Electricity: electrical systems and devices inventions 09/09

20090237845 - Systems and methods involving protection of superconducting generators for power applications: A system for protecting superconducting generator field coils including a controller configured to monitor for a quenching of a superconducting field coil of a generator and control a dissipation of a current flow in the superconducting field coil in an event of the quenching, and an armature coil of the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090237849 - Apparatus for preventing surge: The apparatus for preventing surge comprises a bypass element and a capacitor. The bypass element is disposed in an encapsulated circuit, where the encapsulated circuit has a core circuit, wherein one end of the bypass element is electrically coupled with a direct current power supply and another end of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090237848 - Electro-magnetic pulse protection circuit with a counter: An EMP protection circuit with a counter has a surge protection circuit capable of suppressing EMP, and also use an extra counting circuit for sensing light emission or variation of magnetic force of the surge protection circuit to count the action times of the surge protection circuit, thereby warning that... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090237846 - Esd protection circuit and method thereof: The present invention provides an ESD protection circuit, including: a first protecting circuit coupled between a first pad and a second pad, the first protecting circuit including a first discharge transistor; and a second protecting circuit coupled to the first pad and the second pad, the second protecting circuit including... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090237847 - Stacked scr with high holding voltage: Stacked SCR's are disclosed with a resistor connecting an internal portion of the upper SCR to an internal portion of the lower SCR. The anode of the protective circuit is connected to a contact on a target circuit to be protected and the cathode of the protective circuit is connected... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090237850 - Over-voltage protection device: An over-voltage protection device includes a comparison module, a first switch, a second switch and an output switch. The comparison module compares a divided input voltage with a threshold voltage to output a control signal according to the comparison result. The first switch is coupled with the comparison module and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090237851 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device having overcurrent limitation circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an output transistor, an overcurrent detection circuit and overcurrent limitation circuit. The overcurrent detection circuit includes a first transistor detecting an overcurrent of the output transistor. The overcurrent limitation circuit is connected between a gate and a source of the output transistor. The overcurrent... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090237852 - Hot plug electronic device with high using safety and over-thermal protection device thereof: A hot plug electronic device with high using safety is provided. The hot plug electronic device includes an operation circuit, a voltage regulator and an over-thermal protection device. The operation circuit is used for communicating with an external host. The voltage regulator is coupled to the operation circuit for supplying... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090237853 - Load drive apparatus: A load drive apparatus is provided which comprises a switching element 3 connected in series to a DC power source Vccand an electric load 4, a drive circuit 5 for generating control signals to turn switching element 3 on and off, a thermal detection element 6 for sensing a temperature... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090237854 - Voltage regulator with transient recovery circuit: A power controller having good transient performance and including a voltage regulator and one or more (K) transient recovery circuits is described. The voltage regulator receives a supply voltage and generates a regulator output signal used to generate K output voltages for K loads. Each transient recovery circuit detects for... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090237855 - Devices and system for electrostatic discharge suppression: In one embodiment, there is provided a printed circuit board including a first rigid circuit board layer having a first signal trace arrayed on it, a second rigid circuit board layer having a second signal trace arrayed on it, a first signal path coupled between the first signal trace and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090237856 - Solenoid valve drive control apparatus and method for driving a solenoid valve: A solenoid valve drive control apparatus includes a MOSFET connected in series with the drive coil of a solenoid valve, a varistor connected in parallel with the drive coil, and a diode connected in parallel with the drive coil and the MOSFET. Due to the MOSFET being turned OFF, because... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090237857 - Hydraulic stun gun: A hydraulic stun gun includes a housing holding two water tanks, two metal nozzles respectively connected to the water tanks through a respective water tube, two lead wires electrically connecting a battery set and a high voltage converter to the metal nozzles through a micro switch, a piston set for... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090237858 - Arrangement of mems devices having series coupled capacitors: A tuneable capacitor arrangement for RF use has two series coupled MEMS variable capacitors (C1,C2;C4,C5,C6,C7), varied according to a control signal. The series coupling enables the capacitor to withstand a higher voltage since this is shared by the individual capacitors in a series coupled arrangement. An increase in size of... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090237859 - Method for manufacturing monolithic ceramic electronic component and monolithic ceramic electronic component: In a method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component, metal thin-films to be processed into internal electrodes are formed on green ceramic sheets and include first metal particles and second metal particles that are more oxidizable than the first metal. The internal electrodes are formed in a firing step... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090237860 - Feedstock composition and raw coke for electricity storage carbon material and needle coke: The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090237861 - Metal getter systems: Metal getter systems for use in electronic devices are provided. The getter systems taught herein include compartmentalized, metal getter systems for use in electrolytic environments present within electrolytic devices, such as electrolytic capacitors, without the problem of getter passivation. Such systems (50) can include a composite getter system (10) inserted... Agent: Tips Group C/o Intellevate LLC

20090237862 - Capacitors for medical devices: The invention is directed to designs for capacitors of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as implantable defibrillators, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, implantable pacemaker-cardioverter-defibrillators, and the like. The capacitor designs can reduce capacitor volume significantly and may also improve charge holding capacity relative to conventional capacitor designs. Moreover, since capacitors typically comprise a... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090237863 - Electrophoretically deposited cathode capacitor: An electrolytic capacitor includes a metal case, a porous pellet anode disposed within the metal case, an electrolyte disposed within the metal case, and a cathode element formed of an electrophoretically deposited metal or metal oxide powder of a uniform thickness disposed within the metal case and surrounding the anode.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090237864 - Resin-coated aluminum alloy sheet material for aluminum electrolytic capacitor case, case for aluminum electrolytic capacitor, and aluminum electrolytic capacitor: A resin layer contains wax composed of at least one of polyethylene wax and carnauba wax, and has a thickness falling within a range from at least 2 μm to at most 22 μm. A total of lengths of wax particles, defined when the wax particles are cut along a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090237866 - Chip capacitor: A capacitor element having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end surface and a second end surface is coated with a cathode layer, except for the first end surface. Anode lead extends out from the first end surface. An anode terminal has a first portion located close to... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090237865 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same: The invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor, obtained by bonding a capacitor element to a lead frame, especially a lead frame having a partial plating of low-melting point metal which is provided by applying taping on some part of the lead frame. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the invention... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090237868 - Capacitor device: A capacitor device comprises first and second substrates and a capacitor element that comprises an anode portion and a cathode portion. The first substrate has a first inner surface and a first outer surface and is provided with a first inner anode terminal, a first inner cathode terminal, a first... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090237867 - Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same: A solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention comprises a capacitor element including an anode lead-out part and a cathode lead-out part, an anode lead frame connected to the anode lead-out part via a conductive member, and a cathode lead frame connected to the cathode lead-out part, and the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090237870 - Gas-insulated switchgear: A gas-insulated switchgear is provided, which can be made smaller and causes less increase in length in the circuit direction, by means of an improvement to the layout configuration of the operating rod of a bus-use grounding switch. Operating rods of bus-use grounding switches are vertically disposed so as to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090237869 - Switchgear: Switchgear having a vacuum-insulated switchgear 2 comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a unit, and solid-insulated bus bars 12 for electrically connecting the switches in each unit; an air-insulated switchgear 1 comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090237872 - Auto-closable flexible display device: An auto-closable flexible display device including a flexible display (38); a spreader mechanism (50) operably connected to the flexible display (38), the spreader mechanism (50) having a latch assembly (36) to maintain the spreader mechanism (50) in an open position; an acceleration sensor generating an acceleration signal; and an acceleration... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090237874 - 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

20090237871 - Hinge apparatus for foldable electronic device: A hinge apparatus includes a hinge assembly (30) and an enclosure (40). The hinge assembly includes a sleeve (31). The enclosure forms two elastic portions (46) therein. The hinge assembly is slidably received in the enclosure, and the sleeve is clamped between the elastic portions. The enclosure defines an opening... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090237873 - Robotically controlled display: An electronic display configured to display visual information is mounted to a display mount. The display mount is movable in three-dimensions, whereby the associated display may be moved in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a unitary display comprises a plurality of closely spaced individual displays which are mounted to movable... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20090237875 - Portable information processing apparatus: A portable information processing apparatus, includes: a body section configured to have an upper face on which a keyboard for inputting information is provided at least; and a display section configured to have an upper face on which a display member for displaying information is provided at least; the display... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090237876 - Disk array device: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090237877 - Storage subsystem: The storage subsystem is connected to an external device and comprises a storage device arrangement portion, on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged, and a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device. The... Agent: Juan Carlos A. Marquez C/o Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090237878 - Electronic device structure: An electronic device structure includes a first member and a second member. The two members are pivotally connected to each other by one end in a rotatable way. A distance between one side of the first member adjacent to a pivot and the pivot is larger than a distance between... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090237879 - Electronic device having a heat dissipating mechanism: An electronic device having a heat-dissipating mechanism includes a housing and a cooling device. The housing is provided with an intake hole and a plurality of exhausting holes. The interior of the housing is provided with a heat-dissipating fan. The cooling device includes a cooling chip, at least one cooler... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090237880 - Equipment rack and associated ventilation system: A cable management rack is provided within which or upon which a heat-generating device is mountable, and which encompasses a vertical rectangular frame open in a front and a rear of the frame. The rack includes a first upright and a second upright attached to opposite respective lateral sides of... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Stamford

20090237881 - Cooling system for a portable device: A cellular cooling part includes a number at least one movable part, that can be the removable flap or movable cover for a fan. The fan, for example, can be moved or opened to expose it. A flap can also be opened. In addition, different covering structures can be used.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090237882 - Heat sink and heat dissipation device having the same: A heat sink includes a heat dissipation fins assembly, a heat spreader, and a heat pipe. The heat dissipation fins assembly includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins. A guide plate extruding from a bottom of each of the heat dissipation fins. The guide plate being connected to an adjacent... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090237883 - Board unit and electronic apparatus: A board unit comprises a board, a heat generating component mounted on a front surface of the board, a first heat transfer plate whose inner surface faces the front surface of the board and is received by the heat generating component, a heat insulating material that is superimposed on an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090237884 - Electromagnetically-actuated micropump for liquid metal alloy: The present invention discloses a method of confining a liquid metal alloy within a closed-loop system; distributing a first portion of the liquid metal alloy in a cavity within the closed-loop system; turning on an electromagnet to generate a magnetic field to permeate flexible sidewalls of the cavity; attracting the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090237885 - Heat sink assembly having a clip: A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and a clip. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins extending upwardly from a top surface of the base. The clip includes a pressing body, two bending portions slantwise to the pressing body and extending from two opposite... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090237886 - Sheet structure and method of manufacturing sheet structure: The sheet structure includes a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms, a filling layer filled in gaps between the linear structures for supporting the plurality of linear structures, and a coating film formed over at least one ends of the plurality of linear structures and having a thermal conductivity... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090237888 - Electrical assembly and fastening assembly thereof: An electric assembly includes a heat sink defining a through hole and a notch communicating with the through hole; a circuit board defining a fixing hole; and a fastening assembly. The fastening assembly includes a fastener comprising a stem, a head connected one end of the stem, and a clamp... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090237887 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a circuit board on which a device generating heat in an operation state is mounted, a chassis to accommodate the circuit board, and a temperature-responsive arrangement. The chassis includes a holding part. The temperature-responsive arrangement extends and contracts in accordance with temperature so as to dispose... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090237889 - Power converter having multiple layer heat sinks: A power converter including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of heat conductive layers configured to sink heat generated by the power converter electronics. Each of these heat conductive layers are comprised of thermally conductive material configured as planar sheets, each of these heat conductive layers being coupled... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090237890 - Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element (106) having a surface on a positive electrode side and a surface on a negative electrode side; multiple conductors (13 to 15) bonded respectively to the surface on the positive electrode side and to the surface on the negative electrode side of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090237891 - Heat sink equipped driving circuit module assembly for led lamp: A driving circuit module assembly includes a driving circuit module and a heat sink assembly to receive and cool the driving circuit module. The heat sink assembly includes a hollow heat sink, a cover abutting against a top portion of heat sink, and a base abutting against a bottom portion... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090237892 - Housing assembly for electronic device: A housing assembly (100) for portable electronic device is provided. The housing assembly (100) comprised a main body (20), a cover (12), a connecting rod (142), a first elastic element (16), and a second elastic element (144). The main body (20) have a receiving groove (222) defined on a sidewall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090237894 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a substrate, a coil that has a spiral shape and is provided on the substrate, and a conductive pattern that is provided inside of the coil, has optical reflectivity higher than that of a surface of the coil, and is divided into pieces.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090237893 - Fixing structure for fixing a circuit board: A fixing structure includes a first case whereon a first boss is disposed, a circuit board whereon a hole is disposed in a position corresponding to the first boss, a fixing component for screwing in the first boss of the first case so as to fix the circuit board above... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090237895 - Flexible paddle card for installation on a motherboard of a computing system: Flexible paddle cards for installation on a motherboard of a computing system are disclosed that are oriented parallel with the motherboard when installed in the computing system and include: a printed circuit board; and three card connectors that correspond to three motherboard connectors mounted on the motherboard, two of the... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20090237896 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a wiring board, a connector, a case, and a sealing member. The connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals held by the housing and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The case has an opening for exposing a part of the connector.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090237898 - Heat sink arrangement for electrical apparatus: A printed circuit board (120) includes an insulating substrate (120a) on which conductive films (120b) are formed. Semiconductor devices (8) disposed external to the printed circuit board (120) have their leads (24a, 24b, 24c) connected to the conductive films. A flexible portion (30) is formed in the insulating substrate (120a)... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090237897 - Substrate structures and methods for electronic circuits: Substrate structure embodiments generally have first and second sides and are configured to form at least one opening that communicates between the first and second sides. A circuit path is carried on the first side and extended over the opening wherein the circuit path has a near side facing the... Agent: Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Dawson

20090237899 - Semiconductor package with embedded magnetic component and method of manufacture: A printed circuit board (PCB) substrate which can be used in a semiconductor package, such as BGA and LGA, has a top surface and a bottom surface. A magnetic component includes a laterally extending bottom plate, two or more vertically extending posts, and a laterally extending top plate, wherein the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090237900 - Component built-in wiring board: A component built-in wiring board is provided. The component built-in wiring board 10 includes a core substrate 11, a first component 61, a first built-up layer 31 and a capacitor 101. The core substrate 11 has a housing hole 90 and the first component 61 is housed in the housing... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090237901 - Monolithic molded flexible electronic assemblies without solder and methods for their manufacture: A method (10) for manufacturing a monolithic molded electronic assembly (12). A mold (14) having first and second mold potions (14a-b) that mate to form an interior chamber (16) is provided. The mold has an injection port (22) and channel (24) connecting into the chamber. Electronic parts (30) having electronic... Agent: The Tpl Group

20090237902 - Multilayer printed wiring board and electronic device using the same: The invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board including: a power supply wiring layer and a ground wiring layer provided so as to oppose each other via an insulation layer; mounted integrated circuits; and decoupling capacitors mounted in proximity to the integrated circuits and connected between the power supply wiring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090237903 - Mounting structure, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a first terminal being formed on the first substrate and having a plurality of terminal portions arranged with a gap therebetween; a different terminal being formed on the first substrate and being adjacent to the first terminal; and a second... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090237904 - Power converter apparatus: A power converter apparatus includes a substrate 22 on which switching elements Q, Q1 to Q6 are mounted, positive and negative terminal interconnection members 27, 28 mounted on the substrate, and a capacitor 17 having a positive terminal 17a connected to the main body of the positive terminal interconnection member... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090237905 - Motor drive apparatus: A motor drive apparatus includes an assembly of first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly includes a first board and at least one connecting member, such as a bus bar, formed in the first board, and arranged to form a current supply path from a power source to the motor.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090237906 - Connector hold down and method: A device may include a connector receptacle coupled to a motherboard; a connector hold-down disposed adjacent to the connector receptacle; and/or a connector cage coupled to the motherboard and covering the connector receptacle and connector hold-down. Additionally, a computer system utilizing a connector hold-down and a method utilizing a connector... Agent: Lsi Corporation C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090237908 - Electromagnetic containment module for electronic components: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic containment module. The module includes a metal casing sealed by a metal cover. The module contains a printed circuit arranged flat in the bottom of the casing, and an input/output line leaving the printed circuit via one of its edges to pass perpendicularly... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090237907 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device capable of reducing an electromagnetic interference wave due to a driving current flowing in a plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having electrodes that are parallel to each other, a driver circuit board for applying a voltage to... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center

20090231763 - Over-voltage protection device: An over-voltage protection device comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a first nonrectangular conductor having a first protrusion positioned on the first surface of the substrate, a second nonrectangular conductor having a second protrusion positioned on the first surface of substrate, at least one alignment... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090231764 - Capacitor bank monitor and method of use thereof: A capacitor bank monitor apparatus for monitoring a state of a common ground connected to a capacitor bank comprises a sensor that that can be coupled to the common ground for collecting measurements relating to the state of the common ground. The monitor also comprises a controller that is logically... Agent: King & Spalding

20090231766 - Eletrostatic discharge (esd) device and method of fabricating: A structure and method of fabricating electrostatic discharge (EDS) circuitry in an integrated circuit chip by integrating a lateral bipolar, either a p-n-p with a NMOSFET or a n-p-n with a PMOSFET within a triple well. The lateral bipolar preferably includes diodes at the I/O and/or the VDDs of the... Agent: Edward W. Brown

20090231765 - Transient to digital converters: A digital converter including a first adjustment unit and a first transient detection unit. The first adjustment unit adjusts amplitude of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) pulse to generate a first adjustment signal when an ESD event occurs in a first power line and a second power line is at a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090231767 - Electronic device with electricity leakage protection: An electronic device with electricity leakage protection includes a ground wire, a system ground unit, and a protective element connected electrically at one end to the ground wire and at another end to the system ground unit. The protective element limits flow of electrical current through the ground wire into... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090231768 - Protection circuit for a subscriber line interface circuit: The present invention provides a protection circuit coupled to a tip lead and a ring lead in a subscriber line interface circuit formed on a silicon substrate. The protection circuit includes first and second diodes formed on the silicon substrate and coupled to the tip lead and the ring lead,... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090231769 - Negative sequence differential element: A negative sequence differential element may detect a fault in an electrical power system by computing a differential between negative sequence values derived from a first phase-current measurement and a second phase-current measurement. A transformer may be disposed between the first phase-current and second phase-current measurement location. The first phase-current... Agent: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Richard Edge

20090231770 - Current-mode under voltage lockout circuit: A current-mode under voltage lockout (UVLO) circuit provides an output signal that indicates to connected devices whether a connected power supply is sufficient (i.e., of sufficient strength and stability) based on a comparison of a current that is proportional to the power supply and a reference current. The current-based UVLO... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090231771 - Magnetic induction grid as an early warning mechanism for space based microelectronics: A system for protecting an electronic device from cosmic rays includes a frame in which the circuit is disposed, a cosmic ray detection circuit and a protection circuit. The cosmic ray detection circuit is supported by the frame and is spaced apart from the circuit. The cosmic ray detection circuit... Agent: Robert R. Williams IBM Corporation, Dept. 917

20090231772 - Car charger and surge protection device thereof: A surge protection device is coupled between a car power source and an output voltage end of a car charger. The surge protection device includes a diode, a current-limiting resistor, and a first transient voltage suppressor (TVS). The diode has an anode coupled to the car power source and a... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090231773 - Transient blocking unit using normally-off device to detect current trip threshold: An isolation device having normally off detection is provided. The isolation device having normally off detection includes a transient blocking unit (TBU) having at least one depletion mode device disposed between a pair of sense terminals, and at least one normally off transition element disposed to drive a gate of... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090231774 - Reed switch arrays: An array of reed switches (13) is assembled on a circuit board (11) having a plurality of through-apertures (12) with one reed switch (13) disposed in each aperture with the axis of the switch envelope (14) extending perpendicularly to the plane of the board. A plurality of coils (16) is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090231776 - Electronic disabling device having a non-oscillating output waveform: A system and/or an associated method for providing an electronic disabling device with an output having an output waveform other than a sinusoidal waveform (e.g., a non-oscillating output waveform). In one embodiment, the method includes: producing an energy to have a first energy portion with a first polarity and a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090231775 - Submersible protection device: A submersible protection device comprises a housing, at least two electrically conductive probes, an electric circuit, and a voltage supply. The housing defines a substantially fluid tight chamber therein, and the at least two electrically conductive probes extend from the housing. The electric circuit is disposed in the substantially fluid... Agent: Stockwell & Smedley, Psc

20090231777 - Nanolithographic method of manufacturing an embedded passive device for a microelectronic application, and microelectronic device containing same: A method of manufacturing an embedded passive device for a microelectronic application comprises steps of providing a substrate (110, 210, 310), nanolithographically forming a first section (121, 221, 321) of the embedded passive device over the substrate, and nanolithographically forming subsequent sections (122, 222, 322) the embedded passive device adjacent... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090231778 - High frequency electrical element: A high frequency MEMS 1 as a high frequency electrical element has a silicon substrate 2 wholly formed with an insulation film, a first signal line 4 provided on the silicon substrate 2, a second signal line 5 provided on the silicon substrate 2, the second signal line 5 crossing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231779 - Multilayer capacitor and mounted structure thereof: In a multilayer capacitor, widths of lead conductors of internal electrode and widths of lead conductors of internal electrode in an ESR control section are smaller than any one of widths of internal electrode and widths of internal electrode in a capacitance section. This narrows cross sections of the conductor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090231781 - Electric double layer capacitor: An electric double layer capacitor includes a first collector, a first polarizable electrode layer provided on the first collector, a second collector, a second polarizable electrode layer provided on the second collector and facing the first polarizable electrode layer, a separator having an insulating property and provided between the first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090231780 - Electrolyte solution, electrochemical device using same, and electronic device: where, R1, R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms in which R1 and R2 may be identical or different with each other, or a cyclic structure may be formed by providing bonding between the carbon atoms contained in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090231782 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor that suppresses capacitance decrease caused by thermal loads. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body, a conductive polymer layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a cathode layer formed on the conductive polymer layer.... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090231783 - Method of manufacturing metal foil for electrolytic capacitor and electrolytic capacitor: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a metal foil for an electrolytic capacitor. In the case of slitting a wide metal strip subjected to etching treatment into a predetermined size with a cutting blade, a slitting portion of the heated wide metal strip is slit to provide the metal... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090231784 - Solid electrolytic capacitor: A solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes: a capacitor element having an anode leading part and a cathode leading part; an anode lead frame connected to the anode leading part and a cathode lead frame connected to the cathode leading part; and an packing resin with which the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090231786 - Connection mechanism and mobile terminal: A connection mechanism connects a first casing and a second casing so as to move between a closed state in which the casings are superimposed on each other and an open state in which the casings are open and spread out. The connection mechanism includes: opening parts formed on a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090231787 - Electronic device: The present invention has an object to provide an electronic device to improve user convenience, in which a cellular phone 1 includes an operation unit side body 2 having an operation face 2A, a display unit side body 3 having a display face 3A, the display unit side body 3... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090231785 - Sliding and rotating apparatus and device having same: Disclosed is a sliding and rotating apparatus for connecting two components of a device, such as a portable electronic media player, and a device having the same. The apparatus provides has a base member, a sliding member, and a rotating member. The sliding member is coupled to the base member... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20090231788 - System and method for electrical communication through a non-conductive information handling system chassis surface: Electrical communication between an information handling system chassis having a non-conductive surface and processing components within the chassis is established through the non-conductive surface with conductive elements extending from a conductive pad. A protruding element extending from a conductive pad engages the conductive elements through the non-conductive surface when the... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090231789 - Computer display accessory: The disclosed computer accessory has a separate display that is connected to a computer through an interface. A base part is used to fit the accessory to the computer, and a swing arm connects the base part and the accessory display. For easy transport, the disclosed accessory is arranged so... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090231791 - Laptop dual-swivel hinges: In a convertible notebook/tablet computer with a dual-swivel hinge, an arrangement for communicating to a user a preferred rotational direction for pivoting about a z-axis, entirely without wiring or lights and in a manner such that at most only one rotational direction is communicated at a time. Preferably, this is... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20090231793 - Expansion unit for an electronic device: An expansion unit detachably assembled to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a device connector on one side thereof. The expansion unit for the electronic device includes a base, a pivoting mechanism, and an expansion unit connector. The pivoting mechanism is located on one side of the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090231792 - User interface component with a removable cover: A user interface component for use in an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first part and a second part. The user interface component may include a structural part configured to provide structural stiffness for the user interface component. The structural part may include an aperture. The... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20090231794 - Removable display cover: A display assembly includes a display bezel. A display is mounted to the display bezel. A display cable is coupled to the display. A display cover is coupled to the display bezel such that the display cover is operable to be decoupled from the display bezel while the display remains... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090231795 - Ergonomic adjustable screen-view technology: Laptop screens provide very limited design for use away from a work station. The use of a Laptop can become very discomforting when traveling or away form your workstation. The screen provides limited adjustability to meet the need for better posture. In an alternative embodiment, an Ergonomic Adjustable Screen-view Technology... Agent: Charles Eric Green

20090231797 - Multi-step hinge and portable terminal having same: Disclosed herein is a multi-step hinge. The hinge includes a housing. A rotary member is rotatably installed inside of the housing. The rotary member has a retainer groove formed in the outer circumferential face thereof. A stopper is slidably installed at either side of the rotary member inside of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090231796 - Portable computer with a rotary positioning structure: A portable computer with a rotary positioning structure is disclosed, which includes a first body, a second body, a shaft including a first part disposed on the first body and a second part disposed on the second body, a seat disposed to the first body, and a button. The second... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090231799 - Electronic device: An electronic device according to the present invention includes: a substrate; first and second connectors provided on a front surface and a back surface of the substrate, respectively; and first and second storage devices connectable to the first and second connectors, respectively. In the electronic device, the first and second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231798 - Method and housing for memory module including battery backup: A device may include protective housing including a battery backup unit circuit, at least one L-hook disposed on the protective housing including a battery backup unit circuit, the L-hook configured for being coupled to a test point loop disposed on a memory module, and/or at least one retention arm configured... Agent: Lsi Corporation C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090231800 - Blade enclosure with replaceable hard drives: One embodiment has plural servers stacked in an enclosure. The servers have a front surface and at least two hard disk drives that are each hot-swappable and replaceable through an opening in the front surface.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090231801 - Docking station, and associated methodology, for a mini personal computer: A docking station for a mini personal computer. The docking station formed of the shell of a laptop computer at which a user keyboard and a display screen are supported at the docking station. Additional elements, such as a computer hard drive or computer mass storage device are also supported... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090231802 - Card fixing structure: A card fixing structure includes a card holder for disposing at least one card. The card holder has an air deflector clamped on its one side. The air deflector catches the card to securely fix the card in the card holder, thereby reducing the number of fixing members and the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090231803 - Casing used for electronic device and server for computing: The present invention provides a casing used for electronic device and server for computing, wherein the server including a casing and a circuit board, and the casing including a casing body and a carrier mechanism. The casing body has an internal space, and the carrier mechanism including a carrier unit... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090231804 - Cooling fan module: A cooling fan module is disclosed. The cooling fan module includes a module housing, a fan assembly, a fan control circuit board, and an electrical connector. The fan assembly is disposed within the module housing and includes a fan housing, a motor disposed within the fan housing, and a blade... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090231805 - System and method for information handling system chassis impact bumpers: A bumper extending from a portable information handling system chassis aligns with a recess on a lid of the information handling system to maintain the lid in position when the lid closes against the chassis, such as in a closed position or a tablet position. The bumper has a rigid... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090231806 - Casing for a server: The present invention provides a casing for a server, including a casing body and a slide. There are pluralities of fastening-pin installed on one side of the casing body, wherein each one of the fastening-pins comprises a head and a body. The radial dimension of the heads is bigger than... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090231790 - Computer apparatus: A computer apparatus includes a chassis and a motherboard. The chassis includes a top panel with a plurality of openings formed thereon. The motherboard is mounted inside the chassis and includes a plurality of I/O port connectors respectively exposed through the openings. This invention facilitates the operation of establishing connection... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090231807 - Waterproof ventilated display enclosure: A waterproof ventilated enclosure for housing equipment is disclosed having the ability to channel water thru the enclosure without touching the equipment and further with the ability to provide active or passive ventilation to the equipment. In the preferred case, the equipment is a video monitor which may be mounted... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20090231808 - Enclosure for flat panel monitors: A device generally intended to be used for providing an enclosure for a wall-mounted flat panel monitor. The device comprises an enclosure with a front face angled to match the mounting angle of the flat panel monitor. The device can further comprise a ventilation port to provide circulation around the... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090231809 - Electronic apparatus: a fan that simultaneously blows air to the heat sinks; a plurality of shutters that respectively block air flows blown from the fan to the heat sinks; a determining section configured to, based on temperatures of the heat generating components, determine whether one of the heat generating components needs to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090231812 - Direct cooled power electronics substrate: The disclosure describes directly cooling a three-dimensional, direct metallization (DM) layer in a power electronics device. To enable sufficient cooling, coolant flow channels are formed within the ceramic substrate. The direct metallization layer (typically copper) may be bonded to the ceramic substrate, and semiconductor chips (such as IGBT and diodes)... Agent: Ornl-utb-luedeka, Neely & Graham

20090231810 - Direct dipping cooled power module and packaging: A power module package including a fully enclosed package comprising sidewalls; wherein at least one of said sidewalls includes a conductive substrate; wherein circuit elements are mounted on said conductive substrate on a first side comprising an inner side of said enclosed package; and, wherein a majority area of a... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090231811 - Electric power conversion apparatus: An electric power conversion apparatus includes: a channel case in which a cooling water channel is formed; a double side cooling semiconductor module that comprises an upper and lower arms series circuit of an inverter circuit; a capacitor module; a direct current connector; and an alternate current connector. The semiconductor... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090231813 - Cooling facility for cooling a component: A heat sink for cooling a component is disclosed. A medium flows around the heat sink by at least sectional guidance of a main flow and a secondary flow of the medium, the main flow being separated from the secondary flow up to a constriction. After the constriction the secondary... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090231814 - Protective cap for thermal grease: A protective cap for thermal grease of a heat sink includes a sheet member having a main concavity recessed downward from a center thereof; and four corner concavities recessed downward from four corners located a periphery of the main concavity respectively. Each of at least two of the corner concavities... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090231815 - Enclosure device of wireless communication apparatus: An enclosure device of a wireless communication apparatus, which has a tubular structure with increased heat dissipation not unknown heretofore. A section of the enclosure device has a polygonal or circular shape, such as a substantially cylindrical structure, and the enclosure, which has a plurality of radiation fins arranged on... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090231816 - System and method of preventing damage to metal traces of flexible printed circuits: Stiffeners in are provided in a flexible printed circuit to prevent damages to leads and traces of the flexible circuit caused by bending, folding and other stresses.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090231817 - Mounting apparatus for motherboard: A mounting apparatus for a motherboard includes a chassis and a mounting assembly for securing the motherboard in the chassis. The mounting assembly includes a pivot member pivotally attached to the chassis and a limiting member securely attached to the chassis. The pivot member is rotatable from a released position... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090231818 - Electronic element module and electronic device using the same: An electronic element module and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic element module includes a circuit board and at least a capacitor. In one embodiment, the circuit board has a plurality of contacts. The capacitor is disposed on the circuit board with a gap therebetween. Besides,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090231819 - Multilayer substrate: A multilayer substrate has a 1st strip line, a 2nd strip line and the 3rd strip line, and those characteristic impedances are different each other. The third strip line has a strip conductor of which length is equivalent to ¼ wavelength of an operating frequency. A strip conductor of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231820 - Capacitor-incorporated printed wiring board and electronic component: A printed wiring board includes an insulating layer and a capacitor including a ceramic high dielectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode, the high dielectric layer being interposed between the first and second electrodes. A plurality of resin insulating layers are formed on the insulating layer and include... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231821 - Head substrate and thermal head substrate: A head substrate for mounting a driver IC that selectively drives a plurality of driving elements is provided. An input signal wiring pattern electrically connects external connection terminals with the pads in a first pad array and a second pad array. The input signal wiring pattern includes a clock signal... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090231822 - Device, in particular intelligent power module with planar connection: The invention relates to a device (1), in particular an intelligent power module. Said device comprises a power component (3,4) and a control circuit for controlling the power component (3), said component and circuit being located on a substrate (2). A connection between the power component (3) and the control... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090231823 - Tape wiring substrate and semiconductor chip package: A second output wiring and a third output wiring enter into a chip mounting portion while coming across a second side and a third side of the chip mounting portion. The other end portions of the second output wiring and the third output wiring enter into the chip mounting portion... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090231824 - Plug-in unit-mounting structure and electronic apparatus: A plug-in unit-mounting structure which makes it possible to efficiently accommodate plug-in units without being dependent on the structure of a shelf. The plug-in unit-mounting structure comprises a shelf that has connectors disposed on a back wiring board, for being fitted to the plug-in units, and at least one mounting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090231825 - Electromagnetic shielding device: An electromagnetic shielding device includes a base board mounted with an electronic component on a top surface thereof and having a looped surrounding surface interconnecting the top surface and a bottom surface. The surrounding surface has an inclined upper surface portion extending outwardly and downwardly from a periphery of the... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090231827 - Interposer and method for manufacturing interposer: An interposer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The interposer includes a substrate and a conductor portion formed inside the substrate. At least one insulating layer is formed on the substrate and on the conductor portion. A signal wiring portion is formed inside the insulating layer or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231826 - Method of forming a permanent carrier and spacer wafer for wafer level optics and associated structure: A carrier wafer for wafer level fabrication of imager structures comprising a substrate with trenches corresponding to locations of imager arrays on an imager wafer. A method of fabricating such a carrier wafer and a method of fabricating an imager module employing such a carrier wafer are also provided.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090231828 - Enclosure securing device: A securing device for easily attaching enclosure to a cable strand is disclosed, in particular, a mounting bracket for easily attaching a box containing, for example, a pico-cell/femto-cell radio, to a cable strand. It enables one person to handle the attachment process. The bracket meets the requirements for a cable... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090225478 - Overcurrent protection apparatus and electronic apparatus: An overcurrent protection apparatus includes two overcurrent protection circuits. The first overcurrent protection circuit compares an electric potential on the downstream side of a first resistance element with a reference potential produced by a second resistance element by a comparator and determines that overcurrent has been caused and intercepts current... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090225479 - Compressor protection and grid fault detection device: A compressor monitoring system includes current and voltage monitors, current and voltage averaging modules, a control module, and a switch. The current monitor measures a current drawn by a motor of a compressor. The current averaging module generates first and second average current values based on the current measured by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090225480 - Electrical safety outlet: A safety outlet that prevents hazardous conditions is described. Embodiments of the outlet use safe low-voltage DC power to check and ensure that an appliance is plugged into the outlet, that the appliance does not have short circuits or ground faults, and that the appliance is switched on. Some embodiments... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090225481 - E-fuse used to disable a triggering network: A device and/or circuit having an e-fuse is provided to disable a triggering network, and more specifically, an e-fuse is used to disable an electrostatic discharge (ESD) RC triggering network after device installation. The device and/or circuit includes a triggering network electrically coupled to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090225482 - Protection circuit: A first transistor is an N-channel MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) with a first terminal of the conduction channel, the gate, and the back gate thereof connected to a terminal to be protected. A second transistor is an N-channel MOSFET with a first channel of the conduction channel,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090225483 - Electric circuit breaker: An electric circuit breaker apparatus protects an electrical circuit against excessive current loads. A first remotely programmable circuit breaker trip device receives an external command with a programmable current threshold, detects a current level in the electrical circuit, and may cause a break in the electrical circuit depending on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090225484 - Current limit detector: Devices, such as mobile devices, may be exposed to short circuit and output overload events. To protect against such events, mobile devices typically include current limit circuits. Some current limit circuits may involve user programmable function. User programmable function may need accurate current limit detectors. One approach to improving resolution... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090225485 - Isolating device for a power semiconductor and method for its operation, power module and system installation: An isolating device for a power semiconductor comprising n power terminals for a power grid comprises n module terminals, n grid terminals, n connecting lines which connect the module terminals and grid terminals and have overcurrent fuses, and a tripping controller. The tripping controller includes a detector for detecting the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090225486 - Electrical connector and method of manufacturing same: In one embodiment, an electrical connector comprises a housing, at least two electrical outlets accessible through the housing, a rotation coupler at least partially enclosed by the housing and coupled to the at least two electrical outlets, and a prong adapter coupled to the rotation coupler. The rotation coupler comprises... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20090225487 - Surge arrester with a cage design: The invention relates to a surge arrester having at least one varistor block 1; two end fittings 3; one reinforcing element 9 which holds the varistor block 1 under tension at the end fittings 3 and at least one anchoring element 13, which holds the reinforcing element 9 in a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090225488 - Pon transceiver with a surge protection circuit: In one embodiment, the surge protection circuit includes a second line connecting the first line to the ground line and at least one inductor provided in the second line. The surge protection circuit may include one capacitor with small value and high voltage rating, and multiple capacitors with larger value... Agent: Emcore Corporation

20090225489 - Control unit comprising a closed-loop controller for regulating the electrical coil current of a regulating electrovalve: A control unit has a closed-loop controller which is connected to a regulating electrovalve by way of a feedback branch, forming a closed-loop control circuit, in order to regulate the electrical coil current of the regulating electrovalve. The armature of the electrovalve is used to adjust a desired volume flow... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090225490 - Capacitor structure: A capacitor structure has a first electrode and a second electrode, which does not electrically connect to the first electrode. The first electrode has a plurality of first meshed conductive structures. The first meshed conductive structures have the same layout pattern, and are electrically connected to each other. The second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090225491 - Metallized film capacitor: A metallized film capacitor includes a capacitor unit having two insulating substrates superposed with each other each having an upper surface and a lower surface, four electrode layers applied onto the surfaces of the insulating substrates, and two of the electrode layers include an end terminal extended toward one end... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090225492 - Multilayer chip capacitor: A multilayer chip capacitor includes a capacitor body including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and having first and second side faces and first and second end faces, a plurality of external electrodes of opposite polarity alternated on each of the first and second side faces, and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090225493 - Capacitor electrode, method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device: A capacitor electrode is composed of an SrRuO3 film including first and second surfaces opposed to each other. The capacitor electrode contains a 10 atom % or less trivalent element in a region ranging from a position a predetermined distance away from the first surface in the thickness direction thereof... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090225494 - Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for production thereof: Disclosed is a multilayer ceramic capacitor which has a dielectric ceramic having a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer mainly comprises barium titanate, contains a crystalline particle having an average crystal diameter of 0.15 to 0.3 μm, and contains Mg in an amount of 0.5 to 2 parts by mol... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090225495 - Energy storage device: An energy storage device includes positive and negative electrodes; positive and negative lead wires connected to the positive and negative electrodes, respectively; a separator composed of unit fibers and positioned between the positive and negative electrodes to electrically insulate the positive and negative electrodes from each other; a housing accommodating... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090225496 - Electrolytic capacitors comprising means in the form of a multilayer polymeric sheet for the sorption of harmful substances: Electrolytic capacitors are provided having an airtight housing, electrodes immersed in an electrolytic solution, electrical contacts connected to the electrodes, and a device for sorption of harmful substances. The device is made of a multilayer polymeric sheet (10), which is formed of an inner layer (12) of polymeric material, containing... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090225498 - Asymmetric hybrid capacitor using metal oxide materials for positive and negative electrodes: The present invention provides an asymmetric hybrid capacitor, in which metal oxide containing lithium and capable of producing lithium ions by an electrochemical reaction and supplying the lithium ions in an electrolyte in the capacitor is used as a positive electrode active material, and metal oxide capable of accepting the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090225497 - Method for manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor device: The present invention relates to a production method of a solid electrolytic capacitor element wherein a semiconductor layer is formed by electrolytic polymerization on an oxide dielectric film formed on the surface of an electric conductor and an electrode layer is laminated thereon, comprising passing current providing a period for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090225499 - Conductive polymer and solid electrolytic capacitor using the same: A conductive polymer having high conductivity and a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR are provided. A conductive polymer is synthesized using as a monomer a compound of a dimer to a decamer in which 3-alkyl five-membered heterocyclic rings are bonded at positions 2 and 5, being sterically controlled. Further,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090225500 - Modular power distribution system having a sealing arrangement for use in a work machine: A power distribution system for a work machine includes a power electronics module having a set of power connectors to receive electrical power. A module rack has an opening for slidably receiving the power electronics module. A power bus assembly is mounted to the module rack. The power bus assembly... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090225501 - Electrical distribution panel for a number of critical and non-critical loads: An electrical distribution panel includes first and second power inputs, a first circuit breaker electrically between the first power input and a first load bus, a second load bus, an automatic transfer switch having a first input electrically connected to the first load bus, a second input electrically connected to... Agent: Martin J. Moran

20090225502 - Display device: Display device of the present invention includes a housing, a display module and a signal receiver. The display module and the signal receiver are disposed in the housing. The signal receiver electrically connects to a circuit board and the signal receiver is disposed between the circuit board and the display... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20090225503 - Electronic device: An electronic device of the present invention includes a casing with an opening, and a cover member for covering the opening. The cover member includes: a cover part for covering the opening; a shank projecting from a rear surface of the cover part; and a protrusion sticking out of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090225504 - Display set: A display set includes a support unit, a first connector, a display and a second connector. The support unit includes a base, a back support connected to the base and two connective portions formed on the back support. The first connector is attached to the back support. The display includes... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090225506 - Display unit and multi-display device having the same: A display unit includes; a display panel, and a receptacle including of a plurality of sidewalls configured to receive the display panel, the receptacle including at least one joining projection disposed on at least one of the sidewalls, at least one joining groove formed on at least one of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090225505 - Displaying apparatus: A displaying apparatus which can reduce a stress generated on a displaying panel due to a difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the displaying panel and the coefficient of thermal expansion of a support member. The displaying apparatus comprises the displaying panel and the support member supporting the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090225507 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprising a display panel that displays an image, a support unit that supports a rear surface of the display panel, and an exterior member that covers the support unit, wherein the support unit includes a first plate-like member and a second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090225508 - Bag computer input output device: Disclosed is an improvement to the bag computer of application Ser. No. 11/796,920. The bag computer has a pivoting display panel near its top front which can store against the bag front or pivot into the line of sight of the bag computer wearer/operator. To accommodate the computer input of... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20090225509 - Bag computer two part display panel: Disclosed is an improvement to the bag computer of application 11/796,920. The bag computer has a pivoting display panel near its top front which can store against the bag front or pivot into the line of sight of the bag computer wearer/operator. The display panel may have controls on the... Agent: Charles A. Daley Iii

20090225510 - Ruggedized, self aligning, sliding air seal for removable electronic units: An electronics housing system (S) adapted for electronic devices (D) includes a main chassis unit (M) and at least one removable module (10) mountable with the base unit (M) for supporting electronic circuitry components electro-optically coupled with the base unit (M). The removable module assembly (10) has a main body... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P. C.

20090225511 - Heat sink module: A heat sink module for heat dissipating is disclosed. The heat sink module comprises a heat sink plate and a fan assembly. The heat sink plate is installed above a heat source and has a plurality of heat sink fins and a receiving space. The fan assembly is positioned near... Agent: Ting-wei Hsu

20090225512 - Electronic module having thermal cooling insert: An electronic module is provided having enhanced thermal cooling of electronics. The module includes a housing, electronic circuitry contained within the housing, and a fluid cooling chamber extending through the housing. The chamber has generally conical shaped portions at opposite ends. At least one thermal cooling insert extends into the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090225513 - Device and methodology for the removal of heat from an equipment rack by means of heat exchangers mounted to a door: A cooling door assembly includes a frame and a cooling door coupled to the frame. The cooling door includes one or more heat exchangers. The frame is configured to mount to the back of a server rack or other electronics enclosure in such a manner that the cooling door opens... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090225514 - Device and methodology for the removal of heat from an equipment rack by means of heat exchangers mounted to a door: A cooling door assembly includes a frame and a cooling door coupled to the frame. The cooling door includes one or more heat exchangers. The frame is configured to mount to the back of a server rack or other electronics enclosure in such a manner that the cooling door opens... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090225515 - Thermal bus or junction for the removal of heat from electronic components: A thermal bus enables the use of multiple separate heat pipe assemblies instead of using a single heat pipe assembly spanning the distance from heat source to cold plate. The use of a thermal bus can decrease the orientation effects as well as decrease the travel length of any single... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090225516 - Flat panel display apparatus: A flat panel display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying images, a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor electrically connected to the display unit, and a heat sink electrically connected to the first semiconductor and to the second semiconductor.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090225518 - Heat sink and a method for manufacturing the same: A heat sink for cooling an electronic component includes a lower plate, an upper plate, an upper fin set and a lower fin set respectively fixed on the upper plate and the lower plate, and a plurality of heat pipes sandwiched between the upper plate and the lower plate. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090225517 - Wireless transmission of process data from within pressure vessels: A system collects data relating to a process performed within an autoclave, and wirelessly transmits the data to a receiver located outside the autoclave for processing. One or more sensors inside the autoclave sense process parameters such as temperature or pressure. The transmitter is housed in a protective container that... Agent: Tung & Associates Suite 120

20090225519 - Medicine cabinet assembly: An apparatus includes a first mirror platform; the first mirror platform has a first portion and a second portion. A media display device is disposed behind the first mirror platform, such that within the second portion information displayed on the media display device is visible when the media display device... Agent: Peloquin, PLLC

20090225520 - Cover mechanism and electronic device using same: A portable electronic (200) device using a cover mechanism (100) to close off two or more interface holes (3512, 3522 and 353) is described. The portable electronic device includes a base portion (30). The cover mechanism includes a first cover member (50) and a second cover member (70). The first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090225521 - Electronic device chassis and network: The invention relates to an electronic device chassis, comprising at least an opening on the chassis and an inward guide apparatus along the opening; the guide apparatus comprises at least a first guide part and a second guide part which are respectively a concave slide and a convex slide, to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090225523 - Electronic unit: An electronic unit includes a first circuit board having a power semiconductor device and an electrolytic capacitor and a second circuit board having an electronic component to control the power semiconductor device. The second circuit board is arranged perpendicular to the first circuit board and along the surface of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090225522 - Electronic unit and electronic apparatus: An electronic unit according to the present invention, the first support member has a first base body, and a first contact member extending from the first base body and making contact with the first main surface of the substrate. The second support member includes a second base body, and a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090225524 - Hollowed printed circuit board having via hole and method for forming via hole in hollowed printed circuit board: A method for forming a via hole in a hollowed PCB, which has a hollow portion and at least one insulating layer, includes the steps of: providing a lining pad on a first surface of the insulating layer that is adjacent to the hollow portion; drilling the via hole in... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090225525 - Inductor and electric power supply using it: An inductor embedded in a printed wiring board includes a conductor extending in the thickness direction of a printed circuit board and a magnetic body that is in contact with the conductor with no gap therebetween. For example, the magnetic body is composed of ferrite having a cylindrical tubular shape.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090225526 - System and method for mounting shielded cables to printed circuit board assemblies: Methods and apparatus are provided for securely and cost effectively attaching one or more shielded cables to a planar substrate. A cable assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to a distal end of the one or more shielded cables. Perpendicular alignment of the distal cable ends promotes a... Agent: Teradyne, Inc. C/o Foley & Larder, LLP

20090225527 - Multi-function mezzanine board alignment and mounting device, with integrated handle: A mezzanine board alignment and mounting device includes a multi-stage pin connected to a main board near a mezzanine board connector disposed on the main board. The multistage pin includes a base adapted to connect to the main board, a point distal to the base adapted to pass through an... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090225528 - Audio device with integrated switching power supply: An integrated audio device, such as, for example, a table-top radio, including a housing, a speaker disposed within the housing, a switching power supply disposed within the housing, and audio circuitry disposed within the housing and coupled between the digital switching power supply and the speaker.... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090219654 - Two level current limiting power supply system: A two level current limiting power supply system is capable of reducing thermal stress during current overload conditions. According to an exemplary embodiment, the power supply system includes a measurement device for measuring a current supplied to a load, and a processor for disabling the current to the load for... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090219656 - High voltage ground fault detection system: A ground fault detection system for an electrical system is disclosed. The electrical system may have a first and a second electrical component and a controller, and the second electrical component may be coupled to the controller. The ground fault detection system may include a ground fault detection module integrated... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090219655 - Method and device for preventing fire caused by defects in electric circuits and arrangements: A method for preventing fire in electric circuits and arrangements includes measuring an electric current of a controllable section, separating a high frequency component therefrom, amplifying and rectifying a first harmonic signal, determining a spark current value, forming the first harmonic signal from a measured current signal range, measuring short-circuit... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090219658 - Electrostatic discharge (esd) protection circuit: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit that includes a parallel connection of parasitic vertical and lateral bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) each with a floating base and a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) field transistor with a floating body is disclosed. The three transistors may be connected in parallel between a bond... Agent: Jones Day

20090219657 - Trenched mosfets with improved gate-drain (gd) clamp diodes: A method for operating a semiconductor power device by in a forward conducting mode instead of an avalanche mode during a voltage fly-back during an inductive switch operation for absorbing a transient energy with less stress. The method includes a step of clamping the semiconductor power device with a Zener... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090219659 - Motor control circuit with malfunction monitoring: The invention relates to a control circuit which serves for security-critical control of a consumer with an inductive load portion, to be connected to a direct voltage source, and a method for failure control. It is in this case assumed that the control circuit has a power driving assembly, a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090219660 - Digital interface used in multi-series-parallel battery modules: A digital interface used in multi-series-parallel battery modules is provided and applies the Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter interface. An Up-Link circuit and a Down-Link circuit are construed by voltage isolation elements for directly connecting a Low Voltage Protection signal of a battery cell, and an Over Voltage Protection signal of the... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090219661 - Power switching circuit: A power switching circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an output transistor connected between a power supply terminal VCC and an output terminal OUT, an output controller which controls a conducting state of the output transistor according to an input signal, a sense transistor having... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090219662 - Switching device: A switching device having a magnetic release includes a yoke having a U-shaped first section that includes a first limb having an opening in the form of a slot open towards a free end of the first limb, a second limb disposed parallel to the first limb, and a web... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090219663 - Ionizer, static charge eliminating system, ion balance adjusting method, and workpiece static charge eliminating method: The present invention relates to an ionizer, a static charge eliminating system, an ion balance adjusting method, and a workpiece static charge eliminating method. In an ionizer, when positive and negative voltages are applied to an electrode, an amplitude Vm of the negative voltage is set to be smaller than... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090219664 - Systems and methods for halting locomotion using damped waveform: Systems and methods for immobilizing a target such as a human or animal with a stimulus signal coupled to the target via electrodes provide the stimulus signal in accordance with a strike stage, a hold stage, and a rest stage. Systems include a launch device and separate projectile, where the... Agent: Taser International, Inc.

20090219665 - Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications: A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections are provided in a plurality of wound cylindrical capacitive elements. Two vertically stacked wound cylindrical capacitance elements may each provide three capacitor... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090219666 - Dielectric ceramic, manufacturing method thereof, and multilayer ceramic capacitor: A dielectric ceramic whose primary crystal grains 1 comprise a composite oxide composed mainly of Ti and at least one kind of alkaline earth metal element selected from Ca, Sr and Ba. The primary crystal grains 1 contain the metal compositions of Mg, Mn and a rare earth element. At... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090219667 - Capacitor element method for manufacturing a capacitor element and use of a power capacitor: A capacitor element for a power capacitor. The capacitor element includes a plurality of series-connected cylindrical sub-elements. Each sub-element includes at least two strips of dielectric material wound in a number of turns. A layer of electrically conductive material is disposed between the turns of the winding. The sub-elements are... Agent: Venable LLP

20090219668 - Capacitor devices having multi-sectional conductors: A capacitive device is provided. The capacitive device includes a first electrode and a second electrode below the first electrode and spaced apart from the first electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a plurality of conductive step sections, the plurality of conductive... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090219669 - Capacitor: A capacitor includes a first terminal having a first polarity, a second terminal having a second polarity opposed to the first polarity, and a plurality of columnar portions for connecting the first terminal to the second terminal. Each of the plurality of columnar portions includes a first conductor bar electrically... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090219670 - Electronic device and method of fabricating the same: A method of fabricating an electronic device includes selectively forming a glass layer on a ceramic substrate by printing, baking the glass layer, and forming a capacitor on the glass layer, the capacitor including metal electrodes and a dielectric layer interposed between the metal electrodes.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090219671 - Coating solution for forming high dielectric constant thin film and method for forming dielectric thin film using the same: Disclosed herein are a coating solution for the formation of a dielectric thin film and a method for the formation of a dielectric thin film using the coating solution. The coating solution comprises a titanium alkoxide, a β-diketone or its derivative, and a benzoic acid derivative having an electron donating... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090219672 - Microporous film for electric storage device separator and electric storage device separator using the same: There are provided a microporous film for an electric storage device separator, which can increase energy density and power density when used in an electric storage device, and which is excellent in handling properties in a processing step to the electric storage device, as well as an electric storage device... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090219673 - Information equipment: Information equipment includes an open/close mechanism that opens or closes exhaust ports, a cooling fan that dissipates heat in the information equipment into the air through the exhaust ports, a user state detecting part that detects a contact state in which the hand of a user is in contact with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090219675 - Electronic device with interchangeable frame: An electronic device includes a main body and a frame. The frame includes a back part and a front part. The back part defines a front surface, a back surface, a first inner surface and a second inner surface, and includes shoulders extended face to face from boundaries of the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090219676 - Lid member and electronic device using the same: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090219674 - Support stand for electronic devices: The present invention discloses a support stand for electronic devices, and the support stand includes a base, a flexible support body connected to the base, a support stand connected to the support body, a resilient clamp installed onto the support stand, and an electric connector installed to the support body,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090219677 - Strap device and electronic apparatus including the same: The present invention provides a strap device capable of, when used in a state of being attached to an electronic apparatus body including a display portion and a key input portion as an object, improving the visibility of the display portion and the operability of the key input portion and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090219678 - Display device: A display device is provided, including a housing, a display panel, a shield, and an elastic member. The housing has a first frame and a second frame. The display panel, disposed in the housing, abuts the first frame. The shield, disposed in the housing, abuts the second frame. The elastic... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090219679 - Fire resistant and water resistant enclosure for operable computer digital data storage device: A fire resistant and water resistant enclosure for an operable computer digital data storage device is provided. The enclosure has walls made of gypsum or concrete and, in one embodiment, has two small ventilation openings which remain open during normal operation of the digital data storage device and during the... Agent: Bruce H. Johnsonbaugh Eckhoff & Hoppe

20090219680 - Structure of mounting electronic device into housing: In a structure of mounting an electronic device into a housing according to the present invention, the electronic device has the following structure. First and second storage devices are connected to respective connecting parts provided on a substrate. Convex portions provided on a first supporting member are fitted from above... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090219681 - Multiple chip module cooling system and method of operation thereof: Disclosed herein is computer system having a first and second multiple chip modules (MCM) and a cooling module. The cooling module includes a first cooling loop associated with said first MCM and a first evaporator. The cooling module further includes a second cooling loop associated with said second MCM and... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20090219682 - Changeable structure for faceplate of portable personal computer: A changeable structure for a faceplate of a portable computer comprises a portable computer and a cover plate; the portable computer is disposed with a housing having a faceplate; one end of the cover plate is pivotally coupled to the housing; the cover plate is disposed with a buckling element... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090219683 - Notebook computer: According to one embodiment, a notebook computer has, on the side surface of the device main body, a pin jack to receive a rod antenna. The rod antenna has a pin plug to be inserted in the pin jack and is rotatable when attached. The rod antenna is made of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090219684 - Electronic device: An electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device including a box-shaped casing, a liquid crystal monitor 2 that is disposed on a front face 1a of the casing and on which visual information converted from an information signal can be displayed, and operation buttons 3 disposed near... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090219685 - Thermal enhanced plastic ball grid array with heat sink attachment option: A thermal enhanced structure comprising a packaged electronic device and a heat sink that is removably attached thereto. The thermal enhanced structure includes a plastic ball grid array (PGBA) with an electronic chip, a plastic mold cover, and a heat spreader with a plurality of spaced apart securing studs positioned... Agent: Patent Analysis Research Technology Systems LLC Dba, Parts LLC

20090219686 - Gas ejector, electronic device, and gas-ejecting method: A gas ejector capable of effectively dissipating heat generated from a heater while inhibiting noise generation as little as possible, an electronic device equipped with the gas ejector, and a gas-ejecting method are offered. A gas ejector (1) according to the present invention includes a vibrator (25) and ejects gas... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090219688 - Fan holder: A fan holder for mounting a fan, includes two opposite sidewalls defining a receiving area therebetween, each of the sidewalls defining a through hole therein; two or more polygonal auxiliary members arranged in the through hole of each of the sidewalls and located about an axis; and wherein the polygonal... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090219689 - Housing for holding electronic plug-in assemblies: A housing for holding electronic plug-in assemblies having a component installation space open toward the front side of the housing for the plug-in assemblies and a fan space arranged above the component installation space with a cover plate and a lateral air outlet. The fan space contains at least one... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20090219687 - Memory heat-dissipating mechanism: A memory heat-dissipating mechanism includes: at least two memory devices, a heat dissipater, and a plurality of screw components. Each memory device comprises two inter-cooperating heat-dissipating pieces and a memory module sandwiched between the two heat-dissipating pieces. The heat-dissipating pieces of each memory device are provided thereon with locking holes.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090219690 - Heat sink capable of external deflection: A heat sink capable of external deflection includes a heat-dissipating member, a cooling fan, and a deflector. The heat-dissipating member includes an entrance side and an exit side. The cooling fan is mounted at the entrance side of the heat-dissipating member. The deflector includes at least one inlet, at least... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090219691 - Heat sink capable of internal deflection: A heat sink includes a heat-dissipating member and a cooling fan. The heat-dissipating member includes at least two spaced fins. Each of the two fins has a first side, a second side, and a deflection piece mounted to a surface thereof. Each of the deflection pieces is inclined, extending from... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090219693 - Cooling system for high voltage systems: A cooling system for a high voltage system can include a high voltage supply and an electrical component coupled to the high voltage supply. The electrical component can generate heat that needs to be dissipated. The cooling system can include a cooling mechanism for dissipating the heat. The cooling mechanism... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090219694 - Power electronics assembly: The invention concerns a power electronic arrangement comprising an insulating substrate, a cooling element arranged beneath the insulating substrate and one or more power electronic components disposed on a respective metallization surface of the insulating substrate. Disposed on the surface of the insulating substrate is a metal layer portion which... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090219692 - Rack for housing a liquid-cooled electric unit: The present invention provides a rack suitable for housing a liquid-cooled electric unit. A rack 2 comprises an electric connector 12 for supplying electricity to the housed electric unit 50, and a fluid connector 14 for supplying cooling liquid to the housed electric unit 50. The fluid connector 14 and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090219695 - Electronic device, loop heat pipe and cooling device: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a heat generating part housed inside a cabinet and a loop heat pipe housed inside the cabinet, which includes an internal flow path having a loop shape in which a working fluid is sealed. The loop heat pipe further includes a heat... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090219696 - Power conversion device and fabricating method for the same: A power conversion device in which the inductance of a main circuit is reduced, a surge voltage is suppressed, elements are properly cooled, which is miniaturized and reduced in weight as a whole, and is excellent in handling performance in a manufacturing process and a maintenance work. A positive side... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090219697 - Thermal management for electromagnetic coil systems: A system includes a housing and an electromagnetic coil within the housing. The electromagnetic coil is arranged in a coil stack. A thermal damper is positioned adjacent to the electromagnetic coil, and a thermal structural plate is positioned adjacent to the coil stack. The thermal damper manages temperature rise of... Agent: Lockheed Martin Ne&ss Manassas

20090219698 - Heat spreader for a multi-chip package: Embodiments of a heat spreader and an assembly including such a heat spreader are disclosed. The heat spreader includes a stiffening member, which in one embodiment comprises a wall extending from a lower surface of the heat spreader. The wall may be coupled with a substrate, and the addition of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090219699 - Circuit board with cooling function: The manufacturing process of a circuit board includes forming a thermal interface layer on a first metal thin layer of a thermal plate. Joining a second metal layer of a main circuit board comprises at least one opening with the thermal interface layer. Then, reflowing the main circuit board with... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090219700 - Locking structure: A locking structure of a housing for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The housing defines an opening therein. The locking structure includes an engagement-receiving member, a bended rod, and a securing member. The engagement-receiving member is fixed to the housing so as to partially seal the opening but leave... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090219701 - Sliding flat panel display and keyboard module: Embodiments for a slider mounting module suitable for mounting a KVM assembly to a server rack are provided. In one embodiment, the slider mounting module includes a front rack mount and a back rack mount which are configured to couple together and be secured to a server rack. The coupling... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20090219702 - Electronic circuit plug-in module for a mounting rack: An electronic plug-in module to be accommodated in a mounting rack with a module rail in the front region comprises a circuit board, a circuit board holder and an adapter. The adapter features a receptacle for a mounting element in order to mount the adapter on the module rail. The... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20090219704 - Printed board holding case, high frequency component, and method for producing the sames: In a high frequency component, a case made up of metal having a shape of frame for containing a board includes tabs and stoppers. During producing of the high frequency component, the board is inserted from an opening on a side on which the tabs are provided. Each of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090219703 - Printed circuit board, method for forming frame ground for printed circuit board, and electronic device: According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed circuit board, including a frame ground portion in which conductor patterns are formed around a board-fixation hole, and a plurality of through-holes formed around the board-fixation hole in the frame ground portion.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090219705 - Connecting component for electrically connecting a sensor element and an evaluation circuit: A device for electrically connecting a sensor element, which is accommodated in an engine add-on component, to evaluation electronics. The engine add-on component and the evaluation electronics are electrically connected to one another via contacting lines. The evaluation electronics is accommodated in a swiveling part of a hybrid holder which... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090219706 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus 10 includes: a body frame 11 including an image forming section 60; and an image reading section 40, as an upper member openably mounted on top of the body frame, that is provided with a document stage on which a document is loaded and that reads... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell