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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7679305 | Method and device for temperature limitation according to current and/or voltage The invention relates to a method for temperature limitation according to the current and/or voltage, for an actuating device (10) associated with an electric motor (M), especially a fan regulator (12) of a motor vehicle, the temperature limitation bei... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671555 | Motor, a method of operating a motor, and a system including a motor An air movement system including a blower and an external controller operable to receive signals from a sensing device and generate a command based on the received signals. The command includes an address. The system also includes a communication channel coupled to ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7633254 | Single phase motor driving device A device for driving a single phase motor is provided. The device controls the rotation of the single phase motor according to at least a control signal. The single phase motor driving device includes a control apparatus and a detection apparatus. The control appara... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7622879 | Thermal protection apparatus and method for hybrid vehicles Thermal variable-operation regulator that regulates the operation of an operating device by progressively limiting the operation of the operating device (24) as a limitation temperature (Tset) increases. The limitation temperature (Tset), based on which the o... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609018 | Fan system and control device thereof A control device of a fan system includes a temperature sensing module, a comparing module and a driving module. The temperature sensing module senses an external temperature and generates a sensing signal according to the external temperature. The comparing module ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7598694 | Power supply apparatus A power supply unit includes an input-side rectifying circuit (4), an inverter (8) and an output-side rectifying circuit (12), which include power semiconductor devices. The power supply unit is powered during a powering period, and the powering... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7586281 | Methods and apparatus for optimal voltage and frequency control of thermally limited systems Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture control a device or system that has an operational limit related to the rate or frequency of operation. The frequency of operation is controlled at a variable rate calculated to maximize the system or apparatus perform... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583041 | Overheat preventing apparatus for electric motor The present invention includes temperature transition estimating means 24, 25 for estimating a temperature transition of an electric motor 1 caused by the passage of electric current through the electric motor 1, an electric pump 8 as coo... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583042 | Device and method for driving a single phase motor A driving device is provided for controlling the rotation of a motor. The driving device comprises an input module, a comparing module and a processing module. The input module includes a voltage generating unit and a voltage adjusting unit to generate a comparing v... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7576506 | Feedforward parameter estimation for electric machines A method and system for estimating a parameter of an electric machine, including a controller and a switching device, the controller responsive to at least one of: a current sensor, and a temperature sensor. Where the controller executes a parameter estimation proce... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573222 | Motor control apparatus A motor control apparatus for controlling an operation of an electric motor has an operational temperature estimator and an operation controller. The operational temperature estimator estimates an estimated temperature of the electric motor. The operation controller... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7538508 | Thermal overload protection A thermal overload protection for an electrical device, particularly an electric motor (M), measures a load current supplied to the electrical device (M), and calculates the thermal load on the electrical device on the basis of the measured load current, and shuts o... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7501777 | Printer and method of driving cooling fan of printer A printer and a method of driving a cooling fan of the printer include a storage unit temporarily stores printing option data and image data, and a control unit controls an operation of a printing unit in one of a warming-up mode, a standby mode, a printing mode and... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7446494 | HVAC actuator having torque compensation A method and system are disclosed for adjusting the torque of a motor for a HVAC actuator based upon one or more operating conditions of the HVAC actuator. One illustrative HVAC actuator includes an actuated part, a motor for providing a torque to move the actuated ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443122 | Electric drivetrain thermal protection system An electric drivetrain for a mobile machine is disclosed. The electric drivetrain has at least one power consuming device, a sensor associated with the at least one power consuming device, and a controller in communication with the power consuming device and the sen... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443123 | Method and apparatus for preventing overheating in an electronically commutated motor assembly A control circuit for a motor includes a voltage regulator having a thermal shutdown apparatus that turns off the voltage regulator when the temperature of the control circuit rises above a pre-determined threshold level, wherein the voltage regulator is used to pro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442012 | Speed control for compressors Improvements to a compressor which consists in that, as soon as the measured outlet temperature (TO) reaches a certain hysteresis upper temperature limit (HMAX), the actual rotational speed of the compressor element is either lowered with a speed jump (DS) when the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432679 | Non-intrusive method for extrapolating an internal stator temperature A method for non-intrusive determination of an internal temperature of a given area of an electrical machine stator, comprises obtaining a temperature gradient between an internal wall of the stator and an external wall of the stator, obtaining temperature measureme... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425809 | Heat dissipation devices A heat dissipation device comprises a fan motor, a drive circuit, and a reset current reduction circuit. When the fan motor is locked, an input terminal of the reset current reduction circuit receives an alarm signal, and an output terminal thereof outputs a voltage... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417398 | Vacuum pump A vacuum pump includes at least one magnetic body located on a circle about a rotor rotational axis and having a Curie temperature within a rotor temperature monitoring range; an inductance detecting portion facing the circle so as to establish a gap between the cir... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415625 | Policy table rule based processor side bus signaling A system and method for selecting a computer hardware component of a computing system to throttle based on a selection policy is disclosed. A co-thermal control system may receive a first signal indicating a first condition for a plurality of computer hardware compo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414375 | Fan voltage regulation control device A fan voltage regulation control device includes a voltage regulation control unit for providing the power to a heat-dispersing fan, wherein the voltage regulation control unit is connected to a temperature detecting element and a voltage detecting unit. The tempera... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405530 | Method and apparatus for automatically establishing control values for a control device A movable barrier controller 41 has a force control 44 having a corresponding setting range. As operating conditions change, the barrier controller 41 can execute a learning mode 51. During this mode, the barrier controller 41 oper... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400107 | Surgical machine and method for operating a surgical machine To improve a surgical machine with an electric motor comprising a rotor and a plurality of motor windings, and with a motor controller for controlling and/or regulating the electric motor so that, in particular, the efficiency of the electric motor can be optimized ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394217 | Dynamic hysteresis for autofan control A control signal value, such as a duty cycle value for a Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) generator output, for controlling and/or powering a fan may be calculated using an autofan function configured with dynamic hysteresis control (DHC). As part of the DHC, the PWM dut... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394215 | Thermal control variable-speed circuit without switching noise A thermal control variable-speed circuit without switching noise is connected with a driving circuit, which controls the rotation speed of a fan motor using a driving voltage. The thermal control variable-speed circuit includes a reference voltage output circuit and... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385368 | Apparatus for controlling operation of reciprocating compressor An apparatus for controlling an operation of a reciprocating compressor includes a inductance increasing device connected to a motor of the reciprocating compressor, so that a surge current generated when power is applied to the reciprocating compressor at an initia... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385366 | Method for controlling hydraulic brushless motor and controlling device The method for controlling the hydraulic brushless motor operates the hydraulic brushless motor by switching the conduction timing to a plurality of switching elements. The method for controlling the hydraulic brushless motor includes detecting the oil temperature a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375481 | Method of controlling motor thermal protection for an electric power steering system of a motor vehicle The invention relates to motor vehicles which are equipped with an electric power steering system. Using a known method, the value of the maximum current that is allowed to travel through the electric assist motor is calculated at each instant (t), and a threshold v... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375486 | Method and circuit for controlling motor speed A method of controlling a rotational speed of a fan motor for a heat generating electronic component includes the following steps: (1) obtaining an original PWM pulse in response to an internal die temperature of the electronic component, the original PWM pulse havi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373268 | Method and system for dynamically controlling cooling resources in a data center The present invention includes a method and system for dynamically controlling cooling resources in a data center based on the workload of the data center. Accordingly, based on the workload constraints (power consumed, latency, etc.) of the data center, each of a p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360945 | Apparatus for determining temperature of a portable computer system A method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of a computer system, such as a notebook computer, is described. A sensor module is to mount within the computer system spaced from an interior surface of a chassis of the system, the sensor to measure an internal... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362550 | Electric motor comprising a temperature monitoring device Disclosed is an electric motor comprising a temperature monitoring device which is provided with at least two temperature sensors that have different temperature characteristics and are connected to terminal clamps by means of electrical wires, whereby it is possibl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352147 | Power supply to provide operation power for cooling fans A power supply to provide operation power for cooling fans includes a non-stop power system to provide DC power in normal conditions to a remote switch control circuit to set a computer in an ON or OFF condition. The non-stop power system also outputs the DC power t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353133 | Temperature-based CPU operation frequency controller of a CPU powered by a CPU power supply to protect against multiple circuit overheating A system for protecting against overheating of a CPU whose operation frequency is changed due to voltage variation of a driving power, includes a CPU temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the CPU, a reference temperature sensor to detect the temperature of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347167 | Method for controlling cooling fans A method for controlling a cooling system for an internal combustion engine having first and second cooling fans is provided, comprising operating the first cooling fan at a first rotational frequency which is greater than a combustion frequency of the internal comb... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348741 | Method and device for controlling fan for cooling vehicle-mounted battery A vehicle which uses an internal combustion engine and a motor generator as drive sources is provided with a battery disposed under a seat and a fan for cooling the battery. Power is exchanged between the motor generator and battery via an inverter. An electronic co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343505 | Method and apparatus for thermal control of electronic components A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342371 | System and method for detecting motor run condition A motor control system for detecting motor run condition comprises power switches for connection to an AC line for controlling application of AC power to the motor. An input receives a motor start command. A controller is connected to the input and controls operatio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342373 | Vehicle panel control system A control system for a vehicle includes a controller, an object sensor, and a motor. The motor receives power from a power source upon receiving a panel control signal. The motor moves a movable panel of the vehicle along a path between opened and closed positions w... | 03/11/2008 |