping devices. Also, a switching element is employed to selectively establish a direct coupling of the input power to the electrical load, where a circuit is employed to control the operation of the switching element. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205677 | SWITCH-ON PROTECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE THAT CAN BE OPERATED ON A SUPPLY VOLTAGE - The invention relates to a switch-on protection device ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205678 | Protection Circuit And Electronic Device - A protection circuit that is used with a power supply that produces charging power, and a storage battery for which normal operation is conditional upon a terminal voltage being less than or equal to a maximum voltage, including: a first switch disposed to a first path that electrically connects the storage battery and the power supply; a second path that electrically connects the storage battery and a load; a voltage detection circuit that detects a terminal voltage of the storage battery; an over-charge detection circuit that monitors the storage battery terminal voltage and controls the first switch to turn off when the terminal voltage is detected to exceed the maximum voltage; and a control circuit that controls the monitoring operation interval of the over-charge detection circuit according to the terminal voltage of the storage battery detected by the voltage detection circuit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205679 | Protection circuit and semiconductor device - A protection circuit | 2011-08-25 |
20110205680 | Inrush current control circuit and method for utilizing same - Disclosed is an inrush current control circuit for controlling current into a high-current circuit block. The inrush current control circuit comprises a number of distributed switches and a digital control circuit coupled to at least one of the distributed switches. The digital control circuit is configured to switch a first group of the distributed switches in response to an enable/disable signal. The digital control circuit is further configured to switch a second group of the distributed switches after a first programmable delay. According to one embodiment, a method comprises switching a first group of distributed switches by a digital control circuit of an inrush current control circuit in response to an enable/disable signal, and switching a second group of the distributed switches by the digital control circuit after a first programmable delay, thereby resulting in regulation of a flow of an inrush current. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205681 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - Bus container | 2011-08-25 |
20110205682 | HYBRID POWER RELAY USING COMMUNICATIONS LINK - A control circuit for controlling an arc suppression circuit includes a serial communication link communicating a serial signal therethrough. The control circuit includes a microprocessor having a serial input communicating with the serial communication link. The microprocessor generates a control output signal in response to the serial signal. The control circuit further includes the arc suppression circuit having an electrical contact and operating in response to the control output signal to reduce an arc at the electrical contact. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205683 | CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR A CAPACITIVE SENSOR - A construction system for a capacitive sensor comprises a source electrode ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205684 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitor includes a capacitor body made of a dielectric, a first internal electrode, a second internal electrode, a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, and a grounding terminal. The first and second signal terminals are connected to the first internal electrode. The grounding terminal is disposed on the outer surface of the capacitor body so as to be connected to the second internal electrode. The grounding terminal is connected to the ground potential. The grounding terminal includes a plating layer which is disposed on the capacitor body and which is connected to the second internal electrode. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205685 | COMPOSITE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL FOR HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY CAPACITORS - A composite dielectric material having a plurality of particle cores, each surrounded by polymer strands that are chemically bonded to the surface of the particle core. Each polymer strand includes a linker, through which the polymer strand is attached to the surface, an interfacial core-shielding (ICS) group bound to the linker, and a polymer molecule bound to the ICS group. The ICS groups are designed to inhibit electrical breakdown of the composite dielectric material by (i) deflecting or scattering free electrons away from the particle cores and/or (ii) capturing free electrons by being transformed into relatively stable radical anions. Representative examples of the particle core material, linker, ICS group, and polymer molecule are titanium dioxide, a phosphonate group, a halogenated aromatic ring, and a polystyrene molecule, respectively. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205686 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A laminated ceramic capacitor which has a long high temperature load life, small variations in life, large capacitance, high electrical insulation property, and favorable capacitance temperature characteristics, even when high strength electric field is applied while reducing the thickness of dielectric ceramic layers uses a dielectric ceramic represented by the formula: 100(Ba | 2011-08-25 |
20110205687 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR - Provided is a dielectric ceramic which exhibits desired high temperature load resistance characteristics even under a high electric field strength on the order of 15 kV/mm. The dielectric ceramic contains, as its main constituent, a perovskite compound represented by the general formula (Ba | 2011-08-25 |
20110205688 | Multilayer Carbon Nanotube Capacitor - Multilayer carbon nanotube capacitors, and methods and printable compositions for manufacturing multilayer carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are disclosed. A first capacitor embodiment comprises: a first conductor; a plurality of fixed CNTs in an ionic liquid, each fixed CNT comprising a magnetic catalyst nanoparticle coupled to a carbon nanotube and further coupled to the first conductor; and a first plurality of free CNTs dispersed and moveable in the ionic liquid. Another capacitor embodiment comprises: a first conductor; a conductive nanomesh coupled to the first conductor; a first plurality of fixed CNTs in an ionic liquid and further coupled to the conductive nanomesh; and a plurality of free CNTs dispersed and moveable in the ionic liquid. Various methods of printing the CNTs and other structures, and methods of aligning and moving the CNTs using applied electric and magnetic fields, are also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205689 | Conductive Adhesive for Use in a Solid Electrolytic Capacitor - A capacitor containing a solid electrolytic capacitor element and a conductive adhesive disposed between the capacitor element and another optional capacitor element, an electrode termination, or both, is provided. The conductive adhesive contains a plurality of spacer particles that are substantially spherical and have a relatively large diameter. The present inventors have discovered that the use of spacer particles having the desired size and shape can provide multiple benefits to the resulting capacitor. For example, the spacer particles can limit the degree to which the adhesive is compressed during manufacture, thereby ensuring that it will have the minimum thickness needed to achieve a reliable mechanical connection to the desired part. Further, when multiple capacitor elements are employed, the spacer particles can also help ensure that proper spacing is achieved between the different elements upon manufacture of the capacitor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205690 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR - An aspect of the invention provides a solid electrolyte capacitor that comprises: an anode body; a dielectric layer formed on the surface of the anode body; a first polymer film formed on the dielectric layer and containing a first polymer; a second polymer film formed on the first polymer film and containing a second polymer that is different from the first polymer; a conducting polymer layer formed on the second polymer film and containing a conducting polymer that is different from the second polymer; and a cathode layer formed on the conducting polymer layer, wherein the first polymer film has a larger work function than that of the conducting polymer layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205691 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aspect of the invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, and a conductive polymer layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the anode body including a porous body has a first surface and a second surface facing each other, and a through-hole from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the through-hole has a first outer circumference at the first surface and a second outer circumference at a cross-section that is parallel to the first surface, and the position of the second outer circumference viewed from a normal direction to the first surface differs from the position of the first outer circumference. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205692 | Hinge Mechanism and Image Forming Apparatus - A hinge mechanism, which connects a first member and a second member, comprising: a plurality of bases, a plurality of shafts, which are provided at the plurality of bases one by one, and protrude from the bases, a plurality of shaft receiving units, which are provided in the second member, and include shaft holes into which the shafts are rotatably fitted, respectively, and a regulating stopper, wherein when a force is applied at the regulating stopper, the regulating stopper is bent from a position where the regulating stopper contacts with a regulated unit to a position where the regulating stopper does not contact with the regulated unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205693 | FIELD REPLACEABLE MANAGEMENT MODULE - Aspects of the invention are directed to a power distribution unit including a removable management module and methods for providing power using the power distribution units. According to one embodiment the power distribution unit comprises a housing having a length, a width and a depth with a front face of the housing extending across the width and along the length with the length being substantially greater than the width and the depth, and wherein the front face of the housing defines an opening to a docking space in an interior portion of the housing, a plurality of power outlets disposed on the front face of the housing, a management module configured to detect current through at least one of the plurality of power outlets, the management module being further configured and arranged to fit within the docking space, a memory component contained within the housing and configured to store operational data for the power distribution unit, and wherein the management module and the housing are configured and arranged such that the management module is removable from the docking space through the opening in the front face. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205694 | PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL - To reduce the thickness and improve the operability. It includes a first housing and a second housing placed on top of each other, and connecting means to connect the first and second housings, the connecting means being interposed between the first and second housings, wherein the connecting means engages with the first housing so as to be slidable in at least one direction with respect to the first housing, and engages with the second housing so as to be rotatable with respect to the second housing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205695 | Hinge Mechanism in Electronic Handset - A portable electronic device includes first and second housing portions pivotal about corresponding pivot axes. A biasing member urges a first cam surface of the first housing portion into engagement with a second cam surface of the second housing portion. The biasing member also urges indexing members of the first and second housing portions into engagement to maintain synchronization of the housing portions during rotation, wherein the first and second housing portions are configured in a fixed angular orientation when the first cam surface is engaged with the second cam surface. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205696 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH GRIP MECHANISM - Electronic equipment includes a protruding member on a bottom surface of a first housing. Thus, when a user holds a notebook PC with one hand, a palm is brought into contact with the protruding member, whereby the hand is less likely to shift relative to the first housing. Consequently, the notebook PC can be held in a stable position. Further, the protruding member is attachable/detachable with respect to the first housing. Thus, it is possible to place the electronic equipment on a planar surface such as a desk surface in a stable position by removing the protruding member. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205697 | NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED INTERFACE AND MOUNTING FEATURES - A device with an improved user interface and mounting features comprises a sensor operable to detect a mounting configuration of the device, a display, and a processing system coupled with the sensor and the display. The processing system is generally operable to receive an indication of the detected mounting configuration from the sensor and present information on the display according to the detected mounting configuration. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205698 | MODULAR WIRING SYSTEM WITH LOCKING ELEMENTS - A wiring system includes a wiring module and a functional module. The wiring module in at least one embodiment includes elongated holes or openings which are configured to engage or lock with prongs on a functional module to create a lockable connection. The wiring module and the functional module form both a physical and an electrical connection. In another embodiment, there is an adapter which is configured to connect the wiring module and the functional module or unit together. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205699 | Electronic Device - An electronic device that includes a cabinet having a top face, an undersurface, and a side that completely surrounds the top face and the undersurface by connecting the outer edge of the top face and the outer edge of the undersurface together; and an electronic part disposed inside the cabinet, wherein the cabinet has an exhaust hole provided in the undersurface of the cabinet, at a position distant from the side of the cabinet; a fan disposed inside the cabinet, which blows air inside the cabinet from the exhaust hole; and at least one protrusion disposed at the back of the undersurface of the cabinet, protruding from the undersurface of the cabinet and holding the cabinet placed on a flat plate in a state of being lifted. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205700 | KEYPADS FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A keypad is described herein in which the keypad can have a keypad sheet and a keymat layer molded onto the back side of the keypad sheet. The keypad sheet can include a plurality of keys formed on a front side of the keypad sheet and a plurality of actuators formed on a back side of the keypad sheet and protruding from the back side of the keypad sheet. Slits are cut around at least some of the keys to provide the keys with flexibility. The slits do not pierce the keymat layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205701 | RESIN-SEALED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is a resin-sealed electronic control device reduced in size, which includes a double-sided mounting board as at least one of a plurality of electronic boards obtained by division so that a large mounting surface with a small plane area is ensured. Each of a first electronic board ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205702 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - An apparatus is disclosed that may include one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) and an electronics package may be disposed about the first surface of one or more of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a metal layer and a core, and, in some aspects, may include multiple cores interposed between multiple metal layers, and in some embodiments a backplane may be disposed along the core(s). A plurality of PCB's may be set apart and connected by pins to dissipate heat from one PCB to another, and/or to convey electrical connectivity. Pins may be configured to pass through or into one or both the PCBs including the cores to conduct heat generated by the electronics package away for dispersion. In some embodiments, the pins may pass into the backplane. The apparatus may include LEDs, lights, computer devices, memories, telecommunications devices, or combinations of these. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205703 | GIMBAL SYSTEM WITH FORCED FLOW OF EXTERNAL AIR THROUGH A CHANNEL TO REMOVE HEAT - Gimbal system, including apparatus and methods, with forced flow of external air through a channel to remove heat. The system may comprise a support portion including at least one electronic component and defining a channel, a gimbal assembly pivotably connected to and supported by the support portion, and a payload pivotably orientable with respect to the support portion by the gimbal assembly. The support portion alone or collectively with the gimbal assembly may define a chamber in which the electronic component is disposed. The support portion may include a forced-air device configured to drive flow of external air through the channel, thereby removing heat transferred to the channel from the electronic component. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205704 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a main unit having a front face and a rear face and housing an electronic component; a support base; and a post provided upright on the support base and connected to the rear face of the main unit while supporting the main unit in such an orientation that the front face of the main unit extends upright, the post including a fan producing a flow of air passing through an inside of the main unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205705 | AIRFLOW RECIRCULATION AND COOLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONICS RACK - An apparatus is provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack of a data center. The apparatus includes: an airflow director mounted to the electronics rack to redirect airflow exhausting from the electronics rack through an airflow return pathway back towards an air inlet side of the rack; an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed within the airflow return pathway for cooling redirected airflow before exiting into the data center near the air inlet side of the rack; an air temperature sensor for monitoring air temperature of the redirected airflow; and an automated isolation door associated with the airflow director for automatically blocking airflow exhausting from the air outlet side of the electronics rack from passing through the airflow return pathway back towards the air inlet side of the rack responsive to temperature of the redirected airflow exceeding a defined temperature threshold. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205706 | RESIN-SEALED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is a resin-sealed electronic control device reduced in size, which includes a double-sided mounting board as at least one of a plurality of electronic boards obtained by division so that a large mounting surface with a small plane area is ensured. Each of a first electronic board ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205707 | COMPONENT CARRIER - An extruded aluminum electrical circuit component carrier on which at least one electrical circuit component is to be mounted. A first side portion and a second side portion include areas for mounting at least one first electrical circuit component part and at least one second electrical circuit component part. An inlet to which an inlet conduit for a cooling liquid can be connected. An outlet to which an outlet conduit for the cooling liquid can be connected. At least one supply passage for the cooling liquid formed through the first side portion. At least one return passage for the cooling liquid formed through the second side portion. The at least one supply passage is connected to the at least one return passage in series. An area of a cross-section of the at least one return passage is smaller than an area of a cross-section of the at least one supply passage, whereby in use a flow velocity of the at least one return passage exceeds a flow velocity of the at least one supply passage so that an essentially uniform cooling capacity for the first and second electrical circuit component parts is achieved. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205708 | DOUBLE-FACE HEAT REMOVAL OF VERTICALLY INTEGRATED CHIP-STACKS UTILIZING COMBINED SYMMETRIC SILICON CARRIER FLUID CAVITY AND MICRO-CHANNEL COLD PLATE - A plurality of heat-dissipating electronic chips are arranged in a vertical chip stack. The electronic chips have electronic components thereon. A cold plate is secured to a back side of the chip stack. A silicon carrier sandwich, defining a fluid cavity, is secured to a front side of the chip stack. An inlet manifold is configured to supply cooling fluid to the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. An outlet manifold is configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. The cold plate, the silicon carrier sandwich, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold are configured and dimensioned to electrically isolate the cooling fluid from the electronic components. A method of operating an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus are also disclosed. Single-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output and double-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output are also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205709 | SANDWICH STRUCTURE WITH DOUBLE-SIDED COOLING AND EMI SHIELDING - A sandwich structure and method thereof is disclosed for double-sided cooling, EMI noise shielding and current carrying in mini-modules. The proposed structure comprises a top structure and a bottom structure to achieve double-sided cooling. Meanwhile, the top structure is configured to shield EMI noises as well. The proposed structure further comprises a first set of connecting structures for connecting devices of the mini-modules with the top structure and a second set of connecting structure for connecting the top structure with the bottom structure. The connecting structures are capable of carrying current. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205710 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device that can reduce a material cost and the number of members to eliminate complex processing. The electronic device has a circuit board on which circuit elements are provided, and a shield case that accommodates the circuit board. The shield case has a frame. The frame has a side plate part having side plates for holding and covering the outer periphery of the circuit board, coupling parts extending parallel to a plane of the circuit board and connecting with at least two of the side plates, and contact parts connected to the coupling parts and directly contacting the circuit elements. The shield case releases the heat produced from the circuit elements via the contact parts and the coupling parts. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205711 | HEAT DISSIPATION FROM A CONTROL UNIT - A control unit, in particular for a motor vehicle, the control unit having a housing, which has at least one heat dissipating area in which at least one electrical and/or electronic module having at least one heat dissipating element is situated, it being provided that the heat dissipating element is heat conductively connected to the heat dissipating area via a heat conducting medium which is introduced into the interior of the housing through at least one housing opening and which has a paste-like consistency, at least when introduced. A corresponding method for manufacturing a control unit is also described. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205712 | ELECTRONIC MODULE AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A MODULE - The invention relates to an electronic module ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205713 | UNIT HOLDING MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - In a unit holding mechanism, a first slide lever | 2011-08-25 |
20110205714 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DAUGHTERBOARD - A daughterboard to be attached to a motherboard on which a host controller is mounted includes a first connector electrically connected to the host controller, a bridge controller electrically connected to the first connector, a chip electrically connected to the bridge controller, and a second connector electrically connected to the bridge controller and configured to electrically connect to other daughterboards. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205715 | TRANSMISSION LINE CIRCUIT HAVING PAIRS OF CROSSING CONDUCTIVE LINES - A transmission line circuit includes a dielectric layer and a plurality of pairs of conductive lines extending generally along a first direction. The conductive lines in each pair are separated by the dielectric layer, and the conductive lines in each pair intermittently cross at crossing points that are separated by a first distance. The crossing points of adjacent pairs of the conductive lines are offset along the first direction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205716 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a circuit substrate that affords a narrower frame in display devices or the like, while suppressing connection faults between wirings and external connection terminals. The invention is a circuit substrate having a substrate, on top of which wiring, an insulating film and an external connection terminal are disposed in order. The circuit substrate is provided with an anisotropic conductive film, having conductive particles, on the external connection terminal; and the external connection terminal is connected to the wiring via at least one contact hole formed in the insulating film, with the length from one end to the other end, in a plan view, of a region formed with one or more contact holes that connect to a specific external connection terminal being greater than the diameter of each of the conductive particles. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205717 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes: a board in which an electronic circuit is mounted; a resin frame configured to hold the board; and a sheet metal configured to maintain strength of the resin frame. The resin frame is configured to be integrally molded with the board and the sheet metal. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205718 | VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE COMPUTER BUSES - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to computer buses that can be used to distribute data between components of various computer systems. In one aspect, a computer bus includes multiple opto-electronic engines disposed within a housing and multiple flexible connectors. Each flexible connector extends through an opening in the housing and is coupled at a first end to an opto-electronic engine and at a second to an electronic device. The flexible connectors enable the bus to be placed in different orientations and positions in order to optimize space and connectivity requirements or limitations. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205719 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component is mounted on a circuit board. The electronic component includes: a lead frame including a fixed portion, a lead portion connected to the fixed portion, and a heat-dissipating portion connected to the fixed portion; a semiconductor chip fixed on the fixed portion by a first binder; and an encapsulation resin for encapsulating the fixed portion, the semiconductor chip, and a base portion of the lead portion. A groove is provided in the fixed portion and the heat-dissipating portion of the lead frame. The groove extends from a portion of the fixed portion where the first binder is present toward the heat-dissipating portion. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205720 | INTEGRATED CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE USING ORGANIC SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An integrated chip package structure and method of manufacturing the same is by adhering dies on an organic substrate and forming a thin-film circuit layer on top of the dies and the organic substrate. Wherein the thin-film circuit layer has an external circuitry, which is electrically connected to the metal pads of the dies, that extends to a region outside the active surface of the dies for fanning out the metal pads of the dies. Furthermore, a plurality of active devices and an internal circuitry is located on the active surface of the dies. Signal for the active devices are transmitted through the internal circuitry to the external circuitry and from the external circuitry through the internal circuitry back to other active devices. Moreover, the chip package structure allows multiple dies with different functions to be packaged into an integrated package and electrically connecting the dies by the external circuitry. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205721 | RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN SHEET, PREPREG, LAMINATE, MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a resin composition having a low thermal expansion coefficient and a high glass transition temperature used for the insulating layer of a multilayer printed wiring board, capable of forming an insulating layer having fine roughened shapes and imparting sufficient plating peel strength. Also disclosed are a resin sheet, a prepreg, a laminate, a multilayer printed wiring board and a semiconductor device, all of which comprising the resin composition. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a cyanate ester resin, (C) an aromatic polyamide resin containing at least one hydroxyl group and (D) an inorganic filler, as essential components. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205722 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible plate, a display unit and a sealant. The flexible plate has a concave. The display unit is disposed in the flexible plate and adjacent to the concave. The sealant is formed in the concave and covers the side of the display unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205723 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device. The display device includes a front panel that forms a front appearance and through which an image is transmitted; a supporter that is fixed to the rear surface of the front panel; a back cover that forms a rear appearance and is supported by the supporter in a state where it contacts the supporter; and a display module that is received in a space formed by the front panel and the back cover, wherein the supporter electrically connects the front panel to the back cover. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205724 | Power Inverter - A power inverter comprises at least a box-shaped housing; and a power module, a smoothing capacitor, a base plate made of a flat plate, and a rotating electric machine control circuit board arranged in order in the housing. The base plate is arranged with the fringes fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the housing, and the smoothing capacitor and rotating electric machine control circuit board are fixed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205725 | ELEMENT ARRAY AND FOOTPRINT LAYOUT FOR ELEMENT ARRAY - An element array and a footprint layout for an element array are disclosed. The element array can have a rectangular configuration defining two side surfaces and two end surfaces. The element array can include a plurality of stacked dielectric-electrode layers. One dielectric-electrode layer can include a plurality of element electrodes, such as eight element electrodes. Each of the plurality of element electrodes forms a part of an individual element for the element array. The element array device can further include a common electrode. The common electrode is used as part of each of the individual elements for the element array. The common electrode can include a lead for termination to one of the two end surfaces of the element array or, in a particular embodiment, to one of the two side surfaces of the element array. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205726 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes:
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20110205727 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - Disclosed is a light source device. The light source device includes:
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20110205728 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARTUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light generating unit, a receiving member, an optical member, and a frame member. The receiving member includes a receiving part receiving the light generating unit, a supporting part extending from the receiving part, and a protrusion portion protruded from the supporting part. The optical member is guided to a predetermined position on the supporting part by the protrusion portion, and diffuses the light provided from the light generating unit. The frame member includes a fixing part coupled with the supporting part and protruded from a surface of the frame member facing the supporting part. The fixing part prevents the optical member from moving in a direction substantially parallel to an upper surface of the supporting part. Accordingly, the backlight assembly is constructed to prevent occurrence of assembling defects and light leakage due to movement of the optical member. | 2011-08-25 |