Patents Examined by Cortez M Cook
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Patent number: 11894786Abstract: This application provides a permanent-magnet synchronous machine control method and device, and a permanent-magnet synchronous machine control system. The method includes: obtaining a d-axis current id and a q-axis current iq in a permanent-magnet synchronous machine control loop at a current moment; obtaining a fifth-order harmonic current id5th and a seventh-order harmonic current id7th in the d-axis current id in the permanent-magnet synchronous machine control loop at the current moment, and a fifth-order harmonic current iq5th and a seventh-order harmonic current iq7th in the q-axis current iq in the permanent-magnet synchronous machine loop at the current moment; determining a d-axis current idk+1 at a next moment in each switch state; determining a q-axis current iqk+1 at the next moment in each switch state based on the first current idk, the second current iqk, and the second voltage in each switch state; and determining a control policy of the permanent-magnet synchronous machine.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiong Zheng, Xianxi Pan, Yu Luo, Zhimin Dan
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Patent number: 11884339Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a steering system of a motor vehicle. A voltage reserve is determined as a function of a compensation trajectory for a second actuating voltage and as a function of a modulation limit. A first actuating voltage with a fundamental frequency is determined as a function of the voltage reserve. A compensation voltage with a sixth-order harmonic with respect to the fundamental frequency of the first actuating voltage is determined. The second actuating voltage is determined for an inverter as a function of the first actuating voltage and as a function of the compensation voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eugen Sworowski, Andreas Schramm
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Patent number: 11878416Abstract: A modular robot system is capable of being configured to allow a plurality of cube-shaped unit robots to be coupled to one another. The modular robot system has N cube-shaped unit robots (where N is an integer greater than 2), each cube-shaped unit robot including: a cube-shaped housing; a step motor located inside the housing; and a controller located inside the housing to control the step motor, wherein the housing has a mounting groove formed on one surface thereof to mount a rotary body rotating by a rotary shaft of the step motor thereon and connection grooves with the same shape as each other formed on the five surfaces thereof, so that through connectors mounted on the connection grooves, one cube-shaped unit robot is connectable to another cube-shaped unit robot.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: RoboRisen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Bin Yim, Hyun Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11876466Abstract: A motor controlling circuit is provided. A first terminal of a first high-side transistor and a first terminal of a second high-side transistor are coupled to a common voltage. A first terminal of a first low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the first high-side transistor. A first node between the first terminal of the first low-side transistor and the second terminal of the first high-side transistor is connected to a first terminal of a motor. A first terminal of a second low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the second high-side transistor. A second node between the first terminal of the second low-side transistor and the second terminal of the second high-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the motor. The driver circuit regulates at least one of the transistors such that no current flows to the common voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Kun-Min Chen
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Patent number: 11873039Abstract: A motor control device includes a third harmonic calculation unit configured to calculate a first third harmonic on a basis of an average value between a voltage command value of a maximum phase with a maximum duty ratio and a voltage command value of a minimum phase with a minimum duty ratio among three-phase voltage command values; an amplitude calculation unit configured to calculate an amplitude of the three-phase voltage command values; a third harmonic conversion unit configured to convert the first third harmonic into a second third harmonic on a basis of the first third harmonic and the amplitude; a correction unit configured to correct the three-phase voltage command values by subtracting the second third harmonic from the three-phase voltage command values.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Yasutoshi Miki, Masahiro Maeda
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Patent number: 11876474Abstract: A linear resonant device and a braking method for the same. The linear resonant device comprises a linear resonant motor and a drive chip. The drive chip pre-stores a drive waveform and at least one first braking waveform therein. The method comprises: determining, in response to a braking instruction, whether vibration of the linear resonant motor meets a first condition while being driven by the drive waveform; and if so, controlling the drive chip to drive, by using the first braking waveform, the linear resonant motor and to conduct a first braking process for the linear resonant motor, wherein the first braking waveform comprises at least two pulse waveforms, and an amplitude value of each of the at least two pulse waveforms gradually decreases along a propagation direction of the first braking waveform.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI AWINIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Guanxing Zhao, Shaofu Wu, Dajun Wu, Zhijun Meng
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Patent number: 11863097Abstract: A motor controller comprises a switch circuit, a driving circuit, and a pulse width modulation circuit. The switch circuit is coupled to a three-phase motor for driving the three-phase motor. The driving circuit generates a plurality of control signals to control the switch circuit. When the motor controller starts a floating phase for detecting a phase switching time point, the motor controller enables that at least one transistor within the switch circuit is operated in a linear region. The motor controller is configured to reduce switching noise of the three-phase motor and increase a success rate of phase switching.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Global Mixed-mode Technology Inc.Inventor: Chien-Lun Chu
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Patent number: 11855561Abstract: A motor control determines if a motor is rotating at steady state velocity and then populates a table with information about each individual motor sector. At steady state velocity, the duration of the motor within an electrical sector is measured. The duration of the complete mechanical rotation of the motor is determined. The controller determines a ratio of the measured duration of the sector to a duration of a complete mechanical rotation of the motor. The ratio of sector duration to rotation duration is stored in a table. The controller is configured for controlling the motor using the table values.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Insight Automation, Inc.Inventors: Emil V. Popov, Ivaylo N. Sotirov
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Patent number: 11855574Abstract: A control device includes first and second input terminals to which a DC voltage for driving a motor is input, and a control unit. The control unit sets a rotation direction of the motor based on first input to the first input terminal or the second input terminal. A rotation speed of the motor is changed based on a subsequence input of the DC voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Arita, Satoshi Nishimoto, Koichi Nakano
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Patent number: 11848629Abstract: A method and apparatus for electric motor control includes a model predictive controller operating in a d-q reference frame to provide d-q reference frame voltage command signals that counteract a magnetic cross coupling within the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Yue-Yun Wang, Lei Hao, Ruixing Long, Bojian Cao
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Patent number: 11846230Abstract: A load adaptive linear electrical generator system is provided for generating DC electrical power. The electrical generation system includes one or more power generation modules which will be selectively turned on or off and additively contribute power depending on the DC power demand. Each power generating module includes a pair of linear electrical generators connected to respective ones of a pair of internal combustion piston based power assemblies. The piston in the internal combustion assembly is connected to a magnet in the linear electrical generator. The piston/magnet assembly oscillates in a simple harmonic motion at a frequency dependent on a power load of the electrical generator. A stroke limiter constrains the piston/magnet assembly motion to preset limits.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Jay B. Ross
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Patent number: 11843340Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor including several windings, a drive circuit for driving the brushless motor, a detection device for detecting the brushless motor so as to obtain a load parameter corresponding to a load of the brushless motor, and a controller for outputting a first control signal to reduce current of the brushless motor in a first slope when the load parameter exceeds a first preset range.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongwei Wang, Qian Xu, Weipeng Chen, Xiangqing Fu, Dongrong Qiu, Wencheng Li
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Patent number: 11837985Abstract: An N-phase electric machine, N being an integer ?3, includes a housing; i×N stator windings arranged in a fixed manner in the housing, i being an integer ?2; and a rotatable rotor surrounded by the i×N stator windings in the housing. The stator windings are consecutively divided into i subgroups in a circumferential direction, each subgroup having N stator windings. The electric machine further comprises i current control modules and i temperature measurement devices, each current control module being correspondingly electrically connected to the N stator windings in one corresponding subgroup, so that when the stator windings in the i subgroups are supplied with power by the i current control modules, a rotating magnetic field is generated around the rotor. Each temperature measurement device is configured to measure the temperature of one corresponding subgroup in the i subgroups during operation of the electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Alina Sun, Tingting Dong, Takashi Shigematsu, Thomas Specker
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Patent number: 11837987Abstract: A motor control device controls a drive of a motor in a motor drive system including the motor and a detent mechanism. The detent mechanism has a detent member that rotates integrally with an output shaft to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted, and an engaging member that moves a valley portion by a rotation of the motor and positions the output shaft by stopping within a positioning range. The motor control device includes a positioning determination unit and an energization control unit. The positioning determination unit determines whether or not the engaging member is stopped within the positioning range based on control parameter other than a detection value of a motor rotation angle sensor that detects a motor rotation angle. When the energization control unit determines that the engaging member is stopped within the positioning range, the energization control unit turns off the energization of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Yamamoto, Seiji Nakayama, Jun Yamada, Kouji Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 11831263Abstract: The present specification relates to a motor control device, a motor control system, and a motor control method. The motor control device measures a ripple voltage of a DC link capacitor to determine an appropriate switching frequency according to the ripple voltage, and causes a plurality of arithmetic processing units to selectively control a switching operation of the switching unit according to the determined switching frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jungdae Lee, Sanggi Ko, Jaeyoon Oh, Gilsu Lee
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Patent number: 11827291Abstract: A motor control device includes a third harmonic calculation unit configured to calculate a first third harmonic on a basis of an average value between a voltage command value of a maximum phase with a maximum duty ratio and a voltage command value of a minimum phase with a minimum duty ratio among three-phase voltage command values; an amplitude calculation unit configured to calculate an amplitude of the three-phase voltage command values; a third harmonic conversion unit configured to convert the first third harmonic into a second third harmonic on a basis of the first third harmonic and the amplitude; a correction unit configured to correct the three-phase voltage command values by subtracting the second third harmonic from the three-phase voltage command values.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Yasutoshi Miki, Masahiro Maeda
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Patent number: 11817810Abstract: According to one embodiment, a motor driving device includes an output part that supplies an exciting current to an exciting coil, a position detection part that detects a rotational position of a rotor, and a driving control part that produces a driving signal that is based on a detection signal from the position detection part and supplies it to the output part. The position detection part has first, second, and third detection elements that are integrally integrated together with the driving control part and detect rotational positions of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventor: Shen Wang
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Patent number: 11811344Abstract: A work machine includes a frame, a traction system supporting the frame, a power source mounted on the frame, a switched reluctance motor, an inverter configured to control power to the motor from a power source, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicating a desired torque and determine if the desired torque is between an upper threshold and a lower threshold. If the desired torque is between the upper threshold and the lower threshold, pulse width modulation is used to produce a PWM adjusted torque command, and the motor is commanded based on the PWM adjusted torque command. The PWM adjusted torque command is configured to cycle between the upper threshold and the lower threshold to produce the desired torque.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jesse R. Gerdes, Thomas M. Sopko, Carlos E. Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Sajan Abdul, Amara Ashfaq, James Michael Thorne
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Patent number: 11811352Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a vehicle propulsion system. The vehicle propulsion system includes a first electric machine including a first set of machine windings that are configured to cause a rotor to rotate about an axis to selectively drive a transmission during a first vehicle operating state and a second electric machine including a second set of machine windings that are configured to cause a rotor to rotate about an axis selectively drive the transmission during at least one of the first vehicle operating state or a second vehicle operating state. The second vehicle operating state different from the first operating state, and a number of series turns per phase for the first set of machine windings is different from a number of series turns per phase for the second set of machine windings.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Alireza Fatemi, Thomas W. Nehl, Norman K. Bucknor
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Patent number: 11811345Abstract: A converter of a variable frequency drive (VFD) is operated in a ramp-up mode to produce an AC output voltage for accelerating a motor. A loading of the converter is determined concurrent with the ramp-up mode. Transfer of the motor to a bypassed mode is conditioned on whether the determined loading in the ramp-up mode meets a criterion. In some embodiments, conditioning transfer to the bypassed mode comprises foregoing transition to the bypassed mode based on a comparison of the determined loading to an underloading threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Stan Rex Simms, Thomas A. Farr, Donovan Gray