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7408318 Motor drive unit  
A motor drive unit is adapted to detect a motor lock-up condition (in which an electric motor is accidentally locked during driving) based on the fact that motor drive current increases in that...
6492911 Capacitive displacement encoder  
A capacitive motion encoder, for sensing the position of a moving object relative to a stationary object, includes at least one stationary element, coupled to the stationary object and a moving...
6433449 Galvanometer unit  
A galvanometer unit includes a limited-rotation motor with a load element such as a mirror attached to a shaft extending from the motor. In a servo loop that controls the angular position of the...
6218803 Position sensing with variable capacitance transducers  
For enabling precise operation of an oscillating device, such as a galvanometric optical scanner, a capacitive position transducer is provided with strategically located internal capacitive...
6211641 Capacitive resolver  
The present invention provides a capacitive resolver (100). The capacitive resolver (100) includes a charge plate (102), a sensing plate (106), and an interrupter plate (400) positioned between the...
5910781 Capacitive angle detector  
A capacitive angle detector according to the present invention is capable of detecting a rotating angle with a high precision. The capacitive angle detector includes a first member, a second member...
5598153 Capacitive angular displacement transducer  
Measuring device for the measurement of a rotor angle including a capacitive angular displacement transducer generating an output that varies with an angular displacement of a shaft. A first stator...
5420488 Vacuum nozzle having dynamically adjustable placement force  
An apparatus and a method therefor is capable of automated and/or robotic assembly. The apparatus includes a vacuum nozzle (201) for aspirating and securing a component (202, 204). A spring (312)...
5200683 Method for optimizing sampling rates for position tracking for motion control systems  
An auxiliary resolver position tracking (RPT) system for an industrial robot includes a resolver excitation and monitoring system which is powered by an uninterruptable power supply which includes...
5198739 Software controllable circuit for resolver excitation switching in a motion control system  
An auxiliary resolver position tracking (RPT) system for an industrial robot includes a resolver excitation and monitoring system which is powered by an uninterruptable power supply which includes...
5077635 Capacitive position sensor  
A capacitive position sensor includes a capacitor arrangement assembled of a stator (5) and a rotor (6). The stator supports at least three coplanar electrodes (21, 22, 23) having the shape of...
5051671 Proximity sensor and control  
Sensor circuitry which detects the presence or absence of material and activates a motor responsive thereto, having a capacitor which emits electric signal responsive to the presence of the...
4986410 Machine control apparatus using wire capacitance sensor  
A system for controlling the operating speed of a can machine having an input conveyor for temporarily storing cans while moving them along a path toward the machine includes a metal wire...
4963806 Servo positioning apparatus  
A notch filter, used in a servo loop, for dampening a mechanical resonance of a mechanism to be servo-controlled, including a serial T-type filter with a capacitor-resistor (CR) network having a...
4958115 Capacitively commutated brushless DC servomotors  
There are disclosed both one and two-dimensional, high resolution, brushless DC servomotors that are linear, rotary, planar and cylindrical in nature. All of these employ a capacitive method for...
4851835 Capacitive rotary transmitter for controlling and positioning displaced objects  
A capacitive linear or rotary transmitter for controlling and positioning displaced objects by measuring the displacement, angle or speed of the displaced object is formed, in one embodiment as a...
4755731 Optical scanning transducer  
There is provided an optical scanning apparatus having an angular positioning means that is generally comprised of a variable capacitor including a rotor disc with a plurality of equally spaced...
4737699 Capacitive position transducer  
A capacitive position transducer for detecting position changes or producing position feedback signals in a servorecorder comprises a rhombic transmitter electrode connected to a voltage source and...
4720698 Capacitive encoder having multiple precision outputs  
A capacitive position encoder which provides a digital output indication of the relative position between two plates. One of the plates includes first and second conductive input areas which are...
4694235 Capacitive position sensor  
A capacitive position sensor for sensing changes in the position of a rotating element, in which there are two sets of stationary capacitive surfaces, one set forming a first integral unit, the...
4682004 Measuring arrangement having a capacitive measuring electrode and a working tool with integrated electrode  
In a measuring arrangement for measuring or regulating spacing on thermal working machines (for example, flame cutting installations), two capacitive electrodes are arranged at different spacings...
4629957 Sensing apparatus  
A sensing apparatus has a probe displacement with respect to a support arm and to a reference position. The probe has a flat disc mounting three transducers which are spaced apart from one another...
4630047 Capacitive-type position and reference angular rotation detecting apparatus  
There is provided a capacity type rotation detecting apparatus which comprises a first insulating circular plate having on one surface thereof at least one pair of sets of electrode pieces arranged...
4567410 Capacitive article density monitor  
A capacitance article density monitor which is adjusted to have a zero voltage output when no articles are positioned adjacent a sensor and wherein the output of the circuit may be utilized...
4527108 Linear actuator with magnets  
Device for moving a member linearly is composed of at least two permanent magnets, a driving coil, circuit for supplying the driving coil with current, a moving member, and a detector. The two...
4499465 Capacitive-type incremental and reference angular rotation detecting apparatus  
There is provided a capacity type rotation detecting apparatus which comprises a first insulating circular plate having on one surface thereof at least one pair of sets of electrode pieces arranged...
4481451 Electronically controlled positioner for pneumatic actuators  
An electronically controlled apparatus for controllably positioning pneumatic actuators includes, in a first embodiment, first means for selectively flowing compressed fluid to the actuator and...
4476415 Feedback transducer  
A transducer for generating a feedback signal representative of the position of a movable member includes a signal generating mechanism for providing an electrical feedback signal representative of...
4467253 Differential signal decoder  
A decoder decodes and accurately scales so-called "tribit" servo signals after the receipt of only one tribit pattern without the use of A.G.C. by storing the peak values of the position indicating...
4463298 Instrument for keeping the distance constant between a tool and a workpiece to be processed  
An instrument for maintaining a constant distance between a tool, such as a cutting torch, and a workpiece includes a sensing electrode connected to two different phase control system-building...
4463299 Capacitive sensor motor control system  
A servo motor system including a position sensor located within the motor air gap to virtually eliminate mechanical compliance in the servo loop. The transducer is of a capacitive type including...
4456934 Linear positioning system  
A linear servo system including a linear motor with a moving permanent magnet the flux of which interacts with current flow through a stator winding. A position servo loop controls the position of...
4434391 Capacitive feedback transducer and closed loop instrument meter mechanism  
A display pointer is driven back and forth along a predetermined path by a geared-down miniature d.c. servomotor in accordance with a command signal. The path is determined by an elongated printed...
4410852 Angle-position transducer  
Angle-position is determined by relative angular rotation between a capacitive track and a capacitive pick-up probe. The capacitive track is disposed along the region of angular interest. The...
4409529 Prosthesis  
A prosthesis comprising: (a) a gripping member; (b) an operating lever mounted to pivot about a pivot axis and operatively connected to the gripping member; (c) a power unit including an...
4374383 Capacitive transducer for sensing a home position  
A rotational shaft home position sensing transducer is provided which comprises a rotor mounted on the shaft having a planar surface with a first radial array of conductive elements on the surface...
4341275 Measuring apparatus with electromagnetic force compensation and capacitive position sensor  
An electromagnetically compensating measuring apparatus, as in force measuring or weighing devices, wherein a compensation coil is wound upon a coil form movable in the air gap of a stationary...
4336483 Capacitive position sensor  
Apparatus for positioning a projected image in response to input signals corresponding to the components of the commanded position of the image along a pair of orthogonal axes. The apparatus...
4323829 Capacitive sensor control system  
An electronic control system for controlling the operation of electromotive apparatus utilizes a capacitive sensor for sensing human touch and producing a command signal whose magnitude corresponds...
4323903 Strip chart recorder with a differential capacitor serving as position sensor in a position servo for the recording pen  
Strip chart recorders in which the curve is recorded by means of a rotatable pen (11) which traces the curve in a line of contact (14) being a generatrix of a supporting roller (15), suffer from a...
4300226 Compensation apparatus for a servo system with periodic command signals  
In a capacitance distance sensor apparatus in a focus servo loop for an optical disc playback and record system, stable high servo loop gain and small closed-loop error correction signals are...
4298784 Arrangement for measuring the distance between a metallic workpiece and a processing tool  
An arrangement for measuring the distance between a metallic workpiece and a processing tool includes, in addition to a sensing device having a reactance, a compensation sensing arrangement having...
4263546 Displacement transducer system  
A displacement transducer system for providing a signal indicative of the position of a member, comprising a pair of voltage controlled oscillators the frequency of which is determined by a pair of...
4206400 Accelerometer  
In order to facilitate construction of a compact, lightweight servoed accelerometer with capacitive pick-off, a one-piece support frame, adapted to be inserted within a cylindrical housing, is used...
4183060 Capacitance distance sensor apparatus for video disc player/recorder  
A non-contact type, capacitance distance sensing probe having one or two electrodes disposed about one end of an objective lens system in an optical video disc system is used with a focus control...
4158171 Wafer edge detection system  
A noncontact gauge for edge detecting of semiconductor wafers in a test rig which indexes between circuits in the semiconductor wafer to provide functional tests upon them. The noncontact gauge...
4142144 Position detector  
A transformerless capacitance detection device for picofarad level capacitances, used in a galvanometer for position feedback. A variable capacitor is connected between transistor emitter and...
4092579 Brushless printed circuit resolver  
A brushless printed circuit resolver for converting a shaft angular position to a voltage signal, defined by the envelope of a carrier, which indicates the mechanical angle. The brushless resolver...
4082990 Electrostatic pickoff and torquer  
An instrument which performs with precision either as a pickoff or torquer and which is not subject to geometrical errors due to the electrodes going out of round. The pickoff electrodes of the...
4064539 Device for measuring quantities of electric charges or similar electric parameters  
A device for measuring quantities of electric charges, or other electric parameters whose magnitudes can be obtained from measurements of quantities of electric charges. The device includes a...
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