Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 04/09

20090109583 - Esd protection circuit for inside a power pad or input/output pad: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit configured completely inside one of a power pad and an I/O pad of an electronic circuit, the ESD protection circuit comprising an electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit that, when activated, discharges an ESD from a first voltage bus to a second voltage bus. The second... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090109582 - Method of protecting circuits using integrated array fuse elements and process for fabrication: In one exemplary embodiment, a detector of electromagnetic radiation includes: a substrate; at least one layer of semiconductor material formed on the substrate, said at least one layer of semiconductor material defining a radiation absorbing and detecting region; an electrical contact configured to couple said region to a readout circuit;... Agent: Raytheon Company, Intellectual Property

20090109584 - Surge protection circuit for passing dc and rf signals: A surge protection circuit may include a tuned circuit board with traces designed to provide a surge protected and RF isolated DC path while propagating RF signals through the PCB dielectric with microstrip lines. The surge protection circuit utilizes high impedance RF decoupling devices such as quarterwave traces or inductors... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090109585 - Series surge suppression structure: A series surge suppression structure mainly comprises: a circuit board, a ground line and a plurality of galvanization circuits being disposed thereon, a multilayer surge absorption unit being disposed in series on the ground line and the plurality of galvanization circuits; wherein each surge absorption unit is constituted by a... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090109586 - Monitoring a load driven by a power semiconductor switch: A method and an apparatus for monitoring a load driven by a power semiconductor switch. The method may comprise, for example: driving a control electrode of the power semiconductor switch, in such a way that a rise in the load current through the power semiconductor switch is effected after a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20090109587 - Over voltage protection for reduced level electrical signal interfaces: A device for protecting sensitive electronic equipment from low level signal lines short circuited to high voltage power sources includes a switch that open the circuit between the data lines and the sensitive computing equipment if a high voltage condition is detected on the data lines. Otherwise, the switch remains... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090109589 - High speed automatic circuit breaker for protection: Disclosed is a high speed automatic circuit breaker in which a Rogowski coil is integrated with a voltage sensor, a microprocessor processes voltage and current signals through an electronic transformer to reduce a size and costs, and an algorithm of counting, charging, and trip is realized for coordination with reclosers... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090109588 - Load driver with wire break detection circuit: A load driver includes a transistor coupled in series with a load, a control circuit for controlling the transistor, and a wire break detection circuit. The wire break detection circuit includes a current detection device and a wire break detection device. The current detection device is coupled between a first... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090109590 - Self-protected solid-state electrical switching device: A self-protected solid-state switching device comprising first opening means connected in series with a first fuse link, means for measuring electric current and control means acting on opening and closing of said first opening means according to the value of a main electric current flowing through said switching device. Said... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090109591 - Inrush current protection circuit: Disclosed is an inrush current protection circuit for preventing inrush energy from entering a circuit to be protected through a power input terminal of the circuit to be protected. The inrush current protection circuit includes a varistor connected to the power input terminal of the circuit to be protected for... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090109592 - Fire safe arrester isolator: A housing encapsulating first and second terminals of a surge arrester disconnector becomes structurally weakened before activation of a disconnect device in the disconnector when the disconnector is exposed to heat, thereby preventing the disconnector from producing a projectile with a force sufficient to classify the disconnector as a hazardous... Agent: King & Spalding

20090109593 - Hard disk drive component processing tubular wriststrap cord holder: The present invention provides a tubular wrist-strap cord holder that retains a wrist-strap cord used by an operator to install components during the manufacturing of hard disk drives in order to provide grounding to the operator as the operator handles electrically sensitive components and also to provide mobility to the... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20090109594 - Electrostatically atomizing device: An electrostatically atomizing device comprises an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode disposed in an opposed relation to the emitter electrode, cooling means for condensing water on the emitter electrode from within a surrounding air, and a high voltage source for applying high voltage between the emitter electrode and the opposed... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090109595 - Method and system for performing electrostatic chuck clamping in track lithography tools: A method of clamping/declamping a semiconductor wafer on an electrostatic chuck in ambient air includes disposing the semiconductor wafer at a predetermined distance above a dielectric surface of the electrostatic chuck having one or more electrodes and applying a first voltage greater than a predetermined threshold to the one or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090109596 - Multilayer capacitor: An element body has first and second inner electrodes which are alternately laminated. The first inner electrode has a first main electrode, a first coupling conductor extending to a first side face of the element body while being connected to an edge part of the first main electrode, and a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090109597 - Metal-insulator-metal capacitors: An interdigitated Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitor provides self-shielding and accurate capacitance ratios with small capacitance values. The MIM capacitor includes two terminals that extend to a plurality of interdigitated fingers separated by an insulator. Metal plates occupy layers above and below the fingers and connect to fingers of one terminal. As... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090109598 - Metal-insulator-metal (mim) device and method of formation thereof: In a method of fabricating a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device, initially, a first electrode is provided. An oxide layer is provided on the first electrode, and a protective layer is provided on the oxide layer. An opening through the protective layer is provided to expose a portion of the oxide layer,... Agent: Paul J. Winters

20090109601 - Carbonaceous material for electric double layer capacitor and electric double layer capacitor: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric double layer capacitor carbon material and an electric double layer capacitor which can exhibit excellent charge/discharge characteristics. The carbon material for electric double layer capacitors in accordance with the present invention is characterized in having the BET specific surface... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090109599 - High energy density ultracapacitor: The invention is directed to a carbon composition produced from a carbon precursor, a carbon precursor modifier, and an additive, wherein a mixture of the recited components is formed, the carbon precursor is cured, the resulting mixture carbonized to produce a porous carbon composition. Also disclosed are methods for preparing... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090109600 - Oblong electrochemical double layer capacitor: An oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor is disclosed having a modified jelly roll design and having a plurality of fingers extending from each electrode in substantially the same direction. A packaged electrochemical double-layer capacitor is also disclosed comprising the oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor having a modified jelly roll design. A method... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090109602 - Method for manufacturing electrolytic capacitor and electrolytic capacitor: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor comprising: forming a capacitor element having an anode foil and a cathode foil; impregnating the capacitor element with a dispersion solution containing particles of an electrically conductive solid or aggregates thereof and a dispersion solvent to form an electrically conductive solid layer having... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090109603 - Solid electrolytic capacitor with improved moisture resistance properties and method of manufacturing the same: In a solid electrolytic capacitor including a porous valve-acting metal, an anode conductor has a large number of pores having openings on the surface thereof according to the porosity of the valve-acting metal. A solid electrolyte layer is formed on the surface of the anode conductor so as to be... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090109604 - Gas insulated switchgear and gas circuit breaker:

20090109605 - Portable electric power distribution device and methods of use: In one aspect, the invention relates to a portable device for the distribution of electrical power in one or more interchangeable, predefined configurations and methods of use.... Agent: David J. Wilson

20090109606 - Bus bar block: The invention relates to a bus bar block with a first bus bar and a second bus bar, each of which has an insulating enclosure, which is at least partially open on one side across from the base side, with, in each enclosure, at least one terminal bar being arranged... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark A. Garzia, P.C.

20090109607 - Housing for an electronic device and sealing ring for a housing: A housing comprises a first housing part, having a first bearing surface for a first contact surface of a sealing ring, and a second housing part, which can be screwed together with the first housing part and has a second bearing surface for a second contact surface of the sealing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090109608 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a main circuit board contained in the housing, a memory controller mounted on the main circuit board, only one memory slot mounted on the main circuit board, and only one memory module attached to the memory slot. The memory controller... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090109609 - Storage server: A storage server includes a base, a storage module, and a controller module. The storage module is removably received in the base at a side thereof. The storage module includes a bracket, at least one hard disk, and a backplane. The bracket defines at least one receiving space therein. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109610 - Symmetric multiprocessing computer and star interconnection architecture and cooling system thereof: A symmetric multiprocessor computer is provided with a star interconnection architecture and a cooling system. The star interconnection architecture include a middle plane, and plural first processor boards and second processor boards configured vertically onto opposite surfaces of the middle plane. The first processor boards and the second processor boards... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090109611 - Method and computer system with anti-tamper capability and thermal packaging structure for implementing enhanced heat removal from processor circuitry: A method and computer processor system with anti-tamper capability and thermal packaging structure for implementing enhanced heat removal from processor circuitry, such as, a high-performance cell processor complex, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The computer system includes predefined processor circuits including anti-tamper logic.... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20090109612 - Chassis having a bypass channel for air flow: A chassis having a bypass channel for air flow is disclosed. The chassis include a bypass channel that is proximate one side of the chassis. The bypass channel may be formed by the side of the chassis and a module of the computing system, such as the processor module of... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090109613 - Memory module heat sink: The invention relates to a memory module heat sink, in particular for FB-DIMM memory modules, for dissipating heat generated in the memory module to the outside, having an essentially planar metal plate (100, 150) to which the memory module can be fixed, wherein the metal plate (100, 150) has on... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090109614 - Portable terminal having long stroke hinge: A portable terminal having a long-stroke hinge is disclosed. The portable terminal includes a first main body, a second main body sliding on the first main body, a first member with elasticity having a first end fixed to the first main body and a second end that is horizontally moveable,... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090109615 - Separator with integrated storage for securing an electrical charging device and providing wire management: A separating device with integrated storage securing an electrical charging device and providing wire management for portable computers, such as notebook computers or laptop computers, in a cart, pedestal, desk-mounted depot, or similar devices is shown herein. Briefly stated, in its preferred embodiment, the separating device comprises a sheet of... Agent: James W. Kollas

20090109616 - Portable electronic device bent to width direction, and slide module and parts thereof for the device: Disclosed is a portable electronic device bent widthwise. The portable electronic device includes: a first body bent widthwise; a second body mounted on the first body to be capable of being opened and closed, the second body being bent in the same direction as the first body; and a support... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090109617 - Apparatus and methods for thermal management of electronic devices: An apparatus is disclosed that may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and an electronics package may be disposed about the first surface of the PCB. The PCB may include a metal layer and a core, and, in some aspects, may include multiple cores interposed between multiple metal layers, and... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20090109618 - Ventilation member and ventilation structure: A ventilation member (1) comprises a support body (2), a ventilation membrane (10), and a cover part (3). The support body (2) includes a bottom surface portion (4) connected to the casing (50) and a side surface portion (5) on which the ventilation membrane (10) is installed. A first opening... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090109619 - Method apparatus for cooling system having an s-shaped air flow path for use in a chassis: A method and apparatus cooling a chassis. The apparatus includes a telecommunication shelf structure or chassis (102) having a top side (108), bottom side (110), front side (104) and back side (108). Slots that can support boards (112) are oriented between the top side and the bottom side. A first... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090109621 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipation device includes a base, a first heat pipe, a first heat sink, a second heat pipe, a thermoelectric cooler and a second heat sink. The first heat pipe includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first heat pipe is connected to... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090109620 - Heat-dissipating device of portable electronic apparatus: A heat-dissipating device of a portable electronic apparatus includes a heat-conducting plate disposed on a heat-generating element. One end of a heat-conducting pipe is disposed on the heat-conducting plate, and the other end of the heat-conducting pipe is disposed on a surface of a power generator to form a high-temperature... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090109622 - Thermal control system for rack mounting: A thermal control system of a 3U height includes various modules for providing temperature control in a rack environment. The modules may be, for example, a power module, user interface module, various different pump assemblies, various different models of fan assemblies, HTAs, and/or a serial communication interfaces.... Agent: Winstead PC

20090109623 - Heat-radiating module with composite phase-change heat-radiating efficiency: The present invention provides a heat-radiating module with composite phase-change heat-radiating efficiency. The cooling pad of the heat-radiating module is fitted with a heating portion and radiating portion. The first and second chambers are placed at intervals into the cooling pad. The first and second phase-change materials are separately placed... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090109624 - Circuitized substrate with internal cooling structure and electrical assembly utilizing same: An electrical assembly which includes a circuitized substrate including a first plurality of dielectric and electrically conductive circuit layers alternatively oriented in a stacked orientation, a thermal cooling structure bonded to one of the dielectric layers and at least one electrical component mounted on the circuitized substrate. The circuitized substrate... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20090109625 - Light fixture with multiple leds and synthetic jet thermal management system: A light source (101) is provided which comprises (a) a housing element (107); (b) a heat sink (109); (c) a first flow channel element (111) which, alone or in combination with said housing element, creates (i) a first set of flow paths (221) for the flow of fluid in a... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090109626 - Apparatus and method providing metallic thermal interface between metal capped module and heat sink: An apparatus and method for creating a metallic thermal interface is shown for connecting an electronic module to a heat sink. Using an interface metal such as indium or malleable indium alloys, which have superior heat transfer capability, but are subject to oxidization and degraded thermal transfer capability; a layer... Agent: Robert R. Williams IBM Corporation, Dept. 917

20090109627 - Heat sink retaining clip for an electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly is provided that includes a guide frame having an internal compartment configured to receive an electrical component. The guide frame extends a length between a plug end portion having a plug opening and a rear end portion opposite the plug end portion. The guide frame includes... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090109628 - Chip cooling system with convex portion: Integrated circuit chip cooling methods and systems are disclosed. A method for cooling an integrated circuit chip may comprise: providing a cooling mechanism; positioning an interface medium between the cooling mechanism and the integrated circuit chip; and interfacing the cooling mechanism and the integrated circuit chip through the interface medium;... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090109629 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink, and a block. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins formed on the base. A bottom portion of the base defines a first groove. The block defines a second groove in one surface of the block. The block... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109630 - Heat sink assembly having a fixing base thereof: A heat sink assembly includes a fixing base and a heat sink mounted on the fixing base. The fixing base has a bottom face attached to an electronic component mounted on a printed circuit board. The fixing base includes a pair of hooks extending from a rear side thereof and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109631 - Electronic-component-mounting board: The electronic-component-mounting board according to the present invention includes: a high-heat-dissipation substrate including a metal plate and a circuit pattern formed on a upper surface of the metal plate; an electronic component which is mounted on the high-heat-dissipation substrate and is electrically connected to the circuit pattern; and one external... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090109632 - Current transformer disconnect switch: A current transformer cabinet is disclosed having an electrical meter coupled to current transformers. One or more disconnect switches arranged between the source conductors and the load conductors. The disconnect switches include a link member that allows the disconnecting of electrical service from the load conductors by rotation of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090109633 - Device for tracking the movement of individuals or objects: A tracking device for tracking an individual or object includes a housing configured to house components for tracking an individual or object. The housing has a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are configured to be joined together to form a waterproof housing.... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090109634 - Portable electronic device, and sliding/rotation opening/closing module and parts thereof for the device: Disclosed is a portable electronic device, a sliding/rotation opening/closing module for the device, and parts thereof. The portable electronic device includes: a first body; a guide member, which is installed at the first body in such a manner that the guide member can rotate about a rotation axis member, and... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090109637 - Electronic component module: An electronic component module includes a module body including a substrate having components mounted thereon. A metal case is attached to the substrate to cover the components of the module body. The metal case includes a top-plate portion arranged substantially parallel to the main surface of the substrate and claw... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090109636 - Multiple package module using a rigid flex printed circuit board: A multiple package module and a method of fabricating a multiple package module. The module comprises a central region of a rigid flex circuit board for mounting circuitry, and at least one wing connected by a flexible portion to at least one edge of the central region of the rigid... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20090109635 - Waterproof structure and portable electrical apparatus using the same: A waterproof structure for a housing of a portable electronic apparatus comprises a cover and an elastic pad. The cover comprises a pivot portion, and the cover is connected to the housing via the pivot portion such that the cover is capable of rotating in relation to the housing. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090109638 - Modular powerline adapters and methods of use: Embodiments of modular powerline adapters and their methods of use are generally described herein. An article to transmit and receive signals through an electrical power distribution network comprises: a first module and a second module, wherein the first module comprises an electrical plug to electrically couple to an electrical power... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20090109639 - Portable electronic device and method for identifying accessory connected to the same: A portable electronic device (1) includes an interface (10), a circuit board (200) and an accessory identifying unit (100). The interface includes a plurality of connectors (VBUS, D+, D− and ID). The circuit board includes a plurality of controlling circuits (21, 22, 23 and 24). The accessory identifying unit is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109640 - Optical engine: An optical engine is provided, including an imaging module, a driver module and a connecting unit. The imaging module includes an imaging housing with an imaging space and an imaging unit installed in the imaging space. The imaging housing is made of a conductive material. The driver module includes a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090109641 - Wafer of circuit board and joining structure of wafer or circuit board: A wafer (or a circuit board), which is used to perform three-dimensional mounting, has protrusion 20 which is provided in low melting point metal 15 for electrically connecting mutually joined wafers 61 and 62, and which defines an interval between mutually joined wafers 61 and 62 without being deformed at... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090109642 - Semiconductor modules and electronic devices using the same: Semiconductor devices and electronic devices using the same. The semiconductor module may include a first semiconductor chip, and a module substrate having a top surface on which the first semiconductor chip is mounted and a second surface opposite the top surface, wherein the module substrate includes a first buffer layer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090109643 - Thin semiconductor device package: A thin semiconductor device package, comprising a thin substrate at least one thin die coupled with the substrate and having a perimeter dimension less than that of the substrate a mold material provided at a surface of the substrate adjacent to the perimeter of the die so that a surface... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090109644 - Mounting mechanism for electronic device: A mounting mechanism for mounting an electronic device to a chassis, the electronic device defining a first securing hole, and the chassis defining a second securing hole, includes a securing member having a base. A plurality of elastic hooks extends from a bottom of the base. At least one blocking... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109646 - Packaged gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same: The invention provides semiconductor material (e.g., gallium nitride material) devices (e.g., transistors) and methods associated with the same. The devices may be supported within a package that is formed, in part, of a polymeric material. In other embodiments, the devices may be mounted to a support (e.g., circuit board) and... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090109645 - Power semiconductor module comprising load connection elements applied to circuit carriers: A power semiconductor module is disclosed including a housing for receiving at least one essentially board-type circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being provided with a metallization on at least one part of its surface and being populated with and electrically connected to at least one power semiconductor, rigid, integral and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090109647 - Switch mount: A panel for accepting a switch is disclosed, the panel having a generally rigid member with a front side and a back side. The generally rigid member also has a first edge and a second edge defining an aperture, through which the switch passes at least partially through. The back... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090103216 - Alternating current series arc fault detection method: A method of detecting and indicating a presence of alternating current (AC) series arc fault events in current supplied by an AC electrical power source to an electrical load for the power source comprises the steps of: measuring positive and negative current through the load over a first sample cycle... Agent: Stephen George Mican

20090103217 - System and apparatus for limiting current in a superconducting coil: A superconducting coil circuit for a superconducting magnet includes a superconducting coil and a current limiting apparatus. The current limiting apparatus is connected in series with the superconducting coil and includes a mechanical device configured to cause a quench in the superconducting coil when a current in the superconducting coil... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090103218 - Surge suppression system with overload disconnect: A surge suppression unit contains electrical surge suppression components configured to redirect power surges. A sensor monitors the surge suppression components for a possible impending explosion or fire condition. A disconnect mechanism is configured to disconnect power from the surge suppression components when the sensor detects the explosion or fire... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090103219 - Overvoltage protection circuit: An input terminal is externally input with an input voltage. An output transistor of N-channel MOSFET is arranged between the input terminal and an output terminal. A charge pump circuit steps up the input voltage. An error amplifier receives a voltage stepped up by the charge pump circuit as a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090103220 - Circuit for protecting nmos device from voltage stress: A protection circuit for an NMOS device is provided. The protection circuit includes a cascoding NMOS transistor and an adjusting circuit. The cascoding NMOS transistor is cascoded between the NMOS device and an external voltage source. The adjusting circuit is coupled to the external voltage source, a gate of the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP Suite 1400

20090103221 - Adaptive power management system for aircraft galleys: The adaptive power management system for aircraft galleys includes one or more programmable circuit breakers for corresponding interchangeable aircraft galley inserts. Current rating settings of the programmable circuit breakers can be changed by direct interrogation by a galley network controller, which can also automatically switch selected circuit breakers to open... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090103222 - Overcurrent protection system and method: An overcurrent protection system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment the overcurrent protection system includes a first switch connected between a supply voltage and an output voltage. A comparator circuit provides a comparator output signal having first and second values that depend on a comparison of the output voltage... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090103223 - Power circuit with short-circuit protection circuit: A power circuit including a current-limiting semi-conductor switch and a control system connected to the current-limiting semi-conductor switch and configured to bias the semi-conductor switch into conduction and into cut-off. The control system further comprises a short-circuit protection circuit configured to detect and evaluate the voltage drop via the current-limiting... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090103224 - Fallen conductor warning system: A system for notifying and/or warning of fallen or downed insulated conductor generally includes a distribution system for distributing a utility, such as power, and a sensor system for sensing whether the distribution system is properly operating. The warning system can include a support structure; an arm carried by the... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090103225 - Energy pathway arrangement: Compact and integral arrangements for an energy-conditioning arrangement having various predetermined energy pathways utilized in part for the purpose of conditioning energies of either one or multiple of circuitry that would otherwise detrimentally effect a predetermined application having a single or multiple, circuitry systems. Some energy-conditioning arrangement variants can be... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20090103226 - Surge suppression device having one or more rings: A surge suppression device may include a housing having a cavity, a center conductor positioned within the cavity, a spiral inductor having an inner curve coupled to the center conductor and an outer curve, a coil capture device connected to the outer curve of the spiral inductor, and a ring... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090103227 - Magnetic levitation apparatus: An exciting voltage arithmetic portion calculates an exciting voltage of an electromagnet using a signal of a gap sensor. On the other hand, a sensorless exciting voltage arithmetic portion calculates an exciting voltage of the electromagnet using a signal of the current sensor. The exciting voltage adjusting portion adjusts a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090103228 - Method and apparatus for remotely operating ac powered appliances from video interphones or shopping terminals: A method for adding and connecting a remotely operated SPDT relay to an electric power circuit of an AC appliance connected to a manually actuated electrical SPDT switch for integrating said AC appliance into an home automation network, each said relay and said SPDT switch includes a pole terminal and... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090103229 - Bar type ionizer: A bar type ionizer has a discharging electrode, a ground electrode, a high voltage unit, and a controller unit and uses the technique of eliminating static electricity by corona discharging. The ionizer also has a FND unit mounted on the bar which lets the user see the bar information including... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090103230 - Electrostatic discharge apparatus for touch key: An electrostatic discharge apparatus for a touch key. A need for a conductive material or a ground layer included in the touch key is removed and a ground pattern portion is formed to prevent damage caused by static electricity introduced into the touch key. The electrostatic discharge apparatus for a... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090103231 - Stun gun with an extendable electric shock distance: A stun gun with an extendable electric shock distance has a high voltage electric arc generator and a conductive liquid supplier. The high voltage electric arc generator generates a high voltage electric arc. A conductive liquid fills with inside the conductive liquid supplier. When the conductive liquid is spurted from... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090103232 - Substrate holding system and exposure apparatus using the same: A substrate holding system for holding a substrate based on vacuum attraction and electrostatic attraction including a rim configured to support the substrate, a protrusion for the electrostatic attraction, configured to support the substrate inside the rim, and a protrusion for the vacuum attraction, configured to support the substrate inside... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090103233 - Metal capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved by applying a metal material for an electrolyte and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The metal capacitor includes a metal member comprising a through-hole forming portion where a plurality of through-holes is formed, an electrode withdrawing portion formed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090103234 - Metal capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved by applying a metal material for an electrolyte and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The capacitor includes a metal member comprising a groove forming portion where a plurality of grooves is formed, an electrode withdrawing portion formed on... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090103235 - Metal capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved by applying a metal material for an electrolyte and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The capacitor includes: a terminal increase-type metal member comprising a groove forming portion; a metal oxide layer being formed on the terminal increase-type metal... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090103236 - Paste composition, dielectric composition, capacitor, and method for production of paste composition: A paste composition containing (a) a resin, (b) high dielectric constant inorganic particles having a perovskite crystal structure, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein the average particle diameter of the high dielectric constant inorganic particles is 0.002 μm to 0.06 μm, and the amount of all organic solvents is 35... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090103237 - Monolithic ceramic electronic component: A monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic laminate which includes a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and which has a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposed to the first principal surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, first... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090103238 - Method for manufacturing dielectric ceramic powder, and multilayer ceramic capacitor obtained by using the ceramic powder: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing dielectric ceramic powder and a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the ceramic powder. According to the invention, BaCO3 powder is dispersed into a solution of solvent and dispersant to prepare BaCO3 slurry and then the resultant BaCO3 slurry is wet-milled. Also, TiO2 powder... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090103239 - Dielectric fluid for improved capacitor performance: A dielectric fluid that provides improved resistance to device failure in capacitors comprising combinations of certain anthraquinone compounds and scavengers. Capacitors including the dielectric fluid can have a higher discharge inception voltage and can have increased failure threshold voltages in comparison to capacitors made without the combination. Therefore, these capacitors... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20090103240 - Capacitor array and method for manufacturing the same: A capacitor array includes mutually opposed first and second internal electrodes having a first capacitance portion and a second capacitance portion, respectively, a first lead portion and a second lead portion, respectively, which are electrically connected to a first outer terminal electrode and a second outer terminal electrode, and a... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090103241 - Electric double-layer capacitor: (wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, said hydrocarbon group may be optionally substituted with hydroxyl group, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group, aryloxy group, sulfonyl group, halogen atoms, nitro group, thioalkyl group, cyano group, carboxyl group, amino group or amide group, R′ represents hydrogen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090103242 - Electrode with reduced resistance grid and hybrid energy storage device having same: An energy storage device includes at least one positive electrode comprising a current collector comprising lead and having a plurality of raised and lowered portions with respect to a mean plane of the current collector and slots formed between the raised and lowered portions, wherein lead dioxide paste is adhered... Agent: Cahn & Samuels LLP

20090103243 - Multiterminal solid electrolytic capacitor: A multiterminal solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element including a porous sintered body which includes a plurality of anode leads projecting from a surface of the porous sintered body and which is made from a valve metal powder, a dielectric oxide coating disposed on the porous sintered body, and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090103244 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and process for fabricating same: The invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor wherein the anode has a dielectric oxide film of a structure less susceptible to damage due to mechanical stresses and which is diminished in leakage current and less prone to short-circuiting, and a process for fabricating the capacitor. The capacitor of the invention... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090103245 - Metal capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved by applying a metal material for an electrolyte and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The metal capacitor includes a terminal increase-type metal member; a metal oxide layer being formed on the terminal increase-type metal member; an insulating layer... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090103246 - Interconnections for multiple capacitor anode leads: An anode assembly for a capacitor is described. The anode assembly comprises a first anode including a first conductive lead disposed in a first groove in a junction bar, a second anode including a second conductive lead disposed in a second groove in the junction bar, and an anode terminal... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd.

20090103247 - Doped ceramic powder for use in forming capacitor anodes: An electrolytic capacitor that comprises an anode body formed from a powder comprising electrically conductive ceramic particles and a non-metallic element in an amount of about 100 parts per million or more is provided in one embodiment of the invention. The non-metallic element has a ground state electron configuration that... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090103248 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: An electrolytic capacitor has at least one capacitor element and an insulating housing. Each capacitor element has a body and at least two leads. The leads connect to the body. The insulating housing has a base. The base has a top with at least one opening, a bottom, at least... Agent: Christopher P. Maiorana, P.C.

20090103249 - Integrated frame for monocoque housing: A monocoque housing comprises a main housing and an integrated unit. The main housing includes an opening leading to a recess within the main housing. The integrated unit includes a frame and an end cap being received by the main housing through the opening so that, when assembled, the end... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP/ Motorola

20090103250 - Input device and electronic apparatus: An input device that inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body contains a housing including an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and detects a slide position inputted by a slide operation depending on the operation body, and an operation unit... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090103251 - Operation device and image recording device: An operation device includes a rotatable operation panel and a tilt mechanism including a recessed groove and pawl member capable of engaging with the recessed groove and an urging member configured to elastically urge the pawl member. In the engaging state, the pawl member contacts with the recessed groove at... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090103253 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a first module, a second module, and a connecting member. The first module includes a bottom plate having a first slot and a rail corresponding to the first slot. The second module includes a top plate having a second slot and a slide bar overlapping a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090103254 - Holder for external keypad for portable electronic device: A holder (35) includes a base (33), an orientation block (36), a located block (37) and two magnets (38, 39). The base includes a mounting portion (40) and a securing portion (50). The orientation block is fixed in the mounting portion. The located block is slidably engaged in the securing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103255 - Image display module: An image display module adapted for displaying an image in an electronic device, includes a bottom cover, a sliding portion movably mounted on the bottom cover, a screen received in the bottom cover, an upper cover fastened and aligned to the bottom cover, and a sensor arranged on the upper... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103257 - Compact and light computer casing structure: A protective casing structure of an electronic apparatus capable of keeping the apparatus compact and light is provided. A display-side block includes a display module and a display casing. The display casing is provided with frame edges at a periphery thereof, with projections formed on the frame edges. Grooves engaging... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20090103256 - Electronic equipment: An electronic equipment includes: a main unit that is provided with a printed circuit board; a display unit that is provided with a display device; a hinge mechanism that is provided with a rotation shaft that connects the display unit to the main unit to be rotatable between a first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090103259 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a battery pack, an ODD unit having a thickness smaller than the battery pack, and an additional device contained in the housing. The battery pack is arranged in a back section of the housing. The ODD unit is arranged to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090103258 - Shoulder screw and handle drive mounting system: A computer storage enclosure may comprise a mounting chassis and a computer drive apparatus. The mounting chassis may have a plurality of computer drive guides, a plurality of cam pins, and a mounting chassis disengagement ramp. The computer drive apparatus may include a computer drive, a plurality of shoulder screws,... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20090103252 - Mounting apparatus for storage device: A mounting apparatus is provided for a storage device. The storage device includes two lateral sides each defining at least one fixing hole. The mounting apparatus includes a conductive bracket having two side plates, and at least one fastener installed on an inside surface of each of the side plates.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103260 - Portable electronic device: A portable communication terminal comprises two hollow metal cases extending at its opposite sides along its longitudinal axis. A display unit, an input unit, a microphone and the like are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the terminal, with the metal cases set at their opposite sides, and a resin... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090103261 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a first main body and a second main body. The first main body includes a first housing, a first magnetic member and a first elastic member. The second main body includes a second housing and a second magnetic member. The second housing is pivotally connected with... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090103262 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with first and second heating elements mounted on a circuit board. The first heat pipe includes a first end portion thermally connected to the first heating element and a second end portion thermally connected to a heat radiating section. The second... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090103263 - Hand-held electric power tool with monitoring of motor temperature: A hand-held electric power tool has a hand-held outer housing (23), an electric motor (1) with a fan (3) for generating a flow (4) of cooling air, and an electronics module (2) having an electronic motor control (2a) and a computing element (2b) for monitoring the motor temperature and including... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090103265 - Electronic device: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing including an opening, a partition wall which partitions an interior part of the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber which is opened to the outside through the opening, first and second heat generating parts mounted in the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090103264 - Heat dissipation device and electronic device with the same: A heat dissipation device includes a fan (200), a first wire collection structure (280) and a second wire collection structure (290). The fan (200) includes a frame (210) and an impeller (240) disposed in the frame (210). The first wire collection structure (280) is formed on the frame (210) to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103266 - Cooling system employing a heat exchanger with phase change material, and method of operation thereof: A heat exchanger for use, e.g., in a rear door of a server rack in a computer room, made up of pipes clad with a layer of a phase change material, such as a paraffin, so that latent heat is absorbed in the conversion from the solid to the liquid... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090103267 - Electronic assembly and method for making the electronic assembly: An electronic assembly comprises a generally planar substrate. An electronic component is mounted to the substrate and has a projecting portion projecting above a surface of the substrate. An enclosure has at least one side with indentations. One of the indentations is positioned to receive the projecting portion of the... Agent: Deere & Company

20090103268 - Module assembly having heat transfer plate: A module assembly includes a component housing having a plurality of walls forming a cavity. At least one of the walls includes an opening therethrough open to the cavity. The heat transfer plate is mounted within the opening of the component housing and his exposed on an exterior of the... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090103270 - Apparatus for securing heat sinks to a device under test: Apparatus and method for securing a heat sink to a heat-generating device on a circuit board. The apparatus clamps onto the heating-generating device and the circuit board in a manner that avoids bending of the circuit board. The apparatus includes a retention module having a plurality of retention features that... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20090103269 - Heat dissipating device for memory card: A heat dissipating device for a memory card includes a first dissipation element and a second dissipation element. The first dissipation element is attached to one side of the memory card for dissipating heat generated by the memory card. The first dissipation element defines a hole at an end thereof.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103271 - Wall plate assembly: A wall plate assembly includes a wall plate with an insertion slot for the installation of a HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connector of a HDMI cable and a power plug hole for the insertion of a power plug, a signal amplifier connected to the back side of the wall plate... Agent: Sure-fire Electrical Corporation

20090103272 - Dc-dc converter: A DC-DC converter comprising a soft-magnetic, multi-layer substrate provided with a laminated coil constituted by connecting pluralities of conductor lines, and a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a switching device and a control circuit, which are mounted on the soft-magnetic, multi-layer substrate; the semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising an input... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103273 - Guide receptacle for tandem circuit board mating: A guide module is provided for connecting a primary circuit board and a secondary circuit board to a common backplane circuit board. The primary and secondary boards are in a tiered arrangement with both the primary and secondary circuit boards having interface connections on the backplane circuit board. The guide... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronic Resources

20090103274 - Warpage preventing substrates and method of making same: Consistent with an example embodiment, there is an apparatus comprising a circuit (500) board. The circuit board includes a first surface (501a) and a second surface (501b). The first and second surfaces each have at least a component populated thereon; the circuit board has a first surface thereof populated before... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090103275 - Assembly structure of flexible board and rigid board: An assembly structure of flexible board and rigid board includes a rigid board, a sub-board and a flexible board. The rigid board defines a locking gap having two side surfaces projecting toward each other to form two resisting portions. The sub-board has a standing portion inserted in the locking gap.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090103276 - Circuit device and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is a circuit device that allows a plurality of circuit boards, which are stacked each other and arranged in a case member, to be sealed with a resin effectively, and a method of manufacturing the same. In a hybrid integrated circuit device, a first circuit board is overlaid with... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090103277 - Mounting apparatus for data storage device: A mounting apparatus for a data storage device (50) includes a bracket (10) for receiving the data storage device therein, a sliding member (20) resiliently attached to the bracket via a spring (40), and a latch member (30) rotatably attached to the bracket for preventing disengagement of the sliding member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097171 - Apparatus and method for operation of an electrical machine: In an apparatus and method for operation of an electrical machine, the electrical machine is connected to an external controller via a switch-off line and is switched off when the external controller identifies a fault in order to prevent an electrical machine from being operated incorrectly.... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090097172 - Load breaker arrangement:

20090097173 - Incoming current suppression device: A control unit of an electric power supply system causes, responsive to a closing command signal, a switch corresponding to R phase to be thrown at a timing when a stationary magnetic flux and a residual magnetic flux of R phase are coincident with each other and then subsequently causes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090097177 - Electrostatic protection circuit: An electrostatic protection circuit includes a first impurity region, a second impurity region, a first electrode, a third impurity region, a fourth impurity region, a second electrode, a fifth impurity region, a sixth impurity region, a third electrode, a gate insulating film, and a fourth electrode.... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090097176 - Esd protection circuit and semiconductor device: This disclosure concerns an ESD protection including logic gates connected between a first power input and a second power input, a second potential of the second power input lower than the first potential of the first power input, wherein in the logic gates, an output of the logic gate at... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090097174 - Esd protection circuit for ic with separated power domains: An ESD protection circuit suitable for applying in an integrated circuit with separated power domains is provided. The circuit includes a P-type MOSFET coupled between a first circuit in a first power domain and a second circuit in a second power domain. A source terminal of the P-type MOSFET is... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090097175 - Esd protection substrate and integrated circuit utilizing the same: An ESD protection substrate is disclosed. The ESD protection substrate includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a pointed structure, and an ESD protection material. The pointed structure is electrically connected to the first or the second conductor. The ESD protection material is disposed between the first and the second... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090097178 - Methods and apparatus to detect and over-current in switching circuits: Methods and apparatus to detect an over-current in switching circuits are described. An example method to detect an over-current in a switching circuit includes randomly selecting a sensor from a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to an output stage of the switching circuit; detecting a first voltage via the randomly... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090097179 - Over current protection method for a power supply and apparatus thereof: An over current protection method for a power supply includes steps as follows. Firstly, an output current value of the power supply is received. Secondly, whether the power supply has an over current status is determined in accordance with the received output current value. Thirdly, if the over current status... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090097180 - Backlight control circuit with protecting circuit: An exemplary backlight control circuit includes a load (250), an inverter circuit (230), a pulse width modulation integrated circuit (PWM IC) (210), a protecting circuit (270), and a feedback circuit (240). The load (250) includes two backlight lamps (251, 252) with first terminals (241). The PWM IC with a protecting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090097181 - Over-voltage protection circuit: A main transistor and a reverse current prevention transistor are provided in series between an input terminal and an output terminal. An input diode is provided between a connection point of the reverse current prevention transistor and the main transistor and a reference voltage terminal in such a direction that... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090097182 - Circuitry protection arrangement: A circuit and a method are provided for protecting sensitive circuitry from over voltage and over current during a double fault situation. The circuit may be used in a portable electronic device, and may include an over voltage protection component and an over current protection component. The over voltage protection... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090097183 - Overvoltage protection: The invention relates to an overvoltage protection comprising a bracket (1) and at least one slide-in protective member (2) which consists of at least one nonlinear resistor element and it further comprises a device for disconnecting the nonlinear resistor element from the mains and at least a part of a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090097184 - Electrostatic chuck assembly: The present invention generally comprises an electrostatic chuck base, an electrostatic chuck assembly, and a puck for the electrostatic chuck assembly. Precisely etching a substrate within a plasma chamber may be a challenge because the plasma within the chamber may cause the temperature across the substrate to be non-uniform. A... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090097185 - Time-based wafer de-chucking from an electrostatic chuck having separate rf bias and dc chucking electrodes: An electrostatic chuck in a reactor chamber has a cathode electrode insulated from ground, a chucking electrode insulated from the cathode electrode and a dielectric layer overlying the chucking electrode that provides a workpiece support surface. A D.C. chucking voltage supply is coupled to the chucking electrode. An RF power... Agent: Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20090097186 - Density-conforming vertical plate capacitors exhibiting enhanced capacitance and methods of fabricating the same: Density-conforming vertical plate capacitors exhibiting enhanced capacitance and methods for fabricating density-conforming vertical plate capacitors exhibiting enhanced capacitance are provided. An embodiment of the density-conforming vertical plate capacitor comprises a first conductive interconnect and a second conductive interconnect. The second conductive interconnect overlies the first conductive interconnect and is substantially... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (amd)

20090097187 - Multi-layer ceramic capacitor with low self-inductance: A Multi-layer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) device of a low self-inductance is disclosed. The MLCC device includes a plurality of ceramic sheets arranged in parallel to each other, a plurality of inner metal electrodes, and a plurality of outer electrodes including a pair of positive terminals and a pair of negative... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Cpa Global

20090097188 - Carbon surface modifications: Electrode material typically is made from treated carbons. The number of functional groups residing on the treated carbon is reduced before the treated carbon is integrated into an electrochemical double layer capacitor. In one implementation, the number of functional groups on a given treated carbon is reduced by over 80%.... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20090097189 - Lithium ion capacitor: A lithium ion capacitor comprising a positive electrode 1 made of a material capable of being reversibly doped with lithium ions and/or anions, a negative electrode 2 made of a material capable of being reversively doped with lithium ions, and an aprotic organic solution of a lithium salt as an... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090097190 - Device for measuring gas or air temperature in a casing box: A device for measuring gas temperature in a casing box having different heat-generating units disposed therein. The device includes a temperature-measuring arrangement disposed substantially in a plane above the different heat-generating units. The temperature-measuring arrangement includes a matrix of uniformly distributed temperature sensors configured to measure a temperature of rising... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090097194 - Case and time recorder: An inward deformation of one side wall of a main body is corrected, since a shaft serving as a rotatable shaft of a door is in contact with ribs of a side wall. Additionally, an inward deformation of another side wall of the main body is corrected, since ribs of... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090097192 - Docking apparatus for portable device: A docking apparatus for a portable device, preferably a portable navigation device, is disclosed. The docking apparatus comprises at least a base and a mounting part which is connected to the base, and is characterized in that the mounting part is pivotally mounted within the base and consists of at... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20090097193 - Handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device including a body, a cover, an engaging assembly, and a releasing member is provided. The cover is disposed on the body and has a hole. The engaging assembly is movably disposed between the body and the cover to engage the cover on the body. The releasing... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090097191 - Protective enclosure for model vehicle: The present invention provides for a protective enclosure comprising a base comprising a first continuous mating surface and at least one conveyance aperture, a cover comprising a second continuous mating surface, wherein the second continuous mating surface is configured to form a seal with the first continuous mating surface, and... Agent: Carr LLP

20090097196 - Fixing apparatus for hard disk drive: An exemplary fixing apparatus is for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD) having a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls and includes a bracket, a pair of shock absorbing members, and a plurality of fixing pins. The bracket includes an end plate, and a pair of side plates extending from... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097195 - Hard disk drive with vibration isolators located at mounting points: A hard disk drive housing includes cavities where energy absorbing material (e.g., vibration isolators) can be inserted. In one aspect, cavities can be formed within the hard disk drive housing where mounting points are located for mounting the hard disk drive to a chassis. The cavities can be adapted (e.g.,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090097197 - Side plate of housing: A side plate that allows the locations of heat-dissipating holes to be arranged includes a plate, a plurality of sealed sealing blocks and a plurality of air-hole blocks having air holes. The plate is provided with a through hole occupying a considerable area thereof and a plurality of sliding rails... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090097198 - Supporting frame for notebook computer: A supporting frame for a notebook computer comprises a seat having a hollow post for screwing with a screw; the seat having two retainers at a rear side of an upper surfaces thereof; each retainer having a shaft; two retaining recesses being formed at a front end of the upper... Agent: Jan-ban Liu

20090097199 - Portable electronic device installed with data cable: A portable electronic device (10) includes a data cable (105) and a housing (101). The data cable is configured to receive or transfer data. The housing includes a receiving portion (103) formed therein; the receiving portion is configured for receiving the data cable.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097200 - Modular blade for providing scalable mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality in the enterprise using advancedtca boards: A standards-based server blade arrangement is provided wherein individual circuit boards may be compliant with a first industry driven or other standard and housed within an enclosure configured such that one aspect of the enclosure provides each circuit board with a scalable, mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality required for that... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090097201 - Settop box (stb): Settop box (STB) or other housing for use in protecting electronic components. The housing may include an interior portion for protecting the components. The housing may include feet on a bottom and side to facilitate stabilizing the STB in a vertical and horizontal position. The housing may include vents to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090097204 - Horizontal chassis having front to back airflow: Provided is an apparatus, a system, and a method for operating the same. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a chassis having a front configured to accept one or more circuit boards, a back, and first and second sides. The apparatus, in this embodiment, further includes one or more slots... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090097203 - Servo damper control of airflow within an electronics chassis: Provided is an apparatus and a system. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a chassis having one or more slots configured to hold circuit boards and a plenum coupled to the chassis. The apparatus, in this embodiment, further includes a fan assembly coupled to the plenum and configured to provide... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090097202 - Systems and methods for cleaning filters of an electrical device: In one embodiment, a filter cleaning system and method pertain to, during a filter cleaning operation, reversing a flow direction of an inlet fan associated with a filter of the electrical device, the inlet fan being adapted to force air into a housing of the electrical device during normal operation... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090097205 - Electronic equipment system: In a space of a data center or the like where many disk array apparatuses and electronic equipment systems are arranged, it is an object of the present invention to reduce the energy required for cooling the apparatus itself and cooling the space. In electronic equipment having heat generating elements... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090097206 - Loop heat pipe and electronic equipment: A loop heat pipe includes a vessel having a flow path formed in a looped shape and a working fluid sealed in the vessel, and the vessel includes a first wick provided at least in a opposing area in an evaporation part and a second wick adjacent to the first... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090097207 - Heat removal from electronic modules: An electronics assembly for an underwater well installation, comprises a housing; an electrical module located within the housing; and a resiliently deformable member located between the electrical module and the housing for conducting heat between the electrical module and the housing.... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090097208 - Electronic component module: The invention relates to an electronic component module, comprising at least one first multi-layer circuit board module (21, 22; 31, 32; 41, 42) and a cooling arrangement (23, 33, 43), the cooling arrangement (23, 33, 43) being in contact with an upper side of the circuit board module (21, 22;... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090097209 - Driver module structure: A driver module structure includes a flexible circuit board (2) provided with a wiring pattern (7), a semiconductor device mounted on the flexible circuit board (2), and an electrically conductive heat-radiating member (4) joined to the semiconductor device. The wiring pattern (7) includes a ground wiring pattern (8). The flexible... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090097210 - Case for an information handling system: A case for an information handling system, the case comprising a front bezel, a side panel, a lock mounted in the front bezel and operable to restrict removal of the front bezel from the case, a latch mounted within the case operable to restrict removal of the side panel from... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090097211 - Circuit module and circuit board assembly having sip connector: A circuit module to be mounted on a system board having multiple through holes is disclosed. The circuit module includes a circuit board, multiple SIP connectors and multiple sheathing elements. Each of the SIP connectors includes a connecting part disposed at a first end thereof and fixed on the circuit... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090097212 - Optimization of connector density and identification carrier for high density front plates: A high connector density printed circuit board, and high connector density device containing the same, including one or more of the following: a face plate; a plurality of connector ports in the face plate; a tab integral with the face plate label and bent to extend away from the face... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20090097213 - Daisy chain optical interconnect: A daisy-chain optical interconnection technique provides connectivity among a plurality of circuit boards. A plurality of optical cables is connected between pairs of the circuit boards to form a ring. Optical connection matrices disposed on each circuit board accept the ends of the optical cables. The optical connection matrices include... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090097214 - Electronic chip embedded circuit board and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is a method of manufacturing a device-embedded circuit board. The method includes: preparing a first substrate with a first pattern portion comprising a conductive material; coupling, for example, an electronic chip to the first substrate; preparing a second substrate with a first through hole corresponding to a part of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090097215 - Uv-epoxy and ultrasonic case assembly methods for usb flash drive: The present invention discloses UV-epoxy and ultrasonic case assembly methods for a USB flash drive, wherein a transparent or translucent top cover is fastened to a bottom cover containing a printed circuit board assembly via an UV-cure epoxy glue or an ultrasonic weld method. As the top cover of the... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090097216 - Retention device: A retention device is applied in an electronic device that has a case and a circuit board. The circuit board may shifts along a integrate direction or a release direction. The retention device includes a fastener, a latching member, and a releasing member. The fastener is movably disposed on the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090097217 - Structure of electronic connector: A structure of an electronic connector that can be plugged by inserting from top-to-down direction is disclosed. The electronic connector has a connector case and a Seat connector. The connector case has a plurality of terminal holes for receiving terminals, and a recession is formed at the center of the... Agent: T-conn Precision Corp.

20090097218 - Capacitor-embedded printed wiring board and method of manufacturing the same: There is provided a capacitor-embedded printed wiring board incorporating therein a capacitor having stabilized electrical characteristics. The capacitor-embedded printed wiring board includes: a capacitor having a first electrode 5, a high dielectric constant layer 7 and a second electrode 9 which are sequentially laminated on an insulating substrate 1, the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090097219 - Magnetic and dielectric composite electronic device: There is a provided a magnetic and dielectric composite electronic device, comprising: a first region with a plurality of magnetic material sheets being layered; a second region with a plurality of dielectric material sheets being layered; and a third region as a middle layer interposed between the first region and... Agent: Hosoon Lee

20090097220 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board, which has at least one pad on which a solder ball is to be placed, includes a solder resist that covers a surface of the printed circuit board, an opening part that exposes the pad and supports the solder ball,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090097221 - Enhanced cigarette lighter adapter: A cigarette lighter adapter (CLA) is disclosed comprising a body and a barrel portion extending therefrom, said barrel portion including a first and second contacts respectively connectable within a vehicle cigarette lighter to be powered therefrom, said CLA being additionally provided with at least one primary electronic circuit within the... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20090097222 - Electrical subassembly comprising a protective sheathing: The present invention relates to an electrical assembly (1) with an outer protective sheath (3). According to the invention, an inner sheath (4), which comprises a higher viscosity or elasticity than the outer protective sheath (3), is provided between the electrical assembly (1) and the outer protective sheath (3) at... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090097223 - Electromagnetic shielding device for printed circuit board: A shielding enclosure (70) includes a cover (72) and a plurality of flanges (74) extending from the cover. At least one flange defines a fixing piece (76). The fixing piece has at least one retaining portion (764), and the retaining portion provides a space (78) allowing a tool is inserted... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097224 - Harness retainer indicator: An overmolded harness configured to be received in a receiving structure of an engine includes a body having at least one surface, and at least one retainer configured for engagement with the receiving structure. The retainer protrudes from at least one surface. At least one indicator is overmolded with the... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20090091866 - Shift switching device and shift switching method: A shift-by-wire shift switching device and shift switching method that switch a shift range of an automatic transmission using an electric motor. The shift switching device includes a controller that determines whether a fault has occurred in a current supply line of each phase of the electric motor on a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090091867 - Transformer through-fault current monitor: A device is provided for monitoring through-fault current in an electric transformer on an electrical power system. The device generally includes a magnitude calculator for calculating the magnitude of current (e.g., a root means square value of current or magnitude of a fundamental of current) based on the current through... Agent: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Richard Edge

20090091869 - Circuit interrupting device with automatic components detection function: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device which contains four pairs of contacts to electrically connect/disconnect to an input power source to a user accessible load and an output power end. The present invention also provides a simulated leakage current generating switch, which is capable of automatically generating a... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090091868 - Vehicle ac ground fault detection system: A vehicle ground fault detection system for detecting a ground fault includes a fault detection circuit having a resistance element. The resistance element has one side connected to a supply voltage. An electrical switching circuit is connected to the resistance element for selectably coupling the other side of the resistance... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090091871 - Electrostatic discharge protection for a circuit capable of handling high input voltage: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a first NMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor cascode-connected between a high-voltage supply terminal (VDD) and an input pad (PAD), a third NMOS transistor and a fourth NMOS transistor cascode-connected between PAD and a low-voltage supply terminal (VSS), a first capacitor connected between... Agent: Xin Wen

20090091870 - Esd avoiding circuits based on the esd detectors in a feedback loop: When an electrostatic discharge event occurs to a connection pad of a chip, an electrostatic discharge detector layout in a feedback loop is able to detect an induced electrostatic discharge voltage for generating a control signal. A pass transistor can be turned off by the control signal for isolating the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090091872 - Excess voltage protection circuit, method of protecting a circuit from excess voltage, and semiconductor apparatus having the excess voltage protection circuit: In a disclosed excess voltage protection circuit, when the input voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined maximum voltage is detected by an excess voltage detection circuit, a switching element is shut off so as to prevent the input voltage being output from the excess voltage protection circuit. A... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090091873 - Voltage converter: A voltage converter having a sealed case, a pair of opposing, spaced apart planar electrodes located within the sealed case, a pack of porous dielectric powder filled between the planar electrodes, and an auxiliary electrode electrically connected to one of the planar electrodes and having a portion extending through the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090091874 - Variable capacitance capacitor, method for producing the capacitor, and use of same: A capacitor (10) with a variable capacitance, includes at least one electrode (11) and at least one counter-electrode (12) situated opposite the electrode at a variable distance (13) therefrom. The capacitor is characterized in that a dielectric shaped part (15) with a dielectric molding compound for evening out a surface... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090091875 - Semiconductor capacitor structure and layout pattern thereof: The present invention provides a metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitor structure composed of a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The MOM capacitor structure has a plurality of symmetrical branch sections, which form an interdigitated structure along a plurality of ring contours. The MOM capacitor structure has an optimal geometrical symmetry, and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090091876 - Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and a capacitor which is provided on the upper side of the semiconductor substrate and composed of a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a dielectric film, the dielectric film being placed in between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the lower... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090091877 - Enclosure of a power electronics appliance: An enclosure arrangement, with protection against touch, of a power electronics appliance, more particularly of a frequency converter (31, 51) and its additional devices (12, 13), which solution contains an enclosed power electronics appliance and one or more enclosed additional devices installed in connection with it, which enclosed power electronics... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090091878 - Image display device reinforcing sheet, image display device and method for reinforcing the same: In the image display device provided with an image display unit and a casing, using the image display device reinforcing sheet including a resin layer and a restricting layer laminated thereon, the resin layer is adhesively bonded to the image display unit and/or the casing and then heated. This allows... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090091879 - Methods and apparatus for providing holes through portions of a housing: Electronic devices are provided with housing components that have improved aesthetics. One or more holes may be formed through a portion of the housing and then the housing portion may be anodized. The anodization process may increase or decrease the geometries of each hole. The holes may be formed through... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090091880 - Assembly and method for ruggedizing computer racks and/or electronic cage assemblies: A method and incorporated assembly for enhancing structural rigidity of a computer rack used for housing electronic components is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a casing made of a lighter weight material and having protrusions. The protrusions are formed to receive one or more ruggedized inserts that is... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20090091881 - Display device: A display device allows an auxiliary unit, such as a sub display panel or a memo clip, to be easily mounted by a user to or separated from the display device. The display device includes a display panel, a support unit to support the display panel, and at least one... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090091883 - Disk array apparatus: A disk array apparatus including a rack-shaped basic frame, and a plurality of disk boxes that can be inserted into and pulled out of the basic frame depth-wise. Each disk box has: disk drive connectors for connecting a plurality of disk drives arranged in a matrix on a platter substrate,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090091882 - Mounting apparatus for storage device: A mounting apparatus for a storage device includes a bracket configured for receiving the storage device and including a sidewall defining a through hole therein, a latching member pivotally mounted to the bracket and including a latching protrusion extending through the through hole of the bracket for fixing the storage... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091884 - Storage device carrier: Carriers for a data storage device. The carriers comprise a support member sized and shaped to receive and retain the data storage device. The carriers also comprise one or more projecting members configured to retain the data storage device in the support member. The projecting member extends from a portion... Agent: Jabil Circuit, Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090091885 - Ali system: A laptop that fuses external components such as a printer, scanner, fax machine and miniature solar panels into an all-in-one laptop with prolonged battery life. Below the computer keyboard area is an additional compartment that holds the scanner with the bottom of the keyboard area acting like a scanner cover.... Agent: Cecelia Burford

20090091886 - Portable data terminal internal support structure: A portable data terminal comprising a circuit board which supports and interconnects a plurality of electrical components, a display, an angled frame which maintains the display at an angle to the circuit board, and a bracket which extends across the angled frame. The angled frame engages a peripheral portion of... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20090091887 - Cooling system for embedded television: A cooling system for an embedded television is a structure disposed with a dissipating space for receiving a television; first and second air paths are circulated by air with the dissipating space; the first air path is used for guiding cold air to enter an inside of the dissipating space,... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20090091888 - Emi shielding and heat dissipating structure: The present invention discloses an EMI shielding and heat dissipating structure for dissipating heat generated by a chip inside a portable electronic device. The EMI shielding and heat dissipating structure includes an EMI shielding housing for shielding the chip. A first opening is formed on the EMI shielding housing. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090091890 - Heat-dissipating structure for an optical isolator: A heat-dissipating structure for an optical isolator is capable of suppressing an increase in temperature caused by light absorption in a magnetic garnet crystalline film by radiation fins extending from the inside of an external heat conducting cover. The heat-dissipating structure for the optical isolator is formed by housing a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090091889 - Power electronic module having improved heat dissipation capability: A power electronic module includes heat generating power electronic devices mounted on a circuit board within a connector outline circumscribing circuit board through-holes for receiving pin terminals of a connector assembly. The power electronic devices are thermally and electrically coupled to the circuit board through-holes and connector pin terminals to... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090091891 - Semiconductor package: A semiconductor package includes a package main body having a base portion and a semiconductor device accommodating portion, electric terminals electrically connected to a semiconductor device in the accommodating portion and exposed to an outer surface, and a high heat transfer element disposed in the base portion to extend from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090091892 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes: a first output unit configured to output a first phase; a second output unit configured to output a second phase different from the first phase, the second output unit being disposed on a plane intersecting with a plane having the first output unit disposed thereon; and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090091893 - Electronic module locking and ejecting apparatus: An electronic module locking and ejecting apparatus includes a carriage, a sliding bracket slidably attached in the carriage, an ejector pivotably mounted to the carriage, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member. A stopping lip is formed on the sliding bracket. The ejector includes an ejecting portion and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091894 - Multichip module: Provided is a multichip module having a module substrate 2 on which an electronic component 3 is mounted, a conductor 8 electrically connected to a land 12 formed on the module substrate 2, a molding resin 6 covering the electronic component 3 and the conductor 8, and a conductive film... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090091895 - Electronic circuit module: An electronic circuit module includes a circuit substrate whose two opposite side surfaces are provided with cutout portions; and a box-shaped cover body made of a metallic plate and having two claw segments individually disposed within the cutout portions, the cover body being attached to the circuit substrate so as... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090091899 - Circuit device: The present invention provides a circuit device in which warpage of a case member is prevented. The circuit device of the present invention includes: a circuit board having on an upper surface thereof a built-in hybrid integrated circuit constituted by a conductive pattern and a circuit element; a case member... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090091898 - Multimedia enclosure: A multimedia enclosure having a housing with a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall oppositely disposed from the first sidewall. The base and the first and second sidewalls define an interior region having an optical network terminal mounting area. An optical network terminal mounting area is disposed on... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090091896 - Optimum structure for single-sides pcb with smd leds for the express card: The present invention discloses a structure of a single-sided PCB within an ExpressCard with SMD LEDs arrangement formed thereon. The SMD LEDs are act as status indicators for the electronic devices with small, thin and compact size. The structure is expected to form SMD LED illuminating light to the top... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090091897 - Power conversion device frame packaging apparatus and methods: The present invention relates, generally, to electrical power conversion devices and to the universal packaging of those devices for a wide range of applications yielding cost efficient inventory management of product lines consisting of a group of power conversion devices each with minor variations. More specifically, the present invention relates... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20090091900 - Electronic information storage device: An electronic information storage device includes a first casing provided with a first toothed portion; a pushing element; an outer gear coupled to the pushing element; and an electrical connecting portion having a circuit board mounting means and a circuit board, the circuit board mounting means being coupled to the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091901 - Electronic device: An electronic device. The electronic device comprises housing, a positioning member and a circuit board. The positioning member, disposed on the housing, comprises a first protruding portion. The circuit board engages with the positioning member. The first protruding portion is a resilient member contacting with the circuit board to constrain... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090091902 - Display apparatus and method for reducing electromagnetic interference thereof: A display apparatus including a circuit board and a surface grounded portion which is disposed on an end portion of the circuit board and formed of a conductive layer. The display apparatus may include a signal receiver mounted on the circuit board, the signal receiver receiving a signal. The display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090091903 - Stack structure of circuit boards embedded with semiconductor chips: A stack structure of circuit boards embedded with semiconductor chips is proposed. At least two circuit boards are provided. Each of the circuit boards includes circuit layers formed on surfaces thereof and at least one opening embedded with a semiconductor chip, wherein, the circuit layers have a plurality of conductive... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090091904 - Circuit module and radio communications equipment, and method for manufacturing circuit module: An electronic component 3 with a shielding function whose upper surface is held at a reference potential, an electronic component 13, and a semiconductor component 4 are mounted on a wiring board 2, and are covered with an insulating resin portion 5 while a conductive layer 6 is formed on... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090091905 - Contact pressure analysis tool: A method for improving load balance involves obtaining a graphical representation of a load distribution for contacts in an integrated circuit stack, analyzing the graphical representation of the load distribution to determine contact loads, where a contact load corresponds to a contact, and designing at least one component of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090091906 - Capacitive touch switch and domestic appliance provided with such switch: A capacitive touch switch having a printed circuit board and a capacitive electrode connected to the circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board is transparent and is interposed between a planar light guide provided with a light source and a non-conductive transparent cover, the electrode being icon-shaped and supported... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090091908 - Electronic module comprising a shielded connector fixed to an integrated circuit card by means of a lug for fixing the shielding: an electromagnetic shielding jacket fixed to the connector; characterised in that the jacket comprises a bottom fixing lug that extends horizontally so as to be pressed on the top face of the printed circuit card, the connector being fixed to the card by means of the fixing lug.... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090091907 - Shielding structure for electronic components: A shielding structure for electronic components includes a circuit board, at least one electronic module disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected thereto, at least one first covering layer, at least one shielding layer, and one second covering layer. Each first covering layer covers one electronic module and each... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091909 - Vertical cable management system with ribcage structure: A cable management system is provided including a rack for holding telecommunications equipment, and a ribcage cable support member along a vertical side of the rack. The ribcage cable support member includes a plurality of forwardly and rearwardly extending ribs. The ribs each include cable retention tabs. A plurality of... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090086386 - Fault current limiter: A fault current limiter comprising: an input node; an output node; a variable impedance element coupled between the input node and the output node; a closed loop cryocooler circuit, comprising a first cryocooler for cooling the variable impedance element and a second cryocooler, thermally coupled to the first cryocooler, for... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090086387 - Circuit interrupter: A circuit breaker includes separable contacts; a load conductor; a neutral conductor; and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. An arc fault trip circuit cooperates with the operating mechanism and trips open the separable contacts responsive to detection of an arc fault condition associated with... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090086389 - Circuit interrupting device with end-of life testing, reverse wiring and high voltage surge capability: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device, preferably a ground fault circuit interrupter, which provides a quick and reliable connection/disconnection of electrical continuity through a combined use of a reset spring and a quick trip spring; an innovative circuit interrupting assembly containing a pair of input flexible metal pieces,... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090086388 - Control method for preventing malfunction of over current ground relay due to reverse power: A control method for preventing malfunction of an over current ground relay is disclosed. The control method includes: determining directions of per-phase power flows by measuring the magnitudes and phases of per-phase voltages and currents in an electric power system; checking occurrence of a load fault or a power source... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20090086390 - Novel circuit interrupting device with high voltage surge protection: The present invention provides a circuit interrupting device which is capable of providing protection against electrical surge through its innovative electrical discharge design; establishing or discontinuing electrical continuity among the input power source, output load, and user accessible load through its innovative contacts connection/disconnection design; automatic or manual testing of... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090086393 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit for protecting semiconductor device: A discharge circuit holds the potential difference between a power supply terminal and reference potential terminal at a predetermined value. The gates of a first pMOSFET and first nMOSFET are connected to an input terminal. A second pMOSFET is connected between the first pMOSFET and power supply terminal, and has... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090086392 - Power-rail esd protection circuit without lock-on failure: An ESD protection circuit including a discharge device, a first detection circuit, and a second detection circuit. The discharge device provides a discharge path between a first power rail and a second power rail when the discharge device is activated. The discharge device stops providing the discharge path when the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090086394 - Protection circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit: In a circuit in which a protected element 42 is connected between an input terminal 61 and an output terminal 62, and a protected element 41 is connected between the input terminal 61 and a reference potential terminal 71, the protected element 41 and a protection circuit 51 are connected... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086391 - Stacked power clamp having a bigfet gate pull-up circuit: An electronic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for protecting an integrated circuit chip from an ESD event. The ESD protection circuit includes a stack of BigFETs, a BigFET gate driver for driving the gates of the BigFETs and a triggering the BigFET gate driver to drive the gates of the BigFETs... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090086395 - Input voltage clamp for a single-supply system: A system, apparatus and a method are described that provide a voltage clamp for a single-supply system. In particular, a negative voltage clamp prevents a negative over-voltage in a system having only a positive independent voltage source. For example, certain analog-to-digital converters and other circuits allow input signals below the... Agent: North Weber & Baugh LLP

20090086396 - Current fault detector and circuit interrupter and packaging thereof: A power controller is positioned within a current path between the line side and the load side of an electrical circuit. The power controller closes the current path in the presence of a control supply and opens the current path in the absence of the control supply. A power supply... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090086397 - Protection circuit module for secondary battery: A protection circuit module for a secondary battery including a wiring substrate including two battery-side external connection terminals provided on a top surface thereof, multiple load-side external connection terminals provided on a back surface opposite the top surface, and at least one cutout or through-hole in the wiring substrate; one... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090086398 - Protection circuit module of secondary battery and secondary battery using the same: A protective circuit module of a secondary battery and a secondary battery using the same, the protection circuit module including a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device and a circuit board, wherein terminals of the PTC device are inserted into the circuit board to be coupled with connection terminals of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090086399 - Snubber circuit: A circuit comprising a first transistor group configured to electrically isolate, at least in part, a second transistor group from an input voltage; the second transistor group configured to provide voltage protection to a third transistor group; and the third transistor group configured to switch on and off.... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20090086400 - Electrostatic chuck apparatus: An electrostatic chuck for holding a substrate has a circular dielectric member having a top surface configured to support the substrate, the top surface having a plurality of mesas consisting of n subsets, wherein mesas of each subset are distributed along one of a plurality of concentric bolt circles of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090086401 - Electrostatic chuck apparatus: An electrostatic chuck includes an angled conduit, or an angled laser drilled passage, through which a heat transfer gas is provided. A segment of the angled conduit and/or the angled laser drilled passage extends along an axis different from an axis of the electric field generated to hold a substrate... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090086402 - Film capacitor: A first electrode pattern comprises a first lead-out electrode portion extending continuously along the longitudinal direction of a first dielectric film, a plurality of first capacitor electrode portions each extending from the first lead-out electrode portion almost perpendicularly to the first lead-out electrode portion, and second capacitor electrode portions which... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090086403 - Multilayer capacitor: There is provided a multilayer capacitor including an inner connecting conductor of at least one polarity; a plurality of first and second outer electrodes formed on a surface of the body, wherein the inner connecting conductor is connected to a corresponding one of the outer electrodes having identical polarity, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086404 - Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same: A capacitor element includes a pair of conductive layer, a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes, and insulation caps for insulating these electrodes from the conductive layers. By anodizing a metal substrate in two stages, holes filled with the first electrodes and holes filled with the second electrodes are... Agent: K.a. Patents

20090086406 - Multilayer capacitor: There is provided a multilayer capacitor including: a capacitor body where a plurality of dielectric layers are laminated, the capacitor body including first and second surfaces opposing each other in a laminated direction, wherein the first surface provides a mounting surface; a plurality of first and second inner electrodes; an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086405 - Multilayered chip capacitor and capacitance tunning method of the same: There is provided a multilayer chip capacitor capable of tuning capacitance, including: a capacitor body where a plurality of dielectric layers are laminated; a plurality of pairs of first and second internal electrodes arranged alternately, while interposing a corresponding one of the dielectric layers; and a plurality of pairs of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086407 - Dielectric ceramic composition and electronic device: A dielectric ceramic composition of the invention comprises: BaTiO3 as a main component, MgO: 0.50 to 3.0 moles, MnO: 0.05 to 0.5 moles, oxide (RE12O3) of element selected from Sm, Eu, and Gd, oxide (RE22O3) of element selected from Tb and Dy, oxide (RE32O3) of element selected from Y, Ho,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090086408 - Electrolytic solution: wherein Rf1 is a fluorine-containing ether group (Ia), a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group (Ib) or a fluorine-containing alkyl group (Ic) having two or more carbon atoms; X1 and X2 are the same or different and each is H, F, Cl, CF3 or CH3; X3 is H, F, Cl or an alkyl... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086409 - Supercapacitor and electrochemical apparatus for water purification: A supercapacitor which includes a cathode, an anode, a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte interposed between the cathode and the anode to allow current to flow. The cathode includes a catalyst having characteristics of a pseudo capacitor and a binder, and an electrochemical apparatus... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090086410 - Electrolytic capacitor: The electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and an electrolyte solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element is composed of a positive electrode made of a valve metal, an etched negative electrode containing copper, and a separator disposed therebetween. The electrolyte solution contains complex salt of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090086411 - Capacitor: A capacitor includes a metal case and a terminal plate. The metal case accommodates a capacitor element together with a driving electrolyte and is joined to one of the electrodes of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the other electrode at its... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090086412 - Method for producing solid electrolytic capacitor: The invention relates to a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor with excellent LC value, comprising sequentially stacking a dielectric oxide film, a semiconductor layer and an electrode layer on a sintered body of conductive powder to which an anode lead is connected and then encapsulating the whole with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086413 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and its production method: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode of a porous body formed of a valve metal or its alloy, a dielectric layer formed on the surface in the inside part of the porous body and on the surface in the outer peripheral part thereof, a conductive polymer layer... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090086414 - Free-wheeling clutch for a motor control center subunit having moveable line contacts: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (eaton)

20090086418 - Display module: A display module includes: a display unit having a display screen for displaying information; a display unit housing including a transparent front cover covering a display screen of the display unit, and a pair of side covers covering both sides of the display unit, wherein the display unit is attached... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090086417 - Enclosure for electric equipment and imaging device: According to an enclosure for electric equipment of an aspect of the present invention, the enclosure having the plurality of accommodation portions accommodating separate contents, respectively, can be formed by one molding without assembling a plurality of components, which can reduce the number of assembling processes. Also, formation by one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086415 - Protective covering for an electronic device: A protective cover for electronic devices. A device is examined and a film is prepared. The film may include multiple pieces and may have cutouts for discontinuities in the surfaces of the device or to accommodate a user interface. The corners or other portions of the films are then cut... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090086416 - Vibrating device, jet flow generating device, electronic device, and manufacturing method of vibrating device: Provided is a vibrating device which can generate efficient vibrations in a vibrating member and efficiently apply vibrations to a gas, a jet flow generating device in which the vibrating device has been implemented, and an electronic device in which the jet flow generating device has been implemented. A jet... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090086420 - Rugged conductive housing structure for portable computing device display: A portable computing device and a display housing module for a portable computing device is disclosed. The display housing module includes a conductive rear chassis, a display module and a front bezel. The display module is configured to display images and includes a backlight unit, a display panel, and a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090086421 - Fine-pitch, splay-resistant, finger-to-finger contact-capable, hdd emi shield: An electromagnetic interference shield for a hard disk drive has a metal shield portion, a plurality of top fingers, bottom fingers, left fingers, and right fingers disposed on four sides of the metal shield portion, and bars tying the tips of the plurality of top fingers together, the tips of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090086419 - Split- and collapsible-top hat frame height reduction features: An enhanced computer assembly and related method is provided that enables easy shipment and installation of such computing systems. In one embodiment a split top hat design is provided that can be removed. The removable split hat comprises a receiving member and an inner member that are secured to the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20090086423 - External protrusion for air flow distribution: An apparatus with some embodiments is described having a protrusion to provide air flow distribution to a computing device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a housing with one or more openings on each of the external surfaces of the housing, an air mover, and a protrusion to channel... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090086422 - Openable dual-board case for multi-mainboard system: An openable dual-board case for multi-mainboard system includes a rectangular tubular body assembled from two bent plates connected together via a pivoting structure, so that the two bent plates are pivotally turnably about the pivoting structure relative to each other to open or close the tubular body. With the openable... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090086424 - Tri-layer folding laptop computer: A tri-layer folding laptop computer having a first layer, a middle layer and a third layer, wherein the first layer includes a keyboard, the middle layer includes a lectern and the third layer includes a computer screen, such that an operator maintains an ergonomically correct sitting position during use thereby... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20090086425 - Handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device includes a main body, a bottom cover, a circuit board and a key membrane. The main body has a first side and a second side, and the second side is opposite to the first side. The first side has a display screen, and the second side... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090086426 - Automatic air blockage assembly and method for computing environments: A method and incorporated automatic air blockage assembly door is provided. The assembly comprises an air blockage door secured to a frame, capable of moving from a first to a second position via a pivot block and a shaft. The movement of the door is enabled by securing the door... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20090086427 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes: a first output unit configured to output a first phase; a second output unit configured to output a second phase different from the first phase, the second output unit being disposed to be stacked on the first output unit; and a controller configured to control the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090086428 - Docking station with hybrid air and liquid cooling of an electronics rack: A docking station is provided for cooling an electronics rack of a data center. The docking station includes an enclosure having at least one wall, a cover coupled to the at least one wall, and a central opening sized to receive the electronics rack therein. The enclosure is separate and... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090086431 - Circuit device, circuit module, and outdoor unit: Provided is a circuit device capable of increasing the packaging density and also suppressing the thermal interference between incorporated circuit elements. In a hybrid integrated circuit device, a first circuit board and a second circuit board are incorporated into a case member being arranged in a way that the first... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090086430 - Cooling unit and display apparatus having the same: A cooling unit to cool the display apparatus including a heat generating unit to generate heat and a casing to accommodate the heat generating unit, the cooling unit includes a cooling fan to generate air flow; a duct which is coupled with the casing and forms a cooling path to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090086429 - Front/rear removable fan mounting method and apparatus: A fan assembly and mounting method is provided for mounting a fan within an electrical enclosure. The assembly includes a mounting assembly which houses the fan and can be removed from the exterior of the enclosure. The fan assembly also includes an interior mounting plate which can be detached from... Agent: Fletcher Yoder Law (for Rockwell Automation)

20090086433 - Apparatus and docking station for cooling of computing devices: An apparatus with some embodiments is described having cooling capabilities for a computing device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a thermoelectric component (TEC) to transfer thermal energy with a first heat exchanger, through a heat attach and heat pipe, to or from the TEC, and then with a... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090086432 - Docking station with closed loop airlfow path for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack: A docking station is provided for cooling an electronics rack of a data center. The docking station includes an enclosure having at least one wall, a cover coupled to the at least one wall, and a central opening sized to receive the electronics rack therein through an access opening in... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090086434 - Recirculating gas rack cooling architecture: Cabinet for housing and cooling electronic components with internally circulating air that is cooled at each of a plurality of equipment shelves.... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP/ Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc.

20090086435 - Heat sink module and method of manufacturing the same: There is provided a heat sink module having good thermal conductivity, excellent reliability without separation, and a space-saving property with a mechanism of sufficiently high heat radiation. The heat sink module includes: two or more heat conduction sections each having a heat sink layer formed from a heat sink material... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090086436 - Carrier body for components or circuits: A carrier body for electrical or electronic component elements or circuits, the carrier body being electrically nonconductive or virtually nonconductive. In order to simplify the carrier body while at the same time providing extremely improved heat dissipation, the invention process that the carrier body is provided integrally with heat-dissipating or... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090086437 - Electronic control device using lc module structure: In an electronic control device that includes two or more kinds of lead-insertion-type parts, including at least a coil and a capacitor, the parts are installed on a support that has a wiring, a terminal structure and mechanically fixing portions; the leads of the above parts are respectively inserted in... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090086438 - Led element and printed circuit board with the same: Disclosed is a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED) element and a PCB body. The LED comprises a heat sink, a light emitting body and two base feet, each base foot comprising a support portion for supporting the light emitting body, an engaging portion... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090086439 - Integrated electrical shield in a heat sink: A system having a heat exchanger with a bottom side, a first nonconductive layer coupled to the bottom side of the heat exchanger, a heat shield made of an electrically conductive material and being coupled to the first nonconductive layer, and an electrical connector electrically coupled to the heat shield,... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090086441 - Interface assembly: A computer system comprising an interface assembly configured to support one or more I/O connections. In one variations the computer system comprises a main board housed within a chassis, a chassis connector coupled to the chassis, and one or more I/O cables coupled to the chassis connector. In another variation,... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090086440 - Strap attachable mobile device: A mobile device includes a pair of cabinet half-bodies 10, 6 configuring a cabinet 1; a metal coupling member 2 for coupling the cabinet half-bodies 10, 6; and a synthetic resin cover body 3 opened with at least two pass holes 30, 30 through which a strap 4 is passed,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090086442 - Circuit module: To improve reliability of a circuit module by improving heat release performance and minimizing thermal influence on a device to be mounted, a base substrate having a first substrate mounted thereon is fitted into a lower portion of casing member, and a second substrate is installed in the upper portion... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090086443 - Interface module: An interface module has an integrated component for replacing a component on a circuit board, the terminal contacts on the bottom side of the interface module being designed as provided for the contacts of the component on the circuit board, the interface module being divided into an adaptor part as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090086445 - Electronic circuit device and method of making the same: A method of making an electronic circuit device includes expelling air from a gap between a circuit board and an electronic element mounted on only a first side of the circuit board by filling the gap with a filling member, placing the circuit board in a mold cavity such that... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090086446 - Electronic circuit device and method of making the same: A method of making an electronic circuit device includes placing a circuit board in a cavity of a mold such that one side of the circuit board is held in close contact with an inner surface of the cavity, and encapsulating the circuit board in a casing by filling the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090086447 - Electronic circuit device and method of making the same: A method of making an electronic circuit device includes preparing an electronic element having at least one projection, mounting the electronic element on only a first side of a circuit board in such a manner that the projection is substantially held in point contact with the first side of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090086444 - Terminal box for solar cell module: A plurality of terminal boards (30A, 30B) for electrically interconnecting a plus electrode and a minus electrode of a solar cell module and cables (90) for external connection corresponding to the both electrodes are placed on a base plate (11), and two corresponding terminal boards (30A, 30B) are bridged by... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090086448 - Solid state drive with coverless casing: The present invention discloses a solid state drive with a coverless casing, which comprises: a printed circuit board assembly and a coverless casing. In the resent invention, the coverless casing is free of a top cover; thereby, air circulation can be enhanced to cool down the electronic components on a... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090086449 - Optical device and manufacturing method thereof: An optical element mounted on a wiring board is sealed by a sealing resin except an optical function region. Wires connecting the wiring board with the optical element are also sealed by the sealing resin. The optical function region is exposed as a bottom surface of a recess whose side... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086450 - Printed circuit board, method for manufacturing printed circuit board and electronic apparatus: A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board includes an insulation layer and a conductor layer having a GND pattern. The printed circuit board has a center portion, to which an element is to be mounted. The printed circuit board has a periphery portion and a slit pattern... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090086451 - Printed circuit board with embedded cavity capacitor: A printed circuit board having an embedded cavity capacitor is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the printed circuit board having the embedded cavity capacitor, the printed circuit board can include two conductive layers to be used as a power layer and a ground layer, respectively; and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090086452 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board (PCB) includes parallel first and second signal layers sandwiching a dielectric layer therebetween, and a differential pair having two differential traces respectively disposed within the first and second signal layers at least partially overlapping in vertical alignment. Horizontal distance between midlines of the two differential traces... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090086453 - Package with passive component support assembly: A package (16) for electrically connecting one or more integrated circuits (12) to a printed circuit board (14) includes a substrate body (16A), a pinout (16B), and a support assembly (18). The substrate body (16A) includes at least one insulating layer (222), and at least one patterned conductive layer (220)... Agent: Roeder & Broder LLP

20090086454 - Circuit device: Provided is a circuit device capable of increasing the packaging density and preventing the thermal interference between circuit elements to be incorporated. In a hybrid integrated circuit device, a first circuit board and a second circuit board are fitted into a case member in a way that the first circuit... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090086455 - Circuit device and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is a circuit device, in which circuit elements incorporated are electrically connected to each other via a lead so as to achieve both of the enhanced functionality and miniaturization. In a hybrid integrated circuit device, a first circuit board and a second circuit board are incorporated into a case... Agent: Barry E. Bretschneider Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090086456 - Tool-less blade ejector latch with integrated spring: An ejector latch for removing a blade module from a server chassis includes a latch lever, an ejector catch, and an ejector pull part. The latch lever includes a pivot hole near a first end thereof operable to be coupled to the blade module and a bend near a second... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090086457 - Hybrid integrated circuit device: In a hybrid integrated circuit device that uses a metal substrate, a sound noise is prevented, which would otherwise be generated due to transmission, to the metal substrate, of vibration caused when a ceramic capacitor expands and contracts by switching ON and OFF a transistor. For improving a heat dissipation... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090086459 - Electronic device with weather-tight housing: An electronic device includes a housing with electrical circuitry that is sealed against penetration by dust, moisture, water, and the like, and permits convenient mounting and reconfiguration during operation. The electronic device can be reconfigured to add or delete a connecting plug and cable without compromising the seal. Mounting brackets... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090086458 - Plasma display apparatus: In plasma displays in different inch sizes, there is a disadvantage in that because each of the plasma displays in different inch sizes has an output semiconductor device with a different outer shape, a pitch of the external lead and the number of the output semiconductor devices vary, so that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090086460 - Shield and method for reducing stray electric energy (see) generated by a high efficiency light bulb.: A conductive shield for surrounding a high efficiency light bulb such as a spiral fluorescent bulb is described. A conductive curtain having apertures through which light may pass is connected to the threaded grounded base of the bulb. The apertures in the curtain present high impedance to stray electrical energy... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090086461 - Shielding apparatus and manufacturing method thereof: A shielding apparatus is provided. The shielding apparatus comprises a substrate on which an electronic device is mounted, a molding layer on the substrate, a conductor layer on a surface of the molding layer, and a ground member electrically connecting a ground terminal of the substrate with the conductor layer.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090086462 - Method and apparatus for reducing emi emissions from a power inverter: A power inverter for a hybrid automotive vehicle having a case with an interior and at least one electrical port mounted on the case to electrically connect electrical signals from the interior of the case to an exterior device. A cable connector is associated with each electrical port while a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090086463 - Wall mounted enclosure with rotating patch panel frame: An apparatus for mounting electrical equipment comprises a frame for carrying electrical equipment, a hinge connected to the frame, and a cable ring connected to the hinge. The cable ring is positioned between the frame and an axis of rotation of the hinge.... Agent: Panduit Corp.