Abstract:
The present invention advantageously provides a motorized roller shade that includes a shade tube, a motor/controller unit and a power supply unit. The motor/controller unit is disposed within the shade tube, and includes a bearing, rotatably coupled to a support shaft, and a DC gear motor. The output shaft of the DC gear motor is coupled to the support shaft such that the output shaft and the support shaft do not rotate when the support shaft is attached to the mounting bracket.
Abstract:
A motor control apparatus that controls a motor which switches an operating position of a control object and that is powered from a power source through a switching portion which is turned on or off by an operating portion includes a control portion executing a return control after an abutment control. The control portion maintains the switching portion on until the return control is completed so as to continue powered from the power source, when the operating portion is operated to turn the switching portion off in a time period from when the abutment control is started to when the return control is completed.
Abstract:
An apparatus including a DC motor includes a driven member configured to be driven by the DC motor, and a drive control unit configured to define a plurality of predetermined phases of the DC motor as target stop phases and to cause the DC motor to make at least one rotation to perform preliminary driving that rotates the DC motor to each target stop phase by driving and stopping the DC motor, configured to acquire a difference value between the target stop phase and an actual stop phase for each target stop phase, and configured to drive the DC motor so that the driven member is repeatedly moved and stopped in the operation of the driven member and to perform control so that, based on the difference value acquired by the acquisition unit, electric power is supplied to the DC motor in a phase corresponding to a stop position of the driven member.
Abstract:
A method is provided for operating a power tool having a motor powered by a battery. The method includes: delivering power from the battery to the motor in accordance with an operator input; detecting a condition of the power tool indicating a shutdown of the power is imminent; and fading the power delivered from the battery to the motor, in response to the detected condition, through the use of a controller residing in the power tool.
Abstract:
A control system for a sump pump driven by an AC motor includes an AC power line having an input adapted for connection to an AC power source and an output adapted for connection to the AC drive motor. A controller is connected to a controllable switch in the AC power line, to control the opening and closing of that switch. Redundant float switches are coupled to the controller and adapted to be mounted in a sump to supply the controller with a signals when the liquid in the sump rises to a selected level. A timer in, or coupled to, the controller alters the control signal to open the controllable switch if the liquid level in the sump remains above the selected level for a preselected time period.
Abstract:
A brake system and method for a direct current brushed motor without a Hall sensor are provided. After the system is activated, the motor is pre-braked in order to detect and record the stationary armature current while the motor is in a stationary state. As the motor is required to be braked, a reverse control voltage is generated and then the armature current value is detected. When the detected armature current value is equal to the stationary armature current value, the operation of braking the DC brush motor is accomplished. The invention can achieve the goal of braking the motor to a stop quickly, no matter which state the motor is in. Besides, it can be applied to different kinds of motors.
Abstract:
The present invention provides efficient dynamic braking of a DC motor to complement servo loop control. This invention uses a combined technique where, first, a reversed-torque signal is applied to a standard motor controller that then reverses armature current to initiate braking and, second, a dissipative load is switched between the DC voltage bus and ground in order to dissipate the regenerated current as the motor slows. As braking action continues, the dissipative load is repeatedly switched into and out of the circuit, whenever voltage on the DC voltage bus, caused by regenerated current, exceeds a selected threshold. Hysteresis is provided to maintain current flow for a controlled period, providing a pulse-width modulation of the switching action. The invention allows controlled, fast braking for repeated operations and improves overall servo positional control in high-inertia applications, such as for an image processing apparatus using an imaging drum. This invention also permits controlled braking in the event of power loss, using regenerated energy from the motor to power braking control circuitry.
Abstract:
A motor drive circuit, in which a first transistor at a drive stage, a second transistor at an output stage to be driven by the first transistor and a third transistor downstream the output stage for a short braking operation are formed in a common substrate or a common well of the substrate, a region of either a P type or an N type in either the substrate or the well is connected with the first transistor via a conductor so that a parasitic transistor is formed in which the substrate or the well serves as its base, whereby a current flowing from the first transistor to the second transistor during the short braking operation is sinked by turning on the parasitic transistor.
Abstract:
A DC motor is supplied, from a motor driver, with a brake voltage constituted by a forward drive voltage, a reverse drive voltage, and a stop voltage of a zero potential level. An operational current of the motor driver is supplied to a low-pass filter whose output is supplied to first and second sample and hold (S/H) circuits. The first S/H circuit performs its sampling operation after a minute period of time in which the brake voltage goes through a polarity inversion from the reverse drive voltage to the forward drive voltage. The second S/H circuit performs its sampling operation after a minute period of time in which the voltage applied is changed from the forward drive voltage to the reverse drive voltage. The outputs or sampled values of both S/H circuits are compared with each other by a comparator. When the sampled values equal each other, i.e., when the number of rotations of the motor becomes zero, the comparator outputs a coincidence pulse. This pulse is supplied to a stop detector. When detecting this coincidence pulse a predetermined number of times in a row, the stop detector determines that the number of rotations of the motor has become zero.
Abstract:
A silent, high torque, impulse actuator system for low average power devices. The system incorporates a typical small three pole D.C. motor which has been modified to allow quick electrical conversion, with unipolar switching circuitry, from conventional rotation, to silent magnetic braking at a stop position; and then to a normally OFF condition.The high efficiency of this intermittent drive system is enhanced by the unique combination of being normally off between actuations; the high efficiency of the D.C. motor during start conditions; and the use of a round cam to provide a cosine power stroke that utilizes the inertia of the motor rotor to maximum mechanical advantage.