| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39979 |
Color wheel including light deflecting means |
January 1, 2008 |
| A color wheel includes lens structures, which are formed on a surface of a substrate opposite to a surface having filter sectors, and which have curved surfaces formed at their abutting ends and positioned along a boundary between adjacent filter sectors. Light impinging on an area of |
| RE39787 |
Blower |
August 21, 2007 |
| A blower with the improved P-Q characteristics is provided. A blower comprising a shaft rotatably supported in a tubular casing, a cup shaped motor yoke 11 fixed to the shaft, and a body portion 15 of an impeller 14 comprising a large number of blades 13 on an outer peripheral portion is |
| RE39117 |
Blower |
June 6, 2006 |
| A blower with the improved P-Q characteristics is provided. A blower comprising a shaft rotatably supported in a tubular casing, a cup shaped motor yoke 11 fixed to the shaft, and a body portion 15 of an impeller 14 comprising a large number of blades 13 on an outer peripheral portion is |
| D488814 |
Information input device with multiple memory card reader |
April 20, 2004 |
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| D481730 |
Input device memory card reader |
November 4, 2003 |
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| D459732 |
Rod-end bearing |
July 2, 2002 |
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| D447157 |
Rod-end bearing |
August 28, 2001 |
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| D443285 |
Rod-end bearing |
June 5, 2001 |
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| 7604412 |
Self-lubricating bearings |
October 20, 2009 |
| A self-lubricating bearing for use in low pressure, high frequency, small amplitude applications and methods of operating and constructing the same, the bearing having a self-lubricating liner and a counterface surface in close sliding contact therewith, the counterface surface havin |
| 7602582 |
Fluid dynamic bearing system |
October 13, 2009 |
| The bearing system according to the invention comprises a sleeve-shaped first bearing disk having a bore concentric to a rotational axis, a cylindrical shaft disposed in the bore and connected to the first bearing disk, the shaft having a second bearing disk disposed at one end that is |
| 7600909 |
Spread illuminating apparatus |
October 13, 2009 |
| A spread illuminating apparatus includes: a point light source; a light conductor plate having a prism array formed at a side surface thereof at which the point light source is disposed; a frame which houses the point light source and the light conductor plate and which includes an e |
| 7600321 |
Method of swaging a spherical bearing |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method of swaging a spherical bearing comprising a ball and a bearing housing, the method comprising: providing a ball and a bearing housing to be swaged around the ball; creating a temperature differential between the temperature of the housing and the temperature of the ball, the bal |
| 7588364 |
Spread illuminating apparatus of multiple panel type |
September 15, 2009 |
| A spread illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of lighting units each of which includes a light conductor plate having a light outlet surface and a light inlet surface, and a light source disposed at the light inlet surface, and which are arranged two dimensionally with a prede |
| 7579785 |
Multiple-light discharge lamp lighting device |
August 25, 2009 |
| To provide a multiple-light discharge lamp lighting device that stabilizes and equalizes tube current of a plurality of discharge lamps without arranging a Ballast element to the secondary side of an inverter transformer with low costs. A multiple-light discharge lamp lighting device |
| 7576947 |
Fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, spindle motor provided with fluid dynamic pressure bearin |
August 18, 2009 |
| A fluid dynamic pressure bearing device includes a first capillary seal (50) formed between an outer circumferential surface of a bearing member 20 and an internal circumferential surface of a seal member (30). A second capillary seal portion (60) is formed between an outer circumfer |
| 7575360 |
Spread illuminating apparatus |
August 18, 2009 |
| A spread illuminating apparatus includes a point light source, a light conductor plate having a light inlet surface facing the point light source, and a housing frame to hold the point light source and the light conductor plate, wherein the housing frame includes an inner frame member |
| 7575358 |
Planar Illumination Device |
August 18, 2009 |
| Thinning of a planar illumination device using an LED is accelerated while higher and more uniform brightness is promoted.An LED 24 constituting the planar illumination device has no lamp house, but a translucent resin that seals an LED chip 25 is exposed. An outline of the translucent r |
| 7567039 |
Multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus |
July 28, 2009 |
| A multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus is provided which achieves stable and uniform lamp currents in a plurality of discharge lamps without a ballast element at the secondary side of an inverter transformer. The multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes an inverter, |
| 7567009 |
Stator arrangement for an electric machine and a method for manufacturing the stator arrangement |
July 28, 2009 |
| A stator arrangement for an electric machine having a stator body which has a back yoke ring and a number of stator teeth that project in a radial direction from the back yoke ring, wherein at least one additional ferromagnetic stator end lamination is mounted on at least one end face |
| 7564151 |
Linear actuator having mechanism for stopping linear movement of output shaft without touching r |
July 21, 2009 |
| A stopper member is included in a linear actuator comprising a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, an output shaft, and a stopper pin which is fixedly disposed at a frontward portion of the output shaft, and which is adapted to axially control the mode and amount of movement of the output |
| 7555960 |
Occupant load sensor for a vehicle seat with flexible printed circuitry |
July 7, 2009 |
| An occupant load sensor of a seat for a vehicle includes a strain member, a connecting member, first and second strain gauge plates, an upper bracket, an amplifier substrate, and an FPC substrate. The strain gauge plates are attached to a surface of the strain member and respectively |
| 7554219 |
DC/DC converter having an input switching stage and a plurality of output channels |
June 30, 2009 |
| A DC/DC converter having an input switching stage on the primary side and a plurality of output channels on the secondary side of the converter, each output channel having a secondary control loop and a monitoring device, the monitoring devices monitoring the operation of the secondary |
| 7541747 |
Multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus |
June 2, 2009 |
| There is provided a multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus, which includes an inverter and plurality of inverter transformer. In the multiple discharge lighting apparatus, a discharge lamp is connected to the secondary winding of each inverter transformer, a ballast impedance ele |
| 7532479 |
Spread illuminating apparatus |
May 12, 2009 |
| In a spread illuminating apparatus including: an LED at a side surface of a light conductor plate; and an FPC having a land formed on a side thereof for mounting the LED, throughholes are formed at the land, and solder is contained at least partly in each of the throughholes, whereby |
| 7530723 |
Spread illuminating apparatus |
May 12, 2009 |
| A spread illuminating apparatus includes LEDs as point light sources fixedly mounted on a flexible printed circuit, a light conductor plate having a light inlet surface, a light reflector plate disposed under the light conductor plate, a light absorbing member constituted by a black |
| 7528526 |
Piezoelectric drive unit and method for generating a preferably rotating drive movement for such |
May 5, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a piezoelectric drive unit and a method for generating a preferably rotating drive movement for such a drive unit. The drive unit comprises a stator (1), a rotor, embodied to rotate about a rotational axis (2), with relation to the stator and drive elements, |
| 7525260 |
Discharge lamp lighting apparatus |
April 28, 2009 |
| There is provided a discharge lamp lighting apparatus including common lines to which the low voltage side outputs of step-up transformers having a plurality of discharge lamps connected thereto are connected, wherein the low voltage side outputs connected to the common lines include |
| 7521877 |
Dimmer circuit for a discharge lighting apparatus |
April 21, 2009 |
| There is provided a discharge lamp lighting apparatus including a dimmer circuit which is provided with a control means to dynamically adjust screen brightness according to an input signal, and a control means to adjust screen brightness based on a user's operation. The dimmer circuit |
| 7517153 |
Fluid dynamic bearing system |
April 14, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system that has a stationary sleeve, a stationary shaft disposed in the sleeve and bearing disks disposed on the sleeve and shaft which form an annular disk-shaped space between each other in which an annular disk-shaped component is d |
| 7510330 |
Fluid dynamic bearing and a storage disk drive with a spindle motor having the fluid dynamic bea |
March 31, 2009 |
| A hydrodynamic bearing having a bearing sleeve, a rotational shaft supported for rotation by the bearing sleeve, a bearing gap formed between the bearing sleeve and the rotational shaft, lubricating oil contained within the bearing gap, at least one hydrodynamic pressure-generating g |
| 7495398 |
Discharge lamp lighting apparatus |
February 24, 2009 |
| A discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes: an inverter circuit including a switch circuit and a high-voltage transformer; a step-up circuit connected at the input stage of the inverter circuit; a control circuit to output a switch circuit controlling signal and a step-up circuit c |
| 7491957 |
Optical displacement sensor |
February 17, 2009 |
| An optical displacement sensor structure includes a plurality of light receiving elements and a plurality of optical fibers together with one light source, wherein light emitted from the one light source is efficiently introduced into the plurality of optical fibers from the circumfe |
| 7489087 |
Backlight inverter and method of driving same |
February 10, 2009 |
| A backlight inverter to light a plurality of CCFLs is provided which supplies a stable clamp current without influence of the CCFL temperature, and which stabilizes the LCD surface brightness immediately from the start of lighting the CCFLs, and a method of driving the backlight inve |
| 7486455 |
Color wheel with segment fixing mechanisms, and manufacturing method of same |
February 3, 2009 |
| A color wheel comprises sectorial color filter segments and a support member. Protrusions are disposed at the support member and engaged with either through-holes or cavities as segment fixing mechanisms formed at the color filter segments, whereby the color filter segments are fixedly |
| 7465097 |
Fluid dynamic bearing system |
December 16, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system particularly to rotatably support a spindle motor to drive the disk(s) of a hard disk drive. The bearing system comprises a bearing sleeve and a shaft accommodated in a bore in the bearing sleeve and rotatably supported with res |
| 7456719 |
Inverter transformer |
November 25, 2008 |
| An inverter transformer for lighting multiple discharge lamps is provided which has a plurality of output voltages including reversed polarity output voltages while ensuring a reliable insulation performance, and which is produced in a small size and at a low cost. An inverter transf |
| 7456535 |
Thrust member attached to outer surface of motor body, and motor including same |
November 25, 2008 |
| Cutouts are formed in a front end plate disposed of a motor body. A thrust member, which has a hump segment to touch and press against a rear end surface of a rotary shaft frontward, is detachably attached to the motor body such that distal ends of arm segments of the thrust member are |
| 7455421 |
Backlight device and liquid crystal display device incorporating same |
November 25, 2008 |
| A backlight device includes a frame, at least one lamp unit each comprising a transformer and a discharge lamp structured into an integral and rigid unit, and also includes a circuit board for lighting the discharge lamp, which is disposed at the back surface of the frame and at whic |
| 7436279 |
High voltage transformer |
October 14, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a high voltage transformer having a double symmetric winding arrangement. The transformer comprises a closed core (10) having a first and a second leg (12, 14), a first and a second coil member (16; 18) having a first end, a second end and a middle section. E |
| 7429846 |
Stepping motor control apparatus |
September 30, 2008 |
| A stepping motor control apparatus that is able to electrically detect the load of the stepping motor and effectively prevent step-outs by means of an inexpensive configuration. The stepping motor control apparatus is equipped with a microcomputer (10) that outputs a command pulse, a |
| 7420307 |
Brushless motor |
September 2, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a brushless DC motor having an at least two-pole permanent magnet rotor and an at least two-pole stator whose poles carry an at least single-strand stator winding which can be energized with a current according to the rotor position by means of an electronic |
| 7420158 |
Spread illuminating apparatus including a housing frame with an outer frame member and an inner |
September 2, 2008 |
| In a spread illuminating apparatus, at least one point light source is disposed at an end wall of an outer frame member, and a subassembly is constituted by a light conductor plate and an inner frame member via first joint means. The subassembly has interface surfaces to make contact |
| 7417342 |
Holder for winding wires for stators of electric motors |
August 26, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a holder for the winding wires for stators of electric motors consisting of a component to be disposed on the stator having means for holding and guiding the winding wires that run between the individual stator windings. According to the invention, the holder is |
| 7416652 |
Method for manufacturing an electrode for the electrochemical machining of a workpiece and an el |
August 26, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a tool electrode for the electrochemical machining of workpieces, particularly for components for fluid bearings with the following processing steps: (a) Providing an electrode body made of a conductive base material which has an es |
| 7416345 |
Shaft bearing retainer |
August 26, 2008 |
| A retainer for holding bearings within a shaft bearing has C-shaped pockets for holding the bearings. Between the pockets are connecting portions, which are close to the openings of the pockets. The rear sides of adjacent pockets and the rear side of the connecting portion for the ad |
| 7416103 |
Flow soldering apparatus |
August 26, 2008 |
| A compact soldering apparatus capable of increasing reliability of products by reducing occurrence of dross and using lead-free solder, wherein a primary jet nozzle 1, a secondary jet nozzle 2, and a pump (not shown) forming jet waves 24, 25 are installed in a solder tank 6 reservoir |
| 7415758 |
Device to press the shaft of a rotor into a stator housing |
August 26, 2008 |
| A device to press a rotatably supported shaft of a rotor of a spindle motor for a hard disk drive into a shaft receiving portion of an associated stator housing by means of a first pressing tool acting on the rotor and a second pressing tool acting on the stator housing. A first alig |
| 7413348 |
Fluid dynamic air bearing system to rotatably support a motor |
August 19, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a fluid dynamic air bearing system to rotatably support a motor. The bearing system comprises a stationary shaft, a bearing bush partially enclosing the shaft and connected to the shaft, a bearing plate partially enclosing the shaft and connected to the shaft, |
| 7413347 |
Fluid dynamic bearing system |
August 19, 2008 |
| A fluid dynamic bearing system having at least one stationary part and one rotating part that form a bearing gap filled with bearing fluid between the opposing bearing surfaces, at least one end of the bearing gap being open and sealed against the environment by a sealing means, pumping |
| 7399087 |
Segment type color wheel and manufacturing method of same |
July 15, 2008 |
| A color wheel includes a plurality of color filter segments disposed so as to form a disk configuration, and a support member to fixedly set the plurality of color filter segments in place. Each of the color filter segments has a circular outer circumference, an inner circumference m |
