Patents Examined by Seungsook Ham
  • Patent number: 7724514
    Abstract: A server chassis includes a base defining an opening, a rotating plate, a sliding plate, and first and second elastic members. The base includes a middle plate opposite to the opening and defines a space communicating with the opening. The rotating plate defines a plurality of first air holes. The sliding plate defines a plurality of second air holes. The rotating plate is rotated toward the middle plate when the functional module is inserted into the space, the sliding plate abuts against the middle plate and slides toward the opening, and the second air holes align with the first air holes. The second elastic member restores the rotating plate to obstruct the opening when the functional module is drawn out, and the first elastic member restores the sliding plate to make the second air holes be staggered with the first air holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng, Jun-Xiong Zhang, Zhi-Xin Li
  • Patent number: 7604332
    Abstract: The liquid ejection head includes: a casing; nozzles which eject droplets of liquid containing a volatile solvent and are arranged on a nozzle face in the casing; an air outlet which supplies an air flow containing a vapor of the volatile solvent and is arranged on an upstream side in the air flow with respect to the nozzle face; an air inlet which recovers the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent supplied from the air outlet and is arranged on the downstream side in the air flow with respect to the nozzle face; and an air flow circulation mechanism including a circulation device which resupplies, from the air outlet, the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent recovered through the air inlet, wherein the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent is circulated inside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Kanji Nagashima
  • Patent number: 7561011
    Abstract: A dielectric device includes a dielectric substrate and a resonator unit. The resonator unit includes first and second holes. The first hole opens on a first surface of the dielectric substrate and extends toward a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first internal conductor is provided inside the first hole. The second hole opens on a third surface of the dielectric substrate, extends toward a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, and is connected to the first hole. A second internal conductor is provided inside the second hole with one end connected to an external conductor film on the third surface and the other end connected to the first internal conductor. The first hole has a recess opposed to a junction with the second hole. The first internal conductor in the recess is opposed to the external conductor film on the fourth surface across the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takubo, Kouji Tashiro, Kazuyoshi Terao, Ryohei Nakano
  • Patent number: 7558496
    Abstract: A developer agitation screw is provided with a blade to gather developer onto the sensor surface of a toner concentration sensor. A toner concentration control unit detects the maximum value of the output of the toner concentration sensor within each predetermined period of time, the predetermined period of time being longer than the period in which developer is gathered on the sensor surface of the toner concentration sensor by the blade. The obtained maximum value is used as a characteristic value to control the toner concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7535428
    Abstract: A flat aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting twist-reflector (FAWSET) antenna, having an E-plane sectoral flare having a depth merely the H-plane width of the waveguide. Extending the E-plane sectoral flare is a twist-reflector tilted from one sidewall of the E-plane flare and a trans-reflector extending from another opposing sidewall of the E-plane flare. An angle between distal end of the twist-reflector and the trans-reflector is a function of the frequency of the incoming wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Inventor: Robert A. Koslover
  • Patent number: 7518463
    Abstract: A circuit assembly has a conical inductor disposed in a slot formed in a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Uriel C. Fojas
  • Patent number: 7495532
    Abstract: Systems and methods are taught for blocking the propagation of electromagnetic waves in parallel-plate waveguide (PPW) structures. Periodic arrays of resonant vias are used to create broadband high frequency stop bands in the PPW, while permitting DC and low frequency waves to propagate. Some embodiments of resonant via arrays are mechanically balanced, which promotes improved manufacturability. Important applications include electromagnetic noise reduction in layered electronic devices such as circuit boards, ceramic modules, and semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: WEMTEC, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. McKinzie, III
  • Patent number: 7489214
    Abstract: A low-pass filter (100) for reducing harmonic electromagnetic signals includes an input line (120), an output line (140), a transmission line (160), a first coupling line (180), and a second coupling line (190). The input line is used for input of electromagnetic signals. The output line is used for output of electromagnetic signals. The transmission line is electronically connected to the input line and the output line for capturing and transmitting electromagnetic signals. The first coupling line includes a first open end (184), and a first feed-in end (182) electronically connected to the transmission line. The second coupling line includes a second open end (194), and a second feed-in end (192) electronically connected to the second end. The first feed-in end is located opposite to the second feed-in end. The transmission line, the first coupling line, and the second coupling line collectively form a substantially G shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Yi Shih
  • Patent number: 7486161
    Abstract: A reverse-phase cross coupling structure includes a base, which has a resonance chamber, resonators vertically arranged in parallel in the resonance chamber, and coupling portions respectively coupled between each two adjacent resonators, each coupling portion having a top recess and a coupling hole in the top recess, and an adjustment device, which comprises a cover plate fixedly covered on the base and has through holes corresponding to the coupling holes of the coupling portions and a plurality of adjustment screws respectively inserted through the through holes of the cover plate and threaded into the coupling holes of the coupling portions to the desired elevation to regulate the amount of the reverse-phase cross coupling of the resonators. This novel reverse-phase cross coupling structure is achieved only by base and adjustment device, it is not necessary to employ extra parts as in the prior designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Universal Microwave Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Li, Sheng-Feng Yeh, Wei Jen
  • Patent number: 7482898
    Abstract: A dielectric filter with an ultra hetero-axial structure is provided with open end-face electrodes. By increasing the capacitance between each open end-face electrode and an external conductor greater than that generated between the open end-face electrodes adjacent to each other, the inductive coupling between two resonators due to neighboring resonator holes is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Atokawa, Hitoshi Tada, Takayoshi Yui, Hideyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 7479856
    Abstract: A high-frequency filter includes a substrate; a ground conductor disposed on one main surface of the substrate and having an opening; a center conductor making up a coplanar line resonator together with the substrate and the ground conductor; and an input line and an output line each of which has a microstrip line structure and is disposed on the other main surface of the substrate to electromagnetically couple with the center conductor. At least one of the input line and the output line has a closed loop line portion surrounding a corresponding end of the center conductor and crossing the center conductor transversely through the substrate. On the other main surface of the substrate, a stub overlapping with the center conductor is arranged from a transverse position where the closed loop line portion crosses the center conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Asamura, Kenji Kawahata, Katsuaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7479846
    Abstract: A duplexer that includes: a transmission filter and a reception filter that are connected to a common terminal; and a reactance circuit that is connected to at least one of the transmission filter and the reception filter. The reactance circuit includes an insulating substrate, lumped-constant inductors, and at least one capacitor. The lumped-constant inductors and the capacitor are formed directly on the surface of the insulating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignees: Fujitsu Media Devices Limited, Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shogo Inoue, Yasuhide Iwamoto, Takashi Matsuda, Masanori Ueda
  • Patent number: 7479857
    Abstract: Systems and methods are taught for blocking the propagation of electromagnetic waves in parallel-plate waveguide (PPW) structures. Periodic arrays of resonant vias are used to create broadband high frequency stop bands in the PPW, while permitting DC and low frequency waves to propagate. Particular embodiments include clusters of small vias that effectively function as one large via, thereby increasing stop band bandwidth and maximizing parallel plate capacitance. Cluster vias can be configured to additionally provide a shielded and impedance matched route within the interior area of the cluster through which signal vias can connect transmission lines disposed in planes lying above and below the PPW. Important applications include electromagnetic noise reduction in layered electronic devices such as circuit boards, ceramic modules, and semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: WEMTEC, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. McKinzie, III
  • Patent number: 7468643
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bandpass filter comprising a first resonator 1 to a sixth resonator 6 having lengths of basically ¼ wavelength, an input section IN connected to an ungrounded end of the first resonator, and an output section OUT connected to an ungrounded end of the sixth resonator, wherein the second to fifth resonators 2-5 are electromagnetically coupled with each other, the second and the third resonators are respectively coupled to the first resonator via the first and the second capacitances C1,C2, the third and the fourth resonators are respectively coupled to the sixth resonator via the third and the fourth capacitances C3,C4, and the input section IN and output section OUT are coupled to the first resonator and sixth resonator through an input and output capacitances C5, C6, respectively. This bandpass filter can be a small size, low loss filter suitable for UWB (Ultra Wide Band).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ninomiya, Katsurou Nakamata
  • Patent number: 7466214
    Abstract: Inside a multilayer dielectric substrate, there are a spiral-shaped first slot set in a part of a first ground conductor layer and a spiral-shaped second slot in a part of a second ground conductor layer put on the front surface of the multilayer dielectric substrate, the first slot and the second slot are opposite in a spiral winding direction and the first slot and the second slot overlap with each other as viewed from the top face, so that a resonance phenomenon can be produced at a frequency lower than a resonance frequency of a resonator with a conventional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanno, Kazuyuki Sakiyama
  • Patent number: 7463120
    Abstract: A high frequency filter comprises a first resonator and a second resonator provided inside a layered substrate. The first and second resonators are inductively coupled and capacitively coupled to each other through a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected to each other in parallel. The first capacitor is formed using first and third electrodes and a dielectric layer. The first electrode is connected to the first resonator via a through hole. The third electrode is connected to the second resonator and opposed to the first electrode. The second capacitor is formed using second and fourth electrodes and the dielectric layer. The second electrode is connected to the second resonator via a through hole. The fourth electrode is connected to the first resonator and opposed to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya Matsubara, Shigemitsu Tomaki, Shinichiro Toda, Atsunori Okada
  • Patent number: 7463119
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device has a piezoelectric substrate and an IDT formed on the piezoelectric substrate, and uses an excited wave as an SH wave. The piezoelectric substrate is a quartz plate in which a cut angle ? of a rotated Y-cut quartz substrate is set in the range of ?65°????51° in a counter-clockwise direction from a crystal Z-axis and the propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave is set in the range (90°±5°) with respect to a crystal X-axis. The IDT is made of Ta or an alloyed metal containing Ta as the main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Epson Toyocom Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Morita, Takuya Owaki
  • Patent number: 7459996
    Abstract: A filter comprises a receptacle including a positive terminal pin, a negative terminal pin and a ground terminal pin; a filter box installed at one side of the receptacle; the filter box being installed with electric elements; a filter cover serving to seal theses electric elements within the filter box; a ground terminal pin being installed at another side of the filter box; the electric elements and grounding terminal being connected to the positive terminal pin, negative terminal pin and ground terminal pin so as to form a filtering circuit; a positive electrode of the filtering circuit being welded with a positive conductive wire and a negative conductive wire; a metal casing having a receiving groove for being engaged to the filter box and the receptacle; and an isolating cover being engaged to the metal casing; thereby the teeth piercing into a periphery of the isolating cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: High & Low Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Ho Lin
  • Patent number: 7453330
    Abstract: A line filter has a filter unit, which has an input and an output and also a current-compensated choke and a capacitance network. The choke has several phase windings on a common core. Each phase winding is connected in series with a phase conductor. The capacitance network has capacitors, which are each connected between a phase conductor and a neutral conductor. Another choke is provided in series to the neutral conductor, which is wound separately from the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Kurt Beil, Christian Paulwitz
  • Patent number: 7449982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are taught for blocking the propagation of electromagnetic waves in parallel-plate waveguide (PPW) structures. Periodic arrays of resonant vias are used to create broadband high frequency stop bands in the PPW, while permitting DC and low frequency waves to propagate. Some embodiments of resonant via arrays are mechanically balanced, which promotes improved manufacturability. Important applications include electromagnetic noise reduction in layered electronic devices such as circuit boards, ceramic modules, and semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: WEMTEC, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. McKinzie, III