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US-5,923,175 Apparatus for contactless measurement of the electrical resistance of a conductor
An apparatus for contactlessly measuring the electrical resistance per unit ength of a low-resistance test conductor (e.g., wire or cable) at a selected...
US-5,923,174 Device for measuring electromagnetic radiation absorption
A device for measuring electromagnetic radiation absorption of a test surface includes an electromagnetic transceiver, an x-y axis positioning mechanism, and a z...
US-5,923,173 Circuit for detecting a wrong operation of a flyback transformer
A circuit, which can detect a wrong operation of a flyback transformer having a low voltage coil and a high voltage coil, includes a voltage sensing coil which...
US-5,923,172 Penning type gauge head with ignition aid
A penning type gauge head with an electrode system comprising an anode and a cathode disposed in the magnetic field of a permanent magnet, including an ignition...
US-5,923,171 Determining a parameter on a component in a composition
A method of determining a parameter selected from the electrical conductivity and the volume fraction of a component in a composition comprising a plurality of...
US-5,923,170 Method for near field electromagnetic proximity determination for guidance of a borehole drill
A method and apparatus for precise measurement of the distance and direction from a magnetic field sensor to a nearby magnetic field source includes an elongated...
US-5,923,169 Magnetic resonance imaging system with floating pole pieces
A magnetic resonance imaging suite is sheathed with plates (32, 34, 36) of iron or other ferrous material. The plates define projections (42, 44, 54, 54', 68) in...
US-5,923,168 Correction of artifacts caused by Maxwell terms in slice offset echo planar imaging
A method is disclosed to remove the image artifacts produced by Maxwell terms arising from the imaging gradients in an echo planar imaging pulse sequence. The...
US-5,923,167 Pulsed nuclear magnetism tool for formation evaluation while drilling
A logging-while-drilling tool contains a pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device for evaluating earth formations. An antenna of the pulsed NMR device is...
US-5,923,166 Electrically insulating cantilever magnetometer with mutually isolated and integrated thermometry, background...
A high sensitivity torque and force cantilever magnetometer having a cantilever with isolated capacitance detection and nulling circuits which provides increased...
US-5,923,165 Method and apparatus for detecting broken sewing needles in sewn articles
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for detection of a magnetic substance erroneously included in a non-magnetic product. The non-magnetic product such as a...
US-5,923,164 Apparatus and method for automatically tuning the gain of an amplifier
An apparatus and method for automatically and periodically tuning a signal having a gain element, a variable impedance associated with the gain element, and a...
US-5,923,163 Method for defect detection in rotational speed sensors
At certain operating points, a plausibility test of the detected rotational speed signals is used to recognize an existing defect. The operating point for...
US-5,923,162 Non-inductive lead path hall effect electrical current sensor
An electric current sensor employing a Hall effect generator to be used in measuring electrical currents flowing in a current carrying conductor including a...
US-5,923,161 Graphical display device
A measuring device displays waveforms representative of electrical signals and includes a selector, at least one input terminal, and a graphical display. The...
US-5,923,160 Electrostatic discharge event locators
Determining the location of an ESD event is achieved through the use of an envelope detector or absolute value comparator which identifies the arrival of an...
US-5,923,159 Logarithmic taper resistor with zero crossing changes
A digital potentiometer capable of being connected directly to an electronic switch is disclosed. The digital potentiometer for example may utilize a 64 step...
US-5,923,158 Power control apparatus for solar power generation system
In a power control apparatus of a solar power generation system for converting power generated by a solar panel and supplying the converted power to a load, the...
US-5,923,157 Semiconductor device capable of decreasing an internal voltage in period of acceleration test
In a semiconductor device comprises an internal circuit and which is supplied with an external voltage, the internal circuit is operated in an internal voltage...
US-5,923,156 N-channel voltage regulator
A voltage regulator circuit for regulating an input voltage supply. The voltage regulator includes an n-channel transistor that has a gate and a source/drain...
US-5,923,155 Circuit for the production of an auxiliary voltage
A circuit arrangement for auxiliary voltage production in which auxiliary voltage is produced essentially independently from a directly regulated output voltage...
US-5,923,154 Voltage boost circuit
A voltage boost circuit having a voltage output and a single input receives a DC voltage from an external source which is fed to an inductor. The input voltage...
US-5,923,153 Circuit for moderating a peak reverse recovery current of a rectifier and method of operation thereof
In a power converter having a power train that includes a power switch and a rectifier for conducting forward currents from the power switch, a circuit for, and...
US-5,923,152 Power factor correction circuit with soft switched boost converter
A boost converter for a power factor correction circuit having application in a DC power supply for telecommunication equipment. The boost converter has a pair...
US-5,923,151 Generator voltage regulating system
A motor vehicle electrical system having an engine-driven generator for supplying electrical loads on the vehicle, and a semiconductor switch connected in series...
US-5,923,150 Charging apparatus
A charging apparatus for controlling so as to charge a connected secondary battery by a constant current which is equal to or less than a constant voltage and to...
US-5,923,149 Charging apparatus
A charging apparatus controls the charging of a secondary battery such that charging is performed using a constant current as long as a terminal voltage of the...
US-5,923,148 On-line battery monitoring system with defective cell detection capability
An on-line battery monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of battery cells identifies and computes individual cell and battery bank operating parameters....
US-5,923,147 Battery charger unit incorporated in a power cord reel housing
The present invention relates to a battery charging unit comprising a housing having a current supply means provided therein for supplying current to an...
US-5,923,146 Battery charging unit incorporated in a power cord reel housing
The present invention relates to a battery charging unit comprising a housing having a current supply means provided therein for supplying current to an...
US-5,923,145 Controller for variable speed motor
A controller controls the running speed of a variable speed motor of the type which runs at a speed related to the duty cycle of a pulse width modulated drive...
US-5,923,144 Frequency generator for a motor controller
A method for generating electrical frequencies of a alternating current motor is disclosed wherein a torque current command signal, a d-axis voltage command...
US-5,923,143 Solid state motor starter with energy recovery
A motor starter circuit providing recovery of the energy trapped in the motor windings when the supply voltage and current have opposite polarities by...
US-5,923,142 Low cost drive for switched reluctance motor with DC-assisted excitation
A reluctance machine system including a reluctance machine having a rotor and a stator including at least one phase winding and a full pitch auxiliary field...
US-5,923,141 Current shaping in reluctance machines
A current control circuit for a switched reluctance machine provides corner shaping at the end of the active conduction period of a phase in which the phase...
US-5,923,140 Detecting device for detecting the traveling state of a moving object
A detecting device includes: an actuator with its end placed in a conveying path of a moving object such as a sheet etc., pivotally supported by a rotary shaft...
US-5,923,139 Passive robotic constraint devices using non-holonomic transmission elements
A passive constraint device for implementing a programmable virtual constraint surface, comprises one or more non-holonomic kinematic transmission element for...
US-5,923,138 Manually-operated handwheel interpolation-generating device
A manually-operated handwheel interpolation generating device mainly makes use of a set-up of pulse adjuster to be used by the operators to perform smoothing...
US-5,923,137 Motor-controlled windshield wiper system
In a wiper system using a reversible motor for reciprocating angular movement of a wiper arm, a separate relay and a separate position detecting segment are used...
US-5,923,136 System for powering auxiliary equipment in a remotely-powered pumping station
A transformer has its primary windings connected in series with the pumping motor and has secondary windings powering in cascade a rectifier and a voltage...
US-5,923,135 Control apparatus and method for motor to prevent motor drive circuit from being overloaded
Described are control apparatus and method for a motor applicable to an electric vehicle in which a motor drive circuit having a plurality of arms, each arm...
US-5,923,134 Method and device for driving DC brushless motor
A device for driving a DC brushless motor by outputting commutation control signals based on voltages induced in the drive windings includes a position detection...
US-5,923,133 Adaptive slew rate adjustment for a brushless multiphase DC motor and method
A set of circuits for controlling the slew rate of a driving transistor in a rotating three-phase DC motor having a "Y" configuration of coils. The slew rate is...
US-5,923,132 Method and apparatus for synchrononous multi-axis servo path planning
A motion controller generates commands to control electric motors of a multi-axis industrial machine in accordance with calculated positions set forth in a path...
US-5,923,131 Compensating device for raster distortion of CRT
A compensating device for raster distortion is provided, which can compensate a raster distortion, preferably including an inner pincushion distortion, by a...
US-5,923,130 Repetitive and constant energy impulse current generator
This invention relates to an impulse generator which utilizes the properties of floating electrodes. An exemplary impulse generator comprises a floating...
US-5,923,129 Apparatus and method for starting a fluorescent lamp
A power conversion circuit drives a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) while requiring minimal number of external components. The circuit includes a...
US-5,923,128 Electronic ballast for high-intensity discharge lamps
An electronic ballast is used for providing a voltage with a varying frequency to fluorescent lamps. The electronic ballast has an inverter to supply a...
US-5,923,127 High-pressure discharge lamp with miniature discharge vessel and integrated circuitry
A discharge vessel with a ceramic wall is filled with inert gas and metal and is ignited and operated by an electronic circuit including a half bridge converter...
US-5,923,126 Fluorescent lamp electronic ballast with rapid voltage turn-on after preheating
An electronic ballast for a fluorescent lamp includes a delay triggered circuit which, upon expiration of a predetermined period during which the lamp filaments,...
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