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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184098 | Mouse with changeable footpads A mouse with changeable footpads is provided. The mouse includes an upper case, a lower cover and a plurality of mouse footpad modules. The lower cover is disposed under the upper case. The lower cover includes a plurality of footpad holes. The footpad modules are d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184095 | Control device A control device includes a housing, a control module having a movable member mounted in the housing and movable by the user and having a magnet located on each of the two distal ends thereof, and a circuit module that includes a microprocessor, a rotation sensor mo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183976 | Resistor device and method for manufacturing same A resistor device includes a resistor plate having a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture and a fourth aperture respectively arranged on a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side thereof. A first electrode plate is coupled to the fir... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183968 | Bobbin of transformer A bobbin of a transformer includes a main body and plural connecting bases. The main body has two side plates. The two side plates are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the main body. A winding section is defined within the two side plates for winding a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183795 | LED current-supplying circuit and LED current-controlling circuit A LED current-controlling circuit includes a first magnetic amplifier, a first current detecting circuit, a first magnetic amplifier controller and a first diode. The first magnetic amplifier is connected to an input terminal of the LED current-controlling circuit a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179748 | Limiting switch control method including an appended-function unit A limit switch controlling method and apparatus used in an optical drive are disclosed. When the optical drive is executing a tray-in/tray-out action or a move-sled home action, a detect-tray-in-switch pin, a detect-tray-out-switch pin, or a detect-sled-limit-switch... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179359 | Analog buffer circuit capable of compensating threshold voltage variation of transistor A buffer circuit includes a driving circuit, a biasing circuit, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a sixth switch, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. Both the first and second switches are turned on in response ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178617 | Antimicrobial constructs The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173922 | Thin type illuminated keyboard A thin type illuminated keyboard includes a light source, a light-guiding frame plate, a keycap, a membrane plate, a switch circuit plate and a base plate. The light source is used for emitting light. The light-guiding frame plate has a concave structure in a bottom... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172719 | Continuously variable speed-changing transmission mechanism of sheet laminating apparatus A continuously variable speed-changing transmission mechanism of a sheet laminating apparatus includes a control module, a speed changing module, a speed reducing module and a hot press roller module. The continuously variable speed-changing transmission mechanism c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169532 | Portable electronic device and method for measuring distance by performing auto focus function A portable electronic device for measuring a distance of an object by performing an auto focus function and a distance measuring method are provided. The portable electronic device includes an image pickup module and a distance measuring program. The image pickup mo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168903 | Illuminated keyboard An illuminated keyboard includes a frame plate, a character keycap, a light source, a membrane plate, a switch circuit plate and a base plate. The character keycap is connected with the frame plate, and movable upwardly or downwardly with respect to the frame plate.... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168329 | Electrochemical composition and associated technology A composition for use in an electrochemical redox reaction is described. The composition may comprise a material represented by a general formula MyXO4 or AxMyXO4, where each of A (where present), M, and X indep... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164563 | Data multiplexer architecture for realizing dot inversion mode for use in a liquid crystal display device and associated driving method A liquid crystal display device includes a gate driver for generating a first scan signal voltage and a second scan signal voltage, a source driver for generating a first polarity data voltage and a second polarity data voltage, and a liquid crystal display panel ha... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164406 | Transformer A transformer is provided. The transformer includes a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor, a circuit board and a core set. The first electrical conductor has a through hole and the second electrical conductor is electromagnetically coupled with... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162730 | Ventilator for freight container A ventilator device for a freight container configured to prevent the ingress of water into the cargo tank interior. The ventilator device comprises a floatation-based valve configured to shuttle backwards and forwards in response to contact with water. The valve ac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162701 | Socket structure and electronic device having the same A socket structure, which can be applied to an electronic device, is disclosed. The socket structure comprises a socket body and a holder unit. The socket body further comprises two opposite ends to transport power, a first connecting device and a second connecting ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162677 | Junction box and conductor strip connection device thereof A conductor strip connection device for a junction box of a solar module is disclosed and comprises a contact member having a contact segment for connecting to a conductor strip, a suppressing member having a suppressing part configured to cooperate with the contact... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162312 | Sheet pick-up device of automatic document feeder A sheet pick-up device of an automatic document feeder is provided. The sheet pick-up device includes a two-way clutch transmission mechanism, a sheet pick-up arm, a stopper and a linking assembly. When the two-way clutch transmission mechanism is operated to have t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161354 | Flash memory controller having configuring unit for error correction code (ECC) capability and method thereof A flash memory controller includes a control unit, a buffer, an error correction code (ECC) module, and a configuring unit. The flash memory has a data area for storing the data content and a first spare area for storing a first ECC value corresponding to the data c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159091 | Switch circuit of DC/DC converter configured to conduct various modes for charging/discharging A DC/DC converter includes an input terminal for receiving an input voltage; an output terminal for providing an output voltage; a ground terminal for providing a reference voltage; a plurality of charge pump capacitors including at least a first charge pump capacit... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154516 | Multi-function wheel mouse with two scroll wheels A wheel mouse includes a first scroll wheel, a second scroll wheel, a first encoder, a second encoder and a control unit. The first encoder generates a first rotation signal according to the rotating condition of the first scroll wheel. The second encoder generates ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154429 | Keyboard device The present invention relates to a keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a base, a main circuit board, a base cover, a touching membrane switch, a touching thin plate, an upper cover and a plurality of keys. The touching membrane switch is activated to imple... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152158 | Automatic document feeder with sheet pick-up module An automatic document feeder includes a top cover having a fixing structure and first attracting element, a sheet pick-up module and a second attracting element. The fixing structure and the first attracting element are disposed on an inner surface of the top cover.... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152082 | Variable frequency controlling system and method of shredder A variable frequency controlling system of a shredder is provided. The variable frequency controlling system includes a thickness sensor, a speed-variable motor and a controlling module. The controlling module is electrically connected to the speed-variable motor an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149900 | Low complexity acquisition method for GNSS A low complexity acquisition method and a receiver implemented such a method are disclosed. In the present invention, a cyclical shifted-and-combined (CSC) code is generated by intercepting sub-codes from a full code and combining the sub-codes with an equal gain. T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144377 | Duplex scanning apparatus The present invention relates to a duplex scanning apparatus. The duplex scanning apparatus includes a sheet input tray for placing a stack of documents thereon. For performing duplex scanning operations on the stack of paper sheets, the documents are successively s... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144289 | Liquid crystal display panel, thin film transistor array substrate and curing line structure for phase separation alignment process The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel, a thin film transistors array substrate and curing line structure thereof in use of phase separation alignment (PSA) process. The curing line structure has a contact pad allocated on a periphery area of... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144105 | LCD with adaptive overdrive A LCD device includes a LCD module, a thermal sensor, an operating device and a frame memory. The operating device includes first and second comparators, one-dimensional first to fourth lookup tables and an operator. The LCD device further includes a selector/data-g... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141446 | Speed changing transmission mechanism of sheet laminating apparatus A speed changing transmission mechanism of a sheet laminating apparatus includes a reverse module, a power output shaft, a first power output roller, a second power output roller, a first belt, a second belt, a power input module and a shift module. Utilizing the re... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140882 | Serial bus clock frequency calibration system and method thereof A serial bus clock frequency calibration system and a method thereof are disclosed herein. The system utilizes a first frequency calibration device and a second frequency calibration device both to share an oscillator as so to perform two-stage clock frequency resol... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139160 | Television tuner with double quadrature mixing architecture A television tuner employs a double quadrature mixing architecture to frequency-translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. In the television tuner, a quadrature mixer converts the input television signal into a first in-phase signal and a first... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139159 | Single down-conversion television tuner A television tuner employs a single down-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer and a quadrature mixer. The harmonic rejection and quadrature... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139023 | Brightness adjustable electrical apparatus A brightness adjustable electrical apparatus is disclosed. The electrical apparatus comprises a lighting module, a control unit and at least one light emitting diode (LED). The control unit is electrically connected to the lighting module for lighting control. The L... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137945 | Thermostable cellulase having increased enzyme activity A thermostable cellulase having increased enzyme activity is disclosed. The cellulase comprises a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the tyrosine at position 61 is substituted with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of phenylalanine,... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137115 | Junction box and conductor strip connection device thereof A conductor strip connection device for a junction box of a solar module is disclosed and comprises a contact member and a press-fitting member. The contact member has a contact segment for connecting to a conductor strip and having at least one first engaging eleme... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137014 | Duplex printing apparatus The present invention relates to a duplex printing apparatus. The duplex printing apparatus includes a paper input tray, a paper ejecting tray, a paper pick-up roller, a paper feeding channel, a first paper transfer roller assembly, a scanning and developing print u... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136811 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder includes a paper guide casing, a photo interrupter, a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit and a controller. During the paper is transported through the paper guide casing, the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit are resp... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136810 | Sheet alignment and ejection mechanism A sheet alignment and ejection mechanism includes a sheet alignment device, a sheet ejection device, a power device and a transmission unit. The sheet alignment device includes a first one-way element. The sheet ejection device includes a second one-way element. The... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136565 | Speed changing transmission mechanism of sheet laminating apparatus A speed changing transmission mechanism of a sheet laminating apparatus includes a speed changing module, a motor, a switching gear, a hot press gear, a first connecting gear and a second connecting gear. By switching the switching gear to be engaged with different ... | 03/20/2012 |
