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Electricity: electrical systems and devices October categorized by USPTO classification 10/09

20090257155 - Persistent switch system: A persistent switches for use in a superconducting system includes a resistive element, a persistent switch connected in parallel with the resistive element and an inductive element connected to the persistent switch and the resistive element such that the inductive element limits a current in a hotspot of the persistent... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090257157 - Circuit breaker having separate restrained and unrestrained zone selective interlock setting capability: A circuit breaker system and method having zone selective interlock features with separate restrained and unrestrained setting capability is provided. The system and method include the transmission of a selective interlock signal from a downstream circuit breaker to an upstream circuit breaker in the event of a fault condition. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257158 - Circuit breaker zone selective interlock for differentiated faults and method of operation: A circuit breaker system and method having zone selective interlock features is provided. The system and method include the transmission of a selective interlock signal from a downstream circuit breaker to an upstream circuit breaker in the event a first or second fault condition is detected. The upstream circuit breaker... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257156 - Method of setting a ground fault trip function for a trip unit and a trip unit having a defined trip function for ground fault protection: A method of setting a trip ground fault trip function for a trip unit includes enabling a ground fault protection mode for the trip unit, and setting one of a plurality of a trip functions for the trip unit. At least one of the plurality of trip functions being an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257159 - Short circuit protection circuit: A short circuit protection circuit which readily recovers a relay drive circuit to an output operation state after a short circuit is cancelled while preventing the relay drive circuit from being damaged by a short circuit. The relay drive circuit outputs a drive current to a load in accordance with... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090257160 - Universal trip unit: A universal trip unit for use with a circuit breaker apparatus is provided and includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a personality module of the circuit breaker apparatus and to thereby receive key breaker personality parameters that relate to operational characteristics of the circuit breaker apparatus, and a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257161 - Rechargeable battery protection device: A rechargeable battery protection device has a voltage detector, a logic circuit, an output stage, a first switch, a second switch and inverter circuits. The device turns on a charger to charge a rechargeable battery or turns off the charger not to charge the rechargeable battery depending on the purpose... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090257162 - Technique for combining in-rush current limiting and short circuit current limiting: A circuit that protects from high power-on in-rush currents and short circuits. The circuit has a pass transistor and a parallel smaller transistor. A comparator senses when an output voltage crosses a reference and turns off the pass transistor and turns on the parallel smaller transistor. The parallel smaller transistor... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090257163 - Current gain control of circuit breaker trip unit: An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker, the electronic trip unit includes a rating plug having a plurality of switches each configured to indicate a specified current rating for the rating plug and for selectively supplying a current rating for the electronic trip unit, a processing unit which receives... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257164 - Protection device, protection method using the same, method for processing signal using the same, and method for detecting quantity of electricity using the same: A protection device detects a temperature in a predetermined monitoring place in an electronic apparatus 3 to protect the electronic apparatus 3, and includes an oscillating circuit 20 for generating a clock signal Vck having a predetermined cycle and a predetermined ON time, and a temperature detection circuit 16 for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090257165 - Overcurrent switching apparatus: In order to form an overcurrent switching apparatus for medium-voltage or high-voltage applications with a current detection device for changing over a contact system associated with them from a first state to a second state in the event of a threshold current being exceeded, the switching properties of which overcurrent... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090257166 - Transient voltage protection device, material, and manufacturing methods: A transient voltage suppression device includes a dielectric layer defining a receptacle for a variable impedance material proximate a gapped electrode. Methods for manufacturing the device and for formulating a variable voltage material at lower cost and with higher manufacturing yields is also provided.... Agent: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (16463)

20090257167 - Variable capacitor and electronic device: Disclosed is a variable capacitor that includes signal electrodes configured to sandwich a dielectric layer so as to generate a signal electric field, and control electrodes configured to sandwich the dielectric layer so as to generate a control electric field in a direction intersecting with the signal electric field generated... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090257168 - Apparatus for storing electrical energy: An apparatus for storing electrical energy includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a dielectric layer. The first magnetic layer includes a first magnetic section and a second magnetic section. The first magnetic section has magnetic dipoles with horizontal directions. The second magnetic section has magnetic dipoles... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090257169 - Stacked capacitor structure and manufacturing method thereof: In order to avoid the capacitors in a stacked capacitor structure suiting a miniaturization process from collapsing to cause a short-circuit, separated reinforced structures are used and disposed at the outer-sidewalls of the capacitor, which not only reduces the space occupied by the reinforced structure to increase the surface areas... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090257170 - Method for forming a ruthenium film: Methods for forming ruthenium films and semiconductor devices such as capacitors that include the films are provided.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c. Intellectual Property Department

20090257171 - Coating liquid for manufacturing electrode plate, undercoating agent, and use therof: This invention relates to a coating formulation for manufacturing an electrode plate, which contains a solution of a hydroxyalkylchitosan and an organic acid and/or its derivative in an aprotic polar solvent, and an active material added to the solution and kneaded with the solution, the electrode plate, a manufacturing process... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20090257172 - Spacer for an electrode layer gap in a power source: The present subject matter includes a capacitor that includes at least a first element having a first element thickness, including at least a first substantially planar electrode with a first connection member, at least a second substantially planar electrode, and a first spacer member and at least a second element... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090257173 - Secondary circuit terminal block design for fixed type circuit breakers: A circuit breaker apparatus is provided and includes a circuit breaker, having a housing surface perpendicular to a plane of a front side of the circuit breaker and internal components, a terminal block structurally coupled to the housing surface, first terminal housings arrayed on the terminal block to each support... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090257174 - Self-disengaging contacts for secondary circuits of draw-out type circuit breakers: A circuit breaker is provided and includes a cassette, including a housing surface, a cassette-side terminal block attached to the cassette, including terminal housings arrayed thereon, being rotatable about the housing surface, a circuit breaker configured to be removably inserted into the cassette during a rack-in operation, and a circuit... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090257177 - Electronic device and electronic system: An electronic device includes an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device, an engagement part engaged with a side of the portable device at a given position where the portable device is accommodated in the accommodation section, and a guide mechanism that guides the portable device to the given... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090257175 - Housing and method for fabricating the same: A housing (10) of portable electronic devices includes a base (11) and a paint layer (12). The base is made of metal and includes patterns (115) formed thereon. The paint layer is formed on the base and covering the patterns. A method for fabricating the housing is also provided.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257178 - Image-capturing device having cover with inclined plane: An image-capturing device including a body, an optical module and an upper cover is provided. The body has an upper surface and a first inclined plane, wherein the upper surface has an image-capturing area, and the first inclined plane is connected and located adjacent to the upper surface. The optical... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20090257176 - Portable electronic device with projection function: A portable electronic device with a projection function includes a host, a display unit, a bracket, and a projection module. The display unit is pivoted to the host and has a back cover. The bracket is pivoted to the back cover. The projection module is pivoted to the bracket for... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090257179 - Systems and methods for providing a dynamically modular processing unit: Systems and methods for providing a dynamically modular processing unit. A modular processing unit is provided as a platform that is lightweight, compact, and is configured to be selectively used alone or oriented with one or more additional processing units in an enterprise. In some implementations, a modular processing unit... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090257181 - Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same: An organic light emitting diode display that includes a display panel and a bezel to receive the display panel, the bezel including a first bezel and a second bezel, each of the first bezel and the second bezel including different materials and including a bottom portion and a skirt portion... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090257180 - Portable electronic book system: A portable electronic book system is disclosed. The portable electronic book system includes at least one receiving module, a memory module, a processing module, and a display module. The at least one receiving module is to receive an electronic data from at least one machine readable storage medium. The electronic... Agent: Jay M. Schloff Intellipex PLLC

20090257182 - Portable electronic device with projection function and projection unit thereof: A portable electronic device with a projection function includes a host, a holder, and a projection module. The host has an opening at a side of the host. The display unit is pivoted to the host. The holder is movably disposed in the host and capable of being moved out... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090257183 - Portable electronic device with projection function and projection unit thereof: A portable electronic device with a projection function includes a host, a projection module, and at least one linkage. The host has an accommodating space. The projection module is situated in the accommodating space. The linkage is disposed between the accommodating space and the projection module for moving out the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090257184 - Dram module with solid state disk: A dynamic radon access memory (DRAM) module includes a printed circuit board, a number of DRAM units, a number of flash memory units, a number connecting pins and an interface controller. The DRAM units and the flash memory units are distributed on the printed circuit board. The connecting pins are... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090257185 - Storage blade: A blade-system computer component with a chassis and a blade. The chassis has a housing for a blade, chassis electrical contacts for making electrical connections to the blade, and two rails for engaging the blade along two sides of a length of the blade. Each of the two rails has... Agent: Lng/lsi Joint Customer C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090257186 - Horizontal drive drawer system and method: An apparatus may include drive chassis, at least one horizontal drive drawer extending from a first side of the drive chassis to a second side of the drive chassis and/or at Least one computer drive disposed on the horizontal drive drawer. Additionally, a computer server system and a method for... Agent: Lsi Corporation C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090257187 - Information handling system with chassis design for storage device access: A design for an information handling system and the chassis of an information handling system is disclosed in which an array of storage devices is included at the front and rear sides of the chassis. Each array of storage devices may include a number of columns and each column may... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090257188 - Docking plenum for a rack: A docking plenum for a rack is disclosed. The docking plenum includes a pair of sides that are coupled to first and second panels at the top of the docking plenum. The panels at the top of the docking plenum are separated from one another by an aperture. The docking... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090257189 - Portable electronic device housing structures: Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and... Agent: Treyz Law Group

20090257190 - Cooling structure for electricity storage device: A cooling structure for an electricity storage device includes: a secondary battery (10) generating heat; a DC-DC converter (20) generating heat in a quantity different from that of secondary battery (10); an exhaust path (30n) for passing air after cooling secondary battery (10) generating heat in a relatively small quantity,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090257191 - Structural support module to prevent common interface deflection: A method and incorporated assembly is provided to enhance structural integrity and prevent interface deflection in a computer rack having a midplane and capable of housing a plurality of nodes. The assembly comprises at least one structural filler book capable of being disposed above or below said midplane where any... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090257192 - Mounting apparatus for fan: An electronic device enclosure includes a chassis having a base plate, a number of fans, a number of securing boards mounted on the corresponding fans, and a number of pivot members. The receiving bracket includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall, and a bottom wall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257193 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device is designed with calm, efficient, and space economy performance includes a housing (1) having an exhaust (10), and an intake (32). A fan (4) disposed inside the housing (1) is relative to the intake (32). A set of fins (10) disposed inside the housing (1) is... Agent: Sally Chang

20090257194 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a chassis and a heat sink. The heat sink configures one of side walls of the chassis. The heat sink has inner and outer wall surfaces corresponding to inner and outer surfaces of the chassis. The heat sink has a guide portion guiding a drop of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090257195 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus in which a circuit substrate is installed in a casing, including: first and second groove portions that are formed on a first surface and a second surface of a heat sink, respectively, the heat sink discharging heat from a heat element on the circuit substrate to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090257196 - Methods and apparatus for heat transfer for a component: Methods and apparatus for transferring heat according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a heat source on a substrate. In one embodiment, a lid is adapted to engage the substrate. The lid may comprise a thermally conductive rigid body and one or more hardstops configured... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (raytheon)

20090257197 - Heat sink assembly: A heat sink assembly includes a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a wire clip connecting the first and second heat sinks together. Each of the first and second heat sinks includes a base and a plurality of connecting members extending upwardly from the base. The wire clip... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257198 - Housing for an electronic circuit intended for a building control system: A housing (3) for an electronic circuit intended for a building control system is disclosed. The housing (3) comprises a first housing part (1) comprising the electronic circuit intended for the building control system, and a second housing part (2) that is connected to the first housing part (1). Furthermore,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090257199 - Connector module for ruggedized applications: A connector module can be configured to provide a connection between a component such as an electrolytic capacitor and a circuit board while supporting the component in a spaced apart manner from the board Due to the connector module, secondary soldering operations can be avoided. For example, the module may... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090257200 - Device: A device, a module being insertible into a housing-forming recess of the device, energy and/or data being transmittable in a contactless manner.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090257201 - Device bracket with integrated device hub: An device bracket for mounting devices to a flat panel display incorporates a device hub able to form a network with devices coupled to it where the device hub associates one or more physical characteristics to devices coupled to it, including locality, orientation and position relative to the device hub.... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090257202 - Expendable electrical connector: An expendable electrical connector uses a plurality of modular housings sequentially assembled for receiving receptacle assemblies. The expendable electrical connector does not use dedicated moulds for different numbers of the receptacle assemblies and cost is decreased. Two neighboring modular housings share a side plate so that total length of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090257203 - Mobile communication device with replaceable functional modules: A mobile communication device with replaceable function modules includes a main body and an externally connected device. The main body serves as a central member, and has a main hybrid joint including an electrical contact and a magnetic joint. The main hybrid joint of the main body is joined to... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090257205 - Electronic device and electronic system: An electronic device includes: an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device; an eject unit that ejects the portable device accommodated in the accommodation section; and a guide mechanism that guides the portable device so that a first side of the portable device is positioned in the accommodation section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090257204 - Mounting apparatus for electronic components and method of assembly: A mounting apparatus for electronic components is provided. The mounting apparatus includes a mounting frame including a support portion, backing portion, and lip portion. The backing portion is coupled to a support portion rear end and includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein the second segment is oriented... Agent: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (12729 +2000) John S. Beulick

20090257206 - Holding apparatus: The invention specifies a holding apparatus comprising a support element and a circuit board. A trench for receiving the circuit board is embodied in the support element. At least one first clamping element is arranged on one or both longitudinal sides of the circuit board and/or at least one second... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090257207 - Portable electronic device with two-piece housing: Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and... Agent: Treyz Law Group

20090257208 - Compact packaging for power amplifier module: A semiconductor die for power amplification includes a substrate comprising a front surface and a back surface, a power amplifier on the front surface of the substrate and is configured to amplify an input signal received at an input node and to output an amplified signal at an output node;... Agent: Xin Wen

20090257209 - Semiconductor package and associated methods: A semiconductor package and associated methods, the semiconductor package including a substrate including a socket, and connection terminals including a solder ball and a supporting portion extending from the solder ball into the socket.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090257210 - Electronic circuit structure, power supply apparatus, power supply system, and electronic apparatus: This invention prevents a deterioration of efficiency of a power supply apparatus due to a semiconductor power supply voltage drop, prevents an increase in wasted power, and prevents erroneous operations due to feeder wire voltage drop. In the mounting structure of electronic circuits having a plurality of busbars as current... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090257211 - Power converter apparatus: A power converter apparatus that includes a substrate, plate-like positive and negative interconnection members, capacitors, and a cover is disclosed. Pairs of groups of switching elements are mounted on the substrate. The cover is arranged over the substrate to encompass the switching elements, the positive interconnection member, the negative interconnection... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090257212 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes first and second assembled bodies (12A, 12B). The first assembled body is provided with a first semiconductor chip, a high voltage bus bar (21) connected to one surface of the first semiconductor chip, a first metal wiring board (24-1) connected to the other surface of the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090257213 - Shield case and circuit board assembly: A shield case of the present invention include a first case; and a second case, combinable with the first case. The first and second cases are provided with a plurality of abutting parts. The abutting parts abut on all respective surfaces of the component mounting board and hold the component... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090257214 - Multi-layer conductor body and method for the production thereof: Conductor body comprising a first outer component extending in the longitudinal direction and provided with at least one tooth projecting in the transverse direction from the inner surface, the tooth having an inner recess; at least one middle component having a mating recess and tooth, the same as the outer... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090251831 - Motor drive device: When an upper arm of U-phase has failed because of short-circuit, lower arms of V-phase phase and W-phase as the opposite arms are switching-operated. When only the lower arm of V-phase is turned on, a route of motor current passing through an IGBT element from a V-phase coil is formed,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090251832 - Over heating detection and interrupter circuit: An over heating detection circuit and an interrupter circuit are disclosed for interrupting electrical power from a power source receptacle to a load upon the detection of an over heating condition of an electrical plug. A heat sensitive device monitors the temperature of the electrical plug. The over heating detection... Agent: Robert F. Frijouf, Esquire Frijouf, Rust & Pyle, P.A.

20090251833 - Electrostatic discharge protection device for high speed transmission lines: A semiconductor device for coupling a transient voltage at an input node to a reference node, the device having a bipolar transistor adapted to couple its collector to an input node and its emitter to the reference node and a driver device adapted to be coupled between the input node... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090251834 - Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus: To prevent an electrostatic damage on a display device formed with a driving circuit. Protective circuits are provided not only at input terminal parts, but also at intermediate parts of a circuit or at the ends of wiring lines. Otherwise, the protective circuits are provided at the ends of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251835 - Safety switch device: A safety switch device for switching a power supply for a load on and off, having at least one driveable switching element, in particular a relay, and a safety circuit for checking a switching state of the switching element. The switching element is in the form of a changeover switch... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090251836 - Circuit breaker meter: An electricity metering arrangement comprises a circuit breaker with an installed light indicating electricity meter displayed on the front of the unit. The electricity meter comprises a light indicating unit which may be a LED light or LCD display. The circuit breaker based on the invention is combined with a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090251837 - System and method for information handling system display backlight protection and monitoring: A current limiting MOSFET monitors power applied to a direct current boost regulator that powers an LED backlight to automatically shut off power to the boost regulator if the current exceeds a predetermined amount. An embedded controller interfaces with the current limiting MOSFET for normal control of operation of the... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090251838 - Safety device for a semiconductor switch: A safety device for a semiconductor switch controlling a secondary line provided with a fuse on the input side of the switch device that includes component to create a short circuit in the secondary line, so as to cut off the fuse, and means of activating this component following detection... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090251839 - Shock proof devices and methods: Devices and methods for preventing shock from a high voltage power source. In one embodiment, a device for preventing an electric shock, comprises output terminals for connecting to an external load, a low voltage circuit for carrying a first current (IL) to the output terminals, the low voltage circuit comprising... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090251840 - Quarter wave stub surge suppressor with coupled pins: A surge suppressor for protecting electronic equipment by suppressing damaging surges of low frequency signals in a radio frequency (RF) transmission line, while allowing RF signals of a desired frequency range to pass through the transmission line. The surge suppressor can comprise a housing, a center pin connected to a... Agent: Marjama Muldoon/ppc

20090251841 - Incorporating electrostatic protection into miniature connectors: Electrostatic discharge protection, also known as ESD protection, is provided in the form of a discrete array with a voltage variable material (VVM) or a VVM device. The array is fabricated with a common electrode for connection to ground, and one or more electrodes configured for connection to an electrical... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090251842 - Relay drive matrix: A microprocessor-based control system is provided that comprises a plurality of latching relays, at least some of which may be connected in parallel. A momentary application of voltage of a first polarity or a second polarity to the coil causes the latching relay contacts to switch and remain in an... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090251843 - Vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus and vehicle with the same mounted therein: An inverter unit includes a conductive housing (2) which is set to a ground potential, a control circuit board (17) accommodated in the housing (2), and a discharge gap (18) provided between a conductive pattern (92) formed at the control circuit board (17) and the housing (2) for discharging when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090251844 - Transformer assembly and methods of use: A transformer assembly is described. Embodiments of the transformer assembly are adapted to facile disconnection and removal of a transformer from the transformer assembly without disconnecting metered service power lines from secondary connector blocks. Moreover, embodiments of the transformer assembly are adapted to de-energize the transformer without interrupting primary power... Agent: Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC

20090251845 - High aspect ratio openings: A capacitor forming method includes forming an electrically conductive support material over a substrate, with the support material containing at least 25 at % carbon. The method includes forming an opening through at least the support material where the opening has an aspect ratio of at least 20:1 within a... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20090251846 - Embedded capacitor: An embedded capacitor including a dielectric layer disposed between opposing faces of electrodes, in which the dielectric layer includes a high-loss dielectric layer and one or more insulating layers in contact with the high-loss dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may have a two-layer structure or a three-layer structure in which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090251847 - Capacitor with sacrificial lead wire configuration and improved manufacturing method thereof: The capacitor has a monolithic anode and at least one anode lead wire extending from the anode. At least one sacrificial lead wire extends from the anode. A dielectric layer is on said anode and a cathode layer is on the dielectric layer. The anode lead wire is in electrical... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20090251848 - Design structure for metal-insulator-metal capacitor using via as top plate and method for forming: A design structure for a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor using a via as a top plate and method for forming is described. In one embodiment, the MIM capacitor structure comprises a bottom plate and a capacitor dielectric layer formed on the bottom plate and at least one via formed on the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090251849 - Energy storage device having novel energy storage means: Disclosed is an energy storage device having high energy density and excellent power density. For example, electric double layer capacitors, redox capacitors, lithium ion electrolyte type capacitors and devices applying any of them are greatly improved in the energy density without deteriorating their advantages such as high power density, high... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090251850 - Lock for a housing: A lock for a housing may have a protrusion, an opening, a receptacle, and a ramp. The protrusion is formed in a first side wall of a first member of the housing, and the opening is defined in the first side wall. The receptacle extends from a second side wall... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090251851 - Telecom power distribution unit with integrated filtering and telecom shelf cooling mechanisms: The present invention provides highly efficient system level EMI filtering in a dual feed Power Distribution Unit (PDU) using custom designed magnetic components that are uniquely designed to provide excellent performance under various load conditions. The PDU of the present invention includes filters for providing the necessary EMI filtering at... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090251852 - Field rephaseable modular metering devices: A field rephaseable metering device is provided including at least three distribution buses including two side buses and a center bus, the center bus having a vertical center line. At least one meter socket is provided having a vertical center line offset from the vertical center line of said center... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090251853 - Heat-sink brace for fault-force support: A support system for an electrical device arranges the plurality of heat-sink assemblies in an orientation that allows the forces associated with an electrical fault that are transferred to the support structure to be reduced. The arrangement allows the electrical fault forces to cancel one another out such that the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090251854 - Handheld electronic communication device transitionable between compact and expanded configurations: A handheld electronic communication device that is transitionable between compact and expanded configurations is disclosed. The device includes a display panel positioned adjacent and parallel to a keyboard panel in the compact configuration. The display panel and keyboard panel are coupled together by one or more connectors. In at least... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP (rim)

20090251855 - Flat display panel module and flat display apparatus: A technique for improving impact resistance performance of a panel is provided in a module or display apparatus with a flat display panel. In a PDP module, a filter is bonded onto a front surface side of a PDP, and a base chassis is bonded to a rear surface side... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090251856 - Expansion card retention device and methods thereof: A retention device for computer expansion cards, a system including the device, a method of manufacture of the device, and a method of using the device, where the retention device includes a retention clip configured to engage the bracket of the expansion card to reduce flex and rotation of an... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090251858 - Electric power converter and mounting structure of semiconductor device: An electric power converter has a main circuit section including a semiconductor module and a cooling device; a control circuit substrate section electrically connected to a signal terminal of the semiconductor module, and having a control circuit; and a power wiring section connected to a main electrode terminal of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251859 - Electronic power converter and mounting structure of semiconductor device: An electric power converter has a main circuit section including a semiconductor module and a cooling device; a control circuit substrate section electrically connected to a signal terminal of the semiconductor module, and having a control circuit; and a power wiring section connected to a main electrode terminal of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251857 - System including an electronic module with a heat spreader: A system including an electronic module with a heat spreader. One embodiment provides a plate including a thermally conductive material and a guiding member arranged along an edge of the plate. The plate and the guiding member of the heat spreader are configured to form, when attached to a first... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090251860 - Power-efficent data center: An illustrative power-efficient data center is described for operating in an uncontrolled environment in one scenario. The data center includes an air moving system that applies unconditioned air to its resource items. The resource items are stripped down to provide a substantially minimum set of components for performing the data... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090251861 - Heat dissipation device for expansion card and bracket thereof: The invention relates to a heat dissipation device with a bracket for dissipating heat of a heating element of an expansion card. The heat dissipation device also includes an auxiliary card, a heat dissipating element. The bracket includes a securing element configured for securing the heat dissipating element thereto, a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090251862 - Silicon based microchannel cooling and electrical package: A chip package includes: a substrate; a plurality of conductive connections in contact with the silicon carrier; a silicon carrier in a prefabricated shape disposed above the substrate, the silicon carrier including: a plurality of through silicon vias for providing interconnections through the silicon carrier to the chip; liquid microchannels... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20090251864 - Method for integrating heat transfer members,and an led device: b) injecting a thermally conductive resin into the resin injection cavity to contact the exposed surfaces of the at least two heat transfer members, to form the integrated composite member; wherein the thermally conductive resin has a thermal conductivity of at least 0.7 W/mK or higher.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090251863 - Mounting device for mounting heat sink onto electronic component: An electronic apparatus includes a PCB with a heat generating electronic component disposed thereon, a heat sink, and a mounting device for mounting the heat sink onto the heat generating electronic component. The mounting device includes a mounting frame and a wire clip. The mounting frame surrounds the heat sink,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090251866 - Electrical configuration as heat dissipation design: An electrical configuration having at least one component which has at least one current bar, particularly a lead frame, and having an electronic circuit which has at least one heat dissipation surface and at least one electric terminal that is connected mechanically and electrically to the current bar. It is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090251865 - Heatsink of heat-producing device: There is provided a heatsink for radiating heat from a heat-producing device. The heatsink includes a heatsink body; a clip that has a pair of arms and is fitted to the heatsink body along a heat radiation surface of the heat-producing device such that the heat-radiation surface of the heat-producing... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20090251867 - Reconfigurable, modularized fpga-based amc module: A standard compliant printed circuit base boards or modules for telecommunications, networking and computer equipment electrically and mechanically couples with reusable modular daughter cards to provide application-specific functionality within spatial limitations as required to comply with industry specifications. In particular, an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) Specification compliant printed circuit board... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090251868 - Remote control dock system and method: A vehicle entertainment system and method to prevent a mechanical connection between certain components of an entertainment system for a vehicle can include an entertainment system housing containing a plurality of entertainment components and a remote control module. The remote control module can include a user interface on a surface... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090251869 - Multilayer ceramic substrate, electronic component, and method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic substrate: A multilayer ceramic substrate in which an active element and a passive element are surface-equipped over the outermost surface on one side is provided. The multilayer ceramic substrate comprises a plurality of laminated ceramic substrate layers, a surface layer terminal electrode provided in a via hole of an outermost ceramic... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251870 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal includes, on a back surface of an upper housing (first housing), a first projection part provided in a position corresponding to a display part, and a first flat part adjacent to the first projection part; and, on a surface 12A of a lower housing (second housing), a... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20090251871 - Retaining facility for printed circuit boards on curved surfaces: A retaining facility for clearance-free fixing of a printed circuit board onto a one-dimensional curved surface is provided. In the direction of curvature of the one-dimensional curved surface, a tensile or compressive force acts on the printed circuit board or on at least one first connection device connected to the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090251872 - Power supply architecture for structural asic: A power supply architecture for a structural application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is provided. The power supply architecture includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The first conductor is coupled to a fixed voltage. The first conductor at least passes through two edges of a cell. The first conductor and... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090251873 - Surface mount power module dual footprint: A dual footprint mounting package for a surface mount power converter modules and its method of manufacture. Castellated regions are formed on the edge of the component package using the appropriate sized drill or milling bit. Edge plating is applied to the castellated surfaces to create edge pads. The edge... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20090251874 - Solder ball interface: An intercoupling component is provided that electrically connects the device leads of an integrated circuit package to a substrate. The package includes external device leads, each device lead having a downwardly extending section proximate a side of the package body, and the intercoupling component includes an insulating support member. The... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090251875 - Power converter apparatus: A power converter apparatus that includes a substrate, plate-like positive and negative interconnection members, and capacitors is disclosed. Pairs of groups of switching elements are mounted on the substrate. Each of the positive interconnection member and the negative interconnection member has a terminal portion. The terminal portion has a joint... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090251876 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board comprises a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A ground plane is on the bottom surface. A signal trace is on the top surface along a first direction. At least two isolated power planes are on the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090251877 - Electronic part-connecting structure: An electronic part-connecting structure is used in an electrical equipment including a housing, and bus bars which are mounted on the housing and have a plurality of pairs of opposed press-contacting blades to which electronic parts for circuit-protecting purposes are electrically connected by pressing. Positioning ribs are formed in proximity... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090251879 - Die thinning processes and structures: Microelectronic dies are thinned according to a variety of approaches, which may include bonding the dies to a substrate under vacuum, disposing a film over the dies and the substrate, and/or changing a center of pressure during thinning.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090251878 - Electronic assembly and method for making electronic devices: An electronic assembly includes: a circuit substrate with a first mounting surface that has a plurality of spaced apart first mounting regions and at least one second mounting region spaced apart from the first mounting regions; a plurality of first electronic components mounted on the first mounting regions, respectively; and... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090251880 - Display mounting system: A mounting system for use in mounting products such as audio/visual devices to a surface such as a wall. According to various embodiments, one or more surface mounting structures are configured to attach to a surface such as a wall, while one or more device mounting structures are configured to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090244794 - Switching circuit: A switching circuit, e.g. an RCD, comprises a pair of mechanical contacts (M) in an alternating current electricity supply (N, L) and circuit means (SCR) for opening the contacts to cut off the supply in response to a switching signal (S). The switching circuit includes further circuit means (Rs, Cs,... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090244795 - Device for a remote monitoring the state of at least a single-pole surge protection: The invention relates to a device for a remote monitoring the state of at least a single-pole surge protection which consists of a bracket (1) and at least one slide-in protective member (2) whereas the bracket (1) and also the slide-in protective members (2) are fitted with mechanical devices for... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090244796 - Electrostatic discharge protection circuit including ovonic threshold switches: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit may include ovonic threshold switches that have a holding voltage greater than an input voltage normally received from a pad. As a result, the ovonic threshold switches provide a low resistance state to shunt current from the pad when an electrostatic discharge protection event occurs... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090244797 - Protection circuit: A protection circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided between a first terminal and a second terminal and includes: a capacitor element having one end connected to the second terminal; and a multi-cathode thyristor formed on a semiconductor substrate, and including an anode connected to the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090244798 - Power status notification method and power status notification circuit: A power status notification method notifying a first device that a second power supply of a second device different from a first power supply of the first device is turned off, where a source voltage of the first power supply is different from a source voltage of the second power... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244799 - Latch-up protection circuit for lcd driver ic: A latch-up protection circuit for LCD driver is provided. The latch-up protection circuit for LCD driver comprises an NMOS, a switch and a capacitor. The NMOS comprises a drain electrically connected to a ground; a source electrically connected to a negative voltage source; and a gate. The switch is electrically... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090244800 - Surge protection apparatus and methods: Improved over-voltage protection apparatus and associated methods useful in e.g., telecommunications applications. In one embodiment, the over voltage protection apparatus comprises a gas discharge tube, common mode inductor, coupled inductor, secondary over-voltage protection device, filter circuitry, coupled inductor and common mode inductor. In one embodiment the over voltage protection apparatus... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20090244801 - Operative control circuit of multiple electromagnetic actuating devices in series and parallel connection: An operative control circuit of multiple electromagnetic actuating devices in series and parallel connections, wherein individually installed driving coils of two or more than two electromagnetic actuating devices being operatively controlled by a switching device to appear lower impedance in parallel connection or series and parallel connection for electrification thereby... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090244802 - Ignition device: The ignition device is comprised of a center electrode, an insulator having a tubular shape for covering the center electrode, and a ground electrode having an open portion communicating with an open portion of the insulator, the ground electrode covers the insulator The center electrode, the insulator and the ground... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090244804 - C0g multi-layered ceramic capacitor: e

20090244805 - Dielectric ceramic a nd multilayer ceramic capacitor: Provided is a dielectric ceramic in which, while achieving a dielectric constant ε of 500 or more, a breakdown voltage higher than 90 kV/mm can be obtained and which is suitable for constituting dielectric ceramic layers of a multilayer ceramic capacitor for medium-to-high voltage application. As the dielectric ceramic constituting... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090244803 - Multilayer chip capacitor: A multilayer chip capacitor includes a capacitor body including a first capacitor part and a second capacitor part, first and second external electrodes respectively formed on first and second longer side faces of the capacitor body, and third and fourth external electrodes respectively formed on first and second shorter side... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090244806 - Capacitors and methods of forming capacitors: A method of forming a capacitor includes forming a conductive first capacitor electrode material comprising TiN over a substrate. TiN of the TiN-comprising material is oxidized effective to form conductive TiOxNy having resistivity no greater than 1 ohm·cm over the TiN-comprising material where x is greater than 0 and y... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090244807 - Multilayer chip capacitor, motherboard apparatus having the same, and power distribution network: There is provided a multilayer chip capacitor including: a capacitor body including first and second capacitor units arranged in a laminated direction; and first to fourth outer electrodes formed on side surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, wherein the first capacitor unit includes first and second inner electrodes of different... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090244808 - Thin-film capacitor: An object of the present invention is to restrain warpage in a thin-film trench capacitor. A thin-film capacitor includes a substrate, a dielectric film, and a pair of electrodes, and the dielectric film is provided along a concave-convex surface on which are formed a plurality of convex portions extending away... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090244809 - Thin-film device and method of manufacturing same: A thin-film device includes a substrate, and a capacitor provided on the substrate. The capacitor incorporates a lower conductor layer having a top surface and a side surface; a flattening film disposed to cover the top and side surfaces of the lower conductor layer; a dielectric film disposed on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090244810 - Electrochemical capacitor: An electroactive material for charge storage and transport in an electrochemical capacitor. The material is formed of a plurality of nanocomponents including nanoparticles, in turn formed of conductive carbon-based clusters bound together by a conductive carbon-based cluster binder including nanoclusters and nanocluster binders, all having high densities of mobile charge... Agent: David E. Lovejoy, Reg. No. 22,748

20090244811 - Electrolytic capacitor assembly containing a resettable fuse: A fused electrolytic capacitor assembly that offers improved performance characteristics in a convenient and space-saving package is provided. More specifically, the fused electrolytic capacitor assembly contains an electrolytic capacitor element and a resettable fuse contained within a case. The capacitor assembly also contains a stress absorbing material that is positioned... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090244812 - Hermetically sealed capacitor assembly: A capacitor assembly that includes a conductive polymer electrolytic capacitor that is enclosed and hermetically sealed within a ceramic housing in the presence of an inert gas is provided. Without intending to be limited by theory, the present inventors believe that the ceramic housing is capable of limiting the amount... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090244813 - Methods of making a niobium metal oxide and oxygen reduced niobium oxides: Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes mixing the niobium oxide and niobium powder to form a powder mixture that is then heat treated to form heat treated particles which then undergo reacting in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090244814 - Solid electrolytic capacitor device and manufacturing method of the same: A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor device is disclosed. The solid electrolytic capacitor device comprises a package substrate and a capacitor element which is mounted on the package substrate. The package substrate comprises an outer anode electrode, an outer cathode electrode, an inner anode electrode and an inner... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090244815 - Modular electrical bus system with built in ground circuit: A modular electrical bus system has a grounding circuit through a plurality of modular I/O units with each unit being both electrically and mechanically connectable together via a bridge member connecting adjacent units and the main communication module. The bridge member and modular I/O units are grounded together with a... Agent: Reising Ethington P.C.

20090244816 - Generator ready load center: The present invention relates generally to a load center. More particularly, the invention encompasses a generator ready load center (GRLC). The present invention is also directed to a novel generator ready load center (GRLC) that operates as a standard load center but is ready to accommodate an automatic transfer switch... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090244817 - Electrical distribution system: An electrical distribution system includes a primary distribution panel connectable to a main power line; a plurality of primary circuit breakers located in the primary distribution panel; a plurality of primary electrical lines electrically connected to the primary circuit breakers; at least one secondary distribution panel electrically connected to the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090244818 - Tamper resistant meter cover: An electrical meter is provided that includes a cover configured for securement onto a base. The meter includes features that resist meter tampering, and features that provide evidence of meter tampering.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090244821 - Electro-optic apparatus and electronic instrument: An electro-optic apparatus includes: an electro-optic panel; and a holding member configured to hold at least the electro-optic panel, in which the holding member includes a shoulder configured to support at least part of a peripheral edge of the electro-optic panel, and the shoulder does not support the electro-optic panel... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090244819 - Housing assembly for electronic device: A housing assembly (10) and a portable electronic device (100) using the housing assembly is provided. The housing assembly includes a main body (12), a first decorative member (14), and a second decorative (16). The first decorative member has a first appearance, and the first decorative member (14) is mounted... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244822 - Touch control pen for a portable electronic device: A touch control pen for a portable electronic device includes a resilient positioning sleeve sleeved sealingly on an elongate main body and disposed adjacent to a head end of the main body. When the touch control pen is inserted into a slot defined by a looped surrounding wall of a... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090244824 - Modular keyfob with pivoting armatures: In at least one embodiment, a keyfob assembly comprising a housing and a battery chamber is provided. The housing includes a plurality of electrical components positioned therein for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals to a vehicle. The battery chamber is positioned within the housing and includes at least one removable... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090244820 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a functional component contained in a first housing and a camera module contained in a second housing. The second housing is swingable with respect to the first housing. The second housing includes an opening part through which a display screen is exposed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090244825 - Electronic apparatus and panel: An electronic apparatus has a panel that includes: a decorative plate which forms an outer surface; and a panel main body having an upright wall provided upright along the side surface of the decorative plate and surrounding the whole circumference of the decorative plate and having a depressed section surrounded... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244823 - Heart shaped structure with altering appearance: The present invention discloses a heart shaped structure with altering appearance comprising: a right base with an accommodating cavity; a left base flippable and pivot-jointed to the accommodating cavity of right base; a right upper cover pivot-jointed to the side of right base, with a fingerprint recognition device and a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090244826 - Airflow management apparatus for computer cabinets and associated methods: Airflow management apparatuses for computer cabinets and associated methods are disclosed herein. The computer cabinets include a plurality of computer modules positioned between an air inlet and an air outlet and an air mover configured to move a flow of cooling air from the air inlet, past the plurality of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090244829 - Heat removal system for computer rooms: According to one embodiment, a heat removal system for a computer room includes a heat pipe having two ends. One of the ends is thermally coupled to one or more of a number of components forming a portion of a computing system. The other end is thermally coupled to a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090244827 - System and method for portable information handling system thermal shield: An information handling system's thermal management is selectively altered by coupling a thermal barrier to the bottom surface of the information handling system chassis so that an air channel insulates against the passage of thermal energy from the bottom surface. A vent opening in a side of the thermal barrier... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090244828 - System unit of a computer: The invention relates to a system unit of a computer. The system unit has a plug-in card populated with components and a fan which supplies an air flow to an air ducting body arranged in the system unit. The air flow is provided for cooling the plug-in card which is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090244830 - Systems and methods for cooling a computing component in a computing rack: According to one embodiment, a system for cooling computing components includes a computing rack housing a plurality of computing components of a computing system. A heat absorbing plate is disposed in and removable from the computing rack. The heat absorbing plate is thermally coupled to an outer surface of a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090244831 - Computer with simplified layout, designed for aviation: The present invention belongs to the field of reduced-dimension computers of the ARINC 600 computer type of small and medium dimensions. The advantage of the invention is that it allows optimization of use of the volume of the computers. The surface area for accommodating electronic components on one board is... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090244833 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a cabinet having an outer surface and an inner surface, a plurality of operation button display portions formed on the outer surface of the cabinet, a touchpad which is provided on the inner surface of the cabinet in confrontation with the operation... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090244834 - Mobile terminal device: A mobile terminal device including a movable side housing having a movable side rear case, a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a connection part. An emitting member is provided to the movable side rear case, and a curved panel that covers the emitting member is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244835 - Mobile terminal device: A mobile terminal device includes a movable side housing, a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a hinge part and a thin-wire cable as an electrical current flow passage electrically connected between the movable side housing and the fixed side housing. A cable mount cover member... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244832 - Portable computer with multiple display configurations: A portable computer that is configurable between a plurality of display modes including a laptop mode (in which the portable computer has a conventional laptop appearance) and an easel mode in which the base of the computer and its display component stand vertically forming an inverted “V.” The portable computer... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090244836 - Attach a mobile mouse to your laptop: A docking system which can be used with any laptop, and can allow a mouse or other peripheral device to attach to the back surface of the laptop screen, such as the top of the display when closed. A docking piece is attached to the flat surface of the laptop... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090244837 - Heat-dissipating module: A heat-dissipating module includes a heat-dissipating member and at least one heat pipe. The heat-dissipating member includes a pillared convexity and an annular groove formed on and surrounding the heat-dissipating member. The at least one heat pipe passes through the annular groove, partially surrounding the convexity and stopped against the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090244838 - Housing for an electronic unit: An electronic unit housing includes (i) a receiving space for receiving a printed circuit board, (ii) at least one foot, which is designed to fasten the electronic unit housing onto a base, and is disposed to the side of the receiving space relative to a projection of the receiving space... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090244842 - Cooling device for acommodated printed circuit board in a chassis: A cooling device includes a chassis that partitions a first space, a second space, and a third space sandwiched between the first space and the second space, a printed circuit board accommodated in the chassis that extends from the first space to the second space while traversing the third space,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244839 - Electronic device: An electronic device that includes a cabinet having a top face, an undersurface, and a side that completely surrounds the top face and the undersurface by connecting the outer edge of the top face and the outer edge of the undersurface together; and an electronic part disposed inside the cabinet,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244840 - Electronic device: An electronic device is provided that includes a first component generating heat, a second component to be heated, a heating part configured to heat the second component, and a case containing the first component, the second component, and the heating part. The second component is heated with the heating part... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244841 - In-vehicle apparatus: An audio-integrated apparatus has a body casing attached in an instrument panel of a vehicle. The body casing contains a media reader, a circuit board having a CPU, a CPU fan for cooling the CPU, and an exhaust fan. A media loading slot is in a front face of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090244843 - Cooling device and electronic apparatus having the cooling device: A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090244844 - Heat-dissipating module: A heat-dissipating module includes a heat sink, a plurality of fixtures, and a plurality of fasteners. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins and a plurality of hollowed portions located at a periphery thereof. Each of the fixtures includes a support portion and two lap joint portions. Each of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090244845 - Motor controller: A motor controller capable of relaxing the temperature of a heat source which generates heat by driving the motor controller, and capable of realizing miniaturization and low price is provided. In a motor controller in which a power semiconductor module (2) which closely contact a heat sink (1) is mounted... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090244846 - Electronic device, cooling device and loop heat pipe: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a heat generating part contained in the housing, and a loop heat pipe contained in the housing. The loop heat pipe includes a heat receiving portion, a heat radiating portion, a vapor flow path and a liquid return flow path.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090244847 - Mounting device for chips: A mounting device for chips has a heat sink and at least one clamp. The heat sink has at least one conductive side, two ends, multiple chip units and two connecting bases. The chip units are arranged on the at least one conductive side. The connecting bases are formed on... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090244848 - Power device substrates and power device packages including the same: Provided are power device substrates that comprise thermally conductive plastic materials, and power device packages including the same. An exemplary power device package includes a power device substrate that comprises a thermally conductive plastic material, and has a first principal plane that provides an electrically insulating surface and a second... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090244849 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device attached to a top surface of an electronic device mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a heat sink and a retainer securing the heat sink onto the electronic device. The retainer includes a frame, a plurality of baffle walls and protrusion posts extending downwardly from... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244851 - Mounting device for mounting heat sink onto electronic component: A mounting device (10) for mounting a heat sink (20) to a printed circuit board (40) on which a heat generating electronic component (30) is disposed, includes a mounting frame (100), two clasping legs (104) and four resilient arms (105). The mounting frame includes two first mounting arms (101) and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244850 - Thermal interface material for combined reflow: A combined thermal interface material and second layer interconnect reflow material and method are disclosed.... Agent: Cool Patent, P.C. C/o Cpa Global

20090244852 - Heat radiator: A heat radiator capable of thermally connect to a heat element includes a pair of heat conducting plates conducting heat from one side surface to other side surface of the heat conducting plate, respectively, the pair of heat conducting plates having a space between each of the heat conducting plates;... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244853 - Mobile terminal device equipped with display: An organic EL display formed by welding a lid body and a substrate is arranged in a recessed surface of a cabinet; and at least two cushions are arranged between a bottom surface of the recessed surface and the substrate, the cushions being spaced apart from each other along a... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090244855 - Data processing modules and systems: Data processing modules including a housing and connectors carried by the housing, and systems including the same.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090244854 - Integrated-inverter electric compressor and inverter device: The invention provides an integrated-inverter electric compressor and an inverter device thereof which allow handling of the inverter device by neither touching nor holding a CPU substrate. An integrated-inverter electric compressor includes an inverter module integrating a power-related metal substrate on which a power semiconductor switching device is mounted and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090244856 - Retracting lock mechanism for an electronics device: A retractable locking mechanism comprising: a lever having a handle end opposite a rotation end and a pivot point positioned between the handle end and the rotation end such that the lever pivots about an axis of rotation of the lever; a first cam positioned on the rotation end of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090244857 - Circuit device: a circuit device includes a dielectric substrate including a first face and a second face opposite side of the first face; a coplanar line including a first line, a second line and ground electrodes, the first line and the second line being decupled mutually, the ground electrodes formed around the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244858 - Ic card having improved electrical contacts: An IC Card includes a microchip having memory portions storing programs and a plurality of electrical contacts including a first set of electrical contacts connected to the microchip for supporting respective and predetermined functions, according to a predetermined ISO 7816 standard that reserves a second set of the electrical contacts... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090244859 - Flexible printed circuit board and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a plurality of bumps are formed by repeatedly applying conductive paste to the conductive pattern portion, a plurality of bump-guiding openings are provided in the cover layer to align with the plurality of bumps, a plurality of crushed portions are formed by crushing heads of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090244860 - Mounting structure of semiconductor device and electronic apparatus using thereof: A mounting structure comprises at least one semiconductor device having solder bumps on a lower surface thereof as outer terminals and a flexible wiring board with wiring formed thereon. The semiconductor device is wrapped in a flexible wiring board; the mounting structure is provided with outer electrodes on both of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090244861 - Server enclosure with transfer card module: The invention relates to a server enclosure with a transfer card module with a chassis having a side, a mounting bracket attached to the side of the chassis, and a transfer card secured to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall. A... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244862 - Computer enclosure: The invention is related to a computer enclosure. The computer enclosure includes a chassis, an expansion card, and a rotating member. The expansion card includes a shield plate which has a bent end formed thereon. The chassis includes a sidewall. A slot is defined in the sidewall. The sidewall forms... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244863 - Mounting device for mounting heat sink onto electronic component: A mounting device (10) for mounting a heat sink (40) onto a printed circuit board (60) with a heat generating electronic component (50) mounted thereon. The mounting device includes a mounting frame (101) and two resilient clips (102) attached to the mounting frame. The mounting frame includes two first mounting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244864 - Substrate for capacitor-embedded printed circuit board, capacitor-embedded printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed are a substrate for a capacitor-embedded printed circuit board, a capacitor-embedded printed circuit board, and a manufacturing method thereof. The capacitor-embedded printed circuit board can include a core board, an insulation resin layer, which is stacked on the core board, a first electrode and a first circuit pattern, which... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244865 - Method for manufacturing multilayer printed wiring board: A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board having an electronic component housed therein includes forming a first conductor circuit on a first surface of a substrate. A first alignment mark is formed on the first surface of the substrate separate from the conductor circuit and forming a through... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090244866 - Circuit device: The circuit device includes a first transmitting inductor, a first insulating layer, a first receiving inductor, and a second receiving inductor. The first transmitting inductor is constituted of a helical conductive pattern and receives a transmitted signal. The first receiving inductor is located in a region overlapping the first transmitting... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090244867 - Methods of fabricating multichip packages and structures formed thereby: Methods and associated structures of forming a discontinuous sealant on a substrate, wherein an opening is formed at an integrated heat spreader gap region, wherein the substrate comprises a portion of a multi chip microelectronic package. A thermal interface material is placed on a top surface of a high power... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090244868 - Semiconductor device and bonding material: The present invention is directed to enhancing the bonding reliability of a bonding portion between an Al electrode of a semiconductor device and a bonding material having metal particles as a main bonding agent. In the semiconductor device, a semiconductor element and an Al electrode are connected to each other... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090244869 - Semiconductor device having wiring formed on wiring board and electric conductor formed in wiring board and conductor chip formed over wiring: A semiconductor device has a wiring board having a wiring, a semiconductor chip that is mounted on the wiring board, and an electric conductor reference plane provided in the inside of the wiring board, in which in top view. The wiring includes a first region that overlaps the electric conductor... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090244870 - Apparatus and method for a clip device for coupling a heat sink plate system with a burn-in board system: In a burn-in test configuration wherein a chip board having a plurality of semiconductor chips engages a heat sink board having a plurality of heat sinks. When the boards are operationally engaged, the each semiconductor chip has a heat sink has heat sink spring-loaded against the semiconductor chips. Posts coupled... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090244871 - Structured light-emitting module for lighting apparatus: A light-emitting module for a lighting apparatus comprises at least two substrates, each provided with a printed circuit having an LED, and plural matching terminal blocks and buckles so that the substrates can be structured into a planar light-emitting module having a relatively large area by assembly of the terminal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244872 - Supporting mechanism and portable electronic device using same: A portable electronic device (100) is described including a housing (10) and a supporting mechanism (30) supporting the housing. The supporting mechanism includes a shaft (32) secured relative to the housing, a gear (34) rotatably secured with the shaft, a supporting rod (36) secured with the gear, and a rack... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244873 - Optical package: A method for aligning at least two photonic components over an interposer, and an optical package that may align such components. The method may include providing an interposer; fabricating electrical conductors passing from one surface of the interposer to an opposite surface of the interposer at selected contact positions; soldering... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090244874 - Microelectronic package containing silicon patches for high density interconnects, and method of manufacturing same: A microelectronic package comprises a substrate (110), a silicon patch (120) embedded in the substrate, a first interconnect structure (131) at a first location of the silicon patch and a second interconnect structure (132) at a second location of the silicon patch, and an electrically conductive line (150) in the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090244875 - Lead frame module for manufacturing light emitting diodes: A lead frame module integrally formed from a single thin metal sheet includes: parallel first and second rails extending in a first direction; and first and second lead frame sets connected to the first and second rails, respectively. The first and second lead frame sets respectively include a plurality of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090244878 - Conforming, electro-magnetic interference reducing cover for circuit components: An electronic circuit component is provided with shielding for electro-magnetic interference (“EMI”) by covering at least part of the component with a layer of electrical insulation that conforms to the shape of the surface to which the insulation is applied. At least part of the surface of the insulation is... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090244876 - Multi-cavity electromagnetic shielding device: An electromagnetic shielding device includes a metal frame mounted on a circuit board and having a looped surrounding wall configured with an inner space divided into first and second space portions by a partition wall unit. A cover is mounted fittingly into the inner space in the metal frame, and... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20090244877 - Pcb layout structrue for suppressing emi and method thereof: A PCB layout structure for suppressing EMI and a method thereof is disclosed. The PCB layout structure for suppressing EMI includes a multi-layer PCB, a plurality of electric grids, and a plurality of conductive vias. The multi-layer PCB has a plurality of signal layers and a grounding layer. Each of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee