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| 20100205995 | ICE MAKING DEVICE - An ice making device may include an ice tray, a drive mechanism for moving the ice tray to a water-supply position and to an ice making position, two guide plates each of which is formed with a guide groove for guiding the ice tray to the water-supply position and to the ice making position, two engaging projections provided on the ice tray and each of which is engaged with the guide groove, and two cranks each of which is formed with a drive groove with which the engaging projection is engaged and is connected with the drive mechanism to be turned for moving the ice tray. The water-supply position is located at a position separated from the ice making position in a lateral direction, and the two engaging projections are provided on the ice tray so that their axial direction are substantially coincided with each other, and a gravity center position of the ice tray is located on a lower side of the two engaging projections. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100205996 | ICE MAKING DEVICE - An ice making device may include an ice tray, a drive mechanism for moving the ice tray to a water-supply position and to an ice making position, a guide plate formed with a guide groove for guiding the ice tray to the water-supply position and to the ice making position, an engaging projection provided on the ice tray and engaged with the guide groove, a crank which is formed with a drive groove with which the engaging projection is engaged and which is connected with the drive mechanism for moving the ice tray, a heater which is mounted on the ice tray, and a connecting wire which is connected to the heater. The engaging projection is an engaging tube and is structured of two engaging tube pieces which are divided by a plane in an axial direction, and the connecting wire is drawn out by passing through an inner side of the engaging tube. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100212340 | GEAR MECHANISM, ICE MAKING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD FOR GEAR MECHANISM - A gear mechanism may include a first gear for operating a first drive object a second gear for operating a second drive object in cooperation with the first drive object and a third gear connected with a drive source. The second gear may include a small gear part engaged with the first gear, and a large gear part engaged with the third gear. An end face of the second gear on the large gear part side may be formed with a flange part and the flange part is formed with a cutout part for allowing the large gear part to engage with the third gear. The gear mechanism may be preferably applied to an ice making device. An assembling method for the gear mechanism may utilize a previously formed mark part on the first gear for determining a position in a circumferential direction of the first gear with respect to the case body and a previously formed positioning recessed part in the small gear part of the second gear so that a positioning pin is capable of being engaged with the positioning recessed part. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110192175 | ICE MAKING METHOD AND ICE MAKING DEVICE - An ice making method and device may include an ice making member inserting step in which an ice making member is inserted into water that is stored in an ice tray, an ice pieces making step in which the ice making member is cooled so that the water is frozen to form an ice pieces, an ice making member heating step in which the ice making member is heated so that a portion of the ice pieces sticking to the ice making member is melted, an ice making member drawing-out step in which the ice making member is drawn out from the ice pieces, and an ice pieces separating step in which the ice tray is deformed to separate the ice pieces from the ice tray. The ice pieces separating step and the ice pieces storing step are performed at positions under the ice making member. | 08-11-2011 |
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| 20110044017 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component has a printed substrate having a die bonding portion, a semiconductor element rigidly bonded to the die bonding portion of the printed substrate by a die bonding resin, and a wire bonding terminal formed by a conductor pattern on the printed substrate that is connected to the semiconductor element by a bonding wire. A groove portion located at a level lower than the conductor pattern of the printed substrate is formed in a region located on at least a die bonding portion side in a region surrounding the wire bonding terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110217837 | CONNECTING PAD PRODUCING METHOD - A connecting pad producing method has a first process of projecting an insulating member in a surface of a base material such that a region where a connecting pad is formed is surrounded, a second process of forming a conductive layer in the surface of the base material such that the insulating member is coated with the conductive layer, and a third process of removing the conductive layer with which the insulating member is coated, exposing the insulating member over a whole periphery from the conductive layer, and forming the connecting pad including the conductive layer in a region surrounded by the insulating member. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110222717 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MICROPHONE - The semiconductor device has a simplified structure which includes a package structure in which a member for mounting a semiconductor element is separate from a member including a signal input/output unit. A microphone package is configured with a cover and a substrate. A microphone chip and a circuit element are adhered and fixed to a top surface of a recess formed in the cover. A plurality of bonding pads are arranged on the lower surface of the cover on the outer side of the recess. A bonding wire is connected to the circuit element and the bonding pad. The substrate includes a signal input/output terminal serving as the signal input/output unit, and a connection electrode, conducted with the signal input/output terminal, is arranged facing the bonding pad on the upper surface of the substrate. The substrate, cover, connection electrode, and bonding pad are joined with a conductive member. | 09-15-2011 |
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| 20090134822 | CONTROLLER OF MULTI-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR - A controller of a multi-phase electric motor has a drive section having an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element for driving the multi-phase electric motor, a single current detection section for detecting a current value of the multi-phase electric motor, a pulse width modulation signal generation section for generating plural pulse width modulation of each phase within one control period based on the current value detected by the current detection section and a carrier signal, and a phase movement section for moving the pulse width modulation signal of a predetermined phase generated by the pulse width modulation signal generation section by gradually changing a movement amount of the phase in one control period, and outputting the resultant pulse width modulation signal to the drive section. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20110068728 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit at least three sets of upper and lower arms, each of the at least three sets of upper and lower arms having switching elements thereon, for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of each of the switching elements by a PWM signal, a single current detection resistor for detecting current flowing to the drive unit, and a control unit for detecting a current value of the current flowing to each of phases of the motor based on the current flowing to the current detection resistor, and outputting the PWM signal to each of the switching elements based on a target current value of each of the phases and the detected current value of each of the phases. The control unit has an upper stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in an upper stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in an ON state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in an OFF state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result, and a lower stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in a lower stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in the OFF state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in the ON state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110080126 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of a switching element by a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal. The motor drive device uses a PWM control method and performs abnormal determination based on an application voltage value and an actual measurement voltage value of the motor. The motor drive device does not make a false determination of determining as abnormal when it is normal, when determining the presence of abnormality based on the application voltage value and the actual measurement voltage value of the motor. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110234138 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit having at least three pairs of upper and lower arms including switching elements at each of the upper arm and the lower arm, for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of each of the switching elements by a PWM signal, a single current detection resistor for detecting a current flowing to the drive unit, and a control unit for detecting a current value of a current flowing to each phase of the motor based on the current flowing to the current detection resistor, and outputting the PWM signal to each of the switching elements based on a target current value of each phase and the detected current value of each phase. | 09-29-2011 |
