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Electricity: electrical systems and devices August list RSS, inventions by patent category 08/07

20070201170 - Devices, systems, and methods for providing electrical power: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise an electrical power distribution panel, which can comprise a Source Line Evaluation Detector. The Source Line Evaluation Detector can be configured to open a contactor responsive to at least one condition from a plurality of monitored electrical source line conditions. The Source Line Evaluation Detector can... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070201171 - Resolver/digital-converter and control system using the resolver/digital-converter: A resolver/digital-converter having a self-fault-detection function without breaking normal operation is provided. The resolver/digital-converter, which has a normal operation function section, a temperature characteristic identification function section, and a first temperature characteristic correction function section of correcting estimated angle output from the normal operation function section based on a temperature... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070201172 - Inverter with time counting function: The inverter according to the invention includes a control microcomputer including a protector circuit that stops the inverter when an anomaly is caused, a counter that counts the driving clock signals of the microcomputer from the instance at which the protector circuit starts working, and a conversion circuit that converts... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070201175 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a circuit to be protected connected between a power supply line and a ground line; a first resistance connected to an external input terminal at one terminal and to an input terminal of the circuit to be protected at the other terminal; a first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201173 - Apparatus and method for improved triggering and oscillation suppression of esd clamping devices: An apparatus for protecting an integrated circuit from electrostatic discharge (ESD) includes an RC trigger device configured between a pair of power rails, a first control path coupled to the RC trigger device, and a second control path coupled to the RC trigger device. A power clamp is configured between... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20070201174 - Method of reducing electro-static discharge (esd) from conductors on insulators: A non-conductive carrier having a conductive component comprising a plurality of sections to disrupt the conductive component's conductive path. Each section is isolated from other sections such that a charge accumulated in one section cannot combine with the charge accumulated in another section, thereby minimizing any potential electrostatic discharge from... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070201176 - Apparatus and method for driving inverter circuit: An inverter apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a temperature sensor, and a control circuit. The inverter circuit is driven by a PWM signal and includes switching elements that are divided in first and second groups. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of at least one of the switching elements of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070201177 - Surge protection device disconnector: A number of surge protection device disconnector designs provide protection to a load over a full range of fault currents provide adequate surge protection as well. The designs quench arcs that may tend to occur as a result of MOV faults, thereby protecting the surrounding components.... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20070201178 - Coaxial cable and test method for a coaxial cable: A coaxial cable comprises at least one internal conductor and a surrounding cable shield. A plurality of sheath wave barriers are arranged along the cable shield, each having two ends that are coupled to the cable shield at coupling points of the cable shield that are spaced from one another.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070201179 - Gap lightning surface protection of composite structures: A method and system of preventing lighting from puncturing composite surfaces is provided. The method includes reconfiguring plies of a composite surface so that a composite conductive ply is located on the outer surface of the composite surface and a non-conductive composite ply is located directly underneath the conductive ply... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070201180 - Electrostatic chuck and method of its manufacture: An electrostatic chuck structure for holding an article is presented. The chuck structure comprises an electrically insulating chuck body layer having a first flat surface for holding the article thereon, and a second opposite surface having a honeycombed pattern in the form of an array of spaced-apart grooves. This second... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070201181 - Method and apparatus for ventilating a computerized device: A chassis panel for a computerized device includes ventilation elements that visually obscure electronic components disposed within an associated chassis and that minimize airflow resistance. Each ventilation element includes a first angled ventilation portion having openings that provides limited visual access to the electronic components disposed within the chassis. Each... Agent: David E. Huang, Esq. Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20070201182 - Capacitor and its manufacturing method: A method for manufacturing a capacitor includes the steps of: forming a conductive layer above a base substrate; forming a dielectric layer above the conductive layer; forming a lanthanum nickelate layer above the dielectric layer; and patterning at least the dielectric layer by using at least the lanthanum nickelate layer... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070201183 - Electronic component: The present invention aims to provide an electronic component capable of reducing the occurrence of cracks at the joining portion to a board etc. A capacitor 1 (laminated ceramic capacitor) being one example of the electronic component is provided with an element assembly 10 (ceramic) and a pair of external... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201184 - Method for making an electrode, resulting electrode and supercapacitor including same: The invention relates to a novel method for preparing electrodes based on activated carbon and carbon nanotubes on a collector. The invention also relates to the electrode obtained thereby and the supercapacitor comprising same.... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20070201185 - Power storage element and electric double layer capacitor: To provide electric double layer capacitors which have large electrostatic capacitances. Graphite with a BET surface area of from 10 to 300 m2/g, wherein the graphite has an energy storing ability of 10 to 200 mAh at a voltage of 1 V or more based on the oxidation-reduction potential of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070201186 - Separator systems for electrochemical cells: A capacitor cell is presented. The capacitor cell includes an anode, a cathode spaced from and operatively associated with the anode, an electrolyte operatively associated with the anode and the cathode. A layered separator includes a plurality of separator material layers disposed between the anode and cathode. The plurality of... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070201187 - Electrochemical cell structure and method of fabrication: An electrochemical cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electrochemical cell comprising: a first conductive layer; a metal oxide layer formed on the first conductive layer, the metal oxide layer comprising a plurality of adjacent metal oxide cells, spaced from one another; a functional dye layer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201188 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor including an anode formed of a conductive base body containing titanium metal. On a surface of the anode, titanium oxide is formed in which a full width at half maximum of a Raman peak of anatase-type titanium oxide is not greater than 25 cm−1 in a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070201190 - Electronic device having an insulating cap: An electronic device having an insulating cap is provided. The electronic device comprises a board, a fastener and an insulating cap. The fastener is disposed on the board. The insulating cap has a lid and a connecting part. The lid has a cavity formed within the lid. The connecting part... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070201191 - Fixing member and fixing member mounting structure: A fixing member is used for fixing a case to a printed circuit board. The fixing member is mounted at a mount-receiving portion, which is formed at the case, by being inserted along a side wall of the mount-receiving portion. At the fixing member, a plate spring portion is formed... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070201192 - Industrial process field device with energy limited battery assembly: An industrial process field device has a housing with a wall. The wall has a feedthrough opening between a battery compartment and an electronics compartment. A feedthrough connector seals the feedthrough opening and includes a power connector connected to industrial process field device electronics. A battery assembly includes a battery... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070201189 - Emergency power supply: An emergency power supply for an electrical device that provides power sufficient to operate the emergency flotation system for a predetermined period of time after a malfunction of a primary power source. The emergency power supply includes at least one capacitor and a control circuit that are disposed in a... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20070201193 - Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device: A semiconductor device has at least a square wiring board having a board core made of an insulating material, wires made of a metal and formed on a first surface of the board core, a solder resist film formed on the first surface to cover the wires, and openings formed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201194 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes a base unit, a cover unit, a keyboard, and a locking member. The base unit defines a receiving portion. The receiving portion defines a plurality of cutouts in two opposite sidewalls thereof. The cover unit is pivotably connected to the base unit. The keyboard is detachably... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070201195 - Electronic equipment: Electronic equipment according to the present invention includes a display element. The electronic equipment includes a holding frame 23 holding a display unit 22 and including an elastic piece that can be elastically deformed in a substantially planar direction of the display surface of the display unit 22, a rear... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070201196 - Supporting structure and display device using the same: A supporting structure applied in a display device is provided. The display device includes a casing and a display panel. The supporting structure comprises a fastening component and a sustaining component. The fastening component including a hook set is used for supporting the display panel. The sustaining component having a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070201197 - Computer controlled display device: The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070201198 - Information processing apparatus and control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device, a main body rotatably connected to the display device and overlaping so as to at least partly face the display device, and a plurality of input devices either on the main body or the display device and covered... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070201201 - Bag computer: The bag computer is a computer/bag combination or computer made to mount on a bag so the display can pivot into the line of sight of the operator. Several embodiments include: A computer with the pivoting display near the bag's front top and a keyboard near the front bottom. The... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20070201199 - Snap-in floating hinge cap for portable computer: A hinge includes a hinge portion having a pair of external opposed grooves and a first locking portion. A hinge cap is removably attached to the hinge portion by a pair of external deflecting arms received by the opposed grooves and a second locking portion received by the first locking... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070201200 - Snap-in floating hinge cap for portable computer: A method of assembling a portable information handling system such as a laptop computer includes a chassis having a pivotally mounted top. The top and chassis are connected by a hinge. A hinge cap is releasably attached directly to the hinge and the hinge is mounted on the chassis so... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070201202 - Docking station: A computer dock having a device for protecting a portable computer against damage during vertical or inclined insertion within the computer dock. The computer dock includes an abutment member, slidably mounted on a rail, and biased to an upper position when the dock is not in use; the abutment member... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070201203 - Adhesion material structure and process method thereof: This invention discloses a process method and structure for an adhesion material. The adhesion material is employed for a heat dissipation device that includes several heat sink fins, a heat dissipation slip and a heat pipe. The heat pipe connects several heat sink fins and a heat dissipation slip by... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20070201205 - Apparatus for air cooling of an electronic device: An apparatus for air-cooling an electronic device is disclosed. A contoured panel channels a flow of air within the housing of an electronic device so as to channel the flow of air more directly over heat producing elements such as the microprocessor and peripheral cards. A sensor can also be... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070201204 - Liquid cooling loops for server applications: Liquid-based cooling solutions used to transfer heat produced by one or more heat generating devices from one or more electronics servers to the ambient. Each electronics server includes one or more heat generating devices. Integrated onto each electronics server is a liquid based cooling system. Each liquid based cooling system... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070201206 - Apparatus, system, and method for efficient heat dissipation: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficient heat dissipation. The apparatus for efficient heat dissipation is provided with a compliant heat pipe configured to conform to adjacent surfaces under a compressive load, a compression member configured to apply the compressive load to the compliant heat pipe, and wherein... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070201208 - Active cooling methods and apparatus for modules: A circuit module that includes a system for reducing thermal variation and cooling the circuit module. In preferred embodiments, the module includes a thermally-conductive rigid substrate having first and second lateral sides, an edge, and an integrated cooling component. The integrated cooling component reduces thermal variation and cools the circuit... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070201207 - Chip heat dissipation system and structure of heat exchange device and manufacturing method thereof: This invention discloses a chip heat dissipation system for a chip in heat dissipating and a manufacturing method and a structure of heat dissipation device. The chip heat dissipation system includes a heat dissipation device, a heat exchange device, a pump assembly device and at least two pipes. This heat... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20070201209 - Connection apparatus and method: A connection apparatus and associated method. The apparatus comprises a space transformer assembly and a leveling apparatus. The space transformer is adapted to electrically connect a testing apparatus to a semiconductor device through an interface board. The leveling apparatus is adapted to apply varying amounts of force to a plurality... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070201210 - Liquid cooling loops for server applications: A mounting system provides mechanisms and form factors for bringing a heat exchanger from a server rack into thermal contact with a heat exchanger from a electronics server. To ensure good thermal contact, pressure is applied between the two heat exchangers, the rejector plate and the chassis cold plate. The... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070201211 - System for cooling a heat-generating electronic device with increased air flow: A system for cooling a heat-generating electronic device in a computer system includes a printed circuit board having one or more ventilation holes and coupled to a first side of the heat-generating electronic device, and a fan assembly having a top side and a bottom side and coupled to a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.

20070201212 - Interposable heat sink for adjacent memory modules: A heat sink device for conventional memory modules, such as DIMMs, that is configured to be positioned between adjacent memory modules mounted in substantially parallel connectors on a printed circuit board. Each heat sink device includes thermally conductive first and second members configured to thermally couple with electronic components of... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070201213 - Light emitting diode package, circuit board for light emitting diode package and method of manufacturing the same: A circuit board for a light emitting diode package improved in heat radiation efficiency and a manufacturing method thereof. In a simple manufacturing process, insulating layers are formed by anodizing on a portion of a thermally conductive board body and plated with a conductive material. In the light emitting diode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201214 - Core board comprising nickel layer, multilayer board and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a core board and a manufacturing method thereof, in which the core board includes a nickel layer as a seed layer to improve the binding strength between an insulation layer and a conductive layer, so that it allows forming fine inner circuits by the semi-additive method.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070201215 - Electronic device: In an electronic device, a QFN is surface-mounted on a printed board. The QFN includes a main body containing an IC chip, a reinforcement portion, and multiple terminal portions. The reinforcement portion is exposed from a bottom portion of the main body and mechanically coupled with multiple reinforcement lands on... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070201216 - Housing comprising a liquid-tight electric bushing: A housing comprising a liquid-tight electric bushing is provided. The housing comprises an opening and a printed circuit board comprising at least first and second layers. The first layer is a top side of the printed circuit board and spans the opening. A first contact element is disposed on the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070195470 - 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

20070195475 - Power detection circuit: This power detection circuit is comprised of a power-down detection circuit for detecting the first detection level and a power-on detection circuit having the second detection level higher than the first detection level, and the power detection circuit compulsorily initializes a power-on latch circuit by the output signal lowlevelx of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070195472 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit protecting thin gate insulation layers in a semiconductor device: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit protects the internal circuits of a semiconductor. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a first electrostatic protection unit connected to a power source supply pad. The first electrostatic protection unit discharges an ESD current into the power source supply pad when an ESD is introduced... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070195471 - Voltage clamp: A voltage clamp is provided. The voltage clamp comprises one or more diodes for clamping a voltage in a circuit, and at least one capacitor coupled in parallel across the one or more diodes for maintaining current to the one or more diodes at levels which do not cause the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070195473 - Printed circuit board: Impedance mismatching points such as a VIA and a connector on a differential line between a differential driver element and a differential receiver element are arranged in predetermined positions. That is, the impedance mismatching points are arranged in such positions that a transmission time of a digital signal transmitted through... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070195474 - System and method for protecting transient-suppressing elements against over-voltage conditions: An over-voltage protection system including a phase bus connected to a phase conductor of an electrical system and one or more transient-suppressing lines connected to the phase bus. Each of the transient-suppressing lines includes a contactor and a transient-suppressing element. The contactor of each transient-suppressing line is selectively opened and... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070195477 - Open loop laser power control for optical navigation devices and optical systems: A current output of a drive signal, modulated between two current settings, is applied to a laser diode, e.g. VCSEL. The settings are selected such that laser diode's power output meets the average power and peak power limits of the eye safety standards. The drive signal having a duty cycle... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070195476 - Overload protection for controllable current consumers: A device and a method for protecting a controllable current consumer is provided wherein the current through the current consumer is detected and the control signal is altered when exceeding a threshold current such that the current through the current consumer will be altered. Thus, the circuit is implemented such... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070195478 - Thermal trip device and circuit breaker using the same: A thermal trip device in which a bimetal (2) is heated by overcurrent and performs trip operation of a circuit by curvature of the heated bimetal (2), wherein at least one part of the surface of the bimetal (2) is made to be black or matte black (7). Thereby, temperature... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070195479 - Active magnetic bearing with automatic detection of the position thereof: An active magnetic bearing (100) with autodetection of position, the bearing comprising at least first and second opposing electromagnets (120, 130) forming stators disposed on either side of a ferromagnetic body (110) forming a rotor and held without contact between said electromagnets. The first and second electromagnets (120, 130) each... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070195480 - Arrangement for operating an electrically adjustable item of furniture for sitting and/or lying upon: The invention relates to an arrangement for isolating supply current from control devices, which satisfies higher safety standards while, however, being easy to operate. To this end, the inventive arrangement comprises a device for isolating supply current from control devices that are connected to a first voltage source, which is... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070195481 - Energy collection: An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fibers may be made of any conducting... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070195482 - Johnsen-rahbek electrostatic chuck driven with ac voltage: An electrostatic chuck includes dielectric layer having at least one region, an electrode associated with the at least one region, and an AC power source configured to provide an AC voltage signal to the electrode. The dielectric property of the dielectric layer is configured to permit a charge migration about... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20070195483 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor for suppressing power supply resonance caused by the external noise and preventing fluctuation of the power supply voltage. The semiconductor device includes first and second power supply wires for supplying power supply voltages, a variable capacitor circuit connected between the first and second power supply wires, a monitor... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070195484 - High voltage capacitors: A capacitor includes a ceramic capacitor body having opposite ends and comprised of a plurality of electrode layers and dielectric layers and first and second external terminals attached to the ceramic capacitor body. The internal active electrodes within the ceramic capacitor body are configured in an alternating manner. Internal electrode... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070195485 - Circuit arrangement comprising several capacitors: The invention indicates a circuit arrangement designed as a module with a chain of connected (preferably in a row) capacitors or double-layered capacitors arranged on a base plate. The capacitors are affixed to metal plates on the side facing away from the base plate, whereby the plates in each instance... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070195486 - Charge storage device: A charge storage device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode being opposed to and spaced apart from the first electrode; a porous separator disposed between the electrodes; a sealed package for containing the electrodes, the separator and an electrolyte in which the electrodes are immersed; and a first terminal... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070195487 - Energy storage device: A surface mount energy storage device in the form of a supercapacitor (1) includes a generally rectangular folded prismatic housing (2) and two energy storage elements (not shown) that are sealingly contained within the housing (2) and which are connected in series. A mount, in the form of an integrally... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070195488 - Electrode active material having high capacitance, method for producing the same, and electrode and energy storage device comprising the same: An active material of the present invention has fine pores formed in the interlayer of a carbon material capable of exhibiting electrochemical double layer capacitance. The fine pores are formed by forming an oxidized graphite structure combined with oxygen in the interlayer of a part or whole of the carbon... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20070195490 - Apparatus and method for attaching an electronic module to a lock assembly: An apparatus and method are disclosed for engaging an electronic module with a lock assembly. The electronic module may have a first end with an electronic circuit disposed therein and a second end with a slot extending therethrough. At least one profile may be formed in the slot and at... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070195489 - Memory module assembly including a clip for mounting a heat sink thereon: A memory module assembly includes a printed circuit board (10) having a heat-generating electronic component (14) thereon, and first and second heat-dissipation plates (20), (30) attached on opposite sides of the printed circuit board. The first heat-dissipation plate includes a first hook (24) extending from a side thereof and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070195491 - Multi-chip package: A multi-chip package includes a first semiconductor memory controlled by a clock signal and an inverted clock signal, and a second semiconductor memory controlled by the clock signal. The first semiconductor memory and the second semiconductor memory each include a circuit for guaranteeing that a signal delay is suppressed between... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070195492 - Rf switching device: The present disclosure relates to a switching device having a display that allows an operator to readily visually assess the signal strength of both a primary signal and a back-up signal. In certain embodiments, the information relating to the signal strength of the primary and back-up signal is provided on... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070195493 - Assembly mechanism: The assembly mechanism utilized to combine a display unit and a circuit unit comprises a front shell a rear shell and a combination member wherein the combination member placed between the front shell and the rear shell comprises a first surface with a first connecting portion and a second surface... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070195494 - Plasma display device: A base chassis has projection parts. A surrounding part of an image display surface of a plasma display panel (PDP) is in contact with a contact part formed around an opening part of a front case. The projection parts are fixed to a chassis fixation part of the front case.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070195495 - Stand and display apparatus having the same: A display apparatus includes a display main body, a base, and a stand having a lifting unit provided between the display main body and the base and allowing the display main body to move up and down relative to the base, a pivoting unit provided between the display main body... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070195496 - Rack-mounted kvm module with positioning mechanism: A rack-mounted KVM module is configured for a server rack. An L-shaped supporting frame, which has a vertical plane and a horizontal plane, is coupled to the sever rack. A flat panel display is coupled to the vertical sliding rail to move along the L-shaped supporting frame horizontally. A keyboard... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070195498 - External casing for a data storage device: An external casing includes a housing housed with a data storage device and formed with an opening. An interface module is disposed in the housing, and is connected electrically to the data storage device disposed in the housing. An external electrical connector is connected electrically to the interface module. A... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070195497 - Mounting for disk drive unit, retaining device and method of loading a disk drive unit: A mounting for a disk drive unit includes a carrier for carrying a disk drive unit during required movement of the disk drive unit. The carrier defines a space into which the disk drive unit can be inserted, and the carrier is adapted to be inserted with the disk drive... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070195499 - Computer housing assembly with a cooling device: A computer housing assembly includes a computer housing, a cooling device, and a temperature control device. The cooling device is mounted on the computer housing, and includes a thermoelectric chip, a cooling fan, and a cover. The thermoelectric chip has a cold side disposed in the computer housing and provided... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070195500 - Heat dissipation apparatus: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a metal enclosure for an electronic device, at least one heat pipe secured to the enclosure, a fin assembly secured to the enclosure, a centrifugal blower secured to the enclosure for promoting heat dissipation for the fin assembly. The heat pipe has an evaporating section... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070195501 - Method of obtaining enhanced localized thermal interface regions by particle stacking: Integrated circuit-chip hot spot temperatures are reduced by providing localized regions of higher thermal conductivity in the conductive material interface at pre-designed locations by controlling how particles in the thermal paste stack- or pile-up during the pressing or squeezing of excess material from the interface. Nested channels are used to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (for IBM Yorktown)

20070195502 - Heat sink fastener: A heat sink fastener includes a main body, a piercing member and a wire clip. The main body includes a pressing part for holding a heat sink in contact with a heat-generating component, an engaging part and a latching leg; the engaging part and the latching leg are disposed at... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070195503 - Apparatus for dissipating heat from electronic components in an enclosed housing: An electronic device includes a housing configured to enclose an electronic component mounted to an inner portion of the housing. A thermally conductive gap-filler is in thermal contact with the electronic component. A heat sink is in thermal contact with the thermally conductive gap-filler and a thermally conductive plate is... Agent: 3com Corporation

20070195504 - Circuit configuration member and method of fabricating the same: A circuit configuration member has a space capable of storing a resin in a liquid state is formed on the adhering face and on an inner side of the case main body. The adhering face of the heat radiating member and the circuit configuration member are adhered by an adhering... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195506 - Heat dissipating device for an integrated circuit chip: An electronic assembly comprises a support board, an integrated circuit chip interconnected and coupled to the support board, and a thermal-gap-filler pad placed over the integrated circuit chip and in contact with an external device to dissipate heat generated by the integrated circuit chip. The electronic assembly further comprises a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070195505 - Memory module device: A memory module device includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of memory modules and a buffer module. Lines are provided in or on the printed circuit board to connect the buffer module to the memory modules. The memory modules are combined at least partially to form memory module stacks.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070195507 - Heat sink fastener: A heat sink fastener includes a main body, a piercing body and an operating member. The main body has a pressing part for pressing a heat sink toward a heat-generating component. An engaging part and a latching leg are disposed at opposite ends of the main body. The piercing body... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070195508 - Punch type substrate strip: A punch type substrate strip includes a plurality of substrate units, a plurality of slots and at least one plating-trace collecting hole. The slots are formed around the substrate units. The plating-trace collecting hole is located outside the substrate units. The substrate strip is provided with a plurality of connecting... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070195509 - Mechanism for saving space in desktop computer: A mechanism for saving space in a desktop computer allows the number of groove holes of a back plate of a rack is less than the number of interface card slots of a motherboard to cause at least one of the interface card slots to be left unused so as... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070195510 - Configurable circuit board and fabrication method: Circuit boards (36) capable of receiving different sets of electrical devices are fabricated from raw boards of the same type by forming (102) respective networks of electrically conductive traces (52) with a common layout on the raw boards, including open circuits (58) within the networks. Electrical device receivers (42,44,46,48,50) and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070195511 - Component built-in wiring board and manufacturing method of component built-in wiring board: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability. The component built-in wiring board includes: a conductive layer (34, 35) extending in a thickness direction of the board and buried in the board without being exposed from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070195512 - Connector sheet and portable electronic apparatus: Provided is a connector sheet exhibiting requisite conduction property for removal of electromagnetic wave noise and static electricity, allowing ground connection between a metal portion of a casing and a circuit board through a simple mounting operation, and capable of meeting requirement for a reduction in electronic apparatus size, and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070188950 - Protection device for non-common ground buses: A protection device for non-common ground buses is disclosed. The protection circuit includes a controller, a level shifter, a first group of switches, and a second group of switches. The controller together with the level shifter controls the first group and second group of switches. The non-common ground buses will... Agent: Carlton Fields, Pa

20070188957 - Energy transfer circuit having an electromagnetic induction device for utilizing energy stored by a snubber: The invention relates to an energy transfer circuit. The energy transfer circuit has a first electromagnetic induction device, electrically connected to a first power supply node; a first switch circuit for connecting the first electromagnetic induction device and a second power supply node according to a first control signal; a... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070188958 - Over-current detection circuit and method for power-supply device: An over-current detection circuit using the ON-voltage of a main MOSFET is provided, which is resistant to process variations of a main MOSFET and is not easily influenced by switching noise. Separately from a main MOSFET (Q1), a sense MOSFET (Q3) whose size is 1/m of the main MOSFET is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070188947 - Arc fault detection apparatus using microcomputer: The present invention relates to an arc fault detection apparatus using a microcomputer, which divides current paths into a low current path and a high current path depending on the intensity of load current using a source voltage that is applied to a lead wire and determines whether an arc... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070188949 - Gfci that cannot be reset until wired correctly on line side and power is applied: An apparatus and method for preventing the miswiring of a protection device. The protection device includes line terminals and load terminals. The protection device further includes a latching mechanism, adapted to move between a closed state which establishes electrical contact between said line and load terminals, and an open state... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070188948 - Grounding detector: A grounding detector capable of detecting grounding of a circuit that is connected to a power supply, while using an inexpensive circuit configuration. In the grounding detector, a coupling capacitor is connected at one end to output terminal of the power supply. The coupling capacitor is connected at the other... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070188953 - Latch-up restistant esd protection circuit and method thereof: The present invention is to provide a latch-up resistant electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method thereof, which comprises a clamping circuit being able to discharge when activated, a sustaining unit for directing electrostatic charge via said sustaining unit to said clamping circuit when activated and a sensing unit for... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070188952 - On-chip latch-up protection circuit: An on-chip latch-up protection circuit. The lath-up protection circuit includes a core circuit, a power switch, and a current extractor. The power switch controls major current flowing through the core circuit. The current extractor detects amplitude of the major current. The power switch, the core circuit and the current extractor... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070188951 - Optoelectronic device esd protection: A method and apparatus for electrostatic discharge protection for an optoelectronic device driven by an electrical link driver is provided. An AC coupled positive output of a differential mode electrical link driver is wire-bonded to an electrostatic discharge protector. The electrostatic discharge protector includes dual diodes for discharging electrical current... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070188954 - Field upgradeable circuit breaker firmware and programmer therefor: A system (10) is provided for communicating with a residential electronic circuit breaker (18, 20, 22, 24). The system (10) comprises a residential electrical wiring system (16) including a power line (28) and neutral line (32), a residential electronic circuit breaker (18) electrically connected to the residential electrical wiring system... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group

20070188955 - Electrical switching apparatus and receptacle including automatic miswiring protection: A receptacle includes a line conductor, a load conductor, a neutral conductor, a load neutral conductor, a ground conductor, first separable contacts electrically connected between the line and load conductors, and second separable contacts electrically connected between the neutral and load neutral conductors. An operating mechanism is structured to open... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.,

20070188956 - Power source fault detection apparatus, program, and method: A fault detection apparatus of a power source provided with a central processing unit, a power source, a power receiver supplied with current from a power source, a unit periodically accessing the power receiver from the central processing unit so as to supply a periodic current periodically repeatedly turning on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070188959 - Electronic element adapted to an electric circuit arrangement: The present invention comprises an electronic element (2a), fitted or adapted for an electric circuitry or circuit arrangement (1), where said circuitry inter alia is constituted by a voltage source (1a, 1b), a supply voltage and a current feeding unit (2) switching on or switching off a load, and an... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070188960 - Method and apparatus for fault condition protection of a switched mode power supply: Methods and apparatuses for fault condition protection of a switched mode power supply. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply circuit having an auto-restart function to turn the power supply on and off repeatedly under fault conditions is included. In one embodiment, one or more off-times following detection... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070188961 - Device for protecting an integrated circuit against latch-up phenomena: Device for protecting an integrated circuit, comprising a device for detecting a latch-up condition, and a supply voltage control device for controlling a supply voltage of the integrated circuit, to modify a parameter of the supply voltage of the integrated circuit in order to prevent the latch-up from becoming permanently... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070188963 - Varistor and light-emitting apparatus: A varistor comprises a varistor element body, first and second inner electrodes opposing each other, a first outer electrode connected to the first inner electrode physically and electrically, a second outer electrode connected to the second inner electrode physically and electrically, and an electrically insulating layer. The first and second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070188962 - Surge protector life cycle monitor system and method: A system and method are provided for determining an expected life of an electric surge protection component. The system and method monitors preferably each surge that an electric surge protection component experiences. Each surge is measured to determine magnitude and duration, and a cumulative surge measurement history is maintained for... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070188964 - Feed limiting device for limiting feedings to electrical components and control device: A feed limiting device enables to lessen user discomfort and prevent excessive consumption of a battery. The feed limiting device for limiting feedings to units U1-Un mounted on a vehicle in an economy running state, comprises a condition satisfaction deciding unit for judging whether a feed limiting condition for limiting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070188965 - Image detection module: An image detection module comprises a base, a seat movably disposed on the base, an image detection unit on the seat, a first guide member by which the seat is joined to the base, moving relative to the base, a first coil on either the base or the seat, a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070188966 - Magnetic bearing device and a turbo molecular pump with the magnetic bearing device mounted thereto: Provided are: a magnetic bearing device capable of reducing the costs required for the manufacture, installation, or the like of a turbo molecular pump by reducing the number of elements of an amplifier circuit that drives, through excitation, electromagnets; and a turbo molecular pump with the magnetic bearing device mounted... Agent: Bruce L Adams Adams & Wilks

20070188967 - Solenoid driver circuit: A solenoid drive circuit includes a boost energy storage device, such as a capacitor, that captures energy from and discharges energy to a solenoid. Switches control the connection between the boost device, the solenoid, and a power source. This allows the solenoid response time to be variable based on the... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070188969 - Free fall detector device and free fall detection method: A free-fall detector device includes an inertial sensor, a detection circuit associated to the inertial sensor, and a signal source for supplying a read signal to the inertial sensor. The device moreover includes: a storage element, selectively connectable to the detection circuit for storing a feedback signal generated by the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070188968 - Relay, entertainment apparatus, communication system, communication method, and program: A relay unit (70) is used to connect one or a plurality of manipulation terminals or external storage units to an entertainment apparatus. The entertainment apparatus (10) has a first mode and a second mode as operation modes. The relay unit includes a first relay processing unit (200-1) for the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070188970 - Charge neutralizer for glass substrate: A soft X ray is introduced into a gap “d” from a soft X ray charge neutralizer 14, and the soft X ray is detected by a soft X ray optical axis monitor 16. Mounting position adjusting means 15 is adjusted by a detection output from said soft X ray... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070188971 - Circuit diagnostics from flame sensing ac component: A diagnostic flame sensing circuit having less filtration so that an AC component of a flame sensing input is available for circuit diagnostics. Synchronized data sampling may used to detect the peak to peak magnitude of the residual AC component. A comparison of the magnitude of the component relative to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070188972 - Systems and methods for describing a deployment unit for an electronic: A method is performed by a deployment unit for an electronic weapon. The method includes describing the apparatus to a launch device of the weapon; and propelling the electrode in response to the launch device. The electrode conducts a current through a provided target to impede locomotion by the target.... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20070188973 - Active capacitor: The present invention provides an active capacitor that includes an active all-pass type 90° phase delaying circuit comprising an operational amplifier, a first resistor connected between an inversion input end of the operational amplifier and an input terminal, a second resistor connected between a non-inversion input end of the operational... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070188974 - Humidity sensing structure having a cantilever resistor and method for fabricating the same: A humidity sensing structure having a cantilever resistor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; performing an oxidation process on the first surface and the second surface to form a first oxide layer and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188975 - Ceramic capacitor mounting structure and ceramic capacitor: A ceramic capacitor comprises a ceramic sintered body, and first and second terminal electrodes formed on outer surfaces of the ceramic sintered body. The first terminal electrode is electrically connected to a land formed on a substrate through a first metal terminal. The first metal terminal has a first capacitor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070188976 - Capacitor and its manufacturing method: A method for manufacturing a capacitor includes the steps of: forming a lanthanum nickelate layer above a base substrate; forming a dielectric layer above the lanthanum nickelate layer; forming a conductive layer above the dielectric layer; and patterning at least the dielectric layer until the lanthanum nickelate layer is exposed.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070188977 - Electrolyte for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor and process for producing tetrafluoroaluminate salt of organic onium: There are provided an aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode comprising aluminum and an electrolytic solution containing an onium salt of fluorine-containing anion, wherein the electrolytic solution has a water concentration of 1% by weight or less, or wherein the cathode has a peak top of Al2p spectrum... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070188978 - Connecting structure between electrode and lead, electric double layer capacitor having the same, and method for manufacturing the capacitor: A connecting structure of a lead wire is electrically connected to an electrode in which a polarized electrode layer is formed on a surface of a current collector plate. A region of the electrode, to which the lead wire is to be joined, is free from the polarized electrode layer.... Agent: Jones Day

20070188979 - Electrolyte for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor and process for producing tetrafluoroaluminate salt of organic onium: There are provided an aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode comprising aluminum and an electrolytic solution containing an onium salt of fluorine-containing anion, wherein the electrolytic solution has a water concentration of 1% by weight or less, or wherein the cathode has a peak top of Al2p spectrum... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070188980 - High energy density capacitors and methods of manufacturing: A capacitor including a flexible case and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The capacitor includes an electrode assembly encased in a sealed flexible case. The electrode assembly includes an anode formed from a high surface area valve metal and a cathode operatively positioned relative to the anode. The... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070188981 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes an anode and a dielectric layer. The anode is made of niobium or a niobium alloy. The dielectric layer is made of niobium oxide formed on the niobium or the niobium alloy. The niobium oxide has a feature that a full width at half maximum... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070188982 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of making the same: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a porous sintered body made of valve metal, and an external anode terminal used for surface-mounting. The anode terminal is offset from the center of the sintered body, as viewed in the thickness direction or first direction of the sintered body. Further, the anode terminal... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070188983 - Device to ensure safety of storage, transfer, transport and handling of dangerous, combustible, oxidizing, corrosive, toxic and/or polluting products: The invention relates to a device which enables to ensure or improve considerably the safety of storage, transfer, transport and handling of dangerous and/or potentially reactive products (206), under an industrial scale environment, at essentially atmospheric temperatures and pressures. The inherent danger of such products induce the risk of large-scale,... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070188984 - Remote id resistor assembly for wiring harness: A printed circuit board (PCB) connector assembly for a wiring harness is disclosed. The PCB connector assembly may include a PCB, a connector housing disposed on a surface of the PCB, and a plurality of ID resistors for identifying data and limiting voltages through the cordless power tool. The ID... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070188985 - Disconnect collar for power line carrier metering transponder: A remote disconnect collar is provided for use with an electric meter that includes a transceiver for receiving and replying to messages from a master device, such as a CCU, in a PLC type AMR system and also for transmitting connect/disconnect messages to the collar. The collar is provided with... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070188986 - Information display apparatus: [Solving Means] An information display apparatus is composed of a pair of main ribs 12a, 12b located at both ends, a plurality of intermediate ribs 15 interposed between the main ribs, a pivot 16 for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion, and a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070188987 - Housing for a portable computing device: A portable computing device has an upper housing segment and a lower housing segment pivotably connected to each other to move between a closed position and an extended or open position. A first inward edge formation is formed along the exterior edge of the upper housing segment. A second inward... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070188988 - Latch mechanism: A latch mechanism includes a latching member, a button, and an elastic member for restoring the latching member. The latching member is rotatably installed in a cover unit. The latching member includes a latching portion for engaging with a base unit. The button is movably fixed to the cover unit.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070188989 - Receiving frame having removable computer drive carrier and lock: A computer drive carrier to be removably received within a receiving frame so that a computer drive transported by the carrier can be interfaced with a host computer. A handle is pivotally connected to the computer drive carrier and adapted to be rotated between a closed position when the carrier... Agent: Law Offices Of Morland C Fischer

20070188990 - Enclosure arrangement for an electronic device: Described are is an enclosure arrangement for an electronic device. The arrangement comprises an electronic device enclosure including a heat transfer device (“HTD”) forming part of a wall thereof. The HTD includes a first panel internal to the enclosure and a second panel external to the enclosure. When in a... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070188991 - Liquid cooled heat sink with cold plate retention mechanism: A system for cooling electronic components with a surface having one or more electronic components, including an integrated circuit, mounted thereon. A liquid cooled heat exchanger located in overlying contacting relation with the integrated circuit. A resilient cold plate coupled to the surface so as to be biased by a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070188992 - Heat sink: A heat sink includes a plurality of fins parallel to each other, and one heat pipe extending through these fins. A flow channel is formed between each pair of neighboring fins for channeling an airflow generated by an electric fan. A guiding member having a curved shape is arranged around... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070188993 - Quasi-radial heatsink with rectangular form factor and uniform fin length: In some embodiments, a heatsink includes a thermally conductive core and at least ten thermally conductive fins extending quasi-radially from the thermally conductive core, wherein most of the fins are of uniform length, and wherein at least a portion of the thermally conductive core is shaped such that the fins... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070188994 - Cpu cooler: A CPU cooler includes a heat-conducting unit and a heat-dissipating unit. The heat-conducting unit consists of a heat-conducting block, a heat-conducting piping, an inflow pipe and an outflow pipe. The heat-conducting block is closely positioned on the CPU and the heat-conducting piping is disposed in the heat-conducting block for making... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070188995 - Flow diversion heat sinks for temperature uniformity in back to back multi-processor configurations: A system for maintaining heat sink temperature uniformity in a system with pairs of substantially similar components mounted on a surface in close proximity and substantially aligned with an air flow, where the air flow is divided into a plurality of air flows by dividers radiating upward from the heat... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070188996 - Partitioning device for holding slots of a host computer case: A partitioning device for holding slots of a host computer case, including: a host computer outer case provided with a horizontal upper panel; an upper cover; more than one rectangular partition; vertical connecting holes are defined in an upper side of each of the rectangular partitions, which provide for vertical... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070188998 - 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

20070188997 - Interconnect design for reducing radiated emissions: An interconnect system between an integrated circuit device and a printed circuit board may include a filter between the integrated circuit device and the power subsystem of the printed circuit board. The filter may be a low-pass filter that reduces current in a higher frequency range without negatively modifying current... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070188999 - Component cam handle: A cam handle assembly for use with a modular information handling system components includes a latch with first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion is sloped such that when the sloped portion of the first protrusion contacts a portion of a rack or chassis, the latch is urged... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070183105 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit: An NMOS diode-connected in a backward direction between a power supply terminal and a ground terminal is provided as a protective element. Further, a band-pass blocking filter for blocking the passage of a frequency component of an ESD current is provided between the power supply terminal and an internal circuit.... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070183104 - Esd protection device and integrated circuit utilizing the same: An ESD protection device comprising a first switch, a second switch, a discharge unit, and a detection unit. The first switch is coupled to a first power line. The second switch is coupled between the first switch and a second power line. The discharge unit is coupled between the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183102 - Protective device for a consumber branch: A protective device is for a consumer branch. In order to find an easy, constructive solution which is used to protect the consumer branch in a comprehensive manner, the protective device includes a first protective element to provide motor and line protection, and an integrated second protective element with a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070183103 - Circuit for preventing malfunction of arc fault detection device: Disclosed herein is a circuit for preventing a malfunction of an arc fault detection device for determining whether an arc fault occurs through a low-current route or a high-current route, classified according to the magnitude of load current, using a source voltage applied to a conductor, which sets an operational... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070183106 - Multi-stack power supply clamp circuitry for electrostatic discharge protection: A multi-stack power supply clamp circuit for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to enhance performance of advanced submicron processes is provided. The clamp circuit includes a bias voltage generator with low leakage and high current drive capabilities, and means to lighten current load on the voltage generator through reduced gate... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (intel)

20070183107 - Image processing apparatus: To provide an image processing apparatus that can reduce power consumption as compared to a conventional case by energizing required minimum devices at an appropriate timing depending on contents of a request received from an external apparatus through a communicating medium during a power-saving state, if a data processing request... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183108 - Flameproof apparatus using non-grounded energy-limiting barrier: A device intended to meet flameproof approval requirements is configured to have two compartments separated by an energy-limiting barrier. The first compartment of the device houses the wiring terminations that bear ignition-capable energy and, therefore, must be flameproof. The energy-limiting barrier is configured to limit the energy that can reach... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070183109 - Safety circuit technique for high current shut-down: A safety circuit technique for high current shut-down monitors a battery pack and, when certain conditions exist, performs a series of safety measures, or a safety checklist and actions, to safely and quickly turn the battery cell off. In a preferred embodiment, diodes are used to prevent the IC drive... Agent: Wallace G. Walter

20070183110 - Damage detection/locating system providing thermal protection: A damage locating system also provides thermal protection. An array of sensors substantially tiles an area of interest. Each sensor is a reflective-surface conductor having operatively coupled inductance and capacitance. A magnetic field response recorder is provided to interrogate each sensor before and after a damage condition. Changes in response... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20070183111 - Electrical switching apparatus, power distribution system, and method employing breakpoint trip: An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts within said housing, an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts, and a trip assembly cooperating with said operating mechanism to trip open said separable contacts in response to a trip signal. The trip assembly includes a sensor... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070183113 - Surge detection circuit: A surge detection circuit for determining that the characteristics of an internal circuitry of a chip have deteriorated by surges applied from a sensor to the chip and generating a warning signal. The surge detection circuit is connected to an input terminal and includes a surge detector for detecting surge... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070183112 - Spark gap arrestor: [Problem] To realize a spark gap arrester of a sealed structure in which a follow current is eliminated by increasing voltage drop independent of an arc current and thereby preventing restrike due to a power-supply voltage after passage of a lightning current. [Means for Resolution] In a cylindrical metal case... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070183114 - Method and device for control of a capacitive actuator: A piezoelectric actuator on an injection valve is controlled by application of a control curve, on which the maximum amplitudes for a current for controlling the actuator are given. A slowly rising or falling charge course at the beginning or end of a charging or discharging process and hence a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070183115 - Remote controlled locking electroshock stun device and methods of use: An apparatus for administering an incapacitating electric shock to a person is provided, which comprises a portable power source, at least one pair of electrodes operatively associated with the power source and that are configured to deliver an electric shock to the person's body, a locking mechanism configured to secure... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070183116 - Micro-electro-mechanical variable capacitor for radio frequency applications with reduced influence of a surface roughness: A micro-electro-mechanical variable capacitor has a first and a second electrode, and a dielectric region arranged on the first electrode. An intermediate electrode is arranged on the dielectric region. The first electrode is fixed and anchored to a substrate, and the second electrode includes a membrane movable with respect to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070183117 - Nano-titanium for making medical implantable hermetic feedthrough assemblies: Ferrules made of nano-titanium for incorporation into feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are described. The feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are particularly useful for incorporation into implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and the like, to decouple and shield internal electronic components of the medical device from undesirable electromagnetic... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070183118 - Nano-titanium for making medical implantable hermetic feedthrough assemblies: Ferrules made of nano-titanium for incorporation into feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are described. The feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are particularly useful for incorporation into implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and the like, to decouple and shield internal electronic components of the medical device from undesirable electromagnetic... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070183119 - Hv capacitor and testing method: A high voltage capacitor design is provided that provides improved performance. The high voltage capacitor includes a stack of mechanically joined capacitor cells, which in one variant utilize a separator formed of two layers of paper. In one version, the high voltage capacitor may be used as a capacitative voltage... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070183120 - Anode element, method of manufacturing the same, and solid electrolytic capacitor: An anode element of a solid electrolytic capacitor and a method of fabricating the anode element are improved, so that the step of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor is simplified, reliability is improved, and a withstand voltage of the solid electrolytic capacitor is increased. An anode element including a metal... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070183121 - Post puller and method: A device and method for removing a post. The device includes a housing, at least one stabilizing member and an engagement member. The housing defines a chamber and a lower orifice and is adapted for receiving the post through the lower orifice and into the chamber. The at least one... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070183122 - Power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system: A power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system, the power entry assembly includes at least one conductor carrier and a housing connected to the at least one conductor carrier. The housing includes a first orientation relative to the at least one conductor carrier. A connector is connected to the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070183123 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a base, a body, and a connecting mechanism. The body has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the base. The connecting mechanism rotatably connects the base and the body. The connecting mechanism rotates relative to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183124 - Computer chassis: A computer chassis compatible with an ATX motherboard and a BTX motherboard, includes a motherboard holder (100) for mounting an ATX motherboard or a BTX motherboard thereon, a first back panel (200) designed for the ATX motherboard, and a second back panel (300) designed for the BTX motherboard. A side... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070183125 - Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure: Electronic circuit boards are arranged as respective parallel pairs defining a narrow gap there between. One or more such pairs of boards are supported within a hermitically sealable housing and cooled by way of spraying an atomized liquid coolant from a plurality of nozzles into each narrow gap. Transfer of... Agent: John S. Reid

20070183126 - Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure: Electronic circuit boards are arranged as respective parallel pairs defining a narrow gap there between. One or more such pairs of boards are supported within a hermitically sealable housing and cooled by way of spraying an atomized liquid coolant from a plurality of nozzles into each narrow gap. Transfer of... Agent: John S. Reid

20070183127 - Method of inspecting laminated assembly and method of inspecting heat spreader module: A heat spreader module includes a laminated assembly, a heat spreader bonded to an upper surface of the laminated assembly, and a circuit board bonded to an upper surface of the heat spreader. The laminated assembly includes a base, an insulated substrate bonded to an upper surface of the base,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070183128 - Heat sink gasket: A receptacle assembly is provided having a gasket interposed between a heat sink and the receptacle, in order to provide EMI shielding and limit leakage from an opening in the receptacle that allows the heat sink to engage an electronic module inserted in the receptacle cavity. The heat sink may... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070183129 - Ratio of open area to closed area in panels for electronic equipment enclosures: A method of providing an electronic equipment enclosure having a plurality of panels, including identifying at least one panel through which air is intended to flow, determining the design parameters of the identified panel, and providing an electronic equipment enclosure that includes the identified panel, constructed according to the determined... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070183130 - Power conversion apparatus: A power conversion apparatus comprising a base 110 which includes a first fixation portion 110a and a second fixation portion 110b that are coupled to each other at a desired angle, wherein power modules IPM1, IPM2 and IPM3 are fixed on the first fixation portion 110a of the base 110,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070183131 - Mirror image shielding structure: A mirror image shielding structure is provided, which includes an electronic element and a ground shielding plane below the electronic element. The shape of the ground shielding plane is identical to the projection shape of the electronic element, and the horizontal size of the ground shielding plane is greater than... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070177317 - Esd protection circuit: A data input/output protection circuit capable of consistent protection against high input voltage and ESD includes: a pull-up unit that clamps static electricity introduced through a pad transmitting an input signal and having a transistor connected between a source voltage and the pad; a pull-down unit that clamps the static... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070177311 - Apparatus and method for transferring an analog signal between isolated systems: An apparatus and method for transferring a signal from a first bus circuit to a second bus circuit. The apparatus and method includes a first constant current circuit connected to the first bus circuit, a first capacitor connected between the first bus circuit and the first constant current circuit, a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070177312 - High voltage generation systems and methods: Systems and methods presented herein generally provide for the controlled voltage of electrical energy through the selected operation of power stages. In one embodiment, a system that provides electrical energy includes a power supply and at least two power stages coupled to the power supply. The power stages are operable... Agent: Mfb Law Attn: Gregory T. Fettig

20070177313 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: Source voltage and substrate voltage are supplied to a semiconductor integrated circuit 1E from the regulator circuits 11C and 21C of a power supply circuit 1C via a power detection compensating circuit 1D. The power efficiency value of a regulator is stored in the resistor 13D, various detection information and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177314 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for injection current: Method and apparatus that provide a response to the negative sequence current demands during a disturbance of the grid system connected to power-generating equipment, such as a wind turbine system, provide for tracking components in the grid signal, orienting at least a portion of the signal, and injecting the oriented... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070177315 - 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

20070177316 - Dual axis vibration rate gyroscope: A dual-axis rotational rate sensor having two vibratory masses coupled to a restoring element and driven in a resonant counter-phase motion, wherein the two masses vibrate with equal but opposite amplitudes along a single axis. The vibratory structure also accommodates motion of the masses in a plane orthogonal to the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070177318 - Electronic shunt resistor assembly: An electronic shunt resistor assembly comprises a planar shunt resistor and an electronic monitoring unit. The planar shunt resistor has a resistance element and first and second terminal bars at opposite ends of the resistance element. The electronic measuring unit has a circuit board that is supported on the planar... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070177319 - Responsive electricity grid substation: There is provided an electricity grid, system having a substation connecting two grid parts, preferably at different levels in the grid hierarchy, wherein flow control means is provided for controlling the flow of electricity between the two parts in dependence on the level of stress of the respective grid part... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070177320 - Power supply unit for an electronic device such as an electronic device having a tuner: A power supply unit for an electronic device comprises a three-terminal regulator in a high voltage connection line between a high voltage terminal of a DC power supply circuit and a microcomputer for reducing voltage from the high voltage terminal to a lower first voltage. A low voltage connection line... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070177321 - Method for increasing the information density in signal-transmission lines: A method for increasing the information density on a signal-transmission line. The signal-transmission line extends from a sensor to a control unit. A modulated signal, which includes a digital signal, is transmitted on the signal-transmission line. The digital signal assumes either a high level or a low level. The modulated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070177323 - High voltage switch using low voltage cmos transistors: The invention relates to an electronic switch capable of rail-to-rail input voltage swing exceeding the voltage rating for a certain technology in which the switch element of the switch is implemented. For example the switch element could be a complementary coupled pair of nMOS and pMOS transistors in a CMOS... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070177322 - System and method for current overload response with class d topology: A system and method for responding to a current overload condition in a power switch provides a class D topology that applies a current sink or current source to the gate of the power switch. The current sink or source decreases or increases current flowing through the power switch to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070177324 - Overload release: An overload release is disclosed for interrupting a load current circuit. The release includes an electronic processing unit that generates a current signal according to the current in the load circuit, and a thermomechanical release that releases a switch latch according to the received current signal.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070177325 - Method and safety device for ground fault circuit: The invention refers to a method and an apparatus (1) for protecting people against leakage currents while using appliances such as home appliances or the like. The apparatus (1) is provided with a differential switch (20) normally open and a differential current transformer (39) which generates a signal proportional to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070177326 - Apparatus with a moving system and a stationary system: An apparatus includes a first, stationary system, in particular a stator, and a second system which is provided for moving relative to the first system, in particular an armature, a first and second electrical reference potentials which are assigned to the first system and the second system, respectively, and a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070177327 - Additional containment system for storage tank: An additional containment system for a fluid containment vessel includes an outer section, an inner section, and a monitoring system. A plurality of independent and distinct zones of interstitial space are positioned between the outer section and the inner section. The monitoring system is connected to and separately monitors a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20070177328 - Semiconductor device: There is provided a semiconductor device capable of supplying an analog input signal higher than or equal to an operating power supply voltage. An electrostatic discharge protection circuit corresponding to the analog input signal is provided for an external terminal that is supplied with an analog input signal generated with... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070177329 - Voltage clamping circuits using mos transistors and semiconductor chips having the same and methods of clamping voltages: A clamping circuit is provided, which may clamp a voltage at a node of a circuit to a stable level by using a transistor already included in the circuit. The clamping circuit may clamp a voltage at a first node of a circuit inside a semiconductor chip to a more... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070177330 - Copper grid repair technique for lightning strike protection: A method for reestablishing the electrical continuity of an electrically conductive layer of a composite aircraft wing damaged by a lightning strike or other mechanical event is disclosed in which a copper patch replaced the damaged section of the electrically conductive layer contained. The repair is performed by first removing... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070177331 - Non-flaking capacitor material, capacitive substrate having an internal capacitor therein including said non-flaking capacitor material, and method of making a capacitor member for use in a capacitive substrate: A capacitor material including a thermosetting resin (e.g., epoxy resin), a high molecular mass flexibilizer (e.g., phenoxy resin), and a quantity of nano-particles of a ferroelectric ceramic material (e.g., barium titanate), the capacitor material not including continuous or semi-continuous fibers (e.g., fiberglass) as part thereof. The material is adapted for... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20070177333 - Electric double layer capacitor: An electric double layer capacitor comprises an electrode, a current collector, an electrolyte, a separator, a concave-shaped container for accommodating them, and a sealing plate for sealing an opening part of the container, wherein the sealing plate is fitted inside the container.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070177332 - Electrode for electric double layer capacitor, method for manufacturing same, electric double layer capacitor, and conductive adhesive: The present invention is an electrode for electric double layer capacitors wherein a polarizable porous sheet composed of constituent materials including a carbonaceous electric double layer-forming material, a carbon material for ensuring conductivity, and a binder is integrated to at least one surface of a collector via a conductive intermediate... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070177334 - Thermal interconnection for capacitor systems: Thermal protection is provided in systems utilizing high-current double-layer capacitors.... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070177335 - Thermal interconnection for capacitor systems: Thermal protection is provided in systems utilizing hi-current double-layer capacitors.... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070177336 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor (A1) includes a first and a second porous sintered bodies (1). Each sintered body (1) is flat, with its thickness being small relative to the width or the length. The first and the second sintered bodies (1) are spaced from each other in the widthwise or... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070177337 - Electronic device: The invention provides an electronic device which has a connecting means for assembling a front and top panels, and a position restricting means for restricting the position of the top panel. The connecting means is composed of a tongue block extending substantially horizontally with respect to the top panel from... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070177338 - Inverter device: An inverter device, which has two operation modes including a grid-connected operation mode where the inverter device is interconnected with a commercial power system, and an isolated operation mode where the inverter device is independent of a commercial power system and performs an isolated operation, includes an inverter converting direct-current... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070177339 - Robotically controlled display: An electronic display configured to display visual information is mounted to a display mount. The display mount is movable in three-dimensions, whereby the associated display may be moved in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a unitary display comprises a plurality of closely spaced individual displays which are mounted to movable... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070177345 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus is equipped with housing, a motherboard, a stud, and a lid. The housing constitutes an outer shell of the main body having a shielding property against electromagnetic radiation and an opening located on the bottom wall. The opening is smaller than the total mounting area of a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070177343 - Portable personal computer: A portable personal computer includes a portable casing and computer components supported therein. The portable casing includes a first panel, a second panel, and an edge connector foldably coupling the first panel with the second panel edge-to-edge. The computer components includes a screen panel sealedly and overlappedly mounted on the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070177344 - Portable personal computer: A portable personal computer includes a portable casing including a first panel and a second panel to form a carrying case at a storage position, computer components including a screen panel, a CPU circuitry and a keyboard panel spacedly mounted to the first and second panels, and two cushioning elements... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070177340 - Display apparatus: In a display apparatus, a text code input section outputs externally-supplied text code information to a font conversion section and a voice synthesizer section. The font conversion section converts the input text code into a corresponding font, and transmits the font to a display drive section via a video signal... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070177341 - Retaining apparatus for expansion card: An expansion card assembly includes a panel (10), an expansion card (100), a retaining member (30), and a holding member (50). The panel defines a fixing slot (11) therein. A supporting clip (15) bent from the panel. The expansion card with a fixing clip thereon is received in the fixing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070177342 - System and method for mechanically fastened information handling system foot: A support foot is mechanically fastened to an information handling system chassis with a coupling device partially embedded in the support foot through injection molding of the support foot over the coupling device. For instance the coupling device is a staple made of ductile metal having a body embedded in... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070177346 - Externally connected hard disk drive controlled by mechanic lock having information security function: An externally connected hard disk drive includes a hard disk unit including a hard disk and a switch, and a mechanic lock. When the switch is turned on, the hard disk is accessible, and when the switch is turned off, the hard disk is not accessible. The mechanic lock includes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070177347 - Docking device having a hook to be engaged with an electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a docking device has a main body, which includes a surface facing an electronic apparatus. A hook, which is removably engaged with the electronic apparatus, and a to-be-broken portion are provided on the surface of the main body. The to-be-broken portion interferes with and is broken... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070177348 - Ruggedized electronics enclosure: The present invention relates to a ruggedized enclosure for housing and protecting electronic circuits. The enclosure utilizes a top compartment for housing the circuit and a cooling assembly rigidly coupled to the top compartment. The cooling assembly utilizes a passive radiator to form a rigid truss plate structure. The truss... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070177349 - High efficiency fluid mover: A fluid mover includes a rotor to transfer momentum with a fluid when operated at a given volumetric flow rate through the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of enclosed passages to transfer momentum in or out of the fluid as the fluid passes through the enclosed passages in response... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070177350 - Electronic device: An electronic device is provided with an enclosure having a side wall in which vent holes are formed, a heat generator stored in the enclosure, a radiator disposed adjacent to the vent holes, a heat receiver thermally connected to the heat generator, a heat transmission member having one end thermally... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070177352 - Direct contact cooling liquid embedded package for a central processor unit: A direct contact cooling liquid embedded package design for use with a computer central processor unit is suitable for thermal management of high heat dissipation electronic components such as server processors. The direct contact cooling liquid embedded packaged CPU has mechanical coupling and embedded plumbing that attaches to the board... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070177351 - Embedded microchannel cooling package for a central processor unit: An indirect cooling liquid embedded package design for use with a computer central processor unit is suitable for thermal management of high heat dissipation electronic components such as server processors. The indirect contact cooling liquid embedded packaged CPU has mechanical coupling and embedded plumbing that attaches to the board pumped... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070177353 - Mechanism for connecting loop heat pipe and method therefor: A mechanism for connecting a loop heat pipe and a method therefore. The mechanism can communicably connect two pipe openings of a loop heat pipe, which includes a connector body. The connector body includes at least a through hole for inserting therein at least two pipe openings. At least one... Agent: Hdsl

20070177354 - Heat pipe with guided internal grooves and heat dissipation module incorporating the same: A heat pipe includes a heat receiving section, a heat transfer section, and a heat dissipation section. A groove structure is formed inside the heat pipe and extends from the heat receiving section to the heat dissipation section. The groove structure includes at least an axially-extending parallel portion and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070177355 - Heat sink, electronic device, and tuner apparatus: In one embodiment of a heat sink fitted to an electronic component, a plurality of heat dissipating members having a flat main body portion and a fin portion formed by extending the main body portion are provided, and at least one of the heat dissipating members further has an extended... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070177356 - Three-dimensional cold plate and method of manufacturing same: A three-dimensional cold plate assembly and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The cold plate assembly includes a metallic substrate having a top side and a bottom side and a three-dimensional molded contoured plastic body having a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side of the metallic... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070177357 - Processing device: A processing device is disclosed. It includes a heat dissipation plate structure with a thermally conductive material, and a processor with a major surface. The processor generates heat when energized, and the heat dissipation plate structure is adapted to dissipate heat from the processor. A heat dissipating material is in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070177358 - Power semiconductor module having a half-bridge configuration: A power semiconductor module having a carrier plate, on which at least four substrates are arranged, and having a first and a second busbar having two conductive plates is disclosed. The conductive plates are arranged such that they are at a distance from one another and are insulated from one... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070177359 - Electronic device having improved electrical connection: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for electrically interconnecting multiple electronic components together by disposing the electronic components between two opposing plurality of protrusions that hold the electrical components together and establish an electrical connection therebetween. Each plurality of protrusions may be disposed in an offset arrangement... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070177360 - Sealed structure and method of fabricating sealed structure and semiconductor device and method of fabricating semiconductor device: According to a sealed structure 60 constituted by anodically bonding a silicon board 20 and a glass plate 40, an upper opening of a recessed portion 22 is sealed in an airtight state by the glass plate 40 by bonding an upper face of a wall portion 26 to the... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070177362 - Covert intelligent networked sensors and other fully encapsulated circuits: A metallic enclosure completely encapsulates an embedded electronic system, which may include sensors, wireless communications devices and other circuits. The enclosure is fabricated in layers of material using a solid-state additive consolidation or lamination process forming a true metallurgical bond between the layers during fabrication without melting the material in... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070177365 - Communications panel assemblies and methods for mounting the same: A communications panel assembly for use with a mounting surface to manage communications cables and/or connections includes a back panel and a level orientation indicator device. The back panel is configured to be mounted on the mount surface. The level orientation indicator device is integrally mounted on the back panel... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070177364 - High density surface mount part array layout and assembly technique: A printed wiring assembly comprising, a printed wiring board, a ball grid array coupled to the printed wiring board, and a high density surface mount part array disposed on the printed wiring board.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070177363 - Multilayer printed circuit board having tamper detection circuitry: A multilayer printed circuit board is provided. The multilayer printed circuit board includes a first and a second substrate each having a conductive signal trace; and a third substrate positioned between the first and the second substrate. The third substrate includes at least one integrated circuit mounted thereon. Tamper detection... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070177366 - Alignment and coupling of electronics housings to electric machines: An electric machine assembly includes an electronics housing, a machine housing, one of a tab and a slot located on the electronics housing, and the other of said tab and slot located on the machine housing. The tab is positioned to engage the slot for aligning the electronics housing with... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070177367 - Thermal interface apparatus: An apparatus for conducting heat from a computer component to a heat sink. The invention may include a thermal interface material (TIM). The invention may further include a seal or gasket that at least partially encloses the TIM. The gasket may facilitate retaining the TIM within its sidewall, and thus... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070177368 - Communication product having impact-resistant structure and method for fabricating the same: A communication product includes a circuit board, a shielding frame, a shielding case and an impact-resistant structure. The circuit board has at least an electronic component mounted thereon. The shielding frame is arranged on the circuit board and enclosing the electronic component. The shielding frame has a higher level than... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC