Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 07/09

20090190273 - Ultracapacitor overvoltage protection circuit with self verification: A system and method for protecting a hybrid electric vehicle propulsion energy storage pack from an overvoltage condition is described. The energy storage pack includes a plurality of energy storage cells electrically connected in series and electrically coupled with a vehicle direct current (DC) bus. The system includes one or... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090190274 - Current limiting module and hybrid current limiter using different kinds of superconducting wires: The present invention provides a current limiting module and a hybrid current limiter using different kinds of superconducting wires. The current limiting module includes a first superconducting wire that is wound in a predetermined direction, and a second superconducting wire that has quench characteristic different from the first superconducting wire... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090190275 - System and method for ground fault detection and interruption: A ground fault detector and interrupter for a photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion system, method and apparatus are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes first and second inputs adapted to couple to a first and second rails of a PV array. An inverter is configured to convert DC power... Agent: Neugeboren O'dowd PC

20090190277 - Esd protection for usb memory devices: ESD protection for a portable electronic device is provided by sandwiching a metal ground layer between prepreg (i.e., FR4 or other non-conductive PCB material) layers to form an ESD preventive PCB structure, where the metal ground layer is electrically connected to one or more of the integrated circuit (IC) components... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 901 Campisi Way

20090190276 - Protection of exposed contacts connected to a bridge rectifier against electrostatic discharge: Disclosed is a protection circuit for protecting a rectifier circuit from electrostatic pulses. The circuit employs a first bypass capacitor that is connected between positive and negative power lines to bypass electrostatic pulses that have a rise time that allows the diodes to conduct and prevent damage to the diodes... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090190278 - Electronic device having reverse connection protection circuit: An electronic device includes an operation circuit, a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, a resistor, and a field effect transistor. The negative input terminal is used for cooperating with the positive input terminal to receive an input voltage. The field effect transistor includes a source connected to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090190279 - Electronic load control unit (elcu) used as bus tie breaker in electrical power distribution systems: The present invention provides an electrical power distribution system that includes a first primary distribution panel (PDP) connected to a first source of electrical power and a second PDP connected to a second source of electrical power. The second PDP is connected to the first PDP by a conductor. A... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090190280 - Current limiter circuit and motor drive circuit: A current limiter circuit in an IC having a power transistor and an output current detection circuit connected in series with the power transistor. A comparator, a first reference voltage generator circuit and a second reference voltage generator circuit are also included in the current limiter circuit. The comparator generates... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090190281 - Load control apparatus: A load control apparatus adapted to indirectly detect an overcurrent, i.e. a current magnitude exceeding a predetermined limit value, occurring in an electric conductor element (4) belonging to a load current circuit (20), on the basis of an increase in temperature. The load control apparatus (30) comprises a control current... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090190282 - Relay connection: A relay connection with at least two relays (K1, K2) connected in series or in parallel to a supply voltage (UV). In order to achieve a defined relay cut-out sequence should there be a dip in the supply voltage and consequently to increase safety, it is provided that the relays... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090190283 - Predictive phase locked loop system: A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a first signal detector having a first input terminal configured to receive a varying first input signal, a second input terminal configured to receive a feedback signal that corresponds to the center of the input frequency, and an output terminal configured to provide... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC

20090190284 - Electronic element, variable capacitor, micro switch, method for driving micro switch, and mems type electronic element: Driving is made possible in a moving range equivalent to or wider than the conventional range, with a driving voltage having a range smaller than a pull-in voltage. An electronic element includes a fixed portion, and a movable portion which is movable with respect to the fixed portion and which... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090190285 - Multilayer ceramic capacitor: Provided is a multilayer ceramic capacitor including external electrodes which also functions as a resistive element, and the external electrodes achieve strong bonding with internal electrodes containing Ni or a Ni alloy. The external electrodes include a resistive electrode layers contacting a ceramic laminate and internal electrodes. The resistive electrode... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090190286 - Supercapacitor: The present invention provides a supercapacitor comprising: a) a positive electrode member comprising a solid material comprising pores and an electrically conductive current collector element bonded to said positive electrode member, wherein the pores comprise a non-flowing liquid comprising a first redox reagent; b) a negative electrode member comprising a... Agent: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

20090190287 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A solid electrolytic capacitor in which the withstand voltage can be enhanced and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A mixed powder is prepared by mixing a first powder containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a valve metal, an alloy of a valve metal, a metal... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090190288 - Electronic device: An electronic device has a casing with an article housing formed therein openable/closable by means of a lid. A locking mechanism locking the lid to a closing position comprises a locking member movably supported with respect to the casing and an engagement reception piece formed on the lid and engaging... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090190289 - Electronic trip device case for a circuit breaker, electronic trip device and assembly method thereof: An electronic module for a trip device has been optimised so as to integrate the known functionalities, in particular threshold parameter setting, current measurements, voltage taps, read-out display and communication. An electromagnetic actuator is further present in the electronic module to optimise breaking of the associated circuit breaker. The space... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090190292 - Cover structure, electronic equipment and cover structure mounting method: With a cover structure of the present invention, a cover body includes a cover portion that is large enough to cover a terminal portion and a shaft portion whose one end is connected to the cover portion and whose cross section is oval, a casing includes a bearing portion in... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090190291 - Housing, electronic equipment, and housing disassembly method: A housing, comprises: a first housing part, one side of which is an opening, including a hook member having a hook at its tip and projected from an inner surface thereof; and a second housing part, one side of which is an opening, having an engagement recess to be engaged... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090190290 - Methods and systems for forming housings from multi-layer materials: Methods and apparatus for forming a housing, such as for an electronic device, from multi-layer materials are disclosed. The multi-layer materials include at least two layers. Typically, one or more of the layers are metal. However, different layers of the multi-layer materials can be different metals. In one embodiment, an... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20090190293 - Rack-mounted foldable computer console for kvm switch: A rack-mounted, combined KVM switch with console is described. The combined KVM switch with console is attached to the rack by affixing the switch to two front posts of the rack. The monitor and input module of the console are hinged to the switch so that they can be independently... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090190294 - Flexible sheet with sealing skirt for keyboard assembly: A computer comprises an upper housing, a lower housing, and a flexible sheet disposed between the housings. The sheet covers an area of least one of the housings. The sheet comprises an outer skirt that fits within a receiving portion in at least one of the housings thereby forming a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090190296 - Bag computer with interior access coupling: Disclosed is a bag computer comprised of a bag with holder and computer with display panel and body panels hinged together. The computer body installs into the holder so the display panel pivots near the top of the bag front with its display facing outward/upward so the bag wearer can... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20090190295 - Portable information terminal: A portable information terminal is provided which includes: a first panel with a first flat board unit including a first accommodating unit and a first hinge unit; a connecting unit including a button unit on one or more surfaces thereof, a first portion of the connecting unit configure to be... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090190298 - Functional and ornamental cover for flash memory stick device: A memory stick cover is configured to be used by a consumer for receiving and protecting the connector of a memory stick when the memory stick is being transported and otherwise not in use. The memory stick cover is removable from the connector end and placed over the opposite end... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20090190297 - Motherboard expansion device: The invention is to provide a motherboard expansion device that expands the possibility to use non-portable computers in different applied systems and allows them to operate with a plurality of external devices.... Agent: Feldman Michael

20090190299 - \"test carriers for storage devices\": A test carrier 10 for storage devices 38 comprising a carrier base 12; a slider tray 16 slidably mounted to the carrier base 12, the slider tray 16 having at least one aperture for receiving a storage device 38 therein; at least one storage device connector 20 connected to the... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20090190300 - Parts support apparatus: A module is inserted from an aperture of a parts support apparatus into a part support hole, and further pushed into a cavity innermost the part support hole until a insertion side end portion is engaged in the cavity. After the module is engaged into the part support hole, an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090190301 - Server device: The present invention relates to a server device which comprises a case having two symmetric slots disposed on the top and a first handle disposed in each of the slots to make it easier to lift up the server device, a horizontal partition disposed in the case and dividing the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090190304 - Cooling device for memory module: A cooling device for memory module is held onto a memory module and includes a first cooling assembly, a second cooling assembly, and a fastener. In the invention, the first cooling assembly includes a cooling plate and a vapor chamber, in which cooling fins are formed at one side of... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090190303 - Heat dissipation plate, gap adjusting jig for heat dissipation and motherboard: A gap adjusting jig for heat dissipation is suitable to hold at least a heat source of a plate-shaped module. The gap adjusting jig for heat dissipation includes a first heat dissipation plate and a second heat dissipation plate and at least a gap adjusting element. A gap is formed... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090190302 - Method, apparatus and computer system for vortex generator enhanced cooling: Some embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer system are described for vortex generator enhanced cooling. The computer system may include a housing and an apparatus. The apparatus may include one or more vortex generators coupled to a heat spreader and positioned in close proximity to an electronic component, and... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090190305 - Notebook computer with support member: A notebook computer comprises a base casing, a display casing hingeably coupled to the base casing, and a plurality of support members disposed in each of said base casing and said display casing around a perimeter of the casings. When the display casing is closed, the support members in the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090190306 - Housing of foldable electronic device: An exemplary housing includes a first cover, a second cover for coupled with the first cover, a trigger, two movable latches, a first resilient member, two second resilient members, and two extending arms. The first cover includes two engaging portions. The trigger is disposed on the second cover and slidable... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090190307 - Ducted exhaust equipment enclosure: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090190308 - Method and apparaus for inverted vortex generator for enhanced cooling: Some embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer system are described for inverted vortex generator enhanced cooling. In various embodiments an apparatus may comprise a first surface comprising at least one heated component, a second surface in proximity to the first surface, the second surface comprising a non-heated surface, and... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090190309 - Electronic apparatus with air guiding element: An electronic apparatus includes an enclosure (30), a circuit board (40), a fan module (20), and an air guiding element (10) mounted in the enclosure. The circuit board includes at least one heat generating component (41) thereon. The fan module has a fan (22) and an output opening (213) corresponding... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090190310 - Heat management in an electronic module: In one example, an electronic module includes a printed circuit board and a housing at least partially enclosing the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a heat-generating component. The housing includes a first case and a second case attached to the first case. The first and second cases... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090190311 - Electronic element packaging: An electronic element packaging is provided, the unit is formed with a colloid layer in a predetermined shape, and a chipset is adhered and mounted inside the colloid layer and comprises a predetermined chip and a conductor so that the unit is packaged without any substrate, thereby the costs of... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090190312 - Heat transfer film, semiconductor device, and electronic apparatus: A heat transfer film includes a heat transfer layer formed of a first constituent material containing C (carbon) for transferring heat in an in-plane direction thereof and a layer thickness direction thereof; and a strain relaxation layer formed of a second constituent material and laminated on the heat transfer layer... Agent: Kubotera &associates, LLC

20090190313 - Thermal module: A thermal module includes a heat sink disposed on a contact surface of the heat source, a mounting bracket having first and second ends, a fastening member, a pressing member, and at least one clip. The mounting bracket surrounds the heat source. The first end has at least one latch... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090190315 - Control unit for controlling an electromotive drive unit: A control unit for controlling an electromotive drive unit has a housing (16), which can be connected to the drive unit by a mechanical interface device, and a plug-in device (17) provided on the housing, for plugging in a cable (20) that is guided to the hosing from the outside,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090190314 - Module base unit with strain relief means: In a module base unit (1) for a module (30) for a data carrier, two connection plates (2, 3) are provided, which comprise electrically conductive material and which each have a direction of extent (4, 5) and which are separated from each other by a gap (16) transverse to the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090190316 - Mounting device: A mounting device includes a chassis, a transfer card electronically connected to a motherboard, and a mounting bracket assembly. The mounting bracket assembly includes a clamping member and a fastening member. The clamping member clamping a first end of the transfer card and restricting movement of the transfer card in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090190317 - Electronic apparatus: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus having a circuit board supporting structure, the circuit board supporting structure including: a casing including a first body and a second body, the first body having a first boss portion, the second body having a second boss... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090190318 - Holding member, mounting structure in which holding member is mounted on electronic circuit board, and electronic component including holding member: A holding member, for an electronic component inserted into a through hole provided in an electronic circuit board which includes a plate-shaped base that is fixed to the electronic component, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends from the base, and is inserted into the through... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090190319 - Three-dimensional module: A three-dimensional module having a first substrate holding a function element, and a second substrate holding other components. The first and second substrates are laid one above the other in a three-dimensional fashion, and are electrically and mechanically connected. The module has inter-substrate joining members interposed between the first and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090190320 - Semiconductor device: Coupling reliability of a passive component is improved to increase the reliability of a semiconductor device. A first through hole is formed in a first electrode part of a first plate-like lead, and a second through hole is formed in a second electrode part of a second plate-like lead. As... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090190321 - Shield casing and electronic apparatus: A shield casing, which is configured to surround an electronic component mounted on a circuit board, includes a frame body including an engagement recess and a lid body including a hook unit configured to engage with the engagement recess. The lid body is fitted to the frame body to cover... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090190322 - Portable wireless device: A feeder line 7 is arranged between an upper printed board 4 and a lower printed board 5 to feed power, the upper printed board 4 and the lower printed board 5 constitute radiating elements, respectively, to allow a portable wireless device main body to operate as a dipole antenna,... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090185316 - Esd/eos performance by introduction of defects: The invention relates to an avalanche diode that can be employed as an ESD protection device. An avalanche ignition region is formed at the p-n junction of the diode and includes an enhanced defect concentration level to provide rapid onset of avalanche current. The avalanche ignition region is preferably formed... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090185317 - Integrated circuit and assembly therewith: An integrated circuit suitable for use at high frequencies and comprising a first capacitor having an input and an output, as well as a ground connection, wherein the capacitor is ESD-protected through an resistor between the capacitor output and the ground connection, which resistor has a resistance value that is... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090185318 - System and method to relieve esd requirements of nmos transistors: A system and method relieves ESD requirements on devices in circuits of chips that are susceptible to being damaged from ESD through an external pad. For example, one of the devices can be NMOS transistors having drains (or sources) connected to the external pad(s) and no (or significantly small) current... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090185319 - Method of breaking an overcurrent: A method of breaking an overcurrent is provided to connect an overcurrent breaking controller in series between an AC power and a load. Thus, when detecting the connected load of which the current generated with the consumed power is higher than a rated current of the overcurrent breaking controller, the... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090185320 - Detection of current leakage through opto-switches: Apparatus for testing an opto-switch includes a first sense resistor coupled between a power source and an input of the opto-switch, and a second sense resistor coupled to an output of the opto-switch. A test circuit is coupled to sense a first current flowing through the first sense resistor and... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090185321 - Device and method for the extended protection of electric lines: Device for the protection of electric lines which comprises: processing means; power supply means; voltage measurement means; means of alert; and switching means which alternatively send the line's own current through a main branch (which comprises the remaining components) or through a branch line; and method for the protection of... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090185322 - Combination current sensor and relay: A protection device for monitoring current in a power cable to an electrical device and for controlling a remotely located starter for the electrical device in response to a system controller. The device includes a transformer magnetically linked with the power cable to produce a voltage signal in response to... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20090185323 - Overheat protection circuit: In order to provide an overheat protection circuit having a small mounting area, the overheat protection circuit includes: a resistor bridge circuit which includes: a plurality of resistors each having a temperature coefficient; an input terminal; and an output terminal; and a comparator circuit connected to the output terminal and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/seiko Instruments Inc.

20090185324 - Ion chip operating module: The ion chip operating module allows for the inevitable ionising electrode erosion by high voltage ionisation of the prior art ion chip, by extending its life, improving its performance and maintenance. A ionising module is provided which lengthens the life of its ionising structure by providing more ionising electrodes, which... Agent: Robert W.b Bailey

20090185325 - Array variable capacitor apparatus: An array variable capacitor apparatus includes a line unit including a ground line and a signal line which operates as a lower electrode; and a plurality of plates which are engaged with the line unit to generate capacitance and which operate as upper electrodes, the plurality of plates being arranged... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090185326 - Film capacitor: A film capacitor comprises a wound body, a first terminal part electrically connected to one end of the wound body, and a second terminal part electrically connected to the other end of the wound body. The wound body is structured by winding into a laminate a first film laminate formed... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090185327 - Composite electrode comprising a carbon structure coated with a thin film of mixed metal oxides for electrochemical energy storage: A composite electrode is created by forming a thin conformal coating of mixed metal oxides on a highly porous carbon structure. The highly porous carbon structure performs a role in the synthesis of the mixed oxide coating and in providing a three-dimensional, electronically conductive substrate supporting the thin coating of... Agent: Fraser Seymour

20090185328 - Cellular honeycomb ultracapacitors and hybrid capacitors with separator-supported current collectors: An ultracapacitor or hybrid capacitor includes an electrically non-conductive rigid or semi-rigid porous honeycomb separator structure having cells extending along a common direction and supporting current collector structure(s) thereon. The current collector structure may be porous and extend continuously on all inner surfaces of a cell of the honeycomb structure,... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090185329 - Electrolytic capacitor anode treated with an organometallic compound: An electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized anode that is incorporated with an additional metallic element is provided. More specifically, the metallic element is built into the valve metal pentoxide of the dielectric layer. In one particular embodiment, the addition of the metallic element results in a niobium pentoxide... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090185330 - Sintered anode pellet etched with an organic acid for use in an electrolytic capacitor: An electrolytic capacitor anode etched with an organic acid prior to anodic oxidation of the anode to create the dielectric layer. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that the organic acid can etch away at least a portion of any oxides on the anode. This provides... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090185331 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a cathode terminal structured such that the cathode terminal's flat portion connected to a cathode portion has a divided structure made up of a first flat portion and a second flat portion spaced from each other by a predetermined distance to form a slit. Therefore,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090185332 - Cassette assembly and panel assembly therefor: A panel assembly for an electrical enclosure has a fixed mounting portion and a movable panel portion. The electrical enclosure has an interior substantially sealed from an exterior except at a number of apertures. The panel assembly includes a mounting portion coupled to the enclosure and a panel portion generally... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090185333 - Electrical enclosure assembly having venting system: An electrical enclosure assembly is provided including a first enclosure and a second enclosure disposed within the first enclosure. The first enclosure having a plurality of walls defining an interior and an exterior with one of the walls including a first number of one way vents. The interior being substantially... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090185334 - Distribution box and a method for thermographic scanning thereof: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a distribution box, comprising: a distribution board; a shield protecting the electric components of the board; an aperture located in the shield; and a net covering the aperture, thereby allowing an infrared camera to scan the area wherein the electric components... Agent: Haim Factor Ofek Group Inc.

20090185335 - Module type power distribution apparatus: The present invention provides a module type power distribution apparatus in which power sources of an electrical distribution board and a switchboard for industry and home can be separated and the module type power distribution apparatus can be simply connected to the distribution board and the switchboard by bolts through... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090185336 - Electrical enclosure, and panel assembly and mounting assembly therefor: A mounting assembly includes a DIN rail for removably securing a number of electrical switching apparatus such as, for example circuit breakers, to a panel member of an electrical enclosure. First and second mounting members extend outwardly from first and second ends, respectively, of the DIN rail. Each mounting member... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090185337 - Pitch box assembly: A pitch box assembly for a rooftop application includes a plurality of line sets penetrating through the rooftop, wherein the line sets are configured for supplying a cooling circuit for condenser units, and a plurality of electrical lines penetrating through the rooftop, wherein the electrical lines are configured for supplying... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090185338 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus includes a casing, a stand, and an image display section. The stand is formed of a single rod. The image display apparatus further includes a link mechanism that links the rod and a portion of the rear surface, supports the rod so as to be pivotal... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090185340 - Casing structure for electronic devices: The invention provides a casing structure for an electronic apparatus that achieves a thin size and light weight. The casing structure is capable of accommodating a display module, and comprises a sidewall and a bottom surface in which a conductive resin region and a nonconductive resin region are butt joined... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20090185339 - Flat panel display apparatus: A flat panel display apparatus includes a flat display panel including first and second substrates facing each other with a display unit therebetween, the first substrate extending beyond the second substrate, a portion of the first substrate extending beyond the second substrate defining a protruding portion, an outermost edge of... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090185341 - Panel type display device: A panel type display device to achieve easy assembly, high productivity and low manufacturing costs with a reduced number of elements. The panel type display device includes a display panel, electronic elements arranged at a rear side of the display panel, an electromagnetic-wave shield cover to receive the electronic elements,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090185342 - Bag computer two panel computer with hinge extension: Disclosed are improvements to a two panel computer meant to be mounted to a bag front of a matching bag. The computer has a display panel and body panel pivotally attached with the display fixed to the side of the display panel facing away from the body panel. The hinge... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20090185343 - Water-cooling radiator for a computer chip: A water-cooling radiator for a computer chip is provided to lower the temperature of the computer chip. The radiator includes a body on which other elements can be fixed and providing an interface for heat exchange, an internal circulation flow path built inside the body to provide a passage required... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090185344 - Handheld computing device: A handheld computing device includes an electronic component assembly including at least one user interface component, and an enclosure formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube defines an internal lumen between open ends, and has a substantially uniform cross section along a longitudinal axis thereof. The extruded tube includes... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20090185345 - Computer module replacement of digital signage: The invention provides a computer module replacement design of a digital signage. The digital signage has a main circuit board and a plug-board disposed therein and connected to each other. The plug-board has a plug-card with a plug-slot, and a track disposed on each side thereof. The digital signage is... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090185346 - Electrical enclosure cooling structure assembly and method: An electrical enclosure assembly comprises an enclosure having walls defining an interior space for housing electrical components and having a front flange surrounding a front opening. A cover is hingedly mounted to the enclosure for selectively closing the front opening. The cover comprises a front wall larger than the front... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090185347 - Heat dissipation system for digital electronic signboard: A heat dissipation system for digital electronic signboard includes a first heat dissipation subsystem disposed in a main circuit board area of a digital electronic signboard, and a second heat dissipation subsystem disposed in a computer mainboard area of the digital electronic signboard. The main circuit board area has a... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090185348 - System for cooling electrical components and devices: In order to create a cooling system in which an inexpensive filter is used and positioned in such a way as to ensure an extremely good sealing action, a filter trough is placed in a housing wall or door, in which the filter is received so as to be detachable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090185349 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a fan case of a cooling fan includes first and second exhaust openings separately provided in two side surface portions. The first exhaust opening and the second exhaust opening are arranged in a rotational direction of a fan blade in the order named. A first heating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090185350 - Apparatus and methods for thermal management of light emitting diodes: An apparatus is disclosed that may include one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) and an electronics package may be disposed about the first surface of one or more of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a metal layer and a core, and, in some aspects, may include multiple cores... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20090185351 - Mounting apparatus for heat sink: A mounting apparatus for mounting a heat sink on a board, includes a first locking hole defined in the heat sink, a second locking hole defined in the board, and a locking member. The locking member includes a base and a rod. The base defines a hole. A bottom of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090185352 - High performance power device: A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly is provided. The PCB assembly is adapted for mounting at least one heat-generating electrical device and providing integrated heat dissipating capability to dissipate heat generated by the electrical device. The PCB assembly has a top surface and a bottom surface and comprises a signal... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090185353 - Mounting apparatus for motherboard: A mounting assembly includes a motherboard with a plurality of mounting holes defined therein, a fixture, and a slide module for securing the motherboard in the fixture. The fixture includes a bottom panel and a plurality of mounting posts extending from the bottom panel. The mounting posts engage in the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090185354 - Heat radiating structure for electronic module and electronic device having the same: A heat radiating structure for an electronic module and an electronic device having the same structure thereon. The heat radiating structure is formed at the bottom of the electronic module to release the generated heat from the electronic module, and includes an impact absorber, which absorbs impact transferred from the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090185355 - Flash memory device with a retractable plug: A flash memory device, includes a case (1) having a chamber and an opening (1120) at one end thereof. A memory module (2) is received in the chamber and has a plug (22) formed at one end thereof. A pole (3) has a first portion (30) received in the chamber... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090185356 - Board assembly: A board assembly adapted to cooperate with one of a first expansion card and a second expansion card having different sizes. The board assembly includes a board, a connector, a first securing unit, a second securing unit and a plurality of locking elements. The connector, the first securing unit and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090185357 - Three-dimensional liquid crystal polymer multilayer circuit board including membrane switch and related methods: An electronic device includes a multilayer circuit board having a non-planar three-dimensional shape defining a membrane switch recess therein. The multilayer circuit board may include at least one liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layer, and at least one electrically conductive pattern layer thereon defining at least one membrane switch electrode adjacent... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090180219 - Apparatus for detecting error occurring to power converter and detecting method thereof: An apparatus is applicable to a power converter comprising a primary winding for receiving an input voltage and a secondary winding for generating an output voltage to power a load. The apparatus comprises a detecting circuit, a comparing circuit, and a determining circuit. The detecting circuit is configured to generate... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090180220 - Non-intrusive electronic control circuitry to detect an open protector in a hermetically sealed compressor: An electronic apparatus externally detects open protector contacts inside of a compressor. The compressor includes a compressor motor having a run winding and a start winding. The compressor motor also includes internal protector contacts that open the electrical circuit to the “C” terminal in a protection condition. A compressor running... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20090180221 - Ground fault circuit interrupter control circuit: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) control circuit for providing an indicator or trip at the end of life. A GFCI with a monitor circuit added, in addition to common functions, is intended to automatically detect and indicate an abnormity of the circuit. Once any abnormity occurs to the elemental... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090180222 - Self fault-detection circuit for ground fault circuit interrupter: A self fault-detection circuit for a ground fault circuit interrupter comprising: (i) a Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV) fault detection unit for detecting a fault condition of the MOV, and sending a first trigger signal if a fault condition of the MOV is detected, (ii) a trip circuit fault detection unit... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090180224 - Esd protection design for low capacitance specification: An ESD protection circuit with low capacitance, which utilizes ESD protection design for low capacitance specification, includes: an ESD detection circuit, coupled between a first voltage source and a second voltage source, for detecting an ESD voltage to generate a trigger signal; and an ESD protection device, having an end... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090180225 - Esd protection structure: An ESD protection structure is provided. A substrate includes a first voltage variable material and has a first surface, a second surface substantially paralleled to the first surface and a via connecting the first and second surfaces. A first metal layer is disposed in the substrate for coupling to a... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090180223 - Low side driver with short to battery protection: A driver circuit includes a driver module having a first transistor for receiving a driver voltage signal. In response to the driver voltage signal, the first transistor conducts current through an electronic device. A protection module includes a second transistor in electrical communication with the first transistor for receiving a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090180226 - Electrical circuit with incendive arc prevention: An electrical circuit comprising a power supply, a load, a first pair of parallel positive cables between the power supply and the load, a first pair of parallel negative cables between the load and the power supply, and incendive arc prevention means, in which the incendive arc prevention means comprises... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090180227 - Auto-detecting cmos input circuit for single-voltage-supply cmos: An auto-detecting input circuit is operative to sustain relatively high voltages applied to an input pad and generate corresponding signal levels at a native supply voltage range. The input circuit includes floating wells, corresponding bias selectors, and input biasing transistors to ensure that no gate oxide exposed to external voltages... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090180228 - Inverter circuit: An inverter circuit includes an IGBT (3) and an IGBT (4) connected in series between a power supply potential (Vcc) and a GND potential, and an HVIC (1) and an LVIC (2) for respectively controlling actuation of the IGBTs (3) and (4). The inverter circuit also includes a capacitor (5),... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090180229 - Over-voltage protection circuit structure and method thereof: An over-voltage protection circuit structure for protecting a high power translation circuit is provided. The over-voltage protection circuit structure receives an alternating current input and comprises a relay circuit, a voltage detection module, and an energy supply circuit. The relay circuit relays the alternating current input to the high power... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090180230 - Multi-layer type over-current and over-temperature protection structure and method for manufacturing the same: A multi-layer type over-current and over-temperature protection structure and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The present invention utilizes the concept of multi-layer design to integrate more than two over-current and over-temperature protection elements on a component structure that can be adhered to a substrate. Hence, the over-current... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090180231 - Overcurrent protection circuit and voltage regulator incorporating same: An overcurrent protection circuit includes a current limiter and a status detector, and a voltage regulator includes an output transistor. The output transistor is configured to regulate a voltage input to an input terminal to output a given constant voltage from an output terminal, while passing a current from the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090180232 - Tube integrity safety switch: A safety device for disabling a positive pressure radiant tube heater upon failure of the heat exchanger and a corresponding method are described. This invention relates to the ability to detect a condition where a failure of the heat exchanger triggers the safety device and disables the heater. The safety... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090180233 - Detector for precursive detection of electrical arc: A detector system for precursively identifying an electrical arcing event is provided. The system may include a transmission channel for transmitting a radio frequency signal to a zone where an arcing event may occur. The system may further include a reception channel for receiving a radio frequency signal resulting from... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090180234 - Systems and methods for projectile status reporting: A projectile provides a stimulus signal through a human or animal target for immobilizing the target. The projectile includes a transceiver and a waveform generator. The transceiver receives a first signal and transmits a second signal. The waveform generator provides the stimulus signal through the target for immobilizing the target.... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20090180235 - Variable electric circuit component: A circuit component has an elastically deformable first structure, a second structure, and a support structure coupling the first and second structures, wherein the first structure can be variably deformed in response to a variable force, to provide either a variable capacitor or a variable tank circuit having a variable... Agent: Carey Tope-mckay Tope-mackay & Associates

20090180236 - Stepwise capacitor structure, fabrication method thereof and substrate employing the same: A stepwise capacitor structure includes at least one stepwise conductive layer. The stepwise capacitor represents a feature of multiple capacitors. When currents flow through the stepwise capacitor, different current paths are presented in between an upper conductor and a bottom conductor of the stepwise capacitor in response to different current... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090180237 - De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuits: A de-coupling capacitor module using dummy conductive elements in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The de-coupling module comprises at least one circuit module having one or more active nodes, and at least one dummy conductive element unconnected to any active node, and separated from a high voltage conductor or a... Agent: Duane Morris LLP (tsmc)IPDepartment

20090180238 - Energy storage devices: Double-layer energy storage devices and methods for manufacturing thereof are disclosed. Such devices and methods are useful for lessening self-discharge of the double-layer energy storage devices. An energy storage device and methods of manufacture that address the problem of capacitor self-discharge due to electrode misalignment, mismatch and/or unpaired electrodes is... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20090180239 - Metal capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved is provided. The metal capacitor includes: a metal member 11 including a plurality of grooves 11a; a metal oxide film 12 being formed on the metal member 11; a sealing electrode member 13 being formed on the metal oxide... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090180240 - Valve metal particles uniformly containing nitrogen and the method for preparing the same, the valve metal green pellets and sintered pellets, and the electrolytic capacitor anodes: The present invention relates to valve metal particles uniformly containing nitrogen and a method for preparing the same, and a valve metal green pellet and a sintered pellet made from the particles, and an electrolytic capacitor anode. The present invention provides valve metal particles uniformly containing nitrogen, wherein the difference... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090180241 - Power distribution unit and methods of making and use including modular construction and assemblies: Described herein are various embodiments of a power distribution unit having modular components. For example, according to one embodiment, a power distribution unit can include a component portion that comprises at least two modules selected from the group consisting of outlet modules, circuit protection modules, power input modules, communications I/O... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090180242 - Electrical cabinet assembly and seal assembly therefor: A seal assembly for an electrical enclosure having a draw-out circuit breaker and a number of conductors is provided having a movable first seal member and a movable second seal member. The circuit breaker includes a protruding nose portion that is engaged by the first and second seal members in... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090180243 - Connector assembly: Methods and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a portable electronic device that does not cause yield loss or premature failure due a connector shell contacting the housing or its attached components during assembly. One example provides a connector shell that is split in at least two separate pieces or portions.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090180244 - Display device: A display device includes a touch panel includes a projection on the upper part of a front frame for holding a display element. The inner side face of the projection is opposed to the side part of the touch panel. The side part of the touch panel comes into contact... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090180245 - Electronic apparatus and guiding member: A first card slot extends along a first imaginary plane. A second card slot extends along a second imaginary plane parallel to the first imaginary plane. A printed wiring board is placed between the first and second imaginary planes. A first connector is mounted on the front surface of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090180246 - Panel construction for housing keypads of mobile computing device: A computing device includes a housing a front housing segment, a keypad assembly and a rigid panel. The front housing segment includes a void. The keypad assembly includes a substrate and a key structure layer. The key structured layer includes a plurality of key structures. The keypad assembly is configured... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090180247 - Assembly structure of a display device: A display device includes a display module, a first case and a boss insertion element having a combination hole. The first case covers a first surface of the display module and has a first boss which is inserted into the combination hole to combine the front case to the display... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090180248 - Combination drive: A combination drive includes a housing, a solid-state drive, an optical disc drive and associated controller, a data/command connector, and a shared power source connector, and a data/command bus. When coupled to a host controller, the optical disc drive and the solid-state drive may appear to the host controller as... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090180249 - Slide type personal portable device: A slide type personal portable device includes: a body part including a guide frame which is provided in front of the body part to form a front wall of the body part; a slide part including a housing in which a setting hole is formed on a back surface of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090180251 - Multi-position housing made of metal extruded section member for manufacturing a waterproof power electronic device: The extruded section forms a tunnel that is substantially rectangular and is provided with fins on at least one side of the rectangle. The fins allow air to flow outside the housing by natural convection in the extrusion directions. A side without fins serves as a base for fastening the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090180250 - Peak-load cooling of electronic components by phase-change materials: Cooling device for electronic components, in particular for power electronics in an aircraft, comprising an energy storage device which is in heat-conducting communication with at least one electronic component which is to be cooled, and which storage device is in the form of a material which performs a change in... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090180252 - Hot pluggable fan system and connection apparatus: The present invention discloses a hot pluggable fan system and connection apparatus. The system includes at least one fan assembly, and a hot pluggable fan connection apparatus. The hot pluggable fan connection apparatus includes a bottom plate; a crossbar existed on the bottom plate, for dividing the bottom plate into... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090180253 - Portable heat dissipation device with cross flow fan: A portable heat dissipation device is provided for operation with various devices of different purposes for heat dissipation therefrom and includes an enclosure and an air flow generation device. The air flow generation device is set in a given chamber inside the enclosure to effect flowing of air, causing air... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090180254 - Electronic assembly and heat sink: (b) one or more thermally-conductive elements that extend outwardly from the peripherally-indented top surface of the thermally-conductive layer and that are adapted for thermal communication with one or more heat-generating circuit components for the transfer of a heat load from the heat-generating circuit components, through the peripherally-indented top surface of... Agent: William Mcgough

20090180255 - Simple efficient assembly and packaging of rf, fdd, tdd, hts and/or cryo-cooled electronic devices: Systems and methods for simple, efficient and/or cost effective manufacturing and assembly of electronic devices are provided. These may include various ways of coupling, attaching, and/or connecting the various components to one another, for improved cost and ease of assembly. A number of clips may be used to attach together... Agent: Wolff Law Office, PLLC

20090180256 - Heat-dissipating module having a dust removing mechanism, and assembly of an electronic device and the heat-dissipating module: In an assembly of an electronic device and a heat-dissipating module, the electronic device includes an electronic component disposed within a housing provided with an air outlet port, and the heat-dissipating module includes a heat-dissipating fin base disposed within the housing adjacent to the air outlet port, and a dust... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090180257 - Stacked semiconductor apparatus, system and method of fabrication: A stacked semiconductor apparatus and method of fabricating same are disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower semiconductor devices having a similar pattern of connection elements. When stacked connected the resulting plurality of semiconductor devices includes a serial connection path traversing the stack, and may also include parallel connection paths,... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090180258 - Fixture: A fixture for fixing a data storage unit is disclosed. The fixture includes: a body receives the computer components and defines a protrusion and a hole thereon; a separating piece includes a separating portion correspondingly to the protrusion; a fixing piece includes a lockpin correspondingly to the hole of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090180259 - Portable media player: The invention discloses a portable media player for playing DVD and IPOD including a base (1) defining a first docking bay (3) for a DVD host and a second docking bay (4) for a IPOD, a cover (2) with a display attached to the base, and a locking device (5)... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090180260 - Memory module, method for manufacturing a memory module and computer system: A memory module, a method for manufacturing a memory module and a computer system is disclosed. One embodiment includes a printed circuit board including a component area and a connector area, wherein a number of signal layers is larger in the component area than in the connector area, the connector... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090180261 - Fault circuit interrupter disposed inside a housing adapted to receive modular components: A modular electronic device comprising a housing and at least one phase conductor, and at least one neutral conductor coupled to the housing. The housing has at least one receptacle for receiving a modular component when this modular component is inserted therein. The housing has at least one module release... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C./leviton

20090180262 - Inverter: The invention is directed to an inverter with a board for receiving electric and electronic component parts by arranging at least one DIN rail relay onto the board (5) of the inverter.... Agent: Pyle & Piontek, LLC

20090180264 - Expansion card fastening mechanism: An expansion card fastening mechanism includes a baseboard, a card edge connector and a support bracket. The card edge connector is disposed on the baseboard to be inserted by an edge of an expansion card substantially in parallel with the baseboard. The support bracket includes a bottom wall, two lateral... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090180263 - Intrinsically safe compliant circuit element spacing: A compliant circuit element spacing system comprises a circuit board, a dummy spacer component, and a compliant circuit element. One or more active components are mounted to the circuit board. The dummy spacer component is also mounted to the circuit board, such that the dummy spacer component is electrically isolated... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090180265 - Electric device having a plastic plug part arranged on a circuit support: Disclosed is an electrical device, in particular a control unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a plate-shaped circuit support fixed on a metallic base plate of the housing, on which a plastic plug part s fixed on a side facing away from the metallic base plate, characterized in that fixing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090180266 - Differential pair inversion for reduction of crosstalk in a backplane system: A connection system has two connectors connected to each other by a plurality of differential signal pairs. The differential signal pairs alternate between a “straight connection” and a “reverse connection” between the connectors. The “straight connection” is formed by having a first signal trace connected from a positive launch in... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090180267 - Bi-positional expansion card retainer: A one-piece expansion card retainer may be installed in either of two positions to accommodate both full-height and low-profile expansion cards. The bi-positional expansion card retainer exerts flexional force on an expansion card to help maintain the expansion card in its proper position during shipment of an electronic device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090180268 - Notebook computer and footpad thereof: A notebook computer includes a plurality of securing holes formed on a bottom surface thereof and a plurality of footpads mounted to the bottom surface of the notebook computer through the securing holes. Each footpad includes an inner element and an outer element, and the outer element is moulded on... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20090180269 - Diode connector, design system for that, and method of design for that: For providing a design apparatus for designing a small diode connector durable for overcurrent flow easily in low cost, and a design method for designing the diode connector, and a diode connector durable for overcurrent flow to be small in low cost, the design apparatus 1 having a plurality of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090180270 - Fixing mechanism for fixing a switch and related electronic device: A fixing mechanism includes a substrate having an opening. The substrate includes a first front positioning element disposed on a first side of the substrate, and a first rear positioning element disposed on a second side of the substrate. The fixing mechanism further includes a fixing component. The fixing component... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090174972 - High-power ultracapacitor energy storage pack and method of use: An ultracapacitor energy storage cell pack includes an ultracapacitor assembly including a plurality of parallel ultracapacitors and balancing resistors in series; an enclosure for the ultracapacitor assembly; a controller; one or more temperature sensors; a pack voltage sensor; a GFI sensor; one or more cooling fans carried by the enclosure;... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090174974 - Embedded type multifunctional integrated structure for integrating protection components and method for manufacturing the same: An embedded type multifunctional integrated structure for integrating protection components and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The present invention utilizes the concept of multi-layer design to integrate more than two passive components on a component structure that is adhered onto a substrate and is applied to a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090174973 - Migfet circuit with esd protection: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protected circuit is coupled to a power supply voltage rail and includes a multiple independent gate field effect transistor (MIGFET), a pre-driver, and a hot gate bias circuit. The MIGFET has a source/drain path coupled between an output pad and the power supply voltage rail and... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090174975 - Two-way electrostatic discharge protection circuit: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit electrically connected to a first conductive line and a second conductive line is provided. The ESD protection circuit has a first ESD protection circuit unit, wherein the first ESD circuit unit includes a first coupled capacitor and a first active device. The first coupled... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090174976 - Current differential relay device, signal processing method thereof and power transmission line protection system: Two current differential relay devices 1 are installed at each terminal 3 of a two-terminal power transmission line 2, and connected to each other via two transmission paths 5 and 6, and perform current differential operations by transmitting and receiving the quantity data of electricity to each other. In the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090174977 - Hardware overvoltage disconnecting circuit: The invention relates to a voltage detection control technology, especially relate to a hardware overvoltage disconnecting circuit wherein a DC power supply module is disconnected from a power network when the AC power network is in the state of overvoltage. The hardware overvoltage disconnecting circuit comprises a disconnecting relay and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090174978 - Switching power supply device: A switching power supply device includes: a switching element connected through a primary winding of a transformer to an output end of an input rectifying/smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothes an alternating current input voltage and outputs a direct current input voltage; an output rectifying/smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090174979 - Current limiter having overload indication function: A current limiter includes a circuit device including a power supply transformation circuit to transform a power supply, a detection circuit to detect and transform a load current of a load into an output voltage, a control circuit to interrupt a connection between the power supply and the load according... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090174980 - Load driving and diagnosis system and control method: A load driving and diagnosis system controls the feed and block of a load current flowing into an inductor such as a solenoid. The load driving and diagnosis system holds a counter-electromotive force, which is developed when the load current is blocked, at a voltage higher than a supply voltage... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090174981 - Nonvolatile status indicator switch: A non-volatile status indicator switch is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an aircraft electrical system including a fault detection circuit coupled to a relay, and a fault indicator circuit coupled to the fault detection circuit and to a control input of the relay, wherein the fault indicator... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090174982 - Controlling the flow of electrostatic discharge currents: A method and system for controlling the electrical connection between the metallic covers and the underlying metal chassis of an electrical system by the select placement of impedances in a current control connector. The current control connector places an impedance, capable of controlling electrostatic discharge (ESD) currents, between the covers... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090174983 - Electrostatic chuck assembly with dielectric material and/or cavity having varying thickness, profile and/or shape, method of use and apparatus incorporating same: An electrostatic chuck assembly having a dielectric material and/or having a cavity with varying thickness, profile and/or shape is disclosed. The electrostatic chuck assembly includes a conductive support and an electrostatic chuck ceramic layer. A dielectric layer or insert is located between the conductive support and an electrostatic chuck ceramic... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090174984 - Semiconductor device having capacitors and its manufacture method: A capacitor is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The capacitor includes a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode in this order recited, and has an area S equal to or larger than 1000 μm2 and L/S equal to or larger than 0.4 μm−1, where S is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090174985 - Ceramic capacitor assembly: A ceramic capacitor assembly has a ceramic capacitor and a cushion. The ceramic capacitor has a body, two terminals formed respectively on the body and two legs connecting to and protruding respectively from the terminals. The cushion is a resilient material and has an upper surface corresponding to and mounted... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090174986 - Lithium ion capacitor: A lithium ion capacitor comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an aprotic organic solvent electrolyte solution of a lithium salt as an electrolytic solution, characterized in that a positive electrode active material is a material capable of reversibly supporting lithium ions and/or anions, a negative electrode active material... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090174987 - Porous metal thin film, method for manufacturing the same, and capacitor: A porous metal thin film formed from aluminum has a film structure in which domains having an average diameter of 200 nm or more, and 500 nm or less and being formed through aggregation of a plurality of grains having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or more, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090174988 - Holding device for mounting a display unit, a display unit and display device: A holding device for installing a display unit, having a holding element and receiving elements connected to the holding element, which have essentially wedge- or v-shaped recesses, which are used to accommodate axial sections of the display unit having a corresponding wedge-type design; display unit and mounting system. It is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090174989 - Panel system and method with embedded electronics: A system and method for a panel system containing embedded electronic elements providing both housing for the electronics and structural support. A preferred embodiment of the system is for a container security system, which is constructed into or conforming onto the roof, walls, door, or base of a cargo container... Agent: Herbert Kerner

20090174990 - System for coupling interfacing parts: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first subassembly having a first housing component. The first housing component has an opening. The electronic device also includes a second subassembly having a second housing component. The second housing component cooperates with the first housing component to enclose components... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090174991 - Generation power cable for computers: A power cable for a computer has a main cable with two ends and each end terminates in a plug. One plug on the main cable is configured to connect to a power supply and the other plug on the main cable is configured to connect to a computer motherboard.... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, PLLC

20090174993 - I/o device and electronic device having the same: An electronic device is disclosed including a base having a first side on which a first opening is formed, a shaft disposed in the base, and an I/O port device having a plurality of I/O ports and a circuit board on which the I/O ports are disposed. The I/O port... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090174992 - System and method for supporting electrical connectivity between information handling system chassis components: An information handling system chassis having a passivated surface accepts electrical communication through a conductive ink disposed on a portion of the surface from which the passivation is removed. For example, a magnesium chassis passivated with phosphate has a portion mechanically cleaned and conductive ink placed over the cleaned portion... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090174994 - Keyboard for hand held computing device: The keyboard assembly is suitable for use as a keyboard of a hand held computing device. The assembly has a base layer of a printed circuit board and includes a carrier layer having snap domes set out in an array aligned with keys of a keypad layer. An electroluminescent layer... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090174996 - Display device: A display device which can securely receive a display panel and an optical sheet therein and prevent a dark area from being formed on the display panel due to an intermediate frame. The display device includes a display panel displaying images, a guide member including a plurality of sidewalls and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090174995 - Display window securing system: A display window assembly is mounted in the opening of a bezel of a housing, and a force is exerted against the assembly by a suitable resilient element urging it outward through the opening. The assembly may be mounted on a support or frame, from which depends one or more... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090174997 - Expansion card module: An expansion card module is provided. The expansion card module is adapted for being assembled to a circuit board. The circuit board includes a connector and a fixing unit. The expansion card module is fixed between the connector and the fixing unit. The expansion card module includes an expansion card... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090174998 - Computer wall docking station: A wall-mounted docking station for a portable computer connects the portable computer to a media entertainment system. The media entertainment system can have multiple zones throughout a room and/or a building, and can play audio, video, images, or other media stored on the portable computer to any zone or a... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090174999 - Piezoelectric air jet augmented cooling for electronic devices: In some embodiments, piezoelectric air jet augmented cooling for electronic devices is presented. In this regard, an apparatus is introduced having a plurality of more than about one hundred lead-free piezoelectric layers and electrodes stacked on top of each other and formed around a central opening, and a diaphragm coupled... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090175000 - Halogen-free circuitized substrate with reduced thermal expansion, method of making same, multilayered substrate structure utilizing same, and information handling system utilizing same: A circuitized substrate including a composite layer comprising a first dielectric sub-layer comprised of a halogen-free resin and fibers dispersed therein and a second dielectric sub-layer without fibers but also including a halogen-free resin with inorganic particulates therein. A method of making such a substrate is also provided, as is... Agent: Mark Levy Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20090175001 - Enclosure foot assembly and manufacture: Wall portions, such as wall portions of electronic device housing components, are provided with one or more foot assemblies. A foot assembly can be formed by creating an internal cavity in an internal surface of the wall portion, an external cavity in an external surface of the wall portion, and... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090175002 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus includes a casing, a display module, a cooling device, and a dust-proof device. The casing has first and second openings. The display module disposed in the casing has a display area exposed by the first opening and a non-display area corresponding to the second opening. The cooling... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090175004 - Method, system and hardware device for temperature control: The invention provides a temperature control method, system and hardware device, wherein, the method comprising: after the system logs in operation system, a temperature control function module obtains a temperature-control control right, and controls the system temperature based on predefined first temperature control strategy; if it is determined that the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090175003 - Systems and methods for cooling electronic devices using airflow dividers: An electronic device can be provided with a heat-generating component and a cooling module for dissipating heat. In some embodiments, the cooling component may include a fan configured to produce an outflow of air, and a divider configured not only to direct a first portion of the outflow between a... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090175005 - Support, in particular for an electronic power component, a power module including the support, an assembly including the module, and an electrical member controlled by the module: The support is for fitting on a heat dissipation mass. The support comprises an electrically insulating plate and a heat conductor plate for conducting heat to the heat dissipation mass. In particular, the heat conductor plate is in contact with the electrically insulating plate. The heat conductor plate includes a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090175006 - Honeycomb heat dissipating apparatus: A honeycomb heat dissipating apparatus made of a composite metal material includes honeycomb cells that are integrally formed by vacuum die casting, and continuous convex and concave distal surfaces disposed around the periphery of the heat dissipating apparatus, and an adjacent surface of each cell is a thin surface, and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20090175007 - Electronic plug-in module for accommodation in a module rack: An electronic plug-in module for accommodation in a module rack with a mounting rail, wherein the plug-in module includes a circuit board, a front plate and a mounting device, the mounting device comprises a bearing part, a tensioning part and a fixation element, the bearing part is fixed on front... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20090175008 - Electrical connection interfaces and methods for adjacently positioned circuit components: Electrical components, such as packaged integrated circuit devices that are mountable on a substrate surface, are provided with at least one exposed electrical contact on a side surface of the component that will be substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface when the component is mounted. Two such components can be... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090175009 - Hook structure and device having hook structure: A hook structure for combining an element on a print circuit board tightly includes a body, at least one extension and at least one hooking portion. The body is fixed to the element. The extension extends from the bottom of the body. The hooking portion is provided on one end... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090175010 - Method of repair of electronic device and repair system: A repair system which prevents heating of weakly heat resistant devices together and causing deterioration of the quality when preheating a first surface of the circuit board, wherein an electromagnetic induction material is buried in advance inside the circuit board near a specific electronic device envisioned as needed repair when... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090175011 - Package substrate with built-in capacitor and manufacturing method thereof: When a package substrate with a built-in capacitor includes a first thin-film small electrode 41aa and a second thin-film small electrode 42aa that are electrically short-circuited to each other via a pinhole P in a high-dielectric layer 43, a power supply post 61a and a via hole 61b are not... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090175012 - Press fit passive component: A press fit passive component, such as a resistor or capacitor, adapted to fit within, or partially within, a via of a printed circuit board. In one example, the press fit passive component has a cylindrically shaped body with solderable terminals at either end of the body, and a dielectric... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090175013 - System of components in an electronic device: The invention provides a system of components in an electronic device. The system comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); a first component mounted to the PCB; a cap located about the first component, the cap having an arm extending outwardly from a body of the cap; a second component; and... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20090175014 - Assembled circuit and electronic component: An assembled circuit comprising an inductive component, a connecting conductor, and a first electronic component is disclosed. The connecting conductor is adapted to wrap a first surface of the inductive component. The first electronic component stacks on the inductive component. The assembled circuit is electrically connected to the carrier via... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090175015 - Printed board unit and fixing parts thereof: A technique is provided for improvement in convenience and in cost reduction of a fixing part of a printed board unit. A printed board unit includes a plurality printed board including a first printed board and a second printed board; and at least one fixing part, interposed between the first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090175016 - Clip for attaching panels: Clip for attaching two outer panels to an intermediate panel, the clip comprising two arm portions each arm portion being configured to apply pressure to one of the outer panels in order to force the panel against a surface of the intermediate panel, and a bridge portion connecting the two... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090175017 - Circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: An upper board having an opening and forming a circuit on a surface layer, a connection sheet between boards having an opening and forming conductive holes filled with conductive paste in through-holes, and a lower board forming a circuit on a surface layer are stacked up, heated and pressed. In... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090175018 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes: a first circuit board having a mounting surface; a shield casing disposed so as to face the mounting surface of the first circuit board and cover an electronic component mounted on the mounting surface; a battery disposed so as to face the shield casing at a... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090175019 - Circuit-board module and manufacturing method: Connection parts are provided such that a conductor wiring of a first circuit board and a conductor wiring of a second circuit board are connected with an anisotropic conductive adhesive which is made of an insulative resin including needle-shaped or linear chain-shaped metal powders oriented in a thickness direction, i.e.,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090175021 - Electromagnetic-wave suppressing material, electromagnetic-wave suppressing device, and electronic apparatus: An electromagnetic-wave suppressing material is provided. The electromagnetic-wave suppressing material includes an ionic liquid and nanometer-order particles mixed with the ionic liquid, where 10 wt % or more of the nanometer-order particles is mixed with respect to 100 wt % of the ionic liquid.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090175020 - Metal retaining features for handheld electronic device casing: This invention is directed to mechanical and electromagnetic shielding features of an electronic device case. An electronic device case is formed of two housings, each housing having integrated snaps, channels, or other retaining features used to secure the housings together. The housings additionally include integrated retaining features used to secure... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090175023 - Interposer and method for manufacturing interposer: An interposer includes an inorganic insulating layer, a first wiring formed in or on a surface of the inorganic insulating layer, an organic insulating layer formed over the inorganic insulating layer and on the first wiring, a second wiring formed on the organic insulating layer, and a conductor portion connecting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090175022 - Multi-layer package structure and fabrication method thereof: A method for allowing an easier electric connection between layers of a multi-layer package structure using a metal pin fabricated based on semiconductor device processes is provided. A metal pin having a high aspect ratio is formed on a lower substrate, while a via hole is formed in an upper... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090168272 - Protective circuitry for electronic device: A protective circuitry (20) is connected between a power input port (11) and an electronic component (12) of an electronic device. The protective circuitry includes a field effect transistor (21) and a detection unit (25). The field effect transistor has a gate and a drain both electrically connected to an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168273 - Hybrid high voltage dc contactor with arc energy diversion: A contactor may operate to interrupt current in a circuit while the circuit is operating under load. A shunt is provided to by-pass surge power current around contacts to reduce arcing. The shunt includes a solid-state switch that may be operated in a series of pulses during movement of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090168274 - Method and system of providing overload and short-circuit protection for switched mode power supply: A method of providing overload and short-circuit protection for a Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS). The method may rely upon sensing a temperature change rate for a component of the SMPS and implementing a protection scheme when the temperature change rate exceeds a desired temperature change rate. The implementation scheme... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090168275 - Short protection device for alternator: A short circuit protection device for the protection of an alternator in which turning on/off a trigger switch causes conduction/cutoff of the field current of the field coil of the alternator is disclosed. The protection device enables the field current to pass through a sensor so that when the field... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090168276 - Protection of polarity-sensitive components connected in parallel with a direct current motor or inductor: Circuits and methods for protecting polarity-sensitive components, such as light emitting diodes, electrolytic capacitors or integrated circuits, operating from a DC current source including a DC motor, an inductor or relay having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for receiving current from the current source, a protection diode connected... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090168277 - Series arc fault current interrupter apparatus: A circuit interrupter for interrupting alternating current electrical signal on a line conductor of a circuit feeding a load, including: an electrical contact in operatively connected in series with the line conductor; a trip mechanism for selectively opening the electrical contact when activated; a current sensor connected in series with... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090168278 - Circuit device and method of supressing a power event: A circuit device includes a diode bridge having a first power input and a second power input and having a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The diode bridge includes a plurality of diodes and a respective plurality of diode bypass elements associated with the plurality of diodes.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090168280 - Electrostatic discharge avoiding circuit: An ESD avoiding circuit includes a first ESD protection unit, an ESD detection unit, a switch unit, and an RC filter unit. The first ESD protection unit transmits an ESD current between a first conducting path and a second conducting path. The ESD detection unit is coupled to the first... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090168281 - Electrostatic discharge leading circuit: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) leading circuit for a large-sized open drain circuit is provided. The ESD leading circuit utilizes a gate voltage boosting circuit to increase the gate voltage of an N-type MOS transistor.... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090168282 - Esd protection circuit: An ESD protection circuit includes: a voltage decreasing module, coupled between a first voltage level and a second voltage level, wherein the first voltage level is higher than the second voltage level; a gate trigger switch, coupled between the first voltage level and the second voltage level; and a detection... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090168279 - Esd protection circuit with gate voltage raising circuit: An ESD protection circuit with a gate voltage raising circuit is disclosed. The ESD protection circuit with a gate voltage raising circuit is used in a large size open drain circuit. A gate voltage raising circuit is used in the ESD protection circuit for raising the gate voltage of a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090168283 - Voltage control circuit: A voltage control circuit includes first, second and third transistors, a relay, and first, second, and third resistors. The emitter of the first transistor is connected to a first power supply, the collector of the first transistor is connected to a first contact of the relay, a second contact of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168284 - Circuit arrangement for detecting undervoltage in an energy source: Disclosed is a circuit arrangement (10) for recognizing an undervoltage of an energy source (12). Said circuit arrangement (10) comprises a transistor switch (48) and at least one additional switching means (30). The inventive circuit arrangement (10) is characterized in that the transistor switch (48) and the additional switching means... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090168285 - Cpu power control circuit: A CPU power control circuit includes a temperature detection circuit, a power supply circuit and a discharge circuit. The power supply circuit is connected to the temperature detection circuit, a CPU and the discharge circuit. The discharge circuit is connected to the temperature detection circuit and the CPU. The temperature... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168286 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for superconducting magnetic shielding: A localized area is at least partially contained within a perimeter of a shield ring formed by a closed superconducting current path of a material that is superconductive below a critical temperature. The shield ring is at least partially within a perimeter of a compensation coil that is coupled to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090168288 - Static eliminator: There is provided a static eliminator for accurately detecting a contamination condition of a discharge electrode, in which a target value as a target frame ground current value is changed from, for example, zero as a reference alternately to the plus side and the minus side to such a degree... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090168287 - Static eliminator and discharge electrode unit built therein: There is provided a static eliminator capable of weakening an electric field between a discharge electrode and a ground electrode, to generate a strong electric field between the discharge electrode and a workpiece, in which a first-stage circumferential chamber, a second-stage circumferential chamber and a first gas pool are arrayed... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090168289 - Static eliminator and discharge electrode unit built therein: There is provided a static eliminator capable of improving a sheath effect exerted by shielding a leading end of a discharge electrode by a clean gas so as to prevent the leading end of the discharge electrode from being contaminated, in which a first-stage circumferential chamber, a second-stage circumferential chamber... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090168290 - Battery clip wtih integrated microprocessor reset switch and method of operating: Disclosed is a battery clip for resetting an electronic device when one or more batteries are removed from a battery compartment. The battery compartment may be included in, or coupled with, the electronic device. A method of operating the battery clip is also described.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090168291 - Electrostatic chuck and substrate temperature adjusting-fixing device: There is provided an electrostatic chuck for placing an adsorption object or a base body having an electrostatic electrode embedded therein and generating a coulombic force between the adsorption object and the electrostatic electrode by applying a voltage to the electrostatic electrode so as to hold the adsorption object in... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090168292 - Electrostatic chuck and substrate temperature adjusting-fixing device: There is provided an electrostatic chuck for adsorbing and holding an adsorption object placed on an upper surface of a base body having an electrostatic electrode embedded therein and for filling inert gas of which a pressure is adjusted into a space formed between the upper surface of the base... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090168293 - Pad in semicondcutor device and fabricating method thereof: A pad in a semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The pad includes an uppermost metal layer first to Nth intermediate metal layers, wherein capacitors configured or formed by the uppermost metal layer and the first to Nth intermediate metal layers are serially connected. Accordingly, the pad reduces... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20090168294 - Capacitor: A capacitor according to an embodiment can include a first dielectric layer; a first metal layer disposed below the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer disposed below the first metal layer; a second metal layer disposed below the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer disposed below the second... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090168295 - Multilayer capacitor having high esr: A first inner electrode has a first main electrode, a first lead conductor, a first coupling conductor, and a second lead conductor A second inner electrode has a second main electrode, a third lead conductor, and a second coupling conductor. A third inner electrode has a third main electrode, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090168296 - Through-type multilayer capacitor array: A multilayer capacitor array comprises a capacitor body, and two first signal terminal electrodes, two second signal terminal electrodes, two grounding terminal electrodes, one first outer connecting conductor, and one second outer connecting conductor. The capacitor body includes first and, second signal inner electrodes, and first to third grounding inner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090168297 - Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. According to embodiments, a method may include forming a multilayer dielectric film on and/or over a lower metal line and forming an upper metal layer on and/or over the multilayer dielectric film. A semiconductor device fabricated by... Agent: Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC

20090168298 - Through-type multilayer capacitor array: A through-type multilayer capacitor array comprises a capacitor body, and two first signal terminal electrodes, two second signal terminal electrodes, two grounding terminal electrodes, a first outer connecting conductor, and a second outer connecting conductor. The capacitor body includes a grounding inner electrode, and first to fourth signal inner electrodes.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090168299 - Method for the production of a coating of a porous, electrically conductive support material with a dielectric, and production of capacitors having high capacity density with the aid of said method: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coating of a porous, electrically conductive substrate material with a dielectric by using a solution of precursor compounds of the dielectric with a concentration of less than 10 wt. %, expressed in terms of the contribution of the dielectric to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090168300 - High-voltage capacitor: A high-voltage capacitor is used to transmit energy and has an insulator housing, wherein at least two serially connected capacitors, which are mounted in parallel, are arranged. Said capacitors are made of, respectively, a serial connection of individual capacitors which are embodied as stackable capacitor elements. The resulting high-voltage capacitor... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090168301 - Functionalized nanotube material for supercapacitor electrodes: The present teachings are directed towards supercapacitors including an electrode composed of a functionalized carbon nanotube-containing material, and also an organic electrolyte solution. The organic electrolyte solution can contain a non-aqueous solvent and an ionic salt, examples of non-aqueous solvent include propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, sulfolane and acetonitrile. The functional... Agent: Capitol City Techlaw, PLLC

20090168302 - Electrochemical capacitor with carbon nanotubes: An electrolytic capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, a separator sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, a cell accommodating the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator, and an electrolytic solution filled into the inner space of the cell,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168303 - Capacitor device with thin interposer: A capacitor device comprises a capacitor element and an interposer. The capacitor element has a connection surface and comprises an anode electrode and a cathode electrode. The anode electrode and the cathode electrode are formed, at least in part, on the connection surface. The interposer comprises an insulator substrate, a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090168304 - Stacked solid electrolytic capacitor: The present invention provides a stacked solid electrolytic capacitor that allows further reducing ESR by increasing the number of stacked layers. The stacked solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention is a stacked solid electrolytic capacitor having a plurality of stacked solid electrolytic capacitor elements, and each solid electrolytic... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090168305 - Capacitors with low equivalent series resistance: An electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) in a coin or button cell configuration having low equivalent series resistance (ESR). The capacitor comprises mesh or other porous metal that is attached via conducting adhesive to one or both the current collectors. The mesh is embedded into the surface of the adjacent... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20090168306 - Load center with displaceable wiring plates: A load center enclosure with displaceable end wall plates for easily accessing the wall cavity above and below the load center and adding additional electrical conductors in post installation applications.... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group

20090168307 - Mechanical packaging apparatus and methods for an electrical energy meter: An electric meter comprises an electronics housing and a meter base. The electronics housing defines a front panel and includes a first plurality of option board guides. A main meter board is disposed substantially parallel to the front panel. The meter base defines a rear panel of the electric meter.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090168310 - Display apparatus: In a display apparatus (1), a stand leg (120) is made of a casting material which has a light-weight and which is hard to be deformed in a twist direction, and a display portion fixing members (121) each being made of a steel sheet material which is excellent in ductility... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090168311 - Housing for an electronic apparatus: A housing for an electronic apparatus includes a first cover having at least one wedging hook, a second cover having at least one wedging structure that matches at the least one wedging hook, and a third cover having at least one convex block. The convex block of the third cover... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090168313 - Housing of electronic devices and method: A method for making a housing (100), comprising steps of: providing an mold, the mold including a first female mold (10) and a second female mold (20) setting beside the first female mold (10), a male mold (30) setting on a rotary table and matingly engageable with the first female... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168308 - Portable electronic device mount: A portable electronic device mount provides a secure attachment point for a personal navigation device, or other electronic device. The mount provides access to the device electronics through interface ports and feature connectors. The mount connects to an attachment mechanism that firmly and reliably attaches the mount to a windshield... Agent: Harman - Brinks Hofer Chicago Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090168309 - Sealing a control device: A housing comprising at least one electrical connection through a housing wall that is particularly inexpensive to produce and allows the electronic components located on the internal face and the external face of the housing to be attached in a particularly variable manner. The electrical connection is directly surrounded by... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090168312 - Support device and electronic equipment system: According to one embodiment, a support device includes: an electronic equipment guide section that guides an electronic equipment to be attached; a connector connectable to the electronic equipment guided by the electronic equipment guide section; a board on which the connector is mounted; a horizontal support section that supports the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168314 - Gasket, screen spacer, and display device with gasket and screen spacer: A gasket includes an elastic member absorbing an external shock, a conductive member surrounding the elastic member, and a reinforcing member disposed within the conductive member and extending along a bottom surface and a side surface of the conductive member. A screen spacer includes an elastic member absorbing an external... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090168316 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus has a first electronic component, a housing frame, a housing cover and a flexible printed circuit. The first electronic component has a connector. The housing frame has a wall to define a position in which the first electronic component is mounted. The housing cover contains the first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090168315 - Keyboard: A keyboard includes a main body including a plurality of input keys and a hanger mounted on the main body including a hook for hanging the keyboard.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168317 - Portable electronic device having auxiliary input unit: A moving element having secondary keyboard for a portable electronic device is placed between a first member and a second member of the device for providing different keyboard sets to improve readability of text when in different operating configurations. When the second member slides out laterally relative to the first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090168318 - Organic light emitting diode display: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display has an increased mechanical strength by improving the shape of a bezel combined to a panel assembly. The OLED display includes a panel assembly having a display area and a pad area, and a bezel accommodating the panel assembly. The bezel includes a... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090168320 - Display device: A display panel stand holding portion for supporting the display panel in the standing position is formed at the upper end portion of the back cabinet as a part of the casing of the display device. The display panel stand holding portion includes the display panel stand mount portion, and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090168321 - Display device: The present invention provides a display device that facilitates product inspection and maintenance. A button section is mounted to a back cabinet, and a power-source circuit board is fitted into a circuit-board fitting slit. Furthermore, the power-source circuit board is locked and fixed by a first circuit-board locking claw, and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090168319 - Display, front cover thereof, mold of front cover, and manufacturing method for front cover: The present invention provides a display improved in an exterior appearance by a front cover, and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the front cover covers a display panel and includes a translucent layer which transmits colored light, and a transparent layer to receive and transmit the colored light, wherein the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090168322 - Semiconductor memory card: The semiconductor memory card related to the present invention is arranged with a plurality of semiconductor memory packages, a controller chip which controls the plurality of semiconductor memory packages, and a substrate mounted with the plurality of semiconductor chips on one surface and the controller chip mounted on the other... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090168324 - Data storage system with heat dissipating module: A data storage system includes a data storage device, a control panel, and a heat dissipating module. The data storage device includes a cage and a plurality of disk drives, wherein the disk drives are accommodated in the cage. The control panel includes a plurality of ventilation holes and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168325 - Disk fixing structure: A disk fixing structure containing a disk having at least one hole in a bottom thereof is provided. The disk fixing structure includes a first fixing device and a second fixing device. The first fixing device has a surface disposing thereon the disk, at least one protrusion mounted on the... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090168323 - Mounting apparatus for storage device: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device with a sliding member attached thereon, includes a bracket and a latch member slidably mounted on the side plate. The bracket includes a side plate. The side plate defines a slideway for slidably receiving the sliding member of the data storage... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168326 - Disk drive mounting apparatus: A mounting apparatus is used to secure a disk drive, which defines a mounting hole therein. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket and a mounting member. The bracket is configured for receiving the disk drive therein. A through hole is defined in the bracket. A locking tab is formed on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168327 - Security mechanism of a base: The present invention relates to a security mechanism of a base, which is substantially a base. One side surface of the base is provided with a plurality of connecting ports for peripheral devices. The base is provided thereon with a trough and a retaining strip. The trough is provided therein... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090168329 - Devices with faraday cages and internal flexibility sipes: A computer or microchip comprising an outer chamber and at least one inner chamber inside the outer chamber. The outer chamber and the inner chamber being separated at least in part by an internal sipe, and at least a portion of a surface of the outer chamber forming at least... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090168328 - Server chassis with access flap: The invention relates to an access flap for shielding an opening defined in a server chassis. that the access flap includes a rotating plate, a sliding plate, and a resilient member. The rotating plate is pivotably mounted to a side of the opening of the server chassis. The rotating plate... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168331 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a circuit board contained in a case and including a first surface and a second surface formed on the reverse side of the first surface, a first heat generating component mounted on the first surface, a second heat generating component... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168330 - Electronic device with airflow guiding duct: An electronic device includes an enclosure (30), a circuit board (40), and an airflow guiding duct (10). The enclosure includes a bottom wall (31) and a rear wall (32) perpendicular to the bottom wall. The circuit board is mounted on the bottom wall of the enclosure. The circuit board includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168332 - Air mover for device surface cooling: Embodiments disclosed herein include an apparatus that includes an component capable of generating heat, an external wall with an interior surface, an air mover to be positioned to generate airflow between the interior surface of the external wall and the component. A vent may then be formed within the external... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090168333 - Information processing apparatus and fan control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a case; a device that is housed in the case; a cooling fan that cools the device; a temperature detecting device that detects a temperature of the device; and a controller that is operable in a first mode and second mode,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090168335 - Housing of foldable electronic device: An exemplary housing of a foldable electronic device includes a first cover, a second cover, a latching member, a contact member, and a resilient member. The first cover includes a lock receiving portion. The second cover includes a fixing portion. The latching member includes a pivot hole, a first transmission... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168334 - Sliding mechanism for portable electronic device: An exemplary sliding mechanism (100) used for a sliding-type portable electronic device, includes a sliding member (10), a sliding member (20), and a sliding module (30). The main housing defines a curved sliding groove (203) therein. The sliding module includes two movable arms (301, 302), an elastic member (50) positioned... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168336 - Support device, electronic equipment system, and electronic equipment: According to one embodiment, a support device includes: a casing having one end, the other end opposite to the one end, and a placement plane for mounting an electronic equipment having a certain width; an external connection terminal for connecting to the electronic equipment, the external connection terminal being provided... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090168338 - Mobile electronic device: A mobile electronic device includes a main body, a support frame, and a switch. When the support frame is in the first mode and used to support the main body, the main body is required to execute the first function by the support frame and the switch. For example, the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090168337 - Portable data terminal internal support structure: A portable device assembly comprising a first housing portion defining a plurality of a snap retention features, a frame that supports electrical components, and a second housing portion secured to the frame with fasteners. The frame has a plurality of snap features that mate with the plurality of snap retention... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090168339 - Slider assembly having grooved rail: Disclosed is a sliding mechanism for a handheld electronic device. The mechanism includes a first slider in a single piece metallic body, two elongated plastic rails, and a second slider. The single piece metallic body includes two opposite side portions that are bent toward each other and define two elongated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168340 - Housing of foldable electronic device: An exemplary housing of a foldable electronic device includes a first cover, a second cover, and a button disposed on the second cover. The first cover includes a lock receiving portion. The button includes a main body, a lock portion, and a resilient portion. The lock portion is configured for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168342 - Housing of foldable electronic device: An exemplary housing of a foldable electronic device includes a first cover, a second cover, a handle, latching members, and resilient members. The first cover includes lock portions. The handle includes two pivot portions and two first transmission portions. Each latching member includes a second transmission portion and a lock... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168341 - Mounting apparatus for expansion card: A mounting apparatus for mounted an expansion card to a computer case, includes an expansion card mount, and a locking device mounted in the computer. The expansion card mount includes a fixing board, the fixing board including a locking post extending. The computer includes a PCB having a female connector,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168343 - Cooling device and electronic device comprising such a cooling device: A cooling device using pulsating fluid for cooling of an object (8), comprising a transducer (2) adapted to generate pressure waves at a drive frequency, a tube (3), having a first end adapted to receive said pressure waves from the transducer, and a second end (7) adapted to generate a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property And Standards

20090168344 - Thermal device with electrokinetic air flow: In some embodiments a thermal device such as a heat sink cools an electronic device. An electrokinetic airflow generating device uses a positively charged source and also uses at least a portion of the thermal device as a negatively charged or grounded probe to provide electrokinetically driven airflow. Other embodiments... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090168345 - Energy saving system and method for cooling computer data center and telecom equipment: A system and method of reducing consumption of electricity used to cool electronic computer data center, networking, and telecommunications equipment, and to reduce the incidence of thermal failure of electronic components, includes provision of one or more partitions to reduce the volume of the cooled environment supplying coldest possible cooled... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20090168346 - Device for air-cooling electronic apparatus: A device for air-cooling an electronic apparatus, where a suction opening (4) is provided in a housing (1), discharge openings (5) are provided in housings (1, 2), an airflow passing the inside of the housings is generated by a fan (6), and heat produced by a heart-producing body (9) is... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090168348 - High density component assembly method and apparatus: Apparatus and method for providing high density component assemblies, such as electromechanical or electro-optical assemblies.... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP/ Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc.

20090168347 - Programmable controlled heat dissipating fan: The invention is related to a programmable controlled heat dissipating fan which is comprised of a base, a stator assembly, a magnet frame assembly, a fan blade assembly, an inductor set, a first circuit board and a second circuit board, whereof the said stator assembly is firmly installed in the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090168353 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, first and second circuit boards disposed in the housing in such a way that the first and second circuit boards are stacked on each other, and a pump block disposed between the first and second circuit boards, the pump block abutting a first electronic... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090168350 - Heat dissipation device with a fan holder: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink assembly, a fan holder and two fans mounted on the two sides of the fan holder. The heat sink assembly includes a heat spreader for contacting with a heat-generating electronic component, and a fin assembly thermally connecting with the heat spreader. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168351 - Heat dissipation module and fan thereof: The present invention provides a heat dissipation module and a fan thereof. The heat dissipation module includes a heatsink and a frameless fan. The fan is disposed in the heatsink. The fan includes a motor base, an impeller, a motor and at least one engaging member. The impeller and the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090168349 - Heat sink assembly having supporting clip: A heat sink assembly includes an unit and a plurality of fasteners extending through the unit for fixing the unit to a heat-generating electronic component. Each fastener comprises a bolt and a supporting clip mounted on the bolt and located at a bottom of the heat sink. The supporting clip... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168352 - Heat sink device for a display card: A heat sink device for a display card includes a heat sink, the heat sink having a base and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins on the base, the base having two hooks respectively beside two lateral sides of the groove; a heat-dissipating fan, having a blade wheel and a power... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090168355 - Heat sink assembly for multiple electronic components: A heat sink assembly for removing heat from two heat generating-components mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a first heat sink, a second heat sink, a plurality of poles each having a head at a top end and a double-layer spring. The first heat sink includes a base and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168356 - Memory module assembly with heat dissipation device: A memory module assembly (100) includes a memory card (200) having a right side surface (240) and a left side surface (220), a heat sink (400) and a heat pipe (500). The heat sink includes a base member (420) attached to the left side surface of the memory card and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168357 - Plasma display apparatus: A plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a chassis having the plasma display panel fixedly mounted on one face thereof, and having reinforcing members disposed as bulges on another face thereof to extend alongside each other, a heat sink fixedly mounted on the reinforcing members extending alongside each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090168358 - Power drive unit: A power drive unit is configured to comprise a heat sink, a power module pressed by a press member to the heat sink to be fastened thereto and a spring member that has a substantially circular shape and is installed between the power module and the press member. With this,... Agent: Michael N. Lau Lau & Associates, LLC

20090168354 - Thermally and electrically conductive interconnect structures: An interconnect structure for operable placement between a first body and a second body, wherein the interconnect structure includes a first surface for operable juxtaposition with the first body, a second surface for operable juxtaposition with the second body, and a thickness dimension defined between the first and second surfaces.... Agent: Haugen Law Firm Pllp

20090168360 - Clamp for electrical devices: An assembly for clamping electrical components against a heat-dissipating surface of a heat sink may include the heat sink, one or more electrical components, two or more springs, and a fastener. Each of the springs may include a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second... Agent: Harman - Brinks Hofer Indy Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090168359 - Heat sink: A heat sink includes a plurality of parallel fins (100). Each fin includes a main body (10) and at least one flange (20, 22) bending from the main body. At least one locking device (30) is formed on the at least one flange of the fin. The locking device includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168361 - Printed circuit board assembly: A printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board with a heat generating component attached thereon, a base, and a thermal plate. The heat generating component comprises a side surface. The base defines a receiving room and an opening configured for access into the receiving room. The printed circuit... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168362 - Thin multi-chip flex module: A multichip module comprises a multilayer substrate circuit having conductive patterns on its surface(s) to which microelectronic device(s) are attached. A part of the substrate is flexible and bifurcated. Two rigid members are attached lengthwise, one on either side of the substrate, and the free ends of the bifurcation are... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20090168363 - Thin multi-chip flex module: A multichip module comprises a multilayer substrate circuit having conductive patterns on its surface(s) to which microelectronic device(s) are attached. The conductive patterns include a series of electrical contacts adjacent to one edge of the substrate. The substrate is bonded to two rigid frames, one on each opposite surface. Each... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20090168364 - Heat dissipation device for semiconductor package module, and semiconductor package module having the same: A semiconductor package module having a heat dissipation device includes one or more semiconductor packages with each semiconductor package having semiconductor chips and solder balls connected to the semiconductor chips. A printed circuit board is electrically connected to each of the semiconductor packages. The heat dissipation device dissipates heat generated... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090168365 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device includes a circuit board (23), an electronic component (24) being arranged on the circuit board, a base (211) being thermally attached to the electronic component, and a plurality of fasteners (22). The circuit board defines a plurality of screw holes (230) therein. The base defines a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168367 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes an electronic element 15, a first substrate 10A having an antenna 12 formed on a first face 10a thereof and having the semiconductor chip 15 loaded on a second face 10b thereof, a second substrate 20A on which the first substrate 10A is provided so as... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090168366 - Thin multi-chip flex module: A multichip module comprises a flexible circuit having conductive patterns on its surface(s) to which microelectronic device(s) are attached. The flexible circuit is enclosed and supported by two rigid frames, which may further be provided with protective heat spreading covers. Contact pads on the rigid frame(s) may be configured to... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20090168368 - Discrete electronic component and related assembling method: The present invention relates to a substantially package-like discrete electronic component of the type comprising a power electronic circuit, a body or casing, substantially parallelepiped, and electric connecting pins connected inside the body with said circuit and projecting from said body for an electric connection on the electronic printed circuit... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090168369 - Electronic device slide and tilt mechanism: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing, electronic circuitry, a first arm member, and a spring. The housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section. The electronic circuitry is mounted in the housing. The first arm member is connected between the first housing section... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090168370 - Integrated power supply and platform for military radio: An improved power supply and platform for a military radio has been developed. The apparatus includes a base that is adapted and arranged for supporting a HARRIS 117 radio and a power amplifier adapted to amplify radio frequency output of the radio. The connectors include an electrical connector for the... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

20090168371 - Expansion card retention assembly: An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble expansion cards (20) or covers (22b) to an enclosure (24). The retention assembly includes a frame (36) for being fixed to the enclosure and at least one latching holder (31). Each of the at least one resisting portion of the frame... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168372 - Expansion card retention assembly: An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) to an enclosure (24). The retention assembly includes a resisting catch (34), a rotatable holder (32), and a resisting lock (38). The resisting catch is slidable relative to the enclosure. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168373 - Portable electronic device and method for assembling the same: A portable electronic device (100) includes a circuit board (102) and a subassembly (10) electronically connected to the circuit board. The subassembly includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) (13), a speaker (11), and a vibrator (12). The FPC is electronically connected to the circuit board. Both the speaker and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168374 - Thin multi-chip flex module: A flexible circuit comprises two flexible dielectric sheets having conductive patterns on their surface(s) to which microelectronic device(s) are attached. A bond layer joins the two sheets over a portion of their respective surface areas so that a remaining portion of their areas remain unbonded and a bifurcated structure is... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20090168375 - Expansion card retention assembly: An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card. The expansion card is mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) attached to an enclosure (24) The retention assembly includes a foldable holder (32), a resisting handle (34), and a first elastic member (37). The foldable holder is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168376 - Expansion card retention assembly: An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card. The expansion card is mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) attached to an enclosure (24). The retention assembly includes a foldable holder (32) and a fixing module (34, 36). The fastening module is fixed to the enclosure.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168377 - Expansion card retention assembly: An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card. The expansion card is mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) attached to an enclosure (24) The retention assembly includes a latching structure and a frame (36). The latching structure has a first latching portion (342) and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090168378 - Electronic apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a wiring that is formed on a mounting surface; a terminal that is electrically connected with the wiring; a terminal holder that is disposed above the mounting surface to face the wiring and that holds... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168379 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a polygonal printed circuit board provided with a cutout portion at least in a part, the cutout portion defined by at least a first edge and a second edge; and a first electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board; wherein the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090168380 - Package substrate embedded with semiconductor component: A package substrate embedded with a semiconductor component is provided. A semiconductor chip is received in a cavity of a substrate body, and has electrode pads on an active surface thereof. A passivation layer is disposed on the active surface and has openings for exposing the electrode pads. An electroless... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168381 - Printed wiring board unit and method of making the same: An electrically-conductive pin is inserted into a through hole penetrating through a substrate between a first surface and a second surface defined at the reverse side of the first surface so that the electrically-conductive pin stands upright from the first surface of the substrate. An electronic component is then mounted... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090168382 - Semiconductor module: A semiconductor module can include a printed circuit board (PCB) and a semiconductor package inserted into an inner space of the PCB. The semiconductor package may be electrically connected to the PCB. The PCB may thus surround the semiconductor package so that cracks may not be generated in the outer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090168383 - Electronic apparatus and system: An electronic apparatus has a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board has a first connector mounted thereto. The second circuit board has a second connector which is mounted to a first surface and is mechanically coupled to the first connector, and a third connector... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090168384 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus has a board; a first connection section which is mounted on the board; a component which is selectively mounted on the board; a flexible board which includes a second connection section and a reinforcing plate attached at a position of the second connection section; and a housing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090168385 - Flex circuit snap track for a biometric sensor: The present disclosure relates to a sensor assembly, comprising a frame comprising structural supports, and housings configured to house an optical component; and a strut disposed between one of the structural supports and housings; wherein the struts are adapted to house conductors connecting the optical component to a circuit.... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090168386 - Electronic apparatus and substrate mounting method: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a frame with a hollow portion formed inside thereof, a shield coating applied to the inner surface of the frame, a plurality of connection terminals having lead portions provided on the outside surface of the frame, and a module substrate which mounts... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090168387 - Packaged integrated circuits having inductors and methods to form inductors in packaged integrated circuits: Packaged integrated circuits having inductors and methods to form inductors in packaged integrated circuits are disclosed. An example method comprises forming a substrate having a first trace and a contact, attaching an integrated circuit to the substrate over the first trace, and electrically coupling the first trace to the contact... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090168388 - Integrated circuit device and method of producing: An electronic device which comprises a lead frame comprising at least one clip, a capacitor comprising at least one terminal, the at least one terminal being received in the at least one clip, and a semiconductor chip attached to the lead frame.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090168389 - High frequency communication apparatus and waterproof structure thereof and manufacturing method for waterproof structure: A waterproof structure of a high frequency communication apparatus accommodates a waveguide, the waveguide comprising a waveguide channel and an extending portion connected to the waveguide channel. The waterproof structure comprises a case body and a case cover. The case cover bonds with the case body to form an inner... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090168390 - Directing the flow of underfill materials using magnetic particles: Electronic devices and methods for fabricating electronic devices are described. One method includes providing a substrate and a die, and coupling the die to the substrate, wherein a gap remains between the die and the substrate. The method also includes placing an underfill material on the substrate and delivering at... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20090168391 - Substrate for mounting device and method for producing the same, semiconductor module and method for producing the same, and portable apparatus provided with the same: A substrate for mounting a device comprises: an insulating resin layer; a plurality of projected electrodes that are connected electrically to a wiring layer provided on one major surface of the insulating resin layer, and that project toward the insulating resin layer from the wiring layer; and a counter electrode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP