40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 91 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160295729 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a substrate, a first cover, and a second cover. An electronic component is mounted on the substrate. The first cover is disposed to be opposed to one surface of the substrate and includes a first sidewall part extending in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and claw part(s) projecting laterally from the first sidewall part. The second cover is disposed to be opposed to the other surface of the substrate and includes a second sidewall part, and groove part(s). The second sidewall part faces the first sidewall part. The groove part(s) is formed at the second sidewall part such that a shape of each of the groove part(s) when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the substrate is a recessed shape in conformity with a projecting shape of a corresponding claw part. Each groove part is fitted to a corresponding claw part. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295730 | ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE HAVING A BREAKER COVER GASKET AND METHOD - An electrical enclosure includes at least one circuit breaker compartment and a cover mounted thereon. The cover includes an opening receptive of at least one circuit breaker. A gasket extends about at least a portion of the opening. The gasket includes an inner seal assembly and an outer seal assembly. The outer seal assembly is positioned to engage the at least one circuit breaker when the cover is in a closed position. The inner seal assembly is movable between a non-deployed configuration spaced from the at least one circuit breaker and a deployed configuration engaged with the at least one circuit breaker. The inner seal assembly is responsive to a pressure wave in the at least one circuit breaker compartment to move from the non-deployed configuration to the deployed configuration and substantially prevent out gassing through the opening in the cover. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295731 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel and a flexible wiring board, an end. portion of which is joined to the display panel. The flexible wiring board includes a flexible base substrate in which a through-hole is formed in a position not overlapping the display panel of an extending portion extending from the end portion joined to the display panel in plan view, a first wiring pattern. formed. to close the through-hole on one surface of the flexible base substrate, and a first resin layer having more flexibility than the flexible base substrate and formed to fill the through-hole formed in the flexible base substrate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295732 | EXPANSION MODULE SYSTEM - A system and approach that may connect communication modules together in a daisy chain fashion as an expansion bus. A communication module may be connected with a data bus and a voltage bus to a baseboard having a controller. The communication module may have a multi-port universal serial bus hub connected to the data bus from the expansion connector, an electronic device connected to the hub and the voltage regulator. Another communication module having a similar structure as the first communication module may be connected to the first communication module via a data bus between the multiport hub of the first expansion module and a universal serial bus hub of the other communication module, and may have a voltage bus connected to the voltage bus of the first communication module. More communication modules may be connected in a daisy chain or serial fashion to a preceding module, and so on in a similar manner. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295733 | CLIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic device is detachably mounted on a DIN rail. The DIN rail includes a first protruding edge and a second protruding edge. The electronic device includes a main body and two clips. The two clips are movably disposed on the main body. Each clip includes a base and an extension part. The base includes a notch. The notch is selectively engaged with or disengaged from the first protruding edge or the second protruding edge. The extension part is connected with the base and extended from the base. The extension part includes a double-bevel bulge and an elastic extension arm. The elastic extension arm is located beside the double-bevel bulge. A free end of the elastic extension arm has an engaging part. The notches of the two clips are engaged with or disengaged from the first protruding edge and the second protruding edge, respectively. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295734 | STRUCTURE FOR MAINTAINING ORIENTATION OF SUBSTRATE WITH RESPECT TO CASING - A structure is provided for a PCU (power control unit) in which components secured inside a casing are electrically connected to electronic components on a circuit substrate by a connector, the structure being adapted to maintain the orientation of the circuit substrate to remove the circuit substrate from the casing or to mount the circuit substrate to the casing. Direction control pins are fitted into cover securing holes provided in the casing to secure a cover to the casing. A gripping jig includes grips for gripping the circuit substrate and guide holes into which the direction control pins are inserted. The direction of movement of the gripping jig is controlled by the direction control pins inserted into the guide holes. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295735 | EXPANSION CARD SECUREMENT STRUCTURE FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTER AND SECUREMENT LATCH THEREOF - An expansion card securement structure for an industrial computer, for securing an expansion card onto an industrial computer, includes a wall plate and a securement latch. The wall plate on the industrial computer includes an expansion slot for receiving expansion card, an insertion hole near the expansion slot, a through hole near the expansion slot. The securement latch includes a main body, a pivotal axle at middle of the main body, a pressing plate on one end of the main body and an elastic arm on another end thereof, and a latch hook on the elastic arm. The pivotal axle is attached near the expansion slot, the securement latch penetrates the through hole, the elastic arm and the pressing plate at opposite sides of the wall plate, the securement latch rotates to the pressing plate for pressing the expansion card, and the latch hook hooked onto the through hole. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295736 | HOUSING HAVING A CARRIER DEVICE - A housing includes a housing body formed with an engaging groove and a carrier device disposed in the housing body. The carrier device includes a carrier frame and a latching assembly. The carrier frame is configured to carry an electronic component and includes a pivoting sidewall rotatably pivoted to the housing body. The carrier frame is rotatable between a first position, where the carrier frame is disposed in the housing body, and a second position, where the carrier frame is pivoted out of the housing body. The latching assembly is disposed on the pivoting sidewall and is releasably engaged to the engaging groove so as to position the carrier frame at the second position. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295737 | MODULAR COOLING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a modular cooling apparatus for a high-voltage direct-current transmission system. A sub-module ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160295738 | HEATSINK ALIGNMENT TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An electronic device, such as a set top box comprises an enclosure that houses a circuit board having a peripheral edge positioned in the set top box. A heat sink has orientation features on its periphery that contact and orient the circuit board. Further, the heat sink has positioning tabs at a leading edge that contact a control surface on a rear wall of the set top box enclosure and orients the heat sink within the set top box. Antenna assemblies are positioned in corners of the set top box enclosure and adjacent to one of the vertically oriented walls, wherein the antenna assemblies are positioned outside the peripheral edge of the circuit board and the periphery of the heat sink. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295739 | HEAT SPREADING MODULE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A heat spreading module for a portable electronic device includes a metal plate to which a heat generation body contacts, a first heat pipe that is attached along the metal plate, transfers heat of a heating region of the metal plate, to which the heat generation body contacts, to a region that is away from the heating region of the metal plate, comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, has a predetermined length, and a portion of the first end portion is arranged in the heating region, and a second heat pipe that is arranged away from the heating region and is longer in length than the first heat pipe. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295740 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a substrate, a plurality of electronic components, and a heat sink. The plurality of electronic components are mounted on the substrate, and include an integrated circuit and a plurality of tall components. The plurality of tall components are taller than the integrated circuit. The heat sink includes a recess collectively accommodating the plurality of tall components, and is provided on a side on which the plurality of tall components are mounted on the substrate. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295741 | FLEXIBLE COOLANT MANIFOLD - HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY - A cooling assembly is provided which includes: one or more coolant-cooled heat sinks configured to couple to one or more electronic components to be cooled; one or more flexible coolant conduits; and one or more pivotable coolant manifolds. The flexible coolant conduit(s) couples in fluid communication the pivotable coolant manifold(s) and the coolant-cooled heat sink(s), and accommodates pivoting of the pivotable coolant manifold(s), while maintaining the coolant-cooled heat sink(s) in fluid communication with the pivotable coolant manifold(s). In one or more embodiments, the pivotable coolant manifold(s) pivots between a first position laterally offset from one or more of the coolant-cooled heat sink(s), and a second position above the one or more coolant-cooled heat sinks. First and second pivot arms may be provided at opposite ends of the pivotable coolant manifold(s) to facilitate pivotable movement of the manifold(s) between the first position and the second position. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295742 | Hierarchical Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Micro/Nanostructures for Pushing the Limits of Critical Heat Flux - A high efficiency heat sink for the cooling of microelectronic devices involves a phase change from liquid fluid to fluid vapor with a vapor quality of 100%. The liquid fluid is provided to an active area that contains fins having micrometer dimension that support a membrane that is nanoporous. The membrane is effectively impermeable to liquid fluid but permeable to fluid vapor. The heat sink provides very high heat flux and coefficient of heat transfer at low mass flux over a broad range of surface superheat temperatures. The heat sink can be constructed of equi-spaced posts that separate liquid microchannels from vapor microchannels that are connected through capillary forced valves formed between adjacent equi-spaced posts. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295743 | COOLING MECHANISM OF HIGH MOUNTING FLEXIBILITY - A cooling mechanism of high mounting flexibility includes a heat sink including a heat sink body defining an accommodation portion and position-limit sliding grooves and stop blocks fastened to the heat sink body, heat pipes positioned in the position-limit sliding grooves and stopped against the stop blocks, each heat pipe having a hot interface accommodated in the accommodation portion and an opposing cold interface positioned in one position-limit sliding groove, heat transfer blocks each defining a recessed insertion passage for accommodating the hot interfaces of the heat pipes and an opposing planar contact surface for the contact of a heat source of an external circuit board, and an elastic member elastically positioned between the heat sink and the heat transfer blocks. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295744 | THERMALLY CONFIGURED CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A connector system with improved thermal management is provided. A module includes a thermal dissipation system. A receptacle is provided that has a cage with thermal channels that allow air passing through the receptacle to directly remove thermal energy from the thermal dissipation system and carry the thermal energy out of the cage. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295745 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a plurality of heating elements, a substrate, a heat sink, and a housing. The substrate includes a heating region on which the plurality of heating elements are collectively mounted. The heat sink is provided to be opposed to one surface of the substrate, and includes a radiating part, which is disposed in correspondence to the heating region of the substrate and receives heat generated by the plurality of heating elements. The housing is provided to cover the other surface of the substrate. The heat sink includes a fixation part, which is disposed separately from the radiating part and to which an outer edge part of the housing is fixed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295746 | INTERCHANGEABLE FAN SUPPORT MEMBER PROVIDING LATERAL, STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR SERVER CHASSIS - A chassis of an information handling system (IHS) includes a lateral segment that spans across a directional path of air travelling from an air intake side to an air exhaust side and including receiving affordances for insertion of a lateral support for a directional air mover. A user can select one of a first lateral support and a second lateral support that is insertable into the lateral segment and securable to the receiving affordances. The first lateral support has apertures of a first size to receive respective first fan modules and the second lateral support has apertures of a second size to receive respective second fan modules. An inserted one of the first and second lateral supports is selected based on a cooling air requirement corresponding to user selected compute components placed within the chassis to operate within the IHS. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295747 | LIQUID-COOLED HEAT SINK CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE - Cooling apparatuses, cooled electronic modules, and methods of fabrication are provided which facilitate heat transfer from one or more electronic components to a liquid coolant in an operational mode, and drainage of coolant therefrom in a transport mode. The cooling apparatus includes a liquid-cooled heat sink configured to horizontally couple along a main heat transfer surface to the electronic component(s). The heat sink includes a thermally conductive structure with a coolant-carrying compartment through which coolant flows, and a coolant inlet tube and a coolant outlet tube affixed to the thermally conductive structure and in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying compartment to facilitate coolant flow through the compartment. The coolant-carrying compartment has a base surface, and the coolant outlet tube extends into the coolant-carrying compartment towards the base surface to facilitate withdrawal of the liquid coolant from the compartment in the transport mode of the cooling apparatus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295748 | LIQUID-COOLED HEAT SINK CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE - Cooling apparatuses, cooled electronic modules, and methods of fabrication are provided which facilitate heat transfer from one or more electronic components to a liquid coolant in an operational mode, and drainage of coolant therefrom in a transport mode. The cooling apparatus includes a liquid-cooled heat sink configured to horizontally couple along a main heat transfer surface to the electronic component(s). The heat sink includes a thermally conductive structure with a coolant-carrying compartment through which coolant flows, and a coolant inlet tube and a coolant outlet tube affixed to the thermally conductive structure and in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying compartment to facilitate coolant flow through the compartment. The coolant-carrying compartment has a base surface, and the coolant outlet tube extends into the coolant-carrying compartment towards the base surface to facilitate withdrawal of the liquid coolant from the compartment in the transport mode of the cooling apparatus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295749 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS ENCLOSURE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COOLING SYSTEM - A vapor pipe | 2016-10-06 |
20160295750 | Automatic Control System and Method Of Chillers For Data Center - An automatic control system and method of chillers for a data center are provided. The control system includes: a plurality of servers; a plurality of first temperature sensors, mounted at air inlets of the plurality of servers, respectively, and configured to detect temperatures at the air inlets of the plurality of servers in a real-time manner, respectively; a controller, configured to receive detected temperatures sent by the plurality of first temperature sensors, calculate an average temperature in the data center according to the detected temperatures, and generate a control instruction according to the average temperature in the data center; and an air conditioner, configured to receive the control instruction sent by the controller, and adjust a working mode of the air conditioner according to the control instruction. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295751 | SHIELDING CAGE FOR CLOSELY SPACED CAGE ARRAYS - A shielding cage with an improved construction is disclosed that permits such cages to be more closely spaced together when a plurality of them are arranged in side-by-side arrays of cages. The cage is formed from a sheet metal blank that is stamped and formed to define sidewalls, top wall, bottom wall and a rear wall. In one embodiment, the ends of the blank are formed with interengaging elements in the form of tabs and slots that interfit within the plane of one of the cage walls, thereby eliminating the need for projections disposed on the sidewalls of the cage. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295752 | ARRANGEMENT FOR HIGH VOLTAGE COMPONENTS LOCATED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - An arrangement for high voltage components located in a motor vehicle, which has a housing for receiving the high voltage components, is completely lockable, conductive and suitable for electromagnetically screening the high voltage components. The housing has openings for electromagnetically compatibly connecting electrical lines to the high voltage components. The housing consists of plastic material which has been rendered electrically conductive by the addition of metallic particles, and has at least on one of its walls at least one support element for the same. The housing is manufactured of the plastic material filled with metallic particles by injection molding, in the shape being adapted to the spatial configurations of the location of mounting in the motor vehicle. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295753 | ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE - The present invention relates to energy conversion device which contains one or more collection units ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160295754 | MAGNETIC SHIELDING STRAND, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC-SHIELDING BRAIDED SLEEVE AND MAGNETIC SHIELDED CABLE USING THE SAME - A magnetic shielding strand includes a conductor strand, and a magnetic shielding layer formed around the conductor strand. The magnetic shielding layer includes coating film layers and a magnetic powder layer sandwiched between the coating film layers. The magnetic powder layer includes a nanocrystalline soft magnetic material, and the coating film layer includes a UV curable resin coating material or a thermosetting resin coating material. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295755 | WIRING SHIELDING STRUCTURE - A reduction in the weight of a low-voltage wire is achieved. A high-voltage battery and an inverter are connected to each other by a high-voltage wire, and a low-voltage wire connecting a low-voltage battery and a relay box to each other is routed parallel to the high-voltage wire. Intermediate portions of the high-voltage wire and the low-voltage wire are inserted into a shielding pipe made of metal. The low-voltage wire is inserted into a braided wire for low voltage within the shielding pipe and thus shielded so that propagation of noise from the high-voltage wire to the low-voltage wire within the shielding pipe is prevented. Crimped portions are extended from both end portions of the braided wire for low voltage and fastened to an outer circumferential surface of the shielding pipe together with corresponding braided wires for high voltage by crimping using crimp rings. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295756 | CHUCK DEVICE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING MACHINE - A chuck device includes a plurality of types of chuck pawls clamping a component, a chuck pawl switching mechanism switching the chuck pawls in use among the plurality of types of chuck pawls in accordance with the type of the component to be clamped, and a driving mechanism allowing the chuck pawl switched by the chuck pawl switching mechanism to be put into a clamping operation. The chuck pawl switching mechanism is configured to use a cylindrical cam, the plurality of types of chuck pawls are placed at predetermined intervals around the cylindrical cam, a cam follower disposed in each of the chuck pawls is fitted into a cam groove in an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical cam, and the respective chuck pawls are moved upward and downward independently of each other by the cylindrical cam being rotated. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295757 | COMPONENT MOUNTING LINE, COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD AND COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A component mounting line includes an inspecting apparatus and a component mounting apparatus. The inspecting apparatus measures a solder volume of a printed solder on each electrode of a board. The component mounting apparatus includes a mounting unit that mounts an electronic component on the board, at least one component supply unit that supplies a chip solder, and a control unit that controls the mounting unit to mount the chip solder supplied from the component supply unit based on production data in which a size of the chip solder is instructed corresponding to the solder volume measured for each of component terminals corresponding to each electrode of the board. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295758 | Rosa plant named 'SFROSA128' - A new and distinct cultivar of shrub rose plant named ‘SFROSAL128’, characterized by its semi-double type, bright yellow-colored flowers, medium to light green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295759 | Rosa plant named 'SFROSA129' - A new and distinct cultivar of shrub rose plant named ‘SFROSAL129’, characterized by its semi-double type, salmon-pink colored flowers, dark green-colored glossy foliage, and moderately vigorous, semi-upright, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295760 | Pear 'HW624' - The invention is a new and distinct pear tree variety denominated ‘HW624’. The new pear tree is characterized by producing heavy crops of medium-to large-sized fruit, picked about 2 weeks after ‘Bartlett’. Fruits are green when harvested, turning yellow as fruits ripen, and there is a medium red blush where exposed to the sun. There were no natural fire blight infections on the seedling tree, and results from controlled inoculations indicate a high level of resistance to fire blight. The tree is also highly resistant to pear | 2016-10-06 |
20160295761 | DIERVILLA PLANT NAMED 'SMNDRSF' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295762 | DIERVILLA PLANT NAMED 'G2X88544' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295763 | Abutilon plant named 'RutAbut1' | 2016-10-06 |
20160295764 | Abutilon plant named 'RutAbut2' | 2016-10-06 |
20160295765 | Veronica plant named 'CHALLENGER' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295766 | Catharanthus plant named 'Suncatha 2439' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295767 | Catharanthus Plant Named 'Suncatha 2316' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295768 | Catharanthus plant named 'Suncatha 224' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295769 | Catharanthus plant named 'Suncatha 2460' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295770 | Pelargonium plant named 'Pactioscar' - A new and distinct Interspecific | 2016-10-06 |
20160295771 | Pelargonium plant named 'Pacmored' - A new and distinct Zonal | 2016-10-06 |
20160295772 | Pelargonium plant named 'PACMOPI' - A new and distinct Zonal | 2016-10-06 |
20160295773 | Pelargonium plant named 'Pacsteffi' - A new and distinct Zonal | 2016-10-06 |
20160295774 | Geranium plant named 'Boo' - A new cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295775 | Pelargonium plant named 'PACSWIBU' - A new and distinct | 2016-10-06 |
20160295776 | Pelargonium plant named 'Pacjul' - A new and distinct Zonal | 2016-10-06 |
20160295777 | Pelargonium plant named 'PACHAFDARED' - A new and distinct Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Pachafdared’, characterized by its uniformly mounded and cascading to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; and velvety red single-type flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliar plane. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295778 | Pelargonium plant named 'PACHAFORG' - A new and distinct Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Pachaforg’, characterized by its uniformly mounded and cascading to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; and bright orange single-type flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliar plane. | 2016-10-06 |
20160295779 | Pelargonium plant named 'Pachafred' - A new and distinct Ivy | 2016-10-06 |
20160295780 | Begonia Plant Named 'TMBG0822' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295781 | BEGONIA PLANT NAMED 'TMBG0802' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295782 | Petunia plant named 'SAKPET096' | 2016-10-06 |
20160295783 | Petunia plant named 'SAKPET097' | 2016-10-06 |
20160295784 | Petunia plant named 'Sunsurf Miyarona' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295787 | Scaevola plant named 'BONSCA 1203' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295788 | Bidens plant named 'SUNBIDEVB 4' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295789 | Bidens plant named 'Sunbidevb 3' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295790 | Bidens plant named 'Sunbidevb 2' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2016-10-06 |
20160295791 | LAVENDER PLANT NAMED 'DLAVENLPOP' - A new and distinct Lavender cultivar named ‘DLAVENLPOP’ is disclosed, characterized by pink flowers and terminal bracts, uniform inflorescence and very compact plant form. The new variety is a | 2016-10-06 |