Patents by Inventor Alfio Consoli

Alfio Consoli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7180262
    Abstract: A vector-control system and method of a “sensorless” type for electric drives with a.c. motors is based upon generation of an oscillating magnetic field and upon measurement of the deviation, with respect to said oscillating field, of the flux generated thereby on account of anisotropy, whether natural or induced, of the magnetic structure of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Universita′ Degli Studi Di Cantania
    Inventors: Alfio Consoli, Giuseppe Scarcella, Antonio Testa
  • Publication number: 20060091845
    Abstract: A vector-control system and method of a “sensorless” type for electric drives with a.c. motors is based upon generation of an oscillating magnetic field and upon measurement of the deviation, with respect to said oscillating field, of the flux generated thereby on account of anisotropy, whether natural or induced, of the magnetic structure of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA
    Inventors: Alfio Consoli, Giuseppe Scarcella, Antonio Testa
  • Patent number: 6734646
    Abstract: A driving circuit for electronically switched motors is provided. The driving circuit includes a supply voltage rectifying stage for providing a rectified supply voltage, first switching means for switching state based on output of a first control block, magnetic means for providing a magnetic flux according to the state of the first switching means, transmission diodes for transmitting an exciting current that flows through the magnetic means, first energy storing means for storing the exciting current, an energy return stage for transferring the energy stored in the first energy storing means to the rectifying stage, and energetic conversion means for receiving the energy stored in the energy storing means through second switching means controlled by a second control block, so as to provide a current as sinusoidal as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Natale Aiello, Matteo Lo Presti, Alfio Consoli, Francesco Gennaro, Antonio Testa
  • Patent number: 6559618
    Abstract: A system and a method of vector sensorless control for electrical drives with induction motors, based on the generation of a high frequency rotating magnetic field which, by composing with the main magnetic field, produces a change of the saturation level as a function of the relative positions taken during the motion. Variation of the saturation level produces a modulation of the zero sequence component of the stator voltage, which is used to evaluate the position of the main field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Universita Degli Studi di Catania
    Inventors: Alfio Consoli, Giuseppe Scarcella, Antonio Testa
  • Publication number: 20020089303
    Abstract: A driving circuit for electronically switched motors is provided. The driving circuit includes a supply voltage rectifying stage for providing a rectified supply voltage, first switching means for switching state based on output of a first control block, magnetic means for providing a magnetic flux according to the state of the first switching means, transmission diodes for transmitting an exciting current that flows through the magnetic means, first energy storing means for storing the exciting current, an energy return stage for transferring the energy stored in the first energy storing means to the rectifying stage, and energetic conversion means for receiving the energy stored in the energy storing means through second switching means controlled by a second control block, so as to provide a current as sinusoidal as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Natale Aiello, Matteo Lo Presti, Alfio Consoli, Francesco Gennaro, Antonio Testa