35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130221783 | OUTER ROTOR-TYPE BRUSHLESS MOTOR - The outer rotor-type blushless motor comprises: a stator including a cylindrical housing, a stator core having stator pole teeth and a bearing coaxially incorporated in a cylindrical hole of the hosing; and a rotor including a rotor yoke, a rotor hub provided to the rotor yoke and a rotor shaft rotatably supported by the bearing. A first resin washer, through which the rotor shaft is pierced and which contacts an end face of the rotor hub, and a second resin washer, which contacts an end face of the bearing incorporated in a center hole of the stator core, contact each other. The second resin washer has an elastic projected section fitted in a concave section formed in the center hole of the stator core. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221784 | Permanent Magnet Rotating Electric Machine - A permanent magnet rotating electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes: a permanent magnet forming a single pole within a rotor core of the rotor, the permanent magnet being divided into two across a magnetic pole center and arranged such that the magnetic pole center and a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet extend in parallel with each other; a connecting portion assuming an electrical steel sheet disposed between the two divided permanent magnets; and magnet insertion holes in which the permanent magnets are inserted. In the rotor, the magnet insertion hole is shaped to include: air gaps at both end portions in a width direction of the permanent magnet, each air gap being formed between a surface of the permanent magnet extending perpendicularly to the magnetization direction and a surface of the electrical steel sheet facing the surface of the permanent magnet; a shoulder portion disposed on the facing surface, the shoulder portion having a length shorter than a thickness in the magnetization direction of the permanent magnet; and another air gap extending toward a rotor outside diameter side and the magnetic pole center side in a direction perpendicular to the shoulder portion on an outside of the shoulder portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221785 | IDLER GEAR AND JOURNAL BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR A GENERATOR - A journal bearing for a generator idler gear assembly which includes an impregnated carbon body that has an inner diameter and an outer diameter that provides a bearing thickness. The body includes a height, wherein outer diameter to inner diameter provides a first ratio of approximately 1.3-1.5 and the inner diameter to height provides a second ratio of approximately 1.5-1.9. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221786 | Device For Receiving A Pulser Motor Of A Ventilation Installation Of A Vehicle - The invention relates to a device for receiving an electric motor ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221787 | SPRING ELEMENT FOR MECHANICALLY FIXING MAGNETS IN A ROTOR - The invention relates to a rotor or stator for an electric machine, in particular a spoke rotor which is arranged concentrically about a rotational axis and comprises a permanent magnet which is arranged in a recess of the rotor or stator. A spring strand for fixing the permanent magnet in the recess is provided in the rotor or stator, said spring strand comprising a holding ring and fixing means which are arranged on the holding ring. Said holding ring is arranged concentric about the rotational axis, and the fixing means extend in the axial direction of the rotor or stator into the recess. The holding ring is annular and the fixing means lie at least partially directly on the permanent magnets. The invention also relates to an electric machine comprising the claimed rotor. The invention further relates to a hand-held machine comprising a motor having a rotor or stator of the above-mentioned type. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221788 | HYBRID EXCITATION ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A hybrid excitation machine comprising a rotor having first and second rotor cores with an axial gap between; a stator placed radially outward of the rotor; and an exciting coil fixed to the stator placed in an air gap between the stator and rotor to protrude radially inward from the stator. In an axial direction, an axial end of a radially outer end of the first rotor core located on the second rotor core side and the second rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of an axial end of the exciting coil located on the first rotor core side, and an axial end of a radially outer end of the second rotor core located on the first rotor core side and the first rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of the axial end of the exciting coil located on the second rotor core side. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221789 | ROTOR FOR MODULATED POLE MACHINE - A rotor for an inner-rotor 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 is adapted to rotate around a longitudinal axis of the rotor; wherein the rotor comprises a plurality of permanent magnets arranged circumferentially around the longitudinal axis, each permanent magnet being magnetised in a direction of magnetisation so as to generate a magnetic flux; a plurality of axial flux guiding members each adapted to provide an at least two-dimensional flux path for the magnetic flux generated by a respective one of the plurality of permanent magnets; a support structure comprising an inner tubular support member arranged radially inward of the plurality of permanent magnets; and at least one outer flux guiding member adapted to provide a path in at least a radial direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221790 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE COIL INSULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of electrical machines, such as motors and generators. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. The resulting system is highly adaptable to different machine designs and ratings, and affords superior resistance to degradation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221791 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM - A rotary electric machine system includes a rotor; and a stator including windings for low speed drive to be used only during low speed drive, windings for low/high speed drive to be used during both low and high speed drive, and a plurality of slots provided per pole per phase. The windings for low speed drive and the windings for low/high speed drive are distributively wound on different slots in the slots per pole per phase. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221792 | ARMATURE WINDING OF ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a 3-phase 4-pole 2-layer armature winding of a rotating electrical machine. A winding of each phase of the armature winding forms a series coil. Each series coil includes upper coil pieces and lower coil pieces which are connected each other at a connection side coil end and a counter-connection side coil end, the upper coil pieces and lower coil pieces being placed in 42 slots provided in an armature core. At least one coil piece of the upper and lower coil pieces, provided in at least one of an innermost position and an outermost position from the center of a phase belt of each phase, is replaced with a coil piece of an adjacent phase. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221793 | STATOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator of a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and polyphase coils. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The polyphase coils are provided in the slots. Each phase of the polyphase coils has a plurality of coils formed for each pole and connected in parallel. When winding in which a coil pitch is equal to number of slots divided by number of poles is termed full-pitch winding, when winding in which a coil pitch is larger than the coil pitch of the full-pitch winding is termed long-pitch winding, and when winding in which a coil pitch is smaller than the coil pitch of the full-pitch winding is termed short-pitch winding, at least two of the coils of each phase are formed on the stator core by wave winding to alternate between the long-pitch winding and the short-pitch winding along a circumferential direction of the stator core. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221794 | ROTOR END BAND - An end band and method of forming an end band for a rotor. The end band includes a hollow cylindrical band, wherein at least a portion of the band has a grain flow in a direction parallel to the hoop stress of the band. The end band also includes at least a portion having a grain flow in a direction perpendicular to the hoop stress of the band. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221795 | STEPPING MOTOR - A stepping motor comprises: a first plate having plural band connection portions; a second plate mounting a band portion; a stator; and a structure that the stator is held by the first plate and the second plate from a front side and a back side of axial direction, wherein the plural band connection portions are positioned at a side surface of the stator and extend toward the second plate, and each of the plural band connection portions has an engagement portion at an outside thereof, the band portion has plural arms extending toward the first plate and engaging with the engagement portion of each of the plural band connection portions, and the band portion is connected to the first plate by engaging the arm portions with the engagement portions in a condition that the band portion holds the second plate and the stator. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221796 | ALTERNATOR BRUSH HOLDER - A brush holder assembly for an alternator having a rotational axis includes a pair of brushes each having a contacting surface defining a width and a height, and each having a shunt wire extending laterally from the brush in the widthwise direction. The brush holder assembly includes a housing having first and second brush chambers, corresponding first and second wire cavities each defining a cavity height, and first and second slots respectively interposed between the corresponding chamber and cavity. The respective shunt wires extend through the first and second slots then through the first and second wire cavities. The cavity heights are each at least approximately 0.9 times the height of one of the brushes. The height of the first wire cavity is less than approximately 0.97 times ((A/2) plus B), wherein A is the brush height and B is the distance between the brushes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221797 | AMORTISSEUR ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS TO MAINTAIN RADIAL VENTING HOLE ALIGNMENT - An amortisseur assembly comprises an end winding amortisseur. The end winding amortisseur comprises a body, at least one finger element, and a stop block. The body comprises a first edge. The finger element extends from the first edge of the body, and comprises a first surface. The stop block can attached to the first surface. The amortisseur assembly can further comprise a slot amortisseur so that the stop block abuts an end of the slot amortisseur. The amortisseur assembly can be assembled on a radial-flow cooled rotor. A method of forming an amortisseur assembly for a rotor comprises providing one or more slot amortisseurs and one or more of the end winding amortisseurs. The slot amortisseurs can be provided by shortening existing slot amortisseurs. The slot springs can replace existing slot springs, and the one or more slot springs can be longer than the existing slot springs. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221798 | ALTERNATOR RATIOS - A vehicle alternator has a center rotational axis and includes a substantially round stator having a plurality of coils, each coil being wound a number of times N around the stator. The vehicle alternator includes a rotor having a spool with a field coil wound thereon and having an opposed pair of core segments defining a number of interleaved pole portions P, each segment having a hub radially extending a distance R | 2013-08-29 |
20130221799 | VIBRATION GENERATOR, VIBRATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH VIBRATION GENERATION DEVICE - A vibration power generator including a first substrate; first electrodes disposed over one surface of the first substrate; a second substrate spaced from the first substrate and opposed to the one surface of the first substrate; and second electrodes disposed over one surface of the second substrate so as to be opposed to the first electrodes, wherein one of the first and second electrodes includes a film holding a charge; one of the first and second substrates is a vibratory substrate; and an overlapped area between the first and second electrodes becomes minimum and then maximum, or becomes maximum and minimum, and an electrostatic capacity Cp formed between the first and second electrodes when the overlapped area becomes maximum changes, and the change of Cp comprises an increase of Cp, while the vibratory substrate is displaced from the vibration center to the vibration end. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221800 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION ENCAPSULATION FOR ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES - Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al | 2013-08-29 |
20130221801 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a piezoelectric resonator element, a part of the piezoelectric resonator element being disposed so as to overlap with a part of the IC chip when viewed in plan. The IC chip includes: an inner pad disposed on an active face and in an area where is overlapped, with the piezoelectric resonator when viewed in plan; an insulating layer formed on the active face; a relocation pad disposed on the insulating layer and in an area other than a part where is overlapped with the piezoelectric resonator element, the relocation pad being coupled to an end part of a first wire; and a second wire electrically coupling the inner pad and the relocation pad, the second wire having a relocation wire and a connector that penetrates the insulating layer, the relocation wire being disposed between the insulating layer and the active face. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221802 | POWER GENERATING MODULE AND MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A power generating module includes a multipiezoelectric channel unit including a plurality of rods connected to a frame, the rods including a piezoelectric material to generate a voltage in response to a physical force; and a weight disposed to be supported by the plurality of rods and to move in response to the physical force. A mobile electronic device includes a power generating module including a plurality of channels to convert a physical force applied to the mobile electronic device into electricity; and a logic unit connected to the power generating module to output power using the converted energy. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221803 | NON-MAGNETIC HIGH-SPEED PIEZOELECTRIC ROTARY MOTOR - A piezoelectric motor including a rotor and a piezoelectric actuator positioned relative to the rotor in such manner that a working end of the actuator is in linear, frictional, resilient and forced contact with a working surface of the rotor. The actuator includes a piezoelectric a longitudinal prism shaped resonator with a trapezoidal cross-section and the working end of the actuator is a flat pusher insert set at an angle to the plane of the resonator base. An electronic generator is connected to electrodes of the piezoelectric actuator to excite periodic mechanical oscillations in the actuator wherein the electrodes are applied onto the longitudinal lateral trapezoidal surfaces of the resonator and the piezoelectric resonator is polarized across its width and the electronic generator outputs an alternating electrical voltage signal at a frequency matching the frequency of the first-order natural longitudinal mode of mechanical oscillation along the length of the resonator. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221804 | Sensor Element, Sensor Device, And Electronic Apparatus - A sensor element includes a base, vibrating arms for detection extended from the base, and first to fourth detecting sections provided in the vibrating arms for detection. The first to fourth detecting sections respectively include lower electrode layers, upper electrode layers, and piezoelectric layers. The lower electrode layers of the first and second detecting sections are electrically connected to each other. The lower electrodes of the third and fourth detecting sections are electrically connected to each other. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221805 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes: a piezoelectric transducer which generates ultrasonic waves when voltage is applied to the piezoelectric transducer; and an acoustic matching layer for matching acoustic impedances between the piezoelectric transducer and a subject. The acoustic matching layer includes a sintered layer having, across a surface of the sintered layer, a plurality of microscopic pores formed by sintering a composite including a bonding material and metal nanoparticles each having a size of one micron or less. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221806 | NANO-PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nano-piezoelectric generator includes a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one nano-piezoelectric unit, formed of a semiconductor piezoelectric material having a nano-structure, disposed between the first and the second electrodes, and an interlayer, formed of an insulating material, disposed between the first electrode and the at least one nano-piezoelectric unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221807 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND STACKED PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE - A stacked piezoelectric actuator has a laminate structure including piezoelectric layers and cover parts such that when an external electrode is applied with drive voltage, the piezoelectric layers become distorted and the entire stacked piezoelectric actuator deforms, and at that time, the cover parts become displaced, wherein the distortion difference occurring between the piezoelectric layers and the cover parts reduces, thereby inhibiting the development of cracks. Moreover, the surface area of the active region of the piezoelectric layers is the same as the surface area of the active region of the cover parts, and therefore the loss of the displacement transfer, which is produced by the piezoelectric layers, at the cover parts is reliably reduced. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221808 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR PLATE, PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR PLATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR - A piezoelectric resonator plate includes at least a pair of excitation electrodes and at least a pair of extraction electrodes. The pair of extraction electrodes are respectively extracted from the pair of excitation electrodes to electrically and mechanically bond the pair of excitation electrodes to an external electrode. The pair of extraction electrodes each include a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a connecting electrode extracted to a vicinity of one end portion on one principal surface of the piezoelectric resonator plate. The connecting electrodes each include a top surface where a first metal film to be bonded to the external electrode is formed. The first metal film includes a top surface with two or more protruding portions. The first metal film has a larger surface roughness and a smaller area compared with the respective connecting electrodes. The protruding portions are formed with cross-sections in curvature shapes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221809 | HOIST | 2013-08-29 |
20130221810 | TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED MOTOR POSITION SENSOR - A transmission-mounted electric machine includes an integrated rotational position sensor. The rotational position sensor includes a rotor element and a stator element. The stator element is attached to a stator element of the transmission at a plurality of mounting points and includes an alignment adjustment mechanism. The rotor element of the sensor is slip-fit against a shoulder of a rotor hub and held in place using a wave spring. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221811 | CONTROL UNIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR AND VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - In a circuit board, a control pattern portion in which control circuit patterns are formed and a drive pattern portion in which drive circuit patterns are formed are formed in different regions. A recessed portion is formed in a base, and the drive pattern portion is fixed to the base such that insulation between a drive circuit and the base is maintained and the control pattern portion is arranged above the recessed portion. In this way, a space in which a circuit element is able to be mounted is formed between the control pattern portion and the recessed portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221812 | TELEVISION - According to one embodiment, a television includes an elastic portion, a first member, and a second member. The elastic portion includes a packing and a protrusion partially on the packing. The first member includes a first portion configured to face the protrusion. The second member includes a second portion configured to face the protrusion from a side opposite to the first portion. The packing is configured to be between the first member and the second member | 2013-08-29 |
20130221813 | FRAME FOR CABINET, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SWITCHGEAR CABINET - The invention describes a cabinet profile of a cabinet, in particular a switchgear cabinet profile of a switchgear cabinet. The cabinet profile comprises an elongate metal hollow profile which has a plurality of wall sections, which adjoin one another, in the circumferential direction, wherein one or more openings are formed at least in some of the wall sections. The one or more openings are formed at least in a wall section which faces the outer face of the cabinet when the cabinet profile is in the mounted state, wherein at least a portion of the one or more openings is covered by at least one plastic cover which is connected to the hollow profile. The invention also describes a cabinet, in particular a switchgear cabinet, having at least one horizontally running cabinet profile of this kind. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221814 | STORAGE AND ORGANIZATION SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS THEREOF - A storage system includes a shell having a plurality of walls and a plurality of rails. The plurality of walls are coupled to one another to form a storage chamber therebetween and to define a plurality of intersection edges. Each of the plurality of intersection edges is formed at a corresponding boundary of two adjacent ones of the plurality of walls. The plurality of rails each extend outwardly from a corresponding one of the plurality of intersection edges with an angled orientation relative to each of the two adjacent ones of the plurality of walls. A cross-sectional thickness of each of the plurality of rails increases as each of the plurality of rails extends away from one of the plurality of intersection edges. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221815 | ADJUSTABLE FOOD SHIELD - An adjustable food shield includes a panel mounting mechanism that enables extensive adjustability of the food shield. The food shield may include a post having a longitudinal axis, and a carrier coupled to the post, the carrier including a carrier clamping mechanism. The carrier clamping mechanism is loosenable to enable the carrier to be moved along at least a portion of the length of the post, and is also tightenable to fix the carrier at a certain location on the post. The mounting mechanism may also include a link having a proximal end pivotally coupled to the carrier. An arm may be pivotally coupled to the distal end of the link and extend from the link. The adjustable food shield may include a clear panel coupled to the arm such that the clear panel is movable to different positions by rotating the link, the arm, or both. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221816 | CASING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a casing of electronic device including the following steps is provided. A casing body is provided, and the material of the casing body being metal. An oxide ceramic layer is formed on a surface of the casing body, wherein the step of forming the oxide ceramic layer on the surface of the casing body is a Micro Arc Oxidation (MAO) process. A casing of electronic device including a casing body and an oxide ceramic layer is also disclosed. The material of the casing body is metal. The oxide ceramic layer is located on a surface of the casing body. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221817 | MOUSE STRUCTURE - A mouse structure includes a housing and a sliding apparatus slidably engaged with the housing. The sliding apparatus includes a reacting portion having a cover and a bottom board, wherein the cover is provided with a first magnet group and at least two engaging portions, and the bottom board is provided with a second magnet group and at least two position portions. The first and second magnet groups are in polar opposition to and spaced from each other. When the sliding apparatus is in a closed state, the cover is propped against an upper wall of the housing by a repelling magnetic force, while the reacting portion moves out of the housing, the cover is being automatically pushed outwards by the repelling magnetic force and is retained by the engaging portions engaged with the position portions so as to position the cover in place. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221818 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY UNIT - The invention relates to a foldable display unit comprising a lower half supporting an upper half. The lower half includes a lower right wall and a lower left wall, housed therein. The upper half comprises an upper right wall and an upper left wall, housed therein. The walls of the right side are interconnected in a hinged manner, and the walls of the left side are also hinged. Each half includes shelves that are pivotally connected thereto. Once the lower left and right walls, the upper left and right walls and the lower and upper shelves are housed, the upper half rotates over the lower half supported on the hinged connection existing between the lower and upper left walls and the hinged join existing between the lower and upper right walls, thereby the display unit is folding in two parts. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221819 | HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - A handle assembly for mounting to a door of an appliance includes a main body member having first and second end portions separated by an intermediate portion. Each of the first and second end portions includes a cavity adapted to receive an end insert formed of soft material. Each of the end inserts includes an attachment member. The handle is mounted to a front face of the door through interengagment of the attachment members and base members provided on the door without scratching the surface of the door. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221820 | STRUCTURE OF A TOOL CABINET - A tool cabinet structure has four columns standing on four corners of a platform. The top of each of the columns has a covering part and a support part. A cover board rests on four support parts at the tops of the four columns and is restricted by four covering parts. Two sideboards and one backboard are fixed to the sides of the platform to form an accommodating space. Several drawers are inserted into the accommodating space in a sliding way. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221821 | POSITIONING DEVICE FOR POSITIONING A PUSHING-OUT DEVICE FOR PUSHING OUT A MOVABLY MOUNTED FURNITURE PART - Positioning device for positioning a pushing-out device for pushing a movably mounted furniture part out of a closed end position relative to a basic furniture structure, having a guide element, which is to be fastened on a substantially horizontally running base of the basic furniture structure, wherein a carrier element of the pushing-out device can be positioned by the guide element, and wherein the guide element has at least one guide which, in the installed position, runs, at least in part, along the depthwise direction of the base and is intended for bearing the carrier element in a displaceable manner. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221822 | SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A slide assembly includes a catch assembly secured to a first rail member, and a second rail member in sliding engagement with the first rail member. The second rail member includes a post extending laterally towards the first rail member. The catch assembly includes a catch member pivotable between a post retaining position and a post releasing position. When the catch member is in the post releasing position, movement of the second rail member from an extended position to a retracted position causes the post to engage a bearing surface of the catch member to pivot the catch member from the post releasing position to the post retaining position. The bearing surface of the catch member is contoured to provide substantially continuous and uniform engagement between the bearing surface and the post as the post pivots the catch member from the post releasing position to the post retaining position. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221823 | REFRIGERATOR DRAWER HAVING A REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BOTTOM TRAY - A refrigerator drawer includes an upper portion and a lower portion forming a bottom tray. The bottom tray is releasably engaged with the upper portion and is adapted to slide relative to the upper portion. The bottom tray includes a grip for enabling a user to slide the bottom tray relative to the upper portion. The bottom tray can be disengaged from the upper portion by sliding the bottom tray beyond a front edge of the upper portion. The bottom tray has a height that is relatively small compared to the height of the upper portion, thereby allowing the bottom tray to be easily and conveniently cleaned without requiring removal of the upper portion or of the entire refrigerator drawer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221824 | STORAGE UNIT AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A storage unit and refrigerator that allows an internal space of an accommodating vessel to be divided into a plurality of sub-spaces by box-shaped division cases are provided. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment having an open front, a door pivotably coupled to the body to open and close the open front of the storage compartment, division cases formed in a box shape to allow food to be stored therein, and an accommodating vessel to accommodate the division cases such that an internal space of the accommodating vessel is divided into sub-spaces. A bottom face of each of the division cases is provided with a protrusion, a bottom face of the accommodating vessel is provided with concave portions. The protrusions are fixed to the concave portions to allow the division cases to be accommodated in the accommodating vessel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221825 | CONTROLLED CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A HINGE - A hinge including a device bracket, a door bracket, a first arm, a second arm, and a closure device is provided. The first arm mounts to the device bracket at a first pin and to the door bracket at a second pin. The second arm mounts to the device bracket at a third pin and to the door bracket at a fourth pin. The third pin is closer to an axis of rotation of a door than the first pin when the door is in a closed position. The closure device includes a closure device body mounted to move with the second arm, a rod mounted within the closure device body, a spring, a spring retainer mounted to the rod, and a nut mounting the rod to the device bracket. The spring is mounted between the spring retainer and the closure device body to exert a force on the second arm. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221826 | PHOSPHOR-COATED LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a phosphor-coated light-emitting device capable of satisfactorily cooling a phosphor with a simple structure. The phosphor-coated light-emitting device includes the phosphor for generating fluorescence by excitation light, and a phosphor bearing member for bearing the phosphor. The phosphor bearing member is formed into a flat-plate shape. In a region where the phosphor is formed, a vertical member having the same perpendicular line as that of the upper surface of the phosphor bearing member is formed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221827 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - A light-emitting module includes: an LED lamp comprising; a flexible board; and a connection member that sandwiches and fixes the LED lamp and the flexible board. An electrode portion of the flexible board is pressed against an external electrode of the LED lamp by the connection member, whereby the external electrode directly contacts and is electrically connected to the electrode portion. A portion of the connection member highest from the substrate is lower than a portion of the sealing body highest from the substrate. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221828 | MICROCHANNEL PLATE FOR ELECTRON MULTIPLIER - A microchannel plate ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221829 | LENS, LIGHTING DEVICE, BULB-TYPE LAMP, AND LUMINAIRE - A lens includes a first lens section and a second lens section, which are integrally formed. The first lens section is formed in a hemispherical shell shape including a first recess opened toward one side of an optical axis direction in which light from a light source is made incident. The second lens section is formed in a hemispherical shell shape including a second recess opened toward the other side of the optical axis direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221830 | Spark Plug - Disclosed is an improved spark plug having an electrode extending from an insulator tip into a piston chamber in use. The improvement comprises a shell defining: a cavity; a cavity opening which couples the cavity with said piston chamber in use; a conduit extending from the cavity and into which the electrode extends in spaced relation to the shell; and, with the tip, a chamber surrounding the tip in spaced relation and coupled to the cavity by the conduit. The cavity includes: a concave portion presenting towards the opening such that the cavity narrows as it extends towards the conduit; and a cylindrical portion extending from the concave portion towards the opening. The chamber includes a cylindrical portion surrounding the tip in spaced relation and a frustoconical portion coupling the cylindrical portion to the conduit such that the chamber narrows as it extends from its cylindrical portion to the conduit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221831 | LASER WELDED SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - An electrode for a spark plug includes an electrode tip end. A first weld affixes at least a portion of the noble metal tip to the tip end of the electrode. The noble metal tip has a fold around its periphery. A second weld joins the fold of the noble metal tip to the tip end of the electrode and creates a seal over the first weld. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221832 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The spark plug has a configuration satisfying the relationships of B≧0.7A and 0.3 mm≦A≦0.6 mm, where B is an axial thickness along the central axis line Q of the weld portion formed between the base material electrode and the noble-metal chip, and A is an axial distance along the central axis line Q between the intersection points P | 2013-08-29 |
20130221833 | Transmission line RF applicator for plasma chamber - A transmission line RF applicator apparatus and method for coupling RF power to a plasma in a plasma chamber. The apparatus comprises an inner conductor and one or two outer conductors. The main portion of each of the one or two outer conductors includes a plurality of apertures that extend between an inner surface and an outer surface of the outer conductor. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221834 | PLANAR MIRCO-TUBE DISCHARGER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a semiconductor-based planar micro-tube discharger structure and a method for fabricating the same. The method comprises steps: forming on a substrate two patterned electrodes separated by a gap and at least one separating block arranged in the gap; forming an insulating layer over the patterned electrodes and the separating block and filling the insulating layer into the gap. Thereby are formed at least two discharge paths. The method can fabricate a plurality discharge paths in a semiconductor structure. Therefore, the structure of the present invention has very high reliability and reusability. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221835 | LAMINATE SUPPORT FILM FOR FABRICATION OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES AND METHOD ITS FABRIACATION - Optical elements ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221836 | FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON SOURCE AND FIELD EMISSION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A field emission electron source includes a carbon nanotube micro-tip structure. The carbon nanotube micro-tip structure includes an insulating substrate and a patterned carbon nanotube film structure. The insulating substrate includes a surface. The surface includes an edge. The patterned carbon nanotube film structure is partially arranged on the surface of the insulating substrate. The patterned carbon nanotube film structure includes two strip-shaped arms joined at one end to form a tip portion protruded from the edge of the surface of the insulating substrate and suspended. Each of the two strip-shaped arms includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes parallel to the surface of the insulating substrate. A field emission device is also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221837 | POLYCARBONATE MADE FROM LOW SULFUR BISPHENOL A AND CONTAINING CONVERIONS MATERIAL CHEMISTRY, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - In one embodiment, a process for producing a bisphenol A product comprises: reacting phenol with acetone in the presence of a sulfur containing promoter to obtain a reaction mixture comprising bisphenol A, phenol, and the promoter; after reacting the phenol with the acetone, cooling to form a crystal stream comprising crystals of bisphenol A and phenol; separating the crystals from the crystal steam; melting the crystals to form a molten stream of bisphenol A, phenol, and sulfur; contacting the molten stream with a base to reduce a sulfur concentration in the molten stream and form a reduced sulfur stream; and removing phenol from the reduced sulfur stream to form a bisphenol A product. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221838 | PHOSPHOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light-emitting device is produced using a phosphor composition containing a phosphor host having as a main component a composition represented by a composition formula: aM | 2013-08-29 |
20130221839 | MARKING HAVING ELECTROLUMINESCENT LIGHTING EFFECT, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An electroluminescent arrangement is described. This electroluminescent arrangement comprises the following functional layers:
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20130221840 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a flexible display screen and a body supporting the flexible display screen. The body comprises a first body comprising a sloping surface on a cross-section, a second body, and a third body comprising a sloping surface on a cross-section. The body comprises a first bending portion provided between the first body and the second body, and the sloping surface of the first body is attached to the second body by the rotation of the first body. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221841 | DISPLAY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display includes a first substrate including elements arranged on a main surface of the first substrate, a second substrate arranged so as to face the main surface of the first substrate on which the elements are arranged, a first sealing layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second sealing layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to surround the first sealing layer. The second substrate has a peripheral projection, the entirety of which projects toward the side on which the elements are arranged, and the peripheral projection surrounds the first sealing layer. The second sealing layer is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to extend from the periphery of the first sealing layer to the peripheral projection. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221842 | Method for Producing an Electrode for a High-Pressure Discharge Lamp and High-Pressure Discharge Lamp Comprising at least One Electrode thus Produced - A method for producing an electrode ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221843 | FIELD EMISSION DEVICE WITH AC OUTPUT - A field emission device is configured as a heat engine with an AC output. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221844 | ELECTRON TUBE - A high power electron tube, such as a magnetron, has the disadvantage that, to reduce the chances of the ceramic RF window failing in use, the manufacturing step entails a prolonged ageing period of powering the magnetron at low power on test, in order to drive any absorbed gases out of the RF window. According to the invention, the RF window | 2013-08-29 |
20130221845 | ION-MODE PLASMA CONTAINMENT - For ion-mode plasma containment, a toroidal vacuum vessel ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221846 | LED LAMP ASSEMBLY - There is provided a LED lamp assembly ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221847 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ARC IN PLASMA CHAMBER - An apparatus for detecting an arc in a plasma chamber is designed to detect the respective voltage and current values of RF power supplied to the plasma chamber and calculate the ratio of the voltage and current values to accomplish a required control of the supplying of the power. When it is determined that the arc is generated, the apparatus rapidly controls the supplying of the power to prevent damages on the plasma chamber and contaminations on the materials to be processed due to the generation of the arc. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221848 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING A THERMAL LOAD ON AN ULTRAVIOLET FLASH LAMP - A system including a power supply configured to supply electrical power to a light source, and a circuit configured to activate the light source at a driving pulse to produce a light from the light source at a desired output spectral range so that a thermal load on the light source is reduced is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed on a processor are also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221849 | FLUORESCENT LAMP ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED RUN-UP - A discharge lamp having an improved run-up time is disclosed. In an embodiment, the discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive discharge tube extending from a first end to a second end and having an inner surface and an outer surface, a phosphor coating layered onto the inner surface of the discharge tube, and a fill gas composition capable of sustaining a discharge sealed within the discharge tube. Also included is a resistive heating wire positioned about the outer surface of the discharge tube. In some embodiments, a lamp driver circuit is included that operates when the lamp is turned ON to provide power to electrodes in the discharge tube and to provide power to the resistive heating wire, and operates to disconnect power from the resistive heating wire when the discharge lamp achieves a predetermined percentage of its stabilized lumen output. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221850 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR PLASMA PROCESSING - A power supply device for plasma processing, wherein electric arcs may occur, comprises a power supply circuit for generating a voltage across output terminals, and a first switch connected between the power supply circuit and one of the output terminals. According to a first aspect the power supply device comprises a recovery energy circuit connected to the output terminals and to the power supply circuit. According to a second aspect the power supply device comprises an inductance circuit including an inductor and a second switch connected parallel to the inductor. According to a third aspect the power supply device comprises a controller for causing the power supply circuit and the first switch to be switched on and off. The controller is configured to determine a quenching time interval by means of a self-adaptive process. The quenching time interval defines the time interval during which, in an event of an arc, no voltage is generated across the output terminals. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221851 | Sensorless LED Light Detection - A simple ambient light detection method that uses the same Light Emitting Diode both for illumination and for ambient light detection by alternatively forward and reverse biasing the Light Emitting Diode. The invention may be implemented without any additional hardware components when incorporated in a digital Light Emitting Diode driver circuit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221852 | MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN LED-BASED LAMP - A mobile application is disclosed that allows a user to configure an LED-based lamp. The LED-based lamp has the capability of color matching color spectrums and calibrating its correlated color temperatures, brightness, and hue based on a color model. The mobile application can send or schedule commands actively or passively to activate the color matching and calibration process on the LED-based lamp. The mobile application can further receive status information regarding the LED-based lamp including fault detection, estimated life time, temperature, power consumption, or any combination thereof. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221853 | LAMP AND SWITCH APPARATUS THEREOF - A lamp includes a lamp body, an LED light source, a storage unit, a switch apparatus, and a microprocessor. The storage unit stores a function table recording a relationship between a plurality of types of touches and a plurality of control functions. The switch apparatus includes a touch panel, a touch controller, and an indicator located under the first touch region. The touch panel generates signals in response to touches applied on thereon. The touch panel includes a first touch region and a second touch region. The touch controller receives the signals and determines the type of the touch intended. The microprocessor refers to the function table, and controls the LED light source to execute the control function and to give visual feedback when the touch panel is touched. A switch apparatus is also provided. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221854 | DUAL-SWITCH CURRENT CONVERTER - The invention relates to a current converter of the forward converter type for converting a three-phase primary voltage into a plurality of secondary voltages, with a magnetic intermediate circuit including at least three transformer secondary windings, wherein the current converter on its primary side includes at least three transformers with respectively two primary windings wound in opposition directions and respectively at least one secondary winding, and that two electronic switches are provided, wherein the first switch respectively controls a primary winding of the three transformers via a set of diodes and wherein the second switch respectively controls another primary winding of the three transformers via a second set of diodes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221855 | CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling a backlight for illuminating an electronic device, includes: receiving, at a processor of the electronic device, a first input indicating a first user-specified light level of the backlight, the first user-specified light level of the backlight being in association with a first ambient light level, receiving, at the processor, a second input indicating a second user-specified light level of the backlight, the second user-specified light level of the backlight being in association with a second ambient light level, determining a current ambient light level, and controlling the backlight as a function of the current ambient light level, the first user-specified light level of the backlight and the second user-specified light level of the backlight. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221856 | AMOLED Light Sensing - The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for estimating ambient light conditions for an OLED display. Embodiments of the method and apparatus use one or more columns of OLEDs in the display to perform two functions: their typical function of emitting light in a display mode, and the additional function of sensing light in a sense mode. To perform the additional sense mode functionality, the one or more columns of OLEDs in the display are temporarily placed into a photovoltaic and/or photoconductive mode. A sensing circuit is used to measure this current produced by the one or more columns of OLEDs while operating in the sense mode and report it back to a controller. The controller can then use this information to estimate the ambient light conditions of the environment where the OLED display is currently operating and to perform a touch and/or proximity sensing function. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221857 | EXPERT SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A COLOR MODEL FOR AN LED-BASED LAMP - Systems and methods for using an expert system to develop a color model for and LED-based lamp for reproducing a target light and calibrating the lamp are disclosed. The CCT of light generated by the lamp is tunable by adjusting the amount of light contributed by each of the LED strings in the lamp. The target light is decomposed into different wavelength bands, and light generated by the LED-based lamp is also decomposed into the same wavelength bands and compared. A color model for the lamp provides information on how hard to drive each LED string in the lamp to generate light over a range of CCTs, and the color model is used to search for the appropriate operating point of the lamp to reproduce the target light. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221858 | AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF A TOPOLOGY FOR LUMINAIRES - An ad-hoc luminaire-controlling system communicates with nearby luminaires to identify a luminaire cluster. During operation, the system detects light patterns emitted by one or more remote luminaires, and identifies the remote luminaires from the detected light patterns. The system then identifies a luminaire cluster that includes a local luminaire and one or more of the identified remote luminaires. A central or mobile luminaire-controlling system receives a cluster description from one or more luminaires, and determines a luminaire topology based on the received cluster descriptions. Each cluster description identifies a set of luminaires that are can see each other's light. The central or mobile system can generate a state-modifying command for a set of target luminaires in a cluster based on the luminaire topology, and sends the state-modifying command to the target luminaires. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221859 | Lighting Device Having Phototransistor with On/Off Control Circuitry - A lighting device, such as nightlight or path light is provided. The lighting device includes a power supply input, a light source, and a phototransistor for sensing ambient light. The lighting device also includes control circuitry for turning the light source on and off based on the sensed ambient light. The control circuitry includes a first resistor in series with the phototransistor and a second resistor in parallel with the phototransistor. The first resistor sets an illumination limit to turn the light source on and off and the second resistor introduces hysteresis such that the light source is turned on and off at different illumination limits. A path light may further include a motion sensor for sensing motion of an object and turns the light source on when both motion is detected and the sensed light is below an illumination level. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221860 | CONTROLLING A PARAMETER OF A DEVICE THROUGH QUALIFIED MOTION SENSING - Methods and apparatuses for controlling a parameter of a device through motion sensing are disclosed. One apparatus includes a motion sensor for sensing a first instance of motion. The apparatus further includes a controller interfaced to the motion sensor and the device, wherein the controller is operative to activate the light only if consecutive instances of motion are sensed, wherein each instance is sensed within a gap of time of a previously sensed instance of motion, and the consecutive instances of motion being sensed span an entire window of time after sensing the first instance of motion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221861 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING AN LED STRING - The invention relates to a method and a device for driving an LED string of a first LED segment ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221862 | Method and System for Avoiding Flicker of SSL Devices - This disclosure relates to illumination systems. In particular it relates to a method and system for avoiding flicker (in particular 100 Hz or 120 Hz flicker) in solid state lighting devices such as LED or OLED assemblies. A controller for a driver circuit of a solid state lighting device (SSL) is described. The driver circuit comprises a power converter to convert a varying input voltage into a drive voltage for the SSL device. The input voltage is derived from a rectified AC mains voltage and frequency. The power converter is used with a maximum voltage step-up conversion ratio. The controller synchronizes to the mains frequency and determines a plurality of pulse intervals repeated at a pulse frequency where the pulse frequency is greater than a perceptual frequency of light intensity variations perceivable by a human eye. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221863 | GENERATOR SUITABLE FOR POWERING A DENTAL CURING LIGHT - The generator for a piezoelectric motor is also suitable for powering a high power LED for a dental polymerisation lamp via a rectifier, and comprises two transformers each including a primary winding and a secondary winding and four switches controlled by an ultrasonic reference oscillator, two switches being arranged to alternately connect the secondary windings of the two transformers to the piezoelectric load, and the other two switches being arranged to alternately connect the two primary windings to a voltage supply so that during the positive alternation, the primary winding of one of the transformers is charged with energy whereas the secondary winding of the other transformer is discharged into the piezoelectric load, and so that during the negative alternation, the secondary winding of the first transformer discharges the energy thereof whereas the primary winding of the first transformer is charged. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221864 | LED LIGHTING CIRCUIT, LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LED ILLUMINATION UNIT SOCKET - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED lighting circuit, which can normally light an LED even if an alternating current power supply is an electronic transformer, an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit. Disclosed is an LED lighting circuit includes a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC output from an AC power supply, an LED drive unit, which drives the LED by having rectifying output inputted thereto from the rectifying circuit, a reverse current preventing unit, which is provided between the rectifying circuit and the LED drive unit, and a terminal voltage control unit, which reduces the output terminal voltage of the rectifying circuit in the case where the alternating current output from the alternating current power supply is unstable or stopped. Also provided are an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221865 | DRIVER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING A LOAD, IN PARTICULAR AN LED UNIT - The present invention relates to a driver device ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221866 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An illuminating device comprising a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices differing in emission color and employing a semiconductor light-emitting element and a phosphor, wherein outputted light is stably combined, separation of light is inhibited, and color tone is variable, and which devices emit light outward on the basis of an emission from the semiconductor light-emitting element and from the phosphor which is excited by emission from the semiconductor light-emitting element to fluoresce or on the basis of emission from the phosphor which is so excited to fluoresce, the deviation duv of which from a blackbody radiation locus being within a range of −0.02≦duv≦0.02, in the uv chromaticity diagram according to UCS (u,v) color system (CIE 1960), and outputted lights from the light-emitting part in which the plurality of kinds of the semiconductor light-emitting devices are integrated and arranged, are mixed together and emitted outward. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221867 | LED RETROFIT LAMP - The present invention relates to an LED lamp ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130221868 | Illuminable Wall Socket Plates and Systems and Methods Thereof - The invention relates generally to an illuminable wall socket plate for replacing existing wall sockets in one simple installation step. The illuminable wall socket plate obtains electric current from a socket to power a light by connecting metal tabs on the back side of the illuminable wall socket plate to socket terminals, and transferring electric current from the socket terminals to a light in the wall socket plate through conductive material, in accordance with the invention described herein. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE RIPPLE CANCELATION - Various embodiments of the invention allow for active AC ripple noise cancellation. In certain embodiments, noise cancellation is accomplished by modulating an LED driver output in a polarity opposite to the ripple, thereby, preventing interference with ripple-sensitive loads. Certain embodiments take advantage of a filter network to prevent the LED driver from modulating LED current in response to ripple that falls within a visible frequency range so as to prevent flicker in an LED backlight display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221870 | AC WHITE LED DEVICE - An Alternate Current (AC) white Light-Emitting Diode (LED) device is provided, which belongs to the technical field of white LED manufacturing. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to low-costly overcome a series of deficiencies such as the stroboflash of an AC driven LED, and the heat dissipation difficulty caused by an integrated packaging of multiple LEDs. A white LED unit includes an LED chip and a light emitting material that can emit light when being excited by the LED chip. The luminous lifetime of the light emitting material is 1-100 ms. The LED chip only comprises one PN junction. The light emitted by the LED chip is mixed with the light emitted by the light emitting material to form white light. The white LED unit is driven by AC with a frequency not more than 100 Hz. The white LED device of prevent invention uses the single PN junction chip, rather than the prior integrated packaged AC multi-LED chip. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221871 | MIXED LOAD CURRENT COMPENSATION FOR LED LIGHTING - In at least one embodiment, a system and method provide current compensation in a lighting system by controlling a lamp current to prevent a current through a triac-based dimmer from undershooting a holding current value. In at least one embodiment, at least one of the lamps includes a controller that controls circuitry in the lamp to draw more lamp current for a period of time than needed to illuminate a brightness of the lamp at a level corresponding to particular phase-cut angle of the supply voltage. By drawing more current than needed, the controller increases the dimmer current during the period of time to prevent the dimmer current from falling below the holding current value. In at least one embodiment, the period of time corresponds to a compensating pulse of the lamp current at a time when the dimmer current would otherwise fall below the holding current value. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221872 | CONTROL SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES - The present invention discloses a control system, comprising user interface that includes an input/output module for assignment of address and control configurations for a fixture; and uses a light for outputting a precise indication and feedback confirmation of exact settings for address and control configurations | 2013-08-29 |
20130221873 | LED COLOR CHANNELS INCLUDING PHOSPHOR-BASED LEDS FOR HIGH LUMINOUS EFFICACY LIGHT SOURCE - A light source apparatus is disclosed. The light source includes an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) including at least three color channels, the at least three color channels includes: a yellow-greenish channel including a YAG:Ce phosphor emitter pumped by a royal blue InGaN LED; a red channel including a second LED, the second LED being either phosphor-based LED or AlInGaP LED; and a blue green channel including a third LED wherein the third LED is a royal blue InGaN LED. The light source further includes a mixing barrel around the array of LEDs for mixing light generated from the three color channels to simulate a black body radiator at different correlated color temperatures. Each of the at least three color channels includes one or more LEDs emitting the same color. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221874 | GLO-BLADES SKATES - A plurality of pairs of skates, where each skate has a blade or inline wheels and has a light bar for illuminating a skating surface, are wireless and remotely controlled. A remote controller, which includes an input device, determines the desired illumination characteristics of the pairs of skates and transmits wireless signals indicative of the desired illumination characteristics. Light controllers responsive to the wireless signals cause the desired illumination from the light bars of the skates. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221875 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE DRIVER CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a light emitting device circuit and a control method thereof. The light emitting device circuit includes: a light emitting device control circuit, for converting an input voltage to an output voltage according to a control signal, wherein the output voltage is supplied to a light emitting device circuit; a voltage supply circuit, which is coupled to the light emitting device circuit, for generating a supply voltage from the output voltage; and a remote control circuit, which is coupled to the voltage supply circuit, for receiving the supply voltage, and generating the control signal according to a remote signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221876 | SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT - A switching arrangement for applying voltage pulses across a load, comprising a plurality of capacitive elements (C | 2013-08-29 |
20130221877 | Systems and Methods for Black Starting a Power Grid Using a Self-Starting Synchronous Condenser - Systems and methods for black starting a power grid are described. A battery-powered configuration including, but not limited to, a motor, drive, and batteries can be coupled to a condenser which is coupled to a power grid. The drive can draw power from the batteries and use the power to accelerate the motor. As the motor accelerates, the condenser can accelerate by virtue of a shaft coupling the motor to the condenser. Upon the condenser reaching a certain speed or operational capacity, an inverter can de-block from a power distribution line and allow power to enter the power grid. In certain embodiments, a control device such as a circuit or computing device can be used to facilitate the black start of the power grid. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221878 | METHOD FOR SETTING A DESIRED OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF A POWER SUPPLY BRANCH OF A CONTROLLABLE ENERGY STORE - A method for setting a desired output voltage of a power supply branch of a controllable energy store, for controlling and supplying electrical energy to an n-phase electric motor, where n≧1. The controllable energy store has n parallel power supply branches, which each have at least two serially connected energy storage modules including at least one electrical energy storage cell having an assigned, controllable coupling unit; are connected to a reference bus on one side; and are connected to phases, respectively, of the electric motor on the other side. At least one coupling unit is controlled by pulses so that the arithmetic mean of the output voltage of a power supply branch corresponds to the desired output voltage. The energy storage cells respectively assigned to the coupling unit are switched into the respective power supply branch for a pulse duration, and are bypassed during a pause time. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221879 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A CURRENT OF A MOTOR AND CONTROL DEVICE OF A MOTOR - The present invention is a control device of a motor, for drawing out a capacity of the motor as much as possible so as to achieve a high-speed high-output performance thereof while securing a stability, including: a converter unit configured to rectify and smooth an AC voltage, and to output a DC main circuit voltage; an inverter unit configured to pass a current for driving the motor, with the use of the main circuit voltage; a current detector configured to detect an armature current passing through the motor; a position detector disposed on the motor, the position detector being configured to detect a motor speed; and a current control unit configured to control, upon reception of a q-axis current command (Iqr), the armature current passing through the motor, by outputting a signal for driving the inverter unit, with the use of data from the current detector and data from the position detector. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221880 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MOTOR APPARATUS - The motor driving circuit includes a driving controlling signal generating circuit that controls a driver with a driving controlling signal. The motor driving circuit includes a detecting circuit that outputs a first voltage signal based on a driving current flowing to the driver in a case where the motor is being driven by direct-current excitation driving. The motor driving circuit includes a calculating circuit that removes a direct-current component from the first voltage signal and outputs a resulting second voltage signal. The motor driving circuit includes a determining circuit that determines, based on an amplitude of the second voltage signal, whether or not to make the motor transition from the direct-current excitation driving to forced commutation driving and outputs a determination signal according to a result of the determination to the driving controlling signal generating circuit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221881 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD - A driving apparatus is configured to switch states in one modulation period so as to include a conductive state in a first drive direction, a conductive state in a second drive direction having a polarity different from the conductive state in the first drive direction, and a ground state at least when a motor output is in a low output region including a case where a duty ratio of a PWM control is at zero, in which the duty ratio is changed by changing periods of the respective states. | 2013-08-29 |
20130221882 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a motor driving circuit including: a duty ratio detection unit that detects a duty ratio of input pulse-width-modulation applied to control a speed of a motor; a speed detection unit that detects the speed of the motor; and a driving control unit that detects a targeted speed corresponding to the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation by using relationship data between the duty ratio of the input pulse-width-modulation and the targeted speed that are previously stored and controls a driving of the motor so that the speed of the motor is equal to the targeted speed. By this configuration, a speed of the motor can be accurately controlled. | 2013-08-29 |