07th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140042896 | WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A white light-emitting semiconductor device having improved reproducibility of bright red. The device outputs light having a blue component, a green component, and a red component. Each of the light components (blue, green, and red) is based on a light-emitting semiconductor element and/or a phosphor that absorbs light emitted by a light-emitting semiconductor element and emits light through wavelength conversion. The outputted light has a spectrum which has a maximum wavelength in the range of 615-645 nm, and the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of the outputted light, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux, is 80-100% of the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of standard light for color rendering evaluation, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042897 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a first resin member and a second resin member. The substrate includes a base member, a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, and a covering layer covering the wiring portions with an opening formed in a part of the covering layer. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate in the opening of the covering layer and having an upper surface at a position higher than the covering layer. The first resin member is arranged at least in the opening of the covering layer and at periphery of the light emitting element. The second resin member seals the substrate and the light emitting element. The second resin member is disposed in contact with the first resin member. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042898 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR, PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a yellow to orange phosphor which has high luminance and excellent temperature characteristics and which also has high luminance when mixed with a phosphor of a different color. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042899 | RED EMITTING NITRIDE FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - [Problem to be Solved] | 2014-02-13 |
20140042900 | REFLECTIVE SUBSTRATE FOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a reflective substrate for a light-emitting device including a valve metal substrate and an inorganic reflective layer formed on the valve metal substrate as a light reflective layer, in which the inorganic reflective layer contains at least one inorganic binder selected from the group consisting of aluminum phosphate, aluminum chloride and sodium silicate, and inorganic particles having a refractive index of at least 1.5 but up to 1.8 and an average particle size of at least 0.1 μm but up to 5 μm. The reflective substrate for a light-emitting device has a highly light reflective layer capable of obtaining a film strength and adhesion to the substrate while maintaining voids by sintering at a lower temperature without relying on high-temperature sintering. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042901 | Light Emitter - A Lucent Waveguide Electromagnetic wave Plasma Light Source has a fabrication of fused quartz sheet and drawn tube. An inner closed void enclosure is formed of 8 mm outside diameter, 4 mm inside diameter drawn tube. Electromagnetic wave excitable plasma material is sealed inside the enclosure. The end plate is circular and has the enclosure sealed in a central bore in it, the bore not being numbered as such. A similar plate is positioned to leave a small gap between the inner end of the enclosure and itself. The two tubes are concentric with the two plates extending at right angles to their central axis. The outer tube extends back from the back surface of the inner plate as a skirt. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042902 | PLASMA GENERATOR - A plasma generator generates a plasma by ionizing a gas with a high-frequency discharge in a plasma generating chamber so that electrons from the plasma are emitted outside the plasma generator through an electron emitting hole. The plasma generator includes an antenna that is provided in the plasma generating chamber and that emits a high-frequency wave, and an antenna cover that is made of an insulating material and that covers an entire body of the antenna. A plasma electrode having the electron emitting hole is made of a conductive material. A frame cover with a protrusion ensures conductivity by preventing an insulating material from accumulating on a surface of the plasma electrode on a plasma side in sputtering by the plasma. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042903 | RESISTIVE BYPASS FOR SERIES LIGHTING CIRCUIT - A resistor bypass circuit for a series lighting circuit includes a plurality of serially connected light sources and a bypass resistor being connected in parallel with at least one of the respective light sources, each respective light source being low wattage and being capable operating on a one hundred percent duty cycle as desired. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042904 | COMBINED CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LAMP OF VEHICLE - A combined control apparatus includes a switch, an IPS device, a switch monitoring line, a lamp on/off monitoring line, and a switching device. The switch turns on or off a lamp. The IPS device associated with the lamp is connected to an output of the switch. The switch monitoring line is connected between the output of the switch and an input of an MCU to transmit a switch on/off state to the MCU. The lamp on/off monitoring line is connected between the input of the MCU and the IPS device to transmit a power switching signal of IPS to the MCU. The switching device is mounted in a signal transmission line connected between the output of the MCU and the IPS device to be turned on by a control signal of the MCU at a certain time after the lamp has initially been turned on by the switch. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042905 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE INCLUDINGTHE SAME AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING METHOD OF THE LIGHT SOURCEDRIVING APPARATUS - Provided are a light source driving apparatus, a light source device including the same, and a light source driving method. The light source driving apparatus includes: a first external input terminal and a second external input terminal; a thermistor with an end connected to the first external input terminal; a discharge resistor with an end connected to the second external input terminal; and a switch which selectively connects, according to a control signal, another end of the discharge resistor to another end of the thermistor or the first external input terminal to the other end of the thermistor. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042906 | ENERGY-SAVING ILLUMINATION DEVICE DETECTING PROXIMITY OF HUMAN BODY - An illumination device which responds to a human presence includes a lamp holder, a light source, an infrared sensing unit in a human body sensing module, and a driving control unit. The lamp holder defines an inserting groove according to a connector above a circuit board. The human body sensing module includes a connecting port, and is inserted into the inserting groove. The connecting port is electrically connected to the connector. The infrared sensing unit is position on the human body sensing module, for receiving a thermal radiation and emitting a signal according to the thermal radiation. The driving control unit is positioned on the human body sensing module, and electrically connected to the infrared sensing unit and the connecting port, for receiving the signal and emitting a driving signal, thus the light source is turned on or off, or changing an illumination intensity according to the driving signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042907 | LED DRIVING DEVICE - A LED driving device adapted to driving N LED strings connected in series is provided. N is a positive integer greater than 1. The LED driving device includes (N−1) switch units, a current source, a detection unit and a control unit. The ith switch unit electrically connects to the (i+1) LED string in parallel or to the ith LED string in parallel, and 0 | 2014-02-13 |
20140042908 | Connector with Surge Protection Structure - A connector ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140042909 | ENERGY-SAVING ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING VOICE CONTROL MODULE - A sound-controllable illumination device includes a lamp holder, a light source, a voice control module, a voice sensing unit, and a driving control unit. The lamp holder provides a small inserting groove carrying a circuit board connector and the light source is electrically controlled by the circuit board when connected. The detachable and replaceable voice control module includes a connecting port for insertion into the inserting groove. The voice sensing unit is positioned on the voice control module, for receiving preset sounds from a user and emits signals according to recognized sounds. The driving control unit is positioned on the voice control module, and carries warning lights to indicate the respective statuses of all elements. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042910 | ENERGY-SAVING ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING MODULE - An illumination device includes a lamp holder, a light source, a brightness adjusting module, a light sensing unit, and a driving control unit. The lamp holder defines an inserting groove according to a connector placed above a circuit board. The automatically brightness adjusting module includes a connecting port, and is inserted into the inserting groove. The connecting port is electrically connected to the connector. The light sensing unit is position on the automatically brightness adjusting module, for receiving a light intensity and emitting a signal according to the light intensity. The driving control unit is positioned on the automatically brightness adjusting module, and electrically connected to the light sensing unit and the connecting port, for receiving the signal and emitting a driving signal, thus the light source emits lights of an corresponding illumination intensity according to the driving signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042911 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a lighting control system includes a plurality of luminaire, a sensor device, a luminance sensor, and a lighting control unit. The luminaires are set in a lighting space. The sensor device detects presence of a person in the lighting space. The luminance sensor detects indirect luminance in a predetermined position in the lighting space by the luminaire. The lighting control unit subjects the luminaire to lighting control such that the indirect luminance detected by the luminance sensor does not fall below a predetermined value in a position where the sensor device detects presence of the person. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042912 | LED Dimming Driver - Various embodiments of an LED dimming driver are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for dimmably driving at least one load includes a power supply having a voltage output, a controller having at least one current setpoint output, and at least one driver channel circuit connected to the voltage output of the power supply and to at least one of the at least one current setpoint outputs, the at least one driver channel circuit having a load output. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042913 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DAYLIGHT-INTEGRATED ILLUMINATION CONTROL - A light detector arranged to determine a daylight contribution and an artificial light contribution to a combined illumination level wherein the artificial light comprises individual light coding modulation. The detector comprises:—a photo-sensor arranged to detect the illumination level at its position, and generate an illumination signal; and—a calculator, connected with the photo-sensor for receiving the illumination signal, and arranged to calculate the daylight contribution and the artificial light contribution and output corresponding daylight and artificial light signals. The calculator comprises:—an electronic filter arranged to prepare the illumination signal for estimation of the daylight and artificial light contributions;—a daylight part and an artificial light part, respectively connected to the electronic filter. The artificial light part comprises an artificial light DC component estimator, and the daylight part comprises a total DC component estimator, and a subtractor connected to the total DC component estimator and to the artificial light DC component estimator, and being arranged to determine the daylight contribution as the difference between their outputs. The artificial light DC component estimator is arranged to include present luminaire dimming level data and modulation depth data regarding the light coding modulation in a basis of its estimation. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042914 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a lighting control unit turns on luminaires corresponding to a presence area among four detection areas adjacent to one another in a predetermined direction and a crossing direction. If there is one presence area among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit relatively reduces the brightness of the luminaires corresponding to remaining three absence areas. If there are two presence areas among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit relatively reduces the brightness of the luminaires on a side adjacent to the presence areas among the luminaires corresponding to the remaining two absence areas and turns off the remaining other luminaires. If there are three presence areas among the four detection areas, the lighting control unit turns off the luminaires corresponding to the remaining one absence area. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042915 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD - Plural luminaires are installed in a lighting space surrounded by a wall part. A sensor equipment detects existence or nonexistence of a person in the lighting space. If existence of a person in the lighting space is detected, the sensor equipment detects a direction of the person. The sensor equipment detects a distance between the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person and the person. A lighting control unit selectively switches between a first control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to illuminate the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person if the detected distance is a specified distance or less, and a second control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to reduce brightness at a place as the place becomes farther from a position of the person if the detected distance is larger than the specified distance. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042916 | Electrically Illuminated Flame Simulator - An electrically powered flame simulator comprises at least two light sources, an integrated circuit electrically connected to the light sources for intermittently illuminating at least one of the light sources independently of other light sources such that the light sources together provide the effect of a flickering movement, and a power source for providing power to the integrated circuit. The flame simulator may be mounted in a decorative or ornamental device such as a candle or fire log, or used on decorative clothing, or may be part of a hazard or warning system. One or more solid state light sources may also be used. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042917 | LED DEVICE, LED DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes an LED control circuit and a power stage circuit. The LED control circuit shifts an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal toward a higher frequency direction in a frequency domain to generate an output PWM signal having a duty cycle substantially the same as a duty cycle of the input PWM signal. The power stage circuit outputs an LED driving current according to the output PWM signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042918 | LED DRIVING DEVICE AND LED DRIVING METHOD USING SAME - In various aspects of the present subject matter, a light emitting diode (LED) driving device and an LED driving method using the same are disclosed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042919 | DIMMING DEVICE AND DIMMING METHOD THEREOF - A dimming method is provided. The dimming method includes steps as follows: determining whether a duty ratio of a first pulse width modulation signal is larger than a threshold duty ratio; when the duty ratio of the first PWM signal is smaller than the threshold duty ratio, the first pulse width modulation signal is transformed to a second pulse width modulation signal by a frequency conversion and a phase shift according to a pulse information signal, when the duty ratio of the first pulse width modulation signal is larger than the threshold duty ratio, adjusting a predetermined dimming current according to the pulse information signal, wherein the threshold duty ratio is set according to a number of the channel and the predetermined dimming current. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042920 | COLOR TEMPERATURE ADJUSTABLE LED LAMP - A color temperature adjustable LED lamp is disclosed, which includes a 3-way lamp socket and a 3-way lamp head. The 3-way lamp socket has a 3-way switch. The 3-way lamp head is connected to the 3-way lamp socket and has a first LED array and a second LED array. The color temperature of the first LED array is different from the color temperature of the second LED array. The color temperature adjustable LED lamp includes a mains detecting circuit for detecting a conducting state of a first live wire and a second live wire in the 3-way switch to selectively operate the first LED array, the second LED array or alternatively operates the first and second LED array. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042921 | AC/DC CONVERTER CIRCUIT - There is disclosed an AC/DC converter circuit. The circuit comprises: an input terminal for receiving an AC supply voltage; a driver circuit adapted to supply a DC drive current or voltage to an output of the circuit based on a signal provided to a control terminal of the driver circuit; and an AC coupling network connected between the input terminal and the control terminal of the driver circuit. The AC coupling network is adapted to derive a signal from an AC supply voltage received by the input terminal and to supply the derived signal to the control terminal of the driver circuit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042922 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING DEVICE - A LED driving device comprises a rectification circuit, a holding current circuit and a driving circuit to drive and linearly regulates an illumination brightness of at least one LED by utilizing level variation of current magnitude. The rectification circuit rectifies and outputs a rectified voltage to the holding current circuit and the driving circuit by filtering impulses via a filter after receiving an alternating current voltage. The driving circuit outputs a driving current filtered by a filter capacitor to the LED, and the driving current is sensed by a sensing resistor to allow the holding current circuit outputttng a holding current to the rectification circuit such that the whole circuit power can be improved to reduce problems of noise interference and twinkling. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042923 | AIRFIELD LIGHTING SYSTEM - An airfield lighting system is provided, the system including a constant current regulator configured to output a constant current, a plurality of insulating transformers configured to be electrically connected to the constant current regulator to supply an electric power, and a plurality of individual lighting devices each electrically connected to the insulating transformer to turn on or turn off an LED lamp, wherein the individual lighting apparatus includes an LED unit including an ADC (AC-DC Converter) and at least one LED lamp connected to a secondary side of the ADC and transmitting defect information of the LED lamp, and a defect information receiver configured to measure a current and a voltage at a primary side of the ADC, measure an electric energy (electricity) or a resistance value using the measured current and voltage, and generate status information of the LED unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042924 | CIRCUIT WITH ADJUSTABLE PHASE DELAY AND A FEEDBACK VOLTAGE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHASE DELAY AND A FEEDBACK VOLTAGE - A circuit with adjustable phase delay and a feedback voltage includes a delay setting unit and a phase delay signal generator. The delay setting unit generates a delay time according to an external resistor. The phase delay signal generator includes a plurality of phase delay units. Each phase delay unit includes an edge trigger subunit and a signal generation subunit. The edge trigger subunit receives an input signal, and generates a positive edge trigger signal and a negative edge trigger signal according to a positive edge and a negative edge of the input signal, respectively. The signal generation subunit generates and outputs a phase delay signal according to the positive edge trigger signal, the negative edge trigger signal, and the delay time. The phase delay signal lags the input signal for the delay time. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042925 | PFC LED DRIVER CAPABLE OF REDUCING CURRENT RIPPLE - A PFC LED driver capable of reducing current ripple, comprising: a current source unit, having a control terminal coupled to a control voltage, which is a ratio of a full-wave rectified line input voltage, a first channel terminal coupled to a power line, and a second channel terminal used to generate an output current according to the control voltage; and at least one LED load unit, being in series with the current source unit, wherein each of the at least one LED load unit comprises: a first load, including a first parallel combination of an LED module and a capacitor, wherein the LED module has at least one light emitting diode; a diode, being in a first series combination with the first load; and a switch, being in a second parallel combination with the second series combination. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042926 | Power Control System for Current Regulated Light Sources - A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a PFC and output voltage controller and a LED lighting power system. The controller advantageously operates from an auxiliary voltage less than a link voltage generated by the LED lighting power system. The common reference voltage allows all the components of lighting system to work together. A power factor correction switch and an LED drive current switch are coupled to the common reference node and have control node-to-common node, absolute voltage that allows the controller to control the conductivity of the switches. The LED lighting system can utilize feed forward control to concurrently modify power demand by the LED lighting power system and power demand of one or more LEDs. The LED lighting system can utilize a common current sense device to provide a common feedback signal to the controller representing current in at least two of the LEDs. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042927 | BIT PACKER FOR CONTROL SIGNALS - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a bit packing arrangement for a control signal. The control signal is received as a bit stream having a first rate of change. A packed control signal having a varying rate of change may be generated based on the bit stream. The average rate of change of the packed control signal is less than the first rate of change. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042928 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements including first electrodes, a second electrode, and organic compound layers therebetween, pixel circuits connected to the corresponding first electrodes, and a common power supply connected to the second electrode, in which at least a part of the organic compound layers is formed to extend from over the plurality of first electrodes to gap areas between the first electrodes, and a resistance between two adjacent first electrodes is less than a resistance between one of the first electrodes and the second electrode. Each of the organic EL elements receives an intermittent supply of a current from the corresponding pixel circuit, and during a period in which the current is stopped, a voltage equal to or less than a light emission threshold value is applied to the organic EL element. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042929 | Audio Controlled Power Supplying System - An audio controlled power supplying system is disclosed, the audio controlled power supplying system comprises an audio input unit receiving an audio signal from an audio source, a processor electrically coupled to the audio input unit, the processor receives the audio signal and analyzes the audio signal to generate a control signal; and a power regulator electrically coupled to the processor, the power regulator receives the control signal from the processor and regulates an input power signal of a power source according to the control signal to generate a output power signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042930 | LCD DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND LCD DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device control system or an LCD device includes a control circuit board includes a sequence control circuit, a panel includes a source drive circuit, and a scalar circuit board includes a first voltage reduction module. The sequence control circuit is configured with a main power end and an auxiliary power end. The main power end of the sequence control circuit and the source drive circuit are coupled to the first voltage reduction module to supply power. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042931 | Illuminating Device - To a constant-current power supply whose output current can be variably set, light emitting modules can be connected in parallel. A control unit recognizes connection information outputted from an information output unit provided in each of the light emitting modules and varies the output current of the constant-current power supply. Drive can be controlled in response to a state of the connected light emitting modules such as the connecting number of light emitting modules. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042932 | LINEAR WALK ARRANGEMENT - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a linear walk arrangement for a control signal. A modified clock signal is used to increment or decrement a value of the control signal toward a target value. The modified clock signal is based on a specified transition time and a difference between an initial value for the control signal and the target value. Multiple control signals may be transitioned such that the control signals arrive at their respective target values simultaneously, notwithstanding the differences in transitions among the control signals. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042933 | Apparatus and Method for Dimming Signal Generation for a Distributed Solid State Lighting System - Exemplary systems, methods and apparatuses for providing dimming in a distributed solid-state lighting system are disclosed. An exemplary dimming signal generator is coupleable to a controller or a current generator for a plurality of LEDs, and includes a first resistive voltage divider to sense an input DC voltage; a current sensor to sense a current level of the plurality of LEDs; a first operational amplifier to compare the sensed input DC voltage to a reference voltage level and to provide a comparator output signal; and a current path to combine the comparator output signal with the sensed LED current level to provide a combined signal for current level feedback for control of the LED current level. The dimming signal generator may optionally include other components to generate a PWM signal and also to provide a resistive network to divert LED current in response to the comparator output signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042934 | CYCLOTRON - A cyclotron includes: a regenerator configured to move a beam of a charged particle on an orbit radially outward; and a magnetic channel configured to put the beam on an extraction orbit. The regenerator includes a pair of magnetic members for a regenerator. The magnetic member for a regenerator includes a first portion including a portion becoming closer to the median plane radially outward and an apex closest to the median plane. When viewed from the circumferential direction, assuming that a distance between the centerline of the apex in the radial direction and a first reference position set on a radially inner end side of the first portion is a first distance and a distance between the centerline and a second reference position set on a radially outer end side of the first portion is a second distance, the first distance is greater than the second distance. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042935 | PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVING CIRCUIT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVING METHOD - A piezoelectric driving circuit and a driving method thereof are provided. The piezoelectric driving circuit drives a piezoelectric circuit by using a first driving switch connected to one end of a piezoelectric circuit, a second driving switch corresponding to the first driving switch and connected to the other end of the piezoelectric circuit, and a sensing resistor for sensing a current flowing in the piezoelectric circuit. A fire angle and a duty cycle of an upper switch are adjusted such that a peak of a sense voltage generated in the sensing resistor at a timing at which the first driving switch is turned on, in a state in which the second driving switch is turned on. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042936 | Battery Module, Battery Management System, System for Supplying a Drive of a Machine Suitable for Generating Torque with Electrical Energy, and a Motor Vehicle - A battery module includes lithium-ion battery cells and at least one discharge circuit configured to discharge the battery cells. The discharge circuit includes a control signal input, a switch, and a resistor and is configured to close the switch in reaction to a control signal at the control signal input, in order to electrically connect terminals of the battery module. The battery module can then be reliably discharged by a corresponding control signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042937 | Method for Charging an Intermediate Circuit Capacitor - The disclosure relates to a method for charging an intermediate circuit capacitor in an electric drive unit comprising an electric motor. The intermediate circuit capacitor is charged by an intermediate circuit current that is supplied by a battery. The output voltage of the battery is settable to one or more voltage values. A target value of the intermediate circuit current is determined, and an actual value of the intermediate circuit current is ascertained. The actual value of the intermediate circuit current is then compared with the target value of the intermediate circuit current. An optimal output voltage of the battery is determined on the basis of the comparison of the actual value of the intermediate circuit current with the target value of the intermediate circuit current. Then, the optimal output voltage of the battery is set. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042938 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR - A control device | 2014-02-13 |
20140042939 | MOTOR VOLTAGE CONVERSION CONTROL DEVICE - A control device performs voltage conversion control on a voltage conversion circuit between a power supply and motor control circuits which control a plurality of motors. The control device includes sampling units for sampling a DC voltage after voltage conversion, target voltage setting units for setting target voltages VH | 2014-02-13 |
20140042940 | Method and Apparatus for Control of Electrical Machines - A control system for an electronically commutated motor ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140042941 | MATRIX INTEGRATED SEQUENTIAL MAGNETIC ATTRACTION ELECTRIC MACHINE - The invention discloses a reciprocal radial field electric machine based on the soft magnetic attraction principle, characterized by a plurality of active elements organized as a bi-dimensional cylindrical machine matrix and fed sequentially by an external power converter in order to derive a motoring or generation effect. The machine is comprised of a fixed stator matrix featuring salient poles and electrical coils, and a mobile rotor matrix featuring salient poles. The machine works on the principle of time integration of the discrete actions performed by its active elements. The bi-dimensional matrix organization of the active elements and the algorithms of their activation in both motoring and generation modes are key features for the functional cohesion of the machine. The design of this machine is based on a unique digital modeling method developed by the inventors, using exclusively the matrix calculus adapted to cylindrical matrices. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042942 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL SIGNAL, GENERATION METHOD - The present invention provides a semiconductor device, an electrical device, and a control signal generation method that enable easy generation of a given control signal even by a comparatively low cost and low processing power microcontroller. Namely, a microcontroller of a motor control system includes a PWM device equipped with a PWM setting register. The PWM setting register includes a duty update cycle register, a duty update value register and a duty update-times number register. A PWM generator generates and outputs a PWM signal according to values set in each register of the PWM setting register. The PWM device is capable of generating and outputting a PWM signal automatically with the PWM generator according to setting values set in the PWM setting register, even without an interruption by the software (CPU). | 2014-02-13 |
20140042943 | SENSORLESS FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROL (FOC) WITHOUT CURRENT SAMPLING FOR MOTORS - An apparatus includes a sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) motor controller. The motor controller includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller configured to generate PWM signals and to provide the PWM signals to an inverter. The motor controller also includes an angle sampler configured to receive a commanded voltage angle signal and to provide the commanded voltage angle signal as an output signal in response to a triggering event. The triggering event is based on a voltage or a current associated with an input or an output of the inverter. The motor controller further includes a first combiner configured to combine (i) a feed-forward voltage angle signal and (ii) a second signal based on the output signal. The first combiner is configured to generate the commanded voltage angle signal. In addition, the motor controller includes a second combiner configured to combine a feed-forward voltage amplitude signal and the second signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042944 | METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF BACK EMF SAMPLING FOR MOTOR RESISTANCE PROFILING - A method of determining when to utilise a back EMF sampling method for motor resistance profiling in at least one DC motor, the method including the steps of analysing a parameter prior to initialising the back EMF sampling method, and upon a determination that the analysed parameter is within a defined range, initialising the back EMF sampling method. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042945 | METHOD FOR THE SENSORLESS COMMUNICATION DETECTION OF ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED ELECTRIC MOTORS - The invention relates to a method for the sensorless commutation detection of electronically commutated electric motors, in which the phase current is interrupted for a blanking time in order to detect the zero passage. On the basis of the profile of the mutual induction voltage, a decay time, which is characteristic for a decay of the phase current, is determined within the blanking time and the start of the blanking time is determined as a function of the time difference between the decay time and the end of the blanking time. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042946 | LAUNDRY APPLIANCE - A laundry appliance having a perforated rotatable drum for spin dehydrating a wet textile load, an electric motor for providing an accelerating force which in use causes the drum to rotate, load sensors for detecting any static dynamic imbalance in the rotation of the drum, and a controller which receives inputs from the load sensors and is programmed to, in a spin-up phase, energise said electric motor so as to evenly distribute the load within the drum and thereby minimise any static or dynamic imbalance when the drum rotates. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042947 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR FAN - A control circuit for a fan includes a fan controller, a switch controller, and a frequency detector. When a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal output pin of the fan controller outputs PWM signals, the frequency detector outputs a high level signal, connecting an input pin of the switch controller to an output pin of the switch controller. The fan receives the PWM signal. When the PWM signal output pin of the fan controller does not output PWM signals, the frequency detector outputs a low level signal, such that the output pin of the switch controller does not output any signal. In this state, the fan receives a high level signal through a resistor and a power supply, enabling the fan to continue operating. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042948 | Motor Drive Control Using Pulse-Width Modulation Pulse Skipping - A control system for a motor includes a pulse-width modulation module, a pulse skip determination module, and a duty cycle adjustment module. The pulse-width modulation module generates three duty cycle values based on three voltage requests, respectively. A plurality of solid-state switches control three phases of the motor in response to the three duty cycle values, respectively. The pulse skip determination module generates a pulse skip signal. The duty cycle adjustment module selectively prevents the plurality of solid-state switches from switching during intervals specified by the pulse skip signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042949 | ROTATION-SPEED-CONTROLLED FAN WITH CONTROL OF THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric fan has a drive motor having a fan rotor, an apparatus for generating a rotation speed signal (n_i), an apparatus for generating a power level signal (P_i) that represents power consumed; a first regulator (n_RGL) for regulating the rotation speed signal (n_i) to a predefined target value (n_s); a second regulator (P_RGL) for regulating the power level signal (P_i) to a predefined power level signal target value (P_s) that corresponds to a predefined minimum consumed power level (P_min), where the first regulator (n_RGL) and the second regulator (P_RGL) apply at least one control output signal (SW) to the drive motor and interact in such a way that, during operation, the at least one control value (SW) in a first state is determined by the first regulator (n_RGL), and in a second state is determined by the second regulator (n_RGL). | 2014-02-13 |
20140042950 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER WITH MULTICORE PROCESSOR - A numerical controller includes a multicore processor, an integrated peripheral control LSI, a motor control section and an amplifier interface section. The multicore processor has two cores. One is assigned as a numerical control section processor core, and the other is assigned as a programmable machine controller section processor core. The motor control section is composed of a motor control section processor and a peripheral control LSI. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042951 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TORQUE OUTPUT OF IMPACT POWER TOOL AND THE CONTROL APPARATUS - An impact power tool includes a motor, a battery, a hammer mechanism and a control apparatus. The motor runs in the same speed no matter what torque level is selected. The motor runs for a total running time which is identical to an impacting time plus a compensative time. The impacting time is decided according to the selected torque level, and the compensative time is decided according to the power of the battery. An impacting time table and a compensative time table are pre-established to decide the impacting time value and the compensative time value. Therefore, the impact power tool always provides the theory torque output of the selected torque even if the battery is low. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SENSING ERROR IN SRM - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for preventing a sensing error in a switched reluctance motor (SRM). The apparatus includes: a rectifying unit; a main controlling unit driven by power supplied from the rectifying unit, and operated in an error mode in the case in which the rotation speed of the rotor is decreased to a predetermined value or less; a voltage detecting; and an error preventing unit preventing an operation of the main controlling unit in an error mode at the time of reconnection of a power supply when it is sensed that the power has been blocked using the variation in the supplied voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042953 | WINDING SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE HAVING A MOVING OBJECT INCLUDING AN INVERTER CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to a winding synchronous machine having a moving object including an inverter circuit, wherein a winding synchronous machine, including a winding synchronous motor or generator having a moving object including an inverter circuit, is provided, the winding synchronous machine being characterized by comprising: a moving-object inverter circuit connected to the moving object of the winding synchronous machine; and a moving-object circuit control device connected to the moving-object inverter circuit so as to control the moving-object inverter circuit. According to the provided winding synchronous machine, the moving-object circuit control device is characterized by comprising: a stator inverter voltage estimator estimating a high-frequency voltage of a stator inverter circuit; a field current reference generator generating a field current reference of the moving object; and an energy storage device voltage controller generating a current reference tracking a DC-link energy storage device voltage of the moving object. According to the present invention, the winding synchronous machine can be implemented while overcoming the problems associated with using a rare-earth permanent magnet, an extra power source is not needed, and an excitation circuit, in which ripples almost never occur, is included. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042954 | Apparatus and Method for Efficiently Powering a One-Phase Motor - An apparatus and method for drastically increasing the efficiency of a single phase AC motor. A DC solid state driver is used to pulse a combination of the motor coil and a series capacitor. The coil/capacitor combination allows the motor to run near resonance (or a multiple of resonance). This results in a flywheel effect that only requires pulses at the proper time to keep it going. The solid state driver is powered by pulsed DC at around 150 volts peak and clocked at 60 Hz by a square wave timing circuit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042955 | Safety System and Method for Pump and Motor - Embodiments of the invention provide a variable frequency drive system and a method of controlling a pump driven by a motor with the pump in fluid communication with a fluid system. The drive system and method can provide one or more of the following: a sleep mode, pipe break detection, a line fill mode, an automatic start mode, dry run protection, an electromagnetic interference filter compatible with a ground fault circuit interrupter, two-wire and three-wire and three-phase motor compatibility, a simple start-up process, automatic password protection, a pump out mode, digital input/output terminals, and removable input and output power terminal blocks. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042956 | SELF-CONTAINED RENEWABLE BATTERY CHARGER - A self-contained, portable unit for charging a battery of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The portable unit includes a moveable docking pad that has a generally flat, horizontal base and is formed with a compartment for holding at least one storage battery. The first end of a column is mounted onto the docking pad and oriented to extend upwardly from the docking pad to a second column end. A solar array is affixed to the second end of the column for deployment over the docking pad. The electric current from the solar array is fed to the storage battery using a charge management system. The battery, in turn, is connected to an EV charge station which produces a charging current to charge the battery of an electric vehicle. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042957 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL FOR A MULTI-CELL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage cell for a multi-cell energy storage device is disclosed. The energy storage cell comprises a cell information storage device adapted to store cell information regarding the energy storage cell. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042958 | BASE AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - An electronic assembly includes an electronic component and a base. The electronic component and another electronic component have first and second thicknesses respectively. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The base includes a main body having a slot, a supporting element movably disposed at the main body, and a first elastic element connected between the main body and the supporting element. When the supporting element is at a first position, the supporting element is hidden in the main body, and the electronic component having the first thickness is adapted to be inserted into the slot. When the supporting element is moved to a second position by an elastic force of the first elastic element, at least part of the supporting element is in the slot, and the electronic component having the second thickness is adapted to be inserted into the slot and supported by the supporting element. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042959 | Battery Charger and System and Method for Use of Same - A battery charger and system and method for use of the same are disclosed for increasing a charge of a battery. In one embodiment of the battery charger, an input for an electric charging power source is configured to supply electrical charging power to a rechargeable battery via an output circuit portion interposed therebetween. A transfer function circuit portion is configured to sense the voltage of the rechargeable battery as a sensing voltage such that the change in the sensing voltage is directly proportional to the internal impedance of the rechargeable battery. A control logic circuit portion is configured to select between a constant current, variable voltage operational mode, a constant current, scalable voltage operational mode, and a variable current, constant voltage operational mode to furnish rapid recharging of the rechargeable battery. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042960 | Battery Charger and System and Method for Use of Same - A battery charger and system and method for use of the same are disclosed for increasing a charge of a battery. In one embodiment of the battery charger, an input for an electric charging power source is configured to supply electrical charging power to a rechargeable battery via an output circuit portion interposed therebetween. A transfer function circuit portion is configured to sense the voltage of the rechargeable battery as a sensing voltage such that the change in the sensing voltage is directly proportional to the internal impedance of the rechargeable battery. A control logic circuit portion is configured to select between a constant current, variable voltage operational mode, a constant current, scalable voltage operational mode, and a variable current, constant voltage operational mode to furnish rapid recharging of the rechargeable battery. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042961 | Electronic Device and Method for Detecting Swelling of Battery Thereof - Disclosed herein are an electronic device and a method for detecting the swelling of a battery The electronic device includes a battery module, a swelling detection module, and a system. The battery module includes at least one battery therein. The deformation module is deposed within the battery module and is configured to detect the swelling of the battery thereby generating a signal. The system is configured to receive the signal directly transmitted from the deformation module, and to determine whether the signal is greater than a first setting value or less than a second setting value, such that when the signal is greater than the first setting value or less than the second setting value, the system activates a protection mechanism to prevent the battery from further swelling. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042962 | Charging Station for Electric Candles and Other Devices - Various embodiments of charging stations are described that are configured to charge a plurality of electric lights or other devices. The charging stations can be multi-level to allow for charging of many candles while limiting the space required by the stations. The charging stations can be modular to allow them to be dynamically adapted to the varying needs of a user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042963 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION DEVICE OF MAGNETIC BAR FOR CHARGING AND SUPPLYING POWER - A Magnetic bar shaped electromagnetic induction charging electric device. The device comprises a power body ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140042964 | CHARGE CORD LOCKING/UNLOCKING ACTUATOR - A locking mechanism secures a plug of a charging cord in a charging receptacle of a vehicle and includes an actuator, a linear-actuated cam connected thereto and driven along a linear travel path thereby (the cam defining a slot therein positioned at an angle relative to the path), and a locking arm pivotally mounted at a pivot point to a component disposed adjacent the arm. The arm includes a follower pin that engages the slot. The arm pivots about the point to move between locked and unlocked positions in response to movement of the cam along the path. A housing of the vehicle includes the receptacle, a charging interface connected with the plug to allow current to flow from a charging unit to a system of batteries of the vehicle during a charging operation, and the mechanism. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042965 | Deep-Discharge Protection Method and Motor Vehicle - A deep-discharge protection method for protecting a battery of a parking motor vehicle is shown. In this case, a state of charge of the battery is regularly monitored by a battery control unit and is transmitted to an evaluation unit. When a predefined state of charge of the battery is reached, a message is transmitted from a communication unit to a stored address by mobile radio and/or information acquired using a sensor system is used by the evaluation unit to determine whether a situation of the motor vehicle is suitable for autonomous recharging of the battery. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042966 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a power storage device, a power receiving unit for receiving power for charging the power storage device from an external power supply, an illumination unit for emitting light to the power receiving unit in response to a transistor attaining an on-state, and stopping the emission of light in response to the transistor attaining an off-state, and a microcomputer for controlling the transistor such that the transistor is turned off in response to connection between the external power supply and the power receiving unit, and the transistor is turned on in response to release of the connection between the external power supply and the power receiving unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042967 | Vehicle Charging Arrangement - A vehicle charging arrangement includes a charging station outside of a vehicle, a charging cable, and an electric charging unit of the vehicle. The charging station can be supplied with electric power from an external alternating-current network. The charging cable is electrically connected to the charging station or can be electrically connected to the charging station. The charging cable can be electrically connected to the electric charging unit by way of a plug-and-socket connection. The charging station has six electric taps, and the charging cable has six electric lines. In order to charge the electric energy storage device, the six electric taps of the charging station are connected in the same configuration with the six electric lines of the charging cable, and the six electric lines of the charging cable are connected in the same configuration with at least four electric contacts of the electric charging unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042968 | CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGING METHOD - A charging device for charging a battery ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140042969 | MULTI-SOURCE POWER ADAPTER - A multi-source power adapter includes multiple adapter interfaces for connecting the charger unit or another electronic device to a power source, such as a standard power outlet, a car charger port, an airplane charger port, or a USB interface. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-source adapter unit provides an all-in-one charger adapter in a compact, lightweight unit. The charger adapter includes a body enclosing electrical connections; a wall plug interface operatively connected in the body and configured for insertion into a wall socket; a car charger interface formed on the body and configured for connection into a car socket; and a power output port formed in the body, and connected with the wall plug interface and with the car charger interface via the electrical connections enclosed in the body. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042970 | INTEGRATED CHARGER SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an integrated charger system that has a construction cordless power tools battery pack and a charger system that is directly, electrically, and mechanically integrated within the construction cordless power tools battery pack to charge an electronic device. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042971 | TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING META-STRUCTURE - A terminal device includes a housing, a communication antenna installed in a first region in the housing and configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves, an agglomerative meta-structure installed in a second region spaced from the first region in the housing and configured to agglomerate the electromagnetic waves received from the communication antenna, and a recycling unit configured to convert the electromagnetic waves agglomerated by the agglomerative meta-structure to effective power. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042972 | CELL BALANCING CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK HAVING THE SAME - A cell balancing circuit includes a plurality of battery cells coupled in series, balancing switches, each balancing switch being coupled in parallel to a respective battery cell, balancing resistors, each balancing resistor being coupled in series to the respective battery cell, a balancing controller that individually controls the balancing switches such that the battery cells are discharged through the balancing resistors, and positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements, each PTC element being positioned adjacent to a respective balancing resistor and electrically coupled to the respective balancing switch coupled in series to the respective balancing resistor | 2014-02-13 |
20140042973 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electric storage device includes an assembled battery including a plurality of electric cells connected in series; an assembled battery control unit that estimates internal resistances of the plurality of electric cells, or a magnitude relationship of the internal resistances of the plurality of electric cells; an assembled battery control unit that calculates such a discharge quantity that an SOC after the electric cells have been discharged becomes lower as the internal resistance of the electric cells, which is estimated by the assembled battery control unit, is larger, or as the magnitude relationship of the internal resistances of the electric cells is estimated to be larger by the assembled battery control unit, for each of the electric cells; and electric cell control units that discharge each of the plurality of electric cells on the basis of the discharge quantity calculated by the assembled battery control unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042974 | DETACHABLE BATTERY MODULE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CHARGE EQUALIZATION OF A BATTERY STRING USING SAME - Provided are a detachable battery module and a charge equalization method and apparatus for a battery string. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the charge equalization apparatus are modularized by being divided into the master unit and the slave unit, such that the charge equalization apparatus may be expanded and contracted independent of the number of batteries, the circuits are separated for each module, such that the circuits may be easily implemented, and when the circuits are damaged, only the damaged module is replaced, such that the effective countermeasure may be performed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042975 | UNDERWATER CHARGING STATION - A submersible power supply apparatus provides the ability to provide power for recharging batteries used to operate underwater vehicles, manned and unmanned. A battery charging station apparatus containing at least one modular reserve battery magazine with a plurality of compartments is provided. A plurality of reserve battery modules may be respectively provided in the plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of reserve battery modules being configured to provide power when a reserve battery provided therein is activated. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042976 | CHARGING METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CHARGING CURRENT - Disclosed herein is a charging method for adjusting the charging current. The charging method includes the following steps: reading a present number of times of charging/discharging cycle and a rated number of times of charging/discharging cycle by a charging system; computing a charging/discharging ratio between the present number of times of charging/discharging cycle and the rated number of times of charging/discharging cycle by the charging system; generating a current drop ratio from a function of the charging/discharging ratio and a percent charging current by the charging system, wherein the current drop ratio is in a range of 0 to 1; and the charging system adjusting the charging current of a rechargeable battery based on the current drop ratio. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042977 | BATTERY PACK, CELL BALANCING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE BATTERY PACK - A method and battery management system performing cell balancing for a battery pack includes measuring a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack, selecting one of the plurality of battery cells as a battery cell subject to cell balancing based on the measured voltages, selecting one of a plurality of resistors as a resistor on which cell balancing is performed, and outputting the voltage of the battery cell subject to cell balancing from a multiplexer that receives the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells to the resistor on which cell balancing is performed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042978 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSTRUCTING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, there is provided a charge-discharge instructing apparatus. The apparatus includes: an acquiring module configured to acquire specific information and location information for each of a plurality of battery energy storage systems, wherein the specific information represents an electrical characteristic of a battery of each of the battery energy storage systems, and the location information represents an installation position of each of the battery energy storage systems; a group determining module configured to select some of the battery energy storage systems from among the plurality of battery energy storage systems to make a group composed of the selected battery energy storage systems, based on the specific information and the location information; and a managing module configured to send a charge-discharge control instruction to the battery energy storage systems belonging to the group. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042979 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND METHOD OF CHARGING MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a charge/discharge control device | 2014-02-13 |
20140042980 | System and Method for Balancing Charge Between Battery Cells - Systems and methods for balancing charge of battery cells of a battery pack are disclosed. In one example, battery cell balancing may be improved by balancing battery cells of a battery cell stack simultaneously. The system and method may be particularly useful battery packs that may be constructed with battery cell stacks that vary in a number of series battery cells. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042981 | ADAPTER AND ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An adapter includes a converter unit which increases at least one of voltage and current outputted from a battery pack and supply the increased the voltage and/or the current to a load, and a characteristic detection unit which detects at least one of the voltage outputted from the battery pack, the current outputted from the battery pack, a temperature of the battery pack, a voltage inputted to the load, a current inputted to the load and a temperature of the converter unit. The adapter further includes a control unit configured to control the converter unit to increase each of said at least one of the voltage and the current outputted from the battery pack to a corresponding reference value and perform a control operation of suppressing such increase to prevent an occurrence of over-current or over-discharge based on at least one detection result. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042982 | Monitoring Device and Method for Monitoring the Functional Capability of an Accumulator for Electrical Energy of a Battery and Discharge Device, Battery System and Motor Vehicle - In order to monitor a functional capability of an accumulator for electrical energy of a battery, at least one position sensor is provided which outputs a position signal which is representative of the position of the accumulator. If the duration of an incorrect position exceeds a minimum duration, an incorrect position signal is output by a monitoring device. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042983 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a vehicle including a charge circuit for carrying out external charging to charge a vehicle-mounted battery with a power supply external to the vehicle, a vehicle ECU. determines that there is an impedance error when a state where a reduction width of an input voltage Vin applied to the charge circuit from the power supply external to the vehicle is exceeding a threshold width ΔV continues for a predetermined time, and outputs a first termination instruction to a charger ECU. The charger ECU receiving the first termination instruction causes the charge circuit to stop to terminate external charging. The charger ECU controls the charge circuit such that, when the input voltage Vin falls down to a threshold voltage V1 the current flowing through an external power supply system is reduced to suppress further reduction in the input voltage Vin. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042984 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes first and second power receiving portions that receive first and second powers respectively supplied through two power paths, first and second battery cells that are charged with the first or second power, a first charging path that couples the first power receiving portion to the first battery cell, a second charging path that couples the second power receiving portion to the second battery cell, a third charging path that couples the first charging path to second charging path, and a processor configured to control on-and-off switching of the third charging path in accordance with receiving states of the first and second powers. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042985 | CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD - A charging schedule creation unit creates a charging schedule of a power storage device by an external power supply. A charging control unit executes charging control of the power storage device in accordance with the charging schedule. A condition determination unit turns on a charging continuation flag to be output to the charging control unit when a predetermined charging continuation permitting condition holds in the case where charging is not completed in accordance with the charging schedule. When the charging continuation flag is on, the charging control unit executes charging control such that charging is continued even after a charging end timing in accordance with the charging schedule. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042986 | CHARGING CONTROL METHOD OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - By analyzing consecutive timestamps at which the battery cell is fully charged in two or more previous time intervals, the charging control method utilizes these consecutive timestamps of a sub-section of each time interval as a charging control way to the rechargeable battery in a present time interval. The charging process of the rechargeable battery in corresponding timestamps of the present time interval is limited to a specific proportion of the fully charged capacity of the battery cells. In such way, the rechargeable battery may have fewer chances to be fully charged at some less used time, which substantially increases the life of the battery. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042987 | LIGHTNING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for collecting and/or storing electrical energy in lightning. A specific embodiment provides a lightning energy storage system that includes a lightning rod, a wire, a lightning energy harvester, and a ground rod. The lightning rod is configured to attract lightning and transfer electrical energy. The lightning energy harvester incorporates at least one magnetic capacitor and a switch. The ground rod is connected to the wire. A control signal controls the switch to direct the electrical energy to ground through the ground rod or to direct the electrical energy to charge the magnetic capacitor, in response to a charging state of the magnetic capacitor. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042988 | ADVANCED ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS AND THEIR USE IN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - An ultracapacitor that includes an energy storage cell immersed in an advanced electrolyte system and disposed within a hermetically sealed housing, the cell electrically coupled to a positive contact and a negative contact, wherein the ultracapacitor is configured to output electrical energy within a temperature range between about −40 degrees Celsius to about 210 degrees Celsius. Methods of fabrication and use are provided. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042989 | ELECTROCHEMICAL FLOW CAPACITORS - The present invention generally relates to devices for energy storage technologies, and more particularly to electrochemical flow capacitor systems and applications. Embodiments of this invention provide energy storage devices comprising: a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, and an ion-permeable separator separating the positive and negative electrode current collectors; a positive electrode disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the ion-permeable separator; a negative electrode disposed between the negative electrode current collector and the ion-permeable separator; wherein at least one of the positive and negative electrodes comprises a non-stationary (including moveable or flowable, relative to the current collectors) solid or semi-solid composition comprising supercapacitive particles and an electrolytic solvent; and wherein the electrolytic solvent is substantially free of electrochemically oxidizable or reducible species. In some embodiments, the electrodes are in electrical communication with at least a portion of the respective electrode current collector. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042990 | ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - An alternator has rectifying module groups. The rectifying module groups form a bridge circuit. The rectifying module groups have a load dump protection judgment section for monitoring an output voltage of rectifying module groups. When the monitored output voltage exceeds a first threshold voltage, the load dump protection judgment section provides to a control section an instruction to turn on MOS transistors in a lower arm of the bridge circuit at a time when a predetermined delay time has elapsed. When a second threshold voltage is lower than the first threshold voltage and the monitored output voltage becomes less than the second threshold voltage after the monitored output voltage exceeds the first threshold voltage, the load dump protection judgment section provides to the control circuit an instruction to turn on the MOS transistors in the lower arm after the MOS transistors are turned off during a predetermined time length. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042991 | POWER CONDITIONING AND SAVING DEVICE - Systems and methods are disclosed herein to a power factor adjustor comprising: a power factor measurement unit configured to measure the power factor on an input line to a load and generate a power factor correction signal based on the measured power factor; and a power factor adjustment unit connected to the power factor measurement unit comprising: a fixed capacitor connected in series to a first switching device; and an adjustable element having a variable capacitance connected in parallel to the fixed capacitor and in series to a second switching device, wherein the overall capacitance of the power factor adjustment unit is adjusted by adjusting the capacitance of the adjustable element or by toggling the first and second switching devices in response to the power factor correction signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042992 | PFC SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT, PFC CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND PFC CONTROL METHOD - A PFC signal generation circuit which generates a PFC signal to control a PFC circuit including a first inductor connected to a first switch and a second inductor connected to a second switch includes: a first control signal output circuit that outputs a first PFC signal to turn on the first switch at a zero current detection timing of the first inductor; a timing adjustment circuit that generates a control signal to turn on the second switch after waiting until a target timing, when a zero current detection timing of the second inductor is earlier than the target timing, and to turn on the second switch at a target timing in a subsequent cycle, when it is later than an allowable period from the target timing; and a second control signal output circuit that generates a second PFC signal to turn on the second switch according to a control signal. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042993 | Method and Apparatus of Shunt Control for Multiple Power Converters on a Shared DC Bus - A system for managing shunt utilization among multiple power converters sharing a common DC bus is disclosed. Each power converter includes a shunt device, typically one or more power resistors, configured to dissipate power from the DC bus. The power converter is configured according to an initial set of configuration parameters to selectively connect the shunt device to the DC bus. Each power converter monitors the amount of power being dissipated from the DC bus via the shunt device connected to that power converter and determines a utilization rate for the shunt device. As the utilization rate increases, the configuration parameters are modified to less frequently connect the shunt device to the DC bus. As the utilization rate decreases, the configuration parameters are modified to more frequently connect the shunt device to the DC bus. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042994 | Soft-Start Control Techniques for a Switched-Mode Power Supply - A power supply system including switched-mode power supply circuitry configured to generate a DC output voltage from a DC input voltage and soft-start feedback circuitry configured to control the switched-mode power supply circuitry to generate a predefined output voltage during a soft-start period of operation. The soft-start feedback circuitry includes a controllable current source configured to generate a reference current and a reference voltage, wherein the reference current is based on a difference between the reference voltage and a feedback voltage proportional to the output voltage, and amplifier circuitry configured to compare the feedback voltage with the reference voltage and generate a control signal to control the operation of the switched-mode power supply during a soft-start period of operation. | 2014-02-13 |
20140042995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING BATTERY PACK VOLTAGE - A negative terminal voltage of a cell is changed from a first to a second negative terminal voltage so that a cell voltage is changed from a first to a second output voltage. A differential-mode calibration parameter is calculated based on a difference between the first and second output voltages and a difference between the first and second negative terminal voltages. The negative terminal voltage of the cell is then changed from the first to second negative terminal voltage so that the positive terminal voltage of the cell is changed from a first to a second positive terminal voltage and the output voltage is changed from a third to a fourth output voltage. A common-mode calibration parameter is calculated based on the differential-mode calibration parameter and a difference between the third and fourth output voltages and a difference between the first and second positive terminal voltages. | 2014-02-13 |