Patents Examined by Jorge L Carrasquillo
  • Patent number: 11955918
    Abstract: A motor driver having a startup adjusting mechanism is provided. A steady-state detector circuit detects data for driving a motor to stably rotate to output a steady-state detected signal. A startup waveform pattern circuit selects one of a plurality of startup waveform patterns to output a startup waveform pattern signal according to the steady-state detected signal. A startup waveform generator circuit outputs a startup waveform signal according to the startup waveform pattern signal. A motor controlling circuit controls a motor driving circuit to start up the motor according to the startup waveform signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11949356
    Abstract: A motor vibration control method and an electronic device can implement vibration of a motor when a loading capability of a battery is low. A battery status is obtained when a first motor vibration waveform vibration request is received. The battery status includes a battery temperature, a battery temperature and a battery level, or a battery power supply capability. A motor vibration parameter is switched if the battery status meets a preset condition, where the preset condition is that the battery power supply capability is lower than a first threshold, the battery temperature is lower than a second threshold, or the battery temperature and the battery level are lower than a third threshold array. The motor vibration parameter includes a motor vibration waveform or a motor vibration input voltage. The motor is driven to vibrate based on a switched motor vibration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingmin Zha, Bowen Chen, Chunjiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11949354
    Abstract: A system comprising a synchronous three-phase electric motor and a controller is provided. The synchronous three-phase electric motor comprises a rotor, a stator, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of switching devices. The plurality of coils formed from conductive windings each wound around one or more of a plurality of stator teeth of the stator. The plurality of coils comprises a plurality of permanent coils and a plurality of bypass coils. The plurality of switching devices configured to selectively switch between a tapped position and a primary position. The controller is configured to provide a first switching command to the plurality of switching devices to switch from the primary position to the tapped position based on a transition signal. The transition signal is based on comparing an electrical characteristic associated with one or more input currents to the plurality of switching devices with a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Frederick L. Hoadley, Hoat V. Phung, Timothy S. Collins, Robert F. McElveen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11946307
    Abstract: A control arrangement for an entrance system has one or more movable door members and an automatic door operator for causing movements of the one or more movable door members between closed and open positions. The door members comprise one or more swing doors. The control arrangement comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is connected to the controller and is configured to monitor a respective zone at the entrance system for presence or activity of a person or object. Each sensor has an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein the sensor consumes no electric power in the inactive mode or substantially less electric power in the inactive mode than in the active mode. The controller is configured to determine a current operational state of the entrance system among a plurality of possible operational states, and selectively cause at least one of the sensors to be in its active mode or in its inactive mode depending on the determined current operational state of the entrance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventor: Roger Dreyer
  • Patent number: 11940194
    Abstract: A power converting apparatus includes: a rectifying unit configured to rectify an input AC power, a buck converter that is configured to step down a voltage of the rectified power and that is configured to output DC power having the step down voltage, a first inverter that is connected to an output terminal of the buck converter and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a first motor, a second inverter that is connected to the output terminal of the buck converter, that is disposed in parallel to the first inverter, and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a second motor, and a converter controller configured to control an output voltage of the DC power of the buck converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinho Cho, Taeyoung Park, Jongwon Heo
  • Patent number: 11942888
    Abstract: A power tool includes a power a motor, a driver circuit, a capacitor, a capacitor switch, a temperature detection unit, and a controller. The capacitor is configured to filter out current spikes in a power supply. The capacitor switch is configured to control a working state of the capacitor. The temperature detection unit is configured to detect a temperature of a related object. The controller is configured to: acquire the temperature of the related object; control the capacitor switch to be in a first on or off state such that the capacitor works in a first working state when the temperature is lower than a temperature threshold; and control the capacitor switch to be in a second on or off state such that the capacitor works in a second working state when the temperature is higher than the temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jifeng Feng, Chao Xian
  • Patent number: 11936326
    Abstract: A motor controller comprises a switch circuit, a control unit, and a duty cycle processing unit. The switch circuit is coupled to a motor for driving the motor. The control unit is configured to generate a plurality of control signals to control the switch circuit. The duty cycle processing unit receives a first pulse width modulation signal, where the first pulse width modulation has a first duty cycle. The duty cycle processing unit is configured to judge if the first duty cycle is equal to 0% or 100%. The duty cycle processing unit comprises a duty cycle computing unit, where the duty cycle computing unit is configured to capture the first duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Global Mixed-mode Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-Tai Yang
  • Patent number: 11936319
    Abstract: A current control circuit for controlling a drive current supplied to an inductive load is provided. The current control circuit is configured to perform a first mode of controlling a duty of the drive current so as to be 100% until a current value of the drive current reaches a first target current value after a supply of the drive current is started, and a second mode of controlling the duty of the drive current to be a predetermined duty below 100% until the current value of the drive current reaches a second target current value that is greater than the first target current value after the current value of the drive current reaches the first target current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru Furuki
  • Patent number: 11936311
    Abstract: To provide a controller for motor which can reduce a torque ripple up to high frequency, without amplifying unnecessary noise and vibration. A controller for motor estimates an interlinkage flux based on the applied voltage and the detection value of current; estimates an output torque based on the detection value of current and the estimation value of interlinkage flux; extracts a pulsation component from the estimation value of output torque; calculates a voltage command correction value based on the extraction value of pulsation component; calculates a voltage command after superimposing by superimposing the voltage command correction value on the voltage command basic value; and applies voltage to winding based on the voltage command after superimposing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kezobo, Masahiko Orii, Tatsuya Mori, Seiji Sawada, Kenta Kubo
  • Patent number: 11926377
    Abstract: A multiphase electric motor is disconnectable from a DC voltage source by way of a control unit. Phase windings with connection lines can each be alternately connected via a high-side and a low-side switching element to a respective pole of the DC voltage source, and the connection lines each have a device for disconnecting the phase windings from the DC voltage source upon a fault. The control unit may monitor the switching elements for short-circuit faults, switch off the switching elements when a fault occurs, determine whether the switching element causing the fault is a high-side or a low-side switching element, switch on at least a second of the high-side or correspondingly at least a second of the low-side switching elements in addition to the switching element causing the fault to brake the electric motor, switch off the switching elements after a braking period, and open the phase disconnection devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Gábor Kalapos
  • Patent number: 11929693
    Abstract: A control method of an electric machine is described, including a first step of detecting the angular position of a rotor of the electric machine; a second step of detecting the values of the alternate current next to at least two phases of the input current to the electric machine; a third step of detecting the values of voltage and direct current supplied as input to the inverter by the electric supply means; a fourth step of estimating the torque supplied by the electric machine performed by processing data detected in the first and second step; a fifth step of computing the torque supplied by the electric machine performed by processing data detected in the third and first step; a sixth step of comparing the value of the computed torque and the value of the estimated torque; a control system and a motor comprising such system are further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MAVEL EDT S.P.A.
    Inventor: Denny Chiono
  • Patent number: 11923798
    Abstract: In a drive system having an inverter and electric motor, and a method for operating a drive system, the electric motor is fed from the AC-voltage-side terminal of the inverter, a first series circuit, which includes a brake resistor and a first controllable semiconductor switch, is connected at the DC-voltage-side terminal of the inverter, and a second series circuit, which includes an impedance and a controllable second semiconductor switch, is connected in parallel with the first series circuit, e.g., in parallel with the DC-voltage-side terminal of the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Hettel, Alexander Kolbert
  • Patent number: 11923799
    Abstract: An apparatus for regulating a slew time of an output voltage of a motor driver system includes a gate current control circuit which has a first input coupled to receive a target slew time and a second input coupled to receive a slew time. The gate current control circuit provides an incremented gate current if the slew time is greater than the target slew time and provides a decremented gate current if the slew time is less than the target slew time. The apparatus includes a gate driver which has a first input coupled to receive a PWM signal and a second input coupled to receive the gate current. The gate driver provides a gate drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashish Ojha, Krishnamurthy Shankar, Siddhartha Gopal Krishna, Priyank Anand, Ganapathi Hegde
  • Patent number: 11923730
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the temperature of a motor (M) with an electromechanically drivable motor shaft. The system comprising a sensor that is based on a thermal model (MOD), which describes the thermal behavior of the motor (M), a measuring means for determining the electrical input power (P) of the motor (M), and a measuring means for recording the shaft speed n of the motor shaft. An evaluation device is also provided, which is designed to determine the respectively current motor temperature of the motor (M) from the input power (P), a reference temperature TRef, the determined shaft speed n, and the thermal model (MOD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralph Wystup
  • Patent number: 11912508
    Abstract: In order to specify a method for controlling a transport unit (TE) of a transport device (1) in the form of a long-stator linear motor, said method allowing safe transport of an object (O) without exposing the object (O) to critical movement limit values, the invention provides that a movement profile of the transport unit (TE) is established at least in sections along the transport path (2) depending on a relative movement profile of a relative point (PR) connected to the transport unit (TE) and spaced at a distance from a reference point (PT) of the transport unit (TE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Huber, Benjamin Reichenwallner
  • Patent number: 11909342
    Abstract: Two inverters (10) provided at respective both ends of open-end windings (8) are appropriately controlled. As control regions (R) of a rotating electrical machine (80), a first speed region (VR1) and a second speed region (VR2) in which the rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine (80) is higher than in the first speed region (VR1) for the same torque are set, and in the second speed region (VR2), a rotating electrical machine control device (1) controls both inverters (10), a first inverter (11) and a second inverter (12), by mixed pulse width modulation control in which control is performed such that a plurality of pulses with different patterns are outputted during a first period (T1) which is a half cycle of electrical angle, and an inactive state continues during a second period (T2) which is the other half cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Subrata Saha, Hiroki Iwai, Takashi Kosaka, Hiroaki Matsumori, Naoto Saito, Yoshinobu Ito, Isao Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11897339
    Abstract: A cart may include: a driving wheel; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor; a motor brake circuit configured to electrically brake the motor; a rotation speed sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor; and a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit and the motor brake circuit based on a target rotation speed of the motor and the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor. The motor brake circuit may include an electronically variable resistance element configured to operate in a linear mode and a switching mode in response to a control input signal. The motor brake circuit may be configured to operate the electronically variable resistance element in the linear mode when braking the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa Shima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Ryo Umemoto
  • Patent number: 11897367
    Abstract: A system comprising resistive circuit legs coupled with and disposed between (a) a converter that converts electric current for a motor of a powered system and (b) a source of electric current for powering the motor, each of the circuit legs including a braking resistor coupled with the converter, a contactor coupled with the braking resistor such that the braking resistor is between the converter and the contactor, and a semiconductor switch coupled with the contactor such that the contactor is between the semiconductor switch and the braking resistor, where, during a regenerative braking mode of operation of the powered system, the regenerated energy from the motor is conducted to the braking resistor and dissipated as heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Edlabadkar, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Joe Ferko
  • Patent number: 11892812
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gimbal adjustment method. The method includes obtaining a reference image frame sequence and a reference shooting trajectory formed by a movement of a mobile platform when shooting the reference image frame sequence, the reference image frame sequence including two or more reference image frames, the mobile platform including a gimbal and an imaging assembly; estimating a shooting angle based on the reference shooting trajectory, and adjusting the gimbal based on an estimated shooting angle during an image re-shooting; obtaining a current image frame; and determining an amount of adjustment control of the gimbal based on the current image frame and the reference image frame sequence, and adjusting the gimbal based on the amount of adjustment control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Zhou, Jie Liu, Changchun Ye
  • Patent number: 11890945
    Abstract: An electric multi-mode drive system (400), a method for operating the same, a vehicle (110) and a track (401). The system is arranged for operating at one part (402) of the track (401), at a station (410; 411), an electric Linear Doubly Fed Motor, LDFM, (310) for launching the vehicle (110), and for operating at another part (403) of the track (401), between stations (410; 411), a further electric motor (320; 330; 340; 350), not an LDFM, arranged for at least one of accelerating, coasting and restarting movement of the vehicle (110) after launching. Electric power for operating the further electric motor (320; 330; 340; 350), is provided by an on-board rechargeable electrical energy storage device. With the LDFM (310), sufficient power is generated for accelerating the vehicle (110), and recharging the on-board electrical energy storage device during standstill, braking and/or launching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ENGIE ELECTROPROJECT B.V.
    Inventor: André Veltman