Contactor with contact carrier location sensing

    公开(公告)号:US11948757B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-02

    申请号:US16962243

    申请日:2019-01-07

    摘要: A contactor includes: at least one moveable contact mounted on a contact carrier; at least one stationary contact mounted on a housing; an electromagnet arranged to cause the contact carrier to move relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, and thus to cause the at least one moveable contact to travel from a contacts open position to a contacts closed position with respect to the at least one stationary contact; a sensor coupled to one of the contact carrier and the housing and arranged to detect an intermediate position, in between the first position and the second position, at which the housing and the contact carrier are located at a given moment in time as the contact carrier moves relative to the housing between the first position and the second position; and a controller connected to receive the signals from the sensor.

    POWER TOOL INCLUDING A TOUCH SENSOR
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240072690A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18453403

    申请日:2023-08-22

    IPC分类号: H02P1/02 H02K5/02 H02K9/22

    CPC分类号: H02P1/02 H02K5/02 H02K9/22

    摘要: Systems and methods for power tools having touch sensors. One power tool includes a housing, a motor, a first handle, a second handle, and a controller. The first handle includes a user input configured to be actuated by a first hand of a user. The second handle includes a touch sensor configured to detect a second hand of the user on the second handle. The controller is configured to determine whether the user input is actuated, determine whether the second hand of the user is on the second handle, control, in response to both the user input being actuated and the second hand of the user being on the second handle, the motor to drive the motor, and prohibit, in response to the user input being actuated and the second hand of the user not being on the second handle, operation of the motor.

    CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DC MOTORS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240056002A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18267659

    申请日:2021-12-16

    摘要: A control circuit and method for DC motors is disclosed in the present application. The control circuit may comprise a voltage monitoring unit for monitoring the output voltage of the DC power supply, a switching circuit for controlling the operation of the DC motor, and a PWM signal output unit to output PWM signal for controlling the switching circuit. The PWM signal output unit may be configured to regulate the duty cycle of the output PWM signal based on the results of the voltage monitoring unit. In this way, motors with different resistances may work continuously in a stabilized state. Also, it may detect when a load like motor is heavy loaded or overloaded, stop motor from starting, and avoid overtime working due to the drop of supply voltage damaging the load like motor. When the voltage of power supply is higher than the rated voltage of the motor, it may regulate the input voltage value of power supply to avoid the increase of excitation current of motor with the increase of the applied voltage, thereby avoid the loss of iron core.

    Method for controlling an electric motor

    公开(公告)号:US11682988B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US17685258

    申请日:2022-03-02

    发明人: Libo Zheng Min Zhang

    IPC分类号: H02P1/46 H02P3/14 H02P1/02

    CPC分类号: H02P1/46 H02P1/029 H02P3/14

    摘要: A method is described for controlling an electric motor having a rotor. The method is carried out after a shutdown of the motor has been initiated. The method includes starting a timer in a motor controller, performing regenerative braking to recapture kinetic energy from the rotor as electrical energy, and using the recaptured electrical energy from the regenerative braking to power the motor controller. If the timer in the motor controller exceeds a predetermined timer value, a flag is set in memory in the motor controller to indicate that the motor has stopped.

    Wiper drive circuit
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11458931B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16872411

    申请日:2020-05-12

    摘要: When a power failure does not occur, power supply to a first terminal of a wiper motor is performed by a first battery, and power supply to a second terminal of the wiper motor is performed by a second battery. When a power failure occurs in one of the first battery or the second battery, power supply to the wiper motor is performed by the other battery that is not in power failure.

    Vehicle control apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11453435B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16553792

    申请日:2019-08-28

    申请人: JTEKT CORPORATION

    摘要: A vehicle control apparatus capable of protecting a pre-charge circuit is provided. When a voltage has entered an operating voltage range, a microcomputer determines whether a preset period has elapsed from then. Upon determining that the preset period has elapsed, the microcomputer starts initial check. To carry out the initial check, the microcomputer starts charging a capacitor for power supply stabilization of a drive circuit by turning on the pre-charge circuit and, when the charging of the capacitor is completed, turns on a power supply relay provided on a power supply line that connects between a battery and the drive circuit.