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US-6,242,913 Method for formation evaluation while drilling
A logging while drilling (LWD) and measuring while drilling (MWD) method and device are disclosed for reducing the sensitivity of NMR measurements to tool...
US-6,242,912 System and method for lithology-independent gas detection using multifrequency gradient NMR logging
A well logging system and method are disclosed for detecting the presence and estimating the quantity of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons in the near wellbore...
US-6,242,911 Field sensor and device and process for measuring electric and/or magnetic fields
A field sensor (1) comprising means for measuring a magnetic field and an electric field, wherein at least six capacitor plates (5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27,...
US-6,242,910 Magnetic head and disk tester with yaw correction
A magnetic head and disk tester includes a magnetic head which is selectively positioned relative to a rotatably mounted magnetic disk to accomplish testing of...
US-6,242,909 Electrical sensing of valve actuator position
A visual position indicator has a stator and a rotor with angularly displaced eccentricities for engaging corresponding spring biased actuators with magnets....
US-6,242,908 Detection of passing magnetic articles while adapting the detection threshold
A method for detection of passing magnetic articles which includes an initial step of sensing an ambient magnetic field and generating a voltage, Vsig,...
US-6,242,907 Apparatus and method of determining the orientation of an object relative to a magnetic field
A method and apparatus for determining the orientation of an object relative to a reference magnetic field includes establishing generally adjacent to the object...
US-6,242,906 Systems and methods for calibrating an absolute position encoder
Methods and systems for calibrating an absolute position encoder where a read head is moved relative to a scale of the absolute position encoder and the absolute...
US-6,242,905 Method for identifying the direction of rotation of a wheel using hall probes
A method of identifying a direction of rotation of a wheel using Hall probes which are disposed about the circumference of the wheel. In this case, a first, a...
US-6,242,904 Rotation detecting device for detecting direction of rotation
A rotation detector (100) includes a first transmitting element (1) and a second transmitting element (3) each disposed opposite a gear rotor (5) attached to a...
US-6,242,903 Method for using an insulated electrical probe
The voltage detection stick comprises an elongate and hollow casing member that has a front and a back. A tip is rotatably and removably attached to the front of...
US-6,242,902 Measuring configuration, and use of the measuring configuration
A measuring configuration for transforming an electric variable on a high-voltage line into a measurable variable. An electrically conductive hollow body that...
US-6,242,901 True average wide dynamic range microwave power sensor using diode stack attenuator-diode stack
The invention provides a true average, wide dynamic range microwave power sensor using a diode-stack-attenuator diode stack technology. The invention provides a...
US-6,242,900 System for measuring partial discharge using digital peak detection
A partial discharge measurement system is provided which comprises a digital peak detection circuit. The partial discharge measurement system digitizes and...
US-6,242,899 Waveform translator for DC to 75 GHz oscillography
A waveform translator in which the frequency spectrum of a repetitive non band limited input signal is translated to an equivalent frequency spectrum which is...
US-6,242,898 Start-up circuit and voltage supply circuit using the same
A start-up circuit supplying a start-up current to a band gap reference voltage circuit at the time of start-up so as to start the band gap reference voltage...
US-6,242,897 Current stacked bandgap reference voltage source
An on-chip voltage reference supply operates in the current domain rather than the voltage domain, implemented with a single diode drop to reduce power supply...
US-6,242,896 Converting available electrical power to desirable electrical power
Techniques are disclosed for converting available electrical power to desirable electrical power. One embodiment of the techniques calls for a boost circuit to...
US-6,242,895 Controller of adjustable DC voltage for a transformerless reactive series compensator
A controller for controlling a reactive series compensator serially inserted at compensator terminals into a power transmission line for controlling the line...
US-6,242,894 Battery conditioning scheme
A portable radio (306) provides a selectable and/or automatic battery conditioning mode of operation (400). Battery conditioning is achieved by discharge state...
US-6,242,893 Lithium-ion and lithium polymer battery recharging
A safety circuit for lithium-ion and lithium polymer cells which provides for greater accuracy in control of the limiting voltages and currents during...
US-6,242,892 Portable electronic device and method
A portable electronic device such as a mobile telephone is powered by a battery and is arranged to operate in an off-mode, a standby mode and an on-mode of...
US-6,242,891 Battery charge indicator
An automotive battery charge indicator uses an algorithm expressed by fixed component values to determine if the remaining charge in the battery has fallen below...
US-6,242,890 Charge/discharge control circuit and chargeable electric power source apparatus
A charge/discharge control circuit is provided for an electric power source apparatus in which a service life is prolonged. A voltage dividing circuit, an...
US-6,242,889 Combination battery charger/controller
A battery powered device such as an electric vehicle includes a high power loads such as a drive motor (50), and on-board charging and discharging systems (20)...
US-6,242,888 Optimization of mobile station battery charging with a two slot charger by sharing a charging period
A battery charging station includes a first charging circuit for charging a first battery, a second charging circuit for charging a second battery and circuitry...
US-6,242,887 Vehicle with supplemental energy storage system for engine cranking
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine that drives a generator and a cranking motor that cranks the engine is provided with a standard electrical system...
US-6,242,886 Apparatus and method for automatic recovery of sulfated lead acid batteries
Apparatus and method for automatic recovery of sulfated lead acid batteries rely on monitoring battery voltage, current and internal resistance during battery...
US-6,242,885 Method for estimating induced electromotive force and speed of induction motor, method for correcting...
A three-phase-to-two-phase converter detects two-phase currents of three-phase stator currents, converts the stator currents into a .gamma.-.delta. coordinate...
US-6,242,884 Dual stator winding induction machine drive
A dual stator winding induction machine has two windings with input terminals which are supplied separately with drive power. The two stator windings have a...
US-6,242,883 Variable speed three-phase motor drive with two inverter circuits
An apparatus and method for driving a three-phase motor from an AC energy source includes a converter connected between the energy source and an inverter. The...
US-6,242,882 Motor control apparatus
The present invention addresses a problem as to how to provide a motor control apparatus which has a magnetic pole position inferring means capable of inferring...
US-6,242,881 Alternating current-starting device for a helicopter turbine engine unit
The starting device for a turbine engine unit of a helicopter includes an electric motor starter, supplied from an electrical power source, which can be outside...
US-6,242,880 Tolerance based motion control system
The present invetion involves a tolerance based motion controller. The controller is capable of processing a group of tolerance constraints. The tolerance...
US-6,242,879 Touch calibration system for wafer transfer robot
A method and apparatus for automatically calibrating the precise positioning of a wafer handling robot relative to a target structure is disclosed. The apparatus...
US-6,242,878 Electronic control apparatus
An electronic control apparatus comprising: a movable control member; a positional servo loop means including at least one motor means and being operable to maintain...
US-6,242,877 Control system and method for cycle-based processes
An apparatus for controlling operation of a processing machine has a computer preferably with a computer aided design program configurable to model a kinematic...
US-6,242,876 Intermittent windshield wiper controller
Windshield wiping systems commonly include a parking control, which delivers power to a wiping motor, while waiting for the wipers to reach a parked position....
US-6,242,875 Motor driving apparatus
An object is to realize acoustic noise reduction under a wide range of rotating speeds and together with PWM control. A signal (VCTL1) is generated as a...
US-6,242,874 Phase commutation of a switched reluctance motor by single phase sensing of inductance
A method for controlling a motor and a circuit for implementing the method are provided. The method includes the steps of providing a first current to a first...
US-6,242,873 Method and apparatus for adaptive hybrid vehicle control
A method and apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an auxiliary power unit, at least one energy storage device, at least one electric drive motor for...
US-6,242,872 Programmable gradual illumination lighting device
A programmable gradual illumination device (10) for disposition intermediate a conventional light fixture (100) and a conventional light bulb (200). The device...
US-6,242,871 High field effect neon lamp
A low pollution, low energy consumption, high field effect neon lamp with scanning point selectable, the neon lamp includes a glass tube having at least one...
US-6,242,870 Light emitting device driving circuit
A light emitting device driving circuit capable of, at all times, securing a constant optical output by a simple configuration even in a case of driving a light...
US-6,242,869 Fluorescent lamp stabilizer harmonics reduction method
A method for reducing the harmonics created by rapid-start fluorescent lamp stabilizer balance systems is accomplished by increasing the number of turns of the...
US-6,242,868 Glow discharge apparatus having direct production of visible light from neon or xenon
Glow discharge apparatus comprises a light-transmissive body (101) defining a cavity (102) containing neon or xenon gas. The glow discharge is powered by one or...
US-6,242,867 Circuit for synchronizing the ignition of electronic ballast discharge lamps
A circuit for synchronizing the ignition in electronic ballast discharge lamps, wherein a half-bridge output stage of the electronic ballast has an upper switch...
US-6,242,866 Electric gas-lighter
The electronic circuit of a gas-lighter has an electronic filter inserted between the input terminals of the gas-lighter and a current-discharge generating...
US-6,242,865 Field emission display device with focusing electrodes at the anode and method for constructing same
A field emission display device includes a baseplate having a set of field-induced electron emitters for each pixel in a display. Each set includes a plurality...
US-6,242,864 Plasma display panel with insulating layer having specific characteristics
A plasma display panel of a matrix display type, having a first electrode and a second electrode which constitute a main electrode pair, the first electrode and...
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