Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 04/07

20070091516 - Electronic device, transmission system, and method for determining connection condition: An electronic device has a first signal path, a first power supply path, and a connector that transmits to an external device the input signal on which the voltage has been superposed. The device also has a first power supply switch inserted into the first power supply path and an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070091517 - System and method for regenerative burn-in: A regenerative load that includes an input configured to draw a specified current and an output configured to provide an output voltage and current is described. The regenerative load configured to maintain the output voltage to cause the regenerative load to draw the specified current from the unit under test.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070091518 - Safety switch for a safety circuit: A safety switch for safety circuit arrangement has a control part for processing an input signal and at least one switching element with at least one active and one inactive switching state. The control part controls the switching element in order to generate an output signal dependent on the input... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070091519 - Power supply system: A power supply system is capable of feeding electric power from a power adapter to a plurality of load devices. The power adapter includes a primary core; and a primary coil wound around the primary core for serving as a output port of the power adapter to output an alternating... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070091520 - Ground fault circuit interrupter having an integrated variable timer: A circuit interrupter having an integrated variable timer circuit for alerting an end-user of an impending test of the circuit interrupter which expands the function of a basic circuit interrupter by adding visual/audible warning indicators and the capability of the circuit interrupter to test itself is described herein. The integrated... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070091526 - Apparatus and method for reducing leakage between an input terminal and power rail: An apparatus for reducing current leakage between an input locus and at least one power rail for a system includes, for each respective power rail: (a) A first diode unit coupled between the input locus and a coupling locus. The first diode unit is configured to effect substantially zero potential... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070091522 - Eds protection system for multi-power domain circuitry: The invention discloses an integrated circuit that includes a first device in a first power domain; a second device in a second power domain; and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) bus coupled to the first and second devices for providing a current path to dissipate an ESD current during an ESD... Agent: L. Howard Chen, Esq. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070091523 - Esd protection system for multi-power domain circuitry: The present invention discloses an IC implemented with ESD protection system. In one embodiment, the includes a first device in a first power domain, and a second device in a second power domain. A buffer module is coupled between the first device and the second device for allowing a signal... Agent: Howard Chen, Esq. Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070091521 - Integrated circuit with esd protection circuit: An integrated circuit (IC) having an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit therein is provided. The IC comprises a plurality of bonding pads, a plurality of ESD units, a first ESD bus and a second ESD bus. The first ESD bus has no direct connection with any power pad of the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070091525 - Method and system for reducing transient event effects within an electrostatic discharge power clamp: A method and system for reducing transient event effects, such as radiation effects, in an electrostatic discharge (ESD) power clamp is provided. The ESD power clamp includes triggering circuitry to determine the on-time of the power clamp during an ESD event, and drive circuits driving pull down devices to carry... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070091524 - Protecting circuits from electrostatic discharge: Circuits and methods for protecting a circuit from an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event are disclosed herein. One such method includes detecting when a circuit to be protected is powering up and disabling an output driver of the circuit to be protected when the circuit is powering up. The power up... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070091527 - Automatic detection of a cmos circuit device in latch-up and reset of power thereto: A monitoring and protection circuit associated with a voltage regulator supplying power to a CMOS circuit device can sense over current levels precisely enough for determining if a fault has occurred, e.g., latch-up, failed or shorted transistor, etc., then this monitoring and protection circuit may automatically generate a fault alert... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070091528 - Inrush current limiting switching circuit for power supply: An inrush current limiting power supply switching circuit is disclosed including a first switch through which an electrical load, having a capacitor, and a direct current power supply are connected, a second switch turned on prior to the first switch when supplying electric power from the direct current power supply... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070091529 - Overload detection and indication: An electrical apparatus with electrical overload indication having a conductor for transmitting electrical current, a sense lead, and an indication circuit. The sense lead is electrically connected to the conductor for sensing a voltage drop in the conductor. The indication circuit is electrically connected to the sense lead for comparing... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070091530 - Gate-coupled substrate-triggered esd protection circuit and integrated circuit therewith: An ESD protection design using a gate-coupled substrate-triggered technique is provided. A required RC time constant maintained in the gate-coupled substrate-triggered ESD circuit is based on a parasitic MOS capacitor and larger resistor, in which a layout area for the substrate-triggered ESD protection design is significantly reduced.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070091531 - Method for forming a interference fringe and method for forming a interference pattern: The present invention relates to an exposure method for forming an interference fringe and a method for forming an interference pattern on a photoresist material. The exposure method utilizes using the photoresist exposed in a first exposure procedure as a second mask in a second exposure procedure, so as to... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070091532 - Varistor: In one inventive aspect, a varistor includes a plurality of sets laminated on top of one another, and each set has an inner conductor layer for grounding connected to an external electrode for grounding, a first ceramic layer with the inner conductor layer for grounding formed on a top surface... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070091534 - Control circuit for relay: An exemplary control circuit for a relay includes a diode and a transistor. The diode has an anode acting as an input of the control circuit receiving a control signal, and a cathode is connected to a base of the transistor via a first resistor. A collector of the transistor... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070091533 - Switch monitoring circuit: A switch monitoring circuit includes a switch arranged to be turned ON/OFF in response to an operation, a capacitor connected to both ends of the switch, a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage to the switch in response-to a command, a voltage detecting unit that detects the voltage applied... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070091535 - Temperature controlled semiconductor processing chamber liner: A thermally controlled chamber liner comprising a passage having an inlet and outlet adapted to flow a fluid through the one or more fluid passages formed at least partially therein. The chamber liner may comprise a first liner, a second liner or both a first liner and a second liner.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070091536 - Ion generating unit and ion generating apparatus: An ion generating component includes, on an insulating substrate, a ground electrode, a high-voltage electrode, an insulating film on the surface of the ground electrode, and a linear electrode. The ground electrode is disposed at the outer region of the insulating substrate and includes a pair of legs, which are... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070091537 - Method for agile workpiece temperature control in a plasma reactor using a thermal model: A method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor having an electrostatic chuck for holding a workpiece in a chamber of the reactor includes providing a thermally conductive gas under pressure between a backside of the workpiece and a top surface of the electrostatic chuck, controlling the temperature of... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Roberts M. Wallace

20070091541 - Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor using feed forward thermal control: A method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor having an electrostatic chuck for supporting the workpiece within a reactor chamber, the method including circulating a coolant through a refrigeration loop that includes an evaporator inside the electrostatic chuck, while pressurizing a workpiece-to-chuck interface with a thermally conductive gas,... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070091540 - Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor using multiple zone feed forward thermal control: A method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor having an electrostatic chuck for supporting the workpiece within a reactor chamber, the method including circulating a coolant through a refrigeration loop that includes inner and outer zone evaporators inside respective inner and outer zones of the electrostatic chuck, while... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070091539 - Plasma reactor with feed forward thermal control system using a thermal model for accommodating rf power changes or wafer temperature changes: A plasma reactor having a reactor chamber and an electrostatic chuck with a surface for holding a workpiece inside the chamber includes a backside gas pressure source coupled to the electrostatic chuck for applying a thermally conductive gas under a selected pressure into a workpiece-surface interface formed whenever a workpiece... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070091538 - Plasma reactor with wafer backside thermal loop, two-phase internal pedestal thermal loop and a control processor governing both loops: A plasma reactor with a reactor chamber and an electrostatic chuck having a surface for holding a workpiece inside the chamber includes a backside gas pressure source coupled to the electrostatic chuck for applying a thermally conductive gas under a selected pressure into a workpiece-surface interface formed whenever a workpiece... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070091542 - Spark plug and method of manufacturing same: A spark plug and a method of manufacturing same is provided a spark plug for an internal combustion engine comprising, a center electrode 2, a ground electrode 3 is formed a spark discharge gap G with the center electrode 2, a housing welded to the end portion 31 of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070091543 - Layer and method for microbattery protection by a ceramic-metal double layer: s

20070091544 - Binder for electric double layer capacitor: The present invention provides a binder for an electric double layer capacitor comprising; a polymer (A) containing an acrylate monomer unit, and having two or more glass transition temperatures; a composition for the electric double layer capacitor containing this binder and an active material for an electrode; an electrode for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070091545 - Power supply device with rotatable plug: A power supply device (10) includes a base (20) and a plug (30). The base includes a top wall (22), a recessed portion (24) defined in the top wall, and a locating portion (280) formed in the recessed portion. The plug is rotatably received in the recessed portion, and includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070091546 - Universal pad arrangement for surface mounted semiconductor devices: An apparatus for coupling a plurality of surface mounted semiconductor device packages to a circuit board is provided. Each package including a semiconductor device die and a metal clip including a flat web portion having a bottom surface and at least one peripheral rim portion extending from an edge of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070091547 - Electric junction box: An electric junction box including a case, an input bus bar, an output bus bar and a fuse which are accommodated within the case, wherein an input electric wire and an output electric wire are electrically connected to the input bus bar and the output bus bar, respectively, the electric... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070091548 - Meter with reduced internal temperature rise and associated method: An utility meter is provided. The meter includes a base and a first barrier operably associated with the base. The base and the first barrier define a first compartment between the base and the first barrier. The meter also includes a heat generating component positioned in the first compartment and... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck

20070091550 - Equipment cabinet providing full access to equipment housed therein: A cabinet (10) that provides full access to equipment (12) mounted therein broadly comprises a housing (13) for housing the equipment (12), an access door (24) for selectively protecting the equipment (12), a rack (40) for supporting the equipment (12), and a frame (60) for rotatably and slidably supporting the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070091549 - Method and apparatus for mounting a component in a chassis: A component mounting apparatus includes a support surface. A fixed wall extends from the support surface. A floating wall is coupled to the support surface by a plurality of resilient arms extending between the support surface and the floating wall. A component may be positioned on the support surface between... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070091551 - Computer keyboard capable of receiving and transmitting voice via internet: A computer keyboard which includes a body portion, two loudspeakers mounted on the body portion, a microphone mounted on the body portion, a plurality of sockets mounted on the body portion, a switch mounted on the keyboard, a volume control mounted on the keyboard, a cable provided with a USB... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070091554 - Display device: To make it possible to change a mounting angle of a display section with respect to a stand section and reliably keep the angle of the display section without being changed with the own weight. A fixed section 13A made up of an inclined plane 14A inclined backward, a fixed... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070091552 - Notebook computer with detachable display unit: A notebook computer with detachable display unit is disclosed. The notebook computer includes a main body, a hinge, and a display unit. The hinge includes an electrical connector, an elastic element, a post, and a pivot shaft. The electrical connector is connected with the elastic element. The post is combined... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070091553 - Overturn structure of a dual-usage computer: An overturn structure used in a dual-usage computer comprises a display panel and a base member for enabling the display panel and the base member to be rotated relative to each other to change the computer between the notebook computer mode and the tablet PC mode is disclosed to include... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070091557 - Apparatus for holding a portable electronic device with an integrated cable holder: An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device and connecting the portable electronic device to an accessory includes a holding member includes a first connector, a second connector configured to releasably attach to the first connector, and an integrated cable holder configured to hold a cable that is adapted to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070091558 - Casing for notebook computer: A device and method is provided for providing a notebook computer casing whose contour and outward features can be change by the user. The device includes a main body, at least one decorative piece that can be fixed on and detached from the main body at random. The main body... Agent: Venable LLP Raymond J. Ho

20070091556 - Module assembly for locking and unlocking a battery of an electronic device: The present invention is to provide a module assembly for locking and unlocking a battery of an electronic device, which including a receiving groove deposited at a lower chassis having a first and a second limit section on both sidewalls; wherein an automatic latch button deposited on the first limit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070091555 - Sliding mechanism apparatus and appliance integrated with the same: Disclosed is a sliding mechanism apparatus used for slidably opening and closing a slider-type cellular phone. A guide member and a slider member are engaged with each other so as to enable to slide relative to each other. The end of one arm of a first torsion spring is connected... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070091559 - Server with vertical drive arrangement: A planar backplane is arranged in a horizontal orientation in a server configured for rack mounting. The planar backplane is configured to accept and mount a plurality of disk drives in a vertical orientation in a dense server arrangement.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091561 - Heat dissipating system of multi-media computer: A heat dissipating system of a multi-media computer includes a computer case, a first heat dissipating area, and a second heat dissipating area. The first heat dissipating area is formed on an inner side of the computer case, wherein a hard disk driver, a video graphics card, and a TV... Agent: Hdsl

20070091560 - Power supply cooling system: A power supply cooling system comprises a computer device having at least one inlet for receiving an airflow generated by a cooling system removably couplable to the computer device, the computer device configured to receive power from the cooling system.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091562 - Desk lamp: An improved desk lamp is disclosed. The improved desk lamp of the present invention comprises a heat dissipating housing, a heat dissipating module, a light unit and a control unit. The heat dissipating module, light unit and control unit are disposed inside the housing. A window is provided at an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070091563 - Active heat sink with multiple fans: In an active heat sink, a heat sink comprises a plurality of heat sink fins and multiple fans configured in a redundant arrangement coupled to the heat sink.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091564 - Air duct with airtight seal: A cooling apparatus comprises a printed circuit board and an air duct positioned adjacent the printed circuit board spanning space and forming an air-guiding channel from at least one system fan to at least one heat sink. The air-guiding channel is bounded on one side by the printed circuit board... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091566 - Fan duct and heat dissipation module comprising the same: A heat dissipation module includes a heat sink (40) mountable above a heat-generating component, a fan duct (10), and a fan (50). The fan duct accommodating the heat sink includes a top wall (11), and a pair of sidewalls (13) extending down from opposite sides of the top wall. An... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070091565 - Impingement cooling of components in an electronic system: A cooling apparatus adapted for impingement cooling of electronic components in an electronic system comprises an air mover, one or more heat sinks configured with multiple fins, and one or more flexible tubing segments. The flexible tubing segments are coupled to the air mover and are configured to direct airflow... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091567 - Information processing device and manufacturing method of the information processing device: An information processing device includes a housing part; a heating part arranged in the housing part; a cooling unit configured to cool the heating part; an airflow supplying member configured to supply an airflow to the cooling unit; and an airflow limitation member configured to limit the airflow supplied by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070091568 - Heat sink: A heat sink includes a fin assembly (20) including a plurality of fin plates (22) and a fan (30) mounted on the fin assembly. Each fin plate includes a plurality of cutouts (226) defined on one edge thereof, and the cutouts of the fin plates cooperatively form a scraggy surface... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070091569 - Cooling apparatus and method employing discrete cold plates disposed between a module enclosure and electronics components to be cooled: Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a substrate supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet and at least one coolant chamber disposed therebetween; and multiple coolant-carrying tubes, each tube extending from a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070091570 - Cooling apparatuses and methods employing discrete cold plates compliantly coupled between a common manifold and electronics components of an assembly to be cooled: Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a planar support structure supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, coolant outlet and at least one coolant carrying channel disposed therebetween; and a manifold for distributing coolant to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070091571 - Heat exchanger with fins configured to retain a fan: In a cooling apparatus, a heat exchanger comprises tubing and multiple fins formed onto the tubing. The fins are formed to position and retain one or more cooling fans.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091572 - Device with a heat source formed by a function element that is to be cooled, at least one heat sink, and least one intermediate layer located between the heat source and the heat sink: The invention relates to a novel device made up of a heat source that is formed by at least one electrical or electronic component or is provided with such a component, a heat sink, and an intermediate layer which is located between the heat source and the heat sink and... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20070091573 - Heat sink clip and assembly: A heat sink clip and an assembly incorporating such clip are provided. The heat sink clip comprises: a body, an actuating member and a movable fastener. The body has a securing portion formed at one end thereof. The actuating member is pivotably mounted to the securing portion of said body... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070091574 - Technique for forming a thermally conductive interface with patterned metal foil: A technique for forming a thermally conductive interface with patterned metal foil is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a thermally conductive metal foil having at least one patterned surface for facilitating heat dissipation from at least one integrated circuit device to at least... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070091575 - Portable multi-source power inverter with pass through device: A portable power inverter/converter having a pass through device for simultaneously sourcing A.C. and multiple voltage D.C. power consuming devices through a single D.C. power source connection. Inverter and converter circuitry is provided to invert and convert D.C. voltage to an A.C. voltage source and a lower DC voltage. A.C.... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070091578 - Circuit board having heat dissipation through holes: A circuit board having heat dissipation through holes, wherein a plurality of through holes are provided in the perimeter of the chip on the circuit board, and heat conduction elements are utilized to connect the heat dissipater and auxiliary heat dissipater provided on two sides of the circuit board. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070091577 - Electronic apparatus and circuit board unit: An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing, a circuit board section and a heat transfer member. The circuit board section is accommodated in the housing. The circuit board section includes a heat generating component, a heat receiving region thermally connected to the heat generating component and a heat radiating... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070091576 - Heat dissipating assembly: A heat dissipating assembly includes a heat sink (10) having a chassis (12), a back plate (30) and a plurality of fasteners (40). Each fastener includes a screw cap (42), a spring (44) and a sleeve (46). The screw cap and the sleeve are movably connected together. The screw cap... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070091579 - Information technology (it) equipment position locating system using jumper connections: An apparatus adapted for locating position of an electronic system or device in an information technology (IT) center comprises a connector strip adapted for attachment to a rack cabinet configured for mounting multiple electronic devices, and a jumper adapted for interfacing an electronic device of the multiple electronic devices and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091580 - Holding structure for electronic part: A holding structure for an electronic part includes a first resin mold which has a positioning shape portion for the electronic part, and a second resin mold which is insert-molded to cover the first resin mold and the electronic part positioned with the first resin mold. Through holes for passing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070091581 - Via stub termination structures and methods for making same: Vias are used in multilayer printed circuit boards to route electrical interconnects between layers. Some via constructions embodiments result in the formation of a via-stub section. Via stub sections can distort signals passing through the interconnect and decrease the usable bandwidth of the interconnect. To minimize distortion and increase bandwidth,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070091582 - Cover-slidable mobile phone: A mobile phone includes a main body, a first magnetic device, a slide cover and a second magnetic device. The first magnetic device is disposed on the main body. The slide cover is slidably connected to the main body and can slide relative to the main body. The second magnetic... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070086123 - Reconfigurable power distribution network: A reconfigurable power distribution network having a number of power lines; and a number of switches for carrying electric power between the power lines and electric user devices. An electronic control unit is provided to safety control the switches, on the basis of incoming signals indicating a short-circuit/overload in the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070086124 - Arc fault circuit interrupter and method for disabling series arc protection during current transients: An arc fault circuit interrupter includes a line terminal, a load terminal, separable contacts electrically connected between the line terminal and the load terminal, and a current sensor structured to sense current associated with the load and flowing between the line terminal and the load terminal and through the separable... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20070086126 - Electrical safety outlet: A safety outlet that prevents hazardous conditions is described. Embodiments of the outlet use safe low-voltage DC power to check and ensure that an appliance is plugged into the outlet, that the appliance does not have short circuits or ground faults, and that the appliance is switched on. Some embodiments... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070086125 - Elimination of dc ground fault currents in auto-transformer rectifier unit: An auto-transformer rectifier unit includes circuitry for eliminating DC ground faults. Generally, a capacitor is added in series between each of the input AC feeder lines. Consequently a fault on a DC rail to ground or a faulted diode will prevent or eliminate a DC current ground fault condition entirely.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070086128 - Equipment and methods for emergency lighting that provides brownout detection and protection: The present invention relates to systems, equipment and methods that provide emergency lighting and allow the detection of brownout conditions. One aspect of the present invention is an emergency lighting system with an input voltage interface for receiving an input voltage, a brownout detection component for detecting a brownout condition... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070086127 - Ground fault circuit interrupter containing a dual-function test button: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device, preferably a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), which contains a dual-function test button having a short pole and a long pole positioned underneath the dual-function test button. When the GFCI is properly wired and powered, a depression of the dual-function test button... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070086129 - Integrated circuit providing overvoltage protection for low voltage lines: An overvoltage protection circuit for protecting low voltage, high speed digital communication lines. The circuit is integrated into a semiconductor chip and includes a diode bridge, a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) device and resistors through which a bias voltage can be applied to the TVS device to reduce the capacitance... Agent: Handley Law Firm, PLLC Roger N. Chauza, PC

20070086131 - Current transformer including a low permeability shunt and a trip device employing the same: A current transformer comprises a coil, a core and a shunt member. The core forms a magnetic circuit and has a first permeability. At least a portion of the core is encircled by the coil. The shunt member is coupled to the core and has a second permeability. The shunt... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070086132 - Electric power generating system: An electric power generating system connectable to a reconfigurable power distribution network, and wherein a number of alternators, driven by internal combustion engines running at different speeds ω1, ω2, . . . , ωn, supply alternating voltages to rectifiers (14) generating rectified voltages V(r1), V(r2), . . . , V(rn)... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070086130 - Voltage measuring device: A device for measuring alternating voltage in a conductor under test comprises a first set of capacitive voltage sensors 32a-f mounted on an electrically insulating support member. The sensors are disposed on the support member at spaced intervals along a first notional circle and are connected in parallel between an... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20070086133 - Network system for safe connection of generation into a network power system: A network system includes a network bus structured to power plural network loads. A generator is structured to provide forward power flow to the network bus. A generator protector relay cooperates with the generator. Plural network protectors correspond to plural power source feeders, which are structured to provide forward power... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070086134 - Apparatus and method for estimating synchronized phasors at predetermined times referenced to an absolute time standard in an electrical system: An apparatus and method estimates a plurality of synchronized phasors at predetermined times referenced to an absolute time standard in an electrical power system. The method includes acquiring and determining a frequency of a power system signal, sampling the power system signal at a sampling interval rate based on a... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070086135 - Method of detecting faults using graduated fault detection levels: A faulted circuit indicator utilizes digitized fault indication curves to determine if a fault has occurred in a monitored conductor. Fault indication curves are intended to be similar to trip curves of common power protection devices, and consist of a plurality of associated fault current levels and fault times. The... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070086137 - Linear low capacitance overvoltage protection circuit: A bipolar semiconductor overvoltage protection circuit presents less capacitance to a communication line. The overvoltage protection circuit includes an overvoltage protection device that is biased with a voltage to not only reduce the capacitance thereof, but also to reduce the change in capacitance as a function of frequency. Changes in... Agent: Handley Law Firm, PLLC Roger N. Chauza, PC

20070086136 - Surge supressor: An overvoltage protection means having a first electrode (1), a second electrode (2), a breakdown spark gap between the two electrodes (1, 2), and a housing (3) which holds the electrodes (1, 2). When the breakdown spark gap is ignited, an arc (4) is formed between the two electrodes (1,... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070086138 - Two-wire active sensor interface circuit: A two-wire active sensor interface circuit includes a constant current circuit adapted to be coupled to a two-wire active sensor for receipt of a sensor current signal indicating one of two sensor states. The constant current circuit provides a preselected constant current amount positioned between the two sensor states that... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070086139 - Method for controlling an electronic overcurrent trip for low-voltage circuit breakers: A method is disclosed for controlling an electronic overcurrent trip for low-voltage circuit breakers. According to the method, digitized signals for the electricity values are generated and evaluated, and a tripping device providing short-circuit protection is activated when an overcurrent event is assumed to take place based on the evaluation.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070086140 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for indicating faults within a power circuit utilizing dynamically modified inrush restraint: A faulted circuit indicator comprises a processor, which dynamically determines a conductor de-energization level based on a monitored average current. This dynamically-determined de-energization level and/or monitored average current may be used to provide dynamic inrush restraint and/or dynamic backfeed restraint (reset restraint). If current within a power conductor falls below... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070086141 - Surge receptacle apparatus and power system including the same: A power system includes a circuit interrupter providing ground fault protection for a power circuit, and a surge receptacle powered through the circuit interrupter. The surge receptacle includes a line, neutral and ground terminals electrically interconnected with respective line, neutral and ground conductors of the power circuit, plural receptacles electrically... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070086142 - Fluid assisted emitter tip and method: An emitter tip for a corona discharge device. The emitter tip comprises an elongated body with a tapered end. The body defines a central passage and the tapered end defines a tip passage in fluid communication with the central passage. A method is provided for controlling electrostatic charge comprising providing... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20070086143 - Plasma generator and plasma etching apparatus: A plasma generator for generating a plasma exhibiting a uniform etching rate in a circumferential direction of a sample and a plasma etching device enabling a uniform etching in a circumferential direction of a sample are provided. To generate a plasma of a process gas, the process gas is introduced... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070086144 - Electrostatic chuck having radial temperature control capability: An electrostatic chuck (“chuck”) is provided for controlling a radial temperature profile across a substrate when exposed to a plasma. The chuck includes a number of independently controllable gas volumes that are each defined in a radial configuration relative to a top surface of the chuck upon which the substrate... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070086145 - Capacitor-built-in substrate and method of manufacturing the same: A capacitor-built-in substrate of the present invention contains a capacitor which includes a lower common electrode, a plurality of dielectric portions formed on the lower common electrode to be isolated mutually and coupled electrically to the lower common electrode, an insulating layer formed between the plurality of dielectric portions and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070086146 - Capacitor bank for electrical generator: A capacitor bank for an electrical power generator comprises: a positive assembly having a positive electrical terminal; a negative assembly having a negative electrical terminal; at least one capacitor sandwiched between and electrically coupled to the positive and negative assemblies; and electrical interconnects coupled to each of the terminals and... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070086148 - Housing for an electromagnetic radiation emitting optoelectronic component, component and method of making a housing or a component: A housing for an electromagnetic radiation emitting optoelectronic component is specified. The housing comprises a housing base body provided with a recess in which at least one chip mounting surface is disposed. At least one outer surface of the housing base body, disposed on an emission side of the housing... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070086149 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel, a chassis base coupled to the plasma display panel, a driving board having a plurality of circuit elements and mounted on the chassis base to supply driving voltage, and at least one reinforcement member mounted on the driving board.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070086147 - Printed wiring board: A printed wiring board comprises a wiring substrate provided with at least one conductor circuit, a solder resist layer provided on the surface of the wiring substrate, at least one conductor pad formed from a part of the conductor circuit exposed from an opening provided in the solder resist layer,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086150 - Rotating and sliding module for a display panel: The present invention provides a rotating and sliding module that includes a sliding part and a rotating part coupling with the sliding part. The rotating part may rotate the display panel and slide the display panel along the sliding part to adjust the viewing angle of the display panel.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070086152 - Electric connection box: Fluid drainage slopes are formed at a lower frame part constituting a housing that is provided below circuit board housed inside housing. Drainage ports are also formed at a lowermost part of fluid drainage slope in lower frame part. Thus, fluid that forms in the housing flows down from circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070086151 - Refrigerator: The present invention relates to a refrigerator. In the present invention, a communication pad 60 is installed in one of the doors 51 and 53 for opening and closing storage spaces formed in a refrigerator main body 50. The communication pad 60 is detachably installed in a seating; space 58... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070086154 - Auxiliary display system: An auxiliary display system for use with a laptop computer having a screen portion and a base portion. The system includes a housing having a partially-enclosed cavity, a flat panel display retractably and pivotally attached to the housing so that the flat panel display may be pivotally adjusted when extended... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20070086153 - Display base cable management system and method: A cable management apparatus for an electronic system is provided in accordance with certain embodiments of the presently disclosed techniques. Specifically, in one embodiment, the apparatus includes a display base. The display base includes a body having a recessed portion to receive an electronic device and one or more cable... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070086155 - Portable computer with multi-sectioned arms to support display position adjustment and multiple configurations: A portable computer is comprised of a base, a display, and one or more multi-sectioned arms connecting the base and the display. The arms can be folded and parked alongside the computer in a closed position. The arms can also be detached from both the base and the display. The... Agent: Shaofen Chen

20070086156 - Protective data storage caddy: A hard drive caddy for protecting a hard disk drive (HDD) and connecting to a host system is described. The hard drive caddy includes a housing, which defines a compartment of an appropriate size for receiving the HDD. The housing also serves to protect the exposed components of said HDD.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070086157 - Computer device cooling system: A computer device comprises at least two operational components disposed within a housing of the computer device. The computer device also comprises a cooling system thermally coupled to the at least two operational components, the cooling system configured to receive an airflow through at least one inlet and discharge the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070086158 - method for electronics equipment cooling having improved emi control and reduced weight: An air cooling apparatus for an aircraft includes a cabinet that is configured to house a plurality of modules in a plurality of module accepting regions, respectively, wherein the cabinet has a backplane region. The apparatus further includes a plurality of air flow passages provided between adjacent ones of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070086159 - Power supply apparatus: An opening is formed in a case. Air is caused to flow through the interior of the case. A panel closes the opening. A printed circuit board is disposed behind the panel within the case. A plurality of components, including a control device which can be operated on the front... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070086160 - System and method for cooling a cpu passively: The present invention provides a method for cooling a CPU. The method includes the steps of: setting a passive cooling mode; setting a critical temperature and a reference temperature that is lower than the critical temperature; setting a plurality of temperature intervals between the reference temperature and the critical temperature;... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070086161 - Cross-flow redundant air cooling method for high reliability electronics: An electronic assembly cooling system including a module case assembly that has a module case wall. The system includes a first and second air driver and an electronic assembly located in-front of the module case wall. The system conducts thermal energy from the electronic assembly from in-front of the module... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070086162 - Screwless mini fan holder: A screwless mini fan holder is disclosed. The mount bracket is composed of two clips and four resilient pins projecting from opposite sides of a backplane. The clips are used to couple the fan assembly onto the heat sink of a computer. The resilient pins each having a semi-circular ball... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070086163 - Electronics assembly and electronics package carrier therefor: An electronics assembly is provided having a carrier that provides a controlled height variability between electronics packages and a heat sink device. The electronics assembly includes a substrate and electronics packages connected to the substrate. The assembly also includes a heat sink device positioned in thermal communication with a first... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070086164 - Inverter apparatus: An inverter assembly including a storage compartment for multiple cables adapted to be releasably connected to the inverter. A body of the inverter assembly includes interior and exterior fins for the dissipation of heat energy.... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070086165 - Heat-generating electronic part cover and cover mounting method: A cover is mounted to a heat-generating electronic part (T) for electrical insulation and heat dissipation purposes. The cover comprises a hollow cover body (20) of rectangular prism shape having a top wall (23), bottom wall (24), side walls, open front wall (21) and closed rear wall (22) and defining... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086166 - Method for manufacturing semiconductor module using interconnection structure: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor module, a metal layer is formed on a support substrate. Then, first conductive posts and a first insulating layer are formed on the metal layer. The first insulating layer surrounds the sides of the first conductive posts. Then, second conductive posts are formed... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070086167 - Heat sink having speed-up heat-dissipating structure: A heat sink having speed-up heat-dissipating structure is provided. The heat sink includes a first and second heat-dissipating surface, wherein a plurality of heat-dissipating strips is formed in annular shape on the first heat-dissipating surface without intersecting each other, and the cross-sectional areas of the heat-dissipating strips and the space... Agent: Elizabeth Chien-hale

20070086169 - Fastening structure: A fastening structure for securing a heatsink module is provided. The structure includes at least a first fastening piece attached to the circuit board and having a first fastening member; a heat spreader having its attached side connected to the heatsink module, hence able to swing vertically, and a pair... Agent: Venable LLP Raymond J. Ho

20070086170 - Heat sink device with shielding member: A heat sink device includes a heat sink (20) and a shielding member (30). The heat sink defines a receiving groove (220). The shielding member includes a fixing plate (322) received in the receiving groove, and a receiving portion (300) for receiving an electronic component. The heat sink device not... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070086168 - Method and apparatus for optimizing heat transfer with electronic components: A heat transfer assembly includes a printed circuit board assembly supporting an electronic component assembly including one or more semiconductor chips. A heat sink assembly is adapted to be placed in thermal engagement with the one or more semiconductor chips. Included is a loading assembly for loading the one or... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070086171 - Power supply assembly: A power supply assembly includes a housing having side walls, end walls, and a bottom wall defining a rectangular box with an interior space and an open top. A first dividing wall and a second dividing wall are positioned in the interior space of the housing which divides the interior... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20070086172 - Do it yourself server modules: An exemplary server includes a rack, a first module, a second module, and a third module. The first module is slidably attached to an end of the rack in a first direction. The second module is slidably attached to another end of the rack in a second direction opposite to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070086173 - Keyboard, video and mouse (kvm) switch: A keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch comprises an enclosure; a switching circuit contained within the enclosure; a set of connector ports disposed on the enclosure and electrically coupled to the switching circuit; a set of plugs electrically coupled to the switching circuit, the set of plugs comprising: a video... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070086174 - Module with embedded electronic components: In a module with embedded electronic components, connection electrodes are formed on the component mounting surface of a substrate. The electrode portions of each of the electronic components are placed on the individual connection electrodes and connected in fixed relation thereto by using a solder. The electronic components are encapsulated... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070086175 - Configurable chassis guidance system and method: A configurable chassis guidance system and method are described. The system may be practiced as a chassis and/or a module or an element thereof (e.g., a mating guide). The system and method allow reconfiguration of multiple modules of various module widths without the need for removal or reinstallation of module... Agent: Ross D. Snyder & Associates, Inc.

20070081280 - Drive circuit having a transformer for a semiconductor switching element: A drive circuit for a semiconductor switching element includes a transformer, first and second driver circuits, and a rectifier element. The drive circuit produces a drive signal based on an input signal. The transformer havs a primary winding and a secondary winding, and is integrated in a first semiconductor body.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20070081281 - Ground-fault circuit-interrupter system for three-phase electrical power systems: A ground-fault circuit-interrupter method and system for three-phase electrical power systems including a plurality of GFCI units and a processor forming a ground-fault circuit interrupting system for use in a three-phase power distribution network including a three-phase source of electrical power, a three- or four-wire main circuit, and a plurality... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070081282 - Electrostatic discharge (esd) protection apparatus for programmable device: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection apparatus for programmable device is provided. This ESD protection device provides a high impedance along the electrical path from the pad to the power system for preventing the programmable device from damages induced by ESD event; and the impedance can be intentionally decreased during the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070081283 - Spark gap apparatus and method for electrostatic discharge protection: An apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection includes a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace. The first conductive trace defines a first conductive periphery and is deposited on a first surface. The second conductive trace defines a second conductive periphery and is deposited on a second surface. The... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20070081284 - Power control system pseudo power-up, aircraft including the power control system and method of controlling power in an aircraft: A power control system with a pseudo-power up, an aircraft including the power control system and a method of controlling power in an aircraft. On-board wiring is protected from faults by electronic circuit breakers (ECBs), which may also control AC/DC electrical power supplies of on-board electrical/electronic equipment. A computer processor... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. -- Boeing

20070081285 - Power supply control circuit: A power supply control circuit is disclosed. The power supply control circuit controls a current which is supplied from a power source to a load. The power supply control circuit includes a reverse current detecting circuit which detects a reverse current flowing from the load to the power source and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070081286 - Electrical receptacle: An electrical receptacle including a housing having an inwardly directed side and an electrical resistor thermally coupled to the inwardly directed side of the housing.... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070081288 - Light emitting device: An object is to provide a light emitting device capable of efficiently dissipating heat generated in a semiconductor light-emitting element. The light emitting device 1 for achieving this object is a device wherein a multilayer chip varistor 10 has a varistor element 11 having a varistor layer comprised essentially of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070081287 - Multiple planar inductor coaxial surge suppressor: An in-line surge suppressor having a body with a bore between two ends and at least one channel located within the body and around the bore. An inner conductor is located within the bore. A shorting element has a plurality of segments that extend from the inner conductor, through extension... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070081289 - System for emi filter surge voltage clamping: A pair of back-to-back-coupled zener diodes is coupled from the input to the output of each leg of a common mode choke used in a LC circuit for reducing EMI into the power supply of an electrical device. The reversed biased zener diode of each pair breaks down when ringing... Agent: Arris International, Inc

20070081291 - Dissipator: A dissipator useful for discharging provides a continuously variable high-voltage load under control of a computer or other device capable of providing an analog control voltage. Known dissipator arrangements use multiple high voltage switches and resistors to attempt to dissipate power. However, the disclosed dissipator uses the resistive property of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070081290 - Ionizer incorporated with electronic appliance: An ionizer incorporated with an electronic appliance utilizes the power supply of the appliance so that only less device and space are required for the additional ion function. The small power-consumption ionizer does not influence the original function of the electronic device while the negative ions help refreshing the air... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070081293 - Systems and methods for a user interface for electronic weaponry: Another apparatous, according to various aspects of the present invention, produces contraction in skeltal muscles of a target to impede locomotion by the target. The apparatus is used with a provided deployment unit that deploys an electrode away from the apparatus. The electrode conducts a current through the target. The... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20070081292 - Systems and methods for propelling an electrode: An apparatus for interfering whith locomotion by a target includes a processing circuit, a signal generator, and a transmitter. The processing circuit determines an identification of the apparatus and an identification of a user of the appararatus. The signal generator is controlled by the processing circuit. The signal generator provides... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20070081295 - Capacitively coupled plasma reactor having a cooled/heated wafer support with uniform temperature distribution: A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece includes a reactor chamber, an electrostatic chuck within the chamber for supporting a workpiece, an RF plasma bias power generator coupled to apply RF power to the electrostatic chuck and a refrigeration loop having an evaporator inside the electrostatic chuck with a refrigerant... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070081294 - Capacitively coupled plasma reactor having very agile wafer temperature control: A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece includes a reactor chamber, an electrostatic chuck within the chamber having a top surface for supporting a workpiece and having indentations in the top surface that form enclosed gas flow channels whenever covered by a workpiece resting on the top surface. The reactor... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070081296 - Method of operating a capacitively coupled plasma reactor with dual temperature control loops: In a plasma reactor having an electrostatic chuck with an electrostatic chuck top surface for supporting a workpiece, thermal transfer medium flow channels in the interior of the electrostatic chuck, a method for controlling temperature of the workpiece during plasma processing includes circulating thermal transfer medium through the thermal transfer... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Ofiice Of Robert M. Wallace

20070081297 - Method of manufacturing thin film capacitor and printed circuit board having thin film capacitor embedded therein: A method of manufacturing a thin film capacitor includes steps of: performing recrystallization heat treatment on a metal foil; forming a dielectric layer on a top surface of the recrystallized metal foil; heat treating the metal foil and the dielectric layer; and forming an upper electrode on a top surface... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070081298 - Electric double layer capacitor: In an electric double layer capacitor including two plate-like polarizable electrodes stacked in layers via a separator and constituted by housing these in an outer packaging member, a contact area between a first polarizable electrode and the separator is different from a contact area between a second polarizable electrode and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070081299 - Pretreated porous electrode: Active electrode material, such as fibrillized blend of activated carbon, polymer, and conductive carbon, is pretreated by immersion in a sealing coating. After the active electrode material is dried, the coating seals micropores of the activated carbon or another porous material, thus preventing exposure of water molecules or other impurities... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070081300 - Electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method capable of manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor having the PTC function as easy as possible. A main electrode layer in a cathode is formed so as to have the PTC function. Different from a conventional electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method of connecting a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070081301 - Surface-mount solid electrolytic capacitor and process for manufacturing same: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element 2, an anode lead terminal 3 electrically connected to an anode of the capacitor element, a cathode lead terminal 4 electrically connected to a cathode of the capacitor element, and a package 5 which is made of synthetic resin and hermetically seals... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070081302 - Assembly of devices: An assembly of devices including at least one switchgear cabinet and a cooling device. The switchgear cabinet has a closed interior, in which electric installations can be housed. The cooling device is attached in the vicinity of or near a lateral surface of the switchgear cabinet that runs vertically with... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070081303 - Recess housing feature for computing devices: A computing device housing is provided having a front face and a back face. Each of the front face and the back face extend lengthwise in a first axial direction and widthwise in a second axial direction. A peripheral recess is formed in the front face to extend along at... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070081304 - Electronic device: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a main body; a display device including an inputting unit; a hinge mechanism that joints the main body and the display device; and a projection portion projecting from the main body. The hinge mechanism includes a turning axis that allows the display... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070081305 - Fixing mechanism for fixing a disc drive and a locking device thereof: A fixing mechanism for fixing a disc drive and a locking device thereof solves the inconvenience involved in fixing and disassembling the disc drive. The disc drive has at least one a pair of protrusions located at side walls of the disc drive. The fixing mechanism includes a fixing frame... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070081307 - Electronic apparatus: A personal computer (electronic apparatus) (1) is equipped with a plurality of heat generating devices: a power source unit (11), a CPU (12), an FD drive device (13), a CD/DVD drive device (14), and an LCD (15), and a cooling fan (16) for cooling the plurality of heat generating devices... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070081306 - Power supply unit with perforated housing: A power supply unit (PSU) has walls which define an internal volume of the PSU. A metal sheet forming left and right side walls and an upper wall is provided with plural perforations on each of those walls. The perforations are circular in shape, and formed in a regular grid... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070081308 - Computer system: A computer system includes a rack, a computer module and an interface-dedicated module to be mounted therein, and an intra-rack management module. The rack has a rear panel for power supply to and signal connection among modules, and the modules permit plug-in mounting onto the rear panel of the rack.... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070081309 - Circuit substrate: A circuit substrate includes a first rigid substrate having a plurality of land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface, a second rigid substrate having a plurality of second land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface and a flexible wiring board sandwiched by the first... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070081310 - Cageless, pluggable optoelectronic device: The device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a first optical subassembly, a second optical subassembly, and a lever. The device is pluggable to a host structure. The housing has a channel and ground spring fingers. The printed circuit board has contact traces and is mounted to the housing.... Agent: Karl D. Kovach, Esq. Stratos International, Inc.

20070081312 - Composite electronic component and method of manufacturing the same: A composite electronic component includes a multilayer wiring block having a plurality of insulating layers and a wiring pattern, and a chip-type electronic component built-in multilayer block having a plurality of insulating payers and a wiring pattern and including a first chip-type electronic component. The multilayer wiring block and the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070081311 - Emi shielding techniques using multiple emi shields which share the same circuit board holes: A circuit board module includes a circuit board defining a top side, a bottom side and holes extending through the circuit board between the top and bottom sides. The module further includes a component mounted to a portion of the circuit board, and an EMI shield assembly configured to provide... Agent: David E. Huang, Esq. Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20070081313 - Surface mounting semiconductor device: In accordance with one example of the disclosed subject matter, a semiconductor device can include the following features. A first lead frame can be provided that has one end configured to form a recess. An LED chip can be mounted on an inner bottom surface of the recess. A bonding... Agent: Cermak & Kenealy, LLP

20070081314 - Electronic component packaging structure and method for producing the same: An electronic component packaging structure, includes: circuit boards each having a wiring at least on a surface thereof; and an electronic component package secured between the circuit boards. The electronic component package includes at least one electronic component embedded within an electrical insulating encapsulation resin molded member made of an... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070081315 - Configurable io subsystem: An enclosure for an input-output (IO) subsystem comprises: a backplane; a plurality of first slots for accepting corresponding IO option modules; a second slot for accepting an IO controller module; a plurality of first connectors corresponding to the plurality of first slots for connecting the corresponding IO option modules to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070081316 - Auxiliary mounting apparatus for expansion cards: An exemplary mounting apparatus for aiding in mounting a plurality of long expansion cards in electrical devices includes a locating member, and a retention member rotatably attached to the locating member. The locating member includes a base wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a top wall. Pairs of guiding rails... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070081317 - Circuit board mounting for temperature stress reduction: A circuit board mounting system in one example comprises an improved mounting system for a circuit board disposed between housing elements, wherein the improvement comprises a plurality of slots formed in the circuit board and a plurality of bushings disposed within the slots, such that the housing elements rest on... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070081318 - Structural support for portable electronic devices: Parallel stacking mid-frame structural supports for use with a portable electronic device are presented including: a first side member; a second side member disposed substantially parallel to the first side member, the first member and the second member each configured with; a support feature for providing structural support when an... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20070076333 - Method and system for controlling the flow of electrical power: A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of electrical power. Specifically, there is provided an integrated electrical device that includes a mounting rail, a first contactor mounted on the mounting rail, a safety relay coupled to the first contactor; and a protective plate coupled to the safety... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070076334 - Electrical contactor current sensing system and method: A current sensing module is provided for contactors and similar switch gear. The current sensing module is packaged so as to be capable of mounting on a line or a load side of a contactor. The current sensing module may be eliminated where current signals are not needed, but can... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070076335 - Protection apparatus for an electrical load: The trip unit of a circuit breaker provides overload protection for a contactor used to energize a load such as a motor while still providing conventional protection for the wiring serving the motor. The trip unit of the circuit breaker eliminates the need for a separate overload relay by generating... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20070076337 - Ground fault circuit interrupter containing a dual-function test button: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device, preferably a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), which contains a dual-function test button having a short pole and a long pole positioned underneath the dual-function test button. When the GFCI is properly wired and powered, and preferably in a reset state, a... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070076336 - Sensor for measuring physical variables and for passing on the measured variable, circuit having such a sensor and method for operating the sensor and the circuit: A sensor for measuring a variable, in particular a physical variable, includes at least one converter element converting the variable into an electrical signal. At least one electronic signal processing unit conditions and/or processes the electrical signal to provide a sensor signal. The at least one electronic signal processing unit... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070076339 - Air gap for tungsten/aluminum plug applications: An air gap structure substantially reduces undesired capacitance between adjacent interconnects, metal lines or other features in an integrated circuit device. The air gap extends above, and may also additionally extend below, the interconnects desired to be isolated thus minimizing fringing fields between the lines. The integrated air gap structure... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20070076338 - Electrostatic discharge device with variable on time: Disclosed is an electrostatic discharge device, typically referred to as a power clamping circuit, for minimizing the effects of an initial ESD event as well as providing protection against subsequent ESD events. The power clamp is left fully turned on during and after an ESD event. Subsequent ESD events are... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070076340 - Electrical power distribution device having a current display: An electrical power distribution unit can include a power distribution unit enclosure, a power input associated with the power distribution unit enclosure, and a plurality of power outputs associated with the power distribution unit enclosure. At least certain power outputs can be connectable to one or more electrical loads external... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070076341 - Brownout ride-through system and method: A device is provided for riding through brownouts, or transitory losses of control power applied to electromagnetic devices such as contactors and relays. An energy storage circuit stores charge that can be discharged into a contactor operating coil during partial or full losses of control power and for short durations.... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070076342 - Protection circuit and method of protecting a load circuit: A protection circuit includes an interruption device formed to interrupt a current path between a protection circuit input and a protection circuit output upon exceeding a predetermined temperature at a temperature measurement location, and a control device formed to generate a control signal depending on a current in the current... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070076343 - Connector: A connector which can reduce electrostatic surges without deteriorating high-speed signals is provided. The connector in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention comprises a first terminal, a second terminal connected to the first terminal, and a surge absorbing circuit provided between the first and second terminals. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070076344 - High frequency power device: A high frequency power device for supplying high frequency power to a load to generate plasma, includes: a high frequency detector, detecting a forward wave voltage and a reflected wave voltage in an output end of the high frequency power device to output a forward wave signal corresponding to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070076346 - Electrostatic chuck assembly with dielectric material and/or cavity having varying thickness, profile and/or shape, method of use and apparatus incorporating same: An electrostatic chuck assembly having a dielectric material and/or having a cavity with varying thickness, profile and/or shape is disclosed. The electrostatic chuck assembly includes a conductive support and an electrostatic chuck ceramic layer. A dielectric layer or insert is located between the conductive support and an electrostatic chuck ceramic... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070076345 - Substrate placement determination using substrate backside pressure measurement: We have discovered a method of using the vacuum chuck/heater upon which a substrate wafer is positioned to determine whether the wafer is properly placed on the vacuum chuck. The method employs measurement of a rate of increase in pressure in a confined space beneath the substrate. Because the substrate... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials, Inc.

20070076347 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor has a multilayer body, and first and second terminal electrodes. In the multilayer body first and second internal electrode are laminated with a dielectric layer in between. The first internal electrode includes first and second electrode portions with a dielectric region between them along the laminating direction... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070076348 - Interposer and electronic device fabrication method: An interposer 2 comprising a base 10 formed of a plurality of resin layers 26, 34, 42, 52, 56; a thin-film capacitor 12 buried in the base 10, including a lower electrode 20, a capacitor dielectric film 22 and an upper electrode 24; a first through-electrode 14b formed through the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070076349 - Electrochemical double-layer capacitor using organosilicon electrolytes: Disclosed are supercapacitors having organosilicon electrolytes, high surface area/porous electrodes, and optionally organosilicon separators. Electrodes are formed from high surface area material (such as porous carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers), which has been impregnated with the electrolyte. These type devices appear particularly suitable for use in electric and hybrid electric... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070076350 - Capacitor and electronic apparatus thereof: According to one embodiment, a capacitor includes a first anode terminal exposed from an end portion of a first inner electrode coupled to one side of a dielectric in a predetermined direction, a second anode terminal exposed from the other end portion of the first electrode in the predetermined direction,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070076352 - Ballast insulator: The present invention discloses a sheet-like insulator structure for dampening vibrations and lowering the sound level of a ballast for a fluorescent lamp. The ballast insulator is made of neoprene and is approximately 0.25 inches thick and fixed between the ballast and the mounting location. The ballast insulator comprises a... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070076351 - Component carrier: The present invention relates to a component carrier which includes a frame (72) and a sealing lip (50). The frame includes walls defining an internal opening. The frame may be made of metal and the sealing lip of thermoplastic elastomer. The sealing lip is a single piece which is applied... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20070076353 - Panel fixing structure: A panel fixing structure is proposed, for fixing a panel to an electronic device having fixing sections on two sides thereof respectively. The structure includes two holding members and two side plates. Each of the holding members includes a first fixing portion and at least one coupling portion that is... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070076354 - Electric power distribution device: A band-shaped bus bar includes a flat part disposed at the center thereof, and a curved part at both ends in a length direction. A receiving groove for receiving the bus bar is extended along a circle in an insulating holder. The flat part of the bus bar is received... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070076355 - Module type multiphase inverter: A multiphase inverter has two card shaped arm modules facing each other along a stacking direction. Each module has semiconductor switching elements disposed along an element arranging direction substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction, a common heat sink plate connecting direct current electrodes of the elements with one of terminals... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070076356 - Electronic device and ventilation apparatus thereof: A ventilation apparatus includes a sidewall (24) including a plurality of aligned connecting portions (245), and a plurality of ribs (244). A plurality of through holes (242) is defined between every two adjacent connecting portions, and one of the through holes is defined above one of the connecting portions but... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076357 - Casing of electronic device: A casing of an electronic device is proposed, which includes a first casing member having at least an expansion interface slot for being connected with an expansion device, and an opening corresponding to the expansion interface slot; a second casing member covering the first casing member and having a gap... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070076358 - Display device capable of receiving an electronic device: A display device includes a display monitor including a first plane facing a user and a second plane opposite to the first plane, and a support arm including a first end connected to the second plane and a second end. The display device further includes a base positioned below the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076359 - Computer casing baffle plate device: A computer casing baffle plate device is composed of a computer casing which contains a left and right side walls provided with protruded members, shaft holes, and screw holes, with transversal concave parts formed below front ends of upper surfaces. A baffle plate whose bottom is provided with shaft holes... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070076362 - Computer device having multi-function handle: A computer device comprising a handle usable to transport the computer device, the handle configured having a storage cavity disposed therein.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070076361 - Computer device with input/output cover: A computer device comprising a housing having a peripheral opening with a least one input/output (I/O) port disposed therein and a cover removably couplable to a periphery of the housing to enclose the peripheral opening, the cover having at least one opening formed therein corresponding to a location of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070076360 - Computer device with universal cover: A computer device comprises at least one housing configured with a peripheral opening to enable access to a plurality of components disposed therein, and a cover couplable to the at least one housing over the peripheral opening to cooperatively enclose the plurality of components.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070076363 - Notebook computer with detachable display and support stand for detachable display: A notebook computer and an associated support stand are provided. The notebook computer includes a main body, a detachable display, and a hinge assembly. The support stand defines a hinge assembly thereof. The hinge assembly includes two hinges, two guiding portions, and an electrical connector. The hinges are fixed on... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076364 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes a chassis, a top panel, a motherboard, and a side cover. The chassis includes a bottom panel and a side panel. The bottom panel forms a pair of restricting tabs. The top panel covers on the chassis. The top panel includes a plurality of resilient tabs.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076365 - Portable electronic device incorporating webcam: A portable electronic device (100) includes a device body (10) and a connector plug (30). The device body includes a digital camera (17). The connector plug has a mounting portion (31) and a plug portion (33). The mounting portion has one end rotatably connecting to the device body and electrically... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076366 - Loadable/unloadable adapter for substrate: A loadable/unloadable adapter for a substrate which can simplify the loading and unloading work of the substrate. A substrate 23 is loaded to an loadable/unloadable adapter 13. The loadable/unloadable adapter 13 is inserted from a window hole 14 of a housing 12. A handle member 26 swings about a supporting... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070076367 - Fastenable docking device with fastening device: A docking device is used for docking a portable computer. The docking device defines an axis along which the portable computer moves between a docking position in the docking device and an undocking position out of the docking device. The docking device includes a hooking member and a resilient mechanism... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076369 - Method of determining minimal dimension of computer and computer designed though the method: A method to determine the minimal dimension of a personal computer and a personal computer constructed through the method are provided An optical disc driver and a heat dissipater are laid aside to define a length and a width of the computer. Then, define the size of a motherboard according... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070076368 - Rotatable cooling fans and method for use: A rotatable fan system and method is disclosed in which an array of paired fans is included as part of an information handling system. The array of paired fans can be rotated so that the interior fan becomes the exterior fan. The array includes an electrical switch for reversing the... Agent: Riger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070076370 - Apparatus and method to efficiently cool a computing device: Embodiments disclosed herein include devices to cool the walls of a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a louvered vent is formed within an external wall of a mobile computing device to create an air curtain between the external wall and a heat generating component to cool the external wall.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070076371 - Electronic devices with heat-dissipation apparatuses: An electronic device includes a frame (10) and a side blow fan (11). The frame includes a top portion (100), a bottom portion (120), and a plurality of side portions (130). The side portions connect with the bottom portion and the top portion. The bottom portion and at least one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076373 - Data center cooling system: A modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face, wherein the plurality of racks is arranged in a first row and a second row, such that the back faces of racks of the first row are facing the... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070076372 - Method and apparatus for controlling rotation speed of fan: A method and an apparatus for automatically controlling rotation speed of a cooling fan are provided. The method includes the following steps: Sampling temperature values of the electronic component at Time (n−1) and at Time (n). Then storing the temperature values at Time (n−1) and at Time (n). Then comparing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076374 - Ic coolant microchannel assembly with integrated attachment hardware: An apparatus includes a microchannel structure that has microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are for transporting a coolant and are intended to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. The apparatus further includes a cover positioned on the microchannel structure. The... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20070076375 - Synthetic jet-based heat dissipation device: A synthetic jet array in a computing device, such as a mobile computing device, to dissipate heat generated by a heat generating component of the mobile computer is described. In one embodiment, a microscale synthetic jet array is integrated within a heat generating component, either on the backside of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070076376 - Method, apparatus and computer system for providing for the transfer of thermal energy: A method, apparatus and computer system are described for providing for the transfer of heat from electronic components. The computer system includes a frame and an apparatus. The apparatus includes a chassis component with a heat pipe, a heat exchanger, a conduit of tubing, a cold plate, and a pump... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070076377 - Bi-polar thermal managment: The invention is a thermal management device for extracting heat from a semiconductor device. The proper extraction of heat generated by semiconductors in general central processor unit is supported by a bi-level design. Heat generated by a working microprocessor is produced from the actual semiconductor architecture onto its housing. The... Agent: Matteo B. Gravina

20070076378 - Thermal contact arrangement: A thermal contact arrangement. The thermal contact arrangement may mitigate or reduce migration over time of a thermal interface material positioned between a chip and a heat sink. The thermal contact arrangement may include a first zone formed on a first area of the heat sink and a second zone... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070076379 - Portable electronic apparatus employing numeric keypad: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case defining a space therein and an opening communicating with the space, and an input module received in the space of the case and configured for inputting data to the electronic apparatus. The input module includes a chassis detachably attached to the case, and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076380 - Structure for fixing adaptor to server: A structure for fixing an adaptor to a server having a space is provided. The fixing structure includes at least one first coupling portion provided on at least one side of the space; at least one second coupling portion provided on at least one side of the adaptor and corresponding... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070076381 - Flexible circuit board with heat sink: A novel flexible circuit board with heat dissipation ability is provided. The flexible circuit board includes a heat sink and a heat spreader having at least one circuit substrate mounted thereon. The heat spreader has a first lower surface and a first upper surface which has a plurality of first... Agent: Michael W. Taylor

20070076384 - Chassis boss assembly and display apparatus including the same: A chassis boss assembly, in which a reinforcing member unit and a chassis base are directly coupled to each other, and a plasma display apparatus including the chassis boss assembly, include a boss unit having a recess and a reinforcing member unit on a lower portion of the boss unit.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070076383 - Electrical connection box: A case that houses a circuit component includes a frame along a peripheral edge of a circuit board, and a cover assembled to the frame so as to cover the circuit board, and connectors, facing an outer peripheral side of the frame are provided in the frame. In corresponding surfaces... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070076382 - Usb device with metal plug shell attached to plastic housing: A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a metal plug shell attached to the housing structure such that an upper wall of the metal plug shell is... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070076385 - Component support: A component support having two or more module carriers aligned with each other in a direction across a width of a component support. The module carriers have two insert card guidance devices connected with each other via a support element so that guides of the insert card guidance devices, which... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070076388 - Built-in capacitor type power feed device to power pins of electrical component: A built-in capacitor type power feed device for an electrical component which solves the problems of the reduction in the noise margin of the power supply system accompanying the lower drive voltages of electrical components and the noise between the power supply and ground accompanying simultaneous switching waveforms, provided with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070076389 - Electronic device with conductive connection structure: The present invention provides an electronic device with a conductive connection structure, which has a substrate with conductive media thereon. The conductive media are electrically connected to conductive saliences respectively. These saliences are electrically connected to other electronic devices directly or indirectly. Each of the saliences has a space therein... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070076386 - Optimized light fixture circuit board: A square layout of a DC light fixture printed circuit board assembly having no cross-over wiring while maintaining all of the necessary component interconnections comprises a transformer, two transistors, a diode, a resistor, an inductor, and three capacitors all arranged on a square 2¼″×2¼″ printed circuit board. To avoid cross-over... Agent: Michael J. Moffatt, Esq. Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP

20070076390 - Power semiconductor module: A power semiconductor module has a controllable semiconductor chip (50), a first printed circuit board (1), a second printed circuit board (2), and also has one or a plurality of passive components (13, 18). The first printed circuit board (1) may have a conductor track structure (12, 13, 14), and... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070076387 - Usb device with plastic housing having integrated plastic plug shell: A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a plastic plug shell integrally molded to the housing structure such that an upper wall of the plug shell is... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070076391 - Chip embedded packaging structure: A chip embedded packaging structure includes a first metal board, a second metal board having at least a through cavity, in which the second metal board is disposed on the upper surface of the first metal board to form a heat dissipating substrate, at least a semiconductor chip and a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076392 - Wiring board and capacitor: A wiring board comprising: a board core (11) having a core main surface (12) and a core reverse surface (13); a capacitor (101, 101A, 101B, 101C, 101D, 101E, 101F, 101G, 101H, 101J, 1101, 1101′, 1101″, 1101′″, 1101″″, 1101′″″) having a capacitor main surface (102) and a capacitor reverse surface (103)... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070076393 - Pad area and method of fabricating the same: A pad area and a method of fabricating the same, wherein the pad area is formed on a substrate to contact a chip on glass (COG) or a chip on flexible printed circuit (COF) with the substrate. Changing a lower structure of the pad area increases contact points between conductive... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070076394 - On-machine backplane mounted modular power and data distribution system and method: A backplane configuration is described for supporting a range of modular components mechanically and for making electrical connections between the components. The backplane is particularly well-suited to power distribution and control applications, such as in industrial motor drives, and so forth. The backplane includes a number of bays or slots... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070076395 - Component-fixing device, and printed circuit board and electronic apparatus with component-fixing device: According to one embodiment, a component-fixing device having a flexible substrate, a positioning member and a socket unit. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of connection terminals that connect a circuit component to a printed wiring board. The positioning member holds the flexible substrate, positions the flexible substrate on the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070076396 - Plasma display apparatus: A plasma display apparatus having a chassis made of i) nonconductive material such as synthetic resin, and ii) metal is disclosed. In one embodiment, the chassis base has a grounding member included in the chassis base during the injection molding of the chassis base, and bosses are integrated with the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070076397 - Electronic apparatus including visible connector: An enclosure of an electronic apparatus includes an upper panel covering over the upper surface of an inner space of the enclosure. A connector is incorporated in the enclosure. The electronic apparatus allows the upper panel to define the peripheral edge retreating from the tip end of the connector. When... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070076399 - Apparatus, system, and method for connecting and disconnecting a circuit card: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for connecting and disconnecting daughter cards. A handle urges a locking member toward a base comprising a stop and a channel. The channel may direct the locking member to a specified position. The locking member biases the catch and the biased catch engages... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070076398 - Assembly retention latch having concave release structure: In one non-limiting aspect thereof this invention provides a structure having a generally planar quadrilateral shape that includes a bottom portion defining a mounting section; a vertical wall portion that extends upwards from the bottom portion and a top-most portion having a generally triangular shape in cross-section and forming along... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070076400 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a housing made of insulator and attached to a main circuit board, conductive contacts arranged in the housing, and an actuator provided to be rotatable to the housing for engaging with the conductive contacts and to take up first and second stations selectively for bringing each... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070076402 - Assembly for securing plates: An assembly for securing plates includes a first plate having two pairs of protruding portions, and a second plate having two tongue pieces at opposite ends thereof. Each of the protruding portions has a first guiding surface and a second guiding surface intersecting with the first guiding surface for the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070076401 - Male connectors and female connectors which are used to produce liquid transmission connections, such as for enteral nutrition lines: The invention relates to connectors which are intended for use in the medical field. The entry diameter and the thread crest diameter of the inventive connectors are selected in relation to the corresponding diameters of standard connectors such that the assembly of a male connector (A, C) or a female... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20070076403 - Method and apparatus for cable management: A cable management apparatus includes a first cable management member. A second cable management member is pivotally coupled to the first cable management member such that the first cable management member and the second cable management member are moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, whereby the second... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP