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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4874994 | Control circuit for a controller for use with a controlled element To control a reversible element (E), such as a motor and especially a motor operating a tape recorder tape transport, actual operating level input signals in form of timed pulses, depending on speed, and operating sign input signals are applied to a contr... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4841206 | Speed control device for an electronic sewing machine Variable potential and breaking detection potential of a controller in a sewing machine are respectively subjected to analog-to-digital conversions, thereby to make it possible that the breaking detection of the controller and correction of dispersions of... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4797600 | Magnetic drive control system for a multiple cooling fan installation A multiple cooling fan installation in which a master fan is driven by a brushless electric drive motor, and at least one slave fan having blades positioned adjacent the blades of the master fan is driven by magnetic coupling between such adjacent blades.... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4739233 | Motor control for an ice dispensing apparatus A motor control for a refrigeration apparatus having a cabinet, a door to the cabinet, a source of ice pieces located in the cabinet, means located in the door for dispensing the ice pieces, a power source having a supply terminal and a ground, a motor an... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4656404 | Turbine-diven linear controller for electromechanical device and method A turbine-driven apparatus and method for generating and linearly controlling periodic bipolar drive signals to drive an electromechanical device, such as a DC motor, in response to an input command signal. The apparatus comprises a rotatable cylindrical ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4644235 | Control apparatus for automotive power-operated convertible roof A control apparatus for an automotive power-operated convertible roof includes means for detecting movement of a vehicle, drive means for opening and closing the automotive convertible roof, a relay for preventing the opening and closing of the convertibl... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4631463 | Linear controller for electrochemical device and method An apparatus for and method of generating and linearly controlling periodic bipolar drive signals to drive an electromechanical device, such as a DC motor. The apparatus comprises side-by-side coaxial primary and secondary cylindrical commutators electric... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4628236 | Electric motor control This disclosure relates to an electric motor control designed for attachment to a support wall or to a pressure switch. The control comprises a support having a base portion and a mounting portion. The base portion has a plurality of electrical terminals ... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4604558 | Motor drive assembly having a floating switch actuator A motor drive assembly includes a stationary housing, a shaft rotatably carried by the housing for driving a load, a gear box rotatably carried by the shaft, and an electric motor in the gear box having a rotor coupled by a gear train to the shaft. A swit... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4512626 | Rotating mirror scanner In a rotating mirror scanner, a polygonal mirror is fixed between a pair of journals of a spindle. A rotor is fixed on the spindle, and a rotor magnet constituting a magnetic thrust bearing is fixed to one end of the spindle. One bearing of a dynamic pres... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4278922 | Assembly for generating adjustment movements at automobile ventilation devices An assembly which is to be used for generating adjustment movements on automobile ventilation devices driven by electric motors. The assembly is especially designed for use on roof openings or sunroofs closeable by a lid. The assembly is characterized in ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4260939 | Low cost electromechanical electronic simulation circuits These circuits produce light, sound and similar effects in models or toys by taking advantage of current modulation produced in a commutator circuit of a two-pole motor which may be used to provide motion for at least a part of the model or toy incorporat... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4200828 | Pivoted arm control arrangement Apparatus for controlling the movement of a phonograph arm, pivoted for movement in horizontal and vertical planes, so as to maintain a desired stylus pressure. Displacement of the stylus resulting, for example, from passages of heavy modulation is used t... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4170121 | Protective device for roll stands and the like A protective device for preventing a machine, such as a reversing roll stand, from receiving a new workpiece unless the machine has been reset after the previous workpiece leaves. The device includes an electronic circuit which is set automatically when t... | 10/09/1979 |
