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| 20120081058 | DC POWER FOR SGCT DEVICES USING A HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENT LOOP WITH MULTIPLE CURRENT TRANSFORMERS Motor drives and switch driver power systems are presented in which high frequency AC current (IHF) is provided through one or more cables (202) magnetically coupled with local driver current transformers (240), and the transformer secondary cur... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068655 | OUTPUT FILTER AND MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME A motor drive system includes: a three-phase motor; a power conversion device that supplies power for driving the three-phase motor; and an output filter that is arranged between an output of the power conversion device and the three-phase motor and has a configuration ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068654 | CONFIGURABLE MULTI-AXIS ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM CONCEPT The present invention includes techniques for configuring an electric drive module designed for various multi-axis drive system configurations. Embodiments include techniques for integrating a three phase dual converter with a diode bridge and drive controller within a ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING MESSAGE SIGNALS IN A LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM A system for independent control of electric motors and electric lights includes a plurality of two-wire wallstations coupled in series via power wires between an alternating-current (AC) source and a light/motor control unit. The light/motor control unit is preferably ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049778 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS A power converting apparatus includes a timing signal generator and a phase determination signal generator provided in an ON/OFF signal generating unit as well as a detected current correction unit. On the basis of timing signals ts1, . . . and phase determinatio... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120037616 | POWER INVERTER A power inverter (1) is provided with a full-bridge circuit (10), a shunt capacitor (CP), and a control circuit (20). The control circuit (20) controls the on/off state of each reverse-conductive semiconductor switch (SW1 to SW4... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026761 | ADAPTIVE CURRENT LIMITER AND DIMMER SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME In an embodiment, an adaptive current limiter includes a sense element, a current pass element, and a controller. The sense element includes a first sense terminal coupled to a power supply terminal and a second sense terminal. The sense element generates a sense voltag... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019184 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POWER-SAVING DRIVING OF DEVICE HAVING SAME LOAD PATTERN A power-saving driving device is provided for a same load pattern device 23 that is driven by a motor 21 receiving electric power from an inverter 19 and repeatedly operated in a same load pattern. The power-saving driving device includes: an electr... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110221374 | DISCHARGING CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM A discharge control device in an electric power conversion system mounted to a motor vehicle turns off a relay in order to instruct an electric power conversion circuit to supply a reactive current into a motor generator, and thereby to decrease a capacitor voltage to a... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110205662 | CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR BY DYNAMIC SWITCHING An apparatus for controlling an electric motor is provided. A plurality of switches is provided for controlling a direction of current through motor coils of the electric motor. A brushless motor control circuit is connected to each of the plurality of switches. Respons... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110043153 | ELECTRONIC ORBIT CONTROL FOR SAWS A power saw having a reciprocating blade, including a housing having a handle portion for holding the saw; a variable speed motor in the housing for driving the reciprocating blade; a mechanism configured to move the reciprocating blade in a non-linear path; an electron... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110031905 | Single General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Pin Motor Control Circuit System and method for operating a motor using a single general purpose input/output (GPIO) pin of a controller. In one embodiment, a control circuit may include a first terminal coupled to a GPIO pin of a controller. The first terminal can be configured to receive, and ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110006718 | INVERTER DEVICE There is provided an inverter device that is small in size and has high durability against long-term use with vibration. A power substrate 20 is placed at a bottom portion of a box-shaped module case 11, and a control substrate 30 forms a lid of an ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100308764 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC TOOL HAVING THE SAME A motor controller comprises a processor selectively outputting an on-signal to either one of an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element based upon a detected position by the position sensor, gate drivers inputting a driving voltage to the gates of... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301784 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT In a power conversion circuit operating with high frequency, an off-voltage control circuit 101u of a lower-arm gate drive circuit 24u controls the output voltage of a gate drive power supply 103u to change the output voltage to... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100259136 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND DRIVING CONTROLLER FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE A plurality of salient poles projecting toward a stator are arranged on a rotor core along the circumferential direction while being spaced apart from each other, and rotor windings are wound around these salient poles. The rotor windings are short-circuited through dio... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100211241 | HIGH PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION Motor systems are disclosed that include: a motor component, at least one motor stator module, and at least one binary controller, wherein the binary controller is coupled to the at least one module. In some embodiments, a contemplated motor system also comprises at lea... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100141196 | GAIN VALUE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD A control system for controlling a plurality of gain values of a driver includes a control device, a driver, a motor, and a plurality of sensors. The control device stores a plurality of gain values for the driver, and a plurality of encoded values. One or more of encod... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100138045 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE A motor driving device for driving a motor includes a motor driver, a speed control loop, a current control loop, and an arithmetic selecting module. The motor driver provides a current signal for the motor to output a speed signal. The speed control loop receiving the ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100094483 | CONTROL AND MOTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN MODEL TRAIN A control and motor arrangement in accordance with the present invention includes a motor configured to generate a locomotive force for propelling the model train. The control and motor arragement further includes a command control interface configured to receive comman... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100090637 | MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER A motor speed controller and a method of controller a speed of a motor are provided. The system and method include a motor and a motor controller that monitors operation of the motor based on electromotive force (EMF) conditions of the motor. The motor controller cuts a... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100079098 | GENERIC MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of different motors used in a corresponding plurality of power tool applications requiring different operational characteristics. In one implementation a method involves the use of a single universal control module to s... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100079096 | HUMAN INTERFACE MODULE FOR MOTOR DRIVE A power electronics device with an improved human interface module (HIM) is provided. More specifically, a motor drive is provided that includes a HIM with a portable memory device that stores the programming configuration of the motor drive. The improved HIM with porta... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100079097 | GENERIC MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM A method for controlling the operation of a motor utilizing a generic motor control module. The method includes sampling at least one motor operating criterion during operation of the motor and executing a generic control algorithm at a predetermined periodic interval. ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100060223 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine capable of conducting a variable speed operation at high output in a wide range from low speed to high speed and improving efficiency and reliability in a wide operating range. Two kinds of permanent magnets having differen... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100019700 | Operating method and system for hybrid vehicle A hybrid power plant for efficiently propelling a vehicle is described. In particular, an internal combustion motor and a generator capable of producing electrical energy is mechanically coupled to the internal combustion motor. An electrical motor is powered by the gen... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090243529 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF A motor driving circuit includes a control device, a detection module and a driving module. The control device is controlled by a control signal and is coupled to a motor. The control device includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein a ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090218977 | Electric drive system with redundancy Circuit configurations for controlling an AC motor drive system wherein the control systems include redundancy features to compensate for possible failed system components.... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090206785 | WAVEFORM CURRENT MONITOR USING RDSON OF LOW-SIDE BRIDGE FET An apparatus for monitoring current for a motor drive including at least high-side and low-side switching transistors includes a driver circuit for driving a gate of the low-side switching transistor. First circuitry measures a drain to source voltage across the low-sid... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090151362 | MOTOR DRIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY AC BUS A motor drive for an electric motor receives high frequency AC current, and delivers this current through a converter which is operable to change the current delivered downstream to an inverter and an electric motor.... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090140682 | Motor control unit, motor control method and image forming apparatus Time information indicates time required for reflecting a speed control indicating value actually on the rotation speed of the motor, the speed control indicating value being read by a motor driving part and then, being reflected on the rotation speed of the motor by th... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090128946 | DISCONTINUOUS MODE BACK EMF MEASUREMENT A terminal voltage of an actuator motor is measured while the actuator motor is in a high impedance state. An internal voltage of the actuator motor is measured, and a back-EMF voltage of the actuator motor is estimated in response to the terminal voltage of the actuato... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128078 | MOTOR AND MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLING SYSTEM A motor and a motor speed control system are disclosed. Two power signal lines and one feedback/speed-control signal line are coupled between a control device and the motor. The two power signal lines electrically connect the control device to the motor. The feedback/sp... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090108789 | Programmable Motor Drive A system comprises host logic and a programmable motor drive coupled to the host logic and configured to drive a motor. The programmable motor drive comprises a plurality of H-bridge circuits and the programmable motor drive is programmable to cause any two or more H-br... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090051309 | Process for driving an electric machine and driver system therefor A method for operating an electric machine with a driver system is provided, in which an operating variable of the electric machine and/or of the driver system is monitored. The validity of the input variables is checked with regard to their checksum and whether the inp... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090039816 | Assembly Comprising a Three-Phase Machine and a Frequency Converter A system is provided that furnishes expert procedural guidance based upon patient-specific data gained from surgical instruments incorporating sensors on the instrument's working surface, one or more reference sensors placed about the patient, sensors implanted before, ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080297088 | Fuel/electric drive system A fuel/electric drive system having an internal combustion engine is disclosed, having a generator which is driven by the internal combustion engine and has a first stator winding set, having a first rectifier which is connected to the first stator winding set at the AC... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080224643 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR DRIVING MOTOR, THREE-PHASE MOTOR AND MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS WITH THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FAN MOTOR In order to prevent a short circuit of top and bottom arms of a motor driving IC when noise is added to six control signals for controlling six switching elements, there is provided a semiconductor device for driving a motor, being sealed with resin as one package and c... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080224644 | METHOD CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING INITIAL CURRENT FOR DRIVING A MOTOR A method capable of controlling initial current value for driving a motor includes following steps: (a) an output reference level of a driving unit being connected to a motor coil set to operate a motor constituted with the motor coil set; (b) a magnetic pole change bei... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20070290647 | MOTOR CONTROLLER A motor controller is provided which can be reduced in the number of the wirings and power semiconductor devices required while maintaining the function equivalent to or higher than that of the motor controller adopting the existing winding changeover scheme, thereby re... | 12/20/2007 |
