Patents Issued in January 24, 2017
  • Patent number: 9552911
    Abstract: An alloy composition is composed essentially of Hf2-XZrXCo11BY, wherein 0<X<2 and 0<Y?1.5. Moreover, an alloy composition is composed essentially of ferromagnetic Hf2-XZrXCo11BY, wherein 0?X<2 and 0<Y?1.5, and has a nanoscale crystalline structure comprising at least one non-equilibrium phase. The alloys can be melt-spun with in-situ and/or ex-situ annealing to produce the nanoscale crystalline structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Alan McGuire, Orlando Rios, Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire
  • Patent number: 9552912
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic rubber composition comprising a rubber (A), a thermosetting resin (B) and a magnetic powder (C), wherein a mass ratio (A/B) of the rubber (A) to the thermosetting resin (B) is 0.2 to 5, and a mass ratio [C/(A+B)] of the magnetic powder (C) to the total mass of the rubber (A) and the thermosetting resin (B) is 0.5 to 20. It gives a magnetic rubber molded article excellent in flexibility and abrasion resistance, and a magnetic encoder produced therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kasamoto, Masaya Ocho, Ayaka Yoshimura, Takashi Hirayama
  • Patent number: 9552913
    Abstract: A superconducting coil includes: first and second pancake coils that are formed by winding a superconducting wire, are stacked in a thickness direction, and are adjacent to each other; and a cooling substrate that is provided in contact with an end surface of the first pancake coil and is separable into a plurality of cooling plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Daibo
  • Patent number: 9552914
    Abstract: This application relates to devices in which magnets are arranged so that an intensity of a magnetic field emitted by the magnets is substantially the same at a position of interest for at least two discrete positions of the magnets. The application describes how this can be achieved even when the discrete positions are different distances from the position of interest by identifying locations at which magnetic material can be added to balance the field intensity for both discrete locations. In some embodiments, this type of configuration can be helpful in accommodating movement of magnets between two common positions. When the magnetic field intensity for the position of interest is set near zero a magnetically sensitive component can be positioned at the point of interest with little or no effect from the magnetic field when the magnets are in any of the discrete positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Stryker
  • Patent number: 9552915
    Abstract: A polymorphic surface may be provided by applying at least one magnetic field across a plurality of movable surface contour elements and selectively passing a current through the magnetic field(s) adjacent selected surface contour elements, with the current being perpendicular to the magnetic field. The current interacts with the magnetic field to generate a Lorentz force driving guided substantially linear motion of the respective surface contour element(s). The surface contour elements may be individually moveable and individually selectable for application of current to generate movement. The surface contour elements may be supported in position after removing the current. The current applied across each selected surface contour element may be varied to control the amount of guided substantially linear motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Maieutic Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Asif Khan, Nemanja Kliska, Nicholas George Vardy, Alexander Steven Ross
  • Patent number: 9552916
    Abstract: A plunger is formed of a soft magnetic material to have one end connected a regulation pin. A permanent magnet is affixed to a stationary portion, which is stationary relative to the plunger, to attract the plunger in a retreated direction. A coil generates a magnetic flux in an opposite direction of the permanent magnet to reduce a magneto attraction force, which attracts the plunger. A spring biases the regulation pin in an advanced direction. The spring applies a biasing force to the regulation pin to move the regulation pin in the advanced direction when electricity is supplied to the coil to reduce the magneto attraction force of the permanent magnet. A magnetism detection unit is located on a magnetic circuit, which conducts a magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet and the coil, to detect a magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ichiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9552917
    Abstract: Materials, devices and methods related to below-resonance radio-frequency (RF) circulators and isolators. In some embodiments, a circulator can include a conductor having a plurality of signal ports, and one or more magnets configured to provide a magnetic field. The circulator can further include one or more ferrite disks implemented relative to the conductor and the one or more magnets so that an RF signal can be routed selectively among the signal ports due to the magnetic field. Each of the one or more ferrite disks can include synthetic garnet material having dodecahedral sites, octahedral sites and tetrahedral sites, with bismuth (Bi) occupying at least some of the dodecahedral sites, and aluminum (Al) occupying at least some of the tetrahedral sites. Such synthetic garnet material can be represented by a formula Y3-x-2y?zBixCa2y+zFe5-y-z-aVyZrzAlaO12. In some embodiments, x?1.4, y?0.7, z?0.7, and a?0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bowie Cruickshank, Iain Alexander MacFarlane, Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 9552918
    Abstract: Coil patterns are provided in first and second outer surface layers and an inner layer of the board. First and second heat-dissipation patterns are provided in the second outer surface layer. A first thermal inter-layer connection member connects the coil pattern of the first outer surface layer and the first heat-dissipation pattern. A second thermal inter-layer connection member connects the coil pattern of the inner layer and the second heat-dissipation pattern. The coil pattern provided in the second outer surface layer and the first and second heat-dissipation patterns are separated from each other. An area of the second heat-dissipation pattern is larger than an area of the first heat-dissipation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hachiya, Tomoyoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9552919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling device (4) for four phases of a multi-phase converter (2). Said coupling device (4) includes four coupling modules (6, 8, 12, 14), each of which encompasses four parallel through-holes. At least one section of a conductor loop (18, 20, 22, 24) for a phase. At least one section of a conductor loop (18, 20, 22, 24) for a phase penetrates a through-hole of a coupling module (6, 8, 12, 14), sections of conductor loops (18, 20, 22, 24) for at least two phases penetrating all four through-holes of a coupling module (6, 8, 12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mirko Schinzel, Nils Draese
  • Patent number: 9552920
    Abstract: A system, such as a charging system, is provided. The system can include a coil. A connection module can be coupled to the coil and configured to allow the coil to communicate with an energy source to generate a magnetic field. A field-focusing element can be included, the field-focusing element acting to focus the magnetic field when the magnetic field varies in time at a predetermined rate. In one embodiment, the field-focusing element may be configured to focus the magnetic field in an area separated from the coil by at least about 5 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori, Neeraj Kamal Singh Kumar, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker
  • Patent number: 9552921
    Abstract: An automatic tuning assist circuit is coupled in series with a transmission antenna. A first switch and a second switch are arranged in series between a first terminal and a second terminal of the automatic tuning assist circuit. Furthermore, a third switch and a fourth switch are arranged in series between the first terminal and the second terminal. A first auxiliary capacitor is arranged between a connection node that connects the first switch and the second switch and a connection node that connects the third switch and the fourth switch. A first control unit switches on and off the first switch through the fourth switch with the same frequency as that of the driving voltage, and with a given phase difference with respect to the driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Adventest Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Endo, Yasuo Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9552922
    Abstract: A ferrite core structure for a power supply device of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The ferrite core module improves output and limits a reduction in strength due to warpage in a traveling direction of the vehicle to prevent cracks generated in a surface of an intermediate portion of a power supply road from occurring. The ferrite core structure includes: a plurality of horizontal core parts arranged spaced apart from each other; a plurality of first vertical core parts extending upward from both ends of the horizontal core parts; a second vertical core part having at least two rows extending upward from an intermediate portion of each of the horizontal core parts. The second vertical core part is arranged parallel to the first vertical core parts. A first support part connecting the plurality of first vertical core parts to each other to support the first vertical core parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ho Cho, Byung O. Kong, Young Moo Shin, Bo Yune Song, Sung Jun Son, Jae Gue Shin
  • Patent number: 9552923
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes flat inner electrodes that are laminated on each other. An interposer includes a substrate that is larger than the multilayer ceramic capacitor. A first mounting electrode to mount the multilayer ceramic capacitor is located on a first principal surface of the substrate, and a first external connection electrode for connection to an external circuit board is located on a second principal surface. A recess is located in a side surface of the interposer. A connecting conductor is located in the wall surface of the recess. The connecting conductor is located at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the side surface of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hattori, Isamu Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9552924
    Abstract: High precision capacitors and methods for forming the same utilizing a precise and highly conformal deposition process for depositing an insulating layer on substrates of various roughness and composition. The method generally comprises the steps of depositing a first insulating layer on a metal substrate by atomic layer deposition (ALD); (b) forming a first capacitor electrode on the first insulating layer; and (c) forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and on or adjacent to the first capacitor electrode. Embodiments provide an improved deposition process that produces a highly conformal insulating layer on a wide range of substrates, and thereby, an improved capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Thin Film Electronics ASA
    Inventors: Arvind Kamath, Criswell Choi, Patrick Smith, Erik Scher, Jiang Li
  • Patent number: 9552925
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body, and external electrodes on opposite side surfaces of the ceramic body. The ceramic body includes an inner layer portion including a plurality of ceramic layers, and first and second internal electrodes each arranged at interfaces between the ceramic layers defining the inner layer portion, and also includes outer layer portions arranged on an upper surface and a lower surface of the inner layer portion. The ceramic layers defining the inner layer portion include as a main component a perovskite-type compound containing Ba and Ti. The amount of Mg contained in the ceramic layers defining the inner layer portion preferably is 0 to about 0.4 part by mole per 100 parts by mole of Ti, for example. The thickness of the ceramic layers defining the inner layer portion preferably is not more than about 0.55 ?m, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Masunari, Taisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 9552926
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to obtaining a specification of at least one operational requirement for at least one capacitor, generating a design of the at least one capacitor to satisfy the at least one operational requirement, the design of the at least one capacitor comprising a plurality of layers and a first integrated busbar coupled to at least a portion of the layers, and based on the design, manufacturing the at least one capacitor by utilizing an additive manufacturing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Horowy, Gary L. Galloway, Debabrata Pal, Eric Karlen, Mark W. Metzler
  • Patent number: 9552927
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a first fired electrode layer disposed on top of a ceramic body. The first fired electrode layer includes first to fifth portions that are separate from each other. The first portion is disposed on top of a first end surface. The second portion is disposed on top of a first principal surface. The third portion is disposed on top of a second principal surface. The fourth portion is disposed on top of a first side surface. The fifth portion is disposed on top of a second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Sasaoka
  • Patent number: 9552928
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor having grooves provided in a valve-acting metal substrate that includes a porous surface part and a non-porous body part, the bottoms of the grooves being non-porous. The valve-acting metal substrate is divided into a plurality of unit regions by the grooves, and define cathode layer formation parts in the porous surface parts for each unit region. A dielectric layer covers the surfaces of the cathode layer formation parts of the valve-acting metal substrate and the grooves between the cathode layer formation parts. A solid electrolyte layer and a cathode extraction layer cover the surface of the dielectric layer, thereby providing a sheet in which a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements are prepared integrally with the grooves interposed therebetween. The sheet is cut at the grooves, and a dielectric layer is formed on the cut surfaces located around the cathode layer formation parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fujimoto, Emi Matsushita, Hitoshi Kuromi, Taro Ueno, Yoshihiro Koshido
  • Patent number: 9552929
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to composites including a carbon nanomaterial having a redox-active material, such as a polymer containing redox groups, disposed on the carbon nanomaterial, methods of making the composite, methods of storing energy, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark E. Roberts, Apparao M. Rao, Ramakrishna Podila, Robert Emmett
  • Patent number: 9552930
    Abstract: An anode in a lithium ion capacitor, including: a carbon composition comprising: a coconut shell sourced carbon in from 85 to 95 wt %; a conductive carbon in from 1 to 10 wt %; and a binder in from 3 to 8 wt %; and an electrically conductive substrate, wherein the coconut shell sourced carbon has a disorder (D) peak to graphitic (G) peak intensity ratio by Raman analysis of from 1.40 to 1.85; and by elemental analysis a hydrogen content of from 0.01 to 0.25 wt %; a nitrogen content of from 0.01 to 0.55 wt %; and an oxygen content of from 0.01 to 2 wt %. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the carbon composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Rahul Suryakant Kadam, Andrew Fleitz Husted
  • Patent number: 9552931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polarizable electrode material for an electric double layer capacitor with a high energy density and excellent long-term reliability, as well as an electric double layer capacitor in which the polarizable electrode material is used. The polarizable electrode material includes porous carbon particles, a conductive assistant, a tungsten oxide powder and a binder, wherein the tungsten oxide is dispersed in the polarizable electrode material so that the tungsten oxide per 1 g of the polarizable electrode material has a surface area of 0.2 m2 or more and less than 6 m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Norieda
  • Patent number: 9552932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented single- or multilayer porous foil, the porosity of which is generated by transformation of ss-crystalline polypropylene during orientation of the foil. The Gurley value of the foil is <250 s. The invention also relates to a process for producing the foil by using a low transverse stretching velocity for the transverse orientation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlef Busch, Bertram Schmitz, Dominic Klein
  • Patent number: 9552933
    Abstract: A storage module includes a plurality of stacked cell units, in which each of the cell units has a storage cell that has a pair of electrode tabs, and a frame body where the electrode tab of the storage cell that is adjacent in a stacking direction of the cell units is fixed, and each of the frame bodies has an elastic portion that presses the electrode tab to the other frame body other than one of the frame bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Terunobu Nakajyo
  • Patent number: 9552934
    Abstract: A slot motor apparatus for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The slot motor has first and second legs connected by a thin web, and an extending portion extending rearward from the rear faces of the legs. Slot motor-arc plate assemblies having an arc plate assembly received at least partially overtop of the extending portion are also disclosed, as are assemblies having the arc plate assembly received very close to the rear faces of the slot motor legs. Circuit breakers, slot motor-arc plate assemblies, slot motor covers, and methods of operating the slot motor-arc plate assemblies are disclosed, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Justin Michael Cardwell, James Edward Ferree, Thomas William Holland
  • Patent number: 9552935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a limit switch comprising: a body (1) and a head (2), an actuation member (3), a shaft (30) that can be actuated in rotation about an axis of rotation (Y) by pivoting of the actuation member (3), a plunger (4), a cam mechanism for converting the rotational movement of the shaft (30) into a translational movement of the plunger (4) and vice versa, the cam mechanism comprising: a first cam (7) and a first cam follower (70), arranged to generate between them a first non-zero rotational torque over a first range of rotation of the shaft (30), a second cam (8) and a second cam follower (80), arranged to generate between them a second non-zero rotational torque over a second range of rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Aurelien Franc
  • Patent number: 9552936
    Abstract: A push switch is provided with a knob that causes the movable contact point in contact with the fixed contact point to slide thereon by a push operation of the knob, thereby connecting/disconnecting the movable contact point and the fixed contact point. A sliding direction of the movable contact point is set to a direction vertical to the push direction of the knob, and the push operation of the knob allows the movable contact point in contact with the fixed contact point to slide in a direction vertical to the push direction of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taito Kokubu
  • Patent number: 9552937
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical energy harvesting switch configured to provide at least two different control signals comprises: a generator activating member (9) configured to move between a rest position and a maximum loaded position; at least one spring (11, 13) configured to force the generator activating member towards the rest position; and a unidirectionally rotating protrusion member (17) comprising at least one protrusion (21) configured to move through a protrusion's path during rotation of the protrusion member (17), through a first position of the protrusion (21), in which first position the protrusion (21) is engaged with the generator activating member (9) in the rest position, and through a second position, the protrusion (21) thereby carrying the generator activating member (9) from the rest position to the maximum loaded position against the force of the at least one spring (11, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bozena Erdmann, Bas Willibrord De Wit, Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Arthur Robert Van Es, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen
  • Patent number: 9552938
    Abstract: A data entry and/or operating system, particularly a keyboard, also a POS keyboard, includes a lower part and an upper part as well as at least one circuit board and at least one retainer plate, the retainer plate lying on the lower part. One or more bushings are integrated for the purpose of connecting the circuit board to the retainer plate. The upper part is formed from a rubber mat having keys, and the stability of the keyboard is assured by the circuit board, bushing and metal retainer sheet. The lower part is connected to the upper part in a sealed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PrehKeyTec GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Schmoeger
  • Patent number: 9552939
    Abstract: A keyboard equipped with multipoint press positions comprises at least a baseboard, a keycap assembly and a command trigger assembly. The keycap assembly includes a support frame to hold a plurality of keycaps. The command trigger assembly includes a command circuit board and a plurality of elastic switches. The command circuit board includes a plurality of trigger portions corresponding to the keycaps and triggered by the keycaps, and at least one primary command circuit electrically connected to each trigger portion. The elastic switches are corresponding to and depressible by the keycaps to trigger the trigger portions. Each elastic switch includes a base and a primary movement portion, a first secondary movement portion and a second secondary movement portion that are respectively corresponding to a primary trigger switch and at least two secondary trigger switches of the trigger portions. The keyboard thus formed can provide higher press sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Chin-Hsiu Hwa
  • Patent number: 9552940
    Abstract: Provided is a switch attached to an attachment object through a seal member. The switch includes an operating portion including an operating surface. The switch further includes a support portion supporting the operating portion to enable a push operation for the operating portion. The switch further includes a flange portion disposed in a direction of the push operation relative to the support portion. The switch further includes a seal holding portion disposed in the direction of the push operation relative to the flange portion. The seal holding portion has a circular shaped portion or an oval shaped portion in contact with the seal member to hold the seal member with the circular shaped portion or the oval shaped portion. The switch further includes a pawl portion disposed in the direction of the push operation relative to the seal holding portion and configured to be hooked to the attachment object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukio Takeda
  • Patent number: 9552941
    Abstract: An electrical contact is for a vacuum switching apparatus. The vacuum switching apparatus includes a second electrical contact. The electrical contact includes a body having a center point and a periphery, the body including a plurality of arcing surfaces structured to face in a first direction toward the second electrical contact and structured to move into and out of engagement with the second electrical contact, and a plurality of arc spinning portions each defining a slot extending inwardly from the periphery generally toward the center point, the plurality of arc spinning portions generally separating the plurality of arcing surfaces from one another. At least one arc spinning portion narrows from a corresponding pair of adjacent arcing surfaces of the body to an interior thereof in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wangpei Li, Martin B. J. Leusenkamp, Franklin Willis Freeborn
  • Patent number: 9552942
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes contact rings formed of an elastically deformable material, a movable contact that moves reciprocally along an axis line direction between a current supply position where the movable contact bridges the contact rings and a current cutoff position where the movable contact is separated from both the contact rings, holding tools formed in an annular shape and respectively attached to the contact rings, a covering member having electrically insulating property, slidably attached to a distal end portion of the holding tool in the axis line direction, and configured to be brought into contact with the contact ring, and a covering member having electrically insulating property, slidably attached to a distal end portion of the holding tool in the axis line direction, and configured to be brought into contact with the contact ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Hirokazu Otani
  • Patent number: 9552943
    Abstract: A switching device suitable for DC operation includes at least a pair of contacts having a first and second contact, wherein at least one of the two contacts is mobile and the two contacts are in contact with one another in a switched-on state and are not in contact with one another in a switched-off state, having an arc driver arrangement which generates a magnetic field at least in the region of the pair of contacts, and comprising a first arc guiding arrangement by which an arc which is produced between the contacts is guided in a first current direction to a quenching device for quenching the arc, wherein a second arc guiding arrangement is provided, by means of which an arc which is produced between the contacts is guided in a second current direction, which is opposite the first current direction, to said quenching device for quenching the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Karsten Gerving, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Ralf Thar
  • Patent number: 9552944
    Abstract: A switching device for direct current applications having a first switching chamber for a first current path and a second switching chamber for a second current path, each current path having a switching contact arrangement having a first and second contact, wherein both the contacts, switched-on, come into contact with each other and, switched-off, are kept out of contact with each other by the creation of an isolation gap; a current path having an extinguishing device to extinguish an arc created between the contacts; an arc driver arrangement, arranged in one of the two switching chambers, and which creates a magnetic field at least in the area of the switching contact arrangement for the relevant current path that drives the arc into the relevant extinguishing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Guenther Baujan, Klaus Dauer
  • Patent number: 9552945
    Abstract: A direct current switch with a device for arc extinction independent of current direction includes at least two interconnected switch units, each switch unit having at least one current path having an interruption surface and having at least two switch contact elements for forming the interruption surface. An arc extinction device is associated with one or a plurality of current paths of the switch units. Devices for magnetic field generation are included, each generated magnetic field being assigned to different switch units' interruption surface and oriented such that its field lines run transversally to the respective interruption surface. Given a current flow direction, deflection forces of at least two generated magnetic fields act through flow paths contrary to arcs extending longitudinally to respective interruption surface such that an arc is deflected towards the arc extinction device and a further arc is deflected away from the arc extinction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Axel Britz
  • Patent number: 9552946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vacuum interrupter, and particularly, to a vacuum interrupter having enhanced performance of discharging air from the interior of a bellows in a breaking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaeseop Ryu
  • Patent number: 9552947
    Abstract: A three-phase vacuum interrupter switch assembly for power distribution systems comprises an outer case having at least one window, a plurality of internal disconnect switch assemblies, and a plurality of vacuum interrupter bottle switch assemblies within the case. Each vacuum interrupter bottle switch is coupled in electrical series with a corresponding internal disconnect switch assembly. Because the open/closed state of a bottle switch is not directly observable owing to its sealed interior, a direct visible indication of the state of the three-phase vacuum interrupter switch assembly is provided by a visually detectable contact rod for each internal disconnect switch that is visible through the case window. To prevent potentially serious damage caused by arcing between the contacts of the internal disconnect switch, the internal disconnect switch is prevented from opening or closing when the bottle switches are closed. The case interior is preferably free of oil and/or SF6 gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: IMPACT POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Heller, Kuang-Chien Hu, Robert Sung, Patrick Lin
  • Patent number: 9552948
    Abstract: A sealed contact device having a small number of components and high productivity. In the sealed contact device a ring-shaped flange portion extending laterally from a lower opening edge part of a metallic case is welded and integrated with an upper surface of a plate-shaped yoke to form an internal space and a stationary contact and a moving contact are opposed to each other in the internal space so as to enable approach/separation. A ring-shaped projection provided along a lower surface of the ring-shaped flange portion is integrated with the upper surface of the plate-shaped yoke by resistance welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Shima, Masaki Mori, Takuma Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9552949
    Abstract: A circuit breaker for protecting an electric circuit contains a housing and an adapter having a receiving connector. The circuit breaker has two electrically conductive, substantially cylinder-shaped connection points which are positioned along an axis. Either the outer diameter of the connection points is between 5.0 mm and 5.3 mm and the maximum distance between the connection points is between 19.0 mm and 21.0 mm, or the outer diameter of the connection points is between 6.2 mm and 6.5 mm and the maximum distance between the connection points is between 30.5 mm and 33.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventor: Erich Fischer
  • Patent number: 9552950
    Abstract: A moveable contact arm assembly includes a moveable contact arm having a moveable contact thereon. Also included is a carrier assembly operatively coupled to the moveable contact arm. Further included is a first end plate operatively coupled to the carrier assembly and a bottom bracket operatively coupled to the first end plate. Yet further included is a first latch member coupled to the bottom bracket, the first latch member comprising a first guiding surface and defining a first recess portion. Also included is a guide pin extending from the carrier assembly and in contact with the first guiding surface of the first latch member during movement of the moveable contact arm assembly. Also included is a first stop pin extending from the carrier assembly and disposed in the first recess portion of the first latch member in the blow open condition of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Triplicane Gopikrishnan Babu, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Tanmay Pralhad Tamboli
  • Patent number: 9552951
    Abstract: A compact fusible disconnect switch device includes a magnetic arc deflection assembly including at least a pair of magnets disposed about a switch contact assembly. The magnetic arc deflection assembly facilitates reliable connection and disconnection of DC voltage circuitry well above 125 VDC with reduced arcing intensity and duration. Multiple pairs of magnets may apply magnetic fields in directions opposing one another to deflect electrical arcs in different directions at more than one location in the switch contact assembly to facilitate high voltage DC operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Stephen Douglass
  • Patent number: 9552952
    Abstract: The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lauren P. Rand, John D. Williams, Rafael A. Martinez
  • Patent number: 9552953
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a field emission cathode. The field emission cathode includes a microchannel plate, a cathode electrode and a number of cathode emitters. The microchannel plate is an insulative plate and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The microchannel plate defines a number of holes extending through the microchannel plate from the first surface to the second surface. The cathode electrode is located on the first surface. The number of cathode emitters are filled in the number of holes and electrically connected with the cathode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bing-Chu Du, Peng Liu, Duan-Liang Zhou, Chun-Hai Zhang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9552954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a waste fluorescent light end-cutting device. The waste fluorescent light end-cutting device includes a conveyor transferring a waste fluorescent light, a heating wire disposed on each of both sides of the conveyor, a cooling wire subsequently disposed on a rear side of the heating wire, and a suction duct disposed between the cooling wire and the heating wire. A base cap is separated from the waste fluorescent light by using a temperature difference between the heating wire and the cooling wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KYONGGI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Seung-Whee Rhee
  • Patent number: 9552955
    Abstract: An electron source includes a plurality of electron emission cathodes and at least one control electrode. A gate current regulator is provided for regulation of current flowing through the at least one control electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, NURAY TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Moritz Beckmann, Walter Beyerlein, Andreas Böhme, Yuan Cheng, Jens Fürst, Markus Hemmerlein, Houman Jafari, Jürgen Oelschlegel, Qi Qiu, Frank Sprenger
  • Patent number: 9552956
    Abstract: A radiation generating apparatus includes: an envelope 1 having a first window 2 through which a radiation is transmitted; and a radiation tube 10 being held within the envelope 1, and having a second window 15 which is arranged in opposition to the first window 2, and through which the radiation is transmitted; and a radiation shielding member 16 thermally connected to the second window 15, having a radiation transmitting hole 21 arranged in communication with the second window 15, and having a protruding portion protruding from the second window 15 toward the first window 2. A thermally conductive member 17 having a higher thermal conductivity rather than that of the radiation shielding member 16 is connected to the protruding portion of the radiation shielding member 16. The radiation generating apparatus can shield an unnecessary radiation and cool a target with a simple structure and is entirely reduced in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yanagisawa, Shuji Aoki, Miki Tamura, Kazuyuki Ueda, Ichiro Nomura
  • Patent number: 9552957
    Abstract: Particle beam system comprising a particle source; a first multi-aperture plate with a multiplicity of openings downstream of which particle beams are formed; a second multi-aperture plate with a multiplicity of openings which are penetrated by the particle beams; an aperture plate with an opening which is penetrated by all the particles which also penetrate the openings in the first and the second multi-aperture plate; a third multi-aperture plate with a multiplicity of openings which are penetrated by the particle beams, and with a multiplicity of field generators which respectively provide a dipole field or quadrupole field for a beam; and a controller for feeding electric potentials to the multi-aperture plates and the aperture plate so that the second openings in the second multi-aperture plate respectively act as a lens on the particle beams and feed adjustable excitations to the field generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Zeidler, Thomas Kemen, Christof Riedesel, Ralf Lenke
  • Patent number: 9552958
    Abstract: A method for using a Focused Ion Beam and/or Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM) for etching one or more alignment markers on a rock sample, the one or more alignment markers being etched on the rock sample using the FIB/SEM. The one or more alignment markers may further be deposited with a platinum alloy or other suitable compositions for increasing alignment marker visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Kultaransingh N. Hooghan
  • Patent number: 9552959
    Abstract: A water solution in which an observation sample is, for example, dissolved is sandwiched on a first insulative thin film side provided under a conductive thin film. When an electron beam incident part is charged minus, electric dipoles of water molecules are arrayed along a potential gradient. Electric charges are also generated on the surface of a second insulative thin film. The electric charges are detected by a terminal section and changes to a measurement signal. In a state in which an electron beam is blocked, the minus potential disappears. Consequently, the electric charges on the surface of the first insulative thin film also disappear, and the measurement signal output from the terminal section changes to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ogura
  • Patent number: 9552961
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an information processing system for generating a corrected image of a sample. The system includes a detector, a memory communicatively coupled to the detector, and a post-detection image processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the detector. The detector is configured to detect data of a plurality of moving particles, wherein the data of the plurality of moving particles correspond to an uncorrected image of the sample, and wherein the uncorrected image includes defocus, astigmatism and spherical aberration. The post-detection image processor is configured to generate a corrected image of the sample based at least in part on processing the detected data of the plurality of moving particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rudolf M. Tromp