公开(公告)号：US5187655A

公开(公告)日：1993-02-16

申请号：US465354

申请日：1990-01-16

申请人： Robert P. Post ,  Michael J. D'Aleo ,  Doug W. Keeports ,  Jonathan H. Ference ,  David G. Luchaco ,  Joel S. Spira

发明人： Robert P. Post ,  Michael J. D'Aleo ,  Doug W. Keeports ,  Jonathan H. Ference ,  David G. Luchaco ,  Joel S. Spira

IPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  G05B19/10 ,  H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/029 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B19/108 ,  H05B37/02 ,  G05B2219/23406

摘要： A hand-held programmer is provided for adjusting various functions of a multi-scene, multi-zone programmable lighting control. The programmer generally includes push-buttons for selecting particular scenes and zones to be programmed and for activating any one of the functions to be adjusted; namely, intensity, fade time, and fade delay. An alphanumeric LCD display includes a number of controllable display areas, adjacent to and aligned with the push-buttons, for identifying the names of the selected scene and zone and the function settings associated with them. A cylindrically elongated rotary encoder, having a knurled, rubbery surface, is easily manipulated to adjust the setting of the activated function and provides kinesthetic feedback, so that its adjustment can be coordinated with a visual perception of the lighting scene. A locking type socket receives a corresponding plug for electrically connecting the programmer to a wall station in any one of a number of lighting areas to provide communication between the programmer and the lighting control. Once connected to a wall station in a particular area, the programmer is prevented from selecting scenes or zones in other areas to prevent inadvertent misadjustments.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于调整多场景，多区域可编程照明控制的各种功能的手持编程器。 编程器通常包括用于选择要编程的特定场景和区域以及用于激活要调整的任何一个功能的按钮; 即强度，衰落时间和衰落延迟。 字母数字LCD显示器包括与按钮相邻并对准的多个可控显示区域，用于识别所选场景和区域的名称以及与其相关联的功能设置。 具有滚花的橡胶表面的圆柱形细长的旋转编码器被容易地操纵以调节激活的功能的设置并提供动觉反馈，使得其调节可以与照明场景的视觉感知协调。 锁定型插座接收相应的插头，用于将编程器电连接到多个照明区域中的任何一个中的壁台，以提供编程器与照明控制之间的通信。 一旦连接到特定区域的墙上电台，就可以防止程序员选择其他区域的场景或区域，以防止无意的错误调整。

公开(公告)号：US5001386A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-19

申请号：US455644

申请日：1989-12-22

申请人： Charles R. Sullivan ,  Scott R. Jurell ,  David G. Luchaco

发明人： Charles R. Sullivan ,  Scott R. Jurell ,  David G. Luchaco

IPC分类号： H05B41/14 ,  H05B41/232 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/285 ,  H05B41/392

CPC分类号： H05B41/3927 ,  H05B41/2858 ,  Y02B20/19 ,  Y10S315/04

摘要： A dimming circuit provides power from an ac source to a compact fluorescent lamp. The circuit generally includes a resonant circuit driven by a high-frequency switching inverter. The resonant circuit is essentially an ac current source and provides sinusoidal current to the lamp, which loads the resonant circuit in parallel. A small amount of dc current is simutaneously provided to the lamp. The resultant asymmetric current waveform flowing through the lamp substantially eliminates striation over a dimming range from about 100% to 1% of full light output.

摘要翻译： 调光电路提供从交流电源到紧凑型荧光灯的电源。 该电路通常包括由高频开关逆变器驱动的谐振电路。 谐振电路基本上是交流电源，并且向灯提供正弦电流，其并联加载谐振电路。 与灯同时提供少量的直流电流。 所产生的流过灯的非对称电流波形基本上消除了在全光输出的约100％至1％的调光范围内的条纹。

公开(公告)号：USRE33504E

公开(公告)日：1990-12-25

申请号：US216764

申请日：1988-07-08

申请人： Stephen J. Yuhasz ,  David G. Luchaco

发明人： Stephen J. Yuhasz ,  David G. Luchaco

IPC分类号： H01H9/52 ,  H01H11/00 ,  H01H13/04 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H02M5/257 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H05B39/08

CPC分类号： H05B37/0209 ,  H02M5/2573 ,  H05B39/08 ,  H01H11/0006 ,  H01H13/04 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H9/52 ,  Y10T307/76 ,  Y10T307/944

摘要： A dimmer switch and dimmer system is described in which dimming for the entire system is controlled from a single device while on/off switching is controlled by individual devices at multiple locations. The main dimming device contains an alternate action switching circuit for opening and closing the gate circuit of a controllably conductive device. Each of the remote location switching devices consists of respective low voltage switches, each operable to operate the alternate action switching circuit in the main dimmer device and are connected thereto by wiring which carries only signal level voltages and currents. Each remote switch may be a wall-mounted switch containing a single, relatively large area push button which momentarily closes a short movement, low activation force pair of contacts when the large area push button is depressed by pressure applied to any portion over its surface.

公开(公告)号：US4954768A

公开(公告)日：1990-09-04

申请号：US358329

申请日：1989-05-26

申请人： David G. Luchaco ,  Charles C. Houng

发明人： David G. Luchaco ,  Charles C. Houng

IPC分类号： G05F5/02 ,  H02M5/257 ,  H05B39/08

CPC分类号： H02M5/257 ,  H05B39/08 ,  Y10S315/04 ,  Y10S323/905

摘要： A low voltage two wire dimming circuit comprises a voltage compensating circuit for regulating the RMS value of an AC voltage applied to a load and a correcting circuit for eliminating damaging DC current that may flow through the load. The voltage compensating circuit adjusts the firing angle of an electronic switch disposed in the dimming circuit to compensate for fluctuations in the AC supply voltage. The correcting circuit advances or retards the firing angle during selected half cycles to correct for asymmetries in the AC load voltage waveform caused by excessive DC current. According to the invention, there is also provided a two wire low voltage dimming circuit without voltage compensation but having improved dimming ability at low load currents and improved resistance to the flow of damaging DC currents.

摘要翻译： 低压双线调光电路包括用于调节施加到负载的AC电压的RMS值的电压补偿电路和用于消除可能流过负载的有害的DC电流的校正电路。 电压补偿电路调节设置在调光电路中的电子开关的触发角度，以补偿AC电源电压的波动。 校正电路在选定的半周期期间提前或延迟触发角，以校正由过大的直流电流引起的交流负载电压波形的不对称性。 根据本发明，还提供了一种没有电压补偿但在低负载电流下具有改进的调光能力并且改善了对损坏的直流电流流动的抵抗力的双线低压调光电路。

公开(公告)号：US4803380A

公开(公告)日：1989-02-07

申请号：US877229

申请日：1986-06-20

申请人： Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr. ,  Michael J. D'Aleo ,  David G. Luchaco ,  Joel S. Spira ,  Richard A. Wagner ,  Stephen J. Yuhasz ,  David H. Dowler

发明人： Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr. ,  Michael J. D'Aleo ,  David G. Luchaco ,  Joel S. Spira ,  Richard A. Wagner ,  Stephen J. Yuhasz ,  David H. Dowler

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H01H9/02 ,  H01H9/52 ,  H02G3/02 ,  H02G3/12 ,  H05B39/00 ,  H01H47/00 ,  H01C10/00

CPC分类号： H01H9/52 ,  H01H9/02 ,  H05B39/00 ,  Y10T307/76

摘要： A cover and support plate arrangement for a wall mounted device, such as a wall switch, display, dimmer, etc., for mounting to a wall box embedded in the wall and having overall surface dimensions greater than that of the wall box. The cover plate is juxtaposed over the front surface of the support plate and is spaced therefrom to provide an air gap between the cover plate and the support plate creating a chimney through which air currents may flow. The device includes an electric circuit having a heat generating device, such as a triac, which is thermally connected to the support plate and in series electrically with a controlled load. The cover plate casts a shadow along vertical sides of the support plate such that the vertical sides of the support plate are visible only when viewed at extreme angles with respect to an imaginary line perpendicular to the plane of the support plate or the wall in which the device is mounted. The cover plate appears to float from the wall while proper thermal dissipation is achieved through the chimney between the cover and support plate. Means are disclosed for constructing a low profile, conventionally sized family of wall mounted dimmer switches that meet Underwriters Laboratories operating temperature standards.

摘要翻译： 一种用于壁挂式装置（例如墙壁开关，显示器，调光器等）的盖和支撑板装置，用于安装到嵌入壁中的壁盒并具有大于壁盒的整体表面尺寸。 盖板并列在支撑板的前表面上并与其间隔开，以在盖板和支撑板之间提供气隙，从而产生气流可以流过的烟囱。 该装置包括具有诸如三端双向可控硅开关之类的发热装置的电路，其热连接到支撑板并与受控负载串联电连接。 盖板沿着支撑板的垂直侧面投射阴影，使得仅当垂直于支撑板或壁的平面的假想线观察时，支撑板的垂直侧面才可见，其中， 设备已安装。 盖板似乎从墙壁浮动，同时通过盖和支撑板之间的烟囱实现适当的散热。 公开了用于构建低调度，常规尺寸的壁挂式调光开关系列的装置，这些开关符合美国保险商实验室的工作温度标准。

公开(公告)号：US4540917A

公开(公告)日：1985-09-10

申请号：US482148

申请日：1983-04-05

申请人： David G. Luchaco ,  Jonathan H. Ference

发明人： David G. Luchaco ,  Jonathan H. Ference

IPC分类号： H05B41/392 ,  G05F1/00 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H05B39/04 ,  H05B41/36

CPC分类号： H05B41/3924 ,  Y10S315/04

摘要： A pulse network is connected to the inductive ballast of a fluorescent lamp dimmer and includes a discharge resistor in parallel with the pulse network capacitor. The resistor size is such that it will completely discharge the capacitor prior to the initiation of any phase delayed half wave voltage which is applied to the ballast.

摘要翻译： 脉冲网络连接到荧光灯调光器的电感镇流器，并且包括与脉冲网络电容器并联的放电电阻器。 电阻器尺寸使得在施加到镇流器的任何相位延迟的半波电压开始之前，它将完全放电电容器。

公开(公告)号：US4195599A

公开(公告)日：1980-04-01

申请号：US790625

申请日：1977-04-25

申请人： David G. Luchaco

发明人： David G. Luchaco

IPC分类号： F02D41/34 ,  F02D41/04 ,  F02D41/32 ,  F02B3/04

CPC分类号： F02D41/32

摘要： The invention is an electronic fuel control system for an internal combustion engine having a first capacitance which is charged to a value indicative of the engine's speed during a first rotational interval of the engine. At the end of the rotational interval the charge on the first capacitance is transferred to a second capacitance which is further charged at a predetermined rate during a second rotational interval. A comparator compares the value of the charge on the second capacitance with a signal indicative of the engine's load. The comparator generates a pulse width signal indicative of the engine's fuel requirements during the interval the charge on the second capacitance is less than the value of the load signal.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种用于内燃机的电子燃料控制系统，其具有在发动机的第一旋转间隔期间被充电到指示发动机速度的值的第一电容。 在旋转间隔结束时，第一电容上的电荷被转移到在第二旋转间隔期间以预定速率进一步充电的第二电容。 比较器将第二电容上的电荷值与表示发动机负载的信号进行比较。 在第二电容的电荷小于负载信号的值的间隔期间，比较器产生指示发动机的燃料需求的脉冲宽度信号。

公开(公告)号：US4174681A

公开(公告)日：1979-11-20

申请号：US816250

申请日：1977-07-18

申请人： David G. Luchaco

发明人： David G. Luchaco

IPC分类号： F02D41/36 ,  F02B75/02 ,  F02D17/02 ,  F02D41/10 ,  F02B3/00

CPC分类号： F02D41/102 ,  F02D17/02 ,  F02B2075/025 ,  F02D2400/04

摘要： An electrical fuel injection system incorporates electromagnetic injectors wired in two groups and which are operated on alternate cycles during low speed and normal operation. With increasing power demands, the fuel injection computer supplies pulses of increasing length to keep the injectors open longer and supply more fuel to the engine. Two trains of timing pulses are initiated by reed switches operated by the distributor, and each is connected to a pair of latch circuits operative to provide timing pulses on one channel through gate devices to one set of injectors and to block pulses on a second channel to the other set of injectors. The subsequent signal from the other reed switch results in a timing pulse in the second channel. These timing pulses are supplied to the fuel injection computer to initiate the injection pulses and to AND gates which also receive the timing pulses. Under high power demand conditions, an injection pulse may become longer than the time interval between the two trains of timing pulses, and hence a timing pulse is overlapped by an injection pulse from the opposite switch. When this happens, the associated AND gate provides an output pulse to one of two additional latch circuits to cause this latch to provide an output effectively blocking one of said channels and switching additional gate devices to enable both channels to be energized simultaneously by the injection pulses in the second channel. The length of the injection pulse is also measured by any of a plurality of disclosed devices such that when the pulse length drops to approximately 40% of the duty cycle, an output is provided which resets said additional latch circuits to cause said circuits to switch back to two-group operation.

摘要翻译： 电气燃料喷射系统包括两组电磁喷射器，它们在低速和正常操作期间以交替的循环操作。 随着电力需求的增加，燃料喷射计算机提供增加长度的脉冲以保持喷射器打开更长时间，并向发动机提供更多的燃料。 定时脉冲的两列是由分配器操作的簧片开关启动的，并且每一列连接到一对锁存电路，其操作用于通过栅极装置将一个通道上的定时脉冲提供给一组注入器，并将第二通道上的脉冲阻塞 另一套喷油器。 来自另一个舌簧开关的后续信号导致第二通道中的定时脉冲。 这些定时脉冲被提供给燃料喷射计算机以启动喷射脉冲和也接收定时脉冲的与门。 在高功率需求条件下，喷射脉冲可能变得比两列定时脉冲之间的时间间隔长，因此定时脉冲与来自相反开关的喷射脉冲重叠。 当这种情况发生时，相关联的与门向两个附加锁存电路中的一个提供输出脉冲，以使该锁存器提供有效地阻塞所述通道中的一个并输出另外的栅极器件的输出，以使两个通道能够被注入脉冲同时通电 在第二频道。 喷射脉冲的长度也由多个公开的装置中的任何一个测量，使得当脉冲长度下降到工作周期的大约40％时，提供输出以复位所述附加锁存电路以使所述电路切换回 到两组操作。

公开(公告)号：US3971354A

公开(公告)日：1976-07-27

申请号：US589174

申请日：1975-06-23

申请人： David G. Luchaco ,  William A. Peterson, Jr.

发明人： David G. Luchaco ,  William A. Peterson, Jr.

IPC分类号： F02D41/34 ,  F02D41/04 ,  F02D41/06 ,  F02B3/00

CPC分类号： F02D41/068

摘要： An electronic fuel control system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed capable of providing an enriched fuel/air mixture to the engine as a function of the engine's temperature and the engine's load during the transient warm up period. The fuel control unit embodies a full load warm up enrichment circuit controlling, in response to engine temperatures below a predetermined temperature and engine loads as determined from the pressure in the engine's intake manifold, the quantity of fuel being delivered to the engine. In the preferred embodiment the full load warm up enrichment circuit is a current sink sinking a portion of the current charging the injection timing capacitor in the electronic control unit to increase the duration of the generated injection fuel delivery pulses.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于内燃机的电子燃料控制系统，其能够在瞬态预热期间作为发动机的温度和发动机的负载的函数来向发动机提供富集的燃料/空气混合物。 燃料控制单元体现了满负荷加热浓缩电路，其响应于发动机温度低于预定温度，并且根据发动机进气歧管中的压力确定的发动机负荷来控制输送到发动机的燃料量。 在优选实施例中，全负载加热浓缩电路是在电子控制单元中灌注当前对喷射定时电容器充电的一部分的电流吸收器，以增加产生的喷射燃料输送脉冲的持续时间。

公开(公告)号：US6111368A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-29

申请号：US938651

申请日：1997-09-26

申请人： David G. Luchaco

发明人： David G. Luchaco

IPC分类号： H05B41/282 ,  H05B41/285 ,  H05B41/392 ,  H05B41/00 ,  H05B41/14

CPC分类号： H05B41/2853 ,  H05B41/3924

摘要： A ballast adapted to power a fluorescent lamp as a function of a variable input signal, includes a power stage for providing power to a fluorescent lamp; a control circuit for controlling the power stage as a function of the variable input signal; a control circuit power supply for supplying control power to the control circuit; and a monitor and enabling circuit which permits the ballast to provide power to the lamp only when characteristics of the variable input signal meet predetermined criteria.

摘要翻译： 适于作为可变输入信号的函数对荧光灯供电的镇流器包括用于向荧光灯提供电力的功率级; 控制电路，用于根据可变输入信号控制功率级; 用于向控制电路提供控制电力的控制电路电源; 以及仅当可变输入信号的特性满足预定标准时才允许镇流器向灯提供电力的监视和使能电路。