Abstract: This invention serves as a Motorized Seat Jack for Ambulatory Scooters. It jacks the seated, stationary rider up higher or down lower than current conventional scooters.

Abstract: A seat includes a base portion and an upright portion pivotable with respect to the base portion. The seat includes a reclining mechanism that includes first and second toothed members that are selectively engaged and disengaged to resist and permit, respectively, the angle of the upright portion with respect to the base portion. The first and second toothed members are engaged and disengaged through rotation of a cam mechanism. The seat also includes a bottom seat cushion height adjustment mechanism that permits raising and lowering of the bottom seat cushion with respect to a base portion of the frame. The bottom seat cushion height adjustment mechanism includes a slidable member that is slidable with respect to the base frame, and a plurality of cams that convert linear motion of the slidable member into vertical movement of the bottom seat cushion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sitting support, comprising a base and at least one upper part moveable relative to the base, wherein, by the or each upper part, a sitting surface is determined on which, during use, at least one ischium of a user rests, wherein, for said base and said at least one upper part, drive means are provided for reciprocally driving the respective upper part relative to the base part.

Abstract: A a chair with a combination back support and cover plate is provided, which solves a burdensome affair that a user consistently holds up a back support folded on a seat until he or she sits on the seat, makes the back support automatically folded on the seat after use of the seat, to thereby enhance convenience of use, and prevents the back support from being unfolded upwards from the state where the back support has been folded on the seat due to wind, to thereby prevent the seat from being polluted due to dust or rainwater.

Abstract: An armrest assembly includes an armrest support, a cover plate, a rotation plate, an armrest plate, a positioning block, and a locking barrel. Thus, the armrest plate is rotatable relative to the armrest support to change the angle between the armrest plate and the armrest support so as to change the horizontal swivel angle of the armrest assembly. In addition, the horizontal swivel angle of the armrest assembly is adjusted freely to fit the practical requirement of different users, thereby providing a comfortable sensation to the users.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the inclination of the armrest by combined operation of the gear and cam mechanisms is provided. The device comprises a housing a ratchet member (12), a check member, a pivot control device comprising a fixed cam (22), a rotational com (24) and a torsion coil spring (32).

Abstract: A seat area has a form shaped by an elastic deformation of at least one flat blank (2) delimited by two concentric arches with a center angle from 10° to 170°, while their ends continue by tangents terminated by normal lines. An elastic deformation of the blank (2) into the shape of a seat area (1) is obtained by fastening the flat blank (2) in at least three points of a carrying structure (5). The seat area can be made as a molded piece, or of an elastic single-layer stuff, or of a sandwich-type material. The seat area has a maximum adaptability to the forms and dimensions of the user.

Abstract: A prefabricated seat and back assembly is provided for a kit of components to be assembled to form an item of furniture. The prefabricated seat and back assembly includes a pair of frame elements and multiple slats each of which is attached at opposite ends to the frame elements so that the slats are interconnected by the frame elements to collectively form an upwardly extending back portion adjoined to a generally horizontal seat portion. Each of the frame elements includes at least two components connected to each other by a hinge that is located at the base of the back portion, so that the seat and back portions may be folded over each other for compact packing. The remainder of the kit includes at least a pair of end frames adapted to be attached to the frame elements of the prefabricated seat and back assembly, and multiple fastening elements to attach the end frames to the frame elements of the seat and back assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for removing coverings laid on even surfaces, comprising a support frame (10) for mounting driving wheels (16) and for accommodating a motor (17) and a gear (18) for driving the driving wheels (16), and comprising a motor-driven separating knife (25). According to the invention it is provided that at least one loosely rotatable support element (21) is arranged on the support frame (11) parallel to the driving wheels (16).

Abstract: A wheel set includes a primary wheel and two secondary wheels. The secondary wheels are disposed at two sides of the primary wheel, respectively. The primary wheel is provided with circular pivoting members at two sides of the primary wheel. Each secondary wheel is provided with a corresponding circular pivoting member to be pivotally connected to the primary wheel. When taking a turn, the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are separately turned to achieve a smooth turn.

Abstract: The device, a wheel cover assembly, covers at least a portion of a wheel. The wheel cover assembly is secured to the wheel by a lug nut having a flange. The wheel cover assembly has a wheel cover which has an inner surface and an outer surface. The wheel cover assembly also has a plurality of lug wells. Each lug well includes a plurality of extensions extending from the inner surface of the wheel cover to the distal end of the lug well. The extensions have an engagement leg at the distal end of the lug well. Additionally, at least one of the engagement legs is non-axisymmetrical with respect to the remaining engagement legs.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle includes an electrically operated parking brake drive device which generates an operating force for operating the wheel brakes or dedicated parking brakes in response to energization, and which operates even upon cancellation of the energization while in the operated state. A braking force related amount detector detects a physical quantity related to a braking force exhibited by each of the hydraulic pressure operated wheel brakes. When a detected physical quantity exceeds a reference value in a stopped state of the vehicle, a controller energizes the electrically operated parking brake drive device. Thus, the frequency of operation of the electrically operated parking brake drive device is decreased while eliminating inconvenient operations required to operate the electrically operated parking brake drive device, thereby reducing noise and improving durability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical system topology for voltage regulation in a 12-volt vehicle power distribution system. Particularly, a single transistor power converter is configured to operate in both as a traditional voltage regulator mode (i.e., as buck converter to reduce the field voltage applied to an alternator to a value less than that available from the main bus) and as an alternator field current boost converter (i.e., as a boost converter to boost the field voltage applied to an alternator to a value greater than that available from the main bus). The converter may also include a controller that incorporates a thermal model of the alternator to limit the amount of voltage boost applied and/or direct temperature measurement of the alternator or alternator components. Additionally, these two approaches may be combined such that measured temperatures are used to refine the temperature estimated by the thermal estimator.

Abstract: An input circuit for a tractor includes one or more switches having open and closed positions, based on operating characteristics of the tractor, and a power transistor drawing a threshold current through the switches during short intervals during which the switch states are sensed by a microcontroller.

Abstract: A power supply capable of displaying power use conditions of individual loads includes a power detection element located on a power supply circuit between a second side rectification voltage stabilizing circuit on the circuit of a power supply and each DC output power supply of loads at the rear end. The power detection element generates electric alterations of the DC output power supply and is coupled to a power conversion unit via a connection line to generate a power detection value. The power detection value is output to a load power display unit which displays a power value corresponding to each DC output power supply in a use condition. One of the loads may be connected to a reference ground, and the power value of total DC output power supply in use conditions can be displayed.

Abstract: An electrical power transmission system includes an electric power transmitter for a wireless transmission of electric power in a confined space, and an electric power receiver to receive the transmitted electric power in the confined space and to transform the received electric power to power electric devices, wherein the system is configured to operate substantially free of exposure hazards. The electric power receiver may include a rectifier to rectify the receiver electric power, a storage device to store the rectified electric power, and a power controller to produce regulated outputs, wherein the electric power transmitter is configured to transmit electric power with a power flux corresponding to Federal Health Regulations. Some electric power receivers include a feedback transmitter to transmit a feedback signal to the electric power transmitter, wherein the electric power transmitter includes a feedback receiver, configured to receive the transmitted feedback signal from the electric power receiver.

Abstract: A supply topology comprising an AC to DC or DC to DC adapter and an electronic device with an active system, a battery, and an adapter controller implements closed-loop control of adapter output voltage to limit power consumption by the electronic device to a value related to maximum adapter power. The adapter couples a signal representing maximum adapter power to a control line connected to the electronic device and the electronic device couples an error signal representing the difference between instantaneous power consumption and adapter maximum power onto the same control line. The adapter adjusts its output voltage in response to the magnitude of the error signal. An adapter controller in the electronic device sets a limit for allocating current to battery charging from the signal representing maximum adapter power, with battery charging current approaching zero as instantaneous power consumption approaches maximum adapter power.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of output filters. Each output filter is to provide a respective output power signal at a respective voltage level. The apparatus also includes a plurality of power multiplexers. Each power multiplexer corresponds to a respective one of the output filters and each has a respective output coupled to an input of the respective one of the output filters. Each of the power multiplexers has a plurality of inputs. The apparatus further includes a plurality of power cells. Each power cell is coupled to a respective input of at least some of the power multiplexers. In addition, the apparatus includes a control unit to control the power multiplexers to selectively establish a connection between the output of each power multiplexer and at least one of the inputs of the power multiplexer.

Abstract: A DC uninterruptible power supply (DC UPS) is configured in a computer device that includes a power supply connected to an AC power source and a motherboard. The DC UPS is electrically connected between the power supply and the motherboard. Thus, when the power provided by the power supply is abnormal, the DC UPS can provide a set of DC powers to the motherboard and associated devices in the computer device.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a plurality of UPS modules. Each of the UPS modules has a battery that provides power to a protected load in the event of a utility power failure. A plurality of controllers control how much power each of the batteries deliver to the protected load, and a communication bus allows the controllers to exchange information about the battery voltages. One of the controllers calculates the average battery voltage of the plurality of batteries and adjusts the amount of energy provided by an individual battery such that the battery voltage is about equal to the average battery voltage.

Abstract: A smart dimmer switch for control of a lighting load from an AC voltage source can replace any switch in a three-way or four-way lighting control system. The smart dimmer switch can be connected on the line-side or the load-side of a three-way system with a standard three-way switch in the other location. Further, the dimmer switch can replace a four-way switch in a four-way system and is operable to be coupled to two standard three-way switches. The dimmer switch includes either one or two semiconductor switches to control the intensity of the connected lighting load. The dimmer switch preferably includes a sensing circuit for detecting an electrical characteristic (i.e., either a voltage or a current) at a terminal of the dimmer to determine the state of the connected three-way switch(s) or four-way switch.

Abstract: An electromagnetic generator comprising a multilayer assembly of a first layer carrying at least one magnet, a second layer carrying at least one coil, and a third layer carrying at least one magnet, the at least one magnet of the first and third layers being configured to define therebetween a region of magnetic flux in which the at least one coil is disposed, at least one of the layers being shaped to define a respective displaceable portion thereof which is displaceable by vibration of the electromagnetic generator thereby to cause relative movement between the coil and the magnets and generate an electrical current in the coil.

Abstract: A scanner has a rotor, and a stator disposed in the outside of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, and a permanent magnet mounted on the outer circumferential side of the shaft. The stator includes a casing, a yoke held in the inner circumferential side of the casing, and coils disposed in the inner circumferential side of the yoke. The permanent magnet of the rotor has radially depressed grooves formed in its outer circumferential portion. The torque constant of the scanner is circumferentially equalized by the grooves. Thus, positioning accuracy is improved.

Abstract: The proposed electric machine with integrated power electronics is modularly constructed, it being possibly prefabricated and separately to install the parts stator carrier (2), control (10) for the power semiconductor DC+ (4), DC bars (5), power semiconductor (8), cooling duct (12) for power electronics and electric machine, stator (1) and stator winding (3).

Abstract: An electric machine for a transmission of a motor vehicle comprising one stator plate set (4) is connected to the transmission housing (5) and the electric machine is cooled by the transmission housing (5) and/or the transmission lubricant.

Abstract: Provided is a cooler mounted in computer having a transparent case comprising a frame including a coil section including windings, a conductive first bearing on an upper center of the coil section, a conductive second bearing on a lower center of the coil section, and a rectification member electrically interconnected an AC power source and the coil section; a rotating assembly including blades, a conductive shaft passed the first and the second bearings, and a magnet spaced around the coil section, the magnet being magnetized by applying DC current from the rectification member to the coil section for rotating the rotating assembly; and a load placed on the rotating assembly and including LEDs and a conductive ring put on the shaft and biased against the first bearing. Applying AC to the rectification member will rotate the rotating assembly and cause LEDs to emit light.

Abstract: A wound coil assembling jig is used to determine the length of a lead wire disposed at an end of a wound coil disposed on a stator core, and comprises a base plate and a holding device. The base plate has a mounting face mounted to an end of the stator core in an axial direction, a positioning device that positions the base plate with respect to the stator core in a circumferential direction, and an insertion opening which can receive a coil end portion, which is a portion of the wound coil protruding from the end of the stator core in the axial direction. The holding device is disposed at an outer face of the base plate, and holds the lead wire at the wound coil.

Abstract: A control circuit device for a motor is provided with a circuit board which has an electrically-conductive terminal for electrically connecting the motor with an exterior connector, a heat radiating unit which is connected with the circuit board to radiate heat generated by the circuit board. The heat radiating unit has a convex member at a surface thereof of the side where the electrically conductive terminal is arranged. The electrically conductive terminal is integrally formed with a concave member for being engaged with the convex member. The convex member is engaged with the concave member. Thus, a heat sink can be readily mounted without increasing the cost.

Abstract: In manufacturing of the stator unit 2 according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of terminal pins are arranged in an axially spaced manner from a plurality of the coils during a twining process of the wires from the coils 232 to the terminal pins 241. Then, after the wire is twined to the terminal pins, the terminal pins connected to the coils are moved along the outer side face of the sleeve housing, functioning to as a guide portion for the terminal pins. By virtue of the configuration, the terminal pins 241 may be approximated to the coils without applying the tension on wire, and the stator unit may be made thin with preventing the open circuit of the wires.

Abstract: A power generating system includes a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque different from the first torque, a transfer system having a first portion coupled to the rotational output of the torque converter system and a second portion magnetically coupled to the first portion, and a generator system coupled to the transfer system to produce and electrical output.

Abstract: Provided is a spindle motor including a rotor, a stator, and a base. The rotor includes a rotor yoke, a magnet, and a rotating shaft. The stator is disposed correspondingly to the rotor and includes a core and coils. The base includes a base plate for supporting the stator. The base plate is integrally formed with a housing. The housing has the core disposed at an exterior thereof and has a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft provided within. A thrust stopper for sealing the housing is fixed to a bottom of the housing.

Abstract: A tandem rotary electric machine for vehicles is equipped with a primary rotary electric machine and a secondary rotary electric machine arranged in tandem mechanism, namely, of a dual stator-rotor pair mechanism. In the tandem rotary electric machine, a connection lead wire connects a stator coil wound on a stator core of the primary stator-rotor pair to a rectifier device through one of accommodation parts formed in slots of the stator core of the secondary stator-rotor pair. This structure reduces the entire size or volume of the tandem rotary electric machine and increases the mechanical safety against the impact or force from outside.

Abstract: A small DC motor includes: a motor frame including a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion having a constant thickness and having a cross section in a shape that includes four sides and connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connecting adjacent two of the four sides and being located inward from a corresponding corner in a quadrangle including the four sides; field magnets; and an armature assembly, wherein the field magnets are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other, and the small DC motor includes an air gap between each of the four sides and a radially outermost surface of the armature assembly, the air gap being a minimum size needed to rotate the armature assembly.

Abstract: A brushless generator has a high rotation speed, a high usage efficiency, no iron loss and a small mechanical loss while the electric power output of the generator is increased

Abstract: A centrifugal water pump comprises a rotor having a polar anisotropic magnetic element. Magnetic force lines are centrally distributed at the inner or outer surface of the polar anisotropic magnetic ring to obtain high magnetic flux density and shortest magnetic line path to increase output efficiency when the polar anisotropic magnetic ring is coupled to the stator. The polar anisotropic magnetic ring is made of ferrite; thus rust and chemical erosion of the polar anisotropic magnetic ring can be prevented when the magnetic ring is used in water and no additional water-proofing element is required.

Abstract: Motor having a rotor magnet, a stator and a bearing mechanism with vibrations and noises suppressed. The greatest common divisor of the number of the magnetic poles of the rotor magnet and the number of the teeth of the stator is larger than the number of drive phases for the stator. Further, the number of the radial dynamic pressure generation grooves or the thrust dynamic pressure generation grooves coincides with none of the divisors and multiples of the number of the magnetic poles of the rotor magnet and the number of the teeth of the stator.

Abstract: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a stator thereof, the self magnetizing motor comprising: a rotor; a stator including a cavity formed in a center portion thereof to install the rotor therein, a plurality of induction slots and a plurality of exciter slots positioned with a certain interval therebetween along an inner circumferential surface of the cavity, a teeth positioned between each induction slot, and an exciter pole positioned between each exciter slot, an end portion of the exciter pole being positioned to be relatively closer to a exciter magnetizing portion than an end portion of each teeth is positioned to be close to the exciter magnetizing portion, an winding penetrating each of the plurality of induction slots to be wound on each teeth; and an exciter coil penetrating each of the plurality of exciter slots to be wound on the exciter pole.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine, such as a vehicular AC generator, comprises a rotor rotatably driven; and a stator having a stator iron core disposed to face the rotor and stator windings mounted at the stator iron core, the stator windings being composed of a plurality of electric conductors made from aluminum and copper. For example, the plurality of stator windings are different in materials from each other winding by winding, the materials being either the aluminum or the copper. Alternatively, the plurality of stator windings include windings each being made, part by part, from different materials, the different materials being the aluminum and the copper.

Abstract: Electrical oscillations in a metallic “sending coil” radiate inductive photons toward one or more “energy-magnifying coils” comprised of a photoconductor or doped semiconductor coating a metallic conductor, or comprised of a superconductor. Electrons of low inertial mass in the energy-magnifying coil(s) receive from the sending coil a transverse force having no in-line backforce, which exempts this force from the energy-conservation rule. The low-mass electrons in the energy-magnifying coil(s) receive increased acceleration proportional to normal electron mass divided by the lesser mass. Secondarily radiated inductive-photon energy is magnified proportionally to the electrons' greater acceleration, squared. E.g., the inductive-energy-magnification factor of CdSe photoelectrons with 0.13× normal electron mass is 59×. Magnified inductive-photon energy from the energy-magnifying coil(s) induces oscillating electric energy in one or more metallic “output coil(s).

Abstract: This invention provides a built-up commutator which can effectively contribute to light weight and small size thereof due to decreasing the number of constitutional components and enhancing an assembling accuracy, and provides a micro-motor employing the built-up commutator. According to FIG. 1, a built-up commutator includes at least a supporting pedestal 13 and a plurality of commutator pieces each of which is disposed respectively, the supporting pedestal fixed in flange-shape to a rotating shaft, each of the commutator pieces including a foot piece formed as to abut on the supporting pedestal side and a uprising piece bent from the foot piece side and formed as to abut the rotating shaft side, each of the commutator pieces is positioned and fixed to the shaft 12 side and the pedestal 13 side with air gaps intervening between the commutator pieces and an insulating layer intervening on contact surfaces with the shaft 12 and with the pedestal 13.

Abstract: The brush holding device includes a brush holder having a brush-housing chamber, and a holder plate to which the brush holder is attached. The holder plate is formed with a center hole at a center portion thereof, the center hole having a size allowing a commutator to path therethrough, and a pair of elongated holes opposing to each other with respect to the opening portion, the elongated holes defining bridge portions with the opening hole. The brush holder has a thick-wall portion integral with a bottom wall of the brush-housing chamber, the thick-wall portion being formed with fitting grooves at lateral sides thereof. The bridge portions are inserted into the fitting grooves so that the brush holder is fitted to the holding plate in such a state that the thick-wall portion is caught between the bridge portions.

Abstract: A tandem rotary electric machine, to be applicable to various types of mobile bodies such as vehicles, is equipped with a primary rotary electric machine and a secondary rotary electric machine arranged in tandem mechanism. In the tandem rotary electric machine, heat energy generated by positive diodes and negative diodes forming one or more rectifier devices is dissipated to a stator core of the secondary rotary electric machine. The stator core of the secondary rotary electric machine acts as a heat sink through the housing. The stator core of the secondary rotary electric machine has a less frequency use, and a large size and a large weight than those of the primary rotary electric machine of high frequent and normal is used as a heat sink in order to prevent the temperature rise of the positive diode and the negative diode of the rectifier devices.

Abstract: A fan unit comprises an electric rotary machine (e.g. electric motor) having a rotor and a fin structure unified with the rotor. The fan unit further comprises a rotation mechanism for rotating the rotor. The rotor is formed to have an opening at a central portion thereof in a direction along which the opening permits fluid to flow. The fin structure is coupled with a peripheral portion of the opening so as to be unified with the rotor. The peripheral portion incorporates the rotation mechanism therein.

Abstract: A small thin film-movable element is provided and includes: a movable portion supported elastically deformably and capable of being displaced bidirectionally in one direction and a direction reverse thereto; a first drive source for applying a physical acting force to the movable portion, in which the movable portion produces a modulating or switching function by the first drive source; and a second drive source, which is different from the first drive source, for increasing or reducing an absolute value of the physical acting force to restrain a vibration of the movable portion in driving to displace the movable portion in a first direction by the first drive source.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus capable of a high fundamental acoustic resonance frequency, comprising a substrate, a bottom electrode layer adjacent the substrate, a voltage tunable dielectric layer adjacent the bottom electrode layer, the voltage tunable dielectric layer including an active region, a top electrode adjacent the voltage tunable dielectric layer, a final interconnect layer connected to the top electrode via an interlayer, and wherein the top and bottom electrodes are at a predetermined thickness such that a desired high fundamental acoustic resonance is obtained. The active region of the voltage tunable dielectric layer may be approximately the length of the top electrode and the interlayer and the final interconnect layer may cover only a small fraction of the active region of the voltage tunable dielectric layer, thereby reducing the amplitude of resonances due to the interlayer or final interconnect layer.

Abstract: The invention describes a sensor comprising a substrate 1 and at least one resonator, said resonator is c mprised of an acoustic reflector 2, a piezoelectric layer 5, a first and a second elec ode 3, 4 placed on the same side of the piezoelectric layer 5, and a sensing layer 6. The sensing layer reacts with a chemical or biological agent by absorption, adsorption, desorption or chemical reaction. As a result the individual frequency of a resonator changes and conclusions about the agent can be drawn. Such sensor is very sensitive to an agent being sensed, especially when used in liquids.

Abstract: A dielectric substance is laminated on one surface of a piezoelectric substance, and an IDT and reflectors are disposed as electrodes at a boundary between the piezoelectric substance and the dielectric substance, and the thickness of the electrodes is determined so that the acoustic velocity of the Stoneley wave is decreased less than that of a slow transverse wave propagating through the dielectric substance and that of a slow transverse wave propagating through the piezoelectric substance, thereby forming a boundary acoustic wave device.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus capable of a high fundamental acoustic resonance frequency, comprising a substrate, a bottom electrode layer adjacent the substrate, a voltage tunable dielectric layer adjacent the bottom electrode layer, the voltage tunable dielectric layer including an active region, a top electrode adjacent the voltage tunable dielectric layer, a final interconnect layer connected to the top electrode via an interlayer, and wherein the top and bottom electrodes are at a predetermined thickness such that a desired high fundamental acoustic resonance is obtained. The active region of the voltage tunable dielectric layer may be approximately the length of the top electrode and the interlayer and the final interconnect layer may cover only a small fraction of the active region of the voltage tunable dielectric layer, thereby reducing the amplitude of resonances due to the interlayer or final interconnect layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a voltage tunable capacitor including a substrate, wherein a surface of the substrate opposite the voltage tunable capacitor is made physically rough such that reflections off a surface internal to the substrate are scattered and dissipated. The surface of the substrate opposite the voltage tunable capacitor may be made physically rough by using abrasion or other mechanical techniques or may be made physically rough by creating a rough surface through deposition of a material on the surface in a non-uniform manner such as evaporating a rough metal or dielectric. Further, the surface of the substrate opposite the voltage tunable capacitor may be made physically rough by plating metals under what would otherwise be considered a poor plating condition leading to a rough surface.

Abstract: A power supply device generates an output voltage by driving a piezoelectric transformer using a frequency signal. The power supply device includes a comparison unit configured to compare an output voltage and a voltage setting signal that sets the output voltage, and a voltage control oscillation unit configured to generate the frequency signal to drive the piezoelectric transformer based on comparison results of the comparison unit. The voltage control oscillation unit generates the frequency signal within a range between the resonant frequency and a spurious resonant frequency closest to the resonant frequency.