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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8084979 | Method for testing an electric motor A method for testing an electric motor which is connected to a valve element by at least one component comprises starting the motor, measuring a movement parameter of at least one of the motor and the component without moving the valve element, and stopping the moto... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7977903 | Electrically powered door actuating system of motor vehicle In an electrically powered door actuating system of a motor vehicle with a slide door, there is employed a control unit for controlling a door actuating device of the slide door. The control unit is configured to carry out, under a condition wherein the door actuati... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7808197 | Control apparatus for opening/closing member of vehicle and control method for opening/closing member of vehicle A control apparatus for an opening/closing member of vehicle includes a driving member for moving an opening/closing member for a vehicle, speed detecting means for detecting a drive speed of the driving member and control means for calculating a current speed diffe... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791299 | Process for controlling an electrically driven motor vehicle window A process for controlling an electrically driven window pane for a motor vehicle which has an operating element for triggering the pane motion. After the operation of the operating element, the window pane is moved by a driving motor until a soft-stop position is re... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7728542 | Control method and awning installation controlled by this method This method for controlling a motorized awning installation comprises: during the deployment of a cloth, a step of supervising the tension of the cloth, and a step of rolling up the cloth on a tube initiated automa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7663330 | Electric power steering device, and control method thereof An actual detected current value and a target voltage value of an electric motor are subjected to a low-pass filter process, and amounts of change per time in the filtered actual current value and the filtered target voltage value are calculated. If the amount of ch... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7535191 | Power window device A power window device that suppresses heating in a motor used to lower and raise a window glass. For each door of a vehicle, the power window device includes an ECU that controls a motor in accordance with the operation of a switch to raise the window glass. A pulse... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7479749 | Vehicle seat arrangement with an electric adjustment mechanism Vehicle seat arrangement includes an electric adjustment mechanism, a direct current motor for adjusting a vehicle seat component, with direct current terminals configured to receive a motor current. a control device for controlling or regulating direct current moto... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7411364 | Window opening and closing controller A window opening and closing controller for stably detecting jamming without having any influence on jamming load even when power voltage is changed is to be provided. In a window opening and closing controller for detecting jamming of a foreign substance on the bas... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407298 | Vehicle door mirror with pulse modulation control A vehicle door mirror is configured to be mounted on outside of a vehicle in a retractable manner from a set position to a retracted position. When moving to the set position or the retracted position, the vehicle door mirror is moved at a first speed from a start p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394216 | Automatic anti-trap device An automatic anti-trap device is provided to add safety to other apparatuses. The automatic anti-trap device of this invention has a driving circuit to control a motor, a current sensor to generate a current signal, a current ripple peak value circuit to generate a ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372224 | System and method for determining barrier motor parameters without using sensors A barrier operator comprises a first measuring apparatus for measuring a current used by a direct current (dc) motor to move a barrier and a second measuring apparatus for measuring a generated voltage of the dc motor. A controller is coupled to the first measuring ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362068 | Closing member control system A controller reduces an output of the drive motor when a window glass reaches a speed shift position, which is between a fully open position and a fully closed position of the window glass, in a closing operation of the window glass. The controller increases the out... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362067 | Apparatus for controlling a door drive The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a door drive comprising a path-measuring apparatus for the sensing of a door position and/or a door drive position and for the emitting of a corresponding door position signal as well as comprising a con... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362040 | Device for opening and closing a mobile element A device for opening and closing an opening (11), in particular in a motor vehicle, by means of a motor-driven, movable part (10), with a control unit (26) and a pinch prevention sensor (14), which is disposed essentially along an edge ( | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359783 | Method of detecting obstructions caused by motor-driven power windows and similar devices using fuzzy logic algorithms The mobile element is a vehicle window pane, panel, movable seat or similar, conveniently guided, and driven by a DC electric motor with a permanent magnet, and the method comprises a step of detecting an entrapment or collision situation of the mobile element by me... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354097 | Power-actuated closure system A power-actuated closure system is disclosed. The system includes a power-actuated closure panel having a leading edge. One or more non-contact optical sensing system(s) is/are affixed to the power-actuated closure panel. The sensing system is adapted to detect the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339336 | Movable barrier operator auto-force setting method and apparatus A method is provided for use with a movable barrier operator that has no user-initiable dedicated learning mode of operation. At least one parameter is monitored that corresponds to force as applied to a movable barrier to selectively cause the movable barrier to mo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336044 | Direct current motor control circuit A DC motor control circuit includes a pair of substantially identical unipolar control circuits. Each of the unipolar control circuits are connected between a respective current source and a current input to the motor. Each of the unipolar control circuits includes ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330007 | Object detecting apparatus An object detecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric sensor provided at an edge portion of an opening/closing body for emitting an output voltage which changes corresponding to an external force applied to the edge portion and a detection circuit for receiving the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323841 | Method and apparatus for detecting multiple overcurrent thresholds using a single comparator device A method and an apparatus that permit the detection of multiple overcurrent thresholds, providing system protection particularly but not exclusively in brushless DC motor drive systems, but using only one comparator device instead of multiple comparator devices. The... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323885 | Capacitive sensor and detection device with capacitive sensors for the detection of an obstruction situation A capacitive sensor, in particular for the detection of an obstruction of objects or body parts by motor driven devices, includes an arrangement of a multitude of electrodes on a support and means to measure a capacitance or a capacitance change. The sensor is of a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321607 | External optics and chamber support system A gas discharge laser and method of operating same is disclosed which may comprise a gas discharge laser chamber support structure comprising a first support arm attached to a mounting table; a gas discharge laser chamber slideably engaging the first support arm; an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320497 | Power lift gate for automotive vehicle A powered lift gate for an automotive vehicle includes a lift gate door hinged to a vehicle body. A motor system which opens and closes the door is operated by a controller coupled to a primary obstacle detection system which senses operation of the motor itself, an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321212 | Restricted motion motor control with visual indication A visual indication for a motor controlled shaft, especially useful for retrofitting hand controlled printing presses. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315145 | System of controlling a sliding member for a vehicle A system of controlling a sliding member for a vehicle includes a motor, a pulse generating device, a counting device and a control device. The system has a range for movement of the sliding member between a position short of a first lock position and a position sho... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7301296 | Integrated control and diagnostics system An integrated control and diagnostics system for a controlled system (e.g., a motor) includes a diagnostics module and a controller coupled to the motor. To optimize operation, the diagnostics information signal is used to modify the control provided by the controll... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298108 | Control system for electric actuator A driver comprises a direction-switching means which switches a rotation direction of a rotary driving source based on a direction instruction signal, a current amplifier/limiter which converts a voltage outputted from the direction-switching means into a correspond... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295894 | Method for initializing a power-activated adjusting device and device for implementing said initialization method To determine adjusting force comparison values for limiting the actuating force of a power-activated adjusting device by means of control technology, an initialization routine is predefined in a control unit, which allows the adjusting device to run through a specif... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282881 | Power fold mirror control circuit and method A circuit and method of reducing the occurrence of overheating of a power fold vehicle mirror. The circuit controls the operation of the power fold mirror such that when a portion of the circuit reaches or exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold, the vehicle m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276872 | Power window device A power window device for lowering and raising window glasses. A window switch is operated to move a corresponding window glass. A motor drives the window glass when the window switch is operated. An ECU is provided for each window glass to control the motor in acco... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271560 | Assembly for moving a barrier and method of controlling the same An assembly for moving a barrier from one of a closed position and an opened position to the other of the closed position and the opened position. The assembly includes a motor to supply one of a first power and a second power to the barrier. The assembly also inclu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268511 | Control for servo motors A drive arrangement for positioning a positioning element is disclosed that includes an electric servo motor for driving the positioning element, a potentiometer for presetting a setpoint, an actual value sensor disposed at the servo motor, and a motor driver with a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265538 | Method and device for measuring the rotational speed of a pulse-activated electric motor based on a frequency of current ripples A method and a device for measuring the speed of a pulse-activated electric motor are described. According to this method, the motor is fully activated at time intervals to be determined for a defined measuring time by the circuit element provided for timing and, in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7259485 | Magnetic brake for window covering powered by DC motor A braking magnet is attached to the housing of a motor of a motorized component such as a window covering. With this structure the motor is braked from turning under the weight of the window covering when deenergized. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
