Abstract: Torque generating devices, systems, and/or related methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a torque generating device (100) may include a housing (102), at least one top and one bottom pole (108), at least one side pole (110), at least two rotors (116) for rotating within the housing, a shaft (104) supported by bearings (111), at least a first stator (120) disposed between portions of the at least two rotors (116), magnetically responsive (MR) material disposed within the housing (102) and at least partially surrounding the first stator (120) and the at least two rotors (116), and a coil (112) for generating a magnetic field, wherein an amount of torque generated by the torque generating device (100) increases in proportion to an amount of electrical current supplied to the coil (112). In another aspect, a method of generating torque may include providing a torque generating device (100) and rotating the at least two rotors (116).

Abstract: A machine, specifically a pump, a compressor, an agitator or a hoist, includes at least one motor and one machine protection circuit that includes a measurement device having at least one sensor for monitoring at least one parameter of the machine and includes an analysis device for analysing the parameters measured by the sensor and for activating a machine protection relay for switching off the machine. A switch cabinet positioned away from the machine is provided, and the machine protection circuit is spatially separated by the measurement device being arranged in the machine, and by the analysis device and the machine protection relay being arranged in the switch cabinet.

Abstract: A target magnet mechanism for a proximity switch. The target magnet mechanism includes a plurality of magnets disposed in an alternating magnetic pole configuration forming a narrowed, polarity reversing magnetic field. A center magnet has a magnetic polarity opposite the magnetic polarity of a sensing magnet of the proximity switch. A flanking magnet includes a magnetic polarity opposite the magnetic polarity of the center magnet and the same as the sensing magnet. So configured, the plurality of magnets trigger the proximity switch to an activated state by pulling on a magnetic field of the proximity switch via the opposed polarity of the center magnet and the sensing magnet. In addition, the plurality of magnets release the proximity switch back to an unactivated state by pushing on the magnetic field of the proximity switch via the same polarity of the flanking magnet and the sensing magnet.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including: an electromagnet; a movable spring having a movable contact; a first terminal to which one end of the movable spring is connected; a second terminal having a fixed contact opposite to the movable contact; an actuator that rotates by excitation of the electromagnet, rotates the movable spring, and causes the movable contact to come in contact with the fixed contact or to separate from the fixed contact; a nonmagnetic card to be attached to the actuator; a plurality of magnetic members that sandwich the movable contact and the fixed contact, and apply a magnetic flux to the movable contact and the fixed contact to extend an arc; and a permanent magnet attached between the magnetic members.

Abstract: A contact mechanism has a base, a pair of fixed contact terminals provided side by side on the base, a first contact mechanism including a first fixed contact provided in one of the pair of fixed contact terminals, and a first movable contact that contactably and separably faces the first fixed contact, a second contact mechanism including a second fixed contact provided in another of the pair of fixed contact terminals, and a second movable contact that contactably and separably faces the second fixed contact, and a magnetic field generation unit having a permanent magnet disposed between the first contact mechanism and the second contact mechanism such that magnetic fields in opposite directions are generated respectively between contacts of the first contact mechanism and between contacts of the second contact mechanism when currents in opposite directions flow in the first contact mechanism and the second contact mechanism.

Abstract: An input device includes a first part and a second part configured to move relative to each other according to an input operation, a magnetic viscous fluid whose viscosity changes according to a magnetic field, and a magnetic-field generator that generates the magnetic field applied to the magnetic viscous fluid. The second part includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of relative movement between the first part and the second part. Gaps are formed between the first surface and the first part and between the second surface and the first part, and the magnetic viscous fluid is present in at least a part of the gaps.

Abstract: The motor vehicle comprises an overcurrent detector configured to detect overcurrent in each of a plurality of second switching elements included in the second inverter. When the motor vehicle has an abnormality and is driven by the emergency drive with output of a torque from the first motor to the one wheels, the motor vehicle performs zero torque control that controls the second inverter such that a torque of the second motor becomes equal to zero.

Abstract: A method for operating an electromagnetic actuator includes an actuation event utilizing a current waveform for the actuator characterized by an initial peak pull-in current in a first direction of current flow when the actuator is commanded to an actuated position; and a reversed peak current in a second opposite direction of current flow applied after the actuator is commanded to a rest position. The reversed peak current has a magnitude that is greater than the magnitude of the initial peak pull-in current.

Abstract: At the time of contact between the contacts, the first movable contact comes into contact with the first fixed contact before contact between the second movable contact and the second fixed contact is made. The first movable contact is located on a leading end side of the contact piece with respect to the second movable contact. The first divided piece includes a body and a projection. The body extends in the lengthwise direction. The projection projects in the widthwise direction of the first divided piece from the body. The projection includes a contact portion pressed by the link member.

Abstract: A haptic electromagnetic actuator for track pad is provided. The actuator includes an array of electromagnets with alternating South and North poles on a first end, each magnet comprising a metal core and an electrical wire around the metal core. The array of magnets is coupled to a base plate on a second end opposite to the first end. The actuator also includes an attraction plate at a distance from the first end of the array of the magnets such that the attraction plate moves toward the magnets when an electrical current flows through the electrical wire around the metal core and moves away from the magnets when the current becomes zero. The array of magnets is configured to form a uniform gap from the attraction plate.

Abstract: A power plug with leakage current protection device, which includes a body formed of an upper cover and a base, a core assembly disposed in the body, a cable assembly attached to the body, a plurality of input insertion plates and output moving contact arms which are assembled with the core assembly, and an insertion plate sleeve disposed on the base, where the input insertion plates pass through the insertion plate sleeve to protrude from the base. The insertion plate sleeve is made of an insulating and temperature resistant material. The power plug has a simple overall structure and can be assembled easily and reliably. It can prevent the safety risk caused by high temperature of the input insertion plates without increasing the size of the plug. It also has low cost, and can be suitably employed in various types of power plugs.

Abstract: A vibration generation device includes a plunger and a solenoid. The plunger includes a weight portion, a first biasing portion extending from the weight portion along a first direction and a second biasing portion extending from the weight portion along a second direction opposite to the first direction. The solenoid includes a first solenoid that is disposed so as to surround a part of the first biasing portion and operates the plunger in the first direction, and a second solenoid that is disposed so as to surround a part of the second biasing portion and operates the plunger in the second direction. The first solenoid and the second solenoid have a fixing portion for a vibration target, and the weight portion reciprocates between the first solenoid and the second solenoid to vibrate the vibration target.

Abstract: A terminal connection structure with a good material yield and high productivity, free of mounting failure. The terminal connection structure is provided with: a base including a terminal hole, a fixed contact terminal portion, a through hole passing through the fixed contact terminal portion along its shaft center and communicating with the terminal hole, and a conductive film formed in a continuous manner on an inner circumferential surface of the terminal hole, an inner circumferential surface of the through hole, and an exposed surface of the fixed contact terminal portion; and a touch piece press-fitted into the terminal hole and electrically connected to the fixed contact terminal portion via the conductive film.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact part including a fixed terminal and a fixed contact connected to the fixed terminal, a movable contact part including a movable contact spring and a movable contact connected to the movable contact spring, an armature to which the movable contact part is connected, an electromagnet configured to move the armature, a magnet configured to stretch an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact, and a first arc extinguishing plate and a second arc extinguishing plate configured to extinguish the stretched arc. The fixed contact and the movable contact are disposed between the first arc extinguishing plate and the second arc extinguishing plate. The magnet is disposed between a first pair of the fixed contact part and the movable contact part and a second pair of the fixed contact part and the movable contact part.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including: an electromagnet; an armature that swings by energization and non-energization of the electromagnet; a first fixed terminal on which a first fixed contact is mounted; a first movable spring on which a first movable contact opposite to the first fixed contact is mounted, and that is fixed to the armature; a second movable spring that moves along with the first movable spring in response to the swinging of the armature; and an elastic member that is mounted on at least one of the first movable spring and the second movable spring, and is disposed between the first movable spring and the second movable spring.

Abstract: A switching device includes a base module equipped with an electromagnetic drive that has a yoke, a coil and an armature arranged movably relative to the yoke, and that has a switching contact that includes a stationary switching piece and a movable switching piece arranged opposite the stationary switching piece, wherein the switching contact is switchable between an “open” position and a “closed” position via movement of the armature, where the switching device also includes a modular auxiliary switching unit equipped with a contact system that consists of a stationary switching piece and a movable switching piece arranged opposite the stationary switching piece such that the coupling between the base module and the modular auxiliary switching unit is configured such that different distances in the contact system of the auxiliary switching unit are transferrable during a trigger event via an elastic element regardless of the auxiliary switching unit in use.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing including a base part on which an electromagnetic relay main body is mounted, and a cover part covering the electromagnetic relay main body, in which the housing is in a sealed state when a pressure inside the housing is equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure, in which when the pressure inside the housing is equal to or lower than the predetermined pressure, the cover part and the base part are butted against each other, and the electromagnetic relay includes a connection passage connecting an abutment part between the cover part and the base part to outside of the electromagnetic relay.

Abstract: Conversion of magnetic flux energy into electrical power with a permanent magnet induction generator (PMIG) comprised of permanent magnets, a magnetic circuit, reluctance switches (magnetic flux switches), and a switching sequence performed by an electrical controller that causes the flux from two opposing, magnetically aligned permanent magnets to be repeatedly alternated through a single flux path for the purpose of generating AC electricity. Energy efficient reluctance switches operation permits the output electrical energy to exceed the energy required to operate them thereby enabling continuous operation that produces uninterrupted electricity without the need for fuel or external energy input.

Abstract: A switch device includes an actuation unit, a movable unit, a first base, and a second spring, which is a torsion coil spring that acts between the actuation unit and the movable unit. The movable unit is movable with respect to the base. The second spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a third position in a direction that is not parallel to a direction in which the torsion coil spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a fourth position.

Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a machine tool to a floor area is provided. The mounting device includes mounting units that are attachable to the machine tool. Counter-mounting units are disposed on the floor area. The mounting device may also include electromagnets that are disposed on either the mounting units or the counter-mounting units. The machine tool can be mounted or removed by switching the electromagnets on and off. When one of the mounting units or the counter-mounting units includes the electromagnets, the other may include a ferromagnetic material.