Abstract: A new and improved dock, and a new and improved wireless hand-held remote-control device, for controlling various sections of a powered chair, is disclosed, wherein the dock is adapted to be incorporated within, for example, an arm section of the powered chair, while the wireless hand-held remote-control device is adapted to be inserted into the dock so as not to be lost or misplaced. The wireless hand-held remote-control device has a plurality of control buttons disposed upon the primary or upper face portion thereof so as to control various sections of the powered chair, such as, for example, the headrest section, the back section, a lumbar support section, and a footrest section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piece of furniture within which a massage system has been incorporated so as to provide a person, sifting in the piece of furniture, with massage capabilities so as to relieve pressure, stress, and/or tension. The system comprises a lumbar actuator which is adapted to engage a lumbar portion of the piece of furniture, wherein the lumbar actuator will be cyclically activated in accordance with single or multiple frequencies or modes of operation so as to provide the person, sifting in the piece of furniture, with varying degrees of massage as may be desired by the user or person sitting in the piece of furniture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piece of furniture within which a massage system has been incorporated so as to provide a person, sitting in the piece of furniture, with massage capabilities so as to relieve pressure, stress, and/or tension. The system comprises a lumbar actuator which is adapted to engage a lumbar portion of the piece of furniture, wherein the lumbar actuator will be cyclically activated in accordance with single or multiple frequencies or modes of operation so as to provide the person, sitting in the piece of furniture, with varying degrees of massage as may be desired by the user or person sitting in the piece of furniture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color-changing lighting system for use in connection with lounger or reclined chairs commonly used to furnish home offices, libraries, family rooms, living rooms, dens, and the like, wherein the lighting system is operatively connected to different sections of the chair for selectively changing the color of the emitted light as desired in order to provide the particular room, within which the furniture is located, with a selectively desirable ambiance or environment. The system comprises a plurality of RGB LEDs located at strategic locations upon the chair, a control box, and a mobile or remote controller for communicating with the control box in order to selectively command the control box to issue voltage signals to the various RGB LEDs so as to achieve desired resulting colors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an automobile's window regulating status uses a window control switch and a central controller, which receives window regulating requests from the window control switch, sends instructions to windows concerned and makes queries to window motors concerned regarding each window's regulating status. If a concerned window fails to execute a relevant instruction correctly, the central controller actuates an alarm to send out an alarming signal.

Abstract: To determine adjusting force comparison values for limiting the actuating force of a power-activated adjusting device by means of control technology, an initialization routine is predefined in a control unit, which allows the adjusting device to run through a specific number of complete adjusting cycles, before the recorded actuating force values are stored in the control unit as adjusting force comparison values.

Abstract: The actuator and the method for operating the actuator comprise a drive unit and a drive mechanism with mechanical components that can be moved against each other as well as an electronic control unit. One of at least two components that can be moved against each other during operation acts as a switching transducer and initiates a switching operation in the event of relative movement in respect of a switching element, for example a Reed switch, caused by the action of an external force. This switching operation is used in the course of the control method to switch the control unit from a first operating mode to a further operating mode.

Abstract: The actuator and the method for operating the actuator comprise a drive unit and a drive mechanism with mechanical components that can be moved against each other as well as an electronic control unit. One of at least two components that can be moved against each other during operation acts as a switching transducer and initiates a switching operation in the event of relative movement in respect of a switching element, for example a Reed switch, caused by the action of an external force. This switching operation is used in the course of the control method to switch the control unit from a first operating mode to a further operating mode.

Abstract: To determine adjusting force comparison values for limiting the actuating force of a power-activated adjusting device by means of control technology, an initialization routine is predefined in a control unit, which allows the adjusting device to run through a specific number of complete adjusting cycles, before the recorded actuating force values are stored in the control unit as adjusting force comparison values.