Vector Control (e.g., Dq-axis Control, 3-2 Phase Conversion, Etc.) Patents (Class 318/400.02)
  • Patent number: 12199543
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a motor driving method, an apparatus, and a system, and relate to the chip field. The solution may include: When a motor control apparatus determines that a motor needs to rotate at a maximum torque, the motor control apparatus controls a driver to output a first current to drive the motor to rotate. The first current is greater than a rated peak current of the driver and is less than or equal to a maximum load current of the driver. This method can resolve a problem that a waste of costs is caused because a through-current capability improved by a redundancy design of a switching transistor of a motor driver cannot be fully utilized for most customers and application scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ruoyang Du
  • Patent number: 12199546
    Abstract: A motor control device controls a motor, which is driven by three-phase alternating currents and to which a magnetic pole position sensor measuring a magnetic pole position of a rotor is attached, using a detection value of a rotation angle of the motor based on a measurement result of the magnetic pole position by the magnetic pole position sensor, compares a peak-current-time rotation angle representing the detection value of the rotation angle at a peak of a current value of a target phase and a reference rotation angle representing the rotation angle at a peak of a predetermined current waveform of the target phase using any one phase of the three-phase alternating currents during a three-phase short circuit of the motor as the target phase, and corrects the detection value of the rotation angle based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Junki Isobe, Kohei Myoen
  • Patent number: 12184203
    Abstract: There is provided an electric-power conversion apparatus in which a dead time can be set, while in an electric-power converter in which an AC current flows in a series circuit of switching devices, there is considered the effect of an error between a current value obtained for setting a dead time and an actual current value at a time of setting the dead time. An electric-power conversion apparatus, for a series circuit of each set, obtains a value of a current flowing in the series circuit is obtained; for an obtained current value, corrects a current error caused by a phase shift between a value of an actual current at a time when the dead time is set and the obtained current value; and set the dead time based on the corrected current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoko Konda
  • Patent number: 12184207
    Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system includes a control unit which applies a plurality of sampling pulse voltages to phases of the stator, estimates the position of a rotor through a first rotor position vector having the greatest deviation in an induced current, compares an induced current deviation of a second rotor position vector having a second greatest deviation of deviation of the induced current with that of a first rotor position vector, and determines whether or not permanent magnets are demagnetized; and a method of controlling the sensorless induction motor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Do Kim, Chang Seok You, Hyo Jeong Lee, Min Su Kang, Joo Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 12174256
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device monitoring technique having little restriction even on application to an already-existing device or facilitating monitoring even when a device to be monitored is in variable speed operation or under load variation. One of the representative device monitoring devices of the present invention monitors a device system using, as a power source, an AC electric motor driven by an inverter and is provided with a torque current estimation unit and a state estimation unit. The torque current estimation unit acquires information about AC currents of at least two phases and excitation current of the AC electric motor and calculates a torque current estimated value of the AC electric motor on the basis of the AC currents and the excitation current. The state estimation unit estimates the state of the device system from information including at least one of the feature amounts extracted from the torque current estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakamura, Koichiro Nagata
  • Patent number: 12170494
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor control method includes: calculating a second torque command value by correcting the first torque command value by a vibration compensation torque for suppressing vibration in an electric motor rotation speed; limiting the vibration compensation torque based on a limit request suggesting amount suggesting a situation in which suppression of vibration in the electric motor rotation speed is to be limited; determining a limit level representing a degree of limit on the vibration compensation torque; and calculating a voltage command value by feeding back a torque suggesting amount suggesting an electric motor torque to the second torque command value. In the torque control step, a feedback gain of the torque suggesting amount is determined with reference to the limit level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Shouji, Tetsuro Kojima
  • Patent number: 12166444
    Abstract: A multi-phase permanent magnet rotor motor comprises a plurality of phase coil windings with each phase coil winding having two free ends and the plurality of phase coil windings being without a common node. A controller is provided comprising a plurality of full-bridge inverters. Each full-bridge inverter has two output ends electrically connected to the two free ends of a corresponding phase coil winding. The controller is configured to operate the plurality of full-bridge inverters to output pulse modulated control signals to their respective phase coil windings. The outputted pulse modulated control signals can comprise a combination of sine wave signals and full-bridge space vector modulation signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies International Holdings LP
    Inventor: Kwei Chung Li
  • Patent number: 12166437
    Abstract: Described is a method of controlling operation of a synchronous motor. The method comprises, during constant power/speed motor operation, determining a value of a stator voltage (vs2) for an orthogonal rotating reference frame of the motor. Comparing the value of the determined stator voltage (vs2) to a threshold voltage (vs_max12), said threshold voltage (vs_max12) having a value between that of a maximum stator voltage (vs_max02) for a basic speed mode of operation of the motor and that of a maximum stator voltage (vs_max22) of the motor closed loop controller. If the determined value of the stator voltage (vs2) is greater than or equal to the value of the threshold voltage (vs_max12), then controlling operation of the motor in a flux weakening mode of operation until a value of a current component (id??id) in a d-axis reaches a maximum negative value (?idmax), or until the value of the stator voltage (vs2) is less than the value of the threshold voltage (vs_max12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies International Holdings LP
    Inventors: Kwei Chung Li, Feng Zhu
  • Patent number: 12143038
    Abstract: A rotary machine control device includes: a magnetization characteristics determiner that determines a magnet phase of a magnet flux based on an estimated magnetic flux and a detection current, and determines a qm-axis magnetic flux of the estimated magnetic flux, a qm-axis current of the detection current, and a harmonic component of a magnet phase using a dm-qm coordinate system with a dm axis representing the magnet phase and a qm axis representing a phase shifted by 90 degrees from the magnet phase; a ripple compensation determiner that determines a ripple compensation phase using a ripple compensation torque obtained based on the qm-axis current and the harmonic component; a command phase determiner that determines a command phase based on the ripple compensation phase and a torque command; and a command magnetic flux generator that generates a command magnetic flux based on a command amplitude and the command phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsuyama, Yuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12126285
    Abstract: Described is a method of determining a speed of a synchronous motor having a rotor and a stator having windings. The method comprises sensing currents in the windings of the stator while the rotor is rotating and transforming the currents into a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate system using an alpha-beta (?-?) transformation, wherein the alpha-beta (?-?) transformation is a Clarke transformation, the 2D coordinate system having an ?-axis and a ?-axis. The method includes determining a rotor angle ? from an arc tangent (A tan) of a ratio of a current i? in the ?-axis to a current i? in the ?-axis and determining a speed of the motor from the rotor angle ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies International Holdings LP
    Inventor: Kwei Chung Li
  • Patent number: 12117806
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cloud and edge integrated method and system for identifying parameters of a servo motor. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring parameters of the servo motor; transmitting the parameters of the servo motor to a cloud identification engine and an edge identification engine; performing data processing and identification analysis, by the cloud identification engine, the parameters of the servo motor to obtain an internal resistance of the motor Rs, and sending an identification result to the edge identification engine through a network; identifying, by the edge identification engine, the cloud identification result and the parameters of the servo motor to obtain identification results of d-q axes inductances and a flux linkage. The system comprises a servo motor parameter acquisition unit, a sending unit, a cloud identification engine, and an edge identification engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
    Inventor: Bitao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12119729
    Abstract: A bearing for a rotating electric machine. The bearing includes a plastic body and at least one electrical conductor fixed to the plastic body in a non-detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Pierre Faverolle, Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic, Othmane Ouazzani Jamil
  • Patent number: 12119716
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, an electric motor, a driver circuit, a speed detection device, and a control device. The driver circuit is electrically connected to the electric motor to drive the electric motor to operate. The speed detection device is configured to acquire a rotational speed of the electric motor. The control device is connected to the speed detection device and the driver circuit and outputs a control signal to the driver circuit to control rotation of the electric motor. The control device is configured to acquire the rotational speed of the electric motor when the electric motor is in a start-up stage, obtain a rotational speed variation of the electric motor within a preset time based on the rotational speed of the electric motor, and turn off the electric motor when the rotational speed variation is less than a rotational speed variation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang Li, Yanqing Xu, Yongkang Wu
  • Patent number: 12107522
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling and simulating a motor. An electronic motor controller determines present motor information and a motor control parameter set based on the present motor information and a rotating reference frame of the motor. The rotating reference frame has independent input channels that decouple an intended output response in a stator D-axis component and a rotor field (R) component of a direct-quadrature-null-rotor (DQNR) reference frame. The electronic motor controller further controls the motor based on the motor control parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TAU MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Wesley Pennington, III, Ethan Bagget Swint, Anthony Da Costa, Matthew J. Rubin
  • Patent number: 12077143
    Abstract: A method includes calculating, for a motor, a voltage constraint and calculating, for the motor, a supply current constraint and a regenerative current constraint. The method also includes calculating, for the motor, a motor current constraint and determining, for the motor, a first operating torque based on the voltage constraint, the supply current constraint, and the motor current constraint. The method also includes at least one of selectively controlling the motor based on the first operating torque and generating information associated with the first operating torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Gizinski, Thomas J. Stutts
  • Patent number: 12066504
    Abstract: A method performed by a control unit for determining an indication of whether three phase cables are correctly or erroneously connected between power electronics and an electrical machine comprised in an at least partly electrically operated vehicle or vessel. The control unit triggers generation of a current vector in the electrical machine from a voltage vector. The voltage vector has a voltage angle. When the current vector has a reached a current amplitude reference, the control unit obtains a current angle of the current vector and signs of derivatives of the voltage angle and the current angle. Based on the signs of derivatives, the control unit determines an indication of whether or not the phase cables are correctly or erroneously connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastian Hall, Andreas Gillström
  • Patent number: 12028003
    Abstract: A torque estimation method according to the present disclosure estimates a value of shaft torque of a rotary motion transmitting mechanism. The torque estimation method includes: a step of specifying a maximum value of a torsion angle between an input shaft and an output shaft from the time when a measurement value of the torsion angle is zero to the time when the value of the shaft torque is estimated; and a step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle. In the step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle, the maximum value of the torsion angle is specified based on a difference between the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a first cutoff frequency and the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a second cutoff frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Hatano, Taro Takahashi, Naoki Mima
  • Patent number: 12005540
    Abstract: Power tools described herein include a housing, a motor supported by the housing, a battery pack configured to provide electrical power to the power tool, a user input configured to provide an input signal corresponding to a target speed of the motor, a plurality of sensors supported by the housing and configured to generate sensor data indicative of an operational parameter of the power tool, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The memory includes a machine learning control program for execution by the electronic processor. The electronic controller is configured to receive the target speed, receive the sensor data, process the sensor data using the machine learning control program, generate, using the machine learning control program, an output based on the sensor data, the output including one or more field weakening parameters, and control the motor based on the generated output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Abbott, Alexander T. Huber
  • Patent number: 11990852
    Abstract: A control device for an electric motor includes an inverter circuit; and a control circuit that finds a voltage command value such that the d-axis current and the q-axis current approach a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value, and turns the plurality of switching elements on and off by using a drive signal in accordance with a result of comparison between the voltage command value and a carrier wave. The control circuit corrects the voltage command value by using a polarity of the alternating current during dead time, and causes the d-axis current command value in a certain length of time before and after the alternating current reaches zero to be greater than the d-axis current command value in a length of time other than the certain length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Akira Ide
  • Patent number: 11990856
    Abstract: A rotation detector includes a motor, a current detector and a hardware processor. The motor includes coils of two or more phases and a rotor. The current detector detects currents flowing in coils of at least two phases among the coils of two or more phases. The hardware processor estimates an initial position of the rotor based on current values of the currents detected by the current detector to start the motor, controls an energization pattern on the phases to rotate and start the motor based on the estimated initial position, and determines whether the rotor stops or is rotating before completing the estimation of the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Tachibana, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Kazumichi Yoshida, Satoshi Miyajima, Kouei Cho
  • Patent number: 11958543
    Abstract: A motor control system includes an inverter, and a control calculation unit that feedback-controls the inverter. The control calculation unit includes a voltage control calculation unit that calculates a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor from the inverter on the basis of a current deviation between a current command value and an actual current detection value, a torque ripple compensation calculation unit that adds a compensation value for compensating a torque ripple in the motor to a signal value on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in a signal flow that passes through the voltage control calculation unit, and a current limit calculation unit that limits the current command value by adaptive control based on an actual angular velocity value indicating an angular velocity at which the motor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Endo, Tokuji Tatewaki, Tomoya Ueda, Masanori Watahiki, Tomonari Mori
  • Patent number: 11955907
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine control system (100) whose control target is an alternating-current rotating electrical machine (80) including M coil sets (8) includes M inverters (50) each including a plurality of switching elements (5) and connected to a direct-current power supply (41) and one of the coil sets (8) to convert electric power between a direct current and alternating currents of N phases; M current sensors (6) each provided for each coil set (8) to detect an alternating current of each phase flowing through the coil set (8); and an inverter control device (30) that generates switching control signals (S) for controlling the plurality of switching elements (5). The inverter control device (30) performs current feedback control of the rotating electrical machine (80) using all detection values for each of N phases obtained by the M current sensors (6), to generate the switching control signals (S) common to the M inverters (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Subrata Saha, Shoji Nagata
  • Patent number: 11955848
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, calculating a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Nasim Rahman, Wei Wang, Yan Yang, Ty Winkler
  • Patent number: 11955911
    Abstract: A pulse voltage generator calculates a corrected pulse voltage application time. The pulse voltage generator also outputs, for the duration of the corrected pulse voltage application time, a voltage vector closest to a rotor phase from among twelve voltage vectors as a voltage vector command. A current detector detects three-phase output currents of a power converter, which are obtained when first to sixth switching elements of the power converter are turned on or off on the basis of the voltage vector command. A three-phase/two-phase converter converts the three-phase output currents to two-phase output currents to output d-axis current. When the d-axis current after the corrected pulse voltage application time has elapsed becomes less than or equal to a demagnetization determination threshold value, a demagnetization determiner determines that demagnetization occurs in a permanent magnet of a rotor of a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromu Fujimagari
  • Patent number: 11936311
    Abstract: To provide a controller for motor which can reduce a torque ripple up to high frequency, without amplifying unnecessary noise and vibration. A controller for motor estimates an interlinkage flux based on the applied voltage and the detection value of current; estimates an output torque based on the detection value of current and the estimation value of interlinkage flux; extracts a pulsation component from the estimation value of output torque; calculates a voltage command correction value based on the extraction value of pulsation component; calculates a voltage command after superimposing by superimposing the voltage command correction value on the voltage command basic value; and applies voltage to winding based on the voltage command after superimposing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kezobo, Masahiko Orii, Tatsuya Mori, Seiji Sawada, Kenta Kubo
  • Patent number: 11799405
    Abstract: In sensorless control for a rotary machine, when variations in inductances for U, V, W phases due to manufacturing error are great, imbalance occurs among detected currents for the respective phases. Thus, estimation error of a magnetic pole position of a rotor increases, so that positioning accuracy is reduced. Correction filters for imparting gains in accordance with rotary machine constants for the respective phases are provided to control means or magnetic pole position calculation means, thereby correcting the imbalance occurring among the detected currents for the respective phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Hachiya, Masato Ito, Akihiro Maruyama, Kunihiro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11764715
    Abstract: A motor drive control device includes a control circuit configured to output a drive control signal for driving a motor, and a drive circuit configured to drive the motor with the drive control signal. The control circuit calculates a lead angle value ? allowing a d-axis current value Id of a two-phase rotating coordinate system to be zero with a q-axis current value Iq calculated from drive current values Iu, Iv, and Iw of a coil of the motor and rotation speed ? of a rotor of the motor. The control circuit performs a space vector conversion based on an angle ? obtained by adding the lead angle value ? and rotation angle ? and voltage command value Vref of the two-phase rotating coordinate system calculated to reduce a difference between the q-axis current value Iq and a q-axis current command value Iqref, to generate the drive control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kokubo, Shinji Totsuka, Shigemi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11750141
    Abstract: A rotating machine control device for controlling a rotating machine having a stator winding and a field winding includes a current command generation unit which generates a current command value on the basis of the temperature of the rotating machine. The current command generation unit includes a constraint condition setting unit which calculates a constraint condition on the basis of a torque command, stator winding voltage, stator winding current, and field winding current, an optimization calculation unit which calculates and outputs the current command value, using the constraint condition and an evaluation function, and a constraint condition update unit which updates the constraint condition on the basis of the temperature of the rotating machine. The current command generation unit calculates and outputs the current command value, using the updated constraint condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Kondo, Masahiro Iezawa
  • Patent number: 11722082
    Abstract: A method is for use with a synchronous machine having a stator and a rotor with or without permanent magnets. In operation, electric current of the synchronous machine responsive to the synchronous machine being actuated via clocked terminal voltages is measured. A magnetic flux linkage is determined based on the clocked terminal voltages and the measured electric current. A profile of the magnetic flux linkage as a function of rotation of the rotor, under a boundary condition of an at least two-dimensional electric current vector that is unchanged in coordinates of the stator, is used to detect a position of the rotor. The synchronous machine is controlled according to the rotor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KOSTAL Drives Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Landsmann, Sascha Kuehl, Dirk Paulus
  • Patent number: 11682993
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for determining mechanical characteristics of an electric motor and mechanical load with a speed signal modulator, FOC current loop, sensor-less rotor speed estimator, and speed signal demodulator which are configured to provide a q-axis AC reference current, q-axis DC reference current, estimated maximum AC rotor speed, estimated DC rotor speed, estimated phase angle of the AC rotor speed component, and torque constant to a mechanical characteristics estimator which is configured to determine a plurality of load torque parameters for the electric motor and mechanical load which include a combined moment of inertia parameter, a combined static friction, and a combined viscous friction coefficient parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Marek Mu{hacek over (s)}ák, Tomá{hacek over (s)} Fedor, Marek {hacek over (S)}tulrajter
  • Patent number: 11677346
    Abstract: Described is a method of controlling operation of a synchronous motor. The method comprises, during constant power/speed motor operation, determining a value of a stator voltage (vs2) for an orthogonal rotating reference frame of the motor. Comparing the value of the determined stator voltage (vs2) to a threshold voltage (vs2_max1), said threshold voltage (vs2_max1) having a value between that of a maximum stator voltage (vs2_max0) for a basic speed mode of operation of the motor and that of a maximum stator voltage (vs2_max2) of the motor closed loop controller. If the determined value of the stator voltage (vs2) is greater than or equal to the value of the threshold voltage (vs2_max1), then controlling operation of the motor in a flux weakening mode of operation until a value of a current component (id??id) in a d-axis reaches a maximum negative value (?idmax), or until the value of the stator voltage (vs2) is less than the value of the threshold voltage (vs2_max1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies International Holdings LP
    Inventors: Kwei Chung Li, Feng Zhu
  • Patent number: 11660969
    Abstract: Control of an AC motor includes rotation over an operating speed range with the output from an inverter by operating the inverter at switching frequencies that vary in proportion to rotor speed. The operating speed range is parsed into a plurality of speed regions and the switching frequencies within each operating speed region may correspond to a respective pulse ratio that is different from the respective pulse ratio corresponding to an adjacent speed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Song He, Brent S. Gagas, Brian A. Welchko, Kerrie M. Spaven
  • Patent number: 11632067
    Abstract: A speed estimating device for an AC motor includes: a model deviation computing unit computing a model deviation based on a voltage, a current, and an estimated angular velocity of the AC motor; a first angular velocity estimating unit computing a first estimated angular velocity based on the model deviation; a second angular velocity estimating unit computing a second estimated angular velocity differing from the first estimated angular velocity in frequency, based on the model deviation; a compensation phase computing unit computing a compensation phase based on a disturbance frequency; and an estimated angular velocity calculator computing an estimated angular velocity of the AC motor based on the first estimated angular velocity and the second estimated angular velocity. Either one of the first estimated angular velocity and the second estimated angular velocity is computed based on the compensation phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuriko Takeda, Kenji Takahashi, Shinya Toyodome, Mitsuo Kashima, Tomohiro Kutsuki
  • Patent number: 11626777
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, calculating a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Nasim Rahman, Wei Wang, Yan Yang, Ty Winkler
  • Patent number: 11626821
    Abstract: A method for sensorless control of an electric motor implemented in a variable speed drive including: determining a control voltage to be applied to the motor; injecting a high frequency signal to the control voltage to obtain an excitation voltage, wherein one or more frequencies of the high frequency signal varies with time; applying the excitation voltage to the motor; measuring a current signal induced in the motor by the excitation voltage, wherein the current signal comprises a fundamental current, induced by the control voltage, and a disturbance current, induced by the high frequency signal; and demodulating the current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventor: Pascal Combes
  • Patent number: 11622422
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, to a technology for reducing stress caused by a current flowing through a diode included in the cooking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ju Park, Ji Woong Choi, Hyun Kwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11611305
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a rotary electric machine includes receiving, via a bandwidth-partitioning harmonic compensation regulator (HCR) of a controller, a commanded torque and rotational speed of the electric machine, and calculating, via the HCR in response to enabling conditions, a dq harmonic compensation current and a dq harmonic compensation voltage for one or more predetermined harmonic orders using the commanded torque and the rotational speed. The harmonic compensation current and voltage cancel torque ripple and current ripple in the one or more predetermined harmonic orders. The method may include injecting an acoustic tone at a predetermined harmonic order. The method additionally includes adding the dq harmonic compensation current and voltage to a dq current and voltage command, respectively, to generate adjusted dq current and voltage commands. The electric machine is then controlled using the adjusted dq current and voltage commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Vinod Chowdary Peddi, Anno Yoo, Brent S. Gagas, Song He
  • Patent number: 11601080
    Abstract: A motor control device controls a current of a motor based on a torque command, the current being separated into a d-axis current and a q-axis current orthogonal to the d-axis current, the torque command being a target value of a torque of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Sasaki, Toru Tazawa
  • Patent number: 11558003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for operating an electric machine (10) for outputting a predefined torque and a predefined rotational speed, comprising the following steps: providing (420) a first and a second operating mode for the operation of the electric machine (10); detecting (430) a temperature of the electric machine (10); and operating the electric machine (10) in the first operating mode (440) if the detected temperature falls below a threshold value, and operating the electric machine (10) in the second operating mode (450) if the detected temperature corresponds with the threshold value or exceeds same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rosen, Michael Bangerter
  • Patent number: 11522481
    Abstract: A memory motor winding multiplexing control method and system for flux linkage observation. The method comprises the following steps: I: when the magnetization state of a memory motor needs to be adjusted, selecting a flux regulation current reference value according to a rotation speed of the motor; II: by means of current feedback control, driving a direct-current flux regulation winding to generate a flux regulation current so as to adjust the magnetization state of a permanent magnet; III: when the memory motor is operating normally, collecting an induction voltage of the flux regulation winding and extracting an induced electromotive force of the flux regulation winding; and IV: using the induced electromotive force of the flux regulation winding to calculate the flux linkage of the permanent magnet for vector control of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yang, Guangxu Li, Heyun Lin, Shukang Lv
  • Patent number: 11502617
    Abstract: A generator system can include a generator configured to produce an output of alternating current (AC), a rectifier connected to the generator to rectify the AC into direct current (DC) rectifier output, an inverter connected to the rectifier to receive the DC rectifier output and configured to output three phase AC inverter output, and a plurality of output lines connected to the inverter to receive the three phase AC inverter output. The system can include a control module configured to control the output of the inverter. The control module can be operatively connected to one or more of the output lines via one or more local sense leads to receive a local feedback. The control module can be configured to control the inverter as a function of the local feedback to provide one or more of protection, voltage regulation, or harmonic correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Randall Bax, Dwight D. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11502631
    Abstract: The present disclosure disclose a vector flux weakening control system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor of an electric drive system, which includes a current closed-loop regulation module, a modulation index deviation calculation module, a current characteristic point setting module, a current compensation vector angle calculation module, a current compensation vector amplitude calculation module, a current compensation vector calculation module and a current instruction correction module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Miao Yu, Lingxia Lu, Donglian Qi
  • Patent number: 11451179
    Abstract: Disclosed are a motor control device that can accurately estimate a rotor position based on a neutral point potential even when a load increases, and a brake control device that is driven by the motor control device. The motor control device 3 includes a three-phase synchronous motor 4 including a three-phase winding, an inverter 31 connected to the three-phase winding, a control unit 6 for controlling the inverter based on a rotor position of the three-phase synchronous motor, and a rotational position estimation unit 2 for estimating a rotor position ?d based on a neutral point potential Vn of the three-phase winding. The rotational position estimation unit estimates a rotor position selectively using one or more of a plurality of detected values of the neutral point potential according to a pre-estimated value of the rotor position and a voltage application state to the three-phase winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Toshiyuki Ajima, Shigehisa Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Ota, Kenichiro Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11437944
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a harmonic voltage generation unit that superimposes dc-axis and qc-axis harmonic voltages on dc-axis and qc-axis voltage commands in accordance with a switching signal; and an inductance estimation unit that estimates dc-axis inductance and qc-axis inductance on a basis of dc-axis and qc-axis harmonic currents, amplitude values of the harmonic voltages, and the switching signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tobari, Yoshitaka Iwaji, Agnes Hadinata, Yusaku Onuma, Takuya Sugimoto, Atsuhiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 11424699
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor control apparatus (1) configured to extract a speed ripple component from a difference between an angular frequency command and an angular frequency feedback, configured to generate a phase of the speed ripple component from the speed ripple component, configured to multiply a value of a periodic function corresponding to the phase and a given amplitude by each other, to thereby generate a torque compensation value, configured to calculate a torque command value from the difference between the angular frequency command and the angular frequency feedback, and configured to control a current to be output to an electric motor based on a compensated torque command obtained by adding the torque compensation value to the torque command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kinomura
  • Patent number: 11394258
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor including a first rotor end and a second rotor end, and a stator including a first stator end and a second stator end. The first rotor end is located apart from the first stator end toward the first side. The second rotor end is located apart from the second stator end toward the first side. The relationship between the distances D1 and D2 satisfies D1>D2?0, where D1 is a distance from a permanent magnet to a first end plate, and D2 is a distance from the permanent magnet to a second end plate. The thickness of each of a plurality of electrical steel sheets is not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 0.25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yabe
  • Patent number: 11394338
    Abstract: In a loaded condition, the controller increases at least one of the conduction band or the advance angle from a baseline value up to a maximum value within a first torque range below a torque threshold to as to maintain the output speed of the motor at a linear speed-torque profile. After the at least one of the conduction band or the advance angle reaches the maximum value, the controller maintains the at least one of the conduction band or the advance angle at the maximum value within a second torque range greater than or equal to the torque threshold so as to maintain the output speed of the motor at a naturally-curved speed-torque profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Cox
  • Patent number: 11387759
    Abstract: A rotation electric machine controller includes: a torque command value acquisition section that acquires a torque command value for a rotation electric machine; and a setting section that sets a negative limit value limiting a d-axis current command value. The setting section sets the limit value having a larger absolute value in a case where the torque command value is large, in comparison to a case where the torque command value is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Otake, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11383803
    Abstract: A noise reduction system for a marine vessel having a plurality of marine propulsion devices including a first marine propulsion device and a second marine propulsion device, each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices including a drive source, each of the drive sources operating on a same principle as that of the other drive sources, and including a rotary member. The noise reduction system includes a controller configured to control rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the second marine propulsion device, to thereby control a phase of a second noise caused thereby, such that a first noise caused by rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the first marine propulsion device is canceled by the second noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11387760
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a second setting unit configured to set an armature current command value and a current phase angle command value based on a rotation speed and a motor torque command value; and a current vector setting unit configured to set a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value based on the armature current command value and the current phase angle command value. The second setting unit is configured to set the armature current command value and the current phase angle command value such that an armature current vector which is set based on the d-axis current command value and the q-axis current command value is included in an area surrounded by an armature current vector locus in maximum torque/current control and a vertical axis in a d-q coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Iwai