Armature Control Patents (Class 388/844)
  • Patent number: 11415096
    Abstract: An electric turning machine (ETM) operatively connected to an internal combustion engine (ICE) is operated as a motor with a first control strategy and as a generator with a second control strategy. In the first control strategy, electric power is delivered from a power source to the ETM selectively through at least one transistor of an electrical converter. After switching from the first control strategy to the second control strategy, the ETM delivers electric power to an accessory selectively through the at least one transistor of the electrical converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Normand Lebreux, Michel Bernier, Jasmin Rouleau, David Monfette
  • Patent number: 11333120
    Abstract: An electric turning machine (ETM) operatively connected to an internal combustion engine (ICE) is operated as a motor with a first control strategy and as a generator with a second control strategy. In the first control strategy, electric power is delivered from a power source to the ETM selectively through at least one transistor of an electrical converter. After switching from the first control strategy to the second control strategy, the ETM delivers electric power to an accessory selectively through the at least one transistor of the electrical converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Normand Lebreux, Michel Bernier, Jasmin Rouleau, David Monfette
  • Patent number: 10211387
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor to reduce noise sounding during low-speed rotation in a surveying instrument adopting the ultrasonic motor for a rotary shaft, and a surveying instrument for the same. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to an aspect of the present invention, in a low-speed rotation range of an ultrasonic motor, a ratio of an acceleration period as a time of application of the drive signal in a control cycle is controlled, and a time to start the acceleration period is randomly shifted for each control cycle. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to another aspect, a time to start the acceleration period is regularly shifted for each control cycle. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to still another aspect, second-half acceleration control and first-half acceleration control are alternately repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Satoshi Yanobe, Tetsutaro Kouji
  • Patent number: 9190948
    Abstract: A method for determining an offset angle of an electric machine, including a stator, a rotor, and a shaft connected to the rotor is described. The shaft is provided in a (generally) no-load state, and the rotor is positioned with respect to the stator at a field angle. A sensor angle is determined by measuring with the aid of an angle sensor. The offset angle is provided as a function of the difference between the field angle and the sensor angle, and the configuration of the rotor includes impressing a standing or rotating stator magnetic field which corresponds to the field angle. An angle detection device for carrying out the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Blind, Daniel Raichle
  • Patent number: 5808431
    Abstract: A motor rotational speed control apparatus is constructed by a control unit for performing an instruction to accelerate a rotational speed of a motor, an instruction to decelerate, or an instruction to maintain a rotational speed, a driving unit for driving the motor in accordance with an instruction outputted from the control unit, and first and second wires for transferring the instruction of the control unit to the driving unit. The control unit shows the instruction by a combination of signal levels of a first signal and a second signal and transmits the first and second signals to the driving unit through the first and second wires, and the driving unit drives the motor in accordance with the combination of the signal levels of the first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Koyama, Akiko Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 5761376
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for controlling a motor to rapidly accelerate and synchronize with an external synchronization pulse. First, the motor is accelerated to only half of the desired speed. At this point, the phase error with the sync pulse is calculated, and the motor continues "cruising" at half speed until the phase discrepancy diminishes. Then the motor rises to the full desired speed at the optimal time such that it is in phase with the sync pulse just as it reaches full speed. The acceleration is performed at a constant, yet slow enough, rate to receive at least three speed feedbacks. Then the instantaneous speed can be accurately measured and the next (and final) speed command during acceleration is interpolated between the ideal command for rising and the ideal command for cruising at the desired speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: David T. Gering