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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110129346 | Fan Stall Inhibitor An impeller blade hub profile which inhibits stall is described. In an embodiment, the hub profile includes a frontal rising contour followed by a rear constant contour. In another embodiment, the hub profile includes a frontal rapidly rising contour followed by a subst... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20100233975 | AUTOMATED POWER CONTROL TO OPTIMIZE POWER CONSUMPTION AND IMPROVED WIRELESS CONNECTION A method for automatically adjusting signal output power of a ZigBee wireless module. The method includes sending a signal with an output power from a transmitter of a ZigBee module to a receiver. The ZigBee module includes a power amplifier/low noise amplifier (PA/LNA)... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100102645 | LINEAR DRIVE HAVING SHOCK COMPENSATION A directly coupled linear drive having a drive unit and a sliding element that are disposed in a frame, the sliding element, actuated by the drive unit, being capable of effecting a movement in a direction of translation with respect to the frame and having a blocking d... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100089735 | HAPTIC KEYBOARD APPARATUS AND METHOD A haptic keyboard apparatus includes a membrane resistor keyboard device and a haptic device. The membrane resistor keyboard device includes a plurality of key switches, each of the key switches being responsive to touch by a user. The haptic device is coupled to the me... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100081538 | THRUST WASHER FOR A TRANSMISSION A central thrust washer for all planets of a planetary carrier of a planetary gear that is geometrically designed such that it engages in recesses in the annulus gear or the drive wheel or is connected to planetary wheel bearings of the planetary carrier so as to preven... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100066279 | Method and Apparatus of Fan Motor Brake An electronic system for controlling a fan motor includes a microcontroller and a drive circuit. The microcontroller draws power from a first voltage source and generates control signals for sending drive current to stator coils of a fan motor via the drive circuit. The... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100046000 | Semiconductor ring laser gyroscope A semiconductor ring laser gyroscope includes: a semiconductor laser for emitting two lights from both end surfaces thereof; an optical fiber ring through which the two light propagate in the respective opposite directions, which, in association with the semiconductor l... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090321039 | TELECOM SHELTER COOLING AND CONTROL SYSTEM A system configured to provide cooling of electronic equipment in a shelter in combination with an air conditioning (A/C) system. The system includes one or more blowers for drawing air into the shelter, a damper arrangement for controlling air exhaust. The system furth... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090315504 | LINEAR ACTUATOR MOTOR SELECTION METHOD AND DEVICES A method of selectively utilizing a set of linear actuator motors for an application includes providing a plurality of linear actuator motors numbered from 1 to N including a box shaped housing with respective lengths between a first end-plate and a second end-plate and... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090310300 | Flow-Through Air Conditioning for Electronics Racks A cabinet adapted with a cooling system is described. Embodiments include electronics cabinets which house electronic equipment. A flow of air is set up in the interior of the cabinet by drawing in ambient air. The incoming air is cooled by an evaporator component of a ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090309435 | Integrated Air Mover and Angular Position Sensor on Electric Motor Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated air-mover and position sensor for an electric motor. One or more fins may be attached to a position sensor and adapted to generate a movement of air when the position sensor rotates with a rotor shaft. Such an a... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090284088 | OPTIMIZED STATOR MOUNTING METHOD TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD A stator assembly detachably mounted with a fan housing. The stator assembly includes a stator including one or more first mounting feet and one or more second mounting feet disposed apart from each other. Additionally, the stator assembly includes a printed circuit boa... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090251085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTOR OSCILLATORY STATE DETECTION Method and system for motor oscillatory state detection. According to various embodiments, the present invention presents a method for determining whether a motor is in an oscillatory state. The method includes powering up a motor for a period of time and then monitorin... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090211888 | MULTI-ILLUMINATING KEYBOARD BACK LIGHT AND METHOD A keyboard apparatus includes a housing which includes a plurality of key pads spatially disposed within the housing, each of the key pads being depressible upon touch by a user, the plurality of key pads being distributed in a plurality of non-overlapping keyboard regi... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090160277 | Fluid Dynamic Pressure Bearing A fluid dynamic bearing (1) with a rotating shaft (3) inserted into a sleeve (2) fitted into a case (7) is disclosed. Tree rotating shaft (3) rotates freely without contact with the sleeve (2) by means of dynamic pressure force ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090134972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BIOMETRIC KEYBOARD A method for training a computing system using keyboard biometric information. The method includes depressing two or more keys on a keyboard input device for a first sequence of keys. The method then determines a key press time for each of the two or more keys to provid... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090002200 | MULTI-SEGMENT BACKLIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEYBOARDS An electroluminescent apparatus includes a protection layer characterized by two or more non-overlapping regions and a back electrode layer which includes two or more back electrode regions. Each of the back electrode regions overlies a corresponding one of the non-over... | 01/01/2009 |
