52results about How to "Reduce cable length" patented technology

A low-amp winch for use on boat trailers is provided with a higher gear reduction than conventional winches and with a winch cable made of a softer material and shorter length than conventional boat winches to reduce the current draw from the motor. The winch is capable of operating off a seven-pin RV socket which provides 12 volts of DC power at no greater than 30 amps.

An energy storage flywheel system that includes a power connector extending through the flywheel housing assembly and is hermetically sealed thereto. A circuit board, on which is mounted at least a motor/controller circuit, is coupled to the power connector adjacent to the flywheel housing assembly.

A structure for mounting electronic apparatuses in an electric motor-driven vehicle can be provided, in which the electronic apparatuses such as a high voltage battery unit and motor control unit can be mounted compactly in the same section occupying a minimum mounting space, allowing them to be mounted in a vehicle of rather short wheelbase, driving efficiency of the electric motor can be improved by reducing the length of cables for transferring high voltage electric power, and space for mounting the refrigerating system can be increased which eases the mounting of the refrigerating system. The structure comprises: a pair of first brackets each having a base part being fixed to the side face of a chassis frame extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and an arm part extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle, a pair of second brackets fixed to the upper surfaces of said arm parts such that they extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with a certain space between them, said battery unit placed on the upper surfaces of said second brackets, and said electronic apparatus unit is placed under said battery unit between said second brackets.

A system and method of providing electrical energy to houses and buildings and the like, which reduces cable length requirements, is disclosed. The system comprises essentially continuously accessible bus duct system and polarized electric receptacle providing baseboard systems in combination. Practice of the method of installation of the present invention requires that only short runs of cabling are required.

The aim of the invention is to provide a system and a method which surmounts the problems of prior art. According to the inventive system and method for measuring horizontal deviation of a load receiving element in relation to a position of a hoist traveling trolley, the load receiving element is suspendedly arranged on a plurality of supporting cables on the hoist traveling trolley and least two cable length sensors are provided, the sensors being operatively connected to a data processing device, preferably a processor. The cables of the at least two cable length sensors are disposed between the hoist traveling trolley and the load receiving element in such a way that a computer unit which is connected to the data processing device determines the horizontal deviation of the load receiving element in relation to the position of the hoist traveling trolley for the length of the respective cables of the cable length sensors.

A multiple force-measuring device, especially a multiple weighing device has at least two force-measuring modules. Each force-measuring module includes a force-measuring cell and a power delivery means. The power delivery means of at least one of the force-measuring modules in this arrangement is connected, directly or through a junction element, to a control cable that is connected to a power supply unit. The force-measuring modules are connected directly to each other through a module-connection cable that transfers electrical power therebetween.

The invention provides a stay wire displacement measurement device, which comprises a stay wire (52) and a stay wire double-way guiding device, wherein the stay wire double-way guiding device comprises a first guiding mechanism (20) and a second guiding mechanism (30) which are fixedly arranged, the arc guide surface of the first guiding mechanism (20) is opposite to the arc guide surface of the second guiding mechanism (30), and a mounting space (40) is formed between the arc guide surface of the first guiding mechanism (20) and the arc guide surface of the second guiding mechanism (30), and the stay wire (52) passes through the mounting space (40) and is arranged on the first guiding mechanism (20) or the second guiding mechanism (30). According to the stay wire double-way guiding device of the stay wire displacement measurement device, the measurement range of the stay wire displacement measurement device is expanded, and the advantages of reduction in the length of the stay wire, simple structure, convenience for use and effective reduction in cost are achieved.

A vehicle-mounted video communication system is equipped with first to fourth image pickup devices, mounted on a vehicle, for transmitting video data obtained by picking up an image; first to fourth video processing devices for processing the video data; and a vehicle-mounted video relay device having connection sections connected to the first to fourth image pickup devices and the first to fourth video processing devices via communication cables and configured to transmit the video data transmitted from the first to fourth image pickup devices selectively or in a multiplexed state to the first to fourth video processing devices.

A network device provides a plurality of user configurable and controllable ports for supporting one or more powered devices and one or more power sources on a network, via a unique “n” port switch or similar hardware device. The network device disclosed herein allows each of the network ports to be functionally interchangeable in multiple application environments. Controller circuits and a logic unit or logic controller automatically detect changes on the ports and reconfigure voltage and/or data paths so that the external devices connected to the switch continue to be able to communicate and provide or consume power. Since all ports function in a substantially identical manner, there is no need to label the ports as either inputs or outputs, where an input port would be connected to a provider of POE power and an output would be a consumer of POE power.

The storage media recording/writing system includes a media drive circuit, a head retaining means, a head moving means, a head drive circuit, a signal processing circuit, and a controller to control these. The head drive circuit possesses a first semiconductor integrated circuit having an amplifier that amplifies the read signal from the head, and a second semiconductor integrated circuit placed between the first semiconductor integrated circuit and the signal processing circuit, which has a circuit that receives write data from the signal processing circuit and generates a drive signal to drive a write head. Further, the first semiconductor integrated circuit is mounted on a part near the front of the head retaining means, and the second semiconductor integrated circuit is installed on the side of the moving means.

To improve the operability by a speed-change cable and to reduce the cable by selecting an adequate arrangement structure of the speed-change cable from a transmission case to an operating element of a handle on the front portion of a vehicle body. An arrangement structure of a speed-change cable is such that the speed-change cable is attached at one end to an arm portion of a derailleur and the speed-change cable is guided from the mounting portion through an outer cable mounting hole of a derailleur shaft to a through-hole opening at the upper front portion of a transmission case, and extends from the through-hole outside the case and along the front frame of the vehicle body substantially straight. The extended end is attached to a cable operation mechanism at the handle on the front portion of the vehicle body.

The invention discloses a cable terminal steel pipe pole which comprises a main pole provided with cross bars, a lightning arrester and a cable terminal joint and further comprises a cable terminal support layer used for concentrated arrangement of cable terminal joint, a lightning arrester support layer used for concentrated arrangement of the lightning arrester and a silicon stick support layer. The main pole is provided with the cable terminal support layer, the lightning arrester support layer, the silicon stick support layer and a plurality of cross bars in sequence from bottom to top. The cable terminal joint is arranged on the cable terminal support layer. The lightning arrester is arranged on the lightning arrester support layer. The cable terminal support layer, the lightning arrester support layer and the silicon stick support layer are additionally arranged on the main pole so that concentrated installation and debugging of the cable terminal joint and the lightning arrestor can be achieved, working intensity of field installation, debugging and overhauling by a worker is reduced greatly, the length of a cable needed is reduced greatly, cost is reduced effectively and copper materials are saved.

An electrical connector includes a housing, a substrate, and shielding plates. The housing has an inserting hole for the substrate, and the substrate has a plurality of signal patterns and a plurality of ground patterns alternately arranged on at least one surface of the substrate in a manner that one signal pattern is between two ground patterns. The signal patterns and the ground patterns each have a contact portion to contact a mating object and a connection portion to be connected to a cable. The shielding plates are each connected to the connection portion of the ground pattern for shielding. With this construction, the electrical connector achieves its miniaturization and reduction in crosstalk regardless of length of connected cables.

The invention relates to a braking system architecture for an aircraft fitted with electromechanical brakes including at least one electromechanical actuator. In accordance with the invention, the architecture comprises at least one proximity unit disposed in the proximity of the brakes at the bottom of the undercarriage and including input/output means for collecting and calibrating at least signals coming from sensors associated with the brakes, and for transmitting the signals as processed in this way to control members for controlling the actuators by means of a communications bus running along the undercarriage, the proximity unit further including control means for controlling the blocking members of the actuators.

The invention relates to a security device for protecting an item from theft, comprising: at least one cable with two ends, a cable lock that is adapted for releasably attaching the two cable ends together by means of a locking device for forming a loop, the cable lock comprising a first cable end holding part and a second cable end holding part, which parts are adapted to releasably lock together with the locking device for forming the cable loop. The cable lock comprises a cable adjusting device, which is configured for forming an adjustable loop for the cable.

The invention discloses a string-type photovoltaic inverter AC side parallel connection structure, which realizes connection between string-type photovoltaic inverters and AC combiner boxes. The AC sides of two or more than two string-type photovoltaic inverters are connected in parallel directly to form a basic unit; and each basic unit is connected to the corresponding AC combiner box through a cable. The structure above, under the condition of not influencing parallel power generation of existing string-type photovoltaic inverters, can reduce cable connection complexity at the AC sides, thereby reducing power station cost, reducing operation and maintenance workload of photovoltaic power stations in long-term generating process and improving return rate of investment of the photovoltaic power stations. The invention also discloses a photovoltaic grid-connected unit.

The invention discloses a powerless constant length cable traction mechanism, which comprises a trolley arranged on a rail, a winding reel and two fixed pulleys fixed at two ends of the rail. One end of a cable moves around the winding reel and is fixed in the middle of the rail, and the other end of the cable is fixed on the trolley, wherein the winding reel is used for guiding the cable to change the direction; a pulling cable with one end fixed at an end of the rail moves around the winding reel to return to a fixed pulley A at the same end of the rail, moves around the fixed pulley A to return to the other fixed pulley B opposite to the fixed pulley A, moves around the fixed pulley B to return to the winding reel again, and moves around the winding reel again to return and be fixed to the other end of the rail; the two ends of the traction cable passing through the trolley are fixed on the trolley respectively; a driving device is arranged on the trolley, so that the trolley can move along the rail; and the winding reel moves on the rail at a speed half of that of the trolley. Additional power is not required according to the invention; the reel is driven to move by using the traction cable when the trolley moves; the length of the cable is saved; and the motion part can be replaced conveniently.

An apparatus for monitoring soiling of an optical element of a processing head of a machine for laser processing of a workpiece includes a first transparent optical element, positioned in a path of a laser beam, a second transparent optical element, positioned in the path of a laser beam and separated from the first transparent optical element by a gap, a first detector for detecting laser light scattered from the first transparent optical element, and a second detector for detecting laser light scattered within the gap between the first transparent optical element and the second transparent optical element.

The invention belongs to the gearbox technology field and particularly relates a gearbox wire harness arrangement structure. The gearbox wire harness arrangement structure comprises a valve plate and a harness support installed on the valve plate; the valve plate on the side of the harness support is provided with a plurality of solenoid valves; the harness support comprises a plate body, a storage device socket connector clamping position installed on the plate body, a sensor connector clamping position and a storage device clamping position; the storage device connector clamping position and the storage device clamping position are in the same line in an extending direction; the sensor connector clamping position is arranged on the side of the extending direction of the storage device connector clamping position and the storage device clamping position; the sensor connector clamping position is arranged on the side of the extending direction of the storage device clamping position and the storage device clamping position; a ribbon connection part is arranged on the plate body on the side of the storage device connector clamping position; the storage device connector clamping position, the sensor connector clamping position, the storage device clamping position and the plurality of the solenoid values are provided with at least two ribbon connection parts which are positioned at interval. During the usage, the gearbox wire harness arrangement structure solves the problem that the current harness arrangement structure occupies a big space, is easy to cut the harness and is high in the cost.