With Auxiliary Supply Of Electricity Patents (Class 187/290)
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Patent number: 12234120Abstract: An aspect includes a system with an energy storage device configured to provide electrical power to a conveyance apparatus of a conveyance system, a power management system configured to determine a charging schedule to recharge the energy storage device based at least in part on a status of the conveyance system, and a dispatching system configured to modify a dispatch schedule of the conveyance system based at least in part on the charging schedule.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Enrico Manes, Suman Dwari, Stephen Savulak, Ronnie E. Thebeau
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Patent number: 12136843Abstract: A system to supply emergency power to an elevator includes one or more lithium batteries, an inverter coupled to the lithium batteries, a battery management system (BMS) coupled to the inverter, an Energy Management Software (EMS) coupled to the BMS, and a relay coupled to utility power, wherein the relay operates to provide utility power to the system and notifies the EMS that utility power is on, wherein the EMS initiates charging of the BMS system, wherein the BMS sends charging command to the inverter, which operates until the state of charge is 100%, where the inverter goes into a standby mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: MicroNOC Inc.Inventors: Junkyeong Kim, Minjun Seo, Darin Morgan
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Patent number: 12091282Abstract: Provided is a control device for an elevator, including: a first power converter; a second power converter; and switching means. The switching means being configured to selectively achieve: a first circuit configuration that causes the first power converter to operate as the regenerative converter, and also causes the second power converter to operate as the inverter; and a second circuit configuration that causes the second power converter to operate as the regenerative converter, and also causes the first power converter to operate as the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Kajita
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Patent number: 11970369Abstract: An elevator system including: an elevator car configured to travel through an elevator shaft; a first guide beam extending vertically through the elevator shaft, the first guide beam comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a propulsion system configured to move the elevator car through the elevator shaft; a first on-board energy management system configured to power the propulsion system, the first on-board energy management system is attached to the propulsion system and configured to travel with the propulsion system.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Randy Roberts, Richard L. Hollowell
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Patent number: 11691272Abstract: A motor drive circuit for a robot includes a switching unit switching among a normal state in which regenerative power is supplied to a regenerative capacitor, a first state in which a voltage is applied to a first resistor, and a second state in which a voltage is applied to the first resistor and a second resistor based on a detection result of a detection unit, wherein the switching unit switches to the first state when the voltage applied to the regenerative capacitor detected in the detection unit is equal to or larger than a first threshold in the normal state, and switches to the second state when the voltage applied to the first resistor is equal to or larger than a second threshold larger than the first threshold in the first state.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Junpei Nakayama
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Patent number: 11670961Abstract: According to a wireless power transfer system for wirelessly powering a conveyance apparatus of a conveyance system including: a wireless electrical power transmitter located along a side of the conveyance system in a first location; a power management system configured to control operation of the wireless electrical power transmitter; a wireless electrical power receiver located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus opposite the side; an energy storage device configured to receive electrical power from the wireless electrical power receiver; an energy storage device management system configured to monitor data of the energy storage device and the conveyance apparatus, the energy storage device management system being in wireless communication with the power management system, wherein the energy storage device management system is configured to transmit the data to the power management system and the power management system adjusts operation of the wireless electrical power transmitter in response to thType: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Enrico Manes, Suman Dwari, Stephen Savulak, Goran Djuknic
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Patent number: 11613444Abstract: A power management system comprises an AC-power-source controller configured to control power supply between the AC power source and a common DC bus, the AC-power-source controller further configured to limit AC power supplied from the AC power source to the common DC bus to a first AC-power-source power limit; a power inverter configured to invert the DC power on the common DC bus into AC output power for driving the electric motor; a DC power source configured to supply DC power to the common DC bus; and a DC-power-source controller configured to control power supply between the DC power source and the common DC bus, the DC-power-source controller further configured to start supplying DC power from the DC power source to the common DC bus in response to a detection of a voltage drop on the common DC bus from a AC-power-source reference voltage to a DC-power-source reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Ismail Agirman, Daniel Diaz-Lopez, Mario Sanz Abia, Herbert Horbrugger, Stephan Glessner
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Patent number: 11577933Abstract: An evacuation strategy support system using an occupant evacuation elevator (OEE) capable of supporting an evacuation strategy so that information on a number of occupants is recognized by real-time occupant monitoring and thus occupants on each floor may use stairs and the occupant evacuation elevator to safely and quickly evacuate when a disaster situation occurs in a skyscraper and thus the occupants use the occupant evacuation elevator to evacuate, capable of monitoring occupant information on each floor in real time and supporting calculation of an evacuation capacity of the occupant evacuation elevator to establish an evacuation strategy to allow safe evacuation and early reaction in an overall skyscraper to be performed, and capable of optimizing the calculation of the evacuation capacity of the occupant evacuation elevator applicable to an initial stage of a design of the skyscraper, and a method thereof are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGYInventors: Seung Un Chae, Bum Yeon Cho, Heung Youl Kim, Ki Seok Kwon
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Patent number: 11524870Abstract: A method of operating an elevator system, for example operated by linear motors, wherein the elevator system includes a shaft system including at least one vertical elevator shaft, and a multiplicity of elevator cars which respectively have a plurality of functional components for carrying out different functions. The method provides that in a special operating mode of the elevator system, a first elevator car is assigned at least one auxiliary device, the auxiliary device providing a replacement function for at least one function of one of the functional components of the first elevator car, the corresponding function of a functional component of the first elevator car being replaced with the replacement function provided by the auxiliary device, and the elevator system continuing to be operated by using the replacement function provided. The invention furthermore relates to an elevator system configured for carrying out such a method.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbHInventors: Holger Zerelles, Eduard Steinhauer, Marius Matz, Richard Thum
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Patent number: 11511965Abstract: An elevator includes an elevator motor, a motor drive for the elevator motor having a frequency converter including a rectifier bridge, an inverter bridge and a DC link in between, which frequency converter is controlled via a controller, the rectifier bridge being connected to AC mains via three feed lines including chokes, and the rectifier bridge being realised via controllable semiconductor switches, an isolation relay being located between the feed lines and AC mains, a backup power supply at least for emergency drive operation, an emergency control for performing an automatic emergency drive, the backup power supply is via a first switch connectable with only a first of the feed lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Arto Nakari, Olli Pokkinen
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Patent number: 11498806Abstract: An elevator includes an elevator motor; a motor drive for the elevator motor having a frequency converter comprising a rectifier bridge, an inverter bridge and a DC link in between, which frequency converter is controlled via a controller, the rectifier bridge being connected to AC mains via three feed lines comprising chokes, and the rectifier bridge being realised via controllable semiconductor switches; a contactor being located between the feed lines and AC mains; a backup power supply at least for emergency drive operation; and an emergency control for performing an automatic emergency drive. The backup power supply is via a first switch connectable with only a first of said feed lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Arto Nakari, Olli Pokkinen
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Patent number: 11399572Abstract: An inhalation component generation device includes a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply, and a control unit configured to be capable of controlling supply of electric power from the power supply to the load. The control unit is configured to be capable of performing a first diagnostic function of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply during operation of the load, and a second diagnostic function of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply during charging of the power supply. The first diagnostic function and the second diagnostic function include different algorithms.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.Inventors: Takeshi Akao, Hajime Fujita, Manabu Yamada
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Patent number: 11336120Abstract: A wireless power transfer system for wirelessly powering a conveyance apparatus of a conveyance system including: a wireless electrical power transmitter located along a side of the conveyance system in a first location, the side being stationary; and a wireless electrical power receiver located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus opposite the side, the wireless electrical power receiver and the wireless electrical power transmitter being in a facing spaced relationship defining a gap therebetween when the wireless electrical power receiver is located at the first location.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Suman Dwari, Ajit Rajagopalan, Stephen Savulak, Goran Djuknic, Parikshith B. Channegowda, Enrico Manes
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Patent number: 11332342Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator comprising an elevator motor and an elevator drive comprising a backup power supply and an emergency drive module to enable release of trapped passengers in case of a power fault, based on the energy of the backup power supply, whereby the elevator drive comprises a drive housing and the backup power supply is located in a separate backup module which is releasably supported in a mounting position at the drive housing of the elevator drive, which backup module comprises an insulated backup module housing and an electric interface which connects to a complementary interface of the elevator drive located at the drive housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Olli Pokkinen, Arto Nakari
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Patent number: 11274019Abstract: A wireless power transfer arrangement for an elevator car of an elevator is presented. The wireless power transfer arrangement comprises primary winding units distantly arranged with respect to each other at first positions of an elevator shaft along which the elevator car is configured to be moved, at least one secondary winding unit arranged to the elevator car. Each one of the primary winding units and the at least one secondary winding unit are arranged so that there is a gap between said winding units for enabling movement of the secondary winding unit with respect to the primary winding units and for establishing an inductive coupling between said winding units whenever said winding units are arranged to face each other at one of the first positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Pasi Raassina, Seppo Suur-Askola, Ilya Petrov, Pekka Perunka
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Patent number: 11155439Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator system comprising: an elevator car; at least one motor operable in two modes wherein in the first mode the at least one motor is consuming electrical energy and in the second mode the at least on motor is generating electrical energy; at least one rechargeable battery coupled to the at least one motor; wherein the at least one rechargeable battery is configured to be charged with an energy generated by the at least one motor when the motor is in the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Jouni Ratia, Markku Haivala, Seppo Suur-Askola
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Patent number: 11114887Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a power system for feeding power into a vertical transportation arrangement. The power system comprises a first interface for connecting to a primary power source; a second interface for connecting to a secondary power source; and power controlling means for controlling feeding of power from the primary power source and/or the secondary power source to a motor for driving a vertical transportation device. The power system is characterized in that the power controlling means is configured to control feeding at least some of the power used by the motor during normal operation from the secondary power source. The current disclosure also relates to a method and vertical transportation arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Kone CorporationInventor: Sami Saarela
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Patent number: 11097922Abstract: The arrangement comprises a drive driving an electric motor, a contactor and a control circuit connecting a control coil of the contactor to a power supply. The control circuit comprises a manual control part provided with a manually operated first switch, and an electronical control part provided with an electronically operated second switch and a processor controlling the second switch. The first switch and the second switch are connected in series in the control circuit with the power supply and the control coil of the contactor so that de-energization of the control coil of the contactor may be done either by the first switch or by the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ari Kattainen, Juha-Matti Aitamurto, Juhamatti Nikander, Arto Nakari
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Patent number: 11053096Abstract: A method and system for providing power to an elevator hoist motor is disclosed. An isolated bi-directional dc/dc converter is coupled between a power converter and a power inverter. A battery is coupled to the isolated bi-directional dc/dc converter. A processor is configured to sense power levels and couple the battery to an elevator hoist motor via the isolated bi-directional dc/dc converter depending on the voltage of the main power supply. The isolated bi-directional dc/dc converter is also configured to provide power to charge the battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Ismail Agirman
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Patent number: 11046553Abstract: An elevator automatic rescue and energy-saving control method, the method comprising: when the power grid supplies power normally, selecting a single current in a three-phase power grid (9) as an AC power supply for an elevator control system (10); controlling a DC-DC converter (2) to charge the super capacitor module (1) connected to the DC-DC converter to a specified standby electric energy level; and when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, selecting to use the electric energy stored in the super capacitor module (1) as a rescue electric energy for a traction motor (7) and the elevator control system (10). The described method uses a super capacitor module, so that a stable and reliable elevator rescue power supply is provided when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, and the regenerative electric energy dissipated during elevator braking operation is stored and utilized during elevator operation, thereby conserving energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Forward Electronics Company LimitedInventors: Eric Ka Wai Cheng, Eugene Yu Ching Chan, Xiangdang Xue, Lok Yan Lorraine Chan
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Patent number: 11014778Abstract: A permanent magnet (PM) synchronous electric motor (34) includes a plurality of phases, and a plurality of motor drives (55,58) electrically connected to the PM synchronous electric motor. Each of the motor drives is operatively connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of phases. The plurality of motor drives is configured and disposed to deliver a torque current divided equally between each of the plurality of phases and independently deliver flux current to the corresponding one of the plurality of phases. A controller (44) is operatively connected to each of the plurality of motor drives to selectively control the PM synchronous electric motor, and a rescue module (120) operatively connected to the controller, the rescue module being configured and disposed to determine a failure of one of the plurality of motor drives and control the PM synchronous electric motor in a reduced operation profile employing remaining ones of the plurality of motor drives.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Edward D. Piedra, Prasanna Nagarajan
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Patent number: 11014786Abstract: The subject-matter disclosed relates to a power control system (10) for a battery driven elevator; the power control system (10) comprising a DC battery (16) for providing electrical power to an electric motor (24) of the elevator system; and a power controller (22) including a power converter (26), an power inverter (28), and a DC intermediate circuit (30) connected in between the power converter (26) and the power inverter (28); wherein an output of the DC battery (16) is connected to the DC intermediate circuit (30).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Ismail Agirman, Marvin Dehmlow, Bernd Fischer, Carlo Mezzadri
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Patent number: 10954100Abstract: An elevator system includes at least one lithium-ion battery, a temperature sensor (56, 57) operatively coupled to the at least one lithium-ion battery (44), and a lithium-ion battery charging system (50) including a controller (30) having a central processing unit (CPU) (36) interconnected functionally via a system bus to the at least one lithium-ion battery (44) and the temperature sensor (56, 57). The controller (30) further includes at least one memory (38) device thereupon stored a set of instructions which, when executed by the CPU, causes the lithium-ion battery charging system (50) to determine an expected run mode for the elevator system, sense a temperature of the lithium-ion battery (44) through the temperature sensor (56, 57) establishing a sensed temperature, and establish a state of charge (SOC) for the lithium-ion battery based on the sensed temperature and expected run mode of the elevator system.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Robert Mason Darling, Andrew Smeltz
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Patent number: 10951126Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rectifier which is supplyable from an electric AC-voltage supply network, an inverter which feeds an electric motor, and a DC/DC converter which is connected to an energy accumulator, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the electric motor is supplied from the AC-voltage side connection of the inverter, a first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter and the first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter are connected in parallel, the DC/DC converter has a housing in which a device for current acquisition is situated, which acquires either the current, in particular network phase currents, flowing into the rectifier at the AC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, or the current emerging from the rectifier at the DC-voltType: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Jochen Weber
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Patent number: 10857894Abstract: This control apparatus includes (A) a first connecting part, which is connected with a driving control apparatus for controlling driving of a power unit for assisting a human power or with the power unit, and through which a current relating to charging and discharging of an electrical power storage device flows, (B) a second connecting part, which is provided separately from the first connecting part, and through which a current relating to charging to the electrical power storage device flows via an electrical connection, and (C) a controller to control charging and discharging of the electrical power storage device, which are performed by using a current, which flows in the first connecting part and/or the second connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Hosaka, Satoru Shimizu
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Patent number: 10830606Abstract: This disclosure relates to detecting non-meaningful motion with a portable device. In one aspect, a suitable method includes detecting motion with a portable device by obtaining inertial sensor data representing motion of the portable device, wherein the inertial sensor data includes accelerometer data and gyroscope data, processing the accelerometer data, processing the gyroscope data and identifying non-meaningful motion of the portable device based, at least in part, on the processed accelerometer data and the processed gyroscope data.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: Hsui-Wen Chang, Jacques Georgy
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Patent number: 10824180Abstract: A DC-to-DC power converter includes a reference voltage generator and a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable memory. The memory stores a temperature coefficient, and the temperature coefficient is based upon a temperature response of said reference voltage generator over a range of temperatures. The DC-to-DC power converter also includes a controller coupled to the reference voltage generator and the memory and operable to retrieve the temperature coefficient from the memory, and adjust an output voltage of the DC-to-DC power converter based upon the temperature coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: ABB Power Electronics Inc.Inventors: Abhiman Ananthakrishna Hande, Richard Paul Massetti, Jr., Mark Andrew Dubecky
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Patent number: 10822197Abstract: A method of operating an elevator system is provided. The method includes powering, using a battery, the elevator system when an external power source is unavailable. The method also includes controlling, using a controller, a plurality of components of the elevator system. The controlling comprises operating at least one of the battery, an elevator car, a drive unit, and a brake. The method further includes determining, using the controller, a run profile of the elevator car in response to a selected deceleration. The method yet further includes operating, using the controller, the elevator car in response to the run profile determined, and determining, using the controller, an actual velocity of the elevator car.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Edward Piedra
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Patent number: 10686230Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the automatic provisioning of backup starting power to a starter of a vehicle with a depleted main starting battery. The system comprises a backup battery installed in the vehicle and electrically coupled conditionally to the main starting battery, a controller, a wireless transceiver and a wireless personal computing device with a recharging application installed therein. An exemplary method includes monitoring the main starting battery and the backup battery, receiving a recharge command, electrically connecting the backup battery to the main starting battery, starting the vehicle and disconnecting the backup battery. The installed application also comprises a graphical user interface though which the deterioration of the main charging battery may be monitored and through which the controller may send an assistance request to a third party.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventor: Rocco John Colasacco
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Patent number: 10627452Abstract: Battery state of charge (SOC) determination apparatuses and methods are disclosed, where the battery SOC determination apparatus includes a grouper configured to cluster the cells in the battery pack into the groups based on similarity of the sensing data among the cells, a representative cell selector configured to select the representative cell for the each group, a first SOC estimator configured to estimate the SOC of the representative cell of the each group based on the battery model, and a second SOC estimator configured to determine the SOC of the battery pack based on the SOC of the representative cell of the each group.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Ho Kim, Tae Won Song, Tae Jung Yeo
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Patent number: 10608432Abstract: The specification discloses methods and systems managing the power provided to the components of an appliance by providing a processor and concomitant data memory and a data table stored in memory listing a nominal power consumption for each of a plurality of electrical components of the appliance. The processor is configured to monitor the components to determine which components are being energized based upon the status of their respective inputs and outputs; and adjust the power provided to at least one of said components based upon a predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Vern A. Neal
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Patent number: 10541636Abstract: An electric working machine of an example of the present disclosure includes: a motor; a power supply portion; a controller; and a voltage detector. The power supply portion generates a DC voltage to drive the motor by rectifying an AC voltage supplied from an AC power source and smoothing by a capacitor. The controller controls energization of the motor. The voltage detector detects the AC voltage. The controller is configured to interrupt the energization when the voltage detector does not detect the AC voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakamoto, Itsuku Kato, Yuki Kawai
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Patent number: 10531256Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator car disposed in and arranged to move along a hoistway. A linear propulsion system of the elevator system is constructed and arranged to propel the elevator car, and includes a plurality of primary coils engaged to and distributed along the hoistway generally defined by a stationary structure. A wireless power transfer system of the elevator system is configured to inductively transfer power to the elevator car. The wireless power transfer system includes a secondary coil mounted to the elevator car and is configured to be induced with electromotive forces by the primary coils and output power for use by the elevator car. A communication system of the elevator system is configured to utilize the secondary coil and the plurality of primary coils to exchange a communication data signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Dang V. Nguyen, Suman Dwari
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Patent number: 10442660Abstract: An elevator brake control system (10) is described, in particular for controlling an elevator brake in a machine room-less elevator, the elevator including a drive machine drivingly coupled to an elevator car for moving the elevator car between a plurality of landings in a hoistway, and an elevator brake having at least an engaged condition for holding the elevator car at a fixed position in the hoistway, and a released condition for allowing the elevator car to move along the hoistway; the elevator brake control system (10) comprising a first safety device (T1) and a second safety device (T2), each of the first safety device (T1) and the second safety device (T2) responsive to detection of a failure in any sub-system of the elevator, such as to bring the elevator brake into its engaged condition in response to detection of such failure; wherein each of the first safety device (T1) and the second safety device (T2) comprises a power semiconductor switching device.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Peter Herkel, Frank Kirchhoff
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Patent number: 10411474Abstract: An electric power system includes a variable-frequency drive and a control module. The variable-frequency drive includes a first power converter, a second power converter and at least one energy storage module. The first power converter is connected between a DC bus and a power terminal. Moreover, electric energy is transferred between the first power converter and the power terminal at a first power. The second power converter is connected between the DC bus and an electric/kinetic energy conversion device. Moreover, electric energy is transferred between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device at a second power. As the second power is dynamically changed, the control module controls a charge/discharge operation of the at least one energy storage module. As a consequence, the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is reversely compensated.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Changyong Wang, Fei Lu
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Patent number: 10343872Abstract: A system for an elevator includes at least one battery and an energy exchanger coupled to the at least one battery and configured to let a DC bus float between a first voltage and a second voltage. An energy storage device is coupled to the energy exchanger. The energy storage device is configured to recapture energy that is not recaptured by the at least one battery during a run of the elevator. The energy storage device is also configured to provide energy to the elevator when demand for energy by the elevator exceeds a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Ismail Agirman, Carlo Mezzadri
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Patent number: 10284123Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor; a driving circuit that supplies a driving current to the motor; a shunt resistor; a rotation command input terminal; a pulse output terminal; a current detection unit detects a driving current measured by the shunt resistor; a driving control unit that controls supplying of the driving current; a storage unit that previously stores allowable range information; a current value determination unit that determines whether or not the current value of the driving current is included in the allowable range, and the allowable range information stored in the storage unit; and a signal generation unit that generates the pulse signal by setting a duty ratio of the pulse signal as a first duty ratio, and setting the duty ratio of the pulse signal as a second duty ratio different from the first duty ratio.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Mizukami, Masatomo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10222764Abstract: A motion control design system implements a performance specification-oriented design approach. The system allows a designer to define desired performance specifications that are to be satisfied by a motion system, and determines tuning parameters (e.g., controller bandwidth and associated tuning parameters) that will yield performance within the defined performance specifications. An identification process identifies system parameters of interest based on collected system data. After the user has entered the desired performance specifications, an optimization process determines a range of bandwidths that will satisfy all specified performance requirements, and selects an optimal bandwidth within this range. A tuning process generates the corresponding tuning parameters for a systematically designed motion controller.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: LINESTREAM TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Gang Tian
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Patent number: 10205411Abstract: A control method implemented in a variable speed drive for starting a synchronous electric motor, said method including the application, as input, of a reference speed according to a predefined speed profile, the determination of a reference position based on the reference speed that is applied as input, the determination of a voltage in a rotating frame of reference, based on the reference speed that is applied as input, the determination of control voltages to be applied to each output phase depending, on the one hand, on the determined reference position and, on the other hand, on said voltage determined in the rotating frame of reference, and the application of the control voltages to each output phase to obtain an alignment of the position of the rotor of said motor with the reference position.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SCHNEIDER TOSHIBA INVERTER EUROPE SASInventors: Al Kassem Jebai, Francois Malrait, Thomas Devos
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Patent number: 10167172Abstract: A passenger conveyor may include a conveyor motor controlled by a conveyor control via a motor drive, the motor drive including a frequency converter with a rectifier bridge, an intermediate DC circuit and a converter bridge connected with the conveyor motor. The rectifier bridge is configured to be connected to mains via at least one relay, which relay is controlled by the conveyor control, the conveyor comprises a deep sleep mode, in which the frequency converter as well as at least a major part of conveyor control is switched off. The intermediate DC circuit forms the power supply for the conveyor control. During the activation of the deep sleep mode, the conveyor control is configured to open the relay, whereby at least one signal circuit of the conveyor is configured to remain powered at least during the deep sleep mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Pasi Raassina, Risto Jokinen, Olavi Vairio, Ari-Pekka Lahtinen
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Patent number: 10155640Abstract: An elevator system includes a primary source of electrical power; a power unit having a power supply, the power supply producing DC power from the primary source of electrical power. A rescue storage device provides power to the elevator system when the primary source of electrical power is unavailable. The rescue storage device is coupled to an output of the power supply to provide additional DC power with the DC power when the primary source of electrical power is available and an increased power requirement is present.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Juergen Gewinner, Felix Benjamin Donath, Peter Herkel, Daryl J. Marvin
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Patent number: 10144615Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a converter configured to supply power to a motor of an elevator, a first power source coupled to the converter and configured to provide input power to the converter, and a second power source selectively coupled to the converter and configured to provide input power to the converter when power from the first power source is unavailable and when an elevator car of the elevator is moving, wherein a speed of the elevator car remains substantially constant when a transition in terms of the input power to the converter is made from the first power source to the second power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Om Prakash
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Patent number: 10081512Abstract: An elevator control device which can automatically and appropriately set a bus voltage. Therefore, the elevator control device includes a power supply side current controller, a main circuit bus, an inverter, a regenerative resistance, a bus voltage controller, and a control unit which detects a first reference value of a bus voltage of the main circuit bus when the bus voltage of the main circuit bus becomes a receiving voltage from a power supply, detects a second reference value of the bus voltage of the main circuit bus when the regenerative resistance is turned on, and controls the bus voltage controller so that a value of the bus voltage of the main circuit bus becomes a value between the first reference value and the second reference value.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiaki Kato
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Patent number: 10063181Abstract: A system for detecting a decrease in or loss of an input phase to a motor. A power rectifier rectifies and combines three input voltages to produce an output voltage to power the motor. A PFC circuit manages the power flowing to the motor. A sensing circuit located between the power rectifier and the PFC senses a voltage level of the power rectifier's output voltage. Alternatively, a sensing rectifier is connected before the power rectifier, and the sensing circuit senses the voltage level of the sensing rectifier's output voltage. A microprocessor compares the sensed voltage level to a threshold voltage level which is indicative of the decrease in or loss of one of the three input voltages, and if the former drops below the latter, then the microprocessor sends a signal to either shut off the motor or cause the PFC circuit to reduce the power flowing to the motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Nidec Motor CorporationInventors: James L. Skinner, Prakash B. Shahi
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Patent number: 10020755Abstract: A power inverter includes a multi-phase inverter circuit electrically connected to positive and negative conductors of the high-voltage bus. A bi-stable switch is electrically connected in series with a discharge resistor between the positive and negative conductors of the high-voltage bus, and a capacitor is electrically connected between the positive and negative conductors of the high-voltage bus. First and second trigger circuits are in communication with a gate of the bi-stable switch, and first and second contactors are controllable to electrically connect a respective one of the positive and negative conductors of the high-voltage bus to the high-voltage DC power source. The bi-stable switch is controllable to provide a low-impedance electric current flow path through the discharge resistor between the positive and negative conductors of the high-voltage bus in response to an activation signal from one of the first and second high-voltage DC contactor circuits.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Andrew J. Namou, Mohammad N. Anwar, Ahmad Albanna, Syed M. Kadry
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Patent number: 9948225Abstract: A drive, including an electric motor, which is supplied by a rectifier, the rectifier including a time-discrete closed-loop control structure, which regulates the stator current of the electric motor by setting the voltage applied at the motor, the current of the motor being acquired in time-discrete fashion, the closed-loop control structure including a first closed-loop controller whose setpoint is the output value of a first non-linear transfer member, and whose actual value is the output value of a second non-linear transfer member, the input value of the first non-linear transfer member being the setpoint of a first current component of the current, the input value of the second non-linear transfer member being the actual value of a first current component of the current.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO.KGInventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Thomas Schuster
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Patent number: 9935494Abstract: A power architecture includes a panel receiving power from a power grid through a breaker, a power supply coupled to the breaker to receive power from the grid, a battery coupled to the power supply through a switch, an elevator motor controller coupled to the power supply, the power supply providing power from at least one of the grid and the battery to the controller, and a charger coupled to the breaker and the battery and configured to receive power from the power grid and provide power to the battery to charge the battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Kyle W. Rogers, Daryl J. Marvin, Craig Drew Bogli, Leslie C. Watterson
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Patent number: 9914620Abstract: An ABS brake control circuit for elevator breaking comprises a brake controller, a backup power supply, a manual rescue instruction circuit, a power grid power-off instruction circuit, a system failure instruction circuit, a signal identification circuit and a brake mode switching circuit. when transport equipments, such as an elevator, an escalator, and so on, encounters a system failure or power grid power-off or needs an emergency rescue, the ABS brake control circuit can allow the transport equipment to transition to a safe brake stop through a previous safe deceleration, thereby eliminating a significant security risk caused by a halt resulted from one-step brake which exists in an elevator brake system, and being capable of ensuring that the manual brake releasing will not cause the phenomena of a stalling of an elevator car and a brake failure of a brake, such that the brake safety of the transport equipments such as an elevator, an escalator, a moving walkway and the like is increased.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: SHIJIAZHUANG WULONG BRAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Zhenpu Rui, Wulin Han
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Patent number: 9914617Abstract: A system for managing elevator power includes a power line connected to a power grid, a motor connected to the power line and configured to receive power from the power line to drive an elevator, an alternative power source connected to the motor, and a power control system configured to control the power line to supply power to the motor to drive the elevator, to detect a predetermined threshold value of power supplied from the power line, and to supply both power from the power line and power from the alternative power source to the motor based on a determination that the predetermined threshold value of power is supplied from the power line.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Herbert Horbrügger, Michael Mann, Dirk H. Tegtmeier
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Patent number: 9862568Abstract: A method of operating an elevator system is provided. The method includes powering, using a battery, the elevator system when an external power source is unavailable. The method also includes controlling, using a controller, a plurality of components of the elevator system. The controlling comprises operating at least one of the battery, an elevator car, a drive unit, and a brake. The method further includes determining, using the controller, a run profile of the elevator car in response to a selected deceleration. The method yet further includes operating, using the controller, the elevator car in response to the run profile determined, and determining, using the controller, an actual velocity of the elevator car.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Edward Piedra