NUCLEUS SCIENTIFIC, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140312716 | PERMANENT MAGNET LINEAR ACTUATORS - An electromagnetic actuator including: a core comprising a material having a high magnetic permeability relative to air; an array of coils sequentially arranged on the core, each coil of the array of coils being wound around the longitudinal axis of the core; and a magnet assembly movably mounted along the array of coils, the magnet assembly having a coil side facing the array of coils and an opposite side facing away from the array of coils and including an array of permanent magnets sequentially arranged along the array of coils in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the magnetic moments of the plurality of magnets are selected and arranged to augment the magnetic field produced on the coil side of the magnet assembly and to reduce the magnetic field produced on the opposite side of the magnet assembly. | 10-23-2014 |
20130330577 | DYNAMIC PRESSURE CONTROL IN A BATTERY ASSEMBLY - Operating a battery assembly that includes one or more rechargeable battery cells includes: monitoring one or more operational parameters of the battery cells; and dynamically controlling pressure applied to the one or more battery cells based at least in part on one or more of the monitored operational parameters. | 12-12-2013 |
20130108902 | MULTI-CELL BATTERY ASSEMBLY | 05-02-2013 |
20130093265 | MINIMIZATION OF TORQUE RIPPLE - An electric motor including: a first and second linear actuator, each linear actuator including a first and second coil respectively, a rotational shaft, a cam assembly mounted on the rotational shaft for translating linear movement of the two linear actuators to rotational movement of the rotational shaft, a controller programmed to generate during operation a first and second drive signal for first coil and second coil respectively, wherein the first drive signal causes the first linear actuator to generate a first torque on the rotational shaft that varies periodically over a complete rotation of the shaft and the second drive signal causes the second linear actuator to generate a second torque on the rotational shaft that varies periodically over a complete rotation of the shaft, and wherein the sum of the first and second torques produces a total torque that is substantially constant throughout the complete rotation of the shaft. | 04-18-2013 |
20130088194 | OVERHEAD POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a charging station for charging a plurality of vehicles and methods of charging energy storage systems within a plurality of vehicles. A charging station for charging a plurality of vehicles each with a receiver coil located on top of a vehicle, includes: a first and second support structures, an overhead track stretching between the first and second support structures, a movable carriage on the overhead track, the carriage including a transmitter coil located at a position under the carriage for transferring power to the receiver coils of the plurality of vehicles when they are parked under the overhead track and an inductive power transfer module connected to the transmitter coil, and a motorized transport mechanism for moving the carriage along the tracks and positioning the carriage over any selectable one of the plurality of vehicles. | 04-11-2013 |
20130002052 | MAGNETIC STATOR ASSEMBLY - An electric device including: a stator assembly; and an actuator including a coil having an axis, wherein the stator assembly includes: a stator core arranged along a linear axis, the stator core made up of a plurality of magnets each characterized by a magnetic moment, the plurality of magnets arranged in a stack along the linear axis with the magnet moments of the plurality of magnets being co-linearly aligned parallel to the linear axis, wherein the plurality of magnets includes a first magnet and a second magnet positioned adjacent to each other in the stack separated by a gap and with their magnetic moments in opposition to each other, and wherein the actuator is arranged on the stator core with the coil of the actuator encircling the linear axis with the axis of the coil parallel to the linear axis. | 01-03-2013 |
20120098481 | Apparatus and Method for Rapidly Charging Batteries - An apparatus and methods for ultra-fast charging one or more batteries, including, for example, lithium ion batteries. A charging current is determined by optimization of a model based on functions of a set of internal state variables associated with a battery, and a set of model parameters or nonparametric data characterizing the battery. Instantaneous internal state variables are determined, and an optimized charging current is applied to the battery subject to a set of battery-specific constraints. Internal state variables are updated recursively based on behavior of the battery under charge as well as the behavior, stored in a database, or acquired via a network, of cognate batteries. | 04-26-2012 |