42nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130270878 | VEHICLE SEAT - A seat back pad | 2013-10-17 |
20130270879 | Soldier Support System in a Vehicle - A soldier restraint system and method secure a soldier in a vehicle. In one embodiment, the soldier restraint system includes a seat assembly comprising a seat and straps. The soldier restraint system also includes a restraint harness belt. The restraint harness belt is secured to the seat assembly. In addition, the soldier restraint system includes mounting assemblies. The straps attach the seat to the mounting assemblies. The mounting assemblies are securable to the vehicle. Attachment of at least one of the straps to the seat is releasable by a release assembly. The soldier restraint system also includes a strap retractor and a retractor strap. The retractor strap is extractable from the strap retractor. The retractor strap is retractable by the strap retractor. The strap retractor retracts the retractor strap upon achieving a strap threshold. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270880 | VIBRATING PILLOW - A vibrating pillow comprising a cover extending around a pliable filling and a vibrator capable of providing sensation to a user of the pillow positioned within the cover includes a connector for connecting the vibrator to an entertainment medium. An attachment component is further provided on the pillow for fixing the pillow with respect to a furniture piece. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270881 | Apparatus and Method for Positioning a Seated Patient - An apparatus is configured for use with a chair having a supporting surface, and includes a cushioning member adapted to be placed above the supporting surface, a bottom sheet connected to the cushioning member and having an engagement surface opposite the cushioning member, a top sheet having a bottom surface positioned in confronting relation to the engagement surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a selective gliding assembly positioned between the top and bottom sheets. The top sheet has at least one end connected to the bottom sheet, and the top sheet further has a slip resistant material positioned on the top surface. The selective gliding assembly includes engagement members positioned on the engagement surface and on the bottom surface of the top sheet, and the engagement members engage each other to resist forward sliding of the top sheet and to permit rearward sliding of the top sheet. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270882 | MULTI-USE PROTECTIVE COVER - A safety device for children, specifically a cover for use with a variety of surfaces that provides a barrier to protect a child from the heat and/or contamination of a surface. In some embodiments, the device can prevent a child from being burned or uncomfortable by the heat of a swing seat or car seat by minimizing thermal transfer between a child's skin and the swing seat for an adequate amount of time. In some embodiments, the cover can be used in a planar configuration as a changing pad or play mat. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270883 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat has a first fitting part and a second fitting part. The fitting parts can be rotated relative to one another about an axis. A toothed ring is formed on one of the fitting parts, and guide segments for guiding bolts are formed on the other of the fitting parts. A rotatably mounted eccentric acts on the radially displaceable bolt which then interacts with the toothed ring in order to lock the fitting. A spring arrangement acts on the eccentric and is arranged in a central receptacle in the second fitting part. The second fitting part has a guide part having the guides and a cover for covering the spring arrangement, wherein the guide part and the cover are formed separately and are connected to one another. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270884 | RECLINER MECHANISM WITH DUMP FEATURE - An adjustment mechanism for a seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seatback is provided and may include a mounting bracket fixed for movement with the seat bottom. A recliner mechanism may be supported by the mounting bracket and may be movable between a locked state preventing movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom and an unlocked state permitting movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom. A dump mechanism may be supported by the mounting bracket and may be moved between an engaged state preventing rotation of the seatback relative to the seat bottom when the recliner mechanism is in the locked state and a disengaged state permitting rotation of the seatback relative to the seat bottom when the recliner mechanism is in the locked state. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270885 | HEAD RESTRAINT POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE AND HEAD RESTRAINT POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - A head rest position adjusting device | 2013-10-17 |
20130270886 | INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE HAVING A LEG REST AT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT - Disclosed is an interior structure of an automobile in which the dashboard is not substantially installed before the front passenger seat and after the partition separating the engine room from the interior room of the automobile to obtain a sufficient space for the front passenger to stretch out her or his legs horizontally and completely; therefore a leg rest is installed in the obtained space. The automobile interior structure in accordance with the present invention make the front passenger unfold the leg rest continuously to the front passenger seat when she or he takes a rest and therefore make the front passenger stretch out her or his legs horizontally and completely to take a more comfortable rest. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270887 | SEAT BACK STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A seat back structure for a vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention including a headrest, a seat back frame, a pad disposed in front of a surface of the seat back frame, a backrest surface of the pad, and right and left side supports each provided on either side of the backrest surface in a seat width direction, in which a right slit portion and a left slit portion are provided between the backrest surface and the right and the left side supports, respectively, each of the right slit portion and the left slit portion penetrating the pad in the thickness direction of the pad and extending in a vertical direction of the pad, and the right and the left slit portions are spaced apart from each other in the seat width direction. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270888 | ROAD FINISHER AND SEAT CONSOLE - A road finisher includes an operator's seat arranged on a seat console. The seat console is adjustable on an operator's stand platform between different, locked working positions, namely by means of a locking device with a lock bolt which is shiftable between a disengaged position and an engaged position relative to at least one bolt receptacle. The lock bolt is shiftable by means of a movably mounted pivot lever which comprises at least one actuating end with at least one foot pedal and a shifting end acting on the lock bolt. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270889 | SELF-LOCKING STEP-BY-STEP MECHANISM FOR AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF A VEHICLE SEAT - A self-locking step-by-step mechanism for an adjustment device of a vehicle seat has a clamping roller lock and a step-by-step device. The clamping roller lock a rotatable release wheel and a toothing. The step-by-step device has a) a pivotably mounted actuating lever b) a driver pivotably mounted on the actuating lever and which has two driver regions which interact with the toothing of the release wheel c) a drag lever which has supporting surfaces which enter into contact with the driver, and d) a spring. The spring has at least one projection. The drag lever has at least one indentation which is normally in engagement with the projection. The spring is fixed against rotating. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270890 | Sensored Pick Assembly - A degradation assembly may comprise at least one sensor mounted on a pick; the pick comprising a first conductor in communication with the sensor. The assembly may also comprise a receiving element including a bore comprising a second conductor. The first and second conductors may combine to create a connection as the pick is inserted into the bore of the receiving element. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270891 | Chisel Holder - The subject matter of the invention is a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the insertion projection comprising at least one convex abutment surface and one pressure surface. In a bit holder of this kind, working forces can be dissipated in stress-optimized fashion into an attached base part when provision is made that the insertion projection comprises two convex abutment surfaces that are arranged at a distance from one another. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270892 | RIM FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a rim for a pneumatic tire that can suppress local deformation of the sidewall portion of a mounted tire and thus suppress the occurrence of damage to the sidewall portion. The rim for a pneumatic tire according to the present invention is provided with a pair of bead seat portions separated from each other in a rim width direction and a flange portion extending outwards in a rim radial direction from a rim width direction outer end of each bead seat portion. A rim radial direction outer end of the flange portion is recurved outwards in the rim width direction. A radius of curvature of a surface of the flange portion at a rim width direction outer end portion of the flange portion is at least 0.4 times and at most 1.0 times a radius of curvature of the surface of the flange portion at a rim width direction central portion of the flange portion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270893 | VEHICLE WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY - A vehicle wheel hub assembly comprising an axle element that is rotationally stationary about an axial axis, and a hub shell element rotatable about the axle element, including a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from said first end portion. The axle element includes a control shaft that is axially displaceable relative to the hub shell element between an axially extended position and an axially retracted position. The control shaft includes an engagement end and a control end. In the extended position, the engagement end is axially distal from the second end portion and, in the retracted position, the engagement end is axially proximal to the second end portion relative to said extended orientation. Including a releasable axial retaining means to control the axial movement of the control shaft relative to the hub shell. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270894 | INITIAL FLOW INCREASING MODULE FOR REDUCING DELAY OF BRAKE RESPONSE - There is provided an initial flow increasing module. The initial flow increasing module is connected with an electronic stability control (ESC) system having a first hydraulic channel and a second hydraulic channel each for controlling a liquid pressure transmitted to two wheels, and includes a hydraulic circuit that includes a pressure source in which oil is stored so as to increase a braking initial flow and a flow control valve connected with the pressure source so as to control a flow of oil transmitted to a wheel brake provided in each wheel from the pressure source. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270895 | VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - Upon occurrence of a change in the load versus fluid loss property, the braking force for the given brake pedal operation amount is changed so that the vehicle operator is enabled to perceive the change in the load versus fluid loss property. In a vehicle brake system comprising a motor actuated cylinder, wheel cylinders, a stroke sensor for detecting a brake pedal operation amount, a target value setting circuit for setting a target stoke of the motor actuated cylinder, and a fluid pressure compensating circuit for correcting the target stoke upon detection of a deviation between a brake fluid pressure reference value corresponding to the brake pedal operation amount and an actual brake fluid pressure in a direction to reduce the deviation, a stroke limiting circuit restricts a compensation value produced by the fluid pressure compensation circuit according to the brake pedal operation amount. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270896 | PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND ACTIVATION METHOD - A proximity switch assembly and method for detecting activation of a proximity switch assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of proximity switches each having a proximity sensor providing a sense activation field and control circuitry processing the activation field of each proximity switch to sense activation. The control circuitry monitors the signal responsive to the activation field and determines a differential change in generated signal, and further generates an activation output when the differential signal exceeds a threshold. The control circuitry further distinguishes an activation from an exploration of the plurality of switches and may determine activation upon detection of a stable signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270897 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWERING A VEHICLE - A system for powering a vehicle includes a traction bus, an auxiliary bus, chopper devices, and a control unit. The traction bus is coupled with traction motors of the vehicle to supply a first voltage to power the traction motors. The auxiliary bus is coupled with non-traction motors of the vehicle to supply a different, second voltage to the non-traction motors to. The chopper devices are conductively coupled with both the traction bus and the auxiliary bus to control conduction of the first voltage on the traction bus to the auxiliary bus as the second voltage using first and second duty cycles. The control unit is coupled with the chopper devices to control the first and second duty cycles of the chopper devices, respectively, such that the first voltage on the traction bus is changed (e.g., reduced) to the second voltage on the auxiliary bus. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270898 | POWER CONVERTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power converter control system includes a first power converter, at least one additional power converter, a first control module, and an additional control module. The first power converter receives direct current and outputs alternating current as a first power output. The additional power converter receives direct current and outputs alternating current as an additional power output. The first control module controls timing of events of the first power converter. The additional control module is associated with the additional power converter and controls timing of events of the additional power converter. The first control module communicates first information regarding the timing of the first power converter to the additional control module. The additional control module is configured to adjust the timing of the additional power converter to correspond with the timing of the first power converter. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270899 | PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREFOR - A proximity switch assembly and method for detecting activation of a proximity switch assembly and calibrating the switch assembly. The assembly includes proximity switches each having a proximity sensor providing a sense activation field and control circuitry processing the activation field to sense activation. The control circuitry generates an activation output when a differential change in the signal exceeds a threshold and distinguishes an activation from an exploration of the plurality of switches. The control circuit further determines a rate of change and generates an output when the rate of change exceeds a threshold rate to enable activation of a switch and performs a calibration of the signals to reduce effects caused by changes in condensation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270900 | ELECTRIC-POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - In an electric-power generation system: an electric-power generation device is mounted on a vehicle and generates electric power by use of energy existing outside the vehicle; an electric-power receiving device is arranged in a parking space and receives the electric power generated by the electric-power generation device; and an incentive providing device transmits information on an incentive in order to provide the incentive to the user of the vehicle when the electric-power receiving device receives the electric power. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270901 | Method and Arrangement for Diagnosing Drivers of Contactors, Battery, and Motor Vehicle having such a Battery - The disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for diagnosing drivers of contactors, to a battery, and to a motor vehicle having such a battery. According to the method, information relating to switching states of at least three drivers of a contactor is stored, with information relating to respective associated desired values of at least one predefinable parameter, in a computer-readable memory. Actual switching states of at least some of the drivers are detected with associated actual values and are compared with the stored desired values in order to diagnose the drivers. A fault is diagnosed if at least one actual value differs from a desired value. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270902 | Fault Protection System For A Power System Of Dynamically Positioned Vessel - A fault protection system for a power system of a dynamically positioned vessel is provided. The power system is separated into two or more power system sections, each including a bus section of a power distribution bus. The bus sections are connected by bus ties in a ring configuration. Each bus section includes a connection to a generator and a connection to a thruster drive of the dynamically positioned vessel. The fault protection system includes a fault isolation system which includes for each power system section a bus tie circuit breaker for breaking the connection provided by the bus tie. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270903 | POWER SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF POWER - Power supply arrangement for distribution of power from a DC power source having a positive terminal and a negative terminal to at least a first and a second DC power consumer, comprising: a first DC power consumer connected to said negative terminal of said DC power source by means of at least a first return line, a first DC-DC switching power converter connected to said first DC power consumer, and connected to said positive terminal of said DC power source, a second DC power consumer connected to said negative terminal of said DC power source by means of at least a second return line, a second DC-DC switching power converter connected to said second DC power consumer, and connected to said positive terminal of said DC power source, wherein a unit comprising a capacitor connected in parallel with an electrical device is arranged in each of said first and second return lines, wherein said electrical device has a diode function, whereby circulating ground loop currents are prevented. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270904 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING POWER ABSORBED BY AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE - A method of adjusting the power absorbed by at least one vehicle powered by at least one electrical energy storage unit and one electrical network on the ground providing the vehicle with at least one inrush current necessary for starting up the vehicle, includes adjusting the inrush current, before and at least during the starting-up of the vehicle, to a constant mean value and keeping variations of the inrush current around the mean value to a minimum by controlling at least one variable supply of compensating energy from the energy storage unit of the vehicle. A computer for implementing the method is also provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270905 | SYSTEM FOR CHARGING AN ENERGY STORE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CHARGING SYSTEM - A system for charging at least one energy reservoir cell in a controllable energy reservoir which serves to control and supply electrical energy to an n-phase electrical machine where n≧1. The controllable energy reservoir has n parallel energy supply branches that each have at least two energy reservoir modules, connected in series, that each encompass at least one electrical energy reservoir cell having an associated controllable coupling unit, and are connected to a reference bus and to a respective phase of the electrical machine. As a function of control signals, the coupling units interrupt the respective energy supply branch, bypass the respectively associated energy reservoir cells, or switch the respectively associated energy reservoir cells into the respective energy supply branch. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270906 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - The uninterruptible illumination system contains at least a lighting device and a power detection device which is connected to a power supply line. There is a light generation element and a driver and communication module in each lighting device. The power detection device is wireless-linked with the driver and communication module. The power detection device detects the electrical condition on the power supply line. When the voltage on the power supply line is normal, at least a light device is able to provide illumination. On the other hand, when the voltage on the power supply line is not normal or there is no electricity, the driver and communication module receives a signal from a wireless transmitter of the power detection device, the stored electricity of an electricity provision unit of the driver and communication module is used to maintain the operation of the light generation element. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270907 | CHARGING AND POWER SUPPLYING CIRCUIT, METHOD AND APPLICATION DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a charging and power supplying circuit, method and application device, which relate to the field of smart charging, so as to improve efficiencies of battery charging and system power supplying. The charging and power supplying circuit includes a power supplying tributary and a charging tributary. An end of the power supplying tributary is connected to a power supply, and another end is connected to a system. An end of the charging tributary is connected to the power supply, and another end is connected to a battery. A first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a third amplifier, a fourth amplifier, a first comparator, a second comparator, a charging controller, a logical switch, an adder and a first control module are connected to the power supplying tributary and the charging tributary. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270908 | Load Shed Control Module For Use With Electrical Generator - A load management apparatus for use with an electrical system being powered by an electrical generator selectively adds and sheds loads on the electrical generator to prevent overloading of the electrical generator. The load management apparatus learns the load profile for each load during a learning mode and executes one or more load shed processes to control which electrical loads are loading the electrical generator. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270909 | POWER STRIP - The present invention discloses a power strip including a plurality of power sockets and at least one USB port. The power strip includes a high-voltage side circuit and a low-voltage side circuit. The high-voltage side circuit includes a power input terminal, a plurality of AC output terminals, and a first power circuit. The low-voltage side circuit includes a DC output terminal, a second power circuit, and a control unit. Each AC output terminal is coupled with the power input terminal and one of the power sockets and at least one AC output terminal powers the corresponding power socket according to a control signal. The second power circuit senses the first DC power before generating and transmitting a corresponding second DC power to the USB port through the DC output terminal. The control unit powered by the second DC power is configured to generate the control signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270910 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a voltage-control-type clock generation circuit having a plurality of stages of first delay elements and whose oscillation frequency is controlled according to a control voltage applied to the first delay elements; a delay circuit having a plurality of stages of second delay elements connected serially; and a selection circuit selecting one from pulse signals output by the plurality of stages of respective second delay elements. The first delay elements and the second delay elements have a same structure formed on a same semiconductor substrate, and a delay amount of the second delay elements is adjusted according to the control voltage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270911 | POWER CONTROLLER - Residential system includes photovoltaic power system including solar battery, and electrical storage device including battery. Electric load of residential system is selectively supplied with energy from power supply system, power generator and electrical storage device. Power generator allows energy to flow back to power supply system. Energy surplus judgment part calculates difference between generating energy of power generator and demand power for electric load (excess generating energy). Overall operation controller applies stored energy in electrical storage device to demand energy for electric load when excess generating energy is produced, and charges electrical storage device without applying generating energy of power generator to demand energy when excess generating energy is not produced. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TIME-CONTROLLED BACKUP POWER TO A LOAD - A power distribution system and method includes one or more primary power sources for supplying power to a load, and an uninterruptible power source for supplying power to the load during a power interrupt. The power distribution system and method also includes a controller for connecting the uninterruptible power source to the load for up to a first predetermined time period when the one or more primary power sources are unavailable, and disconnecting the load from the uninterruptible power source following the first predetermined time period until power has been provided to the load from the one or more primary power sources for a second predetermined time period. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270913 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A radiation imaging apparatus taking an image data of a subject by detecting radiations having passed through the subject, includes a charging control unit configured to control a battery internally attached to the radiation imaging apparatus such that a first charge amount up to which the battery is charged using an external power source connected to the radiation imaging apparatus is different from a second charge amount up to which the battery is charged using an external apparatus. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270914 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING POWER OF AN ELECTRICITY GRID SYSTEM - A power regulation system for an electrical grid has a store of electrical energy connected through a first switch to a source of electrical energy. The response time of the store is faster than that of the source. A second switch is connected to the store at one side with the opposite side for connection to the grid. A first controller monitors energy stored in the store and energy available from said source and selectively controls the first switch to close to transfer energy from the source to the store. A second controller monitors energy stored in said store and, on receiving an indication that additional energy is needed in the grid, if the energy stored in the store exceeds a supply threshold, controls the second switch to close to transfer energy from the store to the grid. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270915 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are an electric power conversion apparatus and method in an energy harvesting system. In more detail, it is possible to obtain the maximum electric power from the plurality of energy sources by selecting the connection structure between the source terminals or the connection structure between the source terminals and the collection terminals using the electrical characteristic values (for example, open voltage, short current, and internal impedance) of each source and adjusting the load impedance in the selected connection structure in the energy harvesting system. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING VOLTAGE ON AN AUXILIARY BUS - Systems and methods for limiting voltage on an auxiliary bus are described. The voltage-limited auxiliary bus may be comprised of a DC auxiliary bus comprised of a positive conductor and a negative conductor; a chopper, wherein the chopper is normally in a non-conducting state; a resistor in series with the chopper, wherein the chopper and the resistor are connected between the positive conductor and the negative conductor of the DC auxiliary bus; and a chopper control, wherein an overvoltage on the DC auxiliary bus causes the chopper control to cause the chopper to begin conducting and the conducting limits the voltage on the DC auxiliary bus and dissipates energy from the overvoltage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270917 | MULTILEVEL POWER CONVERTER - Aspects of the invention are directed to a multilevel power converter the includes a DC power supply assembly having a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a zero terminal; a first semiconductor switch series circuit composed of first through sixth semiconductor switches connected in series between the positive terminal and the negative terminal. The converter can include a second semiconductor switch series circuit composed of a first bidirectional switch, seventh and eighth semiconductor switches, and a second bidirectional switch connected in series between the connection point of the first and second semiconductor switches and the connection point of the fifth and sixth semiconductor switches, a first capacitor connected in parallel with a series circuit of the third and fourth semiconductor switches and a second capacitor connected in parallel with the second semiconductor switch series circuit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270918 | POWER TRANSFER IN VARIABLE FREQUENCY ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - A power transfer method in a variable frequency electric power generation system includes determining that initial power quality conditions the variable frequency electric power generation system are satisfied, sending a power-ready signal, receiving an acknowledgement to the power-ready signal, indicating that an associated alternating current bus is ready to receive power generated in the variable frequency electric power generation system, receiving a bus-ready signal and in response to receiving the bus-ready signal, activating a generator line contactor driver. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270919 | ABOVE RESONANCE FREQUENCY OPERATION FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A wireless power transmission system includes a primary circuit and a secondary circuit, which are coupled through coupling coils. The primary circuit includes an alternating current (AC) power supply source that provides an alternating current signal through a series connection of a primary capacitor and a primary coil. The secondary circuit includes a parallel connection of a secondary coil, a secondary capacitor, and a load. The resonance frequency f | 2013-10-17 |
20130270920 | WIRELESS ENERGY RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - An apparatus and a method for wirelessly receiving and transmitting energy are provided. A wireless energy receiving apparatus in a terminal configured to wirelessly receive energy through mutual resonance between a resonator of an energy supply apparatus configured to supply the energy and a resonator of the terminal, includes an energy measuring unit configured to measure an amount of energy stored in the terminal. The wireless energy receiving apparatus further includes a control unit configured to change a state of the resonator of the terminal from a non-resonant state to a resonant state when the measured amount of energy is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270921 | INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - An IPT system magnetic flux pad includes two substantially planar coils ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270922 | POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A casing of a power transmitting device is provided with a power transmitting device side passive electrode, a power transmitting device side active electrode, and a power transmitting module. A jacket mounted on a terminal is provided with a power receiving device side passive electrode, a power receiving device side active electrode, a power receiving module, and a DC-DC converter. A heat sink portion with fins is formed on a portion of the power transmitting device side passive electrode. When the terminal is mounted on the power transmitting device, the power receiving device side passive electrode is electrically connected to the power transmitting device side passive electrode, and the power receiving device side active electrode faces the power transmitting device side active electrode. In this state, the heat of the power receiving module and the DC-DC converter is dissipated from the power transmitting device side passive electrode. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER TO DEVICES LOCATED ON AND OUTSIDE A CHARGING BASE - A wireless power transmission system and method for transmitting power from a charging base to receivers located both on and outside the charging base. The system utilizes wireless power transmission of a transmitter with a wound transmit coil. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270924 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, MODULE, AND SYSTEM - An electronic equipment is provided with an antenna including a coil, a load, a power feeding unit for feeding power received by the antenna to the load, a communication unit for communicating with the outside world via the antenna, a switching circuit installed between the antenna and the communication unit, and a switching control unit for controlling ON/OFF of the switching circuit according to power to be received by the antenna. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270925 | POWER FEED SYSTEM - Disclosed is a power feed system which can highly efficiently feed power to a power receiving unit from a power feed-side even though distance fluctuation or lateral shift occurs between a power feed-side helical coil and a power receiving-side helical coil. A distance measuring unit measures a inter-coil distance L | 2013-10-17 |
20130270926 | SWITCH HOUSING FOR CAPACITIVE SWITCHES - The switch housing for capacitive switches has an outer contact surface and flat electrode structures which are arranged on the inside and in a position opposite the contact surface and which are placed by two-component injection molding in recessed regions of the housing body injected from a first, electrically non-conductive plastic component by means of a second, electrically conductive plastic component. Preferably, both plastic components are a polycarbonate, the second plastic component containing carbon fibers. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270927 | LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator is provided with an outer tube and an inner tube inserted in the outer tube so as to be free to slide axially. A rod is erected at a central axis part of the inner tube, forming an annular space between the rod and the inner tube. Permanent magnets are retained along an axial direction in the rod, and a holder is fixed to the outer tube for retaining coils which are disposed face to face with the permanent magnets. The holder includes a cylindrical coil holding portion inserted in the annular space such that an extreme end of the cylindrical coil holding portion can move further into and backward from the annular space. The coil holding portion retains the coils within an inner peripheral surface, and a flange portion joined directly to a proximal end of the coil holding portion is fixed to the outer tube. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270928 | STATOR FOR A MODULATED POLE MACHINE - A stator core section for a stator of a modulated pole machine, the modulated pole machine including the stator, a moving device, and an active gap between respective interface surfaces of the moving device and the stator for communicating magnetic flux between the stator and the moving device, the moving device being adapted to move relative to the stator in a direction of motion, wherein the stator core section includes a stator core back from which a plurality of teeth extend, each tooth extending in a respective first direction defining a direction towards the rotor, the teeth being arranged along a second direction defining the direction of motion, each tooth having at least one side wall facing a neighbouring tooth and an interface surface facing the active gap, the interface surface and the side wall forming an edge connecting the interface surface and the side wall. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270929 | POSITIONAL ENCODER AND CONTROL ROD POSITION INDICATOR FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR USING SAME - A cam is immersed in water at an elevated temperature and/or pressure. A reciprocating cam follower also immersed in the water contacts a surface of the cam. The cam follower includes a permanent magnet. An electrically conductive coil is magnetically coupled with the permanent magnet such that movement of the cam follower induces an electrical signal in the electrically conductive coil. A sealed housing also immersed in the water contains the electrically conductive coil and seals it from contact with the water. Leads of the coil are electrically accessible from outside the sealed housing and from outside the water. Alternatively, the cam includes magnetic inserts, the cam follower is replaced by a sensor arm of magnetic material, and the sensor arm and/or the inserts are magnetized whereby rotation of the rotary element causes time modulation of the magnetic coupling and induces coil voltage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270930 | DIRECT DRIVE ROTOR WITH METAL COUPLER - A rotor for an outer rotor-type motor is provided. The rotor includes a metallic coupler and a polymeric frame molded over at least part of the metallic coupler. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270931 | ROTARY MACHINE - A rotary machine capable of carrying out efficient cooling without increasing costs or deteriorating performance is provided. A motor | 2013-10-17 |
20130270932 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR BRUSHLESS MOTOR FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool includes a brushless DC motor having a stator assembly and a rotor assembly at least a portion of which is arranged pivotably inside the stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor lamination stack housing a permanent magnets and a rotor fixedly housed inside a center portion of the lamination stack to pivot therewith. A fan may be fixedly attached to the rotor and arranged adjacent the stator assembly. The fan includes a back plate and blades longitudinally projecting from a periphery of the back plate towards the stator assembly, where a middle portion of the back plate is contoured away from an end cap of the motor to accommodate a projecting portion of the end cap. The permanent magnets may extend beyond the longitudinal length of the rotor lamination stack towards a magnet sensor to facilitate sensing of the permanent magnet via the magnet sensor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270933 | WORK APPARATUS - A work apparatus has a tool which is driven in rotation by a drive motor via a transmission. The drive motor is an electric motor which has a commutator and brushes. The drive motor is arranged in a motor housing and drives an impeller wheel which conveys a cooling airflow for the drive motor. Simple and effective lubrication of the transmission is achieved with the cooling airflow flowing past the commutator and brushes and the transmission is arranged downstream of the commutator in the cooling airflow. The motor housing is formed in a manner closed toward the transmission housing on that end side that faces the transmission housing and is connected to the transmission housing via a flow connection. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270934 | STATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BRUSHLESS MOTOR IN A POWER TOOL - A power tool includes a motor having a stator assembly and a rotor pivotably arranged inside the stator. The stator assembly includes a lamination stack defining a plurality of poles; a plurality of field windings each arranged at at least two opposite poles of said plurality of poles and connected together around the stator assembly; and a plurality of conductive terminals longitudinally arranged along an outer surface of the lamination stack and electrically coupled to the plurality of field windings and a power source. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270935 | FORCE MODULATOR - This invention relates to an inductor, more particularly, to an inductor with variable inductances. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT WINDING COOLING OF ELECTRIC MACHINES - A system and method for cooling electric machines using direct winding heat exchangers (DWHX) is disclosed. The system can comprise a plurality of DWHXs disposed in thermal communication with a plurality of copper windings in the stator of an electric machine for cooling the plurality of copper windings. The plurality of DWHXs can also be in fluid communication with one or more fluid manifolds for providing coolant to the plurality of DWHXs. The one or more manifolds can be in fluid communication with one or more heat reservoirs for rejecting the heat absorbed by the plurality of DWHXs. The heat reservoir can be an internal system radiator or an infinite reservoir such as a cooling pond. The method can comprise a design tool for optimizing a DWHX cooling system utilizing the internal system radiator or an infinite reservoir, among other things. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270937 | WIND TURBINE WITH IMPROVED COOLING - A wind turbine with a wind turbine tower; a nacelle; a wind turbine rotor hub having at least one blade mounted thereon; a shaft coupled to the wind turbine rotor hub, and to a generator which has a rotor with at least one superconducting rotor coil and a stator with at least one conductive stator coil. The rotor coil and the stator coil have interacting magnetic fields for inducing current in the stator coil. A stator iron and at least a part of the stator coils are thermally coupled by first and second types of cooling channels along an inner and an outer periphery of the stator iron, respectively. The cooling channels guide a coolant that conducts heat away from the stator coil. Interconnecting pipes are coupled to at least a first chamber or a second chamber of the second type of cooling channels. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270938 | Cooling Structure for Electric Vehicle - Provided is an electric motorcycle including a traveling motor, and a power supply circuit of an inverter and the like, in which a non-conducting cooling oil is supplied to be brought into direct contact with at least one of an electromagnetic coil of the traveling motor and a circuit board of the inverter. A radiator is disposed outside cases of a power plant and a power control controller so as to allow a traveling wind to pass by. Cooling oil is circulated between the radiator and a case of at least one of the power plant and power control controller. A cooling structure for an electric motor and the like that can obtain a higher cooling efficiency than a conventional art while having a simple structure which hardly causes increases in size, weight, cost, and the like can be provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270939 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ENCLOSED, AUTONOMOUS COOLING MEDIUM CIRCUIT - An electric machine has a base body with a stator, a rotor shaft mounted in the base body, and a heat exchanger. Cooling ducts for a liquid cooling medium are arranged in the base body. The rotor shaft is embodied as a hollow shaft through which the liquid cooling medium can flow. The heat exchanger dissipates heat contained in the liquid cooling medium to the surroundings of the electric machine. The heat exchanger, the rotor shaft and the cooling ducts are fluidically connected in series, producing a closed circuit for the liquid medium. A feed element is arranged to co-rotate with the rotor shaft. The feed element is inserted in the closed circuit for the liquid cooling medium to forcibly circulate the liquid cooling medium in the closed circuit as the rotor shaft for the liquid cooling medium rotates. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270940 | Saddle-Type Vehicle - An electric two-wheeled vehicle includes a case, an electric component accommodated in the case and having an electric part producing heat during operation, and a traveling wind guide body for cooling the electric component by traveling wind, and the traveling wind guide body has a traveling wind inlet taking in traveling wind from front, a traveling wind path through which the traveling wind taken in by the traveling wind inlet flows, and a traveling wind outlet ejecting the traveling wind flowing through the traveling wind path toward a radiation fin of the case. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270941 | ELECTRIC DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR WITH FLEXIBLE ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An electric direct current motor is disclosed which includes a shaft, a winding support, a collector having several collector wires, and an air-cored outer rotor winding with several winding terminations. The outer rotor winding is at one end connected to the shaft via the winding support in a torque-proof manner, and is electrically connected with the collector. The winding support can be replaced by a printed circuit board as a bearing component of glass-fiber reinforced thermosetting plastics, wherein the printed circuit board includes at least one layer and is connected to the shaft via a metal hub. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270942 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH IMPROVED HEAT MANAGEMENT - The invention relates to an electric machine, comprising a stator ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270943 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND SWITCH - A power generating device includes a power generating part, a sliding member, first, second and third elastic parts, and a connecting member. When the sliding member is caused to move to a first storage completion position by an operation that causes the connecting member to rotate, the connecting member and the sliding member are disconnected so that the sliding member is caused to move in a first direction by an elastic force stored in the second elastic part. The connecting member is caused to rotate by an elastic force stored in the third elastic part. When the sliding member is caused to move to a second storage completion position by the third elastic part, the connecting member and the sliding member are disconnected so that the sliding member is caused to move in a second direction by an elastic force stored in the first elastic part. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270944 | ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270945 | AXIAL LOAD SHARING BEARING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE - An axial flux electric machine and associated method of use that includes a shaft, a rotor attached to the shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets positioned underneath the rotor, an electrical winding positioned below the plurality of permanent magnets, a stator that encircles the shaft that is located below the rotor, a first bearing assembly located below the stator and encircling the shaft of the rotor, a second bearing assembly located below the first bearing assembly and encircling the shaft, and a spring mechanism, located between the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly, to distribute load placed on the shaft between the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270946 | MAGNETIC BEARING DRIVE CIRCUIT - There is provided a magnetic bearing drive circuit driven from a pair of Direct Current (DC) link voltage rails, said magnetic bearing drive circuit having at least one amplifier providing an output PWM drive signal for driving a magnetic bearing winding, said output PWM drive signal being provided to the magnetic bearing winding through a plurality of drive signal rails, said magnetic bearing drive circuit comprising a pair of voltage offset devices coupled to the DC link voltage rails and arranged to provide a pair of offset catcher voltage rails from the DC link voltage rails, and primary clamping means coupled between each off-set catcher voltage rail and a respective one of the drive signal rails. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270947 | HIGH ACCELERATION ROTARY ACTUATOR - A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly is provided comprising a plurality of phase motor elements provided in tandem on a shaft, each phase element including a rotor carrying magnets which alternate exposed poles, the rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a stator formed of a plurality of interconnected segmented stator elements having a contiguous winding to form four magnetic poles, the stator being in electrical communication with a phase electric drive unit, wherein each of the poles exert a magnetic force upon the magnets carried by the rotor when the poles are electrically charged by the phase electric drive unit. The rotors and magnets of each phase motor element are offset about the shaft from one another. In addition, the phase motor elements are electrically isolated from one another. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270948 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING OPTIMISED STATOR STRUCTURE - The invention relates to an electric motor having a rotor and a hollow-cylindrical stator which carries exciter coils ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270949 | PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH TWO PART OR MULTI PART PERMANENT MAGNETS - A permanent magnet electric machine ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270950 | POLE SHOE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE ELEMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A pole shoe arrangement for a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine having an air gap between the stator and the rotor is disclosed. The pole shoe arrangement has a pole shoe element having an inner end and an outer end opposing the inner end. The inner end lies opposite the air gap when the pole shoe element is in an assembled state. The pole shoe element has a receiving surface for receiving a permanent magnet between the inner end and the outer end. The pole shoe arrangement has a guiding facility to guide the permanent magnet in a radial direction from the outer end to the inner end and to limit a movement of the permanent magnet at right angles to the radial direction. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270951 | POLE SHOE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE ELEMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A pole shoe element for an electrical machine is described. The electrical machine has a stator, a rotor and an air gap between the stator and the rotor. The pole shoe element contains a magnet receiving section which extends in a longitudinal direction of the pole shoe element, in which the pole shoe element in a peripheral direction of the rotor has a first width in a first radial inner position and in the peripheral direction has a second width in a second radial outer position. The second width is smaller than the first width. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270952 | AXIALLY ASYMMETRIC PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE - A permanent magnet machine is provided with a rotor positioned at least partially within a stator. The rotor includes first and second ring segments oriented axially around a central axis. The rotor defines first and second configurations in the first and second ring segments, respectively. The first configuration is sufficiently different from the second configuration such that torque ripple may be minimized. A first layer of slots, defining a slot outer edge, may be formed in the rotor. In one embodiment, a stator-to-slot gap varies between the first and second ring segments. In another embodiment, a stator-rotor gap varies between the first and second ring segments. In another embodiment, a bridge thickness varies between the first and second ring segments. Thus the rotor exhibits axial asymmetry. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270953 | MAGNET COVER PLATE MODULE FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATORS, ARRANGEMENT, MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention describes a magnet cover plate module for positioning and protecting permanent magnets individually on a rotor's yoke for wind turbine generators. Said magnet module comprising a magnet cover plate made of a soft magnetic material for covering said permanent magnets individually, a non-magnetic plate is permanently fixed to said magnet cover plate, said non-magnetic plate comprises means for fixing said magnet cover plate module to an outer surface of said rotor's yoke, said fixing means being removable so as to allow mounting and dismounting of said cover plate module individually. Additionally a magnetic extender configured for guiding magnetic flux and avoid flux leakage is arranged on an inner surface of the rotor's yoke. Related methods of mounting, dismounting and repairing permanent magnets are equally described. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270954 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotor for an electrical machine has a rotor body and permanent magnets arranged on the circumference of the rotor body, wherein those areas of the circumference of the rotor body which are covered by the permanent magnets have at least one recess and/or that side of the permanent magnets which faces the circumference of the rotor body has at least one recess. Each recess is configured as a slot which extends in parallel relationship to a circumference-proximal side of the permanent magnets. Removably insertable in the recesses are ferromagnetic bars to allow removal of the permanent magnets. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270955 | ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE - There is provided an electromagnetic machine ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270956 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING ROTOR STRUCTURE FOR AVOIDING DEFECT DUE TO STRAIN GENERATED BY TEMPERATURE CHANGE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An electric motor having a rotor structure and a production method thereof, wherein a strain due to temperature change does not occur and a manufacturing problem does not occur. Each permanent magnet does not contact each other, and a deformable intervening member is positioned between the end surfaces of the magnets. Intervening member is an elastically or plastically deformable member, and the thickness of the intervening member in the direction of the rotation axis of the rotor is determined so that the neighboring permanent magnets, which are bonded to a rotor core within a manufacturing temperature range of the rotor, do not contact each other at a lower limit of an operating temperature of the electric motor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270957 | POLE-TO-POLE ASYMMETRY IN INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES WITH ARC-SHAPED SLOTS - An interior permanent magnet machine includes a rotor formed with a plurality of slots that are substantially arc-shaped and referred to herein as arc segments. A first layer of arc segments are disposed in a first pole. The first layer defines a first configuration relative to a first arc center. A second layer of arc segments are disposed in a second pole. The second layer defines a second configuration relative to a second arc center. The rotor is configured such that the first configuration is different from the second configuration, thereby exhibiting pole-to-pole asymmetry. The first configuration is sufficiently different from the second configuration such that torque ripple may be minimized. In one embodiment, the first layer includes first, second and third arc segments. The rotor may be configured such that the second arc segment is radially offset relative to the first and third arc segments. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270958 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine includes a stator and a rotor located in a rotatable manner relative to the stator via a gap. The stator includes a multi-phase stator winding that is held in a plurality of slots formed in the stator. The rotor includes at least one magnet section embedded therein so as to face the slots. The magnet section includes a plurality of axially laminated magnets with a skew angle which is an angle of a positional difference between the magnets. This skew angle θs is set so as to satisfy θs=kα/2 where α is a slot pitch which is an angle between the slots, and k is a coefficient set based on: an arc ratio θa being an angle covering an area in which magnetic flux radially flows from the magnetic section; and a slot factor S being a ratio of the slots relative to the magnet section. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270959 | INSULATION MEMBER FOR USE WITH A STATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE STATOR ASSEMBLY - An insulation member for use with a stator assembly is provided. The insulation member includes a body and a cuff. The body includes a first end and an opposite second end, at least one tooth portion, and at least one yoke portion that extends from the at least one tooth portion. The cuff is formed from at least one of the first end and the second end of the body and extends along at least one of the at least one tooth portion and at least one yoke portion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270960 | ELECTRIC MACHINE STATIONARY ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - An electric machine stationary assembly is described. The stationary assembly includes a plurality of stacked laminations each comprising a first end and a second end. The stationary assembly also includes a mechanically deformable first fastening feature positioned at the first end of each lamination. The stationary assembly also includes a second fastening feature positioned at the second end of each lamination and configured to cooperate with the first fastening feature to couple the first end to the second end. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270961 | INTERNAL PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - An internal permanent magnet motor includes a rotor having main polar surfaces and inter-polar surfaces that are each formed by connecting circular arcs of a plurality of eccentric circles that are not concentric with the rotor center. As such, a technique of adjusting air gap thickness is realized to achieve the purpose of reducing the cogging torque of the motor and regular layered variation of air gap thickness is employed to reduce higher harmonics occurring in the operation of the motor. Further, the present invention uses specific air gap thickness of the inter-polar surfaces and maintaining the inter-polar surfaces at a predetermined width to increase the quadrature axis inductance of the motor in order to increase the reluctance torque of the motor and improve torque of the motor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270962 | END CAP FOR USE IN A STATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE STATOR ASSEMBLY - An end cap for use with a stator assembly is provided. The end cap includes a tooth portion, a yoke portion, and a lip. The tooth portion includes a first end and an opposite second end and the yoke portion is formed at the first end of the tooth portion. The yoke portion includes at least one arm that extends from the tooth portion. The lip is defined along at least one of the tooth portion and the at least one arm portion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270963 | CARBON BRUSH WITH DISCONNECTION APPARATUS - A carbon brush with a disconnection apparatus in a cavity in a brush body includes a disconnection body and a prestressed compression-spring body. The disconnection body consists of an electrically insulating material, and the prestressed compression-spring body is configured to act resiliently on the disconnection body. The compression-spring body is formed together with the disconnection body as a short component with a short axial length. In one embodiment, the compression-spring body is in the form of a spring with a plurality of spring turns which, at least in the prestressed, compressed state, are at least partially located one inside the other, shortening them. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270964 | SENSOR COMPRISING A PIEZOELECTRIC DETECTOR WITH COMPENSATION FOR GROUND FAULTS - A sensor includes a piezoelectric detector ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270965 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, ULTRASONIC MOTOR, AND DUST REMOVING DEVICE - Provided is a piezoelectric material that achieves both high piezoelectric performance and high Curie temperature. In addition, provided are a piezoelectric element, a liquid discharge head, an ultrasonic motor, and a dust removing device, which use the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide that is expressed by the following general formula (1): xBaTiO | 2013-10-17 |
20130270966 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR WITH BUILT-IN CAPACITOR LOAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A piezoelectric resonator includes a resonator substrate having a resonating body with a thickness that is associated with a resonant frequency, a conductor disposed on the resonating body and having a body electrode, a base having a groove aligned with the body electrode and defined by a groove-defining wall, a base electrode disposed on the groove-defining wall and cooperating with the body electrode and the base to form a capacitor load, and a cap disposed on the resonator substrate in a manner that the resonator substrate is sandwiched between the cap and the base. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270967 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method is provided for forming a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer apparatus having a first electrode deposited on a dielectric layer disposed on a primary substrate. A piezoelectric material is deposited between the first electrode and a second electrode, to form a transducer device. At least the piezoelectric material is patterned such that a portion of the first electrode extends laterally outward therefrom. The primary substrate and the dielectric layer are etched to form a first via extending to the laterally outward portion of the first electrode, and a first conductive material is deposited to substantially fill the first via and form an electrically-conductive engagement with the laterally outward portion of the first electrode. The primary substrate is etched to define a second via extending therethrough, wherein the second via is laterally spaced apart from the first via. An associated method and apparatus are also provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270968 | STACKABLE PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR COMPONENT - A stackable piezoelectric actuator component ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130270969 | Multi-Layer Electronic Component and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A multi-layer electronic component that can be repetitively operated under high voltage, high temperature and high humidity is provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270970 | FLEXURAL RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A crystal resonator element include a pair of resonating arms extending from a base, the resonating arms includes a groove, a slope portion is formed in a connection portion of the resonating arms to the base so that a distance between the groove and the outer edge of each of the resonating arms increases as it approaches the base from the resonating arms, and a non-electrode region which extends over a range of areas from a connection portion connected to a first side surface formed along the longitudinal direction of the groove and a connection portion connected to a second side surface facing the first side surface with a bottom portion disposed there between and in which excitation electrodes are not formed is provided in the groove in at least a part of the bottom portion positioned in the slope portion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270971 | METHOD OF POSITIONING A SENSOR WITHIN A MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A method for positioning a temperature sensor in association with a heat conductive surface in a lead frame located at an end of a dynamoelectric machine. The sensor is supported to the lead frame by lead wires to position the sensor at a first position spaced from an outwardly facing surface defined on the outer side of the lead frame. A cover member is moved to an attachment location in engagement with an outer side of the lead frame, wherein at least a final portion of the movement of the cover member includes positioning an engagement surface of the cover member into engagement with the sensor and causing the sensor to move closer to the outwardly facing surface to a location defining a second position for the sensor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270972 | MOTOR - A motor is provided with an insert nut | 2013-10-17 |
20130270973 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine includes: a coil conductor that is fitted to a core of the rotary electric machine to form a coil; a neutral line connected to a neutral point of the coil; and a temperature sensor, on which the neutral line is wound to be in contact therewith, and that detects a temperature of the neutral line, wherein the neutral line is, in a region thereof that is in contact with the temperature sensor, equal in cross-sectional area to the coil conductor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270974 | High-Frequency Signal Injection Based High Voltage Interlock - Systems, methods and apparatus are presented to determine high voltage cable connectivity between an inverter module and a remote electric machine. A high frequency (HF) interlock module can be configured to inject a high frequency excitation signal that can be superimposed on inverter drive signals. High frequency current components can be determined and used to determine connectivity status. The sum and difference of positive and negative sequence component values can be compared to predetermined limitations to detect one or more open phases. An example method can include enabling a HF detection strategy under predetermined conditions. In response to an open phase detection a fault flag can be set. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270975 | FIELD SERVICEABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - An in-field replaceable glass assembly for an electronic display placed within a housing is disclosed. The housing preferably contains a hanger at the top of the housing, where the glass assembly contains a frame surrounding a pane of glass and having a top and bottom. A tab is preferably placed at the top of the frame and adapted to hold the glass assembly in place when slipped over the hanger on the housing. The glass assembly also contains a means for attaching the bottom of the frame to the housing. In some embodiments this means is a threaded post which extends from the frame and passing through a portion of the housing. A nut may be tightened against the post. In other embodiments a threaded fastener may pass through the housing and thread into a female threaded hole within the frame. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270976 | SUPPORT FRAME FOR HIGH DEFINITION FIELD MONITOR - A frame for a field monitor includes a front panel having a central opening, and a rear panel attached to the front panel in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship to define a receptacle for receiving and supporting a field monitor therein. The receptacle includes a substantially open periphery which provides access to cable ports and other controls on the monitor. The rear panel includes opposite first and second sides and a plurality of legs extending outwardly from the first side. Each leg is attached to the front panel so as to maintain the front and rear panels in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship. The rear panel and plurality of legs extending outwardly therefrom are a single, unitary body of material. | 2013-10-17 |
20130270977 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS ASSEMBLY METHOD - A display device and its assembly method are provided. The display device includes a panel module, a fixing frame and two hinge elements. The fixing frame is provided with two supports and two hinge brackets collectively assembled to be the fixing frame having a hollow portion therein, and each of the hinge brackets includes a placement surface and a hinge contact portion connected with one of the hinge elements. The panel module covers the hollow portion, and is secured on the fixing frame in which the panel module is supported by a placement surface. | 2013-10-17 |