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1707 results about "Unit/actuation" patented technology

Wind energy system with fluid-working machine with non-symmetric actuation

The invention relates to a wind energy system with hydraulic energy transmission with non-symmetric actuation. The non-symmetric actuation is caused by valve control and mechanical means for controlling the actuation of the pistons. A cylinder unit is provided comprising a drive unit and an output unit associated with two hydraulic connections. The drive and the output unit comprise a minimum of two cylinders, in which pistons are reciprocating. Some of the cylinders can be switched off during low wind speeds. The cylinders communicate with a low pressure manifold and a high pressure manifold. These manifolds are part of the hydraulic connections. Use of the fluid-working machine as transmission in wind energy systems increases the overall economical efficiency.
Owner:GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

Temperature monitoring device and plasma processing apparatus

The invention provides a temperature monitoring device and a plasma processing apparatus. In the temperature monitoring device, a drive unit driving temperature detection module moves in a reaction chamber to make the temperature detection module detect the temperatures of different areas of a heated body in the movement process and send the detected temperatures to a control unit; and the control unit compares the temperatures sent by the temperature detection module with a preset standard temperature, and a calibration heating unit outputs power to the detected areas corresponding to the temperatures sent by the temperature detection module when a deviation exists between the temperatures and the preset standard temperature. The temperature monitoring device provided by the invention can improve the heating uniformity of the heated body in order to improve the process quality, and can simplify the operation process in order to improve the work efficiency.
Owner:BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIP CO LTD

Method and circuit for encoding multi-level pulse amplitude modulated signals using integrated optoelectronic devices

Methods and systems for encoding multi-level pulse amplitude modulated signals using integrated optoelectronics are disclosed and may include generating a multi-level, amplitude-modulated optical signal utilizing an optical modulator driven by two or more electrical input signals. The optical modulator may include optical modulator elements coupled in series and configured into groups. The number of optical modular elements and groups may configure the number of levels in the multi-level amplitude modulated optical signal. Unit drivers may be coupled to each of the groups. The electrical input signals may be synchronized before communicating them to the unit drivers utilizing flip-flops. Phase addition may be synchronized utilizing one or more electrical delay lines. The optical modulator may be integrated on a single substrate, which may include one of: silicon, gallium arsenide, germanium, indium gallium arsenide, polymers, or indium phosphide. The optical modulator may include a Mach-Zehnder interferometer or one or more ring modulators.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC

System for restarting internal combustion engine when engine restart request occurs

In a system, a starter includes a motor for rotatably driving an output shaft with a pinion and an actuator that shifts the pinion toward a ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. A monitor unit monitors a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. The rotational speed of the internal combustion engine drops after an automatic control for stop of the engine. When an engine restart request occurs with the rotational speed being within a preset range during the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine dropping by the automatic control for stop of the engine, a drive unit drives the actuator to shift the pinion toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The drive unit rotatably drives the motor with the pinion being engaged with the ring gear to thereby crank the crankshaft.
Owner:DENSO CORP

System and Methods for Advancing a Catheter

InactiveUS20080045892A1Reduce repeated x-ray exposureReduce X-ray exposureElectrotherapyDiagnosticsControl systemEngineering
An advancer system is described for moving an elongate medical device within a body. The system includes a drive unit having a motor. The drive unit is configured to translate movement of the motor to the device so as to alternately advance and retract the device relative to the body. The advancer system also includes a user-operable control system configured to control the drive unit. The control system can interface with a magnetic navigation system. The above-described system allows an operating physician to control catheter advancement and retraction while remaining outside an x-ray imaging field. Thus the physician is freed from repeated x-ray exposure.
Owner:STEREOTAXIS

Nose hair trimmer, nose hair trimmer arrangement, nose hair trimmer attachment, trimmer blade arrangement and manufacturing methods therefor

InactiveUS20110010942A1Large area of cutting edgeShorten the timeMetal working apparatusNasal passageNasal passages
A nose hair trimmer with dual cutting edges which comprises a stationary blade with a plurality of teeth disposed on two opposite longitudinal sides thereof; a movable blade with a plurality of teeth disposed on two opposite longitudinal sides thereof, and the movable blade is driven by a driving unit to move in a linear reciprocating manner against the stationary blade so that the teeth on one side of the stationary blade and the teeth on one side of the movable blade cooperate with each other to define a first cutting edge, and the teeth on the other side of the stationary blade and the teeth on the other side of the movable blade cooperate with each other to define a second cutting edge; and a casing having a head portion in shape and size adapted to be inserted into a human nose, and the head portion is provided with two longitudinal openings disposed opposite to each other for exposing the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge respectively, so that the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge are positioned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a nasal passage of a human nose when the head portion is inserted into the nose.
Owner:SPECIALIFE INDS

Data storage system and method for monitoring and controlling the power budget in a drive enclosure housing data storage devices

A control processor manages the power budget in a drive enclosure and is within the drive enclosure which monitors in real time a redundantly configured power supply unit, drives, interposers, and temperature sensors, and determines the power settings for each drive to avoid overload and overheating in the system. The control processor dynamically adjusts the mode of operation as needed during operation through the SAS interposer. A localized monitoring and control mechanism eliminates the need for extraneous coordination of information across various entities that access the storage. Data tunneling takes place directly between the compute nodes and target drives through the SAS expander and interposer, and does not need buffering the pending IO requests in the DRAM.
Owner:DATADIRECT NETWORKS

Fingerprint collection system and fingerprint information collection method

The invention relates to a fingerprint collection system comprising a fingerprint sensor, a scanning controller, a sensing unit driving circuit, an image output unit and a mode control circuit. The fingerprint sensor comprises a fingerprint sensing unit array, an antenna metal frame and a radiofrequency driving circuit; the fingerprint sensing unit array includes multiple sensing units, and the radiofrequency driving circuit drives the antenna metal frame to transmit radiofrequency signals. The scanning controller is used for selecting at least part of the sensing units of the fingerprint sensing unit array to serve as effective sensing units for sensing fingerprints and converting the same into electric signals. The sensing unit driving circuit is used for providing time-sequence signals needed for work of the effective sensing units. The image output unit is used for converting electric signals into digital fingerprint image information and outputting the information. The mode control circuit is used for controlling the sensing unit driving circuit to send different time-sequence signals to change working modes of the fingerprint collection system. The working modes at least include a capacitive collection mode and a radiofrequency collection mode. The fingerprint collection system has wide application range and has good collection and recognition effects in various application fields.
Owner:成都费恩格尔微电子技术有限公司 +1

Drive assembly for locking one or several operating units of an agricultural implement or of a self-propelled implement

A drive assembly driven by a drive unit locks one or several operating units (6) of an agricultural implement (1) or of a self-propelled implement. The operating unit (6) can be locked when switching off the drive unit or upon reaction of an overload coupling (4). The drive assembly (3) has an overload coupling (4) connected to the drive unit and driven by the drive unit in one driving direction of rotation. The overload coupling (4) is also connected to the operating unit (6). The drive assembly (3) further has a brake unit (5) connected to the overload coupling (4). The brake unit (5) is intended to be arranged in the driveline between the overload coupling (4) and the operating unit (6). Actuating mechanism (10) actuates the brake unit (5) when the operating unit is running so that the operating unit is braked and locked. Thereafter, the overload coupling is disconnected.
Owner:JEAN WALTERSCHEID GMBH

Gearbox for a wind turbine

A gearbox for a wind turbine includes a ring wheel unit provided in a housing; a driving shaft designed to be coupled to the rotor of the wind turbine and a single main bearing or a pair of main bearings which rotatably support the driving shaft in the housing. The ring wheel unit is formed of a sun wheel, a planet wheel, ring wheel which is fixed to the housing in a non-rotating manner and a planet carrier which is rigidly connected to the driving shaft. An additional bearing rotatably supports the planet carrier or the driving shaft relative to the housing. Between the part of the housing having the main bearing or the main bearings and the part of the housing with the additional bearing and the ring wheel, an elastic part is provided with relative torsional stiffness, yet relatively flexible to loads in the axial and / or radial direction.
Owner:HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS INT NV

Automotive supercharging apparatus

An electric motor-generator and an engine are linked using a first belt that is looped around a crank pulley that is mounted to a crank shaft and a one-way clutch pulley that is mounted to a rotating shaft. An electronic control unit drives the electric motor-generator as an electric motor and drives the compressor by the electric motor-generator if engine speed is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
Owner:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Apparatus to sense a temperature of a printhead of an inkjet printer and method thereof

A method and apparatus to sense a temperature of a printhead of an inkjet printer includes one or more temperature sensors each included in a respective one of the one or more printheads to measure a temperature of each printhead and output an analog signal corresponding to the measured temperature of the one or more printheads, analog buffers each included in the one or more printheads and connected to the temperature sensor of each printhead to control the output of the analog signals according to predetermined control signals, an analog-to-digital converter to digitalize the analog signals output through the analog buffers, and a driving unit connected to the analog buffers to drive the temperature sensors, wherein the analog buffers determine which temperature sensor is driven by the driving unit based on the predetermined control signals.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Apparatus for driving and adjusting flaps hinged to an aircraft

Flaps, for example leading edge flaps and / or trailing edge flaps of an aircraft wing, are driven and adjusted by respective drive units. Drive shafts of neighboring flaps are coupled to each other by a differential gear. The differential gear is thus coupled to a main drive shaft which is driven by a main drive unit. Additionally, the differential gear is coupled to a secondary drive unit. The main drive power and the secondary drive power and thus the respective flap motions are super-imposable on each other, which permits operating the flaps independently of each other or in synchronism with each other.
Owner:AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH

Interchangeable lens, camera body and camera system

An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body includes an optical system operable to collect light from a subject to form a subject image, a diaphragm operable to adjust an amount of light of the subject image to be collected by the optical system, a driving unit operable to drive the diaphragm based upon an aperture value within a predetermined range, a storage unit operable to store speed information relating to a speed at which the driving unit can be set to drive the diaphragm, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit the speed information stored in the storage unit to the camera body. The speed information is provided for each of a plurality of aperture value ranges which are obtained by dividing the predetermined range of the aperture value, and relates to the speed indicating a settable rate of change in the light amount which changes as the driving unit drives the diaphragm.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

System and method for protecting a motor drive unit from motor back EMF under fault conditions

A system and method for protecting a motor drive unit from an associated motor includes a motor drive unit protection system. The motor drive unit protection system includes at least one switch configured to be connected between a motor drive unit and a plurality of motor leads of the motor driven by the motor drive unit. The motor drive unit protection system also includes a controller configured to monitor the motor drive unit or the motor to determine a fault condition indicative of the motor potentially operating as a generator. Upon determining the fault condition, the controller is configured to cause the at least one switch to connect the plurality of motor leads together to protect the motor drive unit from the motor when the motor is operating as a generator.
Owner:ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH

Endoscope system comprising endoscope to which medical instrument is attached

An endoscope system comprises an endoscope, medical instrument, operating unit, first and second drive units, and control unit. The endoscope comprises a flexible insertion tube being inserted into an object being examined. The medical instrument is partially inserted into the object through the insertion tube and the operating unit is used for commanding the medical instrument to operate. The first drive unit drives the medical instrument to enable an inserting and pulling-out operation of the medical instrument with the object through the insertion tube. The second drive unit drives the medical instrument to enable the medical instrument to perform a therapeutic operation in the object. The control unit controls drive of the first and second driving devices depending on both an operated state of the operating device and an interference state caused between the medical instrument and the insertion tube when the instrument is actually used.
Owner:OLYMPUS CORP

Method and circuit for encoding multi-level pulse amplitude modulated signals using integrated optoelectronic devices

Methods and systems for encoding multi-level pulse amplitude modulated signals using integrated optoelectronics are disclosed and may include generating a multi-level, amplitude-modulated optical signal utilizing an optical modulator driven by two or more electrical input signals. The optical modulator may include optical modulator elements coupled in series and configured into groups. The number of optical modular elements and groups may configure the number of levels in the multi-level amplitude modulated optical signal. Unit drivers may be coupled to each of the groups. The electrical input signals may be synchronized before communicating them to the unit drivers utilizing flip-flops. Phase addition may be synchronized utilizing one or more electrical delay lines. The optical modulator may be integrated on a single substrate, which may include one of: silicon, gallium arsenide, germanium, indium gallium arsenide, polymers, or indium phosphide. The optical modulator may include a Mach-Zehnder interferometer or one or more ring modulators.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC

Suspension system for motor vehicles

A suspension system for motor vehicles with level regulation for adjusting a predetermined height of the vehicle body includes at least one piston-cylinder unit with a work cylinder, a piston rod and a damping piston having damping valves. A pump is connected between an oil reservoir and the piston cylinder unit via corresponding inlet and outlet lines. The pump is driven by a drive unit and the level height is detected by a sensor which acts on the drive unit or on a regulating valve via evaluating electronics.
Owner:ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of display modes of viewing angle properties different from each other, comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit, a phase control liquid crystal element, a luminance visual angle control liquid crystal element, and a drive unit. The drive unit drives the phase control liquid crystal element and the luminance visual angle control liquid crystal element in accordance with a respective one of the plurality of display modes.
Owner:TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECH

Full-servo back label printing, intaglio printing, rotary screen printing and embossing register control method

InactiveCN102582243ARealize automatic overprintingReduce labor intensityPrinting press partsScreen printingPaper tape
The invention discloses a full-servo back label printing, intaglio printing, rotary screen printing and embossing register control method. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, sequentially printing a dark color marks on the back surface of a paper tape material at a set interval; 2, making the paper tape material of which the back surface is printed with color marks pass through an intaglio printing unit, a rotary screen printing unit and an embossing unit, connecting a color register controller with a servo motor encoder of each unit roller respectively, and respectively recording a reference position of the servo motor encoder driven by each unit; and 3, directly adjusting the phase of the unit servo motor encoder by using the color register controller to ensure the register printing accuracy of each unit in the intaglio printing, rotary screen printing and embossing printing processes if the position of the unit servo motor encoder is different from the reference position recorded in the step 2. The full-automatic register printing method is simple in control process and can be conveniently and efficiently operated, and automatic detection and adjustment are realized completely.
Owner:XIAN AEROSPACE HUAYANG PRINTING & PACKAGING MACHINERY

Flexible instrument

A medical instrument assembly and robotic medical system are provided. The medical instrument assembly comprises an outer probe having an elongated shaft, an inner probe having an elongated shaft, coaxially disposed within the outer probe shaft, and a driver interface module having a plurality of actuating elements configured to be driven by a drive unit to independently effect movement of each of the outer and inner probes within at least one degree-of-freedom. The robotic medical system may comprise the driver interface module, a user interface configured for generating at least one command, a drive unit coupled to the actuating elements, and an electric controller configured, in response to the command(s), for directing the drive unit to drive the actuating elements to independently effect movement of each of the outer and inner probes to the degree(s)-of-freedom.
Owner:AURIS HEALTH INC

Image display device

An image display device includes a flexible display unit transformable by a force between a first state and a second state having different curved degrees; a pressing member disposed at a rear surface of the flexible display unit, to apply the force to the flexible display unit; a driving unit to push or pull the pressing member such that a curved state of the pressing member is implemented; and an adjusting unit to couple the pressing member and the driving unit to each other, and movable with respect to the driving unit, the adjusting unit to adjust the curved state of the pressing member.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Device for sorting fruits and method for sorting Chinese chestnut

The invention relates to a fruit sorting device, which comprises a machine frame, a driving unit, a conveying unit, an image acquisition and processing unit, a sorting control unit, and a separating unit. The sorting control unit controls the driving unit to drive the conveying unit so as to convey fruits to the area of the image acquisition and processing unit which acquires the image information on the fruits, shoots a plurality of images containing effective information of the fruits, and judges the comprehensive quality of the images through a computer vision technique; and the sorting control unit tracks, detects and finally separates out the bad fruit so as to achieve the fruit sorting. The device adopts non-touch type judgment and has the advantages of simple structure, low price, and accurate and objective analysis.
Owner:CHINA AGRI UNIV

Moxibustion therapy apparatus and method for controlling gas temperature in moxibustion treatment

The invention relates to the traditional medical field, particularly relating to the field of acupuncture in the traditional medicine and in particular to an acupunctural device and a control method for acupuncture air temperature. The invention adopts a shell that is opened on one side and an air delivery pipe that extends into the shell, wherein, an outlet end of the air delivery pipe extends near to an acupuncture point and delivers medicinal air to an acupuncture area. The invention also adopts at least one temperature sensor to detect the air temperature near the outlet end, a drive unit drives the outlet end of the air delivery pipe to move towards or away from the acupuncture point and a control unit is electrically connected with the temperature sensor and the drive unit respectively and controls actions of the drive unit (3) according to the detected temperature. The invention has the beneficial effect that the temperature of the medicinal air during moxibustion is automatically detected and regulated into a safe range, thus effectively preventing a sufferer from being burnt; and the air of the traditional Chinese medicine is discharged in a concentrated way, which does not spread out and influence the therapeutic environment.
Owner:SIEMENS CHINA

Three axis directional controlling method for stabilizing posture in deep space based on behavior mode

InactiveCN1876501ASolving Vector Solving Singular ProblemsClear logicSpacecraft guiding apparatusFlight computerKinematics
The invention discloses a deep-space three-axle stable attitude directional control method, based on operation mode, belonging to an attitude control method of space aircraft, wherein said method comprises: the space aircraft with automatic navigation function, via flying computer, receives the reference directional mission and auxiliary directional mission; the flying computer, according to the aircraft track supported by navigation system and the track of target heavenly body obtained by astronomical ephemeris interpolation, finds the attitude operation process meet the demand of said mission, as the reference attitude track; and uses attitude track control rule, via the attitude interface unit, to drive the attitude executer of aircraft, to realize needed attitude. The invention can improve the automatic degree.
Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH
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