Abstract: A support structure for lighting devices, the support structure includes a ribbon-like support member with electrically conductive lines with mounting locations for electrically powered light radiation sources. The structure includes a sequence of adjacent units having opposed end regions and is severable between mutually facing end regions of adjacent units in the sequence. The units include, at the end regions, at least one electrical connection formation. The electrical connection formation includes a proximal portion electrically coupled to the electrically conductive lines of the respective unit, and a distal portion electrically insulated from the proximal portion. The distal portion is electrically coupled to the distal portion of an electrical connection formation provided in an adjacent unit to the respective unit in the sequence of adjacent units and is separable therefrom by severing the support structure.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating sheet includes a thermally-conductive resin sheet, an adhesive layer on an upper surface of the thermally-conductive resin sheet, and a thermally-conductive film on an upper surface of the adhesive layer. The thermally-conductive film has a higher thermal conductivity than the thermally-conductive resin sheet. The thermally-conductive resin sheet has a thin portion that is locally thin to form a recess in a lower surface of the thermally-conductive resin sheet. The recess may be an aperture passing through the thermally-conductive resin sheet. The adhesive layer is exposed from the aperture.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing conformal shielding are disclosed to provide electromagnetic interference shielding of circuit components mounted on a circuit board. A print mold stencil is provided with one or more conductive shielding walls disposed within the stencil before its application to the circuit board and detachable therefrom, and also configured to encompass the circuit components. In this manner a shielded compartment volume is defined by walls of the print mold stencil and one or more of the conductive shielding walls, and may be easily and quickly applied to the circuit board to encompass the components for shielding. A conformal shielding layer is then formed from a molding material disposed in the shielded compartment volume that encompasses the components, as well as a conductive layer disposed on the outer surface of the material, and coupling of the shielding walls with a ground plane in the circuit board.

Abstract: Discussed generally herein are devices that include a switchable heat path. A device can include a device skin, a circuit board, a plurality of components on the circuit board, and a switchable heat path situated between the components and the device skin, the switchable heat path configured to be switched between an on state and an off state, the switchable heat path configured to conduct a first amount of heat from the components to the device skin when in the on state and configured to conduct a second, lesser amount of heat from the components to the device skin when in an off state.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical cable (200) intended to be used in a harness (1) to supply power to pieces of electrical equipment, comprising at least: a conductive core (210) comprising at least one conductive strand (211), and an insulating jacket (220) placed around the conductive core. The insulating jacket of the cable has a relative dielectric permittivity lower than or equal to 2 and comprises: a first layer (221) comprising a polymer aerogel, and a second layer (222), covering the first layer, comprising a fluoropolymer. The invention also relates to a harness comprising such an electrical cable.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes an assembly including an electronic device and a potting material that covers a side portion and an upper portion of the electronic device, the assembly having a conical upper portion, and a cooling plate including a conical hole, into which the upper portion of the assembly is fitted, and a flow path, through which a coolant flows.

Abstract: An electronics module, such as driver modules for LED-based lighting fixtures and the like, includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a stress mitigation layer, and a potting layer. The PCB has a plurality of vias, which extend through the printed circuit board. A plurality of electronic components may each have a body and a plurality of leads extending from the body and through corresponding ones of the plurality of vias, wherein solder joints electrically and mechanically affix the plurality of leads within the corresponding ones of the plurality of vias. The stress mitigation layer is applied over a top surface of the printed circuit board. The potting layer is applied over the stress mitigation layer and the plurality of electronic components.

Abstract: A flat cable assembly has a belt-like portion. In the belt-like portion, cables capable of transmitting power and/or signals and a pair of tubular portions positioned at the opposite ends in the width direction are arranged in parallel with one another. Each tubular portion has a longitudinal multi joint supporting member inserted therein in a state where link members are arranged in series, and adjacent link members are pivotally connected to one another. The multi-joint supporting members are configured to limit pivoting motion in a first direction that intersects the longitudinal direction in a range to a previously defined bend radius, and to restrict flexing in a second direction that is opposite from the first direction.

Abstract: A container fitted in a technical infrastructure including on a longitudinal side face, at least one opening arranged to allow the intake of air inside the container; on the opposite longitudinal side face, at least one fan arranged to expel the air from the inside to the outside of the container; and computer racks disposed in the middle of the container along its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An apparatus and a system including the apparatus. The apparatus may include a modular electronics enclosure. The modular electronics enclosure may be configured to house an electronics device. The modular electronics enclosure may include a side portion. The modular electronics enclosure may further include angled external heat sink fins extending from the side portion.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with one of the dielectric layers interposed between each pair of adjacent first and second internal electrodes. First and second via electrodes penetrate through the plurality of second internal electrodes to thereby be exposed to a first surface of the capacitor body, and are disposed to be spaced apart from each other. First and second external electrodes are disposed on two side surfaces of the capacitor body and connected to opposing ends of the first internal electrodes, respectively. Third and fourth external electrodes are disposed on the first surface of the capacitor body to be spaced apart from each other, and are connected to end portions of the first and second via electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: A cooling fan with shapes, sizes, and placements of frame and supporting ribs tuned to reduce operational vibration and noise includes a fan frame, a supporting base, and a plurality of ribs. The fan frame includes a bottom plate and a sidewall connected to the bottom plate. The supporting base is formed at the bottom plate. The plurality of ribs extends from an outer circumferential surface of the supporting base to the sidewall. At least one of the plurality of ribs and the fan frame is asymmetrical with respect to the supporting base.

Abstract: A wired circuit board includes an insulating layer and a plurality of wires disposed at one-side surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer at spaced intervals to each other. The plurality of wires have one pair of wires in parallel, the plurality of wires continuously have a first portion and a second portion in which the total sum of a line width of one wire of one pair of wires and an interval between one pair of wires is smaller than that of the first portion, and a thickness T1 of the first portion is large with respect to a thickness T2 of the second portion.

Abstract: A tangent suspension bracket configured for coupling to at least one of a suspension insulator and a conductor clamp assembly. The tangent suspension bracket further includes a central cap, a first end attachment structure and a second end attachment structure. The central cap structure includes an upper wall having an opening and a depending skirt, together defining a downwardly opening cavity. The opening is structurally configured to allow the passage of a portion of one of the suspension insulator and the conductor clamp assembly while maintaining a portion within the downwardly opening cavity, so as to secure the central cap structure to one of the suspension insulator and the conductor clamp assembly. The first end attachment assembly extends from the central cap and the second end attachment structure extends from the central cap in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a resin insulating layer, a wiring conductor layer embedded in the insulating layer such that the wiring layer has first surface exposed from the insulating layer, and a conductor post formed in the insulating layer and on second surface of the wiring layer on the opposite side with respect to the first surface of the wiring layer such that the conductor post has side surface covered by the insulating layer and end surface exposed from the insulating layer on the opposite side with respect to the wiring layer. The conductor post is formed such that the side surface of the conductor post is a roughened side surface having surface roughness of first roughness R1, the end surface of the conductor post is a roughened end surface having surface roughness of second roughness R2, and the first and second roughnesses R1, R2 satisfy R1>R2.

Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a rear cover that covers the rear surface of the display module, a main circuit board placed in an internal space formed between the rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, flexible wiring members that mutually connects the display module and the main circuit board, and a male screw having a head exposed to the outside of the rear cover, the male screw passing through the rear cover and engaging a female screw formed in the main circuit board. The main circuit board is fixed to the rear cover with the male screw in a state in which the main circuit board is not fixed to the display module.

Abstract: A connector module is mounted at a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, and the housing has an opening. The connector module includes a switch component, a connector and a button assembly. The switch component is disposed at the housing and is electrically connected with the circuit board. The connector is movably disposed between the opening and the switch component, and the connector is electrically connected with the circuit. The connector is for accommodating an IC card, so that the IC card is capable of being electrically connected with the circuit board via the connector. The button assembly is inserted at the opening and abuts against the connector, and drives the connector to touch the switch component when being pressed.

Abstract: A connector reception portion is configured such that, when a battery pack is housed in a battery housing portion, a battery cylindrical portion is positioned at a connector reception portion of the battery housing portion, and thereafter, while the battery pack is inclined so that the battery cylindrical portion is located diagonally forward and downward with respect to a battery mounting surface, the battery cylindrical portion is fitted within a peripheral wall of the connector reception portion, and the battery pack is inclined so that an inclination angle is smaller while the battery pack is pushed forward in a fitted state, and thereby the battery pack is laid on the battery mounting surface of the battery housing portion, and a battery connector is connected to connection terminals in a direction parallel to the battery mounting surface.

Abstract: A docking station for a portable electronic device includes a cradle portion for supporting a first edge of the portable electronic device, a body portion extending away from the cradle portion, and a latching portion coupled to the body portion for securing a second edge of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is supported in the docking station. The latching portion includes a first latch movable relative to the body portion between a latched position and an unlatched position, a second latch spaced from the first latch and movable relative to the body portion between a latched position and an unlatched position, and a control bar coupled to each of the first and second latches such that movement of the control bar by a user simultaneously moves both the first and second latches to the unlatched positions.

Abstract: An electronic component unit includes a housing that accommodates electronic components therein and that is provided with connecting units connected to electric wires on a vertical-direction lower surface. The housing has protruding ribs protruding downward in a vertical direction from the vertical-direction lower surface, positioned between the connecting units and respective side wall surfaces of the housing provided to sides of the vertical-direction lower surface, and extending from one end to the other end of the vertical-direction lower surface along the side wall surfaces. The electronic component unit having this configuration can prevent adhesion of water to the connecting units.