Plural, Diverse Or Diversely Controlled Electric Motors Patents (Class 318/34)
  • Patent number: 11927207
    Abstract: A working control device comprises an operation lever for making a boom cylinder (36), an arm cylinder (37) and others work to drive a shovel apparatus (30), and a delivered oil amount control device (a controller (150)). A working oil supply source includes a first electric motor (M1) and a first hydraulic pump (P1). When the operation lever is subjected to a single operation, a number of the motor revolution based on the lever operation is set to control the first electric motor. When the number of motor revolution is less than a necessary minimum number of revolutions, the necessary minimum number is set to control the first electric motor (M1). When the operation lever is subjected to a composite operation, a total number of motor revolutions based on the lever operations is set. When the total number is less than a necessary minimum number of revolutions, the necessary minimum number is set to control the first electric motor (M1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shumpei Okutani, Yuta Kobayashi, Koichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11929701
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus including a DC motor that is driven based on a current supplied from a power source, and including: a detection circuit that detects an instantaneous interruption of the power source; an H bridge circuit having an upper arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to the power source and a lower arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to a ground, the upper arm circuit and the lower arm circuit being connected in series, and controlling a current to be supplied to the DC motor; and a switching control circuit that controls the switching element, and in a case where an instantaneous interruption of the power source is detected by the detection circuit, the switching control circuit sets the switching elements of the upper arm circuit to off and sets the switching elements of the lower arm circuit to on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Masayuki Hongo
  • Patent number: 11787425
    Abstract: An autonomous drive ECU 1 includes: at least two microcomputers 10 and 30 capable of receiving sensing data from a plurality of sensors 61; failure detection units 11 and 31 that detect a failure of the plurality of sensors 61 or the microcomputers 10 and 30; a mode selection unit 33 that selects a normal operation mode and a fallback operation mode; and a sensor selection unit that selects the sensor 61 based on a failure part detected by the failure detection unit 31 or a surrounding situation of an own vehicle calculated from the sensing data. Any of the at least two microcomputers 10 and 30 generates a drive signal for operating an actuator using the sensing data received from the sensor 61 selected by the sensor selection unit in the case of the fallback operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shinoda, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11677330
    Abstract: A power conversion device connected in parallel to a second power conversion device including power conversion circuitry that performs power conversion by changing a connection state between first multiple lines on a primary side and second multiple lines on a secondary side, baseline selection circuitry that selects one of the second multiple lines on the secondary side as a baseline and partial modulation control circuitry that controls the power conversion circuitry to maintain a state in which the baseline is connected to one of the first multiple lines on the primary side and to change a connection state between other second multiple lines on the secondary side and the first multiple lines on the primary side, wherein the baseline selection circuitry switches a line selected as the baseline based on a switching timing used by second baseline selection circuitry of the second power conversion device to select a second baseline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kentaro Inomata, Akira Yamazaki, Masato Higuchi, Hidenori Hara
  • Patent number: 11440394
    Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes: a case accommodating a first rotary electric machine and a second rotary electric machine that are arranged to have respective rotational axes parallel to each other and to be radially adjacent to each other; and a power control device configured to control the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine. The case includes a peripheral wall portion surrounding the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and the power control device is mounted in a mounting section provided on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion. A lower part of the power control device is located in a space surrounded by a line connecting a first cross point, and a second cross point, the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yaguchi, Naoyuki Kishimoto, Naoki Marukawa, Shuichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 11323048
    Abstract: A device for driving a plurality of motors and an electric apparatus includes a first and a second capacitor, an inverter connected to a DC terminal, a multi-phase motor connected to the inverter, a single-phase motor serially connected with the multi-phase motor, and a controller configured to control the inverter. For starting the single phase motor during operation of the multi-phase motor, the controller is configured to perform, during an alignment period, an alignment of a rotor of the single-phase motor and perform, during a voltage compensation period, a voltage compensation for compensating a voltage change of a DC terminal neutral point between the first capacitor and the second capacitor based on the alignment of the rotor of the single-phase motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunku Kwon, Chaseung Jun, Jaehoon Jeong, Sehwa Choe, Wookjin Lee
  • Patent number: 11203378
    Abstract: A control device performs steering control of a vehicle by electric power of a first battery and a second battery and includes a calculation unit that calculates a total torque to be produced and a distribution controller that controls output of the first motor and the second motor such that a sum of a first torque produced by the first motor and a second torque produced by the second motor is the total torque. When neither the first system nor the second system is defective, the distribution controller sets the first torque and the second torque based on a state of the first battery and a state of the second battery such that predetermined performance of the first battery and the second battery is within an allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sunao Horitake
  • Patent number: 11185001
    Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Furukawa, Koichi Obayashi, Seiichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11081995
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a plurality of systems capable of controlling current supply to a motor. Each microcomputer of first and second systems is configured to communicate information of the own system and the other system by inter-computer communication and has an independent ground potential. A power supply current flowing between a power supply and a power converter is assumed to be positive and negative in a power running state and a regeneration state. Each microcomputer monitors the power supply current of each system by the inter-computer communication, and executes a power supply current balancing process of limiting a current command value or a voltage command value of at least one of the two systems thereby to decrease a power supply current difference between the two systems when the power supply current difference between the two systems exceeds a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Otake, Nobuyori Nakajima, Go Endoh
  • Patent number: 11072232
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module, comprising an electric motor (110) and a power electronics module (300) operatively connected to the electric motor (110) whereby the power electronics module is integral to the electric motor (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Bradley Duane Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 10964661
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a spool (10); a clamper (22); a torch electrode (31); a high-voltage power source circuit (30); a non-bonding detection circuit (40); a first changeover switch (50) switching a connection between the spool (10) and the high-voltage power source circuit (30) or the non-bonding detection circuit (40); and a relay (53) turning on/off a connection between the clamper (22) and a spool side of the first changeover switch (50), and comprises a control part (60) that sets the first changeover switch (50) to the high-voltage power source circuit side and turns off the relay (53) to generate electric discharge, and that sets the first changeover switch (50) to the non-bonding detection circuit side and turns on the relay (53) to perform non-bonding detection. Due to this configuration, electric corrosion of a wire clamper can be suppressed and non-bonding detection can be carried out with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Abe, Hisashi Ueda, Yutaka Kondo
  • Patent number: 10794479
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling the driving of a motor. An angle calculation unit acquires a motor rotation angle signal outputted from a motor rotation angle sensor that detects the rotation position of the motor, and calculates a motor angle. A signal acquisition unit acquires an output shaft signal, which is outputted from an output shaft sensor for detecting the rotation position of an output shaft through which the rotation of the motor is transmitted. A value of the output shaft signal changing in steps in accordance with the rotation position of the output shaft. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value by correcting, in accordance with a speed of the motor at the timing at which the acquired output shaft signal changes, a pre-correction motor angle target value that is set on the basis of a target shift range and a change point at which the output shaft signal changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Patent number: 10749452
    Abstract: A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Xiao Zhou, Mitsunari Terada
  • Patent number: 10715060
    Abstract: A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Xiao Zhou, Mitsunari Terada
  • Patent number: 10697150
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for an electrically-driven hydraulic work machine makes it possible to make a rated voltage of various electric equipment such as power storage devices common to one of an electrically-driven hydraulic work machine that is capable of being operated with lower horsepower and to prevent that only a power storage situation of one of the plurality of power storage devices significantly degrades together with operation of the electrically-driven hydraulic work machine and besides, to extend a time period within which each of actuators of the electrically-driven hydraulic work machine can obtain a predetermined speed. Accordingly, a controller 50 includes a virtual limitation torque calculation section 51 and electric motor rotational speed control sections 52 and 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Takahashi, Tatsuo Takishita, Masayuki Yunoue, Kenichirou Nakatani, Taihei Maehara
  • Patent number: 10525969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of an engine are presented. In one example, a position of a throttle is adjusted along with other actuators to improve engine starting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Alex O'Connor Gibson, Dennis Craig Reed, Adam Nathan Banker, David Oshinsky
  • Patent number: 10520395
    Abstract: A dynamometer system includes a prime mover dynamometer and a gearbox. The prime mover dynamometer includes a primary output configured to be coupled to a drivetrain that represents a portion of a vehicle powertrain, a secondary output having a fixed speed relationship with the primary output, and a controller. The gearbox is coupled to the secondary output and configured to be coupled to an electric motor. The controller alters a speed and torque of the outputs based on a calculated speed and torque associated with a simulated internal combustion engine that represents another portion of the vehicle powertrain to impart speed oscillations into the electric motor and to impart torque oscillations into the drivetrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Norman Malcolm Newberger
  • Patent number: 10472805
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive unit of a hydraulic excavator is configured to include a first hydraulic pump (P1) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a boom cylinder (36) and the like, a first electric motor (M1) that drives the first hydraulic pump (P1), a hydraulic pump for revolution (P2) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a revolution motor (26), a second electric motor (M2) that drives the hydraulic pump for revolution (P2), and a motor control device (150) that controls the rotation of the first electric motor (M1) and that of the second electric motor (M2). The motor control device (150) is configured such that when the revolution of the revolving body is not activated by the revolution motor (26), control to deactivate the second electric motor (M2) is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Kumeuchi, Koichi Shimizu, Yuta Kobayashi, Shumpei Okutani, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10447192
    Abstract: An electric energy converter for converting a first energy into a second energy comprises two first terminals for the first energy, at least one second terminal for the second electric energy, P switching arms, each including two switching half-arms connected in series between the two first terminals and connected to one another at a midpoint that is connected to a respective second terminal. Each half-arm including N switching half-branches connected in parallel, N?2, each switching half-branch including a switch. This converter further comprises 2×P control modules, each control module being configured to control the switches of a respective half-arm, each control module including an output terminal for each respective switch, each output terminal being configured to deliver a control signal for said respective switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Lepage
  • Patent number: 10432129
    Abstract: To provide an AC rotary machine control device which can superimpose the 5th order and the 7th order harmonic voltages on the AC voltage applied to the AC rotary machine by calculation processing of low processing load, and an electric power steering device provided with the same. An AC rotary machine control device performs middle voltage offset processing that adds offset value to middle voltage command when middle voltage command in three phase basic voltage commands is larger than vibration center voltage, and subtracts offset value from middle voltage command when middle voltage command is smaller than vibration center voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Akira Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10416663
    Abstract: When a motor replacement detection portion (4) detects replacement of a motor (M), a control portion (2) of the motor control apparatus executes limiting processing for limiting action of the motor (M), at least until an acceptance portion (5) accepts an input of confirmation information from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamawaki, Takao Ushiyama, Masakazu Matsugami, Takaya Kitano
  • Patent number: 10391849
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a rotating electrical machine that together with an internal combustion engine serves as a driving force source for wheels, a speed change device disposed next to the rotating electrical machine in an axial direction, or a direction in which a rotation axis of the rotating electrical machine extends, a drive device case formed by joining a first case accommodating the rotating electrical machine and a second case accommodating the speed change device, and a rotating electrical machine control device that controls the rotating electrical machine and that is fixed to outside of one of the first case and the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suzuki, Tatsuyuki Uechi
  • Patent number: 10396700
    Abstract: A multi-motor system, including a plurality of ECMs. The ECMs include a main ECM and a plurality of subordinate ECMs. A first temperature detection unit and a second temperature detection unit detect a temperature T1 and a temperature T2 at different positions, respectively; the main ECM automatically selects an operation parameter according to temperature differences between the temperature T1 and the temperature T2. The main ECM informs each subordinate ECM of the temperature T1 and the temperature T2, and each subordinate ECM selects an operation parameter according to the temperature T1 and the temperature T2. In operation, the main ECM informs each subordinate ECM of the temperature T1 and the temperature T2, and each subordinate ECM selects an operation parameter in accordance with the temperature T1 and the temperature T2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenqing Bian, Ge Hu
  • Patent number: 10242706
    Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, and a spindle motor configured to rotate the disk. A first driving voltage is applied across a first and second windings of the spindle motor connected in series while measuring a first mutual inductance voltage across a third winding, wherein the first driving voltage comprises a first amplitude and a first polarity. A second driving voltage is applied across the first and second winding connected in series while measuring a second mutual inductance voltage across the third winding, wherein the second driving voltage comprises the first amplitude and a second polarity opposite the first polarity. The first measured mutual inductance voltage and the second measured mutual inductance voltage are combined to generate a first mutual inductance signal, and an angular position of the spindle motor is estimated based on the first mutual inductance signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Johnson, Timothy A. Ferris, Jaesoo Byoun
  • Patent number: 10220726
    Abstract: An electric vehicle accomplishes speed changes through the use of electronically controlled, multiple electric motor configurations that are coupled to an output drive shaft instead of a speed change transmission. A parallel-coupled motor configuration includes at least two motors that are each coupled to the output drive shaft through respective gear arrangements, each gear arrangement having a respective gear ratio. In a serially-coupled motor configuration, the stator of the second motor is coupled to the rotor of the first motor, where the rotor of the second motor is coupled to the output drive shaft. The required torque to reach or maintain a desired vehicle speed can be obtained by selective energization of either one or both of the motors (in both multi-motor configurations). Two motors are also coupled to a differential gear so that the rotational speed contributed by both motors are additive at the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Superior Electron, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher P. Zing, Joachim H. Wiest, Henry T. Fung
  • Patent number: 10199904
    Abstract: A system includes a primary Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a heat transfer device that is attached to the primary PCB. The primary PCB includes a heat generating device and a thermal conductive inlay attached to the heat generating device. The heat transfer device includes a secondary PCB that is thermally coupled to the primary PCB, and a heat dissipation block. The heat dissipation block has a first side attached to the thermal conductive inlay of the primary PCB and a second side attached to the secondary PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Schaft Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sasaki, Nobuyuki Ito, Junichi Urata
  • Patent number: 10122318
    Abstract: A network-based motor control system-on-chip (SoC) and a motor control method. The network-based motor control system includes a network unit; a first processor for exchanging a first data with the network unit and processing a first task related to the first data; a motor; a motor control unit for controlling operation of the motor; a second processor for exchanging a second data related to the operation of the motor with the motor control unit and processing a second task related to the second data; and a data sharing unit for sharing processing results of the first task and the second task by the first processor and the second processor, in which the first task and the second task are concurrently processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AJINEXTEK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kwang Ju Sung, Chang Ho Kim, Sung Hyuk Choi, Sang Tae Lee
  • Patent number: 9893670
    Abstract: A controller of an inverter control apparatus includes an A/D conversion unit that performs digital conversion of an input signal when a signal for either an A/D converter start trigger or an A/D converter start trigger is input thereinto; a first inverter control unit that generates the A/D converter start trigger which starts the A/D conversion unit, based on A/D converter start timing information and a first carrier signal; a second inverter control unit that generates the A/D converter start trigger which starts the A/D conversion unit, based on A/D converter start timing information and a second carrier signal; and an A/D start factor selection unit that receives either the A/D converter start trigger or the A/D converter start trigger and selects an A/D start factor at a predetermined period timing of an operation period of the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Rei Kasahara, Dongsheng Li
  • Patent number: 9882496
    Abstract: A conducted EMI noise reduction effect close to that achieved by using an optimal modulating waveform as a modulating wave is achieved when employing a frequency spreading technique as a measure against noise when a conducted EMI standard is extended to a low-frequency range. A triangular wave/Hershey's Kiss approximation signal generating unit and a triangular wave generation control unit generate a fundamental triangular wave by a transistor charging a capacitor with a current and a transistor discharging the current from the capacitor. A slope switching signal generating unit generates signals expressing the start and end of a charge period and the start and end of a discharge period. An additional charge or additional discharge is carried out in response to the signals turning a transistor on, and the slope of the triangular wave temporarily increases in that period only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishijima
  • Patent number: 9881734
    Abstract: An actuator or generator device includes an AC rotary electric machine having an electrical connection for transferring electrical energy to the terminals of the stator of the machine, the device including a transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Cédric Duval
  • Patent number: 9859823
    Abstract: In a method for ascertaining the phase currents of an electric machine having a power converter and a stator with a phase number of four or more, the phase currents of a measuring number of measuring phases is measured, which is at least two and is lower by at least two than the phase number, and the phase currents of the remaining phases are arithmetically determined from the measured phase currents, at least the measured phase currents, a spatial angle of the measuring phases and a spatial angle of the remaining phases being used for the arithmetical determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Julian Roesner
  • Patent number: 9741251
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assistance device includes an object detection unit configured to detect the object, a planned execution timing determination unit configured to determine a planned execution timing, a motion characteristics value acquisition unit configured to acquire a motion characteristics value in a comparison target time span which is a predetermined time span later than a detection timing at which the object detection unit detects the object and prior to the planned execution timing, and a collision avoidance assistance determination unit configured to determine whether or not to execute the collision avoidance assistance at the timing prior to the planned execution timing, based on the result of comparison between the motion characteristics value and a reference motion characteristics value in the comparison target time span obtainable from a history of the past motion characteristics values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shintaro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9742341
    Abstract: An AC motor drive motor system includes a charge and discharge controller controlling a charging and discharging circuit based on a DC voltage value on the output side of a converter and a charging and discharging current value of a power storage device. The charge and discharge controller, when regenerative power via an inverter from an AC motor exceeds a power threshold, charges the power storage device such that the DC voltage value becomes a voltage threshold corresponding to the power threshold. When regenerative power is the power threshold or less, the converter performs regeneration when the DC voltage value reaches a regeneration start voltage threshold or higher, and ends regeneration when the DC voltage value reaches a regeneration end voltage threshold or lower. The DC-voltage-value time averaged value during regeneration is set lower than that at no-load time when the converter does not perform power supply and regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Watabu, Akiko Tabuchi, Yoshinori Kanda
  • Patent number: 9716452
    Abstract: An ECU has a function of calculating a rotation angle, which is used for torque control, based on amplitude-modulated signals SIN and COS outputted from an angle sensor and a synchronous detection signal. Frequency components generated at the time of switching operation of switching elements of an inverter connected to a motor-generator is included in an output voltage of the inverter. The ECU has a function of shifting frequencies of the frequency components and an excitation frequency of an excitation signal from each other so that noise having the frequencies of the frequency components are not superimposed on the amplitude-modulated signals SIN and COS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Nishibata, Junichi Fukuta, Yusuke Shindo
  • Patent number: 9682693
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine; a first motor; a planetary gear having three rotary elements that are connected respectively to a rotary shaft of the first motor, an output shaft of the engine, and a drive shaft coupled to an axle such that on a collinear diagram, the rotary shaft, the output shaft, and the drive shaft are arranged in that order; a second motor; a first inverter configured to drive the first motor; a second inverter configured to drive the second motor; a battery capable of exchanging power with the first and second motors via the first and second inverters; and an electronic control unit configured to control the engine such that a rotation speed of the engine increases at a predetermined time when the engine is operative, respective gates of the first and second inverters are both blocked, and an accelerator is ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Amano, Shinichiro Minegishi, Takashi Ando, Takeshi Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9654031
    Abstract: A controlling apparatus includes a storage unit for storing, for each sampling period, a combination of a primary frequency of connected induction motors and the amplitude of a voltage command value, and a gradient detection unit for calculating a value corresponding to an increase in the amplitude of the voltage command value divided by an increase in the primary frequency, and for outputting a failure signal upon determining, when a result of the division is less than a predetermined reference value, that the plurality of induction motors include at least one induction motor having a phase sequence that includes incorrect wiring with respect to the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Hirokazu Kato, Hiroki Shimoyama, Tomotaka Nishijima, Junichi Ishii, Yasushi Matsumoto, Toshie Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9637074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive arrangement in a motor vehicle, wherein a first drive, a second drive and a third drive are provided, wherein the drives each have two supply connections, and wherein the first drive and the second drive each have their own associated driver circuit. The invention proposes that the supply connections of the third drive can be connected to high potential (V+) and low potential (V?) by means of the two driver circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventor: Toni Nagler
  • Patent number: 9590522
    Abstract: A motor driving system includes an offset value learning part, which learns offset values of current sensors, when all switching elements are in off-states and a motor driving circuit is in an off-state, in which the motor driving circuit generates no motor driving current. The offset value learning part includes a first learning part and a second learning part. The first learning part learns the offset value of the current sensor of each phase at an arbitrary motor rotation angle, when an induced motor voltage of a three-phase motor is smaller than an input voltage of the motor driving circuit. The second learning part sequentially learns the offset value of the current sensor of the phase, a phase voltage value of which varying with the motor rotation angle is intermediate, when the induced motor voltage is equal to or larger than the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9577424
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing diagnostic testing for multiple motor drives operating in parallel. In one embodiment, the diagnostic testing may involve determining which of the multiple motor drives are in operation and communicating the active configuration of motor drives to testing circuitry. The testing circuitry generates an enable input signal transmitted to the transistor gates in each of the active motor drives. The testing circuitry also generates a power supply input signal transmitted to a DC to DC converter in each of the active motor drives. The responses to the enable input signal and the power supply input signal are measured to determine safety compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Campbell
  • Patent number: 9562933
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for diagnosing a multiple speed, relay controlled engine cooling fan system. One method includes measuring the change in current drawn from a battery-alternator system when fan speed is modified. A degradation in cooling fan operation is flagged when measured current change differs from an expected change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Troy Fischer, Jayne Froney, Randall J. Houston, Brian D. Rutkowski
  • Patent number: 9440556
    Abstract: An anti-slip control device for a vehicle having an electromotive drive system includes one or more electric driving motors. In order to limit wheel slip, the rotational speed of the driving wheels is regulated by controlling the rotational speed of the rotary field generated in at least one electric driving motor, each electric driving motor being fed by a controllable converter associated therewith. In order to control the rotational speed, the anti-slip control device constantly informs each converter about the maximum allowed rotational speed of the driving motor or driving wheel associated with the respective converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Loos, Dirk Hirschmann, Bodo Kleickmann
  • Patent number: 9428079
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a synchronous motor; an induction motor; and a control unit configured to adjust a torque from the synchronous motor and a torque from the induction motor, wherein the control unit includes a torque varying device configured to reduce an output torque from the synchronous motor while maintaining a total drive force of the electric vehicle, and increasing an output torque from the induction motor in the case where the electric vehicle is stopped in a state in which a torque is output from the synchronous motor. Accordingly, there is provided an electric vehicle capable of restraining deterioration of drivability and performing thermal protection of a motor and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Ota
  • Patent number: 9325264
    Abstract: An electric motor drive device 1000 includes: an inverter 3 that drives a motor 4, a voltage division circuit 2 that serves as a neutral point potential detection unit that detects a neutral point potential of a stator winding of the motor 4; and a controller 1 that estimates a rotor position of the motor 4 based on the detected neutral point potential, and that controls the inverter 3 based on an estimation result. A ground potential of the controller 1 is set to a negative side potential or a positive side potential of a DC voltage that is supplied to the inverter 3. The voltage division circuit 2 detects the neutral point potential with reference to the negative side potential or the positive side potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Ryoichi Takahata, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9295186
    Abstract: An electromagnetic interference reduction assembly for a transmission is disclosed. A transmission casing includes a base and walls extending outwardly away from the base to a distal edge. The transmission casing defines a first cavity between the walls and includes a platform disposed between the walls. A power inverter module is disposed in the first cavity and supported by the platform when in the first cavity. The power inverter module generates electrical noise during operation which produces electromagnetic interference. A lid is attached to the distal edge of the walls to contain the power inverter module inside the first cavity. A grounding member engages the power inverter module and the lid when the lid is attached to the transmission casing to electrically connect the power inverter module to the lid to reduce the electrical noise exiting the first cavity which reduces the electromagnetic interference exiting the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: William T. Ivan, Jeremy B. Campbell, Konstantinos Triantos
  • Patent number: 9212467
    Abstract: The disclosed rotating parking brake control device obviates the need for an operator to operate an emergency-stop switch. A hybrid controller, to which a brake is connected, outputs a drive control signal to a rotating electric motor to control drive of an upper rotating body and also controls the brake by generating a brake release command signal and outputting the brake release command signal to the brake. A pump controller also generates a brake release command signal, and the brake release command signal generated by the pump controller is transmitted to the hybrid controller through an inter-controller signal line. The brake release command signal is outputted to the brake only when the brake release command signal is generated by the hybrid controller and the brake release command signal is transmitted from the pump controller through the inter-controller signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Take, Jun Morinaga, Shuki Akushichi
  • Patent number: 9209721
    Abstract: A method for real time power control over a plurality of motor controllers by at least one processor on a computer system may include determining a power load demand from a first set of motors, selecting a combination of motor controllers to match the power load demand, assigning a first set of system-wide priorities, configuring a power switching network to connect the first set of motors to the motor controllers, receiving from a control unit a power request for a motor, determining a priority designation for that motor, assigning a second set of system-wide priorities, determining a second power load demand from a second set of motors, wherein the second plurality of active motors comprises the first plurality of active motors and the first motor, selecting a second combination of motor controllers necessary to match the second power load demand, and configuring the power switching network in accordance with the second set of system-wide priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Eugene V. Solodovnik, Kamiar J. Karimi, Shengyi Liu
  • Patent number: 9209725
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes: a first H-bridge circuit including a first source transistor and a first sink transistor connected in series and a second source transistor and a second sink transistor connected in series; a second H-bridge circuit including a third source transistor and a third sink transistor connected in series and a fourth source transistor and a fourth sink transistor connected in series; and a first control circuit to turn on or off the first and second source transistors and the third and fourth sink transistors in a synchronized manner, turn on or off the third and fourth source transistors and the first and second sink transistors in a synchronized manner, and further turn on or off the first and second source transistors and the third and fourth sink transistors in a complementary manner to the third and fourth source transistors and the first and second sink transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9096186
    Abstract: A case for an in-vehicle electronic device is placed in an inclined manner on a top face of a transmission such that at least part of a front side of the case is lower than at least side of a rear side of the case. The case includes a first case, a second case and a rib. The first case is configured to be attached to the top face of the transmission. The second case is attached to a top face of the first case. The rib is on a lower part of a rear face of the second case and includes a top face. The rib extends in a crosswise direction along the lower part of the rear face of the second case toward opposite side faces of the second case. The top face of the rib is inclined downward relative to a horizontal plane toward the rear side of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shuichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 9057433
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing a smooth and stable synchronization operation of a transmission achieved in spite of the sudden change of a vehicle speed in the automated manual transmission (AMT) hybrid vehicle that suppresses a collapse of the synchronization by generating a torque by a motor connected to an input shaft in consideration of changes in inertia of the motor and a control target rotational speed during shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byung Jun Sung, Sang Pil Jang
  • Patent number: 9041320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable work apparatus having a housing and a work tool which is driven by an electric motor via a gear assembly. A flywheel which rotates about a rotational axis is arranged in the drive train between the electric motor and the gear assembly, which flywheel is connected fixedly to an output shaft so as to rotate with it, which output shaft protrudes into a gear assembly space and has a drive pinion. The output, shaft and the flywheel are mounted in the housing by two bearing locations, the rotational axis of the flywheel and a motor shaft of the electric motor lying coaxially with respect to one another, and the motor shaft of the electric motor being connected fixedly to the flywheel so as to rotate with it. The electric motor is fixed in the housing exclusively via a torque support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arne Untermann, Markus Maier, Ante Hamersmit, Christian Renz, Johannes Menzel, Ina Schneider, Jochen Luz, Jens Kloeker, Harald Mang, David Hampe, David Kraetzig