1. An anti-oscillation device for a notebook display, comprising:
a clutch housing configured to be connected to the display of the notebook and to a base of the notebook, wherein the clutch housing includes a body and a shaft extension that extends from the body, and
a dampening device connected to the shaft extension, wherein the dampening device includes a shaft that is connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing.
2. The anti-oscillation device of claim 1, wherein the dampening device includes a first gear connected to the shaft of the dampening device and the clutch housing includes a second gear connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing,
wherein the first gear and the second gear are connected to one another.
3. The anti-oscillation device of claim 1, wherein the dampening device is a rotary dampener.
4. The anti-oscillation device of claim 1, further comprising a biasing device configured to apply a force to the shaft extension of the clutch housing.
5. The anti-oscillation device of claim 4, wherein the biasing device is connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing.
6. The anti-oscillation device of claim 4, wherein the biasing device is connected to the dampening device.
7. The anti-oscillation device of claim 4, wherein the biasing device is a spring.
8. The anti-oscillation device of claim 6,
wherein the dampening device includes a first gear connected to the shaft of the dampening device and the clutch housing includes a second gear connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing,
wherein the first gear and the second gear are connected to one another,
wherein the biasing device includes a third gear connected to the second gear.
9. A notebook computer, comprising:
a base and a display, and
an anti-oscillation device, comprising:
a clutch housing configured to be connected to the display of the notebook and to the base of the notebook, wherein the clutch housing includes a body and a shaft extension that extends from the body, and
a dampening device connected to the shaft extension, wherein the dampening device includes a shaft that is connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing.
10. The notebook computer of claim 9, wherein the dampening device includes a gear connected to the shaft extension of the clutch housing, the gear counters vibrations created on the shaft extension of the clutch housing when the display moves to a viewing angle.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A coaxial RF or microwave component that preferentially passes a radiation in a desired frequency band, comprising:
a. at least one RF or microwave radiation entry port in a conductive structure;
b. at least one RF or microwave radiation exit port in the conductive structure;
c. at least one passage, substantially bounded on the sides by the conductive structure, through which RF or microwave radiation passes when traveling from the at least one entry port to the at least one exit port;
d. a central conductor extending along the at least one passage from the entry port to the exit port; and
e. at least one conductive spoke extending between the central conductor and the conductive structure at each of a plurality of locations where successive locations along the length of the passage are spaced by approximately one-half of a propagation wavelength, or an integral multiple thereof, within the passage for a frequency to be passed by the component,
wherein one or more of the following conditions are met (1) the central conductor, the conductive structure, and the conductive spokes are monolithic, (2) a cross-sectional dimension of the passage perpendicular to a propagation direction of the radiation along the passage is less than about 1 mm, more preferably less than about 0.5 mm, and most preferably less than about 0.25 mm, (3) more than about 50% of the passage is filled with a gaseous medium, more preferably more than about 70% of the passage is filled with a gaseous medium, and most preferably more than about 90% of the passage is filled with a gaseous medium, (4) at least a portion of the conductive portions of the component are formed by an electrodeposition process, (5) at least a portion of the conductive portions of the component are formed from a plurality of successively deposited layers, (6) at least a portion of the passage has a generally rectangular shape, (7) at least a portion of the central conductor has a generally rectangular shape, (8) the passage extends along a two-dimensional non-linear path, (9) the passage extends along a three-dimensional path, (10) the passage comprises at least one curved region and a side wall of the passage in the curved region has a nominally smaller radius than an opposite side of the passage in the curved region and is provided with a plurality of surface oscillations having smaller radii, (11) the conductive structure is provided with channels at one or more locations where the electrical field at a surface of the conductive structure, if it were there, would have been less than about 20% of its maximum value within the passage, more preferably less than 10% of its maximum value within the passage, even more preferably less than 5% of its maximum value within the passage, and most preferably where the electrical field would have been approximately zero, (12) the conductive structure is provided with patches of a different conductive material at one or more locations where the electrical field at the surface of the conductive structure, if it were there, would have been less than about 20% of its maximum value within the passage more preferably less than about 10% of its maximum value within the passage, even more preferably less than about 5% of its maximum value within the passage, and most preferably where the electrical field would have been approximately zero, (13) mitered corners are used at least some junctions for segments of the passage that meet at angles between 60\xb0 and 120\xb0, andor (14) the conductive spokes are spaced at an integral multiple of one-half the wavelength and bulges on the central conductor or bulges extending from the conductive structure extend into the passage at one or more locations spaced from the conductive spokes by an integral multiple of approximately one-half the wavelength.
2. The component of claim 1 wherein condition one (1) is met and at least one other condition is met.
3. The component of claim 1 wherein condition two (2) is met and at least one other condition is met.
4. The component of claim 1 wherein condition three (3) is met and at least one other condition is met.
5. The component of claim 1 wherein condition four (4) is met and at least one other condition is met.
6. The component of claim 1 wherein condition five (5) is met and at least one other condition is met.
7. The component of claim 1 wherein condition six (6) is met and at least one other condition is met.
8. The component of claim 1 wherein condition seven (7) is met and at least one other condition is met.
9. The component of claim 1 wherein condition eight (8) is met and at least one other condition is met.
10. The component of claim 1 wherein condition nine (9) is met and at least one other condition is met.
11. The component of claim 1 wherein condition ten (10) is met and at least one other condition is met.
12. The component of claim 1 wherein condition eleven (11) is met and at least one other condition is met.
13. The component of claim 1 wherein condition twelve (12) is met and at least one other condition is met.
14. The component of claim 1 wherein condition thirteen (13) is met and at least one other condition is met.
15. The component of claim 1 wherein condition fourteen (14) is met and at least one other condition is met.
16. The component of claim 1 wherein the passage is substantially filled with a solid dielectric material.
17. The component of claim 1 wherein the desired frequency band is centered on a frequency greater than about 2 GHz, more preferably greater than about 10 GHz, and even more preferably greater about 20 GHz.
18. The component of claim 1 wherein the at least one spoke comprises one of (1) at least three sets of two spokes, more preferably at least four sets of two spokes, and most preferably at least five sets of two spokes, or (2) at least three sets of four spokes, more preferably at least four sets of four spokes, and most preferably at least five sets of four spokes.
19. An RF or microwave component that guides or controls radiation, comprising:
a. at least one RF or microwave radiation entry port and at least one exit port within a conductive metal structure; and
b. at least one passage substantially bounded on the sides by the conductive metal structure through which RF or microwave energy passes when traveling from the at least one entry port; and
c. at least one branching channel along the at least one passage, wherein the conductive metal structure surrounding the passage and the channel in proximity to a branching region of the channel from the passage is monolithic.
20. A method of manufacturing an RF device, comprising:
a. depositing a plurality of adhered layers of material, wherein the deposition of each layer of material comprises,
i. selective deposition of at least a first material;
ii. deposition of at least a second material; and
iii. planarization of at least a portion of the deposited material;
b. removing at least a portion of the first or second material after deposition of a plurality of layers;
wherein a structural pattern resulting from the deposition and the removal provides at least one structure that is usable as an RF device.