Patents Issued in September 25, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080231119
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power storage device includes multiple power sources and an uninterruptible power equipment, wherein the uninterruptible power equipment has functions of rectification, transformation and charging and comprises a battery for storing electricity, multiple input terminals for connecting to multiple power sources, a built-in power source distributor, which has a power factor correction/PV inverter, two MPPT chargers and a bridge rectifier, and an output terminal for connecting to an electric appliance. Through a power distribution by the power source distributor, a best beneficial result of power supply combining the power sources at the input terminals can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Ming-Hsiang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20080231120
    Abstract: A noncontact power transmission system having a power transmitting device including a primary coil and a power receiving device including a secondary coil, the primary coil and the secondary coil being electromagnetically coupled to each other and the power transmitting device configured to transmit electric power to the power receiving device, wherein the secondary coil contains a magnetic substance, the power transmitting device has a feeding section for feeding power to the primary coil and a self inductance detection section for detecting a change in the self inductance of the primary coil immediately after starting the feeding to the primary coil, wherein a feeding operation of the feeding section immediately after starting the feeding is determined based on a detection result of the self inductance detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikimoto Jin
  • Publication number: 20080231121
    Abstract: An electric socket is provided. The socket includes a power saving circuit determining operation status of an electronic apparatus or plural electronic apparatus connected to another electric socket according to a load signal to control to supply or automatically interrupt power. It is possible to control power according to operating status of the connected electronic apparatus and to control power supplied to the electronic apparatus connected to a home network. After time has elapsed when the electronic apparatus is not used, power is automatically interrupted so that undesired power consumption due to standby power can be prevented and costs thereof are significantly saved. The electronic apparatus is prevented from accident load inputted from the exterior so that the lifespan of the electronic apparatus can be elongated and user convenience is remarkably improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Ki Chool Yang, Sun Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20080231122
    Abstract: A facility is described for the automatic recognition and differentiation of single-channel or dual-channel electronic sensors, which are connected to a dual-channel safety combination with two connecting line pairs for emergency stop facilities in the form of electronic sensors or emergency stop buttons, with a first connecting conductor pair being provided for single-channel operation and the first and a second connecting line pair being provided for dual-channel operation of the safety combination, said facility comprising an ohmic resistance arranged in at least a first connecting line of the second connecting line pair and a transistor connected by its emitter or collector to a first side of the ohmic resistance and by its base to a second side of the ohmic resistance in such a manner that during a current flow through a dual-channel electronic sensor connected to both connecting conductor pairs a voltage drop at the ohmic resistance switches the transistor, so that an output signal is generated at the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Manfred Schafer
  • Publication number: 20080231123
    Abstract: A linear motor not requiring a yoke structure is provided. A first unit forming a stator is constructed of two permanent magnet rods. The permanent magnet rods each have a magnetically permeable shaft and a permanent magnet row having a plurality of permanent magnets so arranged that opposite polarities of their magnetic poles alternately appear. The permanent magnet row of the permanent magnet rod is arranged with a positional difference of 180° in an electrical angle from the permanent magnet row of the permanent magnet rod. The second unit that constitutes a moving member includes unit cores and winding sets arranged alternately in an axial direction of the shaft. The winding set includes two excitation windings through each of which the permanent magnet rod loosely extends. One excitation winding of the winding set is excited with a phase difference of 180° in an electrical angle from the other excitation winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugita, Yuqi Tang
  • Publication number: 20080231124
    Abstract: An electro-magnetic circular engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. The electro-magnetic circular engine comprises a hub assembly, first and second electro-magnetic wheels, electro-magnetic means, and electrical means. The electro-magnetic circular engine includes the rotation of the hub assembly in a predetermined direction continuously after the initial activation of the hub assembly by assembly of applying a short period of the external force, such as from a starter. At least three alternators are connected to the rotating shaft and work at a minimum of 35 amps to over 600 amps each and recharge batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Shimon Elmaleh
  • Publication number: 20080231125
    Abstract: A turbo generator (1), including a stator and a rotor (2), has a rotating bell type exciter (3) connected to one end of the rotor (2) and the exciter (3) being equipped with at least one cooler (7). An axial duct (11) with a guide (12) is provided between a cylindrical housing (13) and the outer circumference of the bell type exciter (3). Thus, drawbacks of the prior art are mitigated and the efficiency of the bell type exciter is increased by recovering the dynamic energy of the cooling fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Michel Verrier, Olivier Perros, Lennart Diestel-Feddersen
  • Publication number: 20080231126
    Abstract: At least one cooling duct is provided for a motor that includes a frame. The cooling duct has a wall supported by the frame that, in turn, comprises an arcuate surface portion and a non-arcuate surface portion that together define a bore. A method of increasing the transfer of heat away from a motor is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Rajendra Narayan Telore, Madhava Prasad Tunuguntla, Matthew Doctor
  • Publication number: 20080231127
    Abstract: A matrix converter (3) for the conversion of a polyphase alternating current (6) into a desired alternating output current (7) in which m phases of the polyphase alternating current (6) are converted into alternating output current with n (n<m) phases of a load by a multiple number of controllable bidirectional switches (4). The converter includes at least one stage (8,9), and in that at least one stage (8,9) of the converter each phase (6) of the polyphase alternating current (6) is controlled by a controllable bidirectional switch (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Alain Lacaze
  • Publication number: 20080231128
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing device (1) with an improved vacuum-tight electrical feedthrough through its housing (10) is disclosed. The feedthrough (30) comprises a flat connection element (31) such as a rigid or flexible printed circuit board extending through the wall of the housing (10), preferably all the way along an inner circumference of the housing. The connection element is sealed in a gas-tight manner to the housing. The element preferably has a central opening (36) for receiving the rotor shaft. Connections to the bearing units and sensors may be achieved by flat-ribbon cables (51) or flexprints. The sensors are preferably also implemented as printed sensors. Thus a very compact and cost-efficient magnetic bearing device can be obtained. An alternative embodiment uses a connection element on a side wall of the housing as a feedthrough to the bearing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: MECOS TRAXLER AG
    Inventors: Philipp Buhler, Rene Larsonneur
  • Publication number: 20080231129
    Abstract: In a spindle apparatus for a machine tool, a spindle is supported on a housing by support-purpose bearing devices, and is rotated by an electric motor, and a tool is attached to a tool attaching portion formed at a distal end of the spindle. A radial magnetic bearing for vibration suppressing purposes which includes a plurality of electromagnets is provided around the tool attaching portion of the spindle. A plurality of radial displacement sensors for detecting a displacement of the tool attaching portion in radial directions are provided around the tool attaching portion. There is provided an electromagnet control unit for controlling the electromagnets of the radial magnetic bearing on the basis of outputs of the radial displacement sensors so as to support the tool attaching portion in a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi KUBO, Hironori KAMENO, Takayuki ISHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20080231130
    Abstract: A magnetic repulsion type bearing includes a plurality of induction iron pieces, a stator, a rotor, an outer casing, an inner casing and a current controlling device. The rotor is disposed inside the stator, and the iron pieces of the rotor and the iron pieces of the stator are arranged in an alternate manner so that the rotor may be fixedly held in the stator through the magnetic repulsion between them. Also, the outer casing and the inner casing enclose the rotor and the stator so as to shield the electromagnetic force. In addition, the current controlling device may be used to control the amount of current and the direction of the current flow so as to control the strength of the electromagnetic force and the polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Chuy-Nan Chio
  • Publication number: 20080231131
    Abstract: A motor-generator includes a rotor that rotates about an axis of rotation, and a stator that is stationary and magnetically interacts with the rotor. The rotor is constructed of two spaced apart rotor portions having magnetic poles that drive magnetic flux across an armature airgap formed therebetween. An armature, located in the armature airgap, has a substantially nonmagnetic and low electrical conductivity form onto which wire windings are wound. The form has a free end that extends inside the rotor, and a support end that attaches to the stationary portion of the motor-generator. The form is constructed with a thin backing portion and thicker raised portions extending from the backing portion in the direction of the magnetic flux. The wire windings have multiple individually insulated conductor wire. The conductors of a single wire are electrically connected together in parallel and electrically insulated between each other along their length inside the armature airgap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher W. Gabrys, Timothy S. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20080231132
    Abstract: A permanent magnet generator is provided that is not bulky and does not impede wind capture by a wind turbine. The permanent magnet generator includes a generator shaft; at least three rotors secured with the generator shaft, each rotor including a plate-shaped structure having a permanent magnet attached thereto, each plate-shaped structure being disposed in the longitudinal direction of the generator shaft; and a stator, including a plate-shaped structure with a stator coil of a wound copper wire disposed in at least two gaps formed by the rotors and evenly-spaced apart from the generator shaft. The rotors and stators are disposed alternately in the longitudinal direction of the generator shaft, with a total of not less than five stages. Furthermore, a wind power generator obtained by installing a propeller on the shaft of this permanent magnet generator is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehisa Minowa, Hideki Kobayashi, Koji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20080231133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electronically switchable electric motor comprising a cylinder-shaped envelop and several poles, which are made of an ferromagnetic material and inwardly oriented in front of the cylinder axis (3), wherein said poles (P1 to P12) surround a cylindrical cavity for receiving the rotor (2), each pole (P1 to P12) is provided with a coil (L1 to L12) consisting of several wire windings in such a way that a magnetic armature is formed and the windings of coils (L1 to L12) au about the poles (P1 to P12) successively and without interruptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Staudemann, Christoph Battisti
  • Publication number: 20080231134
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive having a stationary outer and inner stator and a rotor, a plurality of permanent magnet elements being disposed on the rotor for producing an excitation flux and at least one electrical field coil being provided. The rotor comprises at least one bell-shaped part having a cylindrical wall and a base wall. Said base wall is mounted perpendicularly and the cylindrical wall coaxially in relation to the axis of the rotor shaft. The base wall is connected to the rotor shaft for transmitting a force or a torque. The permanent magnet elements rest on one side on the cylindrical wall and are secured side by side to the rotor of the drive in the peripheral direction. The permanent magnets, interact with the outer and inner stator, to give magnetic circuits which completely extend through the cylindrical part of the rotor in the radial direction, the permanent magnet elements being arranged only on the exterior of the cylindrical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: IPGATE AG
    Inventor: Thomas Leiber
  • Publication number: 20080231135
    Abstract: An electromagnetic steel plate forming member provides the two magnet holes for inserting therein the two permanent magnets per pole along the V-shape, which are provided in the region of the radial pole pitch lines OP provided in the rotor core at the predetermined pole pitch angle ?, one magnet hole is displaced in a direction apart from the center line OC of the pole pitch lines OP, and the other magnet hole is displaced in a direction approaching to the center line OC of the pole pitch lines OP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takeo SUZUKI, Akihiko MAEMURA, Yosuke KAWAZOE, Yuto FUKUMA, Takeshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20080231136
    Abstract: An electrical rotating machine wherein the coil end portion and slot straight portion of a coil conductor are coated with insulation layers respectively. The insulation layers are different in thickness or insulation material, and an electric field lessening layer is coated on the coil conductor or the insulation layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Koji OBATA
  • Publication number: 20080231137
    Abstract: A coil of a winding is wound around teeth of an armature core for a predetermined number of times in a motor. A start lead of the winding connects between the coil and a corresponding start segment among a plurality of segments of a commutator. A finish lead of the winding connects between the coil and a corresponding finish segment among the plurality of segments. The finish segment is located adjacent to a diametrically opposed one of the plurality of segments, which is circumferentially displaced by about 180 degrees from the start segment and is thereby diametrically opposed to the start segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushi Sugishima, Toshihiro Tanino
  • Publication number: 20080231138
    Abstract: A laminated core includes a laminated body, clamping plates and holding members. The laminated body includes a plurality of amorphous alloy plates, which are stacked one after another in a stacking direction such that each adjacent two of the plurality of amorphous alloy plates directly contact with each other. The clamping plates contact opposed end surfaces, respectively, of the laminated body in the stacking direction. A thickness of each of the first and second clamping plates in the stacking direction is larger than that of each of the plurality of amorphous alloy plates. Each holding member contacts with the clamping plates and maintains a predetermined space between the clamping plates while the laminated body is clamped between the clamping plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Hirofumi Kinjou, Daisuke Miyata, Katsuhiko Oka
  • Publication number: 20080231139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a commutator comprising a support body (1), a plurality of conductor segments (13) that are secured in said body and a compensation unit (18) comprising several compensation elements (17), which electrically interconnect the conductor segments in pairs or groups. According to the invention, the compensation elements (17) are configured by wire sections (19) that are embedded in the support body. To produce a commutator of this type, at least the ends of the wire sections (19) that form the compensation elements and that are bent accordingly are connected to the assigned conductor segments (13) of an annular structure prior to the injection moulding of the support body (1). The injection moulding die (2) has a plurality of basin-shaped supporting limbs (31), which are arranged concentrically around the axis (5) of one of the sections of the injection moulding and with which the wire sections engage (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Ludvik Kumar
  • Publication number: 20080231140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine having a claw pole stator, comprising: a first and a second claw pole plate each of which has a yoke and pole claws, the pole claws connected to the yoke via a base and the claw pole plates being disposed coaxially with respect to one another such that a pole claw rim is formed from the pole claws, the pole claws rim defining a rotor-side boundary of a space for receiving a cylindrical coil, wherein a circular line is defined, whose center coincides with the center of the rotation axis, the circular line intersecting the center point of the baseline of at least one pole claw and having a tangent at this center point, wherein an angle a is formed between this tangent and a straight line connecting the two outer points of the baseline, where ??0. In an alternative embodiment, the pole claws are twisted with respect to their baselines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Vladimir V. Popov
  • Publication number: 20080231141
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a moving element such as an electrostatically driven actuator is displaced by supplying a drive signal thereto. Meanwhile, a displacement sensing section senses its displacement and a calibrating section automatically calibrates the correlation between the drive signal and the displacement, thereby compensating for a variation in the characteristic of the actuator with time and according to the environment. A switching section selectively connects the single displacement sensing section to a plurality of moving elements one after another, thereby cutting down the circuit for displacement sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mushika, Yoshihiro Kanda
  • Publication number: 20080231142
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuating unit has a piezoelectric actuator pressed to a first cap which makes it possible to fix the actuating unit thereabove to the drive body of the piezoelectric drive device and cables and/or contact pins used in the form of contact elements with the actuator for the electrical operation thereof. In an advantageous manner, the first cap has at least one orifice for introducing the contact element. In particularly advantageous manner, the actuating units are used in the piezoelectric drive device with a drive body which has a cylindrical drive surface, at least two actuating units provided with the piezoelectric actuators which displace the drive body on a drive plane, a drive shaft which is placed on the drive body surface and is rotated by oscillation and the contact elements for connecting an actuator operating circuit to the actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Bernhard Gottlieb, Andreas Kappel, Tim Schwebel, Carsten Wallenhauer
  • Publication number: 20080231143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric movement device, in particular a motor, with a piezoelectric apparatus, which has a middle area and two end areas, and with a movement body, which is mounted on or in a mount or the piezoelectric apparatus, wherein one end area is designed or both end areas are designed to exert a force in the direction of the movement body, in particular diagonally and axially or transversely of the axis to a longitudinal axis of the piezoelectric apparatus, on the movement body. The invention is characterized in that the middle area is a piezoelectric body and the end areas each comprise at least two piezoelectric bodies, which are connected with each other, in particular via contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG
    Inventors: Julian Chen, Oswald Pietzsch, Daniel Haude
  • Publication number: 20080231144
    Abstract: A portable internal combustion engine and a charging device that generates AC power are supported on a manually movable frame. A coupling mechanism which can include a starter circuit and starting device, or a charging circuit and charging device, or both device couples a battery receptacle terminal block to the internal combustion engine. The battery receptacle can include various features to permit and retain electrical coupling between a battery pack for a cordless power tool. For examples key protrusions and corresponding recesses can be associating with latching projections. Additionally or alternatively, cooperating rails and recesses may be associated with the battery pack and receptacle, respectively. Spring loaded movable clips or resilient flexing clips can be included to act on the battery pack. An electrical cord may also be used to couple receptacle terminals to the coupling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Grant, Michael K. Forster
  • Publication number: 20080231145
    Abstract: A quartz crystal device includes a crystal resonator element and a package including a plurality of components. The plurality of components are bonded using a metal paste sealing material containing a metallic particle having an average particle size from 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, an organic solvent, and a resin material in proportions of from 88 to 93 percent by weight from 5 to 15 percent by weight, and from 0.01 to 4.0 percent by weight, respectively, to hermetically seal the crystal resonator element in the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji NAGANO, Tatsuya ANZAI, Hideo TANAYA
  • Publication number: 20080231146
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes: a base substrate; a lower electrode formed above the base substrate; a ferroelectric layer formed above the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed above the ferroelectric layer, wherein an angle of a corner defined by a side surface of the ferroelectric layer and a top surface of the base substrate is between 45° and 75°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto IZUMI, Masao NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20080231147
    Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric device including a body having internal electrode layers and piezoelectric ceramic layers alternately stacked. The internal electrode layers contain Cu as a major component, the piezoelectric ceramic layers contain a compound oxide represented by Pb(Ti, Zr)O3 as a major component, and a metal oxide (Nb2O5, Sb2O5, Ta2O5, or WO3) containing Nb, Sb, Ta, or W, which is at least one of a pentavalent metal element and a hexavalent metal element, is incorporated in the piezoelectric ceramic layers such that the concentration of the metal oxide decreases with distance from the internal electrode layers. Thereby, even in a case where internal electrodes contain Cu as a major component, it is possible to provide a multilayer piezoelectric device which can be obtained by low-temperature firing while ensuring a sufficient piezoelectric constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoichi Deguchi, Koichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20080231148
    Abstract: A step-by-step motor able to carry out up-and-down motion includes a housing, a transmitting gear, a worm gear, an interacting member, a top rod, a circuit board with a transmitting motor, a cover body and an adjusting member. The level of the headlamp of an automobile can be adjusted by inserting an adjustment tool through one lateral through hole of the recessed chamber of the cover body from outside to have the engage teeth of the adjustment tool engaged with one engage notch of the adjusting member and turning the adjustment tool to actuate the adjusting member to rotate and actuate the top rod to move upward, or by inserting an adjustment tool in the bottom slit of the projecting post of the adjusting member and turning it around to drive the adjusting member to rotate and actuate the top rod and the headlamp to move upward or downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Hsian-Yi Huang, Hsiu-Ming Huang
  • Publication number: 20080231149
    Abstract: A mobile storage and work cart is described that includes a reconfigurable frame, a plurality of casters extending from the reconfigurable frame and operable for moving the cart, and a work surface attached to the reconfigurable frame and forming a top of the cart. The reconfigurable frame is operable to adjust a height of the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan C. Heath, Richard R. Fengler, Stephen A. Doyle, Dwight L. Engwall, Peter K. Bilitsis, Frederick C. Edman, Gary E. Jones, Thomas G. Klingler, Richard D. Tuzzolino, Erwin R. Kuhn, Basilio Penuelas, Lawrence M. Apodaca
  • Publication number: 20080231150
    Abstract: A toolbox assembly 10 which is adapted to allow material to be easily and securely stored and retrieved and which is aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Larry Mitchell Grela, Edwin Dizon Manalang
  • Publication number: 20080231151
    Abstract: A method and incorporated assembly is provided to enhance structural rigidity to a computer environment having at least one rack for housing electronic components. The assembly comprises a stiffener component mountable to a horizontal side of the rack; a support component mountable in a substantially horizontal direction on a vertical side of the rack to provide rotational support of the rack; and an enhancer component being mountable to at least one side of the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis R. Barringer, Steven C. McIntosh, Budy D. Notohardjono, Bradley R. Patton, Howard P. Welz
  • Publication number: 20080231152
    Abstract: A climatic cabinet and storage cabinet that includes an upper zone, a lower zone, storage positions for storing objects in one of the upper and lower zone, and at least one temperature control unit structured and arranged to maintain a temperature in the one of the upper and lower zone different from the other of the upper and lower zone. The cabinet further includes a lock, a horizontal transport mechanism arranged at least in part in the other of the upper and lower zone to move the objects to and from the lock in a direction having a horizontal component, and a vertical transport mechanism structured and arranged to move the objects between the lower zone and the upper zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: LICONIC AG
    Inventor: Cosmas Malin
  • Publication number: 20080231153
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic locking apparatus used in a guide rail for a drawer. The automatic locking apparatus is provided at an end portion of a fixing slider to lock a movable slider when the drawer is closed. The automatic locking apparatus prevents the drawer from being opened and smoothly locks the drawer. A stopper ring is attached to the movable slider, and the automatic locking apparatus is provided on the fixing slider to cooperate with the stopper ring. The automatic locking apparatus includes a fixing plate attached to the fixing slider, a body fixed to the fixing plate while protruding toward the movable slider, an elastic member having a substantially “C” shape and being rotatably coupled to one end of the body, and a rotating member having a substantially “reverse-L” shape and being rotatably coupled to the other end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Weon-Dong Cho
  • Publication number: 20080231154
    Abstract: The invention provides a releasable fastening system particularly suitable for use in banks and similar institutions. The releasable fastening system is intended for use in conjunction with a storage unit having an opening element, such as drawer (18). The fastening system includes a latch means (38) and an engagement (34) for engaging the latch means (38). Also included is a bias means (44), biasing the opening element (18) to an opening position. Each of the latch means (38), the engagement means (34) and the bias means (44) is located internally of the storage unit when the opening element (18) is closed. The engagement means (34) is adapted to disengage the latch means (38) pursuant to a command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Telezygology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dickory Rudduck, Geoffrey David Sizer, Edward David James Farren-Price
  • Publication number: 20080231155
    Abstract: A framework retaining structure includes two sliding units, four end pieces and two rail units. A positioning groove is provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of each sliding unit. An end piece is connected to the right end and the left end of each sliding unit. A substantially “L” shaped indentation portion is provided on each end piece. Therefore, an item rack, a clothes rack or other types of framework may be engaged with the positioning grooves. Also, the rack or framework may be disengaged from the positioning grooves easily. The rear surface of each sliding unit is connected with a rail unit, and the two rail units are fixed inside a closet, a cabinet or other type of furniture so that the rack may be extended out of the closet or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Min-Dy Shen
  • Publication number: 20080231156
    Abstract: Provided is a slide rail unit which, when accommodating a second rail (2) in a first rail (1), can automatically draw in the second rail to an end position and retain it at that position and which can be produced easily with a small number of parts and at low cost, the slide rail unit being equipped with a retaining pin (30) provided upright so as to be movable with respect to the first rail (1) in the longitudinal direction and the width direction thereof, an elastic member (31) for urging the retaining pin (30) toward the stroke end of the second rail (2), a pin guide member (32) provided on the first rail (1) and adapted to lock the retaining pin (30) at a standby position spaced apart from the stroke end against an urging force of the elastic member (31) and to guide the retaining pin (30) detached from the standby position toward the stroke end with the urging force, and a cam member (33) provided on the second rail (2) and adapted to detach the retaining pin (30) from the standby position of the pin gui
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Kaoru Hoshide, Akira Sato, Soichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20080231157
    Abstract: A storage system includes a module having a cylindrical housing with an exterior sidewall. The sidewall has a cross-sectional profile of positive curvature, and extends between a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion. The housing is disposed about a central axis. A carousel is mounted within the housing for controlled rotation about the central axis. The carousel has a plurality of storage locations disposed in vertical arrays about the axis to receive articles to be stored. A first door opening is formed in the sidewall. The positive curvature of the sidewall enables each door opening to be predisposed to provide for access at least from any single location on the exterior of the housing to at least one of said vertical arrays adjacent to the door opening. A means for controlling the temperature within the housing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Gregory Earl Lowe
  • Publication number: 20080231158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator having two movably connected housing parts that delimit a heat-insulated interior and a seal member that is fastened to a first of the housing parts and contacts the other of the housing parts in an airtight manner in the closed disposition of both housing parts. A lifting element lifts the seal member from a contact surface on the second housing part to permit pressure compensation between the inner chamber and the surroundings of the refrigerator. The lifting element is at least in part formed by a thermally deformable material and, in a first shape thereof, it establishes a sealed contact between the seal member and the contact surface, and in a second state resulting from the effect of heat or cold, it lifts the seal member from the contact surface in order to ensure pressure compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: BSH Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeräte GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Gerd Keller, Matthias Mrzyglod, Michael Neumann
  • Publication number: 20080231159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a front of a door is made of a glass plate and a display portion for showing and controlling a condition of the refrigerator is positioned on the rear of the glass plate not to protrude outward. The present invention comprises a door main body including: an outer door 50 defining a front of the door and having a display accommodating portion 54 defined by depression, a door liner 56 installed on the rear of the outer door 50, and upper, lower, left and right decorations for coupling them. In addition, the display accommodating portion 54 in the front of the door main body is mounted with a display portion 70 for showing and controlling a condition of the refrigerator. Also, a front glass plate 80 is installed on the front of the door main body and display portion 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Kab Young Lee, Sang-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20080231160
    Abstract: A low-wattage, bi-helically shaped, compact fluorescent lamp, having preferably a wattage rating of preferably 23-watts, to sustain constant luminous output when the lamp is mounted in either in an upright position or mounted lying in the horizontal plane, by the unique placement of two cooling point chambers on the periphery of the bi-helical lamp, where at each cooling point chamber there is a drop in pressure of the mercury vapor that results in a drop in temperature, in accordance with Gay-Lussac's Law. In an alternative configuration, a medium wattage compact fluorescent lamp performs ideally by using three cooling points chambers, whereas higher wattage sized lamps perform best utilizing preferably four to five cooling point chambers. Hence, the plurality of cooling point chambers required for omni-directional mounting of the lamp is functional with the physical size of the lamp, its wattage rating, the quantity of mercury needed and the placement of each cooling point chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Ellis Yan
  • Publication number: 20080231161
    Abstract: A low-mercury-consuming fluorescent lamp (1) contains a fine particle size alpha alumina in the phosphor-containing layer (16) on the inner surface (15) of the lamp envelope (3). The lamp envelope (3) may have one or more bends (22), in which case the phosphor-containing layer (16) additionally contains an adhesive, such as a borate adhesive, to enhance adhesion, especially in the bend areas. The phosphor-containing layer (16) may be formed from a water-based coating suspension to which the fine particle alpha alumina is added after its pre-dispersion in deionized water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: A. Gary Sigai, Charles Joseph Trushell
  • Publication number: 20080231162
    Abstract: To provide a lighting device capable of a substantial color adjustment and unlimited control of spectral components, a lighting device of the present invention puts a first transparent plate in which a phosphor layer dispersed with a first phosphor is formed in places and a second transparent plate in which a phosphor layer dispersed with a second phosphor is formed in places in a path of light from a light source, and stacks the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate on top of each other. The second phosphor differs from the first phosphor. How much in terms of area the phosphor layers overlap with each other is made variable, and the color tone of the lighting device can thus be controlled. The lighting device uses a blue light source as its light source, a green phosphor as the first phosphor, and a red phosphor as the second phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Kurihara, Nasashi Ono
  • Publication number: 20080231163
    Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate comprising first electrodes, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate, the second substrate comprising second electrodes, barrier ribs formed between the first and second substrates, to define discharge cells, and a phosphor layer formed in each of the discharge cells. The phosphor layer includes a phosphor and a dielectric having a secondary electron emission coefficient higher than the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Sung Chun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20080231164
    Abstract: A flat display panel in which a field emission principle of ferroelectrics is applied to improve the luminous efficiency with a low driving voltage, and a method of driving the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Myoung-Sup Kim, Jeong-Nam Kim, Hyea-Weon Shin, Jae-Yong Lim, Won-Seok Yoon, Tae-Jung Chang
  • Publication number: 20080231165
    Abstract: A flat panel display to maintain resistance of lines at the same level to reduce a luminance difference between the lines includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of lead lines to respectively connect a plurality of pads to the plurality of electrodes. The lead lines are formed in a parallelogram shape in which resistivity and line width are the same for each, and a length L and a line width W of each lead line are selected such that a value obtained by dividing the length L by the line width W may satisfy an equation of L 1 W 1 = L 2 W 2 = L 3 W 3 = … = L n W n , where L1, L2, L3, . . . , and Ln respectively refers to long side lengths, which are direct line distances between the electrode and the pad, of the respective lead lines formed in the parallelogram shape, and W1, W2, W3, . . . , and Wn respectively refers to widths, which are short side vertical distances of the respective lead lines formed in the parallelogram shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byong-Gon LEE
  • Publication number: 20080231166
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with open-loop control including a LED capable of emitting a blue light and a mix-light adjusting portion is provided. The mix-light adjusting portion includes a first and a second fluorescent material both capable of being excited by blue light. When the first and the second fluorescent material are excited by a short-wavelength blue light, the excitation intensity of the first fluorescent material is higher than that of the second fluorescent material. When the first and the second fluorescent material are excited by a long-wavelength blue light, the excitation intensity of the first fluorescent material is lower than that of the second fluorescent material. The peak wavelength of the emission of the first fluorescent material is smaller than that of the emission of the second fluorescent material. The dividing wavelength between the short-wavelength blue light and the long-wavelength blue light ranges from a first to a second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Hung-Yuan Su
  • Publication number: 20080231167
    Abstract: Provided is a highly efficient display device which can obtain a high luminous efficiency through low driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Son, Hyoung-Bin Park
  • Publication number: 20080231168
    Abstract: A display substrate, an organic light emitting diode display device having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display substrate includes a first pixel separating portion and a second pixel separating portion extending from the pixel separating portion and disposed around a pixel portion. Therefore, the number of processes for forming the organic light emitting diode display device can be reduced, and corrosion of a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode display device can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Hee Dong Choi