Abstract: A circuit board unit for driving and controlling a motor that drives a compressor for an air-conditioner has a first mounting base, a second mounting base mounted on the first mounting base, and a printed circuit board mounted on the second mounting base. The first mounting base has thereon a first group of high voltage electrical elements belonging to a motor driving circuit and a heat sink so that some of the high voltage electrical elements that need positive heat dissipation are mounted thereon. The second mounting base has thereon a second group of high voltage electrical elements belonging to the motor driving circuit and a plurality of flat electrical conductors that are partially embedded in the second mounting base in an insert mold fashion and forming a predetermined wiring pattern so as to electrically connect the high voltage electrical elements. The printed circuit board has thereon a group of low voltage electrical elements belonging to a motor control circuit.

Abstract: A power supply for a variable speed AC motor includes a waveform generator for generating a periodic pulsed waveform according to a desired motor speed, an adjustable source of DC potential, and an inverter coupled to the waveform generator and to the source of DC potential. The inverter provides an AC pulse train to the AC motor, the pulse train having waveform characteristics according to the pulsed waveform generated by the waveform generator to obtain the desired speed. The voltage amplitude of the pulse train provided to the motor is proportional to the DC potential whereby motor currents can be controlled at the desired motor speed by varying the DC potential.

Abstract: An electric vehicle control system for controlling a plurality of main motors for driving an electric vehicle and an auxiliary circuit. The control system includes a first circuit breaker, and a first main power converter for receiving a DC power for converting the DC power into a first AC power to supply the first AC power to the first main motor. The control system further includes a second circuit breaker, and an auxiliary power converter for receiving the DC power for converting the DC power into a second AC power to supply the second AC power to the auxiliary circuit. The control system also includes a second main power converter for receiving the DC power for converting the DC power into a third AC power to supply the third AC power to one of the second main motor and the auxiliary circuit, respectively.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a motor of an air conditioner includes a converter, having switching for improving an input power factor, for converting an AC power to a DC power and an inverter for converting the DC power supplied from the converter to the AC power and supplying to a compressor. The output DC voltage of the converter is detected by a DC voltage detecting circuit. An input alternating current is detected by a current detecting circuit. A microcomputer for controlling the inverter calculates a current command from data stored on the basis of the detected voltage. The detected current is compared with the current command, an ON percentage of a PWM signal to control the switching is obtained, and the PWM signal is generated.

Abstract: A speed control circuit for a DC motor includes a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, a regulator/controller, and a control circuit which applies a compensating current to the DC motor that compensates for variations in loading applied to the motor. The regulator/controller compares a reference voltage provided by the D/A converter with a feedback signal provided by the motor to generate a signal to activate the control circuit, thus to supply a compensating current to the motor.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for manipulating objects with a gripper or the like, which is connected with a gear unit and drive motor via at least one arm, the arm being provided with at least one hollow shaft, the rotary motion of which being transmissible to a following shaft.

Abstract: The power supply unit (1) of an optical fibre telecommunications network distribution point is provided with a power supply controller. The power supply unit (1) is connected to a plurality of power supply lines in the premises of a plurality of customers. A controller (6) controls the supply of power from the power supply lines to the power supply unit of the distribution point.

Abstract: A device for detecting the speed of a plural-phase motor in which a speed deviation occurring every m periods is eliminated, to provide a speed detection signal high in accuracy at low cost. The motor speed detecting device in which, among drive signals driving a plural-phase motor, m-phase drive signals (where m is a natural number which is not less than two (2) and equal to or smaller than the number of phases of said motor) are detected, and combined to form a signal, comprises a frequency divider adapted to subject the signal thus formed to 1/(m.times.n) frequency division (where n is a natural number).

Abstract: An inverter operation command apparatus having increase and decrease keys which, when operated according to predetermined requirements, allows the frequency to be set quickly, requires only the increase/decrease key to be actuated to determine the rotation of direction and run/stop of the inverter, and allows the frequency display to be changed. Actuation of increase and decrease keys in predetermined orders, for predetermined durations and at predetermined times, in accordance with predetermined subroutines, will permit flexible control of the inverter frequency.

Abstract: A control system for controlling displacement of a member in a glassware forming machine. A pneumatic piston drives the member and is controlled by a computer which defines a motion profile. The difference, at any moment, between the demanded position and the actual position is determined and an error signal is defined based on the difference signal and the momentary velocity and acceleration.

Abstract: A controller for a permanent magnet synchronous motor which includes a D-axis current command section and a Q-axis current command section. The D-axis current command section increases the command value of the D-axis current so as to set a judged value to be zero by leading the current phase when the judged value is positive. In addition, the D-axis current command section decreases the command value of the D-axis current when the judged value is negative. Moreover, the D-axis current command section holds the command value of the D-axis current at a predetermined minimum value when the decreasing command value of the D-axis current becomes smaller than the predetermined minimum value. The Q-axis current command section is responsible for supplying a command value of the Q-axis current.

Abstract: In a electric power steering controller, an output signal of motor driving direction discrimination means is compared with a driving direction discrimination processing result to detect a failure of the motor driving direction discriminator in accordance with the comparison result, so as to prevent the runaway of a motor supplying steering force to a steering wheel.

Abstract: An electric vehicle torque controller has a torque calculating unit and an actual torque detecting unit. The calculated torque is compared with the actual torque to generate a torque compensation value, which is converted to a torque current signal. The torque current signal is used to generate a slip frequency, which is added to an output of an angular speed detector and used to set a secondary magnetic flux value. A secondary magnetic flux signal is generated according to the secondary magnetic flux value and the torque current signal. A secondary magnetic flux estimating unit generates an estimated secondary magnetic flux value, which is used to determine the exciting current. Primary motor current is controlled in response to the exciting current, the torque current, motor speed and slip value.

Abstract: A variable speed AC motor control drive system for use in devices such as treadmills and including a module to sense the voltage of the line voltage provided to the system and adjusting the pulse width modulated signals provided to the AC motor in response thereto as well as providing a module for sensing the load placed on the AC motor by monitoring the bus voltage of the system and providing a signal representative of the load such that the duty cycles of the pulse width modulated signals are varied in accordance with the line voltage of the system and the load on the AC motor to maintain the desired motor speed.

Abstract: A performance control apparatus is provided to control a manner of performance played by an electronic musical apparatus. Herein, sensors are provided to sense a swing motion of a baton which is swung by a human operator in response to time of music to be played (e.g., triple time). Then, a peak is detected from outputs of the sensors in accordance with a peak detection process using a fuzzy inference process. A kind of the swing motion is discriminated by effecting another fuzzy inference process on a result of the peak detection process. Concretely, the kind of the swing motion is discriminated as one of predetermined motions which are determined specifically with respect to time of the music. Performance control information is created based on the discriminated kind of the swing motion. Thus, a tempo and/or dynamics of performance is controlled in response to the performance control information.

Abstract: An automatic player piano is expected to exactly reproduce sounds generated in an original performance on the basis of music data codes, and a central processing unit incorporated in the automatic player piano increases initial forces exerted on a certain key to be quickly repeated in a playback so as to prevent the playback from a loss of sound.

Abstract: An inside case made of rubber is mounted in an outside case, a substrate integrally provided with an engine stop switch circuit and a switch electrode of an engine stop switch unit is assembled in the inside case, and its lower side is filled with curable insulating base material to be sealed. Further, a switch contact opposed to the switch electrode is formed of pressure sensitive conductive rubber, and a reversal spring is further interposed on the pressure sensitive conductive rubber. As a result, wirings are eliminated, a decrease in the size of the entire apparatus and simplification can be realized, and a metal contact is eliminated to improve durability.

Abstract: A cold therapy system for applying a cooling pad to an area of the body of the user. The system comprises a portable insulated cooler having a lid and serving as a reservoir for water and ice. A pump is located within a housing affixed to the exterior of the cooler. The pump has an inlet operatively connected to the reservoir through the adjacent cooler wall. The pump has an outlet connected by an insulated delivery tube to the inlet of a pad. The outlet of the pad is connected by an insulated return tube, through the cooler wall to which the pump housing is affixed, to the reservoir. The pump is provided with a pulse-width modulating circuit having an electronic switch output that switches an intermittent drive current to the pump motor according to any one of a number of predetermined operating modes selectable by the operator through the use of a manual switch.

Abstract: A regenerative braking control system consumes energy generated in a period corresponding to an angle .theta..sub.1 which starts in a half of a period of an AC voltage produced in a drive motor during the braking of the drive motor. The regenerative braking control system also consumes energy generated in a period corresponding to an angle .theta..sub.2 that ends at the end of a half of a period of the AC voltage. The regenerative rate of braking control system utilizes a current induced in the driving coils of the drive motor at the end of the period corresponding to the angle .theta..sub.1 to recharge a battery. By utilizing two periods to carry out the regenerative braking process, the recharging energy and the braking force can be controlled individually. Moreover, a controller monitors the electric control system to determine whether a malfunction is present. If a malfunction is detected, an electrical brake electrically brakes the drive motor.

Abstract: A combined driving structure is made up of an engine and an electrical machine. The engine is connected to the electrical machine through a clutch which allows the electrical machine to be used as a starting motor for the battery, and when the engine is started, allows the engine to drive a load and also drive the electrical machine to operate as a generator. In addition, the electrical machine can be operated as a motor at low speeds to drive the load by electrical power when the engine is stopped, and as a generator to provide regenerative braking for charging the battery, either with or without friction damping of the engine by the clutch.