29th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130181623 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - When a turn on signal or a turn off signal is input from a receiving unit to a controller, the controller outputs the turn on signal or the turn off signal to a voltage setting unit. When the turn on signal is input, the voltage setting unit sets an upper limit value of a voltage V | 2013-07-18 |
20130181624 | FEED FORWARD IMBALANCE CORRECTOR CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a first active device is coupled between a third terminal and a second terminal. The first active device has a control terminal coupled a first terminal to receive a signal representative of a rectified input voltage. A second active device is coupled between the control terminal of the first active device and the second terminal. The second active device has a control terminal coupled to a fourth terminal. The second active device is coupled to be controlled in response to a bypass voltage at the fourth terminal. The first active device is coupled to be controlled in response to the rectified input voltage and the bypass voltage. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181625 | SINGLE STAGE ELECTRONIC BALLAST WITH POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - A single stage electronic ballast with power factor correction is provided. The single stage electronic ballast can work under the present intensity discharge lamp without any change and provide higher efficient, lower power consumption of lighting system, and better lighting quality of lamps. The single stage electronic ballast can also provide a stable current to load (lamp) for a long time. The single stage electronic ballast includes a first switch and a second switch that are controlled with complementary switching so as to provide an output voltage in response to the input power source and the variation of the load. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181626 | HIGH EFFICIENCY LED DRIVER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a high efficiency LED driver, and driving methods thereof. In one embodiment, a high efficiency LED driving method can include: (i) receiving an AC input voltage to obtain an absolute value thereof; (ii) receiving a DC bus voltage, and driving the LED device through a power switch; (iii) generating a first reference voltage according to a driving current and an expected driving current; (iv) comparing the absolute value against a sum of a driving voltage and the first reference voltage; (v) when the absolute value is greater than the sum of the driving voltage and the first reference voltage, turning off the power switch; and (vi) when the absolute value is greater than the driving voltage but less than the sum of the driving voltage and the first reference voltage, turning on the power switch to generate an output current. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181627 | DIMMABLE INSTANT START BALLAST - A ballast for dimming a lamp is provided. The ballast includes an inverter circuit for providing a lamp current for energizing the lamp and a dim interface for receiving an input indicative of a selected lighting level. A control circuit is connected to the dim interface for generating a pulse-width-modulated signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the selected lighting level. A switching network is connected to the control circuit for receiving the pulse-width-modulated signal. The switching network operates between a conductive state and a non-conductive state as a function of the pulse-width-modulated signal. An impedance device is connected across the switching network and is configured for connecting in series with the lamp so that the impedance device receives the lamp current when the switching network is operating in the non-conductive state and the lamp current bypasses the capacitor when the switching network is operating in the conductive state. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181628 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - It is provided an LED lighting device calibratable to 0 to 100% of wide range about a chromaticity and luminance of a illumination light by a simple configuration, and a driving method for the LED lighting device. The LED lighting device is provided with a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit differing a color temperature mutually, and a control circuit for executing a cyclic light/quench control of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit, and for executing a light control of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit by a PNM (Pulse Number Modulation) control in a fixed cycle so as to have a lighting period Ton for lighting/quenching the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit complementarily, and a quenching period Toff for quenching both the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181629 | DISCHARGE DEVICE - A pulse controller performs a control to apply at least one high-energy first pulse P | 2013-07-18 |
20130181630 | DIGITAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATION VIA EXISTING POWER WIRING - A load control system comprises a load control device for controlling an electrical load receiving power from an AC power source, and a controller adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load control device. The load control system may be installed without requiring any additional wires to be run, and is easily configured without the need for a computer or an advanced commissioning procedure. The load control device receives both power and communication over two wires, and the controller generates a phase-control voltage that has at least one timing edge in each half-cycle, and transmits digital messages by modulating a timing edge of the phase-control voltage relative to a reference edge. The controller may be operable to receive inputs from a plurality of different input devices, and the load control device may be operable to control a plurality of different loads. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181631 | DRIVE UNIT, SMOOTHING CIRCUIT, DC/DC CONVERTER - A drive unit has a load driving portion driving a load by a PWM drive method; a soft-start function portion for achieving a soft-start function; and a soft-start disabling portion counting a time elapsed after a PWM signal is turned on at start-up of the unit, and disabling the soft-start function when a count value reaches a predetermined value. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181632 | Flash Generating Device for LED and Flash Generating Method for LED - Provided is a flash generating device for an LED, which has a small energy loss and a small system area. A flash generating device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181633 | LIGHTING DEVICE EMPLOYING AC-DRIVEN LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - Disclosed is a lighting device including a circuit including at least two parallel-connected light-emitting diodes of opposite pole in a first parallel branch and comprising at least two parallel-connected light-emitting diodes of opposite pole in a second parallel branch, and also including a capacitor and a coil. At least one of the diodes emits red light, blue light, and/or white light. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS SINE WAVE DIMMING OF LUMINARIES - A luminary dimming system having a three terminal dimming unit. The dimming unit includes a power controller and a receiver and is responsive to dimming directives received by the receiver. The power controller controls a buck switch and a freewheel switch in a manner that allows reduction of alternating current voltages. Such voltage reduction is accomplished in a manner that preserves the waveform of the source voltage and the power factor exhibited by the luminary. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181635 | LED Driver with Primary Side Sensing - The disclosed switching regulator, including a controller for a switching regulator, is adaptable to supplying, or controlling the supply of, regulated current to a load that is isolated from a source of input power by a flyback transformer, and includes: (a) detecting, after transistor SW | 2013-07-18 |
20130181636 | Streetlight Controllers - The subject matter included in this disclosure can be embodied in an apparatus that includes a computing device having memory and a processor. The processor can be configured to establish a wireless connection with a streetlight controller that communicates with a streetlight, initiate transmission of a set of parameters related to commissioning the streetlight, and receive, from the controller, status and identification information associated with the streetlight. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181637 | High Voltage RF Opto-Electric Multiplier for Charge Particle Accelerations - Circuitry is presented for use in the pulse-forming lines of compact linear accelerators of charged particles. This presents devices that can provide high-voltage radio-frequency pulses in the range of from a few volts to megavolts for charged particle accelerators. The devices can use as input an external charge voltage and an optical pulse to create output RF pulses with a peak voltage that is increased over the input voltage. The exemplary embodiment presents a circuit of pulse forming lines for compact linear accelerator that includes an opto-switch and RF transmission lines that form a pulse shaper and a ladder-like pulse multiplier unit, with or without an output shaper. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181638 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND TOP-BOARD MOVING UNIT - According to one embodiment, a top-board moving unit includes a top-board moving motor, a drive-signal generating means and a charge-discharge means. The top-board moving motor moves, in a prescribed direction, a top board on which a subject is placed. The drive-signal generating means generates drive signals for operating the top-board moving motor. The charge-discharge means charges and discharges regenerative electric power generated in the top-board moving motor. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181639 | MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A first drive circuit of a motor drive apparatus drives a motor by converting electric power of a battery. A relay is connected in high potential line between the battery and an inverter. A diode is connected in parallel to the relay. The diode conducts a current in a regeneration direction, which is from a high potential side of the inverter to a high potential electrode of the battery, under a state that the relay is in the off-state. Thus, an inductive voltage, which is generated by the motor when a reverse input torque is applied from a load side, is led to the battery through the diode, and switching elements forming the inverter are protected from the inductive voltage. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181640 | DRIVER FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTARY MACHINE USING THE SAME - In a driver, a changing module changes a rate of discharging the control terminal of a switch at least between a first value and a second value lower than the first value. A measuring module measures a value of a parameter as a function of a current flowing through the conductive path of the switch during a drive signal being in an on state. A control module controls the changing module, as a function of the value of the parameter, to select the first value or the second value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch upon the drive signal directing a change from the on state of the switch to an off state thereof. The control module discharges the control terminal of the switch using the selected value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181641 | UNIPOLAR SWITCHING APPARATUS OF SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a unipolar switching apparatus of a switched reluctance motor, including: a control unit outputting a unipolar switching control signal; and a transformer driving an SRM according to the unipolar switching control signal output from the control unit, thereby minimizing vibration and noise. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A VEHICLE - A system and method for calibrating an interior permanent magnet (IPM) motor with an optimized maximum torque per ampere trajectory curve. The system and method use a real-time particle swarm technique that requires less known parameters than standard maximum torque per ampere trajectory techniques. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181643 | POWER CONVERTER WITH ASYMMETRIC PHASE SHIFT AUTOTRANSFORMER FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) MOTOR - An AC-AC power converter supplies AC power to an AC motor having a plurality of motor windings and a case connected to a ground. The AC-AC power converter architecture includes an asymmetric phase shift autotransformer/rectifier unit (ATRU) that converts an AC input to a DC output, wherein the asymmetric phase shift ATRU generates a common-mode AC voltage across the asymmetric phase shift ATRU. The common mode voltage is diverted to ground through motor case parasitic capacitance via a common-mode voltage pull-down circuit connected between each phase of the ATRU AC input and the ground. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181644 | ANGLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROTOR OF MOTOR - An angle detection apparatus for a rotor of a motor includes a period counter, a step period generator, and an angle generator. The period counter receives a rotor sensing signal, and calculates a plurality of time ranges of a plurality of pulses of the rotor sensing signal. The step period generator generates a ratio value and an error signal according to an average time range value of the time ranges and a set value. The step period generator further adjusts the ratio value according to the error signal, and generates a step time according to the adjusted ratio value and the average time range value. The angle generator receives the step time and the rotor sensing signal, and obtains an angle detection result according to the rotor sensing signal and the step time. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181645 | DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DRIVE SYSTEM - A drive system for an electric motor includes a connection for a battery, and an inverter having an input side connected to an intermediate circuit and an output side having a connection for an electric motor. The intermediate circuit includes a first thyristor connected in parallel with an intermediate circuit capacitance. The drive system may also include a rectifier having an input side connected at the output side of the inverter in parallel with the electric motor, and a second thyristor connected an output side of the rectifier. The first/second thyristor are configured to be activated by a monitor incorporated in or assigned to the drive system. In the event of a malfunction, the input and/or output side of the inverter can be electrically isolated to allow a multiply redundant armature short circuit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181646 | THREE-PHASE AC TO DC CONVERTER AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS USING THREE-PHASE AC TO DC CONVERTER - A three-phase AC to DC converter includes a three-phase AC power supply, a three-phase rectifier bridge circuit that is connected to the three-phase AC power supply and includes rectifying devices which are connected in a bridge configuration, a three-phase full-bridge circuit that includes two serially-connected switching devices for each of three phases, the two serially-connected switching devices being connected at an output side of the three-phase rectifier bridge circuit, and includes reverse blocking diodes which are connected in parallel to the respective switching devices, a reactor that connects the three-phase full-bridge circuit to the three-phase AC power supply, a smoothing capacitor connected to an output side of the three-phase full-bridge circuit, DC voltage detection means that detects an output voltage, power supply phase detection means that detects a power supply phase of the three-phase AC power supply, and pulse width modulator that outputs PWM signals which control the switching devices. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A POLYPHASE ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED ELECTRIC MACHINE AND A MOTOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating an electronically commutated electric machine ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181648 | ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A system comprising an actuator and a controller configured to drive the actuator with a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal. The controller is configured to limit a duty cycle of the PWM signal in response to a current supplied by the PWM signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181649 | COMPONENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system, which includes a communication device for receiving at least energy information, a component driver part driven by supplied energy, and a control part that recognizes high price-related information or low price-related information, based on the energy information received by the communication device and that controls the component driver part. A method of controlling the component driver part when the high price-related information is recognized is different from a method of controlling the component driver part when the low price-related information is recognized. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181650 | MOTOR CONSTANT CALCULATING METHOD FOR PM MOTOR, AND MOTOR CONSTANT CALCULATING DEVICE - A motor constant calculating method for a PM motor according to the present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage applied in the voltage applying step, and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the PM motor based on the applied voltage and the motor current. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FAN MOTOR - There are provided an apparatus and method for controlling a fan motor. The apparatus for controlling a fan motor includes: a signal generating unit generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) input signal having a predetermined duty value; a memory storing duty correction values according to the duty value of the PWM input signal and driving characteristics of the fan motor therein; and a signal controlling unit generating a PWM output signal for operating the fan motor by using the PWM input signal and the duty correction values stored in the memory. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181652 | Control Circuit for an Electric Motor Having a Power-Supply Control Device - The control circuit of an electric motor, which has at least one phase supplied with high voltage and has a defined high-voltage zone, is provided with a control for the supply current of the phase with a setpoint-value current, and has devices for measuring the supply current which generate a first analog signal whose value corresponds to the measured current, an electronic control unit being disposed in a low-voltage zone, and having an analog-to-digital converter for converting the first analog signal or another analog signal acting as the first analog signal, into a corresponding digital signal which is supplied to the electronic control unit. The measuring devices are formed by a bleeder resistor, which is disposed in series with the phase, as well as by a differential amplifier whose two inputs, respectively, are connected to two contacts of the bleeder resistor. The analog-to-digital converter is located in the high-voltage zone a galvanic separating element is situated between the analog-to-digital converter and the electronic control unit. The control circuit has, inter alia, a voltage converter which, within the high-voltage zone, provides a floating low voltage which supplies the analog-to-digital converter. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181653 | BRUSHLESS STARTER-GENERATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO CONTROL MAGNETIC FLUX EXCITATION - A brushless starter-generator assembly includes a stator assembly, a rotor including a magnetic hub, the rotor disposed at least partially within the stator assembly and configured to rotate about an axis, and a field coil located radially outward from the rotor with respect to the axis. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181654 | MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM EMPLOYING AN ACTIVE RECTIFIER - An active rectifier controller controls operation of an active rectifier employed in a power conversion system that supplies a direct current (DC) output to an inverter that converts the DC output to an AC output supplied to an AC motor. The active rectifier controller includes a field-oriented control (FOC) controller that monitors an alternating current (AC) input currents provided to the active rectifier, the DC output provided to the inverter, and speed of the AC motor. The FOC controller selects a reference DC output value based on the speed of the AC motor and compares the monitored DC output to the reference DC output as part of the FOC control algorithm used to generate control signals. A PWM signal generator generates PWM signals for controlling the active rectifier based on the control signals. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181655 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND FEED SYSTEM - Provided is a power control device including a power path switching unit, a voltage conversion unit, a characteristic measurement circuit, and a control unit, wherein the power path switching unit forms a path in which an output of the power generating element is connected to the storage element side by connecting the power generating element to the voltage conversion unit, or a path in which the power generating element is directly connected to the storage element side according to the path switching signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VOLTAGE CONVERSION - Disclosed is a charging device comprising: a DC-to-DC converter for converting electrical power obtained from a battery source into a charging current for transmission to an electronic device; a voltage latch electrically connected to the DC-to-DC converter, the voltage latch for controlling the DC-to-DC converter so as to mitigate oscillation in the battery source; and an output current control electrically connected to the DC-to-DC converter, the output current control for regulating the charging current transmitted to the electronic device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181657 | DEVICE FOR CHARGING OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - Present invention relates to a device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181658 | Control of electrical power used to charge an energy storage device - In a first embodiment an electrical power request is sent to a energy storage device charger. This charger uses a controllable power source that supplies requested power. The electrical power request may be created in various ways. The request may be programmed into a power-requesting device or the power-requesting device may develop the request using information about the device to be charged. One programmable requesting device may be used for all energy storage devices or each energy storage device may use it own power-requesting device that develops a power request specific to the energy storage device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181659 | CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGING METHOD - An exemplary embodiment provides a charging method. The charging method includes detecting a charging current and producing a current-detecting signal according to the charging current; comparing the current-detecting signal with a first reference voltage and producing a current comparison signal accordingly; producing a second reference voltage according to the current comparison signal; comparing a battery voltage of a battery with the second reference voltage and producing a voltage comparison signal accordingly; producing a set of control signals according to the voltage comparison signal; and producing an adjusted charging voltage according to the control signals and a charging voltage, wherein the charging current is produced by the adjusted charging voltage to charge the battery. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181660 | CHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR USB DEVICE - A charge control circuit used in a computer includes a backup power supply, a USB connector electronically connected to a USB device, a charge control unit powered by the backup power supply, a switch unit, and a southbridge chip. The charge control unit includes a charge controller. The switch unit includes an electronic switch electronically connected to the charge controller and the backup power supply. The southbridge chip includes a USB controller, the southbridge chip selectively controls the charge controller or the USB controller to transmit enumeration signals to the USB connector to recognize and activate the USB device to be charged according to a working mode of the computer, and switches the electronic switch to connect or disconnect the power supply to the USB connector according to the working mode of the computer. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181661 | RECONFIGURABLE ENERGY STORAGE AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - Charging devices, modular adapters, and circuits are provided. One charging device including a body including a rechargeable energy storage device and a housing. The housing includes at least one first coupling portion. The charging device further includes a modular adapter including a second coupling portion configured to be mated to the first coupling portion of the housing. When mated to the housing, the modular adapter is configured to be electrically connected to the rechargeable energy storage device. When the modular adapter is mated to the housing, the body and the modular adapter form a single integrated and substantially rigid structure. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181662 | HEATED INSOLES - An efficient system to heat the insole of a heated insole of a shoe in which the Intelligent Circuit (IC) for a flat lithium battery is located outside the shoe and the placement of the heater for the insole is between more efficient heat insulation and heat conducting members. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL OF A TERMINAL - A battery charging control system of a terminal is provided. The system includes a terminal in which a battery is mounted and a charger connected to the terminal to provide a charging current for charging the battery. The charger charges the battery with a maximum margin current value that is greater than a rated current value of the charger. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181664 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING WIRELESS POWER - Provided are an apparatus and a method for transmitting wireless power. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a switching block receiving distributed power signals and delivering the power signals as periodical preamble signals that make a detour around a power amplification and transmission block or delivering the power signals to the power amplification and transmission block; the power amplification and transmission block amplifying the power signals and transmitting the power signals to a coil array block; a sensing block detecting the preamble signals on the respective paths that are delivered to the coil array block, and sensing changes in the preamble signals according to whether wireless power receiving apparatuses appear; and a power distribution and control block controlling the switching block according to sensing results to transmit the power signals to the power amplification and transmission block. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181665 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - Disclosed is a control method of a wireless power transmitter for transmitting charging power to a wireless power receiver. The control method includes receiving a communication request signal for transmitting a wireless power from the wireless power receiver, determining whether to set a communication with the wireless power receiver based on the received communication request signal, when it is determined to set the communication with the wireless power receiver, transmitting a charge command signal to control an on state of a load switch at a predetermined point in time to the wireless power receiver, applying the charging power and detecting a load change by the wireless power receiver at the predetermined point in time. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181666 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CHARGING CASE - The invention is based on a rechargeable battery charging case, in particular a cordless handheld power tool case, having at least one battery attachment device and a case body. It is proposed that the rechargeable battery charging case has an electrical energy output and a supply unit, which in at least one operating state is connected to the energy output and to the battery attachment device for supplying the energy output. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181667 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A contactless power supply device supplying electric power in a contactless manner to a power receiving device mounted on a moving object includes: a bottom plate structuring an installation face; a power transmitting coil disposed on the bottom plate to supply electric power to a power receiving coil included in the power receiving device; and a cover attached to the bottom plate so as to cover the power transmitting coil disposed on the bottom plate. A layer of air is formed between the power transmitting coil and the cover. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181668 | NON-CONTACT CHARGING MODULE AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING INSTRUMENT - Provided are a non-contact charging module and a non-contact charging instrument such that the non-contact module can be made thin in a state where a sufficient cross-sectional area of a planar coil portion has been ensured and power transmission efficiency has been enhanced. The non-contact module comprises the planar coil portion ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181669 | ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE, AND ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE USED IN SAID SYSTEM - Provided are an electric automobile to which a power supply device supplies power, and an electricity supply system capable of accurately associating the power supply device and the electric automobile carrying out communication therewith. A power supply-side control unit ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181670 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION WITH CABLE RETAINING ENCLOSURE - In various embodiments, an enclosure for a charging station is provided having a peripheral casing configured to retain a charging cable on an upward facing surface of the peripheral casing between a front user interface side and a charging station mounting surface. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181671 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR FLEET GOLF - A charging system is disclosed for charging a battery system of an electric vehicle. In one form, the charging system includes a first connector including a power control unit that is operable to selectively supply charging power from a power source. A second connector is connected with the first connector and includes a fault detection circuit. A controller is connected with the fault detection circuit and the power control unit. The controller is operable to control the power control unit to selectively supply charging power to a battery system if a fault is not detected from fault detection circuit. A cordset for use with the charging system is also disclosed that allows the cordset to perform certain electrical functions and connect the cordset to a connector of the vehicle in a breakaway manner. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181672 | Reservation System, Navigation Device, Battery Charger and Server - Reservation system realizing more efficient reservation of charging. The reservation system comprises a navigation device and a battery charger. The navigation device generates reservation information of a charge, and sends the reservation information to the battery charger. The battery charger makes a schedule by using the reservation information, and performs charging according to the schedule. Further, the battery charger makes again a schedule according to an arrival time of a booked vehicle. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181673 | CHARGER FOR A BATTERY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A DRIVE MOTOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A charger for a drive battery of a motor vehicle, including a high-voltage electrical outlet configured to charge a drive battery of a motor vehicle, and a thermal portion for generating a coolant for the charger and/or for a battery. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181674 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - There is described an electric vehicle charging station for charging an electric vehicle, comprising: an electrical connector electrically connectable to a source of electrical energy, the electrical connector adapted for connecting to a battery of the electric vehicle; a frame having a connector receiving portion for receiving the electrical connector; a locking unit mounted to the frame for preventing a user access to the electrical connector; and a control unit operatively connected to the locking unit, the control unit for verifying rights of a user to access the electrical connector and unlocking the locking unit upon successful verification of the user rights to provide the user access to the electrical connector. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181675 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181676 | COMPOSITIONS, ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING - There is a composition including polymeric binder and carbon-sulfur (C—S) composite. The C—S composite includes about 5 to 95 wt. % sulfur compound. The C—S composite also includes templated carbon having a surface area of about 50 to 4,000 square meters per gram templated carbon and a pore volume of about 0.5 to 6 cubic centimeters per gram templated carbon. The templated carbon has a carbon microstructure that is complementary with an inorganic microstructure, characterized by a three-dimensional framework, of an inorganic template used in a process for making the templated carbon. There is a method for making the composition. There is also an electrode incorporating the composition, as well as methods for making the electrode. There are also methods relating to using the composition and the electrode. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181677 | COMPOSITIONS, LAYERINGS, ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR MAKING - There is a cell comprising an article comprising a halogen ionomer. The article may be any element, such as a porous separator, in the cell or a modification, such as a film, a membrane, and a coating, added to an element in the cell. The halogen ionomer may be any ionomer comprising halogen, such as a fluorinated polymeric sulfonate neutralized with lithium. The halogen ionomer may also be included in a composition within an element of the cell, such as a porous separator. The cell also comprises a positive electrode including sulfur compound, a negative electrode, a circuit coupling the positive electrode with the negative electrode, an electrolyte medium and an interior wall of the cell. In addition, there are methods of making the cell and methods of using the cell. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181678 | COMPOSITIONS, LAYERINGS, ELECTRODES & METHODS FOR MAKING - There is a composition comprising 1 to 17.5 wt. % ionomer composition comprising hydrocarbon ionomer and 50 to 99 wt. % carbon-sulfur composite made from carbon powder having a surface area of about 50 to 4,000 square meters per gram and a pore volume of about 0.5 to 6 cubic centimeters per gram. The composite has 5 to 95 wt. % sulfur compound. There is also a layering comprising a plurality of coatings. Respective coatings in the plurality of coatings comprise respective compositions. The respective coatings comprise at least one ionomer composition comprising hydrocarbon ionomer and at least one carbon-sulfur composite of carbon powder and sulfur compound. There are also electrodes comprising the composition or layering and methods of using such in cells. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181679 | PASSENGER BUS WITH ON-BOARD CHARGER - The disclosure describes systems, devices and methods relating to the charging of electrical energy storage devices on passenger buses. The disclosure also describes a passenger bus ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181680 | FAULT TOLERANT MODULAR BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A modular battery management system for managing a plurality of batteries and driving a load includes a plurality of battery management control modules; a plurality of bi-directional voltage converter modules respectively connected to the batteries and connected to the battery management control modules, the bi-directional voltage converter modules being connected to each other in parallel; and a plurality of energy storage modules respectively connected with the bi-directional voltage converter modules in parallel and connected to the load. The bi-directional voltage converter modules are configured to transfer electric energy from the batteries to the load or from the energy storage modules to the batteries. The batteries, the bi-directional voltage converter modules, the energy storage modules, and the battery management control modules are arranged in a redundant topology so that if any one of the components fails, the other components resume the functions of the failing component. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181681 | CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROL METHOD - A charging/discharging control device that can protect a chargeable/dischargeable battery cell from an excess current state while preventing the device from being increased in scale and from being complex. The charging/discharging control device includes: switches that are connected in parallel on current paths between a battery and a positive terminal of a battery pack; a switching control unit that switches between a charging current path and a discharging current path; a protective element that fuses the charging current path when a current value of the charging current path flowing through the switch exceeds a first fusing current value; and a protective element that fuses the discharging current path when a current value of the discharging current path flowing through the switch exceeds a second fusing current value higher than the first fusing current value. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181682 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE DEVICE AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROLLING METHOD - A charge/discharge device that controls charge/discharge of an electric-power storage apparatus comprises a heating determination unit that determines whether to heat the electric-power storage apparatus based on a temperature of the electric-power storage apparatus at a time of starting up the electric-power storage apparatus, and a heating control unit that, when it is determined to heat the electric-power storage apparatus, obtains a frequency characteristic of a resistance value of an internal resistance of the electric-power storage apparatus corresponding to a temperature and a charge level of the electric-power storage apparatus and performs control of alternately repeating charge and discharge of the electric-power storage apparatus in a charge/discharge period specified based on the frequency characteristic. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181683 | Battery Charging Circuit and Reference Signal Generator - The present invention discloses a battery charging circuit adjusting a charging voltage or a charging current according to a battery temperature, which includes: a power stage circuit including at least one power transistor switch and converting input power to charging power by operating the power transistor switch within a temperature range, wherein the charging power includes the charging voltage and the charging current; a reference signal generator obtaining signals representing the battery temperature and generating a reference signal accordingly; and a control circuit generating a switch signal according to the reference signal for operating the power transistor of the power stage circuit, wherein the charging voltage or the charging current is gradually increased as the battery temperature increases in a lower range within the temperature range or gradually decreased as the battery temperature increases in a higher range within the temperature range. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181684 | BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM - A battery control system includes a lithium ion secondary battery and a control device and further includes a voltage storage unit, a resistance storage unit, a current storage unit, a difference obtaining unit for obtaining a difference resistance ΔR(T | 2013-07-18 |
20130181685 | Charging Circuit for Capacitor - A charging circuit for a capacitor includes a current mirror module including a first branch circuit, a second branch circuit and a third branch circuit for supplying a plurality of output currents respectively, a switching module coupled to the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit for determining a conducting condition of the switching module according to the plurality of output currents from the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit, and an active loading circuit coupled to the third branch circuit and the switching module for adjusting a current passing through the active loading circuit according to the conducting condition of the switching module. The capacitor has one end coupled to the first branch circuit and the switching module to process a charging operation according to the output current of the first branch circuit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181686 | DISCHARGE CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A discharge controller is configured to periodically receive from a host controller a pulse signal, as a discharge control signal, which indicates a command for controlling a discharge device that discharges a capacitor, and when a duty ratio of the received discharge control signal deviates from a predetermined duty ratio of the discharge control signal, control the discharge device on the basis of a last command indicated by the discharge control signal received last time. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181687 | FAULT TOLERANT ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM - A fault tolerant electric drive system comprises an alternator, a motor controller and an electric motor, wherein the alternator and motor each have a plurality of corresponding independent phase windings, the motor controller having a plurality of independent phase drives corresponding to the phase windings, and a plurality of independent electric drive phases is defined by connecting each corresponding phase winding of the alternator and motor to a corresponding phase drive of the motor controller. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE SPEED GENERATION OF CONTROLLED HIGH-VOLTAGE DC POWER - A system and method are disclosed for advantageously using field-controlled high-frequency alternators for the generation of controlled high-voltage DC power from variable speed mechanical power sources such as wind turbines, water wheels, and gas or steam turbines. The production of controlled high-voltage DC power without involving hard switching of the full output power is described. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181689 | BROADBAND VIBRATIONAL ENERGY HARVESTING - A system that converts environmental vibrational energy into electrical energy includes a transducer that undergoes oscillating movement in response to the vibrational energy in order to produce an oscillating electrical signal. Power electronics process the oscillating electrical signal. A control system (including at least one control element of the power electronics, at least one sensor and control electronics) carries out a control scheme that dynamically varies the dampening of the oscillating movement of the transducer over time. The control scheme is based upon a predetermined parametric relation involving a plurality of variables derived from the properties measured by the at least one sensor. In several embodiments, the plurality of variables includes a first variable representing excitation frequency of the transducer. In another embodiment, the predetermined parametric relation represents relative phase between two variables derived from the properties measured by the at least one sensor. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181690 | ACTIVE DROOP POWER SUPPLY WITH IMPROVED STEP-LOAD TRANSIENT RESPONSE - An apparatus is provided that includes a switched mode power supply (SMPS) configured as a buck converter, the SMPS further including a voltage reference input and an inductor network; an active voltage droop (AVD) feedback loop coupled to an output of the inductor network, the AVD feedback loop configured to generate a correction to the voltage reference input based on measured current from the inductor network; and a frequency shaping network deployed in the AVD feedback loop. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181691 | OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS OF SOLAR CELL - An output control apparatus of a solar cell for controlling output of the solar cell is an output control apparatus of a solar cell for controlling output of the solar cell, the output control apparatus provided with: a first controlling device for sequentially increasing a load for extracting the output from a load in an increase area in which the output increases with respect to an increase in the load; a detecting device for detecting a decrease in the output with respect to the increase in the load in a process of sequentially increasing the load; and a second controlling device for rapidly reducing the load to an initial load which belongs to the increase area in comparison with the process of sequentially increasing the load in cases where a change in the output is detected, the first controlling device sequentially increasing the load again after the load is reduced to the initial load. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181692 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system for supplying a power to a device is disclosed. The power supply system includes a solar cell and a regulator coupled with the solar cell. The solar cell receives and converts sunlight into an output voltage. The regulator converts the output voltage into a desired voltage level to be supplied to the device. The regulator is a DC-DC converter. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181693 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A switching circuit includes first and second MOS transistors of the same conductive type. The second MOS transistor has a drain connected to a first terminal, a source connected to a load connecting terminal, a gate connected to a gate of the first MOS transistor, and a back gate connected to a source of the first MOS transistor. The switching circuit includes a circuit that controls a current flowing between the source of the first MOS transistor and a resistor connecting terminal so that the potential of the source of the first MOS transistor and the potential of the source of the second MOS transistor are equal. This switching circuit further includes a circuit that outputs a control signal to the gate of the first MOS transistor and the gate of the second MOS transistor and controls the operations of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181694 | Converter For Converting An Input Current To An Output Voltage, Arrangement Comprising The Converter And Method For Converting An Input Current To An Output Voltage - A converter for converting an input current to an output voltage may include: a first region; a second region galvanically separated from the first region; an input reference node in the first region, wherein the converter allows a flow of the input current through a device to the input reference node; a circuitry for generating, based on the input current, the output voltage relative to an output reference electric potential, the circuitry including a voltage transfer component for transferring the output voltage from the first region to the second region, wherein the voltage transfer component comprises a first circuit in the first region and a second circuit in the second region, wherein the first circuit is driven by a first electric supply voltage relative to a first supply reference potential; and an output terminal, located in the second region and connected to the second circuit, for outputting the output voltage. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181695 | METHOD OF MEASURING LINK VOLTAGE - A cycle is divided into a first period and a second period. The first period is longer than the second period. Two sections in which a unit voltage vector is adopted in the first period are adopted as a first section and a second section. A first measured value of a link voltage is measured at a midpoint of the first section and a second measured value of the link voltage is measured at a midpoint of the second section. Then, a representative value of the link voltage in a cycle including the first period is obtained by interpolation of the first measured value and the second measured value. A maximum value of the link voltage is obtained by dividing the representative value by cos θ. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181696 | LOW-VOLTAGE EXIT DETECTOR, ERROR DETECTOR, LOW-VOLTAGE SAFE CONTROLLER, BROWN-OUT DETECTION METHOD, AND BROWN-OUT SELF-HEALING METHOD - A low-voltage exit detector comprises a low-voltage detector and a voltage rise detector for detecting a change from a low-voltage condition of a watched voltage to a non-low-voltage condition of the watched voltage. An error detector for detecting storage errors comprises: a low-voltage exit detector as described above, first and second loaders for loading an load-ing information into first and second storage elements, wherein the loading information is coded using first and second coding schemes; first and second retrievers for retrieving stored information stored in the first and the second storage elements and decoding this information; and a second comparator for comparing a combination of a first retrieved information retrieved using the first retriever and a second retrieved information retrieved using the second retriever to each pattern of a set of valid patterns and for generating a match-mismatch signal indicating a result of this comparison. Further, the invention relates to a low-voltage safe controller comprising an error de-tector as described above and an application unit, to a brown-out detection method, and to a brown-out self-healing method. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181697 | MEMS-BASED VOLTMETER - An electromechanical system (MEMS) voltmeter. An exemplary MEMS voltmeter includes a proof mass mounted to a substrate in a teeter-totter manner. The MEMS voltmeter also includes an input voltage plate located on the substrate under a first end of the proof mass. The first input voltage plate receives a voltage from a device under test. A drive voltage plate is located on the substrate under a second end of the proof mass. A first sense input voltage plate is located on the substrate under the first end of the proof mass. A second sense voltage plate is located on the substrate under the second end of the proof mass. A rebalancing circuit receives signals from the proof mass and the first and second sense voltage plates and generates a voltage value that is equal to the root mean square (RMS) voltage of the device under test. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181698 | ELECTRICAL POWER DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHODS - An electrical power diagnostic device and methods are disclosed. A power-supply-side connector is operable to couple to a power supply, and a load-side connector is operable to couple to a load. At least one conductive path for electricity to flow between the power-supply-side connector and the load-side connector, and a diagnostic monitor is operable to monitor and change electrical properties of the power-supply-side connector and the load-side connector. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181699 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE MONITORING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system that includes a turbomachine blade monitoring system having an eddy current proximity probe assembly. The eddy current proximity probe assembly includes an eddy current proximity probe having a probe tip and a probe tip shroud disposed about the probe tip, wherein the probe tip shroud comprises a non-metallic material. The eddy current proximity probe is configured to provide a signal indicative of a presence of a turbomachine blade, wherein the eddy current proximity probe assembly is configured to be disposed within a turbomachine casing. The turbomachine blade monitoring system also includes a monitor coupled to the eddy current proximity probe assembly, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor a parameter of the turbomachine blade based on the signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181700 | PATH MEASURING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a path measuring apparatus comprising at least a first measuring path and a second measuring path, these measuring paths each having an extension in a longitudinal direction and being oriented parallel to one another in at least a measuring range, at least one position indicator which couples to the measuring paths in a non-contact manner, and a measuring path holder which extends in the measuring range and has recesses, each recess having a measuring path arranged therein. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181701 | NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING COLD WORKING EFFECTIVENESS AT FASTENER HOLES - A nondestructive evaluation apparatus and method for qualifying cold worked fastener holes. In an illustrative embodiment, the apparatus comprises a probe and a detector that interprets probe signals. An inductive sensor coil located in the probe uses a magnetic shielding arrangement to focus sensing to a specific zone of cold worked material around a hole in a test specimen. The shielding mitigates edge effects around the hole and measurement dilution away from the hole. A reference coil, located on not cold worked material away from the hole, provides a comparative baseline measurement. Sensor coils are arranged in a novel resonant filter bridge circuit in the probe and connected to the detector. The detector evaluates impedance changes on the probe caused electrical conductivity variations in the test specimen and correlates the changes to cold work quality. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181702 | Active mechanical force and axial load sensor - A force measurement sensor for measuring an applied force onto an object is provided. The force measurement sensor includes a first sensing unit which comprises a first flux concentrator having a first facing orientation pointing towards a surface of the object, a first magnetic field generating unit being adapted for generating a magnetic field, a first magnetic field detector unit being adapted for detecting a first magnetic field which field being generated by the first magnetic field generating unit and being influenced by the applied force to be measured, wherein the first magnetic field detector unit is further adapted for outputting a first signal being representative for the detected magnetic field, and an evaluating unit being adapted for evaluating a signal strength of the first signal and determining the applied force based on the first signal. A longitudinal axis of the first magnetic field detector unit is arranged such that a first lateral offset between the longitudinal axis of the first magnetic field detector unit and a central axis of the first flux concentrator is provided. The first lateral offset is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first flux concentrator. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181703 | Sensor Package and Method for Producing a Sensor Package - Some embodiments herein relate to a sensor package. The sensor package includes a printed circuit board with a laminar current conductor arranged on a first main surface of the printed circuit board. The sensor package also includes a sensor chip adapted to measure a current flowing through the laminar current conductor, wherein the sensor chip comprises a magnetic field sensor. The sensor chip is electrically insulated from the current conductor by the printed circuit board, and is arranged on a second main surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the first main surface. The sensor chip is hermetically sealed between the mold material and the printed circuit board, or is arranged in the printed circuit board and hermetically sealed by the printed circuit board. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181704 | MAGNETIC SENSOR FOR IMPROVING HYSTERESIS AND LINEARITY - A magnetic sensor includes a non-bias structure element section that has a laminated structure in which a fixed magnetic layer, a non-magnetic material layer, a free magnetic layer, and a protection layer are laminated, and that is extended in an X1-X2 direction; and soft magnetic bodies that are arranged on the element section in a contactless manner. The soft magnetic bodies include a first section, a second section, and a third section. The second section is located on a Y2 side of the element section and the third section is located on a Y1 side thereof. The second section of one of soft magnetic bodies faces the third section of the other soft magnetic body in a Y1-Y2 direction through the element section. An electrode layer is provided on the element section which faces the joint sections of the second section and the third section in the Y1-Y2 direction. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181705 | MAGNETO-IMPEDANCE SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An MI sensor element | 2013-07-18 |
20130181706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE A PROPERTY OF A FLUID FLOW - An apparatus and method estimate a property of a fluid flow. The apparatus includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool performing an NMR measurement on the fluid in a sensitive volume. The apparatus also includes a processor receiving the NMR measurement from the NMR tool, determining a frequency or phase change of the spin echo signals from the NMR measurement, and estimating the property using the frequency or phase change. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT A FLUID FLOW - An apparatus detects a fluid flow. The apparatus includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool configured to perform an NMR measurement on the fluid in a sensitive volume by establishing a magnetic field in the sensitive volume and transmitting a sequence of refocus pulses, without a tipping pulse, the NMR measurement comprising spin echo signals. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to detect a presence of the fluid flow in the sensitive volume based on the spin echo signals. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181708 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE FACILITY - A method for operating a magnetic resonance facility is proposed. The magnetic resonance facility has a number of power-consuming components. The power consumption is determined for each component. Operation of the components is controlled based on at least one criterion so that a predetermined threshold value for the overall power consumption of the magnetic resonance facility is not exceeded. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181709 | MRI USING FASTER MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING (EPI) PULSE SEQUENCES - An MRI scanner and an MRI method that effectively reduce the inherent difference in timing of TE in the SIR images by using alternating polarity of the slice selective gradient pulse Gs and corresponding alternate polarity in RF phase offset in the excitation pulse. By using alternating polarity selective gradients, the refocusing gradient pulse on the Gs axis can be eliminated between the excitation pulses so that the time spacing between the multiple SIR excitation pulses is reduced, and therefore the time delay between onset of slice signal decay is reduced. This results in an earlier possible TE of the first excited slice, hence less signal decay and higher SNR, and overall the TE of different slices can be more nearly the same. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181710 | Method for Simultaneous Multi-Slice Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A method for multi-slice magnetic resonance imaging, in which image data is acquired simultaneously from multiple slice locations using a radio frequency coil array, is provided. By way of example, a modified EPI pulse sequence is provided, and includes a series of magnetic gradient field “blips” that are applied along a slice-encoding direction contemporaneously with phase-encoding blips common to EPI sequences. The slice-encoding blips are designed such that phase accruals along the phase-encoding direction are substantially mitigated, while providing that signal information for each sequentially adjacent slice location is cumulatively shifted by a percentage of the imaging FOV. This percentage FOV shift in the image domain provides for more reliable separation of the aliased signal information using parallel image reconstruction methods such as SENSE. In addition, the mitigation of phase accruals in the phase-encoding direction provides for the substantial suppression of pixel tilt and blurring in the reconstructed images. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181711 | Method for Performing Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A method of parallel magnetic resonance imaging of a body, comprising:—acquiring a set of elementary magnetic resonance images of said body from respective receiving antennas having known or estimated sensibility maps and noise covariance matrices, said elementary images being under-sampled in k-space; and performing regularized reconstruction of a magnetic resonance image of said body; wherein said step of performing regularized reconstruction of a magnetic resonance image is unsupervised and carried out in a discrete frame space. A method of performing dynamical and parallel magnetic resonance imaging of a body, comprising:—acquiring a set of time series of elementary magnetic resonance images of said body from respective receiving antennas having known or estimated sensibility maps and noise covariance matrices, said elementary images being under-sampled in k-space; and performing regularized reconstruction of a time series of magnetic resonance images of said body. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181712 | Method for Correcting Motion-Induced Phase Errors In Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A method for correcting motion-induced phase errors in diffusion-weighted k-space data acquired with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The MRI system is directed to acquire the following data from an imaging volume: three-dimensional diffusion-weighted k-space data, three-dimensional diffusion-weighted navigator data, three-dimensional non-diffusion-weighted k-space data, and three-dimensional non-diffusion-weighted navigator data. Initial estimates of k-space shift values and a constant phase offset value are calculated using the three-dimensional diffusion-weighted navigator data and the three-dimensional non-diffusion-weighted navigator data. These initial k-space shift values and constant phase offset value are then updated by iteratively minimizing a cost function that relates the phase of the diffusion-weighted k-space data to the phase of the non-diffusion-weighted k-space data, as shifted by the initial k-space shift values and constant phase offset value. The diffusion-weighted k-space data is then corrected for motion-induced phase errors using the updated k-space shift values and constant phase offset value. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181713 | CONTROLLING GRADIENT COILS TAKING THE INDUCTIVE COUPLING INTO ACCOUNT - A gradient pulse generator generates reference current signals for a plurality of gradient coils of a gradient coil system of a magnetic resonance system and supplies each of the reference current signals to a controller assigned to one of the gradient coils. Also supplied to the respective controller is an actual current signal that is characteristic of the current flowing in the respective gradient coil. Each of the controllers generates a control signal and accordingly drives a gradient power amplifier assigned to the respective gradient coil. The gradient power amplifiers apply a current to the gradient coils assigned to the gradient power amplifiers in accordance with the generated control signals. Each of the controllers is also supplied with the reference current signal or the actual current signal of at least one other gradient coil or the time derivative of the reference current signal or the actual current signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181714 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller and an image reconstruction unit. The controller executes a pulse sequence having spare time during the time after transient of a gradient magnetic field for dephasing, applied in a readout direction after a radio frequency (RF) pulse for excitation is applied, until the first RF pulse for refocusing is applied in the case where imaging based on a fast spin echo method is performed. The image reconstruction unit reconstructs an image from magnetic resonance data collected by executing the pulse sequence. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181715 | MRT Local Coil Position Detection in an MRT System - Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) local coil positioning by RFID is enabled with a positioning device to detect a position of a first object relative to a position of an additional object that includes at least one RFID tag arranged on the first object and/or at least one RFID reader arranged on the additional object. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181716 | INTEGRATED SHEATH CURRENT FILTER IN A LOCAL COIL - A local coil for an imaging system includes a sheath current filter and one or more lines run through the sheath current filter. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181717 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes at least an input phase determining unit and an input phase switching unit. The input phase determining unit is configured to determine, of three phases of the input three-phase alternating current, a phase of a highest voltage and a phase of a lowest voltage at a given time. The input phase switching unit is configured to switch an input voltage to a primary coil of a transformer so as to input, during a first switching period, a voltage of the highest voltage phase to one terminal of the primary coil and a voltage of the lowest voltage phase to another terminal, and configured to input, during a second switching period being contiguous to the first switching period, a voltage of the lowest voltage phase to the one terminal and a voltage of the highest voltage phase to the another terminal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181718 | Buried Object Detector - A buried object detector comprising: a loop antenna and an RF source, the RF source coupled to the loop antenna and arranged to feed the loop antenna with an RF signal, the detector further comprising a detector circuit coupled to the loop antenna and arranged to detect changes in the quality factor of a resonant circuit formed by the loop antenna, wherein the loop antenna is arranged to magnetically couple with a buried object, thereby reducing the quality factor of the resonant circuit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181719 | DOWNHOLE ACTIVATION SYSTEM USING MAGNETS AND METHOD THEREOF - A downhole activation system within a tubular. The system includes an axially movable mover. A first magnet attached to the mover. The first magnet axially movable with the mover. A second magnet separated from the first magnet. The second magnet magnetically repulsed by the first magnet. A biasing device urging the second magnet towards the first magnet; wherein movement of the first magnet via the mover towards the second magnet moves the second magnet in a direction against the biasing device. Also included is a method of activating an activatable member in a downhole tubular. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181720 | BATTERY SENSOR - A battery sensor for determining at least one operational parameter of a battery, wherein the battery sensor comprises at least one transistor having controllable resistance, which is designed to determine the at least one operational parameter. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181721 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF INSPECTING STORAGE STATE OF SECONDARY BATTERY IN BATTERY PACK - A battery pack and a method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack are provided. In the method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack, the battery pack includes (A) a plurality of secondary batteries and (B) a housing, the housing having a plurality of storage sections and containing the secondary batteries in the respective storage sections; a conductive member | 2013-07-18 |
20130181722 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC OR HOLOGRAPHIC TEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR AND FREE-METAL DEVICES UTILIZING ANISOTROPIC AND ISOTROPIC MATERIALS - Analysis and characterization of semiconductor and free-metal devices using a plurality of “live” and stored interference patterns or data detected to determine or generate two-dimensional or three-dimensional information of at least one internal stress or signal, or determining the effects thereof of internal or external stresses acting upon or within the electrical signals applied to a device under test or evaluation having exterior surfaces, interior structures, electronic features as well as determining the effects thereof of chemicals, bioelectric materials, or substances, placed adjacent to the surface of the devices under test. | 2013-07-18 |