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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100066274 | SWITCH ELEMENT FOR A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART The invention relates to a switch element comprising an actuating element that can be impinged upon by an energy accumulator and is mounted so that it can be moved along a trajectory. At least two energy accumulators are used to impinge the actuating element and the num... | 03/18/2010 |
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| 20080191646 | Driving Device of Armature Balance Machine Disclosed herein is a driving device of armature balance machine, in which a driving motor is formed on the same centerline of the armature, a hinge block pivot-connected by the hinge shaft is installed in the finger mounter of the bracket in such a manner that the hing... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080129230 | Vehicle Gearbox With An Integrated Electric Motor The invention relates to an electromechanically activated motor vehicle transmission (31, 14) such as an automated manual transmission (31) or a transfer case (14). This transmission comprises at least a transmission housing (11), an electrom... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080129237 | Motor control method and motor control apparatus A motor control method that includes the steps of: rotationally driving a motor that is provided with a rotor having permanent magnet pieces, and a stator; and short circuiting a plurality of phases of the motor when the rotational frequency of the motor is equal to or ... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080048591 | POWER STEERING APPARATUS A power steering apparatus includes an electric motor, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The electric motor produces an assist steering effort in a steering system. The temperature sensor measures a temperature of a first portion subject to thermal influence of ... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070296356 | Electronic control system for operating groups of a vehicle Electronic control system for an actuation device of operating groups of a vehicle comprising an electronic gearcase that allows the activation and deactivation of said at least one device to be managed. The gearcase defines a first operating condition of the selective ... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070262576 | Electrically-driven steering column apparatus An electrically-driven steering column apparatus includes a steering column rotatably holding a steering shaft and capable of adjusting a position of the steering wheel, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting to the steering column a rotational driving forc... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070216323 | Motor Drive Apparatus When a torque command value from an external ECU is within a predetermined variation width, a control unit generates a signal and outputs the signal to a voltage command calculation unit so that electrostatic energy stored in a capacitor is kept at a predetermined thres... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20060202651 | Powered panel moving system A powered panel moving system includes a motor, electronic drive circuitry, a mechanism, a coupler, and electronic function circuitry. The drive circuitry drives a rotor of the motor. The coupler couples rotational output of the rotor to the mechanism to drive the mecha... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060132069 | Actuation device The invention relates to an actuating apparatus that can be used, for example, as an actuating apparatus for a motor vehicle transmission, the select function and the shift function being guaranteed by this actuating apparatus and it being possible to effect this using ... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20050040775 | Punch press The present invention provides a punch press that enables the arrangement length of a motor and a crank mechanism to be reduced so that the motor can be installed without being projected far from a side of a frame, the punch press avoiding biasing the motor, which may a... | 02/24/2005 |
