Abstract: A method for producing a shaped body (10) made of glass or glass ceramics comprises the steps of: (a) placing at least two glass blanks (12a, 12b) side by side on a shaped surface (14) of a temperature-resistant sagging mold (13); (b) sagging the glass blanks (12a, 12b) onto the shaped surface (14) by heating the sagging mold (13) and the glass blanks (12a, 12b); (c) attaching the sagged glass blanks (10a, 10b) to each other in order to form the shaped body (10); and (d) lifting the shaped body (10) from the sagging mold (13). A shaped body (10) comprises at least two glass blanks (10a, 10b) attached side by side and formed by sagging.

Abstract: A wide angle reflector which can work in conjunction with a wide-angle sensor system for testing the wide angle reflector. In this case, reflex sensors transmit light onto a cube corner part surface, and measure the retro-reflected light. If the direction of irradiation of the light deviates too strongly from the normal to the cube corner part surface, the retro-reflective light, which serves as signal, is retro-reflected too weakly, or is not retro-reflected at all to the transmitter. This wide-angle sensor system with a cube corner part surface permits the observation of a large surface with an aperture angle of 80° and more. In addition, the wide-angle sensor system with cube corner part surface comprises a gauge for selecting the observation angle and the cube corner part surface which comprises a multiplicity of cube corners.

Abstract: A deformable mirror device includes a flexible member formed so as to be deformable and having a mirror surface formed on its front surface, and a pressure generating section configured so that a direction of generation of a pressure to be applied to the flexible member is variable.

Abstract: Hand engraved etchings, computer generated sandblastings, transparencies, or any other photo or art work may be precisely and deliberately placed within the interior of a lighted “shadow box” fine art frame. Those photo and art works are then either directly or indirectly applied onto or used in conjunction with glass, acrylic, or other framing components, to create a plurality of lights, glass, half-silvered glass, and mirrors within the photo/art frame housing. The framing components secure the glass and mirrors in various diametrically situated positions as to cause an illusion of eternal reflection of not only the lighting elements, but also of the art work. The Photo/Art Frame Eternal Depth Illusion invention brings together the worlds of photo and art framing together with the infinity lighting concept.

Abstract: A filter for a display apparatus, a method of manufacturing the same, and a plasma display apparatus are disclosed. The filter for the display apparatus includes a base film layer, an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding layer, and a resin layer. The EMI shielding layer is formed on the base film layer. The resin layer is formed on the EMI shielding layer.

Abstract: A data recording device employs a bit patterned data recording medium that has an array of rows that are offset to one another. The rows are offset such that the bits are staggered in a direction that is normal to the direction in which the rows extend. The increased bit aspect ratio of the staggered bit pattern recording medium increases the linear recording density and enables a higher data recording rate.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention erase a desired area on a recording surface of disk or disk drive apparatus. According to an embodiment, a hard disk drive (HDD) performs erase on a recording surface by moving a head element unit at one-half a servo track pitch with reference to a servo address. Before actual erase is started on the recording surface, the HDD generates a management table configured based on servo addresses from a management table configured based on data tracks. At an erase process, the HDD sets parameters in accordance with the zone and skips a management area with reference to this management table based on the servo addresses.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a magnetic disk drive with sufficiently low noise. A digital/analog converter supplies to a voice coil motor (VCM) driver a control voltage comprising a first preset voltage value, a second preset voltage value, and a transition voltage value of a substantially cosine wave that interconnects the first preset voltage value and the second preset voltage value. A driving current is supplied from the VCM driver to a voice coil of an actuator assembly. Since a current not containing higher-harmonic components in a transition period flows as a VCM current that flows into the voice coil, vibromotive force can be easily suppressed by shifting a structural resonance point of the entire disk drive including the actuator assembly.

Abstract: A flying on demand (FOD) voltage of a hard disk drive (HDD) is controlled by detecting a shock occurring to the HDD on which a magnetic head that records data on a disk or reproduces data from the disk is mounted, and if the shock is detected, controlling the FOD voltage that is applied to the magnetic head to thermally expand an end of the magnetic head.

Abstract: A hard disk drive that utilizes a third order curve fit equation to generate a skew table for a head of a hard disk drive. The skew table is used to compensate for offset between a write element and a read element of the head at different radial positions of a disk. A linear algebraic matrix equation can be used to solve the third order equation using offset values measured at different radial positions of the disk.

Abstract: Described herein is a mobile data storage magazine for interacting with a docking station. The magazine can include a magazine frame containing a plurality of operatively interconnected disk drives, a first contact element associated with the magazine frame capable of conducting electrical power to at least one of the plurality of disk drives when engaged with a second contact element associated with the docking station wherein the first and second contact elements are adapted to cooperate in a non male/female relationship. The magazine can further comprise a first communication element capable of conducting data between at least one of the plurality of disk drives and the docking station when the first communication element is operatively linked to a second communication element associated with the docking station.

Abstract: A magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a write pole with a concave trailing edge. The magnetic write pole can have a trapezoidal shape with first and second laterally opposed sides that are further apart at the trailing edge than at the leading edge. The write head may or may not include a magnetic trailing shield, and if a trailing shield is included it is separated from the trailing edge by a non-magnetic write gap layer. The concave trailing edge improves magnetic performance such as by improving the transition curvature. A method for constructing the write head includes forming a magnetic write pole by forming a mask structure over a deposited write pole material, the mask structure having an alumina hard mask and an image transfer layer such as DURAMIDE®. An alumina fill layer is then deposited and a chemical mechanical polish is performed to open up the image transfer layer.

Abstract: Slider used to access data on rotating disk in hard disk drive, including heating element as vertical micro-actuator coupled to deformation region including read-write head and to expansion chamber, plate thermally coupled to heat sink. Slider further includes vertical control signal stimulating heating element coupled to film to alter vertical position, and expansion chamber, plate, and heat sink minimizing thermal pole tip protrusion. Flexure finger including micro-actuator assembly for coupling to slider, and possibly providing vertical control signal to heating element. Head gimbal assembly including flexure finger coupled to the slider. A head stack assembly including at least one of the head gimbal assemblies coupled to a head stack. Hard disk drive including head stack assembly. The invention includes manufacturing the slider, the head gimbal assembly, the head stack assembly, and the hard disk drive, as well as these items as products of the invention's manufacturing processes.

Abstract: Slider used to access data on rotating disk in hard disk drive, including vertical micro-actuator forming piezoelectric layer perpendicular to air bearing surface and coupled to deformation region including read-write head. Slider further includes vertical control signal stimulating vertical micro-actuator to alter vertical position. The vertical control signal stimulates vertical micro-actuator to increase and decrease vertical position with potential differences of opposite sign. Flexure finger including vertical control signal path providing vertical control signal and micro-actuator assembly for coupling to slider. Head gimbal assembly including flexure finger coupled to the slider. A head stack assembly including at least one of the head gimbal assemblies coupled to a head stack. Hard disk drive including head stack assembly.

Abstract: A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate 11 is prepared, and then an epitaxial Fe (001) lower electrode (first electrode) 17 with a thickness of 50 nm is grown on a MgO (001) seed layer 15 at room temperature. Annealing is then performed in ultrahigh vacuum (2×10?8 Pa) at 350° C. A 2-nm thick MgO (001) barrier layer 21 is epitaxially grown on the Fe (001) lower electrode (first electrode) 17 at room temperature, using electron beam evaporation of MgO. A Fe (001) upper electrode (second electrode) 23 with a thickness of 10 nm is then grown on the MgO (001) barrier layer 21 at room temperature, successively followed by the deposition of a IrMn layer 25 with a thickness of 10 nm on the Fe (001) upper electrode (second electrode) 23. The IrMn layer 25 is used for realizing an antiparallel magnetization alignment by giving an exchange-biasing field to the upper electrode 23.

Abstract: When exogenous noise is applied to the ground wire of a thin film magnetic head, crosstalk noise occurs in a lead line and a ground lines located near the ground wire. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention avoid this by providing a common terminal near the central portion of a thin film head portion. Write element terminals are connected to lines extending from a coil. Read element terminals are connected to lead wires extending from electrodes of a GMR element. A heater terminal is connected to a line extending from a heater. The common terminal is connected to a ground line of upper and lower shields via a resistor, to ground lines of electrodes via other resistors and to a ground line of upper and lower magnetic pole pieces of a write element via another resistor. A ground line of a slider, a ground line of the heater, and a ground line of the common terminal are all connected to a ground terminal.

Abstract: An electronic circuit that is used to accept audio or video signals that are referenced to the electrical neutral because of the use of a two-wire power source and output the audio or video signals that are referenced to earth ground because of the use of a three-wire power source. The same electronic circuit is also used to accept audio or video signals that are referenced to earth ground because of the use of a three-wire power source and output the audio or video signals that are referenced to the electrical neutral because of the use of a two-wire power source. This electronic circuit can itself accept power from alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power sources for its operation.

Abstract: Substrates having power and ground planes, such as, for example, printed circuit boards, include at least one noise suppression structure configured to suppress electrical waves propagating through at least one of a power plane and a ground plane. The noise suppression structure may include a power plane extension that extends from the power plane generally towards the ground plane, and a ground plane extension that extends from the ground plane generally towards the power plane. The ground plane extension may be separated from the power plane extension by a distance that is less than the distance separating the power and ground planes. Electronic device assemblies and systems include such substrates. Methods for suppressing noise in at least one of a power plane and a ground plane include providing such noise suppression structures between power and ground planes.

Abstract: A multiple-channel load driving apparatus has a plurality of driver circuits supplying drive currents individually to a plurality of loads. Of those driver circuits, at least one limits or stops the output thereof not only if an abnormality occurs in itself but also if an abnormality occurs in any other driver circuit. This configuration allows coordinated abnormality protection among the individual driver circuits, and thereby improves the safety and reliability of the load driving apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an open neutral fault condition in a circuit including a neutral conductor and first and second live conductors. The method begins with determining a voltage imbalance between a first voltage between the first live conductor and the neutral conductor, and a second voltage between the second live conductor and the neutral conductor. Next, the voltage imbalance is compared to a predetermined threshold value. If the voltage imbalance exceeds the predetermined threshold value, an alarm signal is generated.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a protection device is used to protect a circuit. The protection device has a maximum rated power dissipation that is less than a maximum rated power dissipation of the circuit that is being protected.

Abstract: An analog or digital circuit that senses both low and high input voltage and operates to disconnect both line and neutral electrical power connections to a protected device when abnormally low or high voltages are received from a single- or multi-phase power source, and reconnects the protected device when input power has stabilized. The sensing circuit and power supply is functional with voltages up to at least 240 Vac. The nominal 120 Vac circuit is designed to withstand a 6 kilovolt surge without damage. The apparatus does not disconnect the ground line during an out-of-tolerance voltage condition.

Abstract: A power supply in which a feed voltage (Us) is guided through at least one longitudinal branch to at least one output, the at least one branch having a disconnect fuse formed as a controlled semiconductor switch (SW1) and a monitoring unit (UWE) being set up to supply a disconnect signal (s1) to the semiconductor switch when there are changes in voltage or current beyond pre-definable tolerances, in which at least one auxiliary semiconductor switch (H1A), likewise triggered by the monitoring unit (UWE), is connected in parallel to the semiconductor switch (SW1) and in the event of an overload absorbs a substantial portion of the overload current in the branch.

Abstract: A power supply device having a surge protection function is provided.

Abstract: An integrated noise isolation circuit on a single silicon substrate die having a structural arrangement that minimizes noise. The integrated circuit including a noise sensitive circuit including an input stage; a noise generating circuit including an output stage; at least one high voltage level shift circuit coupling the noise generating and noise sensitive circuits for transferring a signal from the input to the output stage; and at least one floating structure for isolating influence of the noise.

Abstract: The liquid discharge apparatus including a head having liquid dischargers capable of deflecting the trajectories of discharged droplets in a plurality of directions. At least two of the liquid dischargers neighboring each other are capable of discharging droplets in the same pixel area. When there is a shut-off liquid discharge due to droplet discharge failure, this information is stored. According to the stored information, the discharge signal corresponding to the droplets the shut-off discharger were supposed to discharge is transferred to another liquid discharger in the vicinity of the shut-off discharger. This other liquid discharger alternatively discharges droplets so that the droplets land in a position the droplets would have had landed if they were discharged by the shut-off discharger.

Abstract: A washer, a fastening assembly including the washer and a composite structure including the washer sealing the assembly for internal lightning strike protection. The washer includes one or more concentric ribs that are dielectric rings on both sides. When used (e.g., with a nut and bolt) internal to a structure, especially a composite structure, the washer seals the fastener hole (i.e., that the bolt passes through) and contains any sparking and hot gasses that may arise in the fastener hole from entering the structure.

Abstract: A static eliminator comprises at least one discharge needle for generating ions to eliminate static charge. A first hollow cylinder includes at least one opening for ions generated by the discharge needle to be emitted outside and provided with brushes for cleaning the discharge needle. A second hollow cylinder is provided with the discharge needle and rotatably disposed inside the first hollow cylinder. A discharge needle rotating mechanism is provided for causing to rotate the second hollow cylinder around the axis thereof to clean the discharge needle by wiping the discharge needle with the brushes.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck of a high density plasma deposition apparatus, which reduces a temperature variation in a wafer during a high density plasma deposition process to reducing peeling off of a thin film from the wafer or generation of particles on the wafer. The electrostatic chuck includes a support plate, on which a wafer is mounted by static electricity; a helium supply hole formed through the support plate for supplying helium gas to the rear surface of the wafer; a sealing protrusion formed along the edge of the support plate; and wafer lift pins formed inside a region of the support plate surrounded with the sealing protrusion.

Abstract: A mobile, transportable, unipolar electrostatic chuck for clamping thin wafers is described, which avoids unintentional discharging of the package of Mobile Chuck and wafer during wet processing. Short circuits between the contact holes of the chuck and the clamped wafer can lead to the loss of clamping force. A pn-junction within the semiconductor substrate material electrode of the chuck is disclosed, which is using a diode effect to avoid the loss of charges. Dielectric protection layers of PTFE, Y2O3 or ferroelectric materials can be used to cover the open contacts of the chuck. This enables the application of Mobile Chucks also for wet etch-, photo- and cleaning processes. Mobile Chucks are made of semiconductor material and semiconductor manufacturing processes are applied. Those Mobile Chucks have nearly identical properties as the clamping substrate itself.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck for receiving a substrate in a substrate processing chamber comprises a ceramic puck having a substrate receiving surface and an opposing backside surface with a plurality of spaced apart mesas. An electrode is embedded in the ceramic puck to generate an electrostatic force to hold a substrate. Heater coils located at peripheral and central portions of the ceramic puck allow independent control of temperatures of the central and peripheral portions of the ceramic puck. The chuck is supported by a base having a groove with retained air. The chuck and base can also have an overlying edge ring and clamp ring.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic chuck in which the surface can be kept smooth after being exposed to plasma, so as to protect a material to be clamped such as a silicon wafer from being contaminated with particles, and which is excellent in clamping and releasing a material to be clamped. According to the present invention, there is provided an electrostatic chuck comprising a dielectric material in which alumina is 99.4 wt % or more, titanium oxdde is more than 0.2 wt % and equal to or less than 0.6 wt %, whose average particle diameter is 2 pm or less, and whose volume resistivity is 108-1011 ?cm in room temperature, wherein the electrostatic chuck is used in a low lo temperature of 100 ° C. or less.

Abstract: A plurality of supercapacitor elements is arranged in rows and columns within a single housing. The elements have no physical connection until they are configured into series, parallel or combinatory matrix by a configuration circuit composing of switches, an driver and a controller. Under the manipulation of the configuration circuit, the elements can be assembled in a broad voltage range to deliver the desired powers to automobiles, heavy machineries, power tools, appliances, or consumer electronics in real-time responses. When the loads present energy for recovery, the elements can also be immediately grouped in the voltage and capacity ranges corresponding to the power levels of the energy to be harvested. Using the present invention, the efficiency of DC and AC energy utilization can be significantly improved.

Abstract: The capacitance per volume of an electric double-layer capacitor can be increased by using a raw-material carbon composition for use in a carbon material for an electrode of the electric double-layer capacitor by applying an activation process, characterized in that the raw-material carbon composition has a volatile content of 1.3% by mass to 15% by mass (both inclusive), and microstrength of 5 to 30% when the volatile content is less than 6% by mass while microstrength of 5 to 20% when the volatile content is 6% or more.

Abstract: A capacitor including a dielectric layer made of polyetherimide film having at least one fluorinated surface is disclosed. The capacitor also includes a metallized layer disposed on the fluorinated surface of the polyetherimide film. The capacitor further includes an electrode disposed on a side of the polyetherimide film opposite the fluorinated surface. A method for making a capacitor is also disclosed. The method includes plasma treating a surface of a polyetherimide film. The method also includes metallizing the surface. The method further includes disposing an electrode on an opposite surface and finally packaging the capacitor.

Abstract: A positive side terminal electrode and a negative side terminal electrode which are exposed to the exterior of a resin enclosure pass through a positive side opening and a negative side opening formed on the enclosure, respectively, and are connected to a positive side electrode and a negative side electrode, respectively, of an electric double-layer capacitor put away in the interior of the enclosure. The positive side terminal electrode is thermally welded to inner surfaces of the positive side opening over the entire periphery thereof, and the negative side terminal electrode is thermally welded to inner surfaces of the negative side opening over the entire periphery thereof.

Abstract: Engineered structure for charge storage. An electrolyte is disposed between two electrically conducting plates, each plate serving as a base for an aligned array of electrically conducting nanostructures extending from the surface of each plate into the electrolyte. The nanostructures have diameter and spacing comparable to the dimension of an ion of the electrolyte. An electrically insulating separator is disposed between the two plates. A CVD process (or other processes yielding similar results) is used to make the aligned array of electrically conducting nanostructures.

Abstract: Particles of active electrode material are made by blending and fibrillizing (i.e., fibrillating) a mixture of activated carbon, conductive carbon, and fibrillizable binder. In selected embodiments, chloride level in the activated carbon is relatively low, a small amount of conductive carbon with low impurity levels and high conductivity is used, and the binder is inert. For example, chloride content of the activated carbon is below 50 ppm, and total impurities in the conductive carbon are below 120 ppm. The mixture may include about 10% of PTFE and 0.5% or less of conductive carbon. Blending and fibrillization may be performed without solvents. The fibrillized particles are dried, blended again to reduce clumping, and used to make active electrode material film. The film is attached to a current collector to obtain an electrode for use in various electrical devices, including double layer capacitors. The electrode increases breakdown voltage of the capacitor electrolyte.

Abstract: There is provided a motor controller which eliminates a positioning operation between a power semiconductor element and a base plate to improve assemblability. A motor controller has a power semiconductor element (3) closely contacted with a heatsink (1) and mounted in a first base plate (4), wherein a spacer (2) having an engaging section (2e) formed therein as a hole for the power semiconductor element (3) is interposed between the heatsink (1) and the base plate (4), and the power semiconductor element (3) is positioned in the spacer (2). Further, the peripheral wall of the hole is arranged so as to shut off a space between a terminal projecting from the side of the power semiconductor element (3) and the heatsink (1).

Abstract: A fastening assembly for riser cards equipped with memory modules includes holders and latches. Each of the holders has bars and pillars to form a solid framework and couple to a mother board. The edges of the riser cards are held by holding grooves on the pillars to enable the riser cards sliding therein and insert towards riser sockets on the mother board. Meanwhile, the latches slip to latch the holding grooves to limit the movement of the riser cards. Thus, the fastening assembly improves the fixing strength of the riser cards and prevents from moving off while impacted, vibrated or crashed.

Abstract: A bracketing assembly enables television enthusiasts to mount a flat panel television adjacent a support wall. The bracketing assembly comprises two groove-engageable bracket members and two grooved bracket members. The groove-engageable members may be mounted to a support wall to form a bracketed support assembly and the grooved members may be mounted to a flat panel television to form a bracketed television assembly. The goove-engageable members cooperate with the grooved bracket members to mount the bracketed television assembly to the bracketed support assembly. The bracketed support assembly thus supports the bracketed television assembly by way of the groove-engageable and grooved bracket members.

Abstract: A push release latch for a display device is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The push release latch includes a slider portion adapted to slide substantially laterally within a latch receptacle of a housing with respect to an actuation axis A of the push release latch. The slider portion includes a latch projection adapted to engage and retain a display screen and at least one actuator projection that extends from the slider portion. The latch further includes a push portion adapted to travel within the latch receptacle substantially along the actuation axis A. The push portion includes at least one sloped actuation surface that engages the at least one actuator projection of the slider portion. The at least one sloped actuation surface forces the at least one latch projection and the slider portion to move substantially laterally in response to a depression force.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus that includes: a housing having a wall having an opening; a display which is disposed in the housing, opposed to the opening, and having a screen; a panel having a transparency and disposed in the housing between the opening and the screen of the display; and a fixing member which fixes the panel to the display, one end of the fixing member being bonded to the display and the other end of the fixing member being bonded to the panel.

Abstract: A plasma display panel device including a panel to display an image, a chassis base coupled to a rear surface of the panel, a thin metal plate interposed between the panel and the chassis base, a plurality of driving boards applying an electrical signal to discharge electrodes patterned within the panel, and a case to house the panel, the chassis base, the thin metal plate, and the driving boards. The chassis base is in the shape of a frame, so that the manufacturing costs of the chassis base are drastically reduced.

Abstract: A display rotation and extension apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: An eject mechanism for a module includes a module casing; a module engaged in the module casing; the module including a cable port; and an eject button for allowing disengagement of the module from the module casing. The eject button prevents the module from disengagement when a cable is plugged into the cable port. A method of ejecting a module from a module casing includes disengaging the module from the module casing upon the pressing of an eject button, and preventing the module from disengagement when a cable is plugged into a cable port of the module.

Abstract: A Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment that is connected to an existing power supply and provides pass-through power for additional devices. The Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment eases the installation of PoE sourcing equipment in locations where networking infrastructure is not already in place. Further, the PoE sourcing equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention will not monopolize potentially valuable outlets. To further expand the use of many power-over-Ethernet devices at the same location, the appliance allows layered installation to facilitate multiple deployments simultaneously.

Abstract: A frame for covering a rim of a computer monitor having a first and second side members and a coupler that interconnects and restricts relative movement between the side members. The frame further includes a face separable from the coupler that obscures (a) at least a portion of the coupler and (b) at least a portion of an end of each of the side members from a view of a user of the monitor. The side member also includes a decorative pattern, which shares a theme with an electronic image that can be displayed on the monitor.

Abstract: A reel device is disposed inside an electronic product, such as computer host, laptop, etc. The reel device comprises a wire winder, a transmission cable, a signal terminal, and a connector. The transmission cable is reeled inside the wire winder. The signal terminal joined one end of the transmission cable is connected on the circuit board of the electronic product to be signal transmission channel. A connector joined to the other end of the transmission cable is exposed outside of the wire winder. The housing of the electronic product further has an opening. The connector and the transmission cable can be pulled out of the electronic product, and then the connector is plugged into a connector of another electronic product to transmit signals.

Abstract: The present invention features a robust customizable computing system comprising: a processing control unit; an external object; and means for operably connecting the processing control unit to the external object, the processing control unit introducing intelligence into the external object, thus causing the external object to perform smart functions.