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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120068546 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND ITS CONTROL DEVICE A control device is provided that includes a power supply unit. First and second MOSFETs are serially connected to a sub power supply line in the power supply unit by connecting their respective drains to one another. Third and fourth MOSFETs are serially connected to a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120023994 | SURGE PROTECTOR, AN HVAC UNIT INCLUDING THE SURGE PROTECTOR AND A METHOD OF TESTING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT A surge protector, an HVAC unit including the surge protector and a method of testing electrical equipment employing the surge protector is disclosed. In one embodiment, the surge protector includes: (1) a first lead, a second lead and a third lead and (2) a protective ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110316553 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM The abnormality detection system is provided for detecting an abnormality of an object. The abnormality detection system includes a high-frequency power source, a primary coil, a secondary coil and a controller. The high-frequency power source supplies power. The primar... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110175617 | Electric Machine Fast Transient Condition Detection During a transient operating condition in an electric machine, a diagnostic routine associated with the electric machine may erroneously indicate a fault. According to the disclosure, a flag is set when a transient condition is detected. The flag is communicated to the ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110156745 | ELECTRONICS TESTER WITH A SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION BOARD AND A WAFER CHUCK HAVING DIFFERENT COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION The invention relates to a tester apparatus of the kind including a portable supporting structure for removably holding and testing a substrate carrying a microelectronic circuit. An interface on the stationary structure is connected to the first interface when the port... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110074436 | IDENTIFICATION OF FALSE POSITIVES IN HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULT DETECTION A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for identifying false positive indications of high impedance faults in an AC electric power transmission and distribution network. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a procedure to monitor a phase co... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110068800 | INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT EVALUATION APPARATUS FOR BATTERY The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating an internal short circuit of a battery. An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus capable of evaluating whether or not an internal short circuit has occurred in an electrode group in consideration ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110057707 | Detection and compensation of multiplexer leakage current A multiplexed input/output (I/O) system detects leakage currents on a selected input channel. The system includes a leakage detection multiplexer connected to provide an output selected from one of a plurality of input channels. In addition, the leakage detection multip... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110040423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE RANGE A system for automatically determining a temperature tolerance range of an electronic device directs a temperature regulator to regulate a temperature equaling a previous regulated temperature plus or less a temperature difference. When a determination module determines... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037478 | FIELD DEVICE Disclosed is a field device which determines whether or not an abnormality which was detected is the type of abnormality which may not allow the output of a burn-out H signal, and sets a signal output for the abnormality to a burn-out L signal when the type of abnormali... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110001485 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Energy management of an electronic device using multiple electric power sources. The electric power sources may include a parasitic electric power source, a rechargeable electric power source, an intermittent electric power source, and a continuous electric power source... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100295551 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE MEASUREMENTS - SELF TEST Method for nondestructive and noncontact detection of faults in a test piece, with a transmitter coil arrangement with at least one transmitter coil that transmits periodic electromagnetical AC fields to a test piece, a receiver coil arrangement with at least one receiv... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289551 | INCREASED RELIABILITY IN THE PROCESSING OF DIGITAL SIGNALS A method, device and computer program product for providing increased reliability in the processing of digital signals. The device includes a module for performing analog measurement of a received signal intended to occupy two logical states at various instances in time... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100244848 | SYSTEM FOR TESTING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CHIPS In accordance with an aspect of the application, there is provided a system for testing, including a first chip, a second chip, and first and second connections. The first connection is configured to couple a first pin of the first chip to a first pin of the second chip... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100198557 | SENSOR APPARATUS A sensor apparatus of the present invention is provided with a failure diagnosis circuit for setting as a failure diagnosis object section at least any one of a drive circuit section, a detection device, a detection circuit section and a processing circuit section, dete... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100154505 | HANDLER AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME The invention provides a handler and a method for testing the same. The handler comprises a sorter and a testing module. The testing module further comprises a signal generator, a sensor, and a signal comparator. The signal generator generates and sends out a first hand... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100123464 | ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY PARTIAL DISCHARGE ARRAY SENSOR APPARATUS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER APPARATUS The ultra-high frequency partial discharge array sensor apparatus for a high-voltage power apparatus includes: a sensing unit which detects an electromagnetic wave partial discharge signal generated due to an internal defect of a high-voltage power apparatus and include... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100102823 | ERROR RECOGNITION IN A CONTROL UNIT The invention relates to an error recognition device for detecting an error in an electrical component (1), comprising a first detector (12), a second detector (13) for detecting a parameter characteristic of current flows, and a triggering unit ( 04/29/2010 | |
| 20100066381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE FAULT DETECTION IN MV DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS A method and a protective device operable to perform the method are provided, wherein the method is for detecting and analyzing faults in a first cable and one or more other cables, which convey power in a three phase feeder system. Current magnitude in the first cable ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100049465 | TESTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION An electronic device is disclosed comprising a transceiver stage (140) for communicating signals between the electronic device and a further device; and a baseband processor arrangement (120) implementing a built-in self test arrangement for testing the tr... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100007325 | HOSE WITH FAULT DETECTION CAPABILITY A hose fault detection system includes a hose assembly and a fault detector. The hose assembly includes a first conductive layer, second conductive layer, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the first and second conductive layers. Each of the first and se... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090279222 | HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTION OF A HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL CIRCUIT A hydraulic valve control circuit of a hydraulic valve comprises an external voltage supply, an output stage having a voltage supply input and at least one output configured to actuate an actuator of the hydraulic valve, an overcurrent protective device disposed in a pa... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090229134 | ENCODER INCLUDING ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF This invention provides an encoder including an abnormality detecting device capable of promptly and securely detecting abnormality of the encoder even when abnormality occurs in a power supply of an encoder circuit. A power supply for an encoder circuit (30) and... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090184718 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMON MODE VOLTAGE-BASED AC FAULT DETECTION, VERIFICATION AND/OR IDENTIFICATION Apparatus for AC fault (ACF) detection are provided. In addition, apparatus for AC fault (ACF) detection and verification are provided. In addition, apparatus for identification of a module which is the cause of an AC fault (ACF) are provided. In one implementation, one... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090085572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING INVERTER LINKAGES A method for diagnosing the linkages of an inverter including a controller connected to switching devices that are between a DC input and a multi-phase output. The inverter can be diagnosed to determine whether the control signals provided to the switching devices are b... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090079435 | Load Drive Circuit According to the present invention, the operation of a diagnostic circuit within a load drive circuit, which has been built into an electronic control device, is checked without modifying the electronic control device or the like. The load drive circuit, which drives a ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090066303 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH TESTABLE THRESHOLDS A system and method for determining over-voltage and under-voltage thresholds in a voltage regulator are disclosed herein. A voltage regulator includes an over-voltage detector and an under-voltage detector that determine whether the voltage regulator's regulated output... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090027058 | Integrated circuit and integrated circuit package An integrated circuit includes a monitoring-target circuit portion 1200 and a debugging circuit portion 1100. The debugging circuit portion 1100 acquires a signal on a signal line of the monitoring-target circuit portion 1200 and transmits th... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090015096 | Ultrasound system An ultrasound system for providing megasonics and ultrasonics to a liquid at different frequencies and/or sweeping frequencies with associated generators, transducers, operations between resonance and anti-resonance, non-resistive output with phase shift, multiple/sweep... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090015265 | Acoustic Emission Sensor and Method For Checking Operating State of Acoustic Emission Sensor The object is to make it possible to check the operating state such as degradation in sensitivity of an AE sensor when it is used actually. There are provided an AE conversion element 41, a pulse signal transmitter 42 for applying a pulse signal to the AE ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090009180 | DIRECTIONAL FAULT CURRENT INDICATOR A method for identifying a fault condition associated with a power line conductor of an electrical power distribution network. The method comprises determining a load current carried by the conductor is above a minimum load current, determining a learned phase angle rel... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090001993 | Systems and methods for detecting a faulty ground strap connection Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a faulty ground strap connection for a machine hosting a high voltage system. In one embodiment, a fault detection and compensation system includes a ground strap, a DC power supply electrically referenced to a machine fra... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080315888 | INDUCTION COIL RESISTANCE TESTER Inventive subject matter described herein includes an induction coil resistance tester, comprising: a base effective for absorbing vibration; a mechanism for moving a sample in x, y, and z directions; a scale for measuring weight of the sample; and an ohmmeter for measu... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080217471 | INTELLIGENT AIRCRAFT SECONDARY POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT FACILITATES CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE An electrical power distribution system comprises a solid state power controller in communication with an aircraft system main data bus via a gateway module and a condition based maintenance module in communication with the solid state power controller via a communicati... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080197854 | Harmonic Derived Arc Detector An arc detection system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal probe that senses a RF signal at an input of a RF plasma chamber and that generates a signal based on at least one of the voltage, current, and power of the RF signal. A signal analyzer receives the signal, ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080187826 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING BATTERY SAFETY UNDER INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITION, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY PACK The invention relates to a method for evaluating the safety of a battery under an internal short-circuit condition. The battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a wound laminate of a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interpos... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080183407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING POWER INTENSIFY OF RFID TAGS The invention provides a system and method for testing the power intensity of RFID tags. The method is applicable to the system for testing power intensity, which comprises a RFID reading device, a signal transmitting device electrically coupled to the RFID reading devi... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080157779 | PRISMATIC BATTERY SHORT CIRCUIT INSPECTION METHOD, PRISMATIC BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CURRENT COLLECTOR SHAPE ADJUSTING DEVICE An object of the present invention is to easily detect a short circuit failure in a current collector of a prismatic battery and prevent a short circuit caused by an existence of a burr generated while cutting or a spatter generated while welding the current collector t... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080084216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING HOT SOCKET DETERIORATION IN AN ELECTRICAL METER CONNECTION A system for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection, such as an electrical meter socket connection, includes at least one deterioration sensing device that includes an apparatus for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration i... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080048665 | Generation of System Power-Good Signal in Hot-Swap Power Controllers A power controller system is described herein, which may consist of one or more power controller ICs and other components. Each power controller selectively couples power supply voltages to a plurality of electrical devices, such as cards that have been inserted into ex... | 02/28/2008 |
