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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| 8159362 | Method of detecting faults using graduated fault detection levels A faulted circuit indicator utilizes digitized fault indication curves to determine if a fault has occurred in a monitored conductor. Fault indication curves are intended to be similar to trip curves of common power protection devices, and consist of a plurality of ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8134472 | Monitoring systems and methods for monitoring the condition of one or more components of an electrical device Methods and systems for monitoring a component of an electrical device and/or a brush of a brush holder assembly are provided. One method includes receiving data from a plurality of remote monitoring locations at a central control unit, where the data may be evaluat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8120503 | Brush wear monitor having mounted flags interactable with an impedance dependent switch A worn brush monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of brushes of an electrical machine comprises a plurality of mounted flags configured to be in moveable communication relative to a wear of each of the plurality of brushes and an electrical recording circuit... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8054190 | Apparatus for monitoring of brushes, in particular slipring or commutator brushes, on electrical machines An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring brushes, such as slipring or commutator brushes, on electrical machines. At least one electronic sensor is configured to be arranged in or on a brush apparatus of an electrical machine such that an electrical supply power can... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7956637 | System and method to determine electric motor efficiency using an equivalent circuit A system and method for determining electric motor efficiency includes a monitoring system having a processor programmed to determine efficiency of an electric motor under load while the electric motor is online. The determination of motor efficiency is independent ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956762 | Method and apparatus for power generation failure diagnostics A controller (500) in an electric drive system is used to develop power generation failure diagnostics. During operation, the controller (500) receives a set of generator inputs, a set of machine parameters, and a set of diagnostic values. Next, the co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7852228 | Fan system and detector thereof A fan system including a motor, a driving unit, and a detector is disclosed. The driving unit is electrically connected to the motor and generates a driving signal to drive the motor and a detection signal. The detector is electrically connected to an output termina... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7782217 | System and method for monitoring motor A system (100) for monitoring a motor (202) includes a potential-detecting module (102), a potential-comparing module (104) and a motor-monitoring module (106). The potential-detecting module is configured for measuring output pote... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7741973 | Drive control device A drive control device that includes: a driving circuit to drive a driving source; a condition detector to detect the condition of at least one of the driving source and the driving circuit to output a condition signal thereof; a controller to control the driving ci... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733237 | Signaling device and method of controlling the device Method for controlling a signalling device inserted in an automatism of gates (G), movable barriers, doors or the like, and having at least one warning device (L, BZ), characterized in that it supplies power from the signalling device (LL) to at least one mechanical... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7535372 | Method for measuring the operating state of a synchronous motor using composite power angle meter The present invention discloses a method for measuring the operating state of synchronous motor by using composite power angle meter, the method comprising steps of: a) obtaining various signals of the synchronous motor and its system; b) converting the electric sig... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7460022 | Device for protecting electric motors A device for the explosion protection of electric motors or similar electrical devices such as pumps, in which the motor has a protective housing and works together with an interconnected sensor accommodated in a separate protective housing. A favorable construction... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7450022 | Bearing failure identification system A bearing failure detection system includes a thermal protector switch circuit having a wear strip located within an interior of a motor stator. In response to bearing failure or wear above a predetermined magnitude, the motor rotor will shift off its axis of rotati... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7382138 | System and method for non-destructive testing of rotors A method is provided for testing an electrical characteristic of a rotor. In one embodiment, the method may include applying current to the rotor, measuring voltage drop between first and second positions on the rotor, and evaluating the electrical characteristic of... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358640 | Automotive rotary electric machine The present invention provides an automotive rotary electric machine enabling brush abrasion limit detection reliability to be increased and stable brush abrasion limit detection indication to be performed. The construction thereof is provided with a detecting termi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355520 | Motor diagnostic indicator A motor receiving power from a power source. The motor comprises a motor housing, a stator at least partially disposed within the motor housing and supported by the motor housing, a rotor disposed to magnetically interact with the stator, and a visual indicator inte... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352188 | Electrically operated vehicle abnormality judging device An electrically operated vehicle abnormality judging device. The invention has an electrically operated machine, a driving signal generation processing section for generating a driving signal by receiving a command value, an inverter for receiving the driving signal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352094 | Equipment fan An improved fan useful for ventilating applications in motor vehicles features a modular structure, which facilitates quick replacement of any components likely to fail. A first module (110) is intended for permanent installation on the part that is to be coo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339295 | Electric machine with improved temperature monitoring system An electric machine includes a heat-generating machine component, and a temperature radiation detector for contactless determination and/or measurement of heat radiating from the machine component for ascertaining an absolute and current temperature of the machine c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334418 | Method and apparatus for microprocessor temperature control A microprocessor temperature control system including a microprocessor with on-chip fan control logic, a fan, and temperature sense logic. The fan control logic receives temperature information and provides a variable fan control signal to cool the microprocessor. T... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336455 | System and method for proactive motor wellness diagnosis The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330343 | Current-limiting protection circuit for a power supply The present invention discloses a current-limiting protection circuit for a power supply, which applies to a power supply that has a maximum power-limiting function, wherein the user will be alarmed by a time-delay alarm circuit of the current-limiting protection ci... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7298282 | Health monitoring method and system for a permanent magnet device A method and system for monitoring the performance of a permanent magnet device, such as a motor or generator, and providing early detection of motor performance deterioration. The back electromotive force (EMF) of the motor is measured at selected conditions when t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286918 | Mobile energy management system A recreational vehicle includes a chassis having a living space, an electrical system for providing electrical power to the living space, an air conditioner for cooling the living space, a heater for heating the living space, and a plurality of appliances within the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270890 | Wear monitoring system with embedded conductors Aspects of the invention relate to a system for monitoring the wear of a component. A conductor can be embedded in the component at a depth from a surface of the component. In one embodiment, the conductor can be operatively connected to a power source to form an el... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268441 | Control device for motor generator In the control device for motor generator in which an engine is started and power generation is performed while a vehicle is running, a field current limit value Ifm in electric driving to start the engine is larger than a field current limit value Ifg in power gene... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265516 | Linear electric motor controller and system for providing linear control The invention relates to a method of, and system for, linear speed control for an electric motor, in which a digital to analog converter means is used for converting an 8-bit digital signal to an analog voltage for setting voltage across a motor, a digital state mac... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256701 | Motor driver A motor driver capable of detecting the insulation deterioration of a motor easily and inexpensively is disclosed. The voltage supplied from an AC power supply (1) is rectified by a first rectifying circuit (D1 to D6) and smoothed by a capacitor... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253640 | Arc fault detector and method for locating an arc fault A circuit breaker for locating an arc fault for a protected circuit includes separable contacts interrupting the protected circuit and an arc fault detector determining an arc fault in the protected circuit. An analog to digital converter circuit measures a value of... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245225 | Failure monitor for motor drive control system A failure monitor designed to monitor a failure in operation of a motor drive control system. The system works to drive a motor-driven member through an output shaft and includes an angular position sensor for determining an angular position of the output shaft for ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7205740 | Fan control device for frequency converter A fan controlling device for a frequency converter, which is applied to a high-power frequency transforming system that installs fans according to the heat dissipating requirements and their switching operation, failure detection and control, and the fan controlling... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190561 | Apparatus for detecting arc faults An apparatus and method for detecting arc faults that have reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, an input sense circuit, an arcing sense circuit, a power supply, a tripping (firing) circuit, a processor, and an electro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190562 | Method for detecting arc faults An apparatus and method for detecting arc faults that have reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, an input sense circuit, an arcing sense circuit, a power supply, a tripping (firing) circuit, a processor, and an electro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183935 | Method and apparatus for determining motor velocity using edge mode hysteresis with a finite impulse response average filter A method for determining motor velocity includes generating an edge signal including a plurality of edges. The edge signal indicates rotational travel of a motor. Edge counts in the edge signal occurring during periodic sample intervals are determined. The edge coun... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168118 | Method for controlling spinning speed in drum-type washing machine Object of the present invention lies on improving a system stability by reducing an allowable eccentricity of laundry below a preset value when a spinning speed reaches to a maximum even if a voltage higher than a rated voltage is applied, by varying a maximum limit... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166978 | Motor temperature sensor system and method to determine motor performance An electric motor system includes an electric motor, a temperature sensor mounted therein capable of measuring a local temperature and generating a temperature related signal, and a processor configured to calculate an actual temperature of a rotor magnet from the t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164362 | Apparatus for driving a brushless motor A control unit for a brushless motor has an upper-arm current detector for detecting an electric current flowing into an upper-arm switching transistor for driving the brushless motor, and a lower-arm current detector for detecting an electric current flowing into a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161493 | Brush abrasion detector of vehicle generator The brush abrasion detector is unnecessary to provide any detecting element for detecting limit of abrasion of a brush in the proximity of the brush. The brush abrasion detector includes: a brush located being slidably press-fitted to a slip ring provided at an end ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157877 | Brushless motor driving device A brushless motor driving device having a current detecting unit for detecting a phase-current of a brushless motor, a voltage detecting unit for detecting a phase voltage of the brushless motor, and a signal input portion to which the detection value of the phase-c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154404 | Electric power steering system having failure detection apparatus An electric power steering system comprises a three-phase brushless DC motor, a steering torque detector, a resolver for detecting a resolver rotation angle of the three-phase brushless DC motor, a processing unit and a failure detection apparatus. The processing un... | 12/26/2006 |
