29th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120181880 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a wound stator and a permanent magnet rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a hub fixed on the shaft, a plurality of rotor core segments and magnets fixed around the hub, and a pair of covers fixed to axial ends of the rotor core segments. The hub and covers are formed on the rotor core segments by inserting molding and one of the covers has openings to allow the magnets to be inserted into spaces formed between adjacent rotor core segments such that the rotor core segments and magnets are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181881 | OVER-MOLDED LIQUID COOLED THREE-STACK MOTOR - A brushless, liquid or air cooled, direct current motor formed from a three stack stator and three section rotor assembly using an integrated water cooled or air cooled housing and over-molding techniques. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181882 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING AN INTEGRATED ROTOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An electric machine includes a housing, a stator mounted within the housing, and a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing relative to the stator. The rotor includes a rotor lamination assembly having a plurality of laminations. A temperature sensor is arranged within the housing. The temperature sensor includes a sensing surface configured and disposed to detect a temperature of the rotor. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181883 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH INTEGRATED COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An electric machine including a housing, a stator mounted within the housing, a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing relative to the stator, and a coolant system fluidly connected to the housing. The coolant system delivers a flow of coolant through the housing. A coolant temperature sensor is arranged within the housing and exposed to the flow of coolant. The coolant temperature sensor configured and disposed to detect a temperature of the coolant in the housing. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181884 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING AN INTEGRATED COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR - An electric machine includes a housing having a coolant collection area, a stator mounted within the housing, a rotor assembly rotatably mounted within the housing relative to the stator, and a coolant level sensor arranged at the coolant collection area. The coolant level sensor includes a sensing surface configured and disposed to detect a level of coolant collected in the coolant collection area. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181885 | SPINDLE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a spindle motor including: a rotor including a rotational axis and a magnet; and a stator including a bearing supporting the rotational axis and an armature corresponding to the magnet; wherein the rotor rotates by electromagnetic force between the magnet and the armature, the stator includes a printed circuit connected to the armature and having a hole for both set assembling and grounding formed therein; and a base plate having the printed circuit board coupled to an upper surface thereof so as to be stacked thereon and having a hole for both set assembling and grounding formed therein, the hole for both set assembling and grounding corresponding to the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the printed circuit board, and the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the printed circuit board and the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the base plate are fixed and grounded to a set. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181886 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine includes a multi-phase armature coil that is wound around a cylindrical armature core in a distributed winding manner. Each of phase windings of the armature coil is formed of an electric wire bundle which includes a plurality of insulation-coated electric wires that are electrically connected to one another. Each of the electric wire bundles forming the phase windings has a plurality of in-slot portions and a plurality of turn portions. Each of the in-slot portions is received in a corresponding slot of the armature core. Each of the turn portions protrudes from a corresponding axial end face of the armature core and extends to connect a corresponding adjacent pair of the in-slot portions of the electric wire bundle. For each of the electric wire bundles, the electric wires of the electric wire bundle are stranded at least at the turn portions of the electric wire bundle. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181887 | SAFETY BEARING FOR RETAINING A ROTOR SHAFT OF A MACHINE - The invention relates to a safety bearing for retaining a rotor shaft ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181888 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR - A rotary electric machine rotor is provided with a rotor shaft, a rotor core, and a group of permanent magnets. The rotor core includes a group of flux barriers arranged at intervals. At least one of the flux barriers includes at least one bridge joining an inner edge and an outer edge of that flux barriers. The permanent magnets are arranged at the rotor core between the flux barriers as viewed in the cross sectional plane. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181889 | ELECTRIC MOTOR ROTOR SELECTIVELY FORMED OF ONE OF TWO DIFFERENT MAGNETIC UNITS - An electric motor rotor includes a core member having a plurality of locating grooves spaced around the periphery thereof and outer rotation-stopping portions, and a magnetic unit arranged around the periphery of the core member and defining a plurality of magnetic zones corresponding to the space between each two adjacent locating grooves. The magnetic unit can be a magnetic barrel having inner rotation-stopping portions for abutting against the outer rotation-stopping portions of the core member. Alternatively, the magnetic unit can be made comprising a plurality of magnets to form the multiple magnetic zones and a hoop for attaching to the magnets to secure the magnets to the periphery of the core member. Using the core member with the said two magnetic units can make two different rotors that have the common advantages of quick assembly, accurate alignment of magnetic zones and cost-effectiveness. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JOINING STATOR WIRES - A method and system is provided to join the wire ends of a stator by immersing a wire end portion of the stator in a molten solder bath to form a solder joint in each of a plurality of wire end pairs to provide an electrical connection between the respective wire ends of each wire end pair. The stator may be configured as a bar pin stator including a plurality of bar pins defining the wire ends. The solder joint may be defined by a portion of solder between the proximate surfaces of the wire ends of each wire end pair, and may be defined by a coating of solder in proximate contact with the perimeter surface of each respective wire end pair, wherein the portion of solder and the coating of solder each may provide an electrical connection between the respective wire ends. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181891 | MOTOR - A flat conductor wire in a U-phase first slot of a first group block and a flat conductor wire in a U-phase second slot of a second group block form an outer circumference base unit. A flat conductor wire in a U-phase second slot of the first group block and a flat conductor wire in the U-phase first slot of the second group block form an inner circumference base unit. The inner circumference base unit is located inside the outer circumference base unit. A coil end portion at one end of the inner circumference base unit and a coil end portion side at one end of the outer circumference base unit are bent toward the rotor side with respect to an in-slot conductor portion in the stator core. The coil end portion side at one end of the inner circumference base unit and the coil end portion side at one end of the outer circumference base unit are located further toward the axis of the rotor than an inner peripheral surface of the stator core. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181892 | FLUX CANCELLATION IN A PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR - A permanent magnet comprises a primary winding, a secondary winding, a permanent magnet, an output terminal for connection to an external load, and a switching mechanism with two modes. In a first mode of the switching mechanism, the primary winding is connected between neutral and the output terminal, and the varying magnetic flux from the permanent magnet induces a nonzero voltage at the output terminal. In the second mode, the secondary winding provides a return path to neutral for the primary winding, thereby providing negligible voltage and current at the output terminal and substantially canceling change in magnetic flux from the permanent magnet. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181893 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stator includes a hollow cylindrical stator core having stator teeth and slots. The stator teeth each extend radially inward and are circumferentially spaced from one another. Each of the slots is formed between one circumferentially-facing pair of the stator teeth and opens at the radially inner periphery of the stator core. Each of the stator teeth has a distal end portion that includes a slit, a base part and an oblique part. The slit is formed in a distal end surface of the stator tooth and extends axially. The base part and the oblique part are formed respectively on opposite circumferential sides of the slit. The base part extends radially inward to have a distal end surface that makes up an inner-diameter surface of the stator core. The oblique part is bent toward an adjacent slot so as to extend obliquely with respect to the base part. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181894 | ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor being arranged to face a stator and being roratably attached to a housing, the rotor includes a core body formed by a plurality of core sheets laminated in a direction of a rotational axis of the rotor, first and second end plates arranged at both end surfaces of the core body in a direction where the core sheets are laminated, and a fixing member fixing the first and second end plates to the core body to hold the core body by the first and second end plates, wherein at least one of the first and second end plates is formed by a plurality of composition members overlapping in a thickness direction of the first end plate and the second end plate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181895 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR OF MOTOR - A permanent magnet rotor of a motor including a rotor core and permanent magnets. The rotor core includes a central core, a plurality of sectional cores, and a connecting mechanism. The sectional cores are integrated with the central core via the connecting mechanism to form a whole iron core. Grooves are formed between each sectional core and the central core and the permanent magnets are embedded in the grooves. The permanent magnet rotor has a simple structure, excellent manufacturability in terms of production and assembly, low manufacturing costs, excellent electromagnetic performance, and meanwhile is robust enough to avoid potential deformation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181896 | MECHANICAL META-MATERIALS - The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material includes a first value for a mechanical property when one or more of the activation elements is in the first activation state and includes a second value for the mechanical property when the activation elements have been activated to the second activation state. In one aspect, the meta-material resembles a composite material where the connectivity between the component materials or shape and arrangement of the component materials is dynamically controllable so as to affect a mechanical property of the meta-material. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181897 | ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION POWER GENERATOR - An electrostatic induction generator has a first substrate and a second substrate that can move relative to each other while remaining opposed to each other, an electret provided in the first substrate, and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a surface side opposed to the electret in the second substrate. A positional relationship between the electret and the first electrode and a positional relationship between the electret and the second electrode change in association with a change of relative positions between the first substrate and the second substrate, whereby an electrostatic capacitance between the electret and the first electrode and an electrostatic capacitance between the electret and the second electrode change to output an electric power. A structure that decreases the electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181898 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device includes, a substrate, an acoustic wave device chip that has a vibration part exciting an acoustic wave and is mounted on a surface of the substrate so that the vibration part is exposed to a space formed between the substrate and the acoustic wave device chip, and a joining part that is provided so as to surround the vibration part and joins the substrate and the acoustic wave device chip together. The joining part includes a first member made of solder, and a second member that is stacked on the first member and is made of a substance having a melting point higher than the solder. The second member has a thickness larger than a coplanarity of the surface of the substrate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181899 | Piezoelectric resonator and elastic wave device - The generation of secondary vibration different in oscillation frequency from primary vibration is suppressed. In a quartz-crystal resonator in which excitation electrodes are formed respectively on both surfaces of a quartz-crystal piece whose primary vibration is thickness shear vibration, a hole portion is formed at a portion, in the excitation electrode, where secondary vibration is generated, and a concave portion is formed in a region, in the quartz-crystal piece, corresponding to the hole portion. Alternatively, a convex portion are preferably provided symmetrically with respect to a center of the quartz-crystal resonator. Consequently, the secondary vibration attenuates and the oscillation frequency of the secondary vibration shifts to a high frequency side. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181900 | SENSORS FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE, SENSOR ARRAYS AND RELATED METHODS - Arrays of resonator sensors include an active wafer array comprising a plurality of active wafers, a first end cap array coupled to a first side of the active wafer array, and a second end cap array coupled to a second side of the active wafer array. Thickness shear mode resonator sensors may include an active wafer coupled to a first end cap and a second end cap. Methods of forming a plurality of resonator sensors include forming a plurality of active wafer locations and separating the active wafer locations to form a plurality of discrete resonator sensors. Thickness shear mode resonator sensors may be produced by such methods. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181901 | Method and Apparatus For Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using Planar Microfluidic Device - An apparatus comprising a mechanical-to-electrical energy converting device utilizes an array of microfluidic droplets in association with a planar electrode and separated by a dielectric layer to form a capacitive structure. An elastic spacer is also disposed between the planar electrode and array of droplets, such that as the spacer is compressed, the contact area of the droplets and the dielectric is increased—increasing the total capacitance value. Periodic changes in the force applied to the elastic spacer (such as associated with vibrational motion) creates a periodic change in the capacitance value, generating an electrical current flow between the planar electrode and array of conductive droplets. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181902 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ELEMENT - An ultrasound transducer element includes a piezoelectric layer, a front end body, and a backing layer assembly. The piezoelectric layer extends between opposite front and back sides and is configured to transmit acoustic waves from the front side. The front end is body disposed proximate to the front side of the piezoelectric layer and is configured to emit the acoustic waves out of a housing. The backing layer assembly is disposed proximate to the back side of the piezoelectric layer. The backing layer assembly includes a first thermally conductive mesh disposed in a matrix enclosure. The first thermally conductive mesh is positioned to conduct thermal energy away from the piezoelectric layer. In one aspect, the first thermally conductive mesh is a grid of elongated strands of a metal or metal alloy material oriented in at least one of transverse or oblique directions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181903 | CONTROLLER-INTEGRATED ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE WITH A SHIFTED CONTROL CIRCUIT - In a controller-integrated electric rotating machine provided with a power circuit unit and a control circuit unit, a cooling property is improved so that the control circuit unit does not impair a flow of air for cooling the power circuit unit. A power circuit unit having switching elements for converting DC power to AC power for supplying the AC power to an electric rotating machine, a control circuit unit for controlling the switching elements of the power circuit unit, and a rotational position detection sensor arranged on a rotating shaft for detecting the rotation of the rotating shaft are provided. The control circuit unit is disposed, when viewed in the direction of the rotating shaft, at a position where the power circuit unit is not disposed and is shifted radially outward so as not to overlap the rotational position detection sensor. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181904 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL STORAGE BOX - A multifunctional storage box includes a frame-like elementary unit composed of two horizontal boards and two vertical boards and a positioning piece fit to an end of the elementary unit. Each vertical board includes first and board segments that are connected to each other by a movable connection member. The elementary unit has an end forming a positioning structure, whereby the positioning piece is selectively fit to the positioning structure to form a box for receiving and storing various articles, or a number of such boxes can be stacked to form a piece of furniture, such as drawer, closet and desk. No tool is required and the assembling is easy and convenient. When not in use, the positioning piece is removed to allow the first and second board segments to be folded by means of the connection member into a flat configuration for easy carrying and storage. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181905 | FOLDING BASE FOR COUNTERS - A folding base for counters is disclosed; the base comprises: a left side panel, a left front panel hingedly connected to the left side panel, a right front panel hingedly connected to the left front panel, and a right side panel hingedly connected to the right front panel. The base further comprises a left door hingedly connected to the left side panel, and a right door hingedly connected to the right side panel. The base has an upright position, in which the doors are opposite the front panels, while the side panels are opposite one another. The base also has a collapsed position, in which the side and front panels and the doors are arranged adjacent to one another. The base optionally includes a cover that can be separate from or hingedly mounted to one of the side panels. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181906 | Aisle Containment System - The present invention is directed to an adjustable transparent vertical wall in an aisle containment system. The adjustable transparent vertical wall includes a fixed lower panel and a movable upper panel. The movable upper panel is adjustable to the required ceiling height. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181907 | STORAGE CAROUSEL - A storage unit has a top, a bottom, and a carousel upon which the bottom rotates thereupon. A plurality of drawers is disposed symmetrically between the bottom and the top. Each drawer has a pentagonal shape having a front wall, a pair of front side walls each of which extends from the front wall and are parallel to each other, a pair of back side walls each of which extends from a front side wall and converges towards an other of the back side walls and a back wall attaching to each of the back side walls. Each back side wall of one drawer contacts an adjacent side wall of an adjacent drawer and the back walls of the drawers define a space. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181908 | Sheet Assembly For Cabinet - A sheet assembly for a cabinet includes a plurality of sheets having a plurality of horizontal sheets and a plurality of vertical sheets. Each horizontal sheet includes a first insertion/coupling section. Each vertical sheet includes a second insertion/coupling section engageable with one of the first insertion/coupling sections. One of a pair of the first and second insertion/coupling sections includes an insertion groove. The other of the pair of the first and second insertion/coupling sections includes a buckling slot. The sheet assembly further includes a plurality of buckle devices each having a fixed seat, a lever, and a buckle. The fixed seat is fixed to one of the first and second insertion/coupling sections having the insertion groove. The lever is pivotably connected to the fixed seat. The buckle includes an end pivotably connected to the lever. The buckle further includes a hooked portion releasably engaged with one the buckling slots. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181909 | SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZING TWO ACTUATING DRIVES FOR MOVING A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART - The invention relates to a synchronization device for moving a first actuating device in synchronization with at least one second actuating device, wherein the first actuating device and the second actuating device are provided on a piece of furniture in the installed state in order to move a movable furniture part. The device includes a synchronization rod for transferring a synchronous motion of the at least two actuating devices, at least one fastening device, by which the synchronization rod can be detachably connected to at least one of the two actuating devices, wherein at least one detachable locking device is provided, which prevents the synchronization rod from being connected to the at least one fastening device in the locked state of the locking device, wherein the locking device is in the locking state without prior actuation by a user. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181910 | REFRIGERATOR WITH DRAWER TYPE DOOR - A refrigerator includes a drawer door installed at a refrigerator main body such that the drawing door is drawn out from the refrigerator main body, a main storage bin provided to be drawn out along with the drawer door, sub storage bins rotatably provide at an upper portion of the main storage bin, and a container opening unit for opening the sub storage bins toward an outer side of the refrigerator main body in a lateral direction when the drawer door is opened. When the drawer door is closed, the sub storage bins are restrained from being rotated by the refrigerator main body. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181911 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator with a sterilization device. The sterilization device mounted at an upper surface of a storage chamber includes a housing formed, at a front surface thereof, with an ion outlet while being formed, at a base surface thereof, with an air inlet, an ion generating unit arranged in rear of the ion outlet to generate ions, a blast unit slantingly arranged at a position adjacent to the air inlet, and a guide portion formed to protrude at an upper surface of the housing which faces the blast unit, thereby enabling improvement in sterilization efficiency. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181912 | HEIGHT ADJUSTING MECHANISM AND REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING THE SAME - A height adjusting mechanism comprises a hinge shaft, an adjusting member for driving the hinge shaft to rotate around an axis of the hinge shaft, a constraining member for constraining a movement of the adjusting member in an axial direction of the hinge shaft and a base with the constraining member fixedly connected thereto, in which the hinge shaft connected with the base can be lifted in the axial direction of the hinge shaft under the driving of the adjusting member. A refrigerator comprising the height adjusting mechanism is also provided. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181913 | LAMP WITH HEAT SINK - A lamp includes a heat sink and a lamp cover mounted on the heat sink. The lamp cover includes a connecting portion. The heat sink includes a plurality of clamping portions. The plurality of clamping portions surrounds the lamp cover and is spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction. The plurality of clamping portions each defines a recess facing the lamp cover. The recesses communicate with each other along the circumferential direction whereby an annular engaging groove is defined in the heat sink by the recesses. The connecting portion is engaged in the engaging groove whereby the lamp cover is connected with the heat sink. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181914 | HEAT-CONDUCTIVE SEALING MEMBER AND ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is a heat-conductive sealing member which has high moisture barrier properties, has heat dissipation properties, and is capable of encapsulating an element by a simple method. The heat-conductive sealing member has a metal base material, an insulating layer that is formed on the metal base material, has heat conductivity and contains at least polyimide, and a tacky adhesive layer that is formed on the insulating layer and has heat resistance. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181915 | ORGANIC EL ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an organic EL illumination device ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181916 | CORONA IGNITER HAVING SHAPED INSULATOR - A corona igniter ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181917 | Tube Assembly Having Electrical Connection Structure - A tube assembly having an electrical connection structure is disclosed, which includes a tube member and a connection member, wherein the tube member has two opposite ends respectively formed with a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion which is engageable with the first engaging portion, and the tube member includes an electrical module including a positive and negative conducting pieces, and the positive and negative conducting pieces are respectively electrically connected to the light-emitting devices positioned in the tube member, and the positive and negative conducting pieces respectively have two opposite ends respectively formed with a first and second positive contacts, and a first negative and second negative contacts; wherein the connection member has at least two engaging portions engageable with the engaging portion of the tube member so that the tube members can be electrically connected, and the light-emitting devices positioned within such tube members can be illuminated. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181918 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel includes a front plate, a rear plate facing the front plate, and a phosphor layer formed on the rear plate. The phosphor layer includes a green phosphor layer containing Zn | 2012-07-19 |
20120181919 | Luminescent Ceramic Composite Converter and Method of Making the Same - A luminescent converter for a light emitting element (e.g., LED) includes a transparent, sol-gel-derived ceramic matrix having particles of at least one type of phosphor embedded therein that change a wavelength of the input light to light that has a different wavelength. The ceramic matrix is 20-80% porous with a majority of the pores having a diameter in a range of 2-20 nm. A method of making this converter includes preparing a sol-gel ceramic matrix embedded with the particles of phosphor in the matrix, and drying the matrix at no more than 600° C. to form the converter. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181920 | Organic Light-Emitting Diode - In at least one embodiment of the organic light-emitting diode ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181921 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element including a plurality of light-emitting layers which each emit light having a different peak wavelength, and having excellent light-emitting performances such as light-emitting intensity with a simple structure. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181922 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescence device sequentially includes an anode, a first organic layer, a second organic layer, and a cathode, the first organic layer including a monoanthracene derivative shown by a formula (1) and a fused aromatic amine derivative shown by a formula (2), and the second organic layer including a heterocyclic derivative shown by a formula (3). | 2012-07-19 |
20120181923 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescence display apparatus includes an organic light emitting layer disposed on a substrate, a thin film sealing layer on the organic light emitting layer, the thin film sealing layer being configured to seal the organic light emitting layer, a polarizer disposed on the thin film sealing layer, a touch screen panel disposed on the polarizer, and a window layer disposed on the touch screen panel. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181924 | UV ENHANCER FOR DISCHARGE LAMP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Starting performance is improved by efficient UV-light irradiation, suppressing creeping discharge or atmospheric discharge at the outside of a glow discharge tube, and preventing cracks in a pinch seal portion even when an external force is exerted in the direction of bending a lead. In a discharge tube for emitting a UV-light, a light emitting chamber is formed on one side of a pinch seal portion for sealing an electrode assembly, and a lead protrusion port is formed on the opposite side thereof while pinching the seal portion, the lead protrusion port is formed as a sleeve having a predetermined gap relative to the lead, an external electrode disposed to the outside of the light emitting chamber includes a hold formed by bending fabrication of a metal plate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181925 | SHORT ARC TYPE DISCHARGE LAMP - A short arc type discharge lamp includes a cathode and an anode arranged inside an arc tube to face each other. The cathode comprises a main body portion made of tungsten and an emitter portion made of thoriated tungsten that is joined at the tip of the main body portion, where a metal oxide other than thorium (Th) is contained in the main body portion of the cathode, and a tungsten carbide layer is formed on the metal oxide. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181926 | VEHICLE DISCHARGE BULB - A mercury-free vehicle discharge bulb is provided. The discharge bulb includes an arc tube a glass shroud extending in a front-rear direction to cylindrically surround the arc tube, a metal band surrounding and holding a rear end portion of the glass shroud, and an insulating plug supporting the glass shroud in a fixed manner via the metal band. A ratio S | 2012-07-19 |
20120181927 | HIGH FREQUENCY HELICAL AMPLIFIER AND OSCILLATOR - Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181928 | SOLID STATE KLYSTRON - A solid state Klystron structure is fabricated by forming a source contact and a drain contact to both ends of a conducting wire and by forming a bias gate and a signal gate on the conducting wire. The conducting wire may be at least one carbon nanotube or at least one semiconductor wire with long ballistic mean free paths. By applying a signal at a frequency that corresponds to an integer multiple of the transit time of the ballistic carriers between adjacent fingers of the signal gate, the carriers are bunched within the conducting wire, thus amplifying the current through the solid state Klystron at a frequency of the signal to the signal gate, thus achieving a power gain. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181929 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flat panel display device includes a substrate having a display unit, a metal sealing substrate including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and an insulating layer therebetween, a sealing member between the substrate and the metal sealing substrate, and a power supply device including a magnet, the power supply being positioned on the metal sealing substrate and further including a first power supply unit configured to supply a first power to the first metal layer of the metal sealing substrate, a second power supply unit configured to supply a second power to the second metal layer of the metal sealing substrate, and an insulating unit between the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit, the insulating unit being configured to insulate the first and second power supply units from each other. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181930 | HIGH FREQUENCY HELICAL AMPLIFIER AND OSCILLATOR - Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181931 | LED SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTION CIRCUIT, LED DRIVE DEVICE, LED LIGHTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - An LED short-circuit detection circuit produces an LED short-circuit detection signal by monitoring an LEDC terminal voltage (a first voltage obtained at a chip-to-chip node in a row of LED chips, or a divided voltage thereof) and an LEDR terminal voltage (a second voltage obtained by dividing the end-to-end voltage of the row of LED chips). | 2012-07-19 |
20120181932 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A light emitting apparatus comprises a light source array, a diffuser, and a control module. The diffuser is located below the light source for providing the simulated solar light to a test plane. The control module is configured for controlling driving voltages of the light source array. The emission spectrum of the light emitting apparatus complies with a predetermined standard, and the light source array is divided into a plurality of light groups with different wavelength bands according to the predetermined standard. The light groups in the light source array are composed of a plurality of light rows connected in parallel, and each light row of the light group is composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a resistor connected in series. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181933 | OLED LIGHTING DEVICE WITH SHORT TOLERANT STRUCTURE - A first device that may include a short tolerant structure, and methods for fabricating embodiments of the first device, are provided. A first device may include a substrate and a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate. Each OLED circuit element may include a fuse that is adapted to open an electrical connection in response to an electrical short in the pixel. Each OLED circuit element may comprise a pixel that may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first and the second electrodes. Each of the OLED circuit elements may not be electrically connected in series with any other of the OLED circuit elements. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181934 | LIGHT GUIDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a light guidance system for adapted illumination in emergency or power cut situations is provided, wherein the light guidance system is connected to an auxiliary power supply system ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181935 | WIRELESS CONTROLLER FOR LIGHTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system and method for controlling at least one lighting system by means of a portable wireless remote control device. The system comprises a portable wireless remote control device, a lighting system controller, and at least one lighting system coupled to the lighting system controller. Each lighting system comprises one or more lighting modules (e.g., light emitting diodes (LEDs), incandescent bulbs, etc.). The portable wireless remote control device comprises a wireless transceiver, processor, memory, light control logic, user interface (UI), and an antenna. The lighting system controller comprises a wireless transceiver, processor, memory, light control logic, and an antenna. Each lighting system coupled (e.g., wired) to the lighting system controller may be wirelessly controlled via the remote control device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METERED DOSAGE ILLUMINATION IN A BIOANALYSIS OR OTHER SYSTEM - A system and method for metered dosage illumination in a bioanalysis or other system. In accordance with an embodiment, an illumination system or subsystem is described that can provide optimized amounts of excitation light within the short exposure times necessary to measure fast biological activity. The amount of light can be precisely measured to provide quantitative results. The light flux can also be precisely controlled to generate only a prescribed minimum amount of light, in order to reduce adverse lighting effects on both fluors and samples. Although the examples herein illustrate the providing of metered dosage illumination in the context of a bioanalysis system, the techniques can be similarly used to provide metered dosage illumination in the context of other types of system. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METERED DOSAGE ILLUMINATION IN A BIOANALYSIS OR OTHER SYSTEM - A system and method for metered dosage illumination in a bioanalysis or other system includes an illumination system or subsystem that can provide optimized amounts of excitation light within the short exposure times necessary to measure fast biological activity. The amount of light can be precisely measured to provide quantitative results. The light flux can be precisely controlled to generate a prescribed minimum amount of light, in order to reduce adverse lighting effects on both fluors and samples. The system and method is particularly useful in any quality-control, analysis, or assessment-based environment. Typical research and development applications can include quality control, instrument calibration, and light output standardization; while clinical and diagnostics applications can include clinical monitoring, bioassay calibration and control for diagnostics, treatment and or therapeutic evaluation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181938 | Solar Powered Lamp with Brightness Control - The present invention describes a solar powered garden lamp ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181939 | Electronic Circuits For Driving Series Connected Light Emitting Diode Strings - Electronic circuits provide an error signal to control a regulated output voltage signal generated by a controllable DC-DC converter for driving one or more series connected strings of light emitting diodes. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181940 | DIMMING OF LED DRIVER - A dimmable LED driver circuit comprises a resonant DC-DC converter coupled to an output circuit. The converter comprises a half bridge or full bridge switching circuit coupled to a resonant circuit. An output of the resonant circuit is rectified and fed to the output circuit. The output circuit may comprise at least one LED series or shunt switch for switching an LED unit on and off. A control circuit controls the switches of the switching circuit at a variable switching frequency. The control circuit is also configured for controlling the switching circuit for amplitude modulating the converter and for pulse-width modulating the converter at a first pulse-width modulation frequency lower than the switching frequency. The control circuit is may further be configured for controlling the switching of the LED switch at a second pulse-width modulation frequency lower than the switching frequency. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181941 | LED DRIVING APPARATUS AND LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - An LED driving apparatus converts AC input power into predetermined DC output power and supplies the DC output power to an LED load. The LED driving apparatus includes a switching element Q | 2012-07-19 |
20120181942 | COMPENSATION CIRCUIT FOR CURRENT PEAKING REDUCTION IN NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES - A system and apparatus to reduce current peaking in notification appliances are described. The apparatus may include a current peaking compensation circuit comprising two or more transistors and one or more capacitors configured to reduce a start-up frequency of a pulse-width modulated signal during a first time period and to add a time constant decaying voltage across a resistor divider network to increase a reference voltage during the first time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181943 | MULTIPLE CAPACITIVE (BUTTON) SENSOR WITH REDUCED PINOUT - A capacitive touch sensor and LED driver device achieves a reduction in pin count by multiplexing LED drive functionality and capacitive sense functionality on each input/output pin. A control circuit switches between LED drive mode and capacitive sense mode at a frequency of approximately 200 Hz, although other switching frequencies can be used. A bias driver functions as a current sink for LEDs in LED drive mode and can also be used to drive a bias voltage to the LEDs during capacitive sense mode to improve noise immunity. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING DEEP DIMMING OF SOLID STATE LIGHTING SYSTEMS - Disclosed are devices and related methods for optimally extending the range of light output of solid-state light sources, particularly at minimum light levels, through a power converter that includes a phase detector, a processing unit and a switch. The phase detector is configured to receive a voltage signal and to detect rising edges of waveforms of the voltage signal. The processing unit is configured to initiate a predetermined shutdown period in response to each detected rising edge. The switch is configured to provide a control signal that deactivates the power converter during the shutdown period, preventing the power converter from providing power to the solid state light unit during the shutdown period. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181945 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE DISCHARGE LAMP - In various embodiments, ballast for a discharge lamp includes input and output connections; inverter with bridge circuit with electronic switches and control device for controlling electronic switches, wherein switches are connected in series between input connections, wherein one electronic switch is coupled to first input connection and second electronic switch to second input connection, wherein a bridge midpoint is between electronic switches; including a current measuring device for measuring second electronic switch current; lamp choke series-connected between bridge midpoint and first output connection; capacitor parallel-connected with one of electronic switches; and coupling capacitor; wherein control device is coupled to current measuring device and renders an electronic switch conducting, if negative threshold value is exceeded when electronic switch is rendered nonconducting; or if negative threshold value of current through electronic switch is not exceeded after another electronic switch is rendered nonconducting, wherein control device increases first frequency in second case. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181946 | Lighting System With Power Factor Correction Control Data Determined From A Phase Modulated Signal - A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a power factor correction (PFC) controller that determines at least one power factor correction control parameter from phase delays of a phase modulated signal. In at least one embodiment, a peak voltage of the phase modulated signal is a PFC control parameter used by the PFC controller to control power factor correction and generation of a link voltage by a PFC LED driver circuit. The phase delays are related to a peak voltage of the phase modulated signal. Thus, in at least one embodiment, detecting the phase delay in one or more cycles of the phase modulated signal allows the PFC controller to determine the peak voltage of the phase modulated signal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181947 | Light source driving circuit and display device including the same - A light source driving circuit for driving a light source includes a driving voltage generator configured to supply power to a light source, and a light source controller configured to generate a light source control signal for periodically turning on/off the light source, the light source being turned on again before being turned off completely. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181948 | Photographic Wireless Communication Protocol System and Method - A system and method for converting power control value standards during photographic wireless communication from a camera to one or more remote lighting devices. A power control value of a camera may be converted to a different standard for wireless communication and converted to another standard for delivery to a remote lighting device. Different lighting devices may utilize different standards and have conversion to those appropriate standards at the receiver side even where the lighting device standard differs from the camera standard. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181949 | PROGRAMMABLE CURRENT SOURCE FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ARRANGEMENTS - An adjustable power supply ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181950 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR SINGLE-STRING LED LAMP - A driving circuit for a single-string light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a push-pull converter. The push-pull converter converts an input low DC voltage (such as 12-19V) to a high DC voltage (such as above 200V) to supply power to the single-string LED lamp. The driving circuit controls a lamp current flowing through the single-string LED lamp by means of constant current and adjusts brightness of the single-string LED lamp by means of pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. In addition, the single-string LED lamp provides the standardization design for connectors of the driving circuit used to connect to the single-string LED lamp so that the driving circuit has better common-use characteristic. Moreover, the driving circuit does not need a current balance circuit and only needs a cheaper and general-purpose integrated circuit to control the push-pull converter to reduce design cost of the driving circuit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181951 | LUMINAIRE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LUMINAIRE - The present invention refers to a luminaire comprising a plurality of directed light sources arranged in a surface of a three-dimensional body and a controller for controlling the operational state of the luminaire. The controller comprises a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface. Each point on the touch-sensitive surface is allocated to a position of the body surface such that an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface is changeable by touching a point on the touch-sensitive surface allocated to this position. A corresponding method for controlling a luminaire comprises the steps of detecting a touch at a point on a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface and changing an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface allocated to the touch point on the touch-sensitive surface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181952 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT-EMMITING DIODE ARRAY - The invention relates to a drive circuit for driving an LED array. In order to allow driving the LED array based on an AC current supplied by an electronic ballast circuit for driving a fluorescent lighting device, the invention provides for a power supply sub-circuit converting the supplied AC current to a DC current and at least partially storing energy of the converted DC current for driving the LED array. Further, the power supply sub-circuit is connected/disconnected to/from at least one of first or second terminals in response to the presence/absence of the AC current supplied via a terminal of at least one of the first or second terminals. Accordingly, the power supply sub-circuit is connected to the first and second terminals only when the supplied AC current is simultaneously supplied via a terminal of each of the first and second pair of terminals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181953 | DUAL BIPOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD FOR ROTARY HIGH-VOLTAGE CONTACTOR IN AUTOMOTIVE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SYSTEMS - A device and method for operating automotive battery system relays and related switches. By aligning a magnetic field with a direction of current flow in a contact plate disposed between magnets that are producing the field, a generated Lorentz force can be used to promote arc extinguishing during a relay opening sequence, while simultaneously reducing the tendency of the Lorentz forces to interfere with the operation of a solenoid or other switch-activating mechanisms. By using a rotary-based mechanism to establish contact between a contact plate and current-carrying terminals, the likelihood of inadvertent opening of the relay is reduced. Such devices and methods may be used in conjunction with hybrid-powered and electric-powered vehicles. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181954 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Energy storage device for storing electric energy for the partial or complete electrical drive of a vehicle, wherein the device has energy storages and power storages, a drive unit of a vehicle with an energy storage device as well as method for operating an energy storage device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181955 | TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER - Apparatus for transferring power between an electricity network (U | 2012-07-19 |
20120181956 | Device for Storing Electrical Energy - The invention relates to a device for storing electrical energy, comprising a plurality of storage cells ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181957 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD - In order to store excess kinetic energy, an energy storage device and an operating method are described, in which the kinetic energy can be partially converted into electrical energy by a first electric machine using at least two electric machines arranged on a shaft and can be partially converted into additional kinetic energy, such as rotational energy, by a second electric machine. The method for energy storage of excess kinetic energy provides for converting kinetic energy partially into electric energy and partially into additional kinetic energy, such as rotational energy. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181958 | COMMUTATED ELECTRIC DRIVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUTATED ELECTRIC MOTOR - A commutated electric drive has an electric motor having a sensor assembly which has a permanent magnet on a shaft of the electric motor and an analog Hall sensor situated stationary relative to the stator of the electric motor opposite to the permanent magnet. A controller for controlling the windings of the electric motor has a memory for storing a calibration Hall signal of the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, measured using the Hall sensor, over one revolution of the shaft. The controller has a device for comparing the calibration Hall signal with an instantaneous Hall signal of the instantaneous magnetic field of the permanent magnet, measured using the Hall sensor. Temperature effects and aging effects may be recognized and taken into account when determining the rotor position. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181959 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF SENSORLESS BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A driving apparatus of a sensorless brushless motor includes an inverter circuit supplying a power supply voltage to three phase terminals of three phase armature windings of the sensorless brushless motor provided with a stator and with a rotor including a pair of magnetic poles, a PWM generator circuit generating a pulse-width modulation signal, a position detection circuit operating at a particular phase of the pulse-width modulation signal, detecting an induced voltage induced at the terminal that is in a non-energization time zone and detecting a rotational position of the rotor, an inverter control circuit determining an energization time zone and transmitting an energization control signal to the inverter circuit, and a PWM delay circuit generating a pulse-width modulation signal for position detection by delaying the pulse-width modulation signal, wherein the position detection circuit operates at a particular phase of the pulse-width modulation signal for position detection. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181960 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A zero-cross detection unit monitors an AC voltage detected by a voltage sensor, generates a zero-cross point signal when the voltage crosses 0V, and supplies the signal to a controller. A rotation number setting unit sets a rotation number command to serve as a target of a synchronous motor. A rotation number correction coefficient data table stores correction coefficient data for a target rotation number. A correction coefficient data extraction unit extracts correction coefficient data in accordance with an elapsed time of the zero-cross point signal generated by the zero-cross detection unit from a rotation number correction coefficient data table, and outputs the data to a corrected rotation number creation unit. The corrected rotation number creation unit corrects the rotation number set by the rotation number setting unit in accordance with the extracted correction coefficient data, and outputs the corrected rotation number to a sine wave data creation unit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181961 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A controller that controls ON/OFF of switching elements and opening/closing of an opening/closing unit based on currents detected by current detectors. The controller includes a fault detector that detects whether any of the switching elements has a short-circuit fault and outputs a signal indicating a detection result, an ON/OFF controller that sets one of the switching elements that constitutes a phase other than a first phase that involves the short-circuit fault to an ON operation state and outputs a signal for opening the opening/closing unit, and an opening/closing controller that opens an opening/closing unit connected to a third phase other than the first phase and the second phase in which one of the switching elements is set to the ON operation state by the ON/OFF controller. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181962 | Method and Device for Monitoring and Correcting a Sensorless Rotor Position Detection in Permanently Excited Motors - The invention relates to methods and devices for monitoring and correcting a sensorless rotor position detection in permanently excited motors, comprising a control device and a current converter. The invention is especially characterised in that the ambiguity of the rotor position determined from the inductance ratios of the motor, in permanently excited motors, can be resolved in a simple manner without a sensor, and a defectively determined angle can be corrected as required. To this end, during the operation of the motor, the rotor position is detected by means of an inductance-based detection device. Furthermore, the rotor position is monitored in relation to the ambiguity of the inductance-based signals by means of a monitoring/correcting device, and where necessary, an occurring angle error corrected, the currents in the motor being modified. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181963 | INITIAL POSITION DETECTION FOR A SENSORLESS, BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR - Because there is a desire to migrate to sensorless, brushless direct current (DC) motors in large scale applications (i.e., vehicles), there is a need to provide a control system for such motors in large scale applications. Here, a motor controller is provided that uses small voltage pulses to generate currents (which are sufficiently small so as to not commute the motor) through pairs of phases. Based on the rise times of these currents, the motor controller can determine the initial position by using a lookup table (LUT) without commuting the motor. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181964 | Method of Controlling a Motor - Embodiments of the invention provide methods of controlling a motor, such as a servo motor. One method can include monitoring a current temperature of the motor and a power stage of the motor substantially continuously and substantially in real-time. This method can include determining optimum settings for a first time interval to remove power and the second time interval to provide power in order to deliver maximum output while remaining below the maximum rated temperature of the motor. One method can include pulsing power to the motor for a second time interval after a first time interval has elapsed and tailoring pulse shapes of the power provided to the motor for the second time interval. One method can include calculating a maximum phase current based on the rotor shaft torque for each real-time speed of the motor that correlates to the maximum allowable current draw from the power supply. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181965 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING AN INTEGRATED VIBRATION SENSOR - An electric machine including a housing, a stator mounted within the housing, a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing relative to the stator, and a vibration sensor arranged within the housing. The vibration sensor includes a sensing member configured and disposed to detect vibrations of the electric machine. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181966 | MOTOR SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT - A motor speed control circuit includes: a first determining circuit configured to determine whether a rotation speed of a motor is higher than a set first rotation speed based on a speed signal corresponding to the rotation speed; a second determining circuit configured to determine whether the rotation speed is higher than a set second rotation speed, which is higher than the first rotation speed, based on the speed signal; and a drive signal output circuit configured to output to a drive circuit configured to drive the motor a drive signal for increasing the rotation speed when the rotation speed is lower than the first rotation speed and decreasing the rotation speed when the rotation speed is higher than the second rotation speed, based on determination results of the first and second determining circuits. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181967 | PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING AN INTEGRATED MAGNETIC FLUX SENSOR - A permanent magnet electric machine that includes a housing, a stator mounted within the housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted within the rotor assembly, and a magnetic flux sensor arranged within the housing. The magnetic flux sensor includes a sensing surface configured and disposed to detect magnetic flux leaking from the rotor assembly. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181968 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for controlling operation of an electric motor in a height-adjustable furniture arrangement, wherein operation of the electric motor provides a height-adjusting function in the height-adjustable furniture arrangement. The method comprises the steps of providing, by a power supply unit connected to the electric motor, an incoming power comprising an incoming current and an incoming voltage, transforming the incoming current and the incoming voltage to a motor supply current and a motor supply voltage supplied to the electric motor, measuring load on the electric motor, and when the measured load requires a current higher than the incoming current for providing the height-adjusting function, setting the levels of the motor supply current and/or the motor supply voltage such that the motor supply current is higher than the incoming current and the motor supply voltage is lower than the incoming voltage. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181969 | Numerical Control - A numerical control for operating a machine tool having a plurality of axes, includes a drive controller for each axis to be actuated, the drive controllers being able to be parameterized via machine parameters and thus adaptable to the most varied applications. Variable control values and machine parameters are selectable via tapping points in the drive controllers in order to be used as arguments or parameters of a user-defined function for calculating an output value, which is used for function-dependent influencing of one of the drive controllers. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181970 | VARIABLE-FLUX MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A variable-flux motor drive system including a permanent-magnet motor including a permanent magnet, an inverter to drive the permanent-magnet motor, and a magnetize device to pass a magnetizing current for controlling flux of the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is a variable magnet whose flux density is variable depending on a magnetizing current from the inverter. The magnetize device passes a magnetizing current that is over a magnetization saturation zone of magnetic material of the variable magnet. This system improves a flux repeatability of the variable magnet and a torque accuracy. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181971 | BATTERY CHARGER AND POWER SUPPLY - A portable device for supplying with power of at least one portable electrical load or gadget ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181972 | AUTOMATIC POLLUTION-FREE ENERGY GENERATION DEVICE FOR TRANSPORT - An automatic pollution-free energy generation device is provided for a transport and is mounted to a wind-receiving portion of the transport. The energy generation device includes an air accumulation device, an electricity accumulator, an electrical discharge device, a sensor, and an air outlet. The air accumulation device forms a temporal air storage chamber, which receives air to flow therethrough. The electricity accumulator is arranged inside the air accumulation device is operable to perform electrical discharge to the air inside the chamber or is controlled by a control device to discharge electricity, whereby fluid molecules of air carry electricity that is converted into electrical power to be collected by the electricity accumulator and converted by a current conversion controller into direct current to be stored in a battery or to be directly used by the transport. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181973 | SOLAR ARRAY RESEMBLING NATURAL FOLIAGE INCLUDING MEANS FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC POWER - The present invention teaches a solar array, and also a network of solar arrays for providing energy for industrial, residential and transportation use. A solar array of the present invention can be made to resemble a palm tree, a deciduous tree, an evergreen tree, or other type of natural foliage, and meet the aesthetic demands of landscape architecture. A network of solar arrays can extend for many miles along transportation right of ways including, but not limited to, roads, highways, railways, pipelines, or canals, and can further include means for storing and transmitting energy. A solar array can include or be coupled with a recharging station for use by electric and hybrid transportation vehicles. Moreover, an individual solar array or network of solar arrays can include means for wireless communication and transmission of energy for recharging an energy storage device and provide energy to an electric or hybrid transportation vehicle. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181974 | ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electric power management system includes a power generation apparatus for generating electric power, a power meter for receiving grid-connected information and a power conditioner for outputting the electric power generated by the power generation apparatus to the electric power system based on the grid-connected information. The grid-connected information is information related to stabilization of electric power of an electric power system from a management center for managing the electric power of the electric power system | 2012-07-19 |
20120181975 | ELECTRIC MOTOR ASSEMBLY RECHARGEABLE FROM AN ELECTRICAL MAINS SYSTEM, AND DEDICATED CONNECTION HOUSING - An electric motor assembly includes a multi-phase electric motor, a battery of accumulators, an inverter configured to convert the direct current of the battery into multi-phase alternating current adapted to supply the motor, and a connection housing. The connection housing includes plugs allowing connection of motor phases, the battery terminals, and at least five connections to the inverter. The housing further includes a group of contacts allowing it to be connected to a single phase mains system, and a group of contacts allowing it to be connected a multi-phase mains system. The housing includes switches according to the position of which the system including the housing, the battery, the inverter, and the motor connected solely by its phases, alternatively allows the motor to be supplied from the battery, the battery to be recharged directly from a single-phase mains system, and the battery to be recharged from multi-phase mains system. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181976 | ELECTRONICS UNIT WITH CURRENT SENSING - A electronics unit operable to facilitate vehicle battery charging or other energy manipulation activities. The electronics unit may include a current sensor operable to determine an output current. The output current determination may be used as feedback or inputs to other electronics unit electronics, such as to facilitate battery charging related operations or other operations attendant to use of the electronics unit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181977 | CHARGING APPARATUS AND OPERATING TOOL - A charging apparatus for charging electric power supplied from a power source to a charging target includes an operating tool configured to operate charging to the charging target. The operating tool includes: a region indicating a step of connecting a connector, which is to be connected to the charging target, to the charging target; a region indicating a step of operating a start switch to start charging to the charging target; a region indicating a charged state of the charging target; and a region indicating a step of removing the connector from the charging target. These regions are arranged along a first direction. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181978 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, CHARGER, AND CHARGING SYSTEM - A mobile terminal device ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181979 | Telescoping Rechargeable Powered Pole System with Stand - A Telescoping Powered Rechargeable Pole with Stand System | 2012-07-19 |