Electricity: conductors and insulators inventions 09/07

20070221393 - Network cabinet: A network cabinet is provided comprising a support frame and a threshold associated with the support flame. A door comprising first and second lateral sides is mounted to the support frame through a hinge pin. The hinge pin is moveable between retracted and extended positions and is positioned closer to... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070221394 - Modular electrical harness for military vehicles adapted with the multiple integrated laser engagement system: A modular vehicle cable system for adapting military vehicles with the MILES 2000 Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System used by the United States Armed Forces and other armed forces around the world for training purposes is disclosed. A modular vehicle cable system is provided to allow the user the ability... Agent: Mark D. Bowen Stearns Weaver Miller, Et Al.

20070221395 - Coated electric wire: A halogen-free light-weighted coated electric wire that is excellent in flame retardance and is excellent in mechanical characteristics, especially in scratch resistance, and that has flexibility capable of following even wiring having increasing complexity. The coated electric wire comprises a conductor and a coating layer covering the outer circumference of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070221396 - Composite wire for wire-harness and process for producing the same: [Object] To provide a wire-harness use composite wire having a further improved corrosion resistance, while having excellent conductivity and strength. [Solving means] A wire-harness use composite wire comprising a first element wire which comprises 0.01-0.25 mass % C, 0.01-0.25 mass % N, 0.5-4.0 mass % Mn, 16-20 mass % Cr,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070221397 - Protection device for chains of insulators of high-voltage transmission lines: Device for the protection from effects of an electric field, of the metal parts of chains of insulators of already mounted and operational high-voltage transmission lines includes: a fastening/support plate; anchoring elements to anchor the plate to the suspension yoke of the conductors of the transmission line, the anchoring elements... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070221398 - Printed-wiring board with built-in component, manufacturing method of printed-wiring board with built-in component, and electronic device: According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed-wiring board with a component in which an electronic component is mounted on a pattern-forming surface of a base material. In the printed-wiring board, a guiding path for guiding, to the outside, a void formed in mounting the electronic component is formed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070221399 - Electronic component and its manufacturing method: An electronic component includes a wiring board having a wiring pattern, a surface mount device mounted on an upper surface of the wiring board, and a cap arranged to cover the wiring board. The cap includes a top portion made of a flat ceramic member, and a leg portion made... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070221400 - Multilayer interconnection substrate, semiconductor device, and solder resist: A multilayer interconnection substrate includes a resin laminated structure in which plural build-up layers are laminated, each of the plural build-up layers comprising an insulation layer and an interconnection pattern, and first and second solder resist layers provided on a top surface and a bottom surface of the resin laminated... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070221401 - Releasably mountable electronics component: A releasably mountable electronics component is provided. The electronics component comprises a backing having a mounting surface and an electronic module joined to the mounting surface of the backing. The electronic module has electrical contacts disposed on a first side thereof. The electronic module also includes an adhesive covering at... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070221402 - Soft wire bank joint device: A soft wire bank joint device comprises a body and a joint connected to one end of the body; the body including: a first insulating layer; a conductive wire layer located above the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer located above the conductive wire layer; a silver shielding layer... Agent: Alex Huang

20070221403 - Signal transmission structure, package structure and bonding method thereof: A signal transmission structure including a first signal pad, a first reference plane surrounding the first signal pad, a second signal pad, a second reference plane surrounding the second signal pad, an electric conductive element, and a conductive wall is provided. The second reference plane is parallel to the first... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070221404 - Circuitized substrate with conductive paste, electrical assembly including said circuitized substrate and method of making said substrate: A circuitized substrate which includes a conductive paste for providing electrical connections. The paste, in one embodiment, includes a metallic component including nano-particles and may include additional elements such as solder or other metal micro-particles, as well as a conducting polymer and organic. The particles of the paste composition sinter... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20070221405 - Multi-layer circuit board having ground shielding walls: A circuit board includes a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of shielding walls. The shield walls are disposed between the signal lines. Each shield wall includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a rectangular groove, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The lower surface is... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070215372 - Fastening device for mounting an electrical fixture: A fastening device for mounting an electrical fixture suspended from an electrical junction box in a ceiling. When a mounting bracket assembly suspends the electrical junction box between two joists, the fastening device is an overlay positioned adjacent to each end-plate of the support bar. When the electrical junction box... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070215373 - Video display unit support bracket: A video display unit support bracket (100) that facilitates greater integration of TV, internet, gaming, and computer peripheral devices. The bracket (100) can include a rigid casing (105) defining a first outer shell (205). An engagement structure (110) can be disposed on a portion of the rigid casing (105). The... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070215374 - Structure and method for stopping water in shielded electric wire: To simply provide a water-stopping structures for shielded electric wire in the shielded portion of the wire at a low cost, a water stop structure in a shielded electric wire is comprised by stripping a sheath 4 of the shielded electric wire in the middle part thereof; permeating an adhesive... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070215375 - cable storage device: The present invention relates to an improved cable storage device. Stored cables may be of any type, form electrically conductive wires to curtain drawstrings. The cable management device includes first and second expanded regions, a medial region, and at least one channel with a resealable slit. The first and second... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

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20070215376 - Method for printing electrical and/or electronic structures and film for use in such a method: The invention relates to a method for printing electrical and/or electronic structures, especially electrical conductors and/or electronic circuits onto a printing material, whereby the printing material is transported through a plurality of printing units of a printing machine that are disposed one after the other. A design of the electrical... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070215378 - Circuit board: A circuit board has, jointed together with adhesive, a single-layer flexible PCB having a through hole formed therein in the thickness direction and a rigid member having copper foil formed on one side of an insulating base member. A conductive pattern on the single-layer flexible PCB and the copper foil... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070215379 - Electronic component: The present invention aims to provide an electronic component capable of reducing the occurrence of cracks at the joining portion with a board etc. A capacitor 1 (laminated ceramic capacitor) being one example of the electronic component of the present invention is provided with an element assembly 10 (ceramic) and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070215380 - Semiconductor device and manufacture method thereof: A joint board is arranged between an upper package and a lower package. The arrangement of the joint board makes it possible to reduce the size of solder balls and to arrange them with narrower pitch. The joint board has slightly greater dimensions those of the upper package and the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070215381 - Processes for manufacturing printed wiring boards possessing electrically conductive constraining cores: Methods of manufacturing printed wiring boards including electrically conductive constraining cores that involve a single lamination cycle are disclosed. One example of the method of the invention includes drilling a clearance pattern in an electrically conductive constraining core, arranging the electrically conductive constraining core in a stack up that includes... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070215382 - Coupling structure between circuit board and frame member: A coupling structure between a circuit board and a frame member according to the present invention includes: the frame member made of a metal material; and the circuit board set in the frame member and having a land portion soldered to the frame member, in which a solder reinforcing member... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070209817 - Nautilus self pressurizing equipment endlosure: A gasketless waterproof ingress prevention enclosure for electronics wherein the enclosure does not rely on traditional sealing means to restrain water. The enclosure includes a five-sided open bottom air tight cavity comprising a liquid volume fluidly coupled to a gas volume creating a gas-fluid coupling layer, rising in elevation within... Agent: K. Brian Matlock

20070209820 - Electrical floor box cover with slide locks: One aspect of the present invention includes a cover assembly for a floor box supporting at least one receptacle mounted therein. The assembly comprises at least one cover plate, at least one lid and a lock. The cover plate for at least partially covering the floor box includes at least... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070209818 - Nonmetallic electrical outlet box repair device: A device that for repairing a nonmetallic electrical outlet box having one or more screw holes that are stripped, damaged or missing is described. The device provides a replacement screw tab with a screw hole, as well as side tabs that secure the device to a nonmetallic electrical outlet box.... Agent: George R. Reardon

20070209819 - Mounting bracket: The present invention relates to a mounting bracket having a plurality of apertures on both sides of a main body of the mounting bracket and a turning surface disposed at an angle of 90 degrees from a rear end of the main body. The invention is characterized in that the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070209821 - Waterproof structure and waterproof method for wire connecting part: A waterproof structure and a waterproof method for a wire connecting part, wherein the insulating coatings of a plurality of wires are peeled, and exposed cores are connected to each other by welding, soldering, or through a crimp style terminal. A foam sheet impregnated with a silicone and an adhesive... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070209822 - Protective housing for power cord connection: A protective housing for electrical connections has a base and a selectively removable cover defining a chamber between the cover and the base. The cover includes a plurality of openings, which provide for passage of electrical cords and permit liquid to drain from the chamber. Electrical connections rest upon a... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070209823 - Web for separating conductors in a communication cable: A telecommunications cable and separator spline are disclosed. In one embodiment the cable comprises a cable jacket defining an elongate cable core, a conductor assembly comprising four twisted pairs of conductors disposed along the core and a plurality of parallel elongate localised and like distensions in an inner surface of... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070209825 - Flame retardant and smoke suppressant composite high performance support-separators and conduit tubes: The present invention includes a high performance communications cable exhibiting reduced cross-talk of any form between transmission media that includes one or more core support-separators having various shaped profiles which define a clearance to maintain a spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core may be formed of... Agent: Guerry L. Grune

20070209824 - Multi-pair cable with channeled jackets: A multi-pair cable having a double jacket, including an inner jacket and an outer jacket. The inner and outer jackets each including channels formed on an inner surface. The channeled double jacket of the cable reducing the occurrence of alien crosstalk between adjacent cables by reducing the overall dielectric constant... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070209826 - Insulation-coated electric conductor: A multilayer insulation-coated electric conductor for a coil constituting a circuit by forming a welded portion in the coil, wherein at least one layer of the multilayer insulation-coating layers of the coated metal conductor is composed of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070209827 - Connecting bar arrangement for an electric switch and electric switch comprising a connecting bar arrangement: A connecting bar arrangement for an electric switch is disclosed. The arrangement includes aligned connecting bars. An electric switch is further disclosed, especially a low-voltage power switch including the type of connecting bar arrangement. A localized reduction of the cross-sectional area of at least one of the connecting bars for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070209828 - Small form factor pcba process carrier: A process carrier is capable of supporting printed circuit boards during manufacturing and testing. The process carrier includes a base plate, a first top plate and a second top plate. The base plate has an upper surface including a recessed area sized to receive a panelized group of printed circuit... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070209829 - Suspension board with circuit: A suspension board with circuit has a metal supporting board, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer and including a terminal portion for connecting to an external terminal, and an antistatic barrier layer formed on the conductive pattern. The antistatic... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070209830 - Semiconductor chip package having a slot type metal film carrying a wire-bonding chip: A chip package with COB configuration is disclosed. A thin film substrate as a carrier of a wire-bonded chip has a slot, wherein the electrical connection between the chip and the thin film substrate are a plurality of bonding wires through the slot. The thin film substrate includes a patterned... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070209831 - Semiconductor element, method of manufacturing semiconductor element, multi-layer printed circuit board, and method of manufacturing multi-layer printed circuit board: A transition layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070209832 - Gaskets for protecting fingerprint readers from electrostatic discharge surges: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of gaskets that can protect fingerprint readers from receiving electrostatic discharge surges when a user's finger is placed in contact with the electronic scanning portion of the fingerprint reader. In exemplary embodiments, a gasket can provide an electrically-insulative barrier between the exposed... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner Suite 400

20070209833 - Combined board level emi shielding and thermal management: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are provided of EMI shielding apparatus capable of providing board level EMI shielding for one or more electronic components while also providing dissipation of heat generated by the one or more electronic components. In one particular embodiment, an apparatus generally... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070209834 - Integrated circuit leaded stacked package system: An integrated circuit leaded stacked package system including forming an no-lead integrated circuit package having a mold cap, and attaching a mold cap of an extended-lead integrated circuit package facing the mold cap of the no-lead integrated circuit package.... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070209835 - Semiconductor device having pad structure capable of reducing failures in mounting process: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor substrate including microelectronic devices, first interconnection lines disposed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the microelectronic devices, pads connected to the first interconnection lines, wherein the pads are disposed on an edge of the semiconductor chip, and an... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070209836 - Bushing: A bushing comprising a core, at least one sleeve surrounding the bushing and at least one elastic layer disposed between the sleeve and the core. The elastic layer and the sleeve are interrupted by a gap, and the gap width is elastically changeable. The bushing may be adapted to different... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070205011 - Pan type ceiling box: A pan-style electrical outlet box used to secure an electrical fixture such as a light or a ceiling fan to a ceiling joist. This shallow box has a generally planar back wall bounded by a perimeter sidewall extending therefrom. Also extending from the back wall but in an opposite direction... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070205013 - Equipment capable of adjusting height thereof: The invention discloses an equipment including a housing, a cover, and an adjusting member. The cover has a first edge and a second edge pivotally engaged to a first side of the housing. When the equipment is placed on a plane via a second side of the housing, the first... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070205008 - Coaxial cable with fine wire inner conductor and method of manufacture: A high impedance coaxial cable with a fine wire inner conductor and method of manufacture. An inner conductor less than 0.1 inches in diameter is coated with an adhesive resin. The coating having a thickness at least 50 percent of the inner conductor diameter. A foam dielectric surrounds the adhesive... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070205009 - Umbilical: An umbilical for transfer of fluids and electric current/signals between the sea surface and equipment deployed on the sea bed, in particular in deep waters, is disclosed. The umbilical comprises a number of pipes (4, 4′) and electric conductors/wires (6, 6′) collected in a bundle, a filler material (10, 2,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070205010 - Mounting apparatus for data storage device: A mounting apparatus for a data storage device (10) includes a bracket (20, 50) for accommodating the data storage device and a latch member (30, 50). The latch member includes a pair of bent portions (34, 63) configured for attaching to the data storage device, and an operating portion (32,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070205012 - Apparatus and method for securing an enclosure: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for securing a box cover to a watthour meter socket box. In certain embodiments, the apparatus has a clamping member that fits over a wall of a meter box, and a lock housing that locks to the clamping member after a... Agent: Dewalch Technologies, Inc.

20070205014 - Lead assembly with flexible portions and method therefor: A lead assembly includes an outer insulative body, a conductor, and at least one electrode electrically coupled with the at least one conductor. The outer insulative body extends from a proximal end to a distal end and has an intermediate portion therebetween. A flexible portion for example having a bellows... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070205015 - Electrical connection structure: A power supply device for realizing an electrical connection structure comprises a wire harness arranged to electrically connect a body with a sliding door and having both ends fixed thereto and a bendable middle portion. A slider is arranged to contact the middle portion of the wire harness and move... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070205016 - A collet-type splice and dead end for use with an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable: This invention relates to collet-type splices and collet-type dead ends and methods for splicing together two electricity transmission cables or terminating one electricity transmission cable, the cables comprising a composite core surrounded by a conductor. The collet-type fittings use a collet inside a collet housing to hold the composite cores... Agent: The Mcintosh Group

20070205017 - Circuit device and method of manufacturing the same: In a hybrid integrated circuit device that is a circuit device of the present invention, a conductive pattern including pads is formed on a surface of a substrate. A first pad is formed to be relatively large since a heat sink is mounted thereon. A second pad is a small... Agent: Watchstone P + D

20070205018 - Multilayer printed board, electronic apparatus, and packaging method: A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers (6) each consisting of a dielectric layer (4) and a power supply layer (3) and a ground layer (5) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer (4), first vias (7) connecting between the power supply layers (3) included... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070205019 - Shielding device: A shielding device configured to provide EMI or ESD protection to an electronic component (80) comprises a cover (83), and a wall (10) of a resilient material. By molding the resilient material under the influence of a magnetic field provided by a number of separate magnets, a dispersed plurality of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.