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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149560 | Electrostatic discharge apparatus for touch key An electrostatic discharge apparatus for a touch key. A need for a conductive material or a ground layer included in the touch key is removed and a ground pattern portion is formed to prevent damage caused by static electricity introduced into the touch key. The ele... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8120888 | Grounding apparatus for grounding of electrical parts which are installed in a row A device for grounding electrical components arranged in a chain has a grounding point at ground potential and an actuation device connected to the grounding point for connecting the electrical components to the grounding point. In order to provide such a device, wi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107212 | Apparatus and method for protecting fingerprint sensing circuitry from electrostatic discharge A fingerprint sensor in accordance with the invention includes a non-conductive substrate providing a first surface onto which a user can apply a fingerprint to be sensed. A sensor circuit is applied to a second surface of the non-conductive substrate opposite the f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8081414 | Lighting protection system for wind generators The invention relates to a lightning transmission element (1) which is fixed to a hub (21) of a wind generator and which is formed by a first conductor bar (2) which is fixed to a second insulating bar (5). According to the invention, a f... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081415 | Grounding assembly A grounding assembly for electronic equipment provides a discharge path for the energy arising from lightning strikes. A conductive strap connects the ground lug of the equipment to a ground plate buried in the earth. The conductive strap has a length, width and thi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8035948 | Static eliminator and electric discharge module This static eliminator is used for eliminating static electricity from an object by ionizing the air to be blown to a charged object, and has a case 12 body provided with an air blow duct 15 for blowing out an ionized air, and an electric discharge mod... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8014122 | Electrostatic guiding structure with metal oxide generated through anodic oxidation An electrostatic guiding structure with metal oxide generated through anodic oxidation includes a metallic case, an oxide layer, a system ground layer, and at least one conductor. The metallic case has an accommodating space, and the system ground layer and the cond... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7983015 | Electrostatic discharge protection device for an optical disc drive An electrostatic discharge protection device for an optical disc drive is provided. A rail disposed on the casing of the disc drive has an opening. A guide bar is slidable disposed on the rail. A conductive elastic plate is fixed around the opening on the rail. The ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974066 | Wireless communication device A wireless communication device includes a PCB, a grounded electrostatic protection element and an antenna. The PCB includes a ground and an antenna clearance portion. The ground portion includes a ground layer. The antenna clearance portion overlaps the antenna and... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974065 | Electric arc isolation structure for transformers The present invention discloses an electric arc isolation structure for isolating an electric arc produced by an arc discharge at a transformer, and the transformer includes a primary side input electrode terminal and a secondary side high-voltage output terminal. T... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7952849 | Rail vehicle with a wagon body and method for protective grounding of such a wagon body One embodiment of the present invention discloses, inter alia, a rail vehicle with a wagon body and with contact devices which are connected to the wagon body and which remain in contact with at least one rail on the track side during operation of the rail vehicle, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948732 | Electrostatic discharge protection device and an electronic device thereof An electrostatic discharge protection device is used to protect a component from electrostatic discharge in an electronic device. The electrostatic discharge protection device comprises a metal shell, a ground conductor, and a conductive material. The metal shell is... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936551 | Electronic device with electrostatic guiding structure An electronic device with an electrostatic guiding structure includes a metal case, a plastic case overlapping the metal case, a conductive strip, and an electrically insulating strip. The conductive strip is electrically connected to a conductive region of the plas... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924544 | Low voltage modular room ionization system An ionization system for a predefined area includes a plurality of emitter modules spaced around the area, a system controller for individually addressing and monitoring the emitter modules and communication lines for electrically connecting the plurality of emitter... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903385 | Static electricity control part and process for manufacturing the same The static-electricity control part of the present invention contains multiple pairs of backside electrodes (13) provided on both end portions (11b) of a long-edge-side at the backside of insulating substrate (11); multiple pairs of top e... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7869182 | Monitoring device for use with an insulated dual portion garment A method is disclosed for monitoring a user wearing a static electricity garment. The garment comprises a first conductive upper body portion including a first electrical interface, a second conductive upper body portion including a second electrical interface, a fi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869183 | Static electricity monitoring device comprising a first footpad electrically insulated from a second footpad A static electricity monitoring device is disclosed for monitoring a user wearing a static control garment. The garment comprises a first bootie and a second bootie. The monitoring device comprises a first footpad for interfacing with the first bootie of the garment... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7760483 | Method and device of compound active and passive plasma for lightning protection A lightning protection method and device with compound actively generated plasma and passively produced plasma provide lightning protection without the need for grounding of the protected object. The device has lightning rods with a plasma piping inside. The high de... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7742274 | X-ray detector grounding and thermal transfer system and method A method is provided for conducting electricity and thermal energy in an imaging system. The method includes providing a conductive path between a plurality of components and a support structure of the imaging system, in which the support structure comprises a mater... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733623 | Static electricity prevention apparatus with handle cover of vehicle In a static electricity prevention apparatus of a vehicle, there is provided a static electricity prevention apparatus provided at a vehicle handle cover which comprises a conductive contact means which is provided at a handle cover; a leading line which is provided... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729100 | Lightning conductor system for wind generator blades comprising carbon fibre laminates Lightning protection system of wind turbine blades formed by various connections arranged on carbon fibre laminates (2) of the blade (1), equipotentialising the surface of the airfoils (4) of the beam (10) via derivations from a main cabl... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724491 | Method of treating inflammation and autoimmune diseases A method to speed recovery from acute injury and/or reduce and prevent chronic inflammation in an animal or human is disclosed. The method includes providing a grounded plane, conductively coupling said animal or human to the grounded plane to conduct the earth's mo... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7706119 | Electrostatic discharge protection apparatus An electrostatic discharge protection apparatus disposed in an optical disk drive includes a spindle motor and a feeding mechanism for driving a pick-up head. The mechanism includes a sled motor for driving the pick-up head. A traverse is disposed in a casing of the... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7652865 | Earthing device which needs not be buried under ground An earthing device which needs not be buried under the ground is provided. The earthing device includes an earthing panel and a discharging device mounted inside the earthing panel. The discharging device includes at least one electrode plate, multiple discharging e... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7612980 | Method and structure for electrostatic discharge protection of photomasks A mask for manufacturing integrated circuits and use of the mask. The mask has a mask substrate. The mask also has an active mask region within a first portion of the mask substrate. The active region is adapted to accumulate a pre-determined level of static electri... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7609503 | Insulated metal grounding bracelet There is provided an electrically conductive bracelet including an electrically conductive clasp member that is connectable to an electrical ground. A conductive metal band is connected to the clasp member to define a bracelet inner diameter. The conductive metal ba... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7573696 | Device for dissipating static electricity A device for safe dissipation of static electricity or charge from an object, comprising at least one conductive contacting means intended to be applied in contact with the object and to be connected to a point capable of dissipating electric current. The contacting... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567419 | Apparatus, system, and method for electrostatic discharge protection An apparatus, system, and method provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in electronic devices by guiding electrostatic charges to a ground through ESD channels within electrical insulation sheet. The ESD channels are positioned within the electrical insula... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7545621 | Electrostatic discharge structure for a biometric sensor A structure for reducing or eliminating electrostatic discharge from a finger into the platen of a biometric sensor is disclosed. The structure is designed to be positioned above and around the platen such that conductive components in the structure stimulate corona... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539002 | Self-disengaging wearable grounding device The invention is a grounding device that grounds the wearer when the wearer is in a designated area and automatically disengages when the wearer leaves the designated area. The device may include a magnetic wriststrap connector that disengagably connects to a wrists... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7522401 | Static dissipative layer system and method An apparatus, system, and method is provided including a plurality of test pins, a static dissipative layer having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of support features coupled to the static dissipative layer to movably support the static dissipative layer at... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7502215 | Systems and methods for directing a current A method for directing a current generated by a lightning striking a wind turbine is described. The method includes directing the current from a main shaft of the wind turbine to a brake disc attached to the shaft, and directing the current from the brake disc to on... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489493 | Method to form electrostatic discharge protection on flexible circuits using a diamond-like carbon material Techniques for preventing electrostatic discharge (ESD) and circuit noise are provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a method to prevent ESD damage during the assembly of computer disk commonly called a hard disk for memory applications. The coa... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7468879 | Lightning protection device wet/dry glow-based streamer inhibitor A lightning protection device for reducing exposure of an object to be protected from conventional and upward lightning strikes. The device includes a support structure adapted to be grounded and space charge producing conductors wound around the support structure a... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7450364 | Automatic static grounding device for electrical components A grounding device for a roll-out electrical component is provided. The grounding device includes an actuation assembly, a static grounding contact assembly, and a biasing device. The actuation assembly structured to be engaged/disengaged by a roll-out electrical co... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7377750 | Lightning protection system for a wind turbine In a wind turbine (104, 500, 704) having a plurality of blades (132, 404, 516, 744) and a blade rotor hub (120, 712), a lightning protection system (100, 504, 700) for conducting lightning strikes to any one of the blades and the region s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7349194 | Method and system for electrically connecting the human (and vertebrate) organism to earth so as to facilitate a current flow between the human biopotential and earth for the purpose of promoting health, well being, and performance The present invention specifies the fundamental method and system for providing an electrical connection between the human and earth ground for purposes of promoting health, well being, and performance. It is based on the premise that vertebrate organisms require el... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337810 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337241 | Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connection A system for protocol processing in a computer network has an intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) associated with a host computer. The INIC provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most large multi-packe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336471 | Charge eliminating mechanism for stage and testing apparatus A charge eliminating mechanism of the invention includes a mechanical switching mechanism (e.g., a POGO pin), and a wiring line so connected as to be able to be electrically connected to the POGO pin. The wiring line can include a resistor. A block holds the POGO pi... | 02/26/2008 |
