10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130057083 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A high voltage switching device includes a current interruption assembly having at least one vacuum chamber, a fixed contact assembly having a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact positioned inside the vacuum chamber, and first and second movable-contact assemblies including a first movable contact and a second movable contact, respectively. A single mechanism actuates the first and second movable-contact assemblies between a first position and second position. In the first position, the first and second movable contacts are electrically coupled with the first and second fixed contacts, respectively. And in the second position, the first and second moveable contacts are electrically separated the same. The first movable contact and the second movable contact move, along a reference axis, one towards the other or away from the other based on the actuating mechanism. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057084 | HALL PLATE SWITCHING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a hall plate switching system including: a hall plate that generates first hall voltage at both ends of a first node and a third node facing each other and generates second hall voltage at both ends of a second node and a fourth node facing each other; a first switch unit that is connected with the first node and the second node and controls on/off of current flowing in the first node and the second node; a second switch unit that is connected with the third node and the fourth node and controls on/off of current flowing in the third node and the fourth node; and a resistor unit that is connected with the second switch unit and reduces trans-conductance of the first switch unit and the second switch unit. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057085 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH LINEAR MOVER - An electric machine that allows enhancement of thrust of a mover is provided. An electric machine includes a magnetic pole piece array including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces spaced along a permanent magnet array. The magnetic pole pieces are disposed between the permanent magnet array and winding portions in immovable relation with the winding portions. The pitch of permanent magnets and the pitch of magnetic pole pieces are determined such that magnetic flux flows through two of the permanent magnets magnetized in the same direction and located in the permanent magnet array with one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets, and also flows through one of the magnetic pole pieces facing the one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets and magnetized in a direction of magnetization different from the direction of magnetization of the two permanent magnets. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057086 | Magnetic Device - A magnetic device includes at least one stator and at least one translator. The translator is moveable in relation to the stator in a translator moving direction. The translator moves in a direction oriented towards the stator. The at least one stator and the translator are arranged along an axis. The magnetic device includes a control device, the control device includes a device for controlling a distance r≧0 (r being equal to or greater than 0) between the translator and the stator in relation to the force generated between the stator and the translator when the magnetic device is in operation. The translator is movable in relation to the stator in the translator moving direction along a linear translator movement axis. The at least one stator and the translator are oriented along the translator moving axis. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057087 | VIBRATION GENERATING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a vibration generating device including: a stator which includes a bracket, a case which has an inner space and is assembled with the bracket, and magnets which are fixed symmetrically at a lower surface of the bracket and an upper surface of the case; and a vibrator which includes an elastic member which is fixed at central portions of opposite side surfaces of the case to support vertical vibration, a coil which is connected with an inner diameter of the elastic member, yokes which are symmetrically assembled with upper and lower portions of the elastic member, and weight bodies which are assembled with the yokes. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057088 | LINEAR VIBRATOR - There is provided a linear vibrator, including a fixed part having an inner space of a predetermined size formed therein; at least one magnet disposed in the inner space and generating magnetic force; a vibration part including a coil disposed to face the magnet to generate electromagnetic force through interaction therewith, and a mass body; a substrate having one end connected to the vibration part to serve as a free end, and the other end connected to the fixed part to serve as a fixed end; and a connection protrusion formed on the fixed part and inserted into a connection hole formed in the substrate so as to allow the substrate to be fixed to the fixed part. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057089 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a stator, a rotor and brush gear. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft, and rotor windings wound on the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator. The brush gear includes at least two arcuate brushes for making sliding contact with the commutator. The commutator and brush gear are disposed within a space formed in the rotor core to minimize the axial length of the motor. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057090 | METHOD OF FORMING A POWER TOOL - An electric motor for a power tool includes a stator and an armature disposed in the stator. The armature includes a lamination stack having slots therein; an armature shaft extending coaxially through the lamination stack; a plurality of magnet wires wound in the slots of the lamination stack; a commutator disposed on the armature shaft to which ends of the magnet wires are electrically coupled; and thermally conductive plastic at least partially encasing the magnet wires, the thermally conductive plastic having a base polymer that is a blend of at least two polymers. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057091 | SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor having a double rotor structure. An out stator salient pole corresponding to an out rotor salient pole is formed to have an “E” shape by sequentially disposing a main salient pole, a first auxiliary salient pole, and a second auxiliary salient pole and an in stator salient pole corresponding to an in rotor salient pole is formed to have a pi (π) shape by sequentially disposing a first salient pole and a second salient pole, such that a magnetic flux path is reduced, thereby making it possible to prevent the loss of magnetic force. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057092 | ROTORS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES - The present invention relates a rotor assembly for an electrical machine (e.g. motor or generator) where a tuned vibration absorber adapted to provide radial damping is mounted directly to the rotor shaft. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057093 | GENERATOR AND ACCESSORY GEARBOX DEVICE WITH A GENERATOR - The present invention proposes a generator for arrangement on a shaft of an accessory gearbox of an engine with a stator and with a rotor which can be coupled to a shaft of the accessory gearbox of the engine and which is rotatably mounted relative to the stator, where a stator area receiving the stator can be separated from a rotor area receiving the rotor. The rotor can be supplied with cooling medium in the rotor area. It furthermore proposes an accessory gearbox of an engine with a drive shaft operatively connectable to a main shaft of the engine and with at least one generator arranged on a shaft of the accessory gearbox. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057094 | LUBRICATION STRUCTURE OF GENERATOR MOTOR AND GENERATOR MOTOR - A lubrication structure of a generator motor, includes: at least two bearings rotatably supporting an input/output shaft of the generator motor; a gap provided between the two bearings; a cylindrical-shaped bearing attaching member attached to inner peripheral parts of the two bearings; and a through hole penetrating the bearing attaching member outward in a radial direction and opening in a position overlapping with the gap. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057095 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A brushless motor includes a stator having a stator core, a rotor, a circuit board, a board holder for holding the circuit board, a motor housing having a notch at an opening, and a housing cover. The motor housing accommodates the stator, the rotor, and the board holder to which the circuit board is mounted, and the motor housing is sealed with the housing cover. The board holder includes a board mount section, a lead-wire holder for holding lead-wires. The lead-wire holder is placed at the notch of the motor housing. The lead-wires extend from the circuit board mounted to the board mount section to the outside of the motor housing via the lead-wire holder. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057096 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power transmission device for a vehicle is comprised of a motor including a rotor shaft and a stator having an electromagnetic coil; an inverter configured to generate an alternating current, the inverter being connected with the coil to controllably rotate the rotor shaft relative to the stator; a gear set including an input shaft coupled with and rotated by the rotor shaft, an output shaft and gears so meshed as to transmit torque of the input shaft to the output shaft; and a grounding path electrically connecting a part of the gear set with a body of the vehicle, the part being so disposed as to have the input shaft electrically interposed between the part and the rotor shaft. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057097 | Displacement Sensor and a Magnetic Bearing System Using the Same - In a displacement sensor and a magnetic bearing system using the same, the displacement sensor includes: a first coil unit including at least one first coil; a second coil unit including at least one second coil differentially connected to one side of the at least one first coil of the first coil unit; a sensor drive means for supplying a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage having the same drive frequency to the first coil unit and the second coil unit, respectively; and a detection circuit for extracting displacement information from a differential signal produced by the first coil unit and the second coil unit due to a change in inductances of the at least one first coil and the at least one second coil according to a position change of a displacement measurement object. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057098 | SEALED TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR HELIUM SPACE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTOR AND DRIVE DEVICE THEREOF - A sealed transmission device for a helium space of a high temperature gas cooled reactor and a drive device thereof are disclosed. The helium space ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057099 | Three Phase Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Constant Air Gap and Recovery of Inductive Field Energy - A synchronous reluctance motor system is disclosed. The system may generally comprise an input power source that provides alternating phase current and voltage (e.g., AC current). The input power may be further conditioned through a variable voltage conditioner. The system may also include capacitive elements connected in series with the motor windings. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057100 | ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE - An electric rotary machine has a stator, a second rotor, and a first rotor which are arranged in order on a coaxial shaft. The first rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles having a different polarity. The stator has stator winding wires. The second rotor has a magnetic iron core and short circuit conductors. The magnetic iron core has first magnetic passage parts, second magnetic passage parts, and conductor holder parts. Both ends of the short circuit conductor is electrically connected to make a short circuit. The short circuit conductors are fitted to the corresponding conductor holder parts. No short circuit conductor surrounds each of the first magnetic passage parts. The short circuit conductors surround each of the second magnetic passage parts. The first magnetic passage parts and the second magnetic passage parts are alternately arranged along a circumferential direction of the second rotor. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057101 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION - Disclosed herein are embodiments of devices, systems, and methods for converting magnetic energy into one or more other forms of energy, or stated otherwise, for deriving power in a desired format from magnetic energy. In one system, energy provided by a magnetic field of a magnetic source is converted into rotational energy of one or more components of a system. The system can include a magnetic source that is coupled with a rotational component so as to instigate and/or maintain rotation of the component, and is decoupled from the component due at least in part to torque provided by another magnetic source. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057102 | ROTOR AND MOTOR - A rotor includes first and second rotor cores, a field magnet, interpole magnets and holding members. The first and second rotor cores each have claw-like magnetic poles arranged in the circumferential direction in an outer periphery of a core base at even intervals and formed to protrude radially outward. The field magnet is placed between the core bases in the axial direction of the rotor and magnetized in the axial direction to cause the magnetic poles of the first and second rotor cores to function as first and second magnetic poles, respectively. The interpole magnets are each arranged between a circumferentially adjacent pair of the magnetic poles and magnetized in the circumferential direction so as to have the same polarity as the magnetic poles, which are opposed thereto in the circumferential direction. The holding members hold the interpole magnets to restrict radially outward movement of the interpole magnets. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057103 | MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A motor includes a stator having stator cores, a coil wound around the stator cores, and a rotor disposed at an inner side of the plurality of stator cores. The rotor includes a sleeve, a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of bridges arranged to connect the sleeve to each of the plurality of rotor cores, a plurality of permanent magnets provided between the rotor cores to form an interior space with respect to the sleeve while being spaced apart from the sleeve, and a plurality of support protrusions protruding from the sleeve in an outward radial direction of the sleeve to support the plurality of permanent magnets while corresponding to the plurality of permanent magnets, respectively, the plurality of support protrusions being arranged between the bridges while being spaced apart from the bridges in the circumferential direction of the rotor. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057104 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A rotatable assembly that includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a rotor core is described. The rotor core includes a first end, a second end, and at least one inner wall that defines a permanent magnet opening configured to receive at least one permanent magnet of the plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor core further includes at least one bridge positioned between permanent magnet openings, wherein at least a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet of the plurality of permanent magnets generates a first rotor pole of a plurality of rotor poles. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057105 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing an interior permanent magnet motor is described herein. The method includes providing a plurality of permanent magnets and fabricating a ferromagnetic rotor core configured to accept the permanent magnets therein such that the ferromagnetic material utilized to retain the permanent magnets within the rotor core operates to concentrate and steer the flux from one or more of the permanent magnets to a stator tooth. The method also includes positioning the rotor core with the permanent magnets therein with respect to a wound, open slot stator core. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057106 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A manufacturing method of a rotating electric machine according to an embodiment includes forming a stator by selectively attaching any one of a first stator winding and a second stator winding to a stator core, forming a rotor to be arranged on an inner periphery of the stator to face the stator, and arranging the stator and the rotor in a housing. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057107 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a permanent magnet motor is described herein. The method includes fabricating a stator core to have a skew based on a least common multiple of a number of rotor poles and a number of stator teeth, installing windings about teeth of the skewed stator core to generate a wound stator core, and positioning a permanent magnet rotor with respect to the wound stator core. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057108 | SHAFT GROUNDING SYSTEM - Systems for grounding components in a machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: an inner component configured to be connected to a shaft; a ground component configured to be disposed substantially about the inner component, the ground component configured to complement the inner component and substantially define a cavity there between; and a conductive substance disposed within the cavity substantially between the inner component and the ground component, the conductive substance configured to electrically connect the inner component and the ground component. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057109 | BRUSH HOLDER OF SLIP RING - A brush holder of the present invention is formed by a plurality of brush holder units in serial connection. Each brush holder unit includes an insulating base, a brush frame, and two carbon brushes. The insulating base has a protrusion and a recess on opposite sides. The brush frame has a main body received in the recess and two branches projected from opposite ends of the main body. The carbon brushes are provided on the branches of the brush frame. The protrusion of the brush holder unit is inserted into the recess of another brush holder unit to serially connect the brush holder units as well as to secure the brush frame in the recess. Therefore, the brush holder may be formed by serially connecting the brush holder units in a fast and easy way, and it provides a stable signal transmission. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057110 | POWER GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a power generation device having a dielectric body and an electret, where power is generated by varying the distance between the dielectric body and the electret. A first electrode is connected to the electret on a side not facing the dielectric body. The first electrode is connected to a grounding terminal via a load. A second electrode may be connected to the dielectric body on a side not facing the electret. The second electrode may be directly connected to the grounding terminal. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057111 | ENERGY HARVESTER - An energy harvester ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057112 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component comprises an element body, an external electrode, and an insulating resin coating layer. The element body has a pair of end faces opposed to each other, a pair of principal faces extending so as to connect the pair of end faces and opposed to each other, and a pair of side faces extending so as to connect the pair of principal faces and opposed to each other. The external electrode is formed so as to cover at least a partial region of the principal face and/or a partial region of the side face and has a plating layer comprised of Sn or an Sn alloy. The insulating resin coating layer covers at least the portion of the external electrode formed so as to cover the side face. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057113 | ELASTIC WAVE DEVICE - In an elastic wave device that significantly reduces and prevents deterioration of a frequency characteristic without roughening an undersurface of a piezoelectric substrate, a structure is bonded to a surface of a piezoelectric substrate other than a main surface of the piezoelectric substrate on which IDTs are located. The structure is provided so that a path difference is defined between a first component and a second component of a bulk wave that is excited by the IDT and propagates in the piezoelectric substrate toward the bonding surface. The first component of the bulk wave is reflected from the bonding surface. The second component of the bulk wave enters the structure from the bonding surface, propagates in the structure, enters the piezoelectric substrate from the bonding surface, and propagates in the same direction as that of the first component reflected from the bonding surface in the piezoelectric substrate. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057114 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component and Method for Producing a Piezoelectric Multilayer Component - The invention relates to a piezoelectric multilayer component as an intermediate, which comprises a stack of piezoelectric layers arranged on top of one another. The stack comprises an active region having electrode layers arranged between the piezoelectric layers and at least one inactive region, wherein the active region on the end product of the piezoelectric multilayer component is provided for the purpose of deforming when a voltage is applied to the electrode layers. The inactive region contains at least one sacrificial layer which comprises an electrically insulating material and a metal, wherein the metal can diffuse at least partially from the sacrificial layer into the piezoelectric layers of the inactive region by heating the multilayer component. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057115 | VIBRATOR, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VIBRATOR - A vibrator includes a base substrate, a tuning fork type vibrating body, a first vibrating body, a second vibrating body, a first extraction electrode at the one vibration arm portion, a second extraction electrode at the other vibration arm portion, and an input/output port at the base portion. The input/output port is configured to input/output an electric signal to/from each of the first extraction electrode, the second extraction electrode, and the excitation electrodes of the vibration arm portions. The tuning fork type vibrating body is configured to generate a flexural vibration in reverse phase to the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies, so as to absorb the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057116 | SEALED ROTATIONAL OUTPUT UNIT AND SEALED MOTOR ASSEMBLY - Provided with a sealed rotational output unit ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057117 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A plurality of circumferential fins | 2013-03-07 |
20130057118 | ROLLING BEARING HAVING AN INTEGRATED GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF A ROLLING BEARING OF SAID TYPE - A rolling bearing having a permanently excited first generator ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057119 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a detector and a brake. The detector is provided at the counter-load side of a shaft for rotating along with a rotor to drive a predetermined load and detects the rotation position of the shaft. The brake is exchangeably provided at the outer circumferential side of the detector to control the rotation of the shaft. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057120 | HERMETIC ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An object is to provide a hermetic electric compressor that can simplify the installation structure of an internal protector and improve the ease-of-assembly thereof. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057121 | ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE - An electrical rotating machine which includes: a rotor; a stator provided with an armature winding, the rotor and the stator being housed in a housing space formed by a front bracket and a rear bracket; and a rear cover provided with a circumferential side wall and a bottom wall and disposed near the bottom of the rear bracket. The rear cover includes a plurality of engaging openings formed in the circumferential side wall of the rear cover, and steps of the engaging openings each produced by the difference between the diameter of the side wall on the bottom wall side and the diameter of the side wall on the end opening side. The bracket has engaging portions inserted into the corresponding steps for fixing the rear bracket. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057122 | ADJUSTING DRIVE, IN PARTICULAR WINDOW LIFTER DRIVE - The invention relates to an adjusting drive ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057123 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR AND MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a rotor assembly for a motor and a motor including the same, the rotor assembly including: a hub including a magnet electromagnetically interacting with a coil to generate rotational driving force; and a disk mounting part included in the hub and having a disk mounted thereon, wherein contact surfaces of the disk and a contact part that contacts the disk are formed of the same material, have the same roughness, and are coupled to each other. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057124 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing, a support portion, a first movable portion, and a second movable portion. The first movable portion includes a sliding portion supported by one of the housing and the support portion to be rotatable in at least two directions. The second movable portion rotates in a first rotation direction with the first movable portion, and includes a second sliding portion, a first engagement portion, and a second engagement portion. The second sliding portion is supported by the one of the housing and the support portion to be rotatable in the first rotation direction. The first engagement portion engages with the one of the housing and the support portion to limit a rotation range in the first rotation direction. The second engagement portion engages with the first movable portion to limit a rotation range in a second rotation direction. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057125 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL STORAGE BOX - A multifunctional storage box includes an elementary unit composed of two horizontal boards, two vertical boards, and inlaid members inlaid in an end of the elementary unit. Each of the vertical boards comprises first and second board segments connected to each other by a movable connection member. Each of the horizontal and vertical boards has an end forming a groove. Holes are formed in the grooves. The horizontal and vertical boards also form locking holes in communication with the holes. Each of the inlaid members is of a T-shape and has pins each having a retention section. The pins are respectively fit in the holes of the horizontal boards and the vertical boards. Positioning elements are respectively screwed into the locking holes to engage and couple the retention sections of the pin so as to fix the boards together to form a piece of furniture. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057126 | DUAL PURPOSE CASING - Disclosed is a casing for an electronic wireless handheld device defined by a front panel, a rear panel, and a plurality of side panels connecting the front and rear panels wherein, the device is to be received within the casing such that the front and rear exterior surfaces of the device abut the interior surfaces of the front and rear panels respectively. The casing comprises at least one receptacle wherein, each of the at least one receptacle is adapted to receive therewithin at least one accessory of the device and the like. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057127 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE WITH BRACKET FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - An enclosure includes a chassis and a bracket. The chassis includes a bottom panel, a rear panel and a side panel. The rear panel defines a latch hole. Two clamping pieces are located on the side panel. The bracket is engaged between the clamping pieces and includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A second hook and a resilient piece are located on the first sidewall. A first hook is located on the second sidewall. The first hook and the second hook are separately engaged with the two clamping pieces for preventing the bracket from moving along a first direction near to the bottom panel. The resilient piece is engaged in the latch hole to preventing the bracket from moving a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the resilient piece is elastically deformable to disengage from the lath hole. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057128 | Cabinet cable management - A cable management cabinet is improved by separately managing the routing of data copper cables and optical fiber cables within the cabinet. This is accomplished by providing separate cable retaining boxes (CRBs) for data copper cables and optical fiber cables respectively. The CRBs are provided with front openings to facilitate installation and routing of optical fiber cables and data copper cables. The openings may be provided with edge guards to ease ingress/egress of cables through the openings. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057129 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine having a coupling structure configured to economically and strongly couple component parts to each other, the washing machine including a frame forming an exterior, an upper cover coupled to an upper portion of the frame and provided with an opening unit to which a laundry is introduced, an electronic part accommodating plate coupled to an rear portion of the upper cover, and a connection unit provided at the electronic part accommodating plate and extended toward a lower direction from a lower portion of the electronic part accommodating plate. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057130 | GASKET APPLICABLE TO LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS, LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INJECTION MOLD FOR THE SAME - A gasket and a manufacturing method and injection mold for the same are disclosed herein, in which the gasket includes a body composed of an injection molded product made from a thermoplastic elastomer while having a hollow portion and a circumferential portion enclosing a periphery of the hollow portion, and a lip which protrudes from an edge of the circumferential portion toward the hollow portion. The gasket includes a front surface coming into contact with a door when the gasket is installed in a laundry treatment apparatus and a back surface disposed behind the front surface. The back surface of the lip may be formed with an overflow protrusion during molding of the gasket. The overflow protrusion may be molded later than the lip, thereby preventing generation of poor molding at the front surface of the lip. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057131 | DISHWASHER AND BASKET FIXATION APPARATUS - A dishwasher capable of fastening a basket of the dishwasher therein using a fixation member and a basket fixation apparatus of the dishwasher, the dishwasher including a body having an opening, a washing tub provided at an inside the body, a basket disposed at an inside the washing tub to store dishware, a stopper disposed to at least one inner side of the washing tub, and a fixation member configured to prevent the basket from being separated from the body and to be able to move between a stop state that one portion of the fixation member is engaged with the stopper and a release state that the fixation member is moved from the stop state for the basket to be withdrawn from the body. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057132 | Basket Assembly For Dishwasher - A basket assembly for a dishwasher having a wash chamber with upper and lower dish racks that are movable between an interior of the wash chamber and an exterior of the wash chamber. The basket assembly includes a basket body disposed between the upper and lower racks on a slide mechanism, which enables sliding linear movement of the basket body between the interior of the wash chamber and the exterior of the wash chamber independent of movement of the upper rack and the lower rack. In one aspect, the basket body is removable from and attachable within the wash chamber without tooling. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057133 | SERVICE TROLLEY - The invention relates to a service trolley. The service trolley includes a tabletop having at least one stowable wing, wheels attached to the trolley for moving the trolley, and a hot plate integrated into the tabletop. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057134 | DISHWASHER COMPRISING AN AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENING MECHANISM - The present invention relates to a dishwasher ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057135 | Container Having Sliding Support Members For Supporting Dunnage - The present invention provides a container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse that has a body, track assemblies attached to opposite sides of the body, and a plurality of tubular support members extending between the track assemblies. The tubular support members have notches which enable the support members to slide along track assemblies to move the support members. The tubular support members support dunnage for supporting product for storage or shipment. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057136 | SELF-COOLING SCREW BULB-TYPE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION LAMP - A self-cooling screw bulb-type electromagnetic induction lamp comprises a bulb body, an inner tube, amalgam and a coupler, wherein the inner tube is arranged inside the bulb body, and the coupler is arranged inside the inner tube; besides, the lamp further comprises a screw-type lamp cap and a radiating piece, wherein the bulb body is connected on the screw-type lamp cap through the radiating piece, and the coupler is connected with the radiating piece. The disclosure effectively solves the problem that the installation of the electromagnetic induction lamp is incompatible with the conventional lighting fitting, while effectively improving the heat-radiating efficiency and the performances, thereby facilitating the promotion, popularization, application and development of the electromagnetic induction lamp. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057137 | beamshaping optical stack, a light source and a luminaire - A beamshaping optical stack ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057138 | LIGHT-TRANSMITTING METAL ELECTRODE HAVING HYPERFINE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention provides a metal electrode transparent to light. The metal electrode comprises a transparent substrate and a metal electrode layer composed of a metal part and plural openings. The metal electrode layer continues without breaks, and 90% or more of the metal part continues linearly without breaks by the openings in a straight length of not more than ⅓ of the visible wavelength to use in 380 nm to 780 nm. The openings have an average diameter in the range of not less than 10 nm and not more than ⅓ of the wavelength of incident light, and the pitches between the centers of the openings are not less than the average diameter and not more than ½ of the wavelength of incident light. The metal electrode layer has a thickness in the range of not less than 10 nm and not more than 200 nm. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057139 | PHOSPHORS AND WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES UTILIZING THE SAME - Disclosed is a phosphor having a formula of (Sr | 2013-03-07 |
20130057140 | LED LIGHT BULB WITH TRANSLUCENT SPHERICAL DIFFUSER AND REMOTE PHOSPHOR THEREUPON - An LED lamp is disclosed comprising a remote phosphor patch on or near the interior surface of a translucent sphere. The phosphor is illuminated by an adjacent light box containing blue LEDs, located within the lamp below the transmissive phosphor patch or alternatively above a reflective phosphor patch. The reflective patch can be either fully or partially populated with phosphor. Below the light box is an electronics bay, and below that is an Edison screw-in base. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057141 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device comprising a solid state light emitter and a light mixing element, in which at least ten of light emitted by the emitter that enters the mixing element is reflected within the mixing element, and the mixing element is not larger than 16 mm. Also, a lighting device comprising an emitter and a mixing element comprising first and second regions. Also, a lighting device comprising a light emitter and a mixing element, in which a light exit region of the mixing element has a surface area between about 50% to about 300% of a surface area of a light entrance region of the mixing element. Also, a lighting device comprising a light emitter, a mixing element and a light output shaping element which defines an exit aperture having a dimension that is at least three times a largest dimension of the first light mixing element. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057142 | ORGANIC LUMINESCENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Among end portions of a plurality of organic compound layers patterned by photolithography, an end portion in an area that is not located between luminescent elements and that is located in an area covered with a second electrode is formed to have a smaller inclination angle than that of an end portion located between the luminescent elements. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057143 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057144 | FLUORESCENT FLAT PANEL LAMP FOR INCREASED LUMEN OUTPUT - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a fluorescent flat panel lamp. In one aspect, a flat panel lamp is provided. The flat panel lamp includes a substantially flat glass plate. The flat panel lamp further includes a formed plate attached to the substantially flat glass plate. The glass plates are hermetically sealed and define a channel. The channel is configured to hold gas and mercury. The flat panel lamp further includes an electrode at each end of the channel, wherein a ratio of the active area of the channel to a surface area of the electrode is less than 10. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057145 | PLASMA GENERATION DEVICE - A plasma generation device, including: an ionization unit that ionizes gas in a target space; an electromagnetic wave oscillator that oscillates an electromagnetic wave to be radiated to the target space; and an antenna that radiates the electromagnetic wave supplied from the electromagnetic wave oscillator to a gas ionization region in which gas ionized by the ionization unit is provided. The ionization unit ionizes gas and the antenna radiates the electromagnetic wave thereto to generate plasma. A plurality of strong electric field regions are formed around the antenna when the electromagnetic wave is supplied from the electromagnetic wave oscillator. The strong electric field region is a region stronger in electric field than the surrounding area. The ionization unit ionizes gas around the plurality of strong electric field regions, or gas around a plurality of regions in which immediately before strong electric fields come into existence. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057146 | CONCENTRATED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A concentrated light emitting device includes a transparent casing, a printed circuit board in the transparent casing, a drive module and a light emitting element, which is a single element, plural elements arranged alternately or a module, on the printed circuit board. The drive module and the light emitting element are on one or two sides of the printed circuit board, the drive module includes a regulator circuit without electrolytic capacitors and the light emitting element is an LED or an organic LED. The light emitting device is used in a fluorescent lamp of a smaller diameter, like a T5 fluorescent lamp (i.e., a fluorescent lamp of a diameter of ⅝″ or 16 mm). The present invention is capable of matching with an external drive module and providing a dedicated bracket for the external drive module, which can reduce production cost and can be installed more conveniently. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057147 | FUSE FOR A LED FL RETROFIT LAMP, LED FL RETROFIT LAMP, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A LED FL RETROFIT LAMP - Various embodiments provide a fuse for a light emitting diode fluorescent lamp retrofit lamp, the fuse including a first electrical fuse connecting element for the electrical connection to an electric socket connecting element of a socket of the light emitting diode fluorescent lamp retrofit lamp; and a second electrical fuse connecting element for the electrical connection to a driver of the light emitting diode fluorescent lamp retrofit lamp; wherein the first fuse connecting element is designed as a connecting pin which is provided and equipped for a rigid connection to the socket connecting element. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057148 | INSTRUMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An instrument arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The instrument arrangement has an instrument, an instrument lighting for lighting the instrument, and an on-board computer. The on-board computer is configured to make available a settings menu, in which the brightness of the instrument lighting can be set, and at least one further different menu, in which another function can be set. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057149 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEADLIGHT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A headlight of a motor vehicle includes several light emitting devices which are arranged next to each other in at least one direction of the extent of the headlight. When the headlight is switched on, the light emitting devices along at least one direction of the headlight are switched on sequentially. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057150 | AUTOMOTICE LIGHTING SYSTEM - An automotive lighting system ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE A SELF-CONFINED HIGH DENSITY AIR PLASMA - This disclosure relates to methods and devices for generating electron dense air plasmas at atmospheric pressures. In particular, this disclosure relate to self-contained toroidal air plasmas. Methods and apparatuses have been developed for generating atmospheric toroidal air plasmas. The air plasmas are self-confining, can be projected, and do not require additional support equipment once formed. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057152 | LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - Provided is a LED lighting system, including a lighting device driver having a power converter for converting an input voltage into a first DC voltage and outputting a first current having a substantially constant current value; and a LED lighting device assembly connected to the lighting device driver through two contacts. The LED lighting device assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting diode lighting devices having a plurality of lighting device connection bases and a plurality of LED units. The lighting device connection bases are connected in series with each other to allow the LED lighting devices to be connected in series with each other, and the lamp voltage is applied across the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the lighting device connection base and is generated by dividing the first DC voltage, thereby allowing the lamp currents outputted by the lighting device connection bases are substantially equal. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057153 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LAMP - A light-emitting diode lamp is provided. The light-emitting diode lamp includes a light-emitting diode package that includes a light-emitting diode and a circuit substrate on which the light-emitting diode is mounted; a power supply unit that supplies power to the light-emitting diode; a heat radiation member that includes a mounting unit on which the light-emitting diode package is mounted and a cylindrical unit extending from the mounting unit and surrounding the power supply unit to discharge heat generated by the light-emitting diode package; and a heat radiation plastic that surrounds an outer surface of the cylindrical unit. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057154 | Light Dimmer For Fluorescent Lamps And Methods For Use Thereof - A device to control luminosity of a lamp supported by a rapid start ballast, the device including a first terminal and a second terminal configured to be connected in series with the rapid start ballast and the lamp, a current divisor array, in communication with the first terminal and the second terminal, with a plurality of inductors and a commutable element, the commutable element selecting between two current paths employing the plurality of inductors, the commutable element when in a first state selecting a first one of the current paths to provide a higher luminosity setting and when a second state selecting a second one of the current paths to provide a lower luminosity setting, and a transformer in communication with the first terminal and the second terminal configured to provide heating to an electrode of the lamp. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057155 | Method for Supplying Power to Light Sources, Corresponding Power Supply Unit and Light Source - A method for supplying power to a plurality of light generators (CH | 2013-03-07 |
20130057156 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) SYSTEM HAVING LIGHTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A light emitting diode (LED) system includes one or more light emitting diodes (LED), or other lighting devices, configured to provide lighting in an area, and a wireless control system configured to control the light emitting diodes (LED). The wireless control system includes at least one transmitter/receiver device in signal communication with the light emitting diode (LED), and a wireless control device operable by a user, configured to send input signals to the transmitter/receiver device for controlling the light emitting diode (LED), and to receive output signals from the transmitter/receiver device for indicating a status of the light emitting diodes (LED). | 2013-03-07 |
20130057157 | Lighting System - A lighting system uses interior and exterior light sensors for detecting lighting level and colour. A lighting unit has a controlled colour and intensity so that a colour match zone can be defined where the interior space lighting has colour temperature based on the exterior lighting conditions. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057158 | GPS-BASED STREETLIGHT WIRELESS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling a streetlight is provided. GPS data is required from a GPS coupled to a process of the streetlight. A geographic location of the streetlight is determined from the received GPS data. A real local time is determined from the GPS data and a sunrise and sunset time associated with the geographic location can then be determined. The on and off state of one or more LED lighting modules of the streetlight can then be controlled upon the determined sunrise and sunset times. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057159 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-view display device comprises a pixellated display panel and a backlight comprising an arrangement of light sources ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057160 | LED Device with Power Removal Detection and Method for Using the Same - An LED lamp is placed in service on an automotive vehicle to enhance nighttime visual ability or anywhere where increased lighting is needed. The LED lamp utilizes a multi-stage power and control design, where the LED drive current is managed by an LED constant current controller that is coupled to a microprocessor that commands the intensity value of an LED array. The microprocessor manages the light intensity of the LED array using well known pulse-width modulation control methods. The microprocessor measures the voltage of the DC power source and to detect when DC power is removed. Once this detection has occurred, the microprocessor signals the LED current controller to change the current operational mode being delivered to the LED array to the next available operational mode, or alternatively, to the next appropriate operational mode to be used as determined by software stored within the microprocessor. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057161 | Pulse Output Circuit, Shift Register and Display Device - A pulse is input to first and second TFTs to turn ON the first and second TFTs so that the potential of a node α rises. When the potential of the node α reaches (VDD−VthN), the node α enters a floating state. Accordingly, a third TFT then turns ON, and potential of an output node rises as a clock signal reaches the level H. On the other hand, potential of a gate electrode of the third TFT further rises due to an operation of capacitance as the potential of the output node rises, so that the potential of the output node would be higher than (VDD+VthN). Thus, the potential of the output node rises to VDD without voltage drop caused by a threshold of the third TFT. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057162 | Circuit arrangement for operating at least one discharge lamp and at least one LED - The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating at least one discharge lamp (FL | 2013-03-07 |
20130057163 | REGULATOR FOR LED LIGHTING COLOR MIXING - A system includes a first light emitting diode configured to produce light of a first color and a second light emitting diode configured to produce light of a second color. A constant current circuit is configured to provide a first current, wherein (i) the first current is approximately constant, (ii) a first portion of the first current flows through the second light emitting diode, and (iii) a remaining portion of the first current flows through the first light emitting diode. A current regulating circuit is configured to control the first portion of the first current flowing through the second light emitting diode. The current regulating circuit is connected in series with the second light emitting diode, the constant current circuit, and a reference potential. The first light emitting diode is connected in series directly between the constant current circuit and the reference potential. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057164 | Inductive Electronic Module and Usage of Such - An inductive electronic module comprises a planar core element having an inner limb and at least two lateral limbs, to which winding arrangements are assigned for forming a transformer. First and second partial windings are formed on first and second of the lateral limbs such that a resulting magnetic flux of the first planar winding arrangement is cancelled in the inner limb and the second planar winding arrangement is magnetically decoupled from the first planar winding arrangement on the inner limb. The inner limb has a first core section for interacting with the second planar winding arrangement and a second core section spaced from the first core section on the core element. The second core section interacts with an additional planar winding arrangement, which forms a series connection with the second planar winding arrangement. The second core section implements a magnetically active air gap for the additional planar winding arrangement. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057165 | LED CONTROL DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an LED control device and a liquid crystal display apparatus, wherein energy loss or noise (humming sound) to be generated upon switching the control of power supplying from a power supply device to a plurality of LED groups, between constant current control and constant voltage control, can be alleviated. In a configuration wherein power to be supplied from one power supply device, to which a plurality of LED groups are connected in parallel, is controlled with constant current control wherein the voltage at the end section at the cathode side of the LED group to be turned on is to be maintained at a predetermined first voltage value, when at least one of the LED groups is to be turned on, and controlled with constant voltage control wherein the voltage at the end sections at the anode side of the LED groups is to be maintained at a predetermined second voltage value, when all the LED groups are to be turned off, a phase difference of 2π/n (n is the number of LED groups) is made to be generated between PWM signals corresponding to each of the LED groups. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057166 | LED Backlight Driving Method, Liquid Crystal Display Device and LED Backlight Driving Circuit - The present invention discloses a LED backlight driving method, a LCD device and a LED backlight driving circuit, wherein the LED backlight driving method comprises the following steps: regulating the current of each LED string so that the voltages of all LED strings are equal; and regulating the duty cycle of the current of the corresponding LED string so that the effective value of the current of each LED string meets the preset requirement of brightness. The present invention solves the problem of consumption caused by voltage difference by regulating the current through the current regulation module to ensure that the voltages of all the LED strings are equal, and ensures the brightness consistency by regulating the duty cycle through the duty-cycle regulation module so that the effective value of the currents of all the LED strings are equal. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057167 | DAMPER CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHED DIMMING - A power converter includes dimmer circuit, a rectifier circuit, and a thyristor damper circuit. The dimmer circuit provides a dimmer voltage in response to an input voltage. The rectifier circuit provides a rectified voltage in response to the dimmer voltage. The thyristor damper circuit dampens an input current associated with the rectified voltage based on the input current and ceases dampening the rectified voltage based on the rectified voltage. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057168 | Lighting Systems - A power adaptor for a solid state light source is disclosed. The power adaptor comprises an input ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057169 | FLICKERING SUPPRESSOR SYSTEM FOR A DIMMABLE LED LIGHT BULB - A flicker suppression system for a dimmable LED bulb. In one embodiment, the system includes a rectifier circuit having input terminals and output terminals. The rectifier circuit is configured to rectify a line voltage to generate a rectified voltage at its output terminals. A resistor and switch are also included and coupled in series. A switch control circuit is directly coupled between the output terminals and configured to control the switch only as a function of the rectified voltage. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057170 | AC/DC CONVERTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE PFC, A CONTROLLER THERFOR, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTOLLER - A method of controller an AC/DC to converter is disclosed, the converter having a power factor correction stage and a signal indicative of a required power and operating with a switching cycle having a switching frequency being the inverse of a switching period. The method comprises switching on the PFC stage, in response to a signal indicative of an average switching frequency rising above a first threshold. The method further comprises switching off the PFC stage, in response to the signal indicative of an average switching frequency falling below a second threshold. The method may further comprise switching on the PFC stage, in response to a positive step change in the signal indicative of a required power, and switching off the PFC stage, in response to indicative step change in the signal indicative of a required power. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057171 | LOW CURRENT SOLUTION FOR ILLUMINATED SWITCHES USING DC OPERATED LEDS - A switch circuit utilizes an LED for illumination. A diode is connected in parallel with the LED but in opposite orientation, with the LED anode connected to the diode cathode, and the LED cathode connected to the diode anode, to permit discharging of a power supply capacitor of a ballast of a lamp such as a compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb. Undesirable flickering of the CFL are then avoided. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057172 | THREE LIGHT LEVEL ELECTRONIC BALLAST - A three light level electronic ballast, and methods of operating lamps at three light levels, are provided. The ballast includes a rectifier, a power factor correction circuit, an inverter circuit, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a control circuit. The rectifier receives an AC voltage signal and produces a rectified voltage signal, which the power factor correction circuit receives and uses to provide a corrected voltage signal. The inverter circuit receives the corrected voltage signal and provides an energizing signal to power at least two lamps. The first circuit selectively reduces the current applied to the lamps by the energizing signal. The second circuit selectively prevents the second lamp from being energized by the energizing signal. The control circuit controls the first circuit and the second circuit. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057173 | PRIMARY-SIDE CONTROLLED SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER FOR DRIVING LED WITH CONSTANT CURRENT AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a primary-side controlled switch-mode power supply controller for driving LED with constant current and method thereof as well as an apparatus for controlling switch-mode power supply having the switch-mode power supply controller. The switch-mode power supply controller includes an input dimming phase detection circuit, a multiplier, a turn-on signal control circuit, a zero-crossing detection circuit, a comparator, a trigger and a driving circuit. The circuit controls to drive LED with constant current by means of a primary-side controlled method. The circuit realizes the triac dimming function, ensures a constant output current regardless of a high voltage or a low voltage, and obtains a high power factor. The direct use of the isolation transformer improves the safety of the circuit, and simplifies the peripheral circuit, thereby reducing the cost of the circuit and minimizing the size of the PCB layout, which is favorable in minimizing the product. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057174 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a light emitting device, luminance irregularities caused by fluctuation in threshold of TFTs for supplying a current to EL elements among pixels hinder the light emitting device from improving the image quality. A voltage equal to the threshold of a TFT | 2013-03-07 |
20130057175 | DRIVER CIRCUIT AND RELATED ERROR DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A low output voltage driver circuit for a light-emitting device is provided according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention. Also, an offset voltage cancellation and/or level shifter is incorporated into the driver circuit to increase the accuracy of the driving current. In addition, an error detection circuit and method are employed in order to adaptively detect the minimum output voltage of the inventive driver circuit. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057176 | Discharge Device Driving Method - Disclosed are circuits and methods for driving discharge devices wherein during illumination, a first electrode is driven with pulses that maintain ON state wall charges, while a reference electrode is held at a constant voltage. With these circuits and methods, one or more reference electrodes are held to a reference voltage, such as ground, while one or more electrodes initiate two discharges necessary to maintain a wall charge. Additionally, the invention discloses driving methods that reduce electrode inductance while maintaining the separation of a driving side and a reference side. Embodiments divide the plurality of driving electrodes into two or more groups of electrodes and utilize a resonant driver to transfer charge between the groups of electrodes. The electrode inductance is dramatically reduced because adjacent electrodes, rows of electrodes or groups of rows, have substantially equal but opposite current flows. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057177 | ADJUSTABLE LIGHT FIXTURE - Methods and apparatus for controlling a light fixture having at least one adjustable attribute are described. In one embodiment, a light fixture having at least one adjustable attribute comprises a housing, a light source disposed within the housing, a cover secured to the housing that allows at least some light from the light source to pass, a light control circuit, coupled to the light source and disposed within the housing, for detecting a state change of a switch and for providing a control signal for varying an attribute of the light fixture, and the switch, coupled to the light control circuit and disposed within the housing, comprising contacts that are opened and closed in response to a non-mechanical stimulus external to the housing. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057178 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) SYSTEM HAVING APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ASIC) AND WIRELESS SYSTEM - A light emitting diode (LED) system includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die on the substrate having a pair of power contacts, at least one light emitting diode (LED) on the substrate controlled by the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die, a wireless receiver on the substrate configured to receive signals for controlling the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die, and a wireless transmitter in signal communication with the wireless receiver configured to send the signals. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057179 | Circuit and Method for Operating a Lighting Unit and a Luminaire Having a Circuit of this kind - A circuit for actuating a lighting unit comprising: ( | 2013-03-07 |
20130057180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING IMPROPER DIMMER OPERATIOIN - A method is provided for detecting and correcting improper operation of a lighting system including a solid state lighting load. The method includes detecting first and second values of a phase angle of a dimmer connected to a power converter driving the solid state lighting load, the first and second values corresponding to consecutive half cycles of an input mains voltage signal, and determining a difference between the first and second values. When the difference is greater than a difference threshold, indicating asymmetric waveforms of the input mains voltage signal, a selected corrective action is implemented. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057181 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL INTELLIGENT LIGHTING ARRAY - An array of lights in which a coordinator collects sensed lighting transition times from each light in order to determine and select a median transition time. The individual light having the selected transition time assumes control of the lighting array, controlling and synchronizing the light transitions of the array, until the coordinator collects another group of transition times and appoints a new synchronization leader. | 2013-03-07 |
20130057182 | SELF-CONTAINED MOTORIZATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a self-contained motorization system comprising at least one electric motor ( | 2013-03-07 |