Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching control apparatus for a two phase switch reluctance motor and a control method using the same. The switching control apparatus includes a rectifier; and an active converter including a pair of common switches, a pair of first phase switches, a pair of serially connected second phase switches, a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches, and a pair of drivers controlling the switches and operated as operation modes 1 to 3 to provide the commercial power provided from the rectifier to the two phase SRM and drive the two phase SRMs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching control apparatus and method of a two-phase switched reluctance motor. The witching control apparatus includes: a rectifying unit rectifying commercial power; and an active converter including a pair of common switches commonly connected to two phase windings of the two-phase SRM, a pair of first phase switches bridge-connected to the pair of common switches at any one of the two phase windings, a pair of second phase switches bridged-connected to the pair of common switches at the other of the two phase windings and connected in series with each other, and a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches and operated in operation modes 1 to 3 to drive the two-phase SMR.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for diagnosing a fault of a multi-sensor of a motor. The apparatus includes: a plurality of tachometers attached to the motor to measure rotation speeds; and a plurality of processors each connected directly to the plurality of tachometers to receive the measured rotation speeds, thereby securing a plurality of directly obtained rotation speeds, sharing the obtained rotation speeds with each other, thereby obtaining a plurality of indirectly obtained rotation speeds, and performing a fault diagnosis on the plurality of tachometers using the plurality of directly obtained rotation speeds and the plurality of indirectly obtained rotation speeds.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor comprising: a rotor having a shaft disposed at a central portion thereof and having salient poles formed at an outer circumference thereof; a stator having the rotor rotatably installed therein while forming a gap and having salient poles facing the salient poles of the rotor; and an extraction pressure decreasing unit separating the rotor and the stator from a mold, wherein the rotor and the stator are made of a soft magnet composite (SMC).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor including: a shaft rotatably supporting the switched reluctance motor in an axial direction; a cylindrical part provided at a central portion of the shaft and movable vertically; an elastic member formed to enclose the shaft, formed from an upper portion of the shaft to an upper portion of the cylindrical part to thereby support a rise of the cylindrical part, and having elasticity; commutator segments attached to an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical part and having a cylindrical shape; brushes contacting or not contacting the commutator segments according to vertical movement of the cylindrical part; and a propeller provided on a lower portion of the cylindrical part and pushing air at the time of rotation to thereby move the cylindrical part upwardly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a housing core inductor and a motor assembly using the same. The housing core inductor includes: a housing core formed by stacking a plurality of plate bodies on a lower surface of a housing body of a housing of a motor assembly, each of the plurality of plate bodies including a central portion provided with a through-hole through which a shaft penetrates and a plurality of arms extended from the central portion in a radial direction to form a plurality of space parts; and a coil wound around the plurality of arms of the housing core.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of controlling a switched reluctance motor (SRM). The method of controlling driving of an SRM, the method includes: sensing a variation of a load of the SRM; and controlling both of a dwell angle and a PWM duty ratio of the SRM according to the variation of the load of the SRM. Therefore, an angle and a current are simultaneously controlled, thereby making it possible to decrease a torque ripple at a low speed and constantly control a torque and rapidly respond to a command speed at a high speed. In addition, a speed and a torque of the SRM may be more precisely controlled.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of controlling driving of a two-phase switched reluctance motor (SRM). The apparatus includes: a target speed arrival judging unit judging whether or not a current speed of the SRM has arrived at a target speed; a zero volt switching (ZVS) achievement judging unit judging whether or not the SRM is in a state in which ZVS is possible; a negative torque generation judging unit judging whether or not a negative torque has been generated in the SRM; an advanced angle controlling unit judging whether or not an advanced angle will be controlled based on judgment results of the target speed arrival judging unit, the ZVS achievement judging unit, and the negative torque generation judging unit; and a dwell angle controlling unit judging whether or not a dwell angle will be controlled on the judgment results.

Abstract: An axial flux permanent magnet motor includes a shaft, a rotor extending from the shaft in a radial direction, the rotor being rotatably mounted on the shaft, a magnet part disposed on the rotor to face downwardly in an axial direction, the magnet part having N poles and S poles, alternately disposed in a circumferential direction, a support member extending from the shaft in a radial direction, the support member being disposed below the rotor in the axial direction, and an electromagnet part disposed on the support member to face the magnet part in the axial direction. An axial distance between facing surfaces of the magnet part and the electromagnet part repeatedly changes in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor having a double rotor structure. An outer stator salient pole corresponding to an outer rotor salient pole is formed to have an “E” shape by sequentially disposing a main salient pole, a first auxiliary salient pole, and a second auxiliary salient pole and an inner stator salient pole corresponding to an inner rotor salient pole is formed to have a pi (?) shape by sequentially disposing a first salient pole and a second salient pole, such that a magnetic flux path is reduced, thereby making it possible to prevent the loss of magnetic force.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for driving wheels for an in-wheel system, including: a driving shaft which is the center of rotatable driving; a fixation supporter rotatably supporting the driving shaft and coupled to the driving shaft; an in-wheel motor generating rotational power, which is coupled to the inside of a wheel in which a tire is mounted on one driving shaft in a shaft direction of the fixation supporter; and a balancing member formed on the other driving shaft in the shaft direction of the fixation supporter and formed at a position corresponding to the wheel coupled with the in-wheel motor. According to the present invention, an eccentricity phenomenon which is caused due to inclination of a wheel and a motor in one direction of a fixation supporter can he prevented in an apparatus of driving wheels for an in-wheel system.

Abstract: A power factor correction circuit, a power supply device and a vacuum cleaner using the same. The power supply device for a vacuum cleaner is applicable to a vacuum cleaner having a flexible hose. The power supply device for a vacuum cleaner includes: A power factor correction unit correcting a power factor of an AC voltage supplied from an AC power source; a rectifying unit rectifying the AC voltage power factor-corrected by the power factor correction unit into a direct current (DC) voltage and outputting the DC voltage; a smoothing unit smoothing the DC voltage output from the rectifying unit and outputting the smoothed the DC voltage; an a converting unit converting the smoothed DC voltage from the smoothing unit into an AC voltage, wherein the power factor correction unit uses a conductive line included in the flexible hose, as an inductor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching apparatus for a two-phase SRM and a control method thereof. The switching apparatus for a two-phase SRM includes: a rectifier rectifying commercial power; and a zero-voltage switching converter including a pair of upper and lower switches that is vertically connected to each of two phase windings in series and a pair of diodes that is cross-connected across the two phase windings to be operated in operation modes 1 to 3 for each phase winding and provide commercial power supplied from the rectifier to the two-phase SRM so as to operate the two-phase SRM.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) motor including: a stator including a stator core, a magnet wire wound around the stator core, a shaft, and a stator core supporting member fixedly supporting the stator core to the shaft; and a rotor including a rotor case having a space part formed therein so as to receive the stator core therein, a magnet fixedly coupled to an inner side portion of the rotor case so as to face the stator core, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor case to the shaft, wherein a ratio between the number of stator slots by the stator core and the number of poles of the rotor by the magnet is (6×n+9):((6×n+9)+1) or (6×n+9):((6×n+9)?1) where n indicates a positive integer number including 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor including: a salient pole type stator that includes a plurality of teeth having a coil wound therearound and a magnet mounted between the teeth; and a salient pole type rotor that is inserted into a central portion of the stator and rotates, wherein the magnet is mounted between the teeth having the coil wound therearound.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching control apparatus for two phase switched reluctance motor and a method thereof. The switching control apparatus includes a rectifier rectifying commercial power; and an active converter including a pair of common switches commonly connected to two phase windings of two phase SRMs, a pair of first phase switches bridge-connected to the pair of common switches at any one of the two phase windings, a pair of second phase switches bridge-connected to the pair of common switches at the other one of the two phase windings, and a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches, wherein the active converter is operated in operation modes 1 to 3 to drive the two phase SRM.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching control apparatus and method of a two-phase switched reluctance motor. The witching control apparatus includes: a rectifying unit rectifying commercial power; and an active converter including a pair of common switches commonly connected to two phase windings of the two-phase SRM, a pair of first phase switches bridge-connected to the pair of common switches at any one of the two phase windings, a pair of second phase switches bridged-connected to the pair of common switches at the other of the two phase windings and connected in series with each other, and a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches and operated in operation modes 1 to 3 to drive the two-phase SMR.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switching control apparatus for a two phase switch reluctance motor and a control method using the same. The switching control apparatus includes a rectifier; and an active converter including a pair of common switches, a pair of first phase switches, a pair of serially connected second phase switches, a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches, and a pair of drivers controlling the switches and operated as operation modes 1 to 3 to provide the commercial power provided from the rectifier to the two phase SRM and drive the two phase SRMs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) motor including: a stator including a stator core, a magnet wire wound around the stator core, a shaft, and a stator core supporting member fixedly supporting the stator core to the shaft; and a rotor including a rotor case having a space part formed therein so as to receive the stator core therein, a magnet fixedly coupled to an inner side portion of the rotor case so as to face the stator core, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor case to the shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a motor driving apparatus and method. The motor driving apparatus includes: an inverter including a main driver sequentially activating N phases and a spare driver activating a spare phase substituting for a faulted phase among the activated N phases; a detecting unit detecting the respective output signals of the N phases; a switching unit performing switching so that the spare phase is connected to the faulted phase of the exited N phases; and a controlling unit driving the inverter to determine whether or not a fault is generated and control the switching unit so that the faulted phase is connected to the spare phase. Therefore, since the motor may be driven without replacing the inverter, a cost may be reduced, and since the motor may be driven without a change in the number of phases, the motor may be efficiently and stably driven.