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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129933 | Motor controlling method and apparatus thereof A voltage detection section and current detection section detect a voltage and current supplied to a motor, and the detected voltage and current are supplied to a position detection section. An angular speed output from the position detection section is supplied to ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8022652 | Method for controlling a mechanically communicated electric motor A method for controlling a mechanically commutated electric motor, wherein the rotational angle of the output of said motor is determined by means of detection of the change in back electromotive force, when the electric motor commutates, and wherein the power suppl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7808196 | Electromotive auxiliary drive for vehicles In the case of an electromotive auxiliary drive for vehicles, particularly for windscreen wiper drives or adjustment drives for vehicle elements with a secondary transmission for the electromotor, with at least one magnetic sensor, which acts in conjunction with a s... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7795831 | Wiper control device Provided is a wiper control device. The device includes a first output IC, a direct driving switch, a second output IC, and an MCU. The first output IC supplies a power source for a wiper operation control in IG2 OFF state. The direct driving switch directly drives ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7764034 | Method and system for operating windshield wipers Methods and systems for operating a wiper for removing material impacting a surface of a vehicle are provided. An event indicating that the material has stopped impacting the surface of the vehicle is detected. A first number of wipe cycles are performed with the wi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7679304 | Intermittent wiper control device An intermittent windshield wiper control device for use with antique or historical cars. The control device includes a user actuator mechanism, microprocessor circuitry, a potentiometer system, and a relay system. User movement of the actuator mechanism is translate... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7535190 | System and method for controlling a window wiper system A windshield wiper system for use on a hybrid electric vehicle is capable of adjusting the delay between consecutive cycles based on engine state and vehicle speed. The system includes a windshield wiper and a motor coupled to the windshield wiper. A sensor generate... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7482773 | Closing and opening system of a vehicle and method of addressing a drive of such a closing and opening system A closing and opening system of a vehicle comprises a control device of an anti-pinch protection arrangement, where the control device is coupled with a drive of the closing and opening system. The control device has an input for at least one signal based on a varia... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7466096 | Intelligent wiper system and control method thereof A wiper control system and method is disclosed. When an ignition-on switch is turned off while the wiper is being operated, a wiper motor is controlled to return to its home position. When a predetermined switch is operated for more than a predetermined period while... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7427844 | Switch assembly, electric machine having the switch assembly, and method of controlling the same A pump assembly for pumping a liquid and a method of controlling the pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor coupled to a pump, and an electronic switch assembly electrically connected to the motor to control the current through the motor. The electronic s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423399 | Apparatus, and associated method, for controlling the repetition rate of an intermittent windshield wiper Apparatus, and associated method, for controlling intermittent operation of a windshield wiper assembly. A user interface, formed of a pair of momentary contact switches, is used to set the repetition rate of intermittent operation of a wiper blade and, subsequently... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420346 | Drive arrangement for a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles The invention relates to a drive arrangement of a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles with at least two swivel-mounted wiper arms (18, 20) that are connected to one another via a crank mechanism, wherein one of the wiper arms (18) is directly co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405529 | System and method for controlling linear compressor A system for controlling a linear compressor, generates freezing force as a piston reciprocates according to rotation of a motor which receives alternating current power through a triac. The system includes a controller which moves up or delays a trigger signal corr... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392565 | Tandem windshield wiper system with bellcrank linkage A tandem windshield wiper system including a first windshield wiper assembly having a first lever arm that is adapted to operatively move in a repeated wiping motion across the surface of a windshield. A second windshield wiper assembly having a second lever arm is ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389561 | Tandem windshield wiper system with direct drive motor A tandem windshield wiper system that includes at least one brushless DC motor to provide drive torque through an output that is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the motor. A first windshield wiper assembly having a first lever arm is driven by the motor abo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386364 | Operation control device for leg-type mobile robot and operation control method, and robot device A legged mobile robot gives up a normal walking motion and starts a tumbling motion when an excessively high external force or external moment is applied thereto and a behavior plan of a foot part thereof is disabled. At this time, the variation amount ΔS/Δt of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7362013 | Linear motor, exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method In a movable magnet-type linear motor including a stator having a plurality of iron core elements arranged at a certain slot pitch and a movable part having a magnet 3 which is movable in an arrangement direction one or more pseudo-slots are provided between ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356395 | Inter-device communication system An inter-device communication system for a wiper control apparatus that includes a rain detection device and a wiper driving device includes communication circuits having a transmission line for unidirectionally sending a rain detection signal to the wiper driving d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355365 | Functional unit of a motor vehicle A functional unit of a motor vehicle tat has at least one adjustable functional element, a control means for controlling and/or for monitoring the position of the functional element, an angle sensor coupled to the functional element for determining the position ther... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345444 | Intermittent washer A window washer control system and method administers fluid intermittently to a window based on an intermittent setting. A washer switch includes a plurality of frequency settings for varying a time interval between fluid administering events. The fluid level in a w... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339338 | Method for operating a door and a door drive for carrying out this method A door, especially a sectional door, is operated with the use of a drive unit with a drive gear, a clutch, and a position-detecting unit. The position-detecting unit detects the direction of rotation of the drive gear, detects the number of revolutions of the drive ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337750 | Animal deterrent device An animal deterrent device design to prevent animals from intruding into gardens, fields, yards, etc., which comprises a light source illuminating a flag or other signaling device, designed to be moved in an irregular fashion by a motor when a timer activates and th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323842 | Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has a winding. A switch is mounted within the housing and has a first po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320542 | Blender with cooling/muffling functions A blender includes a base frame, a cover for covering the base frame, a muffler housing, a motor, and a fan. The base frame includes a hollow column having a compartment for receiving the motor. Two separating plates extend downward from a bottom end of the base fra... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317158 | Reproduction controller, reproduction control method, program for the same, and recording medium with the program recorded therein The sound reproducer (100) generates and outputs, when any external situation such as a running sound is recognized by an external input rhythm detecting section (110), generates external rhythm information concerning the recognized running sound. When... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309970 | Windshield wiper de-ice function using HVAC switch position A vehicular windshield wiping apparatus has a temperature sensor for sensing temperatures outside of the vehicle, a humidity sensor for sensing humidity outside of the vehicle, windshield wipers moved by a motor, an HVAC control module, and a wiper control module. T... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307395 | Safety device for a sliding panel driven by an electrical motor and method for implementing such a device The invention concerns a sequential safety system associated with a moving closing panel driven so as to slide by an electric motor (6), this safety system including means (20) exploiting the signal originating from an optical fiber to stop and reverse... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294986 | Reversing motor windshield wiper system A reversing wiper motor system has a first detector including a detectant which rotates in synchronism with the wiper. The detector physically identifies a plurality of distinct angular zones across the entire range of motion of the wiper, including a wiper park zon... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7272867 | Windshield wiper system with drive arm This invention relates to windshield wiper system which utilizes a flexible drive arm for withstanding bending loads applied to a wiper. The drive arm may be made of a pull-molded composite material having a relatively low modulus of elasticity and a relatively high... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270433 | Mirror switch assembly A mirror switch assembly that may be incorporated with a mirror unit for tilting a mirror. A set of contacts rotates when the mirror unit is rotated between a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation. The set of contacts is electrically coupled to two motor... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268506 | Power window system The power window system moves a window glass in opening and closing directions in response to operation of an opening and closing instruction switch. The power window system includes a measurement device for obtaining an open degree of the window glass and a control... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268507 | Motor controller A DC power supply, a DC motor driven by DC voltage outputted from the DC power supply, and a control unit outputting a drive control signal to drive the DC motor are provided. A motor drive switch is provided between the DC power supply and the DC motor, and a brake... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268508 | Direct current motor control circuit and wiper system using said circuit The invention relates to a direct current motor control circuit. The invention also relates to the use thereof in a windscreen wiper system for vehicles. An MOS FET transistor with an anti-parallel diode (M3) is serially mounted on the braking system (M2 | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262728 | Data transfer apparatus for industrial machinery A pressure measured by a load cell is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter provided in an analog interface, and is processed by a digital filter provided in the analog interface. A sensor signal processed in the digital filter is transferred to a cont... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259532 | Power window apparatus with function of pinching detection An MCU monitors changes in motor rotating speed from the motor start so as to detect a peak of the motor rotating speed, and when the peak of the motor rotating speed is detected, it measures a period of time Ta from the motor start to the time, at which the decreas... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256565 | Wiper system using two wipers A wiper system using two wipers and two wiper motors, which drive the wipers and of which at least one first wiper motor forms a sub-assembly with an electronic control unit. The second wiper motor is a rotary motor having only one sensory system for detecting the a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250736 | Opening and closing member control system A motor drives a window glass of a door of a vehicle in an opening direction and a closing direction. A rotation sensing device outputs a pulse signal in response to rotation of the motor. A controller senses pinching of an object by the window glass based on the ro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248011 | Drive for automatic operating of a vehicle door The invention relates to a drive unit for automatically actuating a tailgate of a motor vehicle. Connecting the drive unit (4) to the vehicle door (1) or to a transmission device (6) by means of an output shaft (5), said transmission devi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248010 | Wiper controller for controlling windshield wiper A wiper controller includes: a sensor for detecting a waterdrop on a windshield; a wiper for wiping the windshield; and control means for controlling operation of the wiper. The control means monitors a waterdrop reflection when the sensor detects the waterdrop. The... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237445 | Test fixture for the aging of wiper blades in a laboratory A test fixture facilitates the laboratory testing of windshield wiper blades for vehicles. The test fixture includes a base frame on which are mounted a number of windshield wiper arms oriented generally parallel for engagement with a stainless steel test surface. P... | 07/03/2007 |
