48th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150340827 | TERMINAL CRIMPING SYSTEM WITH WIRE ALIGNMENT AID - A terminal crimping system for a crimping machine includes an anvil, a movable ram, an image acquisition device, and a display device. The anvil is located in a crimping zone and configured to receive a terminal thereon. The terminal has a wire crimp barrel configured to receive a wire therein. The ram has crimp tooling configured to crimp the wire crimp barrel of the terminal to the wire during a crimp stroke of the ram. The image acquisition device is configured to be mounted on the crimping machine above the crimping zone. The image acquisition device is positioned to acquire an image of the wire within the wire crimp barrel of the terminal in the crimping zone. The display device is configured to display the image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340828 | Method of Stranded Electrical Wire Connection - A method of stranded electrical wire connection involves stripping the insulation off the ends of stranded wire and inserting a compression member, lined with solder or other low melting fusible material, over the ends of the wire, and applying constant, irreversible ratcheting pressure to the compression member to compress the compression member over each end of the stranded wires. The compressed stranded wires and compression member are inserted into a shrink tube containing adhesive. Heat is applied to the shrink tube to melt the adhesive and fusible material to form a permanent watertight wire connection. The wire connection is also waterproofed by spraying a sealant coating over the shrink tube. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340829 | Beam Reverser Module and Optical Power Amplifier Having Such a Beam Reverser Module - A beam reverser module for an optical power amplifier of a laser arrangement comprises at least one reflecting surface for receiving an incoming laser beam propagating in a first direction and reflecting the incoming laser beam into a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the at least one reflecting surface is a highly reflecting surface of at least one mirror. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340830 | MODE CONVERTER FOR HIGH POWER, HIGHER-ORDER MODE OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS - A mode converter for use with a higher-order mode (HOM)-based fiber amplifiers takes the form of axicon-based configuration that is able to convert high power (tens of mW and higher) optical signals propagating in higher-order mode form into a diffraction-limited beam without experiencing the nonlinear effects (such as self-phase modulation) that are found when using a long-period grating (LPG) to create a diffraction-limited beam by performing mode conversion. The axicon may comprise a bulk optic device, a fiber-based device, or a GRIN-based configuration (where the refractive index profile of the GRIN element is formed to create a diffraction-limited signal). | 2015-11-26 |
20150340831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACHIEVING HIGH BRIGHTNESS INFRARED FIBER PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS AND LIGHT SOURCES - Fiber optic amplification in a spectrum of infrared electromagnetic radiation is achieved by creating a chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber (PCF) structure having a radially varying pitch. A chalcogenide PCF system can be tuned during fabrication of the chalcogenide PCF structure, by controlling, the size of the core, the size of the cladding, and the hole size to pitch ratio of the chalcogenide PCF structure and tuned during exercising of the chalcogenide PCF system with pump laser and signal waves, by changing the wavelength of either the pump laser wave or the signal wave, maximization of nonlinear conversion of the chalcogenide PCF, efficient parametric conversion with low peak power pulses of continuous wave laser sources, and minimization of power penalties and minimization of the need for amplification and regeneration of pulse transmissions over the length of the fiber, based on a dispersion factor. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340832 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND RELATED METHOD - An optical amplifier ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340833 | ENHANCEMENT RESONATOR INCLUDING NON-SPHERICAL MIRRORS - An enhancement resonator ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340834 | METHOD FOR ENERGY DITHER OF A PARTICLE BEAM - A method for applying an energy dither to a charged particle beam in order to vary the wavelength of the charged particle beam. Bunches of charged particle beams are accelerated by cavities that are operated at a harmonic of the bunch repetition rate. One or more secondary radiofrequency accelerator cavities are added near the wiggler after the primary beam transport to apply a fluctuation between individual bunches with a pseudo-random distribution. The secondary radiofrequency accelerator cavities provide fine variations of the beam energy about a nominal operating point. Operating a free electron laser (FEL) with a 1% change in the electron beam energy via the secondary cavity will result in a 2% wavelength variation of the FEL output. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340835 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF MODES IN LASERS - Spatial mode conversion modules are described, with the capability of efficiently transforming a given optical beam profile, at one plane in space into another well-defined optical beam profile at a different plane in space, whose detailed spatial features and symmetry properties can, in general, differ significantly. The modules are comprised of passive, high-efficiency, low-loss diffractive optical elements, combined with Fourier transform optics. Design rules are described that employ phase retrieval techniques and associated algorithms to determine the necessary profiles of the diffractive optical components. System augmentations are described that utilize real-time adaptive optical techniques for enhanced performance as well as power scaling. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340836 | LASER OSCILLATOR PROVIDED WITH BLOWER - A laser oscillator which can estimate the rotation speed of a blower in an idle state at cheaper cost and higher precision. The laser oscillator is comprised of a resonator part, laser medium flow path, blower, drive part, controller, manometer which measures the pressure of the laser medium at a predetermined position of the laser medium flow path, and rotation speed estimating part which uses the pressure of the laser medium which is measured by the manometer and a predetermined relationship between the pressure of the laser medium and the blower rotation speed at a certain position as the basis to estimate the rotation speed of the blower. The controller controls the drive part so as to restart operation of the blower at the rotation speed which is estimated by the rotation speed estimating part when the power supply to the blower is stopped and the blower is idling. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340837 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING WAVELENGTH OF LASER BEAM AND LASER APPARATUS - There is provided a method of controlling the wavelength of a laser beam. The method includes measuring an absolute wavelength of the laser beam; calculating a difference between a reference wavelength and the absolute wavelength of the laser beam; and adjusting the reference wavelength of the laser beam based on the difference between the reference wavelength and the absolute wavelength of the laser beam, at an interval shorter than an interval for which the absolute wavelength of the laser beam is measured. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340838 | LASER APPARATUS AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM - There may be included: a master oscillator configured to output pulsed laser light; two or more power amplifiers disposed in an optical path of the pulsed laser light to amplify the pulsed laser light; and an optical isolator provided between adjacent two of the power amplifiers in the optical path of the pulsed laser light, and configured to suppress transmission of light traveling from the power amplifiers to a side where the master oscillator is provided. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340839 | LASER MODULE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A laser module control circuit comprises a laser module circuit, wherein the laser module circuit is connected in parallel with a first control sub-circuit and a second control sub-circuit, with a first triode arranged in the first control sub-circuit and a second triode arranged in the second control sub-circuit, while the collector electrode of the first and second triodes is connected with the laser module circuit. The base electrode thereof is connected with the CPU, and the emitter electrode thereof is connected to the ground. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340840 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - Provided is a semiconductor laser which has a low operating current and stably oscillates even for high-temperature output. The semiconductor laser is provided with a substrate ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340841 | LASER ARRAYS FOR VARIABLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES - A VCSEL array device formed of an array of raised VCSELs on an electrical contact and raised inactive regions connected to the electrical contact. The VCSELs can be physically and/or electrically organized to improve power or speed, or in phase and in parallel. The VCSELs and inactive regions are positioned between the electrical contact and an electrical waveguide. The VCSELs may be separated into subarrays and each VCSEL may be covered with an integrated or bonded microlens for directing beams of light without external lenses. The VCSELs may also be electrically selected to form two or more groups, with beams of light from each group have unique divergences, unique power or unique optical power, and each beam of light in a group forming a spot at a point on a line, on the same optical axis, or as part of a pattern. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340842 | SPARK PLUG, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A spark plug includes a ceramic insulator having an engagement portion, and a metallic shell provided around the ceramic insulator and having a protrusion. The protrusion has a diameter-decreasing portion, which seats on the engagement portion via an annular seat packing. On a cross section including an axial line, θs>θp is satisfied, where θp represents an acute angle (°) between a straight line orthogonal to the axial line and the contour of the engagement portion, and θs represents an acute angle (°) between a straight line orthogonal to the axial line and the contour of the diameter-decreasing portion. In the aforementioned cross section, Hvo>Hvi is satisfied, where Hvo represents the Vickers hardness (Hv) of the seat packing at the midpoint of a first line segment, and Hvi represents the Vickers hardness (Hv) of the seat packing at the midpoint of a second line segment. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340843 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug includes a portion from a position at a distance of 0.1 mm from a base end to a distal end that is categorizable into a high hardness portion and a low hardness portion using a hardness distribution of a ground electrode, the high hardness portion being a portion from the position at a distance of 0.1 mm from a base end to a position at a distance of 0.1×n (mm) from a base end, the low hardness portion being a portion from a position at a distance of 0.1×(n+1) (mm) from the base end to the distal end, where “n” is a natural number. The low hardness portion includes a portion that has a largest curvature in the ground electrode. A highest hardness of the low hardness portion is lower than a lowest hardness of the high hardness portion. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340844 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND SPARK PLUG - An electrode material for at least one of a center electrode ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340845 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug having an insulator, a metallic shell disposed around the insulator, a first ground electrode having a first surface facing a side surface of a center electrode in a radial direction so as to form a first gap, and a second ground electrode having a second surface facing the side surface of the center electrode in the radial direction so as to form a second gap. A relation 60°≦θ≦150° is satisfied, where θ is a smaller one of angles formed between a first line connecting an axial line of the center electrode and the center of the first surface and a second line connecting the axis and a center of the second surface when viewed from a forward end side toward a rear end side in the direction of the axis. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340846 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SPARK VOLTAGE - A detection system for determining spark voltage of a spark plug in a capacitive discharge ignition system is disclosed. The detection system may have a sensor circuit configured to detect occurrence of a spark by measuring a voltage on a low side of a primary coil. The detection system may also have an electronic control unit connected to the sensor circuit. The electronic control unit may be configured to receive a signal from the sensor circuit indicating that the voltage exceeded a threshold. The electronic control unit may be further configured to determine a spark time based on the signal, and determine a spark voltage based on the spark time. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340847 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SPARK PLUG - A manufacturing method for manufacturing a spark plug including a rod-shaped center electrode extending in an axial direction, an insulator having a tubular shape having an axial hole and holding the center electrode in the axial hole, a metal shell having a tubular shape having an end surface and an inner peripheral surface, a gap being formed between a leading end side of the insulator and the inner peripheral surface, and a ground electrode welded to the end surface, the manufacturing method including welding the ground electrode to the end surface, and removing welding sag, which is formed inside the metal shell by the welding, by causing a tip end portion of a linear member to come into contact with the welding sag while rotating a tool in which a base end portion of the linear member is fixed. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340848 | CURING MATERIAL, WIRE HARNESS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A curing material, having a solubility parameter of 9.4 or more, contains at least a chain transfer agent that contains a compound containing a polyether structure and two or more urethane bonds or two or more urea bonds in a molecule, and a metal-containing compound. A wire harness is manufactured by supplying the curing material to a conductor exposed portion of a wire bundle including a plurality of bundled insulated wires each having a conductor covered with a covering material made of an insulating body, the conductor exposed portion being formed by removing a part of the covering material of the wire bundle to expose the conductor inside; and curing the curing material by irradiating light in a state in which a surface of the curing material is covered with a protective member formed from a resin containing a plasticizer and having light transmissivity, thereby forming a waterproof portion. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340849 | MANUAL CABLE CUTTER - A manual cable cutter in which a fulcrum of at least one handle is set to a projecting piece provided to a cutting blade connected to the other handle; a middle portion of the one handle and a rear end portion of the cutting blade are connected through a slider mechanism, and a point of the connection is set as an action point of the handle; an angle between the fulcrum of the handle, and a contact point between the cutting blades is set in an appropriate range; and a ratio among a length between the center of the support shaft and the fulcrum of the handle, a length between the fulcrum and the action point of the handle, and a length between the action point of the handle and the center of the support shaft is set in an appropriate range. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340850 | 7-Way Crab Joint - An apparatus and method for interconnecting mains cables used for underground secondary low-voltage AC network systems utilizing an improved crab joint connector arranged to maximize the number of interconnections in a compact design wherein the plurality of legs are arranged in a rectangle configuration and a single bus leg is positioned at an end of an insulated housing. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340851 | Manufacturing Process of Molding Stress Control Module for Cross-Linked Polyethylene Insulation Cable Body Terminal - The present invention discloses a manufacturing process for a termination injection molding stress control module for cross-linked polyethylene insulated cable body, which comprises the steps of melting and cross-linking a cable factory insulation layer and a filling insulation; melting and cross-linking the cable factory semiconducting layer and a filling semiconducting layer; and melting and cross-linking the filling insulation and the filling semiconducting layer. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340852 | WIRING HARNESS INSTALLATION GUIDE DEVICE - A guide device ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340853 | INLET FUNNEL FOR CABLE TERMINAL - The present invention provides an inlet funnel ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340854 | SAFETY SWITCHING DEVICE WITH A SAFE POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A safety switching device for an automated installation includes a power supply unit for providing at least one operating voltage for the device. The power supply unit receives an input voltage via a feed line and provides a defined output voltage on an output side. Electrical supply to the power supply unit is interrupted if an instantaneous output voltage is higher than the defined output voltage. The interruption is achieved by first and second switching elements arranged in series and connecting the input of the power supply unit to ground, and by an interrupter element in the feed line. The interrupter element triggers when both the first and the second switching elements are in a closed, low-impedance state. A reference point between the first and the second switching elements has a voltage value that corresponds to a first expectation value when the first switching element is in the closed, low-impedance state and the second switching element is in an open state, and corresponds to a second expectation value when the first switching element is in the open state and the second switching element is in the closed, low-impedance state. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340855 | ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTION DEVICE - An electric-wire protection device protects at least one electric wire among an electric-wire bundle that bundles a plurality of electric wires that are used to supply power to a plurality of loads from a power source Ba. Calculation circuit calculates an increased temperature of the electric wire from an initial temperature at the time that the estimate begins, based on a load current Is that has been detected and a thermal characteristic of the electric wire, and estimates the temperature of the electric wire by adding the increased temperature to the initial temperature. Current flow information supply portion supplies to the calculation circuit current flow information related to current flow to a load other than a subject load. Calculation circuit corrects the initial temperature by a correction value that corresponds to the current flow information that exists at the time the estimate begins. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340856 | ACTIVE ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A high-voltage gate driver circuit configured to drive a high-side power switch and a low-side power switch includes an active dv/dt triggered ESD protection circuit coupled between a protected node and a power rail node. The active dv/dt triggered ESD protection circuit includes a dv/dt circuit controlling an ESD protection transistor connected between the protected node and the power rail node. The ESD protection transistor is turned on when an ESD event occurs at the protected node to conduct ESD current from the protected node to the power rail node. The dv/dt circuit is charged up after a time constant to disable the ESD protection transistor. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340857 | Thermal Protection Device - According to one aspect, a thermal protection device is provided having an electrical input for receiving input DC power and an electrical output for connection to a load. A heating circuit is coupled to the electrical input for developing one of first and second different heat magnitudes depending upon a temperature magnitude in the housing. An additional circuit is in thermal communication with the heating circuit for providing output DC power to the electrical output when the first heat magnitude is developed and for interrupting the output DC power when the second heat magnitude is developed. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUENCH PROTECTION OF A CRYO-FREE SUPER CONDUCTING MAGNET - A system including a first sealed housing with a first pressure and a second sealed housing with a second pressure. The first pressure is higher than the second pressure. The first sealed housing contains a predetermined gas and the second sealed housing contains a superconducting magnet. A sensor within the second housing monitors a voltage of parts of the magnet. When a processor determines a quenching event as a function of the monitored voltage, the processor actuates a valve that sealably connects the first and second housings. When the valve is in a first position, the first and second housings are sealed off from each other. When the valve is in a second position, the predetermined gas flows from the first housing into the second housing until a third pressure within the second housing is reached. The system can be used for protecting a cryo-free superconducting magnet. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340859 | METHOD OF FAULT CLEARANCE - There is a method of fault clearance for a voltage source converter that interconnects a DC network and an AC network. The voltage source converter is connected to the DC network via one or more DC circuit interruption devices. The method comprises the steps of: (a) detecting a fault in the DC network; (b) carrying out a primary protection sequence, wherein the step of carrying out the primary protection sequence involves carrying out a first sub-sequence that includes the steps of: i. opening the or each DC circuit interruption device, ii. setting a DC power order of the voltage source converter to zero, iii. controlling the voltage source converter to exchange re-circuit breaker active power with the AC network. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340860 | SUBSEA POWER TRANSMISSION - A power transmission and distribution system includes a supplying side having a current source and a receiving side. The receiving side includes a modular converter with plurality of direct current (DC)-alternating current (AC) current source converters connected in series with the current source and a plurality of AC-DC rectifiers connected in parallel to supply power to a multiplicity of loads. Each of the DC-AC current source converters supply power to a corresponding AC-DC rectifier and includes a plurality of reverse blocking fully controllable switches having bidirectional voltage blocking capability. Furthermore, a current from the current source flows in at least one reverse blocking fully controllable switch at any instant. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340861 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device capable of determining an operating voltage of an electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed power supply device may include a connecting unit used by the electronic device to electrically couple to the power supply device, a voltage converting unit for receiving a first voltage and converting the first voltage to a second voltage and a third voltage, a control unit connected to the connecting unit for detecting the operating voltage of the electronic device by the connecting unit and outputting a control signal based on the detected operating voltage, and a selecting unit connected to the voltage converting unit, the connecting unit, and the control unit, for receiving the control signal, the second voltage, and the third voltage before selectively outputting either the second voltage or the third voltage depending on the control signal to the electronic device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340862 | CONTROL COMMAND APPARATUS, POWER SYSTEM CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL COMMAND METHOD - A control command apparatus in a power system selecting a measuring apparatus according to a power system state, includes: a measuring apparatus extraction unit ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340863 | Systems and Methods for Optimal Power Flow on a Radial Network - Node controllers and power distribution networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable distributed power control. One embodiment includes a node controller including a distributed power control application; a plurality of node operating parameters describing the operating parameter of a node and a set of at least one node selected from the group consisting of an ancestor node and at least one child node; wherein send node operating parameters to nodes in the set of at least one node; receive operating parameters from the nodes in the set of at least one node; calculate a plurality of updated node operating parameters using an iterative process to determine the updated node operating parameters using the node operating parameters that describe the operating parameters of the node and the set of at least one node, where the iterative process involves evaluation of a closed form solution; and adjust node operating parameters. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340864 | UPS SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING COORDINATED STATIC SWITCH AND INVERTER OPERATION FOR GENERATOR WALK-IN - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340865 | Power control - A novel power allocation method, as early as in the procurement of electricity, takes account of network congestion and simultaneously enables logical and physical separation of network control and power allocation. An allocation component and a network monitoring component separately from one another detect tasks relating to the allocation of power and via predetermined interfaces exchange information or intermediate states relating to the allocation before the allocation is actually implemented for power control. This enables adaptive power control of power sources and consumer units and the flexible implementation of a plurality of requirements of a modern power distribution network. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340866 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system has a plurality of power generating devices and a plurality of power consuming devices. The power generating devices and the power consuming devices are interconnected by a power transmission network. At least one of the power generating devices or at least one of the power consuming devices has a control device which is suitable, in an event of a change of a network frequency of the power transmission network, to at least temporarily vary a power output or power consumption of the power generating device or the power consumption device by a power variation value which is proportional to the temporal change of the network frequency of the power transmission network. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340867 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR POWER SHARING - An apparatus and method alternately transmit power from a first active power factor corrector ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340868 | ALTERNATIVE SOURCE MODULE ARRAY CHARACTERIZATION - A system and method for mapping relative positions of a plurality of alternative energy source modules. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a first contribution current into a power grid by a first alternative energy source module of the plurality of alternative energy source modules and determining an output voltage for each of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. The method also includes constructing a data structure of the relative positions of the plurality of alternative energy source modules employing the output voltage for ones of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340869 | METHOD AND INVERTER FOR DISTRIBUTING POWER AMONG A PLURALITY OF DC SOURCES CONNECTED JOINTLY TO A DC VOLTAGE INPUT OF A DC-TO-AC CONVERTER - In order to distribute power over multiple direct current sources which are connected in parallel to an input-side direct voltage intermediate circuit of a DC/AC transformer, at least one of which direct current sources is connected to the direct voltage intermediate circuit via a DC/DC transformer, wherein the DC/DC transformer can be actuated to change the power fed into the direct voltage intermediate circuit by the direct current source, the power levels of the direct current sources are decreased differently in a decreased operating mode of the DC/AC transformer in which the power of the DC/AC transformer is decreased compared to the sum of the maximum power levels available from all the direct current sources, and by actuating at least the one DC/DC transformer via which the at least one direct current source is connected to the direct voltage intermediate circuit, variation in the power levels of at least one other direct current source is compensated dynamically. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340870 | Method for Regulating a Power Supply System - A method provides closed-loop control for an entire power supply system which has three supply levels each considered to be a separate regulatory unit and controlled independently of the other supply levels. An interface between two respective regulatory units is defined by control of the active power and reactive power transmitted between the two regulatory units. Appropriate control of the active power and reactive power transmitted between the regulatory units allows these regulatory units to be isolated from or connected to one another in terms of power. A power supply system is ideally regarded as a chain of separate regulatory units for supplying power. This allows efficient and safe operation and local control of a power supply system to which locally produced power is supplied, for example on different supply levels. In addition, a low number of data items to be interchanged between the supply levels is maintained. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340871 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus supplies, on the basis of a power supply voltage of an alternating-current power supply, a circuit current flowing in a power conversion circuit, and a direct current of a direct-current power supply, a pulse signal for alternately opening and closing a pair of a first switch and a fourth switch and a pair of a second switch and a third switch to the pair of the first switch and the forth switch and the pair of the second switch and the third switch such that an electric current in which a high-frequency component is mixed in a low-frequency component of the alternating-current power supply flows to the power conversion circuit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340872 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PARTS FOR COMBINING POWER DELIVERY AND SIGNALING IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED CONNECTORS - Electrical connector parts for combining power delivery and signaling in inductively coupled connectors are disclosed. According to one aspect, an electrical connector part includes a first mating connector face having disposed thereon a first set of inductors and also includes a mechanical interface that is configured to maintain the first mating connector face in closely spaced apart relation to a second mating conductor face having disposed thereon a second set of inductors. The mechanical interface is designed to prevent DC coupling and provide inductive AC coupling between at least one pair of inductors made up of one inductor from the first set of inductors and one inductor from the second set of inductors. The first set of inductors includes a power inductor of a first size for transferring power and a data inductor of a second size different from the first size for transferring data. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340873 | WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON SWITCHING - A wireless power reception apparatus includes a reception (RX) resonator configured to form a resonance coupling with a first resonance period associated with an envelope of a power to receive the power from a transmission (TX) resonator; a switch controller configured to generate, at intervals of the first resonance period, a control signal to deactivate the RX resonator at an off timing corresponding to a time instant at which a maximum energy is stored in an inductor of the RX resonator; and a switch configured to deactivate the RX resonator in response to the control signal. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340874 | NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A non-contact power supply apparatus includes a first coil, a second coil opposed to the first coil, and a sensor. The sensor includes an insulator, transmitting main antenna parts, transmitting sub antenna parts, a transmitting circuit, receiving main antenna parts, receiving sub antenna parts, and a receiving circuit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340875 | AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE BASED ENVIRONMENT SAFE INTERFERENCE FREE CLOSED LOOP WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFERING/RECEIVING NETWORK WITH HIGHLY FLEXIBLE ACTIVE ADAPTIVE SELF STEERING MULTILEVEL MULTICAST COHERENT ENERGY POWER STREAMS - Ambient intelligence and spatial—computing, filtering & processing based closed loop wireless energy transfer/receive system is a highly flexible design and technique with precise knowledge of environmental users and object to exactly transfer power to scavenging device photo voltaic cell from power source utilising active and adaptive self steering multilevel multicast coherent energy power streams works based on (i) either one or both or network of ambient intelligent systems in environment, power sources and scavenging devices active and precisely sensing & tracking movement, status or change in status of environment & environmental users and objects in real time with its relative direction, dimension, nature, multilayers, range or distance, orientation, position or location, presence and movement of users and objects particularly in Line of Sight [LOS] between power source and scavenging devices thereby correlating with respect to coherent energy power source and power scavenging device; (ii) constant & precisely sensing, tracking and correlating the position, altitude, location, direction, range, orientation, dimension, device type, status of power requirement, status & efficiency of power transfer, state of polarisation, usage and operating modes between and with respect to power scavenging devices photovoltaic cell and coherent energy power source; (iii) actively sensing power sources & scavenging devices proximity environments—nature or property, direction, range and dimension; thereby the ambient intelligent system, power sources and scavenging devices actively communicates with each other to share its status, parameters and interoperate with adaptive closed loop processing algorithm to actively track, compute—power transfer level, polarisation, direction & shaping of beam width, position to self steering & optimising the coherent power streams in 3 dimensional space ultimately to direct coherent energy source [E.g. Light or LASER] with signal processing algorithm ultimately to protects users & other objects by controlling primary & secondary radiation exposure on user, optimise power transfer, precisely transfer power to required devices with right power, adopt the power transfer according to change in environment to continuously transfer power, reduce unnecessary interference, reduce electromagnetic pollution and to save power. Both the power source and scavenging devices comprises of sensor system, communication system, transceiver circuitry, antenna system, processing unit, power transmitter components with source, power receiving components with scavenging devices and power source connected to external power supply. System utilise either single power source or network of power source, In case of network or multiple power source the present system actively interoperates between each other to transfer power to scavenging devices precisely and efficiently. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340876 | PRU SHORT BEACON DETECTION - A device for detecting a short beacon signal includes a power-receiving unit (PRU) to receive the short beacon signal from one or more power-transmitting units (PTUs). An active load level is asserted for detection by the one or more PTUs in response to the short beacon signal. The active load level, once asserted, makes a detectable change in a reflected impedance associated with the PRU as measured by at least one of the one or more PTUs. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340877 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing efficiency optimization of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: performing at least one detection operation according to at least one signal of the electronic device to generate at least one detection result; and selecting a rectifier size of a plurality of rectifier sizes of a configurable rectifier within the electronic device according to the at least one detection result, to control the configurable rectifier to operate with the rectifier size, wherein the configurable rectifier is arranged for performing rectification operations, and the configurable rectifier is configurable to operate with at least one portion of the configurable rectifier being activated. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340878 | POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmitting device according to one embodiment includes a power transmitting antenna, an oscillator, control circuitry, and a communication circuit. The control circuitry sets an initial value of a phase shift amount, causes the oscillator to output preliminary AC power of a voltage corresponding to the initial value, reduces the phase shift amount from the initial value at predetermined time intervals, causes the oscillator to output preliminary AC power of each voltage corresponding to each of the reduced phase shift amounts, fixes the phase shift amount upon activation of control circuitry in the power receiving device upon receipt of a first response signal indicating the activation of the control circuitry in the power receiving device from the power receiving device through the communication circuit, and transmits the AC power while maintaining the voltage corresponding to the fixed phase shift amount. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340879 | POWER PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, MOBILE DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF MOBILE DEVICE - An operating method includes receiving a wireless power signal from a power providing equipment; and transmitting an encoded ID to the power providing equipment, so that the power providing equipment forwards the encoded ID to a server, and the power providing equipment charges a battery of the mobile device by utilizing the wireless power signal according to a charge command provided by the server. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING OPERATIONAL RANGE OF INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION - An inductive power transfer system and methods for controlling efficient operational wireless power transfer to an electrical device. The system includes an inductive power outlet, an inductive power receiver and a signal transfer system communicating power transfer instruction from receiver to outlet, while transferring power from the outlet to the receiver. The present invention relates to wireless power transfer systems and methods incorporating a current limiter activation mechanism to allow power transfer at an extended operational range, providing a technical solution when an inductive power outlet and an inductive power receiver are laterally misaligned. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340881 | POWER RECEIVER, NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RECEIVED-POWER VOLTAGE - A device configured to receive power ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340882 | ADJUSTMENT OF A CAPACITOR CHARGE VOLTAGE - A method, a system, and a control unit for adjusting a charge voltage of a capacitor which is used as a power backup in a system having a required energy level. The method includes adjusting the charge voltage of the capacitor based on a received capacitance value and a received value of the required energy level. The energy level stored in the capacitor is kept essentially constant. The method and system are advantageous in that they extends the lifetime of the capacitor | 2015-11-26 |
20150340883 | CELL CONTROLLER AND BATTERY-MONITORING DEVICE - A cell controller in a battery-monitoring device that monitors an assembled battery having a single cell group or a plurality of cell groups, each made up with a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes: a startup terminal to which a first discharge resistor is connected and a startup voltage is applied; and a cell-balancing unit that executes cell balancing operation in order to adjust charge levels of the plurality of battery cells during a time period through which the startup voltage remains equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage, wherein: the startup voltage is applied for a predetermined length of time by a first timer unit that includes a passive element capable of accumulating electric energy and capable of discharging electric energy to the startup terminal. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340884 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an electric power supply control device for an electric power supply apparatus including a plurality of storage batteries and an electric power generator performing charging of the plurality of storage batteries, the electric power supply control device controlling a parallel connection between the plurality of storage batteries. Voltage adjustment by one of a) charging processing by electric power feeding from the electric power generator to the storage battery having the lowest output voltage among the plurality of storage batteries and b) discharging processing by electric power feeding from the storage battery having the highest output voltage among the plurality of storage batteries to a load circuit connected to the storage battery having the highest output voltage is performed. Parallel connection is performed in a case where output voltage difference between the plurality of storage batteries becomes equal to or less than a previously-determined threshold. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340885 | BATTERY CHARGING METHOD AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THEREFOR - A battery charging method, including obtaining a voltage capacity ratio for a reference charge C-rate and voltage capacity ratios for N (N an integer of 1 or more) charge C-rates greater than the reference charge C-rate, each of the voltage capacity ratios for the reference charge C-rate and the N charge C-rates being defined as a ratio of a voltage variance to a capacity variance depending on a change in state of charge (SOC) of a battery when the battery is charged at a corresponding one of the C-rates, comparing the voltage capacity ratio of the reference charge C-rate with each of the voltage capacity ratios of the N charge C-rates, and then setting a charge C-rate of the N charge C-rates so that a difference in voltage capacity ratio is minimized for each of SOC sections, and charging the battery with the charge C-rates corresponding to the SOC sections. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340886 | BATTERY CELL BALANCING CIRCUIT USING LC SERIAL RESONANCE - The present invention relates to a technology capable of improving the use time of a battery cell by generally or individually controlling charge or discharge with respect to a multi-battery cell by using LC serial resonance in a module with a multi-battery cell structure. To this end, the present invention includes a battery module including a plurality of serially connected battery cells, a serial resonant circuit including serially connected inductor and capacitor and performing a serial resonant function, and first to third switch units that set an electric energy collection path and an electric energy supply path between the battery module and the serial resonant circuit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING MULTI-CELL LITHIUM-BASED BATTERY PACKS - A method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries. In some aspects, a battery charger includes a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, and a controller operable to provide a charging current to the battery pack through the at least one terminal. The battery pack includes a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, with each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having an individual state of charge. The controller is operable to control the charging current being supplied to the battery pack at least in part based on the individual state of charge of at least one battery cell. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340888 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A device comprises a control entity configured to monitor an operation parameter of at least one battery cell of a battery. The device further comprises an interface coupled with a power line of the battery and configured to transceive control data via at least one of load modulation or load demodulation of a power line signal of the power line. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340889 | SMART ENERGY DISTRIBUTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING - A power management system can smartly allocate the available power at a location to support more electric vehicles than would otherwise be possible. Power managers can intelligently allocate that power based on the real-time needs of vehicles. A smart energy distribution system can estimate each vehicle's current charge level and use such information to efficiently provide electric vehicle charging. The system can respond dynamically to vehicle charge levels, current readings, and/or electrical mains readings, allocating more current where it is needed. The charger profiles can include historic charge cycle information, which can be analyzed under a set of heuristics to predict future charging needs. A local electric vehicle charging mesh network can be provided, which transmits data packets among short-range transceivers of multiple power managers. The local electric vehicle charging mesh network can be connected to a remote server via a cellular connection. The power managers and the local electric vehicle charging mesh network can intelligently allocate power to multiple electric vehicles. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340890 | Power Supply with Fast Discharging for Configurable Output Voltage - A universal serial bus (USB) charger provides power to a client device. A USB connector interfaces with a client device and receives a request for the output voltage of the USB charger to be at a specific value. If the requested voltage level is lower than the current output voltage level, the output voltage level is set to the requested level and a bleeder circuit is enabled to discharge the output capacitor of the USB charger. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340891 | Battery Charger - A system wearable on a body part of a user. The system includes an electronic device powered by a primary power source, and a circuitry coupled to the electronic device. The system also includes a removable secondary power source configured to charge the primary power source with secondary power when coupled to the circuitry. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340892 | MOBILE CHARGING TABLE - A mobile charging table and a method of use are configured for ease of mobility and ease of service. The table has a tabletop, a base, a battery powered charging hub, and a battery compartment. The tabletop may be connected to the base by a hinge arrangement permitting tabletop movement between its first and second positions. Movement of the tabletop to its second position exposes an opening of the battery compartment for servicing a battery that supplies power to the charging hub. In the flipped down position, the tabletop extends substantially horizontally to overlie the opening in the battery compartment and to allow user(s) to use the tabletop as a workspace. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340893 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING CURRENT THEREOF - A portable device is provided. The portable device includes a battery unit, a charger circuit, a detecting unit and a processing unit. The charger circuit provides a charging current to charge the battery unit according to an input power and adjusts the charging current to a charging value according to a first control signal. The detecting unit detects and obtains an instantaneous operating current, an instantaneous charging current and a system temperature in the portable device. The processing unit provides the first control signal according to the instantaneous operating current, the instantaneous charging current and the system temperature. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340894 | Power-Supplying Device - A power-supplying device includes a terminal, a rechargeable battery, a first shutdown circuit, and a second shutdown circuit. The terminal is configured to be connected to a power tool. The rechargeable battery is configured to output electrical power to the power tool via the terminal. The first shutdown circuit is positioned at a plus side of the rechargeable battery, the first shutdown circuit being configured to shutdown output of the rechargeable battery. The second shutdown circuit is positioned at a minus side of the rechargeable battery. The second shutdown circuit is configured to shutdown output of the rechargeable battery. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340895 | Portable Electrical Charging Device With Timer Function - A portable electrical charging device has a rechargeable battery, an electrical charge outlet by which said rechargeable battery provides an electrical charge, and a control circuit. The control circuit has a timer function. The control circuit permits an electrical charge to be drawn from the electrical charge outlet for a pre-determined period of time only, by reference to the timer function. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340896 | POWER GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE - A power generation control device is provided for controlling a power generator that charges a battery. The device includes a light-emitting diode having a first terminal connected to the battery, an internal power supply activation circuit that activates an internal power supply circuit, a light-emitting diode drive circuit connected to a second terminal of the light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diode drive circuit drives the light-emitting diode in accordance with a power generation state of the power generator, and an impedance conversion circuit that controls in such a manner that an impedance of the internal power supply activation circuit is higher when the light-emitting diode driven by the light-emitting diode circuit is turned off than when the light-emitting diode is turned on. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340897 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus may include a charger device to obtain information relating to a first battery, and to set a limit of a battery charge current of a second battery based on the obtained information. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340898 | MANAGEMENT OF POWER DELIVERED OVER A PORT - The present application describes power management devices, systems and methods. In an embodiment, a power management controller is configured to: determine that a secondary electronic device requires an amount of power that exceeds a default power threshold defined in a default power scheme; monitor internal power requirements associated with on-board functions of an electronic device and determine that internal power requirements satisfy predetermined criteria; and in response to determining that the secondary electronic device requires an amount of power that exceeds the default power threshold and that the internal power requirements satisfy the predetermined criteria, adjust a power scheme associated with the port and implemented by the power limiter to provide, to the secondary electronic device, an amount of power that exceeds the default power threshold. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340899 | AUTOMATIC BATTERY DISCHARGE TOOL - An assembly for discharging a battery using an adjustable variable resistor. A battery is connected to the assembly. An operating sequence for the connected battery is selected from a plurality of predetermined operating sequences for different batteries. The predetermined operating sequences are presented as a function of a battery characteristic. The selected operating sequence adjusts the resistor and the battery is discharged using the adjusted resistor. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340900 | ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL DEVICE - An electric power control method for an electric power load and an electric power storage device including assigning one of a peak shaving control or other services to at least one of time slots that are divided by a specific time unit, obtaining a consumption power of the electric power load of each of the time slots, determining power-purchase electric power according to the consumption power of each of the time slots, restricting a consumption power of the electric power load at one or more peak slots where the consumption power of the electric power load is more than or equal to a target power-purchase electric power upper limit, restricting the restricted consumption power of the electric power load and discharging the electric power storage device at one or more peak slots if the restricted consumption power of the electric power load is more than or equal to a target power-purchase electric power upper limit and the peak shaving is assigned. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340901 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A VERY LOW VOLTAGE GENERATOR POWERING A BATTERY - The electronic device includes a battery, an electrical energy generator and, between the generator and the battery, an inductive voltage boost converter. The device further includes a circuit for measuring the voltage supplied by the generator which is formed by: a measuring capacitor arranged in parallel with the battery and having a measuring terminal connected to a voltage measuring circuit, a diode located between the inductor output terminal and the measuring terminal, a switch arranged between the measuring terminal and the earth terminal. A control unit is arranged to periodically activate a mode for measuring a voltage at the measuring terminal. The measuring capacitor is selected such that the measuring voltage is much higher than the generator voltage and lower than the battery voltage at a minimum generator voltage allowing charging of the battery. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340902 | COMBINED CHARGER CONNECTOR, CHARGER CABLE DECORATION, AND SPURIOUS EMISSION COMMON-MODE FILTERING COIL - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a filtering coil. In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a connector mated to enable coupling to a user equipment; and an air-core inductive coil coupled to the connector, wherein the air-core inductive coil includes at least one coil configured to attenuate a radio frequency signal emanating from the user equipment and pass at least direct current power signal to the connector. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340903 | Systems and Methods for Power Payment Based on Proximity - Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for charging electronic devices using wireless power delivery systems. The described systems include one or more wireless power transmitters, one or more wireless power receivers and one or more electronic devices. Electronic devices may be able to communicate with wireless power transmitters and wireless power receivers using suitable communications channels. The disclosed systems are capable of associating a wireless power receiver with a customer to deliver power to a customer's device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340904 | SPORT BALL INDUCTIVE CHARGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for inductively charging a sport ball. An embodiment operates by transmitting from a resonant circuit a calibration signal in response to detecting a charging base, and transmitting from the resonant circuit a charging state in response to receiving power at the resonant circuit. Another embodiment operates by transmitting from a resonant circuit a presence signal, receiving at the resonant circuit a calibration signal from a second resonant circuit in response to transmitting the presence signal, and transmitting from the resonant circuit power to the second resonant circuit in response to receiving the calibration signal | 2015-11-26 |
20150340905 | SUN VISOR WITH WIRELESS CHARGING FUNCTION - The present invention provices a sun visor with wireless charging function, which comprises a sun visor body having a charger stand therein; a wireless charging circuit module disposed inside the sun visor body, said wireless charging circuit module including a coil coupled to the charger stand; wherein said charger stand comprises a case and a cover mounted on said case, wherein the case includes a containing space having washers therein. The charger stand has the washers to fix effectively the electronic products to prevent bump on the road, and limits to the position of the electronic products with the positioning convex piece, so as to ensure good connection between the coil of the wireless charging module and the electronic product. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340906 | DETECTION AND PROTECTION OF DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments are directed to detecting and limiting power transfer to non-compliant devices. A method may include detecting one or more non-compliant devices positioned within a charging region of a wireless power transmitter. The method may further include limiting an amount of power delivered to at least one of the one or more non-compliant devices. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340907 | EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE - An emergency power source comprises a housing. A battery pack ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340908 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL - An uninterruptible power supply includes an input to receive an input AC voltage from a power source, an input circuit coupled to the input and configured to provide power factor correction, and a controller coupled to the input circuit. The controller is configured to detect that a reactive current is generated by one or more loads coupled to the power source and the input, and based, at least in part, on the detected reactive current, adjust an operating characteristic of the input circuit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340909 | System and Method for a Self-system Analysis in a Wireless Power Transmission Network - A system and method for a self-system analysis in a wireless power transmission network is disclosed. According to some aspects of this disclosure a wireless power transmission network may include one or more wireless power transmitter managers, one or more wireless power receivers, servers, and clouds within a local network to provide wireless power transfer to electronic devices. Wireless power devices in the network may establish, but is not limited to a WiFi connection to share information among all the wireless power devices in the system. Wireless power transmitter managers may monitor everything that happens in the network. If a problem is detected by the wireless power transmitter manager, an analysis of the issue may be done by any device in the network with a copy of the device database. Then a recommendation may be generated for enhancing the system. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340910 | Enhanced Transmitter for Wireless Power Transmission - An enhanced transmitter for wireless power transmission is disclosed. The transmitter may be able to transmit radio frequency (RF) waves or pockets of energy for charging or powering an electronic device. The transmitter may include antenna element arrangements for receiving RF waves from a plurality of wireless sources and process them using a dedicated RF integrated circuit (RFIC) and set of antenna elements for receiving RF input signals from a plurality of wireless power sources. A digital signal processor (DSP) may be used to control reception using the dedicated RFIC and antenna elements of reception and to control transmission of wireless power selecting the transmitting RFICs and configuration of antenna elements to send RF waves or pockets of energy to a wireless receiver. The frequency of RF waves received may be sampled through a down converter array and line addressing devices to send the signals received to a micro-controller including a proprietary algorithm which control switching and processing necessary for faster and enhanced wireless power transmission, thus improving transmission efficiency. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340911 | System and Method for Generating a Power Receiver Identifier in a Wireless Power Network - Embodiments in the present disclosure may be directed to a system and method that may be used to generate a unique identifier for one or more wireless power devices such as one or more wireless power receivers, wireless power transmitters, GUI management devices, and system management servers among others, within a wireless power network. The method may use automated software embedded on a chip that may run when a wireless power device boots up for the first time. The unique ID may allow easy associations of wireless power devices with user defined names. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340912 | Metal Ribbon Stator and Motor Comprising Same - A stator made from a ribbon of metal having multiple layers of slit metal, and motors made therefrom are described. A ribbon having multiple layers of metal is formed into a stator such as by flattening or pleating the ribbon to form each pole of a stator having a plurality of stator teeth, or poles. The stator formed from the metal ribbon may be configured into any suitable type of motor, such as an axial transverse flu motor. A magnetic flu return may also be made out of metal ribbon. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340913 | LOW-COG PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - A low-cog permanent magnet motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a plurality of bobbins. The bobbins are arranged in a radial pattern. Each of the bobbins forms a pole shoe, and the pole shoes are arranged in a ring shape. The rotor includes an outer sleeve which encloses the stator and includes an even number of permanent magnets attached to an inner wall of the outer sleeve. The permanent magnets are arranged in a ring shape. Each of the pole shoes includes an outer curved surface facing an inner wall of the outer sleeve and includes an inner arc surface opposite to the outer arc surface, and a radius of the outer arc surface is smaller than a radius of the inner arc surface. A cogging torque is reduced by changing a shape of the pole shoe. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340914 | ROTARY MACHINE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The rotary machine includes a rotor rotatably provided and a resin-molded stator. The stator includes a stator core, a coil, and a mold portion. A tooth portion in the stator core includes first and second facing portions. The first facing portion includes a first facing surface where an air gap with the rotor becomes a first distance. The second facing portion is integrated with the first facing portion in the circumferential direction centered at the rotation axis of the rotor, and includes a second facing surface where the air gap becomes a second distance wider than the first distance. The second facing portion includes a groove portion on the second facing surface. The mold portion includes a first mold portion. The first mold portion covers the second facing portion, is provided at the groove portion, and includes a third facing surface where the air gap becomes the first distance. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340915 | VARIABLE MAGNETIC FLUX-TYPE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A variable magnetic flux-type rotary electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator coil wound on teeth. The rotor defines an air gap between the rotor and the stator. The rotor has at least one permanent magnet arranged in the d-axis magnetic path. The stator and the rotor are arranged relative to the permanent magnet to set a characteristic of d(Kt(I))/dI≧0 in a range of at or below magnetic saturation of a core material of at least one of the stator and the rotor, where KT represents a torque constant, and I represents an applied current, and a function of KT with respect to I is represented by KT=Kt(I) for a torque Tr acting on the rotor that is represented by Tr=KT×I. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340916 | MOTOR ROTOR AND POSITIONING RING THEREOF - A motor rotor includes a cylindrical housing, a positioning ring and a plurality of magnets. The cylindrical housing includes a plurality of securing holes. The positioning ring is disposed on the cylindrical housing. The positioning ring is disposed with a plurality of flexible ribs and a plurality of securing ribs disposed corresponding thereto. Each of the flexible ribs is radially pressable. The flexible ribs are disposed in the cylindrical housing, and each of the securing ribs is inserted in a respective corresponding one of the securing holes. The magnets are disposed in the cylindrical housing. Each of the magnets is clamped between the adjacent flexible ribs and is arranged annularly along an inner wall of the cylindrical housing, so as to facilitate assembly. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340917 | ROTOR OF ROTARY MACHINE - A rotor of a rotary machine includes a ring-like fixing member press-fit and fixed to a shaft so as to limit a position of a rotor core in a shaft axial direction and an end plate fixed to an outer peripheral side of the fixing member so as to limit a position of a magnet, embedded in the rotor core, in the shaft axial direction. Influences of a difference in thermal expansion between the shaft and the end plate are lessened by the fixing member. A material is selected so that a value of a coefficient of linear expansion of the fixing member becomes equal to an intermediate value between a coefficient of linear expansion of the shaft made of iron and a coefficient of linear expansion of the end plate made of a non-magnetic body. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340918 | CHAMBER FOR CONDUCTORS OF ELECTRIC MACHINES - The present disclosure relates to a chamber for housing strands of a stator bar for electric machines. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340919 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A terminal block is fixed to a frame holding a stator and in phase with the stator whereas a part of an outside wire is fixed to a case. Hence, a bus bar extracted from a connection plate is welded to the terminal block hardly under the influence of a tolerance caused by integration of components and a tolerance of assembly. Even when a load applied from the outside gives rise to a phase difference between the case and the frame, a tolerance can be absorbed by the outside wire. Accordingly, a load applied to a weld portion of the terminal block and the bus bar can be reduced. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340920 | Rotating Electrical Machine - The rotating electrical machine of the present invention includes a stator coil obtained by curing the impregnating resin injected into the whole stator coil unit after an electrically insulated coil unit with a mica tape having been wrapped around a conductor is slotted into stator iron core slots via a slot liner. The high-heat-resistance resin component of the slot liner contains at least an epoxy resin having 3 or more epoxy groups. The high-heat-resistance resin component of the mica tape contains at least an alicyclic epoxy resin. The impregnating resin contains a bifunctional epoxy resin, and an acid curing agent having one acid anhydride skeleton. With the impregnating resin, the high-heat-resistance resin components of the slot liner and the mica tape form a liner cured portion and a mica insulating layer portion as an integral unit of different resin compositions inside the slot. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340921 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool comprises: a motor configured to drive a tool; a control unit configured to control the motor; a communication board comprising an antenna and a communication circuit, which are configured to establish close-proximity wireless communication with an external communication terminal; and a housing configured to house the motor, the control unit, and the communication board. The housing comprises a grip portion having a hollow space, which is to be gripped by a user. The communication board is arranged inside the grip portion. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340922 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING AIR PURGE FUNCTION - An electric motor includes a rotor which is rotatably supported by a first bearing which is provided at a first end part on an output shaft side and a second bearing which is provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part, a stator which is provided with a winding and which surrounds the rotor, a front housing part which supports the first bearing and which forms a winding accommodation space which accommodates the winding, a rear housing part which supports the second bearing, an air feed port to which pressurized air is fed, and an air flow path which linearly extends from said air feed port to a space surrounding the first bearing and communicates with the winding accommodation space. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340923 | WATERPROOF MOTOR - A waterproof motor includes: a recess ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150340924 | STATOR SEAT OF MOTOR, AND CONNECTOR WATERPROOF STRUCTURE THEREOF - A stator seat of a motor includes a pillow, a connector, a waterproof element and cables. A sleeve is extended from the pillow. A cap covers the pillow and sleeve. A control chamber is formed and enclosed by the cap and pillow. The pillow has a through hole communicated with the control chamber. The connector corresponsive to the through hole is installed in the control chamber and includes a first connecting structure. The waterproof element covers the through hole and includes an annular groove and an O-ring clamped between the waterproof element and pillow, and a second connecting structure. The first and second connecting structures are passed through the through hole. An insertion hole is penetrated through the waterproof element. Each of the cables has an end connected to the connector and the other end passed out from the pillow through the insertion hole and through hole. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340925 | MOTOR STATOR - A motor stator includes a bobbin bracket, a modular mounting bracket, and a modular change box. The bobbin bracket includes a plurality of bobbins circularly disposed in a radial pattern. The modular mounting bracket is disposed on the bobbin bracket. The modular mounting bracket is formed with a first slide structure. The first slide structure is perpendicular to an axial direction of the bobbin bracket. A sensing circuit board is disposed in the modular change box. The modular change box is formed with a second slide structure. The second slide structure is perpendicular to the axial direction of the bobbin bracket and slidably connected into the first slide structure, so as to assemble the modular change box to the modular mounting bracket along a radial direction of the bobbin bracket. | 2015-11-26 |
20150340926 | Gear Motor - A gear motor includes an electric motor, a high ratio hypoid ring and pinion coupled to the motor, and one set of spur gears to couple to and work with the spiroid gear set to transfer power to an output shaft. | 2015-11-26 |