Patents Issued in October 31, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130285490
    Abstract: Systems and methods involving reconfigurable rotating masses are disclosed. One embodiment may take the form of a system having a motor and coupled weights attached to the motor. Operation of the motor rotates the coupled weights and the weights are dynamically reconfigurable to change the location of the center of mass relative to an axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher Rothkopf, Colin M. Ely
  • Publication number: 20130285491
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical kinetic energy storage device includes an input port, an output port, and a tertiary port separate from and magnetically coupled to the input port and the output port. The input port is configured to receive a first input electrical energy from a first electrical source for inducing mechanical energy into the electro-mechanical kinetic energy storage device. The output port is configured output a first converted electrical energy to a first load in which the outputted electrical energy is generated from the induced mechanical energy. The tertiary port is configured to receive a second input electrical energy from a second electrical source for inducing the mechanical energy, and output a second converted electrical energy to a second load, the second converted electrical energy generated from the induced mechanical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Stephen B. Kuznetsov
  • Publication number: 20130285492
    Abstract: The axial direction of a worm wheel is defined as a motor short-transverse direction, and a plane orthogonal to the motor short-transverse direction is defined as a motor flat plane. An imaginary plane contacting a first end of a sensor magnet in a motor short-transverse direction and parallel with the flat plane is defined as a first imaginary plane. An imaginary plane contacting a second end of the sensor magnet in the motor short-transverse direction and parallel with the flat plane is defined as a second imaginary plane. A control circuit board is provided with a rotation detecting element that detects rotation of the rotary shaft of the motor. The control circuit board is arranged to be parallel with or inclined relative to the flat plane, and is provided between the first and second imaginary planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Asmo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoaki OZAKI, Hiroshi KOKUBU, Nobuo MIZUTANI, Mitsuhiro TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20130285493
    Abstract: An explosion-proof braking device is described, which is configured to be connected to the front flange of an explosion-proof electric motor, the braking device comprising: a shaft (6) connected to the shaft of the motor from the outside, and provided with bearings (7, 8) internal to the device, an electromagnetic brake (11, 12, 13, 14) acting upon said shaft (6), comprising at least one excitation coil (11) and one air gap (10). The shaft (6) is made of a non-magnetic metal alloy, the bearings (7, 8) are so positioned as to lie outside the main flux lines of the magnetic field produced between the coil and the air gap, and the braking device is provided with flame-proof lamination joints of the through or closed type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Andrea Paone, Guido Paone
  • Publication number: 20130285494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear actuator (1) comprising an outer tube (3) secured to a console and a rear mounting (5) and a front mounting (7) for mounting the linear actuator (1). The linear actuator (1) further comprises a motor housing (6) which constitutes a first part of an actuator housing (2) The linear actuator (1) further comprises an inner tube (4) which at its outermost end is secured to the front mounting (7) and with its other end is in connection with a spindle nut on a spindle. Through a transmission an electric motor causes the spindle to rotate at which the spindle nut and the inner tube will be moved in an outwards or inwards direction depending on the direction of rotation of the spindle. The spindle nut and the inner tube are guided telescopically in the outer tube. The spindle nut and the inner tube are secured against rotation in the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: LINAK A/S
    Inventors: Torben Iversen, René Sørensen, Martin Kahr Knudsen
  • Publication number: 20130285495
    Abstract: A motor includes a base, a stator, and a rotor. The base includes a shaft tube having an open end and receiving an inner assembly. The stator is mounted to an outer periphery of the shaft tube. The rotor is rotatably coupled to the inner assembly. The stator includes an insulating bobbin unit having an extension extending in a radial direction to the open end of the shaft tube. The extension includes an engagement hole. The shaft tube includes a positioning member having an engaging section engaged in the engagement hole. The insulating bobbin unit is fixed by an end of the engaging section. The engagement stability of the stator is enhanced by engagement of the positioning member of the base and the insulating bobbin unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ko-Chien Wang
  • Publication number: 20130285496
    Abstract: Electric miniature motor comprises bearings; stationary assemblies having end faces; and metallic configurations disposed at the end faces for seating the bearings. At least one of the bearings is a sleeve bearing of sintered material inserted into a massive ring of weldable material, the outer diameter of which is smaller than the inner diameter of the corresponding configuration for seating; and the ring is connected by at least one welded joint to the configuration for seating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Dario BOCCADAMO, Joachim Friebe
  • Publication number: 20130285497
    Abstract: A primary disc and the secondary discs are each fitted with magnetic means, typically in the form of permanent magnets of the same polarity, located along a radial line from the centre point of the discs, and arranged generally transverse to the axis of rotation of the respective disc. These magnets are also located at or adjacent to the periphery of the disc(s). The magnets are embedded into each of the primary and secondary discs such that the faces of the magnets are flush with the exterior faces of the primary and secondary discs. In some embodiments, the magnets on the primary and secondary discs are arranged so as to be parallel, with their respective elongate, straight side edges aligned. Such an arrangement can result in less slippage between the discs which hold the magnets, and can assist in handling some misalignment which may occur between these discs during use, thus allowing smoother operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Andrew Boyd FRENCH
  • Publication number: 20130285498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotor of a brushless direct current motor including magnets, a core in which the magnets are accommodated, a rotating shaft inserted into the core, and a pair of cover members inserted into the rotating shaft to cover both ends of the core, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Jun Yang, Se Joo Kim, Ki Young Lee, Han Kyung Bae
  • Publication number: 20130285499
    Abstract: A rotor magnet engagement assembly includes a rotor base plate, a first magnetic interpole element, and a second magnetic interpole element. The first magnetic interpole element and the second magnetic interpole element are attached to the rotor base plate in such a manner that a gap is provided between the first magnetic interpole element and the second magnetic interpole element. The first magnetic interpole element, the second magnetic interpole element, and the rotor base plate form a recess, wherein the recess is adapted to receive a magnet in such a manner that the magnet is fixed to the rotor base plate. It is further described a method for manufacturing a rotor magnet engagement assembly, a rotor magnet arrangement, a rotor for an electromechanical transducer, and an electromechanical transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Arwyn Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130285500
    Abstract: A first rotor and a second rotor in which first steel plates in which a plurality of first through holes into which magnets are inserted are formed circumferentially apart from each other are laminated such that the first through holes are axially continuous, a second steel plate in which second smaller through holes are formed. circumferentially apart from each other and is laminated axially at one end side, and the magnet inserted into each of the first through holes of the first and second rotor, The first and second rotor are connected to the same shaft such that the second steel plates serve as the outer sides in the axial direction and the position in the circumferential direction of each of the first through hole is shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Ichinomiya Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu KINASHI
  • Publication number: 20130285501
    Abstract: A generator (5) for a wind turbine (1) is disclosed. The generator (5) comprises a rotor (3) configured to rotate about a rotational axis, and at least one stator (4) arranged next to the rotor (3). Each stator (4) comprises at least two subunits (8), the subunits (8) being arranged side-by-side along a moving direction of the rotor (3). Each subunit (8) comprises at least one flux-generating module (9) facing the rotor (3) but spaced therefrom, thereby defining an air gap between the rotor (3) and each flux-generating module (9). The subunits (8) are movable relative to each other along a direction which is substantially transverse to the moving direction of the rotor (3). This allows a subunit (8) to move in a manner which adjusts the air gap without affecting the position and the air gap of a neighbouring subunit (8). Thereby variations in the rotor (3) can be compensated and a uniform and constant air gap can be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Michael Staghoj, Gerner Larsen, Niels Christian Olsen, Frank Møller Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130285502
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved single-layer coil for a rotating or linear electrical machine. The coil has a first endwinding that is substantially straight to a longitudinal axis of the coil and a second endwinding that is bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the coil. The coil therefore has differently shaped endwindings with one end 12 being ‘straight’ and the other end being ‘bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130285503
    Abstract: A commutator motor has a stator, brushes and a rotor. The rotor has a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a number of coils wound about the rotor core and a commutator fixed to the shaft next to the rotor core. The commutator has a base and a number of commutator bars fixed to the base in sliding contact with the brushes. The rotor core includes a number of pole bodies extending substantially radially outwards. Each pole body includes a connecting surface at an axial end of the rotor core. The commutator base includes a number of connecting arms extending substantially radially outwards and contacting the connecting surfaces of corresponding pole bodies. At least two of the coils are wound around a corresponding pole body and the connecting arm contacting the connecting surface of this pole body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: James Ching Sik LAU, Kwong Yip POON, Ning HUANG, Ting HE, Jian Ping JIN
  • Publication number: 20130285504
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is provided on the piezoelectric substrate and made of silicon oxide. The second dielectric layer is provided on the first dielectric layer and has an acoustic velocity greater than that of the first dielectric layer. A third dielectric layer is provided between the first dielectric layer and the piezoelectric substrate, and arranged to cover a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and an upper surface and side surfaces of the IDT electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Daisuke TAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20130285505
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator apparatus including: an actuator that is provided with a driving voltage at one end and a reference potential at the other end to enable driving; a first setting section that is connected to the one end of the actuator and sets an operating speed of the actuator; a second setting section that is provided between the one end of the actuator and the reference potential, and sets the driving voltage of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu ABE, Hisao HORI, Yoshihiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20130285506
    Abstract: To reduce attenuation of vibration in provision of a tactile sensation when both of a piezoelectric element for providing a tactile sensation and a piezoelectric element for transmitting sound are provided to a panel, an electronic device 1 includes a panel 10, a first piezoelectric element 31 and a second piezoelectric element 32 that are attached to the panel 10, and a control unit 50 for controlling such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven to output sound and, when the panel 10 detects a contact, such that the first piezoelectric element 31 is driven, and that the control unit 50, when the panel 10 detects the contact, controls such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven as well as the first piezoelectric element 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20130285507
    Abstract: A vibration power generating element comprises: a substrate provided with a supporting part and a cantilever that is swingably supported by the supporting part; and a power generation part formed at the cantilever and generating AC power in response to swing of the cantilever. The power generation part is provided with first and second piezoelectric converters apposed at a region that overlaps the cantilever at one surface side of the substrate. The vibration power generating element is further provided with a common electrode and individual electrodes. The common electrode is electrically connected to a lower electrode shared by the first and second piezoelectric converters. The individual electrodes are individually connected to upper electrodes of the first and second piezoelectric converters, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamauchi, Junya Ogawa, Tomoaki Matsushima, Koichi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20130285508
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes a base, drive vibrating arms, detection vibrating arms, and adjustment vibrating arms. The drive vibrating arms are driven to make bending vibration in a predetermined plane. The following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: f3>f2??(1) 0.964×(1?0.321(1+L/t))?f2/f1?0.995??(2) where t represents the thickness of the base, L represents the length of the base in the direction in which the drive vibrating arms extend, f1 represents the frequency of natural vibration of the detection vibrating arms in a direction that intersects the predetermined plane, f2 represents the frequency of natural vibration of the drive vibrating arms in a direction that intersects the predetermined plane, and f3 represents the frequency of natural vibration of the adjustment vibrating arms in a direction that intersects the predetermined plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keiji NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20130285509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an actuator unit comprising a piezoactuator (1), a sleeve (9) having a first end face (14) and a second end face (13), and a potting compound (11). The method comprises: inserting the piezoactuator (1) into the sleeve (9), wherein the piezoactuator is inserted into the sleeve (9) from the side of the sleeve (9) having the first end face (14); arranging a filling opening of a filling element (15) in an axial position near the axial position of the second end face (13) of the sleeve (9); filling a hollow space between the inner side of the sleeve (9) and the piezoactuator (1) with the potting compound (11) via the filling opening of the filling element (15), such that the potting compound (11) extends maximally to a first end face (14?) of the piezoactuator (1). The invention further relates to a sleeve (9) for receiving a piezoactuator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Johann Kreiter, Siegfried Fellner, Georg Kügerl
  • Publication number: 20130285510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fabricating piezoelectric composite material comprising steps of mixing a piezoelectric ceramic powder, an adhesive, a cross-linking agent, a lubricant and a plasticizer to form a slurry; extruding the slurry to form a piezoelectric ceramic green fiber; sintering the piezoelectric ceramic green fiber to form the piezoelectric ceramic fiber; arranging the piezoelectric ceramic fiber in a mold according to a predetermined volumetric content; and adding a polymer into the mode to form a polymer matrix of piezoelectric composite material. A piezoelectric power generating device including a piezoelectric power generating element made of the piezoelectric composite material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Wu-Sung CHUANG, Chih-Chang Wei, Huey-Lin Hsieh, Cheng-Sheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20130285511
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator unit, which comprises a piezoactuator (1) having a first end face (14?) and a second end face (13?). The actuator unit further comprises a sleeve (9) for accommodating the piezoactuator (1), wherein the sleeve (9) has a first end face (14) and a second end face (13). The actuator unit further comprises a potting compound (11) which surrounds the piezoactuator (1). The piezoactuator (1) and the potting compound (11) are introduced into the sleeve (9). The potting compound (11) extends no further than the first end face (14?) of the piezoactuator (1). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an actuator unit and a sleeve for accommodating a piezoactuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Johann Kreiter, Siegfried Fellner
  • Publication number: 20130285512
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a metal substrate, an alumina layer, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode. The metal substrate includes iron as a main component and includes at least aluminum and chromium. The alumina layer is formed on the metal substrate, and the lower electrode is formed on the alumina layer. The piezoelectric layer is formed on the lower electrode, and the upper electrode is formed on the piezoelectric layer. The alumina layer is mainly formed of particles in a ?-alumina phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Katsumura, Hiroshi Kagata
  • Publication number: 20130285513
    Abstract: A control device for a motor unit includes: a housing including a bottom wall, a side wall and an accommodation space formed so as to be surrounded by the side wall; a heat sink including a first heat dissipation wall portion upright from the bottom wall in the accommodation space, the first heat dissipation wall portion upright having a first heat dissipation principal surface; a first board portion mounted on the first heat dissipation principal surface and having a first principal surface; and a circuit board including a power element mounted on the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki TANI, Shigeki NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20130285514
    Abstract: A shaft grounding apparatus including a grounding rope in electrical contact with ground, and an adjustable rope guide configured to guide the grounding rope on an electrically conductive surface of a rotating shaft of an electric machine. The adjustable rope guide includes a plurality of articulating segments configured to provide the adjustable rope guide with a variable radius of curvature to closely follow a radius of curvature of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Robert S. Cutsforth
  • Publication number: 20130285515
    Abstract: The present invention is to installed one or more than one power generators inside a hub capable of being driven to rotate, the rotation shaft of the power generator and the shaft core of the hub are arranged at different shaft with a biased manner, the hub (11) of the external rotation mechanism includes being installed with blades so as to be driven by the gaseous or liquid fluid, e.g. serving as a wind power generator or hydraulic power generator; or inputting the mechanical rotation kinetic power from the external to directly drive or through a transmission device to drive the hub (11) thereby driving the power generator biasedly installed therein, so with a transmission device installed inside the hub (11), the hub (11) is enabled to perform accelerating driving to the power generator, thereby reducing the volume and weight of the power generator while having the same power capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Tai-Her YANG
  • Publication number: 20130285516
    Abstract: A casing for electronic equipments is disclosed. The casing includes a first region and a second region. The first region is formed by a foamed layer provided between an outer rigid layer and an inner rigid layer. The foamed layer isolates the outer rigid layer from the inner rigid layer. The second region is formed by a single layer of material, and the single layer of material is joined to the outer rigid layer, the formed layer and the inner rigid layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Tetsuo Ogawa, Tetsuya Ohtani, Hiroaki Agata
  • Publication number: 20130285517
    Abstract: A door frame for a refrigerator display case that includes an inner metal member, an outer metal member, and first and second single plastic modules sandwiched between the inner and outer metal members. The inner and outer metal members and first and second plastic modules cooperate to define first and second door openings. The first and second single plastic modules each include a jamb middle plastic section, a header middle plastic section, a sill middle plastic section and a mullion middle plastic section. The first and second single plastic modules are adhered to the inner metal member and the outer metal member, and the first mullion plastic section and the second mullion plastic section are not adhered to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Ryan Wach, John Michael Roche, Sesha Madireddi, Raghujit Kunapuli, Sai Prakash Putti
  • Publication number: 20130285518
    Abstract: A display case panel mounting system includes a mounting bracket, sliding panel mount, and a slider. The sliding panel mount may include a first slide profile and a second slide profile. The mounting bracket may be capable of connecting to a display case and the slider may connect to the mounting bracket and the first slide profile to facilitate rotational movement of the sliding panel mount. The second slide profile may engage the first slide profile to facilitate linear movement of the second slide profile with respect to the first slide profile. A panel clamp may connect to the second slide profile to receive a panel for the display case to facilitate rotational movement and linear movement of the panel and various orientations of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory A. Stelmasik
  • Publication number: 20130285519
    Abstract: Apparatus (2) for housing a product comprising a frame (4) mounted on or in a surface; and a member (6) moveable within the frame (4) and for securing the product wherein the member (6) is moveable between a first position in which the product is concealed from view and a second position in which the product is in view and accessible by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Hills Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Nathan Arthur Tranter, Terrance Paul Brown
  • Publication number: 20130285520
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a first panel having a body and a mating portion formed at an end of the body. The body includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, and the first surface includes several first hooking members and several protruding tabs. A second panel includes a first side and an opposite second side, the first side includes several resilient tabs and several second hooking members. Each resilient tab defines a receiving hole, and the second panel further has a top surface and a bottom surface that includes a protruding portion at the second side. The mating portion of the first panel is snugly received in the chamber, the first hooking members engage the second hooking members, and each of the tabs of the first panel is received in one of the receiving holes of the resilient tabs, thereby coupling the second panel to the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIN-SUNG YANG, WEI LIU, XUE-DONG TANG
  • Publication number: 20130285521
    Abstract: A server cabinet includes a housing, a switch, and two fastening members. The housing includes two posts. The switch includes two opposite sidewalls. Each fastening member includes a fastening plate with a first end of the fastening plate fastened to a corresponding post, a connection plate slantingly extending from the fastening plate, and two mounting plates respectively extending from a second end of the fastening plate and a distal end of the connection plate and perpendicular to the fastening plate. The mounting plates of each fastening member are fastened to a corresponding sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: AN-GANG LIANG, ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Publication number: 20130285522
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a chassis and a mounting member. The chassis includes a rear plate, a side plate connected to the rear plate, and a bracket located on the rear plate. The bracket includes a top wall and a mounting piece. The mounting member includes a pressing plate and a mounting plate. The mounting piece defines a mounting hole. The mounting member is located between the side plate and the mounting piece. A first end of the mounting plate is secured to the side plate. A second end of the mounting plate is engaged in the mounting hole. The pressing plate and the top wall are configured for sandwiching a mounting tab of an expansion card. The mounting plate is elastically deformable to press the pressing plate towards the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIANG YU, XIAO-YONG MA
  • Publication number: 20130285523
    Abstract: Described is a lightweight and durable storage device comprising a main enclosure of rigid material with interior partitions (FIG. 18), a hingedly attached and lockable access door panel (210) (119), an infinitely designable cosmetic door cover (113), a means for securing the enclosure to a fixed surface (111), a self contained unit for charging electronic items stored inside the enclosure (1410), a means for exterior venting (218), an exterior attachment (114) and means for securing larger items outside the enclosure (1210), and a non-abrasive surface material (1810) applied to high use areas of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Brian Delynn Smith
  • Publication number: 20130285524
    Abstract: A housing includes a main body and an outside layer. The main body defines an opening. The outside layer is bonded by molding to the main body. The outside layer and the main body includes different materials. The outside layer includes a protective cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHENG SHI, JIANG-FENG LIU, TIAN XU
  • Publication number: 20130285525
    Abstract: A folding device includes a housing, a cover, at least one pivoting member, a torsion spring, and at least one resisting member. The cover folds down on the housing. The pivoting member is fixed to the cover. The pivoting member has a pivot. The pivot is rotatably inserted into the housing to pivot the cover on the housing. The torsion spring provides a constant elastic force for opening and supporting the cover. The at least one resisting member resists against the pivoting member to prevent the pivot disengaging from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TING-TING ZHAO, HE-LI WANG
  • Publication number: 20130285526
    Abstract: A folding device includes a housing, an inner space, an inclined bottom side, a cover, and a holding assembly. The housing has an upper side. The inner space is under the upper side. The inclined bottom side is concaved from the upper side into the inner space to form a receiving recess. A part of the inner space is occupied by the receiving recess. The cover is pivotable about the housing, such that the cover is capable of folding down on the housing. The holding assembly includes a first holding member fixed on the cover, and a second holding member fixed on housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Ting ZHAO, He-Li WANG
  • Publication number: 20130285527
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator which increases convenience in assembly of a handle and reduces generation of scratches on doors and drawers in assembly of the handle, and a handle assembly method thereof. The refrigerator includes doors rotatably combined with a main body, a handle combined with each door to open and close each door, a first handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and provided with an inclined part fixed to the handle by a fastening unit, a second handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and combined with the handle in a sliding manner, a first connector assembled with the handle and fastened to the first handle fixing unit by the fastening unit, and a second connector assembled with the handle and combined with the second handle fixing unit in the sliding manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Gu CHOI, Dong Gyun Kim, Hyo Sik Kang, Young Gwi Park, Jong Sun Park, Yong Man Seo
  • Publication number: 20130285528
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator including a main body provided with a storage chamber; a door to respectively open and close the storage chamber; a control unit installed the door to select an operation; a reception part provided in the door to receive the control unit; and an installation hole provided on a side end of the door to cause the control unit to be inserted into the reception part. The control unit is installed through the side end of the door, which is deviated from a user's line of sight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Young Gwi PARK, Joo Hee Song, Yong Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20130285529
    Abstract: A light bulb (10) including an outer housing (12) shaped like a standard Edison light bulb. The interior of the bulb includes a circuit board (24) and one or more LEDs (26). A heat sink (30) is provided inside the bulb housing that draws thermal energy away from the LEDs using graphite based materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: James T. Petroski
  • Publication number: 20130285530
    Abstract: An LED bulb includes a bulb body and an adapter detachably connecting with the bulb body. The bulb body has two pins function as a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The two pins are for inserting into and electrically connecting with a bi-pin socket connector for light bulb, such as MR16 socket connector. The adapter includes a junction seat, a first connector, a second connector, and a bulb cap. Metallic threads are formed on the bulb cap. The first connector is received in the junction seat and electrically contacts the threads. The second connector extends through the junction seat and the bulb cap to make a bottom end thereof being exposed. The adapter is able to engage and electrically connect with an Edison screw socket connector, for example, E-10 socket connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: CHIH-YUNG LIN, MIN-TSUN HSIEH, CHING-LIEN YEH, CHIA-CHEN CHANG, CHUAN-FU YANG
  • Publication number: 20130285531
    Abstract: A LED light bulb (10, 110, 210) having at least one LED (30a-d, 230). Light output from the LED is directed toward an offset scattering optics structure (50, 150, 250) that intersects and scatters the light output. The LED may optionally be paired with a narrow beam optical piece (32a-d, 132a-d, 232) to focus and direct the light output of the LED toward the scattering optics structure. A mounting structure (40, 140, 240a, 240b) may support the scattering optics structure and offset the scattering optics structure from the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Chuan Yuan, Yun Li, Mo Shen, Zhigang Pei, Ye Liu
  • Publication number: 20130285532
    Abstract: A spark plug comprises an insulator having a axial hole penetrating in a direction of an axis, a central electrode provided on the front end side of the axial hole, a tubular metal shell that holds the insulator, and a ground electrode including a surface layer and a core material that is surrounded by the surface layer and has a larger thermal conductivity than that of the surface layer. The metal shell of the spark plug has a protruding portion in which at least a part of the metal shell protrudes toward the front end side in the direction of the axis. The ground electrode has an end surface at one end portion thereof joined to the inside of the protruding portion and the other end portion thereof facing the central electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20130285533
    Abstract: An electrode material that may be used in spark plugs and other ignition devices including industrial plugs, aviation igniters, glow plugs, or any other device that is used to ignite an air/fuel mixture in an engine. In one embodiment, the electrode material is a ruthenium-based material that includes ruthenium (Ru) as the single largest constituent on a wt % basis, and at least one of rhenium (Re) or tungsten (W). The electrode material may further include one or more precious metals and/or rare earth metals. The electrode material may be used to form the center electrode, the ground electrode, firing tips, or other firing tip components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Shuwei Ma
  • Publication number: 20130285534
    Abstract: A spark plug includes an insulator having an axial hole, a first inner circumferential surface, a second inner circumferential surface whose diameter is greater than that of the first inner circumferential surface, and a ledge portion connecting the first and the second inner circumferential surfaces. The spark plug also includes a center electrode having a large-diameter portion, a projection portion, and a circular columnar leg portion that projects into a space surrounded by the first inner circumferential surface. The spark plug includes a seal portion which fixes the center electrode within the axial hole. When C<A, A?C?B?A, where A represents a diameter of an imaginary cylinder having the minimum diameter required for surrounding the projection portion, B represents a maximum diameter of the large-diameter portion, and C represents an average diameter of the leg portion present in the space surrounded by the first inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Ochiai, Haruki Yoshida, Takamitsu Mizuno, Atsushi Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20130285535
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a novel ultraviolet irradiation metal halide lamp which can produce more intense light of ultraviolet region with a wavelength near 365 [nm]. This lamp is a metal halide lamp to produce mainly light of ultraviolet region. In order to produce light with a high spectrum in ultraviolet region, particularly, light of a wavelength of 350 to 380 [nm], at least mercury (Hg) and an iron are sealed into this lamp together with a rare gas. The sealed iron into the lamp is supplied by iron iodide (FeI2) and iron bromide (FeBr2) as iron halide (FeX2) and metal iron (Fe). When a quantity of materials sealed into the lamp is expressed such that A represents a quantity of metal iron sealed into the lamp, B represents a quantity of iron iodide sealed into the lamp and C represents a quantity of iron bromide sealed into the lamp, respectively, the quantity A of the metal iron falls within the range of 0.5(B+C)?A?10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemi Orito, Masayuki Ohno, Sadaharu Nishida, Sachio Noguchi, Kazuki Kanomata, Kenji Ubukata
  • Publication number: 20130285536
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wavelength converter includes a resin allowing light emitted from a light source to pass through, a plurality of particle-shaped fluorescent substances dispersed in the resin, and fillers dispersed in the resin with a particle diameter smaller than the fluorescent substance. The fluorescent substances absorb the light emitted from the light source and emits fluorescence having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and a distribution of the fillers has higher density near the fluorescent substance than a density at a middle position between the fluorescent substances adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Miyoko SHIMADA, Akhiro Kojima, Yosuke Akimoto, Hideyuki Tomizawa, Hideto Furuyama, Yoshiaki Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20130285537
    Abstract: An arrangement for a high resolution active matrix display includes organic emissive layers of distinct colors each deposited across continuous regions so as to include more than one pixel emissive region. Color filters are situated to partially block light from at least some of the emissive regions such that primary additive colors are transmitted from distinct subsets of pixels. The emissive layers may be deposited in alternating parallel stripes along rows or columns of the display, or may be oriented perpendicularly with respect to one another such that the emissive layers overlap in the emissive regions of at least some pixels. In some examples, red, green, and blue of pixels are arranged in regular patterns across the display and with the emissive regions for the blue pixels forming a relatively larger area of the display than either the red or green pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventor: Gholamreza Chaji
  • Publication number: 20130285538
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including a display portion displaying an image as a plurality of sub-pixels that are arranged, and a non-display portion extending at an edge of the display portion; and a sealant formed along a periphery of the display portion, wherein an organic film having an emissive layer is formed on the plurality of sub-pixels, and an emissive layer storage unit storing an emissive layer coated on the non-display portion is formed between the display portion and the sealant. By forming the emissive layer storage unit by removing at least a part of a pixel defining layer on an edge of the substrate, a raw material of the emissive layer coated on the non-display portion on the substrate is easily processed via the emissive layer storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Cho, Kyong-Tae Park, Sang-Jo Lee
  • Publication number: 20130285539
    Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a transparent display panel including a transparent area transmitting light incident on one surface of the transparent display panel to the other surface opposite to the one surface; a first anti-reflective film which is formed over the one surface of the transparent display panel and has a moth eye structure; and a second anti-reflective film which is formed over the other surface of the transparent display panel and has a moth eye structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Kim, Jae-Woo Bae, Hun-Jung Lee