Electricity: conductors and insulators inventions 02/08

20080047725 - Equipotential ground system and method of constructing the same: The equipotential ground system includes: a mesh having a plurality of row lines, and a plurality of column lines installed to cross the row lines to form intersection parts electrically connected to the row and column lines; first ground rods connected to corners of the mesh; and a plurality of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080047726 - Portable toolbox locker: Apparatus and method to lock portable object like toolbox to a wall, comprising: a tool storage compartment, including a interior and a exterior, the tool storage compartment contains a electrical assembly. The electrical assembly is comprised of an electrical housing, a cable connector, including a lock and a outlet connector... Agent: Moti Shai

20080047728 - Toolbox with retractable cable and latch: In one embodiment, a storage box may comprise a plurality of walls that define at least in part an interior from/into which tools may be retrieved or deposited. A cable housing may be secured to an interior wall of the toolbox, with a reel secured therein for rotational winding and... Agent: Walter D. Fields Fields Ip, Ps

20080047731 - Cover plates for outlet boxes and the method of using the cover plates in the installation of wall coverings: A cover plate for use with an electrical box, the cover plate comprising a substantially planar cover including a front face, a back face and a cover outer periphery; a spike rigidly connected to the plate and projecting perpendicularly from the front face of the cover; wherein the spike is... Agent: Mark A. Koch Professional Corporation

20080047730 - Weatherproof cover assembly: A cover assembly for attaching to an electrical box includes a base, a body and a cover hinged to the body. The assembly is mounted to the electrical box to protect an electrical device from moisture while allowing access to the electrical device. The base has a flange around the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080047727 - Electrical wire and method of fabricating the electrical wire: An electrical wire includes at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power, a first insulating layer formed on one side of the electrifiable conductor, a second insulating layer formed on the opposite side of the electrifiable conductors, a first return conductor formed on the first insulating layer opposite the... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080047729 - Electrical box extension: Disclosed is an electrical box extension that includes an extending member for switch and/or plug mounting having one or more fastening brackets, one or more base fastening brackets and one or more fasteners that together with optional contact points provide for mechanical and electrical connectivity between the extending member and... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20080047732 - Micro coaxial cable: A micro coaxial cable includes an inner conductor; an insulation layer having foaming cells and formed to surround the inner conductor; an over-foaming preventing layer formed to surround the insulation layer for the purpose of uniform forming of the foaming cells; a metal shield layer formed to surround the over-foaming... Agent: Jones Day

20080047733 - Spiral heating wire: The present invention includes a resistance heating wire comprising at least one uninsulated conductor strand and at least one additional strand spirally wound about a core strand in one layer, the at least one additional strand, the core strand, or both being non-conductive or conductive and having a non-conductive layer.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080047734 - Cable and method of manufacturing the same: A cable includes a cable sheath in which are embedded a plurality of insulated conductors at least two of which are helically twisted, the cable being provided with visible markings that indicate where one can electrically engage a selected one of the conductors by an insulation-piercing contact. The cable is... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080047735 - Electrical wiring safety device for use with electrical wire: An electrical wiring system includes an electrical wire and an electrical safety device. The electrical wire includes at least one electrifiable conductor, first and second insulating layers formed on opposing sides of the at least one electrifiable conductor, first and second return conductors formed on the first and second insulating... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080047736 - Lightweight composite electrical wire: A lightweight composite electrical wire having a fusible core encased or enclosed by a conductive wall. In embodiments the core is sodium, and the wall is aluminum. In another embodiment the wall is a curved bimetallic wall having a first wall component having a high CTE and a second wall... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080047737 - Multilayered printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A multilayered printed wiring board includes a flexible wiring board with wiring layers on both main surfaces thereof; a rigid wiring board with wiring layers on both main surfaces thereof and formed opposite to the flexible wiring board under the condition that an area of the main surface of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080047738 - Printed wiring board and printed circuit board: A printed wiring board is used as a printed circuit board of various kinds of electronic devices, and has a part on which a coil is mounted. A metallic pattern area such as a copper foil is formed in a coil vicinity area including the part on which said at... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080047739 - Wired circuit board: A wired circuit board has a metal supporting board, a first insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, a first metal thin film formed on the first insulating layer, a metal foil formed on the first metal thin film, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080047740 - Circuit board assembly having passive component and stack structure thereof: A circuit board assembly having at least a passive component and a stack structure of the circuit board are disclosed, including: a carrier board formed with a through opening for receiving a semiconductor component having an active surface on which electrode pads are formed; a dielectric layer formed on the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080047741 - High density integrated circuit apparatus, test probe and methods of use thereof: The present invention is directed to a high density test probe which provides a means for testing a high density and high performance integrated circuits in wafer form or as discrete chips. The test probe is formed from a dense array of elongated electrical conductors which are embedded in an... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080047742 - Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same: An object of the invention is to provide a printed circuit board that has an excellent heat dissipation performance and excellent reliability, and its manufacturing method. The printed circuit board includes: prepregs (2a) and (2b) being cured after each covering the surfaces of a metal plate (1) provided with first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080047743 - Multilayer substrate with built-in capacitors, method for manufacturing the same, and cold-cathode tube lighting device: For the purpose of lighting multiple cold-cathode tubes at uniform luminance using a cold-cathode tube lighting device incorporating a multilayer substrate with built-in capacitors through a common power source and downsizing the cold-cathode tube lighting device, the multilayer substrate with built-in capacitors comprising at least four conductor layers overlaid is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080047744 - Multi-layer wiring board: In a multi-layer wiring board in which board wirings are arranged in a plurality of wiring layers so as to be connected via a through hole, two through holes are provided in parallel, and two through holes are connected therebetween in both end portions of the respective through holes or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080047745 - Flexible clip-on shielding and/or grounding strips: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of flexible clip-on shielding and/or grounding strips capable of being clipped onto and disposed along a curved edge portion of a mounting surface. In one exemplary embodiment, a flexible clip-on shielding includes an array of generally transversely extending slots. At least some... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080047746 - Shield assembly with gaskets: A shielding assembly includes a cage (40), a shielding plate (10), and a gasket (50). The cage includes a front end portion (41), a rear end portion (43) opposite to the front end portion, a plurality of clips (45) protruding from the front end portion, a pair of sidewalls (44),... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080047747 - Electromagnetic shielding filter: An electromagnetic shielding filter has two transparent boards and a conductive mesh with plural wires, where the conductive mesh is sandwiched between the two transparent boards. The plural wires are formed of a Cu—Sn—In alloy or a Cu—Ag alloy.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080047748 - Object comprising a non-insulative coating: The invention relates to a coated object comprising a porous coating and an electrically non-insulative coating and a substrate, wherein the porous coating is on top of the non-insulative coating. The surface resistivity of the coated device is not increased or hardly increased by the presence of the porous layer... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080041613 - Operation device: An operation device includes a front panel having an opening for operation, an elastically deformable operation component having an operation button and being attached to the front panel so as to cover the opening in the front panel in watertight condition, an insertion part provided in substantially a central portion... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080041605 - Electrical power cable adaptor and method of use: An adaptor for controlling electrical stress in an electrical power cable having reduced insulation thickness. The adaptor includes an insulative member and a semi-conductive member. The insulative member is configured to overlay an exposed portion of electrical insulation of the power cable to provide, in combination with the insulation of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080041606 - Low profile electrical box: An electrical box includes a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall. A periphery wall joins the first and second walls and defines a box volume therebetween. An opening formed in the first wall provides access to the box volume. A collar extending outwardly from the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080041607 - Microcomponent comprising a hermetically-sealed microcavity and method for production of such a microcomponent: The microcavity (6) is delineated by a cover, comprising a first layer (4), in which at least one hole (5) is formed. A second layer hermetically seals the microcavity. A third layer (9) is arranged between the first (4) and the second layer. An additional microcavity (11), communicating with the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080041608 - Cable duct: A cable duct for carrying a cable, the cable duct comprising a cable enclosure, a cover for closing the cable enclosure, the cover comprising a retainer and configured to project toward the cable enclosure to hold the cable in the cable duct when the cover is in a closed position... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080041609 - High performance data cable: The present invention is for a high performance data cable which has an interior support or star separator. The star separator or interior support extends along the longitudinal length of the data cable. The star separator or interior support has a central region. A plurality of prongs or splines extend... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080041610 - Conducting cord that can resist static electricity and electromagnetic waves: A conducting cord includes an outer layer, an aluminum foil layer mounted in the outer layer, an insulating layer mounted in the aluminum foil layer, a signal line module mounted in the insulating layer, and at least one ground wire mounted in the aluminum foil layer. When the signal lines... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080041611 - Flat cable: A flat cable that forms highly reliable connections and that has terminal parts in which the formation of whiskers is inhibited is provided. The flat cable includes (1) a plurality of flat conductors each including a copper substrate, the flat conductors being aligned in a plane, and (2) an insulating... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080041612 - Electrical high field/high voltage unit and method of manufacturing same: A high field/high voltage unit comprising at least one electrical component (4) and a solid insulating material (20) in the form of a first and a second piece part (10, 11) which especially form hard foam half bodies and a method for production the same is disclosed. The piece parts... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080041614 - Circuit board and circuit structure: A circuit board for carrying a chip is provided. The circuit board includes a substrate, a wiring layer and a solder mask. The wiring layer including a cutting line pattern defining a cutting region is disposed on the substrate. The solder mask including a chip region, a first opening and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080041615 - Multilayered printed circuit board, solder resist composition, multilayered printed circuit board manufacturing method, and semiconductor device: The present invention is to provide a multilayered printed circuit board free from cracks attributed to thermal expansion difference between a solder resist layer and another part and a multilayered printed circuit board of the present invention comprises a conductor circuit and a resin insulating layer serially formed on a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080041619 - Component-embedded multilayer printed wiring board and manufacturing method thereof: A component-embedded multilayer printed wiring board and manufacturing method thereof. A component-embedded multilayer printed wiring board that includes: a first wiring board, in which a component is embedded; an intermediate layer which is stacked on the first wiring board and through which at least one conductive bump penetrates in correspondence... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080041617 - Flexible electronic assembly: A flexible electronic assembly including a flexible circuit board and at least one electronic component is provided. The flexible circuit board includes at least one dielectric film layer and at least one patterned conductive layer disposed on the dielectric film layer. The electronic component is disposed on the flexible circuit... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080041616 - Layout of a printed circuit board: A layout of a printed circuit board adaptive to be bonded to an integrated circuit device is introduced here. The layout includes a first metal layer, disposed in a first insulation layer and a second metal layer, disposed in a second insulation layer over the first insulation layer. The first... Agent: Liu & Liu

20080041618 - Printed circuit board with reduced crosstalk effect between transmission lines therein: A printed circuit board includes a first signal layer, a second signal layer, a plurality of transmission lines respectively including first segments laid in parallel on the first signal layer and second segments laid in parallel on the second signal layer, and a plurality of vias, each via connecting the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080041620 - Surface mount attachment of components: The specification describes a surface mount method for the manufacture of high device density circuit boards. The stand-off space of the components on the board can be enlarged significantly by selectively omitting, or selectively removing, the soldermask underneath the component package. This improves access of the cleaning fluid to the... Agent: Law Office Of Peter V.d. Wilde

20080041621 - Circuit board structure and method for fabricating the same: A circuit board structure and a method for fabricating the same are proposed. A substrate with a first circuit layer formed on at least one surface thereof is provided. A dielectric layer is formed on the surface of the substrate, and a plurality of first and second openings are formed... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080041622 - Hybrid cable: A hybrid cable for electrical drives has at least one signal line, power lines for supplying a drive with electrical power, at least one additional line, an inner electrical shield in which the signal line configured as an electrical line is enclosed, the power line and the at least one... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080041623 - Downward facing receptacle assembly for cable raceway: A cable raceway system includes a device bracket and a device cover for outfitting an elongate cable raceway with a downward facing electrical device. The raceway, configured for attachment to a wall surface, is of the type having an interior wireway. The device bracket is cooperative with the raceway for... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080041624 - Electronic apparatus: A case has a penetrating hole, which is provided with a breathable film. A protective structure comprises a protective ring and a protective cap, and is provided outside the case so as to cover the breathable film. A gap between the protective ring and the protective cap is an opening... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080041625 - Apparatus, system and method for use in mounting electronic elements: The present embodiments provide apparatuses, systems and methods of manufacturing surface mountable devices. Some embodiments provide surface mount devices that comprise a casing comprising a recess formed in the casing and extending into the casing, an insert secured with the casing and extending about the recess defining a portion of... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080035363 - Adjustable mud ring system: The Adjustable Mud Ring consists of a collarless frame, having a central opening for an Extending Member, perimeter fastener openings for connecting to a junction box, and bendable tabs for securing the frame to an Extending Member, which is boxed shaped with a central opening for electrical apparatus, fixed tabs... Agent: Michael Olson

20080035372 - Cable connection, control system for a cable connection, and method to decrease the passing on of vibrations from a first object to a second object via a cable connection: A cable connection between a first object and a second object includes a cable bundle of one or more cables having a certain length, one end of the bundle fixed to the first object and another end of the bundle fixed to the second object, a cable bundle holder configured... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080035362 - Method and structure for controlled impedance wire bonds using co-dispensing of dielectric spacers: A method (and structure) of making an electronic interconnection, includes, for a signal line to be interconnected, using a plurality of bonding wires configured to provide a controlled impedance effect.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080035364 - Stainless steel faceplates with labels: The present invention is directed to a faceplate having a backing plate and a stainless steel cover plate. The backing plate includes at least one opening to receive a module and at least one pocket. The pocket includes a mounting snap. The cover plate includes at least one opening to... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080035365 - Device for holding together flexible conductors: A device for holding together flexible conductors, use of the device and a contact member. The device includes a body adapted for holding together conductors extending between a first and a second unit.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080035367 - Coaxial cable and multi-coaxial cable: A coaxial cable and multi-coaxial cable which comprise a low-permittivity insulator having an air layer, whose outer diameters can be reduced, which have excellent flexibility, and which allow productivity to be increased. In the coaxial cable, an electrically conductive filament body for forming an inner conductor, and a filling yarn... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080035366 - Heat protection tube: The invention relates to a heat protection tube comprising: a first layer (1) which is formed by a plurality of threads which are braided, knit-braided or knitted to one another; a second covering layer (2) which covers the first layer (1); and a third aluminum foil layer (3) which is... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080035368 - Chip holder board: A chip holder board for carrying chips for covering with a silver glue is disclosed to have a metal board, which has arrays of transversely longitudinally aligned through holes cutting through the top and bottom walls thereof, and a flexible polymeric covering material covered over the top and bottom walls... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080035369 - Shielded circuit board and method for shielding a circuit board: A shielded circuit board includes a first metal layer with a first surface area, and first and second portions. A second metal layer includes first and second surface areas. At least one signal transmission line is arranged in a first dielectric material, the first dielectric material separating the first portion... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080035370 - Device applications for voltage switchable dielectric material having conductive or semi-conductive organic material: An electronic device comprising voltage switchable dielectric material (VSD) material that is composed in part of organic particles.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080035371 - Circuit board with embedded components and manufacturing and measuring method thereof: A circuit board with embedded components includes a plurality of embedded components and at least one transmission line electrically connected to at least one of the embedded components and having a terminal circuit. Therefore, a measuring device is used to be electrically connected to the transmission line and send out... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080029285 - Bolt heater: A bolt heater including a junction housing, a handle attached and secured to a wall of the housing solely from an exterior of the housing, such as by a threaded connection, a power cable including a fitting attached directly to the wall of the housing, and an electrical resistance heater... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080029286 - Radiant element housing: A housing has two housing modules that are releasably connected to one another. The housing modules are releasably connected to one another at oppositely located wall regions via corresponding pairs of slots and hooks in engagement therewith. A snap-lock device is provided which locks the housing modules in the connected... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080029287 - Mounting bracket with far side support: A mounting bracket is provided for supporting an electrical box to a support structure. The mounting bracket includes a mounting base for coupling to the electrical box, and a body member extending perpendicular to the mounting base and extending against the back wall of the electrical box. The body member... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080029288 - Conductive closure arrangement: Embodiments of the present invention provide a closure arrangement that includes at least one conductive conduit. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080029289 - Outdoor sealing end: A cable sealing end includes a base fitting configured for mounting on a base; a top fitting configured for securing an overhead conductor; an insulating body made of polymeric material; a conductive connection device configured to form a connection between a cable conductor and the top fitting; and a supporting... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080029290 - Flexible flat cable with improved easy structures for engagement/disengagement: A flexible flat cable (10) in accordance with the present invention is adapted for mating with a complementary connector (70). The flexible flat cable (10) includes a number of conductors (20) parallelly disposed, an insulation jacket (30) covering said conductors (20); and an insert portion (40) form at one end... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080029291 - Liquid-cooled stator bars and a method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a liquid-cooled stator bar suitable for use in a generator. The method includes providing a stator bar comprising a plurality of conducting strands collectively formed into a desired shape, wherein at least one of the conducting strands is configured to channel a liquid for cooling the... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080029292 - Transparent conductive formed article for a touch panel and touch panel: The transparent conductive formed article for a touch panel is prepared by forming a transparent conductive layer 12 comprising ultra fine conductive fibers 4 on at least one side of a transparent substrate 11, and the touch panel is prepared using the aforementioned transparent conductive formed article as an electrode.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080029293 - Wired circuit board: [Solution Means] In a suspension board with circuit 1 in which a metal supporting layer 12, an insulating base layer 13, a conductive pattern 14 having a main wired circuit 5 formed on a wired circuit body portion 2 and an auxiliary wired circuit 11 formed on an electrostatic charge... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080029294 - Multi-layer circuit board and production method thereof: The invention provides a multi-layer circuit board sequentially having an insulating substrate, a first electrically conductive pattern arbitrarily formed, an insulating material layer and a second electrically conductive pattern formed by providing an electrically conductive material on a graft polymer pattern formed on the insulating material layer, and having an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080029295 - Power-ground plane partitioning and via connection to utilize channel/trenches for power delivery: An apparatus that includes a plurality of metalized planes, one or more dielectric layers separating the plurality of metalized planes; and one or more conductive trenches connecting to at least one of the plurality of metalized planes.... Agent: Michael A. Bernadicou Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080029296 - Power-ground plane partitioning and via connection to utilize channel/trenches for power delivery: An apparatus that includes a plurality of metalized planes, one or more dielectric layers separating the plurality of metalized planes; and one or more conductive trenches connecting to at least one of the plurality of metalized planes.... Agent: Michael A. Bernadicou Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080029297 - Wiring substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device: A wiring substrate includes a first insulation layer, a connection terminal, a second insulation layer, a via, and a wiring pattern. The connection terminal is disposed in the first insulation layer so as to be exposed from a first main surface of the first insulation layer, and is electrically connected... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080029298 - Method and structures for implementing emi shielding for rigid cards and flexible circuits: A method and structures with an EMI shielding electrically conductive coating are provided for implementing EMI shielding for rigid cards and flexible circuits. An EMI shielding electrically conductive coating is deposited on an outer layer, for example, using a vacuum sputtering deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or physical vapor deposition... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20080029299 - Cable device: Disclosed is a cable device including a signal line portion electrically connecting an electronic circuit board having an electronic circuit operating at a clock signal having a high frequency with the other electronic circuit board. The cable device further includes a shield portion shielding the signal line portion having a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029300 - Insulating magnectic metal particles and method for manufacturing insulating magnetic material: An insulating magnetic metal particle includes a magnetic metal particle containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, and Ni and having a diameter of 5 to 500 nm, a first inorganic insulating layer made of an oxide that covers the surface of the magnetic... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080029301 - Modular raceway with base and integral divider: Raceway modules of predetermined length are joined by couplers designed to allow optional gaps between the T-shaped raceway base plate portions. Upper and lower L-shaped raceway covers are separately snapped out the base, allowing electrical and data/communication devices to be provided in staggered relationship, and anywhere along the raceway. The... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP