41st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120256495 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that wirelessly supplies power to an electronic apparatus, and a control unit that controls, if power output from the power supply unit to the electronic apparatus is lower than a first predetermined value, the communication unit so that a predetermined speed for transmitting the predetermined data is higher than a second predetermined value. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256496 | Method and apparatus for positioning in-wall power - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for locating a pre-wired electrically isolated power source. The invention includes a plurality of embodiments of encased receptacles combined with recessed electrical enclosures for mounting the receptacles. The recessed electrical enclosures allow for the input and output receptacles to be mounted externally to the enclosure, to create space internal to the enclosure, for visual isolation of receptacle outlets and associated plugs/connectors that may also be present in the enclosure. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256497 | BATTERY PACK AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH THE SAME - A power supply system includes a battery pack and an electronic device. The battery pack includes a battery, a voltage conversion circuit, and a first power port. The electronic device includes a second power port. When the battery pack is connected to the electronic device via the first power port and the second power port, the connection between the battery and the voltage conversion circuit is established, the voltage conversion circuit converts a voltage of the battery to a predetermined voltage and power the electronic device via the first power port and the second power port; when the battery pack does not connect to the electronic device, the connection between the battery and the voltage conversion circuit is cut off. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256498 | Voice Coil Motor - A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a base formed with an opening; a bobbin arranged on an upper surface of the base and mounted with a lens therein; a plurality of magnets secured on the base to face a periphery of the bobbin; a coil block encompassing each magnet and the bobbin, and secured to a part of the bobbin exposed between the magnets; and a cover can encompassing the magnets and the coil block. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256499 | Brushless Electric Motor - The invention relates to a brushless electric motor—preferably for a vehicle fan—having an armature which is supported on both sides in a housing, wherein the housing consists substantially of a plastic-containing material and is provided with a preferably substantially tapered casing section as well as two cover sections onto or into both cover sections one bearing each is formed for the armature shaft, and said two cover sections being connected to each other via the casing section and being supported by each other, as well as a stator assembly which extends between the housing casing and the armature wherein the housing is further provided with at least one molded body made of a plastic-containing material for receiving the stator assembly while at the same time determining the axial and radial position, said molded bodies, in turn, being clamped between the cover sections and the casing section in a radial and axial direction, and in this way reinforcing the housing. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256500 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor, having a stator, on which a coil for generating a commutated magnetic rotating field, and a rotor having a permanent magnet element. The rotor is mounted rotatably on an axis. A force acts between the commutated magnetic rotating field and the magnetic field of the permanent magnet element to rotate the rotor about the axis. To provide an electric motor in which the permanent magnet element is fastened on the rotor in a cost-effective and long-term stable manner. The torque generated by the electric motor should be as large as possible, the permanent magnet element protrudes in an axial extension thereof beyond the stator. The part of the permanent magnetic element that protrudes beyond the stator is covered by an overmolding made of a plastic material, said overmolding fixes the permanent magnet element in the position thereof on the rotor. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256501 | OIL COOLED GENERATOR - An oil cooled generator may have stator windings with first portions in contact with a stator core and second non-contact portions. One or more nozzles may be configured to provide a spray pattern of oil which impinges on the non-contact portions even though the nozzles may have orifices oriented so that the lines projected in alignment with longitudinal axes of the orifices do not intersect the non-contact portions of the stator windings. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256502 | Stator Arrangement - A stator arrangement for an electrical machine includes a stator having a stator stack consisting of a plurality of axially adjacently disposed metal plates. The arrangement further includes a cooling device in the shape of at least one heat pipe. The at least one radial channel extends between respective axially adjacently disposed metal plates, wherein the at least one heat pipe is located within the at least one radial channel. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256503 | STATOR ARRANGEMENT - A stator arrangement for an electrical machine is provided. The stator arrangement has a stator having a stator stack. The stator stack has a number of adjacently disposed metal plates. A number of radial channels are provided between respective groups of metal plates by spacers. At least one transition area from the stator stack in at least one respective radial channel is provided with a curved and/or chamfered and/or stepped shape. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256504 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING FLUID CIRCULATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COOLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor having a housing, a stator mounted in the housing, and a rotor mounted in the housing for rotation relative to the stator about a central axis. A plurality of fluid flow passages extend through the rotor between opposite ends. An electro-magnetic drive system is adapted for driving rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. A fluid circulation system is in fluid communication with the fluid flow passages for providing fluid flow from the first end of the rotor to the second end of the rotor through at least one of the fluid flow passages and fluid flow from the second end of the rotor to the first end of the rotor through at least one other of the fluid flow passages. The rotor and components of the fluid circulation system can be assembled to make a rotor assembly | 2012-10-11 |
20120256505 | BOBBIN WOUND MOTOR - A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is operable to electromagnetically induce movement of the rotor and includes stator teeth and a motor-board. A stator tooth includes a core material, a plurality of winding segments, and a bobbin. The bobbin includes a core receptacle for mechanically engaging the core material, radial-orientated sections to support and electrically isolate the winding segments, and connectors for electrically coupling the winding segments. The motor-board includes electrical receptacles for electrically mating with the connectors for each of the winding segments and traces for coupling the winding segments to a power source. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256506 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating an electric motor, in particular an electric motor for a windshield wiper. The electric motor has a first voltage connection, a ground connection, and a return connection. The ground connection is connected to a battery ground connection of a battery. Furthermore, a switch is provided, which is designed to open or disconnect a conductive connection between the ground connection and the return connection depending on an angle position of a shaft driven by the electric motor. Additionally, a filter member is arranged between the return connection and the ground connection. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256507 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - A brush direct current motor has a stator with a plurality of coils that correspond to N phases, a rotor with 2P magnet poles and a current converting device for converting direct current power to N phases current and carrying the N phases of alternating current for the coils of the stator. The current converting device has a plurality of first and second bars alternately arranged with transiting plates along a brush path. Resistors connect the transiting plates to one of the adjacent bars. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256508 | PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ROTOR CORE - A permanent magnet synchronous rotating electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a first hole, a second hole, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The second hole is provided on an opposite side with respect to a center line extending along a radial direction of the rotor. The first magnet is provided in the first hole and extends along a first longitudinal axis inclined at a first acute angle with respect to the center line. The second magnet is provided in the second hole and extends along a second longitudinal axis inclined at a second acute angle with respect to the center line. The second acute angle is smaller than the first acute angle. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256509 | MOTOR AND MAGNETIZING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIZING METHOD OF MOTOR - An apparatus for magnetizing magnets provided among a plurality of cores of a motor of a washing machine and a method thereof, is capable of fully magnetizing a magnet forming a rotor and including a plurality of teeth disposed around two cores of the plurality of cores, the two cores being laterally provided while interposing one of the magnets therebetween, and a coil being provided around the plurality of teeth to form a magnetic flux to magnetize the one magnet interposed between the two cores laterally provided. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256510 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine includes a stator that creates a rotating magnetic field, and a rotor around which a rotor winding is wound so that induced electromotive force is created by a harmonic component of the rotating magnetic field, and in which a magnetic pole is created through the induced electromotive force. The stator has an auxiliary pole that is a leading portion that leads the harmonic component from the stator to the rotor. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256511 | STATOR - A stator includes a stator core that has at least one tooth which extends radially inward from the stator core and has a shape of a quadrangular prismoid, an insulator that is made of a resin, and a coil that is formed by winding a rectangular wire around the tooth via the insulator. The insulator has a thickness which varies depending on a relative positional relationship between the rectangular wire and the tooth, or the coil is formed in a staircase configuration to conform to the quadrangular prismoid shape of the tooth and the insulator has a varying thickness to conform to the staircase configuration. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256512 | STATOR STRUCTURE FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING STATOR - A stator structure for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape in which slots and pole pieces are formed on an inner peripheral side and alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, a conductor segment which is a conducting wire having a rectangular cross section inserted in one of the slots through an insulator being connected with a conductor segment similarly inserted in another slot to form a coil. Each insulator has a shape including a pair of opposite side surface portions connected with an intermediate portion along a wall surface defining the slot. Each insulator includes end protrusions facing each other at free ends of the side surface portions to position the conductor segments. The insulators are made of an insulating and elastic material. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256513 | STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A stator for a motor contains a number of stator sheets stacked in a star-shaped laminated core. The stator sheets contain stator sheets closed in the circumferential direction and have single teeth connected to one another by pole shoe webs and stator sheets open in the circumferential direction and have single teeth spaced apart from one another to form a gap. A bottom starting block is adjoined by a repeat block which has N identical repeat sequences. Each repeat sequence contains n directly consecutive open stator sheets with a gap on the pole shoe side and at least one closed stator sheet. The laminated core also has a terminating block and an intermediate block between the repeat block and the terminating block. The intermediate block contains a closed stator sheet and/or a gap on the pole shoe side created by m open stator sheets, where 1≦m≦n−1. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256514 | BRUSHLESS SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A brushless synchronous motor includes a rotor having a number n of embedded permanent magnets and being rotatable relative to a stator having a number of stator teeth provided with a three-phase stator winding, while forming an air gap. An angle between two adjacent permanent magnets is 360°/n where n>8, an angle between two adjacent stator teeth is 360°/n+2, and an inner contour of the stator facing the rotor has a curved structure with curvature valleys provided at ends of the stator teeth. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256515 | SPINDLE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a spindle motor configured of a rotating part including a shaft and a magnet and a fixing part including a bearing supporting the shaft and an armature facing the magnet, the rotating part being rotated by electromagnetic force between the magnet and the armature, wherein the fixing part includes: a base plate supporting the shaft; a bearing holder mounted on an upper portion of the base plate and fixed to an outer diameter of the bearing; and a flexible printed circuit board attached on upper portions of the base plate and the bearing holder so that it is disposed between the base plate and the armature and the bearing holder and the armature, thereby insulating the base plate and the bearing holder from the armature. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256516 | ROTOR - A rotor is provided with a rotor core, a shaft fastening hole provided at the center of the rotor core, and magnets provided to the outer circumferential portion of the rotor core. Circular arc slits are formed at intervals on double concentric circles, respectively, so as to be located around the shaft fastening hole of the rotor core. The slits are arranged in such a manner that the outside slits on the outer circle are each located so as to block the portions located in the intervals between adjacent inside slits on the inner circle. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256517 | Method for Microfabrication of a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Comprising a Diamond Membrane and a Transducer Thereof - This invention relates generally to capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs), particularly to those comprising diamond or diamond like carbon membranes and a method of microfabrication of such CMUTs, wherein the membrane of diamond or diamond like carbon is attached to the substrate by plasma-activated direct bonding of an interlayer of high temperature oxide (HTO). | 2012-10-11 |
20120256518 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing an electromechanical transducer includes forming an insulating film on a first electrode, forming a sacrificial layer on the insulating film, forming a first membrane on the sacrificial layer, forming a second electrode on the first membrane, forming an etching-hole in the first membrane and removing the sacrificial layer through the etching-hole, and forming a second membrane on the second electrode, and sealing the etching-hole. Forming the second membrane and sealing the etching-hole are performed in one operation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256519 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An electromechanical transducer includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, and a vibration film including a membrane disposed on the first electrode with a space therebetween and a second electrode disposed on the membrane so as to oppose the first electrode. The first electrode has a surface roughness value of 6 nm RMS or less. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256520 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An electromechanical transducer includes a first electrode; a silicon oxide film disposed on the first electrode; and a vibration film including a silicon nitride film disposed on the silicon oxide film with a space therebetween and a second electrode disposed on the silicon nitride film so as to oppose the first electrode. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256521 | LAMINATED PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A laminated piezoelectric material has a four-layered piezoelectric material and electrode layers for applying a voltage to each layer of the four-layered piezoelectric material. Each piezoelectric material has an inorganic piezoelectric material with a remanent polarization in a thickness direction. The layers are laminated so that a direction of an electric field is counter to a direction of the remanent polarization in one of the layers and the direction of the electric field coincides with the direction of the remanent polarization in the other three layers, or the direction of the electric field coincides with the direction of the remanent polarization in one of the layers and the direction of the electric field is counter to the direction of remanent polarization in the other three layers, when a voltage is applied to each piezoelectric material of the four-layered piezoelectric material via electrode layers. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256522 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC SENSOR APPARATUS - A magnetic sensor device includes a piezoelectric substrate and an IDT electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate. At least a portion of the IDT electrode is made of a ferromagnetic metal and the duty ratio of the IDT electrode is higher than about 0.5 and lower than or equal to about 0.99. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256523 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine comprising a housing. A motor can be positioned within the housing and coupled to a gear train, which can be coupled to a shaft. A switched reluctance solenoid assembly can be positioned within the housing and capable of being coupled to inverters that communicate with an electronic control unit. The switched reluctance solenoid assembly includes at least two switched reluctance stator assemblies and a rotor that is coupled to the shaft. The rotor can also include an integral pinion and is movably positioned within the switched reluctance stator assemblies. The rotor is capable of linear and rotational movement. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256524 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes at least one biasing members and a coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The motor can include a field assembly and an armature assembly. The field assembly can include a support body and permanent magnets that are supported within the support body. A plurality of flux members can be disposed between the permanent magnets. A plurality of windings can be disposed around the flux members and can be coupled to a control circuit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256525 | PROJECTOR SUSPENSION DEVICE - A projector suspension device includes a casing and a suspension mechanism. The casing defines a space for accommodating an optical projection engine, and the casing has a trough extending into an inside of the casing. The suspension mechanism includes a fixed rod and a movable rod, and the fixed rod is disposed inside and fixed to the casing. One end of the movable rod is connected to the fixed rod, and another end of the movable rod is fixed to a stationary object. The movable rod is slidably coupled to the fixed rod and slides relative to the fixed rod so as to be stored inside the trough or to stick out from the trough. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256526 | FIBER OPTIC CABINET - The present invention relates to a fiber optic telecommunication cabinet for use in fiber optic telecommunication networks. The fiber optic telecommunication cabinet comprises a base and a housing. The housing defines an internal cavity from an open first end that extends longitudinally to a closed second end. The base is configured for attachment to the open first end of the housing to provide an enclosed configuration. The base has a plurality of ports passing through the base to allow passage telecommunication cables into the fiber optic cabinet. A center support column extends from the base from the base. The fiber optic cabinet includes a plurality of patch panel frames disposed radially around the center support column and a patch cord management plate attached to the center support column above the plurality of patch panel frames. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256527 | PIECE OF FURNITURE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SLIDING DOOR - A piece of furniture having at least one sliding door ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256528 | Organic Light-Emitting Device with Homogeneous Temperature Distribution - An organic light-emitting device ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256529 | METAL HALIDE REFLECTOR LAMP - The invention relates to a high pressure discharge lamp ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256530 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug including a center electrode and a ground electrode having a core portion and an outer layer covering the core portion, the core portion being formed from a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the outer layer. At least a portion in which thickness of the outer layer is 0.5 mm or less is present at a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the ground electrode is extended. Further, the composition of the electrode material forming the outer layer is as follows: Ni is 96 mass % or more, total of at least one kind selected from Y and rare earth elements is 0.05 mass % or more, Al is 0.5 mass % or less, and Si is 0.5 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, where the total of Ni, Y, rare earth elements, Al, Si does not exceed 100 mass %. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256531 | SPARK PLUG HAVING A HOLE FOR ADJUSTMENT - The invention relates to a spark plug, comprising a center electrode and a ground electrode, wherein the center electrode is arranged relative to the ground electrode in such a way that the spark gap extends between the ground electrode and the center electrode, wherein the spark gap is surrounded by a wall, wherein the wall has a recess or opening, which is designed in such a way that a feeler gauge can be inserted between the center electrode and the ground electrode. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256532 | PANEL SYSTEM FOR COVERING A GLASS OR PLASTIC SURFACE - An improved panel system for covering a glass or plastic surface is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256533 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR, PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a yellow to orange phosphor which has high luminance and excellent temperature characteristics and which also has high luminance when mixed with a phosphor of a different color. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256534 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of an OLED display is provided. The method includes: forming an organic emission layer and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the organic emission layer on a substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral area; adhering a laminating film including a plurality of adhesive layers and an upper protective layer that covers an upper adhesive layer from among the adhesive layers on the thin film encapsulation layer, a lower adhesive layer from among the adhesive layers contacting the thin film encapsulation layer; radiating UV light on the laminating film that corresponds to the peripheral area of the substrate to decrease adhesion between the lower adhesive layer and the thin film encapsulation layer corresponding to the peripheral area; and peeling the laminating film corresponding to the peripheral area from the thin film encapsulation layer to maintain the laminating film that corresponds to the pixel area. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256535 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency or long lifetime, in which the use amount of a phosphorescent compound is small. To provide a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound, and the combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex. The light-emitting element transfers energy by utilizing the overlap between the emission spectrum of the exciplex and the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and thus has high energy transfer efficiency, even when the concentration of the phosphorescent compound is low. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256536 | PHOSPHINE OXIDE COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD AND USES THEREOF - A compound having a stable deposition rate suitable for forming an electron-transporting layer of an organic El element. The compound is represented by the following formula (1): | 2012-10-11 |
20120256537 | COMPOSITION AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT USING THE COMPOSITION - A composition comprising (i) a crosslinkable polymer compound having a crosslinkable group and being capable of showing at least one of a light emitting property and charge transportability, and (ii) a crosslinkable low molecular weight compound having a crosslinkable group and being capable of showing at least one of a light emitting property and charge transportability. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256538 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT BULB SHAPED LAMP AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A light-emitting device capable of effectively dissipating heat generated at an LED is provided. The light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a base board and an LED chip mounted on the base board. The base board is a translucent base board made of a polycrystalline ceramic. A main region of the base board includes an element mounted region on which the LED chip is mounted, and an average grain size of the polycrystalline ceramic in the main region is between 10 μm and 40 μm inclusive. An end portion region of said base board is a region around an end portion, and an average grain size of the polycrystalline ceramic in the end portion region is preferably smaller than an average grain size of the polycrystalline ceramic in the element mounted region. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256539 | ELECTRODE FOR USE IN A LAMP - The invention describes an electrode ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256540 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH A BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE - A portable lighting apparatus comprising a re-chargable battery and a plurality of LED's (light emitting diode) located on a PCB are housed in separate enclosures. The battery is managed by a first microprocessor in the battery enclosure and operation of the LED(s) is managed by a second microprocessor in the lamp enclosure. The two microprocessors are connected to respective data transmitters which generate signals to pass information and/or commands between the two microprocessors. The electrical systems of the two enclosures are interconnected by a bi-direction data link formed by a twin core cable. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE BLANKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE - A license plate assembly includes a frame receiving a conventional license plate and at least one blanking flash generator arranged to generate a blanking flash at the license plate in response to a monitoring flash from an external monitoring device. The monitoring device is designed to take an image of the license plate and the blanking flash is obscuring the license plate to prevent or interfere with the taking of the image. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256542 | VEHICLE LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle lighting arrangement comprising a luminous device, a luminous device driver circuit, a sensor and a nonvolatile memory, wherein the luminous device driver circuit is designed to drive the luminous device during luminous device driving such that the luminous device emits light, wherein the sensor is designed to detect a sensor state of the luminous device, and wherein the vehicle lighting arrangement is designed to read in a sensor state of the luminous device detected by the sensor and to write the read-in sensor state to the nonvolatile memory. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256543 | ILLUMINATED DEVICES ATTACHED TO VEHICLES - The present disclosure is directed to illuminated devices attached to vehicles. More specifically, an illuminated device may be attached to a vehicle in the form of an illuminated logo or emblem. The illumination of the device may be controlled for color, state, and/or intensity in response to vehicle signals received by the device. In addition, the illuminated device may use switching circuitry to interface with a vehicle's electrical power and/or signals. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256544 | POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAMERA AND AT LEAST ONE LAMP - The invention relates to a power-driven vehicle having at least one camera and at least one lamp, wherein the camera is provided to photograph at least part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, the lamp is used to illuminate at least sections of part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, and the lamp can be supplied by a power supply medium of the power-driven vehicle with power having a first frequency to generate the light. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256545 | High-Pressure Discharge Lamp - A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a lamp base ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256546 | SOLID-STATE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE MULTIPHASE REACTIVE POWER - The present invention utilizes a three-phase or multiphase AC power source, and the electric power of each phase respectively drives its corresponding solid-state light emitting member, and the solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by each phase power are arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means, so that the light of the individual solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by the multiphase power source and arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means can reduce the brightness pulse through synthetic illumination; and through being controlled by a solid-state switch device for controlling AC conductivity phase angle ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256547 | SOLID-STATE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE MULTIPHASE REACTIVE POWER - The present invention utilizes a three-phase or multiphase AC power source, and the electric power of each phase respectively drives its corresponding solid-state light emitting member, and the solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by each phase power are arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means, so that the light of the individual solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by the multiphase power source and arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means can reduce the brightness pulse through synthetic illumination; and through being controlled by a solid-state switch device for controlling AC conductivity phase angle ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120256548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LED CONTROL USING ON-BOARD INTELLIGENCE - Board level conditions associated with the operation of multiple LEDs are sensed and used to control a driver that powers the LEDs. The driver is controlled via a 0-10V control interface. The board-level conditions include, but are not limited to, temperature, ambient light, light intensity, operating time, time of day, current, and voltage. An on-board intelligent (OBI) controller processes the 0-10V control signal before it is provided to the driver to better control the LEDs. In some systems the OBI controller works in conjunction with a separate 0-10V controller that controls one or more luminaires. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256549 | ACTIVATION OF AN EMERGENCY LIGHT UNIT - An emergency light unit (arranged in an elevator cage) of an elevator installation can be activated. A light sensor unit and a lighting unit are arranged in the elevator cage. The emergency light unit is activated by an elevator control unit in dependence on at least one light intensity value detected by the light sensor unit when the elevator cage door is closed and transmitted to the control unit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256550 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention is directed to providing an LED driving circuit that can be reduced in size and produced at low cost, and that can effectively prevent a shoot-through current that may flow between a plurality of LED arrays. The LED driving circuit includes a rectifier, a first LED array containing a plurality of LEDs, a second LED array containing a plurality of LEDs; a connection unit for connecting the first and second LED arrays in series relative to the rectifier or for connecting the first and second LED arrays in parallel relative to the rectifier, a control unit for switching the connection of the first and second LED arrays relative to the rectifier from parallel to series by controlling the connection unit, and a reverse current preventing diode disposed between the first LED array and the second LED array. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256551 | Ballast circuit for LED lamp - The ballast circuit for an LED lamp includes a surge absorber circuit that includes a capacitor C | 2012-10-11 |
20120256552 | BALLAST STRUCTURE USED FOR HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - Disclosed is a ballast structure on which a high-intensity discharge lamp (HID lamp) can be installed and which can light the HID lamp; the ballast structure is provided with a base and an HID lamp seat provided on the base, and the base is provided with a direct-current (DC) boost circuit, an alternating-current (AC) rectifier circuit and an ignition circuit, all of which circuits are arranged to form a circuit functioning as a ballast; the HID lamp seat is provided with positive-electrode and negative-electrode contact ends electrically connected to positive-electrode and negative-electrode output ends of the AC rectifier circuit and of the ignition circuit of the base; and the HID lamp installed on the ballast structure can be lit and kept in normal operation by a DC current. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256553 | SCR DIMMING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an SCR dimming circuit and method for regulating the luminance of an LED load. In one embodiment, an SCR dimming circuit can include: an SCR element that generates a lack-phase AC voltage based on a sinusoidal AC supply; a rectifier bridge that generates a lack-phase DC voltage based on the lack-phase AC voltage; a conduction angle generator that receives the lack-phase DC voltage, and generates a controlling signal representative of a conduction angle of the SCR element; and a dimming signal generator that generates a dimming signal to regulate luminance of the LED load, where the dimming signal generator receives the controlling signal, an adjustable signal, and a clamping voltage, an amplitude of a dimming phase angle range is selected by a fixed signal determined by the clamping voltage, and the dimming phase angle range may be shifted by regulating the adjustable signal. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256554 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVER - A light emitting diode (LED) driver is provided that includes a light emitting diode, a converter connected to the light emitting diode, wherein the converter receives an input voltage and converts the input voltage to a basic voltage for driving the light emitting diode, a current regulator connected to the light emitting diode, a first operational amplifier connected to the current regulator, an analog dimming voltage generating unit including a second operational amplifier, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a third resistor, wherein a first terminal of the first resistor, a first terminal of the second resistor, and a first terminal of the third resistor are connected to a non-inversion terminal of the second operational amplifier, and connected to the first operational amplifier, and a pulse-width-modulation dimming pulse generating unit connected to a second terminal of the third resistor. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256555 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD - A discharge lamp lighting device includes a voltage pulse applying section adapted to apply a voltage pulse for causing dielectric breakdown between first and second electrodes of a discharge lamp, an alternating-current voltage applying section adapted to apply an alternating-current voltage to the discharge lamp, the alternating-current voltage including a first polarity period in which the first electrode acts as an anode and a second polarity period in which the second electrode acts as the anode, and a control section. The control section controls the voltage pulse applying section to cause the dielectric breakdown, and thereafter controls the alternating-current voltage applying section to apply the alternating-current voltage having the first polarity period longer than the second polarity period to the discharge lamp, and thereafter to apply the alternating-current voltage having the second polarity period longer than the first polarity period to the discharge lamp. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256556 | LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a light-emitting panel including: an organic electroluminescence element adapted to emit electroluminescence light toward a transparent substrate; a pixel circuit formed on the transparent substrate and adapted to drive the organic electroluminescence element; a color filter formed not only between the transparent substrate and organic electroluminescence element but also immediately on or above the pixel circuit; and a conductive layer formed between the pixel circuit and color filter, the conductive layer being more conductive than the color filter. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256557 | MULTI-LAMP DRIVING SYSTEM - A multi-lamp driving system includes a power stage circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, a plurality of transformer circuits, and an abnormal detection circuit. Each of the transformer circuits includes a first primary winding and a second primary winding connected in series and a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding respectively outputting AC power signals to drive at least one lamp. The abnormal detection circuit is connected to a junction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of each of the transformer circuits, and determines if voltages of the junction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of each of the transformer circuits are different to determine if the at least two lamps are normal. The abnormal detection circuit further generate control signals to control the PWM controller upon the condition that one of the at least two lamps are abnormal. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256558 | Dimmer for Light Emitting Diodes and Fluorescent Bulbs - A dimmer system for a luminaire is provided. The dimmer system has a dimmer that receives a first current and supplies a reduced-magnitude current. The dimmer system also has a boosting system that receives the reduced-magnitude current and supplies a boosted current to a light source or lamp if the reduced-magnitude current is being received in conjunction with the initial turn-on of the dimmer. The boosted current can be provided for a predetermined period of time. The boosted current can also be provided as pulses of boosted current interspersed with pulses of the reduced-magnitude current. The boosted current can have the magnitude of the first current or range from 70% to 100% of the first current. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256559 | LED Solar Illuminator - An apparatus for illuminating a target surface, the apparatus having a plurality of LED arrays, where each of the arrays has a plurality of individually addressable LEDs, and where at least one of the arrays is disposed at an angle of between about forty-five degrees and about ninety degrees relative to the target surface, where all of the arrays supply light into a light pipe, the light pipe having interior walls made of a reflective material, where light exiting the light pipe illuminates the target surface, and a controller for adjusting an intensity of the individually addressable light sources. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256560 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MODULE AND SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light emitting device package includes a package body; a first light emitting device mounted on the package body and emitting light of a particular color; a second light emitting device mounted on the package body to be adjacent to the first light emitting device, adjusting an amount of light according to a current value applied thereto to thereby control a color temperature, and emitting orange light; and a resin part sealing the first and second light emitting devices and containing at least one or more types of phosphors. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256561 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND DRIVING DEVICE OF LIGHT SOURCE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A DC-DC converter includes a plurality of boost circuits and a controller. The boost circuits are coupled to another in parallel. The boost circuits receive a DC voltage and boost the DC voltage. The controller drives the boost circuits with a duty ratio of less than 50% and different phases. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256562 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Each pixel in a display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to emit light with different luminescent colors. Each of the sub-pixels includes an organic EL element. A high-refractive-index transparent layer having a refractive index higher than that of an organic compound layer in the organic EL element is provided on a light emitting side of the organic EL element. A light extraction structure is provided on a light emitting side of the high-refractive-index transparent layer. The light extraction structure is provided on the sub-pixels, and is not in an interpixel region. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256563 | WELDING METHOD AND SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR - Provided is a welding method of welding a cylindrical stiffening member to an outer circumference of a superconducting accelerator tube body using a laser beam in a process of manufacturing a superconducting accelerator tube. The laser beam is configured such that a distribution profile of energy density on an irradiated face to which the laser beam is irradiated is a Gaussian distribution profile having a peak section, and the energy density of the peak section is 5.8×10 | 2012-10-11 |
20120256564 | HIGH CURRENT SINGLE-ENDED DC ACCELERATOR - A single-ended DC linear accelerator for the generation of high-current, high-energy ion beams of H, D or He includes an ion source located in a high-voltage terminal for the creation of the ion beam, an analyzing magnet to purify the ion beam, an accelerating tube and DC high-voltage power supply for accelerating the ions of interest to high energies and a separate pumping tube that transports the vast majority of the neutral gas from the ion source at high-voltage towards a vacuum pump at ground potential, thereby preventing the adverse influence of increased vacuum pressure inside the accelerating tube to facilitate stable acceleration of high-current beams to high energies in single-ended DC linear accelerators. The resulting high-current accelerator for H, D or He has diverse applications, including ion beam cancer therapy, cyclotron injection, silicon cleaving, ion implantation in semiconductor devices and NRA. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256565 | Method for Installing Actuation Mechanism for Extending and Retracting Retractable Room for Recreational Vehicle - A slide-out or retractable room for a mobile living quarters, such as a recreational vehicle, is provided with actuating assemblies mounted on opposite side walls of the slide-out room and the adjacent wall of the main living area. The actuating assemblies include a pair of parallel gear racks mounted on the side wall, which are engaged by pinions rotated by torque shafts mounted on the main living quarters. Each torque shaft is rotated by a separate motor. A roller engages a bearing surface on the lower portion of the gear racks. Accordingly, the slide-out room is extended and retracted by rotating the torque shafts to cause the gear racks and the attached slide-out room to extend and retract. The weight of the slide-out room is supported by the rollers, thereby supporting the slide-out room off of the floor of the main living quarters as it extends and retracts. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256566 | Industrial Control System with Distributed Motion Planning - An industrial control system provides motion control functions that may distribute motion planning tasks to capable motor drives and motion devices based on stored drive profiles. The profile-aware functions allow control programs to be used with motor drives that are both capable and incapable of executing a motion planning with automatic distribution of the planning tasks as appropriate. Coordination among different devices in the industrial control system when motion planning is distributed may be accommodated through peer-to-peer communication between drives and non-controller devices. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256567 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM ENABLING CONNECTION OF DIRECT CURRENT/ALTERNATING CURRENT CONVERSION DEVICE - A motor drive control system connected to an alternating current/direct current conversion circuit which converts alternating-current voltage or alternating current to direct-current voltage or direct current are provided. A control circuit controls supply or stop of the supply of the direct-current voltage or direct current from the alternating current/direct current conversion circuit to the first number of first direct current/alternating current conversion circuits and the second number of second direct current/alternating current conversion circuits while maintaining the total of the outputs of the first number of motors and the outputs of the second number of motors at a certain power not more than power which can be supplied from the alternating current/direct current conversion circuit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256568 | MULTI-PORT RECONFIGURABLE BATTERY - A multi-port reconfigurable battery has at least one bank of statically joined series connected battery cells, each including a positive and negative pole connected through switches to respective output connections on at least one port. Processor controlled switches reconfigure the cells to provide power for electrical loads on one or more ports and simultaneously provide charging on one or more other ports. An alternative configuration divides groups of series connected cells into separate battery banks that permit other configurations. Ports are configurable to share one electrically common connection with other ports providing a simplified configuration (multi-tap reconfigurable battery). Applications include selectable motor speed control and battery regeneration schemes matched to motor output, and single or multiphase AC power output at selectable frequencies for use as an Uninterruptible Power Supply. The battery is also described as a power source for a forced-air induction system (e.g. electric supercharger) for a combustion engine. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256569 | Battery Control Device and Motor Drive System - In a memory, the surface temperature and the internal resistance of an assembled battery detected under the condition where a difference between the surface and the internal temperature is within a predetermined value are stored, and an internal temperature diagnosis unit that diagnoses whether or not the internal temperature estimated by an internal temperature estimation unit is correct, detects the internal resistance with an internal resistance calculation unit when the internal temperature estimation unit estimates the internal temperature, searches for an internal resistance corresponding to the surface temperature equal to the estimated internal temperature value from among the stored internal resistances, and diagnoses the estimated internal temperature value based upon the result of comparison of a search result of the internal resistance and the internal resistance detected during internal temperature estimation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256570 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR SINGLE-PHASE SERIES COMMUTATOR MOTOR - A drive device of the present invention includes a pair of drive switches, a first diode, a switching element, a current detection unit, a capacitor, a second diode, and a current control unit. The first diode, the switching element, and the current detection unit are arranged, in this order from one end of an armature in a motor, on a braking current path that is formed of the armature and a field winding in the motor when the pair of drive switches is in a brake position. The second diode is adapted to keep allowing a braking current to flow through the field winding when the switching element is in an off-state by directly connecting a partial path between the switching element and the current detection unit on the braking current path and the other end of the armature. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256571 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A ripple current characteristic of a magnetic-coupling-type multi-phase converter includes a local minimum of the ripple current, with respect to a change of the duty ratio. In a region and another region, the ripple current is larger than a predetermined level. In the case where it is necessary to enhance the responsiveness of the multi-phase converter, a control circuit sets a voltage command value for the multi-phase converter, in accordance with the ripple current characteristic, so that the duty ratio is limited to a value that makes the ripple current larger than the predetermined level. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256572 | Brushless Motor and Control Method Therefor - When a fault of any one of phases is detected by a fault detector, each of the phases is checked for fault on the basis of fault detection information input to a controller, and the phases of normal phase currents which have been judged to be not faulty by a faulty phase discriminator are varied such that a current vector obtained by decomposing the normal phase currents into orthogonal X- and Y-axis components to derive resultant currents and then combining the resultant currents follows a nearly circular locus. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256573 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - A data processing apparatus that controls an inverter circuit for a motor. The data processing apparatus including a control unit that monitors a potential of a power supply terminal to supply power to the inverter circuit, and obtains an information indicative of an amount of a driving current flowing in a motor winding of the motor in response to an amount of a current flowing in a resistive element included in the inverter circuit, to control a driving of the motor. The control unit makes the motor winding and the resistive element form a loop circuit, when the potential of the power supply terminal exceeds a predetermined value. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256574 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS AND RAILWAY CAR - A power semiconductor module applied to a power converting apparatus for a railway car includes an element pair formed by connecting an IGBT and an SiC-FWD in anti-parallel to each other and an element pair formed by connecting an Si-IGBT and an SiC-FWD in anti-parallel to each other. The element pair and the element pair are housed in one module and configured as a 2-in-1 module in a manner that the first element pair operates as a positive side arm of the power converting apparatus and the second element pair operates as a negative side arm of the power converting apparatus. The element pairs are formed such that a ratio of an occupied area of SiC-FWD chips to an occupied area of IGBT chips in the element pairs is equal to or higher than 15% and lower than 45%. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256575 | CONTROL METHOD FOR SENSORLESS MOTORS WITH ENERGY RECOVERY ABILITY - The present disclosure related to a control method for a sensorless motor with energy recovery ability, using which duty cycle of a sensorless motor can be changed by the control of complementary switches so as to enable the sensorless motor to switch between a high efficiency driving operation and an energy recovery operation while being activated. Thereby, the conduction loss and the wear and tear to the switches can be minimized while simultaneously enhancing the energy recovery efficiency and thus improving the battery life. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256576 | Control Unit For An Electric Motor, In Particular For A Fan Motor - The invention provides a control unit for at least one electric motor, wherein the control unit performs open-loop or closed-loop control of the motor speed of the electric motor in such a way that in the case of control values in specific ranges which are typical of a fault when the setpoint value is being predefined, such a fault being, for example, a line break, a voltage failure or a short circuit, the control unit drives the motor with a predefined setpoint value which differs from the current control value. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256577 | Motor Control Apparatus and Method - When it is determined that the number of times that motor rotation-indicative quantity has been detected has exceeded a measurement interval, a feedback speed value is calculated from a motor rotation-indicative quantity detected immediately before, a motor rotation-indicative quantity detected immediately before the last time a measurement interval determination means determined that the number of times had exceeded the measurement interval, and time that has elapsed since the last time the measurement interval determination means determined that the number of times had exceeded the measurement interval, and the measurement interval having a length calculated from a greater one between the calculated feedback speed value and a speed command value is set for the measurement interval determination means to refer to. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256578 | CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR MOTOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS - A drive signal for a motor-driven mechanical system has zero (or near zero) energy at an expected resonant frequency of the mechanical system. These techniques not only generate a drive signal with substantially no energy at the expected resonant frequency, they provide a zero-energy “notch” of sufficient width to tolerate systems in which the actual resonant frequency differs from the expected resonant frequencies. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256579 | Apparatus And Method For Generating Electromagnetic Torque In An Electric Machine - An apparatus for generating electromagnetic torque in an N-phase electric machine, N being a positive integer, includes N lines, each of the N lines including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a pair of thyristors, or of one thyristor and one diode pair. The N lines are connected between a mains and the electric machine. An apparatus is provided for repeatedly or continuously determining at least the sign of a voltage over the thyristor or diode-thyristor pair in at least one of the N lines, means are provided for repeatedly or continuously determining at least one parameter related to the electromagnetic field in the electric machine, and a control device is provided for controlling the operation of the thyristor or diode-thyristor pair of the at least one of the N lines. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST START-UP OF AN INDUCTION MOTOR - A system for controlling operation of a motor drive during fast start-up of an induction motor is disclosed. The system includes an AC motor drive having a PWM inverter and a control system to generate a command signal to cause the PWM inverter to control an output of the AC motor drive. The control system includes a start-up modulator that is selectively operable during start-up acceleration of the AC motor, the start-up modulator programmed to determine a motor current applied to the AC motor and a voltage of a DC bus, generate a first frequency offset that causes a frequency reference of the command signal to be decreased when the motor current is greater than a reference current threshold, and generate a second frequency offset that causes the frequency reference of the command signal to be increased when the DC bus voltage is greater than a reference voltage threshold. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256581 | METHOD FOR SOLAR POWER ENERGY MANAGEMENT WITH INTELLIGENT SELECTION OF OPERATING MODES - A method for solar power energy management with intelligent selection of operating modes classifies the power energy of a solar cell and an reserved power of a rechargeable battery into multiple power level ranges, and determine to supply power to a load in accordance with various combinations of the power level ranges of the solar cell and the rechargeable battery to avoid energy waste. When the solar cell is in a “sufficient” power level range, the power energy of the solar cell is simultaneously supplied to the load and stored in the rechargeable battery. When the solar cell is in an “insufficient” power level range, all the power energy of the solar cell is selectively supplied to the load or charged to the rechargeable battery. When being in a “poor” power level range, the power energy of the solar cell can still be charged to the rechargeable battery. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256582 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack including a secondary battery arranged on an elastic member and a piezoelectric member is provided. Vertical movement of the secondary battery within the battery pack generates electrical energy that may be used to charge the secondary battery. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256583 | Low Cost Fast Charger with Internal Accumulator and Method - Disclosed is a charger device configured to charge a rechargeable battery comprising at least one rechargeable electrochemical cell includes a lead-acid battery charge accumulator device of a high discharge rate, having a discharge rate that is capable of delivering charging current to the at least one rechargeable electrochemical cell to charge the at least one rechargeable electrochemical cell within a period of about 5 to 15 minutes, a low rate 200 ma charger coupled in shunt with the lead-acid battery high discharge rate charge accumulator device and with the charger configured to re-charge the high discharge rate charge accumulator at a low charge rate, in comparison to the discharge rate of high discharge rate charge accumulator and a series resistor coupled between the accumulator and an output of the charger device. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256584 | PV monitoring system with combiner switching and charge controller switching - A photovoltaic (PV) monitoring system uses combiner switches and charge controller switches to test the health of a PV installation. Combiner switches are used to direct test current through PV strings and substrings as health measurements are collected by a centralized sensor. Charge controller switches are used to supply test current at night. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF PORTABLE DEVICES - A system and method for variable power transfer in an inductive charging or power system. In accordance with an embodiment the system comprises a pad or similar base unit that contains a primary, which creates an alternating magnetic field. A receiver comprises a means for receiving energy from the alternating magnetic field and transferring it to a mobile device, battery, or other device. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be incorporated to provide greater power transfer efficiency, and to allow the system to be easily modified for applications that have different power requirements; such as variations in the material used to manufacture the primary and/or the receiver coils; modified circuit designs to be used on the primary and/or receiver side; and additional circuits and components that perform specialized tasks, such as mobile device or battery identification, and automatic voltage or power-setting for different devices or batteries. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256586 | System for the Inductive Charging of an Energy Accumulator of a Vehicle, and Charging Station - A system for the inductive charging of an energy accumulator of a vehicle, and a charging station, an electronic circuit being provided in the interior of a hood, the opening of which is situated at the bottom side of the hood. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256587 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CHARGING MODULE HAVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for displaying information of a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle and a charging module using the display device are disclosed in the present invention. The display device includes a battery capacity unit, a lifetime unit, an information collecting unit and a display unit. It can display the charging state, lifetime, cycle count and health state of the rechargeable battery. The charging module includes a power unit for providing power. It can display battery information when charging the rechargeable battery. The invention provides a convenient way to let customers know the status of the batteries of their electric vehicles and decide if the batteries need to be charged or replaced. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256588 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE CONTROL SYSTEM - The usage pattern of an electric vehicle including the amount of power consumption of a battery on each day of the week is extracted from usage histories of the vehicle in a predetermined period. When the vehicle goes home after one day's operation and is connected to a charging apparatus, a charge determination unit predicts a usage pattern of the vehicle on the next day and determines whether the vehicle can operate on the next day with the remaining amount of power of a battery in the vehicle. When it is determined that the charging of the battery is necessary, the battery is charged until it reaches the target remaining amount of power. The target remaining amount of power is determined on the basis of the amount of power consumption in the predicted usage pattern so that the full charge is prevented and the number of charges is reduced. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256589 | VEHICLE - A vehicle externally chargeable includes a power storage device, an AC/DC converter, an inlet, a first power line, at least one connector inserted in the first power line, and a second power line. To the inlet, a charging cable can be connected to transfer electric power from an external power source. The first power line is connected to the inlet and the AC/DC converter. The second power line is branched from a path that is located on the first power line and that connects the connector and the AC/DC converter to each other. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256590 | BATTERY PACK, ELECTRIC TOOL AND BATTERY CHARGER - A battery pack includes a casing having an opening, an engaging member having a stopper, and a regulating member configured to regulate a movement of the engaging member. The engaging member is supported in a slidable and rotatable manner relative to the casing, and is applied with a biasing force such that the stopper projects from the opening. The regulating member includes a contact portion configured to block a rotation of the engaging member and an operating portion configured to displace the contact portion to release a blocking of the rotation of the engaging member. When the operating portion is a non-operated state, the engaging member is slidable against the biasing force to retract the stopper. When the operating portion is in an operated state, the engaging member is rotatable against the biasing force to retract the stopper. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256591 | BALANCER CIRCUIT FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - A balancer circuit for a cell in a rechargeable battery, having connecting terminals for connection of the balancer circuit to the cell. A first resistor is electrically connected to one of the connecting terminals and a voltage switch is arranged in series with the first resistor and electrically connected to the other one of the connecting terminals. The voltage switch, e.g., an adjustable voltage reference circuit, is operable to shunt a balancing current through the first resistor when a load voltage sensed over the connecting terminals is higher than a threshold voltage. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256592 | BATTERY CELL STATE OF CHARGE BALANCING - Methods and systems for balancing a state of charge of cell units of a battery pack of a vehicle are provided. Voltage sensors each measure a first value of state of charge of respective cell units at a first time, and a second value of state of charge of the respective cell units at a second time that is subsequent to the first time. A current sensor measures a current of the battery pack. A controller is coupled to the voltage sensors and the current sensor. The controller balances the state of charge around a predetermined calibrated value using the first values of state of charge, the second values of state of charge, and the current. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256593 | Cell charge management system - A series array of electrochemical cells is charged by first applying a first charging current to the series array, thereby applying the first charging current to each of the cells in the series array. When one of the cells reaches a predefined maximum voltage, the series charging current is ceased. A second charging current is then selectively applied to various of the cells in the series array, topping up each of the cells in the series array. Priority is given to the weakest cell in the array. If there is an idle time for the battery load before the array is connected to a load, then charge is transferred from fully charged cells to weaker cells, thereby reducing charge imbalance among the cells. The array is connected to a load and power is drawn from the series array. | 2012-10-11 |
20120256594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY CAPACITY IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, battery capacity of an electric vehicle can be automatically determined. In an exemplary method, an instruction is received to determine a battery capacity value and one or more vehicle accessories are activated to discharge the battery to a first charge level. When the first charge level is reached, a generator in the vehicle is started and used to charge the battery to a second charge level, after which the battery capacity value can be determined and stored. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments, the vehicle comprises a controller adapted to cause a battery to be discharged and charged to determine a capacity value of the battery. A plurality of accessories are configured to activate and deactivate responsive to the controller to discharge the battery, while a generator is responsive to the controller to charge the battery so that the controller can determine the battery capacity value. | 2012-10-11 |