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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188689 | Induction activated cover assembly An induction activated cover assembly includes a main body, a cover, a covering plate and two pivots. The main body has an opening vertically penetrating the main body. A lateral connecting groove is formed on a top surface of the main body. Two through holes are fo... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7977896 | Method of determining torque limit with motor torque and battery power constraints A method to determine a limit torque associated with an electro-mechanical transmission includes determining electric motor torque constraints and battery power constraints. A limit torque function and a standard form of the limit torque function are determined. The... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7642736 | Device and method for controlling changing operation of on-load tap changer A device and method for controlling the changing operation of an on-load tap changer (LTC) that interrupts current passing the current zero point of a commercial frequency are provided. The device may include a current zero point detecting unit that detects a zero p... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7492110 | Drive, and use of a drive A drive is provided with an electric motor including a rotor, a stator and a rotor shaft coupled to the rotor. The rotor shaft is coupled via a reduction to a rotatable drive, while the drive is provided with at least one measuring device designed for measuring a lo... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7402964 | Race car system A race car system is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the race car system includes at least one car, at least one video camera provided on the at least one car, a car transmitter/receiver connected to the at least one video camera, a remote control transmitt... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7342337 | Power generating systems A power generating system includes a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque different from the first torque, a transfer system having a first portion coupled ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336011 | Power generating systems A power generating system includes a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque different from the first torque, a transfer system having a first portion coupled ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310911 | Automatic door opener with magnetic clutch An automatic door opener (10) for opening or closing a door (28) includes a motor (14) driving a drive shaft (50) and an opener arm (18) connected to the door (28) and being responsive to rotation of the drive shaft (50 | 12/25/2007 |
| 7279819 | Power generating systems A power generating system includes a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque different from the first torque, a transfer system having a first portion coupled ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279818 | Power generating systems A power generating system includes a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque different from the first torque, a transfer system having a first portion coupled ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274164 | Electronic control system for operating groups of a vehicle Electronic control system for an actuation device of operating groups of a vehicle comprising an electronic gearcase that allows the activation and deactivation of said at least one device to be managed. The gearcase defines a first operating condition of the select... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7250701 | Apparatus for detecting a rotor angle of reluctance motor An end surface of a rotor core is offset from an end surface of a stator core by a predetermined amount in an axial direction going away from Hall ICs. In an operating condition of the motor, magnetomotive forces generating from the stator core induce a thrust force... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7227319 | Method for driving a machine and drive for said machine A drive system for a machine, in particular a weaving machine, is designed in a manner such that controlled electric power is applied to a rotary electric drive motor (2) as a function of particular angular positions of the motor and such that electrical ener... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221116 | Motor control apparatus In an automatic transmission position control by a motor, it is determined whether the present instant belongs to a starting period, that is, the present instant is immediately after resetting of a control unit or application of power to it. If it is the starting pe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221113 | Touch-sensitive model train controls A model vehicle control apparatus. A button controls an aspect of the model vehicle system, or multiple aspects, such as both sound and control. The button is configured to provide more than two outputs depending upon the manner of activation by a user based on pres... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208897 | Motion control system for barrier drive A system for operating a barrier system such as a garage door, gate or fence. A DC motor is connected to and operates a barrier drive. A power amplifier is configured to receive power signals from a power supply and to output modulated DC signals to the DC motor. A ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205730 | Article transport vehicle The invention provides an article transport vehicle that includes: a vehicle body; a first wheel that supports the vehicle body; a second wheel that is disposed spaced apart from the first wheel in a fore-and-aft direction, and that supports the vehicle body; a firs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176643 | Motor control apparatus Before an amount of play in a rotation transmitting system is learned, for selecting a gear range, an overshooting control process is performed to cause the angular displacement of a motor to overshoot a target gear range position and then reverse the electric motor... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165638 | Hybrid drive system wherein clutch is engaged when engine speed has exceeded motor speed upon switching from motor drive mode to engine drive mode A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156210 | Freight elevator landing door control A control system for a motorized freight elevator landing door in which all of the doors in a single line of a hoistway are controlled with one set of proximity sensors carried on the elevator car. The sensors signal a controller that operates electric motors for op... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154244 | Steering apparatus Steering apparatus includes at least one motor for generating a steering assisting force in a direction to steer a steerable wheel, two drive circuits having respective switching elements for PWM-controlling the motor, and a controller for differentiating, between t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152922 | Powered remote release actuator for a seat assembly A mechanism for a vehicle seat is includes a seat bottom supported by the vehicle and a seatback coupled to the seat bottom. The mechanism includes a first adjustment mechanism connected to the vehicle seat and operable between a locked position and an unlocked posi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154236 | Control system for hybrid powertrain A method and apparatus for determining a preferred operating range for a plurality of torque-generative devices is provided. Each device is operable to provide motive torque to a transmission. The invention includes defining a first and a second operating range in a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154242 | Moving member mechanism and control method therefor A moving member mechanism includes an electromagnet having a coil for driving a moving member, a first control mechanism which has an input portion which receives command information and an amplifier which supplies a current to the coil, and an offset compensation m... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151353 | Switching device A method for evaluating a condition of a switching device. The switching device includes contact parts, an electric motor and a mechanical coupling device for transforming motion from the electric motor to at least one of the contact parts. A self-diagnostic test is... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149530 | Device for presenting information to mobile A device for presenting information on a mobile includes mobiles and terminals interconnected intercommunicably through communication means, wherein a terminal transmits, to the mobile concerned, mobile identification data on a mobile to which a request for mobile i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140151 | Electro-mechanical actuator An electro-mechanical actuator for a window lift mechanism including a plurality of motors for driving an output shaft. The actuator may be incorporated into a window lift mechanism including a dual rack and pinion assembly, for driving the pinions along the racks. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138912 | Movable barrier operations method and apparatus Movement of a movable barrier (10) such as, for example, a vertically-dropping fire door, can be controlled in an informed manner and with greater flexibility regarding the manner of movement via, in one embodiment, use of a motor (20) as a generator t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7105937 | Adjustable variable frequency starter/generator system A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and then disengages the torque converter and engages the engin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093447 | Auxiliary power unit with an oil-free compressor An auxiliary power unit for aircraft with a load compressor that delivers cabin air free of oil contamination by supporting a drive shaft for the load compressor with oil-free bearings and coupling the load compressor to a gearbox and power head for the auxiliary po... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081734 | Ride-through method and system for HVACandR chillers A method of providing ride-through capability in a chiller/refrigeration system employs a variable speed drive with an active converter stage, a DC link stage and an inverter stage for providing variable frequency and voltage to power at least one motor. An inductio... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071643 | Dual speed quad brush two pole motor system A motor system includes four brushes electrically connected to a rotor. A stator includes two magnetic poles. A circuit selectively rotates the rotor at a first speed by applying a first voltage to a first of the brushes and a second voltage to a second of the brush... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065966 | Position control method by motor drive and control unit A position control method by motor drive including of rotating a rotor of the motor drive according to the given target opening, and detecting the opening of a movable vane by an encoder, the motor drive opening and shutting a passage of an intake air pipe to a turb... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040457 | Motor speed controller system for freight elevator doors A linear displacement potentiometer is mechanically tied to an elevator door/gate and provides a voltage corresponding to the door/gate position to a programmable controller. The programmable controller uses a software program to determine when the door/gate is full... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034481 | Power transmission device for hybrid vehicle To provide a power transmission device that can increase the range of speed variation between an engine and a power output shaft and effectively achieve reduction in size and cost of the device arrangement. The speed reduction ratios from an engine 1 to first... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026770 | Actuation device The invention relates to an actuating apparatus that can be used, for example, as an actuating apparatus for a motor vehicle transmission, the select function and the shift function being guaranteed by this actuating apparatus and it being possible to effect this us... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026780 | Method for stabilizing the movement of an articulated chain of a chain block, especially to prevent the formation of a resonance oscillation of the chain, and a chain block apparatus The invention concerns a method for stabilizing the motion of an articulated chain of a chain block, especially to prevent the formation of resonance oscillation of the chain, in which an articulated chain is led across a polygonal chain wheel with non-uniform pitch... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023162 | Automatic gate operator A barrier movement operator is having a position sensor in a telescoping barrier control arm is described. A controller, remote from the arm, senses the barrier position to identify limits of barrier travel and to control rate of travel of the barrier between limits... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019478 | Movable barrier operator auto-force setting method and apparatus A movable barrier operator having a motor controller (10) and motor (11) that control selective movement of a movable barrier (12) also has an obstacle detector (14) that utilizes an automatically determined excess force threshold value t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6979962 | Internally suspended motor for powered window covering A metal or plastic tube is formed with slots to establish a noise dampening coupling to isolate the head rail of a window covering from vibrations from a motor in the head rail. The noise dampening coupling can be coupled to the output gear of the motor and to an ac... | 12/27/2005 |
