14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140091643 | Electronic Circuit with an Electronic Switch and a Monitoring Circuit - An electronic circuit includes an electronic switch having a control terminal and a load path. A monitoring circuit includes a switched-capacitor circuit with a capacitive storage element. The switched-capacitor circuit is coupled to the load path of the electronic switch. The monitoring circuit is operable to evaluate a load voltage of the electronic switch and to generate a failure signal dependent on the evaluation. A drive circuit is operable to provide a drive signal at the control terminal of the electronic switch dependent on the failure signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091644 | Electric hand-held power tool with a shut-off delay device - An electric hand-held power tool includes at least one electrical drive, at least one electrical device that requires electrical energy in order to operate, a shut-off delay device for the electrical drive and/or the electrical device, at least one rechargeable battery for supplying electrical energy to the drive and the electrical device and an exhaustive-discharge safeguard device. The exhaustive-discharge safeguard device specifies the delay time (Δt) of the shut-off delay device as a function of the state of charge of the rechargeable battery it has determined. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091645 | LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator includes an inner core, and an outer core that is provided outside the inner core in a radial direction while being supported by a pair of flat springs. Permanent magnets are formed at one of the inner core and the outer core, and magnetic pole portions are formed at the other of the inner core and the outer core to face the permanent magnet with predetermined gaps formed therebetween. Spacers are respectively provided between the inner core and the flat springs, abutting portions are respectively configured by abutting facing surfaces of the spacers and the inner core and facing surfaces of the spacers and the flat springs adjacent to the spacers in the axial direction, and a plurality of engagement portions including recesses and protrusions are arranged at the abutting portions. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091646 | ACTUATOR - An actuator having a drive element which is made of a magnetic shape memory material, can be driven in response to electrical control of a plurality of coil apparatuses ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140091647 | THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER INSULATED COIL - A method for insulating a motor/generator coil includes providing a thermoplastic copolymer material in liquid form and applying a coating of the thermoplastic copolymer to the motor/generator coil in a thickness sufficient to withstand a predetermined minimum voltage threshold. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091648 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - In an electric power tool in which an electric motor is mounted in a housing that has a half-split structure, positions of middle screw fastening portions when a left housing and a right housing are fixed to each other by screws are located between a front protruding coil portion and a rear protruding coil portion. In other words, the protruding coil portions are located on either the front side or the rear side of the position of middle screw fastening portions when the left and right housings are fixed to each other by the screws. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively utilize a dead space that is likely to be formed between the front protruding coil portion and the rear protruding coil portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091649 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELD AND BALANCE RING FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An electrical machine including a stator and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly defines a rotational axis and has a rotor core wherein the rotor core defines first and second axial end surfaces. A balance ring is rotationally fixed to the rotor assembly and is configured to rotationally balance the rotor assembly. The balance ring comprises an electrically conductive and magnetically permeable material and is disposed proximate the first axial end surface and defines an air gap disposed axially between the balance ring and the first axial end surface. In some embodiments, the electric machine includes a plurality of spacers extending between the first axial end surface and the balance ring. The rotor core and balance ring may comprise a plurality of stacked electrical steel laminations. The balance ring can be used to provide electromagnetic interference shielding for a resolver. A method of manufacturing an electric machine is also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091650 | POLE SHOE - The invention relates to a pole shoe of an electrical machine, in particular a rotor of an electrical generator of a wind turbine generator system, comprising a pole shoe body for conducting a magnetic field and for receiving a winding for conducting an electrical current, in particular an excitation current, for producing the magnetic field, and at least one heat sink, entirely or partially surrounding the pole shoe body, for cooling the pole shoe, wherein the heat sink is arranged between the pole shoe body and the winding. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091651 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH COOLING - A stator for an electric machine having electrical windings surrounded by a casting compound, and fluid channels for cooling the electrical windings formed in the casting compound in close spatial proximity to the electrical windings. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091652 | ELECTRIC MACHINE INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING MATERIALLY INTEGRALLY FORMED COOLANT CHANNELS AND AN OUTER SLEEVE - An electric machine housing includes a housing body having an outer surface provided with a plurality of materially integrally formed ribs defining a plurality of coolant channels. Each of the plurality of materially integrally formed ribs has an outer surface portion. A sleeve is provided on the housing body extending about the outer surface. The sleeve has an inner surface section that is matingly engaged with the outer surface portion of each of the materially integrally formed ribs. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091653 | MOTOR HAVING HIGHLY-EFFICIENT AIR-COOLING STRUCTURE - A motor with an air-cooling structure having high cooling efficiency and capable of avoiding an increase in the size of the motor. A stator of the motor has an air flow channel being formed in the stator near outer circumferences of the slots. Air conveyed from a fan motor collides with an inner surface of an end at a spindle side of the stator, while cooling the slots through the air flow channel. The flowing direction of air which collides with the housing is inverted by a redirecting part, and the air is returned to the fan motor side while cooling the outside of the stator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091654 | Electric Motor With Maximized Active Motive Material - An electric motor configured to maximize active motive material within a given motor size by having one or more phase lead exit holes configured to prevent unwanted outside contaminants from entering the motor, phase leads each having an integral strain relief, and two or more Wye terminations that are not electrically connected to each other. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091655 | Bus Bar for Use in Electric Motor - A bus bar that can be manufactured easily as a part of an electric motor and, as a result, enables manufacturing the electric motor easily and inexpensively. The bus bar is configured to supply power to a plurality of coils of an electric motor and/or ground the coils in assemblage, in which a plurality of folded portions each of which includes three or a larger odd number of overlapping portions are formed on a conductor material having a predetermined length. The bus bar enables forming an insertion space at a predetermined position of each of the folded portions in which a terminal of each of the coils can be inserted so that each of the terminals is inserted into this insertion space and fixed in order to be electrically and directly fixed to the bus bar. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091656 | THREE-PHASE PERMANENT MAGNET TYPE MOTOR - A three-phase permanent magnet type motor has a stator in which a plurality of windings wound in a same direction are disposed, and the number of slots is 12n; a rotor in which the number of poles of the permanent magnet is 10n or 14n; and multilayer wiring boards for performing the connection so as to be 2m parallel. The three-phase permanent magnet type motor has a circuit configuration in which, among U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase, adjacent in-phase windings are connected in parallel and are connected in series with a like-pole winding of a symmetrical in-phase second winding group facing at 6-slot pitch angle, when a center of a first winding group of the adjacent in-phase windings is set as a reference axis, and in-phase transition wiring patterns are disposed on the same layer of the multilayer wiring boards in a line symmetrical manner. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091657 | WINDING, WINDING METHOD, AND AUTOMOTIVE ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - [Problem] A winding is provided which is so arranged that disengagement of a winding conductor is not caused after a winding around being finished. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091658 | ACTUATING DRIVE - An actuating drive includes an electric motor and a gearing arranged in a housing which is open on one side and which is closed by a cover. The electric motor is mounted in a recess bulge of the housing which is substantially sealed off from the gearing. The configuration provides a precise positioning of the electric motor relative to a first axle, wherein a first gear of the gearing is assigned to the same and wherein the actuating drive can be manufactured more simply and more cost-effectively than was previously possible. This is achieved in that the electric motor is attached indirectly to the housing by means of an accordingly shaped metal sheet, and is positioned in a predetermined location with no radial or axial play. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091659 | SMALL POWER GENERATOR AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a small power generator | 2014-04-03 |
20140091660 | MOTOR - There is provided a motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft via a lubricating fluid; a base plate having the sleeve fixed thereto; a stator coupled to the base plate and including a core having a coil wound therearound in order to generate rotational driving force; and a rotor fixed to the shaft to be rotatable with respect to the stator and including a magnet facing the core, wherein the base plate includes a fixing part having the sleeve fixed thereto, an extension part extended from one end of the fixing part in an outer diameter direction, a seating part extended from one end of the extension part upwardly and downwardly in an axial direction, and a body part extended from the seating part in the outer diameter direction. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091661 | POLYPHASIC MULTI-COIL ELECTRIC DEVICE - A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091662 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DIRECT-DRIVE TYPE WASHING MACHINE - A driving apparatus for a direct-drive type washing machine includes a support member that is fixed to the lower side of a washing tub; a dehydrating tub rotating shaft that is rotatably supported on the support member and that is connected to a dehydrating tub to rotate the dehydrating tub; a pulsator rotating shaft that is rotatably arranged in the inside of the dehydrating tub rotating shaft and that is connected to a pulsator to rotate the pulsator; a drive motor comprising a double rotor including an outer rotor that is connected to the pulsator rotating shaft and an inner rotor that is connected to the dehydrating tub rotating shaft, and a double stator including a first stator coil for rotating the outer rotor and a second stator coil for rotating the inner rotor; and a motor drive unit that generates alternating-current (AC) power according to a washing control signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091663 | PERMANENT-MAGNET TYPE ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - Magnet insertion holes for embedding a plurality of permanent magnets per pole are formed in a rotor core in a protruding shape toward a center of a rotor. A pair of flux control holes formed in a symmetrical shape with respect to a center line between magnetic poles is provided for each magnetic pole in a magnetic pole gap of the rotor core. Where d is a diameter of the respective flux control holes, m is a center-to-center distance thereof, b is a width of the magnetic pole gap, and τ is a pole pitch between magnetic poles, the flux control holes are provided so that a value of m/T obtained by standardizing the center-to-center distance m by the pole pitch τ satisfies | 2014-04-03 |
20140091664 | INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine comprises a stator adapted for receiving stator windings; a rotor rotatable relative to the stator; permanent magnets in the rotor forming magnetic poles; and apertures with a low permeability. Each aperture is for that portion of one of the permanent magnets located in a predetermined range which would generate magnetic flux lines in such directions as to cancel magnetic flux lines emanating from the stator in the neighborhood of a direct axis of one of the magnetic poles if the permanent magnet were located in the predetermined range. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091665 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE, MAINLY FOR STARTER OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A DC electric rotating machine, mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle. The machine includes a stator including a wound structure forming a plurality of poles extending along the circumference of the stator, a rotor, and a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by commutation of the electric current in sections of the rotor. The wound structure of the stator includes a plurality of slots between two central parts of consecutive poles of the stator, these slots being formed in a magnetic body of the stator. At least one of the slots including at least one conducting segment forming a winding of an electrical coil. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091666 | Direct Drive Segmented Generator - The present invention relates an electrical machine comprising a plurality of stator segments;each segment has a plurality of electrical phase windings embedded in stator slots in a phase sequence, wherein the phase of the first slot of a segment is different from the phase of the first slot of an adjacent segment. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091667 | ARMATURE AND MOTOR - In an armature, a plurality of teeth extending from an annular core back each include a projection portion arranged to extend in a circumferential direction from a circumferential side surface of the tooth. Insulators, each of which is attached to the stator core and is arranged to cover at least a portion of a separate one of the teeth, include an insulator contact surface arranged to be in contact with the projection portion. A portion of the projection portion and the insulator contact surface are arranged to be in contact with each other. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091668 | HYBRID ROTOR BAR ASSEMBLIES, ELECTRIC MOTORS INCLUDING HYBRID ROTOR BAR ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLYING SAME - Hybrid rotor bar assemblies and electric motors having hybrid rotor bar assemblies are disclosed, as are other aspects. The hybrid rotor tar assemblies have rotor bars lined with shims. The rotor bars can be copper rotor bars. In certain aspects, the shim may be about one fourth to about one eighth of a thickness of the rotor bar. Also disclosed are electric motors with shims lining the rotor bars and functioning as secondary rotor bars. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091669 | Generator/Motor Wedge With Lamination Interface for Reduced Stress Levels - A wedge for use in an electric machine has a central leg extending in a direction that will be radially inward when the wedge is mounted on a lamination stack, The wedge has arms extending in both circumferential directions from the central leg, with a circumferentially outermost part of the arms having a curved surface that will be radially outward, and a flat inner surface that will be radially inward when the wedge in mounted in the lamination stack. A generator/motor rotor and a generator/motor are also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091670 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor includes a stator, a case surrounding the stator, and a rotor rotatably disposed with respect to the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core having a plurality of poles and slots, a shaft coupled to a central portion of the rotor core, a rotor coil wound on the rotor core, and coil supporting members provided at the rotor core. The coil supporting members are configured to support the rotor coil such that the rotor coil is prevented from being separated from the rotor core in a radial direction when the rotor rotates. Under such a configuration, a short-circuit of the rotor coil due to a centrifugal force when the rotor rotates, can be prevented. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091671 | STATOR CORE, SPLIT CORE BLOCK, STATOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator core is formed by laminating a plurality of annular core plates one on top of another. The stator core includes a cylindrical yoke and a plurality of radially protruding teeth arranged at a specified interval along a circumferential direction of the yoke. Each of the core plates includes a plurality of annularly-arranged split cores each having a yoke portion forming the yoke and a tooth portion protruding from the yoke portion and forming the teeth. The yoke portion includes a first yoke section and a second yoke section extending different lengths at opposite lateral sides of the tooth portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091672 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR CORE AND THE STATOR CORE - A method of manufacturing a stator core includes die-cutting iron core materials from a band-shaped magnetic steel sheet, each iron core material being formed into an annular shape and having m number of interconnecting lugs protruding radially outward from an annular outer circumference of the magnetic steel sheet when m is equal to or larger than 2, and stacking a number of the iron core materials. In the die-cutting, parts of the magnetic steel sheet to be die-cut as the iron core material are arranged in n number of rows in a widthwise direction of the magnetic steel sheet when n is an integer equal to or larger than 2. Each one of the iron core materials included in one of n number of rows is located between the iron core materials lengthwise adjacent to each other in the row next to the one row. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091673 | Direct Drive Segmented Generator - The present invention relates a stator segment for an electrical machine, comprising a plurality of windings, each winding having a winding starting and ending point, and a stator yoke with a plurality of stator slots for receiving at least one stator winding, said segment having a first side and a second side. At least one winding having its starting point at the first side, and its ending point at the first side of the segment, the at least one winding is received in one or more stator slots. At least one other winding having its starting point at the second side, and its ending point at the second side of the segment, the at least one other winding is received in one or more stator slots | 2014-04-03 |
20140091674 | STRESS RELIEVED MICROFABRICATED CANTILEVER - A micromechanical device has a functional layer. One or more layers are provided between the functional layer and the micromechanical device to provide stress relief. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091675 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION DEVICE AND METHODS - Transducer assemblies and associated methods are provided for facilitating alignment of ultrasonic transducers with respect to pipes onto which the transducers are installed. The transducer assembly can include a transducer housing having a track on along which the transducers can be slidingly engaged. The transducer assembly can include attachment structures having alignment features used to align the transducers parallel to the axial centerline of the pipe while ensuring that the reception/emission sides of the transducers are oriented normal to the outer surface of the pipe. In some embodiments a transducer assembly alignment system can be used to align two transducer assemblies on circumferentially opposite sides of a pipe. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091676 | CRYSTAL UNIT - A crystal unit according to this disclosure includes an IT-cut round crystal element supported at two points on an outer periphery portion of the IT-cut round crystal element. A rotation angle in plane between a straight line connecting the two points and Z″ axis of a double-rotation is within a specific range. The specific range includes an angle where an amount of frequency variation is zero. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091677 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a substrate, a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer is fixed to the substrate and the piezoelectric layer is formed on the lower electrode layer. The upper electrode layer is formed on piezoelectric layer. The lower electrode layer contains pores therein and has a larger thermal expansion coefficient than the piezoelectric layer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091678 | LAMINATE - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type element includes a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode laminated in order on a support. An average particle diameter of each of particles of a piezoelectric material forming the piezoelectric layer falls within a range of 0.5 μm to 10 μm. The sectional shape of the piezoelectric layer is a “quadrilateral (substantially rectangular shape) having a height of from 0.5 μm to 15 μm and an angle (θ) at an end point of a base of from 85° to 105°.” A surface roughness of a side surface of the piezoelectric layer is 0.05 dμm to 0.5 dμm at the maximum height roughness Rz (defined by JIS B 0601:2001). Both “generation of a leak current that flows through the piezoelectric layer” and “occurrence of particle shedding from a side surface of the piezoelectric layer” can be prevented. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091679 | BASE UNIT, MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A base unit includes a base member including a first through-hole, a peripheral edge portion, and a thin portion, and a bushing including a bearing holding portion and first and second protrusion portions. The first and second protrusion portions respectively extend radially outward from an upper end portion and a lower end of the bearing holding portion. The first through-hole axially extends through the base member. The first through-hole is defined by an inner surface of the base member radially opposed to the bearing holding portion. The peripheral edge portion extends radially outward from the first through-hole. The thin portion is arranged radially outward of the peripheral edge portion. The thin portion has an axial thickness smaller than that of the peripheral edge portion. The bushing is arranged within the first through-hole. The peripheral edge portion is arranged between the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091680 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND BEARING CHANGING METHOD - A rotary electric machine includes a stator core; a rotor that includes a laminated core, core holders, and cooling fans; a frame that includes a tubular unit that encloses the stator core and the rotor, and a first bracket and a second bracket that extend in a direction of a rotor shaft and supports the rotor shaft; and cartridges that are detachably attached to the first bracket and the second bracket and rotatably supports the rotor shaft, wherein groove-like or hole-like holding portions, which hold end portions of bearing attaching and detaching jigs inserted through the first bracket and the second bracket, are provided in the cooling fans. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091681 | BICYCLE GENERATOR - A bicycle generator that includes a stator, a rotating member defining a rotating axis, a magnet arranged so as to face the stator, a first transmission structure that transmits rotational motion of the rotating member to the magnet at a first rotational speed ratio when the rotating member rotates in a first direction, and a second transmission structure that transmits rotational motion of the rotating member to the magnet at a second rotational speed ratio when the rotating member rotates in a second direction. The second rotational speed ratio is greater than the first rotational speed ratio. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091682 | CONTROLLER-INTEGRATED ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING METHODS OF THE SAME - In a controller-integrated electric rotating machine configured to assemble a front side semi-manufactured assembly E formed from an electric rotating machine main body | 2014-04-03 |
20140091683 | ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT - An electric drive unit ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140091684 | ITEM DISPENSING APPARATUS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dispenser configured for storing one or more items and dispensing the stored items to authorized users. According to various embodiments, the dispenser generally includes a housing defining an interior portion dimensioned to receive a plurality of items and an access assembly configured to prevent unauthorized user access to the interior portion of the dispenser while providing selective access to certain items in response to input received from an authorized user. According to various embodiments, the access assembly comprises a pair of flexible barriers coupled to a sliding door assembly, which includes one or more lockable access doors. Together, the door assembly and flexible barriers prevent access to the interior of the dispenser when in a locked configuration and permit access to certain items when in an unlocked configuration. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091685 | APPARATUS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING VARYING SHAPED AND SIZED SPICE BOTTLES OR CONTAINERS - A portable spice rack that comprises a square or rectangular shaped housing and a plurality of spice drawers which are stacked vertically within the housing. The spice drawers provide a plurality of compartments that are uniquely designed to accommodate storing and retrieving varying shaped and sized spice bottles or other types of containers. Specifically, the spice drawer provides a substantially rectangular compartment having a base further providing a slot formed by an opening and opposed supporting walls. The rectangular compartment and slot within the base coact to enable, in particular, square, rectangular, and/or circular spice bottles or containers, or any combination thereof, to be stored and retrieved at the same time within any of the plurality of compartments within the spice rack. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091686 | MAGNETIC FASTENER APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - Magnetic fastener apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example electronic device includes a first housing coupled to a second housing to define a cavity. A latch is coupled to the first housing, and a frame defining an opening is coupled to the second housing. A biasing element is positioned in the opening of the frame and a fastener is at least partially disposed in the opening. The fastener moves between a locked position via the biasing element to engage the latch and an unlocked position via a magnetic field to cause the fastener to disengage the latch. The latch and the frame are positioned inside the cavity when the first housing is coupled to the second housing. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091687 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND FEEDING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a reader and a casing. The casing includes a first casing, a second casing, a first port and a second port disposed between the first casing and the second casing at a first side of the casing. A width of the second port is less than a width of the first port and the second port overlaps with a portion of the first port. A pivotable member is pivotably attached to the first casing. The pivotable member includes a first arm and a second arm that pivot about a pivoting axis and a connection portion connecting the first arm and the second arm. A wall of the first casing at the first side covers the connection portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091688 | REMOVABLE DOOR FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A door for a electronic device that may be removed by the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091689 | Cover Having Wallet Feature for Electronic Devices - A safety cover for an electronic device has a tray with a floor, the floor having inner and outer surfaces, ribs on the inner surface, and side walls. The floor includes at least one recess and at least two spaced apart slots extending through the floor. A flexible elastic band extends over part of the outer surface of the tray floor which is between two slots. The band has two flaps, each extending through a slot into a recess and being adhered inside a recess to secure the elastic band. A cover plate covers the flaps inside the tray and provides a flat surface to engage the device. The elastic resiliently receives items to be held by the cover arrangement. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091690 | Direct Access Dispensing System - An access and storage system including a storage component configured to store an item therein or thereon in an associated storage position, wherein the storage component is configured to provide a user direct manual access to the item in the storage position. The system further includes a sensor system configured to track at least one of a user's removal of the item from the associated storage position or replacement of the item to the associated storage position. The sensor system operates independently of any sensor component secured to the item. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091691 | STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CASE FOR JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES - The present application provides a storage and transport case for jewelry and accessories. The case may include a base having a number of panels, and a top removably attached to an upper portion of the base. The number of panels may be movable from a transport configuration to a display configuration. The number of panels further may be pivotally connected to one another in series along lateral edges. Each of the panels may include one or more compartments for storing jewelry or accessories. Each of the compartments may be able to store and protect a specific type of jewelry or accessory, such as earrings, bracelets, belts, rings, necklaces, sunglasses, hair accessories, hats, watches, handbags, and scarves. The compartments may be inaccessible when the number of panels is in the transport configuration, and the compartments may be accessible when the number of panels is in the display configuration. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091692 | OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS | 2014-04-03 |
20140091693 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELASTIC SLIDE LOCK MEMBER - An electronic device includes: a housing provided with an opening that accommodates a component; a cover member that covers the opening; a projecting part that projects from an inside face of the housing; a slide knob slidably provided to a surface of the housing; and an elastic slide lock member that fixes the cover member to the housing, wherein the elastic slide lock member includes: a movement part that is coupled to the slide knob, moves together with the slide knob, and is provided with a fixing projection; a fixing part that is rotatably supported by the projecting part of the housing; and a coupling part that couples the movement part and the fixing part and is elastically deformable. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091694 | FURNITURE DRAWER LOCKING DEVICE - A device for securing closed a drawer of a dresser, cabinet or desk. The device includes a base that is secured to an interior surface of the frame, which cannot be accessed when the drawer is closed within the drawer opening of the frame, and an extending member. The extending member has a first end portion that attaches releasably to the base, and a second end that extends exteriorly through the drawer opening and between the drawer and the frame. The device is not built into or integral with the drawer or the frame of the dresser, cabinet or desk. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091695 | SLIDABLE MESH TRAY & CONTAINER - A coffee pod tray is provided with a housing having a slide extending along opposing sides of the housing. A tray configured to hold a plurality of coffee pods has a side frame with an exterior side frame moving along the slide of the housing. The tray has a limit stop formed by a rivet in a top of the housing so the rivet hits the back of the tray to keep the tray from being removed from the housing. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091696 | Sliding and Tilting Shelves, Especially for Use in a Refrigerated Mechandise Display - A shelf system for use in displaying and storing merchandise is especially suited for use in a refrigerated or chiller compartment that can be used with other conventional display sections. The shelving system or unit includes a squared frame that is mounted in a refrigeration compartment. Side or knife brackets are mounted on opposite sides of the frame and shelves on which items of merchandise are stored in spring loaded pusher track systems are mounted on the side brackets. Guide members mounted on the side brackets allow the shelves to slide between a retracted and an extended position on a planar path, but when the shelves reach the extended position, the glide members tilt allowing the shelves to tile for easier access to items stored thereon. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091697 | ILLUMINATION SOURCE WITH DIRECT DIE PLACEMENT - An illumination source includes a heat sink with an inner core region and an outer core region having structures to dissipate heat from the inner core region. An LED assembly is pressed into a thermally-conductive compound disposed between the LED assembly and the inner core region. A retaining clamp is used to mechanically press the LED assembly into the thermally-conductive compound. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091698 | Lamp Device and Lighting Apparatus - A lamp device includes a substrate body, a light source part mounted on the substrate body, and a contact portion electrically connected to the light source part. A cover receives the light source part in a space formed by the cover and the substrate body, is light transmissive at least at a position facing the light source part, and spatially separates the light source part mounted on the substrate body and the contact portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091699 | MODIFIED SPECTRUM LAMP - There is herein described a lamp having a light-transmissive envelope, a tungsten-halogen capsule and a coating disposed on the surface of the light-transmissive envelope or doped in the light-transmissive material. The light-transmissive envelope may comprise a light-transmissive material. The tungsten-halogen capsule can be positioned inside the light-transmissive envelope. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091700 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug with both improved load life performance and improved radio-noise-preventing property, wherein the spark plug has a resistor containing a Ti component. The spark plug includes a circular columnar insulator having a through hole; a center electrode; a terminal shell; and a resistor provided in the through hole and between the terminal shell and the center electrode. The resistor contains glass, a Ti component, a Zr component, and a non-metallic electrically conductive material. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091701 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark plug for use in an internal combustion engine has a center electrode, an earth electrode, and an electrode chip formed on at least one of the center electrode and the earth electrode. A spark discharge gap is formed between the center electrode and the earth electrode. The electrode chip has a base section, a chromium rich layer formed on at least a part of the base section, and a diffusion layer formed between the base section and the chromium rich layer. The base section contains chromium within a range of 5 to 45 mass %, an element X within a range of 0.5 to 25 mass %, and a remainder composed of tungsten and unavoidable impurity. The chromium rich layer is larger in content of chromium than the base section. The element X contained in the base section is comprised of at least one of molybdenum, silicon, aluminum and lead. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091702 | CATHODE HOUSING SUSPENSION OF AN ELECTRON BEAM DEVICE - A cathode-housing suspension of an electron beam device having a tubular body of elongate shape with an exit window extending in the longitudinal direction and a connector end in one end of the tubular body is disclosed. The electron beam device further comprises a cathode housing having an elongate shape and comprising a free end and an attachment end remote to the free end, and the attachment end comprises an outwardly extending flange provided with threaded openings for set screws and non-threaded openings for attachment bolts, for attaching the attachment end to a corresponding socket of the tubular body, wherein a mechanism configured to bias the attachment end away from the socket are arranged in the tubular body. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091703 | ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT SOURCE COMPRISING PHOTOLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND A SELECTIVE MIRROR - An energy efficient light source comprising photoluminescent material and a selective mirror is disclosed. In an embodiment, a first light source emanates light of a particular spectrum, a layer of photoluminescent material surrounding the first light source absorbs light of the spectrum emanated by the first light source and emanates light of a different spectrum, and a selective mirror surrounding the layer of photoluminescent material reflects light emanated by the first light source and transmits light emanated by the photoluminescent material. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091704 | ORGANIC LUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AT ORGANIC LUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device of the invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed above the first substrate and having a display area and a non-display area; and a light-emitting layer disposed between the display area and the first substrate, wherein a first alignment mark having the light-emitting layer is disposed between the non-display area and the first substrate, and a second alignment mark is disposed on the second substrate at a position corresponding to the first alignment mark. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091705 | Light-Emitting Element and Display Device Using Same - A display device having a plurality of light-emitting elements that construct picture elements aligned on a substrate in a formation of a matrix. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting device having a flat surface portion and including a light-emitting layer and an anode. A driver element is connected with the light-emitting element, and an insulation layer having a contact hole formed over the driver element. The anode is formed on the insulation layer and is connected to the driver element via the contact hole. A tilted reflective surface is provided in a peripheral area surrounding the flat surface portion of the light-emitting device and has a tilt angle with respect to the flat surface portion of the light-emitting device. The tilted reflective surface is provided on a surface of a slope of a bank provided on the substrate and formed to cover the contact hole. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091706 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP WITH A STARTING AID - A high-pressure discharge lamp with a starting aid, may includ a discharge vessel, wherein the discharge vessel has two ends with seals, in which electrodes are fastened, wherein the starting aid is fitted on the outside of the discharge vessel, wherein the starting aid has a local field amplifier having a configuration with at least one tip or edge or structure with a small radius of curvature, and wherein the starting aid produces a corona discharge which emits UV radiation into the discharge vessel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091707 | IGNITION PLUG - An ignition plug, wherein, when a relative density of a portion of an insulator, which is positioned between a radial virtual plane including a front end of the insulator and a radial virtual plane including a front end of a portion of the insulator which is in contact with a metal shell or the plate packing, is referred to as A (%), and a relative density of a portion of the insulator, which is positioned between the radial virtual plane including the front end of the portion of the insulator which is in contact with the metal shell or the plate packing and a radial virtual plane including a center of a resistor in an axial direction, is referred to as B (%), the following equations are satisfied: 93.90≦A, and 0.10≦A−B≦0.90. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091708 | Fluorescent Display Tube With Touch Switch And Method Of Forming Electrode And Wiring Of Same - An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent display tube with a touch switch allowing electrodes such as touch electrode, anode electrode, and wirings thereof to be formed on the same substrate at the same time, and having an easy structure, and to provide a method of forming the electrodes and wirings of the fluorescent display tube. The anode electrodes, the touch electrodes, the shield electrode, and the anode wirings are formed on the front substrate. The shield electrode is formed in between the touch electrodes and the anode electrodes, and in between the touch electrodes and the anode wirings. The shield electrode is made of a continuous single conductive film. The touch electrodes are so formed as to surround the corresponding one of the anode electrodes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091709 | HEADLAMP CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed is a headlamp control system for a vehicle capable of illuminating a location of a user by controlling lighting of the vehicle's headlamps and controlling driving of the headlamps through actuators based on communication with a radio signal transmitter possessed by the user. The headlamp control system can include: headlamps; one or more actuators installed in the headlamps for driving the headlamps upward, downward, left, and right; a plurality of radio signal receivers at two or more locations of the vehicle for receiving a radio signal; a portable radio signal transmitter for transmitting a radio signal to the radio signal receiver; and a controller for determining a position of the radio signal transmitter based on the radio signal and controlling the headlamp and the actuator to irradiated the position of the radio signal transmitter. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091710 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR DISTANCE-DEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF THE ILLUMINATION RANGE OF A LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for increasing the illumination range of a vehicle, having a step of receiving high beam activation information via an interface, the high beam activation information indicating an option for the glare-free operation of the high beam. The method also includes a step of ascertaining a distance covered by the vehicle in response to receiving the high beam activation information, and a step of providing range-increasing information for increasing the illumination range when the covered distance after receiving the high beam activation information is greater than a predetermined minimum distance, and/or a step of providing at least one value of the increase in the illumination range (illumination range-increasing value) as a function of the distance covered. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091711 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT, LIGHTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CROSSTALK-COMPENSATED CURRENT SENSING - A circuit arrangement comprises a plurality of current channels located in different die areas of a shared circuit die at least one of the plurality of current channels comprising a power device; at least one sense circuit connected to one or more of the different die areas and arranged to provide a sense current from sensing a current through a primary of the plurality of current channels comprising one of the different die areas. The at least one sense circuit comprises a compensation module arranged to provide a compensation current adapted to at least partly compensate a deviation of the sense current caused by crosstalk between the primary and one or more secondary of the plurality of current channels depending on one or more secondary currents flowing through the one or more secondary current channels; wherein the compensation module is arranged to provide the compensation current at least partly as a weighted sum of the one or more secondary currents. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER AT HIGH PRESSURE - An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091713 | LOW PRESSURE LAMP USING NON-MERCURY MATERIALS - One embodiment relates to a mercury-free low-pressure lamp having a bulb. The bulb includes an emissive material and one or more phosphors. The emissive material includes at least one of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, wherein when the bulb is in a non-operational state, the emissive material condenses into a liquid or solid, and when the bulb is in an operational state the emissive material forms an emitter, the emitter in combination with one or more gases generate photons when excited by an electrical discharge. The one or more phosphors are configured to convert at least a portion of the photons to other visible wavelengths. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091714 | CURRENT LIMITING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR LED DRIVER - Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a driver circuit and a current limiter circuit. The driver circuit is configured to drive a load with an output current when the load is coupled with the driver circuit. The current limiter circuit is configured to turn on a path to deplete a portion of the output current from the driver circuit in order to prevent a load current flowing through the load from exceeding a current limit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091715 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A light source apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a brightness determination unit configured to determine emission brightness of each of light emission areas; a color determination unit configured to determine, for each of the light emission areas, an emission color of a target light, emission area, which is the each light emission area, based on the determined emission brightness of each of the light emission areas, in such a manner as to suppress a change in color of the target light emission area that is caused as a result of changes in emission brightnesses of light emission areas other than the target light emission area; and a control unit configured to cause each of the light emission areas to emit light of the determined emission color, at the determined emission brightness. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091716 | FIELD EMISSION DEVICE - A field emission device is configured as a heat engine. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091717 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - There is provided an apparatus for driving a light emitting diode (LED), capable of distributing current stress applied to the LED. The apparatus includes an LED part including a plurality of LED units respectively including at least one LED, the plurality of LED units being connected in parallel to a power input terminal to which rectified power in sine wave form is supplied, and, among the plurality of LED units connected in parallel, a termination end of the LED unit in a front end being connected to a middle of an adjacent LED unit; and a current source unit including a plurality of current sources respectively connected to termination ends of the plurality of LED units and allowing corresponding current to flow through the plurality of LED units. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091718 | Power Converter with an Inductor-Inductor-Capacitor Stage and Method of Operating the Same - A power converter including an inductor-inductor-capacitor stage and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the power converter includes an inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) stage coupled to an input of said power converter. The power converter also includes a controller configured to control a switching frequency of the LLC stage as a function of an input voltage of the power converter. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091719 | CHRISTMAS STRING LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND STRING LIGHT DEVICE THEREOF - A string light device employs a mobile device to control a string light thereof through a bluetooth connection module thereof. The mobile device is activated to switch to one of the display modes of the string light so as to operate the string light to exhibit a visual effect, such as blinking the string light according to rhythms of music or sounds or changing the luminance or color or the string light. Accordingly, users achieve to wirelessly control a string light by simply using a mobile device, such as a smart phone or a tablet personal computer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091720 | Controller for Use with a Power Converter and Method of Operating the Same - A controller for use with a power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the controller includes a light emitting diode string controller configured to receive a dimmer signal and control a level of current in a light emitting diode string in response to the dimmer signal. The controller also includes a power converter controller configured to receive the dimmer signal and control an output current of the power converter that is a multiple of the level of current in the light emitting diode string. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091721 | LED Device with Voltage-Limiting Unit and Voltage-Equalizing Resistance - The present invention provides a LED device with voltage-limiting unit and voltage-equalizing resistance in which a light-emitting unit is structured through a LED being connected in parallel with a voltage-limiting unit in the same polarity, and two ends thereof being further connected in parallel with an voltage-equalizing resistance, so that when plural sets of the light-emitting units are connected in series or in series-parallel in the same polarity, the end voltage of each set is stabilized by the voltage-equalizing resistance connected in parallel with the two ends of the LED and the voltage-limiting unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091722 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Operating Characteristics in a Load Control Device - A load control device, such as an electronic ballast, for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, such as one or more fluorescent lamps, comprises a power converter having an inductor and a power switching device coupled to the inductor, a load control circuit adapted to be coupled to the electrical load, and a control circuit operable to calculate an average input power of the load control device. The control circuit may be operable to calculate a cumulative output power of the power converter while the ballast is preheating filaments of the lamps, and to subsequently determine a fault condition in the lamps in response to the calculated cumulative output power of the power converter. Further, the control circuit may be operable to transmit a digital message including the calculated average input power of the load control device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091723 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES - A driving circuit for driving a light source having an adjustable color temperature is provided. The driving circuit includes a power converter, coupled between a power source and the light source and operable for receiving power from the power source and for providing a regulated power to the light source; and a color temperature controller, coupled to the power converter and operable for receiving a switch monitoring signal indicative of an operation of a power switch coupled between the power source and the power converter, and for adjusting the color temperature of the light source based on the switch monitoring signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091724 | SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCE DRIVER ESTABLISHING BUCK OR BOOST OPERATION - A solid state light source driver circuit that operates in either a buck convertor or a boost convertor configuration is provided. The driver circuit includes a controller, a boost switch circuit and a buck switch circuit, each coupled to the controller, and a feedback circuit, coupled to the light source. The feedback circuit provides feedback to the controller, representing a DC output of the driver circuit. The controller controls the boost switch circuit and the buck switch circuit in response to the feedback signal, to regulate current to the light source. The controller places the driver circuit in its boost converter configuration when the DC output is less than a rectified AC voltage coupled to the driver circuit at an input node. The controller places the driver circuit in its buck converter configuration when the DC output is greater than the rectified AC voltage at the input node. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091725 | Method of powering flashlight tailcaps - A method for powering two circuits in a portable light that are connected by a single conductive chassis so that each of the two circuits is able to have time shared access to a power source. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091726 | Filament Miswire Protection In An Electronic Dimming Ballast - An electronic dimming ballast that accommodates miswiring of fluorescent lamp filaments (e.g., miswiring the corresponding lamp sockets) is disclosed. The electronic dimming ballast may drive a plurality of gas discharge lamps. Each gas discharge lamp may have a respective filament. The electronic dimming ballast, via the filament miswire protection element, may establish the same voltage across a first of the filaments regardless of whether the filaments are wired in series or in parallel. The filament miswire protection element may have an impedance that is approximately equal to an impedance of at least one of the filaments. The filament miswire protection element may include one or more capacitors, inductors, and/or resistors. The filament miswire protection element may include only a capacitor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091727 | Off Peak Powered Lighting System for Offices and Buildings - The off-peak powered lighting system provides light to offices, buildings and structures via banks of LED light fixtures. The off-peak system is electrically coupled to battery power source during peak power cycles and then is coupled to an electrical power grid during off-peak cycles. The banks of LED lights, in the offices, buildings and structures, include LED lighting fixtures, each with a multiplicity of LEDs. The LED banks are controlled by a plurality of control switches. A power cycle switch coupled intermediate the power grid and the control switches. controllably couples the grid to the control switches or couples the battery source to the control switches based upon a control command, generated by a controller which creates off-peak and peak control commands. The controller is either a timer, a programmable time of day, or a remotely controllable element subjected to grid-originated peak commands. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING PINS OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit within an integrated circuit package, including a configuration module and a timing module. The configuration module configures the integrated circuit using a configure operation performed via N pins of the integrated circuit package, where N is an integer greater than 1. The timing module is configured to control on/off timing of (N*M) light emitting diodes arranged in N columns and M rows connected to the N pins and M pins of the integrated circuit, respectively, where M is an integer greater than 1. During a first period, the configure operation utilizes the N pins. During a second period, the N*M light emitting diodes receive data from the M pins and refresh signals from the N pins. The second period is different than the first period. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091729 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT SYSTEM - A light-emitting element driving circuit system is provided in which a plurality of current paths, in each of which a light-emitting element and a switching element which is controlled to be switched ON and OFF for causing light to be emitted from the light-emitting element are connected in series, are placed in parallel to each other, wherein an ON time of each switching element is adjusted based on a light-emission period which is a period in which the light-emitting elements are caused to emit light in a circulating manner, such that a number of switching operations of each switching element is reduced. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091730 | Dual-Mode Dimmable Receptacle - An electric receptacle capable of operating in a dimmable mode and a standard mode comprises an opening for receipt of an adapter. The adapter is received by the electric receptacle and switches the electric receptacle from the standard mode to the dimmable mode. The adapter is dimensioned to fit over a standard plug and the electric receptacle is configured to receive a standard plug. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091731 | LIGHTING SYSTEM - The lighting system includes lighting devices and a controller of the lighting devices. The controller includes a display unit and a storage unit which stores area information including target areas in which the lighting devices are arranged, the identification information of the lighting devices, the lighting information regarding different lighting conditions of the lighting devices, and scene setting information regarding a state change pattern for changing a lighting state of one or more lighting devices allotted to each target area. The control unit controls the display unit to display a scene operation screen having pictorial signs each indicating one piece of scene setting information, and selects, if one of the pictorial signs is touched, a corresponding scene setting information represented by the pictorial sign, and controls the display unit to display a state change pattern of each lighting device allotted to the selected piece of scene setting information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091732 | TRANSIENT POWER COMMUNICATION - A power supply system providing communication from a master module to at least one slave module via transients, to alter operation of a load, is provided. The master module output a supply voltage that is either a normal supply voltage or a reduced supply voltage. The outputted supply voltage depends on input corresponding to a communication to be sent to the slave module to alter operation of the load of the slave module. The slave module receives the supply voltage and interprets the received supply voltage, which may vary between the normal and reduced supply voltages, to determine what the communication from the master module is. The slave module then uses information from the communication to appropriately alter operation of its load. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091733 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH TUNABLE DUTY CYCLES - This disclosure provides a smart lighting apparatus. The lighting device includes a power input device and an insertion slot. The power input device is electrically connected to a light source, and the insertion slot is installed between the light source and the power input device for receiving the smart card to manage the lighting device. The smart card has a power source and an ecosystem dimming device electrically connected with to the power source. The ecosystem dimming device controls the luminance of the light source with power-saving efficiency. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091734 | Control System for a Particle Accelerator - An example particle therapy system includes a particle accelerator to output a particle beam, where the particle accelerator includes: a particle source to provide pulses of ionized plasma to a cavity, where each pulse of the particle source has a pulse width corresponding to a duration of operation of the particle source to produce the corresponding pulse, and where the particle beam is based on the pulses of ionized plasma; and a modulator wheel having different thicknesses, where each thickness extends across a different circumferential length of the modulator wheel, and where the modulator wheel is arranged to receive a precursor to the particle beam and is configured to create a spread-out Bragg peak for the particle beam | 2014-04-03 |
20140091735 | Fan Conducted Noise Reduction - Apparatus and methods for reducing unwanted conducted noise generated by a DC load | 2014-04-03 |
20140091736 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140091737 | DRIVE WITH SERVER - The present invention relates to a drive system that includes a module that operates as a server, where at least sometimes the module is at least one of directly integrated with another module that operates as a drive and fully integrated to include the drive. The server allows for communications with one or more terminals via an internet-type communications medium, while the drive is for controlling, monitoring and/or otherwise interacting with at least one motor, electromechanical machine, or other appropriate type of machine/process. In at least some embodiments, the server is capable of providing web pages, executable programs and/or other information including, for example, information in accordance with an FTP protocol onto the internet for receipt by the terminals. The terminals communicate commands and other information via the internet back to the server, which in turn can influence the drive and the controlled machine/process. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091738 | Inverter Circuit having Switching Means Operating with Linear Operation - An inverter circuit for an electric motor includes a first terminal and a second terminal, via which the inverter circuit is connectable to an energy store. The inverter circuit also includes a parallel circuit having three half-bridge circuits located between the first terminal and the second terminal. Each of the half-bridge circuits includes in each case two switching devices, between which a half-bridge terminal, via which the respective half-bridge circuit is connectable to a respective input of an electric motor, is arranged in each case. The two switching devices of at least one of the half-bridge circuits are in each case configured to be driven linearly and to be operated as a current source, while the respective other switching device of the at least one half-bridge circuit is in the on state. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091739 | CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus for a vehicle having an idle stop function includes a measurement unit that measures the characteristic of a battery provided in the vehicle, an identification unit that identifies the type of the battery based on the measured characteristic, and a control unit that stops the idle stop function in a case where the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for an idle-stop vehicle, and permits execution of the idle stop function in a case where the execution of the idle stop function is permitted by an input of a predetermined signal from an external terminal even when the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for the idle-stop vehicle. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091740 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AC MOTOR - A control device for a three-phase alternate current motor, includes: a control phase current acquisition means; a monitor phase current acquisition means; a rotation angle acquisition means; a two-phase control current value current calculation means; a one-phase current estimated value estimation means; a voltage command value calculation means; an other phase current estimation means for calculating a monitor or a control phase current estimated value; an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality in a monitor phase or a control phase current sensor; and a switching means for switching between a monitoring stop mode, in which the voltage command value is calculated based on the two-phase control current value, and a monitoring mode, in which the voltage command value is calculated based on the one-phase current estimated value, and the abnormality detection means detects the abnormality, at predetermined time intervals. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091741 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - There are provided a motor driving apparatus and a motor driving method capable of decreasing power consumption by readjusting a preset duty ratio according to a voltage level of driving power. The motor driving apparatus includes: a driving power detecting unit detecting a voltage level of driving power used to drive a motor; a speed controlling unit adjusting a preset duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal when the voltage level detected by the driving power detecting unit is equal to or less than a preset reference voltage; a driving controlling unit generating a driving signal having the duty ratio from the speed controlling unit; and a driving unit driving the motor according to the driving signal of the driving controlling unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140091742 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AC MOTOR - A control device for a three-phase alternate current motor includes: an inverter for driving the motor; current sensors for sensing current in the motor; and a control means having a feedback control operation part for operating a voltage command of each phase and switching the inverter based on the voltage command. When an absolute value of a sum of the current sensed values of three phases is larger than a threshold, the control means: executes a provisional current sensor system abnormality determination; generates a variation visualizing state, in which a response of a feedback control with respect to a variation in the current sensed value caused by the abnormality is delayed or stopped; and performs a phase identification processing for identifying the current sensor on a phase, in which an absolute value of a current deviation is larger than a threshold. | 2014-04-03 |