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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8049453 | Static switch for motors of climate control units and climate control unit comprising the switch A static switch for DC motors of climate control units, comprising a signal side and a power side, which are mutually separated by means of optoisolators, the side comprising in input at least one terminal for a motor on/off signal and a terminal for a pulse width m... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7663331 | Adjuster for adjusting drink temperature The present invention relates to an adjuster for adjusting drink temperature, including a base, a container arranged on the base, a stay bar seating fixed on the base and extending into the container from the base of the container and secured to the container, a sta... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7602132 | Methods and system for motor drive information capture Methods and systems are provided for capturing and saving motor drive information in a non-volatile memory to facilitate troubleshooting and motor fault analysis. The motor drive includes a power conversion system that provides electrical power to an electric motor ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7423391 | Power conversion device and vehicle equipped therewith A power conversion portion (10) and a connection portion (20) converting power between a fuel cell (FC) and a battery (BAT) corresponding to dc power supply and a motor generator (MG) corresponding to an ac machine, are configured of a matrix converter... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411772 | Casimir effect conversion Techniques in which a 1st force, field, or effect caused by a Casimir effect is converted into a 2nd force, field, or effect. The 1st force, field, or effect might be distinct from the 2nd force, field, or effect only in t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411363 | Conservation of electrical energy and electro-magnetic power in motor, generator, and product components A capacitor, inductor, and power line are arranged in a series parallel combination tank circuit that operates over four quarters of a complete cycle. During the first quarter cycle: power is applied to the tank circuit, current flows through the inductor to the cap... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7379286 | Quantum vacuum energy extraction A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing electromagnetic quantum vacuum ene... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7348754 | Motion control using electromagnetic forces An apparatus has (a) a first component having one or more electromagnetic elements and (b) a second component having one or more electromagnetic elements and movably coupled to the first component. The second component moves with respect to the first component in a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7294981 | Method of determining the position of the shaft of a drive motor for a roller blind The method of determining the position of the shaft of a direct current motor including an armature powered via brushes and a bar commutator and designed to drive a roller blind includes the following phases: detecting and counting... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285870 | Wind power installation comprising at least two components and a data network Wind power installation for generating electrical energy with at least two components which respectively have sensors and actuators and comprise a control unit, each of the control units being connected to a data network and exchanging with the control units of the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7235945 | Energy conversion systems A device comprising a massfree energy receiver and means to convert massfree energy into ordinary electricity or mechanical work, including a pulsed plasma reactor driving an inertially damped drag motor. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221119 | Robot system In a case in which an operation is alternately carried out by apparatus-1 and the apparatus-2 in cooperation with a robot, an operator carries out operation within an operation range of each of the apparatuses during the interruption of power supply to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7106025 | Cancellation of dead time effects for reducing common mode voltages Methods and apparatus for canceling dead time effects in the form of common mode voltages produced by a three-phase power conversion device in a rectifier/inverter variable frequency drive (VFD) system includes limiting the voltage difference between phase voltages ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102260 | Drive device A drive unit comprises an electric motor 1, a drive unit casing 2 accommodating therein the electric motor, an inverter 3 that controls the electric motor, and a flow passage of a refrigerant that cools the inverter. The inverter is mounted on a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088758 | Relax gas discharge laser lithography light source An apparatus and method are disclosed for operating a narrow band short pulse duration gas discharge laser output light pulse beam producing system, producing a beam comprising laser output light pulses at a selected pulse repetition rate, which may comprise: a disp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079022 | Emergency activation apparatus for a technical device A safety device is provided that can be connected with a technical device and an associated emergency activation apparatus. The safety device includes a rail. The rail and emergency activation apparatus are fashioned such that the emergency activation apparatus can ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079564 | Control system for a two chamber gas discharge laser The present invention provides a control system for a modular high repetition rate two discharge chamber ultraviolet gas discharge laser. In preferred embodiments, the laser is a production line machine with a master oscillator producing a very narrow band seed beam... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061959 | Laser thin film poly-silicon annealing system A gas discharge laser crystallization apparatus and method for performing a transformation of a crystal makeup or orientation in a film on a workpiece is disclosed, which may comprise a master oscillator power amplifier MOPA or power oscillator power amplifier confi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053576 | Energy conversion systems This invention relates to apparatus for the conversion of massfree energy into electrical or kinetic energy, which uses in its preferred form a transmitter and a receiver both incorporating Tesla coils, the distal ends of whose secondary windings are co-resonant and... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7039086 | Control system for a two chamber gas discharge laser The present invention provides a control system for a modular high repetition rate two discharge chamber ultraviolet gas discharge laser. In preferred embodiments, the laser is a production line machine with a master oscillator producing a very narrow band seed beam... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7009140 | Laser thin film poly-silicon annealing optical system A high energy, high repetition rate workpiece surface heating method and apparatus are disclosed which may cmprise a pulsed XeF laser operating at or above 4000 Hz and producing a laser output light pulse beam at a center wavelength of about 351 nm; an optical syste... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6982530 | Drive control system Provided is a drive system of a motor structured from a combined arrangement of a plurality of motors capable of reducing losses resulting from mechanical loss during the process of the driving force behind the motor being transmitted. This system has a plurality of... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6954049 | Electric motor drive for a piece of furniture Electromotive furniture drive unit with one or more servomotors and having a manual control unit (1) equipped with switching elements (2, 3) and a signal processing device (14) for triggering functions, release elements (6, 7, 8, 9) being... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6934603 | Multiblock robot system The advantage of flexible multi-axis robot systems and robot cell-unit systems being further extended by providing electric and electronic E-POOL networks, consisting of multiblock individual computer units, central computers, board computers, satellite units, anten... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922026 | Light fixture control system To provide a light fixture control system with which an inrush current is prevented at the time of motor activation, and a light fixture is prevented from rapidly dimming. In a vehicle including a light fixture to be driven by an output of a generator of the vehicle... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920032 | Method for energy extraction—II In some embodiments, the illustrative method defines an engine cycle comprising several state changes that allow for a net gain of energy from an underlying source force field. The potential for a net energy gain via the method results from the discovery that a Casi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914354 | Assembly and method for direct cooling of motor end-winding Methods and related systems providing removal of heat from electric motors via fluid baths. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6815918 | Pool cleaning method and apparatus A method for cleaning the bottom of a pool uses an automated programmed pool cleaner capable of reversing movement and turning that is initially placed at an arbitrary location on the bottom of the pool and moved in a forward direction until it encounters an upright... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6774600 | Matrix connected driver for multiple two phase motors A matrix-connected driver for multiple two-phase motors includes circuit rows and columns of input and output connections for the phases of networked two-phase motors. Phases of multiple motors share the same input line and phases of multiple motors share the same o... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6665167 | Method for energy extraction-I In some embodiments, the illustrative method defines an engine cycle comprising several state changes that allow for a net gain of energy from an underlying source force field. The potential for a net energy gain via the method results from the discovery ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6650527 | Article comprising a casimir force modulator and methods therefor Method and apparatus for modulating the direction and magnitude of the Casimir force between two bodies. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a repulsive Casimir force is generated by placing two bodies in near-proximity to one another. For one... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6477028 | Method and apparatus for energy extraction In some embodiments, the illustrative method defines an engine cycle comprising several state changes that allow for a net gain of energy from an underlying source force field. The potential for a net energy gain via the method results from the discovery ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6438453 | Multiblock robot system A multiblock robot system with to each other compatible-and plug connectable, stationary and mobile earth, sea, aviation, planetary and space flight capable multiblock robot system standard cells, multiblock robot flange plug booster units and multiblock ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6342671 | Optical actuator An optical actuator includes pairs of stators disposed parallel to each other with a stipulated gap between them, a mover disposed moveably within the gap, and a number of photovoltaic devices. The photovoltaic device has device electrodes on either end i... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6307344 | RFI suppression package for DC electric motors A radio frequency interference suppression circuit assembly for an electric motor is provided in an easily assembled efficient package. The circuit assembly uses a case which houses a toroid inductor and feed-through capacitors which are electrically conn... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6201365 | Drive unit with coolant flow through a space separating an inverter from a casing housing an electric motor A drive unit which uses an electric motor as a power source and has an integrated inverter, with a cooling circuit for the electric motor and the inverter. The drive unit includes a drive unit case, the electric motor housed within the case, and the inver... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6111381 | Process and apparatus for producing a photographic print For the production of a photographic print of an original present in electronic format, optical representations (D) are produced from sequentially changing strip-shaped portions of the original by way of an electro optical, pixel wise operating converter ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6087792 | Control circuit for motor of electric jogging device The present invention relates to a control circuit for motor of electric jogging device in which a safety switch is disposed between an electronic loop and a power switch and which has an inserted safety plug-in pin to connect the power in an ON state. Ac... | 07/11/2000 |
