Patents by Inventor Mi-Ching Tsai

Mi-Ching Tsai 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: 11821952
    Abstract: A method of estimating a d-q axis inductance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor includes the following steps. First, building an equivalent motor control block through enabling two of the three phases, and disabling the remaining one of the three phases, and locking a rotor. Afterward, incorporating a back EMF observer into a DC motor control block, and making the DC motor control block correspond to the back EMF observer by commanding an angular speed of the DC motor control block to be zero. Afterward, introducing the equivalent motor control block into the DC motor control block, and using the back EMF observer to estimate the back EMF, and repeating above steps taking turns to disable one phase so as to obtain three sets of motor inductances respectively. Finally, estimating the d-q axis inductance by introducing the three sets of equivalent motor inductances into an inductance relational equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Ting-Chung Hsieh, Lung-Jay Cheng, Yao-Sheng Wu, Chun-Ju Wu
  • Patent number: 11791678
    Abstract: A motor and a rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure includes a rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of magnetic member units arranged around a periphery of the rotor core. Each magnetic member unit includes two first magnetic members and a second magnetic member. The two first magnetic members are obliquely arranged in a V shape relative to a center of the rotor core. The second magnetic member extends transversely between the two first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has at least two permanent magnets that are arranged obliquely. The motor further includes a stator core covering the rotor core. The stator core has a plurality of stator windings arranged annularly. The stator windings correspond to the magnetic member units. The rotor structure has high structural strength, and the phenomenon of stress concentration is less obvious when the motor is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Min-Fu Hsieh, Mi-Ching Tsai, Kai-Jung Shih, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera, Guan-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11695310
    Abstract: A motor, a cooling device, and a cooling method are disclosed. The cooling device is mounted on a stator of the motor. The cooling device includes a sleeve and a spiral duct. A wall of the sleeve has a spiral groove extending along the sleeve. The sleeve is sleeved onto the stator. The spiral duct is mounted in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a first spiral form corresponding to the spiral groove, so that the spiral duct is correspondingly installed in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a second spiral form extending along the spiral duct. A twisted spiral cooling channel is formed along the spiral pathway. A cooling fluid flowing through the twisted spiral cooling channel is subjected to the continuously changing cross-section of the twisted spiral cooling channel to enhance the swirl intensity, thereby improving the convection heat transfer effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Shyy-Woei Chang, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Wei-Ling Cai, Jen-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11677303
    Abstract: A motor and a coreless stator coil winding unit thereof are disclosed. The coreless stator coil winding unit includes an overlapping coil winding assembly and a non-overlapping coil winding assembly. The overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of first coils arranged annularly and a plurality of second coils arranged annularly. The first coils and the second coils overlap with a phase difference. The non-overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of third coils arranged annularly. The third coils are each located between an adjacent one of the first coils and an adjacent one of the second coils. Thus, the back electromotive force constant and torque constant of the motor have a better performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Po-Wei Huang, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera, Shang-Hui Shen, Jung-Kun Chiu, Hsin-Yu Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230130551
    Abstract: A motor and a coreless stator coil winding unit thereof are disclosed. The coreless stator coil winding unit includes an overlapping coil winding assembly and a non-overlapping coil winding assembly. The overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of first coils arranged annularly and a plurality of second coils arranged annularly. The first coils and the second coils overlap with a phase difference. The non-overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of third coils arranged annularly. The third coils are each located between an adjacent one of the first coils and an adjacent one of the second coils. Thus, the back electromotive force constant and torque constant of the motor have a better performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, PO-WEI HUANG, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA, SHANG-HUI SHEN, JUNG-KUN CHIU, HSIN-YU CHIU
  • Patent number: 11581778
    Abstract: A motor and a rotating shaft cooling device thereof are disclosed. A rotating shaft of the motor is formed with an annular space. A shaft has a front end and a rear end. The shaft is a blind tube formed with a channel communicating with the annular space through a plurality of nozzles. The distance between the nozzles and the rear end is less than one-half of the length of the shaft. A cooling fluid flows through the nozzles to form a jet array to impinge on the inner wall of the rotating shaft to cool the rotating shaft, and flows back in the annular space to enhance the cooling effect, increase the heat exchange area, and improve the cooling effectiveness of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Shyy-Woei Chang, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Wei-Ling Cai, Bi-Sheng Wei
  • Patent number: 11575286
    Abstract: A motor and a spoke-type rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure comprises a rotor core which has a plurality of spoke-type first magnetic members. Two oblique second magnetic members arranged in a V shape are provided between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members. A radius of the rotor core is R. A length of the first magnetic member is ls. A length of the second magnetic member is lv. A length component of the second magnetic member on the radius of the rotor core is x. An included angle between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is ?. An included angle between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members is ?. The parameters satisfy: ls+x<R, wherein x=lv·cos(180°??); 90°+?/2<?<180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera
  • Patent number: 11469703
    Abstract: A circuit system and a circuit control method applied to a motor drive are disclosed. The circuit control method includes the steps of providing a phase-locked circuit unit and providing a PWM control unit. The phase-locked circuit unit enables a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal to have identical amplitudes and starting points. The PWM control unit compares the first carrier signal with a reference signal for controlling a switch. When a load current is independently supplied by at least one DC capacitor, a SVPWM control unit controls an inverter unit for the load current to be zero, thereby reducing DC voltage ripple, operation loss and transient voltage surge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Fu-Sheng Pai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Zheng-Xuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20220271581
    Abstract: A motor and a rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure includes a rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of magnetic member units arranged around a periphery of the rotor core. Each magnetic member unit includes two first magnetic members and a second magnetic member. The two first magnetic members are obliquely arranged in a V shape relative to a center of the rotor core. The second magnetic member extends transversely between the two first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has at least two permanent magnets that are arranged obliquely. The motor further includes a stator core covering the rotor core. The stator core has a plurality of stator windings arranged annularly. The stator windings correspond to the magnetic member units. The rotor structure has high structural strength, and the phenomenon of stress concentration is less obvious when the motor is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: MIN-FU HSIEH, MI-CHING TSAI, KAI-JUNG SHIH, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA, GUAN-MING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220224188
    Abstract: A motor and a rotating shaft cooling device thereof are disclosed. A rotating shaft of the motor is formed with an annular space. A shaft has a front end and a rear end. The shaft is a blind tube formed with a channel communicating with the annular space through a plurality of nozzles. The distance between the nozzles and the rear end is less than one-half of the length of the shaft. A cooling fluid flows through the nozzles to form a jet array to impinge on the inner wall of the rotating shaft to cool the rotating shaft, and flows back in the annular space to enhance the cooling effect, increase the heat exchange area, and improve the cooling effectiveness of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, SHYY-WOEI CHANG, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, WEI-LING CAI, BI-SHENG WEI
  • Publication number: 20210399669
    Abstract: A circuit system and a circuit control method applied to a motor drive are disclosed. The circuit control method includes the steps of providing a phase-locked circuit unit and providing a PWM control unit. The phase-locked circuit unit enables a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal to have identical amplitudes and starting points. The PWM control unit compares the first carrier signal with a reference signal for controlling a switch. When a load current is independently supplied by at least one DC capacitor, a SVPWM control unit controls an inverter unit for the load current to be zero, thereby reducing DC voltage ripple, operation loss and transient voltage surge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, FU-SHENG PAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, ZHENG-XUAN WU
  • Publication number: 20210328477
    Abstract: A motor, a cooling device, and a cooling method are disclosed. The cooling device is mounted on a stator of the motor. The cooling device includes a sleeve and a spiral duct. A wall of the sleeve has a spiral groove extending along the sleeve. The sleeve is sleeved onto the stator. The spiral duct is mounted in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a first spiral form corresponding to the spiral groove, so that the spiral duct is correspondingly installed in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a second spiral form extending along the spiral duct. A twisted spiral cooling channel is formed along the spiral pathway. A cooling fluid flowing through the twisted spiral cooling channel is subjected to the continuously changing cross-section of the twisted spiral cooling channel to enhance the swirl intensity, thereby improving the convection heat transfer effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, SHYY-WOEI CHANG, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, WEI-LING CAI, JEN-HSIANG LIU
  • Publication number: 20210320541
    Abstract: A motor and a spoke-type rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure comprises a rotor core which has a plurality of spoke-type first magnetic members. Two oblique second magnetic members arranged in a V shape are provided between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members. A radius of the rotor core is R. A length of the first magnetic member is ls. A length of the second magnetic member is lv. A length component of the second magnetic member on the radius of the rotor core is x. An included angle between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is ?. An included angle between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members is ?. The parameters satisfy: ls+x<R, wherein x=lv·cos(180°??); 90°+?/2<?<180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA
  • Publication number: 20210116507
    Abstract: A method of estimating a d-q axis inductance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor includes the following steps. First, building an equivalent motor control block through enabling two of the three phases, and disabling the remaining one of the three phases, and locking a rotor. Afterward, incorporating a back EMF observer into a DC motor control block, and making the DC motor control block correspond to the back EMF observer by commanding an angular speed of the DC motor control block to be zero. Afterward, introducing the equivalent motor control block into the DC motor control block, and using the back EMF observer to estimate the back EMF, and repeating above steps taking turns to disable one phase so as to obtain three sets of motor inductances respectively. Finally, estimating the d-q axis inductance by introducing the three sets of equivalent motor inductances into an inductance relational equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Mi-Ching TSAI, Ting-Chung HSIEH, Lung-Jay CHENG, Yao-Sheng WU, Chun-Ju WU
  • Patent number: 10135306
    Abstract: A reluctance motor and a flux barrier structure thereof are provided. The flux barrier structure is disposed in a rotor, and the flux barrier structure has at least one flux barrier space and a plurality of support bars. The flux barrier space is formed by at least one surrounding wall of the rotor. The support bars are intersected with each other in the flux barrier space, and the support bars are extended from one side of the enclosure wall to the opposite side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Po-Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20180019626
    Abstract: A reluctance motor and a flux barrier structure thereof are provided. The flux barrier structure is disposed in a rotor, and the flux barrier structure has at least one flux barrier space and a plurality of support bars. The flux barrier space is formed by at least one surrounding wall of the rotor. The support bars are intersected with each other in the flux barrier space, and the support bars are extended from one side of the enclosure wall to the opposite side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Mi-Ching TSAI, Po-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9543784
    Abstract: An electric power supply system cooperated by a battery and a super capacitor includes a power source module and a processing unit. The power source module includes an electric power transformer, a battery, and a super capacitor. The electric power transformer is electrically connected to the battery and the super capacitor. The processing unit is electrically connected to the electric power transformer for controlling the battery to charge the super capacitor, such that both the battery and the super capacitor supply electricity to the load, and such that electricity generated by the load can recharge the super capacitor. The electricity power supply system can avoid an increase of the working temperature of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shyh-Jier Huang, Mi-Ching Tsai, Ying-Rong Chen
  • Publication number: 20160118902
    Abstract: An electric power supply system cooperated by a battery and a super capacitor includes a power source module and a processing unit. The power source module includes an electric power transformer, a battery, and a super capacitor. The electric power transformer is electrically connected to the battery and the super capacitor. The processing unit is electrically connected to the electric power transformer for controlling the battery to charge the super capacitor, such that both the battery and the super capacitor supply electricity to the load, and such that electricity generated by the load can recharge the super capacitor. The electricity power supply system can avoid an increase of the working temperature of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shyh-Jier Huang, Mi-Ching Tsai, Ying-Rong Chen
  • Publication number: 20160011268
    Abstract: A motor fault detecting method and a motor fault detecting system are provided. An electrical frequency and sensing current data of a brushless motor is obtained. An empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is performed on the sensing current data to obtain intrinsic mode functions (IMF). A feature IMF is obtained from the IMFs, in which the feature IMF is feature current data, and a frequency of the feature current data complies with the electrical frequency of the brushless motor. An electrical impedance is calculated according to an input voltage of the brushless motor and the feature current data. The electrical impedance is compared with a reference electrical impedance to determine if the brushless motor is abnormal. The reference electrical impedance is calculated according to training sensing current data of a training brushless motor which is in a healthy state. Accordingly, whether the brushless motor is abnormal is effectively determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mi-Ching TSAI, Shao-Kai LIN, Sheng-He WANG
  • Patent number: 9209733
    Abstract: A current vector controlled synchronous reluctance motor and control method thereof, wherein the motor has a coil on each of the teeth. The coils form a U-phase winding, a V-phase winding and a W-phase winding. The phase windings receive a balanced three-phase current vector to induce closed magnetic field lines, such that the coils induce same magnetic poles adjacent to the rotor unit. Two short magnetic routes are formed along three adjacent teeth and the rotor unit. The efficiency of the reluctance motor is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzu-Shien Chuang, Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh