1725 results about "Electric potential energy" patented technology

There is provided a touch screen apparatus capable of detecting the presence a touch action and a position in a touch region depending on a change in electrical energy of one node of a touch sensor. A touch screen apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels for displaying images and a plurality of touch sensors. Each of the plurality of touch sensors includes a first node being provided an electrical energy; a sensor capacitor for changing the electric potential energy of the first node depending on presence a touch action; a first switch for providing a sensing signal to the touch line controlled by the electrical energy of the first node; and a second switch for providing the electrical energy to the first node.

The invention discloses a method for recovering potential energy of a movable arm of a hydraulic digging machine and a device thereof. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, the potential energy is stored through an energy accumulator in the retraction process of a hydraulic cylinder; and secondly the stored energy in the energy accumulator drives a generator to generate electricity, thereby realizing the recovery of the potential energy of the movable arm of the hydraulic digging machine. A mode for storing the potential energy is to convert the potential energy into pressure energy. The energy accumulator and the generator are connected through a proportioning valve so as to control the rotational speed of the generator. The method realizes high-efficiency recovery of the potential energy of the movable arm of the hydraulic digging machine; the principle of the method is to skillfully change the working time of hydraulic oil for power generation through the function of energy storage of the energy accumulator and provide effective buffering for recovering the potential energy; in addition, through the throttling control of the proportioning valve, the method reduces pressure fluctuation of the hydraulic oil in the power generation process, realizes the adjustment of the working rotational speed of the generator, improves the working efficiency of the generator and further improves the efficiency of energy recovery.

The invention discloses a hybrid power engineering mechanical accumulator-hydraulic motor energy recovery system. The system mainly comprises an engine, a variable pump, variable frequency motors, a variable motor, a signal control unit, an accumulator and a hydraulic implementation element, and the like. In the system, the variable motor is coaxially connected with a variable frequency motor M2 and forms a composite energy recovery system with the accumulator so as to recover the gravitational potential energy and braking energy in the lowering process of an implementation mechanism. The variable pump, the engine and a variable frequency motor M1 are coaxially connected; a hybrid power system which consists of the engine and the variable frequency motor M1 drives the hydraulic implementation mechanism to rise and lift heavy objects together with the accumulator. The system overcomes the defects that the variable motor-power generator energy recovery system responds slowly and the specific energy of the accumulator is low, enhances the dynamic response performance of the energy recovery system, improves the working conditions of power generation of an electric generator, and simultaneously can directly recover part of potential energy by the accumulator, thus raising the energy recovery efficiency of the system.

A kinetic energy system which transfers the kinetic landing into recoverable electric energy for an aircraft. The system incorporates at least one wheel supporting the aircraft for landing and takeoff coupled with a dynamic functioning motor / generator mounted to and operated by rotation of the wheel to create electrical energy from kinetic energy. An induction shoe structurally connected to the aircraft and electrically connected to the motor / generator, which shoe draws the converted energy from the generator which supplies the load created by the inductively coupled induction shoe to the an ancillary load provided by the resistive heat sink on by the capacitor storage bank. This provides the generator circuit for conversion of the rotational energy of the wheel to electrical energy and creates braking drag. In exemplary embodiments, the system employs an energy storage system acting as the load to store electrical potential energy created by the generator. Additionally, the generator is employable as a motor, receiving energy from the storage system for traction power to the associated aircraft wheel. An induction grid or a surface mounted conductive layer mounted into or onto a runway is employed for transferring energy to and from the motor / generator.

The present invention relates to the field of battery and capacitor charging. In particular, the present invention provides pulsed current charging using changes, regardless of polarity, in the local energy environment to obtain power. The present invention relates, for example, to ambient energy charging thin film batteries, other batteries, or capacitors, via, for example, polyvinyladine fluoride homopolymer (PVDF), PVDF bi-axially poled, or other piezoelectric materials. Ambient energy may be defined as any change in energy within the local environment. Charging can be accomplished with, and is not limited to, positive or negative changes of the following energy types: thermal; visible light, including infrared and ultraviolet; mechanical motion or impact; triboelectric, including airflow or physical contact; movement in relation to a gravitational plane (increase or decrease in gravitational potential energy); and radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy, regardless of specific frequency.

A method for generating power in a device is provided. The method includes: generating power from an inherent characteristic of the device; and supplying the generated power to at least one power consuming element associated with the device. Preferably, the inherent characteristic of the device is an acceleration of the device and the generating includes providing a mass which is movable upon the acceleration of the device and converting a potential energy of the mass into an electrical power. Alternatively, the inherent characteristic of the device is a heat generation on at least a portion of the device and the generating includes converting a heat from the heat generation into an electrical power. In another alternative, the inherent characteristic of the device is a spinning of the device and the generating includes converting the spinning of the device into an electrical power.

A method and apparatus for generating electric energy from the motion of the waves. The apparatus comprises at least one member which is moved by the motion of the waves. The apparatus also comprises an energy transfer mechanism coupled to the or each member. The energy transfer mechanism converts the kinetic energy from movement of the or each member to potential energy by pressurization of a fluid. The apparatus further comprises a first chamber, arranged to store the pressurized fluid and a conversion means for converting the potential energy stored in the pressurized fluid into electric energy. The apparatus can be arranged such that any substantially vertical displacement of the or each member causes actuation of the or each corresponding energy transfer mechanism.

A traveling toy system is provided, in which it becomes possible to reduce the amount of information transmitted to a video display device. In the traveling toy system, a video camera, a video camera controller which is adjustably controls at least a frame rate of the video camera, a signal transmission device which transmits a video signal outputted from the video camera to a video display device, and electric storage means for power supply are mounted on the traveling toy which travels on a traveling lane using a potential energy. The traveling toy system further includes a traveling toy carrier device which carries the traveling toy from a position where the potential energy is low to a position where the potential energy is high. The video camera controller changes the frame rate so that when a traveling speed of the traveling toy is higher than a given speed, the frame rate may be increased from the frame rate at the time that the traveling speed is lower than the given speed.

The invention relates to a self-power generation type street lamp utilizing potential energy for power generation, the street lamp comprises a gravitational potential energy power generation device or an elastic potential energy power generation device for power generation at night, a natural energy power supply device, a street lamp component and a control circuit, wherein the gravitational potential energy power generation device or the elastic potential energy power generation device is arranged in a hollow street lamp upright post and realizes power generation at night through gravitational potential energy or elastic potential energy; the natural energy power supply device is connected with the gravitational potential energy power generation device or the elastic potential energy power generation device and provides power for rising a heavy object of the gravitational potential energy power generation device; the street lamp component is connected with the control circuit and emits light at night by utilizing electrical energy produced by the potential energy power generation device; and the control circuit is arranged on the street lamp component, and the gravitational potential energy power generation device is started to carry out power generation through light control or timing control. The self-power generation type street lamp leads the heavy object and an elastic object to produce the potential energy for carrying out power generation through wind energy or solar energy, thereby effectively utilizing resources, saving power resources of a public power grid and being conductive to protecting the environment.

The invention is directed to various energy storage devices and methods of using the same. The energy storage device takes advantage of the height difference between the bottom and the surface of a body of water. The energy storage device utilizes the movement of a mass, such as weights or floats, to store energy as potential energy and to generate energy by releasing the potential energy. Weights attached to tethers are pulled toward the surface of the water by a motor / generator powered by energy to be stored, thereby storing potential energy. Allowing the weights to fall downward releases the potential energy and reverses the motor / generator to generate electricity. Floats attached to tethers are pulled toward the bottom of the water by a motor / generator powered by energy to be stored, thereby storing potential energy. Allowing the floats to rise releases the potential energy and reverses the motor / generator to generate electricity.

An ion trap mass analyzer includes an elongated tunnel that has a wall, a longitudinal axis and an inner space. The wall includes a substrate and conductor trace patterns. There is also a variable electric potential means for providing electric potentials which is connected to the conductor trace patterns. The conductor trace patterns and the variable electric potential means provide a variable electric field within the inner space of the tunnel for transferring, storing, and analyzing ions.

An etching chamber 1 incorporates a focus ring 9 so as to surround a semiconductor wafer W provided on a lower electrode 4. The plasma processor is provided with an electric potential control DC power supply 33 to control the electric potential of this focus ring 9, and so constituted that the lower electrode 4 is supplied with a DC voltage of, e.g., −400 to −600 V to control the electric potential of the focus ring 9. This constitution prevents surface arcing from developing along the surface of a substrate to be processed.

A breath actuated nasal drug delivery device includes a housing having a spray port; a reservoir housing a liquidous medicament; and a selectively actuable pump. A breath actuated triggering mechanism includes a mouthpiece and a diaphragm. A pressure differential across the diaphragm causes an elastically deformable drive element (e.g., spring) to release stored potential energy, causing the pump's plunger to move to thereby pump the medicament to the spray port. A cocking lever can be pivotally mounted to the housing for causing the drive element to store potential energy. The triggering mechanism can include a cam element pivotally attached to the housing and the diaphragm that rotates in response to movement of the diaphragm. A follower element can be pivotally connected to the plunger for movement therewith; the follower element releasably engages the cam element. Related methods are also described.

The invention discloses a frog jump robot. A motor is used as a power element; devices such as an overrunning clutch, a gear toothed belt and the like are used as transmission mechanisms; a slide block can move on a guide rail under the drive of the motor through the transmission devices; and double legs of the robot stretch or retract under the drive of the slide block so as to finish jump motion. After the robot jumps, the double legs immediately retract to perform air posture adjustment, and the double legs are fully retracted by using self gravity potential and kinetic energy at the monument of landing to perform posture adjustment again. The energy utilization rate of the power element is improved, reclamation and reutilization of energy during jumping are realized, the flexibility of the robot is increased, and the jumping capability of the robot is promoted.

The invention relates to an energy-saving travelling type hydraulic transport machine. According to the invention, an added hydraulic element and an original hydraulic system of the transport machine are used for partially converting potential energy before dropping down a heavy object and kinetic energy before braking a vehicle to pressure energy of fluid and storing the pressure energy in a hydraulic energy accumulator during the frequent lifting, dropping-down, braking and starting processes of the travelling type hydraulic transport machine, and the stored pressure energy is used for lift the heavy object and start the vehicle next time, so that the mechanical energy (the potential energy and the kinetic energy) obtained by power consumption can be regenerated partially, thereby reducing load and power of a power machine for driving an oil pump and starting the vehicle; since the potential energy of the heavy object and the kinetic energy of the vehicle, which are obtained by power consumption, can be partially regenerated during the process of re-lifting the heavy object and re-starting the vehicle, high recovery and regeneration efficiency can be achieved and the effects of energy saving and emission reducing are very remarkable. The energy-saving travelling type hydraulic transport machine is simple and easy to operate and has the advantages of low investment and long service life. The energy-saving travelling type hydraulic transport machine can be configured during new construction or added during transformation of the old machine.

Energy can be stored by directing fluid into an expandable receptacle that has a relatively heavy mass above it. The fluid fills the receptacle such that it expands and lifts up the heavy mass above it. At a time when energy is needed, the fluid can be allowed to flow out of the receptacle and through a turbine or hydraulic motor to generate power or electricity. Intermittent or unreliable sources of power can be used to fill the receptacle, or power from a power grid can be used to fill the receptacle at times that are off-peak. During peak-load times, the potential energy of the fluid in the receptacle can be converted to power. The receptacle can also be used to control water flows and can provide a source of power and potable water to a community.

The present invention relates to a condenser pressure-retaining energy-saving refrigerator refrigeration system. It uses compressor, condenser, filter, capillar and evaporator to form refrigerant circulation system. A flow regulating mechanism is set on the pipeline leading to the capillary from condenser, said flow regulating mechanism is started or stopped synchronously with starting or stopping of the comprssor. The flow regulating mechanism can make the high-prssure refrigerant being in the condenser do not be fed into evaporator by means of capillary after the compressor is stopped or only small portion of refrigerant can be continuously flowed into evaporator so as to retain the potential energy possessed by high-pressure refrigerant in condenser.

A volumetric displacement device, especially good for preserving and dispensing carbonated beverages has been constructed that is extremely light, small, safe, attractive, easy to use, energy efficient and inexpensive. It can use battery power, has an ovaloid shape, can be constructed of thin flexible plastics, and operates in various positions that eliminate the need for a pickup tube. A consistent problem with soda savers, in that they destroy carbonated beverages by delivering them in a violent manner, has been solved by utilizing a low pressure delivery mode. The described volumetric displacement device can operate in a conventional refrigerator.

The invention provides a three-phase energy storage method of a solar air conditioner, and belongs to the field of solar air conditioners. An absorbing type refrigerating working pair serves as an energy storage medium, a three-phase energy storage device is connected with a generator in a solar absorbing type refrigerating system in parallel, a solar heat collecting medium provides heat for the three-phase energy storage device and the generator, surplus solar collected heat is stored in the three-phase storage device in an energy storage medium chemical potential energy mode by adjusting the flow of the heating collecting medium entering the three-phase energy storage device in real time, and good matching of a drive heat source and an air conditioner load is achieved. The three-phase energy storage method avoids the dangers brought by crystallization during serial connection of a two-phase energy storage device and a generator in the prior art, the load adjusting function of the solar air conditioner can be achieved through an energy storage system by means of gas-liquid-solid three-phase high energy storage density, and the crystallization rate of 50% enables the size of the energy storage device to be reduced by more than a half than the size of an energy storage device in a two-phase energy storage mode. The system is simple, adjustment is convenient and flexible, the amount of released cold is stable, and a common solar air conditioning system can be easily improved into an energy storage air conditioning system.

A solid-state image capturing device having a two pixel sharing structure is provided. A reset section for resetting electric potential of the floating diffusion to a predetermined electric potential and a signal amplifying section for amplifying a signal in accordance with voltage of the floating diffusion to read out the signal are separately arranged. An active region of the reset section is configured to function as an active region of the floating diffusion. A wiring extending from the floating diffusion to a control electrode of the signal amplifying section is formed to be a first layer of a metal wiring having a layout of a straight line with a shortest length. Centers of the light receiving sections are oriented to centers of pixels and the centers of the pixels are arranged at regular optical intervals.

The invention discloses a system for differential recovery of potential energy of a boom of an oil liquid hybrid power excavating machine. The system comprises a variable capacity pump, a multi-channel valve, a boom cylinder, an operating handle, a controller, a hydraulic control reversing valve, a hydraulic control reversing and throttling valve, a hydraulic control unloading valve, an energy accumulator, an electro-hydraulic proportional valve and a one-way valve. The controller is used for controlling the electro-hydraulic proportional valve and the variable capacity pump according to pressure at an outlet of the variable capacity pump and a pressure signal of the energy accumulator, thereby solving the flow distribution problem of the energy accumulator and the variable capacity pump. The energy accumulator is an energy storage element which can transform descending kinetic energy and potential energy of the boom to hydraulic energy and reasonably distribute the energy for a main power source and an auxiliary power source, and a working device is driven by the pump-energy accumulator. The system can avoid the waste of a large amount of the descending kinetic energy of the boom, reduce the energy transformation link, enable an engine to stably work in a high-efficient fuel oil region, improve the fuel coil economy of the excavating machine and reduce the emission of the system.

A lift control system able to recover energy for electric fork truck is composed of motor, pump-motor unit, oil supplying unit, electro-hydraulic servo valve, lifting cylinder, controller and electric accumulator set. When said lifting cylinder works in raising up and lowering down procedures, the motor works in regenerative braking mode for recovering the braking energy and storing it in accumulator set. When the weight is lowered down, its potential makes the motor rotate reversely by pump-motor unit to generate electric energy and storing it in accumulator set.

A new method is described to produce useful electrical energy from DC electrostatic fields using a pyramid-shaped capacitor. The system uses no moving parts and no mechanical energy is introduced. Also, when a pyramid-shaped electrode is charged with DC high voltage, a propulsive force is generated. This will allow the manufacture of vehicles capable of levitation and flight.

An electric potential sensor includes a detecting electrode, a capacitor modulating unit for modulating a coupling capacitance between the detecting electrode and a measurement object by using an electrostatic force, and a shielding unit for electrically shielding the detecting electrode from electric fields due to the electrostatic force of the capacitor modulating unit. An electric potential of the measurement object is measured based on a change caused by the capacitor modulating unit in the amount of electrical charge induced in the detecting electrode. Entrance of lines of electric force due to the electrostatic force of the capacity modulating unit into the detecting electrode is prevented or reduced, so that an unfavorable mixture of driving noise into an output signal of the detecting electrode can be prevented or reduced.

An image-forming apparatus of the present invention includes: a vacuum container constituted by disposing in opposition to each other a rear plate with an electron source formed thereon, and a face plate having an image display region provided with at least phosphors for being irradiated with electrons emitted from the electron source to form an image and anodes disposed on the phosphors; anode potential supplying means for supplying an electric potential higher than that of the electron source to the anode; at least one electroconductive member provided at a site outside of the image display region on an inner surface of the face plate; potential supplying means for supplying to the electroconductive member an electric potential at a level between a lowest electric potential of those which are applied to the electron source and an electric potential applied to the anode; first and second resistant members electrically connected between the anode and the electroconductive members, having resistances higher than that of the anode and having different resistances from each other, wherein the anode, the first resistant member, the second resistant member, and the electroconductive member are electrically connected in series.