Actuator driving apparatus

• US 7,312,972 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2005
• Issued: 12/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Keihin Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Keihin Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshimura, Kenichi, Hourai, Yasuharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Sherry; Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): KITOV, ZEEV V
• Application Number:
  US11/113,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20050259482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 974 Days
• Field of Search: 361/139, 361/154, 323/265, 323/266, 327/536
• US Class Current: 361/139
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 5/12 Arrangement of engine supports supports comprising both a plastic spring and a fluid damper F16F13/06
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/201 by using a boost inductance
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/155 using semiconductor devices only

Abstract

An actuator driving circuit for driving an electromagnetic actuator, includes a boosting circuit which boosts a source voltage, and a boosted voltage controller which is connected to an output terminal of the boosting circuit, i.e., the downstream of the boosting circuit, to control a boosted voltage generated by the boosting circuit.

Claims

1. An actuator driving circuit for driving an electromagnetic actuator, comprising a boosting circuit which boosts a source voltage, a voltage dividing circuit which is connected to an output terminal of said boosting circuit to divide said boosted voltage generated by said boosting circuit, and a boosted voltage controller which is connected to said output terminal of said boosting circuit, said boosted voltage controller reducing a dividing ratio of said voltage dividing circuit when said source voltage becomes lower than a predetermined level.

2. An actuator driving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the boosted voltage controller is connected to both the output terminal and a fed-back input of the boosting circuit.

3. An actuator driving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output terminal of the boosting circuit is also an input of the boosted voltage controller.

4. An actuator driving circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a booster IC which monitors a divided voltage generated by said voltage dividing circuit, wherein said boosted voltage controller is provided between said output terminal of said boosting circuit and an input terminal of said booster IC.

5. An actuator driving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said boosted voltage controller is formed of a resistor and a switch.