Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
361194000 | Holding means | 13 |
20080204964 | Bistable Contactor Drive Circuit - A bistable contactor drive circuit is provided. A series branch comprising a first relay coil and a control signal source is connected to a power supply. A third normally closed contact and an eighth normally opened contact of the first relay are connected to a positive electrode of the power supply, a first normally opened contact and a sixth normally closed contact are connected to a negative electrode of the power supply, a second movable contact is connected to a positive electrode of the bistable contactor coil, and a seventh movable contact thereof is connected to a seventh movable contact of a second relay. A negative electrode of the bistable contactor coil is connected to a second movable contact of the second relay. A third normally closed contact of the second relay is connected to a cathode of a seventh diode, a sixth normally closed contact is connected to an anode of the seventh diode, a first normally opened contact is connected to an anode of an eighth diode, an eighth normally opened contact is connected to a cathode of the eighth diode. A sampling end of a delay circuit is connected to the seventh movable contact of the first relay, and an output end thereof is connected to one end of the second relay coil. The other end of the second relay coil is connected to the negative electrode of the power supply. The circuit according to the present invention has advantages of stable and reliable performance, simple circuit, low cost and no energy loss before and after the control process. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212254 | Control Circuit For a Switching Arrangement - A control circuit for a switching device with a relay and a switch. The control circuit is configured in such a way as to produce a hold signal for a predetermined period of time when a start signal is supplied thereto. The control circuit is also configured in such a way as to produce the hold signal for the predefined period of time independently of the course of the start signal during the predefined period of time. The control circuit is also configured in order to activate a switch output when at least one of two conditions is met. The switch enables the relay to be supplied with current when the switch output is activated, otherwise it prevents the relay from being supplied with current. | 09-04-2008 |
20090015980 | SOLENOID VALVE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND SOLENOID VALVE - A current detection circuit generates a pulse signal Sd based on a voltage Vd corresponding to a current I flowing through a solenoid coil, and feeds the pulse signal Sd back to a PWM circuit of a switch controller. The PWM circuit generates a pulse signal Sr having a predetermined duty ratio, based on a comparison between the fed back pulse signal Sd and a voltage value corresponding to a first current value or a second current value, and supplies the pulse signal Sr to a pulse supplying unit. The pulse supplying unit supplies the pulse signal Sr as a first pulse signal S | 01-15-2009 |
20090059458 | POWER SUPPLY PROTECTING CIRCUIT - A power supply protecting circuit configured to protect an electronic device includes a normally open switch, a voltage dropping circuit, a first rectifier, and a relay having a coil and switch. A power terminal of the electronic device is connected to a power terminal of a power supply, the other power terminal of the electronic device is connected to the other power terminal of the power supply via the normally open switch. The power terminal of the electronic device is connected to the other power terminal of the electronic device via the voltage dropping circuit, the first rectifier, and the coil of the relay in turn. The switch of the relay is connected in parallel to the normally open switch. | 03-05-2009 |
20090213521 | DIALYSIS MACHINE HAVING MULTIPLE LINE VOLTAGE HEATER - A dialysis machine having a multiple line voltage heater includes first and second heater elements, first and second switching devices connected electrically to the first and second heating elements, first and second power lines, and a control element configured to provide a first switching device state in which power at a first voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to both first and second heater elements via both first and second switching devices and a second switching device state in which power at a second voltage is supplied via the first and second power lines to the first heater element only via the first switching device. | 08-27-2009 |
20090219662 | SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device having a magnetic release includes a yoke having a U-shaped first section that includes a first limb having an opening in the form of a slot open towards a free end of the first limb, a second limb disposed parallel to the first limb, and a web connecting the first and second limbs. The switching device also includes a coil including a coil former, a coil winding and an armature disposed between the first and second limbs, wherein the coil is insertable into the slot towards the web and the armature extends through the slot. A restraint spring is connected at a free end of the armature and disposed outside the first limb. | 09-03-2009 |
20120106021 | Methods And Apparatus For Improved Relay Control - Methods and apparatus provide for: at least one electromechanical relay including a coil and at least one pair of contacts, the contacts transitioning between a de-energized state and an energized state in response to current through the coil; a microcontroller having at least one tri-state output operating to produce ON, OFF, and FLOAT states; and a driver circuit operating, in conjunction with the tri-state output of the microcontroller, to control the current through. the coil of the relay such that: (i) a transition of the tri-state output from OFF to FLOAT maintains the contacts of the relay in their de-energized state through the transition, and (ii) a transition of the tri-state output from ON to FLOAT maintains the contacts of the relay in their energized state through the transition. | 05-03-2012 |
20130301181 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a pair of fixed contacts disposed and fixed maintaining a predetermined interval; a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; an electromagnet unit to drive the movable contact; and a drive circuit driving the electromagnet unit. The electromagnet unit includes at least a movable plunger urged by a return spring, a coil to move the movable plunger, and a ring-form permanent magnet magnetized in a moving direction of the movable plunger. The drive circuit includes a power source to supply power to the coil; a pulse drive circuit to output and supply to the coil an engage pulse causing the movable plunger to perform an attracting operation and a hold pulse maintaining the attracting operation when the movable plunger is subject to the attracting operation, and a flywheel circuit having a semiconductor switching element. | 11-14-2013 |
20130321971 | Electronically-Controlled Solenoid - A solenoid assembly includes a switching regulator and a solenoid electrically connected to an output signal connection of the switching regulator, the solenoid electrically actuable between an extended position and a pull-in position. The assembly includes an output level switch electrically connected to an input switching connection and the output signal connection of the switching regulator, and a timer connected to an output of the switching regulator and an input of the output level switch. The timer generates a signal at the output of the output level switch, thereby causing the output level switch to generate a hold signal at the input switching connection of the switching regulator after sensing a signal at the output signal connection. Upon receiving the hold signal at the input switching connection, the switching regulator causes an output signal on the output voltage connection to switch from a switching level to a hold level. | 12-05-2013 |
20140321023 | TRIGGERING UNIT FOR ACTUATING A MECHANICAL SWITCHING UNIT OF A DEVICE - A triggering unit includes a tappet having a moving bearing, a power accumulator, a holding device and a printed circuit board coil. In the normal state the power accumulator acts upon the tappet with a power accumulator force in the direction of the first stop position and the holding device holds the tappet with a holding force in the second stop position. A printed circuit board coil force can be generated by an activation of the printed circuit board coil. The power accumulator, the holding device and the printed circuit board coil are formed such that the tappet rests in the second stop position in the inactive state of the printed circuit board coil and through an activation of the printed circuit board coil, the tappet assumes the first stop position such that the triggered status is given. | 10-30-2014 |
20150357141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING RELAYS - A relay control circuit for use with a relay having a coil voltage input. The relay control circuit includes a first input to receive a first voltage capable of energizing the relay, a second input to receive a second voltage, less than the first voltage, that is capable of maintaining the relay in an energized state, and means, responsive to a relay control signal having one of a first state and a second state, for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the first input in response to the relay control signal having the first state, and for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the second input in response to the relay control signal having the second state. | 12-10-2015 |
20160148768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF DIODE CONTACT PROTECTION COMBINATION SWITCH AND RELAY CONTROL METHOD - A diode contact protection combination switch and a specific implementation method. The combination switch comprises a primary contact protection circuit formed by a primary switch contact of a primary relay, diodes parallel connected at two ends of the primary switch contact, and a contact of a secondary relay. A current capacity of the secondary relay is 1/10 to 1/1000 of a current capacity of a contact of the primary relay. A drive current of the primary relay changes according to a certain rule, so as to shorten travel time of the relay. The implementation method is a control method of shortening travel time of a relay, in which a current flowing through a relay is controlled by a PWM wave output by a single chip microcomputer of a relay control circuit. The diode contact protection combination switch is an on/off switch in the case of current zero crossing, which can easily implement over-current and over-voltage protection and remote manipulation functions. By means of the relay control method, travel time when a relay is closed/opened can be greatly shortened on the premise that the service life of the relay is ensured. | 05-26-2016 |
20160203931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREEWHEEL CONTACTOR CIRCUITS | 07-14-2016 |