Patents Examined by Kamand Cuneo
  • Patent number: 7145779
    Abstract: A memory module includes a plurality of memory units and an assembling holder. Each of the memory units includes a memory substrate, at least a memory chipset having a predetermined memory capacity mounted on the memory substrate, and an electric terminal provided at a lower edge portion of the memory substrate. The assembling holder includes an elongated unit housing having an elongated receiving slot extended therealong and a signal terminal provided along the unit housing, wherein the electric terminals of the memory substrates are detachably inserted into the receiving slot of the unit housing to electrically connect the electric terminals with the signal terminal, such that the memory units are alignedly and detachably mounted along the receiving slot in an edge to edge manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Optimum Care International Tech.Inc.
    Inventor: Shih-Hsiung Lien
  • Patent number: 7145083
    Abstract: Inter-layer shielding is employed to shield printed circuit board transmission lines from EMI and cross-talk at traversals between adjacent inner layers, between inner layers separated by one or more inner layers, between an outer layer and an adjacent inner layer, between an outer layer and an inner layer separated by one or more inner layers, and between an outer layer or inner layer and a component. Inter-layer shielding may be employed in conjunction with intra-layer shielding to provide shielding for an entire run of a transmission line spanning multiple layers. Inter-layer shielding may also be employed around component contacts such as electrically conducting pins. The shielding around the component contacts is designed to mate with a second portion of inter-layer shielding connected with intra-layer shielding such that an overlap is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Herman Kwong, Aneta Wyrzykowska, Larry Marcanti
  • Patent number: 7141742
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first conductive plane and a second conductive plane substantially parallel to the first conductive plane. The printed circuit board includes a via signal barrel transecting the first and second conductive planes and a first anti-pad positioned between the first conductive plane and the via signal barrel. The first anti-pad has a first voided area. The printed circuit board includes a second anti-pad positioned between the second conductive plane and the via signal barrel. The second anti-pad has a second voided area. The first voided area does not completely overlap the second voided area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andew Harvey Barr, Dale John Shidla, Robert William Dobbs
  • Patent number: 7142428
    Abstract: A heatsink is provided for cooling power components on a printed circuit board. The heatsink includes a slot so that it is placed over the power device to be cooled. An activating member may be inserted from the opposite side of the printed circuit board and fastened into another slot running parallel to the slot containing the power device. The insertion of the activating member causes the wall between the device and the activating member to flex and clamp the power device in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba International Corporation
    Inventor: Mark A. Vackar
  • Patent number: 7142434
    Abstract: EMI shielding in an electric vehicle drive is provided for power electronics circuits and the like via a direct-mount reference plane support and shielding structure. The thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support forms a shield from both external EMI/RFI and from interference generated by operation of the power electronic circuits. Features may be provided to permit and enhance connection of the circuitry to external circuitry, such as improved terminal configurations. Modular units may be assembled that may be coupled to electronic circuitry via plug-in arrangements or through interface with a backplane or similar mounting and interconnecting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce C. Beihoff, Dennis L. Kehl, Lee A. Gettelfinger, Steven C. Kaishian, Mark G. Phillips, Lawrence D. Radosevich
  • Patent number: 7142435
    Abstract: A lid for use with a plate-shaped base to seal an electronic device such as a SAW device includes a top portion, a wall structure extending from the top portion, and a lip connected to the lower end of the wall structure. The lip extends outwards from an outer surface of the wall structure by 10–500 ?m and has solder on an inner surface thereof. The lid can be soldered to a plate-shaped base to form a package. The lid can be conveniently formed by performing drawing of a metal strip coated with solder to define a recessed shape, and then severing a flange of the recessed shape to define the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Goto, Fumiaki Nishiuchi, Misao Nakajima, Mitsuo Zen, Sanae Taniguchi, Takenori Azuma
  • Patent number: 7139226
    Abstract: A long term rapid color changing time indicator includes a front part and a back part. The front part includes a transparent layer, an opaque layer, a colorant layer, and a neutralizing layer. The colorant layer includes a matrix and a colorant having a non-migratory form that does not migrate in the matrix and having a migratory form that migrates in the matrix. The back part has a reactant. When the front part and the back part are placed in contact, the reactant migrates into the neutralizing layer and a portion of the reactant is depleted by a coreactant. The unreacted reactant migrates into the colorant layer and reacts with the non-migratory form of the colorant converting the non-migratory form to the migratory form such that the migratory form of the colorant migrates through the opaque layer to cause a visual color indication in the transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Haas, Robert J. Holt, Leonard H. Davis
  • Patent number: 7137733
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a startup display device which can be properly oriented for viewing by simply releasing a cover on a main body containing display contents. The device then automatically moves in two directions, first upwardly and then laterally onto one side, thereby orienting the contents therein for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hiromori Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7134784
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotating bezel watch including a watch face having an hour hand, minute hand and second hand connected at substantially a center of thereof and a rotatable bezel connected to the watch face. The watch further includes means for rotating the rotatable bezel, wherein the rotating means rotates the rotatable bezel about the watch face to increase the visual attractiveness of the watch face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventor: James Marin
  • Patent number: 7136326
    Abstract: A watch for displaying time in hours and hundredths of an hour. The watch includes a housing assembly being designed for being worn by the user. A timing assembly is positioned in the housing assembly and operationally coupled to a power supply. The power supply supplies power the timing assembly. The timing assembly is designed for providing a pulse every second when the power supply supplies power to the timing assembly. A processing assembly is positioned in the housing assembly. The processing assembly is operationally coupled to the power supply for supplying power to the processing assembly. The processing assembly is operationally coupled to the timing assembly to receive the pulse from the timing assembly and process the pulse into a time to be displayed on a display member operationally coupled to the processing assembly. The processing member displays minutes calculated by the processing assembly in hundredths of an hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventor: Kelly S. Smith
  • Patent number: 7136279
    Abstract: A mounting system for a keyboard (20) includes a chassis (10) defining first and second recessed portions (12, 16), a panel (30) received in the second recessed portion, and a retaining member (40). The keyboard is received in the first recessed portion with a front side thereof detachably engaged with the chassis at a front side of the first recessed portion. The retaining member includes a first beam (42) fastened to the chassis, and a second beam (44) engaged with a rear side of the panel so as to retain the panel in the second recessed portion. A front side of the panel releasably engages with a rear side of the keyboard. The keyboard is thus retained in the first recessed portion of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Yu, Xiao Zhong Jing
  • Patent number: 7135645
    Abstract: An occupant weight detecting device includes plural cells provided on a seat and detecting pressure which is defined by rows in a width direction of the seat and columns in a back-and-forth direction of the seat, a peak row detecting means for calculating the sum of pressure per cells of predetermined number of rows adjoining in the back-and-forth direction and detecting any one row of the predetermined number of rows corresponding to the maximum sum to be defined as a peak row, and a detecting means for detecting a concentrated load position on the seat based on the peak row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuaki Hiraki, Koji Ito, Katsu Hattori, Hiroki Satta, Yukihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7136289
    Abstract: A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment the two X2 I/O devices are mounted on opposite sides of a single circuit board positioned above the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Vasavda, William F. Edwards, Jr., Michael Kornprobst, David Nelsen
  • Patent number: 7136291
    Abstract: A connecting structure for a battery case and a main body of a portable electronic device comprises a base (1), a connecting member (2), a cover (3), a shaft (4), a spring module (5) and a cylinder (6). The base has a receiving part (163) and a recessed portion (194). A hinge (22) is formed on one end of the connecting member. The cover has a track (322) and the connecting member can slide along the track. The connecting member is connected to the cylinder, and the shaft extends through the cylinder and is received in the receiving part of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ying Liang Tu, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7133284
    Abstract: The invention provides a power supply for a computer mainframe, which is cooled by a heat conduction method, and more particularly to a power supply without a cooling fan. The present invention features a highly effective heat pipe connecting a plurality of aluminum-extrusion heat sink fins and a plurality of aluminum-extrusion heat sinks, the aluminum-extrusion heat sink fins fixed above a cooling chip over a circuit board, and the aluminum-extrusion heat sinks fringed near the power supply, with a part of the heat sink fins exposed to the power supply. The heat of a chip is conducted out of the power supply by the aluminum-extrusion heat sink fins, the high-effect heat pipe, and the aluminum-extrusion heat sinks. Therefore, the power supply can reach an expected cooling effect without the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Etasis Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kenny Lee
  • Patent number: 7132599
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a printed circuit board layer, an insulating layer, and an electromagnetic interference sealed layer. The printed circuit board layer includes an insulating substrate on which circuit patterns are printed. The insulating layer covers the circuit patterns. The sealed layer covers the insulating layer and connected with a ground portion of the circuit patterns. The sealed layer that is formed by screen printing conductive paste has through holes. Edges are formed around the through holes other than the outer edges, and a total area of edges at which the thickness of the printed conductive paste is large due to surface tension increases. Thus, the sealed layer can be easily formed in a predetermined thickness, and stability in conductivity of the sealed layer can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7132607
    Abstract: A wired circuit board is provided having enhanced reliability of electrical connection between a metal substrate and a shield layer to achieve significant noise reduction reliably. An insulating base layer is formed on the metal substrate, while resin layers are formed on the metal substrate with a predetermined space provided from the both widthwise sides of the insulating base layer. A conductor layer is formed having a predetermined wired circuit pattern on the insulating base layer. Thereafter, an insulating cover layer is formed on the insulating base layer in such a manner as to cover the conductor layer. Then, a shield layer is laminated on the metal substrate to cover the insulating cover layer and also is put in close contact with the resin layers at end portions thereof by a vacuum film-forming method or by plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimi, Tetsuya Osawa
  • Patent number: 7133295
    Abstract: A memory module including at least one memory device mounted on a support member and at least one connect terminal mounted on the support member a distance from an edge of the support member and a memory system including the memory module are provided. The memory device may be a semiconductor device. The connect terminal may be located on at least one surface of the support member, which may be a printed circuit board. The connect terminal may be capable of connecting the memory module to a main board or to other memory modules. Further, the connect terminal may be electrically connected to the memory devices. A buffer may be mounted on the support member a distance from the edge of the support member. A main board including a base member and a second connect terminal may be connected to the memory module to form the memory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Yang Lee
  • Patent number: 7130247
    Abstract: A watch with an analog time display has at least one minute hand and one hour hand. This watch is moreover equipped with a fly back hand mechanism which has at least one minute fly back hand and/or hour fly back hand located coaxially to the hands of the normal time display. In the normal mode, the fly back hand or hands is/are moved synchronously with the hands of the normal time display and relative to them in an overlapping position. They can be stopped in a timer mode for marking of any instant of time and after expiry of any time interval, for again synchronously running with the hands of the normal time display. The actuated coupling of the fly back hand mechanism is located preferably non-coaxially to the axis of the motion work of the watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Richemont International SA
    Inventors: Pius Brida, Denis Zimmermann, Stefan Ihnen
  • Patent number: 7130174
    Abstract: A substrate for mounting an electronic component, including a baseplate having a main surface formed with or without a recess. A ceramic substrate is provided on the main surface of the baseplate and has a smaller size than the baseplate. A metal layer is provided to cover both of the baseplate and the ceramic substrate. The metal layer has a surface remote from the baseplate and the ceramic substrate is made flat, the baseplate is made of a metal-ceramic composite of a metallic material and a ceramic material, and the metallic material in the composite and the metal layer have different compositions. Thereby, an integral ceramic circuit board, which is resistant to repeated thermal stress and is superior in reliability, can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Miyai, Yukihiko Nakajima, Hideki Hirotsuru, Ryozo Nonogaki, Takuya Okada, Masahiro Ibukiyama