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| 20100072968 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING DC-DC CONVERTERS - A control system for a switching DC-DC converter is proposed. The converter includes an input terminal for receiving an input voltage from a source, a control terminal adapted to receive a switching control signal, and an output terminal for providing to a load an output voltage generated from the input voltage according to the control signal. The control system includes detecting means for detecting a reaching condition of a predetermined value by a current provided to the load by the converter and control means for controlling the control signal according to the output voltage. The control system further includes disabling means for disabling the supply of the control signal to the control terminal according to the detection of the reaching condition. The disabling means includes selection means for controlling the disabling according to a time relationship between the detection of the reaching condition and the control signal. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100156375 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A SWITCHING CONVERTER - A control device for a switching converter, the converter having at least one transistor supplied by an input voltage and adapted to supply a load by means of an output voltage. The converter also including a circuit adapted to turn on and off the at least one transistor. The control device includes an operation circuit adapted to change the state of the at least one transistor from turned on to turned off or vice versa, respectively when the output voltage goes down or goes up by a first voltage of a given value by defining a first state; the operation circuit including a further circuit adapted to generate a ramp signal and to change the first state of the at least one transistor from turned on to turned off or vice versa when the ramp voltage is equal to the output voltage of the converter. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110112783 | DETECTING DEVICE OF THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION PROFILE OF A SWITCHING CONVERTER - There is described a detecting device of the distribution profile of current of a switching converter; the converter has an input voltage and is adapted to supply an output current. The device comprises means adapted to convert a signal indicating the output current of the converter into a digital signal comprising p digital samples, being p an integer, processed in p successive time intervals belonging to a time period. The detecting device comprises further means adapted to process each sample of the plurality of samples by comparing each sample with a respective plurality of n reference currents, being n an integer, having a value successively increasing from the first to the last and associated with a plurality of n counters, and by supplying a single i-th counter of said plurality of counters, being i an integer between 1 and n, said supplying occurring if the sample has a higher value than the i-th reference current, but lower than the i+1-th reference current; said further means are adapted to process all p samples. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20130194842 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A control device controls a switching converter. The converter has an input alternating supply voltage, a regulated direct voltage on the output terminal, and a switch connected to an inductor. The control device controls the closing and opening time period of said switch for each cycle and receives a first input signal representative of the current flowing through one element of the converter. The control device comprises a counter configured to count a time period, a comparator configured to compare said first input signal with a second signal, digital control block configured to control the closing and opening of said switch and to activate said counter to start the counting of said time period when the said first input signal crosses said second signal, with said switch being closed. The digital control block is configured to open the switch when the counter finishes the counting of said time period. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194845 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A control device of a switching converter controls the closing and opening of a switch of the converter that regulates the operation of an inductor. The control device includes a ramp voltage generator, a switch control circuit configured to close the switch based on a comparison of the ramp voltage with a first signal and a generator control circuit configured to control the ramp voltage generator based on a value of a second signal representative of a current flowing through the inductor of the converter, in comparison with the value of a third signal. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20150049522 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR RECTIFIERS OF SWITCHING CONVERTERS - A control device detects zero crossings of a current through a rectifier transistor during plural cycles; generates a turn-on signal of the transistor and inserts a turn-on delay equal to a fixed first quantity from the start time of for each cycle. The control device starts counting consecutive cycles after inserting the turn-on delay; detects whether a zero crossing of the current through the transistor after turning on said transistor has occurred; if no zero crossing is detected before counting a number N of consecutive cycles, decreases the turn-on delay by a fixed second quantity for the next cycle; if a zero crossing is detected, maintains turned on the transistor; if the turn-on delay is smaller than first quantity, increases the turn-on delay o for the next switching cycle; and if the turn-on delay is equal to the first quantity, maintains the turn-on delay for the next switching cycle. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049529 | CONTROL METHOD FOR RECTIFIER OF SWITCHING CONVERTERS - A control device for a transistor of a switching converter rectifier generates a control signal of the transistor and comprises a circuit to measure the conduction time of the body diode of the transistor cycle by cycle. When the conduction time is greater than a first threshold, the off time instant of the transistor is delayed by a first quantity in the next cycles, until the conduction time is less than the first threshold and greater than a second threshold. When the conduction time is between the first and second thresholds, the off time instant is delayed by a fixed second quantity in the next cycles until the conduction time is lower than the second threshold, with the second quantity less than the first quantity. When the conduction time is lower than the second threshold, the off time instant is advanced by the second quantity in the next cycle. | 02-19-2015 |
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| 20120014018 | POWER AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A LOW OR MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPARATUS - A power and control unit for low and medium voltage applications, operatively couplable to one or more functions of a low or medium voltage apparatus, comprising:
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| 20120014032 | TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION RELAY FOR LOW AND MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - A Trip Circuit Supervision (TCS) relay for Low and Medium Voltage applications operatively connectable to a trip circuit of a Low or Medium Voltage apparatus, said TCS relay comprising first means for detecting the current circulating in said trip circuit, second means for detecting the continuous component of the current circulating in said trip circuit, third means for detecting the presence of pulses in the current circulating in said trip circuit, first enabling means for enabling said third means for detecting the presence of pulses in the current circulating in said trip circuit, signal generating means connected in input to said second and third means for detecting, respectively, the continuous component of and the presence of pulses in the current circulating in said trip circuit, and connected in output to control means operatively connectable to alarm generating means. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20140218138 | SWITCHING DEVICE AND RELATED SWITCHGEAR - An exemplary mechanically operated switching device includes at least one movable contact and an operating mechanism for coupling/separating the movable contact to/from a corresponding fixed contact. The operating mechanism includes first elastic mechanism for, upon release, providing the energy to separate the movable and fixed contacts. At least one shunt release having: a member movable between first and second stable positions, wherein movement from the first stable position to the second stable position releases the first elastic mechanism; at least a permanent magnet generating a force for holding the movable member in the first stable position, wherein the movable member held in the first stable position compresses a second elastic mechanism; and at least one electrical winding associated with the movable member and the electronic mechanism, which is configured to electrically drive the winding to generate a magnetic force that releases of the compressed second elastic mechanism. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140265636 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD - An electronic system is disclosed for an associated electrical apparatus, the system having at least a binary input adapted to receive one or more candidate signals; at least an electronic active load having one or more electronic active devices and operatively connected to the binary input; and a controller operatively associated to the binary input and to the active load. The controller can detect application of a candidate signal to the binary input and electrically drive the active load upon such detection; and after absorption of a predetermined amount of energy, validate the candidate signal if its residual content of energy exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20100110680 | MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHTING MODULES AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A lighting module includes a base plate for fixing to a mounting surface, and a reflector body carrying a printed circuit board with one or more electrical light sources such as high power LEDs. The printed circuit board (includes electrical contact pins to the electrical light sources. The base plate and the reflector body are provided with complementary coupling formations for snap-like coupling the base plate and the reflector body with an electrical line interposed in between for feeding the light sources with the electrical contact pins electrically contacting the electrical line. The module may include force-generating formations to urge the printed circuit board against the base plate to promote heat transfer in between. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100219763 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIMMING LIGHT SOURCES - In various embodiments, a device for dimming a light source is provided. The device may include a two-wire power supply line having interposed therein a switch for controlling transfer of said power supply towards said light source; a capacitance located downstream of said switch being traversed by a charge current as said switch is switched on; and a pre-charge stage interposed between said switch and said capacitance; said pre-charge stage being configured to limit to a given value said charge current. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100219774 | METHOD FOR DIMMING LIGHT SOURCES, RELATED DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of compensating the degradation of the luminous intensity due to aging in a light source by controlling a power supply signal of said light source. The method may include: detecting the temperature of said light source; determining a parameter representative of the aging of said light source as a function of said temperature; and varying said power supply signal as a function of said parameter representative of the aging of the light source. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120069568 | Lighting module and corresponding method - A lighting module may include a printed circuit board carrying at least one light source, a reflector body to direct light from said at least one light source towards a distal opening of said reflector body, said reflector body having a bottom portion with first snap-in coupling formations coupling said printed circuit board to the bottom portion of said reflector body, and an optical holder carrying at least one lens to focus light from said at least one light source, said optical holder having second snap-in coupling formations coupling said optical holder to the bottom portion of said reflector body. | 03-22-2012 |
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| 20120296308 | Drug Bag Container - A drug bag is housed inside a container, which has two shells movable between an open position and a closed position; and a gripper fitted outside the shells and defined by two jaws movable between a grip position and a release position to grip and release at least one conduit allowing access to the content of the bag. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130145725 | Screwing Assembly for Screwing Closing Plugs onto Syringes - A closing plug is screwed onto the threaded open end of a syringe by a screwing assembly provided with a pocket adapted to receive the closing plug from a hopper which houses in its inside a plurality of closing plugs, a support device of the syringe, and an actuating device for moving the pocket and the support device with respect to each other with a roto-translating movement about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe so as to screw the closing plug onto the open end of the syringe itself. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130150804 | Apparatus for the Removal of Needles of Syringes - An apparatus for the removal of needles of syringes is provided with two gripping devices adapted to withhold a syringe and the respective needle, respectively, and an actuating device for moving the two gripping devices with respect to each other with a roto-translating motion about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe in order to unscrew the needle from the syringe itself. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130308879 | Gripping member of a bag for pharmaceutical products - A bag for pharmaceutical products is gripped by a gripping member provided with two jaws movable between a gripping position and a releasing position of the bag, with a recess obtained between the two jaws to accommodate therein at least one duct to access the content of the bag, and with a support pin protruding into the recess to allow the access duct to be folded from a substantially rectilinear, initial configuration to a final configuration, where the access duct is folded about the support element itself. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140334247 | Machine For The Preparation of Pharmaceutical Products - A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a containing liner, a dosing chamber for preparing at least one pharmaceutical product accommodated within the containing liner and a pneumatic ventilation device for feeding two air flows through the dosing chamber and through the containing liner, respectively. Operation of the pneumatic ventilation device is selectively controlled so that the containing liner has inside a pressure lower than a pressure existing within the dosing chamber and than a pressure existing in the environment outside the containing liner itself. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140358272 | Method For Powdered Drug Reconstitution - Method of robot control is disclosed that includes the steps of: providing a user interface for introducing data indicative of a drug to be subjected to a reconstitution process; accessing an internal data base for outputting, for a selected drug, a list of primitive movements P1, P2, . . . Pi, . . . Pn to be used in the reconstructing process; operating the robot for executing sequentially the primitives and moving a container according to the instructions of the primitives; measuring, during the movement of the container under robot action, physical positions in the space and dynamic parameters of the container creating a list of registered data; comparing the measured positions in the space and the dynamic parameter with the corresponding ones of the primitive movements for selecting a list of eligible primitives if a sufficient approximation level is reached; elaborating selected eligible primitives together to generate instructions for the robot allowing a complex movement encompassing the simple movements; and using the robot for shaking the container according to the complex movement. | 12-04-2014 |
