"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7242123 | Actuator, light quantity adjusting apparatus, and stepping motor An actuator maintains high efficiency, can react to an increase in pole, has a high part fit, and can be manufactured at low cost while it is thinned. The actuator includes a magnet which is formed in a ring shape, in which at least one surface perpendicular to a ce... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7161254 | Methods and systems for harnessing electrical energy from ambient vibrational motion of a moving vehicle Vibrational motion caused by a moving vehicle is transduced into electrical energy by a vibrational-to-electric energy converter, and stored in an electrical energy storage device such as a rechargeable battery. The electrical energy storage device may then power on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148598 | Spoke permanent magnet rotors for electrical machines and methods of manufacturing same A rotor assembly for an electric motor includes a spoke permanent magnet rotor and a shaft connected thereto. The spoke permanent magnet rotor has an axis of rotation, permanent magnet material, and ferro-magnetic material. The permanent magnet material extends outw... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7064466 | Brushless rotary electric machine having tandem rotary cores A brushless rotary electric machine includes a stator having an annular armature core with first radial teeth at the outer periphery thereof and second radial teeth at the inner periphery thereof and an armature winding wound between the teeth, a rotor having a pair... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6891295 | Flywheel magneto generator A flywheel magneto generator which comprises a rotor having a magnet attached to an outer circumferential side of a flywheel and a stator constructed by winding a generating coil around a core having a magnetic pole portion opposed to a magnetic pole of the rotor, w... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6774512 | Claw-pole permanent-magnet stepping motor A claw-pole permanent-magnet stepping motor includes a pair of cases containing two or more inductors in symmetrical arrangement with multiple claw poles. The case unit has an oval shape having thin flat side walls or thin stepped side walls and connecting thick arc... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6396181 | Rotating maching with advanced excitation means A rotary electrical machine, comprising a stator (100) having at least one armature winding (140) mounted in slots which define stator poles, and a rotor (200) mounted for rotation inside the stator, the rotor having at its outer periphery magnetic poles ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 4980595 | Multiple magnetic paths machine Separate multiple flux paths for an electrical generator or motor are provided in a single rotor machine by axially mounting a plurality of pole structures on the rotor shaft. Each pole structure includes a pair of interleaved claw-type pole pieces formin... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4701656 | Electromechanical device with slotted stator An electromechanical device which can be used as a motor or as a generator. The device has a housing, including bearing means to support a rotatable shaft. Disc magnet means are provided, and poled to have alternating polarity and are mounted on the shaft... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4565938 | Permanent magnet rotor toroidal generator and motor An electromechanical device which can be used as a motor or as a generator. The device has a housing, including bearing means to support a rotatable shaft. Disc magnet means are provided, and poled to have alternating polarity and are mounted on the shaft... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4459501 | Toroidal generator and motor with radially extended magnetic poles An electromechanical device which can be used as a motor or as a generator has a housing, including bearing means to support a rotatable shaft. A pair of disc magnets are poled to have opposite polarity on the two faces of each. The magnets are mounted fa... | 07/10/1984 |