Specific Conduction Means Or Dissipator Patents (Class 361/220)
  • Patent number: 8634178
    Abstract: A very small form factor consumer electronic product includes at least a single piece housing having an integral front and side walls that cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with a front opening where an edge of the side walls define a rear opening and at least some of the edges have flanges. The consumer electronic product also includes an user input assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the front opening and a clip assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the rear opening and having an external user actionable clip, a plurality of internal hooking features, and a plurality of internal latching features. The clip assembly is secured by engaging at least some of the hooking features and the flanges on the edges of the housing and engaging the latching features and corresponding attachment features on the internal support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Teodor Dabov, Kyle Yeates, Anthony Montevirgen
  • Patent number: 8630079
    Abstract: Described are transport elements for dissipating electrostatic charge including at least two outer structural layers coupled in an overlapping arrangement. Some examples may include a transport element having an inner structural layer coupled to an inner surface of the at least two outer structural layers. Other examples may include an outer resin layer coupled to the outer surface of the at least two outer structural layers, wherein the outer resin layer comprises materials that display a distinctive appearance when viewed under an ultraviolet light. An electrical resistance per length of the outer structural layers, the inner structural layer, and/or the outer resin layer is about 105 to 109 ?/meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Aerazur S.A.
    Inventor: Christophe Le Morvan
  • Patent number: 8625251
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an EMI capacitor discharger with an active capacitor bleeder which monitors a utility AC source and detects the zero crossing of the utility AC source. When a prolonged period of no zero crossing occurred, the EMI capacitor discharger activates a discharging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Urienza
  • Publication number: 20130335877
    Abstract: A separate connection device (40) intended to be inserted between a metal frame (3), of an electrical component (1), and a metal supporting structure (20) in order to connect, electrically and separately, the frame to the supporting structure. The connection device (40) comprises a metal blade manufactured from spring steel which comprises two self-connecting end areas (45, 46) arranged in separate planes and comprising a set of sharp teeth (47) arranged in order to be embedded within the metal material and formed on a folded section of the metal blade so that the sets of teeth (37, 47) extend in opposite directions and in planes intended to intersect the planes of the frame (3) and of the supporting structure (20) when the connection device is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MOBASOLAR SAS
    Inventor: Marc Keller
  • Patent number: 8611066
    Abstract: A bipolar charger includes a housing with a main chamber and positive and negative electrode chambers facing each other. The electrode chambers each have a ground electrode and a high voltage electrode that cooperate to create a cloud of ions. An aerosol flowing from an inlet passage through the main chamber and out an outlet passage mixes with the clouds of ions, thereby providing an aerosol with a steady-state electric charge distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Pramod Kulkarni, Chaolong Qi
  • Publication number: 20130294003
    Abstract: The invention provides a substrate for a display which can be easily repaired even when there are problems such as inter-layer shorting attributable to invasion of static electricity. The substrate has a first wiring section disposed in a display area thereof and formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the display area. The substrate also has a second wiring section formed such that it intersects the first wiring section outside the display area on the substrate with an insulation film interposed between them. The substrate further has an opening formed in the second wiring section at least in a region thereof overlapping the first wiring section intersecting the same. Further, the substrate has overlapping portions formed at two ends of the opening where the first and second wiring sections overlap each other with the insulation film interposed between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenichi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20130294004
    Abstract: A mother substrate for a display device includes a display cell, a test pad, an electrostatic preventing pattern and a connecting line. The display cell includes a pad and a signal line. The signal line is extended from the pad and is electrically connected to a pixel. The test pad is disposed out of the display cell and is electrically connected to the signal line of the display cell and receives a test signal. The electrostatic preventing pattern electrically connected to the test pad is disposed adjacent to the test pad and includes a plurality of edges. The electrostatic preventing pattern is formed from a metal pattern. The connecting line is extended from the electrostatic preventing pattern and is electrically connected to the pad of the display cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Min-Sun LEE, Shin-Tack KANG
  • Patent number: 8575573
    Abstract: A structure for discharging an extreme ultraviolet mask (EUV mask) is provided to discharge the EUV mask during the inspection by an electron beam inspection tool. The structure for discharging an EUV mask includes at least one grounding pin to contact conductive areas on the EUV mask, wherein the EUV mask may have further conductive layer on sidewalls or/and bottom. The inspection quality of the EUV mask is enhanced by using the electron beam inspection system because the accumulated charging on the EUU mask is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hermes Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: You-Jin Wang, Chiyan Kuan, Chung-Shih Pan
  • Publication number: 20130286529
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are different embodiments of a grounding apparatus, system and method, for use, in accordance with some embodiments, to ground an object to be coated in an electrostatic coating process. The apparatus generally comprises a structure and cover moveable relative to one another between a conductor receiving position and a covering position, such that a grounding conductor received therebetween may be conductively coupled therewith and at least partially covered thereby in the covered position. A removable grounding apparatus is also disclosed for positioning on an object support proximate a selected grounding location of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bob Bristow, Darrell Lowden, Doug Grantmyre
  • Publication number: 20130279064
    Abstract: An ESD protection device is provided which experiences only small increases in discharge start voltage and discharge protection voltage and relatively free of scorching or peeling at the ends of the discharge electrodes thereof even if a discharge repeatedly occurs. The ESD protection device has an insulating substrate with a cavity, and in the cavity first and second discharge electrodes are so disposed that the ends thereof face each other with a gap therebetween. A first outer electrode is on the outer surface of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the first discharge electrode, and a second outer electrode is on the outer surface of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the second discharge electrode. The ends of the first and second discharge electrodes are thicker than any other portion of the first and second discharge electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshihito Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20130279063
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate having an electrode forming part, a routing wire forming part and a pad forming part; a plurality of first electrode serials arranged in a first direction in the electrode forming part; a plurality of second electrode serials arranged in a second direction crossing over the first direction in the electrode forming part, and electrically insulated from the plurality of first electrode serials by an insulation; and at least one static electricity discharging pattern formed in the electrode forming part, and connected with any one of the first electrode serials and the second electrode serials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeyeon YOO, Hazoong KIM, Seunghyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20130271891
    Abstract: A lightning strike protection material has a metallic substrate and a metallic coating atop the substrate. The material may be integrated with a structural layer, the metallic coating composition being less reactive with material of the structural layer than is the composition of the metallic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: DEXMET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry B. Shimp, Kenneth E. Mull
  • Publication number: 20130265688
    Abstract: An anti-static protection circuit includes a first discharge unit and a second discharge unit. The first discharge unit is connected to a port of an electronic device, and includes a number of first sharp turning points. The first sharp turning points absorb static electricity flowing to the first discharge unit from the port, and discharge part of the static electricity to the air. The second discharge unit is grounded and includes a number of second sharp turning points spaced apart from and directly opposing to the corresponding first sharp turning points of the first discharge unit. The second sharp turning points absorb part of the static electricity on the first sharp turning points, and discharges the part of the static electricity to the ground. A related electronic device employing the protection circuit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing-Hua TANG
  • Patent number: 8553387
    Abstract: This invention provides an electronic device including a casing and a circuit board. The casing has an opening. The circuit board is located in the casing and at least includes a conductive layer and a surface insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a signal transmission portion and a static induction portion. The static induction portion is electrically disconnected with the signal transmission portion at the conductive layer, and the static induction portion is closer to the opening than the signal transmission portion. The surface insulating layer covers the signal transmission portion on the circuit board and exposes the static induction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Pegatron
    Inventors: Ching-Jen Wang, Fang-Teng Chung, Wen-Hsieh Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130242454
    Abstract: An apparatus for the absorption, conversion and detection of electromagnetic energy without the need for an earth ground or atmosphere. This apparatus has three major parts: a collector stage, a conversion stage, and an emissive stage. The collection stage, an apparatus that can carry electromagnetic energy from the environment external to the apparatus, is connected electrically to the conversion stage, which comprises one or more layers of a material that can carry an electrical charge, disposed among two or more layers of a material that can carry an electrical charge, which layers are in turn connected electrically to components so as to trap the electromagnetic energy in an electromagnetic field and convert it into electrical energy. Finally, the electrical output of the conversion stage is electrically connected to an emissive stage: comprising an amplification circuit, transducing device or circuit capable of utilizing the energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Richard Douglas Green
  • Patent number: 8531814
    Abstract: An electrostatic clamp, which more effectively removes built up charge from a substrate prior to and during removal, is disclosed. Currently, the lift pins and ground pins are the only mechanisms used to remove charge from the substrate after implantation. The present discloses describes a clamp having one of more additional low resistance paths to ground. These additional conduits allow built up charge to be dissipated prior to and during the removal of the substrate from the clamp. By providing sufficient charge drainage from the backside surface of the substrate 114, the problem whereby the substrate sticks to the clamp can be reduced. This results in a corresponding reduction in substrate breakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale K. Stone, Lyudmila Stone, Klaus Petry, David E. Suuronen, Julian G. Blake
  • Publication number: 20130229744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protection of floating roof tanks from the effects of lightning. In prior floating roof tanks, even if the floating roof is electrically connected to the tank wall shell at a number of locations by shunts and additionally with by-pass conductors above or below the liquid level, this may not prevent streamer discharges in gaps subject to induced potentials due to the penetrating electromagnetic waves and thus fires remain a real possibility. The present invention solves this problem by N providing a lightning protection apparatus including an electrode; and a plurality of conductors, each conductor having a first end electrically bonded to the electrode and a second opposite terminal end electrically bonded to an outer side wall of the floating roof tank. The conductors emanate radially from the electrode and are spaced from each other so as to provide electromagnetic shielding to the floating roof tank from electromagnetic waves caused by a lighting strike.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Farouk A.M. Rizk, Amr Rizk
  • Patent number: 8508909
    Abstract: A duct frame includes: a first airflow path configured to include a first outlet; a second airflow path configured to include a second outlet disposed close to the first outlet; an ion generator configured to be provided in the second airflow path and to divide the second airflow path into a first divided flow path and a second divided flow path; and a minute flow path configured to provide under the ion generator and to have a flow path resistance higher than the flow path resistance of the first divided flow path of the second airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akimasa Nishikawa, Hideyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 8498091
    Abstract: An exemplary antistatic device assembly includes an electricity receiving part and an electricity discharging part. Guiding portions protrude from the electricity receiving part. The electricity discharging part is located at a side of the electricity receiving part, and oriented toward and spaced from the guiding portions of the electricity receiving part. The electricity discharging part is electrically conductive and capable of being grounded. Static electricity accumulated on the electricity receiving part is removable to the electricity discharging part via the guiding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chang Pai, Shen-Chun Li, Hsien-Chuan Liang
  • Patent number: 8493707
    Abstract: A shaft grounding apparatus including a grounding rope in electrical contact with ground, and an adjustable rope guide configured to guide the grounding rope on an electrically conductive surface of a rotating shaft of an electric machine. The adjustable rope guide includes a plurality of articulating segments configured to provide the adjustable rope guide with a variable radius of curvature to closely follow a radius of curvature of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cutsforth, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S. Cutsforth
  • Patent number: 8488293
    Abstract: An assembly, system and method are provided for discharging a rotating shaft encompassed by a stationary housing. The system includes an annular charge-dissipating component and a biasing element oriented to apply an axial force to the charge-dissipating component, holding it in contact with the shaft and the housing while the shaft is rotating. The biasing element may be a coil spring or a wave spring. A shaft grounding upgrade kit includes a conductive ring member and a cylindrical spring having a diameter that is the same as that of the conductive ring member. The spring constant of the cylindrical spring is such that the spring holds the conductive ring member within the housing in contact with the shaft and the housing. The conductive ring member may be constructed of gray iron and the cylindrical spring is one of a wave spring and a coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Baumann
  • Publication number: 20130164020
    Abstract: An electronic device and image forming apparatus include a main body and an attachment unit. The main body includes a main-body side connector. The attachment unit includes a unit-side connector connectable with the main-body side connector and is mounted detachably on the main body. The main body includes a static electricity prevention member and a biasing member. The static electricity prevention member is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position. The static electricity prevention member partially or completely covers an outer periphery of a terminal of the main-body side connector at the first position and exposes this terminal at the second position. The attachment unit presses the static electricity prevention member from the first position to the second position against a biasing force applied by the biasing member, such that the main-body side connector is connected with the unit-side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
  • Patent number: 8467168
    Abstract: An electronic system is configurable to accommodate either of a mechanical air mover and an EHD air mover within an enclosure. At least one of a plurality of electronic components is selectively configurable to alternately accommodate the mechanical air mover or the EHD air mover within the enclosure. The mechanical fan or EHD is positioned to motivate air flow along a air flow path between inlet and outlet ventilation boundaries of the enclosure. A connector for a respective one of the electronic components allows for selective configuration in an alternate orientation of the respective one of the electronic components to accommodate a difference in geometry between the EHD air mover and the mechanical air mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Honer, Yan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130141832
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for insulating a cavity of a structure. A system may include an insulation machine having an insulation blower that blows insulation into the cavity and a hose having a lumen throughwhich the loose fill insulation is blown. The system may also include a cover positionable atop the cavity of the structure. The cover may include an aperture throughwhich the distal end of the hose is inserted to blow the loose fill insulation into the cavity and an electrically conductive material or layer. The electrically conductive material or layer may electrically contact the hose when the hose is inserted through the aperture. The system may further include a ground wire electrically coupled with the cover to dissipate a charge from the hose by providing an electric path for the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas John Fellinger
  • Patent number: 8456790
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a wind-power generating system 10 includes: a lightning protecting device including a receptor 70 provided on a blade surface and a lightning conductor 73 grounding the receptor 70; an airflow generating device 60 provided on the blade surface and including first and second electrodes 61, 62 separated via a dielectric 63; a discharge power source 65 including switches 90, 91 able to connect the first and second electrodes 61, 62 to output terminals 84, 85 respectively and a switch 92 able to connect the first or second electrode 61, 62 to a grounding conductor 100; and a thundercloud detecting device detecting information regarding thundercloud approach. When the information regarding the thundercloud approach is detected, the second electrode 62 is connected to the grounding conductor 100 and the first and second electrodes 61, 62 are disconnected from the output terminals 84, 85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Naohiko Shimura, Shohei Goshima, Hisashi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Yasui, Toshiki Osako, Masahiro Asayama
  • Patent number: 8455918
    Abstract: An ESD protection device is manufactured such that its ESD characteristics are easily adjusted and stabilized. The ESD protection device includes an insulating substrate, a cavity provided in the insulating substrate, at least one pair of discharge electrodes each including an exposed portion that is exposed in the cavity, and external electrodes provided on a surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the discharge electrodes. Supporting electrodes obtained by dispersing conductive powder in an insulating material defining the insulating substrate are provided along a bottom surface and a top surface that define the cavity between the exposed portions of the at least one pair of discharge electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Adachi, Jun Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20130114180
    Abstract: A system for grounding in a electronic device is disclosed. The system comprises a first electronic board, this latter comprising a first ground plane and at least one footprint intended to connect the first ground plane to a component, the at least one footprint defining a closed line on said first electronic board adapted to connect the component, at least a second electronic board comprising a second ground plane, the second electronic board being superposed on the first electronic board, a grounding metallic piece comprising a wall perpendicular to said first electronic board and a base parallel to said first electronic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Le Foulgoc, Philippe Lepoil, Jean-Pierre Bertin
  • Patent number: 8436243
    Abstract: An anti-lightning system for a composite structure having an external surface liable to be subjected to an air flow, the aforementioned system including at least one electrically conducting strip and fasteners fastening the aforementioned strip to the structure, the aforementioned strip being electrically connected to an electrical earth for removing current. According the disclosed embodiments, the aforementioned strip has a shape intended to collaborate with a housing created at the aforementioned external surface so that the external surface of the strip lies flush with the aforementioned external surface of the structure, and the aforementioned fasteners include an upper part flush with the external surface of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Olivier Gattus, Charles Lambert, Jacques Fournie, Jean-Christope Loche, Mathieu Giraudineau, Gautier Destombes, Gilles Mercadier, Patrick Lieven, Damien Binaud
  • Patent number: 8432659
    Abstract: A shaft current control brush ring assembly includes a cup and a brush ring assembly secured within the cup. The cup is secured to a motor faceplate, within a recess formed in the faceplate by interference fit, or by means of a clamp attached to the faceplate. A slinger can be associated with the brush ring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Hieyoung W. Oh, Adam H. Willwerth
  • Patent number: 8421286
    Abstract: A method may be used to retroactively install a grounding ring on an electrical motor used with an inverter to reduce the likelihood that shaft currents affect motor bearings. The method includes securing a ring of conductive material to an endplate of an electrical motor at a position that enables a shaft extending through the endplate to pass through the ring, the ring of conductive material includes conductive material that extends from the ring to contact the shaft when the ring is secured to the endplate, and covering the ring of conductive material with a bearing cap that has an opening that enables the shaft to pass through the bearing cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Terry L. Bossaller, Donald W. Conley
  • Patent number: 8421645
    Abstract: An electrostatic protector used in a portable electronic device includes an electrostatic conducting unit and an electrostatic protecting unit connected to the electrostatic conducting unit. The electrostatic protecting unit includes at least one protecting circuit, each protecting circuit includes a diode, and the diode has a cathode connected to the electrostatic conducting unit and an anode grounded. Electrostatic charges on the portable electronic device are transmitted to the electrostatic conducting unit and generate a voltage on the cathode of the diode to break down the diode, such that the electrostatic charges are transmitted to the ground via the broken down diode and the voltage on the cathode of the diode is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventor: Hsing-Yuan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130088806
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, an electronic member received in the housing, a conduction plate secured to the housing and grounded, and a conducting member connecting with the elastic member with the conduction plate to conduct static electricity in the electronic member to the conduction plate. The conducting member includes a base portion. A first elastic sheet and a second elastic sheet are secured to and respectively protrude out of opposite surfaces of the base portion. The first and second elastic sheets elastically contact with the conduction plate and the electronic member respectively. A conducting member of an electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: PING LI, BAO-GANG ZHAO, YUAN-MING WANG, XUE-FENG WAN
  • Patent number: 8416553
    Abstract: A power supply including an AC input, a filter, a full wave rectifier, a converter, a second rectifier, and a bias system. The filter includes at least one differential capacitor coupled to the AC input. The full wave rectifier develops a DC bus voltage on a DC bus node. The converter includes a controller and operates to convert the DC bus voltage to a regulated output voltage. The second rectifier is coupled to the AC input for developing a DC bias voltage on a DC bias node. The bias system is coupled between the DC bias node and a reference node and provides at least one start-up voltage to the controller, such as a supply voltage or a sense voltage or the like. The bias circuit includes at least one current discharge path for discharging each differential capacitor within a predetermined time period when AC line voltage is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhan, Zhixiang Liang, Xiangxu Yu
  • Patent number: 8411405
    Abstract: A device 10 for electrically discharging samples of an electrically non-conductive liquid includes an electrically conductive outer member 12, an electrically conductive inner member 14 disposed within the outer member 12, an electrically conductive rod 16 with upper and lower plugs 18 and 19 secured thereto to maintain a non-conductive fluid in the device 10, non-conductive handles 20 and 22 secured to the outer and inner members 12 and 14, and an electrically conductive ground cable 26 detachably secured to the rod 16 to ultimately remove or reduce static charge in the electrically non-conductive liquid via the liquid engaging the outer member 12, inner member 14 and rod 16, which are electrically grounded via the cable 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Blackburn, Donald G. Flaynik, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8405950
    Abstract: A cable having an electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipative layer in one embodiment includes a plurality of leads; an ESD dissipative layer; and a coupling layer between the leads and the ESD dissipative layer, the coupling layer electrically connecting each of the leads, individually, to the ESD dissipative layer. A cable having an electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipative layer in another embodiment comprises at least 16 leads; an ESD dissipative layer; and a coupling layer between the leads and the ESD dissipative layer, the coupling layer electrically connecting each of the leads, individually, to the ESD dissipative layer. A method for fabricating a cable in one embodiment comprises coupling an electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipative layer to a plurality of leads using a coupling layer between the leads and the ESD dissipative layer, the coupling layer electrically connecting each of the leads, individually, to the ESD dissipative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Icko E. Tim Iben, Wayne Alan McKinley, Sassan K. Shahidi, George G. Zamora
  • Publication number: 20130057999
    Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, includes an ESD adhesive operatively coupled to leads of an electronic device for providing ESD protection thereto, the ESD adhesive including a mixture of a polymeric thin film and electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the polymeric thin film, and has a structural characteristic of being formed through at least partial evaporation of a solvent therefrom and being substantially free of agglomerates of the electrically conductive fillers. In another embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device includes preventing formation of agglomerates of electrically conductive fillers in an ESD adhesive that includes a polymeric thin film, the electrically conductive fillers dispersed therein, and a solvent by subjecting the ESD adhesive to high-energy mixing during formation thereof, applying the ESD adhesive across exposed leads, such as leads of a cable, PCB, or other substrate, and evaporating solvent from the ESD adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Myron H. Gentrup, Icko E. T. Iben
  • Publication number: 20130047859
    Abstract: A corona wire assembly including a first supporting member including a retaining device; a second supporting member including a retaining device; a corona wire capable of carrying a high voltage disposed between the first supporting member and the second supporting member; a ground discharge electrode disposed between the first supporting member and the second supporting member; wherein the corona assembly is separately installed and removed from an electrostatic precipitator is described. Current to the corona wire assembly can be tied to a fan assembly speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: John R. Bohlen
  • Publication number: 20130044403
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an EMI capacitor discharger with an active capacitor bleeder which monitors a utility AC source and detects the zero crossing of the utility AC source. When a prolonged period of no zero crossing occurred, the EMI capacitor discharger activates a discharging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Urienza
  • Patent number: 8369061
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-ESD elastic plate comprising a first conducting part, and a pair of second conducting part. The first conducting part has at least one projection structure. The two second conducting parts are connected respectively to the two lateral sides of the first conducting part. Each of the second conducting part further has a second conducting element and a press element, whereas the second conducting element is configured with a second projection structure and the pressing element is disposed aside the second conducting element. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides an anti-ESD device for conducting ESD by arranging the anti-ESD elastic plate as a conducting medium that is disposed at the boundary between an opening of a housing and a cover for sealing the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Ping-Hsu Chu
  • Patent number: 8369703
    Abstract: There is provided a moving picture camera. The moving picture camera includes a case having an internal space, a frame supporting a camera module in the internal space, a printed circuit board on which circuit devices are mounted, the circuit devices receiving and processing a moving picture signal captured by the camera module, and an electrostatic transfer gasket interposed between the frame and the printed circuit board and transferring static electricity from the frame to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20130027836
    Abstract: Provided is a static discharge isolation device for mounting on a case of a computer. The case includes a sidewall with an array of exposed interfaces. The static discharge isolation device composed of a dielectric. The static discharge isolation device includes a main body. The main body defines a number of cavities. The number, size, shape, and arrangement of the cavities are such to ensure each interface of the computer being closely surrounded by a corresponding cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: JUN-WEI WANG, QIANG CHAI
  • Publication number: 20130009001
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a first composite layer and a second composite layer in which the second composite layer is associated with the first composite layer. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form a structure. The second composite layer has a conductivity configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure and limit a flow of an electrical current in the second composite layer in which the electrical current is caused by an electromagnetic event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Quynhgiao Nguyen Le
  • Patent number: 8351179
    Abstract: A (GS) for an equipment (EQ) including an electrical reference (ME) and including an area provided with at least two photoelectric cells (C) electrically connected and each covered by a protective window that can become electrostatically charged. This solar generator further includes, on the one hand, at at least one chosen place (EC) of the area, intensification means (MI) responsible for locally intensifying the electrostatic charge so as to force the generation of primary electrical arcs at that chosen place, and, on the other hand, discharging means (EL, LM) adapted to couple the intensification means (MI) to the electrical reference (ME) of the equipment (EQ) so as to evacuate to that electrical reference (ME) discharge currents induced by the primary electrical arcs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bernard Boulanger, Claude Berthou
  • Patent number: 8345404
    Abstract: A conductive layer mainly made of gold is formed on an upper surface of an insulating substrate. Plural electrodes facing each other via a gap is formed by forming the gap in the conductive layer. An overvoltage protective layer covering the gap and a portion of each of the plurality of electrodes is formed. This method can provide the gap with a narrow width precisely, and thereby, provide an electrostatic (ESD) protector with a low peak voltage, stable characteristics of suppressing electrostatic discharge, and a high resistance to sulfidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Nozoe, Takeshi Iseki, Takashi Morino, Hideaki Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120327550
    Abstract: An exemplary antistatic device includes an electricity receiving part and an electricity discharging part. Guiding portions protrude from the electricity receiving part. The electricity discharging part is located at a side of the electricity receiving part, and oriented toward and spaced from the guiding portions of the electricity receiving part. The electricity discharging part is electrically conductive and capable of being grounded. Static electricity accumulated on the electricity receiving part is removable to the electricity discharging part via the guiding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-CHANG PAI, SHEN-CHUN LI, HSIEN-CHUAN LIANG
  • Publication number: 20120300355
    Abstract: An electrostatic protection component includes: a body in which a plurality of ceramic substrates is laminated; and a pair of discharge electrodes which are formed within the body and which are spaced to face each other. The discharge electrodes include main body portions extending along a longitudinal direction, and the main body portions include tips in the longitudinal direction and side edges extending along the longitudinal direction. The pair of discharge electrodes are arranged such that both the main body portions are adjacent to each other in a short direction. The discharge electrodes face each other in the short direction between the side edges, and discharge occurs only between the side edges, between the discharge electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Umeda, Makoto YOSHINO, Takahiro SATO, Takuo HATTORI, Shinichi SATO, Takeshi SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8320097
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge structure for a touch panel module to prevent ESD current flowing from the touch panel to the circuit board and damaging the electronic elements. The touch panel module comprises a touch panel and a circuit board. The circuit board has a connection portion connecting the circuit board with the touch panel. The connection portion has a plurality of sensing wires, two ends of each sensing wire are respectively electrically connected with one sensing unit of the touch panel and one sensor chip of the circuit board. The connection portion comprises at least one grounding solder pad and an electric-conduction structure covering thereon. The electric-conduction structure electrically connects the grounding solder pads to direct away the static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Cando Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Lin, Yung-Chan Chou, Yu-Iuan Lin
  • Patent number: 8289671
    Abstract: A case structure for an electronic device includes a first conductive layer, a conductive housing, and a surface treatment layer. The first conductive layer has a taper protrusion. The conductive housing is disposed at one side of the first conductive layer, and a narrow end of the taper protrusion faces the conductive housing. The surface treatment layer is disposed between the taper protrusion and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Chi, Kuo-Cheng Chu
  • Patent number: 8284537
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with electrostatic discharge protection includes: a conducting casing and a circuit board. The circuit board has a power ground node and a conditional conducting path, and is set inside the conducting casing. The conditional conducting path further includes: a conducting element and an electrostatic discharging component. One end of the conducting element is electrically connected to the conducting casing, and the electrostatic discharging component is electrically connected between another end of the conducting element and the power ground node. When the voltage variation between the two ends of the electrostatic discharging element reaches a preset condition, the electrostatic discharging component functions as a short circuit; otherwise, the electrostatic discharging element is equivalent to a high impedance element. The power ground node electrically connects to an electrode of a battery for using it as a vessel of receiving electrostatic charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Simplo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20120250209
    Abstract: In an insulating cover 50A according to the present invention, a dimension of each of an outer-circumferential-side cylindrical part 50c and an inner-circumferential-side cylindrical part 50b fitting in step parts 40 and 41 in an axial direction of a fastener body 25 is set large with respect to a tip covering part 50a covering a tip surface 26a of a fastening member 26. As a result, on an outer circumferential side and an inner circumferential side of the fastening member 26, a distance from a member 22 is sufficiently ensured by the cylindrical part 50b and 50c. The tip covering part 50a is thinner than the cylindrical part 50B and 50c. Therefore, when the fastener body 25 and the fastening member 26 are fastened together, the amount of deformation of the tip covering part 50a in a thickness direction can be made small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro UMEMOTO, Hideo YAMAKOSHI, Atsuhiro IYOMASA, Toru HASHIGAMI