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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120081057 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ACTUATOR A method for operating an electrically driven actuator having a power supply that has an energy storage unit (7) is provided. At the energy storage unit, an energy quantity meter (8) continuously adds up the amount of energy stored and withdrawn. An actuat... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110316304 | ANTITRAP PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR MOVING SYSTEM The invention provides an antitrap protection system for a moving system. The antitrap protection system comprises
| 12/29/2011 |
| 20110298407 | MOTOR POSITION CONTROLLER The motor position controller inputs a command pulse signal and a desired pulse form setting, and drives a motor based on the command pulse signal. The motor position controller includes a position command generating device configured to generate a position command sign... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110199035 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE A motor control device, which receives at least two emergency stop signals, includes an LSI, a PWM signal transmission circuit, a drive circuit, and an inverter circuit. The LSI generates PWM signals. The PWM signal transmission circuit transmits the PWM signals. The dr... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20100244759 | SAFETY FEATURES FOR MOVING COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES The invention broadly contemplates a safety arrangement that transitions a moving component, for example a cooling fan housed within a chassis of an electronic device, between a first operating mode or condition and a second operating mode or condition. The first operat... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100236850 | Method and apparatus for adding electric auto function to a gas-driven auto The operating shaft of an auto radiator fan is adapted for connection with an electric motor whereby the electric motor rotates the operating shaft, per se, to provide rotation to the auto drive shaft. A control circuit is arranged for connecting the supplemental batter... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100164421 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED FAN CONTROL IN A POWER SUPPLY An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling fan speed in a power supply. The apparatus measures input power to the power supply and measures the output power provided by the power supply over an interval. The apparatus determines values for the input ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100066293 | VEHICLE-USE START CONTROL SYSTEM The vehicle-use start control system includes a control section which initializes a control signal outputted from the control section when a power supply voltage supplied is lower than or equal to a predetermined initialization voltage, and sets a voltage level of the c... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100060221 | FAN MODULE AND SYSTEM A fan module, especially a fan module which may reduce a rotating speed of a fan automatically when an object with static electricity gets into the fan is provided. The fan module includes a frame, a fan, an electrostatic induction unit and a controller. The fan is disp... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100036555 | CONTROLLER FOR MOTOR, AND VEHICLE When a short-circuit failure of any of switch portions (13) including switch elements (11) and parallel-connected feedback diodes (12) of an inverter circuit (7) is detected during the operation of a motor (1), a switch portion (13<... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090278487 | FAN CONTROL CIRCUIT A fan control circuit for controlling a fan to dissipate heat from an electrical device includes a comparator and an electrical switch. The comparator has a comparator input terminal, a comparator reference terminal, and a comparator output terminal. The comparator inpu... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090256513 | Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus A hybrid electronic control unit sends a combustion start command to an engine ECU when the rotation speed of an engine reaches a combustion start rotation speed by engine cranking. The engine ECU sends an initial explosion advance notification to the hybrid electronic ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090218978 | Contact Detection Apparatus and Pinch Prevention Apparatus A contact detection apparatus that allows faster detection and a pinch prevention apparatus equipped with such a detection apparatus are provided. The contact detection apparatus includes a first electrode (430) made of a flexible co... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090125176 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ALTERNATOR-STARTER A method for operating a reversible polyphase rotating electrical machine (2) in a motor vehicle which consists in performing the high-level and low-level management of the machine with a remote-control unit (1), which exchanges physical data, via a plural... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20060071624 | System and method for using a capacitive door edge sensor A system and method for sensing capacitance at the edge of a movable barrier and for detecting an obstruction includes positioning a conductive member within or about a holder. A sensed capacitance between the conductive member and ground. A controller is coupled to the... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050225277 | Gate supervising system A gate supervising system takes over the control of the motors operating the gates in order to prevent costly damage to the gates. A processor and an input interface to receive data from physical constraints sensors; a voltage/current sensor related to the opening and c... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050179415 | Capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor includes: a first sensing electrode connected to a first reference capacitor in which is stored reference electric charge; a second sensing electrode connected to a second reference capacitor in which is stored reference electric charge; and a shield... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050145080 | Device for protecting against accidental contact and method for protecting against accidental contact of a displaceable part The invention relates to a contact protection device. The device according to the invention has a sensor (5) for generating and detecting an electromagnetic field situated in the vicinity of a moving part (1) that should not ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050067990 | Vehicle door driving system A vehicle door driving system includes a driving power source for generating a driving force, a clutch mechanism adjusted to be engaged and disengaged, and controlling means for controlling the clutch mechanism to be engaged and disengaged, the controlling means control... | 03/31/2005 |
