Electricity: conductors and insulators inventions 06/07

20070144780 - Field emission element and method for manufacturing same: A field emission element (100) includes an elongated body (110), a carbon nanotube yarn (112) and an electrically conductive adhesive agent (114). The carbon nanotube yarn wraps round the elongated body. The electrically conductive adhesive agent is applied between the elongated body and the carbon nanotube yarn, and the electrically... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070144754 - Method for shielding the magnetic field generated by an electrical power transmission line and electrical power transmission line so shielded: A method for shielding the magnetic field generated by an electrical power transmission line and an electrical power transmission line so shielded. The electrical power transmission line has at least one electrical cable and at least one shielding element made of ferromagnetic material arranged in a radially outer position with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070144755 - Electric cable with an improved screen: The invention relates to an electric cable having at least one central core and a screen surrounding the central core and electrically insulated therefrom. According to the invention, the screen is constituted by a composite tape comprising an insulating substrate and at least one layer of metal deposited on the... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070144756 - Hose for conveying media that generate electrostatic charges, especially powdery media: A hose for conveying media that generate electrostatic charges, wherein the hose includes a hose wall enclosing an interior delimited by an inner surface, wherein the hose wall is constructed from a flexible, electrically poor conductive or non-conductive base material, and at least one electric line element extending in the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070144758 - Case structure for electronic device: A case structure for an electronic device of the present invention at least includes a main body and at least one side piece detachably mounted to at least one side of the main body such that different sizes of case structures could be manufactured only by changing the size of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070144757 - Variable structural rack members: Embodiments of variable structural members for a telecommunications equipment cabinet are presented herein. The variable structural members include an embedding surface configured to removably receive a structural insert to modify the characteristics of the equipment cabinet. A variety of removable structural inserts may be embedded in the embedding surface. The... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070144759 - Device for isolation of electrical components: A device for creating a relatively isolated environment for protecting dangerous and/or fragile components, particularly electrical components, from the surrounding environment. The device will typically include a front member and base member which may be formed as a unitary body. A relatively isolated environment will be formed in the area... Agent: (ahab) Ayoub

20070144760 - Metal raceway system: The present invention is directed to a raceway system including a base, at least two covers a device bracket and a faceplate. The base includes sidewalls having a top wall with a flange member. The covers include a top portion having two ends with a flange member at each end.... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070144761 - Electromagnetically shielded cable: Provided is an electromagnetic shielding cable. The electromagnetic shielding cable comprises one or more cores made of a conductive material, an insulating layer surrounding the cores, and an electromagnetic shielding material surrounding the insulating layer. The electromagnetic shielding material has a nonconductive material and a conductive soft magnetic material coated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070144762 - Cable with twisted pair centering arrangement: A multi-twisted pair cable including a plurality of twisted pairs positioned within pockets of a filler. The filler including shaped elements having retaining members for retaining the twisted conductor pairs of the plurality within the pockets of the filler. At least one of the shaped elements of the filler having... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070144763 - Communication cable having spacer formed in jacket: A communication cable includes at least two pair units in each of which at least two insulation-coated wires are spirally twisted; a separator having a barrier for separating the pair units from each other; an outside jacket surrounding the separator and the pair units separated by the separator; and a... Agent: Jones Day

20070144764 - Fully safely operating fire resistant electric cable: A fully safely operating fire resistant electric cable comprises a plurality of electrically conductive wires, to which is applied a layer comprising a glass fiber strip with a mica layer glued thereon. The main feature of the invention is that the electric cable further comprises a glass thread braid reinforcing... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070144765 - Power supply line for cryogenic electrical systems: A power supply line for connecting a superconducting consumer system to a current delivery point, which is at a higher temperature than the consumer system, includes a carrier and a plurality of band-shaped, mechanically and electrically parallel high-temperature superconductors (HTSL). To achieve a high critical current density with simultaneously low... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070144766 - Electrical power system suppressing corona discharge from viewpoint of environment: Epidemiological surveys show that the risk of suffering from childhood leukemia in places near high-voltage power transmission lines is higher. Relevant data and material have been collected and analyzed. I found that the major factor in the high risk of childhood leukemia is ultraviolet radiation (particularly UV-B and UV-C) generated... Agent: David B Ritchie Thelen Reid & Priest

20070144767 - Layout structure of a conduction region of a cpu socket: A layout structure of a conduction region of a CPU socket includes a power plane, and a plurality of pad pairs and grounding vias arrayed on the power plane. Each of the pad pairs having a grounding pad and a power supply pad for connecting an electronic component. Each grounding... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070144768 - Composite circuit board and method for manufacturing the same: A composite circuit board comprises multiple soft panels evenly mounted on a rigid panel. The soft panels are positioned on the rigid panel in proper alignment via locating pins on the rigid panel and corresponding holes in the soft panels. The soft panels are securely bonded to the rigid panel... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070144771 - Flexible printed circuit and display device utilizing the same: A flexible printed circuit comprising a substrate, a plurality of function lines, and a plurality of first dummy lines. The substrate comprises at least two periphery areas and an intermediate area. Each periphery area comprises a first layout region, a second layout region and a first rough region disposed between... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070144769 - Method and apparatus for a printed circuit board using laser assisted metallization and patterning of a substrate: A printed circuit is made by laser projection patterning a metal panel of a substrate, laminating a dielectric layer on the metal panel, laser irradiating the substrate to form vias in the substrate, laser activating a seed coat on the substrate, washing the seed coat from an unpatterned portion of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070144772 - Method of making circuitized substrate with split conductive layer and information handling system utilizing same: A method of making circuitized substrate which includes a plurality of contiguous open segments which define facing edge portions within an electrically conductive layer to isolate separate portions of the conductive layer such that the layer can be used for different functions, e.g., as both power and ground elements, within... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20070144770 - Printed wiring board including power supply layer and ground layer: A first power supply layer spreads over an insulating layer outside an island of a second power supply layer. A first ground layer spreads over an insulating layer outside an island of a second ground layer. First and second electrically-conductive pieces are interposed between the first and second power supply... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070144775 - Substrate inspection method, printed-wiring board, and electronic circuit device: According to one embodiment, there is provided a substrate inspection method including forming a film over an opening portion of a blind via hole formed in a printed-wiring board, and heating the printed-wiring board. Based on a variation in the shape of the film, it is possible to determine a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070144773 - Circuit board: The present invention relates to a circuit board in which signal lines transmitting a signal are wired, and which is capable of increasing the speed of signal transmission. There is provided a circuit board in which signal lines are wired, including: a signal pad which is formed at the tip... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070144774 - Circuit board assembly with fine electrically connecting structure: A circuit board assembly with a fine electrically connecting structure is proposed, which includes at least a first circuit layer and at least a dielectric layer formed on surfaces of a circuit board and the first circuit layer. At least one opening is formed penetrating through the dielectric layer for... Agent: Mr. Joseph A. Sawyer, Jr. Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070144776 - Container with both shielded and unshielded compartments: The present invention discloses a container or bag with both an electromagnetic/wireless shielded compartment and an unshielded compartment. The shielded compartment prevents wireless access to the contents contained within. Objects placed within the shielded compartment are shielded from remote access, and the data within is protected. Objects placed within the... Agent: Oren Livne

20070144777 - Electric wire protective tube and insulating coupler: A line guard is configured so as to have a very large air gap with a small overall physical size of the device. Opposed interleaved sets of plural insulating leaves are formed along a discontinuity extending along the length of the line guard so as to greatly extend the length... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070144778 - Cable protector with raised barrier lid: A cable protector includes a base with a number of channels for carrying cables extending along its upper surface, and a raised barrier lid removably covering the channels and extending above the base to a sufficient height to provide a visual indicator to passersby. The barrier lid may include an... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20070144779 - Wireless configurable controls and control panels and enclosures therefor: An enclosure includes a control panel, a plurality of controls, indicators, or both mounted on said control panel or in the enclosure. At least some of the plurality of controls, indicators, or both are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other inside the enclosure, and at least some controls include... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (12552)

20070131442 - Insulator arrangement: An insulator arrangement for supporting a conductor with an enclosure has an insulator fixedly connected at one end with the conductor. The insulator has another end portion mounted to a first shock absorber. The first shock absorber is further mounted with an access cover to permit displacement of the conductor... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070131443 - Combination electrical box and mounting bracket assembly: A combination electrical box and mounting bracket assembly is provided which includes an electrical box and a mounting bracket attached to the electrical box. The mounting bracket is configured and dimensioned for enabling the mounting bracket to be secured to a truss joist, especially to a floor truss joist, such... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070131444 - Cable seals and methods of assembly: A method of sealing a cable penetration includes assembling a cable seal and inserting the cable seal into a cable penetration. Assembling the cable seal includes adhering at least a portion of a heat-shrinkable tubing to at least a portion of a cable outer jacket, and positioning a secondary elastic... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070131445 - Cord control and accessories having cord control for use with portable electronic devices: A control cord for connecting an auxiliary device to a portable electronic device is provided. The control cord includes a flexible longitudinal housing and a plurality of electrical conductors extending from one end of the housing to which the auxiliary device will be connected, to an other end of the... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070131446 - Shielded flat cable and method of producing such a flat cable: A shielded flat cable 10 is produced by folding a structure 11 on itself at P, the structure having an upper insulating film 12, a plurality of conducting tracks 14 and a lower insulating film 13. The plurality of conducting tracks 14 include a track 15 to be protected surrounded... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070131447 - Wildlife guard with overmolded conductive material: A wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a body constructed to mount onto the equipment. The body has an electrically conductive layer thereon. The electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient for the guard to maintain an electrostatic charge. The... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070131448 - Circuit board structure with heat radiating layer: A circuit board structure includes a heat radiating layer that is integrally pressed to bond to a copper foil layer or a substrate for a circuit board and then machined to form a plurality of erect fins or a specific three-dimensional surface profile, so as to provide the circuit board... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070131449 - Wired circuit board and producing method thereof: A wired circuit board and a producing method thereof are provided which can precisely form an insulating layer and reduce transmission loss with a simple layer structure and also features excellent long-term reliability by preventing the occurrence of an ion migration phenomenon between a ground layer and a positioning mark... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070131450 - Electrical bushing for connecting a superconducting device to a device located at room temperature: An electrical bushing (1) for connecting a superconducting device (2) to a device located at room temperature has an electrical conductor (9) and an insulating layer (10) surrounding the conductor (9). The conductor (9) has a plurality of tubular sections (9a, 9b, 9c), which are made from an electrically conductive... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070131451 - Electrical interconnect with maximized electrical contact: An electrical interconnect has an adhesive layer in which is formed an array of apertures, the apertures being of non-circular shape. An electrical circuit apparatus has a first circuit having at least one electrical contact, a second circuit having at least one electrical contact aligned to the electrical contact of... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070131452 - Multilayer printed circuit board having via arrangements for reducing crosstalk among vias: A printed circuit board having via arrangements for reducing crosstalk is disclosed. The printed circuit board includes a first layer and a second layer. The printed circuit board also includes a first via and a second via, both traveling from the first layer to the second layer. The first via... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070125567 - Six sides box: The inventive six sides box which can be closed is characterized in that the sides thereof are produced by two assembled metal plates or sheets (T1, T2), each sheet having only one fold (P). Said box is used, in particular for small and middle sized electronic, electric and mechanical systems.... Agent: Bruno Coissac

20070125568 - Water-swellable waterproof sealant: A water swelling water stop material comprised of a water permeable sheet, characterized in that water absorbent resin particles (A) are enclosed therein so that the water stop material upon water absorption and swelling has the configuration of polyhedron (B). The water stop material is thin to thereby facilitate storage... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070125569 - Connector, system and method for connecting cables: A connector, a system and a method connect, attach and/or connect a first cable and a second cable via the connector. The connector has a finger and/or a receiver attached to and/or connected to the first cable and/or the second cable, respectively. The finger is insertable into the receiver to... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070125570 - Via structure of a printed circuit board: A via structure of a printed circuit board includes an insulation layer having a first surface and a second surface, a through-hole and a plurality of internal conducting coatings. The through-hole is throughout the first surface and the second surface of the insulation layer and the internal conductive coatings connected... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070125571 - Column grid array using compliant core: A method for forming interconnections within a column grid array is provided. The method involves casting one or more columns with at least a compliant core material that increases flexibility between an electronic component and a printed wiring board by at least a factor of two over metallic-based solder columns,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070125573 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board includes a plurality of pairs of first bond pads mounted on an area of a surface thereof, and a plurality of pairs of second bond pads mounted to on the same area thereof. One first bond pad of each pair is electrically connected to a first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070125574 - Printed circuit board having embedded capacitors using hybrid material and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention is related to a printed circuit board having embedded capacitors using a hybrid material and a method of manufacturing the same. This invention provides a printed circuit board having embedded capacitors using a material for a hybrid dielectric layer including liquid crystal polymer and ceramic powder, and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070125572 - Thin circuit board: A thin circuit board includes a dielectric layer with at least one cavity formed on a surface thereof; a metal pad formed in the cavity; at least one circuit layer formed on another surface of the dielectric layer; and a plurality of conductive vias formed in the dielectric layer to... Agent: Mr. Joseph A. Sawyer, Jr. Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070125575 - Dielectric lamination structure, manufacturing method of a dielectric lamination structure, and wiring board including a dielectric lamination structure: A dielectric structure comprising: a metal foil; a dielectric layer; and a conductor layer provided in this order, wherein the metal foil has a thickness of from 10 to 40 μm, the dielectric layer has a thickness of from 0.3 to 5 μm, and the conductor layer has a thickness... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070125576 - Angular encapsulation of tandem stacked printed circuit boards: A method is provided for making an encapsulated stack of circuit boards. The method includes assembling the stack of circuit boards from a plurality of circuit boards, the circuit boards being spaced apart from each other; inserting the stack into an internal volume of a shell, the shell having a... Agent: Venable LLP