Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 06/07

20070146944 - Apparatus and methods for testing the life of a leakage current protection device: An apparatus for testing the life of a leakage current protection device, comprising a microcontroller unit, at least one of a first fault detector and a second fault detector, at least one of an audio alarm and a visual alarm, a power supply circuit. In operation, the first fault detector... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070146947 - Intelligent life testing methods and apparatus for leakage current protection: An apparatus for testing the life of a leakage current protection device having a leakage current detection circuit and a trip mechanism having a switch device. In one embodiment, the apparatus a ground fault simulation unit, a fault detector of the leakage current detection circuit and the trip mechanism, and... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070146945 - Intelligent life testing methods and apparatus for leakage current protection device with indicating means: An apparatus for testing the life of a leakage current protection device having a leakage current detection circuit and a trip mechanism. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a ground fault simulation circuit for generating a simulated ground fault during every negative half-wave of an AC power, a signature signal... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070146946 - Leakage current detection interrupter with fire protection means: A leakage current detection interrupter with fire protection means, comprising: (i) a leakage current protection circuit, (ii) an electrical cord with metallic fire shields, and (iii) a fire protection circuit, wherein, in operation, the leakage current protection circuit and the fire protection circuit detect a fault condition including a leakage... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070146941 - Flexible circuit having overvoltage protection: A first voltage variable material (“VVM”) includes an insulative binder, first conductive particles with a core and a shell held in the insulating binder and second conductive particles without a shell held in the insulating binder; a second VVM includes an insulating binder, first conductive particles with a core and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070146940 - Switch mode power supply with output voltage equalizer: A switch mode power supply for feeding a single ended class D amplifier, having. two voltage sources (1, 2) is disclosed. The power supply comprises a voltage equalizer circuit including a coil (10) having a first terminal connected to said common point (3), a first switch (11) connected between a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070146942 - Position detecting system that self-monitors for connectivity faults: A system for detecting position that is capable of self-monitoring for connectivity faults. In one embodiment, the system comprises a transformer, an excitation potential source, a bias potential source, and a processor.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070146943 - Electronic differential switch: An electronic differential switch is provided that is connected to a phase cable and a neutral cable of an electric network. The electronic differential switch includes a first winding associated with a second winding, at least one toroid associated with the first winding, a diode bridge, a driving relay for... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070146948 - Integrated circuit arrangements: An integrated multiplexer circuit arrangement and an integrated latch circuit arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a transformer is set up and connected up in such a way that it electrically decouples a data signal circuit and a clock signal circuit, and that it makes a clock signal of the... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070146949 - Plasma television and power supply control device: A microcomputer 60 takes in voltages output from the sustaining voltage Vsus generation circuit 52, the addressing voltage Vadd generation circuit 53, and the standby voltage generating circuit 54 via A/D input ports 1 through 6 mounted on the microcomputer board, and performs examinations to judge whether abnormal values are... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070146950 - Active protection circuit arrangement: Active protection circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement for protecting integrated semiconductor circuits from electrical pulses or electrical overvoltages is proposed, said circuit arrangement having an RC element which comprises the series circuit formed from a first resistor (R1; R10) and a capacitance (C1; C10) and is connected between two supply... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070146951 - Power supply controller: A power supply controller can include a switching element electrically connected between a power source and a load, an anomaly detecting circuit capable of outputting an abnormal signal, a power supply circuit which generates a constant voltage, a holding circuit which is activated by being supplied with the constant voltage... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146952 - Overcurrent protection device for semiconductor element: An overcurrent protecting device for protecting a semiconductor element from an overcurrent includes: the semiconductor element; a shunt resistor for detecting the overcurrent when the electric current in the semiconductor element exceeds a threshold value; a reference resistor for setting the threshold value; a constant electric current circuit for supplying... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070146953 - Switch circuit and diode: In a conventional switch circuit capable of bidirectional conductivity, there is the problem that latch-up occurs in a parasitic thyristor included in a transistor having a switching function. Therefore it is an object of the present invention to provide a switch circuit capable of bidirectional conductivity while suppressing the occurrence... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146955 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has an internal circuit connected to each of an external terminal, a high-potential power source terminal, and a low-potential power source terminal, a surge protection circuit connected between the external terminal and the low-potential power source terminal to protect the internal circuit from a surge... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146954 - Varistor element: A varistor element comprises a varistor element body, a plurality of inner electrode pairs, a connecting conductor, and a plurality of terminal electrodes. The varistor element body has first and second main faces opposing each other. Each inner electrode pair has first and second inner electrodes. The first and second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146959 - Relay drive circuit: A potential of an end of the coil is inputted to a plate-OFF detecting portion which detects OFF-tendency in which a plate of a relay is about to get apart from a head of a core of the relay. When the OFF-tendency is detected, a coil current for supplying a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070146958 - Supply architecture for inductive loads: Apparatus and associated systems and methods may relate to a process for supplying unidirectional current to a load, controlling a reverse electromotive force (REMF), capturing inductive energy from the load, and supplying the captured inductive energy to the load. In an illustrative example, an operating cycle may include a sequence... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070146957 - Current inductive timer socket: A current inductive timer socket comprises: a principle relay circuit including an output relay and a voltage input terminal, a reed relay circuit including a capacitor, a plurality of diodes, a reed relay and a resistance, a counter circuit including a DC rectifier, seven series-connected counters, and a time select... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070146956 - Electric circuit arrangement for controlling a solenoid-operated fluid valve: An electric circuit arrangement for controlling a solenoid-operated fluid valve.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070146960 - Gas sensor and method for manufacturing the same: A gas sensor and method of producing the same, the gas sensor including a sensor element extending along a longitudinal axis of the gas sensor; a metal shell surrounding the sensor element; and a protector fixed on a front portion of the metal shell and covering a front portion of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146961 - Electrostatic chuck: An electrostatic chuck includes: a base body; an electrode formed on the base body and generating coulomb force; and a dielectric layer formed on the base body and electrode, having a plurality of projections on a first main face on the side supporting a substrate attracted by the coulomb force,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070146962 - Capacitor in semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same: A capacitor may include at least one of a polysilicon layer over a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor dielectric layer over a polysilicon layer; an insulating layer over a capacitor dielectric layer; a metal layer connected to a capacitor dielectric layer through a first region of an insulating layer; an upper... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070146963 - Capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A capacitor capable of being formed in a vertical plane without an additional mask process and/or deposition process and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The capacitor includes: a first conductive line formed on a substrate; a first interlayer dielectric including a first via hole formed at an... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070146964 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor comprises a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and a plurality of outer conductors (first and second terminal conductors, and first and second outer connecting conductors) formed on the multilayer body. Each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146968 - Separator for insulating positive electrode and negative electrode: The present invention provides a separator for insulating a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the separator having mechanical strength and oxidation-reduction resistance while being excellent in impregnatability with an electrolytic solution and ion mobility like conventional cellulose-containing separators for insulating a positive electrode and a negative electrode. A separator... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070146966 - Ultracapacitor electrode with controlled binder content: Particles of active electrode material are made by blending or mixing a mixture of activated carbon, optional conductive carbon, and binder. In selected implementations, binder content in the electrode material is relatively low, typically the binder content of the mixture being between about 3 percent and about 10 percent by... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070146967 - Ultracapacitor electrode with controlled carbon content: An active electrode material is made by blending or mixing a mixture of activated carbon, optional conductive carbon, and binder; wherein the activated carbon has a high soakability to provide a reduced capacitance fade. The electrode material may be attached to a current collector to obtain an electrode for use... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070146965 - Ultracapacitor pressure control system: An ultracapacitor design minimizes the internal pressure of the cell package by using gas getters, either alone or in combination with a resealable vent in the package. Reducing pressure extends the life of the ultracapacitor. The primary gas types generated within a particular ultracapacitor are measured under multiple possible application... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070146970 - Solid electrolytic capacitor element, solid electrolytic capacitor, and manufacturing method therefor: The objective of the current invention is to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor element with low equivalent series resistance. In this solid electrolytic capacitor element, an anode comprising a porous sintered body, and a dielectric layer are sequentially formed on an anode lead so as to cover a portion of... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20070146969 - Solid electrolyte capacitor: The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte capacitor having a small size, a high capacitance, a low ESR and an excellent LC value, which comprises a jacketed capacitor element obtained by sequentially stacking a dielectric oxide film layer, a semiconductor layer and an electrically conducting layer on a surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146971 - Electrochemical-electrolytic capacitor and method of making the same: A high-voltage electrochemical-electrolytic capacitor. The capacitor includes a cathode comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive particles in intimate electrical contact with one another and disposed in a proton-conductive, electrically-non-conductive, solid ionomer matrix. The capacitor also includes an anode comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive particles in intimate electrical contact with one another... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070146972 - Heat shield for mounting on a heat-radiating object, particularly on a rocket engine: A heat shield for mounting on a heat-radiating object, particularly on a rocket engine comprises a first planar element having a front side and a back side. In its mounted state, the first planar element extending from the heat-radiating object toward the outside, with its front side being exposed to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070146973 - On-board power system of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an on-board power system for a motor vehicle. A central electronic system housed in a box is accommodated close to the engine compartment bulkhead and connecting cables from the engine compartment to the electrical connectors on this box do not pass through the bulkhead.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070146974 - Electrical circuit pattern design by injection mold: A method of forming an electronic part having a circuit pattern, by forming a cavity mold having trench lines in the cavity mold with a first area perpendicular to an axis and a second area having a negative slope with respect to the axis. The part is molded and removed,... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Esq. Patent Services

20070146976 - Electronic device and keyboard thereof: A keyboard is disposed in a base having a first connecting member and includes a first keyboard body, a second keyboard body, a second connecting member and a connecting assembly. The second keyboard body is adjacent to the first keyboard body. The second connecting member disposed on the first keyboard... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070146975 - Flexible dual-axis circuit board: A dual-axis circuit board is disclosed. The circuit board includes at least an upper circuit board, a lower circuit board, and a connecting circuit board. The upper circuit board connects to the circuit in a top cover of the folding electronic apparatus, and the lower circuit board connects to the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070146977 - Sliding and folding type portable terminal: Disclosed is a sliding and folding type portable terminal. The portable terminal includes a body housing including at least one first user interface unit; a sliding housing including at least one second user interface unit, the sliding housing moving while facing the body housing; and a folding housing including at... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070146981 - All-in-one computer with height adjustable display: A novel integrated computer includes a support base, a computer component pivotally coupled to the support base, and a display component slidably coupled to the computer component. The pivotal connection between the support base and the computer component facilitates adjustment of the tilt of the display. The slidable connection between... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20070146978 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus has a first housing having a first cover, a second housing having a second cover, and a hinge device. The hinge device connects rotationally the first housing and second housing, and has a hinge shaft, a first arm and a second arm. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070146979 - Flat panel display having sliding structure: An exemplary flat panel display (1) includes a display body (10) and a stand (12) supporting the display body. The stand includes a base (13), and a slider (14) slidably engaged to the base. The slider is configured for moving the display body upwardly or downwardly relative to the base.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070146980 - Printed circuit board including embedded capacitor having high dielectric constant and method of fabricating same: Disclosed is a PCB including embedded capacitors and a method of fabricating the same. A dielectric layer is formed using a ceramic material having a high capacitance, thereby assuring that the capacitors each have a high dielectric constant corresponding to the capacitance of a decoupling chip capacitor.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070146986 - Foldable electronic device: A foldable electronic device includes a base member, a latch member movably mounted to the base member, a resilient member, and a top member. The latch member includes a locking portion. The resilient member is mounted between the latch member and the base member. The top member has a shaft... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070146984 - Hinge fastening apparatus: A hinge fastening apparatus is disclosed. The hinge fastening apparatus includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge module including a first hinge unit connected to the first housing and a second hinge unit connected to the second housing; a latch bracket module including a first end connected to... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070146983 - Portable electronic product with a qwerty keyboard: A portable electronic product with a Qwerty keyboard has a single display for reducing the manufacturing cost and a Qwerty keyboard for inputting data more conveniently. The portable electronic product includes a housing, a Qwerty keyboard mounted in the housing and a display. The Qwerty keyboard is exposed to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070146982 - Electronic device: An electronic device comprises a housing, a pillar and a fixing unit. The housing comprises a side-wall, an opening and a first positioning portion, wherein the opening is formed on the side-wall, and the first positioning portion is disposed in the housing corresponding to the side-wall. The fixing unit comprises... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070146985 - Systems for integrating peripheral devices with hand-held computing devices: Embodiments of systems include a capsule that houses one or more peripheral devices, such as radios, capable of being used with hand-held computing devices such as RFID tag readers. A receptacle can be mounted on the hand-held computing device. The receptacle receives the capsule. Electrical connectors on the capsule and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070146987 - Television unit: Disclosed herein is a television unit including a thin platelike display unit, a stand for rotatably supporting the display unit, and a speaker. The stand has a mounting portion adapted to be mounted at a suitable position and a swiveling portion rotatably connected to the mounting portion for supporting the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070146988 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a casing including an upper surface; a keyboard mount section provided in the upper surface of the casing; and a fan case that is provided in the casing and has an air inlet port, the air inlet port being... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070146989 - Water-proof housing for electronic equipment: The invention provides a water-proof housing for an electronic equipment. The water-proof housing, according to the invention, has built-in drainage to cope with penetration of liquid into the electronic equipment. The water-proof housing essentially includes a main body with a plurality of ventilation holes formed thereon. The housing also includes... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070146990 - Heat dissipating assembly: A heat dissipating assembly mounted in an enclosure of an electronic device for dissipating heat for an electronic component of the electronic device, includes a heat sink attached to the electronic component of the electronic device, and a heat-conducting member connecting the enclosure of the electronic device and the heat... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070146991 - Mounting apparatus for fan: A fan mounting assembly for securing a fan having a bottom wall, includes a computer chassis and a securing member. The computer chassis forms a first limiting member and a pair of second limiting members. The first limiting member is for restricting a horizontal and vertical movement of the fan.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070146992 - Anti-static structure: An anti-static structure applied to a computer includes a chassis made of conductive material, a main board secured to the chassis having a CPU electrically connected thereto, a heat sink arranged on the CPU having a top surface, and a static transmission wire electrically connecting the top surface of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070146993 - Method, apparatus and computer system for enhancement of thermal energy transfer: Some embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer system are described for enhancing the transfer of heat from electronic components. The computer system includes a housing and an apparatus. The apparatus includes a heat transfer enhancement module internally coupled to an electronic device and positioned with respect to an electronic... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070146994 - Rack height cooling: A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front face of... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070146995 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat spreader (100) for contacting a heat-generating component, a heat sink (200) mounted on the heat spreader, a fan (300) mounted on the heat sink, a heat-dissipating component (400), and a heat pipe (500) thermally connecting the heat spreader, the heat sink and the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070146996 - Apparatus and system for cooling heat producing components: An apparatus and system are disclosed for cooling of heat producing components. The apparatus may include a mounting plate rigidly connected with a top surface of a circuit board, the mounting plate positioned above a heat producing circuit board component, and a heat sink having first and second ends. The... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070146997 - Expandible housing for rack mounted device: An enclosure for a rack mounted electronic device is assembled using upper and lower housings which are adjustable one relative to the other to provide increases in enclosure height by fractional increments of a standard unit of height. By providing for fractional growth in height, a user is enabled to... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070147000 - Motherboard assembly: An exemplary motherboard assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a heat sink. The PCB includes an electronic component mounted thereto. The heat sink includes a main body, and a shielding member mounted to a bottom of the main body. The shielding member defines an opening therein for accommodating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070147003 - Voltage controller of alternator for vehicle: A voltage controller has an integrated control circuit having a plurality of lead wires, a plurality of connecting terminals, and a terminal holding body holding the terminals such that a portion of each terminal is protruded from a surface of the body so as to be connected with one lead... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146998 - Cooling system for an electronic box: The invention relates to a cooling system for an electronic box (10) capable of releasing heat. It comprises a passive cooling device (20) able to be connected to the electronic box (10) and an element (50) consisting of a heat-conducting material, and this element (50) comprises at least one contact... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070147001 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device for a heat generating component mounted on a frame-shaped carrier, includes a heat sink block, and a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The heat sink block is mounted on the top surface of the base. A coupling board is formed on each... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070147002 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device which dissipates heat generated by a heat generating object mounted on a base includes a heat sink body, a heat-conducting area, a tip portion, an inclined surface, and a fastener. The heat-conducting area includes the tip portion, which is a substantially middle portion of the heat-conducting... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070146999 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a retention module, a heat sink, a locking plate and a clip rotatably connecting with the retention module. The retention module includes an opening in a center thereof. The heat sink includes a heat conducting body and plurality of fins radially extending from the heat... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070147004 - Electronic control enclosure: The electronic control enclosure includes devices and methods for removing heat energy from the electronic components of an electronic control unit. The components are mounted to a substrate and are protectively housed in an interior chamber of an environmentally sealed enclosure housing. Electrical communication is established with the components via... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070147006 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat spreader (100), a fin assembly (300) located above the heat spreader and a heat pipe (400). The heat spreader has a bottom (110) for contacting a heat-generating component (500) and an upper surface (120) with a groove (122) defined therein. The fin assembly... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070147005 - Heat sink board and manufacturing method thereof: To that end, a second heat sink (3) having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than that of a first heat sink (2) is bonded to the first heat sink (2) to form a heat sink board. The second heat sink (3) is fitted to the first heat sink (2), and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070147007 - Apparatus system and method to secure a heat sink: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for securing a heat sink against a central processing unit. The present invention teaches a heat sink securement device having a vertical retention arm that substantially encompasses a heat sink in a vertical direction, a horizontal retention arm that substantially encompasses a heat... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070147008 - Use of porous materials to cool the surfaces of a computing device: Embodiments disclosed herein include devices to cool the walls of a computer system. In one embodiment, a portion of a wall is comprised of a porous material to allow air to flow into the device. In another embodiment, a portion of porous material is mounted to the inside of a... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070147009 - Device for cooling an electrical component and production method thereof: In a device for cooling an electrical component and to the production method thereof, the inventive device includes a metallic radiator-forming member which is thermally connected to a metallic mass of the component that forms a heat-dissipating mass. The radiator is thermally connected to the dissipating mass by at least... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070147010 - Drive slot shutters for drive enclosures: A drive enclosure for a modular data storage system includes drive slots which include shutters for closing the drive slot when no drive is present in the slot. The shutter opens as a drive is received in the drive slot for allowing insertion of the drive within the drive slot... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070147011 - Methods and apparatus for a redundant board assembly: A redundant pair of interconnected board sub-assemblies have substantially the same dimensions and level of functionality. A module interconnect card is configured to mechanically and electronically connect to the first and second board sub-assemblies. Each sub-assembly is configured (e.g., via a properly configured microcontroller) to compensate for a loss of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070147012 - Circuit board: A circuit board (X4) according to the present invention includes a wiring board (1) having a width and electronic components (2). The wiring board (1) includes a first portion (1A), which has a relatively large cross section extending across the wiring board (1) in the direction of the width (W),... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070147013 - Method and apparatus for an electronic equipment rack: A method and apparatus for an electronic equipment rack that provides mobility through directional self-propulsion and multi-axis suspension. The electronic equipment rack further provides self-powered operation and environmental control with wireless access, while protecting against unauthorized access, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and dust contamination. An alternate embodiment provides a non-mobile electronic... Agent: Wallace, LLC

20070147014 - Circuit board structure having capacitor array and embedded electronic component and method for fabricating the same: A circuit board structure having a capacitor array and an embedded electronic component and a method for fabricating the same are proposed. Two carrier boards and a high dielectric constant material layer are provided, wherein the carrier boards have electronic components embedded therein and one surface of each carrier board... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070147015 - Assembly for holding circuit cards: An assembly for holding circuit cards may comprise a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a circuit card. At least one slot may be modifiable so as to permit the at least one slot to hold circuit cards having differing depths.... Agent: Kurt Luther, Esq. Honeywell International, Inc.

20070147016 - Memory systems with memory chips down and up: In some embodiments, a system includes a memory controller chip, memory chips on a first substrate, and a module connector. A first group of conductors is included to provide read data signals from at least some of the memory chips to the memory controller chip, and a second group of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070147017 - Integrated electronic module structure for vehicles: Disclosed is an integrated electronic module structure for vehicles that is constructed as an integrated unit using one multi-pole connector for one wire harness. The integrated module structure includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having fuses, relay circuits, etc., mounted thereon, a second PCB having input/output (I/O) terminals, and... Agent: John W Renner Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20070147018 - Folio shielding mechanism: A folio shielding mechanism suitable for protecting an operation surface of a host is provided. The folio shielding mechanism includes a first shell, a second shell, and a transmission module. The transmission module is disposed on a first supporting surface of the host adjacent to the operation surface, and is... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070147019 - Mounting frame for a computer case: A mounting frame includes a main body, a receiving groove, a plurality of rectangular hole, an engagement groove, a pair of first threaded holes and a pair of second threaded hole. The receiving groove is positioned within the main body, extends to its bottom surface thus a receiving hole is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070139831 - Micro-electromechanical system based arc-less switching with circuitry for absorbing electrical energy during a fault condition: A system is presented. The system includes a micro-electromechanical system switch. Further, the system includes a balanced diode bridge configured to suppress arc formation between contacts of the micro-electromechanical system switch. A pulse circuit is coupled to the balanced diode bridge to form a pulse signal in response to a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070139835 - Current sensor with reset circuit: A current sensor includes an integrator for providing an output signal, responsive to a detected current, and a reset circuit. The reset circuit, responsive to a control signal, resets the integrator for a time period shorter than an assertion time of the supplied control signal.... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP

20070139829 - Micro-electromechanical system based arc-less switching: A system is presented. The system includes a first micro-electromechanical system switch. Further, the system includes arc suppression circuitry coupled to the first micro-electromechanical system switch, wherein the arc suppression circuitry comprises a balanced diode bridge and is configured to facilitate suppression of an arc formation between contacts of the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070139830 - Micro-electromechanical system based soft switching: A system is presented. The system includes detection circuitry configured to detect occurrence of a zero crossing of an alternating source voltage or an alternating load current. The system also includes switching circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry and comprising a micro-electromechanical system switch. Additionally, the system includes control circuitry... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070139832 - Electric power circuit protecting apparatus using superconductor: An electric power circuit protecting apparatus using a superconductor in an electric power system needing re-closing within a predetermined time from fault current blocking, comprising a main circuit breaker; a first superconductor element connected in series to the main circuit breaker; a first auxiliary switch to switch a circuit between... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070139833 - Fault current limiter: A conductor element for a superconducting FCL has an elongate superconducting element 18 surrounded by bodies 26a, 26b, which form a thermal mass around the element 18. The thermal mass is in thermal connection with a cooling system, such as a cryogenic system. The bodies 26a, 26b are solid, for... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070139834 - Actuator for the actuation of a clutch and/or a gear mechanism: An actuator for a clutch or gear mechanism in a motor vehicle comprises an electric motor and an incremental encoder. The encoder comprises a position measurement signal output at which a position measurement signal can be output which has a number of different signal states, each of which is assigned... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070139836 - Backflow preventing circuit capable of preventing reverse current efficiently: This patent specification describes a backflow prevention circuit which includes a first switch configured to conduct or to shut down a current path from an input terminal to an output terminal, a logic circuit configured to binarize an input voltage at the input terminal based on an output voltage at... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070139837 - Overheat protection circuit for power supply devices and direct-current power supply device: In an overheat protection circuit for power supply devices in the present invention, overheat protection is provided by using a Schottky barrier diode (SBD) in place of a dedicated thermosensor. The overheat protection circuit is designed to flow reverse leakage current Ir resulting from temperatures of the SBD thermally coupled... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070139840 - Combination current sensor and relay: A protection device for monitoring current in a power cable to an electrical device and for controlling a remotely located starter for the electrical device in response to a system controller. The device includes a transformer magnetically linked with the power cable to produce a voltage signal in response to... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070139838 - Current overload detecting system and method: A current overload detecting system and method applicable in a data processing device connected with a plurality of electronic devices is disclosed, each of the electronic devices having a USB interface. The data processing device has a plurality of USB ports corresponding to and connected with the USB interfaces, a... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070139839 - Overcurrent detection circuit and switching circuit: An overcurrent detection circuit of the present invention includes a first transistor having a source connected to a source of an output transistor, a second transistor connected to a current path to a side of a drain of the first transistor, and a detection signal generation circuit connected to a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070139841 - On failure detecting apparatus of power supply circuit: An ON failure detecting apparatus detects an ON failure of an FET T1 of a power supply circuit which includes the FET T1 disposed between a battery E and a load RL, and controls driving and stopping of the load RL. The ON failure detecting apparatus includes a driver circuit... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070139842 - Safety lug suitable for the connection to a current outlet: A plug adapted to fit in a standard electrical outlet and supply power through a cord to an electrical device is provided with a thermostat and bistable resettable switch. When one of the plug's prongs is overheated, indicating an overload or short circuit, the thermostat actuates the switch and cuts... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070139844 - Power safety circuit for small appliances: A circuit is provided for powering a small electrical appliance load. In one embodiment the circuit includes a power output control device such as a triac to supply power to the load. A thermal fuse is placed in series with the triac. A resistor is placed in thermal proximity to... Agent: Lawrence J. Shurupoff Sunbeam Products, Inc.

20070139843 - Sense amplifier with leakage compensation for electrical fuses: A sense amplifier for detecting a logic state of a selected electrical fuse cell among a number of unselected electrical fuse cells includes a bias module coupled to a power supply for generating a first current, and a tracking module coupled to the bias module for generating a second current.... Agent: L. Howard Chen, Esq. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070139847 - Power tool with circuit protection capability: A power tool includes a battery-operated power supplying unit adapted to be connected to a battery unit and to generate battery status information, a driving unit adapted to be coupled to a tool bit, a protection unit for making and breaking an electrical circuit between the power supplying unit and... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070139845 - Waveform recorder apparatus and method: A waveform recorder device for mounting to an electronic circuit breaker having an electronic trip unit and a communication port is disclosed. The device includes a connector configured to connect with the communication port, and a processing circuit in signal communication with the connector. The processing circuit is responsive to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070139846 - Waveform recorder apparatus and method: A method for recording and having analyzed waveform data associated with an electronic circuit breaker having an electronic trip unit is disclosed. The electronic trip unit has a communication port and is capable of providing to the communication port a first signal representative of a phase current passing through the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070139848 - Direct application voltage variable material: A first voltage variable material (“VVM”) includes an insulative binder, first conductive particles with a core and a shell held in the insulating binder and second conductive particles without a shell held in the insulating binder; a second VVM includes an insulating binder, first conductive particles with a core and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070139849 - Line filter: A line filter has a filter unit, which has an input and an output and also a current-compensated choke and a capacitance network. The choke has several phase windings on a common core. Each phase winding is connected in series with a phase conductor. The capacitance network has capacitors, which... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070139850 - Overvoltage protection devices including wafer of varistor material: An overvoltage protection device includes first and second electrically conductive electrode members, a varistor member formed of a varistor material and electrically connected with each of the first and second electrode members, and an electrically conductive, meltable member. The meltable member is responsive to heat in the device to melt... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070139851 - Substrate holding technique: Disclosed is technology for holding a substrate and, specifically, an object holding apparatus including a chuck for holding an object, a holding unit for holding the chuck, a generating unit provided in the holding unit, for generating a field related to an attraction force, a member provided in the chuck... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139852 - System and method for controlling spool motion in a valve: A system for controlling the motion of a spool in a valve includes first and second coils and a spool selectively movable between a first position relative to the first coil and a second position relative to the second coil, wherein the first position and the second position of the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070139853 - Esd dissipative coating on cables: A cable having an electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipative coating according to one embodiment includes an elongate lead; and an ESD dissipative coating functioning as an electrical insulator for the lead, wherein no other insulator excluding an optional adhesive is present on the cable. A cable having an ESD dissipative coating... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070139855 - Lithographic apparatus and method of manufacturing an electrostatic clamp for a lithographic apparatus: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an electrostatic clamp configured to electrostatically clamp an article to an article support in a lithographic apparatus. The method includes providing a first layer of material, etching a recess in the first layer of material, and disposing an electrode in the recess... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070139856 - Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a substrate: A pedestal assembly and method for controlling temperature of a substrate during processing is provided. In one embodiment, the pedestal assembly includes an electrostatic chuck coupled to a metallic base. The electrostatic chuck includes at least one chucking electrode and metallic base includes at least two fluidly isolated conduit loops... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Applied Materials Inc

20070139857 - Method for manufacturing semiconductor device or semiconductor wafer: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device or a semiconductor wafer is provided, in which a removal of slurry that is adherently remained on the back surface of the semiconductor wafer can be ensured without a need for employing an increased dimension of apparatus. An edge portion of a semiconductor... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070139854 - Monitoring device for transport pods: A device that fits inside a transport pod communicating with the slots of the transport pod so that the device can be inserted and removed from the transport pod. The transport pods are for silicon wafers. The device has sensors that monitor the environment within the transport pod. Depending on... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070139858 - Rotating electric machine and manufacturing method thereof: A control device of a rotating electric machine to which an inverter is integrally assembled is downsized, and manufacturing costs are reduced. An inverter for controlling outputs from the rotating electric machine is integrated with a rotating electric machine, and in which a control device forming an inverter is constructed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139859 - Thin film capacitor, high-density packaging substrate incorporating thin film capacitor, and method for manufacturing thin-film capacitor: A capacitor capable of being incorporated into a packaging substrate, which capacitor includes a high-dielectric-constant layer, and an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer sandwiching the high-dielectric-constant layer from the upper side and the lower side. A packaging substrate containing the capacitor, and a method for producing the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070139860 - Capacitor comprising a ceramic separating layer: An electrochemical capacitor including a separating layer on a support. The separating layer represents a porous inorganic, electrically non-conducting coating which is provided with particles of compounds of the elements Al, Si, and/or Zr, the particles being bonded to each other and to the support by an inorganic adhesive. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139861 - Layered ceramic capacitor: A multilayer ceramic capacitor having a high dielectric constant, a large capacitance and a high reliability can be obtained by controlling a value of residual stress in it.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139862 - Electrode composite body, electrolyte, and redox capacitor: An electrode composite body including a conductive polymer film in which the doping and dedoping capacities of the conductive polymer are improved, an electrolyte, and a redox capacitor including those are provided. The object is achieved by the followings: (1) an electrode composite body including a conductive polymer and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139863 - Self-supporting capacitor structure: A plurality of high capacitance capacitors are coupled to supply or accept large currents. Bus bars are welded to the capacitors to provide improved thermal performance as well as self-supporting rigidity to the geometrical structure formed by the capacitors and the bus bars.... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070139864 - Embedded capacitors and methods for their fabrication and connection: Embedded capacitors comprise a bimetal foil (500) that includes a first copper layer (205) and an aluminum layer (210) on the first copper layer. The aluminum layer has a smooth side adjacent the first copper layer and a high surface area textured side (215) opposite the first copper layer. The... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070139865 - Electrochemical device: An electrochemical device of this invention has a stacked member, in which a plurality of collectors having polarizable electrode layers formed on the surfaces thereof and a plurality of separators which separate the adjacent polarizable electrode layers are arranged in alternation, and a pair of fixed collecting plates arranged on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070139866 - Drawing pin: A drawing pin comprises a head portion and a spike, the head portion having an aperture therein in order to receive the spike of a subsequent drawing pin.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070139867 - Power supply control apparatus: An apparatus for controlling a power supply includes a plug, a plurality of electrical outlets, a communication interface, an encoder, and a selecting circuit. The selecting circuit is electrically coupled between the electrical outlets and the plug. The encoder receives a control signal via the communication interface and outputs a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139868 - Electrical cabinet including a wiring support: The invention is characterised in that the cabinet additionally includes a wiring support (24) including support elements (38, 40) arranged cross-wise whereon electrical cable bundles are assembled, and in that said wiring support (24) includes fixing means for attachment thereof to the face of the enclosure (12), said electrical cables... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139869 - Computer enclosure with bracket for data storage devices: A computer enclosure includes a front panel and a bracket configured for receiving data storage devices therein. The bracket is accommodated in the computer enclosure. An opening is defined at the front panel for exposing the bracket. The bracket has a side wall covering the opening. A locking plate is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139872 - Display device assembly: A display device may include a liquid crystal display panel, a back light assembly including a light source for supplying light to the liquid crystal display panel, a light guiding member included in the back light assembly to supply light from the light source to the liquid crystal display panel,... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070139870 - Monitor display carrier: A monitor display carrier includes a top base, a bottom mount coupled to the top base, a casing constituted by upper and lower casing members interposed between the top base and the bottom mount, and a USB module encased in the casing. An adjustable arm extends from the top base... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070139871 - Monitor having functionality for easy assembly and disassembly: A monitor, which can be easily assembled and disassembled includes a display panel, a frame for supporting the display panel, and a fixing module for fixing the display panel on the frame. The fixing module includes a cover, a fixture fixed on the cover, a knob installed between the cover... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070139873 - Protective enclosure and watertight adapter for an interactive flat-panel controlled device: A protective enclosure is disclosed for an interactive flat-panel control device. The protective enclosure is watertight, crush-resistant, and impact-resistant. An electrical adapter may disposed within the protective enclosure and covered with an elastomeric covering that permits a connector of the adapter to flex with respect to the lower shell of... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070139876 - Notebook computer: The present invention relates to installation of a speaker in a notebook computer. A notebook computer of the present invention comprises a main body including a plurality of input keys; and a display unit installed to be folded with respect to the main body. Further, a speaker is installed below... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139875 - Body conforming textile holder for electronic device: A body conforming, reusable, washable, textile holder for removably holding at least one electronic device in close bodily contact. The holder may be a wrap or tube constructed to enclose a portion of the body where the electronic device is to be held. The electronic device may be a cellular... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070139874 - Detachable handle for notebook computers: A system for carrying a notebook computer without a case is disclosed. The system comprises a computer that has two slots of the type which receive a locking mechanism on an edge surface, and a handle having a strap with attachment mechanisms at the ends thereof that are adapted to... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070139877 - Slide mechanism for a portable device and a portable device comprising the same: A slide mechanism of a portable device and a portable telephone comprising such a slide mechanism is provided for a semi-automatic opening and closing with a simpler structure, as well as for an opening and closing with an improved operability. The slide mechanism slides a first casing and a second... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070139878 - Vehicle media system: A vehicle media system for use in conjunction with a portable media device is set forth. The vehicle media system includes an input module that is mountable, for example, at a console between the driver's seat and front passenger seat of the vehicle cabin, so that it may be manipulated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070139881 - Cooling technique using a heat sink containing swirling magneto-hydrodynamic fluid: A heat sink has a heat spreader structure containing magneto-hydrodynamic fluid. Also, the heat spreader includes a central metallic cylinder and a metal ring screen surrounding the central metallic cylinder. Electrical and magnetic fields induce the magneto-hydrodynamic fluid to undergo a swirling motion. The swirling motion acts as an MHD... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070139879 - Cooling technique using multiple magnet array for magneto-hydrodynamic cooling of multiple integrated circuits: A cooling apparatus uses a plurality of pipes to cool one or more integrated circuits disposed on a circuit board. The cooling apparatus uses an array of magnets to create magnetic fields across segments of the plurality of pipes. Electrical currents are induced across the magnetic fields. A flow of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070139880 - Enhanced heat pipe cooling with mhd fluid flow: A cooling apparatus includes a heat pipe base covering a heat source; a heat sink with a plurality of heat sink fins; a plurality of heat pipes connecting the heat pipe base and the heat sink; and a magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) pump assembly connected to the heat sink. In a method... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070139882 - Method and apparatus for acoustic noise reduction in a computer system having a vented cover: A vented cover includes a pair of cross-flow ventilation ducts each including an acoustic noise reduction lining. The ducts are “cross-flow” in that they cross and bypass one another. The cover is affixed to an enclosure containing components of a computer system and abuts against a panel of the enclosure... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070139883 - Systems and methods for providing resources such as cooling and secondary power to electronics in a data center: Systems and methods for providing operational resources such as cooling and secondary electrical power to electronics in server racks in data centers is provided. Pressurized air is provided in a closed loop that is routed through each of the servers to a heat exchanger. The electronics in the servers are... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070139884 - Dual impeller push-pull axial fan heat sink: A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070139885 - Heat sink having magnet array for megneto-hydrodynamic hot spot cooling: A heat sink has a plurality of pipes that are connected to an array of magnets. The plurality of pipes are connected to a lid that is operatively connected to an integrated circuit. Temperature sensors are disposed on the lid to measure temperatures of hot spots of the integrated circuit.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070139887 - Portable projector using an led and related heat dissipating system: A portable projector with heat dissipating system is disclosed. The portable projector has a housing, at least a light source and a heat dissipating system, which comprises a heat dissipating tunnel, a light source heat dissipating module, and a fan. The heat dissipating tunnel has an inlet and an outlet... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070139886 - Hybrid heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of first, second and third fins arranged side by side and a fan. The fins define a plurality of parallel channels therein respectively for air flowing therethrough. The fan and the channels of the first fins corporately define an enhanced airflow path which... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070139889 - Feedback controlled magneto-hydrodynamic heat sink: A heat sink operatively connected to an integrated circuit is configured to generate a magnetic field. Fluid flow toward and away from a hot spot of the integrated circuit is dependent on the magnetic field and an induced electrical current. A temperature sensor is used to take temperature measurements of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070139888 - Heat transfer system: Heat transfer units for use with cooling systems are presented. A number of embodiments are presented. In each embodiment a heat transfer unit is depicted wherein the flow of coolant through the unit is distributed and/or regulated to increase the efficiency of thermal transfer from heat generating components in an... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher Patent Dominion Partnership, Lp

20070139891 - Heat sink clip: A heat sink clip for securing a heat sink to a heat generating electronic component includes a spring member including an elongated main body. A connecting portion is formed at one end of the main body and a first locking leg extends from the other end thereof. A second locking... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139890 - Receptacle for a central processing unit: A receptacle for a CPU has a seat, a cover, a heat sink, and multiple fastening members. The seat is mounted on a motherboard, and a recess is defined in the seat with multiple flexible metal pins provided therein. Multiple resilient members are mounted in the recess. The cover is... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070139892 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a board, a semiconductor element mounted on one of main surfaces of the board, a plurality of passive elements provided in the vicinity of the semiconductor element, and a heat radiation plate mounted above the board and connected to a rear surface of the semiconductor element... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070139893 - Mounting apparatus for heat dissipation module: A mounting apparatus is provided for securing a heat dissipation module to a circuit board. A chip socket is placed on a top surface of the circuit board. The mounting apparatus comprises a plurality of posts detachably attached to the circuit board adjacent the chip socket, a support frame detachably... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139894 - Series-connected heat dissipater coupled by heat pipe: A series-connected heat dissipater coupled by heat-pipe used for the interface cards of a computer system. Wherein, a plurality of additional auxiliary dissipaters are provided onto the insertion slots adjacent to the interface cards, and are connected to the main dissipater through heat pipe, hereby effectively solving the heat dissipation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139895 - Led with integral thermal via: A light emitting diode comprising a body and a thermal via integral therewith and which extends from the body.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070139897 - Circuit board arrangement including heat dissipater: A circuit board arrangement includes a heat dissipater. A cooling body is arranged near a first circuit board and a second circuit board. Both circuit boards have electronic devices on two major surfaces. The cooling body is arranged between the electronic devices on one surface of the first circuit board... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070139896 - Modular heat-radiation structure and controller including the structure: A modular heat-radiation structure includes a module 5 for generating heat, including a first main unit 5a having a fixing hole 5e and a lead 5L for connecting to the printed circuit board 3, a heat-radiation fin 7, fixed to the top face of the first main unit 5a, for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139901 - Capacitive/resistive devices and printed wiring boards incorporating such devices and methods of making thereof: A capacitive/resistive device provides both resistive and capacitive functions. The capacitive/resistive device may be embedded within a layer of a printed wiring board. Embedding the capacitive/resistive device conserves board surface real estate, and reduces the number of solder connections, thereby increasing reliability.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070139899 - Chip on a board: An integrated circuit (IC) die/substrate assembly includes an IC die and a substrate that are electrically coupled through an interconnect formed on the IC die. The IC die/substrate assembly further includes at least one coupling that facilitates maintaining an IC die/substrate gap definition between the IC die and the substrate.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070139900 - Semiconductor package and method for manufacturing same: Disclosed is a semiconductor package adapted to be light, slim, compact, and suitable for high-density mounting and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip; a plurality of active/passive devices; a first PCB acting as a main board, the semiconductor chip and devices selected from... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070139898 - System motherboard having expansibility and variability: A system motherboard having expansibility and variability includes a first circuit board provided with a system chipset and a second circuit board provided with a CPU, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board are electrically connected by a connector, so that the system motherboard has greater expansibility... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070139902 - Mounting apparatus for power supply: A mounting assembly includes a chassis having a bottom wall forming a plurality of securing members, a blocking piece attached to the bottom wall of the chassis and deflectable downwards, a power supply, and an actuating member movably mounted on the power supply. The power supply includes a bottom wall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139903 - Component support: A component support having at least one insert card reception chamber with two insert card guidance devices, which have oppositely located guides for receiving at least one insert card. The guides are arranged and spaced apart from each other by a size of a height of the insert card. Insert... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070139904 - Low-profile assemblies for providing board level emi shielding for electrical components on opposite sides of printed circuit boards: An EMI shielding assembly generally includes a frame attachable to the board's first side, and first and second covers configured to be respectively positioned on generally opposite sides of the board. The first cover is configured to cover at least one opening along an upper portion of the frame. The... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner

20070133134 - Ac arc fault detection and protection: An AC arc fault device and methodology includes acquiring a signal in response to an AC current and defining overcurrent regions that correspond to the alternating directions of the AC current and a normal region. A software module identifies a parallel AC arc event over a selected time period in... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070133135 - Dc arc fault detection and protection: A DC arc fault device and methodology includes acquiring a signal in response to a DC current. A software module identifies a parallel DC arc event when a difference between a maximum signal value and a minimum signal value exceeds a threshold. The software module also determines average signal values... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070133136 - Gfci receptacle with single button for test-reset function: A resettable circuit interrupting device having a single button for activating a test/reset mechanism. The circuit interrupting device can include a reset lockout and/or reverse wiring protection.... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070133137 - System and method of esd protection of integrated circuit components: An integrated circuit includes first and second power supply voltage terminals, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a deep N-well field effect transistor (FET). The VCO has a first node coupled to the first power supply terminal, a second node, and first and second oscillator output terminals, at least one... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070133138 - Electric circuit: An electric circuit in which a combined resistance including a plurality of resistors of a small rating is disposed. The electric circuit includes a bypass section in order to allow a short-circuit current, when it occurs in the electric circuit, to intensively flow through one of the resistors in the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070133139 - Tracking and fault communication for dc power supply modules: A plurality of DC power supply modules have track pins interconnected for tracking of output voltages of the modules during power-up and normal power-down. Each module pulls down its track pin voltage in response to any fault, and detects a track pin voltage below a threshold to detect a fault... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20070133140 - Electronic trip unit for circuit breakers: An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The electronic trip unit has a processing circuit, a real time clock chip, and a power source for powering the real time clock chip in the absence of current in the circuit breaker. The processing circuit is responsive to input... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070133142 - Automatic setting of the resonant frequency on demagnetization of different parts in demagnetization installations: For demagnetizing larger parts and charges, from about 1 kg mass, the wattless power of the demagnetization coil is so high that it is compensated with a capacitor. The capacitor for this is connected in series with the coil, and a pulse-width-modulated inverter of the usual construction type is applied... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070133141 - Tii decoder and method for detecting tii: Provided is a new algorithm for detecting transmitter identification information (TII) in a transceiver system such as terrestrial-digital multimedia broadcasting (TDMB) conforming to the Eureka 147 standard. A TII decoder includes: a magnitude obtainer for monitoring a magnitude of an input signal; a phase obtainer for monitoring a phase of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070133144 - Driver system for mosfet based, high voltage electronic relays for ac power switching and inductive loads: A method and apparatus provides for high-speed switching of high-voltage and high power MOSFET-based solid state relays. A driver for a MOSFET based, high voltage, high current electronic relay includes a current supply for actuating the switching circuit and a transformer arrangement coupled to the current supply for receiving the... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20070133143 - Solenoid controller: An autonomous solenoid controller which in its broad aspect includes a microprocessor, a communication bus, and a solenoid driver. The microprocessor includes logic in order to control drivers for at least one solenoid. The communications bus is operably connected to the microprocessor so that the communications bus and the microprocessor... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070133145 - Ion balance adjusting method and method of removing charges from workpiece by using the same: When charges are removed from a charged workpiece by applying positive and negative pulse-like high voltages to positive and negative electrode needles to generate positive and negative ions in a charge removing area and feeding the charged workpiece into the charge removing area, an ion balance inside the charge removing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133146 - dual operating mode electronic disabling device: An electronic disabling device includes first and second electrodes positionable to establish first and second spaced apart contact points on a target having a high impedance air gap existing between at least one of the electrodes and the target. The power supply generates a first high voltage, short duration output... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20070133147 - System and method of plating ball grid array and isolation features for electronic components: A multilayer electronic component includes a plurality of dielectric layers interleaved with a plurality of first and second polarity electrode layers. Internal and/or external anchor tabs may also be selectively interleaved with the dielectric layers. Portions of the electrodes and anchor tabs are exposed along the periphery of the electronic... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070133148 - Electric double-layer capacitor, its manufacturing method, and electronic device using same: Provided are an electric double-layer capacitor which can have a reduced internal resistance and an improved withstand voltage with a simple structure, and a method for manufacturing the capacitor. The electric double-layer capacitor uses an alloy of carbon and aluminum as a material of the electrode. The electrode is formed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070133151 - Battery module: A battery module, including at least one unit battery having an electrode group and a battery casing, and at least one partitioning wall coupled to the at least one unit battery, wherein the at least one partitioning wall has a smaller size as compared to the at least one unit... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070133150 - Signal input/output device: A signal input/output device includes an array of signal input/output units. The signal input/output units have respective bases, each of which includes a connecting member. The connecting member has a second protruding end finger swingably supported on a base, and a first protruding end finger that engages with a stop... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20070133149 - Starter housing for gas discharge lamp, and method of mounting same: A starter housing (1) for a gas discharge lamp (3) is described. The starter housing (1) comprises an outer (5) and an inner housing (10) which are arranged one inside the other in an assembled state of the starter housing (1), of which the outer housing (5) has a metal... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070133152 - Adjustable adapter for mounting electrical switching apparatus and enclosure assembly employing the same: An adapter is for mounting an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, on the back panel of an enclosure, such as a switchgear cabinet. The back panel has at least one aperture. The adapter includes a first end portion coupled at or about the aperture of the back... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070133155 - Alignment ramp for a pc board in an operator for a valve: An operator for a valve that has a guiding ramp for alignment of a connector on a double solenoid PC board is disclosed. The connector from the double solenoid PC board mates with or couples to a connector on a single solenoid PC board mounted inside the operator. The guiding... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070133153 - Valve island having the expansion pc board secured in the expansion station: A valve island that has the PC board captured in the expansion station is disclosed. The PC board is held into the expansion station by a feature on the PC board that interferes with the inside of the wire-way of the expansion station sub-base... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070133154 - Valve with an integrated pc board and connecting bar: A double solenoid PC board that has a long narrow section extending from the main section is disclosed. The long narrow section has a connector at the tip. The connector at the tip of the long narrow section is configured to mate with or couple to a mating connector on... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070133157 - Automatic stabilizing device for a display: An automatic stabilizing device. A base plate includes a through hole. An imbalance detecting mechanism is disposed on the base plate and includes a detecting member and an engaging member connected thereto. The detecting member is movably disposed inside the through hole. A sliding support plate is disposed on the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070133158 - Display device: The present invention provides a display device capable of simplifying assembling operation and maintenance operation, and also capable of reducing the occurrence of a sink mark on the surface of the casing. All internal components are mounted on a chassis. Actually, a display panel is mounted on the front side... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070133156 - Electronic device having magnetic latching mechanism: A magnetic latch for a display of a laptop computer is disclosed. The latch uses magnetic attraction to maintain the display closed and uses magnetic repelling forces to pop-up the display when opened. The latch includes one or more magnetic elements in the body of the laptop and at least... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070133159 - Method of mounting liquid crystal display module and apparatus thereof: A method of mounting a liquid crystal display module thereof which secures an upper sash including the liquid crystal display module to a lower sash in a notebook personal computer. An arm coupled to one end of a fixed rod by a hinge is arranged to be positioned between a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070133161 - Enclosure for computing device: An enclosure for housing various components of a computing device is provided herein, which contains at least three L-shaped corner members, at least three elongated wall members, a top cover member, and a bottom cover member. The corner members and the wall members are interleaved and joined to form a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070133162 - Modularized computer: A modularized computer comprises a main board having a bank slot at a surface thereof, a bottom of the main board having a connecting port, a plurality of inserting slots, and at least one bus slot; a first data accessing unit inserted into the bank slot and being positioned on... Agent: Shih-jie Hsieh

20070133160 - Notebook computer: A notebook computer. The notebook computer includes a body, a keyboard, an infrared module, a wireless bluetooth module, and a control circuit. The keyboard is detachably disposed on the body. The infrared module and the wireless Bluetooth module are disposed on the body, and transfer a signal between the body... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070133163 - Computing device having multiple enclosures: A computing device whose components are separately housed in a main enclosure and at least a secondary enclosure is provided herein. The motherboard, power supply, adaptor card, hard disk drive, etc., are housed in the main enclosure while the peripheral storage devices of the computing device such as optical disk... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070133164 - Electrical connector device for a disc drive: An electrical connector device for an enclosure is provided. The electrical connector device includes an outer frame that is configured to at least partially surround an enclosure. The outer frame includes a plurality of mutually coupled sidewalls. The outer frame also includes an inner surface for coupling adjacent to the... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070133166 - External hard disk enclosure: A hard disk enclosure includes a tray, a cover engaging with the tray, and a case. The tray includes a bezel and a bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a plurality of retainers extending therefrom. The retainers cooperate to form between a space for receiving a hard disk. Each of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070133165 - Storing mechanism: A storing mechanism suitable for being disposed in an electronic device is provided, which is used to store a first hard disk with a first thickness or a second hard disk with a second thickness. The storing mechanism includes a first module, a second module and a restoring element. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070133167 - Computer chassis for improved airflow and heat transfer from computer system components: The present invention pertains to a computer chassis with improved airflow to reduce the occurrence of trapped air pockets and increase heat transfer from components within the chassis. The computer chassis includes a plurality of chambers, wherein each of the chambers is separated by a partition. The partitions are operable... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20070133168 - Airflow system for electronics chassis: An electronics chassis is provided that utilizes multiple fan units, each of which may incorporate multiple fans, to improve airflow through an internal enclosure of the chassis. Various combinations of multiple fan units are utilized to increase airflow and provide redundancy in the event of the failure of one or... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070133169 - Assembly structure for securing heat-dissipating fan: An assembly structure provided for securing a heat-dissipating fan, includes a casing board and a fan covering for covering the fan, The casing board has ventilation openings, coupling openings and positioning openings, and the fan covering formed with coupling portions and positioning portions secures the fan to a side of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070133173 - Compact spray cooling module: