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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8081452 | Computer case A computer case includes a case, a main board, and a carrier. The case includes guiding members. The main board includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board is attached to the case. The first circuit board includes a first conne... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8035348 | Battery overheating protection circuit A battery overheating protection circuit includes a thermal resistor samples the temperature of the battery and converts the temperature into a temperature voltage, a comparison circuit compares the temperature voltage with a reference voltage for judging whether th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025413 | Heat-dissipating structure of housing and projection device having same A heat-dissipating structure of a housing is disclosed. The housing defines an opening that is embedded with the heat-dissipating structure. The heat-dissipating structure includes a number of metal slats, a number of connection members, and a supporting frame. The ... | 09/27/2011 |
| D645829 | Heat sink | 09/27/2011 |
| 8007114 | Small-sized projector with high heat dissipating efficiency A projector includes a housing, a projection lens, a receiving member, an optical engine, a light source module, a heat sink, and a fan. The housing includes a bottom wall and four sidewalls, the bottom wall and the four sidewalls together define a receiving space. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005565 | Drilling system and method A drilling system includes a controller, a human-machine interface, and a drilling device. The controller stores a drilling procedure and a startup mode module for the drilling procedure, and generates an information list which includes location information and corr... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002686 | Tool changer and tool change method A tool changer includes a spindle including a first collet, an auxiliary arm having a second collet, a tool-pan having a plurality of tool-seats, and an auxiliary tool-magazine. The auxiliary tool-magazine comprises a main body, a turnplate rotatable relative to the... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002577 | RJ-45 connector A connector includes a main body, a reflecting member, and a cable electrically connected to a rear end of the main body. An elastic latch is formed on a top of the main body opposite to the cable. The reflecting member is fitted to a rear portion of the main body, ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000088 | Thin electronic device An electronic device includes a housing, a display, and a printed circuit board. The housing receives the display unit and the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board surrounds a periphery of the display unit. The electronic device has a thin thickness.... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000043 | Lens module with zoom and auto-focus functions A lens module includes a case, one and more lens units positioned in the case and having at least one lens, a carrying member, a piezoelectric driving unit, and at least a fixing member. The carrying member is connected to the lens unit such that the lens unit is mo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000036 | Imaging lens system An imaging lens system in order from the object side to the image side includes a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power, a third lens with negative refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power, a fi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999480 | Control circuit and flash system using same A control circuit is configured to control the charge and discharge of a flash unit. The flash unit includes an anode, a cathode, and a trigger electrode. The control circuit includes a charging circuit and a triggering circuit. One terminal of the charging circuit ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999413 | Power supply control circuit A power supply control circuit includes a first switch unit comprising an input terminal to receive a control signal, and a number of second switch units. The second switch units are each connected between an input power source and a power output terminal. The first... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996702 | System and method for testing overclocking capability of CPU A test system for overclocking capability of a central processing unit (CPU) includes a basic input and output system (BIOS), a frequency generator, and a watchdog timer. The BIOS includes an input module, a watchdog control module, and a frequency increasing module... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995341 | Electronic device with heat dissipating mechanism An electronic device includes a base and a sidewall attached to the base. The sidewall includes a heat dissipating area defining a plurality of vents, a sliding plate slidably coupled to an inner side of the sidewall, and a controlling arm made of metal material hav... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995131 | Auto-focusing imaging device and auto-focusing image capture method thereof An imaging device includes a capturing module with at least one lens for capturing an image from a scene, a driving module for driving the at least one lens to different focusing positions using different driving steps, a flat-scene judging module, and a step-judgin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994656 | Power supply system and method A power supply system includes a power supply, a daughterboard, and a motherboard. Output currents of power connectors of the motherboard and impedances of copper foils between every two adjacent power connectors of the motherboard are obtained via simulation. A vol... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992256 | Hinge with aseismatic function A hinge includes a positioning member, and a first rotational assembly rotatably mounted to the positioning member. The first rotational assembly comprises a first shaft rotatably mounted to the positioning member, an interference member, a resilient member fixed to... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992255 | Hinge and interference apparatus for the same A hinge includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a shaft, and first and second interference elements. The shaft is fixed to the first bracket. The second bracket rotationally fit about the shaft. The first interference element is rotationally mounted on the shaft... | 08/09/2011 |
| D643041 | Front bezel for computer enclosure | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992124 | System and method for optimizing analog circuit designs A system for optimizing analog circuit designs includes an input device, a data processing device, and a data storage device. The data processing device includes a selecting module, a calculation module, and a determining module. The selecting module is for receivin... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992046 | Test system with simulation control device for testing functions of electronic devices A test system for testing various functions of electronic devices includes a master device and a simulation control device. The master device is connected to an input device and the electronic devices through the simulation control device. The master device records ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992025 | Power control circuit A power control circuit for supplying power for a computer component of a computer includes first to sixth switches. In response to the computer changing to a normal work state, a power state signal changes from low level to high level and a motherboard state signal... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991502 | Tool compensation system and method for adjusting parameters of a tool A tool compensation system for adjusting parameters of a tool includes a controller and a selecting module. The controller includes a storing module, an invoking module, and a compensation module. The storing module is configured for storing serial numbers and data ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991444 | Slide mechanism for slide-type portable terminal devices A slide mechanism (20) includes a rear cover (22), a front cover (24) slidably connected to the rear cover, and at least two magnetic members positioned on the rear cover and the front cover respectively. The front cover can be opened/closed rel... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990807 | Electronic device with an alarm clock function and method of controlling the function An electronic device with an alarm clock function includes a storage unit storing at least one icon; a display unit including a plurality of display areas; an input unit including a plurality of input parts each of which corresponds to one of the display areas; a ma... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990744 | Power supply saving system for an electronic device A power supply saving system includes a power input interface, a power output interface, an alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) converter, a relay, a relay driving circuit, a trigger, and a timing sequence circuit. The AC/DC converter is capable of transformi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990704 | Electronic device with heat dissipating structure An electronic device includes a first and a second air passages. A first and a second electronic components locate in the first and second air passages, respectively. A first heat sink includes a first heat dissipation portion contacting the first electronic compone... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990692 | Electronic device with hinged cover An electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and two supports. The main body defines two receiving slots. The cover is hinged on the main body. The supports are slidably connected to the main body, capable of being entirely received in the receiving slots or ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990690 | Electronic device having a transparent area An electronic device includes a display unit and a housing receiving the display unit. The display unit includes a display panel, a display cover for receiving the display panel, a transparent board for securing the display panel in the display cover, and a transpar... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990638 | Lens module A lens module includes a lens barrel and a lens holder. The lens barrel includes a barrel. The barrel includes an outer surface and an outer thread portion formed on the outer surface. The lens holder includes a main body. The main body defines a receiving space to ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990464 | Focusing device with uninterrupted excitation A focusing device includes a vertical-synchronization-signal generator generating a vertical-synchronization-signal sequence including vertical synchronization signals, an excitation-sequence generator generating an excitation sequence according to the vertical-sync... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990420 | Image capturing device and auto-photographing method thereof A method of auto-photographing for an image capturing device is disclosed. A predetermined time for auto-photographing is counted down. Consecutive preview images of a scene to be photographed are acquired after the predetermined time begins to be counted. Whether a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990157 | Card for simulating peripheral component interconnect loads A card for simulating peripheral component interconnect (PCI) loads of a computer motherboard uses a PCI interface to be inserted into a PCI slot of the computer motherboard to receive first to third voltage signals from the computer. First to third load modules of ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990124 | Power supply circuit A power supply circuit for a motherboard includes a VRM, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a first capacitor, a first induction coil, and a delay circuit. A gate of the first NMOS transistor is connected to a UGATE pin of the VRM. A source of the fi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990063 | LED illuminating device An LED illuminating device includes a first LED illuminating module, a second LED illuminating module, and a connecting module. The first LED illuminating module includes a first substrate and a first group of LEDs mounted on the first substrate. The second LED illu... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990030 | Lamp assembly A lamp assembly includes a storage tank, a lamp, a liquid inlet pipe, a liquid outlet pipe and an actuator. The storage tank contains liquid therein. The lamp includes a lighting portion and a lid located at a top of the lighting portion. A flume is defined between ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989990 | Automatic shut off apparatus for electronic device An automatic shut off apparatus for an electronic device includes an input circuit, a timing circuit, a control circuit, and a switch circuit. The input circuit is to receive a designated power-off time delay for the electronic device. The control circuit is to rece... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989723 | Button apparatus with automatic reset function A button apparatus includes a button, a cover pivotally engaged with the button, and a chassis secured to the cover. The chassis includes a frame, an opening defined in the frame, and an elastic element connected between two opposite sides of the frame. The elastic ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989719 | Universal serial bus interface and panel with the same A universal serial bus (USB) interface is used to connect to a USB device. When the driving pole of the USB interface is pressed, the conductive washer of the USB interface is driven to move away from the first terminal and the second terminal of the positive differ... | 08/02/2011 |
