Abstract: A tool cover for receiving a tool housing of a pneumatic tool is disclosed. The tool cover supports and aligns an inductor element of a stator with magnets of a rotor within the tool housing. The tool cover also supports a circuit to which the inductor element is electrically connected, where the circuit comprises a power conditioner for receiving current from the inductor element and conditioning the current to be acceptable for supply to a load that comprises one or more logic processing devices.

Abstract: A system for harvesting energy including: an electrical machine including a first and a second structure, movable with respect to each other; a counterweight coupled to the second structure; a power transfer structure, electrically connected between the first structure and the load; an angular position sensor which provides a position signal ({right arrow over (?)}(t)) indicating the angular position of the counterweight; and an accelerometer which provides an acceleration signal ({right arrow over (a)}(t)) indicating an acceleration which affects the first structure.

Abstract: The fluid power generator is provided. The fluid power generator includes: a first member that has multiple coils; a second member that is rotatable relative to the first member and that has multiple permanent magnets; a rotating member that is mechanically linked with either one of the first member and the second member to rotate by fluid force; and a clearance controller that moves at least one of the first member and the second member to thereby change a clearance between the first member and the second member, wherein the clearance controller changes the clearance in such a manner as to make the clearance smaller after a start of rotation of the rotating member than before the start of rotation of the rotating member.

Abstract: A starter-generator system is configured to be operable at multiple variable frequencies. The starter-generator includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is configured to rotate and has a single main field winding wound thereon. The stator has at least a first stator winding set and second stator winding set independently wound thereon. Upon electrical excitation and rotation of the rotor the starter-generator supplies electrical power from each of the stator winding sets at different frequencies. Also, upon electrically exciting one or both of the stator winding sets with appropriate AC power, the rotor will rotate and generate a starting torque.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic unit (10) in particular for an automotive vehicle anti-locking wheel device, includes two separate parts: an electronic control (13) within which is located particularly an electronic card (14), winding (17) as well as an electric motor (15) provided with a rotor and a stator, the motor being adapted to drive a pump, and a hydraulic unit (11), including the pump and a plurality of valves (12), the whole electronically directed by the control (13), the electro-hydraulic unit being characterized in that it further includes a ferromagnetic circuit (22) common at least partially to the stator and to the winding (17).

Abstract: Provided is a distributed-power-generation system capable of maintaining an operation point and a method of controlling the same. The distributed-power-generation system comprises: a fuel cell producing current and high-temperature gas through an electric chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; a turbine obtaining rotation power using heat produced by the fuel cell; a compressor supplying air to the fuel cell using the rotation power of the turbine; a motor/generator unit acting as a motor using a current supplied from a battery in a starting mode, and as a generator rotating by rotation power of a turbine and generating a current in a generating mode; and an inverter unit supplying a DC power produced by the fuel cell and an AC power produced by the motor/generator unit for a three-phase power system.

Abstract: A starter for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a pair of angular contact ball bearings used to support an armature shaft. The bearings are disposed close to opposed ends of a core of an armature. The core has disposed thereon coils which define a commutator on one of the ends of the core. One of the bearings is disposed within an inner periphery of the commutator. This structure results in a decreased interval between the bearings, thus ensuring stability in supporting the armature shaft during rotation, which results in decreased mechanical vibrations, magnetic noises, and wear of the bearings.

Abstract: In a starter, a power supply terminal connected to a solenoid coil of a magnet switch and connectable to a starter external circuit is provided on an end cover. The power supply terminal includes a terminal metal member, a bimetal which interrupts electric conduction between the solenoid coil and the terminal metal member at the time of temperature rise above a predetermined temperature, and a casing contacting a foot part of the terminal metal member and encasing the bimetal therein. The bimetal responds to each of the excessive heating of the terminal metal member and excessive energization current to interrupt the conduction. In case of a single axis-type starter, the power supply terminal is provided on a recess so that the terminal metal member does not extend axially beyond the rear end face of the end cover.

Abstract: A detector for detecting rotor position of a brushless generator having a motive power shaft, a permanent magnet generator (PMG) having a set of armature phase windings and a main generator portion having a set of armature phase windings includes a circuit coupled to the armature phase windings of the main generator portion for deriving a number of interval pulses per revolution of the motive power shaft. A circuit measures time periods between adjacent interval pulses and the measured time periods are converted into an indication of the angular position of the motive power shaft in accordance with a parameter of power delivered to the main generator portion armature phase windings.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for accelerating a large inertia load from rest to a predetermined speed of rotation by means of a synchronous dynamoelectric machine. A synchronous dynamoelectric machine, such as a turbine generator, which is mechanically coupled to a gas turbine prime mover, is started synchronously to bring the gas turbine up to a speed which exceeds its stall speed under load. The rotor field winding of the synchronous dynamoelectric machine is connected to receive direct current excitation from a rotatable rectifier assembly of a brushless exciter. During starting, a quadrature axis winding disposed around the stator of the brushless exciter is energized by single phase alternating current. Alternating current excitation is induced by transformer action within the rotor armature winding of the exciter and is applied to the rotor field winding after being rectified by the rotatable rectifier assembly.