41st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140300157 | BACKREST MEMBER INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE PLATFORM FOR USE WITH A CHAIR - A backrest member (e.g., a portable insert) for use with a seat member of a chair. The backrest member may include an adjustable platform attached to a substrate (e.g., frame) of the backrest member, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the adjustable platform along one or more locations of the platform to provide a desired contour for supporting the back of a user seated in the chair. The adjustable platform may comprise an elongate band attached to the substrate of the backrest member that is disposed along a central longitudinal axis of the backrest member. One end of the elongate band may be attached to the substrate, while an opposite end may be slidably attached to the substrate. In an embodiment, both ends may be slidably attached relative to the substrate. The device allows selection of a height and depth of a lumbar curve provided by the device. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300158 | TILT MECHANISM FOR A CHAIR AND CHAIR - A tilt mechanism is configured for adjustment of a tension applied by a chair back. The tilt mechanism includes a base, a back bracket tiltably supported on the base, and a rocker coupled to the back bracket so as to be moveable relative to the back bracket. The rocker has a pivot axis and pivots about the pivot axis when the back bracket tilts relative to the base. An energy storage mechanism is coupled to the rocker to exert a force onto a portion of the rocker. An actuating mechanism is coupled to at least one of the rocker or the energy storage mechanism and is configured to alter a distance between the pivot axis and the portion of the rocker at which the force is exerted onto the rocker, thereby altering a length of a lever arm. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300159 | ELECTRIC RELEASE MANUAL SEAT - A release mechanism of a seat, including a two way motion actuator that moves in both a first direction and in a second direction; a recliner release mechanism that releases a recliner of the seat in response to the two way motion actuator moving in the first direction; and a slide release mechanism that releases a slide mechanism of the seat in response to the two way motion actuator moving in the second direction. The release mechanism also including a first unintentional movement prevention device that prevents the slide mechanism from being released when the two way motion actuator moves in the first direction; and a second unintentional movement prevention device that prevents the recliner from being released when the two way motion actuator moves in the second direction. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300160 | SEAT OPERATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT - A seat operating device comprising: an operation member; a first clutch member that is connected to an adjusting mechanism, and in which is formed a first cut-out portion that opens outwardly in a rotation radial direction of the first clutch member; a second clutch member that is connected to another adjusting mechanism, and in which is formed a second cut-out portion that opens outwardly in a rotation radial direction of the second clutch member; and a switching member having a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion that are positioned at mutually opposite sides across a rotational center. When the switching member is positioned at one end of a range of movement of the switching member, the first engaging portion engages with the first cut-out portion, and, when the switching member is positioned at another end of the range of movement, the second engaging portion engages with the second cut-out portion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300161 | AIRCRAFT SEAT WITH TRANSLATING SEATBACK LINKAGE PIVOT - An aircraft passenger seat configured to recline and including a seatpan pivotally attached to a seatback, a spreader defining a non-linear guide path controlling the seatpan angle as the seat reclines, translating seatback linkage defining a non-linear guide path controlling the seatback angle as the seat reclines, and a drive link arranged to translate horizontally relative to the spreader to drive seat recline motion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300162 | AIRCRAFT SEAT EMPLOYING DUAL ACTUATORS FOR SEAT TRANSLATON AND SEAT RECLINE - An aircraft passenger seat including a seat base frame, a seatback and a seat bottom configured to horizontally translate relative to the seat base frame, a first actuator arranged to drive seat translation, and a second actuator arranged to drive seatback recline, the dual actuators working in parallel to increase the speed of horizontal translation and combine the recline function into one continuous motion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300163 | AIR PASSENGER SEAT HAVING A FRAME - Proposed is an air passenger seat having a frame which is provided for attaching to a floor of an aircraft cabin and a backrest which is pivotably or securely mounted on the frame by means of a rotation spindle, wherein the seat has a seat reference point (SRP) which is defined according to the SAE International Aerospace Standard AS8049. According to the invention, the rotation spindle of the backrest has, in a line parallel to the cabin floor and as seen parallel to the direction of flight, a separation n of less than 40 mm from the seat reference point. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300164 | CHAIR - A chair in which a biasing force acting on a back can be changed even if the stroke of a moving member is small, thereby enabling the device to be compact, and the biasing force can be steplessly adjusted with light force. A biasing force transmission member ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300165 | FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SEAT BACK - A frame structure to be provided in a seat back having a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt guide at a top of a seat, wherein the frame structure is an integral structure including an oblique frame obliquely extending upwardly to a seatbelt guide installation section from a first support point located at an end side of a lower part of the seat back in a seat width direction, a vertical frame extending upwardly from a second support point located at another end side of the lower part of the seat back in the seat width direction and connects to the oblique frame at a top, and a transverse frame extending between a lower end of the oblique frame and a lower end of the vertical frame. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300166 | VEHICLE SEAT - A reclining device includes an operating shaft that is inserted through the reclining device in its axial direction to be mounted, and is adapted to release the reclining device from a locked position, and a torsion spring mounted between an outer end portion of the operating shaft which protrudes from the reclining device outward in a width direction of the seat, and a frame portion that is located outside the reclining device in the seat width direction. The operating shaft is constantly biased by the torsion spring in a rotational direction for locking the reclining device. The torsion spring is mounted onto the outer end portion of the operating shaft in the axial direction from an outer side of the seat, and has an inner end portion which is engaged with the operating shaft, and an outer end portion which is engaged with the frame portion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300167 | REMOVABLE AND STOWABLE HEAD RESTRAINT - A seat assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The seat assembly includes a seat back portion and a removable and stowable head restraint. The seat back portion has a first surface and is configured to occupy one of an upright seating position and a folded cargo position. The head restraint is configured to be coupled to the first surface of the seat back portion. The head restraint is configured to occupy one of a deployed position and a stowed position. The head restraint remains secured to the seat back portion in each of the deployed position and the stowed position. Specifically, the head restraint occupies the stowed position when the seat back portion occupies the folded cargo position. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300168 | COMFORT HEADREST - A vehicle headrest, including two side wings at opposite ends of the headrest that rotate around respective axes; and a locking mechanism that locks each of the side wings, and backwards movement is restricted by the locking mechanism when each side member is rotated around the respective axis. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300169 | HEAD SUPPORT FOR A PUSHCHAIR - A head support for a pushchair comprises a support section, a seat connection section and a back support. The support section forms a U-shape and comprises an armature, comprising sides, that provides stiffness to the support section. The seat connection section is coupled to the support section and is for connecting to the pushchair. The back support is connected to the support section or connectable to the support section and configured such that, when connected to the support section, it prevents the sides of the armature from dropping relative to the back support in use. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300170 | COLLAPSIBLE CHAIR - A collapsible chair configured for compact storage is disclosed. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300171 | AIRCRAFT SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY - The seat back portion of a passenger aircraft seat is built of an elastomer mesh type diaphragm without conventional cushions or dress covers, in order to maximize space available to the passenger while reducing costs and weight. The diaphragm is attached and tensioned into a structural frame, which also supports a slide-in rear shroud closeout. The frame is designed to remain exposed, showing a decorative finish. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300172 | VEHICLE SEAT - A part of the planar member, which is defined by the slits and extends over the center groove made in a seat pad, serves as a bridge part. As the sewn part of a trim cover is pulled into the groove, the bridge part is pressed onto the sewn part of the trim cover and pulled into the groove, together with the sewn part, and is bend in the form like letter U and held in the groove. The groove defines a through hole penetrating the seat pad at the bridge part of the planar member. The bridge part is not pressed onto the bottom of the groove even if the seat pad undergoes compressive deformation and is pressed down in the groove, because the groove has no bottom at some parts. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300173 | WRAP AROUND COUCH CUSHION END BARRIER FOR INFANTS - The device comprises a tubular shaped cushion (or pillow) encased in a cover having a pair of opposed flaps for wrapping about a cushion and connecting to one another. The tubular cushion would be situated perpendicular to a front, free edge of the cushion so as to prevent a child from accidentally rolling off that edge and onto the floor below. For fuller cleaning, the cushion within that tubular component can be removed for washing the exterior and replaced/reinstalled thereafter. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300174 | Refuge Shelter, Coupler and Method - A refuge shelter includes a container. The shelter includes a tent that is disposed in the container in an undeployed state. The tent includes an inflatable support structure which is inflatable from an undeployed state in the container to a deployed state, and a seal which seals the tent to the container in a deployed state. The support structure has a plurality of hoses interconnected by couplers. The hoses have an inside diameter of less than 5 inches. A gas flow apparatus. A refuge shelter for miners in a mine includes a container and a tent that is disposed in the container. The tent has a test support to which a sample of the external environment can be obtained from inside the tent when the tent is deployed. A method for providing a refuge chamber for miners in a mine. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300175 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY - An in-wheel motor drive assembly ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300176 | VEHICLE WHEEL FOR UTILITY VEHICLES - The invention relates to a vehicle wheel for commercial vehicles, comprising a 15° tapered rim for tubeless tires and a wheel disk connected to the tapered rim, wherein the tapered rim has a rim drop center, an outer rim shoulder, and a cylindrical transition part (ledge) which is arranged between the rim drop center and the outer rim shoulder, and wherein, between the cylindrical transition portion and the outer rim shoulder, a rim section having a transition bevel (transition segment) is located, in which a valve port for receiving the valve is provided. According to the invention, the transition bevel which is formed between the cylindrical transition portion and the outer rim shoulder is subdivided into more than one section, wherein the transition bevel or the transition segment transitions directly, without hump, into the outer rim shoulder, and the valve port is arranged in one of the sections of the transition bevel or of the transition segment. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300177 | RIM, VEHICLE WHEEL, AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH A RIM - A rim onto which a vehicle tire is pulled or can be pulled. The rim has a rim base with at least one device to absorb sound in the manner of a Helmholtz resonator, an air volume partly ring-shaped and at least one opening into the tire interior. The air volume of the Helmholtz resonator is formed by the rim base, by wall and/or web elements, which are arranged on the rim base at a distance from one another when seen in the axial direction of the rim, which are radially oriented, and which are at least partly circumferential, and by a covering element or by a covering element and transverse walls, which delimit the air volume in the circumferential direction. The covering element may be connected to the wall and/or web elements in a form-fitting manner or in a form-fitting and force-fitting manner and in an airtight manner. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300178 | LIGHTWEIGHT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY AND PROCESSES FOR ASSEMBLING IT - A hub bearing assembly includes a hub of light metallic material forming a cylindrical portion, on which an inner tubular ring having a raceway is mounted; on the first inner tubular ring a second inner ring having a second raceway is fastened; formed between the cylindrical portion of the hub and the inner tubular ring is a cylindrical interstice containing a brazing bonding material or a structural adhesive which integrally binds the hub to the first inner tubular ring. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300179 | VEHICLE POWER-SUPPLY UNIT - A vehicle power-supply unit has chargeable and rechargeable first power supply and second power supply connected to a voltage transducer at input and output terminals, respectively, and a switch element connected between the output terminal of the voltage transducer and the second power supply. By controlling a rector current flown through a reactor connected to at least two switching elements at one end when the voltage transducer is started, a capacitor connected between the other end of the reactor and the ground is charged, and the switch element is brought in a connection state according to a charging voltage of the capacitor and a voltage value of the second power supply. Consequently, a vehicle power-supply unit can protect the elements by preventing a rush current during a backflow and reverse connection and at start-up. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300180 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - A power control apparatus is mounted on an electrically driven vehicle which includes an electrical storage device configured by connecting a plurality of batteries in parallel, a voltage detection unit which detects a voltage of each battery, and a load, and the power control apparatus includes, a voltage deviation calculation unit which is connected to the electrical storage device, and calculates voltage deviation between the plurality of batteries based on the voltage detected by each voltage detection unit at the time of driving the load which is driven by power supply from the electrical storage device, a comparator which compares the voltage deviation calculated by the voltage deviation calculation unit and a first predetermined threshold, and a cutoff detection unit which detects a presence or absence of the battery, which comes into a cutoff state in the electrical storage device, when the voltage deviation is equal to or more than the first threshold in a comparison result by the comparator. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300181 | ENERGY STORAGE ARRANGEMENT - Energy storage arrangement with a rechargeable energy storage device, wherein the energy storage device includes a plurality of lithium-based storage elements. The energy storage device is composed of three lithium-based storage elements and one lithium titanate-based storage element, or four lithium-titanate-based storage elements and one lithium-based storage element, or three lithium-based storage elements and two nickel metal hydride-based storage elements. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300182 | Vehicle Mobile Microgrid - The vehicle mobile microgrid is a vehicle on-board electrical grid dedicated to supplying all supplemental electrical needs for the vehicle utilizing recovered energy from internal combustion engine heat, vehicle motion and auxiliary electrical power generator, chemical and mechanical storage systems and electrical power from incident light energy. Unlike electrical grids that serve wide population areas, the vehicle on-board electrical grid is not meant to serve electrical demand beyond that utilized by the vehicle. This on-board electrical grid is therefore very small by comparison, and the term microgrid is meant to convey this comparative size. The microgrid utilizes a common-mode bidirectional microgrid to efficiently capture, store and distribute electrical power depending on the vehicle's demand for electrical power. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300183 | BATTERY SYSTEM, VEHICLE WITH BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A BATTERY SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A battery system, a vehicle having a battery system, and a method for operating a battery system. The battery system has a plurality of cells, a load circuit, a current sensor to detect current flowing in the load circuit, a pre-charging circuit to limit the current flowing through the load circuit, a disconnecting apparatus in a load circuit section of the load circuit, the load circuit section being bypassed by the pre-charging circuit, a first consumer circuit and a second consumer circuit arranged in parallel with one another and connected to the load circuit, a first fuse assigned to the first consumer circuit, a second fuse assigned to the second consumer circuit and an electronics unit to evaluate signals of the current sensor and which determines whether at least one of the first fuse and the second fuse has blown based on signals of the current sensor. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300184 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE VOLTAGE SUPPLY OF AN OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A device for the voltage supply of an occupant protection system in a motor vehicle having a switching unit and a voltage supply unit, which supplies an operating voltage to the occupant protection system, the switching unit providing a supply voltage to the voltage supply unit when the supply voltage exceeds a predefined threshold value voltage level. A configuration unit is also provided which provides various reference voltage levels for the switching unit as threshold value voltage levels. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300185 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT - A circuit arrangement has a bidirectional AC/DC converter connected to a first side of a DC/DC converter at a DC side of the AC/DC converter via first electric switch. The AC/DC converter is connected to a second side of the DC/DC converter at the DC side of the AC/DC converter via a second electric switch. The first side of the DC/DC converter is connected to a third electric switch and can be connected to an energy storing device via said switch. The second side of the DC/DC converter is connected to a fourth electric switch and can be connected to an energy generating device via said switch. The AC/DC converter can be connected to the electric supply grid at the AC side of the AC/DC converter. A control device controls the switches and the converters. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300186 | LED Lighting System for a Railway Vehicle - There is described a lighting system for vehicles comprising light emitting diodes mounted on printed circuit boards (PCBs). Auxiliary components such as speakers are mounted on some of the PCBs lighting modules which are connected in an end-to-end relationship and which form light rows of the lighting system. Electrical traces for the auxiliary components form part of the PCBs. This results in a substantial reduction in or elimination of wiring. Connectors at each end of a PCB are compatible with the connectors on a neighboring PCB and are optionally connectable with a respective corresponding connector assembly of another lighting module in a direction substantially normal to the planar mounting surface of the PCB or in a direction substantially parallel to the planar mounting surface. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300187 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTED POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply system comprises a plurality of distributed power source systems capable of supplying powers to loads | 2014-10-09 |
20140300188 | CAPACITIVE LEVEL SHIFTER DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Systems and methods of use relate to a circuit that is designed to detect the state of two control signals, wherein one control signal indicates an ON state for the gate driver and the other control signal indicates an OFF state for the gate driver. The circuit responds to each of the control signals by controlling the gate driver so that it drives an output either high or low. The circuit can also be configured to control the gate driver so that it to drives the output (either high or low) when neither control signal is present. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300189 | ELECTRONIC UNIT AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300190 | LOW-VOLTAGE DC POWER SUPPLY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present invention relates to a system ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300191 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a digital circuit configured to receive a first power supply to operate in synchronization with a clock signal, and an electric-charge supplying circuit configured to supply electric charge from a second power supply to the digital circuit in synchronization with the clock signal. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300192 | Power Supply - The invention can provide for a power supply, and in particular a fieldbus power supply, comprising a plurality of power supply modules each arranged to output power on a plurality of channels; a current share controller arranged to share an output current requirement across the plurality of power supply modules and wherein; at least a second of the plurality of channels in each module is arranged to track the loading of the first of the plurality of channels in each respective module and so that a multichannel and multimodule power supply with reduced power handling requirements for each module can be provided. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300193 | POWER SAFETY CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEM - A power safety circuit comprises a power sense terminal; an output terminal; an output driver unit connected to the output terminal; an input terminal connectable to receive a first power from a power source and arranged to supply the first power to the output driver unit; and a power detection unit arranged to detect a state of the input terminal and provide a power sense signal to the power sense terminal; wherein the power sense terminal is arranged to supply a second power to the output driver unit when the power sense signal indicates a level of the first power below a minimum level for driving the output terminal. An integrated circuit device comprises at least one power safety circuit. A safety critical system comprises at least one integrated circuit device with at least one power safety circuit. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300194 | DC VOLTAGE SOURCE INCLUDING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS HAVING AN ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE LEVEL - A DC voltage power source, comprising: first electrochemical cells electrically connected in series; a DC/DC converter, the output of the converter being connected in series with said first electrochemical cells, a secondary DC voltage source applying its potential difference to the input of the converter. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300195 | POWER CONVERTER CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VOLTAGES - A power converter includes 2 | 2014-10-09 |
20140300196 | FEED UNIT AND FEED SYSTEM - A feed unit includes: a power transmission coil configured to perform power transmission using a magnetic field; a coupling coefficient calculation section configured to calculate a coupling coefficient between the power transmission coil and a power reception coil in a unit to be fed with power. The coupling coefficient calculation section measures frequency characteristics of input impedance in a non-operating state of a rectification circuit in the unit to be fed with power, and uses a measurement result of the frequency characteristics to calculate the coupling coefficient. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300197 | AMPLITUDE MODULATION CIRCUIT AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING DEVICE - An amplitude modulation circuit includes a resonance circuit powered by an oscillator and comprising a power transmission coil with a first coil portion, a second coil portion, a modulation coil, and a resonance condenser; and a switch that switches between a state where the first coil portion and the second coil portion are connected in series and a state where the first coil portion and the modulation coil are connected in series according to a level switching timing of transmission data and a timing when a coil current in the resonance circuit becomes zero. The combined inductance of the first coil portion and the second coil portion connected in series and a combined inductance of the first coil portion and the modulation coil connected in series are equal. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300198 | NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION COIL, NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING DEVICE, AND NON-CONTACT POWER RECEIVING DEVICE - A non-contact communication coil for a non-contact power feeding device comprises a power transmission coil, a power receiving coil, and a resonance coil, and the non-contact communication coil includes a first receiver and a second receiver connected in series with the first receiver. The non-contact communication coil generates induction voltages in mutually opposing directions in the first receiver and the second receiver when current passes through at least one of the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300199 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A power transmitting apparatus that performs power transmission to a power receiving apparatus includes an amplifier including a switching element, receives a load power amount from the power receiving apparatus, detects a value for evaluating the efficiency of the amplifier, and based on the load power amount and the detected value for evaluating the efficiency, increases or reduces a voltage that is to be supplied to the amplifier. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300200 | POWER FEEDING APPARATUS, POWER FEEDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a power feeding apparatus including a remaining battery level reception unit configured to receive a remaining battery level of a respective secondary battery included in a respective power receiving apparatus among a plurality of power receiving apparatuses from the respective power receiving apparatuses, a power feeding time determination unit configured to determine power feeding time for the power receiving apparatuses based on the remaining battery level, and a power feeding unit configured to wirelessly feed power to the power receiving apparatuses for the power feeding time. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300201 | Power Transfer System - A capacitance (Cp) is a capacitance formed between a transmitting-device-side passive electrode and a receiving-device-side passive electrode. A capacitance (Ca) is a capacitance formed between a transmitting-device-side active electrode and a receiving-device-side active electrode. A bridge circuit formed by Z | 2014-10-09 |
20140300202 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A wireless power supply apparatus includes a power supplying unit that supplies electric power to a power transmission coil at a resonance frequency at which magnetic field resonance is generated between the power transmission coil and a power reception coil, the power transmission coil sending out electric power as magnetic field energy, using the magnetic field resonance; a detecting unit that detects a phase difference of current flowing in the power transmission coil for voltage applied to the power transmission coil; and a control unit that switches an amount of the electric power supplied by the power supplying unit, based on the phase difference. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300203 | HIGH EFFICIENCY AND POWER TRANSFER IN WIRELESS POWER MAGNETIC RESONATORS - A wireless power transmission system is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes a transmitting antenna configured to transmit power, via a magnetic field, to a receiving antenna to power a load. The system also includes a tuning loop electrically isolated from the transmitting antenna and being movable relative to the transmitting antenna to adjust a coupling between the transmitting antenna and the tuning loop. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300204 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, TRANSMISSION SHEET, TRANSMISSION UNIT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a composite material which is obtained by dispersing conductive filler in a polymer material, wherein an amount of the conductive filler added is 1 part by mass to 25 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer material, and wherein a relative dielectric constant of the composite material is 30 or higher and a dielectric loss tangent of the composite material is 3 or lower at an AC voltage with a frequency of 100 Hz. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300205 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH A CLADDING ELEMENT FOR BUILDING PARTS - A planar cladding element( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300206 | MULTI-BRIDGE TOPOLOGY - A power supply with a multi-bridge topology configured to provide multiple different bridge topologies during operation. The power supply includes a plurality of half-bridge circuits connected to a controller. The controller can selectively configure the power supply between a plurality of different bridge topologies during operation by controlling the half-bridge circuit. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300207 | Enhanced updating of control mechanisms - The invention provides for an upgrading of equipment without the potential problems in replacing the existing system. A relay mechanism is interposed between the existing remote sensor and the existing controller, and between the existing controller and the existing remote operational mechanism. The relay mechanism permits the existing system to perform as before while allowing the signals from both the existing remote sensor and the existing controller to be monitored by a new and isolated replacement controller until such time that the existing controller is isolated allowing the replacement controller assumes operational duties. In this manner, the upgrading of the system is done without the costs of down time nor the potential for catastrophic results. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300208 | SWITCH STATE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND SWITCH SYSTEM - A switch state detection circuit according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of switch connection portions to each of which a switch is connected, a connection line to which any one of the switch connection portions is connected in a switchable manner, a detection portion that detects a state of the switch connected to the connection line based on a state of the connection line, and a connection control portion that switches successively each of the switch connection portions and connects it to the connection line, wherein the state of each switch is detected. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300209 | SINGLE-CHANNEL SAFETY OUTPUT - A safety switching device for fail-safely switching on and off an electrical load, and to a system comprising at least two safety switching devices which interact in a fail-safe manner via a single-channel. The safety switching device comprises a fail-safe control unit, a first and a second electronic switching element connected with a first and a second output terminal; and at least one input terminal for receiving a first switching signal that causes a switching of said switching elements. Said first and second switching elements each comprise an output which provides depending on the first switching signal an output signal having a first or second potential. A third output terminal connects said safety switching device to a second safety switching device, providing a clocked signal depending on the first switching signal and being monitored by said control unit for performing a cross fault detection. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300210 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING, MEASURING AND MONITORING THE SECONDARY ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID - The present invention relates to a system for controlling, measuring and monitoring the secondary electric power distribution grid with remote fraud and power theft detection, readings, power cuts-off, reconnection and client load control, besides continuous monitoring of the electric grid parameters, providing diagnostics on the status of the grid and public lighting from an assigned Command Central, located at the secondary bulbar of the distribution transformer, and Measuring Modules at clients installations. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300211 | Discrete Motion System - Discrete motion systems move relative to a lattice, using bistable mechanisms to snap between lattice locations. A discrete motion system includes a lattice having a regular configuration of attachment points, one or more motion modules that move across the lattice in discrete increments, and controllers that direct the modules. A module includes a body, actuators, and feet having mechanisms for attaching and detaching the module from the lattice. The module may include actuated joints that cause movement of arm structures to engage and disengage the feet from the lattice. The module may be a digital inchworm, and may be a relative assembler having at least one assembler arm. A method for discrete extensible construction includes creating a lattice having a regular configuration of attachment points, causing a discrete motion relative assembler to systematically move across the lattice in discrete increments, and causing placement of materials by the assembler arm. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300212 | MOTOR - The disclosure discloses a motor including a stator and a mover. The stator and the mover are arranged facing each other so as to be relatively movable via a magnetic air gap. Any one of the stator and the mover includes a yoke, a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of coils. The plurality of teeth are disposed protruding from the yoke to the magnetic air gap side. The plurality of coils are wound around the plurality of teeth. The plurality of coils include, for each phase, coil groups. Each of the coil groups includes a plurality of the coils. The coils are continuously arranged along the relative movement direction and are in-phase with each other and have the same wire diameter with each other. The coil group includes at least one the coil in which a coil width is larger than a teeth pitch. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300213 | Self-Centering Electromagnetic Transducers - Self-centering electromagnetic transducers, such as linear motors and generators, are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electromagnetic transducer includes an outer yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, and a coil assembly including a plurality of loops of electrically conductive wire, wherein the coil assembly is substantially surrounded by the outer yoke. The electromagnetic transducer further includes a magnet, and an inner yoke made of ferromagnetic material. The magnet is disposed within the outer yoke such that the coil assembly surrounds the magnet. The inner yoke is disposed within the magnet, and the magnet is free to translate. The electromagnetic transducer further includes at least one high-reluctance zone positioned within the outer yoke and/or the inner yoke. In some embodiments, the electromagnetic transducer includes one or more actuators that vary a width of one or more high-reluctance zones to change a spring rate of the electromagnetic transducer. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300214 | SHAFT LINEAR MOTOR - A shaft linear motor includes an armature portion, a magnetic way and a sealing resin. The armature portion includes a frame, two ribs and a bobbin. The frame is formed with a receiving space therein. The two ribs are disposed on an inner wall of the frame. The ribs are respectively formed with a sectional surface. The bobbin is disposed in the receiving space and formed with an axially penetrated hole. The magnetic way is linearly and movably disposed in the axially penetrated hole. The sealing resin is fully filled in the receiving space for wrapping the inner wall of the frame and the sectional surfaces. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300215 | PENDULUM APPARATUS HAVING A SUSTAINED SWING - An apparatus ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300216 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE - There are included: an oscillating member that includes a tough layer and a magnetostrictive layer stacked above the tough layer and formed of a magnetostrictive material, the tough layer formed of a tough material having a tensile strength higher than that of the magnetostrictive material; a supporting member to which the oscillating member is attached to be able to oscillate in the thickness direction; a magnetic field applying member that applies a magnetic field to the magnetostrictive layer; and a coil that is disposed around the magnetostrictive layer. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300217 | High Torque, Low Inertia Direct Drive Motor - A high torque, low inertia direct drive motor comprises a circular outer stator | 2014-10-09 |
20140300218 | SLIP RING DEVICE FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - Provided is a slip ring device for a rotating electric machine, which is capable of reliably retaining a long lead while preventing movement and deformation of the long lead during insert molding. The slip ring device for a rotating electric machine includes: a first ring and a second ring; a long lead ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300219 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor may include a rotor having a rotation shaft and a permanent magnet, a fixed body having a cylindrical stator provided with a plurality of pole teeth so as to face the permanent magnet, an urging member which urges the rotor toward one side in a motor axial line direction, a supported face of the rotor which faces the one side in the motor axial line direction, and a support face of the fixed body which slidably supports the supported face of the rotor on the one side with respect to the supported face. When a first sliding load which is a total sliding load applied to the rotor is “Ta”, a detent torque acted on the rotor is “Td”, and a dynamic torque acted on the rotor by the stator is “Te”, then “Ta”, “Td” and “Te” satisfy the following expression: | 2014-10-09 |
20140300220 | LIQUID COOLED STATOR FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY MACHINE - A stator for a motor, generator or the like that is liquid cooled using glycol or similar fluid with the cooling applied directly in the winding slots of the stator in either concentrated wound or distributed wound configurations. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300221 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor includes a motor housing ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140300222 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes an annular stator, a plurality of coils, a case, a side cover, a refrigerant passage, supply ports, and a strainer. The annular stator has an axis. The plurality of coils are provided about the axis. The case houses the stator. The side cover is disposed at one axial end of the case so as to face the stator in an axial direction along the axis. The refrigerant passage is provided in the side cover along a circumferential direction. The supply ports supply refrigerant from the refrigerant passage toward axial ends of the plurality of coils. The strainer is provided inside the refrigerant passage to be erected so as to intersect with the axis. The strainer has a plate-shaped member including holes to trap foreign matter in the refrigerant while the refrigerant passes through the holes. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300223 | ROTOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SAID ROTOR - Provided is a rotating electrical machine wherein it is possible to sufficiently cool an electronic device attached to a rotor by means of a liquid refrigerant. A rotor for a rotating electrical machine is provided with a shaft supported in a rotatable manner, a rotor core secured to the shaft, an electronic device disposed so as to rotate along with the shaft and the rotor core, a coil wound around the rotor core and connected to the electronic device, and a cooling structure for sequentially cooling the electronic device and the coil by means of a liquid refrigerant supplied from the shaft. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300224 | ELECTROMECHANICAL FLYWHEEL CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - An electromechanical flywheel machine includes a multi-wall containment system used in connection with a motor-generator for exchanging energy with a flywheel mass. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300225 | Electric Motor - To provide an electric motor that can reduce the labor of its installation work. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300226 | Motor Stator Manufacturing Method and Structure Thereof - A motor stator manufacturing method includes: prefabricating separate detachable coil sets and coil wire ends thereof; arranging connection points on a printed circuit board on which to assemble or reassemble the separate detachable coil sets; selectively connecting or reconnecting the coil wire ends with the connection points of the printed circuit board to form or change into a predetermined design of various motor stator types; mounting the separate detachable coil sets in a stator seat to form or change into the AC motor stator type. In another embodiment, the method includes: prefabricating the separate detachable coil sets and coil wire ends thereof; mounting the separate detachable coil sets in the stator seat; arranging the connection points on the printed circuit board and assembling or reassembling the printed circuit board with the separate detachable coil sets; selectively connecting or reconnecting the coil wire ends with the connection points of the printed circuit board to form or change into the predetermined design of various motor stator types. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300227 | ELECTROMECHANICAL FLYWHEELS - An electromechanical flywheel machine includes a flywheel mass and a motor-generator having a rotor rotatable about a stationery inner stator having stator windings. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300228 | Linear Actuator - A linear actuator with an electric drive device includes a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is arranged in a fixed location in a drive housing and the rotor is mounted for rotary motion relative to the stator and with a transmission arrangement which is arranged coaxial with an axis of rotation of the drive device to convert the rotary movement of the rotor into a linear movement, wherein a threaded spindle of the transmission arrangement is non-rotatably connected to the rotor and positively coupled to a spindle nut slidably accommodated in the drive housing and connected to a torque tube, wherein bearing means for a rotatable mounting of the rotor are provided in opposite end regions of the drive housing. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300229 | MOTOR - This disclosure discloses a motor including a motor body unit configured to output rotation power, a brake unit fixed to a housing of the motor body unit with a bolt, and a collar. The collar is arranged between the motor body unit and the brake unit, and in which the bolt is inserted. The collar forms a space between the housing of the motor body unit and a fixing member of the brake unit. The collar is fixed with its end portion being inserted into at least one of the housing and the fixing member. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300230 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A rotor for an electric motor includes a metal core, a plurality of electrical conductors arranged on the metal core, and a metallic corrosion protection layer enveloping the metal core and the plurality of conductors. The corrosion protection layer is laid as a solid body around the metal core and the conductors and fastened at least to the metal core. The corrosion protection layer is at least a part of a hot-pressing containment for isostatic pressing of the conductors in the metal core. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300231 | DOWNHOLE ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS WITH HIGH ROTORDYNAMIC STABILITY MARGIN - An electric submersible pump is provided which has improved vibrational characteristics relative to conventional electric submersible pumps. The improved electric submersible pumps comprise an electric motor mechanically coupled to a pumping section. The improved vibrational characteristics of the electric submersible pump are attributed to the presence of one or more rotor bearings selected from the group consisting of herringbone patterned rotor bearings, pressure dam rotor bearings, circumferential groove rotor bearings, and combinations of two or more of any of the foregoing rotor bearings. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300232 | HIGH ACCELERATION ROTARY ACTUATOR - A rotary actuator having a tandem rotor, a first magnetic element, a second magnetic element and a tandem stator is disclosed. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300233 | ROTATOR MEMBER TO BE FIXED TO ROTARY SHAFT OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, ROTATOR INCLUDING ROTATOR MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ROTATOR - A rotator member | 2014-10-09 |
20140300234 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR POLE CONFIGURATION - A rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor including first and second pole pieces each having a respective magnetic hub arranged for rotation about an axis along which they are spaced. Pluralities of magnetic first and second pole fingers are spaced from each other and extend between the hubs. Each pole finger has a proximal end connected to its respective hub, and an axially opposite distal end. The first and second pole fingers circumferentially alternate about the axis, and each pole finger has a respective radially inner surface defining a cavity that extends axially from the distal end to a cavity terminus. Relative to each pole finger, at a respective axial position between the distal end and the cavity terminus the radial distance between the axis and the radially inner surface is substantially greater inside of the cavity than outside of the cavity. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300235 | ROTOR OF MOTOR AND MOTOR COMPRISING ROTOR - A rotor of a motor comprises a plurality of magnetic-pole sections including: a plurality of slots which are formed inside of a rotor core; and permanent magnets, at least one of which is inserted into each of the plurality of slots; wherein each of the magnetic-pole sections is formed to correspond to the at least one permanent magnet; and wherein the rotor core includes hollow portions formed by cutting portions of the rotor core which portions are between the magnetic-pole sections which are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the rotor core and are different in polarity such that portions of circumferential end portions of the permanent magnet are exposed, and extending portions each of which is formed in a position corresponding to the hollow portions and extends radially outward from a center portion of the rotor core. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300236 | SEGMENT COIL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEGMENT COIL, AND STATOR INCLUDING SEGMENT COIL - Each of segment coils arranged as aligned in a slot of a stator core includes a coil central portion accommodated in the slot and two coil end portions protruding outward. The coil end portion of the two coil end portions includes a pair of coil pieces formed by inclining a coil at different angles toward the coil central portion with a vertex lying therebetween. Any one of the pair of coil pieces includes in a region in the vicinity of the vertex, a recessed step portion formed from two sides in non-parallel to and at an angle with respect to an end surface of the stator core. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300237 | STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator includes an annular stator core and a stator coil. The stator coil is formed of electric conductor segments each of which is bent in its thickness direction to include, at least, an in-slot portion and an oblique portion. The in-slot portion is received in a corresponding slot of the stator core with its width direction coinciding with a radial direction of the stator core. The oblique portion protrudes from the in-slot portion outside the corresponding slot and extends, over its entire length, along the circumferential direction of the stator core obliquely with respect to an axial end face of the stator core. The oblique portion includes a thick section on the proximal side and a thin section on the distal side. Each corresponding pair of the oblique portions of the electric conductor segments are connected by joining the thin sections of the oblique portions. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300238 | Electric Motor - A rotor for an electric motor has an iron core and a winding wound about teeth of the rotor core. Slots are formed between the teeth to accommodate coils of the winding. The winding includes several layers of windings distributed in the radial direction of the rotor. Each winding layer has a plurality of coils with the coils of each winding layer being wound on the teeth in the circumferential direction of the rotor. The overall center of gravity of the winding layers is substantially positioned at the geometric center of the rotor. Thus the center of gravity of the entire winding is located substantially at the geometric center of the rotor, thereby preventing noise caused by unstable rotation due to the deviation between the center of gravity of the winding and the geometric center of the rotor. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300239 | SEGMENT COIL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEGMENT COIL, WIRE ROD FOR SEGMENT COIL, AND STATOR - A segment coil capable of achieving effective prevention of magnetic flux leakage or eddy current and enhancing efficiency of a motor is provided. Segment coils in stator of a rotating electric machine including an annular core and rectangular wire coils in a plurality of layers, which are attached on an innermost circumferential side in a direction of radius of a slot formed in an inner circumferential portion of the annular core and are opposed to a rotor, are each constituted of a plurality of divided wires as divided in a circumferential direction of the annular core. The plurality of divided wires are integrally joined in coil end portions extending from the slot. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300240 | ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR - A wedge for a rotor of an electric machine includes a circumferentially outer surface defining a radial extent of the wedge extending from a first axial end of the wedge to a second axial end of the wedge. A plurality of circumferentially-extending grooves extend radially inwardly from the circumferentially outer surface to a groove depth. The plurality of grooves are axially spaced along a wedge length between the first axial end and the second axial end. The axial spacing between the grooves is greater than an axial width of each groove. An intermediate surface between adjacent grooves has a same radial position as a first end surface between the first axial end and a first groove closest to the first axial end. Two planar side surfaces circumferentially bound the circumferentially outer surface and extend radially inwardly from the cicumferential outer surface. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300241 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE MEDIUM VOLTAGE COIL INSULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of electrical machines, such as motors and generators. The system and methods additionally apply to refurbishing of the formed coils. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including an armor layer. The various insulation layers may each be applied in one continuous wrap. The resulting system is highly adaptable to different machine designs and ratings, and affords superior resistance to degradation. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300242 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A brushless motor may comprise a stator. The stator may comprise a core body comprising a plurality of partial cores and a coil wire. Each partial core may comprise a yoke positioned on an outer edge of the stator, teeth extending towards a rotor from the yoke, and a connector extending to an adjacent partial core from the yoke, to be connected to the yoke of the adjacent partial core. The stator may be formed to be in a tubular state by being transformed from an opened state. Each of the yokes of the partial cores may comprise a facing surface facing the yoke of the adjacent partial core. At least one set of the facing surfaces among a plurality of sets of the facing surfaces facing each other may be disposed with a gap in between in the circumferential direction of the stator. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300243 | ROTOR BLADE SET OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A rotor blade set for an electric motor, having a plurality of axially assembled multi-part and/or single-part blades having circle segment shaped blade sections, between which radial and circumferentially open recesses are formed for receiving a respective magnet, wherein a predeterminable number of blade sections of the single-part or multi-part blades have at least one azimuthal clip on the circle radius, which clip bends axially during the insertion of the corresponding magnet into the respective recess, and wherein the circle segment-shaped blade sections of the single-part or multipart blades have at least one notch on the circle radius, in which notch a corresponding clip of a blade section of an axially spaced blade engages following the axial bending. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300244 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator. A permanent magnet is attached to the rotor. The stator opposes the rotor with a gap provided therebetween, and has an open slot that opens toward the rotor and in which a high-voltage wire is installed. The gap has a gap length at which the sum of losses including a surface loss that occur when the high-voltage wire is excited and the rotor is rotated at a high rotation speed is less than or equal to a threshold that corresponds to a target loss. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300245 | STATOR-CORE FIXING STRUCTURE FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - The objective is to prevent the flange of a ring member for holding the stator core from enlarging the diameter of a rotating electric machine and to eliminate a screwing space and a pedestal portion in the housing case so as to suppress the weight of the rotating electric machine from increasing; one end of the ring member for holding the stator core protrudes from the outer circumference of the stator core toward the rotation axle and the ring member is fixed to the cover or the housing case at the protruding portion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300246 | VOLUME WAVE RESONATOR USING EXCITATION/DETECTION OF VIBRATIONS - The invention relates to an acoustic volume wave resonator configured to resonate at a predetermined work frequency comprising:
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20140300247 | REACTIVE IONIC LIQUID, AND ION-IMMOBILIZED METAL OXIDE PARTICLE, ION-IMMOBILIZED ELASTOMER, AND TRANSDUCER USING SAME - A reactive ionic liquid to be used as an ionic component that is contained in an ion-containing layer in a transducer arranged in contact with a high-resistance layer as a dielectric layer of the transducer, and is restrained from migrating from the ion-containing layer to the high-resistance layer on application of a voltage is provided. The reactive ionic liquid comprises an ion pair that consists of an anion and a cation. In the reactive ionic liquid, (a) the anion comprises (a1) a reactive group that consists of an alkoxysilyl group and (a2) an anionic group consisting of a carboxylate (—COO | 2014-10-09 |
20140300248 | Single Electrode Triboelectric Generator - A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member, a second contact charging member and an electrical load. The first contact charging member has a contact side and an opposite back side. The first contact charging member includes a material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series and also has a conductive aspect. The second contact charging member has a second rating on the triboelectric series, different from the first rating, and is configured to come into contact with the first contact layer and go out of contact with the first contact layer. The electrical load electrically is coupled to the first contact charging member and to a common voltage so that current will flow through the load after the second contact charging member comes into contact with the first contact charging member and then goes out of contact with the first contact charging member. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300249 | MEMS DEVICE ANCHORING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a MEMS device that is anchored using the layer that is deposited to form the cavity sealing layer and/or with the layer that is deposited to form the pull-off electrode. The switching element of the MEMS device will have a flexible or movable portion and will also have a fixed or anchor portion that is electrically coupled to ground. The layer that is used to seal the cavity in which the switching element is disposed can also be coupled to the fixed or anchor portion of the switching element to anchor the fixed or anchor portion within the cavity. Additionally, the layer that is used to form one of the electrodes may be used to provide additional leverage for anchoring the fixed or anchor portion within the cavity. In either situation, the movement of the flexible or movable portion is not hindered. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300250 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING ENERGY FROM PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to a system that generates energy from piezoelectric materials, applied mainly to supplying energy in traffic systems. The invention reduces the costs associated with the implementation of the piezoelectric systems on roads or vehicle and pedestrian transit systems, since in some cases they are manufactured in modules. It is characterized in that it is a system that includes a piezoelectric material, which generates electrical energy, a transmission network for said generated energy and a device for rectifying electrical current for the regulation and subsequent transmission thereof. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300251 | Piezoelectric Generating With Location Signaling - An apparatus including a piezoelectric convertor layer; at least one piezoresistive layer on the piezoelectric convertor layer; and electrical conductor outputs. The at least one piezoresistive layer includes a plurality of spaced apart piezoresistive electrodes. The apparatus is configured such that when the piezoelectric convertor layer is deformed to generate a charge, at least one of the piezoresistive electrodes is stressed, where the at least one piezoresistive layer is configured to control flow of charge from the piezoelectric convertor layer. The electrical conductor outputs are electrically connected to the piezoresistive electrodes. The outputs are configured to allow the charge from the piezoelectric convertor layer to flow out of the piezoresistive electrodes. The electrical conductor outputs are configured relative to the piezoresistive electrodes to allow identification of the at least one piezoresistive electrode which has been stressed based upon the charge on at least one of the electrical conductor outputs. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300252 | RESONATING ELEMENT, RESONATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MOVING VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESONATING ELEMENT - A piezoelectric resonating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having a rectangular vibrating portion and a thick-walled portion, excitation electrodes and, and lead electrodes. The thick-walled portion includes a fourth thick-walled portion, a third thick-walled portion, a first thick-walled portion, and a second thick-walled portion. The third thick-walled portion includes a third slope portion and a third thick-walled body, and at least one slit is formed in the third thick-walled portion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300253 | Linear Actuator - A linear actuator with an electric drive device includes a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is arranged in a fixed location in a drive housing and the rotor is mounted for rotary motion relative to the stator and with a transmission arrangement which is arranged coaxial with an axis of rotation of the drive device to convert the rotary movement of the rotor into a linear movement, wherein a threaded spindle of the transmission arrangement is non-rotatably connected to the rotor and positively coupled to a spindle nut slidably accommodated in the drive housing and connected to a torque tube, which extends along the axis of rotation, and wherein a brake device is assigned to the rotor and/or to the threaded spindle. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300254 | MOTOR, MOTOR SYSTEM, AND MOTOR ENCODER - A motor according to an embodiment includes a motor body, a rotating body, and a magnetic field sensor. The motor body rotates a shaft about the axis line thereof. The rotating body includes a permanent magnet and rotates along with the rotation of the shaft. The magnetic field sensor includes a magnet body having a large Barkhausen effect with the long direction thereof serving as the easy magnetization direction and is positioned to face the permanent magnet when the rotational position of the rotating body is at a given rotational position. The easy magnetization direction of the magnetic body is in a direction along a plane orthogonal to the rotation center line of the rotating body. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300255 | MOTOR PROVIDED WITH A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A motor includes a stationary unit, a rotary unit, and a bearing unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a PCB and a base member. The stator includes a stator core and coils. The stator is arranged radially outward of the bearing unit. The PCB includes through-hole portions, land portions and PCB fixing portions. The base member includes a stator holding portion arranged to hold the stator and a bearing holding portion arranged to hold the bearing unit. The rotary unit includes a shaft positioned radially inward of the bearing unit and a magnet opposed to a circumferential surface of the stator core. The through-hole portions are arranged along a circumferential direction of the PCB. At least a portion of the PCB axially overlaps with the bearing unit. The PCB fixing portions are arranged radially outward of the through-hole portions. | 2014-10-09 |
20140300256 | SECURE STORAGE UNIT - According to a first aspect, a secure storage unit includes a plurality of movable trays within a housing and is equipped with a tray selector system for selectively accessing a tray on demand, wherein the selector system is configured to release a selected tray for access by limiting the allowable extent of movement of the tray from a stowed to an accessible position with respect to the storage unit by a pre-determined amount whereby access to selected zones of selected trays is controlled. In an embodiment of the secure storage unit, the selector system includes a plurality of discrete electromechanical locking devices operably juxtaposed with respect to the trays, and configured to be individually selectable for releasing and limiting the allowable extent of movement of the selected tray with respect to the storage unit. | 2014-10-09 |