Patents Examined by Adity Krishnan
  • Patent number: 5675480
    Abstract: This invention relates to a power supply module that includes an input and an output, a power converter for supplying power from the input to the output, a controller for controlling the amount of power supplied from the input to the output in response to a feedback circuit, a module current sensing circuit for sensing module output current at the output, and a microprocessor for selectively adjusting voltage in the feedback circuit in response to the module output current sensed by the module current sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventor: Edward R. Stanford
  • Patent number: 5402300
    Abstract: A magnet is fixed to the inner surface of the ceiling of a cylinder-like yoke which is closed at the top, and a holding plate is attached to the yoke through a slider. A coil and collet are unitedly attached to the holding plate. When a current is passed through the coil, a force proportional to the current acts on the coil so that a constant load is applied to the collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Ikoma
  • Patent number: 5387819
    Abstract: A crash detection apparatus of an air bag system comprises a detection unit for detecting acceleration caused therein by an automobile and outputting electric signals corresponding to the acceleration, a discrimination unit for discriminating, from the signals from the detection unit, a crash signal which is outputted on the basis of the acceleration caused by crash of the automobile, the crash signal being inputted into an inflator to inflate an air bag. The detection unit is a capacitance type semiconductor detector comprising a pair of fixed electrodes and a cantilevered movable electrode disposed between the fixed electrodes and fixed at an end thereof, and a servo control unit is electrically connected to the detection unit so as to form a negative feedback loop, of a detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadayasu Ueno, Seikou Suzuki, Hirokazu Fujita, Kazuo Sato