51st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130334891 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE INDUCTIVE WIRELESS DELIVERY OF ENERGY - An arrangement for the inductive wireless transmission of energy to a receiver coil of an electrically operated vehicle includes a controllable power supply, an electrically conductive first coil of circular shape, and an electrically conductive second coil of circular shape. The first and second coils are connected to the controllable power supply such that a current direction in the second coil is directed opposite to a current direction in the first coil. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334892 | WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER CONVERTERS - Described herein are improved configurations for a wireless power converter that includes at least one receiving magnetic resonator configured to capture electrical energy received wirelessly through a first oscillating magnetic field characterized by a first plurality of parameters, and at least one transferring magnetic resonator configured to generate a second oscillating magnetic field characterized by a second plurality of parameters different from the first plurality of parameters, wherein the electrical energy from the at least one receiving magnetic resonator is used to energize the at least one transferring magnetic resonator to generate the second oscillating magnetic field. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334893 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A power transmitting apparatus includes a power transmitting circuit, a passive electrode, and an active electrode. A capacitor represents a capacitance generated by the passive electrode and the active electrode. A voltage step-up circuit and the capacitor form a resonant circuit. The voltage step-up circuit formed of the step-up transformer and the inductor steps up a voltage generated by a voltage conversion circuit and applies the stepped up voltage between the passive electrode and the active electrode. A control IC performs PWM control of the voltage conversion circuit by comparing a rectified and smoothed voltage of a third winding of the step-up transformer with a reference voltage. As a result, an output voltage applied to the load circuit of a power receiving apparatus is stabilized without causing the power receiving apparatus to become complex or large. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334894 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFER OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND/OR ELECTRICAL ENERGY - A system for transmitting electrical signals and/or electrical energy via an electrically conductive medium, in which a plurality of electric wound coils is mounted on each side of the electrically conductive medium, conductors of the plurality of electric wound coils are arranged in parallel with respect to one another and each of the plurality of electric wound coils is oriented relative to each other in such a manner that winding wires are predominantly vectorially mounted in parallel, the conductors are mounted predominantly parallel to surfaces of the electrically conductive medium, the system reacts when a current is applied to the electric wound coils, thereby generating a magnetic field and generates an eddy current which circulates between an external and an internal surface of the electrically conductive medium, and a voltage is induced in the electric wound coils from the eddy current. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334895 | SECONDARY-SIDE POWER RECEIVING CIRCUIT FOR CONTACTLESS POWER FEED EQUIPMENT - A PWM module is provided to output a driving pulse to a switching device in synchronization with a synchronizing pulse having a frequency twice the frequency of the high-frequency current of a primary-side induction line. The PWM module performs output voltage feedback control such that the output voltage of an output capacitor is set at a reference voltage. The module outputs, to the switching device, the driving pulse having a half width of the pulse width of a driving pulse that can be outputted, at the start of power supply to the primary-side induction line. Moreover, the module forcibly performs the output voltage feedback control if an output voltage of the output capacitor does not increase to the reference voltage within a reference time. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334896 | CONTACTLESS POWER FEED EQUIPMENT - At the start of power supply from a power supply device to an induction line, the oscillation frequency of an inverter of the power supply device is set at a predetermined frequency shifted from the resonance frequency of a resonant circuit. After a predetermined time, the frequency is changed from the predetermined frequency to the resonance frequency. Thus, at the start of power supply, only small power is obtained by the resonant circuits in all transport carriages from the induction line in a full-load condition. Thus, total power is suppressed within power that can be supplied by the power supply device, avoiding an overloaded condition of the power supply device. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334897 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH AUTOMATIC TOTAL IONIZING DOSE (TID) EXPOSURE DEACTIVATION - Integrated circuits and methods for deactivating user circuit operation with one or more wide channel sensing transistors biased to an on condition for exposure to total ionizing dose and then to an off condition for measurement and comparison of a leakage current or threshold voltage parameter to a predetermined reference, and a deactivation circuit selectively disables operation of the user circuit if the sensed parameter is greater than or equal to the reference. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334898 | AC POWER SYSTEMS FOR POWERING CORDLESS POWER TOOLS - Alternating current power systems for powering cordless power tools are disclosed. An electrical power assembly comprises an alternating current to direct current (“AC/DC”) converter connected to a power interface adapter. The AC/DC converter receives alternating current through an electrical socket and generates direct current. A power interface adapter shaped similarly to the replacement battery packs is connected to the cordless power tools and feeds the direct current to the cordless tool. The AC/DC converter may be located within the power interface adapter or a wall-mountable electrical connector. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334899 | ELECTRICAL GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus and method for generating electricity are disclosed. A ferroliquid having magnetic dipoles is confined in a conduit which is endless and can have a spiral configuration. The conduit has an electric coil wrapped around it. A temperature difference and a first magnetic field are applied to the liquid, thereby both moving and aligning the dipoles of the ferroliquid. The aligned dipoles create a second magnetic field which interacts with the coil to generate an emf therein. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334900 | SLOTLESS ELECTRICAL MACHINES WITH MIXED FERROMAGNETIC/NON-FERROMAGNETIC CORE - The invention provides slotless electrical machines with mixed ferromagnetic/non-ferromagnetic core (mixed core). The invented slotless electrical machines with mixed core have less attraction and cogging force than conventional electrical machines with ferromagnetic core. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334901 | IRONLESS ELECTRICAL MACHINES WITH INTERNAL WATER COOLED WINDING BETWEEN TWO MAGNET ROWS - The invention provides ironless electrical machines with internal water cooled winding between two magnet rows. The winding with internal water cooling has very high heat dissipation and continuous force. In the invented construction (the water cooling plate inside the winding between two rows of magnets), Eddy currents are low due to opposite magnetization direction of the magnets in the rows. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334902 | INCHWORM ACTUATOR - An inchworm actuator which can move a movable body relative to a stationary body while selectively giving priority to displacement speed or displacement resolution in accordance with the conditions of use is provided. An inchworm actuator | 2013-12-19 |
20130334903 | Electromagnetic Energy Conversion through Coil and Magnet Arrays - This specification describes technologies relating to converting vibration energy to electrical energy through electromagnetic transduction. According to an aspect, an apparatus to convert kinetic energy to electricity through electromagnetic transduction can include: an array of magnets arranged in a first plane; and an array of coils arranged in a second plane with respect to the first plane to form a gap between the array of magnets and the array of coils. According to another aspect, an energy harvester can include: a two dimensional array of magnets; a two dimensional array of coils; a housing configured and arranged to limit a direction of motion of either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils; and additional magnets configured and arranged to form a suspension system for either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils in the direction of motion. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334904 | ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE GENERATOR AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING MODULE USING THE SAME - An electric power generating module includes an electromotive force (EMF) generator and a circuit unit. The EMF generator has a shell having two opposite plates, a coil unit mounted to one of the plates, first and second stationary magnets disposed in the shell with different magnetic pole, and a moveable magnet having a magnetic pole opposite to that of the first stationary magnet. The moveable magnet is moveable between a first position adjacent to a first side of the second stationary magnet and a second position adjacent to a second side of the second stationary magnet along a circumference of the first stationary magnet across a space defined between the coil unit and the other one of the plates. The circuit unit is electrically connected with the coil unit. When the EMF generator is shaken, electric power is produced by the electric power generating module. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334905 | SPRING MOTOR - A spring motor, comprising a housing, a stator core, a rotor core, a rotation shaft, a rotor coil, an insulated coil connection wire, a torsion spring, a connection shaft, a cylindrical spiral spring, a round funnel-shaped rubber sealing element, a battery and a spring fixing connection sleeve; the rotor coil of the motor is connected to the terminal of a motor end cover after the insulated coil connection wire winds around the periphery of the rotation shaft continuously several times; the connection shaft is fixed on the rotation shaft, and the cylindrical spiral spring is sleeved on the periphery of the opened end of the connection shaft; the round funnel-shaped waterproof rubber sealing element is sleeved on the rotation shaft; the battery is placed in a rectangular battery holder, three side frames of the battery holder are each a fixed structure, and one side frame of the battery holder is a moveable structure; the spring fixing connection sleeve is sleeved on the rotation shaft, the rear end of the torsion spring is placed on one side of the spring fixing connection sleeve, and the spring fixing connection jacket, the torsion spring and the rotation shaft are fixed and connected with screws. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334906 | DRIVE UNIT INTEGRATED ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - To obtain a drive unit integrated rotating electrical machine that makes it easier to connect power circuits and achieves not only excellent vibration resistance but also excellent heat releasing properties. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334907 | ROTOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The rotor for an electric rotating machine includes a rotor core fixed to a rotating shaft and formed with at least one magnet accommodating hole, a magnet accommodated in the magnet accommodating hole, a resin portion filled in the magnet accommodating hole accommodating the magnet, a first end plate fixed to the rotating shaft at one axial side of the rotor core, and a second end plate fixed to the rotating shaft at the other axial side of the rotor core. The axial fixing force of the second end plate against the rotating shaft is smaller than that of the first end plate. At least a part of the resin portion is present in an axial area between the magnet accommodated in the magnet accommodating hole and the first end plate, and the magnet is in direct contact with the second end plate. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334908 | STEPPING MOTOR, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A stepping motor includes a rotor having a rotor magnet fixed to a rotating shaft, a plurality of coil bobbins where coils are wound, a stator yoke group having a plurality of stator yokes each of which surrounds each of the plurality of coil bobbins in an axial direction and a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the plurality of stator yokes each having pole teeth alternately arranged in a circumferential direction around the rotating shaft so as to be opposed to a side surface of the rotor magnet, and a magnetic attractive force generating member configured to attract the rotor magnet to the axial direction of the rotating shaft by a magnetic attractive force, and a magnetic center of the rotor magnet and a magnetic center of the stator yoke group coincide with each other. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334909 | MOTOR - Disclosed is a motor, the motor according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure including a housing, a stator mounted on the housing and including a stator core having a plurality of teeth, an insulator and a coil, a rotor rotatably installed at a center of the stator by a rotation shaft, and an insulation member wrapping an entire surface except for a surface opposite to the rotor of the stator, wherein the insulation member is arranged therein with an insulator and a coil. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334910 | ROTOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotor for an electric rotating machine includes a hollow cylindrical rotor core and a plurality of magnets. The rotor core has a plurality of magnet-receiving holes formed therein. Each of the magnet-receiving holes has a plurality of wall surfaces including a radially innermost wall surface which is positioned radially innermost among the plurality of wall surfaces. Each of the magnets is received in a corresponding one of the magnet-receiving holes of the rotor core. Further, each of the magnets is arranged in the corresponding magnet-receiving hole so that among the thermal resistances between the magnet and the plurality of wall surfaces of the corresponding magnet-receiving hole, the thermal resistance between the magnet and the radially innermost wall surface of the corresponding magnet-receiving hole is lowest. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334911 | ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING A POSITIVE PRESSURE INTRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electric machine includes a housing having an interior portion, a stationary member including a stationary field is fixedly mounted to the housing and a movable member including a rotating field is rotatably mounted relative to the stationary member. A positive pressure introduction system is fluidically coupled to the housing. The positive pressure introduction system is configured and disposed to raise an internal pressure of the interior portion of the housing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334912 | MOTOR COOLING STRUCTURE AND MOTOR - A motor cooling structure for cooling a motor, which includes a shaft transmitting power and a rotor core attached to an outside of the shaft, by a cooling medium, includes: a cooling medium supply passage that extends to an inside of the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft and passes the cooling medium through the cooling medium supply passage; and a plurality of cooling medium passages that are branched from the cooling medium supply passage to cool the rotor core while flowing the cooling medium without branching the cooling medium in the axial direction and then eject the cooling medium from a plurality of ejection holes opened to a surface of the rotor core, wherein distances from a cooling medium inlet, through which the cooling medium flows into the cooling medium supply passage, to the respective ejection holes are equal between the plurality of cooling medium passages. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334913 | SUPER CONDUCTING SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE COMPRISING A ROTOR WHICH CAN ROTATE IN RELATION TO A STATOR AND WHICH HAS AT LEAST ONE SUPER CONDUCTING WINDING - A super conducting synchronous machine including a rotor which may rotate in relation to a stator and which has at least one super-conducting winding which is cooled my means of a cooling machine is provided. The cooled areas of the rotor are surrounded at least partially by a vacuum chamber rotating with the rotor. A pump line connecting the vacuum chamber to a vacuum pump is provided in a connection area produced by means of at least two rotational seals, fixed in relation to a rotor and defining the vacuum chamber. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334914 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR DEVICE FOR A ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, BEARING FOR SUCH A MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE AND SUCH A MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING - A voltage regulator device for a rotary electric machine, notably an alternator and/or an alternator/starter of a motor vehicle, said regulator device ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334915 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR DEVICE FOR A ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, BEARING FOR SUCH A MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE AND SUCH A MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING - A voltage regulator device for a rotary electrical machine, notably an alternator and/or alternator-starter of a motor vehicle. The regulator device ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334916 | DRIVE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a drive system ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334917 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A brushless motor includes a stator as an armature where a plurality of coils is housed and a rotor as a magnetic exciter having a permanent magnet, wherein an end portion of the coil housed in a slot of a stator stack is inserted into a wire binding board having a wire binding pattern of the coil, the end portion of the coil is soldered to a land of the wire binding board, and the wire binding board and a circuit board are electrically conducted to each other through an connecting terminal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334918 | ROTOR OF ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A rotor of a rotating electric machine according to the present invention is configured in such a way that a conductor wire | 2013-12-19 |
20130334919 | LINEAR ACTUATOR - The invention relates to a linear actuator for adjusting furniture components relative to each other, where the linear actuator displays a screw jack with a guide section and a sliding element guided on the guide section, as well as a drive with an electric motor for driving the screw jack, and an electrical connection displaying a connecting cable for controlling the electric motor and/or supplying it with power. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334920 | MOTOR - Disclosed is a motor, the motor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure including a housing, a stator mounted on the housing, a rotor rotatably installed at a center of the stator by a rotation shaft, a bearing interposed between the rotation shaft and the housing to rotatably support the rotation shaft, and a damping member interposed between the bearing and a receiving groove portion of the bearing to interrupt penetration of moisture from outside and to apply a preload to the bearing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334921 | MOTOR STRUCTURE - A motor structure includes a case, a rotor, a first magnet, a second magnet and at least one magnetic conductive plate, wherein the rotor is disposed within an accommodating slot of the case, and the first magnet is disposed between the case and the rotor. The first magnet comprises a first end portion spaced apart with the case to define a first separation space. The second magnet comprises a second end portion spaced apart with the case to define a second separation space. A spacing slot is composed of the first separation space and the second separation space, and the at least one magnetic conductive plate is disposed within the spacing slot. The magnetic conduction through the at least one magnetic conductive plate enables to lower the reluctance of the motor structure for prevention of magnetic flux leakage therefore increasing the air-gap flux density. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334922 | MOTOR - Disclosed is a motor, the motor according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure including an insulator body coupled to a stator core wound with a plurality of coils applied with powers of mutually different polarities to prevent the coil and the stator coil from being short-circuited, a terminal housing coupling unit integrally formed with the insulator body to be coupled to a terminal housing supplying an outside power by being circumferentially protruded, and a coil guide unit formed at the terminal housing coupling unit to prevent coils connected to a terminal of each polarity installed at the terminal housing from being short-circuited. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334923 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor for an electric machine has a rotor member extending circumferentially about the axis of rotation of the rotor, and a locking device in an axial end region of a guide to mount permanent magnets in the direction of the axis of rotation of the rotor. The locking device is retained on the rotor member in the radial direction and in the direction of rotation of the rotor by guides. The locking device has a movable movement element and is designed such that when the movement element is moved, the locking device is positively or non-positively connected to the rotor member. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334924 | ARMATURE WINDING OF ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a 3-phase 2-pole 2-layer armature winding, housed in 72 slots provided in a laminated iron core, a winding of each phase including six parallel circuits separated into two phase belts. Upper coil pieces of first and fourth parallel circuits are placed at 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 12th positions, and lower coil pieces of the first and fourth parallel circuits are placed at 1st, 6th, 9th, and 10th positions, upper and lower coil pieces of second and fifth parallel circuits are placed at 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th positions, and upper coil pieces of third and six parallel circuits are placed at 1st, 6th, 9th, and 10th positions, and lower coil pieces of the third and six parallel circuits are placed at 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 12th positions, from the center of a pole. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334925 | INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET TYPE ROTOR HAVING CONTINUOUS SKEW STRUCTURE - An IPM type rotor having a continuous skew structure obtained by a simple means, without constituting a permanent magnet as a complicated shape and forming an inclined magnetizing pattern on the permanent magnet. A rotor core has a recess formed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. The recess is formed so as to extend along a boundary line of magnetic poles of a desired skew structure. Therefore, even when each permanent magnet has the cuboid shape, the magnetic flux may be uniformed during the magnetic flux is transmitted through the magnetic steel plate having high permeability, whereby the magnetic flux within the gap having low permeability becomes dominant. As a result, the rotor having the continuous skew structure is obtained. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334926 | ROTOR MECHANISM OF ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - In a rotor mechanism of a rotating electrical machine, a crimp groove is formed, in a circumferential direction, in an outer circumferential portion of any one of the end plates of a rotor shaft on an outside in the axial direction. The one end plate is located in the axial direction by an inside end of a crimp retainer in the axial direction that is ring-shaped, that covers the crimp groove of the rotor shaft to fit to the rotor shaft, that is fitted into the crimp groove of the rotor shaft by crimping an outside portion in the axial direction from an outer circumferential side and that engages with a wall surface of the crimp groove on the outside in the axial direction. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334927 | VIBRATIONAL WAVE DRIVING APPARATUS - A vibrational wave driving apparatus in the present invention includes an elastic member attached to an electromechanical energy transducing member, a pair of electrodes provided on the electromechanical energy transducing member, a wiring unit connecting the pair of electrodes and a voltage applying unit, and a driven body configured to be pressure contacted with the elastic member. The driven body is relatively driven by mechanical vibration of the elastic member generated when an alternating voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes. The wiring unit includes a pair of wiring portions connected to the pair of electrodes, respectively. The pair of wiring portions includes a pair of film-like bases and a pair of conductors formed on surfaces of the pair of film-like bases. The pair of wiring portions is arranged such that the pair of conductors overlaps each other through insulating layers. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334928 | LARGE-DEFLECTION MICROACTUATORS - Actuators using piezoelectric drives, S-drives, or S-flexures are disclosed. The actuators can include S-drives connected in series to deflect substantially in a common deflection direction. The actuators can also include pairs of piezoelectric elements connected together for rotation in the plane of the pairs. An arm assembly and a forearm assembly can each have a plurality of S-flexures for deflection along substantially orthogonal axes. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334929 | RESONATOR ELECTRODES AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - Resonator structures and electrodes are described, as well as methods for manufacturing the same. Resonator electrodes may be formed using two or more photolithographic steps and masks, with different masks being used to define different features of the electrodes. The masks may create self-aligned electrodes, which can be aligned with one or more anchors of the resonator. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334930 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE AND FLEXIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - Provided are a method of manufacturing a flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device using a piezoelectric composite, and a flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device manufactured by the same. The method of manufacturing the flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device includes: forming a first electrode layer on a first flexible substrate; spin-coating a piezoelectric composite layer on the first electrode layer, wherein the piezoelectric composite layer is produced by mixing piezoelectric powder with polymer; performing heat treatment on the piezoelectric composite layer to harden the piezoelectric composite layer; and bonding a second flexible substrate with a second electrode layer on the hardened piezoelectric composite layer. Therefore, it is possible to simplify a manufacturing process and manufacture a high-performance flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device having various sizes and patterns. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334931 | BACKING MEMBER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backing member is provided in an ultrasonic probe on a side of the ultrasonic probe opposite from a transmission direction of an ultrasonic wave to a subject with respect to an ultrasonic vibrator that transmits the ultrasonic wave to the subject. The backing member includes a plate-like backing material, a thermal conductor, and a thermal conductive plate, wherein the thermal conductor and the thermal conductive plate are made of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the backing material, wherein the thermal conductor is buried in the backing material, and formed to have a columnar shape so as to reach both of two plate surfaces of the backing material, and wherein the thermal conductive plate is provided on at least the plate surface of the backing material that is near the ultrasonic vibrator. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334932 | VIBRATING BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND VIBRATION TYPE DRIVE DEVICE - A vibrating body comprising a substrate a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and electrode layers and joined to the substrate and a ceramic layer between the substrate and the piezoelectric element, wherein the ceramic layer comprises a first region and a second region which is adjacent to the first region in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the ceramic layer, wherein the first region has a quadrangular prism shape, each side of the first region having a length equal to a thickness of the ceramic layer, wherein the second region has a quadrangular prism shape, each side of the second region having the length equal to the thickness of the ceramic layer, and wherein a difference between a porosity of the first region and a porosity of the second region is not greater than 15%. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334933 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A piezoelectric element, which is capable of being driven with a relatively low voltage and obtaining a large displacement amount at a central portion thereof and is not degraded in characteristics over time and is easily mountable on or in a piezoelectric device, includes a piezoelectric body including a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers, ground electrodes, central electrodes, and peripheral electrodes. A surface of the piezoelectric body includes first to fifth terminals. The extraction of the ground terminals, the central electrodes, and the peripheral electrodes to the first to fifth terminals is configured to connect one terminal of an alternating-current power supply to the third terminal and connect the other terminal of the alternating-current power supply to the first terminal and the second terminal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334934 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - Provided is a rotary electric machine including housings, a stator, a rotor, bearings, a slip ring, a power assembly, a control assembly, a rotation sensor, and a brush holder, in which a switching element mounting surface of the power assembly and a surface of the control assembly, on which a control element of a control circuit is mounted, are placed in parallel to a rotation shaft, and the rotation sensor is placed between the rear bearing and the slip ring. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334935 | ONE-PIECE VOLTAGE REGULATOR/BRUSH-HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND ROTARY ELETRICAL MANCHINE INCLUDING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY - An electrical machine such as an alternator or starter-alternator for a motor vehicle which is fitted with the one-piece voltage-regulator/brush-holder assembly ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334936 | MOTOR WITH ROTOR-MOUNTED CONTROL CIRCUITRY - A rotating electromechanical machine has a rotor having at least one current-carrying winding and at least one rotor-mounted sensor configured to sense a machine property or parameter during machine operation. Rotor-mounted circuitry dynamically modifies at least one property of the current-carrying winding during machine operation in response to the sensed machine property or parameter. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334937 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE DRIVING SYSTEM - A stator has multi-phase stator coils that are wound around a stator core by concentrated winding. A rotor has rotor coils that are wound at multiple portions of a rotor core in the circumferential direction and diodes that serve as rectifier unit that is connected to the rotor coils and that varies the magnetic characteristics of the respective rotor coils alternately in the circumferential direction. A rotary electric machine driving system includes a decreasing pulse superimposing unit that superimposes decreasing pulse current for a pulse-shaped decrease on a q-axis current command for passing currents through the stator coils. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334938 | DOOR HOLD OPEN MECHANISM FOR A MERCHANDISER - A merchandiser including a case defining a product display area for supporting and displaying food product. The case includes a case frame having at least one mullion that defines an opening into the product display area. A door is positioned over the opening and is pivotably coupled to the case frame for movement between a closed position and an open position. A door hold open mechanism includes a housing attached to one of the mullion and the door, while the other of the mullion and the door defines a channel. The door hold open mechanism further includes an engagement member outwardly biased from the housing and is engageable with the other of the mullion and the door within the channel to hold the door in the open position to provide access to the product display area. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334939 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus that smoothly agitates laundry with as large space as possible for receiving laundry. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a rotatable drum that receives laundry, has open front and rear, and is formed to have a non-circular closed cross-section; a rotatable circular guide that supports a portion having a uniform curvature of the drum; and a drum guide that is disposed on the edge of the drum and seals the portion between the circular guide and the drum. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334940 | TABLE TOP DISHWASHER - A table top dishwasher, comprises: (a) a tub ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334941 | ACCESSORY FOR DISHWASHER - An accessory for supporting crockery in a dishwasher comprises a generally U-shaped main body having a pair of legs and a connecting portion that connects the pair of legs, at least one of the legs having a free end that is adapted to be releasably attached to a crockery basket in the dishwasher when in an installation position, and a smoothly radiused portion connecting each leg to the connecting portion, wherein the legs are spaced apart in the installation position a sufficient distance to promote stability of the crockery. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334942 | HIGH-PRESSURE CLEANING APPLIANCE - A high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided including a housing which has a hood and a rear wall of the housing, the hood being pivotable from an open position in which the housing is open into a closed position in which the housing is closed, and wherein the high-pressure cleaning appliance comprises a locking device having at least one first locking element located on the hood and having at least one second locking element which couples with the first locking element in the closed position of the hood to lock the latter. The high-pressure cleaning appliance includes an aligning device having at least one first aligning element located on the hood and at least one second aligning element integrally formed on the rear wall of the housing and that couples with the at least one first aligning element for aligning the hood in relation to the rear wall of the housing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334943 | HOLDER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A foldable holder includes a base, a main plate, a top plate and two side plates. The main plate is connected to the base. The top plate is connected to the main plate opposite to the base. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the main plate. The side plates are perpendicular to the main plate and the base. The top plate is perpendicular to the main plate and the two side plates, the main plate, the top plate and the two side plates cooperatively form a three-dimensional structure for obstructing light rays. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334944 | FURNITURE ITEM HAVING A FURNITURE BODY AND A FOLDING FLAP - The invention relates to a furniture item having a furniture body and a folding flap, wherein the folding flap comprises at least three sub-flaps arranged one above the other. A first sub-flap is pivotally mounted relative to the furniture body, a second sub-flap is pivotally mounted with respect to the first sub-flap and a third sub-flap is pivotally mounted relative to the second sub-flap. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334945 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING HANDHELD DEVICE FROM FALLING COLLISION - A handheld device includes a specified number of protection components, each protection component includes an actuating unit, an active bracket, a fixed bracket, a holding unit, a spring, and an anti-collision unit. The actuating unit is connected to a body of the handheld device, a first end of the active bracket is connected to the actuating unit, a second end of the active bracket is connected to the holding unit, the fixed bracket is positioned in the holding unit near to the active bracket, and the anti-collision unit is connected to the spring, the anti-collision unit is kept in the holding unit when the protection component is not activated. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334946 | EJECTION DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART - Locking and ejecting a movable furniture part involves two unlockable ejection devices arranged on both sides of a furniture body, or on the movable furniture part, and spring-loaded ejectors the unlockable ejection devices comprise a catch element mounted on a linearly displaceable carriage, the catch element engaging into a slotted guide path having the shape of a heart curve and by which the movable furniture part can be held in a closed latching position (E) via a locking element. This latching position (E) can be released by overpressing the movable furniture part towards the interior, wherein the linearly displaceable carriages of the two unlockable ejector devices are motionally coupled via a rotatable synchronization rod. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334947 | PRINTER ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - A printer assembly structure includes a base and a cover. The base includes a guiding member and a positioning member. The guiding member includes a slope. The positioning member defines a pivot hole and a cutout. The cutout interconnects the pivot hole with an outside of the positioning member. The cover includes a sliding member and a rotating member. The sliding member includes a rotating wheel which includes a shaft. The cover moves on the base between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the cover covers on the base with the rotating wheel located on the slope and the shaft protruded out of the pivot hole. In the open position, the rotating wheel slides to another end of the slope to engage with the shaft in the pivot hole via the cutout, and the shaft rotates in the pivot hole to rotate the cover. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334948 | SURFACE CONTACT CARD HOLDER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A holder for a surface contact card includes a receiving frame, a magnetic member, and a tray. The receiving member defines a first receiving space and a latching space. The magnetic member is latched in the latching space. The tray is slidably received in the first receiving space of the receiving frame and is magnetically attracted by the magnetic member. The tray defines a second receiving space configured for receiving the surface contact card. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334949 | SLIDE RAIL ASSEMBLY, SHEET FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A slide rail assembly includes an inner rail unit, a pair of first and second outer rails, first and second roller mounted to the inner rail unit, and third and fourth rollers mounted to the pair of first and second outer rails. The inner rail unit includes an inner substrate assembly, a pair of first bent portions provided to a first side of the inner substrate assembly, and a pair of second bent portions provided to a second side of the inner substrate assembly. The first outer rail includes a first outer substrate and a pair of third bent portions. The second outer rail includes a second outer substrate and a pair of fourth bent portions. The pair of first and second outer rails is disposed with the pairs of third and fourth bent portions facing inward, and slidable against the inner rail unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334950 | REFRIGERATOR AND RAIL ASSEMBLY FOR THE SAME - A rail assembly for a refrigerator is provided. The rail assembly may include a pair of pinions respectively provided in a pair of rails installed on two opposite walls of a storage chamber of a refrigerator. A pair of racks is respectively coupled to the pair of the pinions to guide motion of the pinions. One of the racks includes an extended portion that allows the pinions move without engaging the racks so as to align the drawer door horizontally when a force is applied to a left or right portion of the drawer door coupled to the refrigerator. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334951 | REFRIGERATOR WITH MODULE RECEIVING CONDUITS - A refrigerator door includes the ability to mount a variety of modules requiring utilities, such as electricity and fluids, within adjustable locations in the door of the refrigerator. The door includes a conduit extending in at least one direction and including one or more plug-in connectors for allowing a module with a mating connector to be positioned on the door for supplying operating utilities to the module. This allows the purchaser of the refrigerator to add components and accessories to the refrigerator after purchase or select desired features at the time of purchase. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334952 | BEVERAGE STORAGE RACK - A storage rack configured to be removably attached to an inner refrigerator door liner to enable storage of canned and/or bottled beverages is defined by an open body formed from a peripheral frame member, a base member fixed to and extending between side portions of the peripheral frame member and an angled support member. A front segment of the angled support member and a frontal section of the peripheral frame member include a series of aligned arcuate portions. Bottles, such as soda, water, wine and the like bottles, can be stored upright in the rack, resting on the base member between the frontal section of the peripheral frame member and a rear segment of the angled support member, while beverage cans can be stored at an angle, abutting the rear segment of the angled support member while spaced side portions of the cans rest upon the aligned arcuate portions. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334953 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH SPRING-LOADED LED-HOLDER - A light-emitting device ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334954 | SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A spark plug includes an insulator extending along an axis and a metal shell provided on the outer periphery of the insulator. The metal shell includes a thread portion for threadedly engaging with a mounting hole of an internal combustion engine and a seat portion having a tapered surface whose outer diameter decreases gradually toward a leading end side. The tapered surface contacts with a bearing surface of the internal combustion engine when the thread portion is engaged with the mounting hole. Annular protruding portions or a helical protruding portion are formed within a range on the tapered surface from an outermost peripheral portion to a part forming an outer diameter occupying 95% of the diameter of the outermost peripheral portion. The arithmetic mean roughness of a surface of the tapered surface within the range is set to 1-5 μm on a section including the axis. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334955 | PLASMA GENERATOR AND CLEANING/PURIFICATION APPARATUS USING SAME - A plasma generator includes: a liquid containing part containing water; a gas containing part; and a partition wall part that separates the liquid containing part and the gas containing part and is provided with a gas passage through which the gas in the gas containing part is led to the liquid containing part. The plasma generator is also provided with a first electrode arranged in the gas containing part and a second electrode arranged to be in contact with the liquid in the liquid containing part. The plasma generator is further provided with: a gas supply unit which supplies the gas to the gas containing part; a plasma power supply unit; and a projected part which serves as a drainage promotion part that prevents the liquid from remaining in the gas passage after the liquid in the liquid containing part is drained. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334956 | REMOTE PHOSPHOR TAPE LIGHTING UNITS - The invention provides systems and methods relating to remote phosphor tapes and methods of making and using the same. A remote phosphor tape may be used in lighting units. The phosphor tape may comprise a front side and a backside. The phosphor tape may have a phosphor layer comprising a phosphor material configured to emit light of an emission wavelength when illuminated by light of an excitation wavelength. The remote phosphor tape is configured for use as a remote phosphor in a lighting unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334957 | Tin phosphate glass containing embedded luminescent material particles - The invention provides a tin phosphate glass containing embedded luminescent material particles, wherein the luminescent material particles comprise luminescent material from the class of CaAlSiN 3:Eu 2+ and optionally other luminescent material particles. The invention further provides a method for the production of such glass as well as a lighting unit using such glass as (part of) a light conversion unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334958 | PLANAR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A planar light emitting device includes an element substrate, a cover substrate of a rectangular plate shape, and a bonding section. The element substrate includes an optically-transparent substrate of a rectangular plate shape, and an organic EL element formed on one surface side of the optically-transparent substrate. The bonding section is formed in a rectangular frame shape surrounding a light emitting section of the organic EL element on the one surface side of the optically-transparent substrate, and is made of an adhesive that bonds the element substrate to the cover substrate. The bonding section has a wide section in a portion along a non-cut surface, which is not a cut surface, of four side surfaces of the optically-transparent substrate. The wide section is wider than the other portions. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334959 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent apparatus including a substrate, an organic light-emitting device layer, a patterned structure layer and an encapsulation film is provided. The substrate has a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region. The organic light-emitting device layer is disposed on the substrate in the light-emitting region. The patterned structure layer is disposed on the substrate in the non-light-emitting region. The encapsulation film is disposed on the substrate and covers the organic light-emitting device layer and the patterned structure layer. A surface of the encapsulation film on the patterned structure layer is a concave-convex surface, and a surface of the encapsulation film on the organic light-emitting device layer is an even surface. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334960 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electroluminescent device (100) comprising a pair of electroluminescent stacks (101,102), each stack comprising a first electrode layer (103,104), a second electrode layer (105,106) and an electroluminescent layer (107,108) being located between the first and second electrode layers (103-105,104-106), an electrical connection (115,116) between the two stacks (101,102),each of the second electrode layers comprising a conductive plate, the two conductive plates forming a pair of receiver electrodes for capacitive power transfer. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334961 | BICYCLE LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for providing adequate lighting and sighting for a bicycle are disclosed. A lighting system that includes an illumination ring configured to be coupled to a wheel is also disclosed. The illumination ring is configured to simultaneously project light forward and to the side of a front wheel and to project light rearward of and to the side of a rear wheel. The illumination ring may be mounted to or integrated with the bicycle wheel. Methods of controlling light sources on the illumination ring are also disclosed. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334962 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, AUTOMOTIVE HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT DEVICE, AND CAR - The discharge lamp lighting device in accordance with the present invention includes a controller configured to perform an abnormality judgment process of judging whether or not abnormality has occurred based on a measured value of a driving voltage defined as an AC voltage applied to a discharge lamp. The controller is configured to, in the abnormality judgment process, judge whether or not an asymmetric state in which the driving voltage lacks symmetry has occurred over a predetermined period. The controller is configured to, upon concluding that the asymmetric state has occurred over the predetermined period, conclude that the abnormality has occurred. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334963 | Current Regulated LED Strobe Drive Circuit - A current regulating LED strobe drive circuit is disclosed for efficiently producing a LED strobe that is consistent in both intensity and color. The circuit may include an inrush control for limiting an amount of current that is allowed to flow through the drive circuit upon activation, an energy storage component for storing and supplying power for flashing a LED, a current regulator electrically coupled to the energy storage component for sensing and regulating a current supplied by the energy storage element, a LED electrically coupled to the current regulator, and a flash control element electrically coupled to the current regulator for communicating a flash pulse signal that provides a pulsed pattern with which current is allowed to flow from the current regulator to the LED. The circuit may further include an output control having an operator interface for allowing an operator to define a desired light output level. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334964 | MICROWAVE POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PLASMA REACTORS - (EN): A microwave power delivery system for supplying microwave power to a plurality of microwave plasma reactors ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334965 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - A semiconductor lighting apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices for outputting light having respective colors, a projector for synthesizing output light of the semiconductor light emitting devices and outputting synthesized light, and a calculating portion. The calculating portion controls a driving current to be supplied to the semiconductor light emitting devices in such a manner that a light quantity detected by optical sensors approximates to a predetermined target light quantity, and calculates a target temperature of the semiconductor light emitting devices to control temperature regulating portions in such a manner that a temperature detected by temperature sensors approximates to the target temperature. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334966 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a cooling mechanism driving portion for driving a cooling mechanism in such a manner that an element temperature of a light source element which is detected by an element temperature detecting portion reaches a target temperature, and a control portion for calculating a dew point temperature of the cooling mechanism and controlling the cooling mechanism driving portion and a light source element driving portion by using the calculated dew point temperature and the element temperature. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334967 | LAMP DRIVER HAVING A SHUTDOWN INTERFACE CIRCUIT - A lamp driver responsive to a control signal that is variable in a predetermined control range includes a circuit operable in response to a value of the control signal within the predetermined control range to develop a first current and a lamp control voltage dependent upon the value of the control signal. A shutdown interface is operable in response to a value of the control signal outside of the predetermined control range to develop a second current to turn off a lamp. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334968 | Power Supply for LED Illumination - An LED illumination system includes: a load including an LED lamp; and a power supply device, the LED lamp configured to be physically mounted on and demounted from the power supply device, the power supply device comprising: a current feedback control unit; a first voltage comparison unit configured to determine whether the load is in a mounted state; a voltage feedback control unit configured to decrease the voltage of the power supply device to a safe voltage when demounting, and to increase the voltage of the power supply device to perform the constant current control when mounting; and a semiconductor switch element connected in series between the load and the detection resistor, wherein the mounted and demounted states of the load is detected by a voltage of a main electrode of a high potential side of the semiconductor switch element. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334969 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting system includes a luminaire and a lighting control device. The lighting control device includes an operation section, a target-value managing section, a transmitting section, and a display section and controls the luminaire. The target-value managing section stores an operation state of the luminaire and, when the operation section is operated, calculates an operation target value on the basis of the stored operation state of the luminaire and updates the operation state to the operation target value serving as an operation state of the luminaire after the operation. The transmitting section transmits the operation target value as a radio signal. The display section performs display based on the operation target value. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334970 | MANAGING LIGHT SYSTEM ENERGY USE - A first lighting assembly receives a lighting profile that instructs the first lighting assembly to operate according to the lighting profile over a first period of time. The received lighting profile is implemented, including causing a light of the first lighting assembly to illuminate at a first intensity. An input acquired in proximity to the first lighting assembly and indicating activity in a region proximate the first lighting assembly is received. The received lighting profile is then deviated from, in response to the received input, by increasing the intensity of the light to illuminate at a second intensity for a predetermined period of time. A message is transmitted for receipt by the control center, the message including an indication of the increased light intensity and an identifier associated with the first lighting assembly. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334971 | Auto Commissioning of Light Fixture Using Optical Bursts - Methods and systems herein provide for determining lighting contributions of light fixtures to an environment. In one embodiment, a system includes a light sensor and a controller. The light sensor generates light level data based on measured light levels. The controller determines a nominal light level based on the light level data, and identifies an optical burst pattern in the light level data generated by a light fixture. The controller then determines a lighting contribution of the light fixture based on the optical burst pattern and the nominal light level. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334972 | ILLUMINATOR FOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAYS - An illuminator for a reflective display ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334973 | Apparatus and Method for Luminance Control - A control unit for controlling luminance in a space, the control unit being configured to estimate a trajectory of a target relative to the space, and control the luminance in the space based on the estimated trajectory and on a function rate corresponding to an adaptability of the target eye to changes in luminance. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334974 | LIGHTING DEVICE - Providing a lighting device wherein provisions are made to be able to provide a sufficiently high dielectric strength while retaining the required heat-sink property even when a module substrate with a plurality of LED elements mounted thereon is reduced in size. A lighting device includes a module substrate on an upper surface of which are mounted a plurality of LED elements, a heat-sink member, having a raised portion, for dissipating heat generated by the plurality of LED elements, and an insulating sheet formed with an opening and interposed between a portion of the lower surface of the module substrate and the heat-sink member, and wherein the raised portion is formed so as to be located via the opening in close proximity to the lower surface of a region where the plurality of LED elements are mounted on the module substrate. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334975 | Controllers and Light Modules with Light Emitting Diodes - Disclosed are a controller and a relevant LED lighting module. A disclosed controller comprises a high-voltage power terminal and a low-voltage power terminal, a major switch circuit, an upward-connection terminal and a downward-connection terminal, and a management circuit. The major switch circuit is coupled between the high-voltage and low-voltage power terminals, and has a driving terminal for coupling to at least one LED. The management circuit is coupled to control the major switch circuit, and configured to communicate with an upstream controller via the upward-connection terminal and to communicate with a downstream controller via the downward-connection terminal. The upward-connection terminal is coupled to the downward-connection terminal of an upstream controller. The downward-connection terminal is coupled to the upward-connection terminal of a downstream controller. The management circuit is capable of operating in one of operation conditions. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334976 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A LED string driving circuit includes a plurality of LED strings; a power supply unit configured to receive an input voltage and accordingly output a driving voltage to the LED strings; a comparison unit configured to receive the input voltage and output a first control signal according to a relationship between the input voltage and a predetermined voltage; a control unit configured to receive the first control signal and generate a second control signal according to a potential level of the first control signal; and a switch unit including a plurality of switch elements, and each are controlled by the second control signal and thereby forming various electrical loops and thereby configuring the LED strings corporately to form either a parallel loop or a series loop via the switch unit with respective electrical loops. A LED string driving method is also provided. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334977 | SWITCHED MODE POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A switched mode power converter is disclosed, together with a method for operating the same. The power converter is adapted to be operable in the boundary conduction mode, and operation is interruptible in the absence of any load requirement. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334978 | Indoor Photovoltaic Flasher - An indoor photovoltaic flasher has a photovoltaic panel to collect ambient indoor light and convert the light into energy; the energy from the photovoltaic panel is stored as voltage in a capacitor; current will flow from the capacitor through a MOSFET to the light emitting diodes display, with the MOSFET being an on/off switch for the light emitting diodes display; and a voltage divider and an integrated circuit will control the MOSFET and determine whether there is sufficient voltage in the capacitor to power the light emitting diodes in the display. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334979 | PIXEL DRIVER CIRCUIT WITH LOAD-BALANCE IN CURRENT MIRROR CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit for use in a display comprising a plurality of pixels is provided. The load-balanced current mirror pixel circuit can compensate for device degradation and/or mismatch, and changing environmental factors like temperature and mechanical strain. The pixel circuit comprises a pixel drive circuit comprising, switching circuitry, a current mirror having a reference transistor and a drive transistor, the reference transistor and the drive transistor each having a first and second node and a gate, the gate of the reference transistor being connected to the gate of the drive transistor; and a capacitor connected between the gate of the reference transistor and a ground potential, and a load connected between the current mirror and a ground potential, the load having a first load element and a second load element, the first load element being connected to the first node of the reference transistor and the second load element being connected to the first node of the drive transistor. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334980 | LED LIGHT DIMMING - A system and method for dimming an LED lighting installation using an AC power source are disclosed. The disclosed LED lighting system includes an LED light having one or more LEDs, a dimming control module for controlling and adjusting brightness level of the LED light toward a desired target brightness, and a user-operated lighting control device including a power on/off switch and a dimmer. The power on/off switch passes or interrupts the AC power fed into the dimming control module. A series of turned-off operations of the power on/off switch of transitory duration causes LED light target brightness levels to be progressively increasing or decreasing leading to a desired target brightness. Operations of the dimmer result in a target brightness setting signal being generated for the dimming control module, representative of a desired target brightness as well. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334981 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a flexible display panel having a display area variably exposed in a first direction and including a conductive pattern; a sensing pattern positioned to correspond to the conductive pattern in the first direction; and a controller sensing a current flowing to one of the conductive pattern and the sensing pattern to display an image corresponding to the display area of the flexible display panel in the flexible display panel. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334982 | METHOD FOR GUIDING CURRENT IN A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) DEVICE - Methods for controlling current flow in semiconductor devices, such as LEDs are provided. For some embodiments, a current-guiding structure may be provided including adjacent high and low contact areas. For some embodiments, a second current path (in addition to a current path between an n-contact pad and a substrate) may be provided. For some embodiments, both a current-guiding structure and second current path may be provided. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334983 | LIGHTING SYSTEM - The lighting system includes a plurality of lighting apparatuses and a controller configured to control the lighting apparatuses. Upon receiving a random number generation instruction from the controller, the lighting apparatus generates a first random number and a second random number by using a random number generation unit, and counts synchronization signals sent from the controller. When acknowledging that the counted number of the synchronization signals is equal to the first random number, the lighting apparatus sends the second random number to the controller. The controller identifies the lighting apparatuses based on the second random numbers respectively received from the lighting apparatuses, and uniquely allocates mutually different addresses to the respective identified lighting apparatuses. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334984 | LED PAPI WITH CONDENSATION PROTECTION - In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein a LED PAPI ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130334985 | OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT, DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT - An output buffer circuit includes an amplifier and a transmission circuit. The amplifier includes a plurality of inputs and an output. The inputs provide first input signals and second input signals to the amplifier. The output provides an output signal as a first input signal of the first input signals to the amplifier. The transmission circuit has an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and further has an output that provides a transmission circuit output signal as a second input signal of the second input signals to the amplifier. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334986 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LED SYSTEM - A nitride semiconductor light emitting element includes a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer includes an In | 2013-12-19 |
20130334987 | DRIVER FOR CAPACITIVE LOADS - A method for driving a piezoelectric transducer is provided. An input signal is received. At least one of a plurality of modes is selected for a buck-boost stage from a comparison of a desired voltage on a capacitor to a first threshold and a second threshold, where the desired voltage is determined from the input signal. The piezoelectric transducer is then driven substantially within the audio band using the desired voltage on the capacitor using an H-bridge that changes state with each zero-crossing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334988 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR A VIBRATION ACTUATOR - A driving device, including a drive signal generating section configured to variably control a frequency or an amplitude of an application voltage to a vibration member, including: a variable period setting section configured to output a value of a PWM period, the set value being set so that an average value of PWM periods in one target period of the application voltage is one fraction of an integer number of the target period by variably adjusting the PWM periods in an aperiodic manner; a drive waveform information output section; and a variable period PWM signal generating section configured to generate a PWM signal based on the set value of the PWM period output from the variable period setting section and drive waveform information of the application voltage, wherein the drive signal generating section is a digital circuit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334989 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR AND MEDICAL SYSTEM USING SAME - A driving device for a vibration-type actuator of the present invention is a driving device for driving a vibration-type actuator disposed in a magnetically shielded room. The driving device includes a linear amplifier is configured to receive a signal based on a driving waveform for driving the vibration-type actuator and output a driving voltage to be applied to the vibration-type actuator. | 2013-12-19 |
20130334990 | DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A drive signal generating unit generates a drive signal used to alternately deliver a positive current and a negative current to a coil. The drive signal is such that nonconducting periods are set before and after a positive current conducting period and the nonconducting periods are set before and after a negative current conducting period. A driver unit generates the drive current in response to the drive signal generated by the drive signal generating unit and then supplies the drive current to the coil. The drive signal generating unit sets the width of a nonconducting period such that, after the drive start of the linear vibration motor, the width of a nonconducting period to be set before at least the first conducting period of the drive signal is shorter than the width of a nonconducting period to be set before each conducting period during steady operation of the linear vibration motor. | 2013-12-19 |