Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical apparatus having flow creator
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Application No.: US14668411Application Date: 2015-03-25
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Publication No.: US10042337B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-069624 20140328
- Main IPC: H01G2/08
- IPC: H01G2/08 ; G05D7/06 ; G05B15/02 ; G05D23/20 ; H01G4/12 ; H01G4/30 ; H05K7/20

Abstract:
An electrical circuit is provided in a casing. The electrical circuit includes a capacitor having a particular function needed for realizing the electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes an electrical component configured to generate heat due to energization. A flow creator creates, in the casing, an air flow that flows in a direction from the electrical component to the capacitor such that air heated by heat generation of the electrical component flows to the capacitor. A controller controls the flow creator. The capacitor has a characteristic that capacitance monotonically decreases or monotonically increases as temperature rises, in a part of a temperature range in which the electrical circuit operates. The controller detects a capacitance change due to a temperature change of the capacitor caused by the air heated by the heat generation, and controls the flow creator based on a detection result of the capacitance change.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150279560A1 ELECTRICAL APPARATUS HAVING FLOW CREATOR Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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