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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183812 | Synchronous oscillating fan system for livestock shelter A synchronous fan system is provided which intermittently calibrates the fans by rotating periodically the fans each to a common stop position. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183811 | Platform screen door A control system for a platform screen door system. The platform screen door system includes a door configured to be opened and closed. The control system includes a door drive means and a microprocessor door drive control means configured to control an opening and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8169176 | Controlling method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator A movement structure for a drawer of a refrigerator is provided. The movement structure may a storage box to be automatically withdrawn from or inserted into a storage compartment of the refrigerator by pressing a button. This automatic movement of the storage box m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169175 | System and method for driving a drawer in a refrigerator A system and method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator and a refrigerator employing this system is provided. This system and method allows for the automatic opening and closing of multiple drawers of a refrigerator either sequentially or simultaneously. The syst... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8148928 | Method for starting a brushless sensorless DC motor A method for starting a brushless DC motor. A rotor is aligned with a stator in accordance with a predetermined phase. After alignment, the rotor is positioned in accordance with another phase, two phases are skipped, a timer is set to a first count time, and the ro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143832 | Method and unit for operating an electromechanical adjusting device In a method for operating an electromechanical adjusting device, having an actuating part driven by a controller controlled motor, and which can be adjusted according to a manual specification for a controller operating element between a first and a second end posit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115438 | Aperture closure member control arrangements An aperture closure member control arrangement includes a disc which rotates as the aperture closure member moves. The disc has a ring of teeth. A sensor, such as a Hall effect sensor and permanent magnet, detect the passage of teeth as a cyclic waveform of amplitud... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8093849 | Closure panel control apparatus In a closure panel control apparatus, an ECU controls a rotational speed of an electric motor, which provides a drive force to drive a closure panel in an opening movement and a closing movement thereof. The ECU obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084978 | Adjusting device and control device of a vehicle The invention relates to a control device of a vehicle seat for controlling a first drive and a second drive and for detecting jamming of a body part or of an object by means of an adjusting movement of an adjusting part, which can be adjusted in a first adjusting d... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080961 | Systems and methods for adjusting vehicle window position In one embodiment the present invention includes a vehicle window apparatus. The vehicle window apparatus comprises a position feature, a detector, a feature switch, and a motor. The position feature corresponds to a position of a vehicle window. The detector is cou... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072168 | Position detecting apparatus having electric motor and method for detecting position A reference position detecting apparatus includes an electric motor and a motor control unit. The electric motor includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The electric motor further includes a rotor that rotates when at least one of the pl... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067914 | Multizone capacitive anti-pinch system An anti-pinch assembly is used for a closure panel movable between open and closed positions on a motor vehicle. A controller operably connected to the closure panel controls operation thereof. A position sensor connected to the controller indicates the position of ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067915 | Electronic control circuit for a powered appliance drawer An appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a drawer mounted within a cabinet for movement between an opened position and a closed position. A driving mechanism, including an electric motor connects to the drawer for driving the drawer between the opened position... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049452 | Control method, control circuit, and control program for power retractable outer mirror for a vehicle A control method can stop motor operation reliably when a mirror rotator is mechanically locked at a driven end of the mirror rotator. The control method operates a motor 18 according to battery voltage. The motor 18 is operated with an operating time ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049451 | Embedded non-contact detection system Methods and apparatus are provided for a near field detection system. The apparatus comprises a glass plate, the glass plate having a first edge and comprising a first electrode, the first electrode disposed along the first edge of the glass plate, adapted to detect... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035327 | Motor drive unit and optical apparatus A motor drive unit includes a controller configured to drive a motor to a target position by using a first driving mode in which a state of energization of coils of the motor is switched in accordance with outputs from rotor position detectors and a second driving m... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026685 | Device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts, and a method for configuration of a device such as this, and piece of furniture The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8008882 | Rotation speed controlling system for shredder motor A system for controlling the rotation speed of a shredder motor is disclosed. It consists of a bridge rectifier circuit, a forward/reverse controlling switch, a motor speed switch, and AC motor coils. By changing a switch, it is possible to activate the following fo... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004224 | Safety device for roller blinds, sun, awnings, gates or the like Method—and device for the implementation thereof intended to provide a protection system for barriers which are movable along an operating path and actuated by a motor, such as roller blinds, gates or the like, comprising the steps of connecting the barrier, with ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7982422 | Push button control for motorized coverings with light control An improved system for controlling motorized window coverings with light control includes an improved control system including a switch with an up button, a stop button and down button to activate a motor to control the configuration of the covering, including the e... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977902 | Method and apparatus for pinch protection for a motor-driven closure system The invention relates to a pinch protection method and device for a motor-driven closing system. The method comprises the following steps: detecting a reduced motor speed, switching off the motor, analyzing a sensor signal for detecting a pinch situation, deciding w... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960933 | Motor control apparatus A P-range side delimiting position of a movable range of a range change mechanism is learned by rotating a motor to a corresponding rotational position, which corresponds to the P-range side delimiting position. A climb correction amount is set for a learning value ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948195 | Method of controlling a roller blind actuator A method of controlling an electromechanical actuator (ACT) comprising a motor (MOT) for maneuvering a mobile appliance (LD) of a building in a first direction (DIR1) and in a second direction (DIR2) by way of a remote-control unit (RCU) and a unit (MC... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7902782 | Method of operating a door drive and door drive The present invention comprises a method for operating a door drive which includes at least one high-speed mode and at least one normal-speed mode, with the following steps: determining a load-dependent operating parameter of the door drive and changing from the hig... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898201 | Receptacle for medical refuse A medical waste receptacle includes a housing shaped to define an interior cavity into which a waste collection bin is disposed. The housing is also shaped to include a slot in communication with the interior cavity, the slot being selectively enclosed by a disposal... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7863846 | Assembly of a motor vehicle body and control device of such an assembly A control device is provided for an assembly of a motor vehicle body, which assembly can be moved between at least two positions, specifically at least between a position retracted to the maximum extent and a position deployed to the maximum extent, in particular a ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855525 | Method for controlling a holding force against, and limiting impact with travel limit positions An actuator includes a motor operated by a controller through a pulse width modulation drive signal applied to a drive circuit that drives the motor. The actuator has an output shaft connected to a coupling structure for manipulating a device such as a variable geom... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7839109 | Method of controlling a motorized window treatment A method of controlling a motorized window treatment provides for continued operation of the motorized window treatment during an overload or low-line condition. The motorized window treatment is driven by an electronic drive unit having a motor, a motor drive circu... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834570 | Method and device for operating an actuating element A method for operating an actuating element (30) comprises the following method steps: controlling the rotational frequency of an electric motor (1) to a constant value, calculating an estimate (FE) for the actuating force (F) acting on the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7825617 | Drive for a movable furniture part A drive for a movable furniture part includes a motor to power the movable furniture part and a control or regulation unit to control or regulate the motor. The control or regulation unit is designed such that it has a threshold value which, if surpassed, causes the... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7816878 | Vehicle access control system A system and method for coordinating movement of a powered sliding door module and an access ramp for a vehicle. A system control board communicates with a current detector that can detect current on the power wires for the sliding door's motor. The current detector... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7816880 | Device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part, and a piece of furniture having a device such as this The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable fur... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7816879 | High torque movable barrier actuation at low speeds utilizing a hub motor The present invention is a system for high torque operation of a movable barrier utilizing a compact hub motor device, which may be directly coupled to a movable barrier without the use of additional gearing systems. The flat geometry provides high dynamic accelerat... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800332 | Motor drive system and method for predicting position during power interruption A powered apparatus includes a driven component that is movable along a path and a drive motor that moves the driven component along the path. A motor speed detector monitors an instantaneous speed of the drive motor at each position along the path. An electronic co... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7764035 | Electric actuator for aircraft flight control The invention relates to an actuator (9) comprising a rotary electric motor (12) a screw Old) driven in rotation by the motor, a mechanical member (15) driven in translation by the screw, a first position sensor (40) sensitive to a positi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750589 | Method for controlling the angular position of a stepper motor The invention relates to a method for controlling the angular position [STP_POS] of a stopless rotatably movable member [1] of a stepper motor, the said movable member [1] being designed to interact with at least one fixed member [2] whose state... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750588 | Method of counting drive motor rotations, and memory modules, storage media, and motor and vehicle apparatuses utilizing same A method of accurately maintaining, in position registers of memory modules, a net count of rotor signals received from a motor equipped with a rotor position sensor. A vehicle apparatus includes the memory modules and motor, as well as a driven component and proces... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746015 | Method for feeding an operating motor of a rolling shutter and a device for a driven rolling shutter The inventive method makes it possible to feed an alternating current electric motor used for operating a rolling shutter in a building by means of a gear whose performance substantially varies when a movable element drives or is driven by the rolling shutter. The e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737653 | Method of controlling a motorized window treatment A method of controlling a motorized window treatment provides for continued operation of the motorized window treatment during an overload condition, a low-line condition, or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. The motorized window treatment is driven by an elec... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7723939 | Radio-frequency controlled motorized roller shade A roller shade structure controlled by radio-frequency (RF) wireless communication from a control device comprises a roller tube and a conductive enclosure. The conductive enclosure is mounted inside the roller tube for enclosing a motor drive system having a motor ... | 05/25/2010 |
