Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 01/09

20090027814 - Electronic tripping unit for a motor-circuit breaker of an electric motor: An electronic trip unit for a motor circuit breaker of an electric motor includes at least one detection unit configured to sense at least one current that is delivered to the electric motor. The unit further including a discriminator circuit, the discriminator circuit being in a first state when no... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090027815 - Protective device having a circuit breaker, in particular a low-voltage circuit breaker: A protective device is disclosed having a circuit breaker for an electrical connection between a transformer and a load, wherein an overcurrent device is arranged between the transformer and the load. The overcurrent device has first magnetoelectric transducers arranged at each phase conductor and the neutral conductor, wherein the overcurrent... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090027816 - Electronic device having electrostatic discharge function: An electronic device including a housing, a main circuit substrate disposed in one side of the housing; a connector unit which is disposed in an other side of the housing and is electrically connected to the main circuit substrate, and a discharging sheet disposed in the one side of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090027817 - Overload relay and operating method thererof: An overload relay, which trips a current flow between a power source and a load, includes a trip capacitor that stores therein an electric charge to excite a trip coil so as to trip the current flow, a reset capacitor that stores therein an electric charge to excite a reset... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027818 - Discrete hot swap and overcurrent-limiting circuit: The present invention is directed towards a discrete protection circuit located on a circuit card, and systems and methods related thereto. The protection circuit protects circuit card components from an inrush current and overcurrent conditions. The discrete protection circuit includes a switch to control a delivered load current to an... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090027819 - Device having failure recovery capabilities and a method for failure recovery: A device that has failure recovery capabilities and a method for power recovery. The method includes: detecting a potential power failure in response to a decrement rate of a supply voltage, and applying at least one failure recovery measure in response to a detected potential power failure. The device includes:... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090027820 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: An overheat protection circuit 1 of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the invention has filter means for removing a high frequency component from a power supply voltage Vcc. Specifically, the overheat protection circuit 1 has: a band gap power supply portion BG and resistors R1 and R2 that produce... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090027821 - Integrated thermistor and metallic element device and method: A circuit protection device includes a fuse element placed in parallel with a PTC thermistor layer. The element and PTC thermistor layer are provided on one or more insulating substrate, such as an FR-4 or polyimide substrate. First and second conductors connect the fuse element and PTC thermistor layer electrically... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090027822 - Transient blocking unit having a fab-adjustable threshold current: A transient blocking unit (TBU) is a transistor circuit that is normally on, but rapidly and automatically switches to a high-resistance current blocking state when a current threshold is exceeded, thereby protecting a series connected load from over-voltage or over-current conditions. Process variation of transistor threshold voltage and on-resistance can... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090027823 - Electromagnetic actuator with at least two windings: An electromagnetic actuator comprises a yoke, a core, at least two windings and switching means of the windings from a series position to a parallel position and vice-versa. It comprises control means comprising regulating means of the electric current flowing in the windings. The control means comprise inrush means controlling... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090027824 - Current zero cross switching relay module using a voltage monitor: Assemblies, systems, and methods which prolong relay life by dynamically compensating the make and break contact timing between the contact points of the relay and a zero crossing point of the power supply's waveform are provided according to the present disclosure. The life cycle of the relay components are dramatically... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20090027825 - Neutralization apparatus having minute electrode ion generation element: A neutralization apparatus comprising an ion generation element employing a novel, high efficiency discharge system capable of generating high concentration ions with a low ozone concentration. In the neutralization apparatus, the ion generation element is a minute electrode ion generation element consisting of a discharge electrode and an induction electrode... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090027826 - Electrostatic discharge protection device and an electronic device thereof: An electrostatic discharge protection device is used to protect a component from electrostatic discharge in an electronic device. The electrostatic discharge protection device comprises a metal shell, a ground conductor, and a conductive material. The metal shell is used to cover the component. The ground conductor is used to directly... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090027829 - Electric double layer capacitor: A case (2) houses positive electrodes and negative electrodes of an electrical double layer capacitor. An insulator (10) is so arranged as to cross four surfaces around the case (2). Positive electrode side terminals (21) are welded on respective positive electrodes (20) of a capacitor main body (11). The positive... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090027827 - High voltage electrolytes: A method for reducing pressure build-up in an electrochemical cell comprising: providing an anhydrous nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising at least one quaternary ammonium salt and at least one anhydrous nonaqueous solvent; contacting said electrolyte solution with at least one acid scavenger; and loading said nonaqueous electrolyte solution into said electrochemical... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090027828 - Supercapacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A supercapacitor and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. With manufacturing method of Supercapacitor including: arranging a plurality of filters to be spaced at a designated interval apart, forming a first plating layer connecting one end of the filter, forming a second plating layer lengthened along the filter from the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090027830 - Non-aqueous capacitor and method for manufacturing the same: This invention provides a non-aqueous capacitor having high voltage resistance, energy density and power density, which comprises an electrode unit composed of collectors, electrodes and separators, and an electrolytic solution, which are contained and sealed in a case, in which each of the collectors, electrodes and separators is made of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090027832 - Electrode foil for capacitors and solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a cathode foil and solid electrolyte made of conductive polymer. This cathode foil is made by providing a nickel layer on a surface of a base material made of valve metal. This nickel layer includes a layer containing only nickel and a layer containing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090027831 - Lithium ion capacitor: A lithium ion capacitor comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an aprotic organic solvent solution of a lithium salt as an electrolytic solution, wherein a positive electrode active material is a material capable of reversibly supporting lithium ions and anions, a negative electrode active material is a material... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090027834 - Solid electrolyte capacitor: The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte capacitor having a small size, a high capacitance, a low ESR and an excellent LC value, which includes a jacketed capacitor element obtained by sequentially stacking a dielectric oxide film layer, a semiconductor layer and an electrically conducting layer on a surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027833 - Surface-coated polymer actuator and method of preparing the same: By coating the surfaces of the metal electrodes of the polymer actuator, the leakage of solvent from the electrode surfaces due to an inner pressure, which is caused by the solvent's flow due to an electrical stimulus when the actuator is operated, can be prevented and thus the displacement and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090027835 - Portable electronic device with replaceable casing, panel and/or press key: A portable electronic device with replaceable casing, panel and/or press key includes a body which is the main component of the electronic device, and a casing installed at the exterior of the body. The casing includes components such as a panel and a press key, wherein a plurality of insert... Agent: Hdsl

20090027836 - Sliding mechanism, electronic apparatus and portable device: A sliding mechanism used for an apparatus such as a portable device suppresses shaking between housing units in an opened state, closed state or on the way to opening/closing. A slide module is provided for opposed surfaces against a first housing unit (upper housing unit) and second housing unit (lower... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090027837 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device having a sliding housing and adapted to slide in multiple directions so that it can be used as a key input device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a main housing, a sliding housing coupled to the main housing while being able to slide in... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090027839 - Display device: A display device is arranged such that a voice device is laminated on a liquid crystal panel so as to be confined in a planar area of the liquid crystal panel, and a voice-system circuit block which drives the voice device is formed on the thin film substrate of the... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090027838 - Shell and display device using the same: A shell and a display device using the same are provided. The shell is disposed at the display device. The shell includes a frame, a clamping element, a fastening element and an elastic element. The frame has a first surface, a second surface and a hole. The first surface is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090027840 - Cooling device and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a cooling device includes: a heat transfer unit including a passage, through which a coolant circulates, a heat-receiving section, which is thermally connected to a heating element, and a heat-sinking section for dissipating heat received by the heat-receiving section; a heat dissipation member thermally connected to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090027841 - Electronic apparatus and flexible circuit board: A flexible circuit board for an electronic apparatus includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part. The first connecting part has a first connecting terminal electrically connected to the first electronic module of the electronic apparatus. The second connecting part has a second connecting terminal electrically connected to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090027842 - Display device with navigation capability: A device may include a display, a component configured to be manipulated in a one dimensional, a two dimensional, or a three dimensional fashion, logic to detect a variable associated with the manipulation, logic to generate a signal corresponding to the detected manipulation, and logic to utilize the signal in... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090027843 - Printed circuit board engagement assembly: In one embodiment a computer system comprises a housing, a backplane coupled to the housing, and at least one floor plate comprising an engagement assembly to connect a printed circuit board assembly to the backplane, wherein the engagement assembly utilizes a single mechanical force lever to secure the printed circuit... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027845 - Connector with build-in control unit and its application: A connector with a build-in control unit is to be suitable for use in a memory package. The connector includes a main body; a control unit; a plurality of first external contacts; and a plurality of second external contacts. The control unit is arranged in the main body. The first... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027844 - Translator for supporting different memory protocols: A computer system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first external interface for memory connection thereto, the first external interface employs a first memory protocol. The computer system further includes an extension circuit board and a translator module. the extension circuit board includes a second external interface... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027846 - Vibration identification and attenuation system and method: A vibration attenuation method comprising identifying a hard drive disposed on an electronic device and, based on the identity of the hard drive, attenuating an output of at least one operation of the electronic device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027847 - Combinational power cord for multimedia use: A combinational power cord for multimedia use includes one or more multimedia power devices mutually connected to provide power and to enable data transmission among different multimedia devices. The combinational power cord is extensible by connecting a plurality of multimedia power devices to provide power and signal connection at the... Agent: Hdsl

20090027849 - Function expansion device and electronic device system: A function expansion device has a housing containing an electronic component and a locking mechanism having a lock-releasing member attached to the housing and movable between a locking position in which the member contacts the housing and a lock-releasing position to which the member moves in response to a lock-releasing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090027848 - Notebook and assembling and dissembling mechanism for data storage device thereof: An assembling and dissembling mechanism for a data storage device suited to assemble and disassemble a data storage device in a casing having an opening includes a fastener having a connecting portion and a first fastening portion and a push button slidingly disposed at the opening of the casing. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090027850 - Computer device heat dissipation system: A computer device heat dissipation system comprising a heat exchanger having a plurality of fins connected to a heat pipe, at least one of the plurality of fins comprises at least one aperture to enable an airflow to pass therethrough.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027851 - Computing device cooling system access assembly: A computing device comprising a heat exchanger and an access door disposed on a housing of the computing device and the access door aligned with at least a portion of the heat exchanger to facilitate access to the heat exchanger.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027852 - Airflow redirction device: An air flow redirection device is disclosed. The air flow redirection device comprises a frame with a main hinge coupled to a top back edge of the frame. A plate is coupled to the main hinge and configured to rotate about the main hinge from an open position to a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027853 - Tangential drive module assembly and method of assembly for airflow induction: A fan module assembly includes at least one a rotatable fan (38) having blades (39) with tips of blades being joined by an annular fan band (42). An electrically conductive squirrel cage (46) is associated with the fan band to rotate therewith. Flux receiving structure (48) is associated with the... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090027854 - Cooling system for a rotary tablet press: A cooling system for a rotary tablet press with which a rotor is driven by an electrical drive motor and the rotor and drive motor are arranged in a closed housing, and a control cabinet for the drive motor and further units in the housing, wherein arranged within the housing... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090027855 - Heat dissipation device having fixing bracket: A heat dissipation device for an add-on card in a computer enclosure includes a heat sink mounted on the add-on card and a fixing bracket. The fixing bracket includes a connecting portion fixed to the heat sink and a securing portion for being fixed to a panel of the computer... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027856 - Blade cooling system using wet and dry heat sinks: An enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure comprises a chassis having a plurality of slots configured to hold a plurality of blades. At least one wet heat sink is positioned adjacent to each of the plurality of slots. An input piping system is coupled to the wet heat sinks and configured... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027858 - Heat dissipating device assembly: A heat dissipating device assembly for dissipating heat generated by an electronic component (32) mounted on a printed circuit board (30) is disclosed. The heat dissipating device assembly includes a back plate (26) mounted below the printed circuit board, a retention module (22) secured on the printed circuit board, a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027857 - Heat spreader constructions, intergrated circuitry, methods of forming heat spreader constructions, and methods of forming integrated circuitry: The invention includes a heat spreader having a base which has a perimeter surface surrounding a heat-receiving region. A frame portion interfaces the perimeter surface and has an opening traversing a thickness of the frame. The invention includes a method of forming a heat spreader construction by forming a base... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20090027859 - Surface mounted heat sink and electromagnetic shield: A single-piece, high performance, inexpensively fabricated heat sink and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield makes thermal contact with a heat generating device. Capillary forces exerted on the heat sink by cooling flowed solder draw the heat sink toward the PCB. The heat sink attaches directly to a printed circuit board (PCB),... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090027860 - Cooling device with a preformed compliant interface: An integrated circuit package includes: a substrate; an electronic circuit located on the substrate, the electronic circuit comprising a topography of at least one level; a cooling device located over the electronic circuit; a compliant interface disposed between the electronic circuit and the cooling device, wherein the compliant interface comprises... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20090027861 - Enclosure including an electrical module: A module includes an electrical component having an inner enclosure which surrounds the electrical component and which has first electrical contact means at least on one outer side; having an outer enclosure in the interior of which the inner enclosure is situated, the outer enclosure having second electrical contact means,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090027862 - Add-in card fastener: An add-in card fastener is provided. The fastener includes a base, a pressing part, a latch and a supporting part. The base is fixed on an inner surface of a computer case. The pressing part is pivotally connected to the base. The pressing part has a pin located on a... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090027863 - Method for making a semiconductor multipackage module including a processor and memory package assemblies: A semiconductor multi-package module includes a processor and a plurality of memory packages mounted on a surface of the multi-package module substrate. In some embodiments the memory packages include stacked die packages, and in some embodiments the memory packages include stacked memory packages. In some embodiments the processor is situated... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090027864 - Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: A printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board are disclosed. A printed circuit board, which includes an insulation layer, a circuit pattern formed on a surface of the insulation layer that includes at least one pad, and a solder resist which covers the circuit pattern,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090027865 - Surface mount electrical component: A surface mount electrical component comprising a first soldering interface having a fist soldering interface total solder path length of sufficient length such that a first melted solder fillet substantially disposed along the first soldering interface total solder path length produces an first upward moment greater than a first downward... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090027866 - Semiconductor die package with internal bypass capacitors: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system that reduces voltage noise for a processor chip. The computer system includes a package which is configured to be sandwiched between the processor chip and a circuit board. This package has a bottom surface, which is configured to receive electrical connections... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090027867 - High-speed signal transmission apparatus: A high-speed signal transmission apparatus comprises: a housing; a plurality of daughter boards juxtaposed to one another in the housing; board-side connectors each provided on corresponding each of the juxtaposed daughter boards; and cable-side connectors fixed in the housing; wherein each of the board-side connectors is insertable/removable into/from corresponding each... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090027868 - Structure for mounting indicator unit on electronic apparatus: This structure for mounting an indicator unit on an electronic apparatus includes an indicator unit including a wiring board and a lens member having a first pressing portion pressing a first surface of the wiring board and a housing of an electronic apparatus, mounted with the indicator unit, including a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090027869 - Electronic device and method for manufacturing electronic device: An electronic device is provided with an improved reliability and a reduced contamination in a functional unit of an exposed element, and a method for manufacturing thereof is also provided. An electronic device includes a light receiving element, a frame member composed of a first resin provided so as to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090021871 - Energy storage pack having overvoltage protection and method of protection: An energy storage pack specially adapted for a hybrid electric vehicle, the energy storage pack having overvoltage protection and a method of protecting the same. In particular, the energy storage pack includes a robust, low-cost, parasitic circuit configured to detect overvoltage conditions within the vehicle energy storage and report it... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090021873 - Electro static discharge protection in integrated circuits: It is described an Electro Static Discharge protection, wherein diodes are arranged on two electric paths both extending in between two conductors which are connected with input terminals of an ESD sensitive electronic component. Each path comprises two diodes arranged in series and with opposite polarity with respect to each... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090021872 - Esd protection circuit with active triggering: An ESD protection circuit is provided. The circuit includes a discharging component, a diode, and an ESD detection circuit. The discharging component is coupled between an input/output pad and a first power line of an IC. The diode is coupled between the input/output pad and a second power line of... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090021874 - A method of providing a secondary means of overload protection and leakage current protection in applications using solid state power controllers: The present invention provides an overload protection circuit having a first switch connected at a first side to a source of electrical power and at a second side to a load, the switch having on and off modes and a second switch connected between the first switch second side and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090021875 - Fault current limiters (fcl) with the cores saturated by superconducting coils: A current limiting device (30, 40, 50, 60) comprising for each phase of an AC supply a closed magnetic core (31) of reduced volume and mass having first and second pairs of opposing limbs (32a, 32b; 33a, 33b), and at least one AC coil (35a, 35b) enclosing opposing limbs (33a,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090021876 - Circuit arrangement and method for detecting the state of a circuit protection element: There is described circuit arrangement which comprises a protection element. A state of the protection element is determined in a simple and safe manner by means of a detection unit and a specification unit, in addition to an evaluation unit.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090021877 - Method and apparatus for anti-islanding of distributed power generation systems: A method and apparatus for anti-islanding of distributed power generation systems having an inverter comprising a phase locked loop (PLL), a phase shift generator for injecting a phase shift into the PLL during at least one sample period, and a phase error signature monitor for monitoring at least one phase... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. Moser Ip Law Group

20090021878 - Method and adaptive distance protection relay for power transmission lines: A method and an adaptive distance protection relay for compensating for a remote line end infeed effect during determination of a distance to a resistive fault on a three-phase power transmission line. It is assumed that a fault current flows through the fault resistance. A fault loop impedance is first... Agent: Venable LLP

20090021879 - Apparatus and method for fault current interruption: A circuit interrupter method for interrupting a flow of current, including: providing a controller for determining the presence of predetermined current in the circuit, the predetermined current value stored in the controller; providing a circuit breaker comprising a trip mechanism for receiving trip signal, a current transformer for providing output... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090021880 - Multi-level electronic protection system providing safe fault recovery for multiple digital control outputs: A multi-level over-current electronic protection system for protecting a plurality of outputs includes a first solid state reversibly interruptible electronic switch including first output control logic and a plurality of first controlled output channels controlled by the first control logic. The first switching device is coupled to receive power from... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090021881 - Overvoltage protection device with improved leakage-current-interrupting capacity: A device for protecting an electrical installation (2) against overvoltages, the device having a main spark-gap (E1) and a pre-triggering circuit (10) connected to the main spark-gap (E1) to control the firing of the main spark-gap in the event of any overvoltage. The pre-triggering circuit (10) has at least one... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20090021882 - Solenoid controls, systems, and methods of use for obtaining optimum battery life: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for controlling energy consumption in a system having a battery and including a controller and one or more solenoids. In accordance with the disclosure, the controller provides a controlling mechanism, such as a control algorithm, that will provide the necessary power... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Ip Docketing

20090021883 - Versatile stun glove: A versatile stun glove having at least two electrodes placed in the palm region, and/or on the back of the hand and/or on the fingers of the glove. A rechargeable power supply that uses simple thin diameter and thickness replaceable batteries for powering the electrodes. Batteries can include 9-volt battery,... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20090021884 - Movable device: A movable device simultaneously enabling reduction of size down to the submicron level, higher speed operation, a streamlined production process, low costs, and greater reliability. A movable device provided with bottom electrodes and a basic conductive layer fixed to a substrate, an elastic shaft of a carbon nanotube with a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090021885 - Electrostatic holding apparatus, vacuum environmental apparatus using it and joining apparatus: An electrostatic holding apparatus is configured to electrostatically hold objects (W1, W2) to be held by applying a predetermined high voltage to a plurality of electrode groups (112a, 112b) as a holding part. A high-voltage generating part or high voltage generating source (114) to convert from a low voltage to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021887 - Multi-layer capacitor and wiring board having a built-in capacitor: A capacitor capable of decoupling in a wide frequency band is obtained. A circuit in which capacitors having different capacitances are combined can be formed without increasing the number of components. Part of a first penetrating electrode or second penetrating electrode is cut by removing a cut portion. A penetrating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090021886 - Multilayer strip line capacitive element: The capacitive element of the present invention includes a plurality of cylindrical metal pieces having different sizes, which are disposed in multiple layers surrounding a strip-shaped metal piece. A dielectric film and a conductive material layer are located between the metal piece innermostly located among the plurality of cylindrical metal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021888 - Capacitor, method of manufacturing a capacitor and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device: A capacitor includes a lower electrode structure which includes a sidewall, an upper surface and a rounded surface between the sidewall and the upper surface. The capacitor further includes a ferroelectric layer pattern disposed on the lower electrode structure, and an upper electrode structure is provided on the ferroelectric layer... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20090021889 - Insulator film, capacitor element, dram and semiconductor device: The insulator film of the present invention is suited for use as the insulator material of capacitor elements composing DRAM, is used as the insulator layer of a capacitor element provided with an insulator layer that is interposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, and is composed of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021890 - Cellular honeycomb ultracapacitors and hybrid capacitors and methods for producing: An ultracapacitor or hybrid capacitor includes an electrically non-conductive rigid or semi-rigid porous honeycomb structure (12) having cells extending along a common direction and having an average density per unit area within in a plane perpendicular to the common direction exceeding 15.5 per square centimeter, desirably formed of a material... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090021891 - Electric double layer capacitor: An electric double layer capacitor with shorter electrodes that can secure insulation within a container is provided. The electric double layer capacitor 30 of the present invention includes: a stack 15 including a plurality of thin positive electrode plates and thin negative electrode plates; an insulating pouch 31 storing the... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090021892 - Aluminum plate for aluminum electrolytic capacitor electrode, aluminum electrolytic capacitor, and method for manufacturing aluminum electrolytic capacitor: An aluminum plate having an aluminum purity of not less than 99.98% by mass and an Fe content of 5 to 50 ppm with the balance consisting of unavoidable impurities is used to realize increased capacitance of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, reduced height, and improved high frequency characteristics. In this... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090021893 - Method for manufacturing electrolytic capacitor and electrolytic capacitor: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor comprising the steps of: forming a capacitor element having a pair of electrode foils wound with a separator interposed therebetween; impregnating the capacitor element with a dispersion solution containing particles of an electrically conductive solid or aggregates thereof and a solvent to form... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090021894 - Conductive polymer solution, conductive coating, condenser and process for manufacturing condenser: The object of the present invention is to provide a condenser that exhibits excellent conductivity of the solid electrolyte layer, and has a low ESR, a high degree of heat resistance, and a high withstand voltage. A condenser of the present invention includes an anode composed of a valve metal,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090021895 - Adjustable plaster ring with attached clip: A power distribution system has an electrical box configured to attach a power cable, a plaster ring releasably mounted to the box and one or more electrical devices installed into the ring. A pre-wired ground extends from a first end physically and electrically connected to a ground terminal on the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090021897 - Assembly with a housing: An assembly with a housing, having a storage cell with two electrical poles, in which the storage cell is retained in the housing, with two electric lines, and each line is connected to one of the electrical poles, and the two lines are extended to two electrical contacts, having a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090021896 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal having a first body, a second body moveable with respect to the first body, and a swivel assembly that connects the second body to the first body is provided. The swivel assembly is configured to allow the second body to rotate in a substantially planar motion with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021898 - Electronic apparatus: A portable computer includes a speaker device and a first casing. The speaker device includes a speaker main body and a speaker housing for housing the speaker main body. The first casing has a bottom wall. The bottom wall has swelling portion which swells outward and contains at least part... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090021899 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device includes a stationary cover (10), a sliding mechanism (40) fixed with the stationary cover, a first sliding body (20) slidably connected to the sliding mechanism; and a second sliding body (30) slidably connected to the sliding mechanism and arranged to be abreast with the first sliding... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021901 - Adjustable support mechanism for a flat-panel display: An adjustable support mechanism for a flat-panel display is provided. The flat-panel display is attached to a diagnostic ultrasound system by way of the adjustable mechanism. The adjustable support mechanism allows the orientation of the flat-panel display to be tiltably, rotatably or vertically adjusted such that a user can maneuver... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090021900 - Portable electronic device with display arrangement for closed configuration: An electronic device may include a display for displaying information. A housing of the electronic device may have a first section and a second section. The housing sections may be movable with respect to one another such that the electronic device has an open configuration and a closed configuration. The... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090021902 - Collapsible structures having enhancements: Collapsible structures are provided with enhancements and other features that impart additional utility or amusement value to the basic underlying structure. The collapsible structure has at least one foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, and with a fabric material covering portions of the frame member to... Agent: Raymond Sun Law Offices Of Raymond Sun

20090021903 - Notebook computer and module of electronic device combinable with the same: A notebook computer includes a housing, a CPU, a memory, a display, a storage device, a detachable battery pack and a keyboard module. The notebook computer is characterized in that the housing includes a predefined space and a connection interface disposed in the predefined space. The connection interface is electrically... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090021904 - Flash memory device with retractable plug: A flash memory device (100) includes a movable housing (1) defining a receiving cavity (15), a control board (2) having a circuit board (21) and a plug (22) connecting with the circuit board (21), an outer shield defining an opening (64), and a sleeve (3) movably ringed on one side... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090021906 - Dustproof member for memory card slot: A dustproof member for a memory card slot includes a housing provided with an inserting slot for receiving the card, a cover including a main body for covering the inserting slot, the main body comprising a pivotal side pivotally assembled with the housing and a rotary side opposed to the... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021905 - Multiple drive plug-in cable: The present invention enables assembly of drive boxes that stack drives more than one drive deep without requiring large numbers of PC boards or that the drive box to be pulled out of a rack to remove/replace the drives. A shielded multiple drive plug-in cable connects a single PC board... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20090021907 - Modular high-density computer system: A modular high-density computer system has an infrastructure that includes a framework component forming a plurality of bays and has one or more cooling components. The computer system also has one or more computational components that include a rack assembly and a plurality of servers installed in the rack assembly.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090021908 - System and method for cooling an electronic device: A system for cooling an electronic device having a heat-generating component includes a passive cooling device having a cooling ability designed to expire after a predetermined amount of heat is absorbed from the heat-generating component and an active cooling device configured to at least one of dissipate heat generated by... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090021909 - Method and system for cooling at least on electronic device: A method of cooling at least one electronic device is described, wherein a movable pumping element (4) pumps a fluid to and/or from said device, and wherein the movement of said pumping element (4) is induced by heat. A system for cooling at least one electronic device is described, comprising... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090021910 - Electronic apparatus having a detachable filter: A detachable filter of the electronic apparatus can be positioned to the side of the housing of the electronic apparatus in a lateral way. With the help of fixing elements such as the supporters having arches or the magnetic elements adhering to the side of the detachable filter, the detachable... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090021911 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for dissipating heat from an electronic device, includes a fan bracket (30), a fan module (40), and a chassis (10). The fan bracket has a main body (31), a flange (33) extends out from one side of the main body, the main body defines a recess (36)... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021912 - Fan holder for receiving multiple fans: A fan holder for mounting fans includes a first plate having a plurality of airflow openings, and a second plate having a plurality of airflow openings aligned with the airflow openings of the first plate, thereby forming a plurality of rooms for mounting the fans between the first plate and... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021913 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat spreader (20), a heat pipe (30), a heat sink (40) and a cooling fan (50) for generating forced airflow to the heat sink. The heat pipe has an evaporating section (301) being thermally attached to the heat spreader and a condensing section (302).... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021914 - Air guide with heat pipe and heat sink and electronic apparatus equipped with the same: The invention discloses an air guide with at least one heat sink and at least one heat pipe. The heat pipe of the air guide can conduct the heat generated by a heat source to the heat sink of the air guide. The heat sink of the air guide increases... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090021915 - Multi-layer heat-dissipating device: A multi-layer heat-dissipating device is provided. The multi-layer heat-dissipating device does not use fans, absorbs heat energy sequentially with heat-conducting elements and a heat-dissipating metal sheet, and effectively blocks heat radiation of a heat-generating element, so as to achieve the effects of power saving, no noise, and less occupied space.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090021916 - Semiconductor assembly having a housing: A semiconductor assembly, power semiconductor module, a housing and methods for assembling the power semiconductor housing is disclosed. One embodiment provides an electrically insulating substrate has an inner housing having a cover and a peripheral rim, and at least one pressure element arranged adjacent a side-face of the peripheral rim.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090021917 - Method and apparatus for securing a microprocessor and heat sink using fewer mounting holes: Adapter module securable to a socket frame, integrated circuit module assembly and method for securing a heat dissipation device in direct thermal communication with an integrated circuit module. The socket frame is positioned over a substrate having a land grid array and the frame is secured to the substrate. The... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20090021918 - Stacked heat-transfer interface structure: A stacked heat-transfer interface structure for dissipating heat from a circuit board is disclosed to include a heat plate affixed to the circuit board, and relatively thinner first heat transfer devices and relatively thicker second heat transfer devices respectively attached to first and second heat generating electronic devices of the... Agent: Adlink Technology Inc.

20090021920 - Module and method for producing a module: A module, in particular a sensor module, has a module housing, a carrier element, a connection element, and at least one component, the module housing completely enclosing the at least one component and being situated on the carrier element, and the at least one component also being mounted on the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090021919 - Pluggable system for reading inputs, controlling outputs and communicating with another module for power distribution unit: An electronics module for automotive vehicles includes a housing; an electrical connector having a commercial standard electrical connector footprint mounted on the housing; and an electronics assembly including commercial standard communication bus electronics contained in the housing, the electronics assembly being electrically connected to the electrical connector. The electronics module... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090021921 - Memory card and its manufacturing method: A memory card comprising a circuit board having opposed upper and lower circuit board surfaces, multiple side edges, a chamfer extending between a pair of the side edges, a plurality of pads disposed on the lower circuit board surface, and a conductive pattern which is disposed on the upper circuit... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090021922 - Housing for a power module: A circuit arrangement includes a power module combined with a printed circuit board. The power module and the printed circuit board are disposed between a heat sink and a pressing device and are contact-connected to one another by pressure contact elements. The power module has at least one module board... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090021923 - Method for producing planar insulating layers with breakthroughs at the correct position by means of laser cutting and devices produced accordingly: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for contacting at least one electric contact surface on a surface of a substrate and/or a surface of a semiconductor chip arranged on a substrate. According to one embodiment of the invention, a film of electrically insulating plastic material... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090021924 - Guide member, connection board having guide member, and manufacturing method of guide member: Solving Means A connection board CB includes a relay board 20 having a plurality of spiral contacts 24A, 24B provided on both surfaces of the relay board 20, and a guide member 30 having a plurality of small holes 31 into which the spiral contacts 24A and a plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090021925 - Protective telecommunications enclosure systems and methods: Protective containers for electronic equipment, and methods of testing and manufacture thereof, are provided. Enclosure systems and methods for protecting telecommunications equipment from electromagnetic fields include cabinets having a maximum width dimension that does not exceed about 26 inches and a maximum depth dimension that does not exceed about 22⅜... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090015973 - Increased voltage vehicle electrical system: A residual current protective circuit is integrated into a vehicle electrical system, in particular on the high-voltage side of a multiple-voltage vehicle electrical system, and operates without current measurement. The residual current is determined in an evaluation logic system by evaluating two voltages. These two voltages are voltages that drop... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090015974 - Esd detection circuit: An ESD detection circuit which includes: a triggering circuit for generating an ESD trigger signal when the ESD detection circuit is in ESD mode; a bias circuit for providing at least a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage for controlling the operation of the triggering circuit; a trigger... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090015975 - Overvoltage protection apparatus and an associated protection circuit: The invention relates to an overvoltage protection apparatus having a semiconductor substrate, a first doping region in order to provide a protection diode, and a second doping region in order to provide a protection resistance, with the second doping region being immediately adjacent to the first doping region.... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090015976 - Power feed system for vehicle: A power feed system for a vehicle provided with a plurality of nodes (4a, 4b, 4c) provided with a load control portion (9) for controlling an electric load disposed at each portion of a vehicle, respectively, a power line (1) for supplying power to each node, and a multiplex transmission... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20090015977 - Line protection load switch for portable device: A portable device includes a voltage regulator for generating a regulated voltage that is supplied to a processor and to a load by way of a line protection switch, which controls a load current supplied to the load, e.g., in response to a signal supplied by the processor. The line... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 2099 Gateway Place

20090015978 - Non-inductive silicon transient voltage suppressor: A transient voltage suppressor (TVS) with virtually no inductance in a shunt current path, thus providing optimal fast-rise transient voltage spike protection. A planar thru-conductor is operably coupled to the entire length of a cathode side surface of a TVS chip thereby reducing the inductance through the TVS chip to... Agent: Michael A. Sileo, Jr. Microsemi Corporation

20090015979 - Solenoid valve driving circuit and solenoid valve: A current detection circuit generates a pulse signal Sd based on a voltage Vd corresponding to a current I flowing through a solenoid coil, and feeds the pulse signal Sd back to a PWM circuit of a switch controller. The PWM circuit generates a pulse signal Sr having a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090015980 - Solenoid valve driving circuit and solenoid valve: A current detection circuit generates a pulse signal Sd based on a voltage Vd corresponding to a current I flowing through a solenoid coil, and feeds the pulse signal Sd back to a PWM circuit of a switch controller. The PWM circuit generates a pulse signal Sr having a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090015981 - X-ray detector grounding and thermal transfer system and method: A method is provided for conducting electricity and thermal energy in an imaging system. The method includes providing a conductive path between a plurality of components and a support structure of the imaging system, in which the support structure comprises a material consisting essentially of conductive elements disposed in a... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20090015982 - Feedthrough multilayer capacitor: A first signal internal electrode is connected to a first signal terminal electrode and a signal connection conductor. A second signal internal electrode is connected to a second signal terminal electrode and the signal connection conductor. A first ground internal electrode is connected to a first ground terminal electrode and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090015983 - Parallel plate capacitor: Capacitors including a first conductive material having a first upper finger located on an upper plane and a first lower finger located on a lower plane. The capacitor also includes a second conductive material having a second upper finger and a second lower finger, the second upper finger located on... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090015984 - Capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their... Agent: Howrey LLP-ca

20090015985 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor has a capacitor element body, first and second terminal electrodes, and a connection conductor. The capacitor element body has a plurality of insulator layers laminated, and a plurality of first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes arranged as opposed with at least one of the insulator layers... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090015986 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor has a capacitor element body in which a plurality of insulator layers are laminated, first and second terminal electrodes, a first internal electrode group, and a second internal electrode group. The first and second terminal electrodes are disposed on an external surface extending in a direction parallel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090015987 - Capacitor and method of producing the same: A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator placed between the first and second electrodes, and an electrolyte. The first electrode includes a first collector made of metal foil, a first electrode layer containing carbon formed on the surface of the first collector, and a first protector... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090015988 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor (A1) includes a first and a second anode terminals (11a, 11b) projecting in different directions from each other. Preferably, a metal cover (22) for electrically connecting the anode terminals (11a, 11b) to each other is provided. With such an arrangement, the ESR and the ESL can... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090015989 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for producing the same: The invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor which can suppress increase of a leakage current due to a heat load, and a method for producing the solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body, a conductive... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090015990 - Draw in-out apparatus for air circuit breaker: Disclosed is a draw in-out apparatus that is suitable for an air circuit breaker having large capacity and size, the apparatus comprising: a movable plate meshed with the thread portion of a spindle so as to be movable back and forth; rack gear installed on the movable plate so as... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090015991 - Gas-insulated switchgear assembly having an inspection window for visually detecting the switching position of the switching contacts: The invention relates to a gas-insulated switchgear, particularly a gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear, according to claim 1. In order to satisfy additional safety requirements also with position 2 and 3 disconnectors in gas-insulated switchgears, an inspection glass (9) is inserted/mounted in the housing (10) such that the positions of the switching... Agent: Paul R. Katterle Abb Inc., Legal Department - 4u6

20090015992 - Power conversion apparatus with bus bar: An AC capacitor (10) and an IGBT (20) are disposed such that the linearly arranged terminals (11) of the AC capacitor (10) and the linearly arranged input terminals (21) of the IGBT (20) are parallel to each other, and also that the three terminals of the AC capacitor (10) and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090015994 - Case structure for card-type electronic product: A case structure for card-type electronic product includes an intermediate frame having insertion slots spaced thereon; a lower cover connected to a lower side of the intermediate frame by lower hooking members upward inserted into the insertion slots, and each of the lower hooking members including two spaced latch legs;... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090015993 - Grounding apparatus of portable electronic devices: A grounding apparatus (200) includes at least one conductive member (20), a sliding mechanism (30) and a flexible printed circuit board (40). The sliding mechanism is conductive and electrically connected to the conductive member. The flexible printed circuit board includes a conductive layer (421) and a grounding end (4231), the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090015995 - Combinatorial keyboard structure with upright standing ability: A combinatorial keyboard structure with upright standing ability is disclosed, which comprises: a plurality of keypads, each being configured with at least a signal transmitting device, a first connecting mechanism being arranged at the bottom thereof, and at least a second connecting mechanism being arranged at a side thereof; and... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090015996 - Portable electronic device having sliding keyboard: A portable electronic device having a sliding keyboard includes a first body, a second body and a sliding positioning device. The first body includes a keyboard area and a plurality of hot keys. The second body is slidingly disposed on the first body. The sliding positioning device is connected to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090016005 - Adapter and image display functional unit: A modular system of an image display and a base for selective use with an appliance host. The base removably couples the image display to the appliance host and supplies a first service between the appliance host and the image display when the base is coupled to the appliance host... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090016006 - Adjustable support mechanism for a flat-panel display: An adjustable support mechanism for a flat-panel display is provided. The flat-panel display is attached to a diagnostic ultrasound system by way of the adjustable mechanism. The adjustable support mechanism allows the orientation of the flat-panel display to be tiltably, rotatably or vertically adjusted such that a user can maneuver... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090015998 - Advanced lcd packaging for military and severe environments: The invention relates generally to a modular display panel for enclosing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (“COTS”) display technologies. More particularly, the invention relates to a modular display panel for housing COTS light emitting or transmitting display subassemblies such as Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) for military and other severe environments. The modular display assembly... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (grumman)

20090016001 - Display panel and method of manufacturing the same: A display panel according to the present invention includes: a common wiring (4) formed above a TFT array substrate (30) and having a first terminal (5); a first transparent conductive film (6) formed above the common wiring (4); an interlayer insulating film (15) formed above the first transparent conductive film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090016002 - Flip apparatus and electronic device using the same: A flip apparatus and an electronic device using the same are provided. The flip apparatus is disposed in the electronic device including a first casing and a second casing. The flip apparatus includes a sliding mechanism, a rotating mechanism pivotally connected to the second casing, and an actuating element disposed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090015999 - Housing for a display device: A housing for a display device includes a base housing part and a rear housing part. The rear housing part is installed on the base housing part and defines a receiving space. The rear housing part has a lower side portion, a recess portion formed in the lower side portion,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090016004 - Information center for a household appliance: An information center for a household appliance and more particularly to an information center having an image display and a data connectors having alternative support features for mounting to an appliance or to a horizontal surface.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090016003 - Lid-closed detector: In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. An input device disposed on the base assembly senses a contact with a portion of the display assembly to detect the display assembly in... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090015997 - Modular and configurable display device: A modular display device includes a housing module having a plurality of open face compartments and a back wall having access openings therein registering with each of the open face compartments. A circuit board is mounted on the back wall of the housing module and carries a plurality of light-emitting... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090016000 - Portable electronic device: a housing for housing the display and the display holder in an internal space thereof, the housing being composed of an upper frame for holding the display holder and a lower frame to be fitted with the upper frame, the upper frame being in the shape of a rectangle and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090016007 - Assembling structure for electronic module: The assembling structure for electronic module comprise a case and a side frame, the characteristic is the case fixed on the base frame of the assembling structure by two front pivots and the case pivoted thereon. Besides, the side frame is installed adjacent to the case. In addition, the case... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090016008 - Cabinet for receiving and charging power to notebook computers: A cabinet for receiving and charging power to notebook computers comprises a cabinet body; a receiving space formed in the cabinet body; a plurality of drawers arranged longitudinally installed in the receiving space; each door being installed with a plurality of retainers; a power supply portion having a power source... Agent: Koh Tuang Hock

20090016009 - Carrierless storage system enclosure with ejection mechanism: A carrierless storage system enclosure includes an ejection mechanism to permit installation and removal of data storage devices (e.g., hard disk drives) without tools, carriers, and manual cabling.... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090016010 - Component layout in an enclosure: An electronic module includes an enclosure having front face and a rear face. An electronic circuit board is positioned in the enclosure and a processor is mounted to the electronic circuit board. A data storage device is positioned in the enclosure such that the processor is positioned between the data... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090016011 - Module and a method of positioning a module: A module receivable within a data storage device enclosure is disclosed. The module comprises a module body and a handle arranged to lever the module into or out of its received position in a said data storage device enclosure. The handle has a plastics portion that can be gripped by... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090016014 - Disc drive holder for holding a disc drive and related electronic device: A disc drive holder includes a frame connected to a first side of a casing in a rotatable manner. A containing space is formed inside the frame for containing a disc drive. The disc drive holder further includes a supporting component pivoted to the frame. The supporting component includes a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090016013 - Electronic apparatus having improved vibration absorption: An electronic apparatus includes: a case that is provided with a mounting slot; and a disk device that is mounted in the mounting slot, the disk device including: a main body that is formed in a box shape; a resin sheet that is wrapped around the main body; and a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090016012 - Lockup structure of mobile hard drive: This invention relates to a lockup structure of mobile hard drive, and comprises a base plate for receiving a hard drive, a lock member having a block sheet, a base frame having a through hole for mounting the lock member, and a spiral arm. At a free end of the... Agent: Wei Hung Technology Co., Ltd.

20090016015 - System and method for information handling system battery with integrated communication ports: Space along the perimeter of a portable information handling system is made available for I/O connections with external devices by integrating I/O ports into a battery housing having some length extending along the perimeter. The I/O ports interface with the information handling system with wires running through the battery housing... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090016016 - Chassis having an internal air plenum and an arrangement of multiple chassis to form a vertical air plenum: A chassis and rack system is disclosed in which a chassis separated into two separate enclosures by a central partition. Each of the enclosures is sized to receive a computer system. The partition includes a pair of vertically oriented vents, with each of the vents in fluid communication with one... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. One Shell Plaza

20090016017 - Heat dissipating system: A heat dissipating system comprises a computer enclosure (1), a motherboard (2), at least one dividing panel (271), at least one heat generating element, and at least one heat dissipating device. The computer enclosure has a bottom panel (11). The motherboard is mounted on and substantially parallel to the bottom... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016019 - Airflow control and dust removal for electronic systems: Airflow control and dust removal systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of blade servers is mounted in a chassis. A blower generates airflow through the chassis. Air enters the chassis uniformly across the blade servers and flows in parallel through the servers. An airflow directing mechanism... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20090016018 - Electronic module configured for failure containment and system including same: An electronic module. The electronic module includes a chassis, a plurality of capacitors, and a heat sink. The chassis includes a first end and a second end. The first end is opposite the second end. The chassis also includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a... Agent: Elsa Keller

20090016020 - Heat-dissipating module and electronic apparatus: A heat-dissipating module suitable for dissipating heat generated by a heat-generating element is provided. The heat-dissipating module includes a first heat-conducting plate, a first heat-dissipating tube, and a fan. The first heat-conducting plate is thermally coupled to the heat-generating element. The first heat-dissipating tube has a first opening and a... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090016021 - Cooling structure for high voltage electrical parts of hybrid electric vehicle: The present invention provides a cooling structure for high voltage electrical parts of an HEV, in which a plurality of high voltage electrical parts including a DC-DC converter, an inverter, and an air conditioner inverter are arranged on a cross section of a cooling air passage in a direction horizontal... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090016022 - Semiconductor module: A semiconductor module includes a base plate, a circuit substrate coupled to a side face of the base plate, a first semiconductor package mounted on the circuit substrate and a radiation channel portion inside the base plate. The radiation channel portion includes at least one heat pipe containing a working... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090016023 - Heat dissipation device with heat pipes: A heat dissipation device includes a base for contacting an electronic device, a fin set located on the base and first, second heat pipes thermally engaged in the base. The first heat pipe comprises a first transferring portion and two second transferring portions extending from two opposite free ends of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016024 - Motherboard: A motherboard includes a printed circuit board, a first chip and a second chip arranged on the printed circuit board in parallel. A plurality of securing holes are defined in the printed circuit board around the first chip. At least one isolating hole is defined in the printed circuit board... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016025 - Thermally conductive emi shield: Electromagnetic-energy absorbing materials are combined with thermally conductive materials, such as those used for thermal management in association with electronic equipment, thereby suppressing the transmission of electromagnetic interference (EMI) therethrough. Disclosed are materials and processes for combining EMI-absorbing materials with thermally conductive materials thereby improving EMI shielding effectiveness in an... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090016026 - Switching device with two controlled phases: In a switching device with two controlled phases, in which each phase is associated with a respective printed circuit board assembly with at least one component to be cooled on a heat sink, the heat sink has a T-shaped cross section transversely with respect to its extent direction. In at... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090016027 - Conducting liquid crystal polymer matrix comprising carbon nanotubes, use thereof and method of fabrication: Conducting liquid crystal polymer matrix comprising carbon nanotubes aligned in the matrix is provided, along with use thereof and method of fabrication.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090016028 - Method of obtaining enhanced localized thermal interface regions by particle stacking: Integrated circuit-chip hot spot temperatures are reduced by providing localized regions of higher thermal conductivity in the conductive material interface at pre-designed locations by controlling how particles in the thermal paste stack- or pile-up during the pressing or squeezing of excess material from the interface. Nested channels are used to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090016029 - Spring loaded sliding cover for mobile phone or pda: A cover mounted on a top surface of either mobile phone or PDA includes a top member; a bottom member fixedly mounted on the top surface and including two inner slide members on both sides; an intermediate member fixedly secured to the top member and partially disposed on the bottom... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090016030 - Circuit board, connection structure, and apparatus: A circuit board is connected to a connector including a connection port and contact portions located at upper and lower positions of the connection port. The contact portions face each other in the vertical direction, and each contact portion is connected electrically to the opposite contact portion. The circuit board... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090016031 - Circuit connection structure and printed circuit board: While gradually increasing the widths of signal lines (104a, 104b, 105a, 105b) of first and second groups of differential signal lines (104, 105) to suppress attenuation in the lines, the opening widths of slits (104s, 105s) formed in a GND layer (102) below the differential signal lines are similarly changed.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090016033 - Integrated circuit package system with flexible substrate and mounded package: An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a flexible circuit substrate; mounting an integrated circuit or an integrated circuit package over the flexible circuit substrate and connected to the flexible circuit substrate with interconnects; and encapsulating the integrated circuit or integrated circuit package with a mounded encapsulation having a first... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090016032 - Integrated circuit package system with flexible substrate and recessed package: An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a flexible circuit substrate having a fold; mounting an integrated circuit or an integrated circuit package over the flexible circuit substrate and connected to the flexible circuit substrate with interconnects; and encapsulating the integrated circuit or integrated circuit package with a recessed encapsulation... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090016034 - Control device and method for producing a control device: A control device has a base plate, a cover plate coupled to the base plate, a cavity formed between the base plate and the cover plate, a circuit carrier disposed in the cavity, and a conducting track carrier electrically coupled to the circuit carrier. The base plate has a continuous... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090016035 - Electrical power distribution unit and electrical punched grid therefor: An electrical power distribution unit (1) for an electrical system has a printed circuit board (200) with a punched grid (100) arranged thereon. An electrical component (300, 310) is arranged on the printed circuit board on a side of the punched grid (100). An electrical contact (350) of the electrical... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090016036 - Conductor reinforcement for circuit boards: Conductors of a printed circuit board have conductive flanges between pads and traces. In one embodiment, the flange has a maximum width at least one half the maximum width of the pad. It is believed that such an arrangement can significantly reduce fractures or other damage to the conductors of... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20090016037 - Extension bracket module: An extension bracket module is used for mounting an outer switch board of a computer system. The extension bracket module comprises a top plate and a panel perpendicular to each other. The top plate is levelly disposed and the outer switch board is configured facing downward and mounted onto a... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090016038 - Matrix relay: To provide a matrix relay which has excellent extensibility that can easily change the number of contact circuits as required, a small number of components to be inventory-controlled, a small number of assembling processes and is highly productive. Therefore, there is provided a matrix relay wherein row leads 11-14 of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090016039 - Structure and method for attaching shield case to circuit board, electronic component module and portable telephone: A structure for attachment of a shield case to a circuit board. Electronic components are mounted at one face of the circuit board. The shield case is for covering the electronic components and blocking electromagnetic waves. The attachment structure includes toe portions, formed to protrude from the shield case, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090016040 - Ic device and method of manufacturing the same: An IC device includes a base plate, a plurality of terminal pins, a functional component such as an IC chip, and a resin package for protection of the functional component. The base plate is generally flat and formed with a plurality of through-holes into which the terminal pins are inserted.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090016041 - Adapter and consumer electronic device functional unit: A functional unit of a consumer electronic device and an adapter. performing a first primary function and mountable to an appliance host performing a second primary function. The adapter includes a main body, a first support component capable of supporting the consumer electronic device, a second support component capable of... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090016042 - Idle control system and method of mounting: An idle control system for a vehicle is provided.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090016043 - Cable management arrangement for a telecommunications cabinet: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090009917 - Electrostatic discharge device: An electrostatic discharge device includes a first protection element including a MOS transistor type first diode, which provides a first capacitor including a first insulation layer, and provides a first path between an input/output pad and a power supply voltage line using the first diode, for discharging static electricity, a... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090009916 - Electrostatic discharge protection device for mixed voltage interface: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit that includes at least two transistors connected in a stacked configuration, a first diffusion region of a first dopant type shared by two adjacent transistors, and a second diffusion region of a second dopant type formed in the first diffusion region. A substrate-triggered site is... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090009918 - High-voltage x-ray generator: A power supply for a device which has a load, comprising a first resonant generator and a second resonant generator, coupled in parallel, each generator having a phase output. The power supply further comprises a control circuit coupled to the first and second generators controlling the first and second phase... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20090009919 - Resettable short-circuit protection circuit: A resettable short-circuit protection circuit can terminate excessive fault currents automatically and quickly. The short-circuit protection circuit is switchable and has a low input impedance during normal operation so that there is not a significant voltage drop across the switching elements of the protection circuit. The short-circuit protection circuit allows... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20090009920 - Abnormality detecting device of electric power converting device and abnormality detecting method: Each of three-phase arm of an inverter has first and second switching elements connected in series together at a connection point to the corresponding phase coil of the three-phase motor. Control device turns on the first switching element of the i-th (i is a natural number smaller than four) for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090009921 - Overvoltage protection element: An overvoltage protection element (1) includes a housing (2), two terminals (3, 4) for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element (1) to current or signal paths to be protected, and an arrester (5, 6), including a varistor, located within the housing (2). In addition to providing a simple structure... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090009922 - Electric-insulating sheet neutralizing device, neturalizing method and production method: A neutralizing device for an electric-insulating sheet comprising at least two neutralizing units provided on the moving route of an electric-insulating sheet at intervals in the moving direction of the sheet, each neutralizing unit having a first electrode unit disposed on the first surface side of the sheet and a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090009923 - Refrigerating chamber ion engine which produces cold air and attracts static electricity and its positively charged ion molecules inside of this retain ionization accelerator chamber. this acts like a super conductive magnet swarming inside of the cold ai: n

20090009924 - Nanoscale grasping device, method for fabricating the same, and method for operating the same: A nanoscale grasping device comprising at least three electrostatically actuated grasping elements, wherein the nanoscale grasping device may be used to more accurately grasp an object, more easily hold an object in a defined location or orientation and more readily manipulate an object.... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20090009925 - Tuneable electronic devices and electronic arrangements comprising such tuneable devices: An RF MEMS tuneable arrangement, e.g. variable capacitor, having two or more tunable devices, e.g. variable capacitances, a coupling circuit arranged to couple the tunable devices together to provide a combined output, e.g. a combined capacitance, that is variable according to a tuning signal. The coupling circuit is reconfigurable to... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090009926 - Capacitor structure: One or more embodiments relate to a capacitor structure comprising a first and second capacitor electrode. The first electrode may include a conductive strip having at least one wider portion and at least one narrower portion. The second electrode may include a conductive strip having at least one wider portion... Agent: Infineon Technologies Ag Patent Department

20090009927 - Ceramic electronic component: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and an internal electrode layers disposed within the ceramic body. The ceramic body is covered with a diffusion layer, wherein said diffusion layer is an oxide layer into which at least a part of elements contained in the ceramic body are diffused... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090009928 - Film, a capacitor, a voltage transformer and a method of using a capacitor: A film is disclosed which includes a base having an electrically insulating polymer which carries on one or both surfaces a sequence of electrically conductively coated areas which are separated by non-coated interstices. The film, or a superposition of films arranged one above another, can be shaped (for example, folded... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090009929 - Supercapacitor structure and method for manufacturing the same: A laminate electrode of a bendable supercapacitor has a carbon fabric element and an electrically conductive current collector element secured by staple-shaped metallic fasteners or metallic wires so as to prevent two elements from being taken apart when the laminate electrode is bent.... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090009930 - Electronic part and process for producing the same: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The conductive adhesive contains a flat conductive member and an organic solvent and is characterized in that through vaporization of the organic solvent in vacuum atmosphere, the flat conductive member has a region standing in the direction of thickness of the conductive adhesive layer. Further, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090009931 - Arrangement adapted for a subsea application: An arrangement related to subsea electric power distributing AC-system and adapted for a subsea application. The arrangement is enclosed in a watertight casing. The casing exposes a main power input connection, adapted for watertight co-ordination with a first subsea cable and a main power output connection, adapted for a watertight... Agent: Venable LLP

20090009932 - Electrical low-voltage switchgear assembly: The invention relates to an electrical low-voltage switchgear, comprising at least two power units accommodated in slide-in units or in a housing, and comprising control units assigned to the power units. The control units are spatially separated from the power units and power levers and are connected to one another... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090009933 - Electrical switching apparatus and securing mechanism therefor: A securing mechanism is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, which is movable into and out of an installed position within a switchgear enclosure. The securing mechanism includes a mount coupled to the circuit breaker, and a movable assembly movably coupled to the mount and... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090009934 - Hinge assembly for foldable electronic devices: A hinge assembly (10) includes a shaft (12) and a follower (16), wherein one of the shaft and the follower define a thread (122), the other of the shaft and the follower disposes at least one resisting portion (166), and the shaft and the follower slide and rotate relative to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009936 - Holder, electrical supply, and rf transmitter unit for electronic devices: In one embodiment, an electronic accessory for coupling electronic devices to an external power supply includes: (a) a holder having: (1) a cradle section configured to couple to at least two of the electronic devices, the cradle section comprising a power coupling; and (2) two or more side supports, each... Agent: Bryan Cave, LLP

20090009935 - Housing for an electronic device and method for making the housing: The housing (100) for an electronic device includes a transparent substrate (10) and a decorative part (20). The transparent substrate is made of a transparent moldable material. The transparent substrate includes an out portion (11) and an inner portion (12). The decorative part is received in the inner portion of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009938 - Bag computer, front mount, top/bottom holder: Disclosed is a computer bag which mounts a matching computer on its outside front. The mount included a top and a bottom fixture with attachments which match the computer. The front of the mounted computer is left available for folding out a display so the computer can be viewed and... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20090009939 - Battery unit: According to one embodiment, a battery unit comprises a plurality of battery cells; and a casing having an upper and lower walls. The casing comprises a first portion that stores at least one battery cell; a second portion that stores at least one battery cell; and a third portion that... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090009937 - Electronic devices with storage compartments for memory devices: An electronic device includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces that connect the top surface to the bottom surface. A display is mounted within the top surface and a keypad is mounted within the top surface adjacent the display. One or... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090009949 - Cover flip mechanism and electronic device using the same: A cover flip mechanism and an electronic device using the same are provided. An electronic device with the cover flip mechanism includes a first casing and a second casing. The cover flip mechanism includes a sliding mechanism connected to the first casing and the second casing, a rotating mechanism having... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090009940 - Display having a storage space for a remote control: A display comprises a main body, a storage space, and a remote control. The main body has a first surface and a second surface. The storage space is formed on the second surface. The remote control is removeably disposed in the storage space. The display further comprises a supporting frame.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090009947 - Display housing for computing device: An improved housing for a computing device is disclosed. The improved housing can have one or more of the following aspects. A first aspect of the invention pertains to a computer housing having a logo or other symbol that can be illuminated using light from the backside of a display... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20090009944 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a driving circuit, and a base chassis. The driving circuit is configured to drive the display unit. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090009950 - Electronic apparatus: A second enclosure is coupled to a first enclosure for relative rotation around a rotation axis. The second enclosure rotates around the rotation axis in the opposite directions from a reference attitude. The second enclosure is prevented from further rotating in the first direction beyond the first rotation angle from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090009948 - Electronic device and receiving member: An electronic apparatus having an upper housing, a lower housing to which the upper housing is connected so as to be openable and closable, where the lower housing is formed with a signal line path running near a connecting portion with the upper housing and the signal line path has... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090009941 - Housing for an electronic device, electronic device using the housing, and method for making the housing: A housing (100) includes a decorative film (10), a supporting sheet (20), and a substrate (30). The decorative film is made of a clear plastic. The supporting sheet is made of a hard material and attached to the decorative film. The substrate is made of a clear material and integrally... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009942 - Housing for electronic devices, electronic device using the housing and method for making the housing: A housing (100) includes a decorative film (10) and a supporting frame (20). The decorative film has a surface being comprised of a decorative section (11) and a display section (12) capable of transmitting light. The decorative section has a decorative coating (110) coated thereon. The decorative coating defines the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009943 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device including a plasma display module having a plasma display panel and a chassis frame coupled to each other; a stand facing a supporting surface to maintain the plasma display module in an erect state; a bracket having a structure for coupling the stand and being on... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090009945 - Protective enclosure for touch screen device: A protective enclosure for a personal electronic device having a shell that is capable of enclosing and substantially surrounding the electronic device disposed to make the shell substantially watertight, substantially rigid and substantially crush-resistant. The enclosure has a transparent protective membrane that is attached to the shell so that the... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090009946 - Support structure for flat display panel: A support mechanism (A) includes a support member (4) which has a tab (4d) slidable along a groove (3a), and can be fixed at a desired position when an engagement teeth array (7) in the tab (4d) engages with an engagement hook (3b). Also, a pressing member (5) with a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090009951 - Calculator cover: A rigid calculator cover with one or more aperture(s) corresponding to geometric contours. The geometric contours may include a straight line; a geometric shape, e.g. a circle, square, rectangle, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, ellipse, arc, and the like; a protractor-replicated aperture; alphanumeric characters; figures; and other any other shape relevant... Agent: General Counsel, P.C.

20090009952 - Portable computer having magnetic switch: A portable computer having a display part and a main part includes a magnetic piece installed in the display part, a Hall sensor installed in the main part, a switch circuit, and a control terminal connected to a power supply of a back light module of the display part. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009954 - Chassis and module for data storage device enclosure and methods of reconfiguring chassis and module: A chassis for a data storage device enclosure is disclosed. The chassis comprises a bay arranged to receive a module and a key in the bay. The bay key is constructed and arranged such that a module can be received in the bay only when said module has a corresponding... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090009955 - Electronic apparatus having a connector connecting a disk drive: An electronic apparatus includes a main body having a receptacle, and a disk drive accommodated in the receptacle. A connector is provided in the receptacle. The connector is rotatable between an accommodated position and a standing position. The disk drive is removably connected to the connector and rotatable together with... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090009953 - Portable hard disk drive with pivotable support legs: A portable hard disk drive with pivotable support legs includes a disk enclosure having a built-in hard disk drive and being formed from two case members connected via an upper and a lower connecting strip, respectively; two support legs in the form of two curved panels separately mounted to an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090009956 - Case of electronic device and interface card retaining assembly thereof: A case of an electronic device and an interface card retaining assembly thereof are used for retaining interface cards in the case. A circuit board is disposed in the case, and the circuit board has at least one expansion slot. The interface card retaining assembly includes an interface card cradle... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090009957 - Docking station for hand held electronic devices: A docking system is disclosed. The docking system includes a single docking station and a plurality of inserts that are placed in the docking station so that the docking station can accommodate hand held devices with differing sizes and shapes. The docking system is configured with a docking station and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090009962 - Computer system with motor cooler: A computer system comprises a chassis, an electronic component disposed within the chassis, and a cooling fan that comprises a motor support fixed to a housing that is coupled to the chassis and a hub disposed within the housing. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub. A motor... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090009961 - Fan holder for receiving multiple fans: A fan holder is used for dissipating heat from electronic devices. The fan holder includes a fan bracket and an expansion bracket. The fan bracket has a first plate and a second plate. A plurality of partitions is configured between the first plate and the second plate, for connecting the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009960 - Method and apparatus for mitigating dust-fouling problems: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for preventing dust-fouling in a computer system. During operation of the computer system, the system monitors the computer system and determines if the computer system is becoming dust-fouled. If so, the system reverses fans in the computer system to circulate air through... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090009958 - System and method for rack mounted information handling system supplemental cooling: Thermal management for information handling systems is provided with a bypass cooling module that allows passive airflow from an exhaust aisle to a cooling aisle in a data center. A thermal extraction device, such as a heat sink with cooling fins or a liquid filled radiator, disposed in the bypass... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090009959 - Waterproofing structure for microcomputer: A waterproofing structure for microcomputer includes a computer case being formed on outer surfaces with radiating fins, and having at least one end panel, on which a plurality of through holes are formed; a motherboard mounted in the computer case and having a CPU, electronic elements, and a storage unit... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090009963 - Fastener and heat-dissipating device having the fastener: A fastener for a heat-dissipating device is adapted to secure a heat sink on a securing seat. The fastener includes a fastening arm having a plate body and a coupling member adapted to couple with one positioning member of the securing seat, a fastening member disposed spacedly below the plate... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20090009964 - Heatsink and cooling apparatus: A heatsink and a cooling apparatus for cooling a heating element wherein the heatsink includes a rolled metal plate having a central axis at a central portion thereof. The metal plate has a first end and a second end. The second end is arranged closer to the central axis than... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090009966 - Computer with heat dissipation system: A computer includes a motherboard (2), an enclosure (1), and a fan (153). The motherboard has a first heat generating device (21 ) mounted thereon. The enclosure has a substantially sealed first compartment (10), and an airflow chamber (30) in communication with an exterior of the enclosure. The first compartment... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009967 - Fan unit and electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same: The inventors have revealed that the actual rotation speed of the rotor in a fan structured as a centrifugal fan exceeds the designated rotation speed if the ventilation opening of the centrifugal fan is occluded. If a larger amount of dust accumulates at the ventilation opening of the centrifugal fan,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090009965 - Heat dissipating structure of microcomputer: A heat dissipating structure of a microcomputer includes a retaining board; a heat dissipating unit installed on the retaining board and having at least one heat conducting portion disposed on a side of the retaining board and a heat dissipating fin module installed between the heat conducting portions and having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009968 - Cooling device and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a cooling device has a base substance formed in a plate form and having in its inside a channel through which a refrigerant circulates, and a flow mechanism that generates a stream of the refrigerant along the channel. The base substance has a first heat receiving... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090009969 - Heat-dissipating casing structure: A heat-dissipating casing structure includes a base seat, a heat-dissipating module, and a casing. The heat-dissipating module is disposed on the base seat. The heat-dissipating module has a first heat-conducting block and a heat pipe, and one side of the heat pipe connects to the first heat-conducting block. The casing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090009970 - Control device housing for an electronic brake: A control device housing for an electronic brake system includes a lid, a housing part closable by the lid, a component support member for electronic components, and a cooling element that is in direct or indirect thermal contact with at least part of the electronic components. The cooling element may... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090009971 - Fixing structure: A fixing structure for fixing a thermal module on a chip of a printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board has a plurality of studs and a positioning post. The fixing structure includes a fixing board. The fixing board has a plurality of elastic strips, a plurality of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090009972 - Heat dissipation module: A heat dissipation module is disclosed. The heat dissipation module suitable to dissipates heat generating by for a heat source, and multiple fixing parts are disposed around the heat source. The heat dissipation module includes a heat sink, two first rods, and two second rods corresponding to the first rods.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090009973 - Nanotube-based fluid interface material and approach: A thermal interface material (130) facilitates heat transfer between an integrated circuit device (120) and a thermally conductive device (140). According to an example embodiment, a thermal interface material (130) includes carbon nanotube material that enhances the thermal conductivity thereof. The interface material (130) flows between an integrated circuit device... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090009974 - Display device: A display device includes a display panel, a back light module, a heat dissipation plate and a heat pipe. The display panel has a display surface. The back light module is coupled to the display panel, and this back light module includes a control circuit board. The heat dissipation plate... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090009975 - Camera module package: There is provided a camera module package including: a housing having an optical system; a board bonded to a bottom end of the housing and mounting an image sensor on a top surface thereof; a contact part integrally formed in the housing to electrically connect a sensor bonding pad of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090009976 - Memory card: Memory card includes a circuit board, a component mounted on a main face of the circuit board, casing covering at least the main face of the circuit board and the component, and bittering agent retained in a roughened area provided on casing or an exposed part of the circuit board.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090009977 - Three-dimensional wiring body for mounting electronic component and electronic component mounting structure: A three-dimensional, electronic components mounted wiring body comprises a flat wiring body, on which a plurality of electronic components is mounted, and which is preformed with bends to be configured into a three-dimensional structured flat wiring body which fits the shape of a base structure on which the flat wiring... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090009978 - Electric connection box and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention is to provide an inexpensive electric connection box and a manufacturing method thereof, which can reduce manufacturing process and a number of parts. The electric connection box has a bus bar arranged on another member different from the board, and a circuit element mounted on a board.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090009979 - Substrate joining member and three-dimensional structure using the same: Three-dimensional structure (40) of the present invention includes first module board (28), second module board (37), and substrate joining member (10) that unifies board (28) and board (37) into one body, thereby electrically connecting these two elements together. The unification is done by molding the outer wall of housing (12)... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090009980 - Capacitor with direct dc connection to substrate: A subcomponent is provided for a power inverter module. The apparatus comprises a capacitor having a terminal and integrated into a housing. A substrate is mounted on the housing. The substrate incorporates a power semiconductor switch and has at least one direct current (DC) tab. The direct current tab is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090009981 - Electronic part equipped unit: An electronic part equipped unit includes a case body that includes a first recess portion for containing an electronic part and a second recess portion for containing a relay terminal which is connected to the electronic part, a wire side terminal to which a middle portion of a wire is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090009982 - Electrical component mounting assembly: An electrical component mounting assembly includes a pair of mounting brackets each of a generally T-shaped configuration defined by a leg and a pair of oppositely directed arms bent to define an angle therebetween of substantially 90 degrees. A pair of holes are provided in each leg for permanently securing... Agent: Diller, Ramik & Wight

20090002900 - System and method for protecting electronic devices: A system for protecting an electronic devices includes a memory unit, a reading unit, a judging unit, an extra action unit, and a writing unit. The memory unit is configured for storing a variable, the variable having a first value representing the last power off of the electronic device being... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090002901 - Power protection apparatus and electronic control unit: A power protection apparatus including: a switch unit 4 connected in series in a power supply line from a power source 2 to a DC regulator 3; a first short-circuit detector 5 for detecting a short circuit based on an output voltage value of the DC regulator 3 obtained by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002902 - Superconducting magnetic coil with a quench protection circuit, and mrt apparatus embodying same: A superconductive magnetic coil arrangement has a superconducting magnetic coil and a circuit for quench protection. The quench protection circuit includes at least one diode connected in parallel with a portion of the superconductive magnetic coil. The at least one diode is in thermal contact with the superconductive magnetic coil... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090002903 - Power supply device, electrically-driven vehicle incorporating power supply device, and method of controlling power supply device: An ECU determines based on a voltage from an insulation resistance decrease detector whether the insulation resistance of a power supply device decreases or not. When a load external to the vehicle is not connected to the power supply device, the ECU sets a determination threshold value for determining that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002904 - Peripheral module and peripheral system for an automation system: There is described a peripheral module which in addition to the connection terminals for the process data supply has connection terminals for the supply of voltage. Furthermore, the peripheral module has a changeover switching device to disconnect the peripheral module from an upstream load group. The peripheral module can assume... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090002905 - Over-voltage and under voltage protection circuit: There is provided an apparatus for protection against over voltages and/or under voltages. The apparatus includes a pass transistor through which an input voltage is applied, the input voltage varying between a low voltage and a high voltage, and means for selectively varying the gate voltage of the pass transistor... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090002906 - Over voltage protection device with an air-gap: The present invention relates to an over voltage protection device with an air gap and a manufacturing method thereof. The over voltage protection device provides over voltage protection by using an air gap extending into a first substrate and a second substrate. The air gap is formed by a first... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090002907 - Modular parallel protection circuit: A modular protection circuit can protect a first terminal and a second terminal of a first device. The circuit comprises a load device which has a third terminal and a fourth terminal with the third terminal for connection to a first voltage. A first diode is provided, with the first... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20090002908 - Circuit and method for protecting energy-storage device: A protection circuit including an energy-storage device, a fusible element, and an overvoltage modulation unit is provided. The energy-storage device stores a first energy and supplies the first energy. The fusible element connected in series with the energy-storage device for constituting a branch circuit. The overvoltage modulation unit is connected... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090002909 - Systems and methods for isolating power surges: Systems and methods for isolating an electric powered device from power surges are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a switch that electrically couples AC signals from an AC source to an electric powered device and a surge voltage detector that is electrically coupled to the... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090002910 - Over voltage protection device with an air-gap: The present invention relates to an over voltage protection device with an air gap and a manufacturing method thereof. The over voltage protection device provides over voltage protection by using an air gap extending into a first substrate and a second substrate. The air gap is formed by a first... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090002911 - Over voltage protection device with an air-gap: The present invention relates to an over voltage protection device with an air gap and a manufacturing method thereof. The over voltage protection device provides over voltage protection by using an air gap extending into a first substrate and a second substrate. The air gap is formed by a first... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090002912 - Electric fence energizer lightning protection: A lightning protection circuit for electric fence energizers used with electric fencing systems is provided. The circuit includes a protective combination having at least two electrical components connected in series. The protective combination allows induced voltage from lightning strikes to be effectively spread across a first of the electrical components... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20090002913 - Polyceramic e-chuck: The present invention discloses an electrostatic chuck for clamping work substrates, said chuck comprising three layers, where the dielectric constant of included non-conductive layers is selected to provide overall lower capacitance to the chuck. In the chuck assembly of the present invention, the top dielectric layer that is in contact... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20090002914 - Variable capacitor tuned using laser micromachining: A variable capacitor device is disclosed in which the capacitive tuning ratio and quality factor are increased to very high levels, and in which the capacitance value of the device is tuned and held to a desired value with a high level of accuracy and precision using a laser micromachining... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090002915 - Micro-electromechanical voltage tunable capacitor and and filter devices: Disclosed are one-port and two-port voltage-tunable micro-electromechanical capacitors, switches, and filter devices. High aspect-ratio metal micromachining is used to implement very high quality factor (Q) tunable and fixed capacitors, fixed inductors, and low insertion loss tunable and fixed bandpass LC filters. The tunable capacitors can move in the plane of... Agent: Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float

20090002916 - Interdigital capacitor: An interdigital capacitor includes a first finger electrode structure and a second finger electrode structure. The first finger electrode structure has a first electrode and a plurality of first extending electrodes. The first extending electrodes are linearly disposed and arranged. The second finger electrode structure has a second electrode and... Agent: Venable LLP

20090002917 - Capacitor in semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same: A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric layer over the lower electrode, and an upper electrode having a stack structure including a ruthenium-containing layer and a tungsten-containing layer over the dielectric layer.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090002918 - Multilayer capacitor: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body in which internal electrodes in a first internal electrode group are overlapped with internal electrodes in a second internal electrode group with dielectric layers sandwiched therebetween. A first external electrode has a first wraparound portion and a second wraparound portion, and a second... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090002919 - Organic branched and hyperbranched systems for high dielectric and capacitance applications: An organic dielectric material comprises a branched and/or hyperbranched macromolecule having delocalized electrons. Such macro-molecular organic material systems have desirable delocalized charge and optionally one or more micro-crystalline regions. Organic dielectric materials include, for example, branched polyanilines and phthalocyanines. Delocalized excitations within the macromolecular framework of the organic dielectric material... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090002920 - Monolithic ceramic capacitor: In an LW-reverse-type monolithic ceramic capacitor including external terminal electrodes each including a resistance component, internal electrodes include nickel or a nickel alloy, and the external terminal electrodes each include a first layer, a second layer provided on the first layer, and a third layer provided on the second layer.... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090002921 - Multilayer ceramic capacitor with internal current cancellation and bottom terminals: Low inductance capacitors include electrodes that are arranged among dielectric layers and oriented such that the electrodes are substantially perpendicular to a mounting surface. Vertical electrodes are exposed along a device periphery to determine where termination lands are formed, defining a narrow and controlled spacing between the lands that is... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090002922 - Method and apparatus for providing flexible partially etched capacitor electrode interconnect: The present subject matter includes a capacitor stack disposed in a case, the capacitor stack including one or more substantially planar electrode layers. The one or more substantially planar electrode layers have an etched surface, an unetched surface, and a grade bordering the etched surface and the unetched surface. Also,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090002923 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor has an anode body including a porous sintered body consisting of a valve action metal, a dielectric layer deposited on a surface of the anode body, a conductive polymer layer deposited on a surface of the dielectric layer, and a cathode layer deposited on a surface... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090002924 - Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel and a holder that directly or indirectly holds the electro-optical panel. At least a part of the holder is formed of a metallic plate, and the at least part of the holder includes a turned-down portion formed by folding a part of a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090002927 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a first housing; a second housing; and a coupling unit that openably/closably and rotatably couples the second housing with the first housing. The coupling unit is a biaxial coupling unit having: a rotation axis that vertically extends when the first housing is placed on a horizontal... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002926 - Electronic handheld device: An electronic handheld device includes: a case that is formed in a longitudinal boxed shape; a first operation key that is provided on a front face of the case at a position that is located at an approximate center of the front face; and a first concave portion that is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090002925 - Universal type keyboard: A universal type keyboard has a common design of an upper housing and key caps for different languages such that keyboards of different languages can be manufactured with a universal upper housing.... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090002928 - Display device: A display device has a laminated body including a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate, and an inside frame for supporting the laminated body. A polarizing plate is provided on a first surface as one main surface of the first glass substrate, and a part of a second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090002931 - Display device and electronic apparatus: A display device is provided with a display module that has a display panel, which has a display screen where information is displayed, and an elastic member that is attached to both edges of the display panel. The display device is further provided with a housing case that has holding... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002929 - Electric apparatus and an operation method thereof: The present invention discloses an electric apparatus and operation method thereof. The electric apparatus includes: display unit to display the output content from said electric apparatus; operation unit used to operate said electric apparatus; the apparatus further includes: the primary indication unit, when the primary indication unit is started up,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090002930 - Electro-optic device, method of manufacturing electro-optic device and electronic equipment: An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel; a panel supporting member for supporting the electro-optic panel from one of front side and back side of the electro-optic panel; a mounted member to be mounted to the panel supporting member from the other one of the front side and the back... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090002932 - Portable inclinating desk for notebook computers: A portable desk for use in home and office environments for comfortably and conveniently supporting a portable computer or other electronic device on the lap or knees of a user. The desk has an upper surface on which the computer rests. The desk is supported on the user's lap by... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20090002934 - Carrier for a multiple disk array: A multiple drive array carrier apparatus and associated method is provided with a unitary two-row partition. The unitary two-row partition has a longitudinal end member. A plurality of first support members extend from the end member and support, in turn, a first set of coplanar engagement members. The first engagement... Agent: Mccarthy Law Group

20090002933 - Memory card for an expresscard slot: A memory card is disclosed resembling a CompactFlash card, but which is compatible with an ExpressCard slot.... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20090002936 - Computer peripheral for removable cartridge media: A desktop external drive that is configured to accept a removable disc drive cartridge with the direction of insertion in the vertical orientation such that the narrow edge of both the disc drive cartridge and desktop external drive are oriented towards the user.... Agent: Marc Lalouette

20090002935 - Storage device fixing structure of microcomputer: An improved storage device fixing structure of a microcomputer includes a casing; a motherboard installed in the casing, a central processing unit, a plurality of electronic components, a plurality of press key portions, a connector disposed on a side of the motherboard, and a plurality of through holes disposed at... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090002940 - Electronic device: An electronic apparatus including a housing having an air outlet and a heat generating component in the housing, a heat sink in the housing and having heat radiating fins arrayed. The apparatus includes heat radiating fins having air flow paths between adjacent pairs of the heat radiating fins, and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002937 - Heat-dissipating module connecting to a plurality of heat-generating components and related device thereof: A heat-dissipating module includes a heat pipe and a heat-dissipating device. The heat pipe has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to a first heat-generating component. The second end is connected to a second heat-generating component. The heat-dissipating device is disposed on the heat... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090002939 - Systems and methods for fan speed optimization: Systems and methods for controlling cooling fan speed based on ambient noise levels are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a method for controlling cooling fan speed. The method may include receiving an indication of a current ambient noise level at a computer system and predicting noise due to one or... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090002938 - Upstream dust filters by retrofitting parallel path pcb cooling: An apparatus for cooling a computer system includes a fan for flowing an air to a first assembly and a second assembly, a first filter for filtering an air to a first assembly, and a second filter for filtering an air to a second assembly. The first filter is disposed... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090002941 - Air-permeable, hydrophobic membrane used in a computer device: A mechanism to reduce liquid intrusion into an internal volume of a computer device. In some embodiments of the invention, air-permeable, hydrophobic means reduces an intrusion of liquid into a computer device by way of an airflow system. In another embodiment, the air-permeable, hydrophobic means includes an air-permeable, hydrophobic membrane.... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090002943 - Cooling device for an electronic equipment cabinet: An example embodiment includes three fans (F4, F5, F6) associated with three compression chambers (respectively CH2; CH3; CH4) that are separated from one another by walls (W5, W6) capable of maintaining a difference in pressure. One of the fans (F4) causes, in the chamber (CH3) associated with said fan, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002942 - Holding device for encased high-protective capacitors: A holding device for encased capacitors used for electric drive engineering. The inventive holding device comprises integrateable and separable lower and top holding parts. Axially protruded retaining clamps are arranged on the top holding part around each encased capacitor. The lower holding part comprises an opening for the respective capacitor... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090002945 - Fan aspirated sensor: Described in this specification is a fan aspirated sensor. The enclosure for the device is equipped with an internal fan and has an air flow channel with suitable inlet and exit opening to cooperate with the ventilation openings in the cover of the enclosure.... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20090002944 - Ventilating exhaust fan housing: A ventilating exhaust fan housing substantially is a two-piece construction formed from a first structural member and a second structural member. The housing has six sides surrounding and defining an interior space of the housing. The six sides include five sides defined by walls of the housing, and a sixth... Agent: Hdsl

20090002946 - Heat-dissipation module of light-emitting device: The present invention relates to a heat-dissipation module of a light-emitting device, which includes a cooling unit, at least a cooling fan and at least a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device is preferably an LED and is directly bonded to the cooling unit through a heat-conductor. The cooling unit and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090002947 - Evaporative cooling system for electronic components: An apparatus for cooling a number of electronic components comprises an enclosure within which the components are positioned, an arrangement for circulating a cooling fluid to the components so that the cooling fluid can evaporate on or proximate the components and thereby absorb the heat generated by the components, a... Agent: Henry C. Query, Jr.

20090002948 - Avionics cooling: An avionics cooling system including an avionics cooling circuit operating with a liquid coolant; a fuel circuit; and a vapour cooling cycle operating with a refrigerant. The avionics cooling circuit transfers heat withdrawn from avionics to the fuel circuit, whereby the heat is dumped into fuel, and the vapour cooling... Agent: Venable LLP

20090002949 - Heat transfer for electronic component via an electromagnetic interference (emi) shield having shield deformation: In one embodiment, an apparatus having an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for an electronic component. The EMI shield and the electronic component are adapted to be assembled onto a circuit board. The EMI shield provides EMI shielding for the electronic component. The EMI shield includes a thermally conductive material, such... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20090002950 - Multi-layer electrically isolated thermal conduction structure for a circuit board assembly: A thermal conduction structure is integrated into a multi-layer circuit board to thermally couple a power electronic device to a heatsink while electrically isolating the power electronic device from the heatsink. The thermal conduction structure includes a stack of alternatingly insulative and conductive layers, a first set of vertical vias... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090002951 - System having a heat transfer apparatus: A system including a heat transfer apparatus is disclosed. One embodiment provides for an electronic device and a heat transfer apparatus including a heat distribution plate with a first surface being at least in part in thermal communication with the electronic device. The thermal conductivity of the heat distribution plate... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090002952 - Interference mitigation: In some embodiments, an electronic apparatus comprises a display assembly, a printed circuit board comprising a display driver integrated circuit, and at least one structure to alter a resonance frequency characteristic of at least one of the display assembly or the printed circuit board. Other embodiments may be disclosed.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090002953 - Production of via hole in flexible circuit printable board: A flexible circuit printable board can be favorably produced by a process composed of steps of forming in a polyimide film having a metal coat on each surface side a via hole penetrating at least one metal coat and the polyimide film; and applying a mixture of liquid and abrasive... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090002954 - Handicap accessible removable control panel: This invention involves a control panel that is removable from a marking machine housing. This removable control panel is used to lower or raise the entire marking machine or just a module or modules of the machine. Wheelchair users have difficult times using a conventional marking machine such as a... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20090002955 - Latching mechanism for portable electronic device: A latching mechanism (10) for a portable electronic device (30) includes a main body (12), a latching member (16), a resilient member (14), and an operating member (18). The main body has a shaft (124). The latching member is mounted to the shaft and is slidable relative to the shaft... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090002956 - Power converter: A power converter which can attain a reliable electric connection with electrodes of a power module by facilitating positioning of conductors connected to the electrodes of the power module. The power converter includes the power module having the plurality of electrodes in the form of plate-shaped conductors within a casing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090002957 - Memory interface card with sim functions: A plug-in adapter includes a first contact for connection to a host device, at least two second contacts for connection to a memory card, and a third contact for connection to a subscriber identity module (SIM) component. Circuitry in the adapter connects at least one of the second contacts to... Agent: Sandisk C/o Darby & Darby PC

20090002958 - Method of forming a substrate core structure using microvia laser drilling and conductive layer pre-patterning and substrate core structure formed according to the method: A method of fabricating a substrate core structure comprises, providing first and second patterned conductive layers defining openings therein on each side of a starting insulating layer; providing a first and a second supplemental insulating layers onto respective ones of a first and a second patterned conductive layer; laser drilling... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090002959 - Control apparatus, in particular a mechatronic transmission control device or engine control device: A control device permits a number of individual partially flexible printed circuit boards to be arranged in a manner that makes it possible to optimally disentangle signal and current paths while simultaneously reducing the investment in expensive flexible surfaces to a minimum. The improvement helps in saving on flexible surfaces... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090002960 - Apparatus for retaining a computer card: An apparatus for retaining a computer card in a computer having a riser card has a bracket for receiving the computer card and a retaining member. The retaining member engages the computer card and provides a preload force on the computer card.... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090002962 - Circuit protection element and a circuit board with the circuit protection element: A circuit protection element and a circuit board with the circuit protection element are disclosed. The circuit protection element includes a metal base, and at least one opening slot located at the metal base. The metal base forms a positioning portion. One end of the metal base is fastened onto... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090002961 - Packaging system with hollow package: A packaging system comprising: forming terminal leads; configuring a cavity by partially encapsulating the terminal leads with a compound; attaching an integrated circuit device, a micro-electromechanical system, a micro-mechanical system, or a combination thereof in the cavity; and bonding a cover to the terminal leads for enclosing the cavity.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090002963 - Method of attaching die to circuit board with an intermediate interposer: A die having a base formed of a first material is connected to a board having a base formed of a second material. An interposer having a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second materials is positioned between the die and the board.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090002964 - Multilayer wiring element having pin interface: A method of forming contacts for an interconnection element, includes (a) joining a conductive element to an interconnection element having multiple wiring layers, (b) patterning the conductive element to form conductive pins, and (c) electrically interconnecting the conductive pins with conductive features of the interconnection element. A multiple wiring layer... Agent: Tessera Lerner David Et Al.

20090002965 - Media tray assembly and a printer having the same: A media tray assembly for a printer includes an output tray that is removably and pivotally mounted onto an input tray. The output tray is configured such that it can be easily installed into and quickly removed from the printer. In addition, the output tray can be pivoted upward from... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090002966 - Substrate housing container: The present invention includes a ceiling portion 8, bottom portion 9, a substrate housing portion 3 formed by a side walls 5 to 7, a plurality of wafer slots 11 arrayed in parallel on the inner surface of the side walls 6 and 7, a slit portion 12 formed in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002967 - Electronic module and fabrication method thereof: The present invention provides an electronic module and fabrication method thereof in which the mounting area of an electronic component can be increased and connection failure between a ground electrode and metal shield can be suppressed to sufficiently ensure the connection strength between the ground electrode and conductive shield. In... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002968 - Apparatus for universal electromagnetic navigation target for fluoroscopic systems: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for an electromagnetic shield assembly for use with C-arms. In an embodiment, the system may include a ring shield configured to encompass an x-ray detector. The ring shield may have a first window opening to receive x-rays. The system may also... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090002972 - Backside seal for conformal shielding process: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090002971 - Bottom side support structure for conformal shielding process: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090002970 - Conformal shielding process using process gases: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090002969 - Field barrier structures within a conformal shield: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090002973 - Mount board and electronic device: An object of the present invention is to allow stress that may be applied to a semiconductor package to be suppressed, when the semiconductor package is mounted on a curved board. In a mount board 1, a semiconductor package 20 is mounted on a curved board 10 including a curved... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002974 - Power converter unit: A power converter unit has a metal case; a power module having a plurality of power semiconductor devices that is provided inside the metal case; a gate drive circuit board having a circuit for driving the plurality of the power semiconductor devices that is mounted on the power module; a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090002975 - Device with button restriction element: A device comprises a device substance, a button, a button restriction element, and a circuit board. The device substance has a button opening. The button comprises a button substance, a first fixing element, a second fixing element, and a driving element. The button substance locates in the button opening. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch