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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7323842 | Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has a winding. A switch is mounted within the housing and has a first po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315143 | Operating system utilizing a selectively concealed multi-function wall station transmitter with an auto-close function for a motorized barrier operator An operating system which utilizes a multi-functional wall station for a motorized barrier includes an operator for controlling movement of a barrier between various positions. The operator may receive signals from a wireless or wired wall station transmitter, a wir... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7265508 | Movable light for use with a movable barrier operator A barrier movement operator controls the movement of a moveable barrier. The barrier movement operator includes a movable utility light. A head unit is communication with the movable utility light to command the moveable barrier to perform moveable barrier functions... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7173516 | Operating system for a motorized barrier operator An operating system which utilizes a multi-functional wall station for a motorized barrier includes an operator for controlling movement of a barrier between various positions. The operator may receive signals from a wireless or wired wall station transmitter, a wir... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7154377 | Movable barrier operator compressed information method and apparatus In a movable barrier operator, data that corresponds to force requirements to effect desired movement of a movable barrier is compressed and stored for later retrieval. Multiple compression schemes and/or compression rates can be made available. Selection of a given... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7091631 | Intrinsically secure device for supplying redundant current-voltage A device for intrinsically safe, redundant current-voltage supply for electric loads in an explosion-proof area. The device includes at least two supply circuits for making available the current/voltage supply and a protective device for intrinsically safe current a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6674255 | Remote controlled window treatment and/or lighting system An improved window covering and lighting system for a window in a room includes a plurality of cornices, each cornice including a window covering supported by the cornice and movable between an open position and a closed position, an actuator supported by... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6483267 | Auxiliary vehicular window recessing system A auxiliary vehicular window recessing system for providing a secondary means of recessing the electrically-controlled windows of a vehicle in the event of submergence in a body of water. The auxiliary vehicular window recessing system includes a secondar... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6433500 | Vehicle window position sensor An apparatus (10) for detecting a window open condition comprises a first photoelectric cell (60) mountable to the window (20) for providing a reference output signal (61) independent of the window open condition. The apparatus (10) also comprises a secon... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6366040 | Method and apparatus for controllably moving a window An apparatus 10 for controllably moving a vehicle window, which is deployed upon a vehicle 12 of the type having a cab 14 including a rear or "backlight" window 16. Apparatus 10 includes a conventional controller 22 having a memory unit 24, a conventional... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6246194 | Method and system for detecting an object in an automotive window A method and system for directly determining the presence of an object between a window and its respective frame during closing of the window is disclosed. A sensor is provided within the frame to determine a length of the frame being compressed when the ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6211637 | Container for polluted and/or contaminated materials Soiled and/or contaminated objects often have to be collected before they are specifically disposed of. According to the invention, in order to prevent blockages in toilets and sewers, a contactlessly operating container (1) is used which has a lid (2) wh... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6111373 | Power window apparatus for a vehicle A power window apparatus for a vehicle, which can open or close a door window by manual operation of a power window switch for energizing either of window-opening and closing relays for rotating a motor in the forward or reverse direction or by automatic ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6049748 | Massage controller module (MCM) An electronic control system is an in-line module for addition to or partial replacement of automotive vehicle seat control systems for providing massage and improved features of functional control, especially human lumbar massage and diagnostics. The mod... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5455494 | Method for controlling a lumbar support device in a powered seat and motor control device provided therein in association therewith A method and device for controlling a lumbar support device, wherein a motor is controlled its drive under a repeated reversal drive operation to provide a fore-and-aft reciprocation of a lumbar plate within a predetermined operation time in a periodic wa... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5402047 | Compact device for controlling a motor unit which displaces a screening element A device for controlling a motor unit which displaces a screening unit which includes a power supply with at least one controlled electronic switch designed to feed a regulated electrical output to the motor unit and a control loop with a circuit which de... | 03/28/1995 |
| 4962337 | Express window lift motor shutdown A circuit for controlling bi-directional operation of a vehicle window lift motor having a toroidal coil sensing counter-emf perturbations in the motor current line. An EXPRESS mode switch, upon momentary actuation, latches an electronic switch to operate... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4881460 | Postage meter and control arrangement for same A postage meter having a rotable print drum also has a control arrangement ensuring that power is fed to the motor which drives the print drum via at least two parallel paths. One of these paths is operative to cause the motor to be driven until an envelo... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4628234 | Safety device for automatic window regulator A window regulator device for automatically elevating or lowering a window glass of an automobile is equipped with a safety device that operates when a human arm, for example, is sandwiched between the glass and its window frame. The regulator device cons... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4527663 | Apparatus for controlling an AC power elevator An apparatus for controlling an AC powered elevator and for improving the safety of the operation of the elevator includes: a three-phase AC power source; a drive device connected to the three-phase AC power source for converting an AC signal into an AC p... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4496942 | Method and apparatus for door operation remote control Apparatus and method for door operation remote control. A radio transmitter transmits a door operation command signal for a predetermined time when the operator operates a switch, irrespective of a turn-on time of the switch. Upon receipt of the door oper... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4459521 | Control box for a driving motor of a slidable panel of a vehicle, in particular for a window raiser In this control box, a first switching device (R-1) is actuated when the operator acts on a selector (1) whereby he can choose, on one hand, the direction of the driving of the motor (9) and, on the other hand, by means of a brief or prolonged action, the... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4455517 | Door activating control circuitry An improvement in door activating control apparatus including a short delay between the time the door is stopped during its closing direction of travel and starts moving in the opening direction when any one of any switch or button for opening the door is... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4328451 | Device for controlling the electric drive motor of a window raiser in particular in an automobile vehicle The device comprises for each window an electric driving motor and a selector which is adapted to ensure the selective supply of current to the motor, in one direction or the other, through a control circuit acting on a supply source. The supply source is... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4247806 | Garage door opener A garage door opener includes a radio receiver and a push button each operable to initiate a pulse for effecting a switching device which in turn energizes a latching relay. Operation of the latching relay completes an energizing circuit to the appropriat... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4167694 | Control device for a periodically oscillating member A control device is disclosed for controlling the drive means and consequently the oscillation range of a periodically oscillating member particularly when it is necessary to maintain the speed of the periodic oscillation movement such that it corresponds... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4142137 | Operator motor control A control system for a power driven operator for garage doors and the like comprising an operator control circuit having a DC voltage source operating as the power supply for an electronic flip-flop device responsive to successively applied input signals ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4140952 | Offset compensated electronic current sensor and controller An offset compensated electronic current sensor and controller for automatically controlling the extension and retraction of a power antenna with the energization and de-energization of an automobile electronic search tune radio receiver.... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4134050 | Door activating motor control apparatus Improved door activating motor control apparatus employs a self latching safety edge relay which is selectively energized by any of "open", one-button universal or obstruction-sensing safety edge contacts. A motor controlling contactor switch has its "ope... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4001661 | One-touch action type power window A one-touch action type power window having a retaining circuit which continuously actuates a motor for raising or lowering window glass in response to a one-touch operation on a switch. A pick-up coil is located in the vicinity of a wire through which th... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3993940 | Latching system for two-phase reversible motor By actuating a momentary contact switch, an energizing circuit applies an AC voltage directly to one of the two field windings of a two-phase reversible AC induction motor to drive that motor in one of its two directions. As the motor begins to rotate, th... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3959699 | Bi-directional motor drive system Two electric motors are coupled to each other and to a device which is to be bi-directionally actuated. An associated electrical control circuit comprises switches and delay timers, for energizing the first motor to drive the device in one direction and c... | 05/25/1976 |
