Abstract: A device including a heat-absorbing component, and one or more heat-generating components. At least one heat-generating component is located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, and a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of the heat-absorbing component. The device further including an insulator, located in the gap, including an insulator structure enclosing atmospheric pressure gas, where the atmospheric pressure gas has a thermal conductivity lower than air.

Abstract: A display device includes an upper substrate on a lower substrate, a driver integrated chip (IC) on the lower substrate, the driver IC and upper substrate contacting different parts of the lower substrate, a plurality of bumper units along edges of the driver IC, and a deformation preventing bumper unit between the bumper units, the deformation preventing bumper unit being configured to prevent the driver IC from being deformed.

Abstract: An alloyed 2N copper wire for bonding in microelectronics contains 2N copper and one or more corrosion resistance alloying materials selected from Ag, Ni, Pd, Au, Pt, and Cr. A total concentration of the corrosion resistance alloying materials is between about 0.009 wt % and about 0.99 wt %.

Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film includes a first connection layer and a second connection layer formed on one side of the first connection layer. The first connection layer is obtained by photo-radical polymerization of a photo-radical polymerizable resin layer containing an acrylate compound and a photo-radical polymerization initiator. The second connection layer includes a thermal- or photo-, cationic or anionic polymerizable resin layer containing an epoxy compound and a thermal- or photo-, cationic or anionic polymerization initiator, or a thermal- or photo-radical polymerizable resin layer containing an acrylate compound and a thermal- or photo-radical polymerization initiator. Conductive particles for anisotropic conductive connection are arranged in a single layer on a second connection layer-side surface of the first connection layer.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes a first insulating substrate layer and a first electrically conductive layer located adjacent to a first side of the insulating substrate layer. The first conductive layer has a first portion that is substantially solid and a second portion having a multiplicity of voids in the first conductive layer in a pattern for providing a lower stiffness in the second portion relative to the first portion, thereby providing more flexibility in the second portion relative to the first portion.

Abstract: A liner for an appliance is formed by a plastic sheet formed into a three dimensional shape corresponding to at least a portion of a compartment of the appliance. A plurality of electrically conductive ink pathways are applied on a surface of the plastic sheet, and a sealer material is applied to the plastic sheet to cover said pathways.

Abstract: An electrical grounding device comprises an elongate shaft with plate members projecting radially outward from a lower region of the shaft. The shaft and plate members are made of an electrically-conductive material, and are connected such that an electric current can flow between the plates and the shaft. The device is installed by boring a hole into the earth to a selected depth less than the length of shaft above the plates. The grounding device is inserted into the borehole and driven into the earth below the borehole until the upper end of the shaft projects a desired distance above the adjacent earth surface, leaving the shaft projecting sufficiently to allow connection of grounding cables. The borehole is preferably filled with gravel or other suitable fill material, and water may be added to the fill to enhance electrical conductivity between the device and the earth.

Abstract: On a printed wiring board obtained by a method of manufacturing a printed board, a predetermined component is to be mounted on at least one of a front surface side and a back surface side. The manufacturing method includes preparing a CFRP core, forming a through hole so as to penetrate the CFRP core from the front surface side to the back surface side and include a region in which the component is to be mounted when viewed in a plan view, and embedding a GFRP core having insulating properties within the through hole by filling the through hole with a resin having insulating properties and curing the resin. According to the manufacturing method, the component mounted on the printed board is not affected by a stray capacitance due to a CFRP, and it is not difficult to form a circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a capacitive sensor device capable of detecting the position and magnitude of external force with high accuracy. Employed is a capacitive sensor which comprises pairs of electrodes arranged in a matrix, each of the pairs of electrodes being disposed to face each other with a distance therebetween, and an elastically deformable dielectric layer arranged between each of the pairs of electrodes. A capacitance measuring part measures capacitance of respective electrode pair groups in a plurality of combinations each comprising more than one of the pairs of electrodes including a selected one of the pairs of electrodes. An external force calculating part calculates the magnitude of external force applied to the position of the selected pair of electrodes based on a plurality of measured values of the capacitance.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board, a semiconductor device mounted on the printed circuit board, a capacitor element mounted on the printed circuit board 2, a ground conductor plane to which a ground terminal of the semiconductor device is connected, and first and second power source conductor planes which are arranged so as not to contact with each other. The second power source conductor plane and the ground conductor plane are arranged so as to oppose to each other to form a planar capacitor. The printed circuit board has a first connecting conductor which connects a power source terminal of the semiconductor device with the second power source conductor plane, and a second connecting conductor which connects the first power source conductor plane with the second power source conductor plane through a first terminal of the capacitor element. Thereby, an electromagnetic radiation noise is reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising a lid unit arranged to substantially block an opening in a mobile terminal housing in an assembled state of the mobile terminal and arranged to allow access through the opening into the interior of the mobile terminal when removed from the opening, wherein the mobile terminal lid unit comprises at least one key device for controlling at least one function on the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an earth apparatus of a vehicle, which includes a panel having a through-hole, a fastener having a panel-shaped support portion with an open side at one side and a nut portion fitted in the through-hole of the panel, and an earth member combined by the fastener, connected with an earth wire at one side, and having a guide bending downward at a predetermined length at the other side such that the guide is combined at a position corresponding to the open side of the support portion of the fastener.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a mixture comprising a hydrofluoroolefin, possibly associated with a dilution gas, as a gaseous electrical insulation and/or electrical arc extinguishing medium in substation medium-voltage electrical device. It also relates to medium-voltage electrical device in which electrical insulation and/or electrical arc extinguishing is (are) performed by a gaseous medium comprising hydrofluoroolefin, possibly associated with a dilution gas.

Abstract: A bipolar lightning rod apparatus includes a fixation plate, a rod member configured to have one end connected to the fixation plate in a length direction thereof and charged with the electric charges of a ground, at least two insulators installed in the length direction, an electrification plate installed between adjacent insulators, electrically insulated from the rod member, and charged with electric charges having an opposite polarity to the electric charges of the ground, an electrification tube installed between the electrification plate and the insulators, electrically connected to the electrification plate, and charged with electric charges having an opposite polarity to the electric charges of the ground, and a rod cap connected to the top of the rod member and configured to induce the falling of a thunderbolt. The rod cap has an outside diameter greater than that of the insulators.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a package or a package-on-package (PoP) device. An IC package or a PoP device may comprise an electrical path connecting a die and a decoupling capacitor, wherein the electrical path may have a width in a range from about 8 um to about 44 um and a length in a range from about 10 um to about 650 um. The decoupling capacitor and the die may be contained in a same package, or at different packages within a PoP device, connected by contact pads, redistribution layers (RDLs), and connectors.

Abstract: Improvements in a conduit locking connector that connects rigid conduit to an electrical junction box. Rigid conduit provides the benefit of allowing an installer to screw onto the side of the rigid conduit to frictionally lock into the rigid conduit with the conduit locking connector. A screw engages into rigid conduit that provide a hard bearing surface on opposing sides of the screw. This provides minimal bending of the rigid conduit for a firmer grip of the rigid conduit to the conduit locking connector. The conduit locking connector provides a physical interface that locks onto the rigid conduit and locks onto the junction box. The conduit locking connector provides anti-rotation between the rigid conduit and the junction box. Anti-rotation is with tabs that extend below a planar surface of the conduit locking connector and engage into holes in recesses in the junction box.

Abstract: A fitting for coupling ends of insulated conductors includes a sleeve to couple an end of a jacket of a first insulated conductor to an end of a jacket of a second insulated conductor. The sleeve is located between end portions of the insulated conductors. At least one of the ends of the sleeve is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The sleeve has a longitudinal opening that extends along the length of the sleeve substantially the distance between end portions of the jackets of the insulated conductors. The longitudinal opening allows electrically insulating material to be filled into the sleeve.

Abstract: A timber access mat having an electrical grounding feature includes an electrically conductive cover layer that is removably carried over the top of the body of the timber access mat. The electrically conductive cover layer can be formed from one or more sheets of expanded metal such as expanded steel. The layer is joined to a perimeter frame that includes offset connector tabs that allow mats to be positioned side-by-side. The connector tabs are paired with cable guides to protect the cable leads that connect the mats. The perimeter frame and conductive cover layer can be added to traditional timber access mats when electrical grounding is required and then removed and stored when not required.

Abstract: A technique facilitates the provision of electrical power in harsh environments, such as subterranean environments. The technique employs a power cable having at least one conductor and a polyimide insulation layer disposed about the conductor. A fluoropolymer tape layer is disposed about the polyimide insulation layer. The fluoropolymer tape layer is processed into a uniform, bonded layer. Additional cable layers also may be employed to help provide protection in the harsh environment.

Abstract: Provided is an electroconductive polymer composition with a good film forming property and a high electroconductivity. Also, provided is an electroconductive polymer material and an electroconductive substrate with a high electroconductivity and transparency. Further, provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor with a high capacity and a low ESR. Disclosed is an electroconductive polymer composition, containing an electroconductive polymer obtained by an oxidation polymerization by using an oxidant in a reaction solution which contains at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, thiophene and derivatives thereof, a polyacid or a salt thereof as a dopant, and a solvent containing water and an aprotic solvent.