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A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.

Heated cycle grip

An electrically powered resistance heating handgrip is provided for a vehicle that employs an electrical storage battery. A control circuit to regulate the amount of power provided to the resistance elements in the grip is provided and preferably located within a hollow core that fits coaxially within the open end of a handlebar of a motorcycle or snowmobile, for example. The control circuit is mounted on a thin, narrow, elongated printed circuit board and includes a microprocessor that is programmed to contain a lookup table of temperatures. A thermistor is embedded in the casing of the handgrip proximate the heating element thereof. The thermistor provides feedback signals to the microprocessor which compares the temperature sensor feedback signals to a target temperature and provides or interrupts electrical power to the electrical heating element depending upon whether the temperature indicated by the thermistor is lower than the target temperature. The target temperature is established by a dial mounted in the butt end of the handgrip. The dial operates the wiper of a variable potentiometer to establish the target temperature. Heat is uniformly distributed throughout each handgrip by wrapping the heating element wire thereof about a thermally conductive sheet of aluminum, and encasing the wire within a temperature resistant dielectric sheathing, such as Teflon(R).
Owner:DOWNEY PHILIP L +2

Controls for musical instrument sustainers

A sustainer is provided for prolonging the vibrations of strings of a stringed musical instrument. The instrument has at least one magnetic pickup means responsive to the vibrations of the strings. The pickup produces an output signal in response to the vibrations of the instrument strings. At least one control potentiometer provides the capability to control at least one parameter of the output signal. The sustainer comprises a string driver transducer capable of inducing vibrations in the strings, a sustainer amplifier having an input which accepts the pickup output signal, and an amplifier circuit which amplifies the pickup output signal to form a drive signal. The sustainer amplifier also has an output, from which the drive signal transfers sufficient energy to the string driver transducer to sustain the vibrations of the strings. A power supply provides electrical energy to the sustainer amplifier. A power switch provides connection and disconnection means between the power supply and the sustainer amplifier in response to actuation of the power switch in order to turn the sustainer on and off. The power switch is an integral part of the control potentiometer, where the two are a physical combination. Both switch and potentiometer are actuated by the shaft of the potentiometer. Furthermore, the appearance of the control potentiometer having the power switch as an integral part, when viewed from the outside of the musical instrument, is similar to that of the instrument containing the potentiometer without the power switch being present as the integral part of the potentiometer.
Owner:HOOVER ALAN ANDERSON

Airborne air-photo image-stabilizing cloud deck of unmanned aerial vehicle

ActiveCN102556359AIsolation and Buffering EffectsEliminate jitterAircraft componentsUncrewed vehicleEngineering
The invention relates to an airborne shooting device of an unmanned aerial vehicle, in particular to an airborne air-photo image-stabilizing cloud deck of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A cross beam is installed on a fixing rod of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a first flat plate with a middle hole is disposed on the cross beam. A horizontal rotating driving steering engine is arranged on a first frame and connected with the first flat plate through a horizontal transmission mechanism, the counter force of the first flat plate drives the first frame to rotate horizontally, and a horizontal angle detection potentiometer can penetrate through the middle hole of the first flat plate in a relatively rotating mode to be fixedly connected on the first frame. A second frame is rotatably disposed on the first frame through horizontal shafts on both sides of the second frame, the horizontal shaft on one side of the second frame is connected with a perpendicular rotating driving steering engine arranged on the first frame through a perpendicular transmission mechanism, and the horizontal shaft on the other side of the second frame is connected with a perpendicular angle detection potentiometer. The second frame is driven by the perpendicular rotating driving steering engine to rotate perpendicularly and rotates horizontally along with the first frame. The airborne air-photo image-stabilizing cloud deck of the unmanned aerial vehicle is good in shock absorption effect, large in driving torque and stable in rotating speed.
Owner:SHENYANG INST OF AUTOMATION - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI +1

Digital positioner for electric controlled valve and method thereof

The invention discloses a digital electric valve positioner and a method thereof. The positioner consists of a control unit, an I/P electric conversion unit, a valve position feedback unit and a malfunction diagnosis unit. By the configuration of the flux characteristic parameters of the positioner, the working flux characteristic aberration which is caused by the factors such as a change of the pressure drop ratio of the adjusting valve, etc. is corrected, which is based on that a plurality of flux characteristics and action directions of the adjusting valve integration are provided. The control to the valve position of the adjusting valve is based on a Fuzzy-PI dual-mode no-interference shifting algorithm. Depending on the internal relationship between the valve position given value, the valve position feedback value and the valve film head pressure which are arranged by a control center and applying a rule-based knowledge reasoning, the malfunction diagnosis is realized through that the user selects to release or partly release the valve film head pressure during the stuck freeing operation. The valve displacement/electric conversion of the valve position feedback unit depends on a non-contact magnetic sensitive potentiometer. The man-machine interaction adopts a touch screen technique, and the control unit is accessed in a control network by an Ethernet interface.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV

Integrated-navigation and control hardware-in-the-loop simulation test system of underwater vehicle

InactiveCN102004447ASame integration timeIntegral error is smallNavigational calculation instrumentsSimulator controlPotentiometerInertial navigation system
The invention discloses an integrated-navigation and control hardware-in-the-loop simulation test system of an underwater vehicle. A simulation computer figures out the position, posture, speed and course information of the underwater vehicle, and an SINS (Ship's Inertial Navigation System) subsystem simulates the posture motion of the underwater vehicle. A satellite navigation subsystem simulates the position and speed information of the underwater vehicle, and a depth simulation subsystem simulates the sailing depth information of the underwater vehicle. A DVL (Digital Video Interactive) navigation subsystem simulates and computes the speed of the underwater vehicle, and a virtual line accelerometer simulates the specific force information of the underwater vehicle. A navigation control computer collects the information to complete calculating of an inertial navigation and control system to drive a steering engine to move, the steering engine simulates action, and rudder angle information is fed back to the simulation computer by a rudder angle feedback potentiometer. The system realizes debugging and testing of the integrated-navigation and control system of the underwater vehicle.
Owner:NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIV

Double-rotor-wing unmanned plane

The invention discloses a double-rotor-wing unmanned plane. Flying control on the double-rotor-wing unmanned plane is realized based on a four-rotor-wing unmanned plane flying control principle by designing a single-degree-of-freedom automatic tilter, semi-rigidity rotor wings and a flying control system. The unmanned plane consists of a stander, a plane body, a power bin, rotor wing systems and a rotor wing system support, wherein the plane body is provided with an equipment bin in which a flight posture sensor group, a PID controller, a lithium battery and an electronic speed controller are arranged; the plane body, the power bin and the rotor wing system support are in rigid fixed connection through the stander; a brushless motor and a steering engine are arranged in the power bin; the steering engine drives a pull rod to operate the single-degree-of-freedom automatic tilter and control the rotor wings to periodically change the distance; the angle of the tilter is measured by a potentiometer, so that precise control is facilitated; the rotor wing systems are symmetrically arranged and are positioned on the same horizontal plane; the rotating directions of the rotor wings are opposite, and the rotor wings are mounted on a total distance hinge so as to be mechanically limited to do waving motion. According to the unmanned plane, the operation mechanism is simplified; the flying quality is good; the requirement on the precision of a theoretical model is low, and an extremely high practical value is achieved.
Owner:NORTHWEST A & F UNIV

Device and method for on-orbit monitoring of charging of satellite material surface

ActiveCN102507717ASimple physical structureEasy to carry in spaceMaterial analysis by electric/magnetic meansSurface chargesElectron
The invention relates to a device and a method for on-orbit monitoring of charging of a satellite material surface, belonging to the technical field of space application. The device comprises an electron gun, a non-contact potentiometer probe, a three-dimensional transmission mechanism, a non-contact surface potentiometer, an electron beam current density measuring system, a monitoring electrode,a supporting structure, a first electromagnetic valve, a second electromagnetic valve, a diffusion pump, a third electromagnetic valve, a vacuum box, a mechanical pump, a vacuum penetrating wall, a measurement circuit interface and a measurement circuit. The test method comprises the steps as follows: sending an electron to a sample for monitoring the electrode surface under a vacuum condition, adjusting the position of the non-contact potentiometer probe through the three-dimensional transmission mechanism, recording charging potential Vsurface on the sample surface, measuring leakage current I through the measurement circuit, and finally obtaining a proportional relation coefficient K by known sample resistance rho according to the formula that Vsurface is proportional to KrhoI. According to the invention, the on-orbit surface charging condition of the satellite material is inverted by monitoring the leakage current of the sample in a space environment, and the device and the methodhas the advantage of simple physical structure and is easy to carry in space.
Owner:NO 510 INST THE FIFTH RES INST OFCHINA AEROSPAE SCI & TECH

Power system of compound energy electro-vehicle

The invention provides a power system of a compound energy electro-vehicle, comprising a compound power supply controlling machine box, a main power supply connected with the power supply controlling machine box, a solar energy photovoltaic cell and a super capacitor module set, wherein, the output end of the compound power supply controlling machine box is connected with a motor driving controlling module and an assistant device, and the other end of the motor driving controlling module is connected with a motor; a hardware main circuit and a control circuit which are mutually connected are arranged in the compound power supply controlling machine box; the hardware main circuit is connected with the solar energy photovoltaic cell via an unidirectional DC/DC converter and is connected with the super capacitor module set via a bidirectional DC/DC converter; the input end of a microprocessor in the control circuit is connected with a temperature detecting module, a current detecting module and a pressure detecting module via a signal conditioning circuit, and the output end is connected with the motor driving circuit and an assistant device potentiometer via an optocoupler isolation circuit. The invention can better improve the acceleration performance and climbing performance of a vehicle, reduce heavy current discharging time of the main power supply and avoid the main power supply from damage and reduction of volume.
Owner:SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH
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