20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120119606 | MOTOR STATOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A motor stator includes a stator unit and an auxiliary induction unit. The stator unit includes a circuit substrate, and a plurality of induction coils embedded within the circuit substrate. The auxiliary induction unit includes an insulating member, a magnetic conductor, and at least one coil winding assembly. The coil winding assembly includes a conductive rod and an auxiliary coil. The rod has an insert rod section extending through the magnetic conductor, the insulating member, and the circuit substrate, and a wound rod section permitting the auxiliary coil to be wound thereon, such that the auxiliary coil is disposed outwardly of the magnetic conductor. During assembly, the induction coil assembly is mounted to the magnetic conductor, and the insulating member is superposed on the circuit substrate. Subsequently, the rod is inserted through the insulating member and into the circuit substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119607 | MOTOR STATOR - A motor stator includes an insulating frame having a plurality of projecting rods, an induction unit, and a plurality of conductive members. The induction unit includes an induction circuit board, a plurality of induction coils embedded within the induction circuit board, and a plurality of coil windings wound respectively on the projecting rods. The conductive members extend through the insulating frame and the induction circuit board for establishing an electrical connection between each of the induction coils and a corresponding one of the coil windings. The turn numbers of the coil windings are not limited by the area and thickness of the induction circuit board, and can be increased. Alternatively, the coil windings may be positioned to increase the magnetic pole slot number when energized. As such, a driving force of the motor stator can be increased. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119608 | MOTOR STATOR - A motor stator includes a stator unit and at least one auxiliary unit. The stator unit includes a circuit substrate, and a plurality of spaced-apart induction coils embedded within the circuit substrate. The auxiliary unit includes an auxiliary coil attached to and disposed outwardly of the circuit substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119609 | TRANSVERSE AND/OR COMMUTATED FLUX SYSTEM COIL CONCEPTS - Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be configured to achieve increased efficiency, increased output torque, and/or reduced operating losses via use of a dual wound coil. The coil ends of a dual wound coil can be on a common side, simplifying wiring. The dual wound coil may be configured with a low resistance, reducing resistive losses. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119610 | TRANSVERSE AND/OR COMMUTATED FLUX SYSTEMS HAVING SEGMENTED STATOR LAMINATIONS - Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be configured to achieve increased efficiency, increased output torque, and/or reduced operating losses via use of laminated materials, for example laminated materials configured with cuts and/or segmentations. Segmentations may also assist with manufacturability, mechanical retention of components, and the like. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119611 | ELECTRICAL ROUTING - An electronic device may have a MEMS device formed of a first conductive material. A trench may be formed in the MEMS device. A layer of non-conductive material may be formed in the trench. A second conductive material may be formed upon the non-conductive material. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119612 | MOTION CONTROLLED ACTUATOR - A device can have an outer frame and an actuator. The actuator can have a movable frame and a fixed frame. At least one torsional flexure and at least one hinge flexure can cooperate to provide comparatively high lateral stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame and can cooperate to provide comparatively low rotational stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119613 | MEMS ACTUATOR DEVICE - A method for making an actuator device includes providing a wafer comprising a layer of an electrically conductive material and forming a plurality of rotationally symmetrical dies in the electrically conductive material, each die including a plurality of radial tabs and complementarily sized radial recesses arranged in alternating fashion and at equal angular increments around the circumfery of the die. To maximize the use of available wafer space, the dies are arranged in a pattern on the wafer in which each die is rotated relative to adjacent dies through an angle of 360 degrees divided by twice the number of tabs or recesses on the die and, except for dies located at an outer periphery of the wafer, each die is disposed in edge-to-edge near abutment with an adjacent die and each tab of each die is nested within a complementary recess of an adjacent die. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119614 | LINEARLY DEPLOYED ACTUATORS - A method for making an actuator includes forming a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, the device incorporating an outer frame, a fixed frame attached to the outer frame, a moveable frame disposed parallel to the fixed frame, a motion control flexure coupling the moveable frame to the outer frame for coplanar, rectilinear movement relative to the outer frame and the fixed frame, and an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame, moving the moveable frame to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced at a selected distance apart from the fixed frame and fixing the moveable frame at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119615 | ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICAL GENERATOR WITH CHANGE OF STATE - A mechanism to tap an electrical source which uses an aircraft ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119616 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component - A piezoelectric multilayer component includes a stack of sintered piezoelectric layers and inner electrodes that are arranged there between. A piezoelectric layer includes at least one piezoelectric film. At least one of the piezoelectric films is designed as a weakening film, wherein the thickness of the weakening film is substantially smaller than the thickness of at least one of the other piezoelectric films. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119617 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND AUDIO COMPONENTS - One object of the present invention is to an achieve increase of amplitude of vibrations and/or flattening of frequency dependence of the amplitude of a piezoelectric actuator. Piezoelectric actuator ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119618 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A power generating device includes: a piezoelectric member that is formed from a piezoelectric material; one pair of electrodes that are installed to the piezoelectric member; a transformation unit that repeatedly transforms the piezoelectric member; an inductor that is installed between the one pair of electrodes and configures a resonance circuit together with a capacitive component of the piezoelectric member; a switch that is connected to the inductor in series; and a switch control unit that connects the switch when a transformation direction of the piezoelectric member is switched, and cuts off the switch when a time corresponding to a half period of a resonance period of the resonance circuit elapses. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119619 | High speed optical scanning mirror system using piezoelectric benders - A construction is presented, which is comprised of two piezoelectric bending cantilevers, of different lengths, called a first bender and a second bender respectively, in which both benders bend in opposite directions. The second bender is mechanically in series connected to the first bender, thereby increasing the rotation angle of the tip of the second bender. The length of the second bender is chosen thus that in sinusoidal excitation, the tip of the second bender remains at the same point throughout the entire cycle, while it does undergo rotation. In this fashion a virtual axis at the tip of the second bender is created. The width of both benders is chosen such that the moment that the second bender can exert on an object that is connected to it, enables the construction to drive an optical element to scanning vibratory rotary motion with a large angle at high frequencies. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119620 | Multistage Force Amplification of Piezoelectric Stacks - Embodiments of the disclosure include an apparatus and methods for using a piezoelectric device, that includes an outer flextensional casing, a first cell and a last cell serially coupled to each other and coupled to the outer flextensional casing such that each cell having a flextensional cell structure and each cell receives an input force and provides an output force that is amplified based on the input force. The apparatus further includes a piezoelectric stack coupled to each cell such that the piezoelectric stack of each cell provides piezoelectric energy based on the output force for each cell. Further, the last cell receives an input force that is the output force from the first cell and the last cell provides an output apparatus force In addition, the piezoelectric energy harvested is based on the output apparatus force. Moreover, the apparatus provides displacement based on the output apparatus force. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119621 | BENDING DEVICE FOR BENDING A PIEZOELECTRIC BENDER, PIEZOELECTRIC CONVERTER FOR CONVERTING MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY, BY USING THE BENDING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - A workpiece having a bearing surface with at least one convex curvature and an opposing workpiece having an opposing bearing surface with a concave curvature essentially inverse to the convex curvature of the bearing surface are moved by a device relative to each other in such a manner that the convex curvature of the bearing surface can be guided into the concave curvature of the opposing bearing surface. To convert energy, a bending element, such as a disk bender, is located in a space between the bearing surface and the opposing bearing surface so that the movement of the workpiece and the opposing workpiece relative to each other results in the bending of the bending element. Mechanical energy can be converted into electrical energy with higher efficiency by using a disk bender. The workpieces and the bearing surfaces thereof are formed to provide overload protection. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119622 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING MATERIAL THICKNESS - A piezoelectric sensing device is described for measuring material thickness of targets such as pipes, tubes, and other conduits that carry fluids. The piezoelectric sensing device includes a piezoelectric element mounted to a flexible circuit with glass reinforced polyimide C-stage cover layers surrounding a pure polyimide C-stage core. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119623 | LEAD-FREE PIEZOCERAMIC MATERIALS - The present invention relates to lead-free piezoelectric ceramic materials comprising crystalline (and preferably perovskite crystalline) structures of the formula Bi | 2012-05-17 |
20120119624 | POWER GENERATOR EMPLOYING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS - An efficient electrical power generator employs a plurality of piezoelectric devices in a rigid container. The top cover of the rigid container is capable of moving and in direct contact with a large hydraulic cylinder. A small cylinder, hydraulically coupled with the large one, through tubing is capable to displace a liquid contained in the tubing. An input force applied on the small cylinder, is multiplied by the large cylinder, which compresses the piezoelectric devices causing them to produce an electrical output | 2012-05-17 |
20120119625 | ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE - A piezoelectric energy harvesting device (PEHD) comprising a driving element, conducting element, piezoelectric layer and non-piezoelectric layer capable of converting ambient mechanical energy into electrical energy. The piezoelectric layer may be constructed from PMN-PT or PZT having a thickness of about 1-150 μm. The PEHD may be used to generate about 1 W. The harvested energy may be stored and used to power microelectronic devices and rechargeable battery technologies. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119626 | CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND TRANSDUCER AND FLEXIBLE WIRING BOARD USING THE SAME - To provide a conductive film that is flexible, extendable and contractible, and for which the electrical resistance hardly increases even when the conductive film is extended. The conductive film contains an elastomer and metallic filler particles, and satisfies a condition (A) [an average value of reference numbers is 0.8 (1/μm) or more, or the metallic filler particles include flake-like metallic filler particles having a thickness of 1 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 26 or more and the average value of the reference numbers is 0.4 (1/μm) or more] and a condition (B) [a number of unit areas for which an area percentage of the elastomer is 60% or more is 20 or more], the condition (A) being a conductivity indicator and the condition (B) being a flexibility indicator. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119627 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably installed in the stator. The stator includes a pair of end caps disposed at opposite ends thereof, and a pair of bearings respectively fixed to outer surfaces of the end caps from outside thereof. The rotor includes a shaft pivotally supported by the bearings. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119628 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE COMPRISING A ROTOR, A STATOR AND AN AIR GAP BETWEEN ROTOR AND STATOR - An electrical machine configured to operate at a power range of several MVA includes a rotor is configured to rotate about a rotor axis. The rotor includes a rotor lamination stack. A stator includes a stator lamination stack concentrically surrounding the rotor lamination stack, wherein a ring-like air gap separates the rotor lamination stack from the stator. An air gap monitoring device extends through the air gap in an axial direction and is configured to detect at least one of a change in a rotor geometry and a presence of debris in the air gap. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119629 | MODULAR FURNITURE ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY KIT WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING ASSEMBLY - A modular furniture assembly comprising a base and a transverse member has a convenient magnetic coupling assembly. A miniature display kit can be used in advertising or in a retail setting to display the benefits and optional positions of modular furniture. The display kit can have the same or essentially the same features as the modular furniture assembly. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119630 | Door with Glass Pane for Dryer - A door with a window for an appliance, such as a clothes dryer, and a method for assembling such a door in the appliance are provided. A tempered glass pane may be supported by one or more packaging structures disposed on borders of the glass pane. Each packaging structure may accommodate a retainer. The glass pane may be sandwiched between an inner frame and an outer frame coupled to one another to form a joined assembly effective to tightly seal the borders of the glass pane. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119631 | COMPUTER CASE - A computer case including a main case and a fixing unit is provided. The main case has a first wedging portion and a limiting portion. The fixing unit has a compressing portion, at least one lug and a second wedging portion. The compressing portion compresses a fixing side of a card to fix the card. The second wedging portion is at a first side of the compressing portion. The lug stretches from the compressing portion and is at a second side of the compressing portion. After the lug is connected the limiting portion, the first wedging portion wedges the second wedging portion to fix the fixing side of the card on the main case. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119632 | SYSTEM TO INCREASE SERVER'S DENSITY IN DATACENTER - A system and a method for forming the system. The system includes a cooling conduit and rack containers stacked in a first direction parallel to a floor. Each rack unit includes at least one heat generating device configured to generate heat while in operation. Each rack container is equipped with wheels positioned on a supporting structure to enable the wheels to move along the supporting structure in a second direction which enables adjacent rack containers to move closer to or further from each other. The second direction is parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction. The supporting structure is on the floor and oriented in the second direction. The cooling conduit is secured on a top surface of each rack container to allow a cooling fluid to flow into each rack container and be heated by absorbing heat from the at least one heat generating device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119633 | EXTERNAL CASING FUNCTIONAL ACCESS PORT - A functional access port in a machine casing, a machine having a functional access port, and a method of monitoring a machine via a functional access port are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an access port is provided in the external casing of an industrial machine. The access port comprises a passageway through the external casing of the machine, providing access to an interior of the machine. The access port further includes a removable passageway cover for removably occluding the passageway. A location, a size, a shape, and an orientation of the passageway relative to the external casing are strategically selected in accordance with engineering and design requirements to provide access through the passageway to a desired location on the interior of the machine while the external casing is in place, with minimal to no disassembly of the casing. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119634 | Stapler platform - The present invention is a multi-function stapler platform. The stapler platform has a housing with a stapler cradle formed therein. The stapler platform also has a note pad compartment formed within the housing that is configured to accept and hold a note pad. In addition, there is a drawer compartment formed within said housing that is configured to accept and hold a drawer. The stapler platform can also include an adhesive flag dispenser. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119635 | VOTER TERMINAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CART - A voter cart capable of supporting a voting terminal in a portable, fully usable, and secure configuration. The cart is generally formed with a pair of opposing side rails joined together in a spaced-apart configuration and mounted on casters, and a voting terminal housing interspaced between the side rails. The voting terminal is seated atop a bottom shelf of the voting terminal housing at waist-level for easy wheelchair voter access thereto. The voting terminal is restrained against lateral and vertical motion, and yet there is full access to the voting terminal's control panels, doors, etc. Moreover, the particular design maximizes strength and usability, and yet keeps weight to a minimum with a framework that is as light weight as possible. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119636 | HOLDING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus includes a bracket and a receiving case. The receiving case is mounted to the bracket and receives a plurality of products. In addition includes a front wall, a rear wall opposite to the front wall, a bottom wall connected to the rear wall, two opposite sidewalls connected to the front wall, rear wall and the bottom wall. The front wall defines a through hole, and the through hole extends to the bottom wall. An acute angle is defined between the bottom wall and the front wall. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119637 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MINI-REFLECTOR IN A CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMP - A light assembly includes a metal halide light source having an arc tube with first and second legs extending from a discharge chamber. A light transmissive capsule surrounds the light source. A reflector is received in the capsule and has a large diameter, annular first portion that receives light from the discharge chamber and is dimensioned to operatively engage an inner surface of the capsule to mount the reflector assembly and light source relative to the capsule. In addition, a small diameter portion of the reflector assembly is received around the first leg. By electrically interconnecting the reflector with the second electrode assembly, namely the support leg, and positioning the small diameter portion closer to the first electrode assembly than the dimension between the electrode terminal ends allows the reflector to also serve as an ignition aid. The reflector is formed of a material that serves as a heat shield for the seal glass in the first leg and also serves as a heat shield for the capsule seal region. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119638 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a light emitting element including a transparent substrate being transparent to laser light L and having a light receiving surface for receiving the laser light L and a reverse surface of the light receiving surface, and a light emitting section for generating fluorescent light upon receiving the laser light having passed through the transparent substrate, the light emitting section being provided to face the reverse surface, the transparent substrate having a heat conductivity and the light receiving surface having or provided with a microstructure in which either or both of a plurality of projections or a plurality of fine pores are arranged with intervals. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119639 | LUMINESCENT CONVERTER FOR A PHOSPHOR-ENHANCED LIGHT SOURCE - The invention relates to a luminescent converter ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119640 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a first solid light-emitting element including a first light source for emitting blue light and a first fluorescent body excited by the blue light from the first light source to convert the blue light to light having a peak at wavelength between 630 nm and 680 nm and a second solid light-emitting element including a second light source for emitting blue light and a second fluorescent body excited by the blue light from the second light source to convert the blue light to light having a peak at wavelength between 500 nm and 550 nm. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119641 | OUTPUT EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - The invention provides methods and materials suitable for increasing the output efficiency of light emitting diodes (LEDs), particularly organic LEDs (OLEDs). In one embodiment, for example, there is described a method for providing a porous coating over an OLED stack. The porous coating reduces optical loss and improves light extraction efficiency from the OLED device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119642 | DISPLAY PIXEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display pixel includes: a first stack including a transparent anode layer having first and second anode elements, a cathode layer, and a functional layer disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer; a second stack disposed on the first stack and including an insulating layer and a conductive column line disposed on a surface of the insulating layer; a conductive bridging line disposed in the first stack and connected to the first and second anode elements; and an upper via unit including an upper contact via extending from the conductive column line into the first stack and connected to the bridging line or one of the first and second anode elements. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119643 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Provided is a an organic electroluminescence element comprising: a transparent plate with an electrode attached, which comprises a transparent-plate body that exhibits light-transmissivity, and a first electrode that is installed on the transparent-plate body; a second electrode arranged in opposition to the first electrode, and which has a different polarity from the first electrode; and a light-emitting layer installed in between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, comprising a mixed layer having a conductive first resin and a multitude of wire-formed conductors, and a conductive-resin layer having conductive resin and not having any wire-formed conductors, consists of being laminated on the transparent-plate body, with the mixed layer arranged at the transparent-plate body side. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119644 | Xenon short arc lamp - A xenon short-arc lamp includes an arc tube containing a first electrode and a second electrode, sealing tubes on both edges of the arc tube and supporting tubes that are supported in the sealing tubes. Core rods of the first electrode and the second electrode are inserted through and supported by the supporting tubes. A high alternating voltage is applied at the start of the lighting. A trigger wire that is electrically connected to the first electrode is wound around an outer surface of the second electrode side sealing tube at an arc tube side position other than a location of the sealing tube that faces the metal foil. The trigger wire may be wound around an rising part of the arc tube. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119645 | COMPACT HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP WITH TEXTURED OUTER ENVELOPE - A compact mercury-free high intensity discharge (HID) lamp particularly suitable for automotive headlamp application has a pair of spaced and opposing electrodes sealed in a transparent enclosure defining an arc chamber. An outer transparent envelope has a first and second textured light scattering stripe on its interior surface on substantially opposite sides thereof extending continuously from one electrode to the other. The stripes widen the cross-sectional luminance distribution of the arc discharge image and make the image of the arc straighter while keeping light scattering losses at minimum so that the reduced arc peak luminance is still at the desired level. In other versions, a plurality of textured light scattering stripes of smaller widths are employed to replace a single wider light scattering stripe. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119646 | HELICAL SLOW-WAVE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a helical slow-wave structure, including a helix, a metal barrel and several supporting rods. The plurality of supporting rods may be inserted into the lines of the grooves tightly, this increases the contact area between the helix and the plurality of supporting rods. With a proper assembly method, the thermal contact resistance between helix and supporting rod may be decreased. So, the invention may enhance the capability of transferring the heat out of the helical slow-wave structure. The helix may have higher heat capacity, therefore, the helical slow-wave structure may become more firm, and more reliable. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119647 | POTENTIAL CONTROL OF HEAT SINK IN SOLID-STATE LIGHT DEVICE - Higher power light emitting diode (LED) modules are thermally managed by thermal coupling to a heat sink. An ion wind fan can be used to provide forced convection for the heat sink. In such a light device, in one embodiment the present invention includes electrically connecting the heat sink to the low voltage terminal of the LED driver, thereby controlling the potential of the heat sink. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119648 | LIGHT SOURCE - An electrodeless, microwave lamp has a magnetron as a microwave source and an excitable material lucent crucible in whose excitable material a plasma is established. For coupling microwaves from the magnetron into the crucible, an air wave guide coupling circuit is provided, with an output of the magnetron as an input at one quarter lambda from one end and an output at one quarter from the other end as an input to a connection to the crucible. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119649 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS - A plasma generating apparatus includes: a power supply one of whose electrodes is connected to vacuum chamber walls of N vacuum chambers; an oscillator which outputs a pulse signal at every predetermined period; N pulse amplifying circuits which are connected in parallel to the oscillator as well as to the other electrode of the power supply, and each of which amplifies the pulse signal and supplies the amplified pulse signal to a corresponding one of N electrodes disposed in the N vacuum chambers; and at least (N−1) timing generating circuits which are connected between the oscillator and at least (N−1) pulse amplifying circuits, and which delay the pulse signal by respectively different delay times so that at any specific time, the pulse signal is supplied to only one of the pulse amplifying circuits. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119650 | ACTIVE CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an active constant power supply apparatus, which rectifies power having various intensities and frequencies without using a high capacity condenser for a smoothing circuit which degrades the power factor of a circuit, and supplies constant power to a load. The active constant power supply apparatus includes an AC power supplier for supplying AC power; a rectifying circuit which receives AC power from the AC power supply unit and rectifies the received power; a driving coil connected in series to the load receiving power from the rectifying circuit; a power switch which switches the current passing through the driving coil and the load on/off; a pulse-type driving signal generator connected to a gate terminal of the power switch to control the switching on/off operation of the power switch; a turn-off decider which generates a turn-off signal when the current flowing along the driving coil has a value higher than the designed value, so as to turn off the power switch; and a pulse width controller which measures the control period ranging from the switch-on time of the driving signal generator to the switch-off time of the turn-off decider, and controls the driving pulse width of the driving signal generator such that the driving pulse width coincides with the control period. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119651 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND LED LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - In one embodiment, a lighting device includes an LED lighting circuit and an LED load constituted by a plurality of parallel circuits formed by connecting a plurality of LED elements in parallel, and a series circuit formed by connecting the parallel circuits. The series circuit is connected with an output terminal of the lighting device. In case one LED element becomes open fault mode in one of the parallel circuit, the other LED elements continue lighting. In case two or more LED elements become the open fault mode, the other LED elements also become the open fault mode, and all the LED elements turn off. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119652 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC BALLAST, AN ELECTRONIC BALLAST AND A LIGHTING CONTROLLER - A method of controlling an electronic ballast for a lighting circuit, the ballast including a bleeder, for use with dimmer circuits, by, in response to a mains supply being connected to the lighting circuit, determining whether a dimmer circuit is present in the lighting circuit; and in response to determining a dimmer circuit is not present, disconnecting the bleeder from the lighting circuit at least until the mains supply is disconnected. The method may be used during, and the determination of whether a dimmer circuit is present is stored at least until the mains supply is disconnected. Determination of either a leading or trailing edge phase cut dimmer may be made by looking for deviation from the expected sine-wave voltage, either directly through temporal or voltage deviation, or indirectly by examining the second differential of the voltage with respect to time. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119653 | LED BACKLIGHT DRIVER - The present invention relates to a LED driver that minimizes the driver electronic pin count and integrates the short circuit protection feature. An NPN bipolar transistor is employed in a boost converter configuration to drive a LED string in the backlight display applications. The bipolar transistor is integrated with the driver electronics by two pins. Drive current is injected from the NPN transistor to the LED string to minimizing high voltage connection of each LED string to one. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119654 | LED lamp - A light emitting diode lamp includes: two first pins which are provided at one side thereof; two second pins which are provided at the other side thereof; a light emitting diode (LED) module which is disposed between the two first pins and the two second pins; a circuit connecting at least two of the two first pins and the two second pins to the LED module; and a protection circuit including a fuse which is disposed at a front end of the LED module to protect the LED module in case of generation of high voltage. The circuit is configured to have a direction from a front end of the LED module to the other end thereof as a forward direction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119655 | Occupancy Sensors Programmed To Determine Loss Of Lamp Life As Lamp Is Used - Programmable occupancy sensors that control the on/off operation of a fluorescent lamp automatically determine loss of lamp life as the lamp is used. The programmable occupancy sensors can provide lamp life status and can automatically alert a user when a lamp is nearing its end of life and should be replaced. The occupancy sensors are also programmable to automatically improve lamp life and energy savings by selecting an optimal time delay from among a number of selectable time delays at which to operate the sensor. The selection is based on an occupancy pattern sensed by the sensor over a given period of time. The optimal time delay, which prevents the lamp from turning off immediately after last sensing occupancy, extends lamp life by limiting the number of lamp off/on transitions, which shortens lamp life, in view of overall energy usage and lamp usage. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119656 | System and Method for Processing and Forwarding Transmitted Information - A system involves a plurality of RF-enabled occupancy detectors. Each occupancy detector communicates with and controls an associated plurality of RF-enabled fluorescent lamp starter units. A network master has an RF transceiver used to communicate with the occupancy detectors using a first protocol, thereby retrieving status information from the starter units. The network master also has a second RF transceiver for communicating directly with a cellular telephone using a second protocol. A user can use the cellular telephone to control and interact with the lighting system through the network master, and/or to retrieve status information from the network master. The network master automatically generates and sends email alerts to the user by sending the alerts to an email server. The email server forwards the emails to the cellular telephone via a cellular telephone network. Alerts may, for example, indicate a low battery voltage condition or that a lamp needs replacement. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119657 | CONTROLLABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting system comprising a plurality of controllable light emitting elements | 2012-05-17 |
20120119658 | System and Method for Controlling White Light - A system and method for tuning white light while reducing manufacturing costs. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119659 | CONSTANT CURRENT LED LAMP - A constant current LED lamp is provided with a linear driver circuit for driving multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs), or LED packages comprise multiple LED chips, connected in series. The driver circuit includes a rectifier circuit, a stable voltage circuit, and a constant current circuit. The driver circuit allows the aggregate forward voltage drop of all the LEDs connected in series to approach the rectified input voltage to efficiently utilize the AC power from the mains. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119660 | LIGHTING COMPENSATION FOR APPLIANCES - Apparatus and methodology is provided to control lighting associated with an appliance. Ambient light proximate the appliance and/or light from one or more lighting devices associated with the appliance is monitored and used to control the energization of the appliance lighting devices. Lighting device may include illumination devices as well as indicia display devices. The controller is configured to compensate lighting levels over the lifetime of the lighting devices to provide consistent lighting from the appliance lighting under all operating conditions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119661 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD - A light emitting diode (LED) operating device comprises an LED module and an operating unit. The LED module, including light emitting diodes to emit incoherent radiation, is connected in releasable manner to the operating unit by a connector. The operating unit incorporates a power supply and a controller to provide the LEDs with electrical power. Sensors in the operating unit and the LED module record operational parameters of the operating device, which are used together with characteristic parameters stored in an electronic memory device, to record and control the emission characteristic of the LED module. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119662 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE SYSTEM AND DRIVER - The invention relates to a driver ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119663 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF ENERGY RECYCLING - Alight emitting diode current control circuit capable of energy recycling includes at least one diode and at least one converter. The diode has an anode terminal, and a cathode terminal for coupling to a first terminal of at least one series of light emitting diodes. The converter has a first terminal coupled to an anode terminal of a corresponding diode, a second terminal for coupling to a second terminal of a series of light emitting diodes corresponding to the converter, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal coupled to ground. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119664 | POWER-SAVING LIGHT STRING - A power-saving light string, particularly a battery-powered light string, includes a timing controller mounted to an electrical wire of the light string. The light string is operated to intermittently supply power to bulbs of the light string in an alternate ON/OFF switching fashion that complies with visual persistency of human eyes so as to reduce power consumption. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119665 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE COLOR TEMPERATURE - A lighting device with adjustable color temperature includes a power, a driver, and a plurality of branches. The power is electrically connected to the driver for supplying power to the driver. Each of the branches includes a light source and an adjustor connected in series. The adjustor controls the color temperature of the light source in a corresponding branch by adjusting the voltage through the corresponding branch. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119666 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP AND SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - Methods and apparatus for controlling a high intensity discharge lamp and a power supply system for the high intensity discharge lamp are disclosed. The system relates to a method for controlling high intensity discharge lamp comprising supplying a signal of variable frequency and constant filling factor from a switches cascade to a ballast circuit and the lamp, said ballast circuit having at least one condenser and at least one inductance. The method uses the signal of periodically fluctuating frequency and constant filling factor 50 to 50%, supplied from the electronic switches cascade of the half-bridge type, connected with the ballast circuit and the lamp, where the ballast circuit includes at least first condenser, the lamp and includes first inductance and second condenser forming a resonant circuit. A supply system for high intensity discharge lamp is also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119667 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a first pixel circuit which is disposed so as to correspond to each intersection between a scanning line and a first data line, a second pixel circuit which is disposed so as to correspond to each intersection between a scanning line and a second data line, a signal line, a selection section, a driving circuit. In a first selection period, the selection section is operated such that the first data line and the second data line are electrically connected to the signal line. In the second selection period, the selection section is operated such that the second data line is electrically connected to the signal line. In a writing period, the first data potential is supplied to the first pixel circuit and the second data potential is supplied to the second pixel circuit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119668 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVER AND MOBILE DEVICE - A light emitting element driver includes: a light emitting element; driving means; an electric accumulation element; and a battery power supply that can supply electric power to the driving means and the electric accumulation element, wherein the driving means is configured so as to be able to switch between a state in which the electric accumulation element accumulates the electric power supplied from the battery power supply and a state in which the electric accumulation element supplies the accumulated electric power to the light emitting element, the driving means connects the electric accumulation element and the light emitting element in parallel to each other with respect to the battery power supply when the electric accumulation element accumulates the electric power supplied from the battery power supply, and the driving means connects the battery power supply, the electric accumulation element, and the light emitting element in series when the electric accumulation element supplies the accumulated electric power to the light emitting element. According to the above configuration, a light emitting element driver that can achieve the miniaturization of the apparatus and a mobile device are provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119669 | Trailing Edge Dimmer Compatibility With Dimmer High Resistance Prediction - In at least one embodiment, an electronic system includes a controller, and the controller provides compatibility between an electronic light source and a trailing edge dimmer. In at least one embodiment, the controller is capable of predicting an estimated occurrence of a trailing edge of a phase cut AC voltage and accelerating a transition of the phase cut AC voltage from the trailing edge to a predetermined voltage threshold. In at least one embodiment, the controller predicts an estimated occurrence of the trailing edge of the phase cut AC voltage on the basis of actual observations from one or more previous cycles of the phase cut AC voltage. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119670 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING COLOR - A lighting system ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR POWERING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A circuit configuration for powering electrical loads, especially light emitting diodes, using a DC voltage converter with controllable switching element. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119672 | Snow Shield for a Traffic Signal Light - The present invention is a snow deflecting LED traffic signal light apparatus with a The present invention is a snow deflecting LED traffic signal light apparatus having a dome shaped lens with an arc length that is proportionate to the arc length of a LED traffic signal light refracting lens and an encircling rim which has an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of an LED traffic signal light visor. The apparatus may be affixed to existing LED traffic signal lights by a plurality of attachment members adapted to engage the visor of LED traffic signal lights. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119673 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A light source system and a method for driving light emitting diodes (LEDs) are provided. The provided light source system includes: an LED module having a plurality of LED strings operated under a direct current (DC) output voltage; and a driving unit coupled to the LED module, and used for providing the DC output voltage by adopting a boost means and generating a plurality of pulsation current signals according to a setting signal so as to respectively drive the LED strings, in which the frequencies of the pulsation current signals are higher than a predetermined frequency. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119674 | CONSTANT CURRENT LED LAMP - A constant current LED lamp is provided with a linear driver circuit for driving multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs), or LED packages including multiple LED chips, connected in series. The driver circuit includes a rectifier circuit, a filter circuit, a stable voltage circuit, and a constant current circuit. The driver circuit allows the aggregate forward voltage drop of all the LEDs connected in series to approach the rectified input voltage to efficiently utilize the AC power from the mains. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119675 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A power conversion circuit for light emitting diode includes a voltage converter. The voltage converter has two receiving terminals and two output terminals. The two receiving terminals of the voltage converter are electrically coupled to the direct current power supply, and the output terminals output corresponding direct current signals according to the received direct current power supply, to drive a light emitting diode string. One of the output terminals has a positive potential, and another output terminal has a negative potential. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119676 | FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER WITH DIVIDED ENERGY TRANSFER ELEMENT - A divided structure energy transfer assembly for use in a flyback power converter is disclosed. An example energy transfer includes first and second magnetic cores. First and second input windings are wound around the first and second magnetic cores, respectively. The first input winding is coupled in parallel with the second input winding. First and second output windings are wound around the first and second magnetic cores, respectively. A rectified output of the first output winding is coupled in series with a rectified output of the second output winding. The first and second input windings have a first polarity and the first and second output windings have a second polarity. The first polarity is an opposite of the second polarity. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119677 | Power Supply Arrangement and Method for the Power Supply of an Electrical Load - A power supply arrangement ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119678 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A PTC ELECTRICAL LOAD ELEMENT - A method is intended to make it possible to drive a PTC electrical load element with a switching unit with the highest possible operational reliability. For this purpose, the electric current is switched off if a predetermined current threshold value is exceeded, the magnitude of the current threshold value being determined from the operating parameters of the load element. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119679 | EXTERIOR ILLUMINATION AND EMERGENCY SIGNALING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - LEDs that provide street illumination are used to create emergency signals. This facilitates simple retrofitting of existing streetlighting infrastructure. In one embodiment, a streetlight comprises an LED set that itself comprises or consists of a plurality of LEDs collectively producing a white light output. The streetlight also includes a receiver for receiving a signal of an alarm condition, and a controller for (i) disabling the LED set during a daylight period, (ii) maintaining the normal operating mode during a lighting period distinct from the daylight period, and (iii) in response to the alarm condition detected by the receiver, de-activating at least one of the LEDs to produce a non-white (e.g., red or amber) output signaling the alarm condition | 2012-05-17 |
20120119680 | Directional Beacon Device - A beacon device includes a control circuitry, a window, and a plurality of sets of illumination sources. The window includes a prismatic structure forming a ring from a planar perspective. The prismatic structure defines an inside surface and an outside surface from the planar perspective. The plurality of sets of illumination sources are coupled to the control circuitry. Each set of illumination sources includes a first illumination source disposed proximal to the inside surface of the prismatic structure and includes a second illumination source disposed proximal to the outside surface of the prismatic structure. The control circuitry is to illuminate a first set of the plurality of sets of illumination sources to transmit a signal in a first direction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119681 | LIGHT DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - The present invention provides switches and sensors that automatically turn on and/or off an associated device. In particular, the present invention provides lighting devices containing switches and sensors associated with the device that power/depower the device and systems and objects containing the device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119682 | LUMINAIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device comprising a solid state or mechanical switch coupled to a first connector and a second connector and at least one lighting device such as an LED light source wherein when power is applied to the first connector, the switch is operable to direct power to the lighting device and to a portion of the pins of the second connector. By constructing the connectors as similar, but with opposite genders, the connectors can be disposed on a circuit assembly to allow for daisy chaining a series of luminaire assemblies together. The connectors may be Ethernet connectors and the switch may be operable through control signals coupled to the Ethernet connector such that a smart power controller operating using power over Ethernet (POE) can operate to control the light sources. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119683 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention provides a power supply device for an electric vehicle that allows highly efficient operation of a compressor inverter. A power supply device for motor vehicle | 2012-05-17 |
20120119684 | SPHERICAL ULTRASOUND MOTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A SPHERICAL ULTRASOUND MOTOR - A substantially spherical rotor can be controlled with accuracy even in a relatively low speed rotation. In controlling rotational motions of a rotor | 2012-05-17 |
20120119685 | POWER TRANSDUCER - The performance of a power transducer is improved while efficiently using a power semiconductor also by managing the permissible duty factor of the power semiconductor in the regenerative braking circuit provided in the power transducer. The user is allowed to set, through an operation panel provided on the power transducer, the resistance value of the regenerative braking resistor for thermally consuming the rotational energy generated during motor deceleration. The power transducer performs the steps of: calculating the current which flows in the regenerative braking circuit from the resistance value setting; obtaining the generation loss of the power semiconductor in the regenerative braking circuit with the calculated current value; and determining the permissible duty factor of the power semiconductor from the obtained generation loss. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119686 | Method for controlling a motor - A method for controlling a motor by an inverter and by a vectorial technique, comprising the following steps: determining the value of a quadrature current Iq necessary for said motor to generate the desired torque; calculating the value of a direct current to be supplied to the motor by an equation as a function of the phase of the current vector on which the torque constant of the motor depends; calculating the power current of said motor from the direct current and the quadrature current; supplying the power current to the motor through the inverter. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119687 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR DRIVER AND BRUSHLESS MOTOR SYSTEM - The brushless motor driver includes a sample and hold circuit which samples and holds a first value of the first comparison signal in a first case in which a current is forced to flow from a first phase coil of the three-phase brushless motor to a second phase coil and no current is forced to flow to a third phase coil in a first period having a preset setting time and a second value of the first comparison signal in a second case in which a current is forced to flow from the second phase coil to the first phase coil and no current is forced to flow to the third phase coil in a second period having the preset setting time subsequent to the first period. The brushless motor driver includes an addition circuit which adds up the first value and the second value sampled and held by the sample and hold circuit and outputs an addition signal depending upon a result of the addition. The brushless motor driver includes a comparison output circuit which compares a value of the addition signal with a reference voltage and outputs a second comparison signal depending upon a result of the comparison. A position of a rotor in the three-phase brushless motor is discriminated on the basis of the second comparison signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119688 | CONTROL BOARD, INVERTER DEVICE AND INTEGRATED-INVERTER ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An object is to provide a control board, an inverter device, and an integrated-inverter electric compressor that are capable of improving electromagnetic compatibility (EMC property) and improving reliability against input/output of electromagnetic noise, which shows a tendency towards greater complexity and intensity. A control board ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119689 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - An amount of a rotational angle corresponding to a half of a play (included in an insert-fit coupling device having a maximum production tolerance) is set as a correction amount. When a shift range is changed to a target range, a target rotational angle for an output shaft corresponding to such target range is calculated. The target rotational angle is corrected to get a virtual rotational angle for the output shaft, so that the output shaft may be further rotated by the correction amount in addition to the target rotational angle. A control error for a stop position of a roller is controlled within a half of the play. According to the invention, it is not necessary to carry out a learning process for the play. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119690 | SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A synchronous motor drive system improves the design flexibility regarding torque characteristics as compared with conventionally available design flexibility. A synchronous motor has a rotor and a stator. Each of at least two adjacent stator teeth has a slit formed at the tip thereof. Each of a plurality of stator teeth has a main coil wound therearound in concentrated winding. Between each two adjacent teeth having a slit, a sub-coil is wound around in a manner of being accommodated in the respective slits. The drive device separately controls electric current supplied to the main coils and electric current supplied to the sub-coil. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119691 | System for a Linear Drive - A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119692 | POWER GENERATOR OF HYBRID TYPE - A power generator generates electric power by using sunlight and wind force which are clean energies, and in particular a power generator of a hybrid type which is characterized in that electric power is mainly generated by using sunlight at daytime when it is sunny, and electric power can be alternatively generated by using wind force when there is not sunshine in case of a rainy weather or a cloudy weather or when wind is strong, so it is possible to generate electric power all the time by using sunlight and wind at both daytime and nighttime and sunny and cloudy weathers. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119693 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit. The controller may be for causing a portable device connected to the charger connector to identify its corresponding portable device type and its corresponding rechargeable battery type from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, and for causing the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based thereon. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119694 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A CHARGE SYSTEM AND AN AC ADAPTER - Communications systems and methods for transmitting communications between a charge system and an AC adapter are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system comprises an AC adapter disconnect switch that is switchable between coupling and decoupling an AC adapter DC output voltage to the charge system and a charge controller configured to modulate the AC adapter disconnect switch between coupling and decoupling to provide a communication signal to the AC adapter. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119695 | TOUCH-SWITCHABLE USB CHARGING RECEPTACLE - A touch-switchable USB charging receptacle includes a rectifying and transforming circuit connected to a public power supply for converting AC power into DC power and supplying the latter to DC devices, such as mobile phones, MP3 players, video games, personal digital assistants, etc.; a power supply connector and an illuminating indicator module electrically connected to the rectifying and transforming circuit to obtain power supply; an integrally formed cover plate isolating the rectifying and transforming circuit, the power supply connector and the illuminating indicator module from external environment; and a touch switch located behind the cover plate and electrically connected to the rectifying and transforming circuit for controlling a power supply state of the latter. The illuminating indicator module emits indicating light, which is visible via a light-pervious indicator provided on the cover plate. Therefore, the cover plate is not only water-retardant but also capable of indicating a power supply state. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119696 | Devices And Methods For Detecting USB Devices Attached To A USB Charging Port - Methods and devices for detecting USB devices attached to a USB charging port are disclosed. The USB charging port includes a USB port having a first data line D+, a second data line D−, and a power line. A method includes attaching the USB device to the USB port; applying power to the USB device by way of the power line; applying a first voltage to the line D+ at the USB port by way of a first impedance; applying a second voltage to the line D− at the USB port by way of a second impedance. The voltages on the line D+ and the line D− are then monitored at the USB port. If the voltage on the line D+ is approximately equal to a first predetermined value for a predetermined period and the voltage on the line D− is below a second predetermined value, then the USB device is determined to be of an alpha type device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119697 | INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC AUTOCYCLE CHARGER INCLUDING THE INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - The invention provides an electric autocycle support apparatus comprising an autocycle engagement device adapted to support an autocycle, the engagement device having a coil adapted to provide a magnetic field for inductively charging an autocycle supported by the apparatus. The invention also provides an electric autocycle stand and a charging system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119698 | WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER FOR VEHICLES - A vehicle powering wireless receiver for use with a first electromagnetic resonator coupled to a power supply. The wireless receiver includes a load configured to power the drive system of a vehicle using electrical power, and a second electromagnetic resonator adapted to be housed upon the vehicle and configured to be coupled to the load, wherein at least one of the first electromagnetic resonator and the second electromagnetic resonator is variable in size, and wherein the second electromagnetic resonator is configured to be wirelessly coupled to the first electromagnetic resonator to provide resonant, non-radiative wireless power to the second electromagnetic resonator from the first electromagnetic resonator. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119699 | External Charger for an Implantable Medical Device Having at Least One Moveable Charging Coil - Improved external chargers for charging an implantable medical device, and particularly useful in charging a plurality of such devices, are disclosed. Each of the various embodiments include design elements for mechanically manipulating the position of one or more charging coils within the external charger to customize the magnetic charging field as appropriate for the charger/implantable device environment. For example, a single charging coil may be moved within a housing of the external charger to direct the charging field of the coil towards the currently “coldest” implant, i.e., the implant with the lowest coupling to the external charger. The one or more charging coils may be mechanically manipulated within the external charger housing in a number of ways, including by using linear actuators, by inflatable bladders, or even by hand. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119700 | COIL SYSTEM - In supplying energy to a medical device implanted in a mammal patient a first coil system ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119701 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A power line communication apparatus that enables communication to be performed between an authentication apparatus and a vehicle, thereby enabling authentication processing to be performed, even before power is supplied to a communication section from a charging apparatus or an electrical storage apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119702 | Charging Cable Connector for Connecting an Electric Vehicle to a Charging Station - The invention relates to a plug device for a charging cable for connecting an electric vehicle to a charging station, comprising a housing, electrical contacts associated with the housing for connecting to a connecting device in the charging station or in the electric vehicle, and a coding means arranged in the housing for the value of the amperage which may be transmitted via the charging cable. The invention further relates to a system consisting of a charging cable and a charging station and/or an electric vehicle as well as a charging cable equipped with the plug device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119703 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAPACITIVE CHARGER PROVIDING DATA TRANSFER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is temporarily placed adjacent the charger. The portable electronic device includes a device data communication unit and an associated battery, and a pair of device capacitive electrodes, defining a device conductive footprint, to receive a charging signal to charge the battery. The charger includes a base having an area larger than the device conductive footprint and able to receive the portable electronic device thereon in a plurality of different positions, and an array of charger capacitive electrodes carried by the base. A charger controller selectively drives only the charger capacitive electrodes within the device conductive footprint with a charging signal to capacitively charge the battery. | 2012-05-17 |
20120119704 | LOW-LOSS STORAGE BATTERY - The invention relates to a storage battery ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120119705 | Control Circuit and Method for Controlling a Plurality of Battery Cells - A method for controlling a plurality of battery cells with a control circuit coupled to the plurality of battery cells, includes: supplying the control circuit with electrical energy from the coupled battery cells; determining a number of battery cells coupled to the control circuit; and automatically adapting a power consumption drawn from the battery cells in response to the number of coupled battery cells. | 2012-05-17 |