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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| 20110303259 | UTILIZATION OF GLASSES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS Utilization of a glass for photovoltaic applications, whereby the glass has a water content of <25 mMol/liter, for example >1 mMol/liter. The used glasses may have a transformation temperature Tg in an approximate range of >580° C., a processing temperature (â... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110277804 | Power Generation A novel device as well as a process for generating electric power from light is disclosed. This power generator comprises a material whose electric or magnetic dipole moment changes when the material absorbs light. The device further comprises mechanisms for blocking li... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277805 | DEVICES FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION Methods, devices and systems for harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation are provided including harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation. In one embodiment, a device includes a substrate and one or more resonance elements disposed in or on the substrate... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110233932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEM Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing an electrical energy system. A specific embodiment can incorporate at least one energy harvesting module (H-module), at least one energy storage module (S-module), and at least one power... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110139209 | METHOD OF GROWING A THIN FILM, A METHOD OF FORMING A STRUCTURE AND A DEVICE A method of growing a thin film comprises growing a thin film by conformally forming at least one layer over a substrate having structures extending from a surface of the substrate, whereby the or each layer is formed over the surface of the substrate and over the struc... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110079262 | DIFFUSING AGENT COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING IMPURITY DIFFUSION LAYER, AND SOLAR BATTERY An embodiment of the present invention relates to a diffusing agent composition used in printing an impurity-diffusing component onto a semiconductor substrate, wherein the diffusing agent composition contains: a hydrolysis product of alkoxysilane (A); a component (B) c... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110030755 | METHODS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS WITH CONTROLLED GROUP 11 STOICHIOMETRY This invention includes processes for making a photovoltaic absorber layer having a predetermined stoichiometry on a substrate by depositing a precursor having the predetermined stoichiometry onto the substrate and converting the deposited precursor into a photovoltaic ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110019190 | RESISTIVITY TESTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR An object is to efficiently measure the resistivity of a transparent conductive film with high accuracy in a non-destructive and non-contact manner. Provided is a resistivity testing device that includes a light emitting device that emits p-polarized emission light havi... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012319 | Recreational Board The embodiments described are directed to a solar board having an elongated base for supporting the weight of one or more riders. The elongated based includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a tail, and a nose. A solar cell component disposed between the nose and the... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011400 | WIRELESS, GAS FLOW-POWERED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM A breathing assistance system for providing breathing assistance to a patient includes a gas delivery system configured to generate a gas flow, a patient interface configured to interface with the patient, a connection system connected between the gas delivery system an... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100321837 | ELECTRONIC PROTECTION UNIT FOR AUTOMATIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND RELATIVE PROCESS Electronic protection unit comprising a control unit and a main and auxiliary power supply stage to supply electrical power to said control unit. The auxiliary power supply stage comprises electronic means suitable to generate an auxiliary power supply voltage, in respo... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313927 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT INTO ELECTRICITY An apparatus for converting ultraviolet (UV) light into electricity is disclosed. It includes a UV-light-into-electricity conversion device and an electricity storage. The welding operation zone has a welding apparatus for welding a workpiece. This welding apparatus gen... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307553 | ENGINEERING LIGHT MANIPULATION IN STRUCTURED FILMS OR COATINGS The present disclosure concerns a means to use light manipulation in engineered or structured coatings for thermal or photothermal effects and/or refractive and reflective index management. Such metallic, nonmetallic, organic or inorganic metamaterials or nanostructures... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307552 | METHODS FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE Coated substrates and methods for coating substrates, for example, a self-assembly method, disclosed herein are useful for, for example, photovoltaic cells.... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100253150 | AC Power Systems for Renewable Electrical Energy Renewable electrical energy is provided with aspects and circuitry that can harvest maximum power from an alternative electrical energy source (1) such as a string of solar panels (11) for a power grid (10). Aspects include: i) controlling electrica... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100236253 | Method and system for using renewable energy sources Method for using renewable energy sources comprising at least one remote energy generation plant which may be operated by a renewable energy source,
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| 20100218797 | JUNCTION BOX FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS A junction box for a photovoltaic system includes a housing having a base and a cover removably attached thereto, and a plurality of guide channels extending from an exterior surface of the housing to an interior portion thereof. The guide channels are sized and shaped ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100148585 | Hybrid installation with a biogas installation A hybrid installation for providing electric energy from regenerative energy sources, comprising a biogas installation that provides electric energy, and at least one additional energy converter, which provides electric energy and whose releasable power is depending of ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100072753 | Harvesting alternative energy/power by combining, adding, reshaping, modifying, rethinking and/or blending of all possible energy /power output devices within the same spatial area, thereby reducing our energy/power dependence on the world's natural resources such as oil, coal and natural gas Adapting alternative energies in different and possibly new ways to reduce our dependence on natural fuels such as oil, gas, and coal; thereby possibly and probably reducing our carbon footprint, terrorism, long and expensive supply lines of oil tankers, pipelines, and ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100043435 | Methods for Enhancing Efficiency of Steam-Based Generating Systems A system, apparatus and method for generating electricity from renewable geothermal, wind, and solar energy sources includes a heat balancer for supplementing and regulating the heat energy fed to a turbine generator; a hydrogen-fired boiler for supplying supplementary ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045042 | Renewable Energy Electric Generating System A system, apparatus and method for generating electricity from renewable geothermal, wind, and solar energy sources includes a heat balancer for supplementing and regulating the heat energy fed to a turbine generator; a hydrogen-fired boiler for supplying supplementary ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100035103 | HYDROGEN EXTRACTION Representatively, a method of separating carbon from hydrocarbon molecules, the method including: heating hydrocarbon molecules beyond their boiling point; decomposing the heated hydrocarbon molecules to generate elemental or molecular carbon and hydrogen gas; separatin... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100006133 | Solar irradiance inductive expeller A Solar Irradiance Inductive Expeller for electro-dynamic radiant energy extracting, comprises an aggregated electro-magnetic structure and a technological method including:
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| 20090268446 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE An illumination device includes a light-pervious substrate, a solid-state light source and at least one solar cell. The substrate has a bottom surface, a light incident surface adjacent to the bottom surface, and a light emitting surface opposite to the bottom surface. ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090224142 | REVERSE BIAS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND REVERSE BIAS PROCESSING METHOD FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICES When reverse bias processing is performed, on a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices connected in series, different potentials are applied to electrodes of three or more photoelectric conversion devices to simultaneously perform reverse bias processing on two o... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090223463 | Pet house A pet house, for providing convenient and comfortable accommodation for a pet, includes a housing and a plurality of amenities. The housing includes a surrounding wall having a lodging room for the pet accommodating therein, and a side entrance communicating with the lo... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090217963 | PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A method of making a plurality of photovoltaic cells (400, 800, 1112) for charging a battery (1230) of an electronic device (1010) includes forming by a self-assembly process a plurality of interdigitated photovoltaic cells (400, 800, 1112) b... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090211620 | CONFORMAL SOLAR POWER MATERIAL A solar cell mesh includes multiple strips of flexible photovoltaic conversion cells disposed in a first direction. Multiple strips of flexible material are intertwined with the multiple strips of flexible photovoltaic material at least somewhat orthogonal to the first ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090205553 | Berthing System and Structure for Use Therein A separation and guidance structure comprises an arm having an inner end with a crosspiece secured in use to a pontoon or the like, and an outer end provided with fenders extending above and beyond the end of the arm. Flotation is provided to support the outer end of th... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090200869 | System and method for creating a networked infrastructure roadway distribution platform of solar energy gathering devices A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of solar energy generating devices, and a roadway system electricity grid. The solar energy generating devi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090025777 | Method of making an antireflective silica coating, resulting product and photovoltaic device comprising same A low-index silica coating may be made by forming a silica precursor having a radiation curable composition including a radiation curable monomer and/or a photoinitiator, and also including a silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090027001 | SOLAR POWERED APPARATUS A solar powered apparatus that includes a battery, at least one photovoltaic cell (which may be part of a solar module comprising multiple photovoltaic cells), and a DC-capable AC appliance, such as a compact fluorescent light. The solar powered apparatus may also inclu... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090025776 | Method of making an antireflective silica coating, resulting product, and photovoltaic device comprising same A low-index silica coating may be made by forming a silica precursor having a radiation curable composition including a radiation curable monomer and/or a photoinitiator, and also including a silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090020073 | Deer conditioning system A deer conditioning system uses a feeder that has a lid that automatically opens at a specified time, namely the start of hunting hours, and closes at a specified time, the end of hunting hours. When the lid is open, the system dispenses a deer pleasing stimuli so as to... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080308141 | PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM WITH A CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO ACTIVELY COMPENSATE LOAD HARMONICS Photovoltaic power converter system including a controller configured to reduce load harmonics is provided. The system comprises a photovoltaic array and an inverter electrically coupled to the array to generate an output current for energizing a load connected to the i... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080292243 | Optical Power Supply Type Sensing System An optical power supply type sensing system includes: an optical directivity coupler (6) mounted in a sensor unit (1); a photo-electric converter (4) connected to a first optical fiber (5) among the first to the third optical fiber (5, 7, ... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080289678 | LIGHT RECAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD A system for recapturing light emitted by a light source and converting that light into electrical current which can be used to power the same light source or other devices. An exemplary embodiment may use photovoltaic cells to recapture light from ceiling lights and co... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080272233 | Method and system for generating renewable energy A method, system and apparatus for the generation of energy. The method system and apparatus can include one or more airships that collect solar energy and convert it into electricity. An array of airships may be used so as to increase the collection rates of solar ener... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080257396 | High altitude structures and related methods A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude conduit the high altitude conduit includes a first material layer forming an elongated duct. The high altitude conduit also includes a second material layer outside the first material layer. The se... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080236645 | Photoelectric conversion device Provided is a photoelectric conversion device for outputting an output voltage according to incident light, including photoelectric conversion unit for holding an optical charge generated by the incident light, a signal processing circuit impressed with a reference volt... | 10/02/2008 |
