Patents by Inventor Ludovic Kermarrec

Ludovic Kermarrec has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8823297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of control implemented in a variable speed drive for controlling the deceleration of an electric motor (M) in the case of electrical power outage. The method of control comprises: a step of determining the Joule-effect losses to be applied to the electric motor (M) and to the variable speed drive according to a deceleration ramp to be applied to the electric motor (M) during an electrical power outage, a step of determining the flux reference (?ref) as a function of the said Joule-effect losses to be applied to the electric motor (M) and to the variable speed drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Ludovic Kermarrec, Francois Malrait
  • Publication number: 20130015790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of control implemented in a variable speed drive for controlling the deceleration of an electric motor (M) in the case of electrical power outage. The method of control comprises: a step of determining the Joule-effect losses to be applied to the electric motor (M) and to the variable speed drive according to a deceleration ramp to be applied to the electric motor (M) during an electrical power outage, a step of determining the flux reference (?ref) as a function of the said Joule-effect losses to be applied to the electric motor (M) and to the variable speed drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Ludovic KERMARREC, François MALRAIT
  • Patent number: 8019562
    Abstract: A method implemented in a speed controller to detect a loss of one phase, two phases or three phases in a three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous motor, running or stopped at rest, said controller executing a control in closed loop operation, said method including: determining, with the speed controller, a reference flux current as a function of a reference torque current, said reference torque current being calculated from a reference speed applied to the motor and a measurement of the speed or the position carried out on the motor; applying, with the speed controller, the reference flux current and injecting currents over various phases of the motor; and measuring, with the speed controller, the currents over at least two phases and determining the loss of one phase, of two phases or of three phases from these measured currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Stefan Capitaneanu, Fabrice Jadot, Ludovic Kermarrec, Francois Malrait
  • Publication number: 20080294360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method implemented in a speed controller (1) to detect a loss of one phase, two phases or three phases in a three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), running or stopped at rest, said controller executing a control in closed loop operation. The method consists in applying a reference flux current (Idref) in the control of the speed controller (1) and in determining the loss of one or more phases according to different criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Stefan Capitaneanu, Fabrice Jadot, Ludovic Kermarrec, Francois Malrait