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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7746011 | Vehicle seat, in particular a motor-vehicle seat The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle, and equipped with a central control unit, motors, peripheral motor control devices each associated to one motor and connected to the central control unit. To allow rapid and accurate adjustm... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7353896 | Wheel provided with driving means A traction assembly includes a wheel comprising a wheel shaft and traction means which, when in operation, exert torque on the wheel shaft, wherein the traction ratio, being the arm of the torque divided by the size of the radius of the wheel, is larger than 0.57. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337216 | Electronic system architecture An electronic system architecture comprises a plurality of client devices connected in a hierarchical structure in which the client devices form nodes in the structure interconnected by communications links. One client device at the top of the hierarchical structure... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293493 | Weapon sight This invention, as a unit, is a training adjustable combination sight, primarily intended to be mounted on a vehicle of smaller vessel for close-in defence of these against air and ground attacks. In its entirety, aside from the required sight sensors (16-... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7230393 | Motor control apparatus and motor control method In response to detection of a skid of drive wheels based on an increase in angular acceleration α of a rotating shaft of a motor, the control procedure of the invention refers to a map representing a variation in maximum torque Tmax against the angular acceleration... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210656 | Control, sound, and operating system for model trains A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control on which v... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7157871 | Intermittent drive control apparatus of motor Rotation of a capstan motor is detected by a frequency detector, and supplied to a CPU as a rotation detection signal CFG. The CPU derives a period of the rotation detection signal CFG, calculates an average rotational speed of the capstan motor on the basis of the ... | 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 |
| 7109676 | Control for electric motor in vehicles A control for an electric motor in a vehicle. The control ascertains whether an obstacle is interfering with rotation of the motor. The control establishes a baseline speed, representing normal free running speed of the motor. This baseline speed will be different, ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095188 | Serial fan set and rotation speed-matching curve generation method thereof A serial fan set and rotation speed-matching curve generation method thereof are provided. The serial fan set comprises a rotation speed control module, a first fan and a second fan, in which the rotation speed control module is used to receive the power signal and ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067996 | Open-and-close control system for openable apparatus In an automotive power window system, a controller detects positions of a window glass that moves through driving operation of a motor during the closing operation of a window. The controller reduces a rotation speed of the motor when the window glass reaches a spee... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7023152 | Driving control device for actuator A driving control device for an actuator comprises a driving device to drive an actuator having an electric motor (30) and a driving control device (50) to control the rotation of the electric motor (30) by controlling the driving device. The dr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6962550 | Control for vehicle including electric motor powered by engine driven generator A control system for a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has a first powertrain and a second powertrain. The first powertrain includes an engine and it is coupled with a first set of road wheels. The second powertrain includes an electric motor and it is coupled wit... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957990 | Electric houseboat An electric houseboat comprises a hull and a house-like structure mounted on the hull which includes at least one bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. A Diesel generator comprises the sole power source for the houseboat. The operating temperature of the Diesel genera... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6954045 | Driving force control system for hybrid vehicle There are provided as drive sources an engine 2, a front motor 3 provided on a front wheels 8 side of the vehicle and a rear motor 4 provided on a rear wheels 9 side of the vehicle, and in executing a regeneration of deceleration e... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6926106 | Wheelchair having speed and direction control touchpad A wheelchair having a speed and direction control touchpad. The touchpad comprises two separated semi-conductive film layers, one measuring an X coordinate and one measuring a Y coordinate. When pressure is applied to the layers bringing them into contact with each ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6882120 | Power device for vehicle sliding door A clutch includes a moving gear member 65 being rotated integrally with a wheel at all times and engaged with a fixed gear member 69 when it is moved in a first direction and disengaged from the fixed gear member when it is moved in a second direction,... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6844691 | Ventilator having an abnormal operation indication device A ventilator having an abnormal operation indication device includes a power supply circuit, a central processing unit, a fan motor, and a load sensing circuit. Thus, the load sensing circuit detects the abnormal operation signals through the sensor, so that the abn... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6815920 | Motor driver and system with phase-spaced redundancy A controller for a motor is provided. The motor includes N redundant M-phase rotor/stator combinations (where N and M are both integers greater than 1). The controller includes N driver circuits each having M outputs. Each of the M outputs of a respective one of the... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6794834 | Electric vehicle An electric vehicle driven by electric motors is provided. The vehicle is switched between forward travel, neutral and reverse travel by a directional speed lever which allows adjustment of the vehicle speed. When the directional speed lever passes through a neutral... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6756750 | Electric vehicle An electric vehicle driven by a pair of left and right electric motors is provided. The vehicle includes a controller for controlling the start of the vehicle. The controller performs such control as avoiding brake drag caused by the operation of the electric motors... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6737828 | Washing machine motor drive device A washing machine motor drive device drives a motor using an inverter circuit, which implements a constant torque control through a change in the torque-revolution speed characteristic of the motor. This facilitates an easy control of braking torque (negative torque... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734647 | Working machine Control section determines necessary acceleration of a transporting section in accordance with an actual transporting speed, and also determines a correction coefficient corresponding to the number of rotations of an engine from among correction coefficients having ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734644 | Control method for wiper apparatus A method (and apparatus) includes that a duty ratio of a driving voltage output to each wiper motor be required to be set according to several conditions. That is, while each wiper blade is moved in an interval from a starting position to a predetermined first wipin... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6674256 | Battery powered, joystick controlled folding wheelchair A battery powered, joystick controlled wheelchair includes a battery by which a supply of power can be provided, a joystick by which voltages proportionate to degrees of lean from a neutral position can be produced from the supply of power, and a master p... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6600988 | Vehicle trajectory control system and method A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is described. The method determines a desired vehicle condition based on three driver actuated elements. In a preferred embodiment the first element can be pedal position, the second element can be a brak... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6528959 | Driving force control system for front-and-rear wheel drive vehicles There is provided a driving force control system for a front-and-rear wheel drive vehicle, which is capable maintaining an optimum slip condition of the drive wheels even on a low-friction road surface, ensuring a proper grip of rear wheels even on a low-... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6402260 | Vehicle anti-lock brake control system A rotational speed of an electric motor 12 is memorized at a memory unit 21 as a set rotational speed for allowing a minimum required volume of brake fluid to be discharged from the pumps in a state where the output hydraulic pressure of the master cylind... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6191547 | Focus control for search lights The focus angle of a search light mounted on a helicopter or other platform is narrowed or widened by rotating a bidirectional focus control cam in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction as selected by a manually operated three-position control switch ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6125321 | Motor vehicle drive system controller and automatic drive controller A motor vehicle drive system controller is adapted to automatic drive control, the engine and the transmission being among the objects of control. The power output of the motor is controlled so as to maintain either a consistent drivable mode or a consist... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5629591 | High-availability multicurrent power supply system for the traction unit of a railway locomotive A system for powering a multicurrent locomotive having 2N motors where N is greater than or equal to 2, the system comprising 2N pairs of voltage converters respectively associated with the 2N motors, each motor Mi being powered by means of an ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5270621 | Procedure controlling the motor of a crane The present invention relates to a procedure for selecting the mode of controlling the motor of a crane, or an equivalent lifting apparatus, when at least two alternative modes of controlling the motor are available, and at least one of the modes involves... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5134346 | Apparatus for driving a spindle of an electroerosive machine The driving apparatus for the rotation of the spindle or the work piece pallet of an electroerosive machining device comprises two electric motors which drive e.g. the spindle to a rotational movement by means of two gear boxes and a plurality of gear whe... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4918360 | Electric-driving device for openable members An electric driving device for openable members in which an openable member is opened and closed by rotation of driving shafts provided on right and left sides. The device includes a motor which rotates the driving shafts via a reduction mechanism, and sw... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4767940 | Electronic sensing and control circuit An electronic sensing and control circuit is provided which includes a sensing plate and means for charging the sensing plate to a value dependent upon the capacitance existing between the sensing plate and a remote object. The capacitance between the sen... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4766356 | Device for opening and closing a vehicle top A device for opening and closing a vehicle top by rotations of drive shafts rotatably provided with both right and left sides of the vehicle, comprises two individual motors which actuate the individual drive shafts through speed reduction mechanisms, swi... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4518902 | Plugging electrical braking control circuit The invention pertains to a control system (46) for controlling the supply of power to a motor (12) to produce plugging electrical braking and current limit control, including a circuit (60) for controlling the direction of energization of the motor (12),... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4471273 | Dual-motor control apparatus The invention pertains to a control circuit (10) for controlling the speed of a pair of motors (12,14), including a pair of switching elements (68,74) coupling power to the motors (12,14), a pair of controllable circuits (64,74) for driving the switching ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4364047 | Control lever switch A control lever switch for providing steplessly adjustable control values, e.g. directional commands, for a plurality of outputs is based upon the provision of a number of electrodes in a spaced array around a control lever, these electrodes being capacit... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4323829 | Capacitive sensor control system An electronic control system for controlling the operation of electromotive apparatus utilizes a capacitive sensor for sensing human touch and producing a command signal whose magnitude corresponds to the contact area of the contact. The sensor command si... | 04/06/1982 |
