Abstract: A ground structure of a drive motor is provided. The ground structure of the drive motor forms a current path of a motor housing and a rotation shaft. The structure includes a current carrying housing that is fixed to the motor housing and accommodates a least one end portion of the rotation shaft and a current carrying medium that has conductivity and is included in an inner space of the current carrying housing.

Abstract: A drive motor for a vehicle includes: a stator having a wound stator coil; a rotor that is spaced from the stator by a gap and is rotatably disposed in the stator; and a shielding film that is disposed between the stator coil and the rotor and is configured to shield a parasitic capacitance between the stator and the rotor.

Abstract: A method of extracting impedance parameters of a three-phase motor utilizes a five-terminal network including first to third winding wires and opposite shaft ends. The method includes connecting two terminals, selected from among the winding wires and the shaft ends, to input and output terminals in order to measure voltage and current of the terminals and to extract input impedance parameters of the five-terminal network, extracting conversion parameters including voltage and current transfer matrices in a common mode, in which the winding wires are commonly connected to the input and output terminals, and in a differential mode, in which the winding wires are differentially connected to the input and output terminals, and calculating impedance parameters in a mixed mode, in which transfer impedance components for the shaft ends in the common mode and the differential mode are mixed, using the extracted input impedance parameters and conversion parameters.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a motor including a stator and a rotor; an inverter configured to drive the motor; a battery, which is rechargeable; and a controller configured to change a position of the rotor based on whether the position of the rotor is identical to a predetermined position. Additionally, the controller is configured to control the inverter such that the battery is charged after the position of the rotor changes.

Abstract: A temperature calculation system for a motor uses a thermal equivalent circuit wherein a yoke is disposed to be fixed onto an inner circumferential surface of a housing of the motor, a coolant chamber in which a coolant flows is formed in a circumferential direction in the housing, and the thermal equivalent circuit including thermal resistance coefficients and temperatures is used. An endothermic amount of the coolant flowing in the coolant chamber of the housing is calculated by using an average temperature of the housing and a preset equation.

Abstract: A system of calculating temperature may include: a motor including a housing having opened ends, a cover connected to the housing to close at least one of the opened ends, a shaft rotatably disposed in the housing and having one end which penetrates through a center portion of the cover, a rotor fixed on an exterior circumference of the shaft in the housing and the cover, a stator fixed on an interior circumference of the housing, and an air gap formed between an exterior circumference of the rotor and an interior circumference of the stator; an input portion receiving a real time input and a predetermined input; and a control portion establishing a thermal equivalent circuit using the inputs of the input portion and convection or conduction characteristics between constituent elements of the motor, and calculating a temperature of each constituent element using the thermal equivalent circuit.

Abstract: A system and a method of controlling a drive motor for a vehicle is disclosed. The method of controlling a drive motor for a vehicle may include: detecting, by a data detector, a state data; calculating, by a vehicle controller, a demand torque based on the state data; calculating, by the vehicle controller, a current command based on the demand torque and a rotor position; and operating, by the vehicle controller, the drive motor based on the current command.

Abstract: A temperature calculation system for a motor uses a thermal equivalent circuit wherein a yoke is disposed to be fixed onto an inner circumferential surface of a housing of the motor, a coolant chamber in which a coolant flows is formed in a circumferential direction in the housing, and the thermal equivalent circuit including thermal resistance coefficients and temperatures is used. An endothermic amount of the coolant flowing in the coolant chamber of the housing is calculated by using an average temperature of the housing and a preset equation.

Abstract: A temperature calculation system includes a yoke disposed along an inner circumference, first and second teeth arranged on an inner circumference surface of the yoke while having an interval set in a circumference direction, and a coil member formed between the first and second teeth and including a plurality of coils, forms a thermal equivalent circuit of the coil member, and calculates a temperature of a set portion of the coil member. An outer circumference surface temperature and an inner circumference surface temperature of the coil member are calculated by using radial conduction resistance using a temperature of an inner one side of the coil member. An average temperature of the coil member is calculated by using compensation resistance from the temperature of the inner one side of the coil member, thermal capacity of the coil member, and a heating amount of the coils formed in the coil member.

Abstract: A cooling structure of a drive motor may include a ring-shaped support member disposed on the inside of a housing and supporting the stator core of the drive motor, in which the support member may have a channel for cooling oil flow therein and nozzle openings for spraying the cooling oil to the stator core and a stator coil wounded around the stator core.

Abstract: A system of calculating temperature may include: a motor including a housing having opened ends, a cover connected to the housing to close at least one of the opened ends, a shaft rotatably disposed in the housing and having one end which penetrates through a center portion of the cover, a rotor fixed on an exterior circumference of the shaft in the housing and the cover, a stator fixed on an interior circumference of the housing, and an air gap formed between an exterior circumference of the rotor and an interior circumference of the stator; an input portion receiving a real time input and a predetermined input; and a control portion establishing a thermal equivalent circuit using the inputs of the input portion and convection or conduction characteristics between constituent elements of the motor, and calculating a temperature of each constituent element using the thermal equivalent circuit.

Abstract: A rotor of a wound rotor synchronous motor is spaced apart from an interior diameter surface of a stator by a predetermined gap, and includes a plurality of teeth wound by a rotor coil, and circumferentially spaced apart from each other by a distance, where a slot is formed between the teeth, each tooth is formed with a shoe facing an interior diameter surface of the stator, and both ends of the shoe protrude in a direction of both ends of an adjacent shoe, where each tooth includes a first part corresponding to a winding body of the tooth and a second part extending in the direction of both ends of the adjacent shoe from both sides of the first part.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a stator a rotor disposed with a space between the stator and the rotor, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor. In particular, a plurality of slits are formed in one side surface of the permanent magnet in a rotation direction of the rotor at equal intervals.

Abstract: A rotor of a wound rotor synchronous motor includes: a rotor body coupled to a rotation shaft and around which a rotor coil is wound; and a slip ring module mounted on one portion of the rotation shaft, the slip ring module comprising a brush contact portion configured to contact a brush, a terminal mounting portion connected to the brush contact portion, and a fusing terminal mounted at an exterior circumferential surface of the terminal mounting portion and connected to the rotor coil.

Abstract: A rotor of a wound rotor synchronous motor is manufactured by forming a rotor core using a plurality of core blocks, and fitting bobbins with a coil wound onto the core blocks. In particular, the core blocks are connected such that tops of the bobbins extend from bobbin bodies and are connected with tops of other bobbins fitted on the adjacent core blocks. Additionally, a molding material may be injected into spaces between the core blocks.

Abstract: A rotor of a wound rotor synchronous motor includes: a rotor body coupled to a rotation shaft and around which a rotor coil is wound; and a slip ring module mounted on one portion of the rotation shaft, the slip ring module comprising a brush contact portion configured to contact a brush, a terminal mounting portion connected to the brush contact portion, and a fusing terminal mounted at an exterior circumferential surface of the terminal mounting portion and connected to the rotor coil.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an electric vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a battery that is configured to charge electrical energy and a motor that is configured to generate a driving torque from electrical energy charged in the battery. A controller is configured to determine a driving range of the vehicle, perform maximum efficiency control in which efficiency of the motor is maximized when the driving range of the vehicle is a main driving range, and perform minimum torque ripple control in which torque ripple of the motor is minimized when the driving range of the vehicle is a supplementary driving range.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotor permanent magnet apparatus for a drive motor based on temperature distribution. The permanent magnet may enhance coercivity without a substantial decrease in magnetic flux density Br by applying a grain boundary diffusion process of diffusing dysprosium on the surface of the permanent magnet based on the temperature distribution of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an electric vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a battery that is configured to charge electrical energy and a motor that is configured to generate a driving torque from electrical energy charged in the battery. A controller is configured to determine a driving range of the vehicle, perform maximum efficiency control in which efficiency of the motor is maximized when the driving range of the vehicle is a main driving range, and perform minimum torque ripple control in which torque ripple of the motor is minimized when the driving range of the vehicle is a supplementary driving range.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of split type non-magnetized permanent magnet may include manufacturing an anisotropic block having a uniformly aligned magnetization determining direction. A first cutting operation of cutting the anisotropic block in a direction which is perpendicular to the magnetization determining direction is performed. A grain boundary diffusion is performed on the plurality of slit blocks. Adhering surfaces of the plurality of split blocks to each other which are cut by the first cutting operation is performed. A second cutting operation of cutting the block in a direction is performed which is perpendicular to the magnetization determining direction and the first cutting direction.