Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 02/07

20070041133 - Switch mode power supply apparatus with multiple regulated outputs and a single feedback loop: There is provided a switch mode power supply apparatus (200) for receiving an input supply voltage (V1) from an input supply source (20) and generating a corresponding main regulated output supply voltage (V2) and at least one subsidiary output supply voltage (V4). The apparatus (200) includes: (a) an inductive structure... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070041134 - Receptacle circuit interrupting devices providing an end of life test controlled by test button: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device which can test the conditions of the components in the circuit interrupting device (i.e., the end-of-life test) through the depression of a test button. The circuit interrupting device also possesses reverse wiring protection, including the ability to cutoff power on the user... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070041135 - Sensor circuit: A sensor circuit includes an AC component pickup circuit and first and second adder circuits or first and second high-pass filters, and specifies a range of normal voltages by an upper-limit voltage formed by adding an upper-limit threshold value to the AC component in the input voltage and by a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070041137 - Apparatus and method for providing differential protection for a phase angle regulating transformer in a power system: Provided is an apparatus and method for providing differential protection for a phase angle regulating transformer having a load side and a source side in a three-phase power system. The method includes calculating a first positive sequence component and a first negative sequence component associated with incoming secondary currents detected... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070041136 - Phase failure detector and a device comprising the same: This publication discloses a phase failure detector (1) for a multi-phase electricity supply network. The phase failure detector includes one detector circuit (3) for each phase (2), which has a first connection point (4) for connecting to the phase (2) being monitored and a second connection point (5), which is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070041138 - Process and device for current limiting with an automatic current limiter: The invention relates to a process and a device (1) for combined current limiting and circuit breaking and to a switchgear assembly with such a device (1). In a combined current limiter-circuit breaker (1) as claimed in the invention, a movable electrode (3, 3′) on the one hand for current... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070041139 - Power distribution bus with protection and alarming: Power distribution busses and methods are disclosed that provide flexible protection and alarming capabilities. Various embodiments provide interchangeability of fuses and circuit breakers within the same power distribution bus configuration. These various embodiments also provide discrete alarming for fused lines, discrete alarming for lines with circuit breakers, combined alarming for... Agent: Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070041140 - Method to determine current detection circuit failure: The method to determine current detection circuit failure determines failure of a current detection circuit that is connected to a positive and negative power source and that issues a voltage corresponding to detected current at an output terminal. This method of determining failure cuts-off either one of the current detection... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070041141 - Over-voltage suppressor and process of preparing over-voltage protection material: Disclosed are composition and structure of an over-voltage suppressor. One or more non-conductive materials in powder form or non-conductive materials with conductive and/or semiconductor particles are mixed well and then heat-treated to form a nonconductive porous material that is full of non-closed air pores. A film of this porous insulator... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070041142 - Relay-connected semiconductor transistors: A solid-state semiconductor device operable without loss arising from junction-to junction (e.g., source-to-drain) leakage current includes a movable MEMS switch or relay armature structure carrying at least one electrical contact corresponding to a semiconductor device junction. The switch or relay armature is movable from a first position corresponding to a... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070041143 - Apparatus, system, and method for lightning strike protection and verification of dielectric inserts: An apparatus, system, and method for lightning strike protection and verification are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one fastener extending through both the structure and substructure to secure the structure and substructure together. The apparatus also includes an insert disposed between the substructure and at least... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070041145 - Circuit with a capacitive element with method for testing the same: A circuit has an input terminal, an output terminal, a supply voltage terminal, a ground terminal and a useful circuit, wherein the useful circuit has a capacitive element with a first and a second capacitance terminal, wherein the capacitive element has a series connection of two series capacitors, which are... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20070041144 - Method for reducing substrate noise from penetrating noise sensitive circuits: A CMOS device includes a p-type substrate and an isolated PWell region. An isolation region has an NWell region abutting a perimeter of the PWell region. The isolation region includes a DNWell region positioned below the PWell region and an NWell region. The NWell region forms a sidewall of a... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070041146 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor comprises a multilayer body and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on a side face of the multilayer body. The multilayer body includes an inner layer portion in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and an outer layer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070041147 - Electric double layer capacitor, activated carbon for electrode therefor and method for producing the same: A method for producing activated carbon for electrodes of electric double layer capacitors is disclosed which comprises an activation step wherein activated carbon is obtained by mixing an alkali metal hydroxide with a carbon raw material for the activated carbon and heating the mixture in an inert gas atmosphere, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070041148 - Electrical switching apparatus and heat sink therefor: A heat sink is for an integrally fused low-voltage power air circuit breaker including a line terminal and electrical bus work coupled to a current limiter. The line terminal, electrical bus work, and current limiter contribute to the formation of a thermal dam. The heat sink includes a heat exchanger... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070041149 - Computer device with stiffened display member: A computer device comprising a display member rotatably coupled to a base member. The display member comprises a vaulted member disposed on a side of the display member opposite a viewing side of a display screen of the display member to stiffen the display member.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070041151 - Dual display type portable computer and control method for the same: A dual display type portable computer can include a first unit having a first display module and a second unit rotatably coupled to the first unit having a second display module. At least one hinge unit can couple the first unit and the second unit with each other. The hinge... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070041150 - Tilting mechanism: A tilting mechanism comprises a first component intended to mount a flat panel display and a second component intended to be secured to a support. The first component has first and second pivots and the second component has first and second elongated slots into which the first and second pivots... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070041152 - Dual use computer desk: A dual use computer desk has a planar work surface supported by side panels at opposite longitudinal ends of a curvilinear front edge. Bifurcating into two work stations the space under the desk top, a cabinet contains sliding shelves for a computer and other equipment and accessories. Slidable drawers disposed... Agent: Guy V. Manning

20070041153 - Flat panel computer having an integrally housed flat panel display: Certain embodiments of a personal computer system include an all-in-one personal computer or a panel personal computer. For example, the all-in-one computer may include a computer enclosure consisting essentially of a single panel shaped structure and a flat panel display integrally mounted inside the computer enclosure. By further example, the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070041155 - Fixing frame for hard disk: A fixing frame for a hard disk, applied to a mother board having at least one supporting member with a first fastening portion and having at least one second fastening portion to fix the hard disk, includes at least one third fastening portion and at least one fourth fastening, wherein... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070041154 - Hard disc drive carrier: A hard disc drive carrier comprises a main body, a first element extending from the main body, a second element extending from the main body opposite to the first element with a hard disc disposed between the first and second elements, at least one first pad disposed on the first... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070041156 - Auto-extending replicator: An auto-extending replicator includes a replicator body, a forcing mechanism, an extended unit and a control mechanism. The extended unit includes an extended body and a blocking member. The forcing mechanism connected between the replicator body and the extended body exerts a force on the extended body along a direction... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070041157 - Heat dissipation apparatus: The heat dissipating apparatus is a cooling system that can be used to cool a heat-generating electronic component, such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), within an enclosure, such as a computer. The cooling system includes a heat receiving section that is thermally and mechanically coupled to the heat-generating electronic... Agent: David G. Wang

20070041158 - Heat sink fastening system: A heat sink assembly for removing heat from an electronic component includes a retention clip having a central body and a securing member extending from the central member. The central member has an opening there through, and the securing member is configured to secure the retention clip relative to the... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070041159 - Electronic cooling apparatus: Electronic apparatus is provided including a housing with one or more electronic devices which act as heat sources and a fan provided therein. The fan is arranged to draw air from outside of the housing via one or more inlets such that said air passes over at least one of... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20070041160 - Thermal management for a ruggedized electronics enclosure: The present invention relates to a liquid cooling assembly for cooling electronic components. The liquid cooling assembly contains a heat spreader plate rigidly coupled to a structural foam layer for providing mechanical support and thermal dissipation for the electronic components. A fluid channel, rigidly coupled to the structural foam, is... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070041161 - Heat dissipating apparatus: A heat dissipating apparatus (10) for dissipating heat from a heat-generating electronic component includes a heat sink (14), a resilient clipping member (162), and an operating member (164). The heat sink contacts with the heat-generating electronic component, and includes a fin assembly (144) which defines a channel (146) therein. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070041162 - An integrated electronic assembly and method for conserving space in a circuit: An integrated electronic assembly including a first electronic component defining a receptacle and at least a second electronic component wherein at least a portion of the second electronic component is disposed in the receptacle of the first electronic component, and a method for conserving space in a circuit or on... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070041163 - Method for producing an electronic component or module and a corresponding component or module: A method is provided for producing a component or a module comprising a component assembly arranged on a substrate in a housing which is mountable on a printed circuit. The inventive method includes at least one stage when at least one part of the module is coated with an insulating... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070041164 - Package for an implantable neural stimulation device: The present invention is an improved hermetic package for implantation in the human body. The implantable device of the present invention includes an eclectically non-conductive bass including electrically conductive vias through the substrate. A circuit is flip-chip bonded to a subset of the vias. A second circuit is wire bonded... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20070041165 - Holder for a small-sized electronic part: According to the present invention, there is provided a holder having a pressure flange not to be easily disengaged from a small-sized electronic part in pressing and accommodating the holder having the small-sized electronic part in a mounting recess. A holder includes a projecting portion protruding from a pressing flange... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070035895 - Adaptive current limiter for wireless modem: Method and apparatus for preventing current overdraw by a wireless modem sinking current from a host power supply of a host device (e.g. laptop computer or personal digital assistant (PDA)). The methods and apparatuses are applicable, but not limited to Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) wireless modems and... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP

20070035896 - Motor controller: A motor controller is provided with: an estimated temperature calculating means that calculates an estimated temperature of a motor; and a control unit that can perform a driving control of the motor only when the estimated temperature is not larger than a predetermined value. A mode switching means switches the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070035897 - Motor protection inhibit circuit: A circuit for inhibiting a protection device of a motor includes first, second, and third comparators and an inhibit signal generator. The first comparator is operable to determine if a motor current signal associated with the motor exceeds a starting threshold to identify a starting state of the motor. The... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20070035898 - Self testing ground fault circuit interrupter (gfci) with end of life (eol) detection that rejects false eol information: A self test (ST) ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) provides improved end of life (EOL) detection by rejecting false EOL information. A processing device receives fault detection signals indicating when faults are detected, and input signals indicating when contacts used to interrupt power to a load are closed. The processing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070035900 - Electrostatic discharge failure avoidance through interaction between floorplanning and power routing: An integrated system and method to achieve ESD robustness on an integrated circuit (IC) in a fully automated ASIC design environment is described. Electrical characteristics and electrical limits on the power network are translated to power route region constraints for each chip input/output (I/O) cell. Electrical limits on the signal... Agent: Intellectual Property Law IBM Corporation

20070035899 - Over-voltage protection for voltage regulator modules of a parallel power system: A protection circuit for a parallel power system having at least two parallel coupled voltage regulators is disclosed. The protection circuit includes at least two isolation control circuits, each control circuit being coupled to a respective voltage regulator. Each isolation control circuit includes a current sense circuit for sensing current... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070035901 - Method and device for predicting a failure frequency: A device and a method for predicting the mean time period between two failures of a technical system, for example a manufacturing system or an assembly system for motor vehicle components. The device includes a components list (130.1, 130.2). Those components of the technical system which are included in this... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070035902 - Protective relay capable of protection applications without protection settings: The current differential relay operates without adjustable settings, and includes a phase current differential element with a predetermined threshold, responsive to local phase current values and remote phase current values, to detect three-phase faults and producing a first output signal if the threshold value is exceeded. Either a negative sequence... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070035903 - Control and operating condition monitoring of dual series switch contactors for electric motor or other electrical load: A circuit for controlling at least two power switches that are series connected between a source of electrical power and an electrical load, for energizing the load in response to a signal at a control input. The circuit includes a programmed controller having an input as the control input and... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070035904 - Digital controlled light source driving apparatus: A digital controlled light source driving apparatus includes a digital processor and a step-up circuit. The digital processor has a digital switching-signal generating module and a protecting module. The digital switching-signal generating module generates at least one digital switching signal set. The protecting module generates one protecting switching signal set... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035905 - Power delay device: The concept of the Power Delay Device began as I was working at my computer. There was a power failure lasting several minutes and when the power tried to come back on, it was erratic. After several attempts the power stayed on. I was concerned about the negative effect of... Agent: Charles Robert Kessler

20070035906 - Transient blocking unit: Improved electrical transient blocking is provided with a transient blocking unit (TBU) having a partial disconnect capability. A TBU is an arrangement of voltage controlled switches that normally conducts, but switches to a disconnected state in response to an above-threshold input transient. Partial disconnection improves the power handling capability of... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070035907 - Irrigation controller with integrated valve locator: The present invention is directed to an irrigation controller, method and software program product for generating valve control signal for energizing a valve. The irrigation controller includes a valve actuation control module selectively coupled each of plurality of control nodes and generating a valve actuation control signal thereon. The valve... Agent: Rudolph J. Buchel Jr., Law Office Of

20070035908 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: In the plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber for plasma-processing a processed substrate, plasma generating unit that generates plasma in the processing chamber, and a wafer stage which is mounted in the processing chamber and has an electrostatic chuck for holding the processed substrate, a current detector that detects... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070035909 - Switching device combination for capacitive loads connected to direct voltage: This publication discloses a switching device combination for capacitive loads (3) connected to a direct voltage. The switching device combination includes an actual switch component (1) for connecting voltage to the capacitive load (3), a charging switch component (2) for connecting charging voltage to the capacitive load in the initial... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035910 - Feedthrough filter capacitor assembly with internally grounded hermetic insulator: A feedthrough filter capacitor assembly includes a conductive terminal pin which extends through a first passageway of a capacitor in conductive relation with a first set of electrode plates, and through a conductive ground plane and an insulator in non-conductive relation. The insulator includes ground plates conductively coupled to the... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070035911 - Window via capacitors: A method of forming a window via capacitor comprises a first step of providing a plurality of interleaved dielectric layers and paired electrode layers to create a multilayered arrangement characterized by top and bottom surfaces and a plurality pf side surfaces. First and second transition layer electrode portions are provided... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070035912 - Fluted anode with minimal density gradients and capacitor comprising same: An anode with an anode body with a first side and a second side opposite to said first side, multiple anode wires and a conductive polymer cathode.... Agent: Nexsen Pruett Jacobs & Pollard

20070035913 - Electronic device display apparatus: A display apparatus for an electronic device which takes on the appearance of an unrelated object is disclosed. The electronic device display apparatus has an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is shaped to resemble an unrelated object. A portion of the upper surface is moveable between an open position... Agent: Law Office Of Marc D. Machtinger, Ltd.

20070035914 - Modular current distributor for high currents: A current distributor includes a common, uninterrupted first main busbar as a main current supply and a number of current distributor modules which are each associated with a respective circuit breaker and can be disposed in a row along the main busbar. The current distributor module or each current distributor... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070035915 - Modular structure for connecting interface on front panel of pc case: The present invention is a modular structure for connecting interface on front panel of pc case, which combines the case and base such that not only the connecting interfaces for input/output originally installed at back side of PC are aligned at the front panel, but all connecting interfaces which accept... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070035916 - Portable electronic device with fastening mechanism: A portable electronic device with a fastening mechanism includes a main body and a subsidiary casing. The main body comprises a bottom wall and a side wall extending from one edge of the bottom wall. A receptacle is defined in the sidewall thereof. The subsidiary casing is configured for receiving... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070035918 - Data storage device reader and method of using same: File directory information contained on a portable self contained data storage device is read by a portable file reading apparatus that is not connected to nor is a personal computer. The file reading apparatus includes a housing of a size and weight capable of being held within the person's hands.... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070035917 - Methods and apparatuses for docking a portable electronic device that has a planar like configuration and that operates in multiple orientations: A docking system is disclosed. The docking system includes a portable electronic device capable of operating in multiple orientations including vertical and horizontal. The docking system also includes a docking station configured to mechanically accept and operatively interface with the portable electronic device in any of its multiple orientations including... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070035919 - Modular communication fixture for installation on board of a passenger conveyance: A modular communication fixture is installed in a passenger aircraft adjacent to an entrance and exit area adjoining a passenger boarding door. The fixture includes a housing, at least one access door that is selectively movable to an open position and a closed position relative to the housing, an information... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070035922 - Ejection apparatus for data storage device: An exemplary ejection apparatus is provided for ejecting a data storage device out of a chassis. The ejection apparatus includes a pair of driving members, a connecting member, and an operating member. The operating member is slidably attached to the chassis and the connecting member. The connecting member includes a... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070035921 - Frame structure for floppy disk drive: A frame structure for a floppy disk drive includes a frame body for fastening the floppy disk drive, and a pulling member assembled on the frame body for users to easily pull out the floppy disk drive connected with the frame body without inserting hands into the server. Therefore, potential... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070035920 - Mounting apparatus for data storage devices: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device that defines a pair of locking holes in each of two opposite sidewalls thereof includes a pair of rails, a bracket, and a connecting member. Each of the rails is adapted for attaching to a corresponding sidewall of the data storage... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070035924 - Fan cage for computer systems: Fan cage assemblies for computer systems are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment a method may comprise providing a single-enclosure fan cage to house a plurality of fan assemblies in a chassis of a computer system. The method may also comprise fastening the fan cage to the chassis of the computer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070035923 - Method and apparatus for mounting a fan in a chassis: A fan mounting apparatus includes a base having a fan support. An elongated handle extends from a first surface of the base for positioning the base in a chassis. A securing member is located adjacent a distal end of the elongated handle for securing the base in a chassis. The... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070035925 - Information-processing apparatus and cooling system used therein: An information-processing apparatus has housing enclosing at least one electronic part and has at least one opening and a passage connecting the opening and allowing air to flow therein. The apparatus has an air intake member, which is arranged in the passage, having two air intake portions for separating the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070035926 - Heat sink assembly: A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink (10), a fan cover (20) mounted on the heat sink and a fan (30) carried by the fan cover. The heat sink comprises a base (12) and a plurality of spaced heat dissipation fins (140) extending from the base. The spaced heat... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070035927 - Heat dissipating device with enhanced boiling/condensation structure: A heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device comprises a receptor plate to be placed over a device that generates heat, an evaporator coupling to the receptor plate, a condenser column placed in fluid communication with the evaporator, and a set of condenser extension surfaces extending from the condenser. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070035928 - Cooling system: Liquid cooling systems and apparatus are presented. A number of embodiments are presented. In each embodiment, a heat transfer system capable of thermally coupling to heat generating components and adapted to transfer heat from the heat generating components is implemented. A variety of embodiments of the heat transfer system are... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher Patent Dominion Lp

20070035929 - Heat sink with emi shielding walls: A heat sink (10) includes a base (14) and a plurality of heat dissipating protuberances (12). The base includes a plurality of shielding walls (142) and at least one receiving space (140) for receiving at least one electronic component (24). The shielding walls define the receiving space. The heat dissipating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070035930 - Methods and devices for cooling printed circuit boards: Methods and devices for cooling printed circuit boards having at least one heat source are disclosed and described. The method can include coating a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC) over at least a portion of the printed circuit board in order to accelerate movement of heat away from the heat... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070035931 - Electronic system: An electronic system includes a circuit board, a first conducting element, a second conducting element and at least one connecting element. In this case, the circuit board has at least one through hole and at least one grounding unit disposed around the through hole. The first conducting element is disposed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035932 - Heat spreader: A heat spreader that includes a body member, a first fin connected to the body member, a second fin connected to the body member, a third fin connected to the body member, and a fourth fin connected to the body member. The first and second fins define a first spacing... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

20070035933 - Blade interface device: A blade interface device is provided, including a blade casing, a transfer card disposed to one inner side of the blade casing and having a first connector, an interface module having a second connector for longitudinally connecting with the first connector and a first fastening section, a positioning section disposed... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070035934 - Mounting apparatus for expansion card: A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card (20) in a base (10), the mounting apparatus includes a receiving portion (30), a bracket (40) and a latch (50). The receiving portion (30) is formed from the base (10) for receiving one end of the expansion card (20) therein, and the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070035935 - Circuit arrangement for emc interference suppression for a direct current motor and a swwitching module: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement and a switching module, in which an attenuator is, for EMV suppression of a DC motor, connected to the lines of the DC motor. The attenuator comprises a ferrite, particularly a common mode ferrite.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070035936 - Cover structure: A cover structure for protecting an unoccupied portion of an electronic device is proposed. The cover structure includes: a main body portion formed with a first leaf body for covering the surface of the electronic device, and a second leaf body formed surrounding the periphery of the first leaf body,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070035937 - Method and apparatus for mounting a heat sink in thermal contact with an electronic component: A heat transfer apparatus comprises a load frame having load springs and an open region that exposes an electronic component. The load frame is mounted to a printed circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted. A heat sink assembly is disposed on the load frame and has a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070035938 - Printed circuit board assembly: The present invention relates to printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies and particularly, but not exclusively, to a system for shielding components from radio frequency interference (RFI) and more particularly to a system for shielding surface mounted devices (SMD). The invention provides an assembly comprising a PCB (4) and a component... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070035939 - Reduced cost conductive interface: A device comprises a printed circuit board including a plurality of electric components mounted thereto and a shielding element for one of shielding the electric components from electric signals outside the device and shielding electric components outside the device from electric signals within the device in combination with an elastomeric... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070030606 - System and method for fault protection for permanent magnet machines: A fault protection system and method of fault protection for permanent magnet machine (PMM)-based systems that utilize machine neutral decoupling (MND) to shut down a shorted winding and/or to isolate a short-circuit fault to prevent damage to a permanent magnet machine and to any downstream components are provided. The invention... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070030607 - Ground fault circuit interrupter (gfci) end-of-life (eol) status indicator: Disclosed is an end-of-life status alarm indication circuit and method for indicating the failure of the primary contacts of a ground fault circuit interruption (GFCI) device to open when a ground fault circuit is detected by the GFCI device. The GFCI device will protect against the situation where the primary... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070030608 - Self testing digital fault interrupter: A self testing fault detector having a line side and a load side and a conductive path there between. The apparatus includes a solenoid, which is adapted to move a plurality of contacts disposed in the conductive path from a first position to a second position when the self testing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070030610 - Esd protection circuit: An ESD protection circuit is disclosed. The ESD protection circuit includes a stacked MOS circuit, and a trigger current generator. The object of the stacked MOS circuit is to be the first releasing path of the ESD current; the object of the trigger current generator is to generate the trigger... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070030609 - Methods, devices and systems for protecting rfid reader front ends: An RFID protection scheme includes monitoring an output signal of a least one receiver mixer of the reader, and, based at least in part on said monitoring, when said output signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, performing one or more of the following: removing an RF signal from a transmitter power... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070030611 - Light emitting device having protection element and method of manufacturing the light emitting device: A light emitting device having a monolithic protection element and a method of fabricating the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device includes: a light emitter having a cathode and an anode; and the resistive protection element connected to the light emitter in parallel through the cathode and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070030612 - Reduced rating output rectifier snubber for plasma cutting power supply: A snubber circuit for absorbing reverse recovery current in a power supply is featured comprising a dissipative snubber circuit and a non-dissipative snubber circuit coupled in parallel to a source of reverse recovery current and a load. The dissipative snubber circuit is capable of dissipating a first amount of reverse... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070030613 - Priority powerdown system and method for power distribution systems: A power controller for power sourcing equipment in a distributed power network provides power down policies and priority in the event of a power supply failure. The power down priority and policy permits implementation of a rapid decrease in the power demand of the distributed power network to avoid overload... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070030614 - Semiconductor device for protecting rechargeable battery: A semiconductor device for protecting a rechargeable cell at least from excessive discharge current due to over discharge of the rechargeable cell, includes (a) a first excessive discharge current detection circuit configured to detect first excess of a voltage at an externally or an internally provided electric current detection terminal... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070030615 - Drive circuit for switching device: A drive circuit that controls a switching device ON/OFF and a soft cutoff command circuit that gradually decreases the gate terminal voltage of the switching device when short circuit of the switching device is detected. Additionally, an ON-pulse retention command circuit retains the output of the drive circuit ON when... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070030616 - Electronic trip device provided with a power supply circuit comprising voltage raising means and circuit breaker comprising one such trip device: The electronic trip device comprises at least one current sensor, a rectifying circuit to supply a supply current, an electronic processing unit to control an actuator designed to actuate an opening mechanism of the main conductor, and an electric power supply circuit equipped with a voltage regulator designed to supply... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070030617 - Voltage converter: A voltage converter comprises an inductive circuit (L) for storing energy during an inductive magnetizing mode and transferring energy during an inductive demagnetizing mode. In addition the voltage converter comprises at least two non-inverting branches (12,13,14) for providing at least two non-inverted output voltages (Va,Vb,Vc) and an inverting branch (15)... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070030620 - Low power solenoid driver circuit: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling a solenoid that ensures accurate timing between the enabling of the driving circuit and the activation of the solenoid, while simultaneously providing a two energy level driving scheme to reduce power consumption. The present invention utilizes a single enable signal... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20070030618 - Method and device for producing and/or adjusting and electromagnetically controllable actuator: In a method for producing and/or adjusting an electromagnetically controllable actuator which is appropriate to control the flow of a fluid, at least one electromagnetic property of the actuator is measured, and the measured electromagnetic property itself or a quantity derived therefrom is used as an actual value for a... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070030619 - Sensorless position measurement method for solenoid-based actuation devices using inductance variation: A sensorless position measurement method may be used to determine the position of a solenoid-based actuator which controls some substance. The sensorless position measurement method of the present invention eliminates the need for a dedicated sensor in the actuator device, as well as the associated electrical connections between this sensor... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070030621 - Method and apparatus for chuck thermal calibration: Wafer temperature is measured as a function of time following removal of a heat source to which the wafer is exposed. During the wafer temperature measurements, a gas is supplied at a substantially constant pressure at an interface between the wafer and a chuck upon which the wafer is supported.... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070030622 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: wherein y represents the thickness of the layer of the elongated valve-acting metal in the direction of the thickness of the substrate and z represents the thickness of the valve-acting layer having fine pores which is in contact with the elongated metal layer in the direction of the thickness of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030623 - Organic capacitor having a voltage-controlled capacitance: The present invention relates to an organic capacitor having a voltage-controlled variable capacitance. The capacitor of the invention comprises at least one first electrode, a second electrode, and an interposed insulator layer and is characterized by at least one first semiconductor layer disposed between the first electrode and the second... Agent: Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein

20070030624 - Segmented end electrode capacitor and method of segmenting an end electrode of a capacitor: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a capacitor with a segmented end electrode and methods for segmenting an end electrode of a capacitor for reducing or eliminating instances of thermally induced damage of the capacitor.... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070030625 - Method of manufacturing multilayer capacitor and multilayer capacitor: A method of manufacturing a multilayer capacitor comprises a first layer forming step, a first electrode forming step, a second layer forming step, a second electrode forming step, a separation step, an element forming step and a terminal forming step. In the first layer forming step, a first ceramic green... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070030628 - Capacitor for incorporation in wiring board, wiring board, method of manufacturing wiring board, and ceramic chip for embedment: A capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a plurality of inner electrode layers which are respectively disposed between mutually adjacent ones of the dielectric layers, a first main surface located in a laminated direction of the dielectric layers, and a second main surface opposite... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030626 - Integral charge storage basement and wideband embedded decoupling structure for integrated circuit: A capacitive structure and technique for allowing near-instantaneous charge transport and reliable, wide-band RF ground paths in integrated circuit devices such as integrated circuit dies, integrated circuit packages, printed circuit boards, and electronic circuit substrates is presented. Methods for introducing resistive loss, dielectric loss, magnetic loss, and/or radiation loss in... Agent: The Law Office Of Jessica Costa, PC

20070030627 - Thin-film embedded capacitance, method for manufacturing thereof, and a printed wiring board: The present invention provides a thin-film embedded capacitance having a substantial electrostatic capacity per unit area, and a method for manufacturing thereof. A thin film embedded capacitance comprising: a metallic thin-film for wiring made of a metallic material in a non-yield state; the first electrode formed on the film for... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030629 - Solid electrolytic capacitor, distributed constant type noise filter, and method of producing the same: In a solid electrolytic capacitor, a second dielectric layer made of an oxide of valve action metal is formed on first side, second side, and third side surfaces of an anode portion of an anode member. Between the second dielectric layer and a conductive polymer layer of the cathode layer,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070030631 - Expansion card mounting apparatus: A mounting apparatus for holding an expansion card with a slot cover, the mounting apparatus comprises a rear panel and a fastener. The rear panel defines a slot, and forms a holder above the slot. The holder forms a pivoting axis at a free end thereof, and the pivoting axis... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070030630 - Upside down pc: An entertainment device that includes ventilation openings in a bottom panel of a chassis of the device to reduce the chance that the ventilation openings will be covered and that the entertainment device will overheat. The entertainment device includes a motherboard that is mounted to a top panel of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070030633 - Display device having mechanism for fixing protective screen: An exemplary display device (10) includes a display screen (11), a protective screen (19), and a housing (13) accommodating the display screen. The housing includes a mechanism for fixing the protective screen immediately in front of the display screen. The mechanism is configured as grooves (133) in a front portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070030632 - Mechanism for adjusting a rotary angle of an lcd: A mechanism for adjusting a rotary angle of an LCD includes: a lower base with a sector rack and arcuate sliding grooves disposed at the top surface thereof; an upper base disposed with an LCD at an upper portion thereof, the bottom surface of the upper base being disposed with... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070030637 - Computer system and control method thereof: A computer system such as a portable computer is provided with a computer main body and a display panel rotatably coupled to the computer main body so as to open and close the computer main body; a disk accommodating part provided in a plate surface of the computer main body... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070030634 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes: an expansion base module; a system module having a rear side and a connecting end that is slidably pivoted to the expansion base module; and a stand having a first end that is pivoted to a rear end of the expansion base module, and a second... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070030635 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes a computer main body to which an attached object is detachably mounted, a mounting part which is provided in the computer main body to accommodate the attached object, engaging parts which are formed at opposite sides of the mounting part in a transverse direction with respect... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070030636 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes a computer main body, and a display part connected to the computer main body and having a display panel to display an image thereon, a plurality of coupling parts which are formed on opposite side walls of the display panel, a support bracket which supports the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070030640 - Disk-drive enclosure having front-back rows of substantially parallel drives and method: A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simultaneous canceling rotational torque. Some embodiments position the edge of a first drive (or drive pair) at an angle... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070030643 - Disk-drive enclosure having non-parallel drives to reduce vibration and method: A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simultaneous canceling rotational torque. Some embodiments position the edge of a first drive (or drive pair) at an angle... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070030642 - Disk-drive enclosure having rows of alternately facing parallel drives to reduce vibration and method: A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simultaneous canceling rotational torque. Some embodiments position the edge of a first drive (or drive pair) at an angle... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070030641 - Disk-drive system having multiple power supplies and mirroring and method: A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simultaneous canceling rotational torque. Some embodiments position the edge of a first drive (or drive pair) at an angle... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070030639 - Grounding part of hard disk against emi and shock: The present invention is to provide a grounding part of hard disk (HDD) against EMI and shock, which includes a HDD body and two conducting frames, wherein the two conducting frames are composed of a narrow vertical plane and two parallel planes extending along two corresponding sides of the vertical... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070030638 - Modular computer system: A modular computer system includes a power supply drawer for supplying and regulating the power, an interface module, a plurality of functional drawers, and a case. The interface module is electrically connected to the power supply drawer and the functional drawers, and has an electric power distributor for distributing the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070030644 - Porous light-emitting display with air flow through display, its use in a disk-drive system and method: A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simultaneous canceling rotational torque. Some embodiments position the edge of a first drive (or drive pair) at an angle... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070030645 - Multi-purpose docking system: A docking system that includes a male member including a first component, a female member including a second component, and a static base including a suspension mechanism is provided. One of the male member and the female member are suspended from the suspension mechanism to allow the one of the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070030647 - Automatic monitor sliding system: An automatic monitor sliding system comprises a machine case, a slidable structure, a monitor mounting plate, and a monitor structure. The slidable structure is mounted inside a reception chamber of the machine case. The monitor mounting plate is mounted in front of the machine case. The monitor structure is mounted... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070030648 - Circuit board, device mounting structure, device mounting method, and electronic apparatus: A circuit board is used in common for the first electronic apparatus as the first configuration and for the second electronic apparatus as the second configuration, and the circuit board includes an area which is used in common for installing the first electronic device in installing the circuit board into... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070030646 - External connection box and a case body thereof for a storage device: An external connection box and a case body thereof are for receiving a storage device therein. The external connection box for a storage device has a case body, a front cover, and a rear cover. The case body has an outer casing and at least one metal inner plate. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070030649 - Electronic device: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a thermal module. The housing includes an upper shell and a bottom shell. The thermal module is disposed inside the housing. The thermal module includes a first casing and a first block component. The first casing has a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030650 - Electronic equipment cabinet with integrated, high capacity, cooling system, and backup ventiliation: The disclosure provides an improved cooling system and associated cabinet for electronic equipment, and optionally, a backup ventilation system for cooling related failures. Generally, the disclosure includes a high capacity closed loop refrigeration system in a modified cabinet, while accommodating standard sized computer equipment. Further, the system provides directed heat... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20070030651 - Instrument cabinet: The invention relates to an instrument cabinet comprising: a wall structure with vertical studs, a fan for cooling electric components to be installed in the instrument cabinet with an airflow produced by the fan, and a cooling element arranged in the airflow and having a flow channel for feeding cooling... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070030653 - Anisotropic thermal solution: A process is presented for forming an anisotropic graphite article, comprising forming a laminate comprising a plurality of flexible graphite sheets which comprise graphene layers; and directionally aligning the graphene layers of the laminate.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070030652 - Heat sink mount: A heat sink mount including a body, a first operating member, and two second operating members is provided. The body is formed with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side connecting the first side and the second side, and a fourth side opposite... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070030654 - Heat dissipation modules and assembling methods thereof: A heat dissipation module includes a heat pipe and at least one thermal conductor. Each of the thermal conductors includes an opening for allowing the heat pipe to pass therethrough. A joining portion extends from an edge of the opening of each of the thermal conductors. The joining portion has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070030655 - Impingement cooled heat sink with uniformly spaced curved channels: A heat sink assembly for removing heat from an electronic device and comprising a base, a lid in spaced relationship with and parallel to the base, and an outer wall spiraling radially outwardly about an inlet axis from an inner exit position to an outer exit position to define a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070030656 - Thermal transfer device: A thermal conducting device removes heat from a power dissipating device installed within a case, and includes a base coupled to the power dissipating device and a translational portion that is movable in a vertical dimension. The translational portion couples at an upper surface to the inner surface of the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070030657 - Circuit board with a cooling architecture: A circuit board with a heatsink comprising a first circuit board wherein the electronic components are disposed on both surfaces; a pipe disposed in a predetermined pattern on the front surface side of the first circuit board; and a heat-conducting block disposed around the periphery of the pipe, characterized in... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070030658 - Space saving rack mountable electronic component housing: An electronic component, particularly a multiplexer, having a housing that is configured to consume less space when stored in a vertical electronics rack is provided. The housing generally includes a rear end having a plurality of connectors and a front end, a bottom wall, a pair of laterally spaced side... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070030659 - Multilayer laminated circuit board: A multi-layer laminated circuit board 10A of the present invention is formed by laminating together a multi-layer transformer 10, a multi-layer part sheet 30 formed with a multi-layer part, and a wiring sheet 50 formed with a circuit pattern. The multi-layer transformer 10 is incorporated into the multi-layer laminated circuit... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070030660 - Retention device for mounting expansion cards: A retaining device for retaining expansion cards (60) with cover plates (62) includes a rear panel (20), a retaining bar (40), and a clip (50). The rear panel includes a pair of hooks (24), and a card rack (30). The card rack includes a supporting plate (32) for supporting the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070030661 - Conformal electromagnetic interference shield: An electromagnetic shield for an electronic module includes a surface finish that is applied to the surface of an electronic module so as to minimize the size of the shield. Once the shield is in place, the shield acts to address electromagnetic interference (EMI) concerns associated with the electronic module.... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070025030 - Leakage current detection circuit and leakage current comparison circuit: A leakage current measurement circuit measuring a substrate leakage current and a gate leakage current in response to a variation in the size of an MOS transistor and a leakage current comparison circuit judging which one of the substrate leakage current and the gate leakage current is dominant. The leakage... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070025031 - Multi-voltage power supply: A multi-voltage power supply includes a transformer, a first output circuit to generate a first output voltage using a voltage transferred to a secondary winding of the transformer, and a first output voltage controller to control a voltage supplied to the primary winding of the transformer according to the first... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070025032 - Lcdi with isolated detection and interruption: An LCDI circuit interrupting device having a detection portion and an interrupting portion coupled to each other with a device that isolates each said portion thus allowing the detection portion to detect electric faults based on a threshold voltage that is independent of the threshold voltage used by the interrupting... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070025034 - Electronic circuit, electronic circuit arrangement and method for producing an electronic circuit: An electronic circuit and method for producing the electronic circuit, where the electronic circuit includes a functional circuit including at least one multigate functional field effect transistor and an ESD protection circuit including at least one multigate ESD protection field effect transistor. The multigate protection field effect transistor is a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Infineon

20070025035 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit with reduced mounting area and junction capacitance: The electrostatic discharge protection circuit prevents internal elements from being damaged due to static electricity. The ESD protection circuit includes a first voltage line connected to a power source voltage pad, a second voltage line connected to a ground voltage pad, an ESD protection unit connected between the first voltage... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070025033 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes at least a plurality of first interface circuits electrically coupled between first and second power supply lines belonging to a first power supply system, one or more first circuits including a first surge current path coupled to the first power supply line and a second surge... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070025036 - Apparatus, system, and method for sharing output contacts across multiple relays: A power system device-to-device direct communication system comprises a first intelligent electronic device with a processor and a transmit module. Software within the processor maintains a list of “virtual outputs,” which correspond to a number of data channels maintained within the transmit module. The second intelligent electronic device receives the... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070025037 - Method and system for detecting and isolating stray voltage: A stray voltage detection and isolation system. The stray voltage detection portion of the system includes a water delivery system electrically isolated from an electrical transmission system of an electric utility. Meters measure an electrical characteristic between a first test-point that is electrically connected to the water delivery system and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070025039 - Priority powerdown system and method for power distribution systems: A power controller for power sourceing equipment in a distributed power network includes a memory element that indicates a device power down policy to be applied in the event of a main power supply failure and switchover to a backup power supply. A variety of policies are available, at least... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070025038 - System and method for protecting ic components: One embodiment provides a system for protecting at least one component in an integrated circuit (IC). The system includes a disconnect element that is electrically connected in series between a terminal of the IC and the at least one component. The disconnect element is configured to have a first state... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070025040 - High voltage over-current protection device and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention is to provide a high voltage over-current protection device and a manufacturing method thereof, in which PTC polymers are cross-linked by chemical cross-linking. With the method of the present invention, the high voltage endurance of the PTC devices is enhanced. In addition, the internal stress and degradation... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070025041 - Power failure detection circuit of swithching source: A power failure detection circuit of a switching source includes: a switching element; a control circuit of the switching element, and a photocoupler. The phtocoupler includes a light emitting diode and a phototransistor. The light emitting diode is located at a primary side of a transformer and is serially connected... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070025042 - Protection apparatus: A protection apparatus is provided that can use a thermal fuse at higher voltage and higher current. The protection apparatus includes a protection circuit connected in series between a power supply and a load. The protection circuit includes a thermal fuse with a predetermined operating temperature, activated in response to... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070025043 - Surge absorption element and surge absorption circuit: An object of the present invention is to provide a small surge absorption element that exhibits superior impedance matching even for high-speed signals and a surge absorption circuit. The surge absorption element comprises first and second inductor sections and first and second surge absorption sections. The first inductor section comprises... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070025044 - Circuit protection device having thermally coupled mov overvoltage element and pptc overcurrent element: In a composite electrical circuit protection device, thermal coupling between a planar PPTC element and a planar MOV element is controlled by insertion of a thermal mass material for regulating heat transfer from the MOV element to the PPTC element, such that a PPTC resistor hot zone forms consistently away... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070025045 - Demagnetizable electromagnetic door lock: A demagnetizable electromagnetic door lock is actuated by generating or degenerating magnetic force of an electromagnetic coil. A magnetic field direction driving circuit is electrically connected to the electromagnetic coil. Under the control of a controller, after the magnetic field direction driving circuit is applied to eliminate the residual magnetic... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070025048 - Average current detector circuit: A current flowing through a measuring target coil increases when a pulse signal is high. A voltage corresponding to instantaneous value of the current through the coil is input to input terminal. A blanking signal generator circuit generates signal which has predetermined pulse width and rises in synchronization with rise... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070025046 - Electromagnetic dual-coil valve actuator with permanent magnet: The invention relates to a dual-coil electromagnetic valve actuator having a permanent magnet and an actuator member (11) movable between two extreme positions under the effect of a resilient member and two electromagnets each comprising a core having a T-shaped first core portion (18) with a base (19) connected to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070025047 - Electromagnetic valve actuator with a permanent magnet: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve actuator comprising an actuator member (11, 14) movable under the effect of a resilient member (12, 13) and of at least one coil (20), and at least one permanent magnet (22) arranged to hold the actuator member (11, 14) in at least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070025049 - Assembly protection device for an aircraft component: Nowadays during assembly, foil or adhesive tape is used to protect bearings in passenger door fittings. An assembly protection device for an aircraft component is stated, which assembly protection device comprises a sealing device. In this way the assembly protection device can simply be firmly slid into the component to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070025050 - Variable capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A lower movable electrode 35, having line sections 35a, 35a on both ends and a capacitor section 35b in the center, and an upper movable electrode 37, having line sections 37a, 37a on both ends and a capacitor section 37b in the center, are placed so that the capacitor sections... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070025051 - Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications: A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections are provided in a plurality of wound cylindrical capacitive elements. Two vertically stacked wound cylindrical capacitance elements may each provide three capacitor... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070025054 - Laminated electronic component: A laminated electronic component includes a ceramic body having an inner portion and a pair of outer portions disposed above and below the inner portion and a pair of external electrodes disposed on lateral sides of the ceramic body. A plurality of internal electrodes are embedded in the inner portion... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070025053 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor according to the present invention comprises a multilayer body 2 including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated together, first internal electrodes 3 and second internal electrodes 4 that are arranged alternately with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween inside the multilayer body 2, first extension portions 5a extended... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070025055 - Multilayer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method of the same: In one inventive aspect, a multilayer ceramic capacitor is provided, in which occurrence of cracks can be prevented even when temperature of the capacitor itself is increased. Non-flat portions are formed in both sides in a width direction of each of inner electrode layers. In addition, the non-flat portions comprise... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070025056 - Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for manufacturing the same: In one inventive aspect, a multilayer ceramic capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked. Two of the internal electrode layers that are located outermost and/or at least one of the internal electrode layers that is located inside each outermost internal electrode layer are... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070025052 - Symmetrical capacitor: A symmetrical capacitor includes at least a first metal layer and a second metal layer. Each of the metal layers has a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated by a predetermined distance. The first electrode plates on the metal layers are symmetrical, and the second electrode plates... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070025057 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor comprised of dielectric layers stacked to form a device body in which a plurality of first internal electrode layers and a plurality of second internal electrode layers formed in planar shapes are alternately arranged while being separated through the dielectric layers, wherein the first external electrodes and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070025058 - Dampening of electric field-induced resonance in parallel plate capacitors: A capacitor for use with RF signals of an operating frequency comprises a parallel plate configuration including a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the bottom and top electrodes, and an additional mass layer disposed on top of the top electrode. The parallel plate configuration... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070025059 - Dielectric film production process and capacitor: A capacitor provided with a dielectric film, and a first electrode and second electrode formed sandwiching it and facing each other, wherein the dielectric film has a density exceeding 72% of the theoretical density calculated based on the lattice constant, and either or both of said first electrode and said... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070025060 - Dielectric ceramic composition for low temperature sintering and multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same: The invention relates to a dielectric ceramic composition, which can be sintered at a low temperature as well as achieve a high dielectric constant with excellent thermal stability, and a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same. The dielectric ceramic composition comprises a main component of (Ba1-xCax)mTiO3; and sub-components including MgCO3,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070025061 - Fastening device of harness for supplying power to sliding door and power supply structure employing it: The present invention is to prevent twisting of a wiring harness when it is assembled to a vehicle. A wiring harness fastening device for an electric supply line of a sliding door includes a rotational portion having a spherical shape for fastening the wiring harness and a case having a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070025062 - Method for producing electrochemical capacitor electrode: A method is provided for enhancing the bond between the polarizable electrode layer and the undercoat layer. The method includes a first step for forming an undercoat layer on a collector and a second step for forming a polarizable electrode layer on said undercoat layer. The first step is performed... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070025063 - Capacitor electrolyte: A capacitor for an implantable medical device is presented. The capacitor includes an anode, a cathode, a separator therebetween, and an electrolyte over the anode, cathode, and separator. The electrolyte includes ingredients comprising acetic acid, ammonium acetate, phosphoric acid, and tetaethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The capacitor has an operating voltage... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070025064 - Solid electrolytic capacitor element, manufacturing method therefor, and solid electrolytic capacitor: The present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor with low leakage current. In the solid electrolytic capacitor, an anode has an anode lead made of tantalum, a surface layer made of niobium formed on the anode lead, and a rectangular block shaped base body having a porous sintered body made... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20070025065 - Mounting structure for current sensor: A mounting structure for a current sensor is provided. The current sensor is arranged between a negative terminal of a battery and a grounding unit. The mounting structure includes a battery grounding cable which has one end connected with the negative terminal of the battery, and a fixing unit which... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070025066 - Electrical circuit apparatus with fuse access section: An electrical apparatus has an elongated housing with fuses located therein. Windows are provided in the housing to close apertures in registration with fuse locations to allow access to fuses by removing the window. Fuses may be carried on a circuit card removably engageable with a terminal block secured to... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070025068 - Mounting apparatus for data storage devices: A data storage device assembly includes a data storage device having two opposite sidewalls, a supporting bracket, a positioning member mounted on the supporting bracket, a pressing member movably attached to the positioning member, and a driving member movably connected with the pressing member. The sidewalls of the data storage... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070025067 - Supporting mechanism for storage drives: A supporting mechanism for storage drives is disclosed that includes a plurality of fixing components disposed on the sides of a case of an electronic device. Fixing slots corresponding to the fixing components are located on the case. A supporting element is disposed on the center region of the case... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070025071 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises: a casing comprising a circuit module; a keyboard mounting portion on which a keyboard is detachably mounted, and a cover detachably covering the opening. The key board mounting portion comprises an opening which allows a wiring electrically connecting the keyboard and the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070025069 - Electronic apparatus provided with housing having liquid proof structure: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a unit supported on the housing, and a mounting section which is provided on the housing and on which the unit is placed. The mounting section includes an opening, a support wall which surrounds the opening and supports the unit,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070025070 - Securing assembly for keyboard of portable computer: A securing assembly includes a chassis comprising a top wall, a keyboard mounted on the top wall of the chassis, at least one securing member pivotably mounted on the chassis, and at least one elastic member. The chassis defines a positioning hole therein. The at least one securing member has... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070025072 - Combination housing of a notebook computer: A combination housing of a notebook computer having a display housing and a main frame housing. The main frame housing including a top metal cover, a first middle plastic frame, and a bottom metal cover three of which are combined to form a sandwich structure. Meanwhile, the main frame housing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070025073 - Computing apparatus: A computing apparatus includes a housing, a data storage device, an anchor member, and a fastener. The housing confines a compartment and has a mounting wall. The data storage device is disposed in the compartment. The anchor member has a first anchoring portion fastened to the data storage device, and... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070025074 - Disk array device: A disk array device connected to a higher-level device, including: a battery mounting unit which mounts a nickel hydrogen battery, charges a part of electric power supplied to said logic mounting unit and said memory device mounting unit, and supplies said charged electric power to said logic mounting unit and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070025075 - Housing assembly for stacking multiple computer modules: The invention is directed towards assemblies of electrical or electronic circuit boards. More specifically, the present invention relates to an assembly for housing multiple computer circuit boards. The assembly include a housing that has several railing coupled to the housing. A connector is structurally and electrically coupled to the railings... Agent: Stattler Johansen & Adeli LLP

20070025077 - Circuit board, device mounting structure, device mounting method, and electronic apparatus: A circuit board is used in common for the first electronic apparatus as the first configuration and for the second electronic apparatus as the second configuration, and the circuit board includes an area which is used in common for installing the first electronic device in installing the circuit board into... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070025076 - Disk array apparatus: For achieving installation of disk drives at high density, as well as, a large capacity and a high speed of the disk array apparatus, the disk array apparatus comprises disk drives, a box containing a large number of the disk drives in a direction of thickness thereof, wherein a throttle... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070025078 - Blade-thru condenser and heat dissipation system thereof: A condenser includes a condenser core, input and output manifolds connected therewith. The condenser core has a blade-thru structure, which is formed by a plurality of layers of thin metal blades stacked on top of another by joint interfaces or joined by spacer rings between two adjacent blades. Each layer... Agent: Yi Li

20070025079 - Scalable subsystem architecture having integrated cooling channels: A method for building scalable electronic subsystems is described. Stackable modules employ copper substrates with solder connections between modules, and a ball grid array interface is provided at the bottom of the stack. A cooling channel is optionally provided between each pair of modules. Each module is re-workable because all... Agent: Edward N. Bachand Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070025080 - Heat dissipating fan with uniform luminosity: A heat dissipating fan with uniform luminosity includes a frame, a circuit board, a fan wheel and a luminous unit. The frame further includes an annular frame part, a substrate at the center of the annular frame part and a plurality of ribs being connected to the annular frame part... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070025081 - Electronic package and method of cooling electronics: An electronic package having circulated submersed cooling fluid and method are provided. The electronic package has a housing defining a sealed enclosure and electronic devices locate