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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7930071 | Fan unit and electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same The inventors have revealed that the actual rotation speed of the rotor in a fan structured as a centrifugal fan exceeds the designated rotation speed if the ventilation opening of the centrifugal fan is occluded. If a larger amount of dust accumulates at the ventil... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7761192 | Complex signal processing system and related method for controlling multiple fans A complex signal processing system for multiple fans is used to control the rotation of a first fan and a second fan. The speed signals of the first fan and the second fan are processed through an XOR operation to obtain a complex speed signal. In response to the co... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7499770 | Data processing device with cooling fan To provide a data processing device with cooling fan capable of executing data processing by using a processor which always works within the maximum range of its specifications. In the data processing device with cooling fan 3 for cooling down the proc... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7415376 | Valve tester control enhancements A valve tester system is disclosed that comprises a valve tester assembly for rotating a valve stem of a valve. The valve tester assembly may include a support, a rotation element mounted on the support for rotating a valve during a rotation event, a control element... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7349853 | Method and system for routing hardcopy mail A method and system for routing hardcopy mail is provided. Specifically, a recipient is assigned a unique identifier. The recipient can electronically designate a mailing address to be associated with the assigned identifier. A sender wishing to send the recipient a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336192 | System and device for monitoring at least one household electric user, in particular a household appliance A system that monitors at least a household electric user, in particular a household appliance, includes a monitoring device that is connected between a source of electric energy and the electric user, the monitoring device including a metering means for detecting o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337018 | Heat sink fan management based on performance requirements A fan system is described for cooling a heat dissipating component within an electronic system. The fan system includes a fan that is controllable to a desired operating speed and operatively connected to the heat dissipating component. The fan system further includ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331760 | Fan revolution speed control method Actual temperatures of intake air, hydraulic oil, and coolant, to be cooled by a cooling fan, are detected. Target fan revolution speeds are determined by PI control units based on differences between the actual temperatures and target temperatures. The cooling fan ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7289889 | Vehicle control system and method A control system and method for use in vehicles, such as automotive vehicles. The control system and method is particularly adapted for use in vehicles having by-wire control systems. The control system uses three system controllers. Each of the controllers is adapt... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287184 | High speed synchronization in dual-processor safety controller A safety controller executes a control program in two processing units to detect processor failure by comparison of the execution in each unit. This comparison is made rapid by synchronizing the input variables at the beginning of the task and comparing output varia... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283887 | Method for determining a change in direction of rotation of a motor A method for determining a change in direction of rotation of a motor includes the steps of establishing steady state operating parameters of the motor, triggering a command interrupting the rotation of the motor, estimating the speed of the motor after triggering t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7248012 | Teaching data preparing method for articulated robot Set the first temporary attitude of an end effector for a plurality of work points (step S3). Determine the attitude of an articulated robot at one-end first work point out of a plurality of work points (step S4). Determine the attitude of an articulat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228204 | Fan unit for forced air cooling, motherboard formed wiring for operating fan unit, and electronic equipment to be fan-cooled The present invention relates to a fan unit used for forced air cooling, a motherboard with predetermined wiring formed as a wiring pattern, disposed on the rear face of an equipment, and an electronic equipment provided with the fan unit and the motherboard. It is ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227748 | Cooling module A cooling module is provided for an electrically powered apparatus. The cooling module comprises a non-volatile memory arranged to store a module identifier code for the module. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7177149 | Heat dissipating fan assembly with an AC-to-DC converter A heat dissipating fan assembly includes a fan housing, a fan unit, a converter, and a connecting unit. The fan unit includes a DC motor mounted within the fan housing, and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from and driven by the motor. The converter include... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7141950 | Fan control utilizing bi-directional communication A system and method for bi-directional communication between a system controller and a fan controller: The system operates in two modes and there are two communication paths between the system controller and the fan controller. The first communication path provides ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7117051 | Appliance communication system and method A method for communicating with and controlling an intelligent appliance by a user from a remote device. The intelligent appliance includes an integrated controller, such as a single board computer, user-interface and integrated networking capabilities. Typically, t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110829 | Food preparation system A system of intelligent appliances coupled by common household power lines or wireless links. One or more of the appliances serves as a system controller and may include a further communications interface for coupling to an external communications network, such as t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092811 | Vehicle speed control system A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle comprises a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a target vehicle speed setting device, a drive system of the vehicle, and a controller connected. The controller is arranged to calculate a correction quant... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091853 | X10 communication of one or more messages between one or more mobile communication devices and one or more module components One or more X10 gateway components of an apparatus in one example communicate one or more messages between one or more mobile communication devices and one or more module components. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7061270 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, electronic equipment, and transistor back-gate voltage control method This invention has as objects the realization of reduced power consumption in a semiconductor integrated circuit, as well as faster transitions of circuits from a standby state to an operating state. In order to achieve these objects, a semiconductor integrated circ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047097 | High performance controller for shifting resonance in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices Devices being controlled electronically via physical manipulation often display a resonance. In many circumstances, the frequency range of operation is not close to the resonance frequency. In these cases, the resonance can be removed through the use of simple compe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7009510 | Environmental and security monitoring system with flexible alarm notification and status capability A monitoring system includes a host having a plurality of sensor inputs for connection to sensors. A converter is designed to receive input signals from the sensor input and to convert the input signals from the sensors into digital signals. A processing system is c... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995532 | System and method of controlling cooling fan speeds A cooling fan includes a fan, a motor coupled to the fan to drive the fan and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is connected to the motor and is capable of detecting a speed of the fan in real time and maintaining a constant speed of the fan regardless of chang... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6961242 | System fan management based on system loading options for a system having replaceable electronics modules An electronic system has independently coolable first and second zones. The electronic system includes a first zone having a first zone fan and a plurality of first zone connectors for connecting electronic modules and a second zone having a second fan zone and a pl... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945346 | Method for operating a driver support system for motor vehicles A support of the operator of the motor vehicle is to be provided in all traffic situations in a simple manner and with low costs, without overburdening the operator of the motor vehicle. In this context, in the following or tracking operation, in which a regulation ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935130 | Computer cooling system A cooling system includes a cooling fan, a fan input-output module for transmitting a control signal to the fan for controlling the rotational speed of the fan, and a chipset interface for generating the fan control signal based on a change in a vital temperature of... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931306 | System and method of designing cooling fans A method of programming behavior of at least one cooling fan includes installing the at least one cooling fan within a housing. Operating parameters of the at least one cooling fan are set. Operation of the at least one cooling fan within the housing is conducted ba... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914779 | Controlling thermal, acoustic, and/or electromagnetic properties of a computing device A computing device includes a housing with various electrical and/or mechanical components included therein. Disposed within the housing is a processor assembly that includes a fan. The fan is configured to draw air into the interior of the housing and force air hea... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912127 | System for vibration dampening A method and system dampens vibrations associated with a device installed in a system by supporting the device with one or more support members having a rigid support portion and a dampening support portion made from an elastic material. In one embodiment, an inform... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6807463 | Processor-controlled mixture with weight sensors A system of intelligent appliances coupled by common household power lines or wireless links. One or more of the appliances serves as a system controller and may include a further communications interface for coupling to an external communications network, such as t... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6748300 | Method of determining permissible speed of an object and controlling the object Command path and command speed within a predetermined range are read. The predetermined range is time required for the object to move between two points on the command path. Speed command for each time is temporarily generated based on the read command path and the ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6738683 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a bell jar in a barrel epitaxial reactor An epitaxial cleaning apparatus has a blower controller module and controller module code. The blower controller module is connected between a blower of an epitaxial deposition device having a reaction chamber, a blower and a plurality of plenum chambers for deliver... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728580 | Method and apparatus for estimating time to failure acceleration factor An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor includes a sensor, a clock for controlling sensor sampling times, and a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of the sensor to a memory address. A unit is ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6701223 | Method and apparatus for determining optimal control settings of a pipeline Pipelines are controlled by specifying operations along them. Control specifies sequential control values defining operations at each station to control the pipeline state. The time-dependent state is determinable by software calculations using continuous... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6681672 | Optimized band saw feed speed system The optimized band saw feed speed system of this invention is associated with a saw mill carriage reciprocable past a band saw by a power drive motor. The feed speed control system utilizes a first laser line arranged to allow video scanning of the diamet... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6679820 | Method for energy management and overspeed protection of a centrifuge There is provided a method for limiting an operating speed of a rotor installed in a centrifuge system. The method includes the steps of (a) determining whether an actual change in energy required to accelerate the rotor from a first speed to a second spe... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6611748 | Engine synchronization system An engine synchronization system for a pair of turbo jet engines in a twin jet aircraft includes a subsystem for selecting a power output, a signal generator for producing a first output signal in response to the speed of a first engine and a signal gener... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6597972 | Integrated fan assembly utilizing an embedded fan controller A fan controller for use with a variable speed fan. The fan controller includes a processor coupled to a communication circuit that, in an advantageous embodiment, includes a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART). The communication circuit al... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6564109 | Methods and systems for compensation of measurement error Methods and systems for reducing or removing the effect of measurement error so that an actual engine operates closer to optimum are described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes the steps of identifying an engine operation (e.g., acceleratio... | 05/13/2003 |
