02nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150008773 | ALTERNATOR INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical machine includes a voltage regulator, a rectifier, a first terminal structure, and a second terminal structure. The voltage regulator includes a first electrical lead. The rectifier includes a second electrical lead. The first terminal structure extends from the first electrical lead and defines a receptacle opening. The first terminal structure includes (i) a first prong configured to at least partially occlude the receptacle opening, and (ii) a second prong configured to at least partially occlude the receptacle opening. The second terminal structure extends from the second electrical lead. The second terminal structure extends through the receptacle opening and defines a first connection surface against which the first prong is positioned, and an opposite second connection surface against which the second prong is positioned. The first terminal structure and the second terminal structure mechanically connect and electrically connect the first electrical lead to the second electrical lead. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008774 | VALVE-TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND POWER-FEEDING MECHANISM USED IN VALVE-TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve-timing control apparatus includes a motor housing formed with an accommodating space; a permanent magnet provided along an inner circumference of the accommodating space of the motor housing; a rotor configured to rotate relative to the permanent magnet; a transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotational force of the rotor to a cam shaft; a switching brush mounted on the motor housing and configured to switch an energization of coil; a power-feeding brush provided to one of the motor housing and a fixed member and configured to feed electric power to the switching brush; a slip ring provided to another of the motor housing and the fixed member and being in contact with the power-feeding brush; a pigtail harness connecting the power-feeding brush with a power-feeding terminal; and contact portions bending the pigtail harness at a plurality of spots of the pigtail harness by contact with the pigtail harness. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008775 | CONCENTRATED POWER-DISTRIBUTION MEMBER FOR CONCENTRATED WINDING MOTOR - A concentrated power-distribution member for a concentrated winding motor including a ring-shaped busbar and a coil connection terminal formed in one-piece with the busbar to hold a coil winding end positioned in an inner side of the busbar. The coil connection terminal has an erected portion extending from the busbar in parallel with the center axis of the busbar and a pair of arms extending from the leading end of the erected portion toward a center axis. A pair of arms is constructed by a pair of wing portions that extend to both sides of the erected portion and are bent toward the center axis along a bending line parallel to the center axis. A coil end holding portion is provided in leading ends of the pair of arms. According to this construction, a dimension of the concentrated power-distribution member is reduced. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008776 | MOTOR WIRING STRUCTURE - A motor wiring structure of the present invention relates to motor wiring for supplying electric power to coils which are respectively wound around split cores provided in a stator. The motor wiring structure includes a power supply-side terminal disposed on a power supply side, multiple coil connection-side terminals configured to be connected respectively to winding wire terminals of the coils, and multiple conductor wires each independently connecting the power supply-side terminal and one of the multiple coil connection-side terminals to each other. Moreover, the motor wiring structure includes a positioning and heat-dissipating protrusion which is provided to the coil connection-side terminal, and which is configured to position the coil connection-side terminal with respect to the stator and dissipate heat during thermal crimping with the coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008777 | SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MACHINE - This invention relates to a synchronous electric machine including a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator includes a multi-pole stator winding set, the rotor includes a multi-pole cylindrical rotor design or salient pole design with at least two-phase rotor winding set on the cylindrical rotor having the same number of poles as the stator, and the stator windings provide excitation to the rotor by means of stator current imbalance or superimposition, by secondary windings to produce harmonic flux or by a three-phase winding with an external source of excitation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a synchronous electric machine. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008778 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A KINETIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A flywheel energy storage system incorporates various embodiments in design and processing to achieve a very high ratio of energy stored per unit cost. The system uses a high-strength steel rotor rotating in a vacuum envelope. The rotor has a geometry that ensures high yield strength throughout its cross-section using various low-cost quenched and tempered alloy steels. Low-cost is also achieved by forging the rotor in a single piece with integral shafts. A high energy density is achieved with adequate safety margins through a pre-conditioning treatment. The bearing and suspension system utilizes an electromagnet that off-loads the rotor allowing for the use of low-cost, conventional rolling contact bearings over an operating lifetime of several years. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008779 | DISC-TYPE ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH AMORPHOUS IRON ALLOY AXIAL MAGNETIC CIRCUIT AS WELL AS ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STATOR ASSEMBLY - A disc-type electric machine with amorphous iron alloy axial magnetic circuit, its stator iron core with an axial center through hole is processed into a cylinder made from amorphous iron alloy lamination, and its outer cylindrical surface is uniformly processed with a plurality of equi-spaced axial armature slots towards the center axial line. In the stator iron core embedded winding assemblies with the same number as the armature slots, each winding assembly comprises a winding wire frame matched with the armature slot, each stator winding arranged respectively in a slot of the winding wire frame and a magnetic conducting body arranged in a through hole of the winding wire frame. The said disc-type electric machine has short axial size, less moving components, small eddy current loss, excellent high-frequency characteristic, low temperature rising, high efficiency, high power density, high material utilization rate and high efficient energy-saving. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008780 | MOTOR ROTOR BEARING WITH TEMPERATURE-ACTIVATED STABILIZERS - A bearing assembly for use in an electric motor has a temperature-activated stabilizer to reduce vibration. The electric motor has a stator assembly and a rotor assembly and the bearing assembly includes a collar that has an outer diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the stator assembly. The bearing assembly further includes a temperature-activated stabilizer assembly that includes an extensible member positioned within the stabilizer recess. Under a first temperature the extensible member has a first volume and under a second temperature the extensible member expands to a second volume that is larger than the first volume. As the extensible member expands, the extensible member comes into contact with the stator assembly. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008781 | STATOR CORE SUPPORT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are related generally to electromagnetic machines and, more particularly, to a suspension system and related methods for the attachment of the stator core of an electromagnetic machine to a surrounding frame or enclosure. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system for supporting a stator core of an electromagnetic machine, the system comprising: a rigid frame structure including: an upper portion; and a lower portion beneath the upper portion; a first plurality of wire rope members, each having a first end and a second end; and a first plurality of attachment devices for affixing at least one of the first end or the second end of each of the first plurality of wire rope members to the upper portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008782 | END WINDING CORONA PROTECTION - An end winding corona protection including a winding of a rotating electric machine, having a conductor and a groundwall insulation surrounding the conductor, an end winding corona protection arranged on the outer surface of the groundwall insulation, the end winding corona protection comprising a first layer characterized in that the surface resistance of the first layer is in the range of 10 Ohm to 80 Ohm, and in that the end winding corona protection further comprises a second layer arranged on the outer surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer is made of semiconductive material, and wherein third layer is arranged on the outer surface of the second layer and made of medium resistive material. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008783 | MOTOR - A motor includes a shaft, a rotor magnet, an armature, an upper bracket, a lower bracket, and a fixing member. An insulator includes magnetic pole tooth insulating portions, each of which covers a separate one of magnetic pole teeth, and a core back insulating portion configured to cover at least portions of upper and lower end surfaces of a core back. A stator core includes a fixing member arranging portion. The core back insulating portion includes a core back insulating projecting portion configured to project in an axial direction away from a surface covering the core back, and including a radially inner surface located radially inward of a radially inner end of the fixing member arranging portion. The core back insulating projecting portion includes a cut portion at a position radially opposed to the fixing member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008784 | MOTOR - A motor includes an armature arranged radially outside a rotor magnet, and a casing configured to fix the armature and hold upper and lower bearings configured to rotatably support a shaft at a radial center thereof. The armature includes a stator core, an insulator arranged to cover the stator core, coils each of which is defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of magnetic pole teeth with the insulator intervening therebetween, and passage lines each of which is arranged circumferentially between adjacent ones of the magnetic pole teeth to electrically connect one of the coils and another one of the coils with each other. The insulator includes magnetic pole tooth insulating portions arranged to cover a separate one of the magnetic pole teeth; and a core back insulating portion integral with each magnetic pole tooth insulating portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008785 | ARMATURE FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - An armature for a rotating electric machine includes an armature core and an armature coil. The armature core includes a substantially annular main body disposed in radial opposition to a field of the machine and teeth extending from the main body radially toward the field. The armature coil is arranged between the teeth of the armature core. For each of the teeth, there are formed a protrusion and a pair of claws at a distal end of the tooth. The protrusion protrudes from a circumferentially central part of the distal end of the tooth radially toward the field. The claws extend, respectively on opposite circumferential sides of the protrusion, from the distal end of the tooth toward the field. Each of the claws has a smaller width at its distal end than at its proximal end and is arcuate-shaped so as to engage with and thereby retain the armature coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008786 | THREE-PHASE PERMANENT MAGNET-TYPE SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A cogging torque can be significantly reduced in a three-phase permanent magnet-type synchronous motor. In a three-phase permanent magnet-type synchronous motor where a fraction of 2N/3P is not an integer assuming the number of magnetic poles of a rotator is P and the number of slots of a stator is N, the stator includes a tooth facing a surface of a magnetic pole of the rotator via a void and a tooth width of the tooth in the circumferential direction is approximately ½ of a slot pitch of the stator. In a three-phase permanent magnet-type synchronous motor of an outer rotor type, the tooth of the stator has a radial cross section with an approximately uniform shape from a tooth tip portion to a tooth root portion or a radial cross section with a larger tooth root portion than a tooth tip portion to allow mounting a winding unit from the tooth tip portion. The winding unit is preliminarily wound by a coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008787 | STATOR CORE COMPRESSION - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electromagnetic devices and, more particularly, to the compression of stator core laminations using wire rope members and to stator cores and electromagnetic devices employing such wire rope members. In one embodiment, the invention includes: affixing a first end of a wire rope member to a first flange plate disposed adjacent a first end of a plurality of stator laminations; affixing a second end of the wire rope member to a second flange plate disposed adjacent a second end of the plurality of stator laminations; tensioning at least one of the first end or the second end of the wire rope member against at least one of the first flange plate and the second flange plate to exert a compressive force against the first flange plate, the second flange plate, and the plurality of stator laminations. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008788 | LOW TEMPERATURE CERAMIC MICROELECTROMECHANICAL STRUCTURES - A method of providing microelectromechanical structures (MEMS) that are compatible with silicon CMOS electronics is provided. The method providing for processes and manufacturing sequences limiting the maximum exposure of an integrated circuit upon which the MEMS is manufactured to below 350° C., and potentially to below 250° C., thereby allowing direct manufacturing of the MEMS devices onto electronics, such as Si CMOS circuits. The method further providing for the provisioning of MEMS devices with multiple non-conductive structural layers such as silicon carbide separated with small lateral gaps. Such silicon carbide structures offering enhanced material properties, increased environmental and chemical resilience whilst also allowing novel designs to be implemented taking advantage of the non-conductive material of the structural layer. The use of silicon carbide being beneficial within the formation of MEMS elements such as motors, gears, rotors, translation drives, etc where increased hardness reduces wear of such elements during operation. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008789 | ELASTIC WAVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An elastic wave device includes elastic wave elements, each including a piezoelectric layer directly or indirectly supported by a supporting substrate and an electrode disposed in contact with the piezoelectric layer, and a highly heat-conductive member stacked on a surface of the supporting substrate, opposite to the surface supporting the piezoelectric layer, in which the thermal conductivity of the supporting substrate is higher than the thermal conductivity of the piezoelectric layer, the coefficient of linear expansion of the supporting substrate is lower than the coefficient of linear expansion of the piezoelectric layer, the highly heat-conductive member has a larger area than the surface of the supporting substrate supporting the piezoelectric layer, and the thermal conductivity of the highly heat-conductive member is higher than that of the piezoelectric layer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008790 | PHASE TRACK CONTROLLER IMPROVEMENT TO REDUCE LOSS OF LOCK OCCURRENCE - A system and method for driving ultrasonic transducers and improvements to a phase track controller for reducing loss of lock occurrence is disclosed and described. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008791 | NANOMETER ELECTRICAL GENERATOR - A piezoelectric generator is developed by providing a closed vessel within which piezoelectric powders of nanometer sizes are placed with an inert impact material and a viscous inert liquid which maintains the mixture in a cloud-like condition. A small empty space is preferably maintained in the vessel to enable free motion of the mixture when the vessel is moved. The impact material collides with the piezoelectric crystals to generate voltage pulses, and an electric current is created through one or more conductive wires in the vessel. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008792 | SELF-POWERED PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING MICROSYSTEM - A self-powered piezoelectric energy harvesting microsystem device has CMOS integrated circuit elements, contacts and interconnections formed at a proof mass portion of a die region of a semiconductor wafer. Piezoelectric energy harvesting unit components connected to the integrated circuit elements are formed at a thinned beam portion of the die region that connects the proof mass portion for vibration relative to a surrounding anchor frame portion. A battery provided on the proof mass portion connects to the integrated circuit elements. In a cantilever architectural example, the battery is advantageously located at a distal end of the proof mass portion, opposite the joinder with frame portion via the beam portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008793 | VIBRATOR - There is provided a vibrator including: a housing including an internal space; an elastic member mounted within the internal space so as to be elastically deformed; and a piezo actuator mounted on one surface of the elastic member, wherein the elastic member includes a reinforcement emboss protruding toward a surface opposite to a surface on which the piezo actuator is mounted in a portion on which the piezo actuator is mounted. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008794 | PIEZOELECTRIC-TYPE ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A lower surface of a circular support plate made of resin is fixed to an upper surface of a ring-shaped frame. A circular through hole is provided in a center portion of the support plate, a lower surface of a circular metal plate is fixed to a portion of an upper surface of the support plate positioned at the circumference of the through hole. An upper-groove is provided in a ring shape positioned inward of an upper surface of the metal plate. A shock absorbing member made of elastic materials is provided in the upper groove of the metal plate. A piezoelectric element is provided on a portion of the upper surface of the metal plate positioned inward from the shock absorbing member, and a portion of an upper surface of the shock absorbing member positioned on an inner periphery portion of the shock absorbing member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008795 | PIEZOELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR - A piezoelectric power generator can be used regardless of the size of the parts, and can position the mass center of a mass at the center by disposing the free ends of cantilevers opposite each other when connecting a plurality of cantilevers in series. The piezoelectric power generator is a morph structure cantilever piezoelectric power generator having at least two cantilevers disposed with their free ends opposite to each other, and a mass that is one body provided for bending of the cantilevers. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008796 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY - Provided is an ultrasonic sensor assembly. The present invention simplifies an assembly structure of the ultrasonic sensor assembly, and thus enables a process of the ultrasonic sensor assembly to be performed as an automation process. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008797 | NANOMETER ELECTRICAL GENERATOR - A piezoelectric generator is developed by providing a closed vessel within which piezoelectric powders of nanometer sizes are placed with an inert impact material and a viscous inert liquid which maintains the mixture in a cloud-like condition. A small empty space is preferably maintained in the vessel to enable free motion of the mixture when the vessel is moved. The impact material collides with the piezoelectric crystals to generate voltage pulses, and an electric current is created through one or more conductive wires in the vessel. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008798 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, ACTUATOR ELEMENT, ACTUATOR, POWER GENERATING ELEMENT, POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND FLEXIBLE SHEET - A piezoelectric element is provided which enables superior piezoelectric effects to be attained while having a comparatively simple structure and being easy to produce. The piezoelectric element according to the present invention includes a plurality of strip-shaped flexible sheets having: a dielectric elastomer layer; and an electrode layer that is stretchable and laminated on the dielectric elastomer layer, the plurality of flexible sheets being superposed crosswise on each other and alternately folded in an accordion shape such that the flexible sheets are alternately stacked. It is preferred that at least one of the plurality of flexible sheets includes a pair of the dielectric layers laminated on front and back face sides of the electrode layer. The pair of flexible sheets are preferably superposed on each other crosswise at substantially right angles. The flexible sheets are preferably stacked to give no less than 10 layers and no greater than 10,000 layers. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008799 | WHEEL-AXLE GENERATOR - A wheel-axle generator equipped with a rotor configured to rotate with rotation of a wheel and a stator arranged around the rotor. The rotor is fixed to a concave portion that opens toward a vehicle outside of a tire wheel of a wheel. An arm member that has one end attached to a wheel-axle housing or a steering knuckle), that extends so as to stride over a wheel, and that, on a side of an outer surface of the wheel, further extends parallel to the outer surface of the wheel up to a central portion of the wheel. The stator is annularly arranged so as to surround the rotor and is provided on the other end side of the arm member. This arrangement provides space for accommodating a generator without shortening a wheel axle etc. and attaching the generator easily. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008800 | INTEGRAL HOUSING LOAD CELL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A strain gage system for an electric motor actuator is provided. The strain gage system may be coupled to or integrally formed in a housing of the electric motor actuator. In various embodiments, the strain gauge system may comprise one or more principle strain gages. In various embodiments, the strain gage system may comprise one or more transverse strain gages. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008801 | ACTUATOR FOR DRIVING A HOME-AUTOMATION SCREEN AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH AN ACTUATOR - This actuator for driving a home-automation screen includes an electric motor (M), a reduction gear (R) for transmitting the movement of the motor to the home-automation screen and a brake. The actuator includes a direct current electronic switching motor (M) and a mechanical brake (2) having a continuous drag torque. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008802 | ENCODER SENSOR MOUNTING BODY, DRUM DISK ENCODER, AND MOTOR WITH ENCODER USING SAME - In order to make it possible to be readily attachable and detachable with respect to a motor and capable of realizing a lead-free encoder sensor mounting body, an encoder sensor is detachably or fixedly attached on a base, the base being pressedly in contact with an electrode terminal of the motor and including a pressing contact part that is electrically connected to a power line, and thus the base is detachably fixed to an end surface of the motor by a pressing force of the pressing contact part. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008803 | MOTOR - In an inner-rotor motor, an armature includes a stator core including an annular core back and magnetic pole teeth projecting from the core back; an insulator covering an upper and lower surface of each magnetic pole tooth of the stator core; and coils defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of the magnetic pole teeth with the insulator intervening therebetween. The insulator includes at least one protruding portion. An upper end of each protruding portion is arranged at an axial level higher than an axial level of a lower surface of a circuit board. The circuit board includes at least one penetration portion each of which is defined by a cut or a hole, and in each of which a corresponding one of the at least one protruding portion is arranged. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008804 | MOTOR CONTROL UNIT - A motor control unit is obtained by integrating an inverter unit and a motor unit having a motor, the inverter unit having a control board erected on a support board. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008805 | Reduced Profile Pop-Up Electrical Receptacle Assembly - A pop-up enclosure system ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008806 | CABINET FOR HOUSING PLUG-IN CARDS - A cabinet for housing electronic plug-in cards has front and rear card baskets for inserting plug-in cards and first and second vertical backplanes. The front side of the first backplane faces the front of the cabinet and the front side of the second backplane faces the back of the cabinet. A distance piece connects the two backplanes and a counterbore is disposed in at least one of the rear sides of the two backplanes. The depth of the counterbore or the residual thicknesses of the backplane after drilling the counterbore is sized such that the distance between the front side of the second backplane and the front of the cabinet is a predetermined value. This ensures that the plug-in cards pushed onto the second backplane are completely received inside the rear card basket and the front plate of the plug-in cards ends flush with the rear card basket. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008807 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine in which a touch panel is placed at a door so that an exterior of the washing machine can be improved, the washing machine including: a body in which an opening is formed; and a door disposed to open and close the opening, wherein the door includes: a first door member that constitutes a front side of the door; and a second door member that is combined with the first door member and constitutes a rear side of the door, and wherein the first door member and the second door member are combined with each other so that the first door member is capable of being rotated relative to the second door member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008808 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine including an attachment groove on or in a top portion or surface of a cabinet; a joint member coupled to the cabinet and in the attachment groove; a door configured to open and close an inlet of the cabinet, and a damper connected to the joint member and configured to adjust or control a rotational speed of the door. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008809 | CABINET FOR STORING INK-, ENAMEL- AND THE LIKE JET PRINTING MODULES - A cabinet for storing printing modules with inkjet, enamel and the like, the printing modules being equipped with at least one tank containing ink, enamel and the like and with at least one colour print bar, in turn equipped with at least one digital printing head, the latter provided with a system with multiple nozzles for ejecting colour. The cabinet includes a main box-shaped body, provided with at least closing means, and inside it with at least one seat equipped for housing at least one print module, the cabinet moreover includes an air-conditioning unit for keeping a predetermined temperature and humidity inside the cabinet, the equipped seat making it also possible to periodically actuate the colour bar of the print module, so as to keep the correct state of cleanliness and operation of the printing modules unaltered. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008810 | WALL-MOUNTED ARTICULATING HALF RACK CABINET SYSTEM - A half-rack electronics cabinet coupled to a wall mount by two doubly-nested four bar mechanisms that are operable to articulate the cabinet by ninety degrees to bring the back planes of any installed electronic modules to the top for easy access. The function of admitting outside signal and power cables is apportioned to the wall mount. The unit is compact, as the wall mount is no wider than the cabinet. For a half-rack cabinet of sufficient height, crossbars are provided that enable vertical mounting of full-rack electronic modules in the half-rack cabinet along with, preferably, at least one half-rack module. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008811 | STOWABLE FOLDING DOOR DEVICE - A stowable folding door device includes a slider to move the folded door in a depth direction of an article of furniture, a hook supported by the slider so as to rotate about a first rotation shaft and to engage with an engaging section provided on the article of furniture, and a lever supported by the hook to rotate about a second rotation shaft. Upon folding up the foldable door, the lever rotates in a first direction about the first rotation shaft together with the hook while contacting the rear surface of the foldable door, and the engagement between the hook and the engaging section is released. When the foldable door closes an opening of the article of furniture, the lever rotates relative to the hook in the direction opposite the first direction about the second rotation shaft while contacting the rear surface of the foldable door. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008812 | CUSTOMIZABLE MODULAR STORAGE UNIT ORGANIZER APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A customizable modular storage unit organizer apparatus with a pair of slides, a pair of slide covers, a pair of hollow cross bars, a pair of retainer clips, and a container for storing articles within the apparatus. The cross bars extend between, are affixed to the slide covers, and have two distal ends, top, bottom, first and second side portions, a slot extending longitudinally along the length of the exterior surface of cross bars for accommodating attachments. The retainer clips allow the slide covers to be selectively, repeatedly, and releasably retained to the slides. The size of the enclosure formed between the slide covers and hollow cross bars may be modified by adjusting the positions of the cross bars on the slide covers. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008813 | TOP MOUNT ADJUSTABLE CABINET MOUNTED FRAME - A container assembly for recyclable materials mounted within a cabinet for movement between an extended position in which the open tops of the bins or containers are exposed for receiving recyclable materials and a retracted position in which the bins are concealed. The container assembly is supported for movement between its extended and retracted positions by a pair of drawer slide assemblies with supporting cross-member brackets being connected to the slide assemblies. The slide assemblies are mounted adjacent to a top of the cabinet. The slide assemblies interengage with brackets on which a door can be mounted for adjustment to accurately fit the opening in the front wall to form a closure for the cabinet in which the container assembly is mounted. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008814 | STORAGE CASE - A storage case includes a frame, a top plate, and a drawer. The top plate covers an open upper side of the frame. The drawer is movable through an open front side of the frame. A bottom plate of the frame includes grooved rails and guide walls. The grooved rails are formed at left and right sides of the bottom plate. The guide walls are formed at left and right sides of the inner surface of the bottom plate so that the left and right side plates of the drawer are slidable along the guide walls. The drawer includes guide projections formed at rear left and right sides of the bottom plate. The guide projections are fitted to the grooved rails so that the guide projections are movable along the grooved rails. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008815 | HYDROPHILIC STRUCTURES FOR CONDENSATION MANAGEMENT IN APPLIANCES - An appliance that includes a cabinet having an exterior surface; a refrigeration compartment located within the cabinet; and a hydrophilic structure disposed on the exterior surface. The hydrophilic structure is configured to spread condensation. The appliance further includes a wicking structure located in proximity to the hydrophilic structure, and the wicking structure is configured to receive the condensation. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008816 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION STRUCTURE, APPARATUS COMPRISING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION STRUCTURE, AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A wavelength conversion structure comprises a sintered body comprising a mixture of a wavelength conversion material and a glass composition, wherein the wavelength conversion material comprises a phosphor and the glass composition comprises ZnO—BaO—SiO | 2015-01-08 |
20150008817 | RED LIGHT-EMITTING FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - The embodiment provides a red light-emitting fluorescent substance represented by the following formula (1): | 2015-01-08 |
20150008818 | PHOSPHOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are emissive ceramic elements having low amounts of certain trace elements. Applicants have surprisingly found that a lower internal quantum efficiency (IQE) may be attributed to specific trace elements that, even at very low amounts (e.g., 50 ppm or less), can cause significant deleterious effects on IQE. In some embodiments, the emissive ceramic element includes a garnet host material and an amount of Ce dopant. The emissive ceramic element may, in some embodiments, have an amount of Na in the composition less than about 67 ppm, an amount of Mg in the composition less than about 23 ppm, or an amount of Fe in the composition less than about 21 ppm. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008819 | OLED Panel and Package Method Thereof - The present invention provides an OLED panel and the package method thereof. The OLED panel comprises: a substrate | 2015-01-08 |
20150008820 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device includes a spacer on a pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer includes openings corresponding to pixels. The device further includes first pixels to third pixels emitting light having different colors. The first pixels and the second pixels are alternately disposed in a row direction, and the third pixels are continuously disposed in a row direction. The row in which the first pixels and the second pixels are alternately disposed and the row in which the third pixels are continuously disposed are adjacent to each other in a column direction The spacer is disposed between two of the third pixels. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008821 | HERMETICALLY SEALED CERAMIC DISCHARGE LAMPS - A discharge lamp including an arc envelope defining a chamber and a first opening. A plug is positioned in the first opening through a first seal. The lamp further includes a dosing tube extending away from the chamber, and having a passageway extending into the chamber through a second opening in the arc envelope. The dosing tube is coupled to the arc envelope via a second seal. The first seal, the second seal, or both seals include a braze material having an active metal element in an amount ranging from about | 2015-01-08 |
20150008822 | VARIABLY CONTROLLED LIGHTING MECHANISM FOR FEEDERS - A variably controlled lighting mechanism, sometimes referenced as a hog light, may be attached to the underside of a feeder and used in non-daylight hours to provide selective illumination through more than one color of LED light that may be inset within the hog light. A wireless remote may include a series of inputs that may control various aspects of the hog light, particularly to illuminate the different LED lights that are integrated within the hog light, as well as to control the motor and/or feeder. The hog light also may be manually operated to selectively illuminate the different LED lights. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008823 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TAILLIGHT OF VEHICLE, CAPABLE OF BRIGHTNESS CONTROL AND VISIBLE LIGHT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and method for controlling the taillight of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a visible light wireless communication data generation unit, a brightness control unit, a variable pulse position modulation (VPPM) signal generation unit, and a light source. The visible light wireless communication data generation unit generates information about the operation of a vehicle. The brightness control unit generates a brightness control value that is used to control the brightness of a light source installed at the tail of the vehicle. The variable pulse position modulation (VPPM) signal generation unit controls a pulse position and a pulse width within a unit pulse section of a pulse that controls the light source based on the information about the operation of the vehicle and the brightness control value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008824 | LED Wattage Reduction System for Fluorescent Light System - A system to reduce power consumption in a lighting fixture having one or more lamps is provided. The device includes a relay control module, a load control sensor, and a secondary light source. In certain embodiments, the invention includes a power supply to power the secondary light source. In a particularly useful embodiment, the system is retrofitted to standard fluorescent lighting fixtures and uses one or more light emitting diodes as the secondary light source. The system reduces the overall power consumption and attendant lighting costs by substituting a more energy efficient secondary lighting for the main lighting at times when full lighting is not necessary or desired. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008825 | MICROPLASMA JET DEVICES, ARRAYS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS - Preferred embodiments of the present invention include microplasma jet devices and arrays in various materials, and low temperature microplasma jet devices and arrays. These include preferred embodiment single microplasma jet devices and arrays of devices formed in monolithic polymer blocks with elongated microcavities. The arrays can be densely packed, for example having 100 jets in an area of a few square centimeters. Additional embodiments include metal/metal oxide microplasma jet devices that have micronozzles defined in the metal oxide itself. Methods of fabrication of microplasma jet devices are also provided by the invention, and the methods have been demonstrated as being capable of producing tailored micronozzle contours that are unitary with the material insulating electrodes. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008826 | CEILING LAMP ADOPTING NON-SEPARATING DRIVER CIRCUIT - A ceiling lamp adopting a non-separating driver circuit includes a conversion module and a control module. The conversion module converts an input voltage into an operating voltage to drive the LEDs and forming a driving current, and the control module monitors the operating voltage and the driving current to adjust the operating cycle of the conversion module, change the output voltage value of the operating voltage, and linearly change the driving current at a constant current state. The conversion module just executes the power conversion for one time to provide the driving power of the LEDs instead of using the conventional driving method that executes a two-stage power conversion by a separating power converter and a negative booster of the conventional ceiling lamp. Therefore, the ceiling lamp adopting a non-separating driver circuit is capable of lowering the circuit cost and improving the operating efficiency. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008827 | HANDHELD DEVICE THAT IS CAPABLE OF INTERACTING WITH A LIGHTING FIXTURE - A handheld device having a light source, a communication interface, and control circuitry that is capable of interacting with a lighting fixture. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008828 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR MERGING GROUPS OF LIGHTING FIXTURES - A handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures is disclosed. The handheld device includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of lighting fixtures and control circuitry. In one embodiment, the control circuitry is configured to effect selection of a first lighting fixture or a first switch module that is grouped with a first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; identify the first group of lighting fixtures; effect selection of a device-to-be-added that is not initially associated with the first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; determine a new group by adding the device-to-be-added to the first group of lighting fixtures; create group assignment information for the new group; and send the group assignment information to each of the first group of lighting fixtures and the device-to-be-added of the new group via the communication interface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HIGH-MAST LIGHTING - Systems and methods of providing illumination may be provided in accordance with the invention. A lighting unit may be provided comprising a plurality of light sources, each light source of the plurality being at least partially surrounded by an optical element, and a support assembly configured to support the light source above a surface. The light sources may be radio frequency (RF) coupled electrodeless plasma sources, and the support assembly may be a high-mast support assembly. In some embodiments, the optical element directs light toward the surface. In some configurations, each light source of the plurality may have one or more independently controllable and/or adjustable lighting characteristics. A lighting unit may communicate with a controller, which may provide instructions for controlling the light sources. A lighting system may be provided with a host controlling a plurality of lighting units, which may be organized into networks, and/or zones. The networks, zones, lighting units, and/or light sources may be independently controllable and/or adjustable. In some embodiments, management software may provide functionality for monitoring, reporting, controlling and/or interacting with the lighting system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008830 | LIGHTING FIXTURE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A lighting fixture system for lamps includes one or more lamps and one or more ballasts configured to provide controlled power to the one or more lamps. The lighting fixture further includes a controller wired to the lighting fixture. The controller includes one or more relays configured to turn power provided to the one or more ballasts on and off such that the one or more lamps turn on and off with the switching of the one or more relays. The controller further includes a logic circuit configured to control the switching of the one or more relays, wherein the logic circuit is configured to log usage information for the lighting fixture in memory. The controller yet further includes communications electronics configured to output the logged usage information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008831 | ENHANCED LIGHTING FIXTURE - A lighting fixture having a light source, a light sensor, a communication interface, and circuitry is described. In addition to controlling the light source, the circuitry is adapted to monitor for a light signal provided from a handheld device via the light sensor; upon receiving the light signal, measure a signal level associated with the light signal; and effect transmission of the signal level to the handheld device via the communication interface. In one embodiment, the circuitry is further configured to receive an instruction to monitor for the light signal from the handheld device via the communication interface such that the circuitry begins monitoring for the light signal upon receiving the instruction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008832 | LED light strings with remote controlling device for growing plants - A LED lighting apparatus for growing plants includes a remote controlling device for sending wireless signals; and at least one lighting device each including a receiver and transmitter for receiving the wireless signals sent from the remote controlling device, a first power source electrically connected to the receiver and transmitter and being capable of supplying electricity to four downstream first LED groups connected in series, and a second power source electrically connected to the first power source via the first LED groups and being capable of supplying electricity to four downstream second LED groups connected in series. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008833 | Lighting Control Module - A lighting control module provides an enclosure for a circuit board, with the circuit board being mounted to and grounded to the enclosure. A primary power system is provided to receive and transmit voltage to lighting circuits, utilizing a terminal bus bar, a main switch, a voltage selection switch, and a transformer. An auxiliary power system draws energy from portable power sources in the event of a main power source failure. The auxiliary power system includes an associated terminal bus bar and an auxiliary switch. The primary and auxiliary power systems are connected to the lighting circuits through a circuit protection unit, e.g. fuse. The lighting circuits have both positive and negative terminals, LED indicators, switches, and individual fuses. The lighting circuits can be turned on and off individually by virtue of the switches for each lighting circuit. Status indicators and ground terminals are also provided. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008834 | LOSSLESS FORWARD VOLTAGE MATCHING NETWORK FOR LED DRIVERS - A lossless LED forward voltage matching network connected between an AC source and a driver of an LED array, where the LED array is series connected and sequentially activates as the output voltage of the LED driver exceeds the respective forward voltages of the LED arrays. The matching network reduces the voltage from the AC source to approximate the total of the forward voltages of the series connected LED arrays to increase the efficiency of the device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008835 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT SOURCE FOR LIGHTING AND LIGHTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element has a first LED, and emits a first spectrum. The second light-emitting element has a second LED and a constant voltage element connected in series, and emits a second spectrum different from the first spectrum. The second light-emitting element is connected in parallel to the first light-emitting element. First light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are configured such that their lines indicating the forward current-forward voltage characteristics cross each other. This enables to change spectral distribution emitted from the light-emitting device just by changing power supplied from a single power circuit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008836 | LED FLUORESCENT LAMP DRIVING DEVICE DRIVEN BY BEING CONNECTED TO LAMP STABILIZER AND LED FLUORESCENT LAMP HAVING THE DRIVING DEVICE INSTALLED THEREIN - Recently, there has been a growing emphasis on the importance of green industries for reducing energy consumption. As part of the reduction in energy consumption, LED lamps have been widely distributed and used, but conventional fluorescent lamps made of glass tubes have not been actively replaced with LED fluorescent lamps because the replacement of conventional fluorescent lamps is too difficult, for instance, in order to replace the conventional fluorescent lamps with LED fluorescent lamps, a conventional fluorescent lamp stabilizer provided within the light of the fluorescent lamp has to be removed and an LED converter must be installed again. The LED fluorescent lamp of the present invention is driven by continually using an alternating current power source outputted from a fluorescent lamp stabilizer, and thus the installation of the LED fluorescent lamp can be completed by replacing only a fluorescent lamp made of glass tubes with the fluorescent lamp of the present invention while the conventional light of the fluorescent lamp including the fluorescent lamp stabilizer is used. Furthermore, the LED florescent lamp of the present invention provides the advantage of allowing power consumption to be constant even though an inputted alternating current voltage is considerably increased up to AC 250-260V. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008837 | DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - In one embodiment, a driver circuit for light-emitting diodes has a first DC/DC converter (DCDC | 2015-01-08 |
20150008838 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IGNITION DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition device for an internal combustion engine has an ignition coil disposed as a transformer, a spark plug connected to the secondary winding of the ignition coil, an actuatable switching element connected in series with the primary winding of the ignition coil, and a control unit connected to the primary winding and to the control input of the switching element. After charging the ignition coil, building up an ignition spark through non-conductive switching of the switching element, and after renewed conductive switching of the switching element for operating the ignition coil in transformer operation, the supply voltage of the control unit is detected and if a pre-determined value, representing the presence of a surface gap, is exceeded, the switching element is once more switched non-conductive. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008839 | LED BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT, LCD DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE LED BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes a power supply, an LED lightbar coupled to the power supply, and a constant current driving chip coupled to a control end of the power supply and coupled to a cathode of the LED lightbar. The constant current driving chip includes an adjusting dimming unit coupled to the cathode of the LED lightbar, and the adjusting dimming unit adjusts an external pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming signal. A controllable switch unit is connected in series between an output end of the power supply and the constant current driving chip, and logical operation of the controllable switch unit is relative to logical operation of the adjusting dimming unit. The controllable switch unit turns off when the adjusting dimming unit turns off or before the adjusting dimming unit turns off, and the controllable switch unit turns on when the adjusting dimming unit turns on or after the adjusting dimming unit turns on. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008840 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A RUNNING LIGHT EFFECT ON AN OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE STRUCTURE - The invention relates to an optical wave guide structure (1) comprising at least one optical wave guide (2, 2′; 11, 12) and at least two light input positions (A . . . E), each of which is associated with a light source (3, 3′; 4, 4′, 4″; 22 | 2015-01-08 |
20150008841 | SENSING CIRCUIT FOR EXTERNAL COMPENSATION, SENSING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sensing circuit for external compensation, a sensing method thereof and a display apparatus, the sensing circuit for external compensation comprises a differential amplifier ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008842 | LED-BASED LIGHTING CONTROL NETWORK COMMUNICATION - An LED based illumination device includes a receiver and a transmitter for communications adhering to a lighting control communications protocol and a high speed communications protocol. The LED based illumination device may be part of a lighting control network, wherein the data transmission rate of the high speed communications protocol is more than twice that of the lighting control communications protocol. The lighting control network may be coupled to a digital communications gateway, including a digital communications interface configured to be coupled to a network operating in accordance with an internet protocol and a lighting control network interface coupled to the lighting control network. A processor determines a summary status value of the LED based illumination device based on information stored in memory of the digital communications gateway. The digital communications gateway may periodically transmit the time of day to the LED based illumination device over the lighting control network. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A BEACON - A method for power management in a beacon includes determining a program density of a signaling program; determining an initial driving voltage using the program density; determining a current setting for an emitter using the initial driving voltage; adjusting the initial driving voltage to a start-up voltage; executing the signaling program using the start-up voltage; and adjusting the start-up voltage to a signaling voltage. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008844 | LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY - Lighting power supply system ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008845 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A lighting system according to the embodiment includes a lighting device; and a graphic user interface displayed on a touch screen of a lighting control device to control the lighting device. The graphic user interface includes a first region to display a map for an installation space of the lighting device and a lighting icon corresponding to the lighting device in the map; and a second region to display a menu for setting a control condition of the lighting device corresponding to the lighting icon. The map includes a plurality of division spaces obtained by dividing the installation space into a plurality of regions and the lighting icon is displayed in a specific division space corresponding to an actual installation portion of the lighting device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008846 | INTEGRATED WIRELESS AND WIRED LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM - A light control system includes a wired control device, a wireless control device, a communication module, and light devices. The wired control device includes a first user interface and a first wired communication protocol interface. The wireless control device includes a second user interface and a first wireless communication protocol interface. The communication module includes a second wired communication protocol interface and a second wireless communication protocol interface. Each of the light devices includes a third wired communication protocol interface, and each of the light devices performs data exchange with the third wired communication protocol interface of another one of the light devices by a network cable connected to the third wired communication protocol interface. The first wired communication protocol interface and the first wireless communication protocol interface perform data exchange respectively with the second wired communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008847 | CAMERA FLASH SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING FLASH EXPOSURE POWER - Camera flash systems and methods for data transmission between cameras and flash devices remote to the camera for remotely adjusting flash exposure power of the flash devices are disclosed. The camera flash systems include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives camera output data from a camera that includes exposure power data for at least one flash device remote to the transmitter and user input data that includes adjustments to the flash exposure power data for the at least one flash device. The transmitter is operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data to the at least one flash device. The receiver receives the adjusted flash exposure power data from the transmitter and is operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data to a flash device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008848 | Color-Temperature-Tunable Device - A method of operating a color-temperature-tunable device is described. The method drives a first light emitting diode (LED) chip with a first driving current from a first power source. The first LED chip is configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength. The method also drives a second LED chip with a second driving current from a second power source. The second LED chip is configured to emit a second light having a second peak wavelength. The method further maintains a total driving current, which includes the first driving current and the second driving current, approximately constant. The second peak wavelength is different from the first peak wavelength. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008849 | Motor Control for Stability and Power Supply Protection - A method and apparatus for controlling a motor. The motor comprises windings. A switch bridge comprising a plurality of switches is configured to couple a power source to the windings. A motor controller is configured to control the plurality of switches. An undesired condition identifier is configured to identify an undesired condition when the motor is providing power to the power source, wherein the undesired condition is defined with respect to a characteristic of the power source. An undesired condition reducer is configured to reduce the undesired condition in response to identifying the undesired condition by the undesired condition identifier. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008850 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ACTIVE DISCHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An active discharging system for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle including the same are provided. The active discharging system includes a power battery; a bus capacitor; a charge-discharge socket; a bidirectional DC/DC module; a driving control switch; a bidirectional DC/AC module; a motor control switch connected with the bidirectional DC/AC module and a motor; a charge-discharge control module connected with the bidirectional DC/AC module and the charge-discharge socket; and a controller module configured to control the driving control switch, the motor control switch and the charge-discharge control module according to a current operation mode of the active discharging system, to control the bus capacitor to continue charging the power battery after a charge is finished, and to control the bus capacitor to continue discharging after a discharge is finished until a voltage across the bus capacitor is less than a first predetermined value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008851 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PERMANENTLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A method for controlling a permanently excited synchronous motor, in particular a brushless direct-current motor, having a permanently magnetized rotor and a number of stationary Stator windings to which an alternating voltage of predetermined amplitude and frequency is applied, wherein the frequency of the alternating voltage is determined by the speed of the motor and a phase difference results between the alternating voltage and the alternating current for each Stator winding. Accordingly, current is applied to the Stator windings in such a way that between alternating voltage (U | 2015-01-08 |
20150008852 | On The Dynamic Response of Actuation Devices in Nonlinear Dynamics Systems - A method for actuating a motor including: separating feed-forward signals corresponding to motion independent components of a required actuating force/torque from motion dependent components; filtering the motion dependent components of the feed-forward signals to at least reduce high frequency signals generated due to feedback signals; and either not filtering or filtering with a low pass filter having a higher cut off frequency the motion independent components of the feed-forward signals to at least reduce higher frequency noise and components; wherein higher frequency components of electronic power amplifier signals corresponding to the motion independent components of the actuating forces/torques are not eliminated by the low pass filter, thereby ensuring that the reaction forces/torques are provided to actuate the motor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008853 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING START OF ELECTRIC MACHINE - An apparatus for determining start of electric machine is disclosed wherein a frequency of a 3-phase current inputted from a motor is estimated to determine whether the motor has started using a difference between the estimated frequency and a frequency of output voltage of inverter configured to drive the motor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008854 | Quadrant Change Control in Brushless DC Motors - A method and apparatus for controlling a change in a quadrant of operation of a brushless direct current motor. A quadrant change in an operation of a motor is identified. In response to identifying the quadrant change, selected ones of a plurality of switches in a switch bridge are selected to be controlled to couple a direct current power source to the windings of the motor to change a direction of an actual current in the windings. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008855 | CONTROLLER FOR A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A controller for a brushless motor that is configured to operate in normal mode or under-voltage mode. When operating in normal mode, the controller generates control signals for exciting a winding of the motor, monitors the magnitude of an input voltage, and switches to under-voltage mode in the event that the input voltage drops below an under-voltage threshold. When operating in under-voltage mode, the controller suspends excitation of the winding, monitors the magnitude of the input voltage, monitors the magnitude of a supply voltage used to power the controller, switches to normal mode in the event that the input voltage exceeds a restart threshold, and resets itself in the event that the supply voltage drops below a brown-out threshold. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008856 | MULTI-LEVEL MEDIUM-VOLTAGE INVERTER - A multi-level medium-voltage inverter that receives three-phase power and outputs a three-phase voltage to a three-phase motor, includes: a plurality of unit power cells connected in series to output a single phase voltage, individual unit power cells each having a phase voltage forming a single level to configure multiple levels; and a module-type phase shift transformer configured to convert the three-phase power and applying the converted power to three unit power cells constituting one level, wherein the module-type phase shift transformer includes a plurality of modules. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008857 | System for Aligning a Propeller - A motor assembly that includes a motor ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - Provided are a system for controlling a motor and a method thereof. The system includes: a data storage unit in which data relating to a thermal equivalent circuit of the motor is stored; a temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of a cooling medium which enters a cooling flow path portion; a rotation speed measuring unit which measures a rotation speed of a rotor; a driving electric current measuring unit which measures a driving electric current of the motor; a permanent magnet temperature estimating unit which estimates a temperature of the permanent magnet portion of the rotor; and a driving controller controls driving of the motor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008859 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM - A power conversion apparatus includes arms in each of which one or more unit converters each including a capacitor and capable of outputting an arbitrary voltage are connected in series, and a point P as a first node to which one end of the respective arms are Y-connected, and a point N as a second node to which a neutral terminal of the rotary electric machine is connected. The other end of the respective arms are connected to one ends of respective phase windings of a rotary electric machine. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008860 | APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING VOLTAGE COMMAND FOR DETECTING OUTPUT CURRENT IN INVERTER - An apparatus for modifying voltage command for detecting output current in inverter is disclosed to modify a PWM voltage command by determining a sector in a voltage hexagon, the sector having a PWM voltage command therein, by comparing the PWM voltage command, determining an area, the area having the PWM voltage command, within a current detection disabled area by converting a minimum sampling time to a minimum sampling PWM and using the converted minimum sampling PWM, and determining an adjusting voltage and a restoring voltage using a minimum injection voltage based on the determined area. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008861 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH FEEDFORWARD CONTROL - A motor control device for controlling a motor which drives a control target, includes: a speed feedback control unit which generates a pre-correction torque command for controlling such that an actual speed of the control target follows a speed command which is input; an inverse model calculation unit which calculates a coefficient of an inverse model with a transfer function inversed from a transfer function of the control target by using the speed command and the pre-correction torque command; a torque correction value generating unit which generates a torque correction value by using the speed command and the coefficient of the inverse model; and a torque command generating unit which generates a torque command for the motor which drives the control target by using the pre-correction torque command and torque correction value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008862 | INTAKE PROFILE FOR OPTIMIZED UTILIZATION OF MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods for operating a stepper motor of a pump at a desired low velocity include memory for storing information corresponding to an intake velocity profile. The intake velocity profile represents an optimized acceleration curve for operating the stepper motor over a range of motor velocities during an intake cycle. A processor of a system controller dynamically accesses the memory during the intake cycle to acquire the information representing the intake velocity profile and issues a series of pulses to the stepper motor based on this information. In response to the pulses, the stepper motor accelerates in accordance with the optimized acceleration curve represented by the intake velocity profile. The optimized acceleration curve is based on the available torque of the stepper motor across a range of motor velocities and enables the motor to operate with greater torque utilization and less margin than traditional linear acceleration profiles. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008863 | VECTOR CONTROL APPARATUS OF INDUCTION MOTOR - The present disclosure provides a vector control apparatus that operates by a diameter computation-free winder velocity control algorithm with enhanced operational reliability. The vector control apparatus configured to control tension of a motor free from diameter computation includes a tension velocity generator configured to generate command velocity information for constantly maintaining a tension of the motor by adding a PID (Proportional Integral Differential) output value to a value computing a compensation gain value substituting a diameter computation value of a motor to be controlled and a command linear velocity provided from outside, and a vector controller configured to perform a tension control of the motor by receiving a command velocity information provided the tension velocity generator. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008864 | DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE AND POWER QUALITY CONTROL IN PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS - A solar electric system comprises photovoltaic elements having integrated energy storage and control, ideally on each PV-panel. The energy storage media may be primary or secondary cylindrical cells interconnected into a battery and/or an array of capacitors (or super-capacitors) and are accompanied by an electronic control circuit which may perform a variety of functions, including but not limited to power quality control, load following, pulse powering, active line transient suppression, local sensing, remote reporting, wireless or wired communications allowing two way programmable control through local or remote operation. The operation of the system may yield direct current or with the integration of bidirectional micro-inverters create distributed alternating current generation enhanced with energy storage and control two way energy flows between the solar system and the grid. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008865 | SOLAR POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLAR POWER CONVERSION - A controller ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008866 | ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE AND DISCHARGING DEVICE THEREOF - A discharging apparatus for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle are provided. The discharging apparatus comprises: an AC charging interface; a charging connection device, configured to transmit an AC output from the AC charging interface to another electric vehicle; an instrument, configured to send a discharging preparation instruction; a controller, configured to detect whether the charging connection device is connected with the AC charging interface, and if yes, to emit a PWM wave and to switch to an external discharging mode; a battery manager, configured to control an external discharging circuit in a high-voltage distribution box of the electric vehicle to be connected after the controller switches to the external discharging mode; a power battery, configured to provide a DC via the external discharging circuit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008867 | CHARGE PUMP BATTERY CHARGING - Charge pump battery charging is disclosed. Charge pump battery charging can include accumulating charge on a charge storage device. The accumulated charge can be selectively discharged to facilitate recharging a battery. The discharge current can generally be at a higher average current than the charging current. The selective discharge can be based on a determined a discharge time, a determined duty cycle, or monitoring of the accumulated charge on the charge storage device. Control values related to the selective discharge can be updated from remotely located devices. Charge pump battery charging can provide for high current pulsed charging of NiMH battery cells at a low input current. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008868 | Cell Hotel - This invention is directed at utility and process. In today's overcrowded classrooms, there is an urgent need to reduce all unnecessary distractions. A large number of students carry a cell phone to school each day. Some, not all, of these devices, may also get the internet. Many teachers believe, and research has demonstrated, that the cell phone can cause major distractions during instruction. In large classes, where complete supervision is difficult, students may be free to surf the net, take photos of tests, and disturb students in other classes by texting. Schools have not found a solution to this problem. Parents support their children having a cell phone at school. School violence and other emergencies have raised parental concern and a need for instant contact with their children. Misuse of phones during class has lead to draconian measures which anger the students and their parents. Administrative time is now consumed by the issue of cell phone misuse in the classroom. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008869 | Charging System Having Circuit for Delaying Power Supply - Provided is a charging system having a circuit for delaying power supply, and more particularly, a charging system having a circuit for delaying power supply installed on a side of a power supply apparatus, wherein the circuit for delaying power supply prevents a spark from being generated when an electronic device and the power supply apparatus are connected to each other. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008870 | STANDBY BATTERY PRODUCT AND STACKABLE CHARGING SYSTEM THEREOF - An electrical charging system includes a charging socket and a standby battery product. The charging socket has a socket casing, and a power input interface on the socket casing and electrically connected to a first conductive contact that extends above the socket casing. The standby battery product has a battery casing with a battery housed inside the battery casing, the battery casing further including a conductive pin and a second conductive contact, with the conductive pin and second conductive contact electrically connected to the battery. When the battery casing is placed on top of the socket casing, the conductive pin is aligned with, and contacts, the first conductive contact, creating a charging path that is defined by the power input interface (which receives external power), the first conductive contact of the socket casing, the conductive pin of the battery casing, and the electricity storage unit of the battery product. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008871 | METHOD OF PREVENTING INVERSION OF OUTPUT CURRENT FLOW IN A VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND RELATED VOLTAGE REGULATOR - The reversal of the flow of output current in a voltage regulator is prevented by equipping the voltage regulator of a regulation transistor controlled by an analog voltage control, having its current terminals connected between the control terminal of the fifth transistor power of the regulator and the power supply line or the common ground node of the regulator. The regulation transistor is configured to provide an electrical path of conduction between the control terminal and the power supply line or the ground node and is controlled by an analog voltage control that varies in a continuous manner between a first level, suitable to extinguish the regulation transistor, and a second level suitable for biasing it in an operating condition of deep conduction, as the difference between the supply voltage and the regulated output voltage approaching an offset voltage. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008872 | Autonomous Power Supply System - An autonomous power supply system includes a generation control circuit which controls power generation efficiency of a power generation element, a group of storage elements for charging electric power generated by the power generation element, and a charging control circuit which controls a charging operation and a discharging operation of the storage element group. The storage element group includes a primary storage element for supplying electric power to the generation control circuit and the charging control circuit, and secondary storage elements for supplying electric power to a loading device. The electric power generated by the power generation element charges the primary storage element preferentially, and the secondary storage elements subsequent to the primary storage element. A capacity value of the primary storage element is set to be smaller than a capacity value of the secondary storage elements. | 2015-01-08 |