Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for controlling an electric motor, which comprises a plurality of detectors for detecting the operating conditions of an electric motor, a digital computing circuit for digitally operating on the detection signals from the detectors to produce various digital control amounts, reference register groups for storing the various digital control amounts or predetermined values as reference data, an instantaneous register group for storing a plurality of instantaneous data indicative of the instantaneous operating conditions of the electric motor, a comparison circuit for comparing the corresponding reference and instantaneous data for each stage, a circuit for storing the comparison result from the comparison circuit, an incrementer/decrementer for increasing or decreasing the instantaneous data by a unit value for each stage, and a stage counter for enabling the comparison circuit to compare the various reference data with the corresponding instantaneous data in a time-divisional m

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slotless, brushless motor comprising a permanent magnet rotor rotationary together with a shaft and a stationary armature coil disposed in opposition to the rotor.The armature coil comprises a coil portion concentrically wound, an adjacent coil portion formed in sequence from the coil portion and concentrically wound, a coil performed on a plane by a plurality of the coil portions, N coils (N is integer) laid on each other and different in a phase respectively, sheets disposed between said N coils and a supporting member supporting the coils and the sheets made integral.

Abstract: An electronic control apparatus includes a digital processor which receives data from sensors indicating conditions of the engine and supplies output control data for operating various actuators which control the engine operation. The interfacing of data between the sensors, the digital processor and the actuators is effected through a set of registers and a controlled incrementing device. The set of registers includes a plurality of reference registers which store engine control data supplied from the digital processor. Another set of registers store respective sets of codes the values of which are sequentially and selectively incremented in accordance with a prescribed timing signal pattern during the rotation of the engine crankshaft.

Abstract: An electronic engine control apparatus in which the timing of the ignition and the fuel injection are calculated from a negative pressure in the intake manifold of the engine or the flow rate of suction air and the rotational speed of the engine. A reference register group is constituted of registers for storing the result of the calculation while an instantaneous register group is made up of registers for storing the instantaneous states of actuators. One of the registers of the reference register group and one of the registers of the instantaneous register group are selected according to a stage timing signal so that the contents of the two registers selected are compared with each other.

Abstract: An electric motor-driven sewing machine which includes a drive mechanism for driving the machine by an electric motor, a mechanism for stopping operation of the machine by a brake, an automatic thread trimmer mechanism, a wiper mechanism for removing the trimmed thread, command switches for providing command signals to the sewing machine and control circuit means for controlling the various operations of the sewing machine in accordance with electrical signals. Apparatus is provided for detecting an abnormal state in which input signals which are not to take place simultaneously occur simultaneously, and to invalidate the operations of the various mechanisms of the sewing machine to protect the user from danger due to erroneous operations of the sewing machine.

Abstract: A protection apparatus for an electric sewing machine having a drive mechanism for driving the sewing machine by a motor comprises a speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of a shaft of the sewing machine, comparator means for comparing a rotational speed signal of the shaft of the sewing machine from the speed detecting means with an externally applied speed command signal indicative of a predetermined rotational speed of the sewing machine to determine from the comparison result whether the sewing machine is in a fault state, and invalidation means for deactivating the drive mechanism when the fault state of the sewing machine is determined by the comparison means. The protection apparatus detects the rotation of the shaft of the sewing machine while an operation command for the sewing machine is being inputted to early-detect an overload condition of the sewing machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an electric sewing machine has a mechanism for transmitting the driving torque of a motor to the sewing machine to drive the same, a mechanism for imparting braking power to the sewing machine to stop the same, a mechanism for stopping the needle of said sewing machine at desired positions in its stroke and controlling means adapted to control these mechanisms. At least a part of the controlling means is constituted by a microcomputer. The signal input to the microcomputer is provided in synchronization with a synchronizing clock signal, and only such input signals as required in respective periods of operation are checked in each of the periods, so that the checking of the input signals is facilitated and accidents due to erroneous operation are avoided.

Abstract: In a protective device for controlling a sewing machine at a predetermined number of revolutions by a motor equipped with a clutch mechanism and a brake mechanism which are electromagnetically actuated, a protective device is constructed comprising a detector to detect substantially the rotation of the driving shaft of the sewing machine, and a detector to detect the voltage of a control circuit with an output from the detectors being compared with a reference value representative of a predetermined driving state for the sewing machine, so that when the output of the detector becomes lower than the reference value, the operation of the control circuit is terminated, whereby safe operation is provided for the apparatus and an operator.

Abstract: A control apparatus for sewing machine with automatic needle stopping means comprises a motor for supplying a driving force to a sewing machine, a speed control device for controlling the rotational speed of the motor by controlling a driving thyristor connected to the motor, a position detector unit for detecting the position of a sewing machine needle, a braking unit for applying a braking force to the motor to stop the motor and the sewing machine at a predetermined position, and a pedal manipulated by an operator for manipulating the sewing machine. The speed control device comprises a speed command means including a speed detector means resetable by an output signal from the position detector unit for detecting the motor speed, and a counter means having inputs setable by electrical signals generated in response to the manipulation of the pedal, a given sewing cycle being performed by output signals of the counter means.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus is disclosed which comprises a speed control device for operating at a command speed a DC motor connected to a DC power supply, a dynamic braking device for braking the motor upon the issuance of a deceleration command, and a low-speed detector for generating a detection signal when the magnitude of the braking current of the motor is reduced below a set level. When the low-speed detector is energized, the speed control device is regulated thereby to run the motor at a predetermined low speed.

Abstract: A flat armature is manufactured by forming a given number of coils over a separatable winding frame, fixing their relative positions by putting adhesive tapes across the coils on the frame, removing the coils from the frame, arranging a group of coils on a plane so that it will form a ring configuration, equipping the coils with a commutator, and moulding the coils equipped with the commutator with resin.