Harmonic Patent Applications

APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS LOUVER OPERATION ON ARCHED SHUTTERS

Granted: September 1, 2011
Application Number: 20110209408
An arched shutter configured for automated, simultaneous control of a plurality of louvers, the arched shutter comprises the plurality of louvers, a frame, a portion of which forms an arch, a base, wherein the plurality of louvers are installed between the base and the portion of the frame that forms an arch via a plurality of rod arms, a motor configured to drive one of the plurality of rod arms and therefore one of the plurality of louvers, and a plurality of linking apparatus…

DISPERSION COMPENSATION CIRCUITRY AND SYSTEM FOR ANALOG VIDEO TRANSMISSION WITH DIRECT MODULATED LASER

Granted: September 1, 2011
Application Number: 20110210777
An improved precompensation circuit includes a greatly improved differentiator in the dispersion precompensation path, a preprocessor in the dispersion precompensation path for reducing f2?f1 type Composite Second Order (CSO) distortion, and a broadband phase shifter for compensating undesired vector interaction between the laser predistortion and dispersion compensation.

WAVE GEAR DEVICE HAVING COMPOUND TOOTH PROFILE OF POSITIVE DEFLECTION MESHING

Granted: June 30, 2011
Application Number: 20110154928
In a wave gear device (1), radial deflection of a flexible external gear (3) is set at 2?mn (?>1) which is larger than a normal deflection of 2mn (?=1), and the tooth depth of both gears (2, 3) is set larger than a standard tooth depth (in case of ?=1). Meshing movement locus of both gears (2, 3) is approximated by a rack in case of ?>1, and using similarity-transformation curves (AC, AD) obtained by similarly enlarging a curve (AB) on the unmeshing side at the post-stage of…

Method for setting non-positive deflection, maximum meshable tooth profile in flat wave gear device

Granted: June 16, 2011
Application Number: 20110138952
In a flat wave gear device, there is determined a rack-approximated movement locus Lc1 of a flexible externally toothed gear with respect to an S-side rigid internally toothed gear accompanying rotation of a wave generator. (?OPT is a minimum value of the radius of curvature of the movement locus Lc1, and is determined from an evolute e of the movement locus Lc1. A convex arc having a radius ? (???OPT) is used in a main part of a tooth profile of the flexible externally toothed gear. A…

WAVE TYPE LINEAR MOTION MECHANISM AND HOLDING MECHANISM

Granted: June 9, 2011
Application Number: 20110133382
In a wave linear motion mechanism (4) of a holding mechanism (1), those portions of a flexible screw (14) where first and second male screws (32, 33) are formed are elliptically deformed by first and second wave generators (12, 13) installed on an input shaft (11), and the first and second male screws (32, 33) are respectively partially engaged with first and second female screws (42, 44) of first and second circular nuts (15, 16). First and second holding members (5, 6) are mounted on…

Modification and Distribution of Video Content

Granted: June 9, 2011
Application Number: 20110138414
A data stream processing system receives a transport stream containing single/multiple program/s and receives alternate content. The system identifies portions of the transport stream to replace with the alternate content. An alternate content data stream is generated that includes the alternate content and at least one sync packet. The sync packet enables synchronous replacement of the alternate content into the transport stream. The system then distributes the alternate content data…

GEARED MOTOR ASSEMBLY

Granted: May 19, 2011
Application Number: 20110116962
A geared motor assembly comprises a rotation-transmitting shaft for transferring output rotation of a reducer on the front side of a motor to an output shaft sensor on the rear side of the motor. A front end portion of the rotation-transmitting shaft is securely bonded to a rotation output member of the reducer by an adhesive that exhibits flexibility or elasticity after hardening, and a rear end portion of the rotation-transmitting shaft is rotatably supported by a sensor cover via a…

ELECTRIC WIRING STRUCTURE OF HOLLOW ROTATOR

Granted: May 12, 2011
Application Number: 20110111622
A relay connector is secured to a hollow hole forming member provided with a hollow hole in a hollow rotator so as to be coaxially located in the hollow hole in order to draw out an electric wire group from the side of one end surface in the direction of a rotation central axis line of the hollow rotator to the side of the other end surface by using the hollow hole passing through in the direction of the rotation central axis line in the hollow rotator. A first connection section is…

COMPLEX SENSOR AND ROBOT HAND

Granted: March 24, 2011
Application Number: 20110067504
A complex sensor comprises a touch sensor and a proximity sensor. The touch sensor comprises a flexible pressure-sensitive sheet covering a fingertip portion. The pressure-sensitive sheet comprises a front surface film and a rear surface film composed of a flexible conductive material, an intermediate film which is sandwiched between the films in a state in which the intermediate film is electrically connected and which is composed of pressure-sensitive conductive rubber, and first to…

METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ANGULAR TRANSMISSION ERROR OF WAVE GEAR DEVICE

Granted: March 3, 2011
Application Number: 20110054820
A positioning system (1) provided with an actuator (2) having a wave gear device (4) is driven and controlled by a semi-closed loop control for controlling the load position of a load device (5) based on the motor position of a motor shaft (31) of a motor (3). In a method for compensating for an angular transmission error by compensating for a motor shaft synchronous component ?Sync that occurs in synchrony with the motor position and is a relative rotation-synchronous component that…

EXPANDING COUPLING MEANS FOR POWERED WINDOW COVERING

Granted: January 6, 2011
Application Number: 20110000629
An actuator to be inserted in a headrail of a window covering, the actuator comprises a damping body configured to reduce vibrations when the actuator is operating, and an expanding mechanism configured to expand the damping body against the headrail.

Wave Gear Device

Granted: December 23, 2010
Application Number: 20100319484
A bending state known as “coning,” in which the amount of bending of the flexspline gradually decreases in accordance with the distance from the open end of the spline, occurs in cup-type or “silk hat”-type wave gear devices. A tooth profile in which the tooth depth is kept constant and in which the bottom lands and top lands are parallel to each other along the tooth trace direction is used as the basic tooth profile for the circular spline and the flexspline of the wave gear…

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RIGID INTERNAL GEAR OF WAVE GEAR DEVICE

Granted: September 16, 2010
Application Number: 20100229395
A method for manufacturing a rigid internal gear of a wave gear device in which an internally toothed portion formed with internal teeth and a gear main body portion are joined integrally, the method including preforming an internal teeth-forming ring or disc for forming the internally toothed portion by using a first aluminum alloy powder; manufacturing a forging in which the internal teeth-forming ring or disc is placed in a forging die and is integrally formed on its outer side with…

WAVE GEAR DEVICE

Granted: August 26, 2010
Application Number: 20100212446
In a cup-type or “silk hat”-type wave gear device (1), the rim thickness t of the flexible externally toothed gear (3) thereof satisfies the relations (0.5237Ln(R)?1.32)d?t?(0.8728Ln(R)?2.2)d if the reduction ratio R of the wave gear device is less than 80, and (1.5499Ln(R)?5.8099)d?t?(2.5832Ln(R)?9.6832)d if the reduction ratio R is equal to or greater than 80, where d is the radial deflection, measured at the position of the major axis of the neutral circle of the rim, in a state…

MOTOR WITH CUTTING TOOL MOUNTING HOLE

Granted: July 22, 2010
Application Number: 20100183392
A tool holder plate (51) is fixed to a shaft end part (413) of a hollow motor shaft (41) of a brushless DC servo motor (1), and a cutting tool is mounted in a tool mounting hole (51a) formed in the tool holder plate (51) and a work is cut-processed by this cutting tool. In order to prevent intrusion of a cutting processing oil containing cutting powder into the inside of the motor from between the shaft end part (411) of the hollow motor shaft (41) and an end plate portion (22) of a…

SWITCHABLE ROTATION DRIVE DEVICE

Granted: July 15, 2010
Application Number: 20100179022
A switchable rotation drive device has a switching mechanism wherein a first connecting sleeve that always rotates integrally with a motor hollow rotor, and a second connecting sleeve that always rotates integrally with a planetary carrier of a planetary gear reduction mechanism are connected via a bearing in a relatively rotatable state, and the first connecting sleeve is formed with a sun gear. By sliding the switching mechanism, the output shaft can be switched between high-speed…

Wave Generator for Wave Gear Device

Granted: July 15, 2010
Application Number: 20100175503
The flexible bearing of the wave generator for a wave gear device is a deep-groove ball bearing in which an outer race and an inner race form an annular flexible bearing ring capable of bending in a radial direction. A ball diameter Da is set to be 5 to 15% greater than that of each model of the currently available product, and dimensions of orbital plane radii ro, ri of the inner and outer races are set so that the ratio ro/Da of the orbital plane radius ro of the inner race and the…

Drive Control Method for Galvano-Scanner

Granted: July 8, 2010
Application Number: 20100172004
A galvano-scanner system (1) has a position-controlling microcomputer (31) mounted on a scanner driver (3) of a galvano scanner (2), wherein a position detection signals outputted from a positional sensor (14) of the galvano-scanner (2) are sampled, the current position of the galvano-scanner (2) is updated on the basis of sampling results, when movement distance amount command data are input, the movement distance amount command data are converted to an address change amount for the…

OPERATING SIGNAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTORIZED WINDOW COVERING

Granted: July 1, 2010
Application Number: 20100164743
A motorized window covering includes a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. Also, within the housing is a wake-up signal amplifier that is constantly energized and a data signal amplifier that is only energized when a wake-up signal is received. A remote control unit is used to generate and transmit the wake-up signal and a data signal that is use to control the operation of the window covering.

Message Synchronization Over A Stochastic Network

Granted: May 13, 2010
Application Number: 20100118888
Methods and apparatus to communicate between a local component and a remote component, where the local component is connected to the remote component using a non-deterministic communication link. A local clock is synchronized with a remote clock to within a maximum offset. A rate message from the remote component is received at the local component, where the rate message includes a first time stamp. A data rate is adjusted using the rate message when the time of the local clock…