Bizarre Patents
A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120049779 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS A host apparatus includes a command-pattern changing unit. A detector includes a detector-communication-parameter changing unit. A motor drive control apparatus includes a communication-parameter changing unit and a control-gain changing unit. The command-pattern changi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120001582 | CONTROLLER FOR ACTUATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING KALMAN ESTIMATOR INCORPORATING EFFECT OF SYSTEM STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS A controller for an electro-mechanical actuation system such as a missile fin actuator includes a Kalman estimator circuit which generates an estimate of operating state including position and velocity of motor, position and velocity of a position-controlled element (PC... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316467 | PARALLEL MECHANISM A parallel mechanism includes a base portion, a bracket to which an end effecter is attached, a plurality of actuators attached to the base portion, a plurality of arms through which the plurality of actuators and the bracket are coupled together in parallel, and a cont... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309782 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A MOVEMENT-CONTROLLED MACHINE WITH AN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED DRIVE MOTOR In a method and device for monitoring a movement-controlled machine, such as a manipulator, having an electronically commutated drive motor for which a commutation angle is provided based on its detected real position and a control variable, in particular a predetermine... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298409 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING POSITIONING ACCURACY A human-operated system comprises a positioning system and an input shaper. The positioning system moves an object from one location to another. The positioning system includes a computing device that controls the movement of the positioning system responsive to receivi... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110193510 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD A system for positioning an object, having a fixed base, a support for the object, an actuator for applying a force to displace the support relative to the fixed base, a sensor for measuring the load force on the support, and a controller for processing the measured loa... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110137524 | ANGLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM USING THE SAME The present invention relates to a technology related to angle control and automatic parking, and more particularly to an angle control method and apparatus for improving angle control quality so as to make the movement of a steering handle smooth, and an automatic park... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110079157 | Multi-drive printed product processing device with verified feedback control A multi-drive printed product processing device is provided that includes a processing component and a motor driving the processing component. A motor control controls the motor. An encoder measures a position of the motor and sends an encoder feedback signal indicating... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110074332 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELIMINATING STRUCTURAL MODES IN A SERVO MECHANISM EMPLOYED TO CONTROL A FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE A servo system is provided for controlling movement of a flexible structure having multiple masses and elements. Each element couples a respective two of the masses and functions as a spring when the flexible structure is subject to a linear or rotational input at or ab... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100181954 | METHOD OF MANAGING THE STEERING CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT UNDERCARRIAGE The invention relates to a method of managing a steering control for a steerable portion of an aircraft undercarriage, the method comprising implementing servo-control to servo-control an electromechanical steering actuator on an angular position setpoint, wherein, acco... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100079100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INERTIAL SYSTEM Suppression of vibration of a load machine without reducing the responsiveness of the load machine to an operation command is achieved by a method and an apparatus for controlling an inertial system intended to control an inertial system that has a motive power generato... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100060226 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM A motor control system suppresses vibration of a machine base and achieves high-speed positioning without using a special sensor but using a model control system. A first feedback section outputs a first feedback command generated based on model machine base position in... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100017013 | Control System for a Lifting Device This invention is aimed to provide a control system for a lifting device that can lift a load that enables the operator to have a good judgment for handling the load, so that an operator can simultaneously hold and control the load. The con... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090326739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING OSCILLATORY FAILURES RELATED TO A SERVOCONTROL SUBSYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACE Method and device for detecting oscillatory faults relating to an aircraft airfoil slaving chain. The device (1) comprises means for carrying out a counting of all the overshoots of a threshold value by the current value of a quantit... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090296081 | Metrology Tool, System Comprising a Lithographic Apparatus and a Metrology Tool, and a Method for Determining a Parameter of a Substrate A metrology tool is arranged to measure a parameter of a substrate that has been provided with a pattern in a lithographic apparatus. The metrology tool includes a base frame, a substrate table, a sensor, a displacement system, a balance mass, and a bearing. The substra... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090284207 | Reaction force cancel system Stabilization of a stage in a movable stage apparatus is enhanced, and increasing in size of the movable stage apparatus is suppressed. A reaction force cancel system is provided in the movable stage apparatus where a stage moves on a surface plate installed on a floor ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090251093 | Motor control apparatus A velocity control loop of a motor control apparatus including a notch filter. The notch filter attenuates a signal component at a central frequency from a motor driving command, and outputs the attenuated motor driving command. The driving of a motor is controlled base... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090161237 | Image stabilization control circuit A image stabilization control circuit for an image capturing device, wherein a gyro-equalizer (24) integrates an angular velocity signal from a gyro-sensor (12) in an integration circuit (46). The integration circuit (46) is composed of a low... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090157258 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING QUADRANT DEPENDENT ACTIVE DAMPING A method for controlling a steering system, including, receiving a first signal representative of a torque applied to a steering wheel, receiving a second signal representative of a motor velocity of a motor operatively linked to the steering wheel, multiplying the firs... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090058346 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS In order to simultaneously realize an improvement in disturbance suppression force of an electric motor control apparatus and vibration suppression of a load machine, a velocity control circuit receives a velocity command signal as a target value of velocity of an elect... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080211446 | Control Apparatus of Electric Power Steering Apparatus The present invention provides a control apparatus of a electric power steering apparatus which can suppress a vibration and a noise of a motor caused by a torque ripple which is generated at a tie of applying a field-weakening control to the motor or on the basis of a ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080169781 | ACTIVE DAMPING DEVICE FOR A POSITIONING STAGE A damping apparatus is provided for a positioning stage that is operative to move and position an object along a motion axis. The damping apparatus comprises a motion transformation device operative to rotate the positioning stage about a rotary axis that is substantial... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080143287 | Method For Extracting Maximum Gain of Servo Controller It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for extracting a maximum gain of a servo controller in which while a machine is vibrated by raising a control gain, the vibration is rapidly detected so that the machine does not greatly vibrate or noise is no... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080094020 | Bus Disturbance Regulator Presented is a harmonic regulator that regulates a plurality of individual harmonics in a system having periodic torque disturbances to commanded values, including zero. For each harmonic being regulated, a feedback signal having at least one harmonic component due to t... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080042609 | Motor Control Device And Corresponding Control Method The aim of the invention is to provide a speed control method for reducing current ripple and speed ripple at constant dynamics behavior while reducing the hardware required to a minimum. For this purpose, a control signal, especially a speed deviation (ev) is divided u... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080024085 | Method for Improving Scanning Probe Microscope Imaging by Inverse Filtering In accordance with the invention, an inverse filter is used to improve scanned images from a scanning probe microscope by removing the effect of the scanning system dynamics from the image data. This may be done in-line or as a post-processing operation.... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070262741 | Method of and Apparatus for Evaluating the Performance of a Control System A method of evaluating the performance of a control system using a computerized device includes calculating a ratio of a first area and a second area associated with a peak value of a signal associated with the control system, comparing the ratio with a predetermined va... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070222407 | Active vibration control system for hybrid vehicle In a motor-assisted hybrid vehicle, an active vibration control system suppresses torque fluctuations of an engine without detriment to the response of a static torque. An adaptive notch filter outputs a control signal depending on a harmonic basic signal generated by a... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070216334 | FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM A closed loop control system for controlling an actuator operating on a moveable member, includes a control device controlling operation of the actuator, a sensor responsive to a condition such as loading of the moveable member as it is moved by the actuator and adapted... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070205740 | Method of automatically setting vibration suppression filter and automatic setting apparatus for vibration suppression filter In a method of automatically setting the vibration suppression filter, when a vibration detection portion detects a vibration A2, a state variable frequency analysis portion analyzes the frequencies of data from a state variable trace portion to calculate a vibra... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070120514 | Method for active compensation of oscillations in a machine which processes printing material, and a machine which processes printing material For the active compensation of oscillations in a machine which processes printing material, a signal which contains an oscillation of the machine or of a part of the machine is measured and at least one counter torque is introduced into the machine to reduce the oscilla... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070069598 | Magnetic bearing device An electromagnet configured to contactlessly support a body includes an excitation amplifier configured to supply excitation current to the electromagnet, a carrier wave generation device, and a sensor configured to modulate the carrier wave and to output a sensor signa... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070001639 | Digital servo system with pre-processing old control states The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for a digital servo system with pre-processing old control states to shorten processing delay, which improves the stability of the control loop and/or allow a fast servo signal processing, which improve the overall se... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070001640 | Digital servo system with moving average filter The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for a digital servo system with moving average filter, which is used as an input filter for a digital signal processor of the servo system to shorten processing delay, which improves the stability of the control loop ... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060261774 | Method and device for treating signals for detection of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine It is possible to determine the types and values of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine by measuring the induced voltage (ui) for the terminals of measurement loops which can capture an image of the induction in the measureme... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060197487 | Antivibration device having rotary flyweights and an epicyclic geartrain An antivibration device for reducing the vibration of a structure, includes a stationary casing, mounted on the structure, and first and second sets each including two contra-rotary rotors having eccentric flyweights, the flyweights and the rotors being disposed respect... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060119307 | Control device A control device includes a first switch (400) by which an input signal to a motor speed control loop (910) is selected from a signal of a position control loop (300) and a signal of the speed control loop (200), and a switch controller (5... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060061317 | Torsional vibration suppressing method and apparatus in electric motor speed control system It is an object of the invention to provide a torsional vibration suppressing apparatus further including an inertia control portion capable of suppressing a feeble vibration in a torsional vibration suppressing control portion. The invent... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060043920 | Motor drive with damper A motor controller having a damper that dampens resonance in a motor drive of a common mode filter to prevent it from becoming over excited by operation of the motor drive at a resonant frequency of the common mode filter. The damper is connected to an output feeder lin... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060017414 | Motor torque control apparatus and method for automotive vehicle A motor torque control apparatus for an automotive vehicle includes a transmission which has either one of a fixed speed ratio and a variable speed ratio; at least one motor/generator coupled with the transmission as a propelling power source of the vehicle, a power of ... | 01/26/2006 |
