Patents Issued in June 22, 2010
  • Patent number: 7740453
    Abstract: A multi-segment wind turbine blade comprises at least two blade segments. A first spar cap segment is attached to a first blade segment and a second spar cap segment is attached to a second blade segment. The first and second spar cap segments are configured to form a scarf joint. First and second spar cap brackets are attached in locations of the first and second spar cap segments, respectively, selected to facilitate alignment of the first and second spar cap segments at the scarf joint. At a field site, the first and second spar cap segments are bonded after fastening the first and second spar cap brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Michael Zirin, Wendy Wen-Ling Lin, Youdong Zhou, Shu Ching Quek, Grama Praveen, Bowden Kirkpatrick, Jamie Thomas Livingston, Peggy Lynne Baehmann
  • Patent number: 7740454
    Abstract: A simple structured thermal actuation pump for reducing energy loss is provided. The thermal actuation pump includes: a first chamber having at least one working fluid inlet and at least one working fluid outlet; a second chamber having at least one working fluid inlet and at least one working fluid outlet; and a thermoelectric element arranged between the first chamber and the second chamber and including one side being cooled and the other side being heated according to a direction of current for changing inside pressures of the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-gyun Kim, Young-ki Hong
  • Patent number: 7740455
    Abstract: A system for pumping liquid having a first reservoir at a first elevation, which stores a first liquid, a second reservoir at a second elevation, where the second elevation is substantially lower than the first elevation, the second reservoir stores a second liquid, a third reservoir at a third elevation, where the third elevation is substantially lower than the first elevation, the second elevation is higher than the third elevation, the third reservoir arranged to store the second liquid, and, at least one hydraulic pump connected to the first reservoir via a first conduit, connected to the second reservoir via a second conduit, connected to the third reservoir via a third conduit, the pump arranged to be powered by the first liquid when the first liquid is permitted to fall due to gravity, the pump arranged to pump the second liquid from the third reservoir to the second reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Brian Nissen
  • Patent number: 7740456
    Abstract: A suction silencer in a compressor is disclosed, including a lower shell having an opened top, that draws refrigerant, and an upper shell fixed to the top of the lower shell to form an inside space that reduces noise of drawn refrigerant, and that discharges refrigerant in a direction different from a flow direction of the refrigerant introduced into the lower shell, thereby simplifying a structure to permit easy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Min Kyu Jung, Dong Woo Park
  • Patent number: 7740457
    Abstract: A device for delivery of flowable media, especially of lubricants, includes a pump (1) driven by a motor and forming a component of a line system. At least one heating element (21) activated by energy supply is located outside of the housing (3) of the pump (1) in a position enabling heat transfer to the housing (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Hydac System GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Günter Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7740458
    Abstract: The transfer case pump bracket for use with a fluid pump in a transfer case of a vehicle is at least partially received within a pump cavity between the transfer case and the fluid pump. The transfer case pump bracket comprises a base member and one or more support members extending from the base member. The base member is configured to be positioned between the fluid pump and the transfer case when the fluid pump is assembled to the transfer case with the support members being adapted to be received within an indent portion of the pump cavity to at least partially inhibit the fluid pump from contacting the transfer case proximate the indent portion of the pump cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Adapt-A-Case, LLC
    Inventor: Michael T Black
  • Patent number: 7740459
    Abstract: A method for producing a micromechanical component, preferably for fluidic applications having cavities. The component is constructed from two functional layers, the two functional layers being patterned differently using micromechanical methods. A first etch stop layer having a first pattern is applied to a base plate. A first functional layer is applied to the first etch stop layer and to the first contact surfaces of the base plate. A second etch stop layer, having a second pattern, is applied to first functional layer. A second functional layer is applied to the second etch stop layer and to the second contact surfaces of the first functional layer. An etching mask is applied to the second functional layer. The second and the first functional layer are patterned as sacrificial layers by the use of the first and the second etch stop layer by etching methods and/or by using the first and the second etch stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Fuertsch, Hubert Benzel, Stefan Finkbeiner, Stefan Pinter, Frank Fischer, Heiko Stahl, Tjalf Pirk
  • Patent number: 7740460
    Abstract: A controlled-clearance sealing compressor device that provides precision rotor centering directly with respect to the stator housing, vane centering with respect to rotor (not the stator) and the dynamic balance design of the gliders required for practical single and dual vane devices. The devices uses roller bearings to control the radial position of the vane and control rods or pins are used to control axial positioning of the vane, its ‘centralization’ with respect to the rotor and the endplates. The positive displacement rotary vane compressors and vacuum pumps have friction reduction, efficiency enhancement and exceedingly long operating life as a result of the non-contact gas sealing of the process gas within the rotary vane compressors and vacuum pumps. In an embodiment the positive displacement compressing device is used in transportation vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 7740461
    Abstract: An electrospinning apparatus is described. The electrospinning apparatus has a rotary nozzle mechanism that moves simultaneously along a non-linear track for forming polymeric fibrils, so that the polymeric fibrils can be piled to form a uniform web on a receiving carrier from any receiving angle. Therefore, the electrospinning apparatus resolves problems of the prior polymeric fibrils, such as various distribution and slow production rate. In addition, a method of manufacturing polymeric fibrils in the aforementioned electrospinning apparatus is further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research Institute
    Inventors: Haw-Jer Chang, Hung-En Chen, Po-Hsiung Huang, Jen-Hsiung Lee, Ching-Hui Tseng
  • Patent number: 7740462
    Abstract: The invention provides a tire vulcanizer having a vulcanizer body and a shaping unit and configured to be able to accurately mount a green tire in the shaping unit and shape it accurately when shaping the green tire in the shaping unit. As a result, the green tire can be placed and set accurately in a lower container of the vulcanizer body when the shaping unit is placed in a container of the vulcanizer body. In order to mount the green tire in the shaping unit (B) outside the vulcanizer body, the tire vulcanizer includes outside the vulcanizer body (A) a tire mounting device (D) which mounts the green tire in the shaping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Ichimaru Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hironobu Ichimaru
  • Patent number: 7740463
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of pressurised metered dose inhalers (MDIs) having part or all of their internal surfaces consisting of stainless steel, anodised aluminium or lined with an inert organic coating; and to compositions to be delivered with said MDIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: David Lewis, David Ganderton, Brian Meakin, Paolo Ventura, Gaetano Brambilla, Raffaella Garzia
  • Patent number: 7740464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a receiving device (3) for post-treating tires (1). After vulcanizing the elastomer material, the tires (1) are subjected to internal pressure by means of support gas, and cooled. Said receiving device (3) is embodied such that it can maintain the tires (1) and also seal the inner chamber of the tires. Also, a pressurized gas supply is connected to the receiving device (3). Said receiving device (3) comprises at least two fixed receiving areas (4) for at least two tires (1). The tires undergo at least one introduction process using a positionable handling device (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Jeannette Militzer, Stefan Bahlke, Rüdiger Meincke, Horst Enoch
  • Patent number: 7740465
    Abstract: A method and a casting mold for producing an optical semiconductor module is provided, wherein a semiconductor body having at least one optically active element on its top is introduced into a leadframe. Then conductive connections are established between the semiconductor body and the leadframe, and then the leadframe and semiconductor body are encapsulated in a casting mold. Wherein provided in the part of the casting mold that faces the top of the semiconductor body are masking bodies, which extend from the top inner wall of the casting mold towards the optically active elements and cover the elements with their respective end face in a way that seals out casting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Atmel Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Mutz, Hans-Peter Waible
  • Patent number: 7740466
    Abstract: A molding device is provided with a holding portion for clamping the end of an extruded portion, and a cavity for forming a molded portion. The holding portion has holding cores to come in contact with the end of the extruded portion, and at least a part of the holding cores is formed by a material with a low thermal conductivity. Thus, the molding method of a weather strip includes, clamping the end of the extruded portion by the holding portions, then, ejecting or injecting a rubber material for molding the molded portion in the cavity, and then, molding the rubber by vulcanization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kubo
  • Patent number: 7740468
    Abstract: A rotary press with a stand, a rotor rotatably mounted around a vertical axis in the stand and being driven, which has an upper and a lower compression punch accommodation for upper and lower punches which co-operate with bores of a die plate of the rotor, and upper and lower control cam elements which can be detachably fastened on a cam carrier of the stand and which guide heads of the compression punches by means of control cams during the rotation of the rotor, characterized in that at least one control cam element, guiding the compression punch heads radially outside or radially inside, can be detachably fastened on the carrier and can be moved radially away from the punch heads when the fastening means is detached, so far that by-passing the punch heads, it can be taken out parallel to the axis of the rotor, towards the upside or towards the bottom side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Lueneburg, Matthias Dederichs, Ulrich Arndt
  • Patent number: 7740469
    Abstract: Thermoplastic films and laminates are made by extrusion and stretching using differential speed rollers employing a short stretching gap of no more than one inch immediately after the extruded film product is formed. The method and apparatus control the thickness of the stretched film and impart desirable mechanical properties thereto such as film products with a high modulus for handling and suitable tensile for softness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Leopoldo V. Cancio, Thomas G. Mushaben, Robert M. Mortellite, Pai-Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 7740470
    Abstract: A stretcher for substantially uniaxially orienting a film includes a plurality of gripping members to hold opposing edge portions of the film, paths along which the gripping members travel to stretch the film in a stretching region, and a drive mechanism to convey the film and gripping members along a machine direction. At least a portion of the paths in the stretching region define diverging, curvilinear courses disposed in-plane. The paths are configured such that during the stretching an extent of uniaxial character, U, is between zero and unity and a minimum value of an extent of uniaxial character, U, is at least 0.70 over a final portion of the stretching after achieving a TDDR of 2.5. U is defined as U=(1/MDDR?1)/(TDDR1/2?1), wherein TDDR is greater than 4 at an end of the stretching region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William Ward Merrill, Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, John A. Wheatley, Dennis L. Krueger
  • Patent number: 7740471
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing products using a mold having at least one mold cavity which is at least partly defined by at least two movable wall parts, wherein the mold is closed and the at least two movable wall parts (35A, 35B) are brought to a retracted position relative to the mold cavity, so that the volume of the mold cavity is enlarged relative to the volume required for a product to be formed, wherein at least partly molten material is introduced into the mold cavity and then in a first step a first one (35A) of the at least two movable wall parts is set into motion in the direction of a forwardly moved position and in a second step a second one (35B) of the at least two movable wall parts is set into motion in the direction of a forwardly moved position, wherein the movable wall parts are moved into said forwardly moved position for the formation of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ECIM Technologies, B.V.
    Inventor: Hendricus Antonius Hoogland
  • Patent number: 7740472
    Abstract: A device for flowing a liquid on a surface comprises: a flow path. A first port supplies the liquid to one end of the flow path and applies a first port pressure for retaining the liquid when the flow path is remote from the surface. A second port receives the liquid from the other end of the flow path and applies a second port pressure such that the difference between the first and second negative port pressures is oriented to promote flow of the liquid from the first port to the second port via the flow path in response to the flow path being located proximal to the surface and the liquid in the device contacting the surface. The first and second port pressures are such that the liquid is drawn towards at least the second port in response to withdrawal of the flow path from the surface. Such devices may employ microfluidic technology and find application in surface patterning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Emmanuel Delamarche, David Juncker, Bruno Michel, Heinz Schmid
  • Patent number: 7740473
    Abstract: The molding apparatus includes a cavity mold with a cavity surface for defining a cavity in which a molten injection material is injected, and a core mold with a core surface for defining the cavity upon engagement with the cavity mold. The core mold has an intermediate core mold plate having the core surface and a support plate. A guide pin inserted into a guide hole formed in the cavity mold and fitted through the intermediate core mold plate to allow the intermediate core mold plate to be moved only in a forward and backward direction is fixed to the support plate. A first spring is installed between the intermediate core mold plate and the support plate, a first heating means is installed to a parting surface of the intermediate core mold plate and a cooling means is installed to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Myung-Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 7740474
    Abstract: A support for structural components that are subjected to a thermal treatment process. The support includes a frame having limbs and extending therefrom a grid of intersecting strands. In order to prevent the support from warping even when subjected to strong thermal loads or variations in temperature, the frame is produced from a temperature-resistant material and the strands are produced from carbon fibers or ceramic fibers that form the grid, extending from the limbs of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Scheibel, Roland Weiss, Martin Henrich, Marco Ebert, Stefan Schneweis
  • Patent number: 7740475
    Abstract: An adjustable orthodontic apparatus formed by at least one base plate having opposing sides, the first side being a tooth engaging side and the second side having a plurality of columns of protrusions and channels created by the columns of protrusions and at least one connecting plate having opposing sides, the first side having a plurality of columns of protrusions and channels created by the columns of protrusions and a front side having a cavity for receiving a wire. The protrusions are designed to travel within the channels during an adjustment stage. A securing device locks the connecting plate to a desired position on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Mark Minium
  • Patent number: 7740476
    Abstract: A method is described for taking a three-dimensional virtual model of the dentition and associated anatomical structures of a patient and isolating individual teeth from the rest of the anatomical structure, e.g. gums, to thereby produce individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects. The individual tooth objects can be displayed on the display of an orthodontic workstation and moved independently from each other, and thereby form the basis of planning treatment for the patient. The individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects are created by comparing the virtual model of the dentition to virtual, three-dimensional template teeth that are stored in memory in a process described in detail herein. The template teeth can include roots as well as crowns. The template teeth can be stored objects acquired from some external source or alternatively developed from a database of patient scans. Virtual three-dimensional brackets are also stored in the memory of the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Orametrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rüdger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Peer Sporbert, Hans Imgrund, Mario Leichner, Rohit Sachdeva
  • Patent number: 7740477
    Abstract: In a dental device for the investigation of the optical properties of tooth tissue, in particular for the recognition of caries, plaque, bacterial infection, concretions and tartar, having a generator for generating an excitation radiation, which is to be directed onto a tooth tissue region to be investigated, a radiation detector and a radiation evaluator for the detection and evaluation of a response radiation arising from the irradiated tooth tissue region as response to the irradiation, and an indicator means for the indication of a measurement result determined by the evaluation means on the basis of the detected response radiation, the excitation radiation generator, the radiation detector and at least also the indicator being integrated in a dental handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Hack, Sven Erdmann, Hans Heckenberger
  • Patent number: 7740478
    Abstract: An applicator for dental compounds includes a shaft, the front end of which can be connected with the aid of a fastening device to a syringe containing the dental compound, and a plunger. The shaft contains a ram for advancing the plunger. The fastening device has an inner sleeve, attached to the shaft, and an outer sleeve, attached on the inner sleeve rotatably with respect to it. The inner sleeve is substantially cylindrical and has such a cavity that its cross section is substantially U-shaped. Clamping takes place as a result of eccentricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Ernst Muhlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Hörth, Karsten Lamott, Edgar Lein
  • Patent number: 7740479
    Abstract: A brush tipped applicator includes an applicator tip having a body defining an external surface and an internal conduit. The applicator tip body can have a proximal end defining a proximal opening of the internal conduit and a distal end. The proximal end of the applicator tip body can have a first fastener that is configured for being coupled to a fastener (i.e., second fastener) of a member containing the dental bleaching composition such that the internal conduit of the applicator tip body is capable of being fluidly coupled with the dental bleaching composition. Additionally, the brush tip includes at least one filament disposed on the external surface of the applicator tip body. A dental bleach activator disposed within the filament in an amount sufficient for activating the dental bleaching composition for whitening the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Ultradent Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Allred, David Q. Vu
  • Patent number: 7740480
    Abstract: A sequence of canal instruments for performing an endodontic operating protocol uses a sequence of several instruments, for example, three such instruments with three cutting blades. The instruments have a progressive conicity, for example, 6%, 4% and 2%, and each instrument has an identical progressive pitch. The pitch further increases progressively from instrument to instrument as a function of the conicity of each instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Micro Mega International Manufactures
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Badoz, Hubert Euvrard, Paul Calas, Jean-Marie Vulcain
  • Patent number: 7740481
    Abstract: An interface including a substrate of biocompatible material such as titanium, tantalum or their alloys having, on the surface of the substrate, a first layer having a first concentration of oxide of the biocompatible material, enriched with a second concentration of phosphorus and with a third concentration of calcium, the ratio between the concentration of calcium and the concentration of phosphorus being greater than two. The interface also includes a second layer having a first surface in contact with the first layer and a second surface. The second layer has a fourth concentration of oxide enriched with a fifth concentration of calcium and a sixth concentration of phosphorus. The fourth concentration is less than the fifth and sixth concentrations and the ratio between the fifth concentration of calcium and the sixth concentration of phosphorus is no less than three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Politecnico di Milano
    Inventors: Alberto Cigada, Roberto Chiesa, Enrico Sandrini, Gianni Rondelli, Matteo Santin
  • Patent number: 7740482
    Abstract: Stable and substantially filled cationic dental compositions are described which include: (1) at least one cationically reactive compound (A); (2) at least one dental filler (B); (3) optionally, at least one dispersant (C) composed of at least one organic polymer or copolymer; (4) at least one cationic photoinitiator (D); and (5) optionally, at least one photosensitizer (E). The dental filler (B) is treated with at least one organosilicon coupling agent (F), and at least one compound (G). The organosilicon coupling agent (F) has at least one reactive function (rfA) directly linked to a silicon atom forming after activation of a chemical bond with the dental filler, and at least one reactive function (rfB) not directly linked to a silicon atom, forming after activation, a chemical bond with a reactive function (rfC) of the compound (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Bluestar Silicones France
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Frances, Martial Deruelle, Yves Giraud
  • Patent number: 7740483
    Abstract: A portable apparatus and method for demonstrating different characteristics of different fluids that includes different fluid sumps or chambers for receiving samples of the different fluids. A test shaft having different portions that are immersed in the different fluid samples in the chambers is driven by an electric drive motor at a substantially constant speed while substantially the same amount of friction or force is applied to the different portions of the test shaft at different times to increase the resistance presented to the drive motor. The additional amount of current drawn or power absorbed by the motor or strain induced in the motor drive shaft during the application of such friction or force to the different portions of the test shaft is monitored and compared to provide a comparison of the friction or power loss characteristics of the different fluid samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Taylor, Kathleen O. Havelka
  • Patent number: 7740484
    Abstract: A rotatable receptacle includes a rotary member, a power cord and a fixing stand. The rotary member is fixed by the fixing stand. The fixing stand is electrically connected to the rotary member and the power cord. The rotary member includes multiple conductor terminals, which are arranged at different rotating tracks. The fixing stand includes multiple conductor slices. The conductor slices have respective ring-shape contact regions of different size. When the rotary member is rotated with respect to the fixing stand, the conductor terminals of the rotary member are continuously electrically with corresponding ring-shape contact regions of the fixing stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Te Chiang
  • Patent number: 7740485
    Abstract: An apparatus, when in use, is connected to standby electrical power through a power cord. The apparatus controls the electrical power source to a transportation vehicle with an electrical control device. The electrical control device is energized by a switch. The switch is operated by attaching the transportation vehicle power cord by means of compression via two nylon ties. When tension is present on the transportation vehicle power cord the nylon ties will break. When the nylon ties break, the switch immediately de-energizes the electrical control device and the transportation vehicle power cord. If the transportation vehicle continues to pull on the transportation vehicle power cord, it will be in the de-energized mode. The transportation vehicle power cord will be pulled away from the apparatus and away from the electrical connections through a water tight grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Russell J Edwards, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7740486
    Abstract: An electronic device, comprising an improved printed circuit board connection for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board in a manner that permits physical engagement at a different position than the electrical engagement, and a method for making the improved printed circuit board connection with precision in alignment. In one embodiment, the first printed circuit board includes an end portion configured to engage with a member of a connector on the second printed circuit board. The end portion and the member engage along concave portions of the end portion and convex portions of the member. When engaged, the end portion and the member align wires of the first printed circuit board with terminals of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Nagahisa Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7740487
    Abstract: A connector and a method of manufacturing the same one are provided. The connector includes an insulating casing and a plurality of terminals. The insulating casing has a joining surface and a plurality of terminal holes. The terminal holes are arranged to pass through the joining surface in a manner to slant relative to the insulating casing. Each terminal hole has a pair of opposite inner walls. The insulating casing further has a plurality of positioning parts adjacent to at least one of the respective inner walls of the respective terminal holes. The terminals are located within the respective terminal holes. With the use of the positioning parts, when the terminal holes of the insulating casing is formed, the pins do not tend to break and then the slant terminal holes are smoothly formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 7740488
    Abstract: An interposer assembly for forming electrical connections between contact pads on opposed substrates includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a lateral shift interface between the plates and a plurality of electrical circuit paths extending between contact surfaces at the top of the top plate and at the bottom of the bottom plate. The circuit paths maintain electrical connections between opposed pairs of pads on the substrates despite misalignment of the substrates or lateral shifting of the plates at the interface because of forces exerted on the substrates. The plates are secured together to permit limited lateral movement at the interface. The assembly may have a circuit board plate between the top and bottom plates and two lateral shift interfaces. The contacts may have very small and high contact pressure shear-formed contact tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventor: Paul R. Taylor
  • Patent number: 7740489
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing, a contact and a compressive coupling member. The housing has a mating interface and a mounting interface on opposing sides of the housing. The mounting interface is configured to engage a first substrate when the housing is mounted to the first substrate. The mating interface is configured to mate with a mating connector that is mounted to a second substrate. The housing is configured to engage and interconnect the substrates in a parallel arrangement. The contact extends between and protrudes from the interfaces of the housing and is configured to provide an electrical connection between the substrates. The compressive coupling member is configured to extend through the substrates and the housing in a direction transverse to the interfaces. The coupling member is configured to apply a compressive force to the housing to secure the housing with the mating connector to electrically and mechanically interconnect the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, James Lee Fedder, Jeffrey Byron McClinton
  • Patent number: 7740490
    Abstract: A connector with storage function includes a housing, a seat body, a terminal group, a storage module, and a cover. The housing has a receptacle at a front end, and an opening at a rear end. The seat body is disposed in the housing, and includes a block. The block has a supporting portion and a plurality of slots. The terminal group is disposed on the supporting portion and in the slot. The terminal group further includes a hollow opening at a rear end. The storage module electrically connects with the terminal group, and has a printed circuit board disposed thereon. The printed circuit board electrically connects with a storage unit. The cover has a first cover and a second cover and is disposed in the hollow opening of the seat body. The connector not only stores data required by electronic product, but also increases storage capacity of the electronic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 7740491
    Abstract: A card connector includes a housing which allows a card to inserted thereinto, and a plurality of terminal members which is arranged in the housing, and is respectively connectable to a plurality of external connections provided on the bottom face of the card. The plurality of terminal members is composed of first terminal members which are arranged on an inner bottom face of the housing, are provided side to side along an insertion direction of the card, and are connectable to first external connections of the plurality of external connections of the card which are provided on the side of a rear end of the card, and second terminal members which are connectable to second external connections of the plurality of external connections of the card which are provided on the side of a front end of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Murayama
  • Patent number: 7740492
    Abstract: An apparatus for use within an electrical devices is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a casing having an upper body and a lower body, the casing including a tab disposed on a surface thereof and an adjustable base having a plurality of tab cavities adjacent to the tab. The tab engagingly couples to one of the plurality of tab cavities to secure the adjustable base. The apparatus also includes a connector system coupled to the adjustable base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kingston Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Dwayne Dei Rossi, George Shiu
  • Patent number: 7740493
    Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive includes a slim USB device having an end used to couple the USB flash drive to a host and an opposite end and a swivel cap having a side slit that serves as an opening into which the slim USB device travels horizontally, the side slit being disposed along a lateral side of the swivel cap. The USB flash drive also includes a USB device rivet placed into the slim USB device and the swivel cap to pivotally connect them at one of the ends of the slim USB device, so that the slim USB device is pivotally extendable outwardly from the side slit in a closed or open position. The swivel rocker is pivotally extendable outwardly from the opposite end of the slim USB device and when the swivel rocker is extended outwardly, the slim USB device is caused to extend outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: SuperTalent Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Chin-Nan Ni, David Nguyen, I-Kang Yu, Abraham Chih-Kang Ma
  • Patent number: 7740494
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a data storage apparatus, including a memory module, a USB connector connected with the memory module, a housing for accommodating the memory module, a movable carriage for holding the memory module and the USB connector, and a rotary driving mechanism for transmitting a rotary motion into a linear motion for driving the USB connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Phison Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei Hung Lin, Yu Ting Tseng
  • Patent number: 7740495
    Abstract: A portable storage device essentially comprises a body and a protecting cap. The portable storage device is convenient to use since the portable storage device can be opened or closed easily by a pushing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yu-Nan Lo
  • Patent number: 7740496
    Abstract: A hinge structure with an electrical connector is connected to a first body of an electronic device through a support frame. A pivot portion of the hinge structure is connected to a second body of the electronic device and includes a rotating shaft connected to the support frame, such that the first body is capable of rotating relative to the second body. The electrical connector is a power input connector disposed on the support frame, such that a power line is inserted in the power input connector to electrically connect to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Inventec Corporat
    Inventors: Yi-Hsun Hung, Pao-Lung Wang, Ping-Huang Kuo
  • Patent number: 7740497
    Abstract: An electrical connection system for providing electrical connection between first and second devices comprises one or more electrical connection posts and one or more electrical connection tubes. Each post has a first end and an opposite second end, where the first end is configured to electrically connect with a first device such as a photovoltaic cell. Each tube has an opening to receive and provide electrical connection with the second end of a respective post. First and second end connectors are provided at respective opposite axial ends of a connection tube to enable end to end electrical connection between adjacent tubes. The opening comprises a longitudinal slot together with a plurality of secondary slots. Each secondary slot comprises a first length that extends in a circumferential direction, and a second length that extends in the axial direction, with a circular portion that acts as an electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Dragon Energy Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Christopher George Edward Nightingale
  • Patent number: 7740498
    Abstract: A backward compatible connector assembly that facilitates electrical communication between computer subsystems includes a receptacle, a receiver assembly and a conductor array. The receptacle includes a plurality of first connectors having a first connector length, and a plurality of interspersed second connectors having a second connector length that differs from the first connector length. The first connectors include data pins and the second connectors can include ground pins for single-ended signaling. Alternatively, the second connectors can include a plurality of data pins to form differential pairs of connectors for low voltage differential signaling. The receiver assembly includes first connector receivers that receive the first connectors, and second connector receivers that receive the second connectors. The conductor array can include approximately 40 signal-bearing conductors that have interspersed ground lines or signal-bearing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Tim Orsley
  • Patent number: 7740499
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a helmet-mounted night vision system, or other electronic device, is provided. The electrical connector includes a plug assembly and a receptacle assembly each including a body having a revolved surface and an electrical contact. A protrusion extends from the revolved surface of either the plug assembly or the receptacle assembly and a cam surface is defined along the revolved surface of the other of the plug assembly and the receptacle assembly. Upon engagement between the assemblies, the revolved surfaces of the assemblies are positioned to face each other and upon rotation of the assemblies with respect to one another the protrusion is positioned to move along the cam surface causing the electrical contact of the plug assembly to bear against the electrical contact of the receptacle assembly thereby establishing a connection between the plug assembly and the receptacle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Willey, Gregory S. Bandy, Kyle Damiano
  • Patent number: 7740500
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical plug connector with an insulating contact carrier that contains a number of electrical contacts in the form of contact pins or contact sockets that are arranged parallel to each other, and which can be inserted axially into a plug connector housing, with the contacts being accessible from the front side of the contact carrier, and with the contacts having connecting elements on a rear side of the contact carrier for a connection with electrical power supply lines. The invention proposes to divide the plug connector housing in the insertion direction into a front and a rear housing section that are connected to a hinge joint by means of a swivel axle that is oriented orthogonally to the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: CONINVERS GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Rudolph
  • Patent number: 7740501
    Abstract: Hybrid cables for conveying data and conducting operating power to electrically powered devices and a vehicle utilizing such cables are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: Claudio R. Ballard, Andrew P. Sargent, Jeffrey N. Seward
  • Patent number: 7740502
    Abstract: Coaxial connectors include a connector body and an inner contact post. A compression sleeve is also provided that is configured to impart a generally circumferential compressive force to secure one or more elements of a coaxial cable between the connector body and the inner contact post when the compression sleeve is in a seated position. The compression sleeve or the connector body includes a first disengagement mechanism that is configured to assist moving the compression sleeve from the seated position to an unseated position in which at least some of the circumferential compressive force is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Douglas John Blew, Neil P. Phillips, Carl Meyerhoefer
  • Patent number: 7740503
    Abstract: A lamp string includes first and second wires and a number of lighting units each including a socket receiving a bulb in electrical connection with the wires. The socket includes a husk, which is coupled to the wires and defines a cavity that receives and retains the bulb in such a way to establish electrical connections respectively between first and second contacts of the bulb and the first and second wires, and a plug, which is removably received in the cavity between the bulb and the husk and forms a bore that receives a current bypass device therein. The current bypass device has first and second conductors that are respectively set in electrical connection with the first and second wires. The bore has only an open end to ensure properly installing the current bypass device in the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Chang Fu Tsai