Having Variable Frequency Supply Patents (Class 318/723)
  • Patent number: 12021458
    Abstract: Circuit board comprising a printed circuit comprising phase conductors, each of which is arranged so as to be connected to one phase of a multiphase line, the circuit board further comprising a rectifier bridge comprising phase diodes that are mounted on one and the same face of the printed circuit, the phase diodes comprising, for each phase conductor, one pair of phase diodes comprising a first phase diode having an anode that is connected to said phase conductor and a second phase diode having a cathode that is connected to said phase conductor, the pairs of phase diodes lying in succession along a positioning axis on the face of the printed circuit, the first phase diode and the second phase diode of each pair of phase diodes being positioned in parallel but inverted with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS
    Inventor: Fabien De La Cruz
  • Patent number: 11936315
    Abstract: A circuit for controlling a motor that includes control circuitry configured to determine whether a commutation event has occurred for a first sector of a plurality of sectors of a cycle for the motor based on a first selected phase current signal and a second selected phase current signal. In response to a determination that the commutation event has occurred for the first sector, the control circuitry is configured to determine that the motor is operating in a second sector of the plurality of sectors of the cycle for the motor. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a second angle of stator voltage vector for the motor based on the determination that the motor is operating in the second sector and generate the control signal based on the second angle of stator voltage vector for the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stanislav Gerber, Bastian Schindler, Benjamin Jahn, Sandro Purfuerst
  • Patent number: 11496082
    Abstract: The present disclosure is constructed on the prior art inverter architecture, a pulse code width modulation (PCWM). This is an open loop motor control system without sensing its rotor position. The present disclosure employs a closed loop method to track the optimum efficiency motor operating point directly. A bench load test is conducted to gather information for an AI type control, which includes both load angle vs. voltage command charts and power factor vs. voltage command charts, with load levels as parameters for certain frequency command ranges. This way, the optimum efficiency motor operating points are generated a priori. The AI type control is mechanized to track the optimum efficiency motor operating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SYSTEM HOMES COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hozo Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11349419
    Abstract: A motor control system to drive an alternating-current (AC) motor, including a motor drive with a power circuit and a motor drive controller powered by the power circuit and configured to cause the power circuit to generate a motor voltage; a motor drive contactor having first contacts electrically connected between the power circuit and the AC motor; a bypass contactor having second contacts electrically connected between a line voltage source and the AC motor; and a bypass controller communicatively coupled with the motor drive contactor and the bypass contractor; wherein the motor drive controller is structured to generate a speed reference and to command the bypass controller to connect the AC motor to the line voltage source upon the motor drive controller determining that the speed reference is substantially equal to a line frequency of the line voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ryan A. Lauw, Scott E. Leonard, Dalton H. Paull, Andre P. Perra
  • Patent number: 11277087
    Abstract: In a thyristor starter, an inverter converts DC power provided from a converter through a DC reactor into AC power having a variable frequency, and supplies the AC power to a synchronous machine. A controller controls the inverter based on a phase control angle. A voltage regulator regulates an induced voltage of the synchronous machine by supplying a field current to the synchronous machine. When a rotation speed of the synchronous machine exceeds a reference rotation speed during acceleration of the synchronous machine, the voltage regulator controls the field current such that the induced voltage increases with an increase in the rotation speed of the synchronous machine. The controller decreases a rate of increase in the phase control angle relative to the rotation speed of the synchronous machine, as compared with when the rotation speed of the synchronous machine is less than the reference rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Ota, Hironori Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Ogino, Yasuaki Matsumoto, Akinobu Ando
  • Patent number: 11255703
    Abstract: A rotation angle detection device for accurately detecting a rotation angle is obtained even when electromagnetic noise due to an electrical component(s) and the like of an electric automotive vehicle is superimposed on detection signals of the rotation angle detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishijima, Masahiro Iezawa, Shinji Nishimura, Ryosuke Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11239769
    Abstract: A thyristor starter accelerates a synchronous machine from a stop state to a predetermined rotation speed by sequentially performing a first mode of performing commutation of an inverter by intermittently setting DC output current to zero and a second mode of performing commutation of the inverter by induced voltage of the synchronous machine. A second controller controls the firing phase of a thyristor in a converter such that DC output current of the converter matches a current command value, based on a detection signal of a position detector. In the first mode, the current command value is set such that the current value is higher as the rotation speed of the synchronous machine is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Ogino, Hironori Kawaguchi, Akinobu Ando
  • Patent number: 11155148
    Abstract: Integrated mounting systems for mounting electric drive components within electrified vehicles may include a cross brace assembly that mounts or supports one or more electric drive components relative to a vehicle frame. A cross brace assembly of the mounting system may include a cross brace, a first bridging side bracket, and a second bridging side bracket. The cross brace may be mounted to lower surfaces of vehicle frame rails and the bridging side brackets may be mounted to upper surfaces of the vehicle frame rails to provide a robust and serviceable mounting solution that evenly distributes vehicle loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Do Young Chung, Jason C. Marcath, Afif Sabbagh, Suma Rani Das, Paul Webb, Doug G. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11101764
    Abstract: An electric motor drive system is provided. It includes a rotor having permanent magnets arranged therein and a stator surrounding the rotor an inverter having switches arranged therein, the switches operable to draw current from a direct current bus and operate the electric machine through windings of the stator and a controller operable to receive a source current limit, IS, and a source voltage limit, VDC, both associated with the direct current bus is also provided. The invertor is responding to a torque demand to operate the switches of the inverter to generate an alternating current corresponding to the torque demand and according to a torque limit defined by a source current torque limit corresponding to the source current limit when the source current torque limit is less than or equal to a source voltage torque limit corresponding to the source voltage limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Zhe Zhang, Prerit Pramod, Krishna Namburi
  • Patent number: 11088643
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a current controller configured to generate control signals for driving a motor, where the current controller is configured to measure voltage information of the motor and current information of the motor; a flux estimator configured to calculate a rotor magnetic flux linkage based on the voltage and current information; an extraction circuit configured to extract a flux linkage magnitude of the rotor magnetic flux linkage from the received rotor magnetic flux linkage; and a demagnetization detector configured to continuously monitor for a demagnetization of a rotor permanent magnet of the motor during operation of the motor based on the flux linkage magnitude, where the demagnetization detector is configured to compare the flux linkage magnitude to a predefined demagnetization level and detect the demagnetization on a condition that the flux linkage magnitude is equal to or less than the predefined demagnetization level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Lei Han, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11063546
    Abstract: The present invention easily inhibits an influence of a dead time on voltage control without requiring a user to consider a specific usage condition or the like of each motor control device. A control circuit (10) controls a step-down converter circuit (40) to step down a DC voltage to be applied to an inverter circuit (60) so that a duty of a PWM signal becomes greater than a dead time (Td).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Takemura, Satoshi Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 11056967
    Abstract: An electrical supply system for an aircraft includes a generator having a neutral point, an AC network, a bipolar DC network, and a neutral point clamped converter. The neutral point is connected to ground, in at least one operating mode. The converter has an AC side with AC connectors couplable with at least one phase of the generator. The converter also has a DC side with a first DC connector, a second DC connector and a neutral DC connector. The AC side of the converter is coupled with the generator, the DC side is coupled with the bipolar DC network, and the neutral DC connector is connected to ground. The convertor provides a DC voltage on the DC side upon receiving an AC voltage on the AC side, and provides an AC voltage on the AC side upon receiving a DC voltage on the DC side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Schult, Jörg Wangemann, Leire Segura Martinez De Ilarduya
  • Patent number: 10693316
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply includes a main uninterruptible power supply unit including a converter, an inverter, and a battery, as well as an input transformer which is arranged between an AC power supply and the converter and transforms the AC voltage from the AC power supply. The uninterruptible power supply further includes a DC component extraction unit that extracts a DC component from current flowing between the AC power supply and the converter, as well as a CPU which, when the DC component extracted by the DC component extraction unit is greater than a threshold current, stops operation of the converter and causes DC voltage from the battery to be supplied to the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Tamai
  • Patent number: 10612463
    Abstract: A gas turbine system (1) is equipped with: a two-shaft gas turbine (2) having a gas turbine compressor (10) that takes in and compresses air (A), a combustor (11) that mixes and burns compressed air (CA) generated by the gas turbine compressor (10) and fuel (F) to generate a combustion gas (CG), a high-pressure turbine (12) that is rotationally driven by the combustion gas (CG), and a low-pressure turbine (13) that is rotationally driven by the combustion gas (CG) after being used to rotationally drive the high-pressure turbine (12); a main compressor (3) that is driven by a rotational driving force from the low-pressure turbine (13) to compress a process gas (PG); a variable speed generator (4) that is provided between the main compressor (3) and the low-pressure turbine (13) and generates electric power by the rotational driving force of the low-pressure turbine (13); an inverter device (5) that is connected to the variable speed generator (4) and converts a frequency and a voltage of electric power (EP1) f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Hataya, Yasushi Mori
  • Patent number: 10578653
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to determine an overexcitation condition on electric power delivery system equipment that includes a magnetizing core. Overexcitation conditions are determined even during sub-synchronous resonance, ferro-resonance, and other complex events. Power system voltage is integrated and normalized to determine a flux on the magnetizing core. The flux is compared with a protection model to determine the overexcitation condition on the magnetizing core. Once an overexcitation condition is detected, a protective action may be taken to remove power from the effected power delivery system equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ritwik Chowdhury, Dale S. Finney
  • Patent number: 10541598
    Abstract: A method and system for providing voltage ripple compensation in a DC power generation system. The system includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG) and a passive rectifier in operable communication with the PMG. The system also includes a boost converter in operable communication with the passive rectifier and a controller in electrical communication with the boost converter. The controller is configured to cause the boost converter to supply a DC bus and to control the boost converter based on a voltage compensation signal to the boost converter to reduce voltage ripple on the voltage of the DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory I. Rozman, Steven J. Moss
  • Patent number: 10471949
    Abstract: With a motor in rotation, 0 is set as each of a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command, and offset learning is carried out. Then, in carrying out offset learning, a transmission is controlled such that a shift stage of the transmission falls within a low vehicle speed-side predetermined shift stage range. Thus, the rotational speed of the motor can be more reliably made high to a certain extent, and offset learning can be carried out. As a result, the accuracy of offset learning can be restrained from decreasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Sato, Masayuki Baba, Shogo Tanaka, Takuya Shimaji
  • Patent number: 10161766
    Abstract: A magnetic pole position detection device of a permanent magnet-type synchronous motor detects, through a current draw-in operation, an amount of deviation between an origin of a magnetic pole position of a permanent magnet that makes up a rotor of a permanent magnet-type synchronous motor, and an origin of an output signal of a magnetic pole position sensor, and correcting the output signal of the magnetic pole position sensor on the basis of the amount of deviation, to thereby detect a true magnetic pole position. The detection device computes a phase current Ia and computes a d-axis current from the phase current Ia. The current draw-in operation is performed by causing the d-axis current to flow through armature windings of the motor, to thereby draw the rotor to the magnetic flux axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiangheng Liu
  • Patent number: 9887646
    Abstract: A method for checking an out-of-step of a synchronous motor includes detecting electric degrees of the synchronous motor, in which the electric degrees comprise at least a first electric degree and a second electric degree detected at a preset interval, and the second electric degree is detected after the first electric degree; comparing the first electric degree with the second electric degree to obtain a comparing result; and determining that the synchronous motor is out of step when the comparing result satisfies a preset requirement. It is determined that the synchronous motor is out of step when the electric degree keeps unchanged or decreases progressively, or an increment of the electric degree is very small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hui Luo, Zhiyong Du, Xuguang Zhou, Xinxin Zhang, Xing Chen, Kai Xiao, Lipin Cheng
  • Patent number: 9887647
    Abstract: A method for checking an out-of-step of a synchronous motor includes detecting three-phase currents of the synchronous motor; determining whether a relationship between the three-phase currents satisfies a preset requirement; and if no, determining that the synchronous motor is out of step. It is determined that the synchronous motor is out of step when amplitudes of each current of the three-phase currents are not equal or when the phase difference between the three-phase currents is not 120°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hui Luo, Zhiyong Du, Xuguang Zhou, Xinxin Zhang, Xing Chen, Taotao Yang, Lipin Cheng
  • Patent number: 9855858
    Abstract: A control device includes an ECU and an inverter device having power circuitry including an inverter and a motor control unit. A rotation angle sensor detects a rotation angle of a motor. The power circuitry receives a rotation angle of the motor from the rotation angle sensor to perform control in accordance with the rotation angle of the rotor, the control being based on a torque command mapping table in which a relationship between a rotation speed and a torque of the motor is defined. The power circuitry includes an adjustment module adjusting the torque command mapping table with respect to a torque command from the ECU and a speed of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guodong Li, Yiqing Liu
  • Patent number: 9831812
    Abstract: This disclosure features an apparatus including a motor controller to generate control signals to control an electric motor. The motor controller includes a first saturation controller to generate a first saturation controller output based on feedback signals associated with the electric motor. The motor controller further includes a duty ratio modulator coupled to the first saturation controller. The duty ratio modulator is configured to determine activation times for a set of voltage vectors based on the first saturation controller output. The motor controller is configured to generate, at each switching cycle, a control signal based on the set of voltage vectors and the activation times for the set of voltage vectors, and provide the control signal for controlling the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Wei Qiao, Zhe Zhang, Liyan Qu
  • Patent number: 9720427
    Abstract: A controller for a voltage regulator is disclosed. The controller is switchable between first and second modes of operation in which the controller is adapted to control the regulator to operate in switching and linear modes respectively. The controller is further adapted to respond to an input voltage to the voltage regulator to enter a third mode of operation in which the input voltage is coupled directly to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Kim Li
  • Patent number: 9389597
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a motor control device including a main circuit, a voltage detector, and a controller. The controller includes a position controller and a speed controller, The position controller generates a speed command. The speed controller generates a torque command and controls a inverter based on the torque command. Further, the controller includes a torque limiter, and a speed matching instruction part. The torque limiter starts torque limiting by the torque command to a predetermined torque or less and cancels the torque limiting. The speed matching instruction part matches the speed command with a first position command speed after the cancellation of the torque limiting. The holding part calculates and holds an accumulated position deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshinobu Kira, Tadashi Okubo, Yasuyuki Takei, Makoto Akama, Yusuke Oka
  • Patent number: 9366219
    Abstract: A system, circuit, and method are provided for generating continuous plasma to control combustion including the ignition and maintenance of the combustion process. An electric potential difference is generated across a pair of electrodes in a combustible bulk gas in the form of an oscillating driving potential just below the arcing threshold which alternates in polarity to cause an alternating gap current between the electrodes which generates continuous plasma to contribute to combustion of the bulk gas by providing for more efficient combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SPHENIC TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventor: Alexandre Plotnikov
  • Patent number: 9344023
    Abstract: A motor device includes a motor unit and a converter unit. The motor unit includes an inverter circuit; an inverter drive circuit; a brushless DC motor comprising a rotor and a stator; a first shunt resistor; a first input terminal; a second input terminal; a third input terminal; a first output terminal; and a first ground terminal. The converter unit includes a case; a AC/DC converter; a microcomputer; a first output terminal; a second output terminal; a third output terminal; a first input terminal; a second shunt resistor; and a second grounding terminal. The microcomputer calculates a current value by using the terminal voltage and a resistance value of the second shunt resistor, compares the current value with a specified current value, and limit or cut off the output of the analog control signal when the current value exceeds the specified current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shitabou
  • Patent number: 9344015
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a variable speed control apparatus applied to a variable speed system of secondary excitation including a double feed synchronous machine and a frequency converter. The variable speed control apparatus includes a secondary current controller configured to control an output current from the frequency converter, and a secondary current limiter configured to limit an effective component current command and a reactive component current command of a secondary current for the secondary current controller by using a given secondary current limit value and output a limited result to the secondary current controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahisa Kageyama, Takashi Fujita
  • Patent number: 9212602
    Abstract: An electric motor control apparatus includes a phase correction portion that generates and outputs an amount of phase correction with which to correct a phase of a signal from a position sensor detecting a position of a magnetic pole of an electric motor. The phase correction portion generates and outputs an energization stop signal in a case where a rotation speed of the electric motor is within a predetermined range and stores an amount of phase correction generated therein according to a comparison between a signal from the position sensor or a first phase and an induced voltage of the electric motor to output the amount of phase correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Hisano, Hideyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Iezawa
  • Patent number: 9197152
    Abstract: A control method implemented in a power converter including an inverter connected to a synchronous electric motor including permanent magnets, the electric motor being modeled in the power converter by a mathematical model of currents in the electric motor expressing a flux current and a torque current on the basis of magnetic-saturation parameters. The control method identifies magnetic-saturation parameters during a learning procedure including applying a static voltage signal and a high-frequency voltage signal along an axis of the flux and/or an axis of the torque of the motor to cause an oscillation of the current on the axis of the flux and/or on the axis of the torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Al Kassem Jebai, Francois Malrait, Philippe Martin, Pierre Rouchon
  • Patent number: 9182214
    Abstract: An electronically-commutated synchronous system and method includes a permanently-excited rotor and a stator which is provided with three phase windings, together with three rotor position sensors in an appropriate arrangement for a first commutation scheme. The rotor position is determined by the read-out of data from the position sensors. The appropriate voltage vector is defined by a second commutation scheme, and the second rotor position thus determined is compared with the first commutation scheme. If the rotor position sensors are operating correctly, the position of the rotor may be determined to an accuracy which is equivalent to the interval between two columns in the commutation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Tom Kaufmann, Peter Stauder, Christian Bitsch, Bogdan Budianu, Jochen Leideck
  • Patent number: 9154062
    Abstract: An electric power tool is provided with a three-phase brushless motor that drives a tool and a motor driver that drives the three-phase brushless motor with square voltage waves. The motor driver is able to set a conduction angle to a value that is equal to or more than 130 degrees but not more than 180 degrees, and especially to change the conduction angle among at least two values that are equal to or more than 130 degrees but not more than 180 degrees. In this configuration, it may be preferable that the conduction angle is set to a larger value as a load applied to the tool becomes smaller. On the other hand, it may be also preferable that the conduction angle is set to a larger value as a load applied to the tool becomes smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Yanagihara, Yoshitaka Ichikawa, Motohiro Omura
  • Patent number: 9065377
    Abstract: A load commutated inverter (LCI) drive system for a synchronous electrical machine is provided. The system may include a first supply bridge and a second supply bridge, each of which may include an alternating current to direct current (AC-to-DC) source side converter, a DC link circuit, and a DC-to-AC load side inverter. The system may include a controller for selectively controlling at least one of the first supply bridge and the second supply bridge by selective firings of silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs). The electrical power outputted from the first supply bridge and the second supply bridge may be combined by an output delta-wye electric power transformer and supplied to the electrical machine. The LCI drive system may further include one or more input electric power transformers configured to supply an input electric power to the first supply bridge and the second supply bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chunchun Xu, Allen Michael Ritter, Cyrus David Harbourt, Luis Jose Garces, Cheng Luo
  • Patent number: 9018872
    Abstract: To provide a motor control circuit that variably controls the speed of a motor, in which an appropriate advance angle value corresponding to the speed of the motor that is set can be automatically set. The motor control circuit according to the present invention includes an advance angle setting means that adds a reference advance angle value to an advance angle correction value obtained by multiplying a proportional coefficient by a correction amount and outputs an advance angle setting signal, and an advance angle setting correction means that uses a ratio of a correction reference period relative to a period of a reference signal input from the outside as a correction amount and corrects the reference advance angle value by an advance angle correction value obtained by multiplying the correction amount by a predetermined proportional coefficient of the advance angle setting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Inoue, Yuji Hamada
  • Patent number: 8872467
    Abstract: A method and system for starting and operating an electrically driven load, e.g. a compressor or pump, by power supply from a mechanical driver, e.g. a turbine or combustion engine, whereby the load is mechanically connected to a first electrical machine, and the mechanical driver is mechanically connected to a second electrical machine. The first electrical machine is electrically interconnected to the second electrical machine at a standstill or when the first and or second machine have low speed. In an acceleration phase, the first electrical machine is accelerated by accelerating the second electrical machine with the mechanical driver. When the first electrical machine has reached a predefined rotational speed, the first machine is synchronized with a local electrical power network and connected it to that network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Aker Engineering & Technology AS
    Inventors: Ole-Johan Bjerknes, Trygve Lund
  • Publication number: 20140312826
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a synchronous machine via a three-phase power controller including three semiconductor controllers and connected to a three-phase network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Marcel Benecke
  • Patent number: 8575880
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for adjusting torque and speed of a motor, while remaining within the voltage limit of a power supply. The invention provides a brushless direct current motor with independently driven and switchable stators. In an aspect, each stator and the rotor is structured to function as an independent motor separate from another stator and the rotor. A first power electronics directs energy to a first stator, and a second power electronics directs energy to a second stator. A rotor rotates relative to the stators. In an aspect, a commutation electronics determines electrical position of the rotor relative to the stators, and synchronizes current pulses directed to a sequentially selected phase of the stators, to generate a rotating magnetic field that communicates with the rotor. A controller sets the connection of the first power electronics in series or in parallel with the second power electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Alan L. Grantz
  • Patent number: 8575873
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an electric motor and electronic control for an electric motor are disclosed. An exemplary electric motor comprises a single-phase brushless permanent magnet electric motor. In exemplary embodiments, the electronic motor control is configured to commutate an electric motor at a frequency other than line frequency, perform pulse width modulation, and drive the electric motor with a drive waveform that approximates the counter-electromotive force of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Peterson, Michael P. Sullivan, Stephen J. Burton, Gary E. Horst, Keith I. Hoemann, Richard J. Fadler
  • Publication number: 20130180273
    Abstract: A selection unit switches between a phase ?p and a phase ?n different from the phase ?p substantially by 180 degrees, and outputs one of them in synchronization with a carrier signal. A voltage-command generation unit generates and outputs three-phase voltage command values Vu*, Vv* and Vw* based on the phase outputted by the selection unit. A PWM-signal generation unit generates three-phase voltage command values Vu*?, Vv*? and Vw*? by correcting the three-phase voltage command values Vu*, Vv* and Vw* outputted by the voltage-command generation unit according to a predetermined method, and generates six drive signals corresponding to switching elements of the inverter based on the three-phase voltage command values Vu*?, Vv*? and Vw*? and the carrier signal. The PWM-signal generation unit outputs the generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the three-phase inverter, to cause the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Hatakeyama, Takuya Shimomugi, Shinya Matsushita, Naoki Wakuta, Shinsaku Kusube, Tsutomu Makino
  • Patent number: 8436488
    Abstract: A system for controlling a speed of each of N variable speed motors with a drive voltage is disclosed, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The system includes (N+1) generators and a switching arrangement configured to directly couple, in a one-to-one relation, the N variable speed motors to the (N+1) generators so that any one of the N variable speed motors is capable of operating in at least a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the any one of the N variable speed motors is driven with the drive voltage generated by a first generator of at least two of the (N+1) generators, and in the second mode the any one of the N variable speed motors is driven with the drive voltage generated by a second generator of the at least two of the (N+1) generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Bluewater Energy Services B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Giesselbach, Clemens Van Der Nat, Pieter Cornelis Burger
  • Publication number: 20130082636
    Abstract: A signal processor is configured to perform a process equivalent to performing a series of fixed-to-rotating coordinate conversion, a predetermined process and then rotating-to-fixed coordinate conversion, while maintaining linearity and time-invariance. The signal processor performs a process given by the following matrix G: G = [ F ? ( s + j? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j? 0 ) 2 F ? ( s + j? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j? 0 ) 2 ? j - F ? ( s + j? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j? 0 ) 2 ? j F ? ( s + j? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j? 0 ) 2 ] where F(s) is a transfer function representing the predetermined process, ?0 is a predetermined angular frequency and j is the imaginary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: DAIHEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: DAIHEN CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8362728
    Abstract: A method of operating a WFSM in a motoring mode determines a relative position of a PMG rotor with respect to the WFSM rotor. A PMG is coupled to the WFSM via a coupling shaft. A relative difference between the WFSM rotor position and the PMG rotor position is determined based on carrier injection sensorless (“CIS”) stimulation signals. The relative difference between the PMG rotor and the WFSM main machine in conjunction with the PMG rotor position is used to determine the WFSM rotor position during motoring operation of the main machine. A stator of the WFSM main machine is energized to maintain operation of the WFSM in response to the detected main rotor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Albert L. Markunas, Michael C. Harke
  • Patent number: 8294396
    Abstract: A compact field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based digital motor controller (102), a method, and a design structure are provided. The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) includes a sensor interface (206) configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors (104) and generate conditioned sensor data. The one or more sensors (104) provide position information for a DC brushless motor (108). The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) also includes a commutation control (210) configured to create switching commands to control commutation for the DC brushless motor (108). The commutation control (210) generates commutation pulses from the conditioned sensor data of the sensor interface (206). The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) also includes a time inverter (208) configured to receive the commutation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Wichowski
  • Patent number: 8269449
    Abstract: A method and system for starting and operating an electrically driven load, e.g. a compressor or pump, by power supply from a mechanical driver, e.g. a turbine or combustion engine, whereby the load is mechanically connected to a first electrical machine, and the mechanical driver is mechanically connected to a second electrical machine. The first electrical machine is electrically interconnected to the second electrical machine at a standstill or when the first and or second machine have low speed. In an acceleration phase, the first electrical machine is accelerated by accelerating the second electrical machine with the mechanical driver. When the first electrical machine has reached a predefined rotational speed, the first machine is synchronized with a local electrical power network and connected it to that network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Acker Engineering & Technology AS
    Inventors: Ole-Johan Bjerknes, Trygve Lund
  • Patent number: 8222856
    Abstract: A control system for a motor, including a first detector providing signals indicative of the sign and zero-crossings of a supply voltage, and a second detector providing signals indicative of the sign and the zero-crossings of BEMF developed in the stator winding. A switch is driven to cause a first current pulse through the winding at a first delay relative to the zero-crossing of the supply voltage. The system checks if the BEMF has a first zero-crossing within a predetermined period of time preceding a third zero-crossing of the voltage, and if so, causes an opposite second current pulse through the winding with a second delay relative to the third zero-crossing of the supply. If not, the first current pulse is repeated, reducing or increasing the duration of the first delay if the first zero-crossing of the BEMF took place after or before the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Askoll P&C S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sebastiano Acquaviva, Piergiorgio Ricco
  • Patent number: 8222857
    Abstract: In a controlling device for a permanent magnet synchronous motor, an asynchronous pulse mode is switched to a synchronous pulse mode in a situation where a modulation factor has become equal to or larger than a first set value or in a situation where an inverter output frequency has become equal to or higher than a second set value. The synchronous pulse mode is switched to the asynchronous pulse mode in a situation where the modulation factor has become smaller than the first set value, and also, the inverter output frequency has become lower than the second set value. By setting the second set value so that the number of pulses included in a half cycle of an output voltage fundamental wave of the inverter is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, it is possible to inhibit current oscillations and torque ripples from occurring in the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kitanaka
  • Publication number: 20120134857
    Abstract: A synchronous air blower, a HVAC system and a HVAC rooftop unit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the synchronous air blower includes: (1) a permanent magnet motor having a motor shaft with a first cogged sprocket attached thereto, (3) a fan having a fan shaft with a second cogged sprocket attached thereto and (4) a synchronous belt coupled to the motor shaft and the fan shaft via the first and second cogged sprockets, the synchronous belt having teeth configured to mate with the first cogged sprocket and the second cogged sprocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc
    Inventors: Harold Gene Havard, JR., Pantelis Hatzikazakis
  • Patent number: 8120296
    Abstract: A motor magnetic pole position detecting device includes a detection current command generation unit generating a detection AC current command, a current detection section detecting a current flowing into the motor, a coordinate conversion unit vector-converting the current detected by the current detection section into an excitation component and a torque component both represented by a d-q orthogonal coordinate system based on a phase angle obtained at any rotational frequency, a current control unit delivering a voltage command to current-control the motor based on the detection current command and the current converted by the coordinate conversion unit, an inductance calculation unit calculating motor inductance based on the voltage command and the current converted by the coordinate conversion unit, and a magnetic pole position detection section calculating a frequency and phase of the inductance calculated by the inductance calculation unit, converting the inductance phase into a motor magnetic pole pos
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Sari Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20120032629
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an electric motor and electronic control for an electric motor are disclosed. An exemplary electric motor comprises a single-phase brushless permanent magnet electric motor. In exemplary embodiments, the electronic motor control is configured to commutate an electric motor at a frequency other than line frequency, perform pulse width modulation, and drive the electric motor with a drive waveform that approximates the counter-electromotive force of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Peterson, Michael P. Sullivan, Stephen J. Burton, Gary E. Horst, Keith I. Hoemann, Richard J. Fadler
  • Patent number: 8035330
    Abstract: The synchronous motor driving apparatus including position sensors provided in the synchronous motor, a current polarity detection circuit for detecting the polarities of the currents in the respective phase windings of the synchronous motor, an inverter driving the synchronous motor, a motor speed calculation unit calculating the rotational speed of the synchronous motor depending on the output signals from the position sensors, a speed control unit outputting a first voltage adjusting component (q-axis current command value Iq*) to cause the rotational speed of the synchronous motor to approach a speed command value and a phase control unit outputting a second voltage adjusting component (d-axis current command value Id*) to cause the phase differences between the phases of the position sensor signals and of the currents in the respective phase windings of the synchronous motor to become a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Information & Control Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Tsunehiro Endo, Hidefumi Shirahama, Kenji Sakurai, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro Mishima
  • Patent number: RE45388
    Abstract: A compact field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based digital motor controller (102), a method, and a design structure are provided. The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) includes a sensor interface (206) configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors (104) and generate conditioned sensor data. The one or more sensors (104) provide position information for a DC brushless motor (108). The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) also includes a commutation control (210) configured to create switching commands to control commutation for the DC brushless motor (108). The commutation control (210) generates commutation pulses from the conditioned sensor data of the sensor interface (206). The compact FPGA-based digital motor controller (102) also includes a time inverter (208) configured to receive the commutation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wichowski, Harold J. Hansen, Kevin G. Hawes