Electrical Device Making Patents (Class 29/592.1)
  • Patent number: 8739390
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to fabrication methods useful for creating MEMS via microcontact printing by using small organic molecule release layers. The disclose method enables transfer of a continuous metal film onto a discontinuous platform to form a variable capacitor array. The variable capacitor array can produce mechanical motion under the application of a voltage. The methods disclosed herein eliminate masking and other traditional MEMS fabrication methodology. The methods disclosed herein can be used to form a substantially transparent MEMS having a PDMS layer interposed between an electrode and a graphene diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vladimir Bulovic, Corinne Evelyn Packard, Jennifer Jong-Hua Yu, Apoorva Murarka, LeeAnn Kim
  • Publication number: 20140148261
    Abstract: An integrated golf club comprising standard golf club shaft and an integrated electronics system golf club head apparatus for directly measuring physical parameters of the golf club head motional acceleration swing forces and golf club head face and golf ball impact forces and further processing those measurements and transmitting the measurement data wirelessly to a user interface device. The integrated electronics system golf club head comprises several optimized assemblies that support electronic measurement, processing and wireless communication functions that are integrated with a customized golf club head shell and club face to provide a golf club head with physical properties that are substantially similar to that of a regulation play golf club head of same type. The user interface device that receives wirelessly transmitted data further processes the data and provides the golfer with useful golf swing and impact metrics in multiple different user selectable formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: Golf Impact, LLC, Zenovia Digital Exchange Corporation
    Inventor: Roger Davenport
  • Publication number: 20140148975
    Abstract: An idle management system for a vehicle is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the idle management system includes an auxiliary power storage unit for the storage of electrical power. The idle management system includes an environmental package adapted to interconnect with a vehicle environmental package to regulate the climate within a vehicle compartment of a vehicle. The environmental package may be in electrical communication with the power storage unit to receive electrical power therefrom. A controller may be in communication with the power storage unit to derive electrical power therefrom, and the controller may be in communication with the environmental package to regulate the operation thereof. The idle management system may draw electrical power from the power storage unit to be operable with an engine in an engine OFF condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Lance D. Self, Tod M. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20140145953
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a housing having a pistol grip portion. A display is coupled to the housing such that the display is viewable by a user of the mobile device when the pistol grip portion is held in a hand of the user. A trigger-like control switch is located on the pistol grip portion of the mobile device. A pointing device is located on the trigger-like control switch such that the pointing device is accessible to an index finger of a hand of the user when the pistol grip portion is held in the hand of the user. The pointing device controls at least one function of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos, Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Richard M. Martin, Chandra M. Nair
  • Publication number: 20140144695
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing power to downhole equipment, where an electrical penetrator is installed through the housing of the equipment to provide a high pressure seal between the interior and exterior of the equipment's housing. In one embodiment, the body of the electrical penetrator includes a substantially rigid outer body, an electrically insulating inner body positioned within the outer body, and a set of electrical conductors that extend through the electrically insulating (e.g., glass or ceramic) inner body. Each of the conductors extends through the penetrator body. The inner body is sealed against both the conductors and the outer body by bonding them together, for example. The ends of the conductors which extend into the housing are connected to the motor or other equipment, while the ends of the conductors which to the exterior of the housing are connected to a power cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael R. Rumbaugh, Jeffrey G. Frey, Ryan P. Semple
  • Publication number: 20140146543
    Abstract: An outdoor lighting device and method for achieving the same, the device including: (a) a light source; (b) a concentrator including only a first solid optical medium (SOM), the concentrator having an input surface optically coupled to the light source, a side surface and an output surface; and (c) a transparent cover optically coupled to the output surface, and covering substantially all of the output surface, wherein the side surface is shaped so as to provide a desired luminous intensity profile emerging from the transparent cover, and wherein a continuity from the light source to the transparent cover is uninterrupted by an air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Magic Lighting Optics
    Inventor: Meir Ben Levy
  • Publication number: 20140146389
    Abstract: An optical isolator capable of creating a larger safe buffer area for optical beam(s) and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The optical isolator includes a sandwich type wafer, a first polarizer, a Faraday rotator and a second polarizer. The first polarizer works as the incident plane of the FSI (free space isolator), while the second polarizer works as the outgoing plane of the FSI. The direction in which the second polarizer passes the polarized beam is at a 45° angle with respect to the first polarizer. The manufacturing method includes marking the edge of the second polarizer. FSIs processed by this method provide a larger buffer area for the optical beam(s) and/or a lower manufacturing cost, even though the size of the FSI is unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Lei YE
  • Publication number: 20140148886
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nerve stump interface for generating an electric field for promoting and guiding axonal regeneration and an electric field assisted axonal regeneration system. The nerve stump interface comprises a sieve having a plurality of holes. A strip is coupled to the sieve. A first electrode is provided at one of the plurality of holes and a second electrode is provided on the strip. The strip is arranged to space the second electrode from the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are for generating the electric field. At least one securing element is provided on a side of the strip to allow that side of the strip to affix against an opposite side of the strip. The present invention also provides a method for assembling the electric field assisted axonal regeneration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Wei Mong Tsang, Tao Sun, Minkyu Je, Tack Boon Yee
  • Patent number: 8732923
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic wave device includes: adhering wafer-shaped first and second piezoelectric substrates to a front face of a first and second adhesive sheet respectively and dividing the first and the second piezoelectric substrates into rectangles; adhering a third and fourth adhesive sheet to the first and second piezoelectric substrates respectively and moving at least one divided portions of the first and second piezoelectric substrates selectively to the third and fourth adhesive sheet respectively; moving the first piezoelectric substrate on the first adhesive sheet to the fourth adhesive sheet; and moving the second piezoelectric substrate on the second adhesive sheet to the third adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Inoue, Tsutomu Miyashita, Kazuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8732947
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a fan clutch system for use in a vehicle can provide efficient access to one or more components for inspection and service even after the fan clutch system is installed in the vehicle. In particular embodiments, the fan clutch system can include a fan clutch device and a coil retainer assembly that are removably mounted to a right-angle gear box assembly in a manner that permits a technician to accessing at least one component for inspection, repair, or replacement. The coil retainer assembly may at least partially house an electromagnetic coil for selective activation. The system may further include a fan clutch device removably mounted to the drive member of the gear box assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kit Masters Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Swanson, Thomas M. Jagger
  • Patent number: 8732939
    Abstract: An electronic component capable of preventing the occurrence of magnetic saturation due to a magnetic flux surrounding each coil conductor and a method of manufacturing the electronic component are provided. The electronic component includes a laminate formed by stacking unit layers, where each unit layer includes a first insulating layer, and a coil conductor and second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer. Each second insulating layer has a Ni content greater than a Ni content of each first insulating layer. Portions of the first insulating layers have a Ni content lower than a Ni content of the second portions after the laminate is calcined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140141644
    Abstract: A cutting plate includes a planar interface able to accept electrical connectors, two ramps for supporting harnesses and two lateral walls, the dimensions of the interface and of the two ramps in a longitudinal direction being adapted to suit the number of connectors of the cutting plate and the dimensions in the directions other than the longitudinal direction and the dimensions of the lateral walls conforming to standard dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christophe Casse, Steve Fernandez, Marie Bayle
  • Publication number: 20140139991
    Abstract: A keyboard is configured to protect the display, or screen, and optionally the housing of a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer, while the mobile computing device is not in use. When positioned over the display of a mobile computing device, the keyboard may provide protection without substantially increasing the thickness or other dimensions of the mobile computing device. The keyboard may also include a slot for orienting the tablet computer or other mobile computing device in a working orientation. Systems including assemblies of a keyboard and a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer, are also disclosed, as are methods for using keyboards with tablet computers and other mobile computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Gengler
  • Publication number: 20140138543
    Abstract: Sub-arrays such as tiles or chips having pixel elements arranged on a routing layer or carrier to form a larger array. Through-chip vias or the like to the backside of the chip are used for connecting with the pixel elements. Edge features of the tiles may provide for physical alignment, mechanical attachment and chip-to-chip communication. Edge damage tolerance with minimal loss of function may be achieved by moving unit cell circuitry and the electrically active portions of a pixel element away from the tile edge(s) while leaving the optically active portion closer to the edge(s) if minor damage will not cause a complete failure of the pixel. The pixel elements may be thermal emitter elements for IR image projectors, thermal detector elements for microbolometers, LED-based emitters, or quantum photon detectors such as those found in visible, infrared and ultraviolet FPAs (focal plane arrays), and the like. Various architectures are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph Donald LaVeigne
  • Publication number: 20140140513
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secure device having a physical unclonable function includes embedding a phase change memory in the secure device, where the phase change memory includes a plurality of cells, and setting the phase change memory in a manner that results in a phase variation over the plurality of cells, wherein the phase variation is the physical unclonable function. A method for retrieving a cryptographic key from an integrated circuit, wherein the cryptographic key is stored in the integrated circuit, includes measuring a property of a phase change memory embedded in the integrated circuit, wherein the phase change memory includes a plurality of cells and the property is a function of a phase variation over the plurality of cells, deriving a signature from the property, and deriving the cryptographic key from the signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. BrightSky, Chung H. Lam, Dirk Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20140139458
    Abstract: A transparent emissive device is provided. The device may include one or more OLEDs having an anode, a cathode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. In some configurations, the OLEDs may be non-transparent. The device may also include one or more locally transparent regions, which, in combination with the non-transparent OLEDs, provides an overall device transparency of 5% or more. The device also may include a double-sided display capable of displaying different, identical, or related images on each side of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Mauro Premutico, Ruiqing Ma, Michael Hack
  • Patent number: 8726499
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator, comprises: providing a lead body including a plurality of conductors; providing a feedthrough component comprising a plurality of feedthrough pins; hermetically enclosing pulse generating circuitry and switching circuitry within a housing, the feedthrough component being welded to the housing; laser machining each of the plurality of feedthrough pins to comprise a slot along a surface of the respective feedthrough pin; placing a respective conductor from the lead body in the respective slot of each of the plurality of feedthrough pins; and performing welding operations to connect the plurality of conductors of the lead body with the plurality of feedthrough pins of the feedthrough component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken McGiboney, Galen L. Smith, Michael Gaines, Jerome Boogaard
  • Patent number: 8726488
    Abstract: A handheld computing device and handheld music player are disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless enclosure formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded tube, a reference surface for positioning the operational assembly relative to an access opening in the seamless enclosure, and a support structure for supporting the operational assembly during use. The handheld music player includes an elongated extruded tube extending along a longitudinal axis. The elongated extruded tube has a first open end and a second open end opposite the first open end, and defines an internal lumen which is sized and dimensioned for slidable receipt of operational components of the handheld music player. The lumen includes rails for guiding the operational components to their desired position within the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Zadesky, Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Patent number: 8728409
    Abstract: A method of forming a device on a substrate comprising creating a depository and at least one attached capillary; the depository being of millimeter scale; providing a liquid containing particles in the range 1 nanometer to 1 millimeter; depositing into the depository the liquid containing particles which flows into at least one capillary by capillary action; evaporating the liquid such that the particles form an agglomerate beginning at the end of the at least one capillary with a substantially uniform distribution of the particles within the agglomerate; which is used to form a device. A microelectronic integrated circuit device comprising a substrate; a depository coupled to said substrate, the depository being formed by at least one wall adjacent to the substrate; at least one capillary channel coupled to at least one depository that is formed by walls adapted to be filled with a liquid (by capillary action) comprising nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Smith, Sarah Salah Bedair
  • Patent number: 8726489
    Abstract: An adjustment method of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a cooling and excitation step in which work of transporting a superconducting magnet to a facility different from a facility where the superconducting magnet is to be installed, cooling a superconducting coil of the superconducting magnet with a refrigerant, and supplying a current from an external power supply for excitation is repeated until a predetermined rated current flows; a demagnetization and transportation step of demagnetizing the superconducting coil and transporting the superconducting magnet to the facility where the superconducting magnet is to be installed in a state where the superconducting coil is cooled by the refrigerant; and an installation step of installing the superconducting magnet in the facility where the superconducting magnet is to be installed and supplying a predetermined rated current from an external power supply to the superconducting coil in order to excite the superconducting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Munetaka Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20140132298
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing electronic devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of probes attached to a substrate; each probe capable of elastic deformation when the probe tip comes in contact with the electronic; each probe comprising a plurality of isolated electrical vertical interconnected accesses (vias) connecting each probe tip to the substrate, such that each probe tip of the plurality is capable of conducting an electrical current from the device under test to the substrate. The plurality of probes may form a probe comb. Also disclosed is a probe comb holder that has at least one slot where the probe comb may be disposed. A method for assembling and disassembling the probe comb and probe comb holder is also disclosed which allows for geometric alignment of individual probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANTEST AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Florent Cros, Lakshmi Namburi, Ting Hu
  • Publication number: 20140133797
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optically opaque substrate, which includes first and second opposite surfaces and has one or more openings traversing through the substrate between the first and second surfaces. One or more optical transducers are attached to the first surface of the substrate so as to emit or detect light via the respective openings. One or more lenses are positioned against the respective openings on the second surface of the substrate, and are configured to couple the light between the optical transducers and respective optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Shmuel Levy, Shai Rephaeli, Rafi Lagziel
  • Publication number: 20140133509
    Abstract: A laser assembly (10) for providing a beam (20) includes a gain chip (12) and an axisymmetric optical assembly (16). The gain chip (12) emits an astigmatic, output beam (14). The optical assembly (16) adjusts the output beam (14) so that an adjusted output beam (20) has an adjusted first axis divergence angle and an adjusted second axis divergence angle. In certain embodiments, a magnitude of the adjusted first axis divergence angle is approximately equal to a magnitude of an adjusted second axis divergence angle in the far field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20140130339
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes providing a display panel including two substrates facing each other and a display device disposed between the two substrates; providing a touch screen panel attached onto an outer side surface of one of the two substrates; attaching a multilayer protection film including a plurality of films having acid resistance onto the touch screen panel; etching the other of the two substrates; and removing the multilayer protection film. The protection films have penetration holes, each of the protection films having a different average area of the penetration holes in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Jae Deuk SHIN
  • Publication number: 20140130340
    Abstract: A die-positioning device includes a roller body, a plurality of die-suction portions, and at least one gas control device. The roller body includes a plurality of chambers therein, and the chambers are separated from each other. The die-suction portions are located on the surface of the roller body in columns. The die-suction portions for each column correspond to one of the chambers, and each of the die-suction portions has a die suction region and a gas channel that passes through the die suction region. The gas control device is connected to the chambers and disposed on the roller body. The gas control device selectively sucks the air from a specific chamber, such that each of the die-suction portions on the specific chamber sucks an LED die by the corresponding gas channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Zong-Han Li, Liang-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 8721902
    Abstract: A method provides an EAMR transducer. The EAMR transducer is coupled with a laser and has an ABS configured to reside in proximity to a media during use. The EAMR transducer includes an NFT for focusing the energy onto the media. A sacrificial layer is deposited on the NFT and a mask having an aperture provided on the sacrificial layer. A portion of the sacrificial layer exposed by the aperture is removed to form a trench above the NFT. A heat sink is then provided. At least part of the heat sink resides in the trench. The heat sink is thermally coupled to the NFT. Optical material(s) are provided around the heat sink. A write pole configured to write to a region of the media is also provided. The write pole is thermally coupled with the top of the heat sink. Coil(s) for energizing the write pole are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
    Inventors: Zhongyan Wang, Wei Gao, Shawn M. Tanner, Mirzafer Abatchev, Yanfeng Chen, Yufeng Hu
  • Patent number: 8720051
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is formed. A metallic structure is formed on or in the substrate for each component area to be shielded. A single body, such as an overmold body, is then formed over all of the modules on the meta-module. At least a portion of the metallic structure for each component area to be shielded is then exposed through the body by a cutting, drilling, or like operation. Next, an electromagnetic shield material is applied to the exterior surface of the body of each of the component areas to be shielded and in contact with the exposed portion of the metallic structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Leahy, Waite R. Warren, Jr., Stephen Parker
  • Patent number: 8720040
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow waveguide including a metal pipe and a hollow region formed inside of the metal pipe includes pressure-bonding metal pipes each of which includes a metal material different from each other to form a metal-clad pipe including an inside metal layer and an outside metal layer, and polishing a surface of the inside metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Hongo, Tadashi Koike
  • Publication number: 20140125360
    Abstract: A matric potential sensor (100) arranged to measure the matric potential of a medium and comprising a porous material portion (102a, 102b), arranged to absorb moisture from the medium into which, in use, it is inserted, and an electrode element (100) wherein a non-porous compliant material (606, 608) is provided between the porous material (102a, 102b) portion and the electrode element (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA-T DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Scott Goodchild, Malcolm David Jenkins, Kazimierz Jan Burek, Stuart Andrew Janes
  • Publication number: 20140125318
    Abstract: A signal detection system for use with a signaling system is disclosed, the signal detection system comprising a plurality of electrical terminals including a source terminal and an output terminal, the output terminal being connected to a signaling device. An auxiliary terminal electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of electrical terminals is provided. A current sensor is coupled to the auxiliary terminal for detecting an electrical signal for controlling the signaling device. The current sensor generating an output signal in response to the detection of the electrical signal for controlling the signaling device for monitoring the status of the signaling device. Also disclosed is a method for installing a signal detection system in a wayside signaling system including a signaling device for monitoring a status of the signaling device. An apparatus for connecting a current sensor to a signaling device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael FRIES, Gregory K. HANN, Aric Weingartner, Steven R. MURPHY, Dan E Erickson, David FLETCHER, Bradley Dale Brown
  • Publication number: 20140125266
    Abstract: A packaged device includes a first die, a second die, and specially spaced and positioned sets of package terminals. The first die includes a pulse-width modulator (PWM), a processor, a timer, high-side drivers, low-side drivers, and a fault protection circuit. The second die includes ultra-high voltage high-side drivers. In an ultra-high voltage application, the PWM and external circuitry together form a switching power supply that generates a high voltage. The high voltage powers external high-side transistors. The processor and timer control the ultra-high voltage high-side drivers, that in turn supply drive signals to the external high-side transistors through the package terminals. External low-side transistors are driven directly by low-side drivers of the first die. If the fault protection circuit detects an excessive current, then the fault protection circuit supplies a disable signal to high-side and low-side drivers of both dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Active-Semi, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Huynh, Tsing Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140126195
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to retrofit systems and methods for lighting installations, and in particular, to retrofit systems and methods used to retrofit troffer-style lighting installations with LED light sources. Retrofit systems can be used with different light fixtures, but those described are particularly adapted for use with troffer-style fixtures. These retrofit systems can provide the same amount of light as traditional light fixtures already do, for example 1600-4000 lumens or more. The retrofit systems can be used with many different light sources but are particularly well-suited for use with solid state light sources or light engines, such as those utilizing LEDs. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a mechanical mounting system for installing an LED light engine within an existing lighting system housing or pan, such as a troffer pan, without penetrating the ceiling plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CREE, INC.
    Inventor: CREE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20140123782
    Abstract: A method for assembling a sensor assembly includes providing a sensing device configured to measure at least one variable. The method also includes at least partially enclosing a magnetic material within an enclosure. At least a portion of the enclosure is manufactured from a material having a permeability that facilitates forming a magnetic field therein. The method also includes coupling the sensing device to a first portion of the enclosure. The enclosure includes at least one second portion that is movable with respect to the first portion of the enclosure such that a magnetic coupling force is induced external to the enclosure to facilitate coupling the sensor assembly to a magnetic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Jacob John Kittleson, Shankar Chandrasekaran, Munish Vishwas Inamdar
  • Publication number: 20140126238
    Abstract: A light source module including a light emitting unit for emitting a light beam, a light guiding plate, and a light coupling unit is provided. The light guiding plate has a first light emitting surface, a first bottom surface, and a first light incident surface, wherein the first light emitting surface is opposite to the first bottom surface, and the first light incident surface connects the first light emitting surface and the first bottom surface. The light coupling unit has a second light incident surface and a second light emitting surface in contact with the first light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the second light incident surface. The light beam enters the light coupling unit through the second light incident surface, exits the light coupling unit through the second light emitting surface, and then enters the light guiding plate through the first light incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lien-Te Kao, Chin-Yung Liu
  • Patent number: 8713788
    Abstract: Multi-layer, multi-material fabrication methods include depositing at least one structural material and at least one sacrificial material during the formation of each of a plurality of layers wherein deposited materials for each layer are planarized to set a boundary level for the respective layer and wherein during formation of at least one layer at least three materials are deposited with a planarization operation occurring before deposition of the last material to set a planarization level above the layer boundary level and wherein a planarization occurs after deposition of the last material whereby the boundary level for the layer is set. Some formation processes use electrochemical fabrication techniques (e.g. including selective depositions, bulk depositions, etching operations and planarization operations) and post-deposition processes (e.g. selective etching operations and/or back filling operations).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot R. Brown, John D. Evans, Christopher A. Bang, Adam L. Cohen, Michael S. Lockard, Dennis R. Smalley, Morton Grosser
  • Publication number: 20140120412
    Abstract: Electrochemical device and method. The electrochemical device has an electrochemical module and an enclosure configured to enclose the electrochemical module. The enclosure has an electrically conductive first housing portion forming a first rim and an electrically conductive second housing portion forming a second rim, the first housing portion and the second housing portion, when the first rim of the first housing portion substantially abuts the second rim of the second housing portion, forming, at least in part, a volume configured to enclose the electrochemical device. The enclosure further has a substantially non-conductive grommet positioned between the first rim and the second rim, and a crimp ring engaging the first rim and the second rim, the crimp ring being configured to secure the first housing portion with respect to the second housing portion. The grommet is further positioned between the crimp ring and the first rim and the second rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Christian S. Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20140119038
    Abstract: A lighted assembly includes a perforated member having a plurality of relatively small openings therethrough. The openings are arranged to provide areas forming letters, designs, or the like. A light source may be positioned adjacent the perforated member whereby light from the light source travels through the openings to form illuminated letters, designs or the like. The perforations may be filled with a light-transmitting polymer material. The light source may comprise an LED and a light guide that distributes light along a lower side of the perforated member. The light source may be positioned in a waterproof housing that is sealed to the perforated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Jason R. Mulder, David L. Hiemstra, Anthony John Skirrow
  • Publication number: 20140117259
    Abstract: An electron beam device having a tubular body of elongate shape with an electron exit window extending in the longitudinal direction of the tubular body. The tubular body is at least partly forming a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber comprising therein a cathode comprising a cathode housing having an elongate shape, and at least one electron generating filament and a control grid both extending along the elongate shape of the cathode housing. The control grid and the cathode housing are attached to each other by attachment mechanisms. Free longitudinal end portions of either the control grid or the cathode housing are bent in a direction towards each other to form bulge-like shapes for the formation of electron beam shaping electrodes. The invention is further comprising a method of manufacturing the electron beam device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Kurt Holm, Toni Waber, Urs Hostettler, Hans Vonäsch
  • Publication number: 20140118005
    Abstract: A mechanical component has: a mounting; a movable part which, with the aid of at least one first spring and one second spring, is connected to the mounting in such a way that the movable part is movable about a rotational axis extending through a first anchoring area of the first spring on the mounting and a second anchoring area of the second spring on the mounting; a first sensor device with at least one first resistor which is situated on and/or in the first spring; and a second sensor device with at least one second resistor situated on and/or in the second spring. The first sensor device includes a first Wheatstone half bridge and the second sensor device includes a second Wheatstone half bridge. The first and second Wheatstone half bridges are connected to form a Wheatstone full bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang HEINZELMANN, Mohamad IYAD AL DIBS, Rainer STRAUB, Stefan PINTER, Frederic NJIKAM NJIMONZIE, Joerg MUCHOW, Helmut GRUTZECK, Simon ARMBRUSTER, Sebastian REISS
  • Publication number: 20140115873
    Abstract: Disclosed is a micro-electro-mechanical switch, including a substrate having a gate connection, a source connection, a drain connection and a switch structure, coupled to the substrate. The switch structure includes a beam member, an anchor and a hinge. The beam member having a length sufficient to overhang both the gate connection and the drain connection. The anchor coupling the switch structure to the substrate, the anchor having a width. The hinge coupling the beam member to the anchor at a respective position along the anchor's length, the hinge to flex in response to a charge differential established between the gate and the beam member. The switch structure having gaps between the substrate and the anchor in regions proximate to the hinges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis ELLIS, Padraig FITZGERALD, Jo-ey WONG, Raymond GOGGIN, Richard Tarik ECKL
  • Publication number: 20140116370
    Abstract: The invention relates to corona ignition device for igniting fuel in a combustion chamber of an engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising an insulator, a center electrode, which plugs into the insulator and carries an ignition head having a plurality of ignition needles, and a housing, into which the insulator plugs. In accordance with the invention, the ignition needles and the center electrode plug into the ignition head. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ignition head for a corona ignition device, wherein a green compact of the ignition head is produced by injection molding of metal powder, and the green compact is sintered whilst ignition needles and/or a center electrode plug thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Timo Stifel, Helmut Müller
  • Publication number: 20140121743
    Abstract: Housing constructions as disclosed herein can be an implantable component of a medical device and are designed to provide an enhanced degree of protection to electrical and/or mechanical components disposed therein to impact forces onto the housing from an external object to thereby increase the effective service life of devices making use of such housing constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Kirsten Tran
  • Publication number: 20140117265
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device, a battery package for a fluid dispensing device, and a method of assembling a fluid dispensing device. The dispensing device has a housing defining a passage having an outlet, and fluid being dispensed through the passage and out of the outlet. The dispensing device also has a powered component. The battery package has a battery cell and a capacitor operable to power the powered component. The battery cell and the capacitor are encapsulated as a unitary battery package. The unitary battery package is supportable in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Chad J. Cochart, Joel T. Smith, Balachander Venugopal, Ryan F. Leichty
  • Publication number: 20140118908
    Abstract: A package system includes: an exostructure; a ceramic panel attached to the exostructure; and an internal device component housed in the exostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Justin L. Gregg, Michael Rosenblatt, Alejandro Enrique Vallejo, Roberto M. Aimi, Jeff Beene, Ji-Yeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140118920
    Abstract: According to an example, a multi-function module for insertion into a slot of a networking chassis includes a front plane having an opening through which a plurality of ports are accessible, a switch carrier board comprising an ASIC that is to operate as an interface between the plurality of ports accessible through the front plane and a plurality of rear connectors, and a microprocessor system board positioned in spaced relation with respect to the switch carrier board, the microprocessor system board comprising a microprocessor, a chipset, and a memory. The ASIC is positioned on a side of the switch carrier board that faces the microprocessor board and the microprocessor is positioned on a side of the microprocessor system board that faces the switch carrier board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kay Seah Ng, Chadi Farid Theodossy, Irving M. Birmingham
  • Publication number: 20140118970
    Abstract: A flexible display panel, and particularly, to a flexible display panel which is bendable, not an existing glass substrate, a fabrication method thereof, and an image display terminal unit using a flexible display panel are provided. In the case of the flexible display panel, the fabrication method, and the image display terminal unit, the flexible display panel is implemented with a plastic substrate, rather than the conventional glass substrate, and a portion of the non-active area of the display panel is cut to form a cutout portion to insert modules of the image display terminal unit into the cutout portion to thus reduce a receiving space of the lower housing, thereby minimizing a width of the bezel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JungChul KIM, SoonKwang HONG, SeokHee JEONG
  • Publication number: 20140118880
    Abstract: An advanced coating for electrostatic chuck used in plasma processing chamber is provided. The advanced coating is formed using plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition. The coating is generally of Y2O3/Al2O3, although other material combinations can be used. Also, a multi-layered coating can be formed, such that an intermediate coating layer can be formed using standard plasma spray, and a top coating can be formed using PEPVD. The entire ESC assembly can be “packaged” by the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc, Shanghai
    Inventors: Xiaoming HE, Tuqiang Ni
  • Publication number: 20140118886
    Abstract: A power distribution unit (PDU) mounted within the structure of a rack. A mechanical interface secures the PDU to a portion of the rack structure, such as within a post of the rack. The PDU is configured to provide electrical power to computing assets mounted in the rack. Securing the PDU within the rack structure allows the PDU to be placed in an unobtrusive position that does not occupy space between the rack posts, increasing the space between the rack posts available for mounting computing assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Jon Brian Ehlen, Pierluigi Sarti
  • Publication number: 20140116642
    Abstract: The invention is a Battery-Operated Auxiliary Power Unit that adds an independent supplementary heating and air conditioning system to a truck's sleeping quarters that is capable of controlling the temperature of the sleeper compartment during the off period without running his truck motor and creating needless pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Grant Courtney
  • Patent number: 8707544
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display, which can prevent the problem of bubble generation caused by an Ag dot during the attachment process of a liquid crystal panel and a cover substrate, and improve the yield of an Ag dot process. A method for manufacturing an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: forming a liquid crystal panel by interposing a liquid crystal layer between a color filter substrate and a TFT array substrate; attaching a polarizer, with a protective film attached thereon, on the color filter substrate; forming an Ag dot to be in contact with an edge of the protective film, the color filter substrate, and the TFT array substrate; removing part of the Ag dot by removing the protective film; and attaching a cover substrate on the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongwoo Jang, Hanwook Hwang