Abstract: A wheelchair lift with low energy consumption includes a platform assembly to receive a wheelchair. The wheelchair lift includes a hydraulic drive system to move the platform assembly between an entry level position and a ground level position. The wheelchair lift includes a fluid circuit being embodied to transport a hydraulic fluid from a tank using a pump driven by an electric motor to the hydraulic drive system to raise the platform assembly from the ground level position to the entry level position. The fluid circuit is further embodied to transport the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic drive system via the pump to the tank, when lowering the platform assembly from the entry level position to the ground level position.

Abstract: A method for configuring a controller to operate a motor to position a seat, in which the controller includes an integrated current sensor and the seat includes a latch operatively coupled to the motor, includes determining an operating profile of the motor under one or more operating conditions, wherein the operating profile represents motor current values during activation of the latch, and wherein the activation of the latch includes at least one latch pulling condition and one latch release condition. The method further includes analyzing the operating profile in order to correlate the profile to the position of the latch. The method also includes loading the controller with instructions to enable comparison of a real-time current measured by the integrated current sensor to the stored operating profile, wherein the analysis enables determination of the latch condition in real-time.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a target acceleration setting unit, a control unit, an acceleration upper limit estimation unit, a mode switching unit, a detection unit and a trajectory setting unit, wherein the mode switching unit controls the target acceleration setting unit to execute a first setting processing, in which the target acceleration at each time point is set corresponding to a first target acceleration trajectory in which the target acceleration at each time point is set corresponding to a first target acceleration trajectory, a second setting processing in which a target acceleration is set corresponding to the acceleration upper limit, or a third setting processing in which the target acceleration is set corresponding to the second target acceleration trajectory, based on the acceleration upper limit, the target acceleration, the speed of the motor.

Abstract: To provide an attitude-angle detecting apparatus, which detects an attitude angle of a mobile object during movement with good accuracy by correcting an output value from an acceleration sensor, and to provide a method for the same. It is characterized in that it comprises an acceleration sensor for measuring an acceleration being applied to a mobile object, a yaw-rate sensor for measuring a yaw rate of the mobile object, a speed sensor for measuring a speed of the mobile object, a mobile-component acceleration calculating means for calculating an actual acceleration from the speed, calculating a centrifugal force from the yaw rate and the speed and calculating a mobile-component acceleration, a resultant force of the actual speed and the centrifugal force, and an attitude-angle calculating means for calculating an attitude angle from a gravitational acceleration, which is obtainable by correcting the acceleration with the mobile-component acceleration.

Abstract: A drive unit for controlling a motor includes a position feedback device and a velocity noise filter. The position feedback device is operable to generate a position signal relating to a position of the motor. The velocity noise filter is coupled to the position feedback device and operable to filter the position signal over a predetermined number of samples to generate a velocity feedback signal for the motor.

Abstract: In a travel control method for an electric vehicle, an accelerator angle is obtained from a position of an accelerator lever. An accelerator percentage is determined in accordance with the accelerator angle. The ON times of first and second brake buttons are read. Brake percentages of first and second brakes are determined in accordance with the ON times of the respective first and second brake buttons. A control value for a first electric motor is determined by correcting the accelerator percentage with a corrected brake percentage of the first brake obtained by applying an influence of the brake percentage of the second brake to the brake percentage of the first brake. A speed of the first electric motor is controlled using the control value of the first electric motor.

Abstract: A N pulse variable frequency drive for driving two or more motors that is the combination of two or more variable frequency drives with each drive driving an associated one of the two or motors. One application is a decanter centrifuge which has a main motor to drive the bowl and a back motor to drive the conveyor. One of the two variable frequency drives drives the main motor and the other drive drives the back motor. The variable frequency drives are connected to a common buss and to a N pulse phase shifting transformer.

Abstract: A brushless motor driving device is so configured to control excitation of each phase armature coil an the basis of starting patterns supplied from a start circuit in a starting operation and a rotator position signal obtained from an induced voltage generated between opposite ends of each phase armature coil after completion of the starting operation, thereby to rotate a rotator. The start circuit includes a main counter generates a pulse at each time the main counter counts a clock signal to a variable full count value, a sub counter counts the pulse generated by the main counter, the variable full count value being subtracted by a count value of the sub counter, and a star pattern generating circuit generating a starting pattern in response to the pulse generated by the main counter.

Abstract: The control system is constructed so that an inverter output frequency command is increased/decreased based on a frequency-to-time rate-of-change command, and the frequency-to-time rate-of-change command is controlled with a current control system. Further, it is also constructed so that the frequency-to-time rate-of-change command is adjusted and the current command is changed with a readhesion control system. The control system is capable of accelerating and decelerating the vehicle with a torque corresponding to an inverter output current command which is generated basically without using any rotational frequency of induction motor, and further capable of accelerating and decelerating the vehicle with a torque corresponding to a value near the limit adhesion between the wheel and the rail under a condition of occurrence of slip/skid.

Abstract: A combined driving structure is made up of an engine and an electrical machine. The engine is connected to the electrical machine through a clutch which allows the electrical machine to be used as a starting motor for the battery, and when the engine is started, allows the engine to drive a load and also drive the electrical machine to operate as a generator. In addition, the electrical machine can be operated as a motor at low speeds to drive the load by electrical power when the engine is stopped, and as a generator to provide regenerative braking for charging the battery, either with or without friction damping of the engine by the clutch.

Abstract: A system having two or more A.C. motors driving the same load. The stator windings and rotors of both motors each conduct current having a vector representative of a magnitude and angular position of the current in the respective rotor and stator winding. Stator current sensors are provided for producing an indication of the magnitude of the stator current vector to each motor. Encoders are provided for sensing the rotating speed of each of the rotors from which can be calculated the angular position of the rotor load current vector with respect to the rotating stator flux current vector. A first torque control controls the magnitude of the stator current of a first one of the motors such that the stator flux current vector of the first motor and the rotor load current vector of the first motor are angularly separated by 90.degree.. This angular relationship produces maximum torque at the rotating speed of the first motor.

Abstract: A motion controller, which is adaptable to a variety of different motors, provides motor control signals to the motors of a multi-axis coordinated system as a function of position and velocity commands from a host computer. The motion controller configures the motor control signals to be compatible to the particular motors being driven based upon motor identification instructions from the host computer.

Abstract: A conveyance (10) is provided with automatic limiting (223) of the rate of change in power supplied to first (26a or 232a) and second (26b) motors, whether the motors are electrical or hydraulic; and dynamic braking of electric motors (26a and 26b) is achieved by shorting a motor winding (150a) during a portion (233a) of an interval (217a) between power pulses (207a) of a pulse-width-modulated driving voltage (209a).

Abstract: A synchronous control system for a pair of spindles of a machine tool including a master spindle and a slave spindle. Current positions of the main spindles are detected, and a deviation between the detected current positions is calculated. In case the deviation is within 180 degrees, the current position of one of the main spindles which precedes in the forward direction of rotation is determined as a target position for positioning. In case the deviation is greater than 180 degrees, the detected current position of the master spindle or the slave spindle is offset by an amount equal to an integral number of times 180 degrees so that the deviation between current positions of the main spindles after such offset is within 180 degrees. Then, that one of the current position of the main spindle thus offset and the current position of the other main spindle not offset which precedes in the forward direction of rotation is determined as a common target position for positioning.

Abstract: A first acceleration reference value is continuously determined by a nonlinear distance control. In parallel thereto, a second acceleration value is generated by a nonlinear velocity controller. A simple selection criterion that comprises only these two alternative acceleration values engages the second alternative acceleration reference value engagement for run up. The first alternative acceleration reference value initiates the destination braking. The second alternative reference value is used for approaching the destination position. The trip destination and the velocity of the positioning drive can be accommodate inching velocities.

Abstract: A cam controller for determining the operation of an electric motor is coupled with a stepping motor to provide predetermined positional movements of the cam controller in response to a desired electric motor operation control signal and in accordance with a programmed microprocessor determined comparison of the actual electric motor current with a requested current related to the desired operation control signal.

Abstract: A regulated DC power supply has a converter having a plurality of switches which, upon proper regulation of their conduction, rectify an AC current. The converter produces a current feedback signal. A reference generator produces a plurality of adjustable reference signals each representative of one value of a load current and produces a predetermined, standby, reference signal representative of a standby load current. One of the adjustable reference signals, the standby reference signal, and the current feedback signal are added to produce a control signal. The control signal is compared to a signal representative of the AC source voltage. Firing signals, used to regulate the conduction of the switches, are produced in response to the existence of a predetermined relationship therebetween. In the event that all of the adjustable reference signals have a value of zero for a predetermined period of time, the firing signals will be inhibited from regulating the conduction of the switches.