Patents by Inventor Carlos Nino Baron
Carlos Nino Baron 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).
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Patent number: 10897217Abstract: A device may receive a current measurement of a motor identifying a plurality of component currents associated with a plurality of phases. The device may determine a position estimate for the motor based on the plurality of component currents associated with the plurality of phases. The device may control the motor based on the plurality of component currents.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ahmed Khalil, Sam Han, James Thorne, Jesse Gerdes, Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Sajan Abdul
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Publication number: 20200067433Abstract: A device may receive a current measurement of a motor identifying a plurality of component currents associated with a plurality of phases. The device may determine a position estimate for the motor based on the plurality of component currents associated with the plurality of phases. The device may control the motor based on the plurality of component currents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ahmed KHALIL, Sam HAN, James THORNE, Jesse GERDES, Jackson WAI, Carlos NINO BARON, Sajan ABDUL
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Patent number: 10476421Abstract: A device may select an operation mode based on at least one of a motor speed, a motor transient speed, or a motor power command value. The operation mode may be selected from a group of operation modes including a single pulse mode, a continuous conduction mode, and a variable dwell continuous conduction mode. The device may control a switched reluctance motor using the operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron, Chad Brewer, Jackson Wai, Yash Bhatia
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Patent number: 10193475Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Seok-hee Han, Carlos Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa, Jesse Gerdes, James Michael Thorne
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Patent number: 9647595Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor may include determining a desired torque at the electric motor. A current at a first phase of the electric motor may be calculated at a controller. The calculated current may be a current that results in supplying the desired torque at the electric motor. The controller may compare the calculated current to a predetermined threshold current, and when the calculated current is greater than the predetermined threshold current, the controller may reduce the calculated current to the predetermined threshold current and adjust a current in a second phase adjacent to the first phase of the electric motor to continue to supply the desired torque at the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Ernesto Inoa, Ahmed Khalil
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Publication number: 20170126156Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Seok-hee Han, Carlos Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa, Jesse Gerdes, James Michael Thorne
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Publication number: 20160301347Abstract: A method of regulating a phase current of an electric motor is provided. The method may include selectively enabling one or more switches of each phase of the electric motor according to one of at least a soft chopping motoring routine and a soft chopping generating routine, monitoring the phase current relative to at least one limit of a hysteresis band and a switching period, and controlling the switches according to a hard chopping routine when the phase current does not reach the limit within the switching period.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jesse Gerdes, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa, Carlos Nino Baron
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Publication number: 20160248362Abstract: A method of regulating a phase current of an electric motor is provided. The method may include selectively enabling one or more switches of each phase of the electric motor according to one of at least a soft chopping motoring routine and a soft chopping generating routine, monitoring the phase current relative to a first hysteresis band, controlling the switches according to the soft chopping motoring routine when the phase current exceeds the first hysteresis band while operating according to the soft chopping generating routine, and controlling the switches according to the soft chopping generating routine when the phase current exceeds the first hysteresis band while operating according to the soft chopping motoring routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Carlos Nino Baron, Ernesto Inoa, Jackson Wai, Jesse Gerdes, Ahmed Khalil
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Patent number: 9391555Abstract: A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine is disclosed. The SR machine may have a rotor and a stator. The control system may have a converter circuit operatively coupled to the stator and including a plurality of gates in selective communication with each phase of the stator, and a controller in communication with each of the stator and the converter circuit. The controller may be configured to command a fixed dwell of a theta-on angle and a theta-off angle and a varying current command to the plurality of gates when the SR machine is in a continuous conduction mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Ahmed Khalil
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Publication number: 20160087570Abstract: A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine is disclosed. The SR machine may have a rotor and a stator. The control system may have a converter circuit operatively coupled to the stator and including a plurality of gates in selective communication with each phase of the stator, and a controller in communication with each of the stator and the converter circuit. The controller may be configured to command a fixed dwell of a theta-on angle and a theta-off angle and a varying current command to the plurality of gates when the SR machine is in a continuous conduction mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Ahmed Khalil
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Publication number: 20150381087Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Seok-hee Han, Carlos Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa, Jesse Gerdes, James Michael Thorne
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Publication number: 20150318806Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor may include determining a desired torque at the electric motor. A current at a first phase of the electric motor may be calculated at a controller. The calculated current may be a current that results in supplying the desired torque at the electric motor. The controller may compare the calculated current to a predetermined threshold current, and when the calculated current is greater than the predetermined threshold current, the controller may reduce the calculated current to the predetermined threshold current and adjust a current in a second phase adjacent to the first phase of the electric motor to continue to supply the desired torque at the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: CATERPILLAR INCInventors: Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Ernesto Inoa, Ahmed Khalil
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Patent number: 9099954Abstract: A method of controlling a motor is provided. The method may determine one of a switching period, a fundamental cycle, and a current target per phase leg of the motor having at least one high voltage transition point; determine a dwell period to be enforced at the transition point between an engagement of a first switch of the phase leg and an engagement of a second switch of the phase leg where each of the first switch and the second switch may be selectively engageable between a first state and a second state; engage the first switch from the first state to the second state at the transition point; and engage the second switch from the first state to the second state after the transition point and upon expiration of the dwell period.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Brad A Kough
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Publication number: 20150028788Abstract: A method of controlling a motor is provided. The method may determine one of a switching period, a fundamental cycle, and a current target per phase leg of the motor having at least one high voltage transition point; determine a dwell period to be enforced at the transition point between an engagement of a first switch of the phase leg and an engagement of a second switch of the phase leg where each of the first switch and the second switch may be selectively engageable between a first state and a second state; engage the first switch from the first state to the second state at the transition point; and engage the second switch from the first state to the second state after the transition point and upon expiration of the dwell period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.Inventors: Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron, Jesse Gerdes, Brad A. Kough
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Patent number: 8866433Abstract: A method of estimating an initial rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may comprise the steps of driving a phase current in each of a plurality of phases of the SR machine to a predefined limit, performing an integration of a common bus voltage associated with each phase, determining a flux value for each phase based on the integrations, and determining the initial rotor position based on the flux values.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jesse Gerdes, Jackson Wai, Mark Hartman, Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron
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Publication number: 20140117901Abstract: A method of estimating an initial rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may comprise the steps of driving a phase current in each of a plurality of phases of the SR machine to a predefined limit, performing an integration of a common bus voltage associated with each phase, determining a flux value for each phase based on the integrations, and determining the initial rotor position based on the flux values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Jesse Gerdes, Jackson Wai, Mark Hartman, Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron