| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 318798000 |
Responsive to motor condition
| 118 |
| 318778000 |
Starting control
| 65 |
| 318807000 |
Frequency control
| 45 |
| 318812000 |
Voltage control
| 31 |
| 318806000 |
Condition responsive
| 16 |
| 318772000 |
Plural speed
| 16 |
| 318771000 |
Delta-wye, plural wye, or plural delta connected primary windings
| 7 |
| 318768000 |
Three phase motor operated from single phase source | 5 |
| 20080197799 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - The motor control device includes a current detecting portion for detecting a phase current that flows in an armature winding of a stator of a three-phase motor based on current that flows between an inverter for driving the motor and a DC power supply. The motor control device performs a position sensorless vector control for the motor based on a control current that is obtained by a three-phase to two-phase conversion of the phase current based on an estimated rotor position of the motor. The motor control device farther includes a superposing portion for superposing a superposed voltage having a predetermined frequency on a drive voltage for driving the motor and an estimating portion for deriving the estimated rotor position based on the superposed current that is extracted from the control current and flows in the motor in accordance with the superposed voltage. A voltage vector locus of the superposed voltage from the superposing portion presents an ellipse. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20120223667 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes main circuits, in which switching elements are connected in parallel with diodes, respectively. An auxiliary circuit, which is formed of a series-connected second switching element and a capacitor, is connected in parallel with the diode operating as a freewheeling diode. The switching element of the main circuit, which is opposite to the auxiliary circuit, is set to turn on at a reference time. The second switching element of the auxiliary circuit is set to turn on in advance of the reference time by an interval of a discharging time period of the capacitor in a dead time period. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120249045 | MEDIUM VOLTAGE INVERTER SYSTEM - A medium voltage inverter system is disclosed, the system including a coupled reactor magnetically connecting first and second reactors each connected to an output of first and second medium voltage inverters for driving a motor. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20150084575 | Angle/Frequency Selector in an Electric Motor Controller Architecture - A motor controller architecture and method of operating the same. The motor controller includes a function for estimating the low speed operation of the motor, for example by evaluating the response to a periodic excitation signal injected into the control loop of the controller architecture. A periodic excitation signal in the form of a square wave allows for analysis of the response of the motor without requiring demodulation, which allows the frequency of the excitation signal to be above the audible range. Control logic for controlling the motor at transitional speeds between low speed control and high speed (back emf) control is provided in some embodiments. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084576 | Low Speed and High Speed Controller Architecture for Electric Motors - A motor controller architecture and method of operating the same. The motor controller includes a function for estimating the low speed operation of the motor, for example by evaluating the response to a periodic excitation signal injected into the control loop of the controller architecture. A periodic excitation signal in the form of a square wave allows for analysis of the response of the motor without requiring demodulation, which allows the frequency of the excitation signal to be above the audible range. Control logic for controlling the motor at transitional speeds between low speed control and high speed (back emf) control is provided in some embodiments. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20080211449 | Multiphase Current Supplying Circuit, Driving Apparatus, Compressor And Air Conditioner - A multiphase current supplying circuit includes a converter, an intervening circuit, an inverter, a control circuit and a lightning arrester. A power supply system is connected to the converter with the lightning arrester interposed therebetween, and the ac voltage is rectified. The intervening circuit includes a capacitor and a bypass connected in parallel thereto. In the bypass, a diode, a resister and a capacitor are connected in series, and the direction from an anode to a cathode of the diode corresponds to the direction from a high potential side to a low potential side of the smoothing capacitor. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090039824 | High power-density static-field ac conduction motor - An ac motor for high-torque drive has a transformer with a magnetic circuit with a central limb. Either the two ends or the two connected electrodes of the secondary winding of the transformer project at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the secondary winding; an armature rotor dielectrically bridges the two ends or the two connected electrodes, moving parallel to the longitudinal axis. The rotor forms two series-connected capacitors with the two ends or the two connected electrodes. An LC circuit is formed by the two capacitors in series to the total effective inductance of the power source, the electric transformer, the two ends or the connected electrodes and the armature. The impedance of the LC circuit is varied by the frequency of the power source supplying the primary winding of the transformer, in order to push required electric power from the power source to the series LC circuit. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090284212 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ESTIMATING TRANSIENT SLIP - A method of determining a slip estimate associated with an induction motor through analysis of voltage and current signals. A fundamental frequency is calculated from a representation (e.g., complex representation) of the voltage signal, and a saliency frequency is calculated from a representation of the current signal. An estimation of slip quantity is calculated according to a slip estimation function that includes the saliency frequency, a saliency order, the fundamental frequency, a quantity of rotor slots, and a quantity of poles of the motor. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100045229 | GAIN EQUALIZATION DEVICE FOR MOTOR CONTROL - A gain equalization device for an AC motor control includes two detection devices, a control process unit, a storage and two multipliers. Each detection device includes a current detector and an A/D converter. The current detectors are configured to detect the respective currents of two phases of an inverter circuit. Current feedback values are detected by the current detectors and converted into the digital signals by the A/D converters. The control process unit is configured to generate a compensation value to adjust the gain unbalance between gains of the detection devices. The storage is configured to store the compensation value. The multipliers are configured to compensate for an actual gain unbalance based on the compensation value stored in the storage and the current feedback values detected by the current detectors. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100148716 | Asynchronous AC induction electrical machines in cross-interlockingly parallel connection - At least two asynchronous AC induction electrical machines in series connection with the power source are respectively made with the main winding and control winding for operating the electrical machines, wherein the individually driven loading operations of the two electrical machines in cross-interlockingly series connection being series connected with the power source are led by the changes of individual electrical machine driving loading statuses to appear variable impedance operation so as to change the end voltage ratio between individual electrical machines in cross-interlockingly series connections. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100148717 | Asynchronous AC induction electrical machines in cross-interlockingly parallel connection - At least two asynchronous AC induction electrical machines in parallel connection with the power source are respectively made with the main winding and control winding for operating the electrical machines, wherein the individually driven loading operations of the two electrical machines in cross-interlockingly parallel connection being parallel connected with the power source are led by the changes of individual electrical machine driving loading statuses to appear variable impedance operation so as to change the end voltage ratio between individual electrical machines in cross-interlockingly parallel connections. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100164428 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR - A method and system for an engine starter/generator is provided. The starter/generator system includes a three phase squirrel cage induction machine, a three phase inverter/converter electrically coupled to the three phase squirrel cage induction machine. The starter/generator system also includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter electrically coupled to the three phase inverter/converter, and a digital control board configured to sensorlessly determine a rotor angle from a plurality of phase currents to the induction machine during a start mode. During the start mode, logic in the digital control board configures the starter/generator system into a combination of an induction motor, a three phase DC-AC inverter, and a DC-DC boost converter, and during a generate mode, the logic in the digital control board configures the starter/generator system into a combination of an induction generator, a three phase AC-DC converter, and a DC-DC buck converter. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110210692 | Squirrel Cage Induction Motor and Squirrel Cage Induction Motor Driving System - A squirrel cage induction motor includes: a stator core ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120119691 | System for a Linear Drive - A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120161690 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL POWER TO DRIVE AN INDUCTIVE LOAD - A method and system are disclosed for controlling electrical current through an inductive load. The electrical current is supplied by one of at least three selectable dual capacitor bank electrical circuits. The method includes storing electrical energy during a charge operating state in first and second capacitor banks of a first dual capacitor bank circuit. The stored electrical energy is then used to drive the inductive load when operating the first dual capacitor bank circuit in a drive operating state. After depleting the stored electrical energy from the first and second capacitor banks, the first dual capacitor bank transitions to a collection operating state that includes collecting electrical energy from the inductive load. A second and third dual capacitor circuits simultaneously transition among the charge operating state, the drive operating state, and the collection operating state during operation. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE OF INDUCTION MOTOR IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a system and a method for controlling torque of induction motor in electric vehicle. The system and method for controlling torque of induction motor in electric vehicle according to the present disclosure has an advantageous effect in that torque control problems caused by saturation of magnetic flux, parameters of induction motor and changes in battery voltages during control of torque in the induction motor can be solved using a look-up table (a type of data table), thereby enhancing accuracy in torque control and improving travel performance and fuel efficiency of the electric vehicle. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130221895 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT - A motor drive circuit that performs PWM driving of an AC motor includes: rectifying circuit that rectifies power from an AC power supply; a DC intermediate circuit that smoothes an output of the rectifying circuit and holds the smoothed output; an inverter circuit that executes a PWM control of a voltage applied to the AC motor based on DC power held in the DC intermediate circuit; and a filter circuit that is inserted between the AC power supply and the rectifying circuit, wherein the filter circuit includes a noise filter that is inserted between the AC power supply and the rectifying circuit and reduces harmonic noise, and a band elimination filter that is arranged at a posterior stage of the noise filter and reduces harmonic noise having a bandwidth, which can be generated by the PWM control. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140042954 | Apparatus and Method for Efficiently Powering a One-Phase Motor - An apparatus and method for drastically increasing the efficiency of a single phase AC motor. A DC solid state driver is used to pulse a combination of the motor coil and a series capacitor. The coil/capacitor combination allows the motor to run near resonance (or a multiple of resonance). This results in a flywheel effect that only requires pulses at the proper time to keep it going. The solid state driver is powered by pulsed DC at around 150 volts peak and clocked at 60 Hz by a square wave timing circuit. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140097785 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICALPOWER TO DRIVE AN INDUCTIVE LOAD - A method and system are disclosed for controlling electrical current through an inductive load. The electrical current is supplied by one of at least three selectable dual capacitor bank electrical circuits. The method includes storing electrical energy during a charge operating state in first and second capacitor banks of a first dual capacitor bank circuit. The stored electrical energy is then used to drive the inductive load when operating the first dual capacitor bank circuit in a drive operating state. After depleting the stored electrical energy from the first and second capacitor banks, the first dual capacitor bank transitions to a collection operating state that includes collecting electrical energy from the inductive load. A second and third dual capacitor circuits simultaneously transition among the charge operating state, the drive operating state, and the collection operating state during operation. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140253011 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor control system powered by an input power source. The system includes a reactive power reducing input power system in electrical communication with a motor and a constant frequency input power source. The reactive power reducing input power system includes an AC-DC converter and a regulator system, wherein the regulator system is in electrical communication with a DC-AC inverter that is in electrical communication with the motor. The system may include an isolation system to electrically isolate the DC-AC inverter from the motor when the DC-AC inverter is not transmitting power to the motor. The system may accept multiple alternating current voltage sources including both single phase and three phase sources. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150008863 | VECTOR CONTROL APPARATUS OF INDUCTION MOTOR - The present disclosure provides a vector control apparatus that operates by a diameter computation-free winder velocity control algorithm with enhanced operational reliability. The vector control apparatus configured to control tension of a motor free from diameter computation includes a tension velocity generator configured to generate command velocity information for constantly maintaining a tension of the motor by adding a PID (Proportional Integral Differential) output value to a value computing a compensation gain value substituting a diameter computation value of a motor to be controlled and a command linear velocity provided from outside, and a vector controller configured to perform a tension control of the motor by receiving a command velocity information provided the tension velocity generator. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20160087567 | NORMALIZATION OF MOTOR PHASE MEASUREMENTS - A method of normalizing phase measurements for a motor using a normalizing phase measurements (NPM) algorithm that a processor implements to cause a motor controller coupled to stator terminals of the phases to execute forcing a set of input current or voltage vectors (set of input vectors) including repeating the forcing after rotating the rotor through a full mechanical cycle to generate resulting current or voltage samples (resulting samples) of non-normalized phase A and phase B waveforms. The magnitude of the input vectors are sufficiently small to not move the rotor. A maximum value (x_max) and a minimum value (x_min) are determined for each of the non-normalized phase A and phase B waveforms. An offset value and normalization scale factor (NSF) are determined from the max and min values. The offsets and NSFs are applied to the non-normalized phase waveforms to generate normalized phase A and phase B waveforms. | 03-24-2016 |
