Assembling To Base An Electrical Component, E.g., Capacitor, Etc. Patents (Class 29/832)
  • Patent number: 9445507
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for packaging a multiple socket, one-hop symmetric multiprocessor topology. The mechanism connects each of a first plurality of processor modules to a first multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a first plurality of land grid array (LGA) connectors. The mechanism connects the first multiple-socket planar to a first side of a redistribution card via a second plurality of LGA connectors. The mechanism connects each of a second plurality of processor modules to a second multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a third plurality of LGA connectors. The mechanism connects the second multiple-socket planar to a second side of the redistribution card via a fourth plurality of LGA connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Colbert, Daniel M. Dreps, Paul M. Harvey, Rohan U. Mandrekar
  • Patent number: 9377566
    Abstract: An optical processing system for processing an input beam for processing a target, the optical processing system comprising a beam shaping system configured to receive the input beam and to shape the irradiance profile thereof into a beam shaping system output beam, and an optical imaging system configured to receive the beam shaping system output beam and to image the beam shaping system output beam to a target, wherein the imaged beam shaping system output beam provides an irradiance profile configured to produce a predetermined temperature profile associated with the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Martinsen, Scott R. Karlsen
  • Patent number: 9374935
    Abstract: A manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work, including a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of a plurality of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, wherein the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses include a plurality of work head devices and wherein the plurality of work head devices include a first work head device and a second work head device which are mutually different in kind of a work to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Iwaki, Kazuyoshi Nagato, Masaki Kato, Hideaki Nomura, Shinji Ichino
  • Patent number: 9349667
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked package includes a first process of stacking a semiconductor chip on an upper surface of a PCB having a wiring pattern and a via-hole pad, a second process of forming a photoresist (PR) layer on the upper surface of the PCB having the semiconductor chip and the via-hole pad, a third process of removing the photoresist layer of a remaining region except for an upper portion of the via-hole pad so that a photoresist layer of a via-hole region remains only at the upper portion of the via-hole pad, a fourth process of forming a molding layer by molding the upper surface of the PCB having the semiconductor chip to expose an upper surface of the photoresist layer of the via-hole region, and a fifth process of removing the photoresist layer of the via-hole region to form a via-hole on the via-hole pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: STS SEMICONDUCTOR & TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Bok Yoo, Hyun Hak Jung, Kyoung Min Song
  • Patent number: 9333547
    Abstract: A refitting mechanism for measuring a flatness value of a workpiece and refitting the workpiece includes a worktable, a refitting assembly, a measuring unit, and a controller. The refitting assembly is movably assembled to the worktable. The holding assembly is assembled to the worktable and adjacent to the refitting assembly for holding the workpiece on the worktable. The measuring unit is assembled to the refitting assembly. The controller is electrically connected to the refitting assembly, the holding assembly, and the measuring unit. The measuring unit measures a flatness value of the workpiece and transfers the flatness value to the controller. The controller compares the flatness value with a preset value range to determine whether the workpiece is qualified or not. When the workpiece is not qualified, the controller controls the holding assembly to hold the workpiece, and controls the refitting assembly to refit the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (JIASHAN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Zhong Dai, Hu Wu, De-Hang Liu
  • Patent number: 9315417
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to methods for bonding a cap to a substrate. In one embodiment, the method comprises first providing a ring-cap assembly, comprising a cap and an interposer ring comprising a ring material transparent at an illumination wavelength. A peripheral portion of the ring projects outwards beyond the overlying cap. The portion of the ring bottom surface underlying the projecting peripheral portion of the ring comprises a plurality of downwardly extending fingers. The method further comprises positioning the ring-cap assembly so that the plurality of fingers directly overlies predetermined portions of the substrate top substrate, creating a first bond between a first one of the plurality of fingers and a corresponding first predetermined portion of the substrate top surface, while illuminating and observing the first predetermined portion at the illumination wavelength through the projecting peripheral portion of the ring to determine a quality measure of that first bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Invenias Inc
    Inventors: Raymond Miller Karam, Georges Roussos
  • Patent number: 9320165
    Abstract: A housing cover panel for a housing of a control unit is formed with apertures for accommodating plug-in modules. A kit includes the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing component with the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing with the housing component and a control unit with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Gruber
  • Patent number: 9279194
    Abstract: Affords a method of growing, across the entirety of a major surface of a first III-nitride crystal, a second III-nitride crystal by HVPE, in an ambient temperature higher than 1100° C. The present III-nitride crystal growth method comprises: a step of preparing a first III-nitride crystal (10) having an alkali-metal atom concentration of less than 1.0×1018 cm?3; and a step of growing a second III-nitride crystal (20) onto a major surface (10m) of the first III-nitride crystal (10) by HVPE, in an ambient temperature higher than 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshida, Shinsuke Fujiwara, Koji Uematsu, Masanori Morishita
  • Patent number: 9271402
    Abstract: A flexible display comprises a display panel that includes a flexible substrate and subpixels formed in a display area defined on a surface of the flexible substrate. A data driver is mounted to a data driver area defined on the surface of the flexible substrate. The flexible display can have a connector mounted to a connector area defined on the surface of the substrate. A bent portion of the flexible substrate is between the display area and the connector area and causes the connector area to be bent back towards an other surface of the flexible substrate. A system board can further be electrically connected to the connector mounted on the connector area through a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minsu Cho
  • Patent number: 9271417
    Abstract: When a connected position detecting unit detects that a connected position of a tape reaches a predetermined position in the tape passage, head-feeding of an electronic component provided in a head of the connected new tape is provided. In the head-feeding, a tape feeder feeds the tape such that the electronic component in the head of the new tape is located in a component pickup port. When the connected position detecting unit detects that the connected position of the tape reaches the predetermined position in the tape passage, a mounting head picks up the electronic component from the new tape fed by the head feeding control unit and is mounted on a new board positioned by a board conveying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Kawaguchi, Michiaki Mawatari
  • Patent number: 9236329
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory card includes a lead frame having external connection terminals, a controller chip mounted on the lead frame and a memory chip mounted on the lead frame. The lead frame, the controller chip, and the memory chip are sealed with a sealing resin layer that has a surface at which the external connection terminals are exposed and a recess surrounding the external connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhide Doi, Soichi Homma, Katsuyoshi Watanabe, Taku Nishiyama, Takeshi Ikuta, Naohisa Okumura
  • Patent number: 9181630
    Abstract: This method for disposing fine objects, in a substrate preparing step, prepares a substrate having specified positions where fine objects (120) are to be disposed in an area where a first electrode (111) and a second electrode (112) face each other, and in a fluid introducing step, a fluid (121) is introduced on the substrate (110). The fluid (121) contains a plurality of the fine objects (120). The fine objects (120) are diode elements, each of which has, as an alignment structure, a front side layer (130) composed of a dielectric material, and a rear side layer (131) composed of a semiconductor. In the fine object disposing step, by applying an AC voltage to between the first electrode (111) and the second electrode (112), the fine objects (120) are disposed by dielectrophoresis with the front side layer (130) facing up at the predetermined positions in the area (A) where the first electrode (111) and the second electrode (112) face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihide Shibata, Tetsu Negishi, Kenji Komiya, Yoshifumi Yaoi, Takeshi Shiomi, Hiroshi Iwata, Akira Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9173286
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board for producing a flexible-rigid circuit board composite made of at least one flexible circuit board and at least one rigid circuit board, the at least one flexible circuit board having at least one first planar segment, which interacts as intended in the installed state with at least one second planar segment of the at least one rigid circuit board, wherein the at least one first planar segment comprises at least one flexible connecting element, which is elastically connected to a face of the at least one first planar segment. Furthermore, a flexible-rigid circuit board composite is provided having at least one flexible circuit board, a flexible-rigid circuit board arrangement, and a method and a device for producing a flexible-rigid circuit board composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frederik Sporon-Fiedler, Jana Carraway, Michael Henderson
  • Patent number: 9173303
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first member including a plurality of first electrodes on a first substrate, a second member including a plurality of second electrodes on a second substrate, the second electrodes facing the first electrodes of the first member, and an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) between the first member and the second member, the ACF having a double-layered structure and electrically connecting the first member and the second member, the ACF including an epoxy resin with a polycyclic aromatic ring and exhibiting a minimum melt viscosity of about 3,000 Pa·s to about 10,000 Pa·s at about 30° C. to about 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CHEIL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Young Woo Park, Arum Amy Yu, Nam Ju Kim, Hyun Min Choi, Jin Seong Park, Dong Seon Uh
  • Patent number: 9173335
    Abstract: A complex circuit board including a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) for providing driving signals for light sources is disclosed. The PCBA includes a supporting portion and a connecting portion. The light sources are disposed above the supporting portion. The connection portion contacts electrically with a contacting portion of the FPC. The contacting portion of the FPC has a fixing hole. The connecting portion of the PCBA has a fixing portion. Moreover, the FPC has two or more than two first bend portions on the contacting portion. The fixing portion of the PCBA is inserted into the fixing hole of the FPC to complete the complex circuit board without extra attachment units. Therefore, the assembly procedure is simplified to increase throughput and the cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Chen, Cheng-Min Tsai, Cheng-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 9165711
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a multilayered chip power inductor by forming a laminate body having upper and lower sides by laminating magnetic sheets, forming an inner hollow by punching out a middle part of said laminate body, inserting a magnetic core into the inner hollow, where an electrical conductive coil is wound into said inner hollow, laminating a first copper clad magnetic sheet onto the upper and lower sides of said laminate body having the magnetic core in the inner hollow as a land layer having upper and lower sides, forming a land by etching said land layer, forming a hole by drilling the land, plating the hole formed in the land, laminating a second copper clad magnetic sheet as a terminal layer onto upper and lower sides of the land layer having the land, forming a terminal by etching the terminal layer, forming a hole by drilling the terminal, and plating the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Chang Sung Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Tae Lim, Tae Kyung Lee, Doo In Kang, Chung Ryul Kim
  • Patent number: 9165805
    Abstract: An apparatus or method for forming a tape-based, epitaxial lift-off film. The epitaxial lift-off film can be for at least one of a solar device, a semiconductor device, and an electronic device. The apparatus can comprise: a tape supply section, the tape supply section providing an unloaded support tape; a lamination section for receiving the unloaded support tape and a plurality of substrates, each substrate containing an epitaxial film thereon, the lamination section adhering the substrates to the unloaded support tape to form a loaded support tape; and an ELO etch section comprising a pressure system for applying pressure on said loaded support tape such that pressure is applied progressively downward and progressively towards a center-line of said loaded support tape when passing through said ELO etch section, the ELO etch section removing the substrates from the loaded support tape, while leaving the epitaxial film on the loaded support tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Alta Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Gmitter, Gang He, Melissa Archer, Andreas Hegedus
  • Patent number: 9161455
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a circuit board is provided. An elastic bump material layer is formed on a substrate and then is patterned to form a plurality of first elastic bumps and a plurality of second elastic bumps, arranged in at least an array. A conductive layer is formed and then is patterned to form a patterned circuit layer to cover first plurality of elastic bumps and a portion of the substrate. An entirety of the plurality of second elastic bumps and another portion of the substrate are not covered by the patterned circuit layer. A protection layer is formed to cover a portion of the patterned circuit layer, a second number of the plurality of second elastic bumps entirely, a third number of the plurality of second elastic bumps partially and the another portion of the substrate, and expose the first number of the plurality of second elastic bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: Taiwan TFT LCD Association, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD., Au Optronics Corporation, Hannstar Display Corporation, Innolux Corporation, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ngai Tsang, Kuo-Shu Kao
  • Patent number: 9147796
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an SMT LED device includes steps: providing an LED with two solder slugs extending downwardly from a bottom thereof; providing a circuit board with two first solder pads spaced from each other thereon, the first solder pads each defining a positioning hole therein corresponding to a position of each of the two solder slugs, forming a pair of second solder pads on the circuit board by directly and physically contacting with the circuit board; putting the solder slugs into the positioning holes; subjecting the circuit board and the LED to a reflow soldering, during which the solder slugs are first melted and then solidified to electrically and mechanically connect with the first and second solder pads thereby connecting the LED and the circuit board together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Chen Lai
  • Patent number: 9143114
    Abstract: A bonding type crystal controlled oscillator includes a crystal package and a circuit package bonded by two-tier bonding. An anisotropy conductive adhesive is interposed between back surface of the crystal package facing the circuit package and an upper surface of the circuit package facing the crystal package. The anisotropy conductive adhesive includes a thermosetting resin containing solder micro particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin. Assuming that a thickness of the output terminal formed at the crystal package is C ?m, a thickness of the external terminal formed at the circuit package is D ?m, and an average outside diameter of the solder micro particles dispersed in the anisotropy conductive adhesive is E ?m, the dimensional relation is set to (C+D)>E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidenori Harima
  • Patent number: 9142440
    Abstract: A method of producing a carrier structure for fabricating a stacked-type semiconductor device includes laminating thin plates for a lower carrier associated with an upper carrier. The method includes forming openings in the thin plates by etching or electric discharge machining. The lower carrier includes a magnet that is buried therein and the magnet maintains contact between the lower carrier and the upper carrier. A thin plate of the laminated thin plates is provided on each opposing surface of the magnet. The lower carrier further includes multiple magnets arranged around a periphery of the lower carrier and through a center region of the lower carrier that is between magnets on the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Cypess Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Onodera, Kouichi Meguro, Junichi Kasai, Yasuhiro Shinma, Koji Taya, Junji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9136159
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a semiconductor device package with a die-to-packing substrate first bond are disclosed and may include bonding a first semiconductor die to a packaging substrate, applying an underfill material between the first semiconductor die and the packaging substrate, and bonding one or more additional die to the first semiconductor die. The additional die may comprise electronic devices. The first semiconductor die may comprise an interposer die or may comprise electronic devices. The first semiconductor die may be bonded to the packaging substrate utilizing a mass reflow process or a thermal compression process. The additional die may be bonded to the first die utilizing a mass reflow process or a thermal compression process. The bonded die may be encapsulated in a mold material, which may comprise a polymer. The one or more additional die may comprise micro-bumps for coupling to the first semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, Ronald Patrick Huemoeller, Won Chul Do, David Jon Hiner
  • Patent number: 9113569
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a core structure having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first buildup structure formed on the first surface of the core structure and including insulation layers, and a second buildup structure formed on the second surface of the core structure and including insulation layers and an inductor device. The insulation layers in the second buildup structure have the thicknesses which are thinner than the thicknesses of the insulation layers in the first buildup structure, and the inductor device in the second buildup structure is position on the second surface of the core structure and includes at least a portion of a conductive pattern formed in the core structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Takenaka
  • Patent number: 9105644
    Abstract: A method for forming an alignment feature for back side wafer processing in a wafer fabrication process involves forming a trench into but not entirely through a wafer from a top side of the wafer; forming a contrasting material on surfaces of the trench; and grinding a bottom side of the wafer to expose the trench using the handling wafer to handle the wafer during such grinding, wherein the contrasting material lining the exposed trench provides an alignment reference for precise alignment of the wafer for back side processing the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine H. Tsau, William David Sawyer, Thomas Kieran Nunan
  • Patent number: 9095086
    Abstract: An unloading system includes a casing, a conveying device, a capturing device and a control device. A first entrance, a first exit and a second exit are formed on the casing. The conveying device is for conveying a carrying component and a circuit board disposed on the carrying component from the first entrance. The capturing device is for capturing the circuit board and then conveying the circuit board to the first exit. The control device is electrically connected to the conveying device and the capturing device. The control device is for controlling the capturing device to capture the circuit board entering from the first entrance and then to convey the circuit board to the first exit. The control device is further for controlling the conveying device to convey the carrying component from which the circuit board is unloaded to the second exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Hai-Jun Peng, Yu-Hsi Lan, Sui-Kuan Sun, Chun-Kai Wang
  • Patent number: 9093282
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting device having high productivity while enhancing the electromagnetic shielding effect, and a method for manufacturing the same, including a housing formed by a conductive metal material and electronic components to be mounted inside the housing. The housing is configured by a first box body and a second box body fixed so that respective openings face each other and has a conductive layer stacked through an insulating layer arranged on an outer side of the first box body. The first box body includes a through-hole for retrieving a conductive wire connected to the electronic component to the conductive layer, and the through-hole is arranged at a position covered by the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Wakahiro Kawai
  • Patent number: 9089053
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring board having a main face and a side face substantially perpendicular to the main face; a circuit pattern which is formed on the main face of the wiring board; a soaking plate which is disposed in an intermediate layer of the wiring board; and a plurality of protruding terminals are disposed in the intermediate layer and are projected outwardly from the side face. The protruding terminals are electrically connected in the intermediate layer to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mamoru Sawai
  • Patent number: 9084381
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flex-rigid wiring board including forming a rigid substrate including a rigid base material, a separator provided over the rigid base material, and insulation layers laminated over the rigid base material after the separator is provided, removing the separator together with a portion of the insulation layers after the laminating of the insulation layers, and forming a recessed portion configured to accommodate an electronic component according to a shape of the separator on a surface of the rigid substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michimasa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9078343
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board including forming a penetrating hole in a core substrate, forming a first conductor on a first surface of the substrate, forming a second conductor on a second surface of the substrate, and filling a conductive material in the hole such that a through-hole conductor is formed in the hole and the first and second conductors are connected via the through-hole conductor. The forming of the hole includes forming a first opening in the first surface, forming a second opening from the bottom of the first opening toward the second surface such that the second opening has a smaller diameter than the first opening, forming a third opening in the second surface, and forming a fourth opening from the bottom of the third opening toward the first surface such that the fourth opening has a smaller diameter than the third opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomo Yamauchi, Satoru Kawai
  • Publication number: 20150148641
    Abstract: Systems, articles, and methods for surface electromyography (“EMG”) sensors that combine elements from traditional capacitive and resistive EMG sensors are described. For example, capacitive EMG sensors that are adapted to resistively couple to a user's skin are described. Resistive coupling between a sensor electrode and the user's skin is galvanically isolated from the sensor circuitry by a discrete component capacitor included downstream from the sensor electrode. The combination of a resistively coupled electrode and a discrete component capacitor provides the respective benefits of traditional resistive and capacitive (respectively) EMG sensor designs while mitigating respective drawbacks of each approach. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such capacitive EMG sensors is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Cezar Morun, Stephen Lake
  • Publication number: 20150146449
    Abstract: A vehicle light apparatus is described herein that can be used to increase the visibility profile of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a base adapted to connect to a vehicle frame; a power supply; and an elongated light source supported by the base and coupled to the power supply. The elongated light source can extend above the vehicle frame with respect to a surface the vehicle is to traverse thereon. The elongated light source can also be configured to move upon experiencing pressure (e.g., from a rider's leg) and, upon removal of said pressure, return to its original position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Erik Dillon FREISER
  • Publication number: 20150146377
    Abstract: A method for assembling a power conversion device is provided. The method includes mounting an electronic component on a heat-dissipating base, and electrically connecting a printed wiring board with the electronic component mounted on the heat-dissipating base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Pei-Ai YOU, Xing-Xian LU, Gang LIU, Jin-Fa ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150143693
    Abstract: A control unit determines whether or not confirmation of a type of a tape processing unit is necessary, and performs identification processing of the type of the tape processing unit when confirmation of the type of the tape processing unit is determined as necessary. Then, this identification processing of the type is performed and the control unit determines whether or not an electronic component handleable by this tape processing unit coincides with an electronic component of a component arrangement number in a feeder base, to perform control for performing an extraction operation for an electronic component in a storage tape with an adsorption nozzle when the electronic component is determined as coinciding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi OHYAMA, Tsutomu YANAGIDA, Yoshinori KANO, Seiji OHNISHI, Tetsuji ONO
  • Publication number: 20150135526
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic device packages and, more particularly, to microelectronic device packages having bumpless build-up layer (BBUL) designs, wherein at least one secondary device is disposed within the thickness (i.e. the z-direction or z-height) of the microelectronic device of the microelectronic device package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: WENG HONG TEH, JOHN S. GUZEK
  • Publication number: 20150138112
    Abstract: An example force sensor module for a touch-sensitive electronic device can include a force sensor, a bias assembly and an opposing bias assembly that is coupled to the bias assembly. The bias assembly can have a top wall and a plurality of side walls extending from the top wall. The top and side walls can define a chamber. The force sensor can be arranged between the bias assembly and the opposing bias assembly within the chamber. Additionally, the bias and opposing bias assemblies can be configured to apply a preload force to the force sensor, which is approximately equal to a spring force exerted between the bias and opposing bias assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Campbell, Ryan Diestelhorst
  • Publication number: 20150137848
    Abstract: A system includes: a circuit board including electrical elements arranged at a first pitch; a wafer including contacts arranged at a second pitch, where the second pitch is less than the first pitch; and an interconnect including additively-manufactured electrical conduits that are part of an electrical pathway between the electrical elements and the contacts, where the additively-manufactured electrical conduits include electrically-conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: David Walter Lewinnek, Roger Allen Sinsheimer, Luis Antonio Valiente, Craig Anthony DiPalo
  • Publication number: 20150136959
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical circuit-type reformulated fuel detecting sensor device. The optical circuit-type reformulated fuel detecting sensor device includes: an optical source part generating optical signals having a single wavelength; a sensor part receiving the optical signals generated by the optical source part and outputting a reference optical signal and a sensed signal; a first photo-detector receiving the reference optical signal and outputting a reference optical output signal; a second photo-detector receiving the sensed signal and outputting a sensed optical output signal; an operation controlling part receiving the reference optical output signal and the sensed optical output signal and determining characteristics of fuel; and an output part receiving and outputting a result of the operation controlling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin-Hwa RYU, Kyu-Ha BAEK, Lee-Mi DO, Kang-Bok LEE
  • Patent number: 9032614
    Abstract: One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The electrical bushing includes a holding element to hold the electrical bushing in or on the housing. The conducting element is set-up to establish, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The holding element is made, to at least 80% by weight with respect to the holding element, from a material selected from the group consisting of a metal from any of the subgroups IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, and X of the periodic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Heiko Specht
  • Patent number: 9032613
    Abstract: A method for making a circuit board includes separating a plurality of versatile circuit boards from a collective board by cutting a connecting portion of the collective board, the plurality of versatile circuit boards being connected each other via the connecting portion, and cutting a part of a wiring formed on each of the plurality of versatile circuit boards to produce the circuit board. The cutting of the part of the wiring is conducted within the separating of the plurality of versatile circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Naohiro Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20150130873
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including a recording element substrate for ejecting liquid in response to an externally supplied electrical signal; an electrical wiring board having a first and second part mutually joined via a bent portion, the first part having an electrical joint portion for supplying the signal to the substrate, the second part having an electrical signal input portion into which the signal is input and to which the joint portion is connected; and a housing having a first and second surface mutually adjoining, the first and second surfaces respectively supporting the first and second parts. The second part is fixed to the second surface at plural first fixing positions around the input portion. The second surface has a depressed portion formed closer to the bent portion than the first fixing positions. The second part is fixed to the housing at a second fixing position inside the depressed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Takuma KODOI, Takuya Iwano, Keiji Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20150131247
    Abstract: A method which comprises arranging a plurality of electronic chips in a plurality of chip accommodation cavities each defined by a respective surface portion of a substrate and a wall delimited by a respective one of a plurality of holes in an electrically conductive frame arranged on the substrate, at least partially encapsulating the electronic chips in the chip accommodation cavities by an encapsulant, and forming electrically conductive contacts for electrically contacting the at least partially encapsulated electronic chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan NIKITIN, Petteri PALM, Joachim MAHLER
  • Publication number: 20150131229
    Abstract: It is impossible in a cooling device using a phase-change system, seeking high heat transport performance, to obtain sufficient cooling performance due to the increase in thermal resistance with a heating element to be cooled, therefore, a connecting structure of a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a connecting board with an opening; a pressing plate of thin plate elastically deformable; first fixing means for fixing the pressing plate to the connecting board with the pressing plate disposed covering heat receiving means composing the cooling device; and second fixing means for fixing the connecting board to a substrate with the heat receiving means abutting against a heating element mounted on the substrate and disposed in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Akira Shoujiguchi, Masaki Chiba, Kenichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 9027237
    Abstract: A method for producing optoelectronic components, the method comprising the steps of: providing optical components; picking up, by means of a robot arm, the optical components provided; subsequent to picking up the optical components, mounting the optical components directly on a first wafer by means of the robot arm; wherein the first wafer has optoelectronic components attached, and the optical components being positioned individually or in groups relative to the position of the optoelectronic components of the first wafer using the robot arm; and utilizing, as the first wafer, a glass wafer having i) spectrally filtering glass being an infrared filter glass and ii) an infrared filter coating, the glass wafer having a thickness in the range of 50 to 500 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Edgar Pawlowski, Ralf Biertuempfel, Bernd Woelfing, Frank Fleissner, Petra Auchter-Krummel, Ulf Brauneck, Joseph S. Hayden, Ulrich Fotheringham
  • Patent number: 9027226
    Abstract: A method for implementing a prompt dose mitigating capacitor is disclosed. Initially, a flip chip is provided with multiple capacitors. The flip chip is then placed on top of a substrate having multiple electronic devices connected to a set of power rails. The terminals of the capacitors within the flip chip are subsequently connected to the power rails within the substrate in order to regulate voltages appeared on the power rails during a radiation pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Murty S. Polavarapu, Nadim F. Haddad
  • Patent number: 9027238
    Abstract: A multilayered printed circuit board or a substrate for mounting a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device, a first resin insulating layer accommodating the semiconductor device, a second resin insulating layer provided on the first resin insulating layer, a conductor circuit provided on the second resin insulating layer, and via holes for electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the conductor circuit, wherein the semiconductor device is accommodated in a recess provided in the first resin insulating layer, and a metal layer for placing the semiconductor device is provided on the bottom face of the recess. A multilayered printed circuit board in which the installed semiconductor device establishes electrical connection through the via holes is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sotaro Ito, Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado
  • Publication number: 20150124463
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting on a substrate a plate or board-like lighting source may include a frame member for surrounding the plate or board-like lighting source, anchoring formations for anchoring the frame member onto the substrate while permitting movement of the frame member towards and away from the substrate, elastic means for elastically urging the frame member towards the substrate, and one or more locking members mounted on the frame member and radially displaceable with respect to the frame member between: a radially outward position, in which the plate or board-like lighting source can be inserted into the frame member and positioned between the frame member and the substrate, and a radially inward position, in which the locking member(s) abuts/abut against the plate or board-like lighting source located between the frame member and the substrate, elastically urging the plate or board-like lighting source towards the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Bobbo, Alberto Zanotto, Franco Zanon
  • Publication number: 20150124416
    Abstract: A printed circuit board having an electronic component embedded and a method making the same are disclosed. The printed circuit board has four electrically conductive layers and three core layers formed interleavedly. By properly removing a portion of the printed circuit board, the electronic component can be exposed. It has advantages that the exposed electronic component can be a CCD, CMOS or module. When the devices mentioned are embedded in the printed circuit board, one part of them can be exposed from the printed circuit board for normal functions. The overall thickness of the printed circuit board assembly can be minimized to meet the trend of compact design of electronic products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SunASIC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Chi-Chou LIN
  • Patent number: 9021692
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a resin insulation layer having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the resin insulation layer having an opening for a first via conductor, a pad formed on the first surface of the resin insulation layer and provided to mount an electronic component, a first conductive circuit formed on the second surface of the resin insulation layer, and a first via conductor formed in the opening and connecting the pad and the first conductive circuit. The pad has an embedded portion embedded in the resin insulation layer and a protruding portion protruding from the resin insulation layer, and the embedded portion has an external shape which is greater than an external shape the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kawai, Kenji Sakai, Liyi Chen
  • Patent number: 9024630
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes: a circuit board having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a recess extending from the first surface to the second surface; a Hall sensor component having a Hall sensor situated in a housing, the Hall sensor component having an active sensor area situated parallel to the first surface and in the area of the recess on the side of the second surface on the circuit board; and a first magnetic flux concentrator made of a magnetically permeable material and situated on the side of the first surface opposite to the Hall sensor component, the magnetic flux concentrator having a lateral surface which faces away from the circuit board and includes a first surface area and a lateral surface which faces toward the circuit board and includes a second surface area which is smaller than the first surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Koop
  • Patent number: 9021689
    Abstract: A method of forming a dual port pressure sensor includes forming a first opening and a second opening in a flag of a lead frame. An encapsulant is molded to hold the lead frame in which the encapsulant is over a top of the flag and a bottom of the flag is uncovered by the encapsulant. A first opening in the encapsulant is aligned with and larger than the first opening in the flag and a second opening in the encapsulant aligned with the second opening in the flag. A pressure sensor transducer is attached to the bottom of the flag to cover the first opening in the flag, wherein the pressure sensor transducer provides an electrically detectable correlation to a pressure differential based on a first pressure received on its top side and a second pressure received on its bottom side. An integrated circuit is attached to the bottom of the flag. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the pressure sensor. A lid is attached to the encapsulant to form an enclosure around the bottom of the flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Hooper, William G. McDonald