Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 04/08

20080094763 - Electrical apparatus with current dampening device: Various electrical apparatuses which include a current dampening device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electrical apparatus is provided which includes a motor and a switch having an “on” position and an “off” position to control the operation of the motor. A current dampening device is connected in parallel with... Agent: Eileen T. Mathews, Roetzel & Andress

20080094764 - Power plug with leakage current detection and protection circuit: A power plug includes a base, an upper cover attached to the base, a base-side cover adjacent the base and removably attached to the upper cover, an output cord, a leakage current detection and protection circuit for detecting a leakage current in the output cord, and an electrical connection mechanism... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080094766 - Linear low capacitance overvoltage protection circuit using a blocking diode: A low capacitance overvoltage protection circuit (80) provides protection to a communication line (12, 14). A diode bridge (46) is connected to the communication line (12, 14) so that overvoltages of both polarities pass through an overvoltage protection device (44) in one direction. A bias voltage supply 48 applies a... Agent: Handley Law Firm, PLLC Roger N. Chauza, PC

20080094767 - Semiconductor device having electrostatic protection circuit: This invention discloses a semiconductor device including a first buffer MOSFET of a first conductivity type, a second buffer MOSFET of a second conductivity type, an ESD protection circuit, an external input terminal, and a control circuit. The external input terminal capacitively couples to a terminal to which a second... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080094769 - Shock-proof electrical outlet: The present invention relates to a shock-proof electrical output device, which comprises a power outlet having a positive and a negative terminal, a voltage converter with a high voltage input and a low voltage output, a current monitoring relay device, a latching relay device, and a changeover relay device.... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20080094770 - Over current protection circuit for power supplies: An over current protection circuit provides over current protection (O.C.P) and short current protection (S.C.P) and can selectively operate in auto recover mode or latch off mode by replacing certain elements therein. Hence, the present invention can be designed easily and is cheaper than the prior art.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080094762 - Power supply apparatus with function of detecting abnormality of current sensor: A current detector (60) samples a motor current (MCRT_A) from a controlling sensor and a motor current (MCRT_B) from a monitoring sensor, and holds respective motor current maximum values (MCRT_Amax, MCRT_Bmax) at each prescribed operation cycle. An abnormality determiner (62a) detects that the motor current maximum value (MCRT_Amax) is in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080094765 - Circuit interrupting device with automatic end of life test: The present invention provides to a circuit interrupting device, particularly a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), with a test circuit which is capable of automatically generating a simulated leakage current to detect whether the service life of the circuit interrupting device has ended, i.e., whether the main components of the... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20080094768 - Apparatus, system, and/or method for protection and control of an electrical device: An electrical device protection apparatus, such as an overload relay, can include a microprocessor 102 that can receive a wide range of current signals from a current transformer or other current sensor. Also microprocessor 102 can employ a voltage sensor 112 to measure line voltage, for representing true power, and... Agent: NorthwestIPLaw Group

20080094771 - Switching apparatus and method: An improved switching apparatus and method are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the apparatus includes first and second ports, a first switching device such as a contactor coupled between the ports, and a second switching device coupled in parallel with the contactor between the ports, where the second switching... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20080094772 - Arrester: The present invention provides an arrester in which energy during discharge is not concentrated in one point and which has good responsiveness to overvoltage. The arrester is provided with an energy absorber 3 that absorbs energy when a lightning strike occurs, and a pair of conductive electrodes 1 and 2.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080094773 - Electrostatic discharge protection for microwave guided wave structure: Electrostatic discharge protection for guided wave microwave structures is provided by a protection device that imposes minimal disruption on the microwave structures and negligible interference with the normal operation of the structures. The protection device provides a discharge path between a signal conductor and a ground conductor when electrostatic charges... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080094774 - Grounding apparatus: A grounding apparatus for connecting electrical equipment to ground comprises a plate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and first and second end portions. Typically. the plate is connected to opposing support legs, such that an open space is provided under the bottom surface of the plate. The top... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080094775 - Capacitors with high energy storage density and low esr: Electrostatic capacitors with high capacitance density and high-energy storage are implemented over conventional electrolytic capacitor anode substrates using highly conformal contact layers deposited by atomic layer deposition. Capacitor films that are suitable for energy storage, electrical and electronics circuits, and for integration onto PC boards endure long lifetime and high-temperature... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080094776 - Cylindrical capacitor: A cylindrical capacitor comprising at least a substrate, a cylindrical bottom electrode, a structure layer, a top electrode and a capacitor dielectric layer is provided. The substrate has several plugs. The cylindrical bottom electrodes are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the respective plugs. The structure layer surrounds... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080094777 - Electric double layer capacitor: c

20080094778 - Lithium-ion capacitor: The invention provides a negative electrode material for use with a lithium-ion capacitor, which is high in energy density, output density and excellent in durability. When graphite of which an average distance between 002 lattice planes thereof is within a range from 0.335 nm to 0.337 nm is used for... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080094779 - Tantalum powder for the production of solid electrolyte capacitors: A tantalum powder consisting of agglomerated primary particle with a minimum primary particle dimension of 0.2 to 0.8 μm, a specific surface area of 0.9 to 2.5 m2/g and a particle size distribution determined to ASTM B 822 corresponding to a D10 value of 5 to 25 μm, a D50... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080094780 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor (A1) includes a porous sintered body (1), anode conduction members (21A, 21B), surface-mounting anode terminals (3A, 3B), and a surface-mounting cathode terminal. The porous sintered body (1) is made of valve metal. The anode conduction members (21A, 21B) are electrically connected to the porous sintered body... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080094781 - Electrode sheet for capacitors, method of manufacturing the same, and electrolytic capacitor: A method of manufacturing an electrode sheet for capacitors comprises the step of forming a sprayed layer of an Al-valve action metal alloy on at least one surface of an aluminum foil (2) by thermally spraying Al-valve action metal alloy powder on the surface of the aluminum foil. At the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094782 - Draw-out power cell disconnect and isolation mechanism with rack-out guide tray: Methods and integrated apparatus are disclosed for electrically disconnecting and allowing external support and access for electrical devices in a power conversion system cabinet. The apparatus includes a support structure that translates a power conversion system component at least partially through a door or other cabinet opening between a first... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./fay

20080094783 - Power regulator with a bypass and splice capability: A power regulator with a bypass and splice capacity includes at least one phase member and a driver. Each one of the at least one phase member includes two cooling fins, two SCR thyristors, a conductive resilient tab and a conductive rigid tab. The cooling fins are conductive and adjacent... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080094784 - Switching system comprising switchgear that can be contacted via pin contacts: A switching system includes switchgear that can be contacted via pin contacts. In at least one embodiment, the switching system is provided with pin contacts and mating pin contacts and at least one device(s) for the transmission of force onto the switchgear, thereby allowing to establish and interrupt contact to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080094785 - Communication device housing systems and methods: A transaction system includes a peripheral device, a transaction terminal having a printed circuit board disposed within an enclosure, a housing attached with the enclosure, and a cable that couples the peripheral device with the printed circuit board. The peripheral device includes a wireless communication device, a memory device, or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080094786 - Waterproof casing for a flat panel display: A waterproof casing includes a first casing having a first base wall and a first surrounding wall, and a second casing having a second base wall and a second surrounding wall. The first surrounding wall surrounds a periphery of the first base wall to cooperatively define a first receiving recess... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080094789 - Flat panel display: A flat panel display having a coupling structure for coupling a flat panel display module to a case. The flat panel display comprises a flat panel display module having a plurality of protrusions formed on two opposite sides, and a first case for receiving the flat panel display module. The... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080094788 - Memory card having display function using piezoelectric effect and method thereof: A memory card includes a piezoelectric material and a display unit. The piezoelectric material generates a voltage from external pressure applied thereon, and the display unit displays information using the generated voltage. Thus, information is displayed on the memory card at the discretion of the user pressing the piezoelectric material... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20080094790 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP), a chassis base on the PDP, a plurality of printed circuit board assemblies (PBAs) on the chassis base and electrically connected to the PDP, at least one of the PBAs including a single-sided board with a plurality of insert-holes for... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080094787 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device is disclosed in which an LCD (140) and a PCB (130) of the device are mounted on to first and second opposed sides of an internal frame. The internal frame has a stiffness chosen to suppress the distortion of the LCD and vibration of the PCB... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080094791 - Display device having an adjustable counterweight structure: A simple structure of display device having the function of self-balance and prevent falling caused by an external force is disclosed to include a display, a base, which has a convex bottom surface and is fixedly connected to the bottom side of the display, and an adjustable counterweight structure, which... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080094792 - Multi-sectioned arms for portable electronic devices: Multi-sectioned arms are used as a basic mechanism for coupling the display and the base of a portable computer. With this mechanism, one single computer can support all of the following capabilities. The display can move continuously, relative to the back edge of the base, along any combination of up... Agent: Shaofen Chen

20080094793 - Electronic circuit device, electronic device using the same, and method for manufacturing the same: Electronic circuit device (100) is structured so that a substrate module unit that are formed by stacking substrate modules made of a first resin sheet with electronic component (190) embedded thereinto is inserted into housing (150) including connecting terminal (120), control circuit (130), and first wiring pattern (140), where the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080094794 - Hard drive carrier assembly having interlocking parts: In some embodiments, an apparatus to carry a hard drive may include one or more of the following features: (a)at least one carrier component, (b) at least one interlocking portion located on the at least one carrier component, (c) a first connector located at the at least one interlocking portion... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080094795 - Cooling a computing device: Various technologies for cooling a computer system are described. In accordance with one described embodiment, a fan assembly system for a computer comprises a fan operable for cooling the computer and a fan duct coupled with the fan. The fan duct comprises a number of attaching features. The fan is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094798 - Apparatus for cooling computer parts and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is an apparatus for cooling heat generating computer parts that installed in a computer. The apparatus includes a heat transferring block capable of being thermally coupled to the heat generating parts to conduct the heat generated by the heat dissipating parts; at least one heat pipe, each including a... Agent: Jason Y. Pahng

20080094797 - Container-based data center: A computing system and method of operating a computing system is provided. The computer system includes: a housing comprising a shipping container having a first interior lateral wall and a second interior lateral wall; a first row of equipment provided along the first interior lateral wall with a first exhaust... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080094796 - Piramidal case, for computer, with high ability to dissipate the heat: Pyramidal case for computer, with a square base including a support on a box, with a rectangular rear section and a trapezoidal front section, which dissipates the heat with greater efficiency and effectiveness, through obliged paths of the air flows which amplify the natural thermodynamics of the warm air masses.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080094799 - Method and apparatus for providing thermal management in an electronic device: An electronic system includes a chassis, an air flow distribution assembly having a first set of baffles disposed within an intake volume of the chassis and a second set of baffles disposed in proximity to an air outlet of the chassis. The first set of baffles is configured to turn... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080094801 - Heat dissipation module: A heat dissipation module is suitable to dissipate heat for a heat source on a circuit board, wherein a plurality of locking holes are disposed around the heat source. The heat dissipation module includes a heat sink, a locking rod, and two fasteners. The heat sink has a groove, and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080094800 - Heat-dissipating device and method for producing the same: A heat-dissipating device and a method for producing the same, by forming an accommodating space and a plurality of locating part in communicated with said accommodating space on a metal body that contains a plurality of heat-dissipating fins; disposing a plurality of heat-conducting element in each corresponding locating part; disposing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080094802 - Heat sink, circuit board, and electronic apparatus: A heat sink that radiates n exoergic circuit elements mounted on a circuit board includes a housing that has a heat-receiving surface that receives heat from the n exoergic circuit elements, and n+2 fixture parts to each of which a fixture member is attachable, each fixture member compressively fixing the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080094803 - High capacity thin module system and method: Flexible circuitry is populated with integrated circuitry disposed along one or both of its major sides. Contacts distributed along the flexible circuitry provide connection between the module and an application environment. The circuit-populated flexible circuitry is disposed about an edge of a rigid substrate thus placing the integrated circuitry on... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080094804 - Test sensor cartridges and sensor-dispensing instruments: The cartridge comprises a housing, a plurality of test sensors, a mechanical mechanism, and a pusher assembly. The housing forms at least one opening therethrough. The plurality of test sensors is stacked in the housing. The plurality of test sensors is adapted to assist in testing at least one analyte.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080094806 - Electrohydraulic control device: An electrohydraulic control device that includes at least one hydraulic actuator element, at least one sensor element, and at least one electronic control unit. The actuator element and the sensor element are combined in a hydraulically sealed hydraulic control device that is separated from the electronic control unit and that... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080094805 - Electronics module and method for manufacturing the same: This publication discloses an electronics module and a method for manufacturing it. The electronic module includes at least one first embedded component (6), the contact terminals (7) of which face essentially towards the first surface of the insulating-material layer (1) and which is connected electrically by its contact terminals (7)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094808 - Methods and apparatus of dual inline memory modules for flash memory: In one implementation, flash memory chips are provided with an operating power supply voltage to substantially match a power supply voltage expected at an edge connector of a dual inline memory module. The one or more of the flash memory chips and a memory support application integrated circuit (ASIC) may... Agent: Orion Law Group

20080094807 - Single chip usb packages with swivel cover: A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) assembly includes a modular USB core component that is mounted into a swivel casing. The modular USB core component includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080094809 - Electronic device installation structure: An electronic device installation structure for housing an electronic device which is coupled with a signal transmission dock includes a chassis which has a housing trough to hold the electronic device. The housing trough and the electronic device have respectively a guiding track and a boss that correspond to each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094810 - Mechanism for facilitating hot swap capability: An assembly is disclosed which enables a printed circuit board (PCB) to be added to or removed from a computer system without deactivating other parts of the system. The assembly, which holds the PCB, translates lateral motion into vertical motion to enable lateral motion to be applied to derive the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20080094811 - High density high reliability memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus: A high density high reliability memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus. The memory module includes a rectangular printed circuit board having a first side and a second side, a length of between 149 and 153 millimeters and first and second ends having a width smaller than... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080094812 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and structure for mounting this solid electrolytic capacitor on board: A solid electrolytic capacitor 1 includes a capacitor element 2 and a resin package 9 enclosing the capacitor element. The capacitor element includes a sintered body 3 of valve metal powder, an anode 4a provided by embedding an anode wire 4 in the sintered body, and a cathode 5 provided... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080094813 - Circuit board structure: The present invention provides a circuit board structure, the circuit board structure consisting of a carrier board having a first surface and an opposed second surface, the carrier board being formed with at least one through hole penetrating the first and second surfaces; a conductive pillar formed in the through... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080094814 - Motherboard positioning apparatus for fast installation: A motherboard positioning apparatus for fast installation aims to position a motherboard on a chassis. The chassis has an elastic unit on one side wall and an anchor boss on the bottom thereof. The motherboard has one end pressing the anchor boss and another end urged by the elastic unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094815 - Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic device that enables securing excellent hollow structure and close air-tightness of the space between the substrate and the electronic component, without incurring degradation in production efficiency, is to be provided. The electronic device includes a mounting substrate, an electronic component mounted on the mounting substrate, and a resin... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080094816 - Filter and plasma display device: A filter capable of improving its ability of shielding electromagnetic wave easily by suppressing variations in the electrical connection between the filter and a chassis without putting stress on a display panel and a plasma display device using the same are provided. In the plasma display device, a directly-attached filter... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080088988 - Overload protection control mechanism for a power supply: The present invention discloses an overload protection control mechanism for a power supply, wherein a control mechanism installed between two connectors automatically switches the DC power states of the output signal of the overload protection circuit according to the electric connection state between two connectors. Thereby, the present invention not... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088989 - Clothes dryer motor with broken belt switch: A clothes dryer includes a motor adapted to be mounted on a frame of the dryer for driving a dryer belt to rotate a drum of the dryer. The motor includes a rotor adapted to rotate the belt, at least one winding energizable to cause rotation of the rotor, and... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080088990 - Method and system for detecting the cabling errors between a starter and an electric motor: c

20080088991 - Circuit interrupter including a shunt wire current sensor and a processor having a thermal overload predictive function: A miniature circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a microprocessor including a thermal overload predictive function, and a shunt wire in series with the separable contacts. The shunt wire is structured to measure current flowing through the separable contacts for... Agent: Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080088994 - Electrostatic discharge protection device for pad and method and structure thereof: An ESD protection device for a pad includes an adjusting circuit, a snapback element and a control circuit. The adjusting circuit includes a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) coupled to the pad. The SCR includes a first diode. The snapback element is coupled to a first N pole of the first... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080088995 - Electrical power strip: An electrical power strip has a base, a power cord and a control module. The base has at least one primary receptacle and at least one secondary receptacle. The control module is connected to the power cord and has two power input terminals, at least one primary contact set, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088997 - Current limit control with current limit detector: Devices, such as mobile devices, may be exposed to short circuit and output overload events. To protect against such events, mobile devices typically include circuitry to limit currents so as not to exceed a pre-programmed current limit. Various embodiments of the present invention include devices and methods for detecting pre-programmed... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080088998 - Current limit detector: Devices, such as mobile devices, may be exposed, to short circuit and output overload events. To protect against such events, mobile devices typically include current limit circuits. Some current limit circuits may involve user programmable function. User programmable function may need accurate current limit detectors. One approach to improving resolution... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080088992 - Ground fault circuit interrupt device: A GFCI circuit for a 120/240 volt application employs a microcontroller to trip the circuit when voltage is too high or too low, in addition to tripping the circuit on a ground fault as indicated by a ground fault logic component. The microcontroller also permanently prevents circuit operation if an... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080088993 - Gated thyristor and related system and method: An embodiment of a protection circuit, comprising a first PNP-type bipolar transistor and a second NPN-type bipolar transistor, the base of the first transistor being connected to the collector of the second transistor and the collector of the first transistor being connected to the base of the second transistor, in... Agent: Bryan A. Santarelli

20080088996 - Active protection device for protecting circuit against mechanical and electromagnetic attack: an integrity circuit connected to the at least one magnetic sensor S1, S2, S3, S4 and to the circuit 1. The integrity circuit activates a reaction procedure in the circuit if the measured value of the magnetic field made by the magnetic sensor is out of a values domain, the... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080088999 - Voltage disturbance and harmonics monitor: An electronic monitor for monitoring characteristics of an AC power line for swells, sags, RMS voltage, impulses, total harmonic distortion (THD) and frequency. The waveform is received at the monitor, scaled to a lower magnitude, rectified by an op amp with zero offset voltage, converted a digital form which is... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080089000 - Relay controller: A relay controller for connecting a power source includes at least one relay having at least two contacts. The relay controller includes a processing device operable to selectively switch the relay contacts, and a feedback circuit adapted to identify an actual state of the relay contacts. The processing device is... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080089001 - Detachable electrostatic chuck having sealing assembly: A detachable electrostatic chuck is capable of being attached to a pedestal in a process chamber. The chuck comprises an electrostatic puck having a ceramic body with an embedded electrode. The chuck also has a baseplate below the electrostatic puck with a lower surface which is bonded to a sealing... Agent: Janah & Associates, P.C.

20080089002 - Electroadhesion: Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080089003 - Driving voltage output circuit: A driving voltage output circuit is provided for selectively outputting a positive driving voltage and a negative driving voltage. The driving voltage includes: an amplifier which amplifies and outputs, as a driving voltage, a selectively input positive or negative input signal; and a power supply voltage switching circuit which switches... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080089004 - Capacitor with hafnium, lanthanum and oxygen mixed dielectric and method for fabricating the same: Disclosed is a capacitor with a dielectric layer having a low equivalent oxide thickness compared to a HfO2 layer and capable of decreasing a level of a leakage current incidence and a method for fabricating the same. Particularly, the capacitor includes: a bottom electrode; a Hf1-xLaxO layer on the bottom... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080089005 - Tunable capacitor using electrowetting phenomenon: A tunable capacitor using an electrowetting phenomenon includes a first electrode; a second electrode which is spaced apart from the first electrode and faces the first electrode; a fluidic channel which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first insulating layer which is disposed between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089006 - Electrode for energy storage device: An energy storage device electrode product is provided. The product comprises: at least one current collector and at least one electrode film disposed adjacent to the at least one current collector. The at least one current collector comprises a plurality of voids extending through a thickness of the current collector,... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080089007 - Method for fabricating conducting plates for a high-q mim capacitor: A method of forming one or more capacitors on or in a substrate and a capacitor structure resulting therefrom is disclosed. The method includes forming a trench in the substrate, lining the trench with a first copper-barrier layer, and substantially filling the trench with a first copper layer. The first... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20080089008 - Dielectric ceramic composition, multi-layer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor has a temperature characteristic satisfying an X8R property and has a high specific resistance under a high temperature circumstance, in which the dielectric ceramic composition forming the dielectric ceramics is expressed by a formula: BaTiO3+aMgO+bMOx+cReO3/2+dSiO2, wherein MgO represents MgO conversion, MOx represents oxide conversion for 1... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080089009 - Storage device: A storage device, which has a simple structure and a low connection resistance and is robust, and which is ease to mount is provided. In the storage device, an L-shaped aluminum busbar 157 protrudes from the center of the top of a sealing plate 41 to the right. The busbar... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089013 - Electrode for energy storage device: Particles of active electrode material are made by blending or mixing a mixture of activated carbon, optional conductive carbon, and binder. In selected implementations, the activated carbon particles have between about 70 and 98 percent microporous activated carbon particles and between about 2 and 30 percent mesoporous activated carbon particles... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080089010 - Electorlyte solution for double-layred capacitors and double-layered capacitor containing said electroylte solution: An electrolyte solution proposed for double layer capacitors contains at least one conducting salt comprising a cation having a maximum diameter<9.20 Å which additionally comprises substituents on the central atom which are not all the same and further contains at least one solvent comprising a functional group selected from lactones... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080089012 - Electric double layer capacitor: The present invention concerns an electric double layer capacitor, wherein to increase capacitance, each electrode is formed from activated carbon having an average particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 μm. Alternatively, to prevent electrode short-circuiting, each electrode is constructed from an electrode layer sheet having an electrode layer formed from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089011 - Method of producing a coin-type electrochemical element and a coin-type electrochemical element: A coin-type electrochemical element enabling the external lead terminal portions to be accurately and reliably attached to a first lid portion and to a second lid portion of the coin-type electrochemical element, and a method of its production. Coin-type electric double layer capacitor (11) includes first lid portion (19) and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080089014 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a base substrate, a capacitor element, a metal cap, an extractor terminal and an insulating member. The base substrate has electrical conductivity. The capacitor element is provided on the base substrate. The metal cap is coupled to the base substrate and covers the capacitor element.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080089015 - Adapter for use with vehicle-mounted electronics: An adapter for use with vehicle-mounted electronics includes an adapter body further including an input section having at least one main input terminal to which a video signal or audio signal is supplied and at least one secondary input terminal to which a video signal or audio signal is supplied,... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20080089016 - Industrial computer casing: An industrial computer casing comprises a seat; a front frame at a front side of the seat and formed with a frame hole and a long hole at an upper side of the frame hole; a door plate covering upon a front end of the front frame; the door plate... Agent: Wei-ping Chen

20080089017 - Setting angle adjusting device and setting angle adjusting method: A setting angle adjusting device, includes a first input part configured to input an instruction for changing a setting angle of an operations panel in a first direction; a second input part configured to input an instruction for changing the setting angle of the operations panel in a second direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089019 - Flat panel display with detachable base: An exemplary flat panel display (200) includes a display module (22), a supporting member (25) for supporting the display module, and a base (27) detachably attaching to the supporting member. The supporting member includes a first hook (254) and a positioning groove (258). The base includes an elastic member (273)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080089018 - Gasket and display apparatus having the same: In a gasket and a display apparatus having the gasket, the gasket is interposed between a circuit board and a protective member to transmit electromagnetic waves generated from the circuit board to the protective member. The elastic member separates the circuit board from the protective member. The conductive member surrounds... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080089020 - Solid state drive (ssd) with open top and bottom covers: A solid state drive (SSD) device includes a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA), a connector mounted on the circuit board, an open-frame support-type housing including first and second parallel elongated brackets extending along opposing peripheral edges of said circuit board, each bracket including a first connecting structure for securing the circuit... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080089021 - Fixing apparatus for data storage device: A fixing apparatus for holding a data storage device is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a drive bracket, and an insertion rack. The drive bracket includes two opposite side panels. Each of the side panels forms at least one guiding portion and defines a slot therein. The insertion rack is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089022 - Intelligent locking device, removable hdd receiving system with the same and method for preventing the removable hdd from being wrongly ejected therefrom: An intelligent locking device comprises a microprocessor, a locking element and a control button electrically connected to the microprocessor respectively. The locking element locks a removable HDD to a computer. The control button generates trigger signals in response to manual push thereon. When receiving the trigger signal, the microprocessor detects... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080089023 - Venturi bernoulli heat extraction system for laptop computers: A heat extraction system is provided for a laptop computer that comprises a system unit that includes a set of heat sources and a video display unit that is movably attached to the system unit. The laptop computer has air inlets and air outlets that allow air to flow into... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080089024 - Multi-chip module (mcm) of a computer system: A MCM system board uses a stiffener arrangement to enhance mechanical, thermo and electrical properties by incorporating an LGA compression connector in a computer system. The present designs of large scale computing systems (LSCS) in IBM use a MCM that is attached to a system board and held together by... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080089027 - Cooling fan: A cooling chip is arranged in front of a cooling fan, and a structure of which mainly includes a fan having a rectangular frame. A fan blade assembly, disposed in the interior of the frame, further includes a base formed as a hollow cylinder. Plural blades are arranged at the... Agent: Hdsl

20080089028 - Cooling fan unit and display apparatus having the same: A display apparatus having a casing in which an opening part is formed, includes: a liquid crystal display panel that is supported by the casing so that an image can be displayed through an opening part; a backlight unit that is provided behind the liquid crystal display panel and has... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089025 - Fan arrangement: A fan arrangement has an electric motor (18) that serves to drive a fan wheel (26; 170) and that has an internal stator (44) and an external rotor (22), with which latter the fan wheel is drivingly connected. Arranged on a circuit board (17) are components (11) that are coolable,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080089026 - Heat dissipating apparatus for computer add-on cards: A heat dissipating apparatus for dissipating heat generated by a VGA card includes a heat sink and a retention assembly. The heat sink includes a base located on the add-on card, a plurality of fins, a fan for blowing air toward the fins and a cover for covering the fins... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089029 - Thermal management devices, systems, and methods: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include thermal management devices, systems, and methods, convection cooling devices, convection cooling systems, convection cooling methods, hybrid convection/desorption cooling devices, hybrid convection/desorption cooling systems, hybrid convection/desorption cooling methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080089030 - Heat sink retaining device: A heat sink retaining device for attaching a heat sink on a chip unit is provided, which includes a retaining component and a rotating component. The retaining component is locked to the heat sink in a state of pressing by a hook portion thereof, and the rotating component is pivotally... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080089031 - Heat sink assembly: A heat sink assembly includes a printed circuit board, a chip mounted on a top surface of the board, and a heat sink attached onto the chip of the board. The heat sink includes a base, a plurality of fins extending up from the base, and a plurality of legs... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089032 - Motherboard: A motherboard includes a circuit board, a first chip and a second chip disposed on the circuit board. Four securing holes are defined in the circuit board around the first chip, for mounting a heat dissipating module on the first chip. Two of the securing holes determine a first line,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089033 - Thermal conductive medium cover: A thermal conductive medium cover is covered on the bottom of a heat sink for protecting a thermal conductive medium on the bottom of the heat sink, and is latched by a latching member for the heat sink. The thermal conductive medium cover includes a tray body covered on the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080089034 - Heat dissipation apparatus utilizing empty component slot: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat transfer base that is operable to couple to a heat producing component that is operable to couple to a first component connector and be located in a first component slot defined by the first component connector, wherein the first component connector is located... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080089035 - Computer having case with dustproof structure: A computer includes a front panel defining an opening, and a door mounted to the front panel in alignment with the opening in the front panel. The door includes a frame, a plurality of slats rotatably mounted to the frame, a motor mechanically connectable to the slats, and a controlling... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089036 - Multiple torsion spring and semi-automatic sliding device using the same: Disclosed are a multiple torsion spring employed in a sliding-type portable communication terminal and a semi-automatic sliding device employing the same. The multiple torsion spring is a spring employed in a semi-automatic sliding device for a sliding-type portable communication terminal, wherein the spring comprises opposite ends and at least two... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080089038 - Battery protection system: The battery protection system in accordance with the invention comprises a case; switching means mounted in the case and having a first terminal for electrical connection to a charge source for a battery, and a second terminal for electrical connection to the battery; signal input means attached to the case... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080089037 - Reinforcing structure for metal core board and electric connection box: The metal-core-board reinforcing structure according to the present invention has a metal core board 1 having a metal core and a resin plate 2 having substantially the same extent as that of the metal core board 1 and being fixedly attached to the metal core board 1 substantially parallel to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089039 - Method for micropacking of electrical or electrochemical devices and micropackage: A micropackage, an interposer, in which a flexible dielectric plastic substrate composed of a dielectric layer with a layer of conductive film (copper) on one surface is photo-imaged to define at least two electrical interconnects each including a tab formed in the copper film. The interconnects extend out over the... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080089040 - Laptop power receptacle: A method and system for improving the connection for the receptacle used to receive external electrical power and transfer power to the mother board in a laptop computer. The laptop power receptacle is provided a robust connection that is capable of absorbing external forces of the power cable. A power... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080089041 - Connection apparatus for circuit board, ink jet type recording apparatus using the same, ic chip and ink cartridge having ic chip: A circuit board on an ink cartridge has contact pads which are electrically conducted to a semiconductor storage element mounted on the circuit board. Connector terminals on an ink jet recording apparatus are brought into relative slide contact with a surface of this circuit board, and electrically connected to the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080089042 - Electronic circuit arrangement for control purposes: The electronic circuit arrangement (30) for controlling a process device (40) comprises a process interface circuitry (1) and a processing circuitry (2), wherein the process interface circuitry (1) is designed for receiving process signals from the process device (40) and converting the process signals into converted signals and/or digital data,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080089043 - Module incorporating a capacitor, method for manufacturing the same, and capacitor used therefor: A module incorporating a capacitor, the module including a circuit board and a layer incorporating a capacitor, wherein the circuit board includes a wiring layer and a via contact for providing electrical conductivity to a cathode and an anode of the capacitor. The layer incorporating the capacitor includes a ferromagnetic... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080089044 - Spacer block for rebuilt electrically operated automatic transmission controller assembly: A spacer block that provides for a method of rebuilding an electrically operated automatic transmission controller assembly is disclosed. The block allows for offsetting and stabilizing or securing a printed circuit (PC) board to a manifold block, in which several solenoid assemblies reside within the span of the spacer block.... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080089045 - Printed circuit boards having pads for solder balls and methods for the implementation thereof: A printed circuit board includes a group of pads suitable to be soldered to a respective group of solder-balls of a device. Each pad of the group has a crack initiation point on its perimeter at a location where cracks in a solder-ball are anticipated to start after that solder-ball... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080089046 - Printed wiring board for mounting electronic components and semiconductor device using same: A printed wiring board for mounting electronic components includes an insulating layer and a wiring pattern formed on one surface of the insulating layer, wherein one end portion of a filled via is connected with the wiring pattern and the other end portion is overlaid with a covering layer obtained... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080089047 - Electric device designed to be attached to a mounting rail, and corresponding mounting method: wherein the elastic element is of elongated shape, substantially rectilinear in a rest position, the housing comprising an opening for the insertion of the elastic element, placed substantially along the same axis as that of the elastic element in the rest position and leading to the outside of the body,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080089048 - Substrate with built-in electronic component and method for manufacturing the same: A substrate with built-in electronic components includes a substrate on which a first conductive pattern is formed; an electronic component mounted on the substrate; an insulting layer which is formed by stacking a plurality of resin layers including indifferent additive ratios an additive material for adjusting hardness; a second conductive... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080089049 - Connection device for low-voltage switches: The present invention relates to a connection device for low-voltage switches (1), which is particularly suited for low-voltage automatic switches both in the fixed version and in the withdrawable version. The device comprises a first terminal board (10) positioned on a corresponding switch (1) and comprising a plurality of terminals... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080084639 - Method and system for improving voltage regulator accuracy in vehicle alternators: A method for implementing voltage regulation for an electrical generator device includes comparing an output voltage of the electrical generator device to a desired set point voltage thereof, and generating an output control signal configured to regulate a field current of the generating device. The output control signal is generated... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084640 - Rotation speed controller for fans: A specially designed rotation speed controller for fans, in addition to basic components like variable resistor, the controller has also been equipped with special components such as TRIAC, micro limit switch, and glass tube fuse, which allows said controller to precisely control the on/off status and the rotation speed of... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084641 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit that enhances resistance to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) as needed without re-fabricating masks. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, protection cells are formed within a core circuit. According to the degree of necessity of the ESD resistance, a wiring for connecting each of... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080084643 - Method for regulating a converter connected to dc voltage source: A method for controlling a static converter connected to a direct-current source. The converter has power conductor switches that can be deactivated and is configured to supply a distribution network with three-phase voltage. The currents flowing through the respective power semiconductor switches are measured, current values respectively assigned to the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080084642 - Semiconductor power conversion apparatus: A semiconductor power conversion apparatus capable of protecting an IGBT from an overvoltage by supplying a sufficient gate current to the gate of the IGBT. The IGBT is protected from the overvoltage by connecting clamping elements connected in series between a collector of the IGBT and the gate thereof, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080084644 - Internal intelligence for remote operated relay: An electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprising a panelboard having a plurality of load circuit positions. A remote operated device is mountable in the panelboard comprising a load control device, and a device control for controlling the load control device.... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080084645 - Emergency solar power supply: The object of this application is a solar power supply designed to furnish sinusoidal varying alternating current to a load under normal and emergency conditions. The machine performs at least four different operations including DC to AC power inverting, automatic transfer switching between inverter and incoming AC power, automatic three... Agent: Luca D'ottone

20080084646 - Overload protection device: A surge protection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. An air breakdown spark gap is between the second and first electrodes, an arc being formed upon an ignition of the air breakdown spark gap. A series arrangement of a potential dividing element and an ignition element is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080084648 - Electronics for multipole remote operated relay: An electrical distribution system for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprises a panelboard having a plurality of load circuit positions. A remote operated relay is mountable in the panelboard in an adjacent pair of the load circuit positions comprising a multipole switching device, and a switch... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080084647 - Induction actuated container: A method of controlling an operation of an induction actuated container cover includes the steps of (a) normally retaining a cover panel of the container cover in a closed position; (b) detecting a target movement of a user by a sensor; (c) generating a first actuating signal to an actuation... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080084649 - Apparatus and method to improve uniformity and reduce local effect of process chamber: An apparatus includes a processing chamber having a plasma containing region, a dielectric plate secured on top of the processing chamber, a power source separated from the plasma containing region by the dielectric plate, and a chuck supported within the processing chamber. The chuck is operable and configured to move... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080084650 - Apparatus and method for substrate clamping in a plasma chamber: The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for monitoring and maintaining flatness of a substrate in a plasma reactor. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a substrate comprising positioning the substrate on an electrostatic chuck, applying an RF power between the an electrode in... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080084651 - Laminated ceramic capacitor: A laminated ceramic capacitor has a high breakdown voltage and excellent withstand-voltage performance, and prevents cracks generated during firing even when the number of lamination layers constituted by ceramic layers and inner electrode layers is increased. The laminated ceramic capacitor includes capacitance forming layers in which ceramic dielectric layers and... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080084652 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: In a solid electrolytic capacitor provided with an anode, a cathode, and a dielectric layer formed by anodization of the anode, the anode includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer is made of any of metal selected from niobium, aluminum and tantalum, or... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080084653 - Method for fabricating a solid electrolyte memory device and solid electrolyte memory device: A method for fabricating a solid electrolyte memory device comprises a plurality of solid electrolyte memory cells, the solid electrolyte memory cells sharing a common continuous solid electrolyte layer comprising solid electrolyte cell areas and solid electrolyte inter-cell areas, the method comprising the process of introducing mobile ion solubility reducing... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080084654 - Segmented utility tower and method: A segmented electric utility meter tower provides staged installation of utility service at a customer site. A ground segment, which may be installed at the time of transformer installation, comprising an enclosed wiring channel and a utility wiring ingress, protects utility wiring prior to installing service. A meter segment, to... Agent: David G. Herold

20080084655 - Electrical enclosure and interior assembly therefor: An interior assembly for a load center includes a base member disposed at or about a panel member of the load center housing, a first bus bar assembly disposed on the base member, and a first insulating member overlaying the first bus bar assembly and being coupled to the base... Agent: Eaton Electrical, Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080084656 - Modular power supply: A modular power supply particularly adapted for mounting to standard junction boxes in a system to provide a solid state lighting system compatible power signal. One embodiment of a modular power supply for mounting to a junction box according to the present invention comprises a housing holding internal electronic components... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080084657 - Display device: A display device has a frame having a substantially cylindrically shaped cylindrical part, a display panel that is band shaped and flexible, and a spacer that is substantially cylindrically shaped and is fit to the cylindrical part. The display panel is disposed to the outside surface of the spacer.... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080084658 - Casing assembly for display device and display device: Disclosed herein is a casing assembly for a display device. The casing assembly includes a rear casing and a front casing. The rear casing includes a middle part with an H-shaped section, the H-shaped part is provided with an upward recess for receiving a display unit and a downward recess... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080084660 - Display device having an adjustable counterweight structure: A simple structure of display device having the function of self-balance and prevent falling caused by an external force is disclosed to include a display, a base, which has a convex bottom surface and is fixedly connected to the bottom side of the display, and an adjustable counterweight structure, which... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080084659 - Portable device: According to the portable device of an aspect of the present invention, the first enclosure and the second enclosure are brought into movable linkage between the first position where the silhouettes of the first enclosure and the second enclosure are overlapped and the second position where the second enclosure is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080084661 - Heat sink pad for notebook computer: A heat sink pad for notebook computer has a supporting unit and a guiding unit attached to the supporting unit. The supporting unit includes a flat plate which has a supporting portion bending downwardly from an end thereof. A plurality of through hole areas is defined in the flat plate.... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084662 - Heat-dissipating device: A heat-dissipating device includes a heat sink and a fastening mechanism. The heat sink comprises a body and a plurality of fins perpendicular to the body. The fastening mechanism connects to the heat sink and has a sidewall perpendicular to the fins. The sidewall is flush with or lower than... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080084663 - Heat dissipation module and fan thereof: A heat dissipation module is disclosed. The heat dissipation module includes fan and at least a heat sink. The fan includes a frame and an impeller. The frame includes a body and at least an extension. The extension protrudes from at least a side of the body. The extension or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080084664 - Liquid-based cooling system for cooling a multi-component electronics system: A system for cooling an electronics system is provided. The cooling system includes a monolithic structure preconfigured for cooling multiple electronic components of the electronics system when coupled thereto. The monolithic structure includes multiple liquid-cooled cold plates configured and disposed in spaced relation to couple to respective electronic components; a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080084665 - Heat sink and manufacturing method therefor: A heat sink has a structure fabricated of aluminum, with at least a portion of this structure having a surface with at least a portion thereof exposed to a device to be cooled and/or to a coolant liquid at least this portion being hard-anodized. This portion of the structure is... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080084666 - Liquid cooled electronic chassis having a plurality of phase change material reservoirs: A system and method of thermal management of electrical and electronic systems and components that adequately maintains the temperatures of the system electronics and electrical devices within reliable limits during various postulated system malfunctions. The system and method use a phase change material (PCM). In at least some embodiments, the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080084668 - Conductive heat transport cooling system and method for a multi-component electronics system: A conductive heat transport cooling system and method are provided for cooling primary and secondary heat generating components of an electronics system. The cooling system includes a liquid-based cooling subsystem including at least one liquid-cooled cold plate physically coupled to at least one primary heat generating component of the electronics... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080084667 - Hybrid cooling system and method for a multi-component electronics system: A hybrid cooling system and method of fabrication are provided for a multi-component electronics system. The cooling system includes an air moving device for establishing air flow across at least one primary and at least one secondary heat generating component to be cooled; and a liquid-based cooling subsystem including at... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080084670 - Clip for heat sink: A clip includes a body with opposite first and second legs, a movable fastener, an actuating member and a sliding axle. The movable fastener has a retaining hole defined therein for engaging with a retention module and an elongated slot above the retaining hole. The actuating member includes a curving... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080084669 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink defining a pair of cutouts at two opposite sides thereof. The heat sink includes two pads fixed in the cutouts, respectively. Each pad defines a slot therein. A retention module supports the heat sink thereon, and extends a pair of clamping arms... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080084671 - Electrical circuit assembly for high-power electronics: An electrical circuit assembly includes a flexible electrical circuit having a first side; a heat sink including a metal base plate having a first side and a second side, and a plurality of fins extending from the second side; and a thermally conductive and electrically insulating adhesive directly interconnecting at... Agent: Deere & Company

20080084672 - Mobile heat sink: An electrical assembly including a housing having an inner surface. At least one mounting feature protrudes from the inner surface. At least one heat sink is inserted onto the at least one mounting feature. At least one electrical component is in thermal contact with a portion of the at least... Agent: Deere & Company

20080084673 - Retaining structure for mounting two independent computers within one standard slot in a computer cabinet: A retaining structure mounts two independent computers within one standard slot of height 1 U in a computer cabinet. The computer units are arranged in parallel, with a total front width fitting the standard computer cabinet of industrial use. The two computers can be of equal size or of different... Agent: William Tse Lin Hsiung

20080084674 - Printed circuit board assembly with modular printed circuit boards: A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly has a number of modular printhead controller printed circuit board (PCB), Electrical connector assemblies operatively connect respective PCBs to each other. Each connector assembly has a connecting member with a series of parallel spaced conducting strips. Each member is shaped and configured for fitment... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084675 - Structure for holding a printed circuit board assembly: An apparatus is for holding a circuit board having components attached to a top surface and to a bottom surface of the circuit board. The apparatus includes a structure having at least two sides, each of which has a ledge that protrudes from a side of the structure for supporting... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080084676 - Connector structure: A connector structure is constituted by a case, an elastic terminal, locking elements, and an external circuit board, wherein the case includes projection parts which are provided with through-holes, such that the connector can be latched with the external circuit board through the locking elements, thereby enabling the connector to... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084677 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus including a substrate, a baseband component and an electronic assembly is disclosed. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The baseband component is disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the substrate. The electronic assembly includes an... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080084678 - Printed circuit board and a method for imbedding a battery in a printed circuit board: A printed circuit board and a method for imbedding a battery in the printed circuit board are disclosed. The method includes connecting the battery to a first inner pad and a second inner pad on an inner core layer and forming a first battery contact between a first outer pad... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080084679 - Printed circuit boards for countering signal distortion: Printed circuit boards for countering signal distortion are disclosed that include: a conductive pathway on a printed circuit board between a transmitter and a receiver, the conductive pathway comprised of traces and vias connected together for conductive transfer of a signal from the transmitter to the receiver; a parasitic element... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20080084680 - Shared docking bay accommodating either a multidrive tray or a battery backup unit: The present invention provides a method for allowing a multi-drive tray (MDT) to be interchanged with a battery backup unit (BBU) tray within a disk enclosure blade (DEB) of a blade server. The DEB is implemented comprising a plurality of controller cards and a plurality of MDTs. One of the... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080084681 - Electromagnetic wave shielding device: An electromagnetic wave shielding device 1 comprises a transparent substrate 11, an adhesive layer 13 which is provided as needed, an electromagnetic wave shielding layer 15, and a transparent resin layer 17. The electromagnetic wave shielding layer 15 includes a mesh portion 103 facing a screen portion 100 of an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084682 - \"microbump function assignment in a buck converter\": An integrated circuit includes a buck converter controller, a PFET, an NFET that is coupled in common drain configuration to the PFET, a first microbump that is connected to the source of the PFET, a second microbump that is connected to the source of the NFET, a third microbump that... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20080080103 - Multiple output voltage regulator: Some embodiments include a die having an output control circuit to interact with an output circuit to convert a source voltage into at least one output voltage. The die may also have a converter circuit to convert the output voltage into at least one additional output voltage.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080080104 - Method and apparatus for parallel engine generators: A method and apparatus for paralleling engine generators. One or more closed transition transfer switches (CTTSes) are coupled to two or more engine generators. A system controller is programmed to operate the one or more CTTSes so that each of the generators provides an emergency power and so that the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080080105 - Isolated switched maintain power signature (mps) and fault monitoring for power over ethernet: One embodiment monitors a line-side electrical current provided by a power sourcing equipment (PSE) port to a powered device (PD), the PSE port having a power-isolation transformer with a primary coil on an isolated side and a secondary coil on a line side. A switching signal having a switching period... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080080106 - Integrated dc link inductor and common mode current sensor winding: An integrated DC link inductor and current sensor winding having a core that includes at least two primary legs and at least one secondary leg, two direct current (DC) link windings each wound around one of the two primary legs, and a common mode current sensor winding wound around the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20080080109 - Electric device protection circuit and method for protecting an electric device: An electric device protection circuit comprises at least one conductive bridging unit which electrically connects a terminal of the electric device to a protection node set to a protection potential, the protection potential being chosen such that the conductive bridging unit switches from a resistive state to a conductive state... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080080107 - Esd protection for integrated circuits with multiple power domains: An integrated circuit with ESD protection for multiple power domains is disclosed. A first ESD protection circuit is coupled in between the power pad of the first power domain and the ground pad of the second power domain to dissipate energy from electrostatic discharges. Similarly, a second ESD protection circuit... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20080080111 - Integrated circuit chips with fine-line metal and over-passivation metal: An integrated circuit chip includes a silicon substrate, a first circuit in or over said silicon substrate, a second circuit device in or over said silicon substrate, a dielectric structure over said silicon substrate, a first interconnecting structure in said dielectric structure, a first pad connected to said first node... Agent: John Chen

20080080112 - Integrated circuit chips with fine-line metal and over-passivation metal: An integrated circuit chip includes a silicon substrate, a first circuit in or over said silicon substrate, a second circuit device in or over said silicon substrate, a dielectric structure over said silicon substrate, a first interconnecting structure in said dielectric structure, a first pad connected to said first node... Agent: John Chen

20080080113 - Integrated circuit chips with fine-line metal and over-passivation metal: An integrated circuit chip includes a silicon substrate, a first circuit in or over said silicon substrate, a second circuit device in or over said silicon substrate, a dielectric structure over said silicon substrate, a first interconnecting structure in said dielectric structure, a first pad connected to said first node... Agent: John Chen

20080080108 - On-chip esd protection circuit using enhancement-mode hemt/mesfet technology: An on-chip circuit for protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) is disclosed. Unlike conventional ESD protection circuit using high turn-on voltage diode string, the circuit uses a plural of enhancement-mode HEMT/MESFET triggered by a shorter diode string to shunt large ESD current for protected susceptive RF circuit. Further, by using dual-gate... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080080110 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: An electro static discharge protection element being formed by a diode including a well region of a first conductivity type on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a first diffusion layer of a second conductivity type in the well region. The first diffusion layer is surrounded by a second... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080080114 - Apparatus, systems and methods for reliably detecting faults within a power distribution system: A line disturbance detector is disclosed which oversees the operation of power protection devices monitoring the same conductor, and only allows a power automation or control operation when both the disturbance detector and a traditional power protection device, such as a protection relay, determine such an operation is required.... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080080115 - Hardware based over-current protection circuitry for power distribution systems: A power distribution unit that switches off power outlets in the event of an over-current condition by using circuitry that measures how long input current has exceeded a threshold and sending a reset signal to the power outlets when input current has exceeded the threshold for a predetermined time duration.... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080080116 - Signal distribution and surge detection and protection module and method: The present invention contemplates systems and methods for distributing RF and DC signals and detecting, logging and suppressing surge energy associated with surge events such as lightning and power line surges. The detection and logging is provided in order to determine possible causes of a failure and who might be... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080080117 - Automatic static grounding device for electrical components: A grounding device for a roll-out electrical component is provided. The grounding device includes an actuation assembly, a static grounding contact assembly, and a biasing device. The actuation assembly structured to be engaged/disengaged by a roll-out electrical component. The static grounding contact assembly has at least one static grounding contact... Agent: Martin J Moran Eaton Electrical Inc, Technology & Quality Center

20080080118 - Electrostatic chuck: An electrostatic chuck includes a base plate, an electrode layer having flexibility, covering the surface of the base plate, and a power supply unit for electrically connecting the electrode layer to the power source side. The power supply unit includes a connection piece including a wire, and electrically conductive components... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080080119 - Protection apparatus and method for protecting electronic system using the same: A protection apparatus adapted for providing thermal protection to an electronic system includes a thermal detection module and a comparator unit. The thermal detection module is configured for outputting a first voltage signal with positive temperature coefficient characteristic and a second voltage signal with negative temperature coefficient characteristic. The comparator... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080080120 - Multilayer capacitor, manufacturing method thereof: A multilayer capacitor 10 according to the present invention comprising: a dielectric body 12 formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers 12a having an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape; an internal layer portion 17 wherein a first internal conductor layer 21 and a second internal conductor layer 22 are stacked... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080122 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor comprises a capacitor body, a first connecting conductor arranged on a first side face of the capacitor body, first and second terminal electrodes, and a first insulator arranged between the first connecting conductor and first terminal electrode. The capacitor body has a plurality of laminated insulator layers... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080121 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor 10 of the present invention including: a dielectric body 12 formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers 12a; an internal layer portion 17 in which a first and second internal conductor layers 21 and 22 are stacked alternately in the dielectric body 12 via the dielectric... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080123 - Power line layout techniques for integrated circuits having modular cells: This invention discloses a integrated circuit (IC) chip having a plurality of modular cells, the chip comprises a first modular cell having a first metal layer, which contains at least two power lines independent of each other; and a second modular cell, juxtaposed to the first modular cell, also having... Agent: L. Howard Chen, Esq. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080080124 - Tantalum capacitor: A tantalum capacitor including: a capacitor body containing a tantalum powder and having a mounting surface; a cathode lead frame having the capacitor body mounted thereon; a tantalum wire having an insertion portion located inside the capacitor body and a non-insertion portion located outside the capacitor body; an anode lead... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080080125 - Electronic device: The electronic device has: a housing having an opening; a lid attached to the housing to cover the opening; a first substrate fixed in the housing; and a second substrate that has a first electronic component mounted on a first surface thereof, a first component mounting part on the first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080126 - Space-saving display device: A space-saving display device is disclosed to include a display body provided with a first pivot member, a base formed of an frame and provided with a second pivot member, and a support formed of a connecting member having a middle bend and two coupling members provided at two ends... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080080128 - Electronic device and metal plate member: An electronic device includes: a metal housing with an opening; a metal lid that is attached to the housing so as to cover the opening; a first substrate fixed in the housing and spread facing and parallel to the opening; two connectors that are fixed in the housing at a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080127 - System for facilitating transport of a desktop/tower computer case and display monitor: A system for facilitating transport of a computer and monitor as a unit is disclosed, and comprises a computer case having an exterior, a support located on the computer case for supporting the monitor on the computer case, and a binder for removably binding the monitor to the computer case... Agent: Gateway, Inc. Attn: Patent Attorney

20080080132 - Electronic apparatus and cooling method thereof: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080080129 - Interposer for a drive bay: An interposer apparatus includes a secondary drive chassis including dimensions such that the secondary drive chassis is operable to couple to a drive bay without the use of a tool and be housed in a primary drive housing defined by the drive bay. The primary drive housing includes a first... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080080130 - Quick plug/eject concept sata hard disk drive rack: A quick plug/eject concept 3.5″ SATA HDD rack comprises a casing, a HDD holding set, a HDD ejecting set, a HDD vibration reduction and static electronics proof set, a Serial ATA connector (the receptacle part), and a plug-in sensor. The design of a HDD holding set and a HDD ejecting... Agent: Chiaoyun Kuo

20080080131 - Storage control device: The storage control device of the present invention reduces power consumption by stopping the flow of power to enclosures that are not being accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are connected to a base enclosure by means of a daisy-chain connection. The respective additional enclosures are divided into three levels,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080080133 - Flat type heat pipe device and method of fabrication thereof: A flat type heat pipe device includes a packaging unit and a bonding member. The packaging unit further includes a first shell member and a second shell member. The first shell member has a work zone, a first joining part surrounding the work zone and an upright stop part disposed... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080080134 - Thermal cooling of industrial electronic module by conductive structure: An electronic module and chassis/module installation are disclosed. The installation comprises a chassis including a metallic heat input region. An electronic module including an electronic component is adapted to be comnected to the chassis. An uninterrupted thermal pathway thermally connects the electronic component of the module to the heat input... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./fay

20080080136 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a housing that has a bottom surface and a side surface and includes an opening for air cooling formed therein; and a substrate that has a heat generating component mounted on a surface thereof facing the bottom surface of the housing and is fixed in the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080135 - Ultra dense multipurpose server: A server including a cooling fan assembly and an input/output assembly at opposite ends of the server, and a processor assembly located between the cooling fan assembly and input/output assembly. The server also includes a cover plate that covers the processor assembly and cooling fan assembly and that has a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080080137 - Heat sink and cooling apparatus: A heat sink for dissipating a heat from an object includes a plurality of fins. The fins are arranged radially about a center axis to be spaced away from one another, and extend outward in a radial direction substantially perpendicular to the center axis. Each fin is branched at least... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080080139 - Impeller and aligned cold plate: According to some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a cold plate comprising a plurality of fins and an impeller comprising a plurality of blades. An output fluid velocity angle defined by the plurality of fins may be aligned to an impeller inlet velocity angle. The impeller inlet velocity angle may... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20080080140 - Assembled structure of power semiconductor device and heat sink: An assembled structure includes a power semiconductor device, a first insulating member, a heat sink and a fastening element. The power semiconductor device has a first perforation. The first insulating member includes a first opening and a second opening corresponding to the first perforation and a receiving portion between the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080080141 - Electrical circuit package: An electrical circuit package comprises a ceramic substrate (1) with an electrical circuit pattern formed on one surface thereof, an opposite surface of the substrate being metallized, and an electrically conductive platelet (2) and a conductor body (3), arranged so that a first face of the platelet is soldered to... Agent: James E. Bradley Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.

20080080142 - Electronic devices with enhanced heat spreading: An electronic device with enhanced heat spread. A printed circuit board is disposed in a casing and includes a first metal ground layer, a second metal ground layer, and a metal connecting portion. The first metal ground layer is opposite the second metal ground layer. The metal connecting portion is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080080145 - Electronic device and cooling unit: An electronic device includes: a housing; a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface each mounted with a heat generating component and that is fixed in the housing; a first heat transfer component that extends along the first surface so as to contact the heat generating component... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080144 - Thermal interfaces in electronic systems: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a semiconductor device, a heat dissipation assembly, a thermal interface material disposed between the semiconductor device and the heat dissipation assembly, and a barrier layer disposed between the heat dissipation assembly and the thermal interface material.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate

20080080143 - Video graphics array (vga) card assembly: A VGA card assembly includes a VGA card (90) having a heat-generating electronic component (94) mounted thereon and a heat dissipating device thermally connecting with the electronic component. The assembly includes a flow director (50) defining a receiving room (57) therein. A thermal module (10) is received in the receiving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080146 - Back-to-back data storage system: Described is a data storage system having a rack with opposing sidewalls, an open front side, an open rear side, front compartments for holding chassis received through the front side, and rear compartments for holding chassis received through the rear side. A first conduit is mounted vertically to one of... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20080080147 - Electronic control module: An electronic control module assembly includes a housing, a printed circuit board positioned inside the housing and a cover, mounted to the housing on top of the printed circuit board. The cover is configured to apply a spring-like force in multiple locations on the printed circuit board to rigidly fix... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080080148 - Memory card and method of manufacturing the same: Example embodiments relate to a memory card including a generally box-shaped printed circuit board, a control chip in the generally box-shaped printed circuit board, a memory chip in the generally box-shaped printed circuit board, and a plurality of contact pads on at least two portions of an upper portion, a... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080080149 - Tray mechanism for servers: According to some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, a chassis, and a tray. The chassis may be coupled to the printed circuit board and may comprise a chassis base, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The tray may... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20080080150 - Sequencer: Various apparatus and methods relating to a sequencer for connecting an electronic device to a circuit board are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080080152 - Circuit board arrangement and method of mounting circuit boards in a work machine: A circuit board arrangement includes a first printed circuit board having a first edge connector and a second printed circuit board having a second edge connector. The first edge connector includes a plurality of fingers, with each finger having at least one first conductor pad. The second edge connector includes... Agent: Deere & Company

20080080151 - Circuit module: In respect to an electrical connection between a control circuit board 20 and bus bars 14 interbonded together, it is an object to enhance stability in quality and reliability in connection. As a solution for achieving the object, the control circuit board 20 is provided with a conductor segment 26... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080153 - Printed wiring board reliably achieving electric connection with electronic component: Terminal pads are arranged on a first surface of the substrate for an electronic component to receive terminals of the electronic component. An electrically-conductive film is formed on a second surface defined on the back of the first surface over the back of a mounting area for the electronic component.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080154 - Printed board and method for producing the printed board: A printed board includes a printed board body having a first side, a second side opposing the first side, and a through-hole; a printed conductor disposed on the first side of the printed board body; and a bus bar disposed on the second side of the printed board body, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080155 - Skew compensation by changing ground parasitic for traces: According to embodiments, small holes or openings may be cut on or through the ground plane(s) adjacent to a selected trace line, so that C and L will be changed accordingly. Then phase velocity will also be changed. As a result, the flying time from one location or point to... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080080156 - Multi-point latch mechanism with a single control: A latch mechanism for removably securing a module in a bay of an electronic device. The latch mechanism includes a first wireform configured to move along a first wall of the bay to latch a first side of the module and a tang configured to move substantially perpendicularly to a... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20080080157 - Circuit board carrier for circuit board arrangement in a work machine: A circuit board arrangement includes a first printed circuit board having a first edge connector, and a second printed circuit board having a second edge connector and a plurality of holes positioned in relation to the second edge connector. A pair of circuit board carriers mount the first printed circuit... Agent: Deere & Company

20080080159 - Electronic device with emi shielding assembly: An EMI shielding assembly includes a bracket and a resilient shield. The bracket includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of sidewalls connected between the top wall and the bottom wall. A first and second opening are defined at opposite sides of the bracket and surrounded by... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080158 - Emi protection housing and connector seal for circuit packs installed in electronics systems: A circuit pack housing for providing EMI protection for a circuit pack which may be inserted into an electronics system such as a telecommunications base station cabinet. The circuit pack housing has a single piece plastic design which surrounds the enclosed circuit pack. The internal walls of the circuit pack... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20080080160 - Emi shielding assemblies: In one exemplary embodiment, an EMI shield assembly generally includes a frame adapted to be secured to a mounting surface, a cover attachable to the frame, and at least one resilient electrically-conductive member disposed on an inner side of the cover. The at least one resilient electrically-conductive member may be... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c