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7622833 Machine, in particular production machine, machine tool and/or robot  
A production machine includes an electrical positioning drive having a stator and a moveable member displaceable relative to the stator in at least one travel direction. The moveable member is...
7619377 Linear motor system  
A linear motor system that can extend the stroke of a linear motor, with power saving and at a low cost, is provided. In a linear motor system, constituted by a linear motor 100 , a controller 7...
7615894 Electric motor with a permanent magnet carrier rotating a sprocket  
A high voltage, low current electric motor. The motor comprises a drive shaft turned by a sprocket that is driven by an assembly of electromagnets. A carrier supporting permanent magnets travels in...
7598688 Tilting device  
A flat surface tilting device including a selectably positionable flat surface element assembly defining a flat surface element having a flat surface and a pivot location portion, the pivot...
7597531 Method of controlling mover device  
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of controlling a mover device The method includes generating a moving force from a moving force generating unit to move a processing base with...
7592760 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method  
A positioning device configured to position a first and a second movable object in a substantially common operation area is presented. The positioning device includes a first coil assembly arranged...
7589482 Hot spot sensoring control of linear motors  
A system implementing a controller for linear motors is disclosed having a plurality of switches, a reorganization switch control detecting available hot spot sensors, encoder failures, and current...
7579793 System and method for efficient wide dynamic range coil drive  
Methods and systems are provided for driving one or more force coils. A system for driving force coils is provided including a PWM drive coupled to a first coil and a linear drive coupled to a...
7557525 Dual swing gate control system  
A control system and method for ensuring proper closure of a dual swing gate. The control system employs position sensors for monitoring the position of each gate arm. A “differential position”...
7554277 Circuit device for increasing the useable motor voltage in a long stator drive and method for operating a magnetically levitated vehicle provided with said type of circuit device  
A circuit device is disclosed which is used to increase useable motor voltage in a long stator drive. Further, suitable methods for operating a magnetically levitated vehicle provided with the...
7537091 Magnetic elevator door mover  
An elevator door mover device ( 40 ) includes a threaded ferromagnetic shaft ( 42 ). Magnetic movers ( 48 ) associated with doors ( 26 ) generate magnetic fields that cause the doors to move...
7535193 Five axis compensated rotating stage  
A rotating stage assembly performs high precision rotational angle and position error correction by continuous sensing and correcting motor stage assembly errors. It performs these corrections, to...
7535187 Linear traversing carriage incorporating an air gap inductive motivator  
The present invention relates to a linear traversing carriage for use in the papermaking industry and the like, which incorporates an air gap inductive motivator and eliminates all mechanical...
7528561 Linear drive apparatus  
A linear drive apparatus comprising: a guide having an internal body; a slider moved along the guide, a driving mechanism for generating a driving force by magnetic interaction of the slider with...
7528560 Driving controlling apparatus of linear compressor and method thereof  
A driving controlling apparatus of a linear compressor and a method thereof are disclosed, in which a stroke is variably controlled at the time of a compression processing and a suction processing...
7504794 Planar motor  
A common electrode plate formed on a common electrode base attached to the lower surface of the movable stage faces a split electrode plate formed on a split electrode base attached to the upper...
7504785 System for controlling an electrostatic stepper motor  
A system to control the fixed mass/spring mechanical resonance of the motor in conjunction with a model of the motor that estimates the present position and allows the determination of the motor...
7492117 Electromagnetic variable degrees of freedom actuator systems and methods  
The present invention provides a variable reluctance actuator system and method that can be adapted for simultaneous rotation and translation of a moving element by applying a normal-direction...
7489054 Planar direct drive unit comprising a position measuring system  
The invention relates to a planar direct drive unit comprising a passive unit ( 1 ), an active unit ( 3 ), a bearing unit, and a position measuring system that is provided with a material measure...
7482717 Servo actuator with self positioning rotor and method  
A linear actuator is provided with an integral permanent magnet, brushless motor capable of axial, self adjustment of the rotor position within the stator for field weakening. Axial displacement of...
7478706 Method and apparatus of operating a drive with linear motor  
A drive, a method of operating the drive and an elevator operated by the drive for the movement of persons or goods by at least one car utilize a linear motor. The drive includes at least one...
7478539 Two-stage linear compressor  
A refrigeration system includes a two-stage linear compressor having a first piston disposed in a first cylinder and a second piston disposed in a second cylinder. The linear compressor is operable...
7477026 Power steering assembly  
The invention provides for a power steering assembly and method of actuation for assisting a driver in moving the steerable wheels of a vehicle. The power steering assembly includes a housing that...
7474065 Controlling an electric motor having multiple oscillatory elements  
A method of controlling an electric motor includes providing an electric motor having a plurality of magnetically driven oscillatory elements having differing oscillatory characteristics, and an...
7468589 Lithographic apparatus having a controlled motor, and motor control system and method  
A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system to condition a radiation beam. A patterning support holds a patterning device that imparts the radiation beam with a pattern to form a...
7468588 Apparatus and method for controlling operation of reciprocating compressor  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling operation of a reciprocating compressor. The operating efficiency of the compressor can be improved by performing the steps...
7459868 Apparatus for controlling operation of reciprocating compressor and method thereof  
An apparatus and method are disclosed to control an operation of a reciprocating compressor capable of precisely controlling an operation (stroke) of a reciprocating compressor regardless of a...
7456593 Direct drive transport system  
A system, method and apparatus for controlling a linear stage a pallet is described herein. In one aspect, a conveyor system includes a conveyor pallet that includes a first mobile magnetic...
7456529 Wireless encoder  
A wireless encoder system facilitates operation and control of a motor, such as linear motor. The system includes an encoder sensor moveable with a first part of the motor. The encoder sensor is...
7453228 Method for controlling a positioning device, positioning device, and lithographic apparatus provided with a positioning device  
In a method for controlling a positioning device, the positioning device has a stator and mover, the mover being movable relative to the stator; a position sensor configured to generate a position...
7439693 Anomaly detection method and motor control device  
A control unit of a motor driver performs feedback control to supply current to a linear motor based on a detection value of a linear encoder. An anomaly detection unit monitors the supply current...
7439692 Linear compressor and apparatus to control the same  
A linear compressor and apparatus to control the linear compressor are provided which allows a frequency of a drive current supplied to a drive motor to synchronize with a resonance frequency...
7436135 Method for controlling stage apparatus  
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a control method for controlling a stage apparatus including a base and a stage, the base including first and second coil phases, the stage...
7432791 Magnet arrangement for carrying, guiding and/or braking systems in magnetic levitation vehicles  
A magnet arrangement ( 1 ) for magnetic levitation vehicles is described that is comprised of an electromagnet having a plurality of magnet poles, said magnet poles having cores connected via pole...
7429839 Linear compressor and control method thereof  
A linear compressor having a reciprocating piston, a linear motor driving the piston, and a motor controller to vary magnitude of a stroke of the piston according to power, including: a...
7423392 Speed control for an electric linear actuator such as a trailer jack and the like  
A trailer jack system includes an electric linear actuator having an electric motor, a source of electric power, and a controller that supplies a first voltage to the electric motor when the...
7405525 Method for the control of an electric machine and/or device for the control thereof  
The invention relates to a method for the control of an electric machine ( 5 ), wherein a control unit ( 1 ) comprises a parameterisable speed control ( 26 ) and a parameterisable additional...
7402966 Linear drive with travel measurement  
The invention concerns a linear drive ( 1 ) with a linear stroke for the displacement of movably supported parts, in particular of articles of furniture, comprising a rotary spindle ( 2 ) which is...
7391496 Exposure apparatus  
An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate to a pattern. The apparatus includes a channel which causes pure water to flow as a coolant, a temperature adjustment unit which adjusts a...
7388338 Device for braking a magnetic levitation railway  
A device is for braking a magnetic levitation railway, wherein the stator winding of a linear motor is short-circuited as a brake winding in a last section before an end of the route. There is a...
7385363 Linear motor having progressive movement control  
In a linear motor and its progressive motion or motion control, e.g., for modular transport devices with straight and curved route sections forming a route course, extensive modularity or...
7385362 Method for driving a vibrating device for a portable object that comprises a coil and a moving mass  
The drive method consists in setting in vibration a moving mass of a vibrating device for a portable object using a series of voltage pulses provided to the coil of the vibrating device, which is...
7385318 Positioning system, magnetic bearing, and method of controlling the same  
A stage system and a control method therefor. In one aspect, the stage system includes a stage which is going to be positioned, a magnetic material member provided on the stage, electromagnets...
7383929 Anti-vibration technique  
An anti-vibration apparatus includes a first magnet unit arranged on a support target and including a first permanent magnet, and a second magnet unit including a pair of second permanent magnets....
7382440 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method  
A transporter is provided for moving a substrate and a patterning device relative to one another in a lithographic apparatus. The transporter includes a beam, a driver, and a slide. The slide is...
7378809 Controller for controlling an electric machine  
A controller for an electric machine, in particular for a linear motor, is disclosed. The electric machine or linear motor includes a first machine section with windings and a second machine...
7378765 Cylinder-type linear motor and moving part thereof  
The present invention provides a cylinder-type linear motor. The motor includes a fixed part including a coil assembly having a plurality of ring-shaped coils arranged in the axial direction to...
7375479 Apparatus for processing an object with high position accurancy  
A apparatus processes an object ( 19 ), such as a semi-conductor wafer at accurately controlled positions. The object ( 19 ) is supported by a working platform ( 12 ) that is moveable along a path....
7372221 Device for adjusting the armature stroke in a reversible linear drive unit  
A device for adjusting the armature stroke in a reversible linear drive unit comprising an excitation coil and an armature displaceable in the magnetic field of the excitation coil according to a...
7369386 Overcurrent protection for solid state switching system  
Current sensing resistors are connected directly to output terminals of MOSFETs forming the series switching stage of a PWM sinewave dimmer. An analog sensed current signal is coupled through an...