Patents Assigned to SIEMENS VDO AUTOMATIVE AG
  • Device for Controlling an Electromechanical Power Converter, Particularly of an Electric Motor
    Publication number: 20080158923
    Abstract: In a device and a method for controlling an electromechanical power converter (10), particularly of an electric motor and/or generator, comparatively cost-effective switches (14, 18) can be used without drastically decreasing the serviceable life of the entire system. A number of controllable switches (14, 18) can be used for controlling the converter (10), and dividing up a switching load, which is caused when connecting e.g. short-circuiting converter connections (21, 22), to a number of switches (14, 18) over the serviceable life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMATIVE AG
    Inventors: Steffen Hopf, Manfred Ringlstetter