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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120049673 | Generator System for Water Tank The invention provides a generator system comprising a water tank, a dividing wall, first and second cylinder plates, a pulley, an electrical motor, a turbine generator, a solar panel, a battery, and a return pipe. Each of the cylinder plates is disposed and configured ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049709 | FURNITURE FLAP DRIVE FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF FLAPS A furniture flap drive is provided with a first component having an electric motor and with a second component having an adjustment arm, wherein the first component and the second component can be fastened releasably to each other, and a force transmission device is pro... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049674 | Magnetic Drive Motor Assembly and Associated Methods A permanent magnet is rotated about an axis extending between opposing north and south poles. The magnetic field of the rotated permanent magnet interacts with magnetic fields of permanent magnets carried by a shuttle for repelling and attracting the fixed permanent mag... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110254389 | HIGH FORCE ROTARY ACTUATOR An actuator includes an upper stator with four upper poles and a lower stator with four lower poles aligned with the four upper poles. A permanent magnet is attached to the upper stator and the lower stator. Four moving armatures are positioned at terminal ends of the f... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110233364 | ACTUATOR INCLUDING MECHANISM FOR CONVERTING ROTARY MOTION TO LINEAR MOTION An active vibration control device is provided that is configured to control the position of a body relative to a reference frame. The control device includes sensors that provide input signals corresponding to movement of the body in at least one direction, a rotary mo... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110156513 | ELECTROMAGNETIC OSCILLATOR WITH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OUTPUT An oscillator typically includes several rotatable drive magnets and pivotable oscillating arms having respective follower magnets so that the drive magnets drive movement of the follower magnets to pivot the arms back and forth in an oscillating manner. A generating ma... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110150458 | DRIVE MECHANISM, BLADE DRIVE MECHANISM AND OPTICAL DEVICE A drive mechanism includes: an actuator including a rotor magnetized; a magnetic body, a magnetically attractive force being generated between the magnetic body and the rotor; and a sandwiched member sandwiched between the rotor and the magnetic body. At least one of th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110101806 | Safety Device for a Linear Actuator and a Linear Actuator The invention concerns a safety device (1) for an actuator comprising a connection means (2) allowing a connection to a releasable holding means (5). The connection means (2) is fixed via a sacrificing means (3) to a supporting means (... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110089879 | Linear Actuator Linear actuator device, comprising a housing (102,202), a piston rod (109,209), an electrical motor (116,216) and a transmission means (105,106,305,307) adapted to transfer the rotation of the electrical motor to a linear movement of the pist... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110084560 | Step Motor Disclosed herein is a step motor, including a lead screw, a rotor fixed to an outer surface of the lead screw, a fixture containing a stator disposed to face the rotor and a housing whose one side end part is open to insert the stator and wrap the stator, and a bracket ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110073297 | PERMANENT MAGNET DIRECT DRIVE DRAWWORKS A direct drive drawworks has a permanent magnet motor, a shaft extending from the permanent magnet motor so that the permanent magnet motor directly rotates the shaft, and a drum connected to the shaft away from the permanent magnet motor such that the rotation of the s... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110031424 | HIGH ACCURACY, ZERO BACKLASH ROTARY-TO-LINEAR ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR An electromechanical actuator is provided for converting rotary action into linear action, and includes an electric motor, a cable yoke, an output shaft, and a pair of cables. The electric motor is adapted to be selectively energized and is configured, upon being energi... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100320856 | Eccentric press with direct drive A press drive including an electric motor with a stator and a rotor and permanent magnets arranged around the circumference of the rotor. The rotor includes at least one eccentric integrally therewith and rotatably supported with the rotor. The stator is supported on th... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100319263 | HIGH TORQUE GEARLESS ACTUATION AT LOW SPEEDS FOR SWING GATE, ROLL-UP GATE, SLIDE GATE, AND VEHICULAR BARRIER OPERATORS The invention is a system for gearless operation of a movable barrier utilizing Lorentz forces, and in particular, a movable barrier operator retrofitted with a gearless motor capable of high torque at very low speeds. Eliminating a gear system in accordance with the pr... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314956 | LINEAR ACTUATOR The present invention relates to a linear actuator. The linear actuator has a mounting member. The linear actuator has an output member constrained to move linearly with respect to the mounting member along a linear axis. The linear actuator includes a motor assembly pi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100237729 | MOTION CONVERSION DEVICE A permanent magnet rotational motor employs the use of a rotating iron band member which absorbs the magnetic flux of both of the opposing magnet flux fields from stator and rotor magnets. This causes mutually opposing, interacting magnetic flux fields of the rotor and ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231071 | Modular stepper motor actuator A stepper motor linear actuator arrangement is formed by casting thermoplastic internal threads within a hollow metal cylinder and arranging the within a hollow metal motor stator.... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231070 | ACTUATOR An actuator having an output axis which is moved linearly by a rotatory force, and a boss for holding the above-mentioned output axis in such a way that the output axis can move linearly includes a connecting member for propagating the linear motion of the above-mention... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100201215 | ROTATIONAL DISPLAYS A rotation apparatus includes at least one magnet, and a flexible suspension coupled to the at least one magnet. The at least one magnet is suspended from the suspension, Moreover, when the flexible suspension causes rotation in a first direction via a force, the at lea... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100148605 | ENCAPSULATED OUTER STATOR ISOLATED ROTOR STEPPER MOTOR VALVE ASSEMBLY An electric motor assembly includes a rotor rotatable about an axis and a stator spaced radially away from the rotor. An isolation housing, configured to permit magnetic flux to flow therethrough between the rotor and the stator, is disposed between the rotor and the st... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100072842 | DUAL DRIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR WITH CENTER OUTPUT Electromechanical actuators (EMAs) are provided that include an output disposed at a location that is axially central between two EM devices. The EMAs include either one or two motors and an output mechanism. The motors are adapted to be energized and are operable, upon... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100072841 | Tangent Seeker Magnetic Drive System and Method A magnetic drive system and method are provided wherein magnets on a stator interact with a magnet on the rotor to create repulsion and attraction forces that produce axial shaft rotation. More particularly, a magnet is pivotally attached to a carriage that processes ab... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100060091 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTOR MACHINE An electromagnetic rotor machine (10) of the hypocycloid type comprising a machine housing (12), an annular stator (30) in the machine housing an annular rotor (50) of a magnetic material, which is supported orbiting and rotationally around i... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100056965 | OSCILLATING MECHANISM An oscillating mechanism includes a motor, a speed reduction assembly, a transporting assembly, and a linking base. The motor operated in a rotational reciprocating motion. The speed reduction assembly is connected to the motor and driven by the motor. The transporting ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090267433 | WIPER APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The present invention enables replacement work of a wiper motor to be carried out with a link plate being fixed to an output shaft, and achieves improvement of maintainability. A diameter dimension of a through-hole of a motor bracket is set to that of allowing a tip si... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090261671 | Electric actuator An electrically powered linear actuator having a thrust assembly, a motor with a rotor surrounding at least a portion of the thrust assembly and a rotary encoder with a rotation sensing member rotatable with the rotor.... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090127951 | MAGNETIC PROPULSION DEVICE An object of the present invention is to provide a hitherto unknown, innovative magnetic propulsion device that can provide free magnetic propulsion through a geomagnetic field or another space in which a uniform magnetic field (B) is present by using an interaction wit... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090121567 | AIRFLOW GENERATOR The present invention provides an airflow generator, which includes a plate with a rotary portion and a swinging end. The airflow generator also includes a magnetic brake unit coupled with the rotary portion. The magnetic brake unit has a second magnetizing portion, suc... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090114763 | MODULAR, HARNESSLESS ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION SYSTEM ASSEMBLY A modular electromechanical actuation system assembly is provided that includes an electronic control unit housing having a plurality of motor receptacles and a plurality of battery receptacles formed in an outer surface thereof. Each of the motor receptacles has an ass... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090045767 | Position Controlled Drive Mechanism A position controlled drive mechanism including an electric motor, an encoder associated with the rotatable shaft of the electric motor and a controller connected to both the electric motor and the encoder is described herein. The controller includes at least two of the... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090033160 | ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE A motor includes a stator, a rotor supported by a rotor hub for rotation relative to the stator, and a housing fixedly supporting the stator. The housing rotatably supports the rotor and includes a first end enclosing the stator, the rotor, and the rotor hub and a secon... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080315728 | Linear Actuator An actuator. In one embodiment, the actuator comprises a reversible electric motor having a stator having a housing, a rotor housed in the housing of the stator, and a shaft having a forward portion and a rearward portion extending oppositely and coaxially from the roto... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080309179 | Electric Machine There is described an electric machine which is used, in particular as a drive mechanism for an injection moulding machine. The electric machine comprises a first electric motor for carrying out a linear displacement and a second electric motor for carrying out a rotati... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080303365 | Magnetic Propulsion Motor The present invention relates to a magnetic propulsion motor comprising a magnetic drive assembly comprising a drive magnet, a rotating hub, and a motion magnet attached to the rotating hub to rotate the motion magnet proximate to the magnetic drive assembly. A driving ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080303364 | Driving Force Transmission Mechanism, Image Forming Apparatus and Assembling Method Thereof To provide a driving force transmission mechanism in which the thickness can be reduced as well as the positioning between a driven shaft and driven, and a motor shaft of a motor is easy. The driving force transmission mechanism of the invention comprises a plate throug... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080296982 | REMOTE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT POWER SOURCE The present invention is a remote electrical equipment power source. The remote electrical equipment power source includes an electrical generator adapted to power remote electrical equipment and a repulsive force conversion drive. The repulsive force conversion drive i... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080296987 | REPULSIVE FORCE CONVERSION DRIVE The present invention is a repulsive force conversion drive. The repulsive force conversion drive includes at least two repulsive units to repulse each other. One unit is fixed, while the second is movably suspended. There is a motion inducing plate positioned between t... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080246355 | Self-Powered Mobile Electrical Power Hub Self-powered mobile electrical power hubs are provided. In one embodiment, a self-powered electrical power hub comprises an internal combustion engine driven generator that provides electrical power and at least one electrically powered transport driver configured to fa... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080246421 | Actuator Arrangement An actuator arrangement comprises a plurality of linearly extendable actuators arranged to be driven by a common electrically driven motor, each actuator, being provided with limit stops to limit extension and/or retraction thereof, wherein the limit stops of the actuat... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080240707 | Actuator, shutter driving device for camera and method of manufacturing actuator An actuator includes: a coil for excitation; a stator excited with different magnetic poles by energization of the coil; a rotor magnetized with different magnetic poles in a circumferential direction, and rotated by magnetic force generating between the rotor and the s... | 10/02/2008 |
