Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 11/07

20070274014 - Integrated snubber device on a semiconductor basis for switching load reduction, voltage limitation and/or oscillation attenuation: Integrated snubber device on a semiconductor basis for wiring an electric network for absorbing electric energy from an electric energy store, of an electric network, including at least two terminals for being connected to the electric network to be wired, an electric resistor structure, and a reactance structure, which are... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070274015 - Dc-dc converters having improved current sensing and related methods: A DC-DC converter includes a chip including an error amplifier and a pulse width modulator (PWM) having an input connected to an output of the error amplifier, and an inductor driven by said PWM in series with an output node (VOUT) of the converter, wherein a load current flows through... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070274012 - Bi-directional ground fault circuit interrupter: The present invention relates to a family of resettable circuit interrupting devices that eliminates the need to rewire a resettable circuit interrupting device after it is installed and powered up to correct for a reverse wiring conditions.... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070274013 - Electronic circuit configuration for connecting at least one active rotary speed sensor, especially in commercial vehicles: An electronic circuit configuration for connecting an active rotary speed sensor.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070274017 - Protective circuit for a converter: In a protective circuit for a converter having a plurality of phases, for each phase current of the phases, a signal proportional to the respective phase current is applied to a transformer circuit that, below and in the area of a limiting frequency, functions as a low-pass filter with the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070274016 - Circuit arrangement for overtemperature detection: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for detecting the overtemperature of a semiconductor body. The arrangement comprises at least one field effect transistor, having a parasitic diode, which is integrated in the semiconductor body, wherein the parasitic diode connects a load terminal of the field effect transistor to a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20070274018 - Static dissipative layer system and method: An apparatus, system, and method is provided including a plurality of test pins, a static dissipative layer having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of support features coupled to the static dissipative layer to movably support the static dissipative layer at a first and a second relative position. The... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070274019 - Neutralization apparatus: A neutralization apparatus 1 according to the present invention is a DC gas injection type neutralization apparatus which efficiently neutralizes a large subject to be neutralized at high speed without generating reverse electrification. Gas injection ports 60 are formed between plus electrodes 20 and minus electrodes 30. The plus electrodes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274021 - Electrostatic chuck apparatus: An electrostatic chuck apparatus for holding a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer or glass substrate comprises a support substrate, an electrode formed on one surface of the support substrate, and an insulating layer covering the electrode and having a bearing surface for the workpiece. The insulating layer comprises pyrolytic... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274020 - Electrostatic chuck and chuck base having cooling path for cooling wafer: The electrostatic chuck comprises a chuck base for supporting a wafer, a dielectric film mounted on the chuck base, the dielectric film having an electrode for supplying direct current voltage to provide an electrostatic force to fix the wafer, the electrode disposed in the dielectric film, and a cooling channel... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070274022 - Multilayer capacitor: A first internal electrode includes a main electrode portion whose longer-side direction agrees with a longer-side direction of first and second principal faces, and a lead portion extending from an end of the main electrode portion on the first end face side toward a first side face and connected to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070274024 - Electric double layer capacitor: The present invention provides an electric double layer capacitor that has less chance for internal resistance increase. For this objective, in this electric double layer capacitor, an electric double layer capacitor element sandwiches a separator between a cathode and an anode, arranged inside a container comprising a lid and a... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20070274023 - Binder for electric double layer capacitor electrode: Provided are a binder for an electric double layer capacitor electrode which gives an electrode having a high electrode density and a high binding force and which comprises a polymer that can give a polymer film having a tensile stress of 2 MPa or less when the film is elongated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274025 - Capacitor: A capacitor includes a container, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a fluid electrolyte. The positive electrode comprises a metal substrate and an active material provided in contact with the metal substrate, the active material comprising at least one of poly (ethylene 3,4-dioxythiophene) and a titanate.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070274026 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: c

20070274028 - Method for repairing elecrical circuit of circuit board: A method for repairing an electrical circuit of a circuit board is proposed. The method includes providing a circuit board having a patterned circuit layer, wherein the patterned circuit layer includes an electrical circuit having at least one defect formed therein; and providing a microelectrode for performing a micro-electroplating process... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070274027 - Housing for high performance components: A housing can be used for high-power components, especially high-power capacitors. A housing has a carrier platform made from a suitable electrically insulating material and a preferably metallic cover, wherein the thermal expansion coefficients of the platform and of the cover are matched to each other. This matching is achieved... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070274030 - Electronic module designed to be incorporated in a tire system comprising such a module, tire fitted with such a system and method of obtaining such a system: An electronic module designed to be incorporated in a tire, comprising a functional device, a support and at least one device for electrically connecting a wire and a device for mechanically fixing the wire, separate from the electrical connection device, for mechanically fixing the wire to the support.... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070274029 - Electronic device with slideable lens cover: An electronic device with a slideable lens cover is provided. The electronic device includes a casing, a bracket and a lens cover. The casing has an opening. The bracket is mounted inside the casing and faces the opening. There is a track existing between the bracket and the casing. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070274031 - Case coupling and reinforcing structure: A case coupling and reinforcing structure is provided on an inner surface of a first and a second case of an apparatus. The first and the second case are primarily assembled and locked to each other using a plurality of screws. The case coupling and reinforcing structure includes a plurality... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070274032 - Thin flash-hard-drive with two-piece casing: A flash-memory drive replaces a hard-disk drive using an integrated device electronics (IDE) interface. The flash drive has a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) with a circuit board with flash-memory chips and a controller chip. The controller chip includes an input/output interface circuit to an external computer over the IDE interface,... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20070274034 - Disk device: A disk device includes a frame defining a tray housing and a rail housing communicating with the tray housing; a tray releasably received in the tray housing in the frame; and a rail movably incorporated in the rail housing. The rail includes a slide for drawing the tray out of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070274033 - Drawer-type memory card adapter: A drawer-type memory card adapter especially to integrate memory cards of different sizes and specifications in connecting, the adapter comprises a housing, an electric circuit board, at least a pin rank and a drawer, a memory card placed in the drawer can be electrically connected with the drawer-type memory card... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070274035 - Data center cooling: A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure configured to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070274036 - Noise proofed ventilated air intake chamber for electronics equipment enclosure: A system and method are disclosed for enclosing electronic equipment in a noiseproofed and ventilated enclosure. This includes supplying air to an enclosure and removing air from the enclosure through acoustic chambers attached to the enclosure. The acoustic chambers can be constructed of materials or be treated with materials that... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070274037 - Cooling method and device for an electronic component: A cooling device for electronic components has a main body, a motor, an adaptor tube, a shaft, a valve assembly, a reservoir, and a delivery tube. The motor is mounted in the main body. The adaptor tube is mounted between the main body and the reservoir and is gradually smaller... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070274040 - Electronic device and heat dissipation module thereof: A heat dissipation module is suitable for being assembled on a circuit board to dissipate the heat source on the circuit board. The heat dissipation module includes a holding unit, a fan and a cover unit. The holding unit is formed by a holder base and multiple first support posts... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070274039 - Embedded computer chassis with redundant fan trays: An embedded computer chassis may include a midplane having a first side and second side substantially opposite each other, where the midplane is suitably adapted to receive at least one computer card in each of the first side and the second side. Embedded computer chassis may further include a cooling... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070274038 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink, and an air guide member. The heat sink includes a base, and a plurality of fins formed on a top surface of the base. The air guide member is detachably mounted to a side facing an airflow-generating source of the base. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070274041 - Method of accelerating heat dissipation for a compact electronic device by extracting air: A method of accelerating heat dissipation for a compact electronic device has steps of defining a heat dissipation opening as an airflow emission opening on a compact electronic device; defining connection port and slot as intake openings on the compact electronic; and extracting air from the airflow emission opening to... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070274042 - Modular power for chest and cabinets: A power module that fits to the top of a storage chest or cabinet is connected to electrical power and routes the electrical power to drawers and/or cavities within the chest or cabinet. The electrical power is continuously available while the power module is connected to electrical power so that... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20070274043 - Liquid-air hybrid cooling in electronics equipment: Provided herein are hybrid-cooled electronics chassis and boards. Such boards may be plugged in a chassis and connected to a common liquid-cooling loop shared by two or more of the boards inside that chassis. Liquid cooling conduits between the electronics board/module and the chassis are engaged and disengaged with little... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070274045 - Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module and methods of fabrication thereof employing a thermally conductive return manifold structure sealed to the periphery of a surface to be cooled: A cooled electronic module and method of fabrication are provided employing a cooling apparatus for removing heat from one or more electronic devices disposed on a substrate. The cooling apparatus includes a supply manifold structure having a plurality of inlet orifices for injecting coolant onto a surface to be cooled,... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070274044 - Cooling device for an electronic component, especially for a microprocessor: The invention relates to a cooling device (1) for an electronic component (3), especially for a microprocessor, with a heat sink (7, 9), which can be connected to the electronic component (3) to be cooled, such that the waste heat generated by the electronic component (3) is transferred and transported... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070274046 - Card slot apparatus and electronic machine having the same: A card slot apparatus having a simplified structure capable of reducing resistances in inserting and ejecting operations of a card and an electronic machine having the same. The card slot apparatus includes a slot body having a slot in which a card is inserted, and a heat radiating unit movable... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070274048 - Clip and heat dissipation assembly using the same: A heat dissipation assembly comprises a mounting seat, a heat sink and a clip for fastening the heat sink in the mounting seat. The mounting seat defines an opening and is provided with a first and second protrusions. The heat sink is accommodated in the opening of the mounting seat.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070274049 - Cooler module and its fastening structure: A cooler module mounted on a CPU on a circuit board inside a computer is disclosed to include a mounting base frame, which is made of a thermal conductive material and has a heat-transfer zone disposed in contact with the CPU and two arms respectively extended from two sides of... Agent: John G. Chupa Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20070274047 - Ai/ain joint material, base plate for power module, power module, and manufacturing method of ai/ain joint material: A base plate for a power module includes: a metal plate, a ceramic base plate joined to the metal plate, and a release agent provided in a joint surface between the metal plate and the ceramic base plate. A remaining amount of the release agent is less than 5 as... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070274050 - Composite anti-disturbed flow heat sink: There is also a corresponding retaining hole above the separator. This will force the two rivets pass through the fixed body in order. The thin cone heat sink could increase the space of the separators and double the area of the heat radiation, help the airflow absorb the heat following... Agent: Han-ming Lee

20070274051 - Heat-dissipating backlighting module for use in a flat panel display: A heat-dissipating backlighting module includes a heat-dissipating plate to combine with a back light unit. The heat-dissipating plate has an assembling space provided on a first side, and a vertically extended air-cooling structure provided on a second side. The vertically extended air-cooling structure includes a plurality of vertically extended fins... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274052 - Wiffle tree components, cooling systems, and methods of attaching a printed circuit board to a heat sink: In one embodiment, there is disclosed apparatus having a printed circuit board (PCB); a heat sink device for disposition adjacent the bottom surface of the PCB; at least one wiffle tree component disposed adjacent the top surface of the PCB, having a base portion with a plurality of legs extending... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070274053 - Removable storage modules: In one embodiment, a removable storage module for use in a module cage includes a latch mechanism including: a latch arm that is used to rotate the mechanism about an axis, and a top portion that includes at least one latch tooth and a paddle member, the latch tooth comprising... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company

20070274054 - Foolproof interlock apparatus: The present invention relates to a foolproof interlock apparatus, adapted to enable a first device to interlock with a second device, which comprises: at least a hook, composed of an extending part and a engaging part; and at least a lip having a recess; wherein, the engaging part is disposed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274055 - Surface mountable device: A surface mountable device includes a ceramic substrate including a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a side surface connecting the first principal surface to the second principal surface, a terminal electrode disposed on the first principal surface, and a first conductor for appearance inspection extending continuously from... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070274057 - Electronic component holder: An electronic component holder includes a holder body and a wire retaining portion. The holder body includes a plurality of first grooves formed in a top face of the holder body and a plurality of second grooves formed in a back face of the holder body. The first grooves and... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070274056 - Circuit assembly and method of its manufacture: A circuit assembly comprises a circuit board, at least one circuit component connected to the circuit board by wire bonding, and a base plate, on which the circuit board is fixed. A gap between the base plate and the circuit board fixed to it is filled at least locally by... Agent: Kirchstein Ottinger Israel & Chiffmiller

20070274058 - Integrated circuit, a method and an assembly for manufacturing the integrated circuit, and a mobile phone having the integrated circuit: In an example embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises an on-chip electronic component. The on-chip electronic component has an active surface in a hermetically sealed cavity and a cover to hermetically seal the cavity. There is an additional electronic component wherein the additional electronic component is fixed on the cover.... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070274059 - Apparatus and method for shielding of electromagnetic interference of a memory module: An apparatus for shielding of electromagnetic interference of a memory module comprises a heat spreader covering at least partially said memory module, wherein said heat spreader is connected to at least one floating gate which is provided between first plates of matched integrated capacitors, wherein second plates of said matched... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070274060 - Wiring board, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing wiring board: In a semiconductor device (1), a package board (2) is provided in which a plurality of wiring layers are layered, a plurality of mounting pads (5) arranged in a matrix are provided to the uppermost wiring layer of the package board (2), and solder bumps (7) are connected to the... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070274061 - Connection module for a power switch: A connection module arrangeable on a connection side of a main casing of a power switch comprises a plurality of connection spaces limited by a removable covering cap and by lateral separation walls. When said connection module is mounted, connection bars provided with a through hole and arranged in the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070268635 - Bi-directional ground fault circuit interrupter: The present invention relates to a family of resettable circuit interrupting devices that avoid reverse wiring conditions by sensing which pair of two pairs of terminals on the circuit interrupting device is connected to a source of electricity and connecting the pair of terminals sensed as line terminals to the... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070268636 - Ground detector and dc-ac inverter for vehicles: A ground detector includes a pair of lines, a first series circuit, a reference portion, a second series circuit, and a detection point. The first series circuit connects the lines to each other. The first series circuit includes first capacitors that are connected in series. The reference portion is connected... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070268637 - Active matrix device: An active matrix device including an active region and an ESD protection circuit is provided. The active region includes scan lines and data lines. The ESD protection circuit includes a first power line, a second power line, a first diode and a second diode. The first diode is electrically connected... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20070268639 - Method and device for stopping an electrical apparatus supplied by a plurality of power sources, apparatus equipped with one such device, and system comprising one such device:

20070268640 - Relay circuit: A switching circuit for connecting a power source to a load is described. The circuit comprises a first relay and at least one second relay in parallel arrangement with the first relay. The switching circuit is arranged such that in the event of a fault condition occurring that requires the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070268641 - Primary side control module and method for protection of mosfet against burnout: A primary side control module for a switching power supply and a method for protecting a MOSFET that is controlled by a controller chip of the type that includes a timing network and switching drive output pins. The module includes the controller chip and the MOSFET. The controller chip provides... Agent: Law Offices Of Elliott N. Kramsky At Warner Center

20070268642 - Integrated programmable over-current protection circuit for optical transmitters: An over-current protection circuit shuts off current to an optical transmitter, such as a laser diode, if a detected current to the optical transmitter exceeds a threshold. A circuit element functions to both detect the current and switch off the current if the detected current exceeds a threshold. The circuit... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070268643 - Current limiter system, circuit and method for limiting current: A system capable of limiting a current through a load and a method thereof. The system comprises a current sensor, a determination circuit, and a current mirror circuit. The current sensor, coupled to the load, produces a current indication indicating the current. The determination circuit, coupled to the current sensor,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070268634 - Power supply system: Switch mode power supply system, characterized in that it comprises at least one power supply module (10) supplying at least two controlled DC output voltages through respective first connection means (22, 24), where the two first connection means (22, 24) are electrically insulated from each other; a connection device (30)... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070268638 - Circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges and method for diverting electrostatic discharges: A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges comprises a diverting element, which is connected between a first and a second terminal and has a control input, via which the diverting element can be controlled into the conducting state. Moreover, trigger elements are provided, which have a trigger output for... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP Thomas Langer

20070268644 - User interface for monitoring a plurality of faulted circuit indicators: A user interface for a wireless device used to monitor multiple groups of faulted circuit indicators. Each group of faulted circuit indicators includes a radio interface unit, which is coupled to each of the faulted circuit indicators in the group. The user interface includes an identification indicator, which includes a... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070268647 - Filter circuit and filter device: A filter circuit has first and second varistors, a resistance, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal. The resistance is connected between the first and second varistors. The input terminal is connected to a junction between the first varistor and resistance through a first coil. The output... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268645 - Tungsten shorting stub and method of manufacture: A shorting stub for connection between an inner conductor and an outer conductor of a coaxial cable. The shorting stub of a tungsten or tungsten alloy, having a connecting portion between an inner conductor connection and an outer conductor connection. The shorting stub may be cost effectively formed using metal... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070268646 - Method and device for monitoring detector line of fire detection system for faults: A limit indicator technology based detector line of a fire detection system has a line current applied to it during operation and has a final element formed by a TVS diode. At least one of the line current and the line voltage are monitored. Faults of the detector line are... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070268648 - Protective circuit: A protective circuit for protecting an electronic circuit from transient excess voltages, in particular, a series connection of at least two voltage-limiting circuit components being provided between a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal of an input of the protective circuit, each of the two voltage-limiting circuit components... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070268649 - Electromagnetic coupling galvanic isolated solid state relay with output feedback: A solid state relay is provided herein, which utilizes an electromagnetic coupling device for galvanic isolation and providing feedback from the output side to the system side. The solid state relay contains a system-side driving circuit, an electromagnetic coupling device, and an output-side control circuit. The electromagnetic coupling device contains... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268650 - Electrostatic chuck to limit particle deposits thereon: An ion implanter includes an electrostatic chuck. The electrostatic chuck is configured to repel charged particles from a surface of the electrostatic chuck to limit deposits of the charged particles on the surface when the electrostatic chuck is not supporting any workpiece. An electrostatic chuck including a dielectric layer and... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20070268651 - Monolithic ceramic capacitor: A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes a first same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor and a second same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor that are provided inside a ceramic laminate. The first same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor is electrically connected to all of the first outer electrodes, and the second same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor is electrically connected to all of the second outer electrodes.... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070268652 - Ceramic powder composition, ceramic material, and laminated ceramic condenser comprised thereof: A ceramic powder composition, ceramic material, and laminated ceramic condenser comprised thereof. The composition includes ceramic powders comprising (SrxCa1-x)TiyZr1-yO3, and a sintering aid, wherein x is between 0 and 1, and y is between 0 and 0.1. The sintering aid is Ma2O, MbO, Mc2O3, NdO2, or a combination thereof. Element... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268653 - High yield, high density on-chip capacitor design: A capacitance circuit assembly mounted on a semiconductor chip, and method for forming the same, comprising a plurality of divergent capacitors in a parallel circuit connection between first and second ports, the plurality comprising at least one Metal Oxide Silicon Capacitor and at least one capacitor selected from the group... Agent: Driggs, Hogg & Fry Co. L.p.a.

20070268654 - Method and apparatus for connecting several cables with a component and a rivet bushing therefore: In the case of the method of the invention, the cables of a cable harness are preassembled on a metallic rivet bushing by the cable harness manufacturer in that the cable shoes of the cables are pushed onto the rivet bushing and are prevented from loosening by a subsequently formed... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20070268655 - Device and method for providing electric service: An exemplary device for providing electric service is disclosed. The exemplary device includes a housing, and a meter receptacle having a supply side an a load side. The meter receptacle can connect between a power source at the supply side and a facility at the load side, and can receive... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070268656 - Enclosed electrical switchgear and method of manufacture: A company switch-type of electrical switchgear is disclosed having improved safety characteristics and having a reduced profile. The electrical connections are typically all enclosed in one area facing one direction such that access to the connections can be controlled and interlocked with one or more main breakers. By enclosing the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070268657 - Rack-mountable device: Systems, methods, and media associated with a rack-mountable device are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a display having a corner to diagonally opposite corner dimension of at least seventeen inches, a pointing apparatus having at least three buttons, a communication access port positioned on the front of the device,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070268658 - Quick connect/disconnect bicycle power pack: A quick connect/disconnect bicycle power pack includes a mounting device mounted on a bicycle and a spare power pack having a mounting portion adapted for quick attachment/detachment with the mounting device. The spare power pack is adapted to connect to and supply electricity to a plurality of electrically-powered accessories, such... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070268659 - Key module: A key module includes a key body and an elastic element. The key body has a key surface. The elastic element, which has a side surface, is disposed around the circumference of the key body. The key surface of the key body and the side surface of the elastic element... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268660 - Spacerless semiconductor package chip stacking system: A spacerless semiconductor package chip stacking system is provided having a substrate. The substrate has at least one window therethrough. A first semiconductor device is attached face down on the top of the substrate. A second semiconductor device is attached face up on the back of the first semiconductor device.... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070268661 - Method and apparatus for coupling a drive to a chassis: A drive coupling apparatus includes a carrier base defining a drive channel and comprising a first symmetry plane. A plurality of drive coupling members are located on the carrier base and adjacent the drive channel in a symmetrical orientation about the first symmetry plane. A plurality of chassis coupling members... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070268662 - Mounting apparatus for data storage device: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device, which has a protrusion thereon, includes a bracket, a fixing member movably mounted to the bracket, a resilient member connected between the bracket and the fixing member, and a latching member mounted to the fixing member. The bracket for holding the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070268663 - Housing with hidden ventilation holes: The present invention is to provide a housing of an electronic device having a plurality of hidden ventilation holes, which comprises an intermediate frame, an upper shell and a lower shell, wherein the intermediate frame comprises an upright flange along the outer edges thereof, the upper shell and the lower... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070268666 - Electronic device: An electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing, a passage, and a plurality of first fans. The housing has an inner space, with the passage disposed therein. The plurality of first fans is disposed in the passage in series. The electronic device further comprises a second fan, the housing... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070268665 - Fan assembly and fastening structure thereof: A fastening structure for a fan, comprising a frame which comprises a fastening member comprising a vertical portion fixed to the frame, and an extending portion extending towards the interior of the frame and comprising a protrusion, wherein when the fan is assembled with the fastening structure, the fan is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268664 - Power supply unit and cooling method: A power supply unit, which comprises one or more power supply circuits generating an electric current and an air blower unit for forcibly generating airflow for cooling the power supply circuit, is covered by a cover. The adopted cover is one in which formed are an intake taking in the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070268667 - Air-cooling system configuration for touch screen: A cooling system for an electrical device includes a receptacle unit having a main opening with an inner chamber, a cooling unit operably associated with the electrical device arranged in the chamber of the receptacle unit, intake and exhaust openings arranged between the electronic device and the receptacle unit, an... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070268668 - Kind of superconductive heat cooler package of vacuum used in computer cpu (central processing unit): This is a type of superconductive vacuum heat cooler package used in computer CPU (Central Processing Unit). This invention dissipates heat through invented metal pipe materials and formula in single direction to achieve effective cooling result. This invention is to be utilized but not limited to computer Central Processing Unit.... Agent: I-ming Lin

20070268669 - Circuit board assembly for a liquid submersion cooled electronic device: A circuit board assembly, for example, a computer motherboard, for use in a liquid submersion cooled electronic device, for example, a computer, is configured to facilitate movement of the cooling liquid when the circuit board is submerged in the cooling liquid, thereby improving the heat transfer from heat-generating components on... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070268670 - Electronic device: An electronic device with a heat dissipation device is described. A printed circuit board has a first electronic component and a second electronic component thereon. The first dissipation device is attached to the first electronic component. The second dissipation device is attached to the second electronic component. At least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268671 - Heat sink electronic package having compliant pedestal: An electronic package is provided for dissipating heat away from electronic devices. The package includes a substrate and electronic devices mounted on the substrate. The package also has a thermally conductive heat sink assembled over the electronic device. The heat sink includes compliant pedestals each having a contact surface for... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070268672 - Gear driven socket activation mechanism: A socket activation assembly is configured to close over a component and drive a gear during closure that activates a socket to engage the component.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070268673 - Heatspreader for single-device and multi-device modules: A heatsink includes a heatsink base, an elastomeric base, multiple slider pins and an alignment frame coupled to the heatsink base. The elastomeric base includes multiple holes, the elastomeric base coupled to the perimeter of the heatsink base. Each of the slider pins secured in one of the holes in... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070268674 - Electronic module with a semiconductor chip and a component housing and methods for producing the same: An electronic module includes a component housing and at least one semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is arranged on a circuit carrier in the component housing. The semiconductor chip is connected to an upper face of the circuit carrier via connection elements. In this case, the semiconductor chip, the connection... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070268675 - Electronic device substrate, electronic device and methods for fabricating the same: A core substrate-less electronic device is fabricated by using an electronic device substrate 10. The electronic device substrate 10 a metal core substrate 11, and an external connection wiring layer 100 provided on the metal core substrate 11, and an electronic parts-mounting layer 110 provided on the external connection wiring... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070268676 - Driving circuit for illuminating and protecting multiple discharge lamps with trace-to-trace capacitance: The present invention presents a driving circuit for illuminating multiple discharge lamps. The inventive driving circuit is configured to illuminate multiple discharge lamps by using trace-to-trace capacitances embedded in the circuit board to resonate with the leakage inductance of the transformer, in which the trace-to-trace capacitances are connected to the... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070268677 - System and method for processor power delivery and thermal management: A power interconnection system comprising a plurality of z-axis compliant connectors passing power and ground signals between a first circuit board to a second circuit board is disclosed. The interconnection system provides for an extremely low impedance through a broad range of frequencies and allows for large amounts of current... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070268678 - Method and apparatus for fastening two coplanar edges without a weld: A method and apparatus for fastening two substantially coplanar edges without a weld is disclosed. The method includes: configuring a dovetail feature on a first edge; configuring a complementary dovetail feature receptacle on a second edge to receive the dovetail feature therein; disposing the dovetail feature within the complementary dovetail... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20070268679 - Electromagnetic shielding device and method for fabricating the same: An electromagnetic shielding device (ESD) is disposed on a PCB and includes a cover and a conductive rubber frame. The cover is made of a conductive material. and a through hole. The conductive rubber frame encloses the periphery region of the cover, and the partial conductive rubber frame fills in... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070263331 - Systems and methods for power ride-through in variable speed drives: Systems and methods for providing ride-through for interruptions in the power supplied to drives that are used to control equipment such as downhole submersible pumps. In one embodiment, a variable speed drive includes converter and inverter sections, a capacitor bank and a control system. The drive shuts down the converter... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20070263333 - System and method for high voltage protection of powered devices: A powered device includes a rectifier circuit, a logic circuit, and a power protection element. The rectifier circuit includes two inputs to receive an input voltage from a powered network and includes two output terminals to provide a rectified power supply voltage in response to the input voltage. The logic... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070263328 - Circuit including a superconducting element and a switch, a system including the circuit, and a method of using the system: A switch can be used in conjunction with a superconducting current path to provide a more reliable circuit and system. The switch can be connected in parallel with a portion of the superconducting current path. In one embodiment, the switch may be connected in parallel with an entire superconducting element,... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070263329 - Electrical switching apparatus and method employing acoustic and current signals to distinguish between parallel and series arc faults: A circuit breaker includes a first lug and second and third acoustic lugs electrically connected to a power circuit. Separable contacts are electrically connected in series between the first lug and the second acoustic lug. An operating mechanism opens and closes the separable contacts. A first acoustic sensor is coupled... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070263330 - Esd protection circuit: An ESD protection circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the ESD circuit is coupled to at least one signal transmission line and a positive and negative supply voltage of an integrated circuit, and includes at least one ESD-element connected between the signal transmission line and either one of the positive... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070263332 - System and method for high voltage protection of powered devices: An integrated circuit includes a rectifier circuit, at least one low power element, and a power protection element. The rectifier circuit includes two inputs to receive an input power supply and includes two outputs to provide a rectified power supply related to the input power supply. The low-power circuit element... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070263334 - Current detector circuit and current-mode dc-dc converter using same: A current detector circuit detecting a load current flowing through a load is disclosed. The current detector circuit includes a first series circuit having a first conductor and the load connected in series; a second series circuit having a second conductor and a resistor connected in series, the second conductor... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070263335 - Single-phase filter for reducing harmonics: A harmonic current filter includes a first and second power system connectors and first and second load connectors, wherein the second power system connector is directly connected to the second load connector. The filter has a magnetically permeable core with three legs. A first line winding is connected between the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070263336 - Three-phase harmonic reduction filter for bidirectional power converters: A three-phase filter has first, second, and third power source connectors and first, second, and third load connectors. A separate phase line filter is connected between each pair of power source and load connectors. Each phase line filter includes a line winding connected between the power source and load connectors... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070263337 - Electronic control device for electromagnetic unit: The invention relates to an electronic control device for a switch unit (10), which comprises an electromagnetic actuator having a control coil (15) powered by an excitation current (26) for closing a power electrical circuit. The control device (20) comprises a unit (22) for storing at least one control profile... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070263338 - Corona discharge type ionizer and fan unit: The corona discharge type ionizer has an airflow sensor disposed on an air path and a CPU (corona discharge control part) which stops discharge operation of discharge needles when it is determined from an output signal of the airflow sensor that airflow on the air path is lowered to a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070263339 - Materials for forming capacitor layer and printed wiring board having embedded capacitor circuit obtained by using the same: The object is to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer which is excellent in adhesion within a dielectric layer and a bottom electrode of a capacitor circuit. And to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer which has a new conductive layer for forming a bottom electrode... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070263340 - Thin film structure that may be used with an adhesion layer: A conductive structure, including an adhesion layer and a conductor in contact with the adhesion layer and having a thickness of less than six hundred Angstroms. The present invention may be used to form a capacitor, including an adhesion layer, a first conductor in contact with the adhesion layer and... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (micron Technology, Inc.)

20070263341 - Ionic liquid and method for producing the same, method for forming oxide film on metal surface, electrolytic capicitor and electrolyte: An ionic liquid formed of a cationic component and an anionic component characterized in that the cationic component contains fluorine atoms. When defects of an oxide film formed on the surface of a metal are anodized by a two-electrode system under existence of the ionic liquid, a current-voltage curve being... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263343 - Electronic apparatus formed by no less than two sections: An electronic apparatus includes a first section and a second section which are foldable together in: a first mode in which respective front faces of the first and second sections face each other, and a second mode in which the front face of the first section faces a back face... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070263342 - Ball grid array package: An apparatus and method includes an integrated circuit disposed in a ball grid array (“BGA”) package having interconnects on at least one corner without signal assignments.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070263344 - Device for current distribution: In order to render possible a compact means for power distribution and fuse protection on the basis of a printed circuit board, the apparatus has a multiple fuse arrangement (10) which comprises a plurality of fuses (14) and is connected to a plurality of output contacts (18). Furthermore, a printed... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070263345 - Mounting device with a switchgear mounted thereon: A mounting device includes a switchgear, which is mounted thereon and which can, via plug contacts, be brought into contact with mating plug contacts of the mounting device. At least one first retaining device(s) holds the switchgear in a defined stationary position in which the plug contacts do not come... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070263346 - System and method for distribution of electrical power: An electrical power distribution system includes a circuit splitting mechanism configured to receive electrical power and to output a plurality of separate electrical circuits. A connector has a plurality of contacts, each contact connected to one circuit of the plurality of separate electrical circuits and each contact is selected to... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070263347 - Mounting apparatus for lcd panel: A mounting apparatus for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels is provided. The mounting apparatus includes a bezel, a fixing bracket, a fixing member, a sliding bracket, and a cover. The fixing bracket mounted to the bezel is configured to secure to a side of an LCD panel. The fixing member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263348 - Versatile portable electronic device docking station with slidable connector: A docking station provides supporting functions for portable electronic devices, such as music players, satellite radio receivers, and video game players. The supporting functions may include providing power, an audio amplifier, speakers, and a video or audio display. The docking station includes a base portion and a connector slidably engaged... Agent: Directed Electronics, Inc.

20070263351 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a main body, a protective casing, a removable device, and a buffer member. In this case, the main body has an accommodation portion with at least a first sidewall. The protective casing is disposed in the accommodation portion, and has an inner portion and an outer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070263350 - Protective apparatus for a portable device: The invention provides a protective apparatus suit for protecting a portable device and its accessories of the portable device. The protective apparatus includes a holder for holding the portable device; a cover for accommodating at least part of the at least one accessory of the portable device; and a connector... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070263349 - Fixing support of data accessing device: A fixing support of a data accessing device includes a frame body and a plurality of base posts. The top face of the frame body is used for supporting the data accessing device. Further, a plurality of leg bases is provided for supporting upwardly the top face of the frame... Agent: Hdsl

20070263353 - Method and apparatus for directing airflow in an information handling system: An information handling system (‘IHS’) cooling apparatus includes a blank base comprising a pair of opposing ends. A connector engagement member extends from each opposing end of the blank base. A notch feature is defined by the blank base and located on each opposing end of the blank base. A... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070263352 - Plastics utilizing thermally conductive film: A device housing (105) and a method (500) of manufacturing the same. The method can include positioning within a mold (300) an insert (205) of thermally conductive film (210). For example, graphite film can be positioned within the mold. The graphite film can have a first thermal conductivity in an... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070263354 - Systems for low cost coaxial liquid cooling: According to some embodiments, systems for low cost coaxial liquid cooling may be provided. In some embodiments, a system may comprise an axis. The system may further comprise a heat exchanger coupled to a pump, wherein the heat exchanger and the pump are oriented with respect to the axis.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070263355 - Heat dissipation system: A heat dissipation system is used for dissipating heat generated by an electronic device. The heat dissipation system includes a computer enclosure containing the electronic device therein. The computer enclosure has a heat dissipating member formed thereon. A base contacts the electronic device in the computer enclosure. At least a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263356 - Method and apparatus for cooling electronics with a coolant at a subambient pressure: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for cooling heat-generating structure disposed in an environment having an ambient pressure. The heat-generating structure includes electronics. The method includes providing a coolant, reducing a pressure of the coolant to a subambient pressure at which the coolant has a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070263357 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device is used to dissipate the heat generated from an electronic device. The heat dissipation device includes at least two heat sinks and a heat pipe. Each of the heat sinks respectively contacts with the electronic device. Compared to the prior art, the heat dissipation device, according... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070263358 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a primary heat sink (10) contacting a central processing unit and a secondary heat sink (20) attached on heat-generating electronic components adjacent the central processing unit. The primary heat sink includes a base (12) and a heat-dissipation portion (14) disposed on a middle of the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263359 - Memory module assembly including a clamp for mounting heat sinks thereon: A memory module assembly includes a printed circuit board (10) having a main heat-generating electronic component (52) thereon, first and second heat sinks (20), (30) attached on opposite sides of the printed circuit board and a clamp (40) clamping the first, second heat sinks and the printed circuit board together.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263363 - Fixing apparatus for heat sink: A fixing apparatus adapted for attaching a heat sink to a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted includes a fastener and a back plate. The fastener comprises an elongated pressing part holding the heat sink in contact with the electronic component and two latching legs extending downward... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263362 - Heat dissipating type printed circuit board and structure thereof for conducting heat with heap pipe: A heat dissipating type printed circuit board and its structure for conducting heat with a heat pipe include a substrate, a signal circuit disposed on a surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to an electronic component, a heat dissipating layer disposed on another surface of the substrate, and at... Agent: Hdsl

20070263361 - Memory module assembly: A memory module assembly includes a printed circuit board (10) having a heat-generating electronic component (50) thereon, a pair of heat-dissipating plates (20) attached on the printed circuit board, and a pair of clamps (30) clamping the heat-dissipating plates and the printed circuit board therebetween. Each heat-dissipating plate includes a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263360 - Memory module assembly including a clip for mounting a heat sink thereon: A memory module assembly includes a printed circuit board (30) having a heat-generating electronic component (32) thereon, a heat sink (10) and a clip (20) for securing the heat sink onto the heat-generating electronic component. The heat sink includes a base (12) and a plurality of fins (14) arranged on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070263364 - Wiring board: A wiring board having an excellent electrical property and reliability or the like. The wiring board includes a core board, a capacitor and a resin filler. The core board includes an accommodation hole therein and a core board main surface side conductor disposed on the core main surface thereof. A... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070263365 - Ic card: An IC memory card 11 has a mode change switch 18 for switching operation modes of a semiconductor component in the vicinity of an end side opposite the external connection terminals 17a to 17i. A controller LSI 24 detects status of the mode change switch 18 and switches operation modes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070263366 - Multipurpose input plug assembly and power adapter having the same: A power adapter includes a housing, an output socket and a multipurpose input plug assembly. The housing contains a circuit board therein. The output plug has an end electrically connected to the circuit board. The multipurpose input plug assembly includes a first connector, a cable, a second connector, a first... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070263367 - Electronic subassembly, electronic assembly, and method for producing an electronic assembly: An electronic subassembly is provided that includes at least one integrated circuit which is housed in a dimensionally stable plastic package and which is connected in an electrically conductive manner to at least one externally accessible, electrically conductive contact prong on the plastic package. An electronic assembly is also provided... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070263369 - Component-embedded board device and faulty wiring detecting method for the same: A component-embedded board device has a wiring board in which an electronic component is embedded, a connection member which is conductive and arranged at a surface of the wiring board, and an inner wiring unit which is arranged in the wiring board and connects an electrode of the electronic component... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070263368 - Device comprising a non-detachable electronic device: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a module which is affixed to a support body by means of a layer of adhesive. According to the invention, the module comprises a support film having a first metallisation on an upper face and a printed circuit chip on a lower... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070263370 - Multilayer printed wiring board for semiconductor devices and method for manufacturing the board: A multilayer printed wiring board includes one or more resin layers having via-holes and a core layer having via-holes. The via-holes formed in the one or more resin layers are open in the direction opposite to the direction in which the via-holes formed in the core layer are open. A... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070263372 - Circuit board with electromagnetic interference isolation and layout method thereof: A circuit board with electromagnetic interference (EMI) isolation is provided. The circuit board comprises a memory card driving circuit area for driving and accessing a memory card. In addition, there is a high-speed component area disposed in the neighborhood of the memory card riving circuit area. A moat is disposed... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070263373 - Packaged electronic component for shielding electromagnetic interference: A packaged electronic component capable of shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes a case, at least one magnetic component, a circuit board, and an anti-noise clip. The magnetic component is electrically connected to the circuit board and is covered by the case. Further, the anti-noise clip is mounted on and is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070263371 - Air shroud installed on a circuit board: A air shroud installed on a circuit board is composed of a circuit board which is installed with an outer housing, an inner surface of which is connected with at least more than one fan, and a side of which is provided with an air exit. The fan is provided... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070258174 - Load driving apparatus and electric appliance therewith: A multiple-channel load driving apparatus has a plurality of driver circuits supplying drive currents individually to a plurality of loads. Of those driver circuits, at least one limits or stops the output thereof not only if an abnormality occurs in itself but also if an abnormality occurs in any other... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070258172 - Analog ground-interference canceling device: An electronic circuit that is used to accept audio or video signals that are referenced to the electrical neutral because of the use of a two-wire power source and output the audio or video signals that are referenced to earth ground because of the use of a three-wire power source.... Agent: Mark Francis Thein

20070258175 - Method and apparatus for open neutral fault detection: A method and apparatus for detecting an open neutral fault condition in a circuit including a neutral conductor and first and second live conductors. The method begins with determining a voltage imbalance between a first voltage between the first live conductor and the neutral conductor, and a second voltage between... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill

20070258173 - Substrates, systems, and devices including structures for suppressing power and ground plane noise, and methods for suppressing power and ground plane noise: Substrates having power and ground planes, such as, for example, printed circuit boards, include at least one noise suppression structure configured to suppress electrical waves propagating through at least one of a power plane and a ground plane. The noise suppression structure may include a power plane extension that extends... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070258176 - Shunt protection circuit and method therefor: In one embodiment, a protection device is used to protect a circuit. The protection device has a maximum rated power dissipation that is less than a maximum rated power dissipation of the circuit that is being protected.... Agent: Bradley J. Botsch Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC

20070258177 - Electrical over/under voltage automatic disconnect apparatus and method: An analog or digital circuit that senses both low and high input voltage and operates to disconnect both line and neutral electrical power connections to a protected device when abnormally low or high voltages are received from a single- or multi-phase power source, and reconnects the protected device when input... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070258178 - Power supply with disconnect fuse: A power supply in which a feed voltage (Us) is guided through at least one longitudinal branch to at least one output, the at least one branch having a disconnect fuse formed as a controlled semiconductor switch (SW1) and a monitoring unit (UWE) being set up to supply a disconnect... Agent: Anton P. Ness Fox Rothschild LLP

20070258179 - Power supply device having surge protection function: A power supply device having a surge protection function is provided. The power supply device includes: a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage; an arc current detector for detecting a surge current from the rectified voltage; a band pass filter for band-pass-filtering the detected surge current; an arc pulse charging/discharging... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070258180 - Noise free implementation of pwm modulator combined with gate driver stage in a single die: An integrated noise isolation circuit on a single silicon substrate die having a structural arrangement that minimizes noise. The integrated circuit including a noise sensitive circuit including an input stage; a noise generating circuit including an output stage; at least one high voltage level shift circuit coupling the noise generating... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070258181 - Liquid discharge apparatus and method for discharging liquid: The liquid discharge apparatus including a head having liquid dischargers capable of deflecting the trajectories of discharged droplets in a plurality of directions. At least two of the liquid dischargers neighboring each other are capable of discharging droplets in the same pixel area. When there is a shut-off liquid discharge... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070258182 - Fastening assembly including washer for sealing the assembly for lightning strike protection in composite structures: A washer, a fastening assembly including the washer and a composite structure including the washer sealing the assembly for internal lightning strike protection. The washer includes one or more concentric ribs that are dielectric rings on both sides. When used (e.g., with a nut and bolt) internal to a structure,... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. -- Boeing

20070258183 - Maintenance-free static eliminator: A static eliminator comprises at least one discharge needle for generating ions to eliminate static charge. A first hollow cylinder includes at least one opening for ions generated by the discharge needle to be emitted outside and provided with brushes for cleaning the discharge needle. A second hollow cylinder is... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Atty.

20070258184 - Electrostatic chuck of high density plasma deposition apparatus: An electrostatic chuck of a high density plasma deposition apparatus, which reduces a temperature variation in a wafer during a high density plasma deposition process to reducing peeling off of a thin film from the wafer or generation of particles on the wafer. The electrostatic chuck includes a support plate,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070258185 - Mobile, transportable, electrostatic chuck for wafers made of semiconductor material: A mobile, transportable, unipolar electrostatic chuck for clamping thin wafers is described, which avoids unintentional discharging of the package of Mobile Chuck and wafer during wet processing. Short circuits between the contact holes of the chuck and the clamped wafer can lead to the loss of clamping force. A pn-junction... Agent: Dr. Udo Retzlaff

20070258187 - Electrostatic chuck: The object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic chuck in which the surface can be kept smooth after being exposed to plasma, so as to protect a material to be clamped such as a silicon wafer from being contaminated with particles, and which is excellent in clamping... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070258186 - Substrate support with electrostatic chuck having dual temperature zones: An electrostatic chuck for receiving a substrate in a substrate processing chamber comprises a ceramic puck having a substrate receiving surface and an opposing backside surface with a plurality of spaced apart mesas. An electrode is embedded in the ceramic puck to generate an electrostatic force to hold a substrate.... Agent: Janah & Associates, P.C.

20070258188 - Configurable power tank for power delivery and storage: A plurality of supercapacitor elements is arranged in rows and columns within a single housing. The elements have no physical connection until they are configured into series, parallel or combinatory matrix by a configuration circuit composing of switches, an driver and a controller. Under the manipulation of the configuration circuit,... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070258189 - Raw-material carbon composition for carbon material for electrode of electric double-layer capacitor: The capacitance per volume of an electric double-layer capacitor can be increased by using a raw-material carbon composition for use in a carbon material for an electrode of the electric double-layer capacitor by applying an activation process, characterized in that the raw-material carbon composition has a volatile content of 1.3%... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070258190 - High temperature capacitors and method of manufacturing the same: A capacitor including a dielectric layer made of polyetherimide film having at least one fluorinated surface is disclosed. The capacitor also includes a metallized layer disposed on the fluorinated surface of the polyetherimide film. The capacitor further includes an electrode disposed on a side of the polyetherimide film opposite the... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070258191 - Electric double-layer capacitor, electric energy storage device including the same, and production method for electric double-layer capacitor: A positive side terminal electrode and a negative side terminal electrode which are exposed to the exterior of a resin enclosure pass through a positive side opening and a negative side opening formed on the enclosure, respectively, and are connected to a positive side electrode and a negative side electrode,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070258192 - Engineered structure for charge storage and method of making: Engineered structure for charge storage. An electrolyte is disposed between two electrically conducting plates, each plate serving as a base for an aligned array of electrically conducting nanostructures extending from the surface of each plate into the electrolyte. The nanostructures have diameter and spacing comparable to the dimension of an... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070258193 - Enhanced breakdown voltage electrode: Particles of active electrode material are made by blending and fibrillizing (i.e., fibrillating) a mixture of activated carbon, conductive carbon, and fibrillizable binder. In selected embodiments, chloride level in the activated carbon is relatively low, a small amount of conductive carbon with low impurity levels and high conductivity is used,... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20070258194 - Motor controller: A motor controller has a power semiconductor element (3) closely contacted with a heatsink (1) and mounted in a first base plate (4), wherein a spacer (2) having an engaging section (2e) formed therein as a hole for the power semiconductor element (3) is interposed between the heatsink (1) and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070258195 - Fastening assembly for memory riser card: A fastening assembly for riser cards equipped with memory modules includes holders and latches. Each of the holders has bars and pillars to form a solid framework and couple to a mother board. The edges of the riser cards are held by holding grooves on the pillars to enable the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070258200 - Display rotation and extension apparatus and control method thereof: A display rotation and extension apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. A display rotation apparatus that includes a support body, a universal joint which is coupled to the support body, a movable body which is coupled to the universal joint, a driving part which is coupled to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070258199 - Plasma display panel device: A plasma display panel device including a panel to display an image, a chassis base coupled to a rear surface of the panel, a thin metal plate interposed between the panel and the chassis base, a plurality of driving boards applying an electrical signal to discharge electrodes patterned within the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070258198 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus that includes: a housing having a wall having an opening; a display which is disposed in the housing, opposed to the opening, and having a screen; a panel having a transparency and disposed in the housing between the opening and the screen of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070258196 - Flat panel television mounting assembly, and method: A bracketing assembly enables television enthusiasts to mount a flat panel television adjacent a support wall. The bracketing assembly comprises two groove-engageable bracket members and two grooved bracket members. The groove-engageable members may be mounted to a support wall to form a bracketed support assembly and the grooved members may... Agent: Meroni & Meroni, P.C.

20070258197 - Push release latch for a flip-down display device: A push release latch for a display device is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The push release latch includes a slider portion adapted to slide substantially laterally within a latch receptacle of a housing with respect to an actuation axis A of the push release latch. The... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20070258204 - Reel device and the electronic product using the same: A reel device is disposed inside an electronic product, such as computer host, laptop, etc. The reel device comprises a wire winder, a transmission cable, a signal terminal, and a connector. The transmission cable is reeled inside the wire winder. The signal terminal joined one end of the transmission cable... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070258203 - Decorative add-on frame for an electronic monitor: A frame for covering a rim of a computer monitor having a first and second side members and a coupler that interconnects and restricts relative movement between the side members. The frame further includes a face separable from the coupler that obscures (a) at least a portion of the coupler... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20070258202 - Power-over-ethernet sourcing device with input-power pass through: A Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment that is connected to an existing power supply and provides pass-through power for additional devices. The Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment eases the installation of PoE sourcing equipment in locations where networking infrastructure is not already in place. Further, the PoE sourcing equipment according... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

20070258201 - Quick eject mechanism with cable detection device: An eject mechanism for a module includes a module casing; a module engaged in the module casing; the module including a cable port; and an eject button for allowing disengagement of the module from the module casing. The eject button prevents the module from disengagement when a cable is plugged... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070258205 - Systems and methods for providing a robust computer processing unit: The present invention features a robust customizable computing system comprising: a processing control unit; an external object; and means for operably connecting the processing control unit to the external object, the processing control unit introducing intelligence into the external object, thus causing the external object to perform smart functions. The... Agent: Kirton & Mcconkie 1800 Eagle Gate Tower

20070258208 - Computer cooling apparatus: A computer cooling apparatus is provided. The computer cooling apparatus includes a case, a fan, a CPU (central processing unit), and a heat radiating device. The case has an air outlet formed in one side. The fan is formed at another side of the case to suction external air. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070258207 - Thermal module fastener for server blade: A fastener used in a blade server to secure a thermal module and a motherboard to a metal face panel, including a cushion member set between the metal face panel and the motherboard, an elastically compressible and electrically insulative spacer member set between the motherboard and the thermal module, a... Agent: Adlink Technology Inc.

20070258206 - Heat dissipating base for laptops: A heat dissipating base for laptops includes a casing member, inside which at least a fan is located, and an air duct which allows the fan to expel the air to the outside of the casing member. A cover member with an inclined top plate is joined to the casing... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070258209 - Cooling-fan-free system module: A cooling-fan-free system module includes a housing unit, a circuit module, and a heat radiating unit. The housing unit includes a front and a rear case assembled together to define a receiving space therebetween, and the rear case is made of a highly heat conducting metal material. The circuit module... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070258211 - Communication apparatus and rack structure: A rack structure which is capable of improving heat-dissipating efficiency thereof within a limited space, and a communication apparatus which is capable of enhancing cooling efficiency by applying the rack structure thereto. In the rack structure of the communication apparatus, the air used for cooling printed circuit boards within a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070258210 - Heat dissipation device having a fan holder for attachment of a fan: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink including a heat conducting portion and a plurality of fins extending from the heat conducting portion. The heat conducting portion has a base portion for contacting a heat generating device, and two wing portions extending from the base portion. The heat sink... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070258212 - Cable management arm with integrated heat exchanger: In electronic and/or electrical equipment, a cable management assembly is configured for usage in an electronic and/or electrical equipment rack assembly. The cable management assembly comprises at least two arm members, at least one flexible coupling configured to attach two of the at least two arm members, and connectors configured... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070258213 - Apparatuses for dissipating heat from semiconductor devices: An apparatus for providing two-phase heat transfer for semiconductor devices includes a vapor chamber configured to carry a cooling liquid, the vapor chamber having base section, and a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) shaped members. The plurality of 3D-shaped members have interior and exterior sidewalls, the 3D-shaped members being connected to... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070258214 - Heat-dissipating device with tapered fins: A heat-dissipating device includes a mounting seat and a plurality of tapered heat-dissipating fins. The mounting seat is m