12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120068512 | Arm assembly for a chair - An office chair is provided with includes a chair arm assembly on each opposite side thereof for supporting the arms of a user. The arm assemblies each include a latching assembly to permit adjustment of the height of an arm cap thereof while maintaining the arm cap at a selected elevation. The latch assembly is engageable with an inner liner provided within a support post. Further, the armrest assembly has a plurality of interconnected and relatively movable plates which permit adjustment of the angular orientation of the arm cap along with adjustment of the arm cap in the front-to-back direction and the side-to-side direction. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068513 | UNLOCKING DEVICE - An unlocking device is provided for a vehicle seat of a motor vehicle, particularly for a vehicle seat with a foldable backrest, that includes, but is not limited to a basic element arranged on the backrest of the vehicle seat with a longitudinal axis, an unlocking element rotatable connected about a swivel axis to the basic element, as well as a belt guide. The swivel axis is substantially arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the basic element and the swivel axis is arranged in a plane of the backrest, and the belt guide configured in the form of an open profile. Through the unlocking element an improved entering is made possible. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068514 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - A seat assembly for use with a vehicle includes a seat back that is mountable in the vehicle such that the seat is pivotable between a use position and a folded position. Furthermore, the seat back includes an engaging member. The seat assembly also includes a hinge assembly associated with the seat back. The hinge assembly includes a bracket that is attachable to the vehicle, a pivot member pivotally attached to the bracket, and a blocking member pivotally attached to the bracket. When a sufficient forward force is applied to the seat back, the pivot member pivots in a first direction about a first axis, which causes the blocking member to pivot in a second direction different than the first direction about a second axis and engage the engaging member, thereby blocking pivotal movement of the seat back. In this embodiment, the second axis is located forward of the first axis. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068515 | DEVICE FOR IMPROVED TRAVEL COMFORT - Headrest and method for relieving of neck and throat muscles for a sitting person. The headrest includes a headband arranged to be able to be led around the person's head, a seat band arranged to be able to be fastened to a portion of the back of a chair, and a neckband connecting the forehead portion of the headband with the seat band. The headband is displaceably arranged in the longitudinal direction of the neckband. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068516 | HIDDEN HEADREST REMOVAL ASSEMBLY - A headrest removal assembly may include a removal device that is operable by an engagement surface to permit removal of a headrest assembly from a seat. The headrest removal assembly may also include a cap that covers the engagement surface to prevent access to the engagement surface and to prevent removal of the headrest assembly. The cap may be moveable with respect to the removal device to uncover the engagement surface to provide access to the engagement surface and to permit removal of the headrest assembly. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068517 | ADJUSTABLE HEAD RESTRAINT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE SEATS - An adjustable vehicle head restraint assembly is provided with a post mounted in a vehicle proximate to a seat back. A transverse shaft is mounted to the post. A head restraint is pivotally connected to the shaft. A series of teeth are provided on the head restraint. A locking mechanism is mounted to the shaft for translation in a transverse direction for engagement with the teeth. An actuator cooperates with the locking mechanism for disengaging the mechanism from the series of teeth for permitting adjustment of a tilt of the head restraint. A head restraint assembly is provided with a partial ring gear mounted to the head restraint. A sector gear is mounted to a transverse shaft in engagement with the partial ring gear. The actuator translates one of the partial ring gear and the sector gear for disengaging the gears and permitting adjustment of the tilt. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068518 | ARMREST UNIT FOR A PASSENGER SEAT - An armrest unit for a passenger seat includes an armrest base body forming an armrest surface, and a suspension unit which is disposed underneath the armrest surface and which has at least one spacing means. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068519 | VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION - A vehicle seat cushion comprises at least two foam materials, having different hardnesses, and a fleece arranged between the foam materials. The cushion may be made by introducing a first material into a tool, covering the first material with the fleece, and then introducing a second material into the tool. Alternatively, both materials, separated by the fleece, may be introduced into the tool. The foam materials may have the same or different thicknesses, and these thicknesses may vary over the length and/or width of the cushion. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068520 | LOCKING TONGUE FOR A SAFETY BELT - A locking tongue has a base part, a webbing slot in the base part and a locking cam. The locking cam is movable between a rest position and a clamping position. A biasing means biases the locking cam towards the rest position. The locking cam can assume the rest position in which the belt webbing can pass freely through the webbing slot, a clamping position in which the locking cam presses the belt webbing against the clamping edge of the webbing slot, the biasing means being able to return the locking cam from the clamping position into the rest position, and a locking position in which the locking cam locks the belt webbing in the webbing slot, the biasing means not being able to return the locking cam from the locking position towards the rest position. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068521 | AMUSEMENT DEVICE SEAT ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to an amusement device seat assembly, comprising a seat and a bar construction, moveable between a access position to a passenger fixation position, in which the passenger is fixed in the seat. The assembly further comprises locking means to lock the bar construction at the passenger fixation position. The locking means comprise engagement means to engage and disengage with the bar construction and a guide for the engagement means allowing the engagement means to assume an engagement position between the access position and the passenger fixation position, and allowing the engagement means and the engaged bar construction to move between the engagement position to the passenger fixation position. The locking means comprise fixation means for fixing the engagement means and the engaged bar construction at multiple passenger fixation positions along the guide to accommodate passengers of different sizes. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068522 | AUTOMATED GATE CONTROL AND METHODS - An automated gate control system for a vehicle with a load carrying portion capable of carrying a load of material selectively distributable through a gate comprises a driver-accessible control module and a gate actuating mechanism. The driver-accessible control mechanism is positionable within reach of a driver of the vehicle. The gate actuating mechanism is controllably linked to and responsive to control signals from the driver-accessible control module to open and to close the gate to distribute material through the gate as desired. As a result, the driver need not exit the vehicle to move the gate before, after or during a material distribution operation. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068523 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A MINING MACHINE - A guidance system for mining a seam of material includes a mining machine, a carriage, and a guide assembly. The mining machine includes a cutter head and defines a roll axis, a pitch axis, and a yaw axis. The carriage includes a first emitter, a second emitter, and a third emitter. The first emitter projects a first laser that is aligned with a seam plane. The second emitter projects a second laser, and the third emitter projects a third laser. The guide assembly includes a first indicator and a target. The first indicator is aligned with the second laser, and the target is aligned with the third laser. The relative positions of the first indicator with respect to the second laser and the target with respect to the third laser indicate the orientation of the roll axis, pitch axis, and yaw axis relative to the seam plane. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068524 | Multiple Milling Drums Secured to the Underside of a Single Milling Machine - In one aspect of the present invention, a motorized vehicle comprises a vehicle frame. The vehicle frame comprises translatable elements. The frame comprises a forward end and a rearward end. The invention comprises of a first rotary degradation drum that is connected to the underside of the frame. The invention comprises of at least a second rotary degradation drum also connected to the underside of the frame and rearward of the first rotary degradation drum. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068525 | CONCRETE SAW HAVING MULTIPLE MOTORS - A device comprises an implement configured to be driven and a first motor and a second motor. Each motor includes a rotational output shaft and a transmission assembly connected to the output shaft. The output shafts of the first and second motors are coupled together by the transmission assemblies such that the output shafts turn at the same rate. The first and second motors contribute equally to the driving of the implement. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068526 | Cutting Tool Configuration Having Wear Disc - A cutting tool configuration for a ground milling machine, for example, a cold milling machine or a mining drill, is provided. The cutting tool configuration comprises a cutter holder, which is fastenable or fastened on a milling drum, a cutting tool, which is fastened on the cutter holder, and which is inserted using its cutting tool shaft in a cutter holder bore of the cutter holder and can rotate around its longitudinal axis, and a wear disc, which is situated rotation-locked between a stop surface of the cutter holder and the cutting tool head of the cutting tool, it being provided that the rotation lock between the wear disc and the cutter holder is caused by at least one groove formed on the outer circumference of the wear disc and a guide formed on the cutter holder and engaging in this groove. A wear disc for use in such a cutting tool configuration, and a cutting tool having such a preinstalled wear disc, are also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068527 | QUICK-CHANGE TOOL HOLDER SYSTEM FOR A CUTTING TOOL - The present invention relates to a quick-change tool holder system, comprising a base part with a quick-change tool holder receptacle and a quick-change tool holder having a cutting tool receptacle configured for insertion into the quick-change tool holder receptacle. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068528 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR A MINING MACHINE - In a cutting device for a mining machine, in particular a shearer, including a tool carrier, in particular a shearer drum, that is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis and at least one cutting tool ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068529 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A system including: a liquid-pressure source device that can supply working fluid to a brake device; and an ABS valve device. The system executes a first control in which a supply pressure of the working fluid becomes a target supply pressure and a second control for making the supply pressure fall within the target range. In this system, when the valve device is not being operated, the first control is executed. When the valve device is being operated, the second control is normally operated, and when the supply pressure is higher than a threshold value, the first control is executed. Where completion of the operation of the valve device is estimated, the system performs at least one of reducing the threshold value, reducing an upper limit value of the target range, increasing an electric power supplied to a pressure-reduce linear valve during the first control when the valve device is being operated, and reducing the target supply pressure. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068530 | Track with rotating bushings for track-type vehicles | 2012-03-22 |
20120068531 | Power Supply System - A power supply system comprises first electrical conversion means for converting an alternating current electrical output from a generator to a direct current electrical output for supply to an electrically powered motor, second electrical conversion means for converting a direct current electrical output from a battery to a direct current electrical output for supply to the motor, and control means operable in the event of an interruption in the output from the first electrical conversion means to supply power from the second electrical conversion means to the motor. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068532 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A relay that is electrically connected/disconnected to/from a battery in parallel with a smoothing capacitor on an inverter side with respect to a system main relay is provided. Thus, when the system is turned off, the battery and electrode buses are electrically disconnected from each other by the system main relay, and the positive electrode bus is thereby connected to the negative electrode bus by the relay. As a result, electric power accumulated in the smoothing capacitor is more reliably and more swiftly discharged. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068533 | Power Supply System Including Alternative Sources-DC Power Management - A power supply system comprises multiple power consumption units, a DC power distribution unit, a control unit and a centralized DC power storage unit. The DC power may be generated from local alternative power sources in the consumption units. The DC power may also be generated from alternative power sources remotely located to the consumption units. The control unit may allocate generated DC power to the consumption units based upon predetermined rules including: 1) minimizing power loss during the transmission; 2) delivering to the units that offer better prices; and 3) delivering to the units that require DC power in exceeding of a minimum amount. The control unit may decide to either store surplus DC power in the centralized storage unit or convert the surplus DC power into AC form by a centralized inverter. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068534 | Power Supply System Including Alternative Sources-Control and Communication - A power supply system comprises multiple power consumption units, a DC power distribution unit, a control unit and a centralized DC power storage unit. The DC power may be generated from alternative power sources. Each of the consumption units further comprises appliances that consume either AC or DC powers. Each of the appliances is assigned a priority to consume the generated DC power. The control unit allocates the generated DC power to the appliances according to their priorities. A communication network including communication units in the consumption units and a communication unit in the control unit is employed to exchange data among the consumption units and the control unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068535 | ENERGY CONVERTER, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PROVIDING CONVERTED ENERGY TO A SET OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An apparatus, and an associated method, converts input energy, such as energy sourced at a household electric power supply, into converted energy for powering a set of electronic devices having operating power requirements. A converter housed in a converter housing forms first-converted energy of the input energy. The first-converted energy is provided to a dongle, connected to the converter. The dongle forms second-converted energy and provides connections to power both a first electronic device with the first-converted energy and to power a second electronic device, having second energy requirements, using second-converted energy formed at the dongle. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068536 | CONTROLLING INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS - An inductive power transfer system comprises a primary unit operable to generate an electromagnetic field and at least one secondary device, separable from the primary unit, and adapted to couple with the field when the secondary device is in proximity to the primary unit so that power can be received inductively by the secondary device from the primary unit without direct electrical conductive contacts therebetween. The system detects if there is a substantial difference between, on the one hand, a power drawn from the primary unit, and on the other hand, a power required by the secondary device or, if there is more than one secondary device, a combined power required by the secondary devices. Following such detection, the system restricts or stops the inductive power supply from the primary unit. Such a system can detect the presence of unwanted parasitic loads in the vicinity of the primary unit reliably. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068537 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system and method connecting a load to multiple energy sources. The system includes a load connection, source connections for each energy source, a control unit and at least one energy management module having an inductor and four switches. The first source is in parallel with the load. The first switch couples the first source positive terminal to the first inductor end, second switch couples the first source negative terminal to the first inductor end, third switch couples the second source positive terminal to the second inductor end, and fourth switch couples the second source negative terminal to the second inductor end. The control unit controls the four switches of each module to transfer energy between the energy sources through the module inductor. The system can have more than two sources. Modes including one or two switch, synchronous or asynchronous, and buck or boost can be used. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068538 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DATA TRANSMISSION INTERFACE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING EXTERNAL POWER AND TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC DATA - The present invention is related to an electronic device capable of transmitting electronic data and receiving power input via at least one data transmission interface and the method thereof. The electronic device of the present invention utilizes data transmission interfaces of different standards to receive electrical power as well as electronic data via said different data transmission interfaces simultaneously. The first data transmission interface circuit is configured to receive electric power from a first external power source and the second data transmission interface is configured to receive electric power from a second external power source. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068539 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A constantly power-ON domain and a standby-time power OFF domain are included on the same chip, and the constantly power-ON domain includes: a shutoff control circuit shutting off a signal inputted and outputted between the constantly power-ON domain and the standby-time power OFF domain when the first power source is ON and the second power source is OFF; and a shutoff control circuit outputting a first control signal indicating that shutoff of an emergent shutoff control circuit unit is to be enabled or disabled, the standby-time power OFF domain includes the emergent shutoff control circuit unit shutting off, based on the first control signal from the shutoff control circuit, the signal inputted between the emergent shutoff control circuit unit and the constantly power-ON domain. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068540 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR BALANCING LOAD OF POWER GRID - An energy storage system for balancing the load of a power grid, said energy storage system comprising: a controller; a plurality of energy storage tanks connected in parallel; and a plurality of controllable switches connected to the plurality of energy storage tanks, wherein the controller is configured to detect a frequency and a phase of the power grid, and to balance the load of the power grid based on the frequency and the phase of the power grid, by controlling the plurality of controllable switches to charge the plurality of energy storage tanks using power from the power grid or to input power from the plurality of energy storage tanks to the power grid. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068541 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING A UPS INTERFACED GENERATOR - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes a power transfer circuit having a power output configured to be coupled to a load, a UPS circuit having first power input configured to be coupled to a generator, such as a diesel- or gas-powered engine-generator set. The UPS circuit also has a second power input configured to be coupled to a backup power source, such as a battery or other energy storage device. The UPS circuit further has a power output configured to be coupled in common to the load with the power output of the power transfer circuit. The UPS system further includes a control circuit operatively associated with the UPS circuit and configured to control provision of power to the load from the generator and the backup power source via the UPS circuit responsive to a status of the power transfer circuit. The power transfer circuit may include, for example, another UPS circuit or other power transfer device, such as a static switch. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068542 | POWER SUPPLY - Provided is a platform with backup power and burst load power needs met using a supercapacitor. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068543 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND CONDITIONING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER HARVESTING SYSTEMS - The efficiency of a PV power generation system ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068544 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL IN CURRENT SHARE POWER SUPPLIES - A method for autonomous control by a power supply unit (PSU) among a number of current share PSUs in a power supply system. The method includes: Receiving input power from a power input feed; setting a mode of the PSU to ON; receiving a first controlled signal including a first number of IStar modes and thresholds; receiving a first activation signal activating IStar in the PSU; receiving a second controlled signal comprising a first voltage; determining that the first voltage is less than a first Active standby OFF threshold for an IStar mode of Active standby OFF; setting the IStar mode for the PSU to Active standby OFF; receiving a third controlled signal that includes a second voltage; determining that the second voltage is greater than a first Active ON threshold for an IStar mode of Active ON; and setting the IStar mode for the PSU to Active ON. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068545 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An energy storage system includes a plurality of battery units; a plurality of thermistors detecting a temperature of the plurality of battery units; a multiplexer performing multiplexing on the plurality of thermistors, and connecting a thermistor selected from among the plurality of thermistors to a reference resistor; a power switch unit arranged between the reference resistor and a power voltage terminal; and a control signal input unit receiving a control signal applied to the multiplexer and the power switch unit, and receiving two or more control bits contained in the control signal. In the energy storage system, a temperature measurement operation is performed at a plurality of measurement positions, whereby a current state of a battery may be accurately detected, an entire circuit may be reduced and simplified, and low power consumption may be realized. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068546 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND ITS CONTROL DEVICE - A control device is provided that includes a power supply unit. First and second MOSFETs are serially connected to a sub power supply line in the power supply unit by connecting their respective drains to one another. Third and fourth MOSFETs are serially connected to a sub power supply in a control unit by connecting their respective drains to one another. By controlling these MOSFETs, power of the sub power supply is supplied to a load. The drain voltage of each MOSFET, and the voltage between the second MOSFET and the third MOSFET are monitored to determine a short-circuit fault and an open-circuit fault of the MOSFET, and a ground fault in the sub power supply line between the power supply unit and the control unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068547 | ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS - An electronic management system for a photovoltaic generator is disclosed herein. The, the electronic management system comprises a plurality of static microconverters, each microconverter being electrically connected to one or more photovoltaic cells, the one or more photovoltaic cells forming a portion of a whole of the cells of the generator, a reconfiguration module adapted for transmitting energy flows from said microconverters towards a load, and a central electronic unit adapted for controlling a modification of the energy flows transmitted by said at least one reconfiguration module. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068548 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A wireless power supply apparatus transmits an electric power signal including any one of an electric field, a magnetic field, and an electromagnetic field. A bridge circuit includes multiple switches. A control unit performs switching control of the multiple switches of the bridge circuit at a first frequency configured as a transmission frequency. A transmission coil and a resonance capacitor form a resonance antenna, which is connected to the bridge circuit. The resonance frequency of the resonance antenna thus formed is a second frequency that is equal to or higher than the first frequency. A control unit is configured to be capable of adjusting the length of the dead time during which the multiple switches are all turned off at the same time. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068549 | WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE ENHANCEMENT - Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured for energy transfer with a second resonator structure over a distance D larger than characteristic sizes, L | 2012-03-22 |
20120068550 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DEVICE IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A method of detecting a receiver ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068551 | ELECTRICAL-ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - An electrical-energy storage device configured for use in a time-varying electromagnetic field, the storage device comprising: an electrode at least part of which is configured so as to hinder the ability of eddy currents induced by said field to circulate therein. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068552 | CONTACTLESS POWER-FEED EQUIPMENT - In order to provide contactless power-feed equipment that can avoid excessive energy consumption upon switching, a primary side includes a DC power-supply device | 2012-03-22 |
20120068553 | Apparatus for Adaptively Reducing Electromagnetic Wave - Disclosed is an apparatus for adaptively reducing electromagnetic waves that reduces electromagnetic waves generated from commercial power by changing a grounding point of the commercial power supplied to a home. The apparatus for reducing electromagnetic waves includes an electromagnetic wave generator, an electromagnetic wave detector, an impedance varying unit, and a controller. The electromagnetic wave generator is connected to a secondary coil terminal of an external transformer to generate electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic wave detector generates detection signals corresponding to the electromagnetic waves generated from the electromagnetic wave generator, and the impedance varying unit varies the impedance for a grounding point in the electromagnetic wave generator. The controller controls the impedance varying unit such that the impedance for the grounding point in the impedance varying unit, where the electromagnetic waves are minimized is selected, in accordance with the detection signal from the electromagnetic wave generator. According to the above configuration, it is possible to reduce electromagnetic waves by varying the impedance for all loads in a home with only one apparatus for reducing electromagnetic waves and remove an unnecessary configuration substantially having no effect on varying the impedance. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an apparatus for reducing electromagnetic waves that can reduce a possibility of misoperation at a low manufacturing cost with a simple circuit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068554 | POWER-LINE-COMMUNICATION ADAPTER - The present invention relates to a power-line-communication adapter including a main functional unit (PLTC) supplied with direct voltage by an internal voltage converter (AC/DC), characterised in that said adapter includes at least one means (I | 2012-03-22 |
20120068555 | System and Method For Controlling A M2LC System - A modular multilevel converter system. The system includes a plurality of series connected two-terminal M2LC subsystems and a control system module. The two-terminal M2LC subsystems are arranged into at least two output phase modules. A first one of the output phase modules defines a total value of inductance and includes a positive arm and a negative arm. The control system module is configured to apply selectively reassigned modulated switch functions to only one of the following at a given instance of time: the two-terminal M2LC subsystems of the positive arm of the first one of the output phase modules or the two-terminal M2LC subsystems of the negative arm of the first one of the output phase modules. The selective reassigning of the modulated switch functions forces charge balance of the individual capacitors of the series connected two-terminal M2LC subsystems at a predetermined rate. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068556 | SAFETY SENSOR DEVICE - A safety sensor device for an appliance detects burning conditions and shuts off power to the appliance. The device includes a sensor unit positioned near an exhaust of the appliance, and a relay unit connected along a power supply path to the appliance. The relay and sensor units are linked. The sensor unit includes a sensor for monitoring exhaust air from the appliance. The relay unit includes a circuit that electrically connects the appliance with a power source while in an ON state and electrically disconnects the appliance from the power source while in an OFF state, the circuit being responsive to the sensor unit to transition from the ON state to the OFF state if the sensor detects burning conditions. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068557 | Electric Motor Arrangement for a Medical, Especially Dental, Tool Holder - An electric motor arrangement for a medical, especially dental, tool handle, which is extremely compact and resistant to sterilizing temperatures due to a plurality of advantageous embodiments. The electric motor arrangement is characterized by the following properties: the use of a light source based on SMD-LED or LED as a semiconductor chip; the shortening of the INTRAmatic coupling to between 20 mm and 25 mm; a hermetically extruded stator comprising integrated media tubes and molded connection sockets; the stator winding is embodied as a coil segment winding instead of an H winding or triangle; and the winding head has openings for media tubes. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068558 | HYBRID POLE BEARINGLESS SRM - Disclosed is a hybrid pole bearingless switched reluctance motor (BLSRM). The BLSRM includes a stator provided with windings, a rotor rotating about an axis when current is conducted to the windings. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor poles extending radially outward, and the stator includes a plurality of stator poles extending radially inward. The windings include suspending windings to generate radial force for the rotor and torque windings to generate torque. The suspending windings are mutually separated from the torque windings. Through the use of the hybrid pole BLSRM, a stator pole generating the radial force can be controlled independently from the stator pole generating the torque by separately arranging the stator pole generating the radial force and the stator pole generating torque based on the analysis of radial force and torque characteristics according to the position of the stator poles. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068559 | ROTATING SHAFT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A apparatus is provided in which, in a state before being assembled to a drive target, one end of a rotating shaft is not supported by a bearing, and in this state, the rotating shaft is pressed to the side of a bracket by coil springs and thus centering of the rotating shaft is maintained. In this way, axial run-out of the rotating shaft before a magnetic motor is assembled to the drive target is inhibited. Thus, damage and deterioration in assembly efficiency as a result of axial run-out of the rotating shaft can be inhibited, such as deterioration in assembly efficiency caused by adhesion between a magnet and coils wound on an armature core, for example. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068560 | ARRANGEMENT OF CONDUCTING BAR ENDS - An arrangement includes conducting bar ends connected together and a cap) covering them filled with a putty. The cap is made of a resin containing a high thermal conductivity filler. The putty is a silicone elastomer containing a high thermal conductivity filler. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068561 | AIR-COOLED MOTOR-GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR-GENERATOR - An air-cooled motor-generator ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068562 | ROTARY ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A rotary electrical apparatus includes a housing, a stator including a center axis inclined by a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal direction in a case where the housing is fixed to a mounting member, a rotor, and an oil stored at a lower side within the housing relative to the center axis and functioning as at least one of a cooling oil, a lubricating oil, and an operating oil. The housing includes an oil inlet port and an oil discharge port allowing the oil to be discharged once a predetermined amount of the oil is stored within the housing, the oil discharge port being displaced from a first oil passage on which the oil supplied from the oil inlet port moves downward along an inner peripheral wall surface of the housing in a state where the housing is held so that the center axis is arranged to be horizontal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068563 | ELECTRIC MOTOR TERMINAL BLOCK ASSEMBLY - An electric motor includes a housing, and a stator arranged within the housing. The stator includes a plurality of terminal leads. A terminal box is mounted to the housing, and a terminal block assembly arranged within the terminal box. The terminal block assembly includes a terminal block portion having a first plurality of terminals and a terminal block section that is distinct from the terminal block portion. The terminal block section including a second plurality of terminals. The terminal block portion is configured and disposed to be spaced from the terminal block section in the terminal box. The plurality of terminal leads is electrically connected to corresponding ones of the first and second pluralities of terminals. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068564 | HYDRODYNAMIC DISC DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR HAVING HYDRO BEARING WITH LUBRICANT - A lubricating fluid contains a synthetic ester base fluid having a viscosity index of at least 110, from 0.01% to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the lubricating fluid, of at least one tri-C | 2012-03-22 |
20120068565 | Thermally decoupled bearing arrangement - The invention relates to a bearing arrangement for supporting a shaft ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068566 | DC MOTOR - A DC motor comprises: a tubular metal case; a magnet that is provided along the inner surface of the metal case and has four or more of magnet poles in the circumferential direction; an armature that is arranged to face the magnet and composed of a core and a coil; and a shaft. The magnet is formed of a material with a maximum energy product BHmax of 3 to 6 MGOe. When the thickness of the magnet in the radial direction of the armature is indicated by T [mm] and the outer diameter of the core is indicated by d [mm], the ratio T/d of the thickness T of the magnet to the outer diameter d of the core is 0.16 or more. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068567 | POLYPHASIC AXIAL ELECTRIC CURRENT GENERATOR WITH PIVOTING MAGNETS - A motor or generator has a design that allows resistive magnetic forces that restrict the movement of the rotor to be diminished, thus increasing efficiency. A pivoting rotor design allows magnets on the rotor to break the magnetic field first in the center of the rotor due to the attraction of other magnets. The generator or motor includes a drive shaft, and at least one generator or motor stage including two stators interleaved with one rotor having a plurality of pivoting frames each including at least one magnet. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068568 | Axial Winding Motor - An axial-winding motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a winding assembly, a first magnetic-conducting plate and a second magnetic-conducting plate. The first and second magnetic-conducting plates are coupled with two ends of the winding assembly in an axial direction of the winding assembly. The first magnetic-conducting plate includes a plurality of first pole pieces on an outer periphery thereof, and the second magnetic-conducting plate includes a plurality of second pole pieces on an outer periphery thereof. The rotor is rotatably coupled with the stator and has a plurality of magnetic pole faces facing the stator. One of the first pole pieces is at least partially overlapped with adjacent one of the second pole pieces in an axial direction of the stator. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068569 | Dynamoelectric machine - The invention relates to a dynamoelectric machine, comprising the following components or features:
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20120068570 | PARALLEL PATH PHASE LEAD EXITS FROM ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator winding for an electric machine includes two or more conductors defining one or more phases about the stator winding. Each phase includes at least two conductors of the two or more conductors arranged in an electrically switchable relationship. An end of each conductor of the two or more conductors extends to an exterior of the electric machine and is configured for independent electrical connection to a component at the exterior of the electric machine. An electric machine includes a stator having a stator winding including two or more conductors defining one or more phases about the stator winding including at least two conductors of the two or more conductors arranged in an electrically switchable relationship. An end of each conductor of the two or more conductors extends to an exterior of the electric machine for independent electrical connection to a component at the exterior of the electric machine. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068571 | CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER - A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) is described, including a substrate, a conductive film disposed over the substrate, a conductive membrane suspended over the conductive film with a vacuum space underneath, and at least one anchoring post disposed under a middle of the conductive membrane and supporting the conductive membrane. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068572 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer in which a first polymer layer comprising cutouts is applied to a first continuous polymer layer by means of a printing and/or coating method, a cover is applied to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts in such a way that the cutouts of the first polymer layer comprising cutouts are closed off with the formation of cavities, and the cover is connected to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts. The invention also relates to electromechanical transducers produced by the method according to the invention, and the use of said electromechanical transducers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068573 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SENSOR APPARATUS - A SAW device includes an IDT which is provided on the principal surface of a quartz crystal substrate having Euler angles (−1.5°≦φ≦1.5°, 117°≦θ≦142°, |ψ|≠90°×n (where n=0, 1, 2, 3)) and excites a Rayleigh wave (wavelength: λ) in a stopband upper end mode. Inter-electrode-finger grooves are recessed between electrode fingers of the IDT. An IDT line occupancy η and an inter-electrode-finger groove depth G satisfy a predetermined relationship in terms of the wavelength λ, such that the SAW device has a frequency-temperature characteristic of a cubic curve having an inflection point between a maximum value and a minimum value in an operation temperature range. The inflection point is adjustable to a desired temperature or a desired temperature range depending on the IDT line occupancy η within an operation temperature range. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068574 | Control device for suppression of residual vibration of piezoelectric transducer - A control device for suppression of residual vibration of a piezoelectric transducer includes a capacitive energy storage component, and a switch unit. The control device is operable in a non-working mode, in which the switch unit provides voltage on the capacitive energy storage component to the piezoelectric transducer for reducing the residual vibration of the piezoelectric transducer. The capacitive energy storage component has a capacitance value that is sufficient for enabling the voltage on the capacitive energy storage component to substantially track voltage on the piezoelectric transducer under the non-working mode. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068575 | Rotatable antifriction bearing - The invention relates to a rotatable antifriction bearing ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068576 | ENERGY HARVESTING ELECTRIC DEVICE - Provided is an energy harvesting electric device capable of increasing output power. The energy harvesting electric device includes an energy harvester array including a plurality of energy harvesters, a single rectifier connected to the energy harvester array, and an output unit which is connected to the single rectifier and has a load resistance. The energy harvesters include a plurality of first energy harvesters connected to each other in parallel and a single second energy harvester connected in parallel to the first energy harvesters. The first energy harvesters have a first specific resistance higher than the load resistance and the second energy harvester has a second specific resistance higher than the first specific resistance. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068577 | Power Harvesting Scheme Based on Piezoelectricity and Nonlinear Deflections - An energy harvesting device (FIG. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068578 | Piezoelectric Device - A piezoelectric device ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068579 | Method for Manufacturing a Piezoelectric Device and the Same - The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing piezoelectric devices by using a base wafer having through-holes manufactured in precise size. In the method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device comprises: a step of: forming an anticorrosive film (S | 2012-03-22 |
20120068580 | LINEAR DRIVE UNIT - A linear drive unit having a casing with top, middle and low bodies, a vertical gear, DC motor, shaft and control module. The bodies and DC motor are fitted with an O-seal. The turntable and worm are fixed at end of the shaft. A connection sit is set on the circuit wafer of the control box and has big and small contact strips, so that when the turntable is rotated, I-type conductor contacts the contact strips to generate signal connection for computation of stroke. A drive shaft is driven by the worm to rotate the worm gear cam which has a cam department that pushes L-/R-terminal for a circuit breakage, so that DC motor is stopped to control the threshold. When the cam is rotated, an inspection piece is driven to contact the circuit wafer to inspect the transmission signals, specific position and reset the specified point. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068581 | FAN AND MOTOR THEREOF - A motor includes a base plate, a stator, a rotor, a circuit board and a Hall element. The stator is disposed on the base plate. The rotor is disposed around the stator, and includes a rotating shaft and a magnetic assembly. The rotating shaft is extended to a center part of the stator. The magnetic assembly includes plural magnets. The circuit board is arranged between the stator and the base plate and comprises a Hall element. A first gap and a second gap are arranged between every two adjacent magnets. The first gap is in the vicinity of the Hall element, and opposed to the second gap. The distance of a vacant portion of the first gap is shorter than the distance of the second gap, thereby facilitating continuous and steady magnetic induction between the Hall element and the magnetic assembly. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068582 | JEWELRY CABINET - A jewelry cabinet and system for storing and concealing jewelry are provided, which may include a foundation element and a frame affixed to it, which together define a compartment. The frame extends a distance outward beyond the compartment, and has a depth at least equal to a sum of the compartment depth and the foundation element thickness. A door is coupled to the frame with a hinge, movable between closed and open positions. The frame distance, the frame depth, and the door in the closed position substantially conceal the presence of the compartment. A plurality of jewelry holders may be affixed to the foundation element. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068583 | Secure Raised Access Floor Service Box and System - A raised access floor service box can have a plurality of entry points that are segregated from one another. Each of the plurality of entry points can be associated with a corresponding plurality of segregated chambers. At least one of the segregated chambers can be configured to be a secure chamber, which further can include a door to the chamber. The door to the secure chamber can include a lock that secures and prevents the door from opening when the lock is in a locked position, thus securing the cables and cable connections within the security chamber. In addition, the raised access floor service box can have connector ports that are only accessible within the security chamber. The raised access floor service box thus allows for various types of cables, with various levels of security, to be associated with a single raised access floor service box. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068584 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WATER BOTTLE RETURN - An apparatus and method for receiving a recyclable product is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the apparatus includes: a structure defining an interior cavity, the structure having a plurality of walls; a bottle return mechanism for determining when a bottle has been received within the interior cavity, comprising: an elongated cylinder providing a passage into the interior cavity, the elongated cylinder having an inlet opening proximate to an exterior of the enclosed structure and an outlet opening proximate to the interior cavity; a bottle return mechanism configured to provide an output when a bottle has been inserted into the elongated cylinder; and a dispensing rack secured to one of the walls of the enclosure. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068585 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WATER BOTTLE RETURN - An apparatus and method for receiving a recyclable product is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the apparatus includes: an enclosed structure defining an interior cavity; a bottle return mechanism for determining when a bottle has been received within the interior cavity; and a mechanism coupled to the bottle return mechanism, the mechanism being configured to provide an output when the bottle return mechanism has determined that a bottle has been inserted into the interior cavity. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068586 | Enclosure Corner Seals and Assemblies - A sealing assembly for sealing a corner of an enclosure is disclosed. The sealing assembly includes a substantially rigid bracket and a flexible seal. The bracket includes a first latch and a second latch. The first and second latches are configured for releasable connection to an enclosure adjacent a corner with the first and second latches on opposing sides of said corner. The bracket is configured to provide a force to couple the flexible seal to a corner of an enclosure when the bracket is attached to said enclosure. The flexible seal includes a first surface for coupling to the corner of the enclosure, and a second surface opposite the first surface. At least a portion of the second surface is configured for contact with the bracket. The flexible seal may include a connector for releasable connection to the bracket. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068587 | RECESSED STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A recessed storage compartment is disclosed for adding additional space within a showering environment without sacrificing precious shower space. The recessed storage compartment comprises a housing, a drawer, and a front panel. The drawer and front panel are attached, creating a compartment for common showering items, and this compartment is completely enclosed within the housing. The storage compartment is recessed within a shower wall and opens with a bottom-hinged opening mechanism, | 2012-03-22 |
20120068588 | Cash Drawer With Controlled Access Security Compartment - A cash drawer having a secured storage compartment accessible from the front when the drawer is closed or open is disclosed. The storage compartment includes a cover and bottom tray, the forward upper ends of which are upwardly positioned to define a chute which is in communication with a slot in the cash drawer front plate for depositing items such as, for example, large denomination paper currency into the storage compartment. Controlled access to the compartment is provided by a suitable lock such as, for example, a dead bolt key lock. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068589 | HOUSING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A housing includes a main body, a cover coverable on the main body, and a latching mechanism for latching the cover to the main body. The main body defines at least one elongated hole. The cover defines at least one latching hole corresponding to the at least one elongated hole. The latching mechanism includes a driving member and a latching member coupled to the driving member. The driving member is rotatable around an axis A and drives the latching member sliding between a first position away from the axis A to a second position adjacent to the axis A. When the latching member is driven to slide to the first position, the latching member is detachable from the at least one latching hole, and the cover is unlatched from the main body; when the latching member is driven to slide to the second position, the latching member is latched to the at least one latching hole, and the cover is latched to the main body. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068590 | DOUBLE-LOCK STRUCTURE - A double-lock structure includes a first module, a second module, a lock, at least one deflecting roller and a transmission element. The first module is installed at an end of a slide rail of each drawer. When one of the drawers is pulled open, other slide rails are linked and locked. The second module is installed on the first module for linking and locking the first module. The lock and the deflecting rollers are installed in a cabinet. An end of the transmission element is connected to the lock, and another end of the transmission element is passed through the deflecting rollers and then connected to the second module. When the lock is operated, the transmission element drives the second module and the first module to perform a drawer interlock to achieve a keylock effect, so as to reduce the manufacturing cost and provide both interlock and keylock functions. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068591 | GREEN PHOSPHORS, METHODS OF PREPARING THE GREEN PHOSPHORS, AND WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES INCLUDING THE GREEN PHOSPHORS - A green phosphor, has an orthorhombic structure of a Pnma space group and the Formula 1: | 2012-03-22 |
20120068592 | RARE EARTH DOPED LUMINESCENT MATERIAL - A luminescent material includes an aluminate phosphor of formula I A | 2012-03-22 |
20120068593 | LIGHT EMITTING UNIT OF ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting unit of an electroluminescence device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light emitting unit of the electroluminescence device includes a power line, a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer and a second electrode layer. The power line is on a substrate. The first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and is electrically connected to the power line. In particular, a top portion of the first electrode layer has an oxygen concentration higher than that of a bottom portion of the first electrode layer. The light emitting layer is disposed on the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is disposed on the light emitting layer. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068594 | Semiconductor Light Emitting Devices with Densely Packed Phosphor Layer at Light Emitting Surface - An LED includes a chip having a light emitting surface, and a coating of phosphor-containing material on the light emitting surface. Phosphor particles are arranged in a densely packed layer within the coating at the light emitting surface, and such that the light emitting surface is in contacting relationship with the phosphor particles. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068595 | PHOSPHOR PARTICLE GROUP AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.005≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068596 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A surface light source device includes an organic electroluminescent element including a luminescent layer and a light-emitting surface structure layer disposed on one of the surfaces of the organic electroluminescent element. In the surface light source device, the light-emitting surface structure layer includes a concave-convex structure provided on a surface thereof on the side toward a device light-emitting surface, and the concave-convex structure includes a plurality of concave portions having oblique surfaces and flat portions disposed around the concave portions. The flat portions and/or the concave portions have a size difference in one or more of their width, height, depth, and spacing, the size difference being larger than the difference that causes interference of one or both of emitted light and reflected light. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068597 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel has a front plate and a rear plate disposed so as to face the front plate. The front plate includes display electrodes, a dielectric layer formed to coat the display electrodes, and a protective layer formed to coat the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of particles dispersed in the base layer. The base layer has nanocrystalline particles made of magnesium oxide and having an average particle diameter in the range of at least 10 nm to at most 100 nm. The particles are aggregated particles in which a plurality of metal oxide crystal particles are aggregated. The aggregated particles have an average particle diameter at least twice to at most four times as large as a film thickness of the base layer. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068598 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is provided with a front plate, and a rear plate disposed so as to face the front plate. The front plate has a display electrode, a dielectric layer to cover the display electrode, and a protective layer to cover the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of aggregated particles dispersed on an entire surface of the base layer. Each of the aggregated particle includes a plurality of crystal particles made of metallic oxide and aggregating to one another. The base film contains MgO, Ce and Ge. In the base layer, a concentration of Ce is at least 200 ppm to at most 500 ppm, and a concentration of Ge is at least 100 ppm to at most 5000 ppm. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068599 | METHOD OF DRIVING A FLASH DEVICE AND A NUMBER OF LOADS POWERED BY A BATTERY AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A handheld electronic device includes a processor; a battery; a flash device; a number of loads powered by the battery; and a flash driver outputting a flash current to the flash device. The processor determines a temperature operatively associated with the battery and different voltage values corresponding to different combinations of the loads as a function of the determined temperature, and starts the flash device at a predetermined flash current value. The flash driver selects a corresponding different voltage value as a function of: (a) a determined number of the loads which are active, or (b) a current flowing from the battery; determines the battery voltage, and if the battery voltage is less than or equal to the corresponding different voltage value, reduces the flash current below the predetermined flash current value until the battery voltage is greater than the corresponding different voltage value. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068600 | Integrated LED and sensor device - A retrofit light emitting diode (LED) module may include a carrier with at least one LED, a retrofit connection for mechanical and electrical contact-connection to conventional lamp holders, and an electronic system for driving the at least one LED. At least one part of the electronic system is integrated into the carrier, and the electronic system comprises a sensor system. A retrofit LED module system may include at least two retrofit LED modules and at least one control unit which regulates the retrofit LED modules in an adaptive and synchronized manner. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068601 | EMERGENCY LIGHTING DEVICE FOR OPERATING A LIGHT SOURCE, IN PARTICULAR AN LED - An LED driver for operating a light source, in particular an LED, includes an energy storage unit, a driver circuit supplied by the energy storage unit during emergency lighting operation, for operating the light source, and a control unit that activates the driver circuit in such a way that the light source is operated with a constant power or constant current irrespective of the state of charge of the energy storage unit, where the control unit, for the purpose of regulating the power, determines indirectly the level of the current supplied to the light source. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068602 | ELECTRODE AND PLASMA GUN CONFIGURATION FOR USE WITH A CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE - A circuit protection device includes a plasma gun configured to emit an ablative plasma along an axis, and a plurality of electrodes, wherein each electrode is electrically coupled to a respective conductor of a circuit and is arranged substantially along a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axis such that each electrode is positioned substantially equidistant from the axis. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068603 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for generating plasma, comprises: a microwave generator configured to generate a microwave; a wave guide which is connected to the microwave generator, wherein the wave guide is elongated in a traveling direction of the microwave and has a hollow shape having a rectangular section in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction; a gas feeder which is connected to the wave guide and feeds process gas into the wave guide; and an antenna unit which is a part of the wave guide and discharges plasma generated by the microwave to the outside, wherein the antenna unit has one or more slots formed on a wall constituting a short side in a section of the antenna unit, plasmarizes the process gas fed into the wave guide under an atmospheric pressure in the slots by the microwave, and discharges the plasma out of the slots. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068604 | LED-Based Replacement for Fluorescent Light Source - A light source that is adapted to replace existing fluorescent tubes in an existing fluorescent light fixture is disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of LEDs mounted on a heat-dissipating structure, first and second plug adapters that mate with the florescent tube connectors of the fluorescent tube the light source is to replace, and a power adapter that converts power from a fluorescent tube ballast presented on the first and second plug adapters to DC power that powers the LEDs. The light source is powered from the output of the existing fluorescent ballast. The light source can utilize the existing metallic enclosure as a heat-radiating surface and/or direct air heat transfer from the surface of the heat-dissipating structure. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068605 | Motor Drive Circuit and Illumination Apparatus - A motor-drive circuit includes: an output transistor configured to supply a drive current to a motor for a cooling fan; a switching-control circuit configured to control switching of the output transistor so that the motor rotates in a first direction, or rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a switching circuit configured to, when a first time has elapsed since start of rotation of the motor in the first direction, cause the switching-control circuit to start switching control so that the motor stops rotating in the first direction and thereafter rotates in the second direction, and configured to, when a second time has elapsed since start of rotation of the motor in the second direction, cause the switching-control circuit to start switching control so that the motor stops rotating in the second direction and thereafter rotates in the first direction. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068606 | CURRENT LIMITING CIRCUIT, AN LED MODULE AND AN LED ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A current limiting circuit includes a power input terminal that is connected to an output terminal of a direct current power source to which an output capacitor is connected in parallel; a power output terminal to which an LED is connected; and a current limiting unit that supplies to the LED a load current to which an upper current value is set, supplies to the LED a load current lower than the upper current value at a normal condition, and supplies to the LED a load current higher than the load current of the normal condition and equal to or lower than the upper current value at an abnormal condition. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068607 | SUPERVISION FOR A LIGHT DISPLAY DEVICE - A device and method may include, in a display device, emitting visible light in a humanly imperceptible manner and sensing said light to verify operation of the display device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068608 | COLOR AND POSITION AUTO-COMMISSIONING - A system for auto-commissioning a light fixture may position the light fixture based on sensor data received from at least one sensor. In order to focus the light fixture on a target location, the system may vary the position of the light fixture and determine a position of the light fixture where the light level received by the photosensor reaches a determined light level. The system may adjust a light characteristic of light emitted by the light fixture so that the color of light received by the photosensor at the target location matches a target light characteristic, such as color or intensity. The system may determine a focus position and a light characteristic for multiple target locations. The system may auto-commission multiple light fixtures. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068609 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device for combining light waves with at least three wavelengths and outputting thus combined light waves, an optical system element and an electrical system element are formed on a semiconductor substrate, thereby eliminating the necessity of optical members such as an optical connector, and saving space to place the optical members as well as reducing arrangement spacing. In addition, the space necessary for wiring in an electrical circuit is reduced. Therefore, an integration degree of each of the elements, the optical system element and the electrical system element, is enhanced. The optical system element and the electrical system element are formed in layers on the same conductor substrate, thereby reducing the area that is required in configuring a parallel establishment of the optical system element and the electrical system element. | 2012-03-22 |
20120068610 | Method and apparatus for setting a chromaticity coordinate - A method for setting a color locus of a luminaire ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120068611 | RADIO-FREQUENCY LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH OCCUPANCY SENSING - A load control system controls a lighting load provided in a space and comprises a load control device and one or more occupancy sensors. The load control device controls the load in response to the wireless control signals received from the occupancy sensors. Each occupancy sensor transmits an occupied control signal to the load control device in response to detecting an occupancy condition in the space and a vacant control signal to the load control device in response to detecting a vacancy condition. The load control device adjusts the intensity of the load to a first intensity in response to receiving the occupied control signal from at least one of the occupancy sensors, and adjusts the intensity of the load to a second intensity less than the first intensity (e.g., a non-off intensity) in response to receiving vacant control signals from both of the occupancy sensors. | 2012-03-22 |