1107 results about "Electromagnetic devices" patented technology

A method is given of fracturing a subterranean formation including the step of a) pumping at least one device actively transmitting data that provide information on the device position, and further comprising the step of assessing the fracture geometry based on the positions of said at least one device, or b) pumping metallic elements, preferably as proppant agents, and further locating the position of said metallic elements with a tool selected from the group consisting of magnetometers, resistivity tools, electromagnetic devices and ultra-long arrays of electrodes, and further comprising the step of assessing the fracture geometry based on the positions of said metallic elements. The method allows monitoring of the fracture geometry and proppant placement.

This invention relates to a force-feedback apparatus which includes a stylus that is equipped with an electromagnetic device or a freely rotating ball. The stylus is functionally coupled to a controller which is capable of exerting a magnetic field to the electromagnetic device or to the rotating ball, which results in a force being created between the stylus and a surface. This invention also relates to a method of using a force-feedback stylus including moving a force-feedback stylus over a surface, controlling a force-feedback device via a controller coupled to the force-feedback stylus and applying a force to the force-feedback stylus via the force-feedback device, the force being determined for at least features on the surface.

A fuel delivery injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. A fuel injector forms part of a device which provides a combined injection and ignition. The fuel delivery injector comprises first and second portions adapted to be detachably connected together. The first portion incorporates a valve structure having a valve member movable with respect to a valve seat for opening and closing a delivery port, and an actuating member operatively connected to the valve member. An actuator is provided in the second portion. When the first and second portions are connected together, the actuator is operably associated with the actuating member to provide an actuating assembly. Typically, the actuating assembly comprises an electromagnetic device in which the actuating member comprises a solenoid armature and the actuator comprises a solenoid coil, whereby connection of the first and second portions together completes assembly of the electromagnetic device.

A charger cradle used for charging a battery of a portable electrical device. An electromagnetic device is disposed within the charger cradle proximate a metal piece of the cordless handset when the cordless handset is placed in a receiving portion of the charger cradle. The electromagnetic device generates a magnetic field when charge contacts of the charger cradle and the cordless handset are in contact and a charging current is conducted from a charging circuit of the charger cradle. The magnetic field attracts the metal piece of the cordless handset and securely holds the cordless handset into the receiving portion while the charging circuit charges the battery of the cordless handset.

An electromagnetic device (10) includes a core (12) having first and second arms (16, 18) connected by at least one body (14), a first winding (40) having multiple turns (41a, 41b) on the first arm (16) and a second winding (42) having multiple turns (43a, 43b) on the second arm (18), and a heatsink (50) having a first plurality of U-shaped heatsink elements (52) each including first and second legs (56, 58) aligned with the first and second arms (16, 18) and having a first thickness connected by a base (54) having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, the base (54) of each of the plurality of elements (52) being in contact with the base (54) of an adjacent heatsink element (52).

The present invention provides an electromagnetic component formed from adjacent conducting layers of a multi-layer PCB and two additional conducting layers in contact with the PCB. The inventive component includes one or more winding turns formed by connecting the multiple layers of the multi-layer PCB with conductive vias and by connecting the additional conducting layers to respective top and bottom surfaces of the PCB. In one embodiment, one of the conducting layers is soldered to a top conducting layer of the PCB and the other of the conductive layers is soldered to a bottom conducting layer of the PCB, effectively increasing the cross-sectional area of the top and bottom winding layers. In another embodiment, the additional conducting layers are separated from the adjacent conducting PCB layers by a layer of insulation, permitting the additional conducting layers to form separate winding turns. The inventive winding stack can be surface mounted to a PCB, and can be used as an inductor, or in other electromagnetic devices. The winding thus constructed is capable of accepting larger currents with lower resulting temperature increases than windings formed only from PCBs, and are less expensive to manufacture than PCB-only windings.

This electromagnetic switching device comprises an electromagnetic device 1 in which a movable core 15 comes into contact with or separates from a fixed core 14 in response to energization of an excitation coil 11 wound around a coil bobbin 10 a contact device 2 with a fixed contact 21 and a movable contact which comes into contact with or separates from the fixed contact in conjunction with a movement of the movable core 15 of the electromagnetic device, and a boxy case 3 configured to house the electromagnetic device and the contact device. The coil bobbin 10 has a flange 10a at its end in an axis direction of the coil bobbin, and the case 3 has, on its inner surface, a recess 31 into which a periphery of the flange 10a of the coil bobbin is fitted, and a cushioning member 32 for absorbing an impact which is transmitted from the electromagnetic device to the case is disposed in the recess, and the flange of the coil bobbin is supported by the recess through the cushioning member whereby the electromagnetic device is supported in the case.

A slot-type induction charger having light, thin, short and small characteristics is disclosed to include a power base holding therein a control module and a power-supplying coil module in a base member thereof for inducing an electric current, and an induction charging receiver set in the base member for receiving the induced electric current by electromagnetic induction from the power base for charging an electromagnetic device being connected to an electrical connector thereof. The power-supplying coil module and the power-receiving coil module each includes a magnetic conductor and a series of coils being alternatively and reversely wound around the magnetic conductor.

The present invention provides a device for determining the dynamics of a tool sited in a CNC machine, as encapsulated by the Frequency Response Function. The device uses an actively controlled electromagnet to excite forces on the tool. The force is excited in a non-contact manner, allowing the force to be applied to both a stationary and a rotating tool. The displacement is measured by standard means, such as accelerometers, optical displacement or capacitance sensors. The ratio of the force and the displacement in the frequency domain is the Frequency Response Function. The force may be applied as a pure sine wave, providing the Frequency Response Function at the frequency of the sine wave. Varying the frequency of the sine wave provides the Frequency Response Function over the range of frequencies of interest. The control of the force profile is handled entirely by the automated controls and requires no special skills, training or manual interaction by the user. No separate force sensor is required, since the electromagnetic force on the tool may be accurately determined from the design of the electromagnet and the tool position, geometry and material.