Responsive To Speed Or Rotation Phase Angle Patents (Class 318/799)
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Patent number: 7820992Abstract: A neutron chopper according to the present invention includes a housing which internally forms a sealed space, the housing having window portions through which neutrons pass, a fixed shaft which is fixed inside the housing, a rotor which is rotatably supported by the fixed shaft, the rotor provided with a blocking portion which can block neutrons passing through the housing, and a motor which is provided inside the housing for rotating the rotor of the neutron chopper, where a stator of the motor is fixed to the fixed shaft, and a rotor of the motor receives a rotating force from the stator around the fixed shaft, and is fixed to the rotor of the neutron chopper. The neutron chopper is formed with small size, and neutron guides are easily disposed closely, consequently vacuum leak is hardly occurred in the neutron chopper.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Katsuhiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100264861Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a rotor flux vector of an electric motor (M), comprising a step of injecting a first current vector into a first reference frame (x+, y+) rotating at a first frequency (?) relative to a reference frame (d, q) synchronous with the rotation of the motor, and a second current vector into a second injection reference frame (x?, y?) rotating at a second frequency opposite to the first frequency, a step of determining a first stator flux induced voltage delivered at the output of a first integrator module (12) synchronous with the first reference frame (x+, y+) and a second stator voltage delivered at the output of a second integrator module (13) synchronous with the second reference frame (x?, y?), a step of regulating the position of the rotor flux vector by minimizing the error (?) between a real position and an estimated position (?S) of the rotor flux vector, the error being determined based on the second induced voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SASInventors: Duro Basic, François Malrait, Pierre Rouchon
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Patent number: 7800339Abstract: A drive control assembly for a motor including a variable frequency drive module for providing variable speed control for the motor, a bypass module for providing bypass control for the motor, and a switch for switching control for the motor between the variable frequency drive module and the bypass module. The bypass module can provide control for the motor even when the variable frequency drive module is removed from the drive control assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Steven P. Gonzalez, Robert L. Sundberg
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Patent number: 7777442Abstract: A method of controlling the speed of an electric motor, said method being a digital method designed to control the speed of an induction motor that is powered by a triac device to a preset speed, in which the speed of the motor is measured and a digital numerical value representative of the mathematical first derivative of motor speed is calculated. A determination is made of the digital numerical value of the motor speed first derivative relative to a range, or band, of values. An error signal also is computed that is proportional to the error between the measured current motor speed and the preset speed and a determination is made of the digital numerical value of this error signal relative to a range, or band, of values that includes a value corresponding to that of the motor operating at the preset speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.Inventor: Andre Luis Martins
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Patent number: 7778529Abstract: A method is proposed for supplying electrical power to a DC motor (16) which can be commutated electronically via a semiconductor power output stage (28), preferably a three-phase DC motor, through which a control unit (22) passes current in blocks, corresponding to the signals from a rotor position sensor (20). Current is passed through the motor (16) variably in steps, in such a manner that the magnitude and/or the duration and/or the trigger angle of the current blocks can be varied as a function of the rotation speed and/or of the load, with respect to the profile of the induced voltage (E).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Torsten Wilharm
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Publication number: 20100194330Abstract: A device for controlling an alternating-current motor includes a resolver for detecting a rotational position of an alternating-current motor; and a rectangular wave voltage control unit for performing control based on an output of the resolver to provide a rectangular wave voltage to each phase of the alternating-current motor. The control unit causes an amount of change ?? in a voltage phase of the rectangular wave voltage of each phase from a switching reference phase of each phase to increase or decrease equally for each switching in one cycle of an electrical angle determined based on the output of the resolver. In this way, a device for controlling an alternating-current motor is provided to restrain occurrence of an offset current upon rectangular wave voltage control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuhito Hayashi
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Patent number: 7759897Abstract: A method for sensorless estimation of rotor speed and position of a permanent magnet synchronous machine, when the permanent magnet synchronous machine is fed with a frequency converter, the method comprising the steps of forming a stator voltage reference for the permanent magnet synchronous machine, injecting a high frequency signal (uc) into the stator voltage reference, measuring a DC-link current (idc) of the frequency converter when the permanent magnet synchronous machine (4) is fed with a voltage (us,ref) corresponding to a sum of the stator voltage reference and the injected signal, calculating a stator current estimate (îs), calculating a current error (?s) as a difference between the stator current estimate and the measured DC-link current, and estimating a rotor speed ({circumflex over (?)}m) and position ({circumflex over (?)}m) of the permanent synchronous machine based on the current error.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: ABB OyInventor: Antti Piippo
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Patent number: 7753880Abstract: A tool system for operating an irrigation pump. The pump includes a fixed pump head driven by a pump motor and a removable tube set. A readable memory such as a RFID is integral with the tube set. The tube set memory contains data describing the physical characteristics of the tube set. A control console reads the data in the tube set memory. Based on these data, the control console then regulates the operation of the pump motor so that fluid, when required, is delivered at those flow rates. These data are also used by the control console to regulate priming of the pump so that when the system is initially set up a head of irrigation fluid can be pumped close to the end of the handpiece from which the fluid is to be discharged.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: Don Malackowski
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Patent number: 7750594Abstract: An electrical machine, such as a switched reluctance motor, has a rotor and at least one electrically energizable phase winding. A control map is derived during production that includes a predetermined advance angle profile representing the energization of the phase winding with respect to the angular position of the rotor over a range of rotor speeds. This is stored in memory in a controller together with an angle correction factor to be applied to a predetermined portion of the advance angle profile. The angle correction factor compensates for the difference between a desired input power and the measured input power. The correction factor may be transmitted to the controller by means of radio frequency signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Andrew Charlton Clothier, Stephen Greetham, Hanping Dai
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Patent number: 7750595Abstract: A rotating machinery includes a first control member for performing rectangular wave control by operating the switching devices of an inverter such that an on-state and an off-state occur once for one cycle period in electrical angle of a motor, a second control member for operating the switching devices on the basis of a magnitude relation between upper and lower limits of a predetermined hysteresis region and an actual current flowing through the motor, and a switching member for, when the actual current deviates from the hysteresis region while the rectangular wave control is undertaken, switching the control to an instantaneous current value control performed by the second control member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Tsuji
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Patent number: 7746023Abstract: A position detecting device which can increase accuracy in detecting the pole position of a motor used to perform quick acceleration and deceleration over the range from a zero speed to a high rotation speed, and a synchronous motor driving device using the position detecting device. A position detector detects basic-wave component signals in sensor signals and executes position calculation. A correcting unit calculates signal information representing at least one of a gain, an offset and a phase by a phase detector from the basic-wave component signals detected by an error calculator, and makes correction based on the calculated signal information such that a position detection error is zero.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Ajima, Hideki Miyazaki, Masataka Sasaki, Bunji Furuyama, Tokihito Suwa
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Patent number: 7728544Abstract: A motor drive system is disclosed that includes a power input configured to receive alternating current (AC) power and a rectifier having a switching frequency selected to convert the AC power to direct current (DC) power. The motor drive unit also includes an input filter circuit connected between the power input and the rectifier and configured to suppress frequency harmonics across a range of harmonics. Additionally, the motor drive unit includes a block filter circuit connected between the power input and the rectifier and configured to substantially block frequency harmonics associated with the switching frequency of the rectifier. Furthermore, the motor drive unit includes an inverter configured to receive the DC power from the rectifier and convert the DC power to a series of pulses configured to drive a motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wei Qian, Qiang Yin, Lixiang Wei, Richard A. Lukaszewski
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Publication number: 20100102771Abstract: A power control system for an A.C. induction motor is disclosed, comprising a voltage/current phase difference generator for determining a difference in phase between a voltage applied to the motor and a current drawn by the motor, and for generating a phase difference signal as a function of the determined difference in phase, the voltage/current phase difference generator including an integrator, the integrator receiving the phase difference signal and generating an error signal for controlling an amount of power supplied to the motor as a function of the phase difference signal, the integrator being electrically coupled to a potentiometer, the potentiometer providing a bias signal for at least partially controlling the error signal; and a delay circuit for controlling the bias signal provided by the potentiometer so as to cause full available power to be supplied to the motor for a predetermined amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventor: Nicholas Anderson
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Patent number: 7696715Abstract: An autonomous controller allows an AC induction motor to operate over a broad range of AC power supply frequencies by reducing the amount of current supplied to the motor at lower frequencies. The controller detects the frequency of the power supply and switches the supply current on and off during each AC cycle to limit the RMS current to a value that is related to the detected frequency. Alternatively, the controller switches capacitive reactance into the power supply circuit which reduces the current supplied to the motor at lower AC frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert E. Fisher, John T. Paterson
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Patent number: 7679310Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a power inverter in an electric drive system of an automobile are provided. The various embodiments control the power inverter by, responsive to either a commanded torque of the electric motor being above a first torque level, or a commanded speed of the electric motor being above a first speed level, controlling the power inverter with a discontinuous pulse width modulated (DPWM) signal to generate a modulated voltage waveform for driving the electric motor. Additionally, the embodiments control the power inverter by, responsive to both a commanded torque of the electric motor being below the first torque level, and a commanded speed of the electric motor being below the first speed level, controlling the power inverter with a continuous pulse width modulated (CPWM) signal to generate the modulated voltage waveform for driving the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Schulz, Brian A. Welchko, Silva Hiti
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Publication number: 20100060228Abstract: A blower motor assembly having a variable speed motor that is suitable for direct, drop-in replacement in a residential HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system that employs a PSC motor. The blower motor assembly includes at least a neutral input and two hot AC line connections, one for connection to the heating power source and the other to the cooling power source. A sensing circuit senses which of the inputs is energized by sensing either voltage or current on the inputs. The sensing circuit delivers a corresponding signal to a motor controller to control the speed of the variable speed motor. The blower motor assembly may also be equipped with additional hot AC inputs, more than one neutral line, and several sensing circuits for sensing current or voltage in the hot inputs and/or the neutral lines for controlling various aspects of the variable speed motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.Inventor: Arthur E. Woodward
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Patent number: 7663329Abstract: A motor unit and a vehicle equipped with the unit according to the invention includes a control unit that selects a switching frequency, that is, a carrier frequency, in accordance with a rotation speed of the motor and a torque required from a motor. When an inverter temperature becomes high, the control unit limits the torque of the motor to suppress further increase in the inverter temperature. A limit value used in restricted operation is determined in accordance with the temperature and the carrier frequency of the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichiro Muta
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Patent number: 7652441Abstract: A motor drive system for a sensorless motor includes a catch start sequencer that controls the motor drive system to robustly start the motor in the event the motor rotor is rotating in forward or reverse direction prior to activating the motor drive system. In particular, the catch start sequencer causes the motor drive system to initially find and track the rotor position, and then determines the speed and possibly the direction of rotation of the rotor. If the rotor is rotating in the reverse direction, the catch start sequencer controls the motor drive system to slow the speed of rotation and to then start the rotor rotating in the forward direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: International Rectifier CorporationInventor: Eddy Ying Yin Ho
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Patent number: 7622879Abstract: Thermal variable-operation regulator that regulates the operation of an operating device by progressively limiting the operation of the operating device (24) as a limitation temperature (Tset) increases. The limitation temperature (Tset), based on which the operation of the operating device (24) is limited, is set to a smoothed temperature (Ttmp), obtained by performing a predetermined smoothing process on the detected temperature (Tiny), by a limitation temperature setting means when a change amount (AT) of the detected temperature (Tiny) is equal to or less than a predetermined change amount (Tref). However, when the change amount (AT) of the detected temperature (Tiny) is greater than the predetermined change amount (Tref), the limitation temperature (Tset) is set without using the detected temperature (Tiny).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiko Hirasawa
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Patent number: 7612517Abstract: A stepping motor controller includes: a pulse frequency adjustment circuit that receives a command pulse having a first frequency from an external controller that outputs the command pulse in accordance with an interrupt process performed periodically by the external controller, and generates an alternative command pulse having a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency; and a motor driving circuit that receives the command pulse through the pulse frequency adjustment circuit, and controls a stepping motor to rotate on the basis of the command pulse. The pulse frequency adjustment circuit outputs the alternative command pulse to the motor driving circuit instead of the command pulse received from the external controller, when the first frequency exceeds a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Aruze CorporationInventor: Kengo Takeda
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Publication number: 20090256517Abstract: A system for transitioned field oriented motor control is described. The system may include a module using a current-based algorithm to estimate flux and a module using a voltage-based algorithm to estimate flux. A weighting module operates over a transition range to transition between the flux estimate using the current-based algorithm to the flux estimate using the voltage-based algorithm based on a weighted combination of the flux estimates. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Andrew David Baglino, Troy Adam Nergaard, Heath Hofmann
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Publication number: 20090251082Abstract: A controller for an AC rotary machine is proposed, by which a stable rotation angular-frequency estimate value can be obtained even in an extremely low speed region of the AC rotary machine, and consequently stable control can be performed. A controller for an AC rotary machine has an angular-frequency estimate output means 20 that outputs an angular-frequency estimate value ?i based on an angular-frequency calculated value ?1 including a rotation angular-frequency estimate value ?e.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Masaki Kono, Keita Hatanaka, Hideto Negoro
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Patent number: 7598698Abstract: A motor control device includes a current detecting portion that detects phase current of one phase among three phase currents supplied from an inverter to a motor, and a current estimator that estimates phase current of phases other than the detected phase current by using a specified current value indicating current to be supplied to the motor, and derives control current corresponding to the specified current value from the estimated phase current and the phase current of one phase. The motor control device controls the motor via the inverter so that the control current follows the specified current value.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Hashimoto, Hajime Hida
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Patent number: 7595598Abstract: A magnetizing motor having a permanent magnet body covering an outer circumferential surface of a rotor body, includes a speed detecting unit that detects a speed of the magnetizing motor; and a controlling unit that compares the speed detected by the speed detecting unit with a reference speed, and outputs a magnetizing control signal based on the result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jang-Ho Shim, Sung-Ho Lee, Jae-Min Kim, Jae-Hak Choi, Jin-Soo Park
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Patent number: 7589489Abstract: A control circuit (150) for controlling the current supplied to a winding strand (102) in an electric motor (143). The control circuit comprises at least one semiconductor switch (106) and a control unit (108) for controlling the semiconductor switch(es). Each semiconductor switch (106) is connected to a respective winding strand (102), in order to control the current in said winding strand. The control unit (108) comprises an output (110) for applying a control signal (CTRL) to the semiconductor switch (106), and is configured to set the output (110), at least upon switch-off of the semiconductor switch (106), to high impedance in order to prevent a voltage at the control unit output from influencing, during the switch-off operation, a signal input at the semiconductor switch (106). The improved control circuit increases motor efficiency and reduces commutation noise.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2005Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Konstantin Dornhof
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Patent number: 7588124Abstract: A speed control method of an elevator-purpose comprising previously calculating an elevating distance in such a case that the elevator passenger car is decelerated from a reference frequency up to a leveling frequency in a constant deceleration speed, when the induction motor is stopped. The elevator passenger car is driven in a constant speed at an intermediate frequency so that the previously calculated distance becomes equal to an elevating distance when the elevator passenger car is decelerated at the constant deceleration speed from an arbitrary frequency up to the leveling frequency so as to adjust the elevating distance. The elevator passenger car is automatically decelerated at the constant deceleration speed up to the leveling frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventor: Shuichi Masuzoe
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Patent number: 7586286Abstract: A system and method for controlling a permanent magnet motor are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment receives a torque command and a flux command; receives information corresponding to a direct current (DC) bus voltage and a motor speed; computationally determines feedforward direct-axis current information and feedforward quadrature-axis current information from a plurality of parameters associated with the permanent magnet motor; determines a current signal (idq*) based upon at least the requested torque command, the flux command, the DC bus voltage, the motor speed, the feedforward direct-axis current information, and the feedforward quadrature-axis current information; and controls a power inverter that converts DC power into alternating current (AC) power that is supplied to the permanent magnet motor, such that the permanent magnet motor is operated in accordance with the determined idq*.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventors: Bing Cheng, Tod R. Tesch
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Publication number: 20090218981Abstract: Systems and/or methods that facilitate efficiently controlling speed of an induction motor are presented. An optimized control component controls respective switching of an auxiliary switch component associated with an auxiliary winding of the motor, a main switch component associated with a main winding of the motor, and a capacitance adjuster switch component that facilitates adjusting the amount of capacitance associated with the auxiliary winding. The timing of switching on the auxiliary switch component and main switch component can be controlled such that there can be a time difference between the respective switching on of the auxiliary switch component and main switch component to produce additional phase shift to facilitate improving motor efficiency. The capacitance adjuster switch component can be switched on when motor speed is below a predetermined low speed threshold to facilitate increasing the amount of capacitance associated with the auxiliary winding to improve motor efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Terry Heckenbach
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Publication number: 20090212734Abstract: The invention includes a motor controller and technique for controlling a permanent magnet motor. In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a permanent magnet motor is controlled by receiving a torque command, determining a physical torque limit based on a stator frequency, determining a theoretical torque limit based on a maximum available voltage and motor inductance ratio, and limiting the torque command to the smaller of the physical torque limit and the theoretical torque limit. Receiving the torque command may include normalizing the torque command to obtain a normalized torque command, determining the physical torque limit may include determining a normalized physical torque limit, determining a theoretical torque limit may include determining a normalized theoretical torque limit, and limiting the torque command may include limiting the normalized torque command to the smaller of the normalized physical torque limit and the normalized theoretical torque limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Semyon Royak, Mark M. Harbaugh
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Patent number: 7579800Abstract: A motor control apparatus comprises the amplitude adjustment section and the peak voltage control section so as to adjust the torque control output in correspondence with the output voltage of the inverter. The peak voltage control section detects the peak voltage of the voltage command, and outputs the adjustment command instructing the amplitude adjustment section to suppress the amplitude when the peak voltage possibly exceed the previously determined value which is determined with respect to the maximum output voltage or maximum modulation rate of the inverter. The amplitude adjustment section lowers the gain by carrying out processing such that a constant proportional value is removed from the integration value, for example, in response to the supplying of the adjustment command.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Nobuki Kitano
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Patent number: 7579805Abstract: A semiconductor device in which the lifetime of mounted components can be prolonged. A cooling system for controlling the temperature of a refrigerant through a heating section and a radiator is provided. The semiconductor device is connected to the cooling system and is cooled. A variation width (?T1) of temperature controlled by the cooling system through the heating section and the radiator is smaller than a temperature variation (?T2) of the refrigerant caused by variations in operating conditions of the semiconductor device (?T1??T2).Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Saito, Katsuhiro Higuchi, Osamu Otsuka, Hidekazu Nishidai, Hiroshi Houzouji, Toshiaki Morita, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Toshiya Sato
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Patent number: 7557530Abstract: A system, method and article for detecting a polarity of a rotor in a motor and/or a generator. In one embodiment, a rotor polarity detection signal is applied and a response thereto is evaluated to determine whether an estimated position of the rotor is correct.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventors: Tod R. Tesch, Roy I. Davis
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Patent number: 7554780Abstract: In an inverter system including of an electric-power converter and an ac rotating machine, over-voltage generated in the ac rotating machine is controlled by a low-cost system configuration. The system includes: an electric-power converter; a three-phase ac rotating machine; and a four-core non-coaxial cable, having a ground line and three-phase electric-power supplying lines, connecting the electric-power converter to the three-phase ac rotating machine. One or two capacitors are connected between the ground line and one or two of the electric-power supplying lines, at electric-power supplying terminals on the rotating machine, so that respective capacitances between the three-phase electric-power supplying lines and the ground line are approximately equal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Wada, Hirotaka Muto, Kosei Tsuji, Osamu Yashiro
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Publication number: 20090160394Abstract: A control apparatus for an induction motor is provided and includes a rotating-speed locked loop and a feed-forward magnetizing-axis angular position emulator. The rotating-speed locked loop emulates a speed control loop of the induction motor for producing an emulated torque current and an emulated rotor angular speed. The feed-forward magnetizing-axis angular position emulator receives the emulated torque current and the emulated rotor angular speed for producing a feed-forward estimated magnetizing-axis angular position, wherein according to the feed-forward estimated magnetizing-axis angular position, a first voltage controlling the induction motor is transformed from a synchronous reference coordinate system of the induction motor to a static reference coordinate system of the induction motor, and a two-phase current detected from the induction motor is transformed from the static reference coordinate system to the synchronous reference coordinate system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yu Zhang, Cheng Lu, Jian-Ping Ying
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Patent number: 7545114Abstract: The present invention relates to a parameterization method for a converter (1, 2) of the speed controller type, the said converter (1, 2) being connected to an electrical load (3) by means of an electrical cable (4) comprising at least two conductors, the method consisting in: generating common-mode current on the electrical cable (4) starting from a pulsed voltage comprising a first voltage edge (11, 13) and a second voltage edge (12, 14) delayed by a delay time (T) with respect to the first voltage edge (11, 13), measuring the common-mode current generated, making the delay time (T) between the two voltage edges (11, 12, 13, 14) generated vary, and determining an optimal delay time (T2) starting from a quantity (Ipeak, Ieff) representative of the common-mode current measured for the various values of the delay time (T).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SASInventors: Philippe Baudesson, Stefan Capitaneanu, Philippe Loizelet
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Patent number: 7545116Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a driver for an induction motor which performs an operation at an acceleration suitable for the magnitude of a load and is excellent in efficiency, without an acceleration failure. The driver for an induction motor includes a slip frequency estimate value arithmetic operation section 15 for arithmetically operating a slip frequency ?s^ of an induction motor 12, and a maximum torque generation slip arithmetic operation section 16 for arithmetically operating a slip frequency ?smax at which a maximum torque is generated. When the slip frequency ?s^ exceeds a predetermined value ?smaxTH (=0.9 ?smax, etc.) corresponding to the slip frequency ?smax at which the maximum torque is generated, a speed change rate arithmetic operation section 17 and a speed change rate correcting section 18 reduce a rate of increase in a speed command ?r*.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichiro Nagata, Toshiaki Okuyama, Kouki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Tomita
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Patent number: 7541765Abstract: A motor control circuit includes: a detector outputting a detection signal in accordance with the motor rpm; a counter counting the number of clocks in accordance with a rotational cycle represented by the detection signal; a controller counting a DC motor based on the count value; and a divider dividing a frequency of a basic clock based on a preset division value to generate a counting clock. The divider generates a counting clock having a frequency corresponding to a rotational cycle, and the counter counts the number of counting clocks.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: NEC Electronics CorporationInventor: Shinpei Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090134834Abstract: A motor control device includes: a motor-current detection unit; a rotational-angular-speed calculation unit for calculating a rotational angular speed of a motor; a rotational-angle-change-amount calculation unit for multiplying the rotational angular speed by a predetermined time so as to calculate a motor-rotational-angle change amount within a predetermined time; a basic-drive-value calculation unit for calculating a basic drive value for driving the motor; a correction-value calculation unit for calculating a correction value for correcting the basic drive value based on the motor current and the motor-rotational-angle change amount; a correction unit for evaluating the motor drive value by correcting the basic drive value by the correction value; and a drive unit for driving the motor by using the motor drive value evaluated by the correction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Yuji Kariatsumari
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Patent number: 7538514Abstract: A system and a method for controlling torque of a motor are provided. The method includes modifying a phase advance angle based on an identified phase coil that has a faulted condition, a type of fault condition, and a polarity of a commanded torque to obtain a desired output torque from a motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sayeed A. Mir
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Patent number: 7535188Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a neutral point difference voltage detecting unit operable to detect a difference voltage between a virtual neutral point of a resistor circuit connected in parallel to motor coils and an actual neutral point which is a common connection point of the motor coils, a rotor position detecting unit operable to detect a position of the rotor based on the difference voltage, and a controller operable to control commutation of an inverter. A rotation start torque applying process applies a rotation start pulse for providing rotation torque to the rotor based on a determined rotor position.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shingo Fukamizu, Yasunori Yamamoto, Shinichi Kuroshima
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Patent number: 7524400Abstract: A method for controlling a calendering system having a first roll having a first roll speed controller and a second roll having a second roll speed controller is disclosed. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: (a) setting the first roll at a desired process speed with the first roll speed controller; (b) determining a target torque of the first roll; (c) contactingly engaging the first and second rolls; (d) determining an actual torque of the first roll; (e) comparing the target torque and the actual torque; and, (f) adjusting a speed of the second roll with the second roll speed controller to maintain the target torque of the first roll according to the comparison of the target torque and the actual torque.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Michael Joseph Franz
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Patent number: 7521888Abstract: The invention relates to a three-phase asynchronous electric motor for domestic appliances, comprising power elements, such as triacs or relays, for charge control. The power elements other than the relays are controlled by at least one microcontroller with the aid of an optical insulation means, ensuring electronic programming and also control of the motor with the aid of a command. The microcontroller or microcontrollers are references to a zero potential of a recovery and filter block feeding the motor. The controller can be applied to a washing machine in order to control the electric motor which rotationally drives the drum.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Invensys Appliance Controls SAInventors: Jean Marc Rosoli, Francois Xardel
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Patent number: 7508159Abstract: A method, computer-readable code, and controller are provided for controlling a cycle-skipping control system having two or more cycle skippers connected to a common multi-phase AC (alternating current) power source to drive a variable frequency load. A respective firing sequence is generated to be applied to a plurality of power switches in the two or more cycle skippers for implementing a desired mode of operation. A phase angle shift is provided between each respective firing sequence to be applied to the two or more cycle skippers over a firing cycle. This enables a non-concurrent firing for each cycle skipper over the firing cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ajith K. Kumar, Bret D. Worden, Emil Nikolaev Nikolov
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Patent number: 7501786Abstract: In a stabilizer control apparatus for transmitting a power through a speed reducing mechanism, a rolling motion of a vehicle body is restrained smoothly and rapidly, without being affected by transmitting efficiency of the speed reducing mechanism. As for a stabilizer (SBf) including a pair of stabilizer bars (SBfr, SBfl) disposed between a right wheel and a left wheel, and a stabilizer actuator (FT) driven by an electric motor disposed between them, the electric motor M is controlled in response to a turning state of a vehicle, to control a torsional rigidity of the stabilizer. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises relative position detection means for detecting the relative position of the pair of stabilizer bars (for example, obtained from a relationship between a rotational angle of the electric motor and a reducing speed ratio), and it is so constituted that the electric motor is controlled in response to the detected result.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Yasui, Yuuki Ohta, Daisuke Yamada
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Publication number: 20090039825Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an automotive drive system using an absolute position sensor for field-oriented control of an induction motor. An automotive drive system comprises an induction motor having a rotor, and a position sensor coupled to the induction motor. The position sensor is configured to sense an absolute angular position of the rotor. A processor may be coupled to the position sensor and configured to determine a relative angular position of the rotor based on a difference between the absolute angular position and an initial angular position obtained when the induction motor is started. A controller may be coupled to the induction motor and the processor and configured to provide field-oriented control of the induction motor based on the relative angular position of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Constantin C. STANCU, Silva HITI, Robert T. DAWSEY, Erik HATCH, Matthew D. LABA, Peter J. SAVAGIAN
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Publication number: 20090001922Abstract: A motor control device is disclosed which is arranged so as to perform a PWM control for a permanent magnet motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet and a stator with a multiphase winding. The motor control device includes a position detection unit which executes an analog computation process for induced voltages of respective phases of the motor based on voltage, current and a constant of the motor and a phase voltage equation, thereby generating and delivering a rotational position signal of the rotor based on a phase relation of the induced voltages, and a digital processing unit which has a function of generating and delivering a PWM signal based on the rotational position signal, thereby controlling the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yukihisa Hasegawa, Kazunobu Nagai
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Publication number: 20080297099Abstract: A motor controller includes an output voltage modulator that outputs sinusoidally-modulated voltage for driving a motor; a modulation factor specifier allowing specification of a modulation factor greater than 1.0 for the output voltage; a current detector that detects current flowing in the motor; and a field-oriented controller that divides the current detected by the current detector into a d-axis current component and a q-axis current component and that conforms each of the components to a command current produced based on a command rotational speed; a rotational position estimator that estimates motor rotational speed and rotor rotational position for use by the field-oriented controller; wherein the position estimator includes a filter that smoothes a d-axis induced voltage obtained during the estimation, and the motor rotational speed and the rotor rotational position are estimated based on the d-axis induced voltage smoothed by the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Sari Maekawa
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Patent number: 7453231Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric vehicle control device which is capable of detecting even a state in which only one phase of one induction motor is disconnected in a system where a plurality of induction motors are connected in parallel with each other and driven by one vector-controlled inverter device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takafumi Maruyama, Hideto Negoro
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Publication number: 20080278109Abstract: A motor drive system is disclosed that includes a power input configured to receive alternating current (AC) power and a rectifier having a switching frequency selected to convert the AC power to direct current (DC) power. The motor drive unit also includes an input filter circuit connected between the power input and the rectifier and configured to suppress frequency harmonics across a range of harmonics. Additionally the motor drive unit includes a block filter circuit connected between the power input and the rectifier and configured to substantially block frequency harmonics associated with the switching frequency of the rectifier. Furthermore, the motor drive unit includes an inverter configured to receive the DC power from the rectifier and convert the DC power to a series of pulses configured to drive a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Wei Qian, Qiang Yin, Lixiang Wei, Richard A. Lukaszewski
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Publication number: 20080265830Abstract: A system and a method for controlling torque of a motor are provided. The method includes modifying a phase advance angle based on an identified phase coil that has a faulted condition, a type of fault condition, and a polarity of a commanded torque to obtain a desired output torque from a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventor: Sayeed A. Mir