48th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120299414 | TJ POWER - TJ POWER is a process that follows the guideline mechanical energy is equal to the primary driving energy plus the secondary energy. The primary driving energy must be able to supply enough torque to drive the mechanical energy at its full output and the secondary driving energy must be able to drive the primary driving energy. This is accomplished by the use of weight, rpm's and the size of connectors to adjust the torque. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299415 | DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED DECOUPLER - An accessory that include a machine, an input shaft, a drive member and a decoupler. The machine has a housing and a rotor that is supported for rotation in the housing. The machine effects work in response to driving rotation of the rotor. The input shaft is at least partly received in the housing. The drive member is coupled to the input shaft for common rotation and is configured to drivingly engage an endless power transmitting element to transmit rotary power between the endless power transmitting element and the input shaft. The decoupler is spaced axially apart from the drive member and couples the input shaft and the rotor in a mode that permits rotary power to be transmitted from the input shaft to the rotor in a predetermined rotational direction except when the input shaft decelerates relative to the rotor beyond a predetermined extent. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299416 | GEAR MOTOR AND GEAR GENERATOR - A high-torque motor device, comprising: a shaft, an electromagnetic unit with a stator and a rotor, and a single-stage planetary gear unit set onto the rotor. The single-stage planetary gear unit is provided with a planetary gear disk firmly sleeved onto the shaft, a plurality of planetary gears pivoted onto the planetary gear disk, an internal ring gear meshed with the planetary gear, and a sun gear fixed onto the rotor and meshed with the planetary gear. The present invention allows a single shaft between the motor and planetary gear unit, thus shortening the axial length of entire device and further guaranteeing the assembly precision of parts. This structure can be applied to motor and generator. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299417 | NOISE-OPTIMIZED STARTER DEVICE - The invention relates to a starter device ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299418 | Bearing assembly and motor including the same - There is provided a bearing assembly and a motor including the same, bearing assembly including: a shaft including a first magnet provided thereon; a sleeve including a second magnet provided therein and disposed to face the first magnet so as to support the shaft; and a damping part disposed at a position at which the first and second magnets have maximum magnetic flux density in order to damp vibrations of the first and second magnets. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299419 | LUBRICATION STRUCTURE OF POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: A lubrication structure of a power transmission apparatus is provided with a lubricating liquid transport pipe for cooling a rotating electrical machine used to allow a lubricated member positioned axially outwardly of the rotating electrical machine to be lubricated in the axial direction. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299420 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC ENGINE - A bearing assembly for an electric machine with a stator ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299421 | ELECTRODYNAMIC ENGINE WITH A THREE-POINT SUSPENDED SHAFT AND USAGE OF A THIRD BEARING AS AN ASSISTING SHAFT MOUNT - The electro dynamic machine ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299422 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - A body is equipped with magnetically connected radial and axial actuator targets. The radial actuator target features a cylindrical lateral surface. The axial actuator target features the first and the second end-facing surfaces. A radial pole is adapted to communicate a magnetic flux with the cylindrical lateral surface. Magnetically connected first and second axial poles are located axially on one side of the radial pole and adapted to communicate magnetic fluxes with the first and the second end-facing surfaces. The first axial pole, the second axial pole and the axial actuator target form a magnetic axial control circuit. The radial pole, the radial actuator target, the axial actuator target, the first axial pole and the second axial pole form the magnetic bias circuit. Superposition of magnetic fluxes in the axial control circuit and in the bias circuit results in an axial force acting on the axial actuator target. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299423 | ASSEMBLY OF DRIVING DEVICE FOR BRUSHLESS MOTOR OF AIR-CONDITIONER - The present invention relates to an improved assembly of driving device for brushless motor of air-conditioner, which is a design providing a unitary and simple assembly of driving device of brushless motor, including a brushless motor body and a support rack. The support rack is made in the form of a U-shape having opposite ends forming end plates that extend high upwards. Besides providing a recess for positioning, assembling, and fixing the motor body, the U-shaped support rack forms a space that exactly accommodates the driving device therein, whereby the structure of the motor is reduced in volume and the purposes of use of simplified structure and practical convenience are realized. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299424 | TRANSMISSION SHAFT HAVING CENTRIFUGAL DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A transmission shaft is disposed between a driving device and at least one driven device. At least one centrifugal device is disposed on the transmission shaft. The centrifugal device generates a centrifugal force and applies an inertia affect formed by the centrifugal force to the transmission shaft, so as to drive the transmission shaft to rotate. Energy generated by the driven device is greater than energy consumed when the driving device drives the driven device, thereby effectively reducing the consumption of earth resources and effectively solving a problem of earth environmental protection. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299425 | CLOSED ENERGY COMBINED CYCLE SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A closed energy combined cycle system and an operation method. This includes a power supply mechanism, for providing a high voltage; a driving device, controlled by the high voltage of the power supply mechanism; and a power generation device, in which the driving device rotates the power generation device to generate power through a transmission shaft, and the power generated by the power generation device supplied to the power supply mechanism and a load, in which the driving device rotates the transmission shaft at a high rotational speed, the transmission shaft rotates the power generation device to generate the power. Power generation efficiency of the power generation device may be enhanced, thereby greatly improving overall efficiency of the system, and resources used by the driving device for rotating the power generation device may be reduced, thereby effectively reducing consumption of earth resources and providing earth environmental protection. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299426 | POWER GENERATING STRUCTURE WITH DUAL ARRAY OF MAGNETIC FIELD - A power generating structure comprises a front magnetic disc, a rear magnetic disc, and a coil disc disposed between the front and the rear magnetic discs. The coil disc is provided with a plurality of coil units radially arranged. Each coil unit includes a plurality of coils each with a specific turn. The front and the rear magnetic discs are respectively provided with a plurality of magnetic elements radially arranged. The coil disc is fixed to a shaft at a center thereof. The shaft extends outwardly from the rear magnetic disc. A plurality of blades can be attached to a periphery of the front or the rear magnetic disc. Therefore, the blades can be driven to rotate the front and the rear magnetic discs to have the coils of coil units continuously induced different voltages by the magnetic elements to supply wind power equipments, electrical cars and so on. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299427 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - A permanent magnet motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent to the rotor core, and rotor windings wound about poles of the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator. The stator includes a magnetically conductive round housing, permanent magnets fixed to an inner surface of the housing, and brushes for making sliding contact with the commutator. The ratio of an outer diameter of the rotor core to an outer diameter of the housing is between 66% to 84%. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299428 | Swashplate-Mounted Permanent Magnet Alternator - A swashplate system includes a rotating outer ring and a non-rotating inner ring, the rotating outer ring being adapted to carry a coil of wire and the non-rotating inner ring being adapted to carry a first and a second magnet. The first and second magnets create a magnetic field and an electrical current is created as the coil of wire passes through the magnetic field as the rotating outer ring rotates. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299429 | ROTOR AND MOTOR - A rotor and a motor are provided in which the q-axis inductance is increased and the leakage of magnetic flux is prevented to ensure high power operation at high level driving speeds. The rotor includes a rotor core, which is formed at the center thereof with a hole coupled to a shaft, and a module configured to be coupled to the rotor core and comprises a pair of first permanent magnets, which are space apart from each other, and a first connection part connecting ends of the first permanent magnets to each other. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299430 | ROTOR FOR MODULATED POLE MACHINE - A rotor for a modulated pole machine, the rotor being configured to generate a rotor magnetic field for interaction with a stator magnetic field of a stator of the modulated pole machine, wherein said rotor includes: a tubular support structure defining a circumferential mounting surface, the tubular support structure including a plurality of elongated recesses in the mounting surface, and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged at the mounting surface of the tubular support structure and magnetised in the circumferential direction of said rotor so as to generate the rotor magnetic field, the permanent magnets being separated from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor by axially extending rotor pole sections for directing the rotor magnetic field generated by said permanent magnets in a radial direction, wherein at least one permanent magnet or one rotor pole section extends at least partly into one of the recesses. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299431 | INTERSPERSED MULTI-LAYER CONCENTRIC WOUND STATOR - A stator includes a stator support having multiple axially extending circumferentially arranged slots. Multiple phases each include multiple coils. Each of the coils has first and second opposing sides of conductor provided in the slots. A conductor in a second side of a first phase first coil is interspersed with a conductor in a second phase first coil. The conductors in a first side of the first phase first coil are arranged adjacent to one another and non-interspersed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299432 | MOTOR CORE, STATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR - An annular motor core has a plurality of split core pieces, each of which includes a yoke portion and a tooth. The split core pieces are circumferentially located and arranged in an annular shape such that the yoke portions of the core pieces form an annular shape as a whole and that the distal ends of the teeth of the core pieces face inward or outward each in a radial direction of the core. The core further includes an annular holder, which has joint portions at a plurality of positions in a circumferential direction of the holder. A first end of each of the core pieces is pivotably joined to the corresponding one of the joint portions. Each core piece can be pivoted about the corresponding joint portion relative to the holder such that a second end of the core piece moves in a radial direction of the holder. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299433 | STATOR OF A PERMANENTLY EXCITED ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - The invention relates to a stator of a permanently excited rotating electric machine having first and second coil groups arranged directly sequentially in the circumferential direction, wherein a first central tooth having a first central tooth width MB is disposed at the center of the first coil group, wherein a first boundary tooth having a first boundary tooth width RB is disposed between the first and the second coil groups, wherein the first boundary tooth width RB is substantially RB=a*ZB and the first central tooth width MB is substantially MB=(2a)*ZB, wherein the factor a is greater than 0 and less than 1. The detent moments and/or oscillating moments occurring in a permanently excited rotating electric machine can thereby be reduced. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299434 | STATOR OF A PERMANENTLY EXCITED ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator of a permanently excited rotating electric machine has a plurality of segments abutting each other at radially and axially extending segment boundaries. Each segment has a plurality of radially projecting teeth of uniform width and grooves extending in the axial direction and alternatingly arranged in a peripheral direction of the stator. Abutting segments touch each other at the segment boundaries such that an outer tooth of one segment touches an outer tooth of an abutting segment, wherein a sum of the widths of the two teeth touching each other at the corresponding segment boundary is greater than the uniform width of at least a majority of the plurality of teeth of a segment that are not arranged directly at a segment boundary of that segment. Detent moments and/or oscillating moments occurring in a permanently excited rotating electric machine can thereby reduced. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299435 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A RETAINING SYSTEM ABOVE A ROTOR CORE OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A method for applying a retaining system above a rotor core of an electric machine includes providing a rotor including a rotor core, a rotor shaft and a coupling, cutting an inner ring from the rotor, connecting a retaining ring above the rotor core with a portion thereof extending above the rotor shaft, connecting the inner ring within a free end of the retaining ring, leaving a portion of the inner ring projecting from the retaining ring, providing an outer ring, connecting the outer ring above the projecting portion of the inner ring. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299436 | STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND STATOR RETAINING RING - A stator for a rotating electrical device includes a stator retaining ring for the stator in a cylinder form that retains a plurality of cores. The stator retaining ring includes the cylinder portion where the cores are attached, and a plurality of fixing flanges where the stator retaining ring retains the housing with screws. A pair of through-holes representing a group of through-holes arranged near to one another extends through each of the fixing flanges. A separation distance β in the circumferential direction defined between the pair of the through-holes belonging to the same group of the through-holes is smaller relative to a separation distance γ in the circumferential direction defined between adjacent through-holes belonging to different groups of the through-holes. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299437 | DISK DRIVE MOTOR - A ring-shaped back yoke and a ring-shaped magnet are provided on a bottom surface of a ring-shaped opening part formed at a central portion of an alignment ring of a turntable part. The back yoke is provided with a protruding pawl which protrudes in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the back yoke, and the alignment ring is provided with a through hole into which the protruding pawl is inserted when mounting the back yoke to the alignment ring. The protruding pawl of the back yoke and an upper surface of a rotor frame are fixed together using an adhesive. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299438 | THERMIONIC GENERATOR - A thermionic generator for converting thermal energy to electric energy includes: an emitter electrode for emitting thermal electrons from a thermal electron emitting surface when heat is applied to the emitter electrode; a collector electrode facing the emitter electrode spaced apart from the emitter electrode by a predetermined distance, and receiving the thermal electrons from the emitter electrode via a facing surface of the collector electrode; and a substrate having one surface. The emitter electrode and the collector electrode are disposed on the one surface of the substrate, and are electrically insulated from each other. The thermal electron emitting surface and the facing surface are perpendicular to the one surface. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299439 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS - Some examples include at least one capacitive micro-electro-mechanical transducer (cMUT). For instance, the cMUT may include a substrate, a plate, and a resilient structure therebetween. In some examples, an integrated circuit may be formed on or integrated with the plate or other portion of the cMUT. Furthermore, in some examples, two cMUTs may be arranged in a stacked configuration. For instance, one cMUT may be operable for transmission, while a second cMUT may be operable for reception. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299440 | DEVICES COMPRISING NANOTUBES OR NANOWIRES HAVING ALTERABLE CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATED METHODS - Devices usable as sensors, as transducers, or as both sensors and transducers include one or more nanotubes or nanowires. In some embodiments, the devices may each include a plurality of sensor/transducer devices carried by a common substrate. The sensor/transducer devices may be individually operable, and may exhibit a plurality of resonant frequencies to enhance the operable frequency bandwidth of the devices. Sensor/transducer devices include one or more elements configured to alter a resonant frequency of a nanotube. Such elements may be selectively and individually actuable. Methods for sensing mechanical displacements and vibrations include monitoring an electrical characteristic of a nanotube. Methods for generating mechanical displacements and vibrations include using an electrical signal to induce mechanical displacements or vibrations in one or more nanotubes. Methods for adjusting an electrical signal include passing an electrical signal through a nanotube and changing a resonant frequency of the nanotube. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299441 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC CIRCUITS ON A GIVEN SURFACE - A compound ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299442 | DRIVE DEVICE - Disclosed is a drive device | 2012-11-29 |
20120299443 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATING METHOD - When a rotating shaft member rotates, centrifugal force acts upon pressure members 152 | 2012-11-29 |
20120299444 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN-FILM RESONATOR, COMMUNICATION MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A piezoelectric thin-film resonator includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided on the substrate, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode and an upper electrode that is located opposite the lower electrode across at least a part of the piezoelectric film. A mass load film is provided on the upper electrode. The mass load film includes a plurality of concave or convex patterns in at least a region that faces the lower electrode. The plurality of concave or convex patterns are densely arranged in a central portion of the region and are sparsely arranged in a peripheral portion of the region. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299445 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ENERGY STORAGE AND DISCHARGE DEVICE - An electrically transductive device, including a substrate having an electrically conducting surface portion, a first film of semiconducting nanoparticles positioned on the electrically conducting portion and further including a first plurality of close packed first generally spherical particles defining a first plurality of interstices and a second plurality of second, smaller generally spherical particles substantially filling the plurality of interstices, and a first coating of electrically conductive metal deposited over the first film. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299446 | AUTONOMOUS POWER GENERATION UNIT FOR AUXILIARY SYSTEM ON AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM - A power generation device that provides power to an auxiliary system on an airborne platform, includes a piezoelectric energy harvesting device and an energy storage unit, including a battery and a power conditioner. The device extracts energy generated by turbulent airflow around the platform and stores the energy to meet future power requirements. The piezoelectric energy harvesting device is located on a portion of an inner surface of an outward shell of the platform. The stand-alone power generation device is electrically connected to the auxiliary system. The stand-alone power generation device also includes a router that connects the power generation unit to the platform electrical distribution system. Excess power generated by the device may be delivered to the platform electrical distribution system for use by other platform systems. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299447 | PIEZOELECTRIC BASED ENERGY SUPPLY USING INDEPENDENT PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENTS - A piezoelectric based energy supply includes a multiplicity of mechanical actuators able to be displaced through operation by an operator from a first position and a second position. A multiplicity of independent piezoelectric components is disposed below the multiplicity of actuators. Each independent piezoelectric component within the multiplicity of independent piezoelectric components is associated with at least one respective actuator in the multiplicity of actuators and is adapted to be deformed by displacement of the at least one respective actuator within the plurality of actuators from a first position and a second position. An electrical coupler electrically couples each of the multiplicity of independent piezoelectric components. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299448 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Disclosed is an apparatus used in an electronic device for providing haptic feedback. The apparatus includes a main board defining a mounting surface, a vibration unit mounted on the mounting surface of the main board, the vibration unit being capable of vibrating along a direction parallel to the mounting surface and defining at least two fastening portions at two distal ends thereof. At least two screws are provided to fix the vibration unit on the main board through the fastening portions along a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299449 | Automotive Alternator - To provide a high-quality, high-output, and low-cost automotive alternator by suppressing heat generation through the reduction of current loss in a heat dissipating plate of a rectifier without expanding a space for placing the heat dissipating plate and reducing the cooling performance of the heat dissipating plate. An automotive alternator includes a rectifier, wherein the rectifier is configured such that a heat dissipating plate of positive pole to which the rectifier element of positive pole is mounted is disposed opposite to a heat dissipating plate of negative pole to which a plurality of rectifier elements of negative pole are mounted; wherein the heat dissipating plate of positive pole is made up of a first heat dissipating plate and a second heat dissipating plate, which are made of two different materials. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299450 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERING AT LEAST ONE ITEM OF EQUIPMENT ON A ROTARY ROTOR OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND AN AIRCRAFT - An electrical power supply device ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299451 | Stator assembly for motor and motor including the same - There are provided a stator assembly for a motor and a motor including the same. The stator assembly includes a base supporting a core having a coil wound therearound, the coil generating rotational driving force; a printed circuit board disposed between the core and the base and electrically connected to a lead wire of the coil; and a penetration part formed to penetrate through the base to thereby allow the printed circuit board to pass therethrough. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299452 | Environmental Containment - An environmental containment system has a wall frame for mounting to a wall. The wall frame has a left section and a right section. The wall frame has a top section and a bottom section. The wall frame extends horizontally from a vertical plane and has a wall side opening and a working side opening. A suction opening is formed on the wall frame. A filter is mounted to a filter opening formed on the wall frame. A pair of mounting brackets are spaced apart horizontally at a set predetermined distance. The pair of mounting brackets includes a right mounting bracket and a left mounting bracket. The right mounting bracket has at least one right screw opening, and the left mounting bracket has at least one left screw opening. The pair of mounting brackets are mounted to an inside surface of the wall frame. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299453 | STORAGE DEVICE CARRIERS FOR ADAPTING A STORAGE DEVICE OF A FIRST SIZE TO A SLOT FOR A STORAGE DEVICE OF A SECOND SIZE - Apparatus and devices for carrying a storage device and adapting it to a slot for a storage device having a different form factor. The system comprises an opening means for elastically deforming a shape of the system from an original shape so that the carrier may receive the storage device. The system also comprises restraining means for constraining the motion of the storage device within the system when the system returns to the original shape. Furthermore, the system comprises a spacing means for aligning the storage device with the slot while the storage device is restrained within the system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299454 | COLLAPSIBLE DRAWERS AND CHEST - A collapsible chest of drawers is provided. Front and rear frames are formed with vertical corner posts joined by horizontally aligned shelf supports. Flexible material extends between pairs of shelf supports to form shelves to hold the drawers. The front and rear frames are joined at each side by a side frame having legs rotatably joined in an X shape with the opposing ends of each leg rotatably fastened to a different one of the front and rear frames. The upper or lower legs also translate so the front and rear frames can move toward each other to a collapsed configuration. A folding brace holds the frames in the expanded, use position. The drawers may also be collapsible. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299455 | ENCLOSURE WITH REMOVABLE PANEL - An enclosure includes a main body, a front panel, a pivot member pivotably attaching the front panel to the main body, and a positioning member. The pivot member is substantially U-shaped, allowing the front panel a large angle of rotational movement relative to the main body. Positioning members are in place to facilitate the refitting of the front panel. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299456 | LED LAMP WITH SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE - A lamp includes a housing, a cooling module and a light emitting diode. The housing has an assembling opening and an electrical connection member on two ends of the housing, wherein an inner surface of the housing defines a receiving room, and a part of the inner surface of the housing adjacent to the assembling opening is an air-guiding wall. The cooling module is disposed at the assembling opening of the housing to form at least one air channel between the cooling module and the air-guiding wall, wherein the cooling module has an air-guiding passage communicating with the receiving room of the housing. The light emitting diode is coupled with the cooling module. Therefore, there is no air inlet or outlet formed on the housing of the LED lamp, so as to provide a simplified structure and to maintain the exterior integrity of the LED lamp. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299457 | ANTI-FOULING SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MAKING - A spark plug is provided. The spark plug has an insulative sleeve with a central axial bore and an exterior surface of a shaped tip portion. A coating is disposed on the exterior surface of the shaped tip portion and the coating comprises a transition metal compound or a combination of transition metal compounds, and an alkali metal compound. A center electrode extends through the central axial bore of the insulative sleeve. A metal sleeve is provided, wherein the insulating sleeve is positioned within, and secured to, the metal shell. A ground electrode is coupled to the metal shell and positioned in a spaced relationship relative to the center electrode so as to define a spark gap. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299458 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES - A spark plug for internal-combustion engines includes a housing, an insulator, a center electrode, and an earth electrode. A gas guiding sections equipped with slopes that slope inwardly as they approach toward a tip side from a circumference surface of the housing and guide surfaces that are disposed on both sides in a circumferential direction of the slopes are formed in a tip part of the housing. The gas guiding sections are formed in the circumferential direction within a 90-degree range measured relative to the center of the earth joint section, which is a junction of the housing and the earth electrode, in the circumferential direction. When the spark plug is mounted to the engine, it is constituted so that the gas guiding sections are projected into a combustion chamber. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299459 | SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPARK PLUG - An ignition plug having a metallic shell with a through hole extending therethrough in an axial direction, an insulator fitted into the through hole of the metallic shell and having an axial hole extending in the axial direction, and a center electrode fitted into the axial hole of the insulator. The ignition plug further includes a cap member which covers a front end opening of the metallic shell, provided on a front end side thereof where the center electrode is disposed, to thereby form an ignition chamber at the front end portion of the metallic shell, and a ground electrode disposed within the ignition chamber and facing a circumferential surface of the center electrode directly or indirectly. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299460 | SPARK PLUG - In a spark plug in which one end of a ground electrode | 2012-11-29 |
20120299461 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND GREEN PHOSPHOR LAYER - The present disclosure is a plasma display panel including a green phosphor layer. In this plasma display panel, the green phosphor layer includes a phosphor represented by a general formula: aYO | 2012-11-29 |
20120299462 | LOW COST HIGH EFFICIENCY TRANSPARENT ORGANIC ELECTRODES FOR ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosure provides methods and materials for decreasing the cost and increasing the efficiency of electroluminescent devices. The disclosure also provides electroluminescent devices prepared by such methods. In one embodiment, for example, there is provided a method for preparing an electroluminescent device comprising two metal electrodes, an electroluminescent layer, an optical/insulating layer, and a conductive layer, all of which are disposed on a transparent substrate. One of the electrodes is patterned, and the optical/insulating layer comprises vias to allow conduction between the patterned electrode and the conductive layer. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299463 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USING SAME - A light emitting device includes a solid-state light emitting element; a substrate mounted with the solid-state light emitting element; and a wavelength converting member covering an emission surface of the solid-state light emitting element, the wavelength converting member being formed of a transparent resin containing a fluorescent material. The wavelength converting member includes a first fluorescent material layer provided around the solid-state light emitting element, the first fluorescent material layer being substantially equal in height to an upper surface of the solid-state light emitting element, and a second fluorescent material layer provided to cover the solid-state light emitting element and the first fluorescent material layer, and wherein the second fluorescent material layer is higher in fluorescent material concentration than the first fluorescent material layer, the first fluorescent material layer having a lateral surface exposed and not covered with the second fluorescent material layer. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299464 | Luminaire and Traffic Route Illumination Device - In at least one embodiment of the luminaire ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299465 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a light emitting element, having: a lamination structure including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer with a light emitting layer interposed between them; a groove structure in which the second conductive layer and the light emitting layer are divided into large and small two parts; a second conductive electrode pad that is electrically connected to the second conductive layer on the divided larger second conductive layer, a first conductive electrode pad on the divided smaller second conductive layer, and two or more electrical contacts connected to the first conductive layer so as to be independent from each other, by a conductive wiring extending to the first conductive layer, with the first conductive electrode pad as a start point. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299466 | COLOR STABLE MANGANESE-DOPED PHOSPHORS - A lighting apparatus capable of emitting white light includes a semiconductor light source; and a phosphor material radiationally coupled to the light source. The phosphor material includes a color-stable Mn | 2012-11-29 |
20120299467 | PRODUCTION MACHINE HAVING AN OPERATING STATE WARNING LIGHT DEVICE - A production machine ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299468 | HIGH EFFICIENCY YELLOW EMITTERS FOR OLED APPLICATIONS - Novel heteroleptic iridium complexes are described. These iridium compounds contain alkyl substituted phenylpyridine ligands, which provide these compounds with beneficial properties when the iridium complexes are incorporated into OLED devices. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299469 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an electroluminescent element ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299470 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE LIGHT EMITTING PANELS - An illumination device ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299471 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device having a high operation performance and reliability. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299472 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate and a sealing member that are separated from each other; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the pixel electrode and exposing a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer including a light emitting layer on the exposed portion of the pixel electrode; a facing electrode on the pixel defining layer and the intermediate layer; and a reflection member on a surface of the sealing member facing the substrate and patterned to have an opening portion that exposes the pixel electrode, wherein the opening portion is formed such that a boundary portion of the opening portion is closer to a center of the intermediate layer than a boundary portion of the portion of the pixel electrode exposed by the pixel defining layer. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299473 | AMINOANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT FORMED USING SAME - There are provided an aminoanthracene derivative having an end substituent, such as a dibenzofuran ring, that is bonded at a position other than the 2-position in the formula (1) to anthracene through a nitrogen atom, and an organic electroluminescent device containing a cathode and an anode, and therebetween one or plural organic thin film layers containing at least a light emitting layer, at least one layer of the organic thin film layers containing the aminoanthracene derivative. The organic electroluminescent device has a long lifetime and a high luminous efficiency. (In the formula, R | 2012-11-29 |
20120299474 | LIGHT EMITTING TETRAPHENYLENE DERIVATIVES, ITS METHOD FOR PREPARATION AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME DERIVATIVES - Provided are a light emitting material comprising one or more tetraphenylethene (TPE) derivatives of formula (1a) with high thermal stability and high solid quantum yield efficiency, and an electroluminescent or light emitting device such as OLED comprising the same TPE derivatives and a method of preparing the same. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299475 | Liquid Cooled Semi Conductor - An electric light having a semiconductor mounted to a base ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299476 | CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE SOLID STATE LIGHTING - A vehicle signal light assembly includes: at least one color mixing light source; a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light; and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal. In some such embodiments, each color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) of at least two constituent colors. In some such embodiments, the controller is configured to operate each color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly using time domain multiplexing (TDM) to generate the light of the selected visually perceived color. In some such embodiments, the vehicle signal light assembly comprises a taillight assembly. In some of the embodiments, the vehicle light assembly comprises an ambient or auxiliary lighting, or a dashboard lighting assembly. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299477 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND LAMP AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A power supply device includes a series circuit including a first capacitor and a first and second inductors connected to both terminals of the first capacitor; a switching element having one terminal connected to a node between one terminal of the first inductor and the first capacitor; a rectifier having an anode connected to a node between the first capacitor and one terminal of the second inductor; and a second capacitor connected between the other terminal of the switching element and a cathode of the rectifier. Further, a DC power supply source is connected between the other terminal of the first inductor and the other terminal of the switching element such that the other terminal of the first inductor is connected to a positive electrode side of the DC power supply source. A load is connected between the other terminal of the second inductor and the cathode of the rectifier. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299478 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is an automotive headlamp system which can control an illumination pattern of headlamps by rotating a headlamp unit and/or adjusting the light intensity of a light source included in the headlamp unit based on the position of a front vehicle located ahead in a driving direction, and a method of controlling the automotive headlamp system. The automotive headlamp system includes an image capture unit capturing an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle, a position determination unit determining a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image, a headlamp unit comprising an array of a plurality of light sources, and a control unit controlling an illumination pattern of the headlamp unit by rotating the headlamp unit and/or adjusting a light intensity of a light source based on the determined position of the front vehicle. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299479 | LAMP - There is provided a lamp capable of informing a user that the LED lamp is at the end of its productive life and urging the user to replace the lamp reliably with a simple configuration. The lamp includes: a light emitting diode ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299480 | System And Method For Current Modulated Data Transmission - Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are increasingly used in illumination applications. To control multiple Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), or any other controllable light source, this document introduces a single-wire multiple-LED power and control system. Specifically, individually controlled LED units are arranged in a series configuration that is driven by a control unit located at the head of the series. Each of the individually controlled LED units may comprise more than one LED that is also individually controllable. The head-end control unit provides both electrical power and control signals down a single wire to drive all of the LED units in the series in a manner that allows each LED unit to be controlled individually or in assigned groups. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299481 | IN-CIRCUIT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - Control systems and methods that directly measure the actual junction temperature of LEDs utilize internal electrical measurements, thereby dispensing with external sensors and/or wires. In various embodiments, the actual junction LED temperature is obtained based on the measured electrical properties, such as the voltage across and/or current passing through the LEDs, during operation. The measured junction temperature may be used in a closed-loop feedback configuration to control the power applied to the LED in order to avoid overheating. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299482 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a light emitting device including an organic electroluminescent device that includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer arranged above the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged above the light emitting layer, a drive circuit that supplies a drive current between the first electrode and the second electrode to drive the organic electroluminescent device, and a drive stop circuit that stops the driving of the organic electroluminescent device when a value of the drive current falls below a predetermined value. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299483 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING POWER TO SOLID STATE LIGHTING - An apparatus and computer readable storage medium are disclosed for supplying power to a load such as a plurality of light emitting diodes. A representative apparatus comprises a primary module, a first secondary module couplable to a first load, and a second secondary module couplable to a second load. The primary module comprises a transformer having a transformer primary. The first secondary module comprises a first transformer secondary magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, and the second secondary module comprises a second transformer secondary magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, with the second secondary module couplable through the first or second load to the first secondary module. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299484 | CONSTANT CURRENT DRIVING APPARATUS FOR LEDS - An LED constant current driving apparatus includes a power supply module; an LED module comprising one or more LEDs connected in serial, the LED module that is luminous by the power supplied by the power supply module; a current detection module connected to an output terminal of the LED module, to detect a current flowing to the LED module; an error amplification module configured to compare the current signal detected by the current detection module to a first preset signal and to amplify and output an error signal base on the result of the comparison; and a plurality of sequential driving control modules connected to the one or more LEDs provided in the LED module in serial, to compare the error signal amplified and outputted by the error amplification module to a second preset reference and to control luminosity and off driving of each LED of the LED module. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299485 | Distributed Lighting Control - Apparatuses, methods and systems for controlling a luminaire are disclosed. One embodiment includes a lighting control sub-system. The lighting control sub-system includes a luminaire, a controller coupled to the luminaire, and a sensor coupled to the controller. The sensor generates a sensed input. The lighting control sub-system further includes a communication interface, wherein the communication interface couples the controller to an external device. The controller is operative to control a light output of the luminaire based at least in part on the sensed input, and to communicate at least one of state or sensed information to the external device. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299486 | Light level control for building illumination - The present invention deals with light level control for building illumination by controlling electric lights and windows treatment. In an embodiment, the light level is controlled by a control system ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299487 | DAYLIGHT HARVEST LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM - A system wherein a control panel is used to set brightness, select an operation sensor (occupancy or light level), and provide a selection of lights off or reduced light for night conditions. A sensor control mode or a manual control mode may be selected. A sensor module comprises an occupancy sensor and light sensor used to monitor the ambient light at predetermined intervals Absent interrupts from the control panel, the sensor module or the control module, the system is idle. Whenever the system is in an on state, light from light fixtures is adjusted to compliment daylight to produce the user set brightness, thus reducing energy consumption. In an active mode, at least some light remains on, instead of powering off, during periods of system “off”. A delay timer provides time until the light is reduced or turned off entirely. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299488 | LED DECORATIVE LIGHT - LED decorative light comprising DC power supply, main controller, and LED light chains; said main controller consists of key switch, crystal oscillating access circuit, and main control chip, with said key switch and crystal oscillating access circuit connected to said main control chip respectively; said main control chip pulse width modulation end outputs variable duty ratio PWM; said crystal oscillating circuit is used to provide instruction cycle required for main control chip; and said key switch is used to control operating state of main control chip; wherein said main controller also includes a voltage adjustment circuit, used to adjust DC power supply voltage to the value required for LED light chains, with input end of this circuit connected to said DC power supply, its control end connected to pulse width modulation end of said main control chip, and its output end connected to LED light chain input end. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299489 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVING DEVICE FOR REDUCING LIGHT OFF PERIOD - An LED driving apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an LED Portion | 2012-11-29 |
20120299490 | LED CIRCUIT - There is provided an LED circuit. The LED circuit may include 2N+2 light emitting units connected between a 2K−1-th node and a 2K-th node among 4N+4 (N is a natural number) nodes including a first node supplied with input voltage (K is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+2); 2N+2 switches connected between a 2K-th node and a ground (K is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+2); 2N+1 switches connected between a 2L−1-th node and a 2L+1-th node and 2N+1 switches connected between a 2L-th node and a 2L+1-th node (L is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+1); and N switches connected between the first node and a 4M+1-th node (M is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than N). | 2012-11-29 |
20120299491 | Lighting Device with Color Temperature Adjusting Functionality - The present invention relates to a lighting device with color temperature adjusting functionality, comprising: a light-emitting device array module, a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a third driving unit, a fourth driving unit, a main controlling unit, and a power management unit, wherein the first driving unit, the second driving unit, the third driving unit, the fourth driving unit are used for respectively driving a first high color temperature light-emitting device array, a first low color temperature light-emitting device array, a second low color temperature light-emitting device array, and a second high color temperature light-emitting device array of the light-emitting device array module, so as to selectively drive a plurality of first high color temperature light-emitting devices, a plurality of first low color temperature light-emitting devices, a plurality of second low color temperature light-emitting devices, and a plurality of second high color temperature light-emitting devices to emit a color light with a specific color temperature. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299492 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT - The invention is directed to the provision of an LED driving circuit that switches the connection of LED blocks with proper timing in accordance with the supply voltage and the Vf's specific to individual LEDs contained in each LED block. The LED driving circuit includes a rectifier, a first circuit which includes a first current detection unit for detecting current flowing through a first LED array, and a first current control unit for controlling current flowing from the first LED array to a negative power supply output in accordance with the current detected by the first current detection unit, and a second circuit which includes a second current detection unit for detecting current flowing through a second LED array, and a second current control unit for controlling current flowing from a positive power supply output to the second LED array in accordance with the current detected by the second current detection unit, and wherein a current path connecting the first LED array and the second LED array in parallel relative to the rectifier and a current path connecting the first LED array and the second LED array in series relative to the rectifier are formed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299493 | DIMMING ANGLE SENSING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a dimming angle sensing circuit and a driving method thereof. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299494 | LED TUBULAR LAMP AND LIGHTING FIXTURE ARRANGEMENT - A LED tubular lamp comprising a translucent tube ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299495 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS INCLUDING CHARGING/DISCHARGING CAPACITOR - A charging diode | 2012-11-29 |
20120299496 | CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY CONVERTER FOR AN LED MODULE - The present invention relates to a power supply apparatus for an LED light source, in which the power supply apparatus for supplying driving power to a high efficiency LED light source has a power factor compensating function that improves power efficiency. To accomplish this, the power supply apparatus for an LED light source according to the present invention comprises a power factor compensation control circuit which includes a step-up transformer, and which compensates for a power factor of commercial alternating current power and outputs power; a charging capacitor, in which the power output from the power factor compensation control circuit is stored; a resonant switching circuit which switches power output from the charging capacitor, and supplies the voltage level required by a load side; a rectifying circuit which rectifies the voltage output from the resonant switching circuit into a predetermined direct current voltage; an LED power switching circuit which switches the voltage rectified by the rectifying circuit, and supplies the switched voltage to the load side; a voltage control circuit which senses the voltage output from the rectifying circuit, and controls a switching frequency of the resonant switching circuit to control the size of the voltage output from the rectifying circuit; and an oscillation circuit which supplies oscillation output to the LED power switching circuit to switch the supplied output by a predetermined frequency. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299497 | LED CIRCUIT - There is provided an LED circuit including a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes; and a switching unit switching to apply only positive voltage of an AC power supply to an anode of the light emitting unit. Through this, the LED circuit can reduce complexity of a driving circuit. Further, lifespan and efficiency of the LED circuit may be improved since an electrolytic capacitor and a bridge circuit are not used. Further, any one light emitting diode may be prevented from determining the lifespan of all of the light emitting diodes since all of the light emitting diodes are driven at all times, thereby improving the lifespan of the light emitting diode. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299498 | POWER CONTROL UNIT - The present invention generally provides a power control unit adapted to provide adjustable levels of a controlled output power signal, such as but not limited to a pulse width modulated signal or a serial binary signal. One embodiment of a power control unit according to the present invention comprises a housing holding internal electronic components. This housing further comprises input and output wiring extending out of the housing and internally connected to the electronic components. The electronic components further comprise circuitry capable of providing at least 2 levels of the controlled output power signal. The present invention also includes lighting systems incorporating a power control unit according to the invention. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DIMMING AN LED - Embodiments of the present disclosure include an LED ballast circuit for dimming one or more LEDs using a phase controlled dimmer switch. The LED ballast circuit has a power conditioning unit which includes a substantially fixed duty cycle clock for outputting a clock cycle and a transformer configured to store energy and discharge a substantial portion of the stored energy once per clock cycle in order to power one or more LEDs. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299500 | Dimmable Timer-Based LED Power Supply - Various embodiments of a dimmable power supply are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide a dimmable power supply including an input current path, a switch in the input current path, an energy storage device connected to the input current path, a load output connected to the energy storage device, and a timer-based variable pulse generator connected to a control input of the switch. The timer-based variable pulse generator is adapted to generate a stream of pulses having a variable on-time and off-time. The dimmable power supply is adapted to vary the on-time and off-time to control a current at the load output. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299501 | Switching Power Converter Control With Triac-Based Leading Edge Dimmer Compatibility - In at least one embodiment, a controller allows triac-based dimmer to properly function and dim a load whose voltage is regulated by a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the switching power converter includes a switch to control voltage conversion of an input voltage to the switching power converter, wherein phase delays are introduced in the input voltage by a triac-based dimmer during a dimming period. In at least one embodiment, the controller is configured to control the switch of the switching power converter to establish an input resistance of the switching power converter during a dimming portion of the input voltage, wherein the input resistance allows the triac-based dimmer to phase modulate a supply voltage to the dimmer so that an output voltage of the dimmer has a substantially uninterrupted phase delay during each half-cycle of the supply voltage during the dimming period. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299502 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES - A controller for controlling power to a light source includes a first sensing pin, a second sensing pin, a third sensing pin, and a driving pin. The first sensing pin receives a first signal indicating an instant current flowing through an energy storage element. The second sensing pin receives a second signal indicating an average current flowing through the energy storage element. The third sensing pin receives a third signal indicating whether the instant current decreases to a predetermined current level. The driving pin provides a driving signal to a switch to control an average current flowing through the light source to a target current level. The driving signal is generated based on one or more signals selected from the first signal, the second signal and the third signal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299503 | RESONANT FLY-BACK POWER CONVERTER AND LED LIGHTING UNIT POWERED THEREFROM - A method for controlling powering with a resonant fly-back power converter includes powering an output circuit including a load, with a inductor of a resonant fly-back power converter including a primary winding electrically connected to an input circuit of the fly-back converter and secondary winding electrically connected to the output circuit of the fly-back converter, operating the converter in a discontinuous conduction mode. Charging and discharging of the primary winding is controlled with a first and second switching element and a capacitor connected across the second switching element selected for resonating with the primary winding. Both first and second switching elements are operative to connect primary winding to an input voltage source over a defined on-time. The pulsing of the first and second switching elements is synchronized and the on-time of the second switching element is extended with respect to the on-time of the first switching element. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299504 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS - In a discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprising a short arc type discharge lamp and a power supply unit, a relation of the natural frequency f | 2012-11-29 |
20120299505 | CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVE CIRCUIT, AND CONTROL METHOD OF CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT - A clock generation circuit that can reliably recover from a state in which generation of a clock is stopped even during a power-on process and a normal operation. The clock generation circuit includes a clock extraction circuit that extracts an extracted clock from an embedded signal on which a clock and data are superimposed, and a stop detection circuit that detects a stop of the extracted clock on the basis of the embedded signal and the extracted clock and outputs a reset signal that resets the clock extraction circuit to an initial state. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299506 | VARIABLE OUTPUT MODULE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL SIGNAL OUTPUT - A variable output module provides accurate full range dimming or adjustment of power output. The variable output module utilizes the characteristics of an AC or other periodic signal rather than its power output to accurately determine the level of dimming a user desires. In this manner, the variable output module provides accurate full range dimming without the need for calibration to specific AC signals. The variable output module can detect the period of an AC signal allowing the driver to be used with various frequencies without the need for calibration. In one or more embodiments, the driver compares the pulse widths of a dimmed AC signal to the period of the AC signal to determine the desired level of dimming. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299507 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE - A light source driving device configured to drive a light-emitting unit is provided. The light source driving device includes a direct voltage source, a first capacitance unit, and a switching current adjustment circuit. The direct voltage source is coupled with the light-emitting unit and supplies a direct voltage. The first capacitance unit and the light-emitting unit are connected in parallel. The switching current adjustment circuit and the light-emitting unit are connected in series. The switching current adjustment circuit is configured to bear a part of a voltage stress of the direct voltage source and is configured to switch the direct voltage. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299508 | XENON LAMP DRIVE UNIT, METHOD FOR DRIVING XENON LAMP, AND ARTIFICIAL SOLAR LIGHT IRRADIATION UNIT - A xenon lamp drive unit of the present invention comprises: a charging circuit; and a current control circuit adapted to supply a current to a xenon lamp by using a charged voltage of the charging circuit as a power source, wherein the current control circuit is adapted to supply, in a first period after a lamp ignition, a high output lamp current having a higher current value than a steady output lamp current to the xenon lamp by constant current control and supply, in a second period after the first period, the steady output lamp current to the xenon lamp by constant current control. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299509 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A lighting system as disclosed herein may include a lighting device, a switch to control the lighting device, and a controller to assign an address to the lighting device and the switch. The controller may be connected to the lighting device and the switch over a ZigBee network. The lighting device and the switch may have a first address and a first network identifier. The lighting device or the switch transmits a request for address assignment to the controller based on the first address, the request including the first network identifier, and the controller compares the first network identifier to a second network identifier stored at the controller, and may assign a second address based on the request if the first network identifier is the same as the second network identifier. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299510 | ADAPTABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a control unit ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120299511 | Controlling the Light Output of One or More LEDs In Response to the Output of a Dimmer - An apparatus for controlling the brightness of one or more light emitting diodes includes a sensing circuit to sense a dimming level of a dimmer. A microprocessor receives from the sensing circuit a signal indicative of the dimming level, and a drive circuit drives the one or more light emitting diodes. The microprocessor is arranged to generate a PWM waveform or current level corresponding to the dimming level and to provide the PWM waveform or current level to the drive circuit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299512 | DIMMING SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM USING SAME - A dimming signal generation device outputs a square wave voltage signal having an on-duty corresponding to a dimming level to a dimming signal line from a time point when a predetermined time period has elapsed after power-up. In the dimming signal generation device, a specific voltage is outputted to the dimming signal line for the predetermined time period after the power-up. | 2012-11-29 |
20120299513 | VEHICLE WITH BOTH ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC DRIVES - A rotary electric machine having plural rotary elements in a non-coaxial arrangement is disclosed. The rotary electric machine includes a housing assembly, at least one stator frame mounted in the housing assembly, at least one stator winding wound on the at least one stator frame, and at least two rotors mounted in the housing assembly having axes of rotation that are non-coaxial, wherein each of the at least two rotors is mechanically decoupled from the other rotors such that each of the at least two rotors rotates independent from one another. The rotary electric machine also includes a control unit, with the control unit including at least one electronic control electrically connected to the at least one stator winding. The control unit is configured to control an exchange of power to or from each of the at least one stator windings. | 2012-11-29 |