Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 02/08

20080049364 - Leakage current monitor: A leakage current monitor device suitable for use in or with a Relocatable Power Tap. The device includes a leakage current detector circuit and an alarm circuit coupled thereto. The leakage current detector circuit is configured to detect leakage current from one or more loads connected to the RPT. The... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080049365 - N-channel esd clamp with improved performance: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit uses two N-channel field effect transistors (NFETs) to conduct ESD current from a first to a second supply node. During the ESD event, an ESD detection circuit couples the gates of both NFETs to the first supply node through separate conductive paths. In one... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080049366 - Protection circuit: A transistor is coupled to a load so that an input voltage is applied to the load therethrough. A comparator compares a load-side voltage of the transistor with a reference voltage. A control circuit is operable to deactivate the transistor when the comparator detects that the load-side voltage is lower... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080049367 - Current sensing load demand apparatus and methods: An apparatus supplies AC power to a load. The apparatus includes a set output terminals, a primary circuit, and a load sensing circuit. The primary circuit is electrically coupled to a source of AC power and to the output terminals for selectively providing power at a low voltage at the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080049363 - System and method for managing fault in a power system: A power control system comprises a plurality of power control groups, with each group comprising a plurality of individual point-of-load regulators each adapted to provide respective regulated voltage outputs. The point-of-load regulators may be selected for inclusion in a power control groups based on characteristics of loads supplied by the... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080049368 - Overvoltage protection for a coaxial connector: An overvoltage protection for a coaxial line has a coaxial line section with a first inner conductor which is concentrically surrounded by an outer conductor, with a first branch line in the form of a short-circuit line with a second inner conductor branching off from the coaxial line section in... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080049369 - Protection of a communication line: A circuit for protecting an electronic equipment intended to be connected to at least one first conductor of a communication line, comprising, between this first conductor and a second conductor of the line or the ground to which is connected the equipment to be protected, at least one first branch... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080049370 - Surge absorber: There is provided a surge absorber which has excellent chemical stability in a high-temperature region upon a sealing process and main discharge and has a long life span, by applying an oxide layer having excellent adhesion to a main discharge surface. A columnar ceramics in which conductive coating films are... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080049371 - Cryogenic magnet control system: The present invention provides a cryogenic magnet control system comprising a plurality of magnet coils each comprising superconductive material wound on a former and means for energising said magnet coils to generate an operational magnetic field of predetermined strength and homogeneity. Each former also supports control windings of a non-superconductive... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080049372 - Three-dimensional electromagnetic flux field generation: A base system generates a three-dimensional magnetic flux field using, for example, a uniquely shaped magnetic material and winding arrangements that generate multi-frequency multi-directional fields such that their vector sum is the resultant of a power transference surface that sweeps three-dimensionally within the designated area. When a floating coil or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080049373 - High voltage output device and ion generator provided therewith: A high voltage output device in accordance with the present invention, which comprises a transformer that amplifies a voltage being fed to a primary side coil thereof so as to be produced from a secondary side coil thereof, and in which an alternate current input voltage is fed from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049374 - Electrostatic chuck with heater and manufacturing method thereof: An electrostatic chuck with a heater includes: a base formed of a sintered body containing alumina; an ESC electrode provided in an upper portion side in the base; and a resistance heating body embedded in a lower portion side in the base. The base is composed of a dielectric layer... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080049375 - Tunable inter-digital capacitor and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are a tunable inter-digital capacitor (IDC) and a method of manufacturing the same. The tunable IDC includes: a first dielectric layer formed on a substrate and having electrode pattern grooves of an IDC including a ground line and a signal line formed therein; electrode metal patterns formed in the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080049376 - Non-ferromagnetic tank filters in lead wires of active implantable medical devices to enhance mri compatibility: A TANK filter is provided for a lead wire of an active medical device (AMD). The TANK filter includes a capacitor in parallel with an inductor. The parallel capacitor and inductor are placed in series with the lead wire of the AMD, wherein values of capacitance and inductance are selected... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080049377 - Ultra low inductance multi layer ceramic capacitor: A capacitor comprises m electrode plates that are arranged spaced apart and in parallel, where m is an integer greater than one. Even ones of the m electrode plates comprise x extensions that extend from the first side and that have a first width. Odd ones of the m electrode... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080049378 - Metal-insulator-metal capacitor and method of fabricating same: A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor including a metal layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal layer, at least a first opening and at least a second opening formed in the first insulating layer, a dielectric layer formed in the first opening, a conductive material deposited in the first and second... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080049379 - Scalable lead zirconium titanate (pzt) thin film material and deposition method, and ferroelectric memory device structures comprising such thin film material: A novel lead zirconium titanate (PZT) material having unique properties and application for PZT thin film capacitors and ferroelectric capacitor structures, e.g., FeRAMs, employing such thin film material. The PZT material is scalable, being dimensionally scalable, pulse length scalable and/or E-field scalable in character, and is useful for ferroelectric capacitors... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080049380 - Carbon nanotube film, production process thereof and capacitor using the same: A carbon nanotube film includes a first carbon nanotube group that is an aggregate of carbon nanotubes crosslinked to each other to form a network structure and a second carbon nanotube group that is an aggregate of carbon nanotubes having a diameter different from a diameter of the carbon nanotubes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080049381 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for producing the same: The present invention relates to a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor in which a solid electrolyte layer is provided by a process comprising a step of dipping a valve-acting metal having thereon a dielectric film layer in a monomer-containing solution, followed by drying (Step 1), a step of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049382 - Method for producing substrate assembly for plasma display panel, and plasma display panel: A method for producing a substrate assembly for a plasma display panel includes the steps of applying a suspension to a dielectric layer covering display electrodes formed on a substrate, the suspension containing a dispersion medium and a large number of magnesium oxide crystals dispersed in the dispersion medium, and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080049383 - Gas insulated switchgear: A gas insulated switchgear has: circuit breakers, circuit breaker vessels, first disconnector and maintenance earthning switches connected to first bus bars connected to circuit breaker vessels and also to main bus bars, second disconnector and maintenance earthning switches connected to second bus bars connected to the circuit breaker vessels, circuit... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080049384 - Cooling device for an electrical operating means: A cooling device is disclosed for an electrical operating means, which has a surface to be cooled. The cooling device comprises a coolant, a peripheral wall, whose interior defines a volume for the coolant, a fastening for fastening the cooling device to the electrical operating means, and a contact-pressure means.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080049385 - Apparatus and method for automatically securing a chassis to a rackmount rail: An apparatus and method to automatically secure a chassis to a rackmount rail. The apparatus includes a pin operably attached to a chassis and an aperture disposed within a rackmount rail to receive the pin. The pin is attached to the chassis such that the pin automatically protrudes from the... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080049386 - Encapsulated microcomponent equipped with at least one getter:

20080049387 - Integrated circuit adapted for heating a chamber under constant temperature condition, and heating control circuit and electronic device having the same: An integrated circuit is adapted for heating a chamber, and includes a control module operable so as to generate a control signal according to a desired temperature, and a heater connected electrically to the control module for heating the chamber in accordance with the control signal from the control module... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080049388 - Thermal control through a channel structure: Thermal control through a channel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes devices operable at an undesired temperature relative to a desired operating temperature, a vented cover of each of devices, and a channel structure formed along a side face of each of the devices, the channel structure... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080049391 - Bar type portable terminal: Provided is a bar type portable terminal including a body; a main Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) module installed on a front surface of the body; at least one slide cover sliding on a back surface of the body in a longitudinal direction of the bar type portable terminal; a slave... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080049390 - Display screen turning apparatus: A display screen turning apparatus capable of improving assembling workability in assembling steps and suppressing jolting during rotation can be obtained. This display screen turning apparatus includes a rotating member mounted with a display screen and rotatable in a horizontal plane, a base, rotatably holding the rotating member, provided with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080049389 - Portable display device: The present invention is directed to a portable display device having panel housings for receiving and supporting at least two display elements, circuit boards and other parts, respectively. One sidewall of the panel housings are cut to form an cutting zone, so that an opposite sidewalls of the display elements... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080049392 - Peripheral card with hidden test pins: A peripheral card includes a circuit board, various circuit elements on the circuit board, a set of user terminals, a set of test terminals, and an enclosure that covers a portion of the circuit board and the circuit elements. The enclosure does not cover the user terminals and test terminals.... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20080049393 - High density computer equipment storage system: This relates to the manner in which computers are configured in a given area in order to conserve space and to deal with cooling issues associated with the close housing of a large number of computers. Efficient arrangements for efficiently increasing the density of computer configurations are shown, particularly when... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080049394 - Method, apparatus and computer system for air mover configuration: Some embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer system are described for configuring one or more air movers. A computer system may include a housing and an air mover coupled to an electronic device and positioned in relative proximity to an electronic component. In some embodiments, the air mover has... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080049395 - Ventilation device ventilating an electronic module: An electronic module comprises a ventilation device used for the efficient cooling of the components of this module while at the same time minimizing the accumulation of solid particles. To this end, a selector switch is placed between an electrical power supply unit of the module and a motor of... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080049396 - Cooled electronics system and method employing air-to-liquid head exchange and bifurcated air flow: Augmenting air cooling of electronics system using a cooling fluid to cool air entering the system, and to remove the heat dissipated by the electronics. A cooled electronics system includes a frame with drawers containing electronics components to be cooled. The frame includes a front with an air inlet and... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080049397 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device for an electronic unit includes a heat sink (10), a pair of fan holders (30, 40) and a fan (50) mounted on the heat sink via the fan holders. The heat sink includes a base (11) with a plurality of fins (15) extending upwardly therefrom along... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080049398 - Apparatus, system, and method for modifying a thermal connection: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modifying thermal connections. An actuator motivates a thermal connector. In one embodiment, the actuator is configured as a wax actuator that motivates the thermal connector in response to melted wax. The thermal connector contacts a first body to form a thermal connection... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080049399 - Lighting device: A lighting device contains a plurality of light emitting sources mounted on a thermally conductive housing and electrically connected to a circuit board. The housing includes a base portion which is spaced apart from the circuit board, and an intermediate heat dissipation structure which is disposed between the circuit board... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080049400 - Cover for a flat panel display: The present invention provides a flat screen display cover for a video display unit that is mounted to a wall. In an illustrative embodiment, the cover unit includes a frame, a box-like extension located behind the frame, and a movable cover attached to a roller that is located within and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080049401 - Electronic equipment with independent power supply unit: An electronic equipment including an electronic device, a power supply unit and a supporting structure is provided. The electronic device includes a casing. The power supply unit is physically independent to the electronic device and electrically connects with the electronic device to supply power to the electronic device. The supporting... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080049402 - Printed circuit board having supporting patterns: A printed circuit board having supporting patterns is provided. The printed circuit board includes a base substrate having a circuit region and peripheral regions. The circuit region includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in a matrix, and the peripheral regions are located around the circuit region. Wires are located... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080049403 - Combination current sensor and relay: A combination current sensor and relay has an improved housing. In one aspect, the housing includes light emitting diodes on an upper surface that indicate open circuit and short circuit conditions. In another aspect, the housing includes a securement structure for a circuit board that includes the transformer and switches... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20080049404 - Component for connection to a second component: The invention relates to a first component (12, 13, 31, 36a-36c, 50, 62) intended for being connected to a second component (14, 15, 51, 63a-63c). The first component (12, 13, 31, 36a-36c, 50, 62) comprises at least one recess (16, 17, 32, 37a-37c, 52a-52c, 64a-64c) having at least one opening... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080049406 - Multilayer printed wiring board: There is provided a multilayer printed wiring board including semiconductor element therewithin, which can realize high density wiring. A multilayer printed wiring board 1 includes a first printed wiring board 10 having a semiconductor element 2 mounted on a wiring pattern 12, a second printed wiring board 21 laminated on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049405 - Multilayered printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A multilayered printed wiring board includes a plurality of insulating layers; a plurality of wiring layers which are located between the corresponding adjacent insulating layers; and a plurality of interlayer connection conductors for electrically connecting the wiring layers through the insulating layers; wherein a cavity is formed through one or... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080049407 - Chip element: A chip element according to this invention can reduce the influence of parasitic capacitance and parasitic inductance when used in a GHz band. A substrate is formed of a low permittivity material having a permittivity low enough to reduce parasitic capacitance in a GHz band. Parasitic capacitance inherent to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080049408 - Electronic components assembly and method for producing same: Provided is an electronic components assembly capable of effectively dealing with unwanted charge accumulated in a capacitor even when general-purpose components are used. An assembly 10 includes an electrolytic capacitor 1, a coil lead 4, and a circuit mounting board 5. The electrolytic capacitor 1 includes a main body 1a,... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080049409 - Em waves/rf interferences circuit module and shielding structure: A circuit module and a shielding structure for electromagnetic waves or radio frequency interferences are comprised of a circuit board and electronic components disposed on the circuit board, and a metal partition mounted on the electronic components; the metal partition disposed with one or a plurality of through holes, which... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20080049411 - I/o shield and electronic apparatus using the same: An I/O shield used in an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus comprises a casing having an opening. The I/O shield comprises a body and at least a flexible lateral plate. The body has an edge with many protrusions arranged thereon. The flexible lateral plate has a first lateral... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049410 - Noise-suppressing wiring-member and printed wiring board: The present invention relates to a wiring member including: a copper foil layer having a smooth surface with a surface roughness Rz of 2 μm or less; a noise suppressing layer containing a metallic material or a conductive ceramic and having a thickness of 5 to 200 nm; and an... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080049412 - Holder device for analyzing characteristics of dosimeter: Provided is a holder device for analyzing characteristics of a dosimeter. In the holder device, the dosimeter is located in a desired direction on a radiation path along which radiation is irradiated from a radiation emitter, and a radiation absorbance characteristic is recognized according to a radiation dose absorbed by... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080043382 - Complex superconducting fault current limiter: The present invention relates to a complex superconducting fault current limiter which adds a current limiting reactor to a superconductor to protect the power line from a fault current, and more particularly, to a complex superconducting fault current limiter using a minimum number of superconducting fault current limiters, while avoiding... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080043383 - Permanent magnet generator protection scheme: A fault protection system provides fault protection to a permanent magnet (PM) generator. The fault protection system includes one or more overload and short-circuit protection circuits, an unbalanced protection circuit and a thermal protection circuit. The overload and short-circuit protection circuit detects both overload and short-circuit conditions by monitoring current... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080043384 - Ceiling fan motor control module: A ceiling fan motor control module includes a digital core controller coupled to a brushless motor for computing, processing, transmitting and controlling signals and providing a soft start and stop function, a back stage output device for receiving signals from the digital core controller and modulating the voltage to a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080043385 - Thermal pre-ignition agents: The invention relates to thermal pre-ignition agents and to their use as thermal fuses, in particular for use in gas generators of motor-vehicle safety systems.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080043386 - Adjustable lectern system: An adjustable lectern includes a base portion having a tubular upstanding base member and a tubular upstanding tower member that is mounted in a telescoping arrangement with respect to the base member. The base member and the tower member are each respectively formed as rigid tubes or channels by a... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20080043387 - Relocatable power tap with ground-neutral fault detector: A relocatable power tap having a plug configured to connect to a source of AC power and at least one receptacle. The relocatable power tap also includes a power supply connected to the plug and configured to convert an AC signal to a DC signal, and a detector connected to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080043390 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and semiconductor device: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit and a semiconductor device that prevent the breakdown of a semiconductor device caused by an electrostatic discharge (ESD) which suddenly changes. When voltage which is far higher than VDD1 is applied to a power supply line as a result of an ESD, a great electric... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043391 - Timer reset circuit for overcurrent protection of switching power amplifier: A smart overcurrent protection circuit is introduced. In case of successive current due to certain malfunctions flows in power transistor of a switching circuit a control signal is activated to stop power transistor switching. When overcurrent condition is no longer satisfied, the switching circuit is still able to return to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080043392 - Electricity limit protection switch device: An electricity limit protection switch includes a relay, a sample-hold circuit having a current mutual inductor and an operational amplifier, and a compare and execution circuit having a plurality of operational amplifiers to operate the signal from the sample-hold circuit and a control element to control operation of the relay... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080043389 - Circuit arrangement and method for the protection of a circuit against electrostatic discharges: Illustrative apparatuses and methods for electrostatic discharge protection are described in which the frequency of a voltage received at a first circuit node is filtered to generate a filtered voltage, one or more control signals are generated having either a first voltage or a second voltage depending upon the value... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20080043388 - High frequency integrated circuit: A high frequency integrated circuit equipped with an electrostatic protection device provided with a field effect transistor as an electrostatic protection device at the input and output of a high frequency integrated circuit, having excellent high frequency characteristics, and making an ESD withstand voltage large, having a high frequency circuit... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080043393 - Power switching device: A method and power switching devices protect AC and DC electric systems. A power switching device (80) according to one embodiment comprises: a sensing unit for sensing a current signal; an analysis unit (130) for extracting a parameter using a temperature measurement relating to the sensing unit, the parameter being... Agent: Oral Caglar Honeywell International

20080043394 - Receptacle energized state indicator and circuit breaker trip apparatus: A receptacle energized state indicator and circuit breaker trip apparatus is provided for testing a standard 120 volts AC electrical receptacle for the presence of electrical power and remotely tripping the circuit breaker or fuse on the circuit if desired. When it is necessary to work on a receptacle or... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080043395 - Surge voltage protection device with improved disconnection and visual indication means: A device for protecting an electrical system against surge voltages, comprising one or more protection components (10), means (20) for disconnecting the protection component (10) and means (30) for visually indicating the state of the component (10), operationally connected to the disconnection means (20) and comprising at least one control... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20080043396 - Protective device: A protective device for transmitting electromagnetic signals of a desired frequency band from a source to a load comprises an outer conductor, an inner conductor extending coaxially within the outer conductor and a quarter wavelength shunt conductor. A radio frequency impedance control (RFIC) tube is used to maintain the proper... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20080043397 - Charge management of electrically isolated objects via modulated photoelectric charge transfer: Charge transfer is provided to or from an electrically isolated test body by AC modulation of the photoelectric effect. More specifically, a reference body is disposed near the test body without physical contact between the reference and test bodies. Facing surfaces of the reference and test bodies are illuminated by... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20080043398 - Means and method for reducing build-up of electrostatic charges in a fluid container: The invention relates to a means for preventing build-up of electrostatic potential in a fluid container during filling and/or discharging. The fluid container comprises electrical insulating materials and a valve means through which filling and/or discharging occurs. Means for reducing and/or eliminating electrical and/or electrostatic potential build-up during filling or... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080043399 - Method and device of compound active and passive plasma for lightning protection: A lightning protection method and its device with compound actively generated plasma and passively produced plasma are disclosed, in witch conventional lightning rods are reformed each with a plasma piping inside. The high density plasma generated by an active plasma generator is blown through the piping, spread out at the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080043400 - Monolithic capacitor, circuit board, and circuit module: A monolithic capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, the laminate having first and second surfaces, at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface, third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the second surface, a first via conductor... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080043401 - Feedthrough multilayer capacitor array: A feedthrough multilayer capacitor array comprises a capacitor body, at least two each of first and second signal terminal electrodes, and at least one each of first and second grounding terminal electrodes. The capacitor body has a plurality of insulator layers laminated, a first signal inner electrode connected to two... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080043402 - Metallic nickel powders, method for preparing the same, conductive paste, and mlcc: Provided are a method for preparing metallic nickel powders capable of decreasing the content of an alkaline metal in the metallic nickel powders, metallic nickel powders with the low content of an alkaline metal, a conductive paste including metallic nickel powders with the low content of an alkaline metal, and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080043403 - Capacitor and manufacturing method of the same: A capacitor has a capacitor element, a packaging material, and a sealing material. The capacitor element has an anode foil coupled to an anode terminal, a cathode foil coupled to a cathode terminal, a separator, and an electrolyte layer. The anode foil, the cathode foil and the separator are rolled... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080043405 - Chassis partition architecture for multi-processor system: A chassis partition architecture of a chassis for configuring a multi-processor system is provided to fulfill flexibility, serviceability and configurability of a multi-processor system. The partition architecture mainly includes the partition architecture mainly includes a node partition, a expansion partition and a function partition. The node partition is located at... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20080043404 - Electronic device usage controller: An apparatus, which controls electronic device usage, includes a receiving device that has a terminal that is incompatible with standard electrical plugs and outlets and a standard electrical plug electrically coupled to the first connecting portion. An adapter unit has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion... Agent: Sun Microsystems C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080043408 - Modular auto stereo mounting kit having both single din and double din configurations: A mounting kit having dual compatibility for mounting either a single DIN component or a double DIN component. The mounting kit includes a combination aperture large enough to receive a double DIN component. A removable member extends horizontally between the left vertical side and the right vertical side of the... Agent: John Wiley Horton Attorney

20080043406 - Portable computer security device that includes a clip: The present invention relates to a to a portable computer security device that includes a clip. The portable computer security device is readily attached to another object so that it is easier to keep track of the portable computer security device. The portable computer security device includes a housing that... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080043407 - Portable computer security device that includes a protective mounting structure for a lcd: The present invention relates to a portable computer security device that includes a protective mounting structure for an LCD. The portable computer security device includes a cover and a base and further includes an integrated circuit and a LCD assembly that are each positioned between the cover and the base.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080043409 - Protective device: A protective device made of plastic, which is intended as an instrument housing for a measuring instrument. In order to ensure sufficient shock protection, which assures that the protective device is not damaged by hard shocks, the protective device is assembled from a core which is made of thermoplastic material... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080043410 - Protective cover for multimedia players: A protective cover for multimedia players includes a cover body for receiving a multimedia player, and plural decorative figures adhered on an outer surface of the cover body. The cover body and the decorative figures are both made of flexible silica gel, preventing a multimedia player contained in the protective... Agent: Charles S. Yu

20080043413 - Display and portable device: A display capable of suppressing breakage of a display panel against an impact resulting from a fall or the like is obtained. This display comprises a display panel, an upper frame having a first opening for exposing a display surface of the display panel, a first flexible printed wiring board... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080043415 - Liquid crystal display device: A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels.... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080043411 - Pivot support device and a display apparatus supported thereon: A pivot support device and a display apparatus supported thereon are provided. The display apparatus includes a housing, a base plate, a support member, and a cover. The housing includes a back plate having an opening on it. The base plate is fixed within the opening. The support member has... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080043414 - Positioning mechanism for a pen-based computing system: In one embodiment, the invention provides a pen-based computing system. The system comprises a tablet unit including a display screen and an electronic assembly housed within an enclosure; and a separate base unit including two panels connected via a hinge, a first one of the panels bearing a keyboard, and... Agent: Neal Berezny Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080043412 - Revolving position device: A variable revolving position device capable of facilitating revolving as well as providing a stable support for the display device at the same time. The variable revolving position device comprises a base, a revolving axle and a normal force providing device. The base includes a housing and a bottom, and... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080043419 - Electronic apparatus: A data processing apparatus includes: a housing including an opening formed therein for accommodating a unit that has a unit side connector; an apparatus side connector that is disposed at the back of the opening so as to be seen through the opening, and is to be connected with the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043420 - External device for a portable terminal: Provided is an external device which is constructed in a manner such that a connection terminal can be exposed to or hidden from the outside by rotating an external module having the connection terminal. The external device includes an external module having a connection terminal: and a module housing for... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080043416 - Method and apparatus for hands free wearable computer: A hands free wearable computer is provided. The hands free wearable computer includes an adjustable display tray, a split hands free two-hand foldable integrated input device that can be carried by gripping it, a video camera. The split hands free two-hand foldable integrated input device that can be carried can... Agent: Shankar Narayan

20080043417 - Peripheral device integrated ubiquitous multifunction personal computer: Disclosed is a peripheral device integrated ubiquitous multifunction PC in which an internet phone device and a PLC modem are integrated. The multifunction PC integrated with a monitor includes a main body including a case provided with basic components and an internet telephone apparatus, and an LCD panel at the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080043418 - Video communication apparatus using voip and method of operating the same: A video communication apparatus using voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is provided. The video communication apparatus using a VoIP includes a data reception unit receiving one or more data signals among video data, voice data, and text data; a data processing control unit converting voice data received from the data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080043421 - Laptop safety carrier: An apparatus for carrying a laptop computer. The apparatus comprises an elongated strip for wrapping around such laptop computer. Such elongated strip having a predetermined length and a predetermined width and formed of a preselected material. There is a means for securing a first end of such elongated strip to... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080043423 - Electronic apparatus: The electronic apparatus includes: a housing having an opening in which a unit is inserted; a wiring member that extends under the inserted unit in the direction across insertion direction of the unit; and a sheet that extends under and over the wiring member so as to wrap the wiring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043422 - Support structure for assembling data access device: A support structure for assembling a data access structure of two size specifications of 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch includes a fixing seat and two supports. Two supports respectively have a first locking plate and a second locking plate, both of which are interconnected to each other with a common... Agent: Hdsl

20080043424 - Electronic storage device player: A substantially waterproof player presents content stored on an electronic storage device. The player has a body with a recess that houses the storage device and a closeable opening to permit access to the recess. A door is connected to the body and moves between an open position allowing access... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080043429 - Apparatus, data processing apparatus and heat radiating member: An apparatus includes: a first heat generating component; a second heat generating component arranged close to the side of the first heat generating component; a heat radiating member that absorbs heat from both the first heat generating component and the second heat generating component and radiates heat. The heat radiating... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043425 - Methods and systems for cooling a computing device: Various technologies for cooling a computer system are described. A computer system includes an enclosure having a number of vents distributed across different portions of the enclosure to provide different thermal pathways to transfer heat to air surrounding the computer system. The computer system is configured to be operable under... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080043427 - Scalable computer system and reconfigurable chassis module thereof: A scalable computer system includes a reconfigurable chassis module, plural hardware units and one or more inter-plane. The chassis module has plural modular units for configuring the hardware units therein respectively. Each of the modular units has dedicated framework to attach the inter-plane or dedicated fans. The inter-plane is to... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20080043426 - Storage apparatus: Provided is a cooling method for realizing the efficient cooling of a storage apparatus. Used for this cooling method is a storage apparatus having a cabinet for storing a plurality of memory mediums in an array, and a power supply unit for supplying power to a drive circuit of the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080043430 - Vibration-proof mechanism for heat-dissipating device: The present invention provides a vibration-proof mechanism for use with a heat-dissipating device installed in a machine unit, for absorbing vibrations caused by the operating heat-dissipating device. The vibration-proof mechanism includes a plurality of elastic components, a partitioning member connected with one side of the heat-dissipating device by the elastic... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080043428 - Method and apparatus for dissipating heat in a computer system: A cooling system for a computer is provided. In one implementation, the cooling system includes a heat spreader that is in thermal contact with a heat generating component in the computer, a frame casting, and a heat pipe to passively dissipate heat generated from the heat generating component in the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080043431 - Methods and systems employing tailored dimples to enhance heat transfer: A heat sink for cooling a heated component, the heat sink comprising a base coupled to the component. In addition, the heat sink comprises at least one thin-walled heat transfer member extending from the base. The heat transfer member comprises an upstream end and a downstream end defined by a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080043432 - Detachable fan apparatus for quick maintenance: A detachable fan apparatus for quick maintenance installable in a computer casing and swappable for maintenance without turning off the fan includes a frame, a stopping plate on the frame, at least one fan at the fan, a gap between the fan and the frame for installing a filter, an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080043433 - Air cooled computer chip: A cooling assembly includes a housing supporting a nozzle for directing cooling air over an electronic component. A casing rotatably supports a shaft, which in turn, supports a compressor, an expander, and an electric motor, for circulating air and delivering the cooling air to the nozzle. The assembly is distinguished... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080043434 - Apparatus and data processing apparatus: An apparatus includes a heat generating component; a heat radiating member that absorbs heat from the heat generating component and radiates heat; a fan that sends air toward the heat radiating member; a housing incorporating the heat generating component, the heat radiating member and the fan, and including a first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043435 - System for controlling the temperature of electronic devices: The system for controlling the temperature of electronic devices under test includes a housing, a seal, a heat-exchanger within the housing, and a Peltier module within the housing. The housing is configured to removably enclose an electronic device coupled to a platform. The seal is configured to be positioned between... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20080043439 - Cooling module for use with a projection apparatus: A cooling module for use with a DMD module of a projection apparatus is provided. The cooling module comprises a heat conduction device, at least one heat pipe, and at least one fin. Heat accumulating on the DMD module can be released from the heat conduction device to the fins... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080043438 - Cross-flow thermal management device and method of manufacture thereof: The present disclosure relates to heat transfer thermal management device utilizing varied methods of heat transfer to cool a heat generating component from a circuit assembly or any other embodiment where a heat generating component can be functionally and operatively coupled. In an embodiment, the vapor configuration is modified to... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20080043436 - Thermal module: A thermal module (10) includes a chassis (11) of an enclosure of an electronic device, a fin assembly (13) and a centrifugal blower (14) for producing an airflow flowing through the fin assembly. The centrifugal blower includes a housing (141), and the housing is integrally formed with the chassis as... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080043437 - Three-dimensional thermal spreading in an air-cooled thermal device: The present disclosure relates to heat transfer thermal management device utilizing varied methods of heat transfer to cool a heat generating component from a circuit assembly or any other embodiment where a heat generating component can be functionally and operatively coupled. In a proposed embodiment, at least one heat pipe... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20080043440 - Nano-patch thermal management devices, methods, & systems: Nano-scale thermal management devices, methods, and systems are provided. According to some embodiments, a thermal management device configured to remove heat from a heated area can comprise an inlet port and a cavity. The cavity can be positioned intermediate a heat source and an opposing surface spaced apart from the... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080043441 - Electronic module: An electronic module in which an installation base is used, which includes an insulating-material layer (1) and a conductive layer on the surface of the insulating-material layer. The conductive layer also covers the installation cavity of a component (6). The component (6) is set in the installation cavity, in such... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080043442 - Computer system with thermal conduction: A computer system comprising a computer chassis supporting at least one electronic component, a rack chassis supporting the computer chassis, a heat sink disposed between said computer chassis and said rack chassis, and wherein said heat sink is thermally coupled to said computer chassis and to said rack chassis such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080043443 - Exterior structure of apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: An exterior structure of an apparatus for covering the outside of an apparatus main body with a multiple number of panel elements uses shielding panels, heat-radiating panels and machine-interior anti-scatter panels as the multiple number of panel elements. The apparatus has a framework to which shielding panels, heat-radiating panels and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080043444 - Wiring board for light-emitting element: A wiring board for light-emitting element, comprising a ceramic insulating substrate, and a conductor layer formed on the surface or in the inside of the insulating substrate, and having a mounting region mounting a light-emitting element on one surface of the insulating substrate; wherein the insulating substrate is provided with... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080043445 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a retention module surrounding a heat-generating component therein and a heat sink secured in the retention module. The retention module has a plurality of sidewalls. The heat sink includes a base positioned in the retention module for contacting with the heat-generating component. The base includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080043446 - Graphics card heat-dissipating device: A graphics card heat-dissipating device includes: a main body, a support seat, and a fixed element. The main body has a first heat-dissipating portion and a second heat-dissipating portion, and the first heat-dissipating portion has a first opening and the second heat-dissipating portion has a second opening. The support seat... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080043448 - Sub-mezzanine structure for printed circuit card assemblies: A method of assembling and configuring multiple mezzanine cards on a carrier card is disclosed. The method includes the establishing an I/O profile that represents the I/O configuration of a mezzanine card. The I/O of the mezzanine card is not enabled unless the I/O profile matches a known value stored... Agent: Elman Technology Law, P.C.

20080043447 - Semiconductor package having laser-embedded terminals: A semiconductor package having laser-embedded terminals provides a high-density and low cost internal/external mounting and interconnect structure for integrated circuits. A substrate for interconnecting one or more dies to external terminals of the semiconductor package is fabricated with terminal lands buried inside the dielectric. The terminal lands are exposed by... Agent: Gunnison Mckay & Hodgson, LLP Garden West Office Plaza, Suite 220

20080043449 - Systems and methods for external electrical component interconnection: One embodiment relates to an encased electrical component board interconnection system, including an audio/video related electrical component board encased within a housing, an interconnection panel disposed on an external surface of the housing, and an interconnection retaining system. The electrical interconnection panel facilitates the electrical coupling between the electrical component... Agent: Baker & Associates PLLC

20080043450 - Chip carrier and fabrication method: A substrate having a ground plane, a first side, and a second side is provided. A via that electrically connects the first side to the second side is formed. A printed wire is formed on the first side, and a printed wire is formed on the second side. A passive... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080043451 - Plug-in unit-mounting structure and electronic apparatus: A plug-in unit-mounting structure which makes it possible to efficiently mount plug-in units having different sizes in all slots. PIUs of printed board type which are different in size are mounted using respective mounting frames associated therewith. Box-shaped PIUs are also mounted using respective mounting frame associated therewith. However, no... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080043452 - Handheld electronic device including multi-compartment shielding container and associated methods: A handheld electronic device may include a portable housing and a shielding container within the portable housing. The shielding container may include a shielding frame and a shielding lid carried thereby. A printed circuit board may be within the shielding container. The shielding frame may include a planar base with... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080043454 - Cru interlocking emi shield: An EMI shield apparatus for connecting to a CRU frame, a memory unit emitting EMI through a periphery of the CRU frame, the EMI shield apparatus comprising a shield base, a plurality of sides bordering the shield base for blocking EMI emitted from a portion of the periphery of the... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080043453 - Electromagnetic-shielding device: An electromagnetic-shielding device is disclosed to shield EMI by way of covering an electromagnetic-shielding mask on electric components. Wherein a positioning structure is downward elongated from the electromagnetic-shielding mask into a hole of a PCB, and an interfering structure of the positioning structure then interferes a surface of a bottom... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080037186 - Power switching circuit and liquid crystal display using same: An exemplary LCD (2) includes a control signal input terminal (210) configured for receiving a control signal; an output terminal (220) configured to be connected to a load circuit; a first direct current (DC) power supply (230); a first switching transistor (250) including a control electrode “b” connected to the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080037187 - Anomaly control device for a dual fan of computer: An anomaly control device for a dual fan of computer is composed of a first and second coil, a first and second driving IC, a controller, and a voltage level comparing circuit. The voltage level comparing circuit will perform a voltage dividing to a first and second reference potential signals... Agent: Troxell Law Office, PLLC

20080037189 - Esd protective circuit having low leakage current: An ESD protective circuit having a contact terminal, a first supply voltage terminal for a first supply potential, a second supply voltage terminal for a second supply potential, a transistor chain having several transistors, wherein drain terminals of the transistors are connected to one of the supply voltage terminals, wherein... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080037188 - Surge suppression system for power over network cables: A surge suppression unit comprises connection circuitry for coupling the surge suppression unit in a communication cable. Surge suppression circuitry uses Silicon Avalanche Diodes (SADs) that couple power surges on the communication cable to ground. In one embodiment, the surge suppression unit includes multiple surge suppression modules configured for inserting... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080037190 - Converter topology and methods for interfacing an electrical machine to electrical power grid: A power converter for coupling an electrical machine to an electrical grid, the power converter including a machine side converter and a grid side converter, each side having a plurality of corresponding stages for converting a three-phase electrical signal of the electrical machine to a three-phase electrical signal of the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080037192 - Connection apparatus: Connection apparatuses are provided, in which at least one isolation transformer comprises a primary coil and a secondary coil each comprising a first end, a second end and a tap, and a high voltage impulse protector is disposed between the primary coil of the isolation transformer and a ground terminal,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080037193 - Adaptive transient blocking unit: A variable trip limit transient blocking unit (TBU) is provided. The variable trip limit transient blocking unit circuit includes a transient blocking unit and a low-pass filter, such as an RC circuit having an RC time constant. The RC circuit is disposed to approximate an integrator operating over periods of... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20080037191 - Overvoltage protection device with improved interrupting capacity: v

20080037195 - Electrostatic chuck: An electrostatic chuck device includes an electrostatic chuck section including a substrate and a power supply terminal for applying a DC voltage to an electrostatic-adsorption inner electrode; and a metal base section fixed to the other main surface of the electrostatic chuck section. Here, a concave portion is formed in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080037194 - Electrostatic chuck: An electrostatic chuck having a good soaking feature and allowing a wafer to reach a saturation temperature in a short time. The electrostatic chuck (1), which has a platy body (8) provided with a pair of main surfaces, one main surface being used as a mounting surface (8a) for mounting... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080037196 - Electrostatic chuck: An electrostatic chuck 15 for chucking and supporting a work 20 made of an electrical insulating material includes a chuck body having a positive electrode 12a and a negative electrode 12b formed therein to which positive and negative voltages are applied. An area ratio of the positive electrode 12a and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080037197 - Variable capacitance with dielectric fluid: Advantageously, the dielectric fluid (20) is displaced according to the principle of communicating vessels, with the presence of a second cavity (30) in fluidic relation with the first cavity. Actuation electrodes (46, 48) in the second cavity (30) induce the deflection of a membrane (44) in order to modify the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080037198 - Methods of forming individual formed-on-foil thin capacitors for embedding inside printed wiring boards and semiconductor packages: Disclosed is a method of forming individual thin-film capacitors for embedding inside printed wiring boards or organic semiconductor package substrates, which includes removal of selective portions of the capacitor by sandblasting or other means so that the ceramic dielectric does not come in contact with acid etching solutions.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080037199 - Multilayer capacitor, circuit board, circuit module, and method for manufacturing multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, and a capacitor unit provided in the laminate. In the multilayer capacitor, the relationships P≧Ra and P≧W are established, wherein P represents the average projection height of first and second via conductors from the upper surface, Ra represents the surface roughness... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080037200 - Multi-level thin film capacitor on a ceramic substrate and method of manufacturing the same: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a multi-level thin film capacitor on a ceramic substrate and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The multi-level thin film capacitor (MLC) may include at least one high permittivity dielectric layer between at least two electrode layers, the electrode layers being formed... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer Jones Day Reavis & Pogue

20080037201 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same: A solid electrolytic capacitor (A) includes a first porous sintered body (1A) made of valve metal, anode conduction members (21A, 21B) electrically connected to the first porous sintered body (1A), surface-mounting anode terminals (3A, 3B) electrically connected to the anode conduction members (21A, 21B), surface-mounting cathode terminals, and a second... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080037202 - Electronic equipment: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic equipment of a high design property having an optical disc drive mounted thereon and an inexpensive and high-quality opening and closing mechanism for a tray door. The electronic equipment includes a front panel on a front surface of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080037203 - System for mounting modules in a rack mounted chassis: A mounted electronics system comprises a frame; a chassis coupled to the frame, the chassis having an interior width; at least one sub-module having a width sufficient to fit inside the interior width of the chassis; and a mounting assembly configured to secure the at least one sub-module to the... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080037205 - Electronic apparatus having a housing having a liquid drain structure: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus has a housing. The housing has a first chamber to house circuit components, a second chamber parted from the first chamber, and a keyboard mounting portion to mount a keyboard. The keyboard mounting portion and second chamber are communicatively connected through a liquid... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080037204 - Notebook computer keyboard system: A modular laptop computer for accommodating selective placement and customization of user interface components. The computer includes a cavity having a connection or interface or coupling region, such as a universal serial bus jack for connecting to or mating with a corresponding interface on each component. The interface connections in... Agent: Law Office Of Morris E. Cohen

20080037206 - Hinge assembly for display: A hinge assembly includes two connecting bases, a rotating element, two sets of washers, and two locking elements. The connecting base includes a base part and a first ear part. The first ear part has a first shaft hole and a concave opening. The rotating element includes a linking part... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee Suite 101

20080037207 - Support structure for supporting an object: A support structure includes a foot piece and an angle control mechanism connected to the foot piece. The angle control mechanism includes a base including an angle-locating pillar, an angle-locating plate and an angle-locating component. The angle-locating plate is pivotally connected to the base in a rotatable manner and fixed... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080037209 - Computer chassis for two motherboards oriented one above the other: One embodiment of the invention is a computer chassis for housing modules of a computer system. According to this embodiment, the chassis features a chassis base, a first tray for a motherboard removably engaged with the chassis base, and a second tray for a motherboard removably engaged with the chassis... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080037208 - Computer system with extended module: A computer system including a mainframe module, an extended module splitly located from the mainframe module, and an integrated connection cable connected between the mainframe module and the extended module. The mainframe module includes a mainframe system control circuit, a power supply for supplying a power source to the mainframe... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080037210 - Device enabling a notebook computer to enter a sleeping mode: A sleeping device is installed in a notebook computer with a mainframe and a flat panel display. The sleeping device includes a tab, an opening, a printed circuit board and a resilient metal. The tab is secured to the flat panel display. The opening is formed on an upper plate... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080037211 - Data storage cartridge with non - tape storage medium and electrical targets: A data storage cartridge includes housing, a hard drive, and a connection assembly. The hard drive is stored within the housing and includes a non-tape storage medium and an electrical data connector configured to provide access to the non-tape storage medium. The electrical data connector includes a first number of... Agent: Attention: Eric D. Levinson Imation Corp.

20080037212 - External box with shockproofing mechanism: An external box with a shockproofing mechanism is disclosed. The external box accommodates a hard disk that has a plurality of opening holes formed on a bottom side thereof. The external box comprises: a box body, a plurality of positioning posts, a plurality of elastic elements, and a cover body.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080037214 - Computer chassis for two horizontally oriented motherboards: One embodiment is a computer chassis for housing modules of a computer system. According to this embodiment, the chassis features a chassis base, first and second bays for first and second motherboards, a fan assembly for mounting fans, a backplane for I/O connections mounted to the chassis base, and at... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080037213 - Computer stand with cooling mechanism: Provided herein is a computer stand that can include a platform, a support mechanism, and a cooling mechanism. The platform can have a substantially planar portion and can be configured to support a computing device. A support mechanism can be included and configured to elevate at least one end of... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080037215 - External box structure with inner and outer tracks: An external box structure with inner and outer tracks includes a casing body, a cover body, and a fixed board. The cover body is assembled on the casing body and has two first retaining portions respectively formed on two sides thereof. The fixed board has a second retaining portion. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080037219 - Active heat-dissipating type of power supply apparatus having heat-dissipating mechanism for power input device: An active heat-dissipating type of power supply apparatus includes a casing, a first airflow channel, a second airflow channel, plural electronic components, an airflow driving device and a power input device. The casing includes at least one first airflow opening. The first airflow opening is communicated with the second airflow... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080037216 - Cooling fan locking device for a computer: A cooling fan locking device for a computer includes a fan device which is assembled by a primary housing and a side housing. Side walls of an area of air permeable holes on a computer casing are provided with right and left positioning slots, respectively. Projection parts of the primary... Agent: Troxell Law Office, PLLC

20080037217 - Rack-mount equipment bay cooling heat exchanger: An apparatus in one example comprises at least one heat exchanger mounted within a rack-mount equipment bay and at least one duct coupled with the at least one heat exchanger that is configured to form a semi-closed cooling loop with at least one electronic device mounted within the rack-mount equipment... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080037220 - Socket having fan: A socket for a semiconductor package comprises an insulating base containing a plurality of contacts, a floating board received in the insulating base, a plurality of spring members located between the insulating base and the floating board, a bottom cover pivotally assembled to an end of the insulating base, a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080037218 - Modular chassis providing scalable mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality for microtca and advanced tca boards: A modular chassis arrangement for electronic modules that is configurable into a mechanically and electrically interconnected structure capable of delivering scalable mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality for a multiplicity of electronic modules. In one embodiment, the electronic modules are compliant with AdvancedTCA or MicroTCA standards in a modular Pico-Shelf configuration... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080037221 - Jet orifice plate with projecting jet orifice structures for direct impingement cooling apparatus: A cooling apparatus and a direct cooling impingement module are provided, along with a method of fabrication thereof. The cooling apparatus and direct impingement cooling module include a manifold structure and a jet orifice plate for injecting coolant onto a surface to be cooled. The jet orifice plate, which includes... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080037222 - Heat dissipation assembly: In accordance with one embodiment, the assembly includes a chassis with a board mounted to it that has one or more electronic components. Spaced apart from the board is a bridge heat sink. A heat transfer block is positioned adjacent the electronic component of the board with the heat transfer... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080037223 - Power electronics with a heat sink: Power electronics include a printed circuit board on which at least one component to be cooled is mounted, and a heat sink which is arranged on that side of the printed circuit board which faces the component to be cooled. The heat sink is in thermally conductive contact with the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080037224 - Heat sink: A heat sink has a heat-dissipating portion and a contact portion for contacting an electric device generating heat. The diameter of the contact portion is smaller than that of the heat-dissipating portion. The heat-dissipating portion has a plurality of fins. The contact portion is disposed on a bottom surface of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080037225 - Fastening device and heat sink assembly using the same: A heat sink assembly (100) includes a fastening device (20) and a heat sink (10). The fastening device includes a sleeve (24), a pin (22) received in the sleeve and a biasing means (26) disposed around the sleeve. The sleeve includes a locking portion (246) formed at a bottom end... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080037226 - Lighting device: A lighting device is provided. The lighting device includes a light source, a light source supporting member which has a surface to which the light source is attached, and a heat sink on an opposite surface of the light source supporting member, for dissipating heat generated by the light source.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080037227 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a circuit board contained in a case and including a first surface and a second surface formed on the reverse side of the first surface, a first heat generating component mounted on the first surface, a second heat generating component... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080037228 - Electronic equipment cabinet expansion kit with offset brackets: An expanded electronic equipment cabinet includes a frame structure for supporting electronic equipment and a cabinet expansion kit that includes a panel and a plurality of offset brackets. The offset brackets are interposed between the frame support and panel to create space to accommodate accessories connected to the electronic equipment... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080037229 - Electronic module and method for the production thereof: An electronic module contains at least one circuit carrier coated on both sides with an electroconductive material and fitted with a first group of electronic components for forming a user interface and a second group of electronic components for forming a computing and control module. A method for producing such... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080037230 - Circuit board and chassis: A circuit board has circuitry including a first part and a second part connected to each other via a given first dividing plane. After the circuitry is divided by the first dividing plane, the circuitry can be restored by reconnecting the first part and the second part. The circuit board... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080037231 - Heat transferring guide for electronic cards: An electronic card heat transferring guide is provided. The system includes at least one first clamping member, at least one second clamping member and a plurality of attaching members. Each first clamping member has at least one clamping aperture. Moreover, each first clamping member has a first surface adapted to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080037232 - Reconfigurable control panel: A control panel for use with a beverage brewing device is provided. The control panel includes a circuit board and connector assembly in combination with a least one overlay. The circuit board, board includes at least one and commonly a plurality of devices which may include switches and lights. A... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080037233 - Printed wiring board and process for manufacturing the same: The printed wiring board includes: a conductive wiring which is formed on a surface of a board and has a plurality of solder lands, to which components to be mounted are electrically connected by solder; and first and second electrically insulating layers formed on the conductive wiring, wherein the first... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080037234 - Circuit board and circuit structure: A circuit board which is suitable for carrying a chip and includes a substrate, a wiring layer and a solder mask is provided. The wiring layer is disposed on the substrate. The solder mask is between the substrate and the wiring layer. The solder mask has a chip area, a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080037235 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (5) includes a plurality of housings (52), a plurality of contacts received in each housing (52), a bracket (51) defining a plurality of sections (511) for receiving the housings (52) therein. Relative to the related art, the electrical connector (5) defines a plurality of separately housings (52)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080037236 - Ic package, ic socket, and ic socket assembly: An IC socket assembly includes an IC socket, constituted by: a plurality of electrical contacts; an IC package mounting surface; an insulative socket housing for holding the plurality of electrical contacts at the IC package mounting surface; and an urging member for urging an IC package, which is mounted on... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080037237 - Low noise multilayer printed circuit board: A low noise multilayer printed circuit board includes at least one ground layer and at least one power layer. The at least one ground layer is divided into a first area and a second area. The first area and the second area are connected by a first metal neckline. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080037238 - Structure for electromagnetically shielding a substrate: A circuit board that requires electromagnetic shielding is enclosed in a cavity formed between a metal case and a base substrate. A ground plane, which is electrically conductive, is embedded in each of the base substrate and the circuit board. The metal case is electrically connected to the ground planes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080030910 - Self protecting output stage: A transistor for use in an output stage is selectively part of one of two different circuits, one circuit being an electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp circuit, the other circuit being an output stage circuit. For example, the transistor can be selectively connected such that it is part of the ESD... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080030913 - Power semiconductor device: A power semiconductor device M includes: first and second frames for feeding unipolar power from outside; first and second switching units which are series-connected between the first and second frames; an output frame for outputting AC power which is generated by conduction and shutoff of each switching unit to outside;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080030911 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: Into an internal circuit to operate in a high-frequency band, there is incorporated a protective circuit of a multistage connection which is constructed to include a plurality of diode-connected transistors having a low parasitic capacity and free from a malfunction even when an input signal higher than the power supply... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080030912 - Method of detecting fault extinction during a three-phase autoreclosing cycle in an ac transmission line: A new method for three-phase reclosing of transmission lines is disclosed. According this method, after the type of fault is identified and the faulted line is opened for all three phases from both ends, fault extinction is recognized by comparison of amplitudes and angles of voltages induced at opened phases... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080030914 - Microelectronic device equipped with a thermal protection circuit and thermal protection method for a microelectronic device: A microelectronic device includes a first circuit and a second circuit, coupled to the first circuit for selectively preventing operation of the first circuit when a device temperature is higher than a temperature threshold. The second circuit is provided with a temperature responsive element, thermally coupled to the first circuit... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080030915 - System and method for conditioning disk drives using a magnetic tunnel: A magnetic disk conditioner is provided. The disk conditioner comprises a tunnel having a top inside surface and a bottom inside surface. A first array of magnets of alternating polarity is coupled to the top inside surface, the first array of magnets comprising a first portion of reduced field strength.... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20080030916 - Thyristor controlled alternating current demagnetizer: With the burst control we can achieve same demagnetizing power and reduce overall power consumption of the demagnetizing coil(s) reducing size and weight of the coil(s). For this intermittent duty coil(s) the power consumption is reduced by over 40% and heating rate reduced which allows approx. 40% longer continuous running... Agent: Electro-matic Products Co. Attn: Robin Groth

20080030917 - High-pressure fuel pump drive circuit for engine: There is provided a high-pressure fuel pump drive circuit for manipulating the electric current to be passed to a solenoid coil for controlling a high-pressure pump. This circuit is characterized in that a first switching element, the solenoid coil and a second switching element are connected in series with each... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080030918 - Spot-type ionizer evaluation method and spot-type ionizer: A spot-type DC ionizer is placed above and apart from a measurement plate of a charge plate monitoring device. A grid using a metal net is attached to a nozzle opening. The pressure of compressed air is set at a predetermined value, and use distance between the measurement plate and... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080030919 - Emitter electrode having a strip shape: A strip-shaped emitter electrode including at least one emission edge extending along the length of such emitter electrode. When the strip-shaped emitter electrode is coupled to a voltage supply, current or an electrical charge at the emission edge ionizes the air and generates corona discharge, resulting in ion production. Erosion... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080030920 - Method of operating an electrostatic air cleaning device: A method of operating an electrostatic fluid accelerating device includes applying a voltage to a plurality of corona electrodes and a plurality of complementary electrodes so as to generate a corona discharge to thereby propel an intervening fluid in a desired fluid flow direction. A direction of the fluid in... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski Market Square

20080030921 - Multi-la