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| 20080203954 | INDUCTION MOTOR ANALYSIS AND CONTROL METHOD - An induction motor controller that may include three phase paths leading from a power input to a power output, a solid-state switching device interposed between the power input and the power output on each of the three phase paths, a voltage sensor coupled to two of the phase paths between the solid-state switching device and the power input, a current sensor on one of the phase paths, a processor communicatively coupled to the voltage sensor, the current sensor, and the solid state switching device; and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured to calculate a motor parameter based on a signal from the voltage sensor and a signal from the current sensor and store the calculated motor parameter in memory. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080218112 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECORDING OPERATING INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED MOTOR - A unit for recording operating information of an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The unit includes a system controller communicatively coupled to an ECM. The system controller includes a processing device configured to control the unit. The unit also includes a memory device communicatively coupled to the system controller. The memory device is configured to receive and store ECM operating information provided by the processing device. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218113 | Output Contact for Feedback in Integrated Circuit Motor Driver - An integrated circuit has drive circuitry to drive the windings of an electrical motor, means to make a measurement from the drive circuitry during rotation of the motor, suitable for use as motor control feedback, and has an output contact through which the motor control feedback measurement is available as an analog output signal. It can be used with an external motor control circuit coupled to receive the analog output signal to generate motor control signals, to control the drive circuitry. The analog feedback output gives more flexibility to the design of a motor control loop in terms of bit resolution, bandwidth and choice of discrete time or continuous time control. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080238350 | Single phase motor driving device - A device for driving a single phase motor is provided. The device controls the rotation of the single phase motor according to at least a control signal. The single phase motor driving device includes a control apparatus and a detection apparatus. The control apparatus detects the rotation or stopped rotation of the single phase motor, and outputs a detection signal and at least the control signal. The detection apparatus coupled to the control apparatus generates a first comparison signal and a second comparison signal according to the detection signal, compares the first comparison signal with the second comparison signal to generate a comparison result, and then further outputs a rotation signal or a stopped rotation signal according the comparison result; wherein the control apparatus generates the at least the control signal according the rotation signal and the stopped rotation signal. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080252246 | Detection Method for an Electrical Polyphase Machine - The recognition of a polyphase machine ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080258667 | TEST MODULE FOR MOTOR CONTROL CENTER SUBUNIT - A system and method are provided for coordinating the installation and removal a motor control center subunit with the power connection and interruption thereof A system of interlocks and indicators causes an operator to install a motor control center subunit into a motor control center, and connect supply and control power thereto, in a particular order. Once installed, a test module system included with the subunit provides for pass-through connection of signals from equipment test points. The test module can thus relay internal conditions of the subunit to the operator without a need for disengaging or opening the subunit. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080265819 | Sensor calibration and parameter identification in a multi-phase motor drive - In a multi-phase motor drive that includes a bus capacitor, a multi-phase motor, a multi-phase inverter, multiple switches each having an on-state and an off-state, and multiple current sensors each being in series with respective phase winding, a method for checking the accuracy of circuit parameters of the motor drive, including using the switches to produce a first loop that includes the capacitor bank, a first phase winding, a first current sensor, a second phase winding, and a second current sensor, using the current sensors to determine a magnitude of current in the first and second phase windings, comparing a magnitude of current indicated by the first current sensor and the second current sensor, and determining a magnitude of a difference between the current in the first and second phase windings. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080272727 | Method for Determination of the Risk to Disturbance-Free Operation of a Frequency Converter - The invention relates to a method for determining the chance of a disturbance-free operation of a frequency converter ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080309271 | Control and Power Module for a Rotating Electric Machine - A control and power module for a rotating electric machine comprising a bridge of switches, a plurality of driver circuits for driving a bridge of switches, a control circuit and a plurality of communication connections between driver circuits and a control circuit. When the machine is in a rest mode, at least one connection of the plurality of communication connections is used for transmitting signals between the control circuit and the driver circuits for carrying out a function related to the rest mode of the machine, and when the machine is in the operational mode, all connections of the plurality of communication connections are used for transmitting signals between the control circuit and the driver circuits. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090015184 | System for measuring current in multiple motor coils using a single sensing element - A circuit enables current to be measured in at least two motor leads of a three-phase motor being supplied by a power source generating a chopped sinusoidal waveform for the motor leads. The circuit includes a DC power supply having a pair of output terminals, a current sense transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding being connected at one end to one output terminal of the DC power supply, an H-bridge driver connected to another end of the primary winding and being connected to leads of a three-phase motor to drive each lead to a voltage obtained from the DC power supply through the primary winding, a regulating circuit for identifying the voltage to which each lead is to be driven and for controlling switches within the H-bridge circuit to drive each lead to an identified voltage, and a single current sense resistor connected to the secondary winding of the current sense transformer, the current sense resistor generating a voltage that corresponds to the current being used to drive the three-phase motor. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090026993 | LOAD DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A load drive control circuit includes a drive circuit for driving a load. A control circuit, connected to the drive circuit by diagnostic lines, provides the drive circuit with a control command that specifies an operation state. The drive circuit drives the load in the operation state specified by the control command, generates a diagnostic output including diagnostic notification signals each having an H level or an L level, and provides the diagnostic notification signals of the diagnostic output to the control circuit. A signal output unit outputs first and second diagnostic outputs respectively in response to the first and second control command from the control circuit. A diagnostic line failure determination unit checks whether the first and second diagnostic outputs are both normal to determine whether the diagnostic lines includes a failure or not. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090051308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE ELECTRIC MOTOR EFFICIENCY USING AN EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT - A system and method for determining electric motor efficiency includes a monitoring system having a processor programmed to determine efficiency of an electric motor under load while the electric motor is online. The determination of motor efficiency is independent of a rotor speed measurement. Further, the efficiency is based on a determination of stator winding resistance, an input voltage, and an input current. The determination of the stator winding resistance occurs while the electric motor under load is online. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090066286 | MULTI-PHASE AC MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - A multi-phase AC motor driving device in which occurrence of failure is not erroneously determined is provided. In a multi-phase AC motor driving device including an inverter circuit; current detecting resistances Ru, Rv, and Rw, respectively arranged on lower arm of the respective phase of the inverter circuit, for detecting phase current of the motor; and a control portion and a PWM circuit for controlling ON/OFF operation of switching devices of the inverter circuit, the determination on the occurrence of failure based on the current values detected by the current detecting resistances is not made if relays connected between the inverter circuit and the motor are turned ON and all the switching devices of the lower arms of the respective phases are turned OFF. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090121668 | SHUTDOWN PATH PERFORMANCE TEST FOR PERMANENT MAGNET AC MOTOR IN HYBRID POWERTRAIN - A diagnostic system for a hybrid vehicle comprises a motor control module and a fault diagnostic module. The motor control module controls torque output of an electric motor having a predetermined number of phases. The fault diagnostic module determines a position of a rotor of the electric motor, aligns the rotor with a phase angle of one of the phases, selectively diagnoses a fault based on a current of at least one of the phases, and selectively disables the electric motor based on the diagnosis. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090134831 | Deriving Values of Parameters in Electrical Machines - An electrical drive system includes an electrical machine controlled by an electronic controller and requires control signals representing quantities associated with the operation of the electrical machine. These signals may represent, for example, rotor position and flux or current. A controller includes an estimation routine to use the known magnetic characteristics of the machine and a rotor position signal to provide an estimate of current or of supply voltage. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090134832 | DYNAMO-ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A TEMPERATURE DETECTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A dynamo-electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor co-rotating with a shaft. A rotor position transmitter is arranged on one end of the shaft, whereas contactless sensors are arranged stationarily facing the rotor. Data from the contactless sensors representing the surface temperature of the rotor together with position data from the rotor position transmitter are used to produce a position-specific temperature map of the rotor. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090140681 | SENSORLESS MEASUREMENT OF THE ROTATION FREQUENCY OF A ROTOR OF AN ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - The present invention relates to a device ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090146599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR FAULT DETECTION USING STATOR CURRENT NOISE CANCELLATION - A system and method for detecting incipient mechanical motor faults by way of current noise cancellation is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to detect indicia of incipient mechanical motor faults. The controller further includes a processor programmed to receive a baseline set of current data from an operating motor and define a noise component in the baseline set of current data. The processor is also programmed to acquire at least on additional set of real-time operating current data from the motor during operation, redefine the noise component present in each additional set of real-time operating current data, and remove the noise component from the operating current data in real-time to isolate any fault components present in the operating current data. The processor is then programmed to generate a fault index for the operating current data based on any isolated fault components. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153089 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OF BRUSHES, IN PARTICULAR SLIPRING OR COMMUTATOR BRUSHES, ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES - An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring brushes, such as slipring or commutator brushes, on electrical machines. At least one electronic sensor is configured to be arranged in or on a brush apparatus of an electrical machine such that an electrical supply power can be locally drawn directly from an electromagnetic environment of the brush apparatus. The apparatus can transmit measurement data detected by it by electromagnetic radiation to an indication device. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090179605 | Resolver Abnormality Detection Circuit - An abnormality detection circuit for a resolver outputs a rotation angle signal corresponding to a rotation angle of a rotor from a resolver winding. In the abnormality detection circuit, the resolver abnormality detection circuit applies a specified signal to one terminal of the resolver winding, determines whether the specified signal is superimposed on the rotation angle signal outputted by an other terminal of the resolver winding, and detects abnormalities of the resolver based on results of the determination. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090184674 | Drive Apparatus for a Washing Machine - A drive apparatus for a washing machine includes an electric motor, a drive shaft connected to the electric motor for rotary drive purposes and electronics for controlling operation of the electric motor. In order to achieve a compact construction, the electric motor and the electronics are integrated in a common unit. In order to increase operational reliability of the drive apparatus together with a simple construction, the common unit has a wall which is thermally coupled both to the electric motor and to the electronics and serves to dissipate heat. The electronics have a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the wall. Both the temperature of the electric motor and the temperature of the electronics can be monitored with this one temperature sensor. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090195205 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING ELECTRICAL INSULATION DETERIORATION DETECTING SYSTEM - A motor control system of the present invention includes an accurate electrical insulation deterioration detecting system. A voltage divider circuit is arranged between a negative DC output portion and a ground, through a normally open switch circuit. A detecting operation control section closes the normally open switch while a circuit breaker is opened, and places at least one of transistors electrically connected to a positive DC output portion into a conductive state, from among six transistors included in three arm circuits. A voltage across the first resistor is inputted as a divided voltage into a voltage comparator of a voltage comparison section. The voltage comparison section compares a divided voltage outputted from the voltage divider circuit and a reference voltage using the voltage comparator and outputs an alarm signal if the divided voltage exceeds the reference voltage. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090284204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING INDUCTION MOTOR ROTOR TEMPERATURE - A method and apparatus to provide continuous and reliable rotor temperature estimates for line-connected induction motors during steady-state and/or dynamic motor operations. Rotor temperature is calculated from voltage and current measurements without any temperature or speed sensors. First, complex space vectors are synthesized from voltage and current measurements. Second, the instantaneous rotor speed is detected by calculating the rotational speed of a single rotor slot harmonic component with respect to the rotational speed of the fundamental frequency component. Third, the positive sequence fundamental frequency components are extracted from complex space vectors. Fourth, the rotor time constant is estimated in a model-reference adaptive system based on a dynamic induction motor equivalent circuit model. Finally, the rotor temperature is calculated according to the linear relationship between the rotor temperature and the estimated rotor time constant. Real-time induction motor thermal protection is achieved through this continuous tracking of the rotor temperature. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284205 | Motor driving device and method for making judgment on state of motor driving device - The motor driving device includes a first function of supplying power to a motor so that the motor generates a driving force to drive a driven member, a second function of detecting a current flowing through the motor, a third function of performing a power supply control in order that a value of the current detected by the second function is maintained within a target range, a fourth function of performing a power supply operation in which the motor is supplied with power for a predetermined time period which is short enough to avoid the driven member from being driven by the motor, before the third function performs the power supply control, and a fifth function of making a judgment on a state of each of the first to third functions on the basis of the value of the current detected by the second function during the predetermined time period. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284206 | MOTOR CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A motor controller for controlling at least one electric motor has an operating signal generator for generating an operating control signal for the at least one electric motor and also a sound signal generator for generating a sound control signal. A mixer superimposes the sound control signal on the operating control signal in order to obtain a control signal for the at least one electric motor. It is then possible to dispense with loudspeakers and the like in the appliance which contains an electric motor with such a motor controller in order to output, for example, signal tones which indicate an operating state of the appliance to the user. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090295321 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT - A first semiconductor switching element connects to a high side of a motor and includes a diode whose cathode faces the high side. A second semiconductor switching element having a diode resides on a low side of the first semiconductor switching element. A third semiconductor switching element having a diode resides on a low side of the motor. A fourth semiconductor switching element is connected in parallel to the motor and configures a return current circuit that includes a return current element and causes a return current that arises when the first semiconductor switching element turns off to flow through the return current element. A control portion controls on-off states of the first to the fourth semiconductor switching elements and performs return current circuit failure detection based on a first monitor voltage that is an electric potential of a connecting point between the first semiconductor switching element and the motor. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090309529 | POWER BRANCHING SYSTEM AND POWER BRANCHING METHOD - Provided is a power branching system for driving a plurality of motors by use of a single servo driver, the power branching system capable of protecting each of the motors. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTER MOTOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS USING PARAMETER ESTIMATION ALGORITHM - A system and method for determining the state of health of a starter motor to notify a vehicle driver of a potential starter motor failure before the failure actually occurs. The starter motor includes an armature and motor brushes each providing a resistance, and an armature coil providing an armature inductance. Further, the starter motor has a back EMF because of the starter motor being coupled to a flywheel and the vehicle engine. The system and method monitor the combined resistance of the armature and the motor brushes, the inductance of the armature and a back EMF constant of the motor, and provide a signal indicating a potential starter motor failure if any of these three values significantly deviates from nominal values. In one embodiment, the analysis of the motor resistance, armature inductance and back EMF constant is provided by a regression model to determine estimated motor parameters. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100001677 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR PURIFIER FILTER CHANGE TIME USING MEASUREMENT OF MOTOR SPEED - A system and method for changing a filter provided in an air purifier at an optimum time by measuring the rotational speed of a motor that operates the filter. The system for determining an air purifier filter change time includes: a motor speed measurement unit configured to measure the rotational speed of a motor that operates a filter provided in the air purifier; a time counting unit configured to count time starting from a point when the motor starts rotating upon receiving power supplied thereto or from a point when the power supplied to the motor is cut off; a speed determination unit configured to check whether or not the rotational speed of the motor has reached a pre-set speed; a time comparison unit configured to receive information about recorded motor running time from the time counting unit and comparing the counted time to a pre-set time duration, if the speed determination unit determines that the rotational speed of the motor has reached the pre-set speed; and a filter change time determination unit configured to check whether or not a filter change is required according to results obtained by comparing the time duration during which the rotational speed of the motor reached the pre-set speed with the pre-set time duration. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100007299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY COMPENSATING MOTOR RESISTANCE IN ELECTRIC MOTORS - Electric motor controllers that dynamically adjust a motor resistance parameter are described. In order to adjust the motor resistance parameter, power is applied the electric motor while the controlled vehicle is stopped and its brake is set so that the vehicle remains stopped while a measurement is taken that can be used to determine motor resistance. A new motor resistance value is then generated based at least in part upon the measurement(s) and the motor resistance parameter is set to the new motor resistance value. The new motor resistance parameter may then be used in the control of the electric motor. In some embodiments, the measurements are taken after the controller receives a brake release request but before actually releasing the brake. The described arrangement can be used in a wide variety of motor controllers and is especially well suited for use in low cost controllers that control motors that are susceptible to wide variations in their resistance such as brushed permanent magnet DC motors. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100026226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR POSITION DETERMINATION - A method for determining rotor position comprising sending a signal to a stator, receiving a first signal indicative of a first estimated stator inductance, and receiving a second signal indicative of a second estimated stator inductance. The method further includes, calculating a first rotor position angle using a function including the first estimated stator inductance and the second estimated stator inductance. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026227 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A microcomputer compares a low voltage LV and a middle voltage MV to a predetermined voltage Vth set at a value in the vicinity of the grounded voltage (0 V) on the basis of detected phase voltages Vu, Vv and Vw, and thus, detects a break in a power supply line. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033122 | Method and system for detecting a failed current sensor in a three-phase machine - A method of detecting one or more failed current sensor and estimating a phase current for the failed current sensor on a three-phase machine is disclosed. The method may include detecting one or more failed current sensor by determining if an absolute value of a sum of the phase currents of the motor is below an open circuit value. The method may also include determining which phase currents are approximately zero, for each phase current associated with each phase of the motor, if the sum of the phase currents of the motor is not below the open circuit value. The method may further include estimating the phase current for the failed current sensor by determining the phase current value for the failed current sensor, that when added to the phase currents of the remaining current sensors, will make the sum of all the phase currents equal to approximately zero. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100045226 | Method of controlling washing machine and motor - A method of controlling a washing machine and a motor determines whether a BLDC motor is in a normal state in software without hardware and a user is notified of an abnormal state of the BLDC motor if the BLDC motor is in an abnormal state, thereby ensuring safety. When the motor is rotated, the state of the motor is determined by applying harmonics to a voltage that is applied to a motor and analyzing an output frequency characteristic. When the motor is stopped, the state of the motor is determined by estimating the temperature of the motor. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045227 | Abnormality detection unit for resolver and electric power steering apparatus - In a resolver and an electric power steering apparatus that uses the resolver, one ends of resolver coils that are provided at regular intervals with respect to the rotation center of a resolver rotor are electrically connected at one connection point, and the voltage at the connection point is maintained at a predetermined reference voltage. If at least one of the condition that the square sum Fs does not satisfy the condition F1| 02-25-2010 | |
| 20100052589 | METHOD OF DETECTING OUTPUT PHASE LOSS FOR MOTOR DRIVER - A method of detecting an output phase loss (OPHL) for a motor drive detects an abnormal OPHL operation when at lease one phase of a three-phase current is continually zero. Each phase of the three-phase current is acquired, sampled, filtered, and compared. Hence, a corresponding zero-current counter value is continually added, and a corresponding abnormal current value is set as logic 1 when a zero-phase current of the three-phase current is continually zero. Finally, an OPHL certified value is set as logic 1 to confirm that the motor driver is operated in the abnormal OPHL operation. Therefore, a direct-current and an alternating-current OPHL can be detected before and after the motor driver is operated, respectively. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100052590 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring average current and input power in an electronically commutated motor - A method for monitoring input power to an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The method includes determining, with a processing device, an average input current to the motor, the average input current based on a voltage drop across a shunt resistor in series with the motor, measuring an average input voltage applied to the motor utilizing the processing device, multiplying the average input current by the average voltage to determine an approximate input power, and communicating the average input power to an external interface. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060222 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An electric motor control apparatus that can quickly and accurately locate a short-circuit fault point. The electric motor control apparatus includes: a current controller determining respective phase voltage commands according to currents flowing in respective phases of an electric motor and a torque current command; a switching element drive circuit instructing, based on the respective phase voltage commands, an inverter to perform a switching operation; the inverter receiving a switching operation signal to drive the electric motor; current detectors disposed in series with the switching elements in the respective phases of the inverter; and a short-circuit point locating mechanism storing a test pattern indicative of a predetermined combination for turning on the switching elements of the inverter, and locating a short-circuit fault point based on the test pattern and current detection values in the respective phases detected by the current detectors in response to the test pattern. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100066294 | Method and apparatus for detecting phase current imbalance in a power generator - A controller ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100072932 | Fail-Passive Electro-Mechanical Actuator Utilizing Dual Controllers And A Two-Phase Brushless Motor - A fail-passive electro-mechanical actuator utilizing dual controllers and a two-phase brushless motor is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a fail passive system for controlling a two phase brushless motor, the system including the two phase brushless motor including a stator, a rotor, a first winding electromagnetically coupled to the rotor, and a second winding electromagnetically coupled to the rotor, first control circuitry coupled to the first winding, the first control circuitry configured to provide a first current to the first winding, second control circuitry coupled to the second winding, the second control circuitry to provide a second current to the second winding, wherein the first control circuitry is configured to receive a first commanded value from an external control circuit, wherein the second control circuitry is configured to receive a second commanded value from the external control circuit, wherein the first control circuitry is configured to receive a negated form of the second commanded value from the second circuitry, wherein the second control circuitry is configured to receive a negated form of the first commanded value from the first circuitry, and wherein the first control circuitry and the second control circuitry are configured to concurrently control a movement of the rotor. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100072933 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE ROTATION OF A BRUSH-OPERATED D.C. MOTOR - a method and a device for detecting the rotation of a brush-operated d.c. motor comprising a number of winding branches which are electrically connected between brushes, during the operation of the motor, by means of plates, according to the rotational angle. According to the invention, an alternating voltage signal is modulated on the basis of a supply direct voltage for the brushes, by which means the course of the complex resistance of the direct current motor is determined and used for the detection of rotation. In this way, the invention enables a cost-effective rotation detection that can be used in motor vehicle technology without requiring additional mechanical components. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100085002 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE WITH SUCH AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An electric machine ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090635 | PUMP UNIT - A pump unit includes an electric motor, located in a stator housing ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090636 | MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT - A motor control circuit | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100102768 | DETERMINING STUCK CONDITIONS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS USING INDUCTIVE SENSING - A control system includes a position control module, a power control module, and a diagnostic module. The position control module applies a driving current for positioning a rotor of a motor at one of first and second positions. The power control module applies a first voltage to one of first and second phases of the motor to generate a first current after the position control module applies the driving current to position the rotor at the first position. The power control module applies a second voltage to one of the first and second phases to generate a second current after the position control module applies the driving current to position the rotor at the second position. The diagnostic module determines when the rotor is restricted from rotating based on the first and second currents. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100109592 | Determining Average Current Drawn by a Motor - A method of determining the average current drawn by an electric motor, the motor comprising a plurality of phases, the method comprising: driving each phase of the motor with cyclic pulse width modulated drive signals having a first state and a second state, and a duty ratio indicative of the ratio of time spent in the first to second states within a cycle, determining the current flowing through each phase at an instant in the cycle; and determining the average current drawn by the motor over at least one cycle by combining the currents flowing through each phase with the duty ratios for each phase. The method may be embodied in a combination of a motor and a drive circuit for the motor, such as can be used in an Electric Power Assisted Steering system. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117582 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - In a motor control device that drives a plurality of motors with one DC power supply, detection of a short circuit fault occurring in the motors is realized with an inexpensive configuration. In order to drive the plurality of motors ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117583 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for operating an electric motor with at least two motor terminals that are driven by a control device contains the steps of short-circuiting of at least two of the motor terminals of the electric motor by the control device; measurement of the motor phase currents at the short-circuited motor terminals; and identification of a standstill of the electric motor if a magnitude and/or a frequency of the motor phase currents measured lies below a predefined limit value. In the case of such a reliable identification of the standstill of the electric motor, an enable signal can then advantageously be generated in order, by way of example, to enable access to an apparatus driven by the electric motor. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100134061 | CORONA PHENOMENA DETECTION - A system for automatically detecting corona effects in operating dynamic electromechanical equipment may include: at least one sensor connected to operating dynamic electromechanical equipment, a controller connected to the at least one sensor and to the operating dynamic electromechanical equipment; and a corona phenomena detection device. The at least one sensor may be adapted to measure behavior of emitted signals of the operating dynamic electromechanical equipment. The controller may be adapted to adjust emitted signals of the operating dynamic electromechanical equipment to correct for errors detected by the sensor in the emitted signals The corona phenomena detection device may be adapted to automatically detect corona effects of the dynamic electromechanical equipment. The corona phenomena detection device may be connected to, or embedded in, the dynamic electromechanical equipment during manufacture of the dynamic electromechanical equipment, or retrofitted to the dynamic electromechanical equipment. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100171457 | DETECTION OF THE ANGULAR POSITION OF THE ROTOR OF A BRUSH MOTOR WITHOUT USING SENSORS - A method of detecting an angular position of a rotor of a motor includes detecting switching ripple peaks and armature current disturbance peaks using a peak detector configured to generate a square wave having edges coinciding with detected peaks. The method further includes filtering the square wave in a time domain by generating an integration ramp, toward a set value, of an estimated ripple frequency for an interval of time based on the estimated ripple frequency. An enablement range is established to reset the integration ramp by setting a threshold below and above the set value and a time window centered on an end time of each period of the estimated ripple frequency. The method further includes resetting the integration ramp, and updating the estimated ripple frequency based upon a period determined by a time of the resetting, if an edge of the square wave is within the time window. The method also includes integrating until the threshold is exceeded, resetting the integration ramp, and reducing the estimated ripple frequency to a period determined by the resetting, if the edge of the square wave is not within the time window. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100194323 | ROBUST ON LINE STATOR TURN FAULT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for identifying turn faults in a stator of a motor are provided. The method includes determining a normalized cross-coupled impedance from the symmetrical components of measured voltages and currents of the motor. Additionally, the normalized cross-coupled impedance may be normalized to a negative sequence impedance. The negative sequence impedance may be determined through a regression analysis using parameters of the motor, such as line-to-line voltage, horsepower, and number of poles. A system is provided that includes a device having a memory and processor configured to determine a normalized cross-coupled impedance, compare the normalized cross-coupled impedance to one or more thresholds, and trigger and alarm and/or trip the motor. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194324 | STATOR TURN FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDUCTION MACHINE - A system and method are provided for correction of parameters used in determination of stator turn faults of an induction motor. An embodiment may include determining a residual impedance and/or a residual voltage of the motor, and correcting a normalized cross-coupled impedance based on the residual impedance and residual voltage. Additional embodiments may include measuring an operating temperature of the motor and determining a negative sequence impedance of the motor based on the temperature. Another embodiment may include measuring voltages and currents of the motor and determining phasors for the voltages and currents using compensation for variations from a nominal frequency of the motor. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194325 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL - A control system for an electric motor comprises processing means arranged to perform a control process which includes monitoring electrical voltages applied to the motor and electrical currents in the motor, and determining from them the rotational position of the motor. The system is further arranged to monitor at least one parameter of the control process thereby to detect a stall condition of the motor. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100207564 | Power Source Estimation Methods and Apparatus - A method for estimating power capability of a power source driving an electrical load can include obtaining initial values of power source parameters including a voltage value and a current value while preventing the power source from causing kinetic energy to be produced in the electrical load. The method can also include estimating power capability of the power source based on the initial values of the power source parameters. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100244760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LOSS OF ISOLATION WHILE AN AC MOTOR IS OPERATING - Methods and systems are provided for detecting loss of isolation of a motor, connections, or phase cables while an AC motor is operating. The system includes a power supply that is substantially isolated from the ground or chassis having a power supply voltage, and a power inverter electrically coupled to the power supply. The power inverter is configured to provide AC current from the power supply in an AC phase at an AC terminal, with the phase having current at a fundamental frequency that controls the motor speed. An electric motor is electrically coupled to the AC terminal of the power inverter and has a chassis that is substantially electrically isolated from the AC terminal of the power inverter under normal operating conditions. A processor is configured to control the AC current provided by the power inverter. The processor is configured to receive a first voltage signal related to current flowing through a motor chassis. The first voltage signal includes a first component related to the fundamental frequency of the phases, and a second component related to the power supply voltage. The processor is further configured to filter the first voltage signal to attenuate the second component, to measure an amplitude of the first component, and to determine if an AC loss of isolation condition exists by comparing the amplitude of the first component to a fault value. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100270963 | MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A malfunction determination device for a motor control system, outputs a position signal that indicates a moved position of a movable member of a motor and a direction signal that indicates a movement direction of the movable member. The malfunction determination device determines a malfunction has occurred if a relationship between the position signal and the direction signal differs from that when the motor control system is operating normally. The malfunction determination device outputs a pulse signal that varies periodically along with variations in the moved position of the movable member as the position signal; outputs a periodic pulse signal in the same phase with the position signal as the direction signal if the movable member is moving in one direction; and outputs a periodic pulse signal in an opposite phase to the position signal as the direction signal if the movable member is moving in the other direction. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100295491 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING STATOR WINDINGS IN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - Systems and methods are provided for identifying a fault condition in stator windings in an electric motor. A method comprises applying a first signal at a first electrical angle to the stator windings and measuring a second signal from the stator windings in response to the first signal. The method further comprises determining a measured response for the electric motor at the first electrical angle based on the second signal and obtaining a nominal response for the electric motor at the first electrical angle. A fault condition is identified when a magnitude of the difference between the measured response and the nominal response is greater than a threshold value. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295492 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CURRENT SENSOR ERROR - Methods and systems are provided for controlling an electric motor in a vehicle. A method comprises measuring current associated with a first phase of the electric motor using a first current sensor resulting in a measured first phase current and measuring current associated with a second phase of the electric motor using a second current sensor resulting in a measured second phase current. The method further comprises determining a target value for the measured second phase current based on a value corresponding to a peak current for the first phase and identifying a current sensor error based on a difference between the measured second phase current and the target value. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295493 | HVAC EQUIPMENT PHASE AND VOLTAGE MONITOR AND CONTROL - An HVAC unit includes a transformer and a system controller. The transformer is configured to receive power from a first and a second phase of a three-phase power source and to produce a first reduced-voltage waveform therefrom. The system controller is adapted to sample the reduced voltage waveform to determine a figure of merit of the three-phase power source. The controller is further configured to operate the HVAC unit in response to the figure of merit. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100301792 | DETECTION OF ROTOR SIDE ANOMALY IN AN INDUCTION MACHINE - A method for detecting an anomaly in an induction machine includes obtaining or receiving a signal from the induction machine; processing the signal so as to obtain a low frequency signal, then rectifying the low frequency signal; and, declaring if the anomaly is present, based on the rectified low frequency signal. A system for detecting anomalies is also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100320953 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING STATOR WINDINGS IN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing stator windings in an electric motor operating under control of a current-regulating control loop. The current-regulating control loop is configured to provide a command voltage to the electric motor. The command voltage comprises a current-regulated voltage based on a difference between a commanded current and a measured current through the stator windings. The method comprises determining a negative sequence component of the command voltage, and identifying a fault condition when a characteristic of the negative sequence component is greater than a threshold value. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100320954 | ROTATIONAL VELOCITY MEASUREMENT OF A ROTOR - A system is provided for measuring the rotational velocity of the rotor of an electric motor or generator having (i) a stator with a plurality of circumferentially spaced pole pieces, each pole piece having a corresponding armature winding, and (ii) a rotor with a plurality of circumferentially spaced magnet portions, the armature windings interacting with the magnetic field produced by the magnet portions. The system includes one or more voltage sensing coils. The or each voltage sensing coil is adapted to encircle a respective pole piece of the stator such that a time-varying electromotive force is induced in the voltage sensing coil as the magnet portions of the rotor pass by the pole piece. The system further includes is a detector for detecting the time-varying electromotive force induced in the or each voltage sensing coil, and determining the rotational velocity of the rotor from the time between peaks in the induced electromotive force. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110001447 | ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS OF AN INDUCTION MACHINE - A method and an arrangement are disclosed for identifying one or more parameters of an induction machine when the induction machine is connected to the output phases of a voltage source inverter and the induction machine is in standstill state. The method can include a first phase for magnetizing the machine by providing a first DC magnetization current until the induction machine reaches steady state, the current reference of the inverter having a first value (i | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110006717 | Method for Monitoring the Condition of a Commutator of an Electric Motor - A method for detecting a packed slot condition in a commutator of an electric motor comprising the steps of: (a) providing an electric motor having a commutator, the commutator having a plurality of segments separated from each other by a slot; (b) monitoring the current going through the electric motor; (c) determining if the current going through the electric motor being monitored in step (b) has changed from a preset value; and (d) providing a signal to indicate that the current going through the electric motor has changed to thereby detect for a packed slot in the commutator. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110018483 | STATOR END-WINDING COMPONENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A stator comprises stator end-winding components and a sensing cable. The sensing cable comprises two fixation points secured to two of the end-winding components, and sensors to measure a relative displacement between two or more of the stator end-winding components. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110025247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING ELECTRIC MOTORS - Method and systems for testing an electric motor are provided. A switching circuit coupled to the motor is operated in a first mode causing current to flow through the motor such that the motor is actuated with near zero torque. A magnitude of the current is repeatedly adjusted between first and second values. The current flow through the motor is monitored. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110037425 | ELECTROMOTIVE DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - An electric-motor drive arrangement is proposed having at least one electric motor and having at least one control device, wherein the electric-motor drive arrangement has a measurement data processing apparatus and a non-volatile memory. In this case, the memory is connected to a comparator which operates at least one optical display block of a display apparatus when a predetermined set value is reached or exceeded. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043152 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A device for driving a motor includes inverters, an interrupter, and a controller. Each inverter includes supply systems. Each supply system includes a power source-side path branching from a power source, a power source-side semiconductor switch located in the power source-side path, a ground-side path branching from a ground, a ground-side semiconductor switch located in the ground-side path, and a motor-side path branching at a connection point between the power source-side path and the ground-side path to supply electric current to a corresponding phase of the motor. The controller controls the motor by controlling the inverters and determines whether the semiconductor switches in each inverter are short-circuited. The controller causes the interrupter to disconnect the supply systems in the inverter having the semiconductor switch that is determined to be short-circuited. The controller continues to control the motor by controlling the other inverter. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110050144 | Device, Computer Program Product and Computer-Implemented Method for Backspin Detection in an Electrical Submersible Pump Assembly - A system for detecting a backspin condition of a motor in an electrical submersible pump is disclosed herein. The system comprises a sensor mounted proximate to the motor, the sensor outputting a signal, a power cable connected between a motor and a controller, the power cable supplying a three phase AC voltage to the motor, one phase of the three phase signal having a control signal thereon; electronics connected to the sensor, the electronics receiving the signal and propagating the signal to the controller; and a computer defining the controller, the controller having a non-transitory memory, a computer processor, and a computer program product stored on the memory and executable by the processor, the computer program product performing a process of controlling the variable speed drive of the motor and a process of monitoring the signal from the sensor to determine if the motor is backspinning. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050145 | Device, Computer Program Product and Computer-Implemented Method for Backspin Detection in an Electrical Submersible Pump Assembly - A system for detecting a backspin condition of a motor in an electrical submersible pump is described herein. The system comprises a variable speed drive for powering the motor via a power cable; and a controller, the controller having a memory, a computer processor, and a computer program product stored on the memory and executable by the processor. The computer program product comprises the instructions of: monitoring an input current or impedance on the power cable to determine changes in motor current impedance, comparing changes in the motor current impedance to a historical threshold value for backspin events to determine whether the motor is backspinning; impeding operable power to the motor when it is determined the motor is backspinning; supplying a low AC voltage to the motor after it is determined the motor is backspinning; and determining whether or not the motor has stopped backspinning by monitoring the low AC voltage. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110057596 | CURRENT LEAKAGE DETECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - An inverter is forcibly operated to supply electric power to a motor, thereby performing detection of a current leakage, on condition that a power-on operation is performed, that the motor is stopped, and that determination as to occurrence or non-occurrence of the current leakage has not yet been made even once after the power-on. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110068727 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING POWER ELECTRONICS CONTROLLERS IN AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided for monitoring an automotive electrical system including an inverter having at least one switch. First and second voltage commands corresponding to respective first and second components of a commanded voltage vector on a synchronous frame of reference coordinate system are received. A plurality of duty cycles for operating the at least one switch are calculated based on the first and second voltage commands. First and second actual voltages are calculated based on the plurality of duty cycles. The first and second actual voltages correspond to respective first and second components of an actual voltage vector on the synchronous frame of reference coordinate system. An indication of a fault is generated based on the difference between the first components of the commanded voltage vector and the actual voltage vector and the difference between the second components of the commanded voltage vector and the actual voltage vector. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110068728 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit at least three sets of upper and lower arms, each of the at least three sets of upper and lower arms having switching elements thereon, for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of each of the switching elements by a PWM signal, a single current detection resistor for detecting current flowing to the drive unit, and a control unit for detecting a current value of the current flowing to each of phases of the motor based on the current flowing to the current detection resistor, and outputting the PWM signal to each of the switching elements based on a target current value of each of the phases and the detected current value of each of the phases. The control unit has an upper stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in an upper stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in an ON state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in an OFF state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result, and a lower stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in a lower stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in the OFF state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in the ON state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110074328 | System and Method for Detecting a High Current Condition in a Motor - In one embodiment, a system for controlling a motor is disclosed. The system has a driver circuit configured to drive a motor, a current sensing impedance coupled to the driver circuit, and an overload detection circuit coupled to the current sending impedance that has a transistor and a detection output node. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110084642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAILSAFE MONITORING AN ELECTROMOTIVE DRIVE - The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for the failsafe monitoring of an electromotive drive ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110089882 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING FAULT DIAGNOSTICS FOR ROTORS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS - A method for fault diagnosis for a rotor of an electric motor, the electric motor also having a stator, includes the steps of generating, via a processor, a measured motor current for the stator, determining, via the processor, a resolver angle of the rotor, determining, via the processor, a flux angle of the rotor, calculating, via the processor, a transformation angle using the resolver angle and the flux angle, conducting, via the processor, a transformation of the motor current using the transformation angle, and identifying, via the processor, a fault condition based on the transformation. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110089883 | MOTOR PHASE WINDING FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of detecting a phase winding fault in a multi-phase electric machine is executable via a motor controller, and includes measuring feedback signals of the machine, including each phase current, and generating reference phase voltages for each phase. The method includes calculating a predetermined voltage value using the feedback signals and reference phase voltages, and comparing the voltage value to a corresponding threshold to determine the fault. A control action is executed when the voltage value exceeds the corresponding threshold. The voltage value is one or more of: a ratio of a normalized zero sequence voltage to a modulation index, an RMS voltage for each phase, and total harmonic distortion of each phase current. An apparatus detects the fault, and includes a motor controller and an algorithm as set forth above. The apparatus may include a voltage inverter for generating a multi-phase alternating current output for powering the machine. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110121771 | SIGNAL STATUS DIAGNOSING DEVICE FOR CONTROLL ACTUATOR AS DRIVEN OBJECT - Provided is a signal status diagnosing device for a control actuator, which is enabled by a simple constitution to perform the transmission of the status of a drive signal in a control actuator, the transmission of a signal indicating the occurrence of troubles such as disconnection or shorting of a wiring line, and the transmission of an electric power by a common means, thereby to prevent the rise of a production cost due to the increase in a parts count or the complexity of a circuit constitution and to diagnose the transmission of the measurement result and the soundness of the circuit precisely. The signal status diagnosing device comprises a current measuring means using an insulating transformer having its primary side and secondary side insulated, for measuring the primary side current which flows when an electric current flows to a driven member connected with the secondary side, a means for converting the electric current measured by the current measuring means, into a voltage corresponding to the driven state of the driven member, thereby to feed back the converted voltage to the drive voltage signal, and a voltage measuring means for measuring the voltage, at which the signal converted from the current measured by the current measuring means into a voltage has been fed back to the drive voltage signal. The signal status diagnosing device performs the signal status diagnosis of the control actuator. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110156630 | Device and Method for Detecting Type of Fan - This invention provides a device and method for detecting a type of a fan. The device for detecting a type of a fan includes a detector and a voltage controller. The detector is used for detecting and comparing a control voltage with a reference voltage to generate a comparison signal and transmitting the comparison signal to the voltage controller. The voltage controller outputs a variable voltage or a constant voltage to a voltage input terminal of a fan according to the comparison signal. The voltage controller can include an integrator for integrating a modulation signal and outputting the variable voltage. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110181224 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AN OPERATING VARIABLE AT MULTIPLE ELECTRIC MOTORS OF AN AUTOMATIC PARKING BRAKE - A method for measuring at least one operating variable at multiple electric motors of an automatic parking brake with the aid of a sensor system, the signals generated by the sensor system being processed by a processing device. To minimize the influence of signal interferences, the at least one operating variable is not measured or is not further processed as long as none of the electric motors is activated. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110187304 | MOTOR PHASE WINDING FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of detecting a phase winding fault in a multi-phase electric machine is executable via a motor controller, and includes measuring feedback signals of the machine, including each phase current, and generating reference phase voltages for each phase. The method includes calculating a predetermined voltage value using the feedback signals and reference phase voltages, and comparing the voltage value to a corresponding threshold to determine the fault. A control action is executed when the voltage value exceeds the corresponding threshold. The voltage value is one or more of: a ratio of a normalized negative sequence voltage to a modulation index, an RMS voltage for each phase, and total harmonic distortion of each phase current. An apparatus detects the fault, and includes a motor controller and an algorithm as set forth above. The apparatus may include a voltage inverter for generating a multi-phase alternating current output for powering the machine. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110199036 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING A FAN - Method for diagnosing a fan, in particular in a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, a current driving the fan being ascertained. The fan is triggered by a defined trigger signal, and depending on the ascertained current, a diagnosis of whether the fan is defective is performed. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110215751 | Electric power converter - An electric power converter includes a control unit outputting a PWM signal, a bridge circuit producing AC electric power supplied to a motor by turning semiconductor switching devices in the bridge on and off in response to PWM signals, a cut off unit cutting the PWM signals off from the bridge circuit in response to a gate signal, and a monitoring unit generating a test signal for checking the cut off unit. The cut off unit includes a switching circuit switching between the test signal and an external cut off signal, and a delay circuit that delays the output of the switching circuit. The arrangement enables the electric power converter to monitor as to whether the cut off unit is abnormal without stopping the operation of the electric power converter. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221373 | COMPUTER FAN ALARM CIRCUIT - A circuit for alarming abnormal state of a computer fan includes a detection circuit coupled to the computer fan, a controller coupled to the detection circuit and the computer fan, an alarm unit coupled to the controller. The detection circuit detects a power source and a speed control signal received by the computer fan, the controller determines the work state of the computer fan according to the power source, the speed control signal, and a speed signal received from the computer fan and raises an alarm through the alarm unit if the computer fan is not working normally. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110234138 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit having at least three pairs of upper and lower arms including switching elements at each of the upper arm and the lower arm, for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of each of the switching elements by a PWM signal, a single current detection resistor for detecting a current flowing to the drive unit, and a control unit for detecting a current value of a current flowing to each phase of the motor based on the current flowing to the current detection resistor, and outputting the PWM signal to each of the switching elements based on a target current value of each phase and the detected current value of each phase. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110241590 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING FAULT DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION - A motor driving apparatus capable of detecting during operation a ground fault and a phase-to-phase short circuit by distinguishing one from the other is provided while minimizing an increase in cost. The sum of three-phase AC currents supplied from a three-phase AC power supply to an AC/DC converter is detected by a current sensor. When overcurrent is detected by an overcurrent detector, if the sum of the currents detected by the current sensor is zero, it is determined that the fault is a phase-to-phase short circuit, but if the sum is not zero, it is determined that the fault is a ground fault. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248660 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SPEED MONITORING OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A circuit for speed monitoring of an electric motor comprises a circuit for generating a time-frame signal, a circuit for receiving a first signal from a chopper driver circuit designed to drive the electric motor, a circuit for detecting chopper pulses in the first signal, a pulse counter, and a circuit for at least one of outputting and evaluating a state of the pulse counter, after the inactive state of the time-frame has been indicated. The time-frame signal indicates when a time-frame of predefined length changes from an inactive state to an active state and indicates when the time-frame changes back from the active state to the inactive state. The pulse counter is designed to count the detected chopper pulses while the active state is indicated by the circuit for generating the time-frame signal. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110309780 | SEAL LEAKAGE AND SEAL OIL CONTAMINATION DETECTION IN GENERATOR - Detection of, among other things, seal leakage(s) and/or seal oil contamination for a gas cooled generator are provided. Detectors according to some embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms of early detection of cooling gas, e.g., hydrogen, leakage through leakage sources as well as low purity and high cooling gas consumption problems in a gas cooled generator. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110316466 | Motor drive apparatus and method, and electric power steering system using the same - When failure of an inverter or a coil set of one system of a motor drive apparatus having two systems, is detected, a power supply relay of the failing system is interrupted. At the same time, a control circuit sets a same maximum current limitation value as set before detection of failure. When an IG switch is in an ON-state and a steering toque detection value exceeds a predetermined threshold value thereafter, a vibration component, which has a predetermined amplitude and frequency, is added to a current command value so that a steering wheel is vibrated in a direction of rotation so that a driver is cautioned to notice the failure surely. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAULT IN AN AC MACHINE - A system and method for detecting a rotor fault condition in an AC induction machine is disclosed. The system includes a processor programmed to receive voltage and current data from an AC induction machine, generate a current frequency spectrum from the current data, and identify rotor-fault related harmonics in the current frequency spectrum. The processor is also programmed to calculate a fault severity indicator using the voltage and current data, identified rotor-fault related harmonics, and motor specifications, analyze the fault severity indicator to determine a possibility of rotor fault. The processor generates an alert based on the possibility of rotor fault. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001581 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AC ELECTRIC MOTOR - A control apparatus and a control method for an AC electric motor detect DC bus current plural times at predetermined intervals during first and second predetermined periods and multiply vectors having integrated values of detected values during respective periods as elements by an inverse matrix of a matrix having integrated values during respective periods of sine and cosine functions of output voltage phase of an inverter at the moment that detection is made as elements to thereby estimate reactive and active currents. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120013284 | PARALLEL MOTOR DRIVE DISABLE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are provided for performing diagnostic testing for multiple motor drives operating in parallel. In one embodiment, the diagnostic testing may involve determining which of the multiple motor drives are in operation and communicating the active configuration of motor drives to testing circuitry. The testing circuitry generates an enable input signal transmitted to the transistor gates in each of the active motor drives. The testing circuitry also generates a power supply input signal transmitted to a DC to DC converter in each of the active motor drives. The responses to the enable input signal and the power supply input signal are measured to determine safety compliance. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013285 | MOTOR DRIVE COMPONENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique is provided for verifying the proper selection, installation, communication and operability of components in power electronic systems, such as motor drives. A processing circuit is coupled to multiple components or subsystems that identify themselves to the processing system. An identification code is stored that is compared to a similar code built based upon the information reported by the components at the time of commissioning, operation or servicing. If the comparison indicates that all components are properly installed, and communicating and operative, operation may continue. The technique may be applied in parallel motor drives at a power layer level to allow separate and parallel verification of component and component operation in the parallel drives. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120032625 | Electric power conversion apparatus - An electric power conversion apparatus converts electric power supplied to a motor having a winding set formed of coils corresponding to a plurality of phases. An inverter part has a plurality of FETs forming switching element pairs, each of which corresponds to each phase of the winding set. Pull-up resistors are provided between the coils and a high-potential side of a battery, respectively. A neutral point voltage detection part detects a neutral point voltage of the winding set. A microcomputer detects abnormality based on the neutral point voltage. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038304 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING FAULTS FOR ROTORS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS - Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing faults of a rotor of an electric motor. A current is obtained for an inverter using a sensor. A preliminary angle is determined by a control unit or processor using a resolver angle of the rotor. A transformation is conducted by the control unit or processor using a transformation angle that is equal to a multiplier multiplied by the preliminary angle. A fault condition is identified via the control unit or processor using the transformation. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038305 | Fan Failure Detector - A fan failure detector means for detecting whether a fan is locked comprising a drive IC, a coil and an inspection circuit, the drive IC means for outputting a pulse signal, the coil is electrically connected to the drive IC and being driven by the drive IC, the inspection circuit is electrically connected to the drive IC and the coil, the inspection circuit comprises an RC charge/discharge circuit, a diode, a second capacitor, a voltage divider and a transistor having an output terminal, wherein the RC charge/discharge circuit, the diode, the voltage divider and the transistor are sequentially connected in series, the second capacitor is electrically connected with the diode and the voltage divider, when the fan operates normally, the output terminal provides a low voltage signal, when the fan locks, the output terminal provides a high voltage signal to avoid a wrong judgment that the fan still operates normally. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120068653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DETERIORATION OF PERMANENT MAGNETS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A method and a system for determining deterioration of permanent magnets of an electric apparatus to be inspected that facilitate determination without the need to remove the electric apparatus from a facility where it is installed. If the electric apparatus to be inspected is a three-phase linear motor, a current detector is used to acquire currents. A three-phase/two-phase conversion section converts the acquired currents into an α-axis current command and a β-axis current command. A locus of a current vector is computed based on the α-axis current command and the β-axis current command. A comparing and determining section compares the computed locus with a standard upper limit value stored in a storage means. If the number of times that the locus of the current vector exceeds the standard upper limit value exceeds a predetermined value, it is determined that the permanent magnets have been deteriorated. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120081058 | DC POWER FOR SGCT DEVICES USING A HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENT LOOP WITH MULTIPLE CURRENT TRANSFORMERS - Motor drives and switch driver power systems are presented in which high frequency AC current (I | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120091938 | CORRECTION OF COUNTING ERRORS IN THE EVALUATION OF CURRENT RIPPLES IN A DC MOTOR - A method for detecting a regulating variable of a mechanically commutated DC motor in a positioning device for a motor vehicle is provided. The DC motor has a standard ripple pattern, which contains per engine cycle or semi-cycle at least one index ripple, which is classified with regard to amplitude, duration and/or time position. The counter-electromotoric power is calculated from a measured motor current and the measured motor voltage by a motor model. An alternating element corresponding to the current ripples is extracted from the counter-electromotoric power, which in turn is used to determine the current ripples. Further, in at least one engine cycle or engine semi-cycle the index ripple is identified and the total identified current ripples are counted. The result of the count is hereby corrected when the index ripple is not counted at the expected position. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120126738 | Rotating Machinery Condition Monitoring Using Position Sensor - Continuous monitoring and fault diagnosis of rotating machinery during variable speed operation is performed using only a position feedback signal. The position sensor generates a periodic waveform having multiple pulses per revolution of the machine. A circuit is included to detect, for example, a zero crossing or edge of the periodic waveform. At each detected zero crossing or edge, the time and position of the event is stored in memory. Other data, such as the current in the motor, may also be sampled and stored in memory. Because the sampled data is triggered by repeated feature of the position feedback signal, the sampled data is in a stationary reference frame in the position domain. Frequency analysis is performed on the sampled data, and the frequency components present in either the sampled signal are analyzed to identify the presence of a fault in the rotating machinery. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120161684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE HEALTH MONITORING - A method, system and computer program product for monitoring health of a synchronous machine is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of phase voltage values and a plurality of phase current values. The method then computes a negative sequence voltage (Vn) based on the plurality of phase voltage values. The method also computes one or more operating parameters based on at least one of the plurality of phase voltage values and the plurality of phase current values. The method retrieves from a data store, one or more known Vn based on the one or more operating parameters. The method then computes a machine health indicator based on the computed Vn and the one or more known Vn, and raises an alarm based on the machine health indicator. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120187883 | CHOKE WITH CURRENT SENSOR - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for detecting ground faults (i.e., line-to-ground faults) in motor drive systems. In particular, the embodiments described herein include a common mode choke of a motor drive system having additional (i.e., secondary) turns wound around a core of the common mode choke. These secondary turns are in addition to and separate from a plurality of sets of primary turns wound around the core of the common mode choke, each set of primary turns corresponding to a phase of AC power to which the common mode choke is directly coupled. The secondary turns terminate in series with a burden resistor. Ground faults may be detected by monitoring the voltage across the burden resistor. More specifically, the embodiments described herein include a controller including program instructions for receiving signals indicative of the voltage across the burden resistor, and for monitoring the voltage across the burden resistor to determine when ground faults occur in the motor drive system. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120187884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAILSAFE MONITORING OF A MOVEMENT VARIABLE ON AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE - A first and a second drive current for an electrical drive are generated as a function of a nominal value for a movement variable, such as drive torque or rotational speed. An alternating magnetic field is generated in the drive by the drive currents. The alternating magnetic field causes movement of the drive. A first measurement signal and a second measurement signal are determined by a measurement device. The two measurement signals represent the first drive current and the second drive current. A field-producing direct-axis current component and a torque-producing quadrature-axis current component are determined as a function of the first and second measurement signals. In addition, an actual value of the movement variable is determined as a function of the measurement signals. At least one of the drive currents is generated with a variable test current component which forms a test pattern for checking the measurement device. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120187885 | ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND ACTUATOR SYSTEM - An actuator control system | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120200248 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A DRIVE STATE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method for monitoring a drive state, particularly a non-driven drive state of an electric motor, which is fed with energy using a bridge inverter having at least one half bridge, having detecting of a state of the at least one half bridge, detecting a property of a control signal for driving the at least one half bridge, and monitoring the drive state based on the detected state of the at least one half bridge and the detected property of the control signal. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120217920 | Machine Systems Including Pre-Power Diagnostics - Example embodiments disclose a drive system including a machine including a plurality of phases and configured to generate power based on a plurality of phase currents, each respectively associated with the plurality of phases and a direct current (DC) bus, operatively connected to the machine. The DC bus includes a high-side line, a low-side line, and an inverter including a plurality of switching systems, operatively connected between the high-side line and the low-side line, the plurality of switching systems, each configured to output a respective one of the plurality of phase currents. The drive system also includes a controller, operatively connected to the DC bus and the machine, the controller configured to determine if a failure exists in the drive system based on the plurality of phase currents and a DC bus voltage, the DC bus voltage being a voltage across the high-side line and the low-side line. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120217921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AN MOTOR CONTROLLER AND MOTOR - A pair of direct d-q-axis voltage commands is associated with a monotonically varying test sequence of test rotor angular positions to determine a correct rotational direction of a rotor of the motor in response to application of the pair of direct d-q-axis voltage commands to the motor. The rotor of the motor rotates (e.g., self spins in a diagnostic mode) in response to the applied direct d-q-axis voltage commands and applied monotonically varying test sequence of test rotor angular positions. The primary positioning module or data processor determines that conductor connections between the inverter (e.g., motor controller) and the motor are correct if the calculated shaft speed sign is positive with respect to an applied monotonically varying test sequence of rotor angular positions that monotonically increases. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120217922 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - A motor driving apparatus includes a motor driving unit, a low-voltage source, a current detecting element, and an insulation resistance degradation determinator. The motor driving unit includes an inverter coupled between a positive DC bus line and a negative DC bus line of a DC power source. The inverter converts DC power into AC power to drive an AC motor. The low-voltage source is coupled between a ground and at least one of the positive DC bus line and the negative DC bus line. The current detecting element detects a closed circuit current flowing through a closed circuit of the low-voltage source, the AC motor, and a part of the inverter. The insulation resistance degradation determinator makes a comparison between the closed circuit current and a predetermined threshold, and configured to determine, based on the comparison, whether an insulation resistance of the AC motor is degraded. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120229067 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR DC MOTORS - A voltage regulator for a pair of electric motors has an input for a signal indicative of the desired speed for the motors and a pulse width modulation control circuit device. A control module provides a conditioning signal to the control circuit to output to the motors a square wave voltage having a duty-cycle which varies according to a predetermined function of the signal applied to the input of the regulator. The control circuit device has first and second electronic solid state switches associated with the motor and controlled by the control module. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120249038 | GROUND SCHEME IDENTIFICATION METHOD - The present techniques include methods and systems for detecting the grounding condition of an electrical system to automatically determine a suitable electrical drive configuration. The drive includes a test resistor which may be connected or disconnected from the drive to measure different drive voltages. The measured drive voltages are analyzed to determine a type of grounding configuration of the electrical system in which the drive is to be installed. Embodiments also include determining ground resistance condition such as a high resistance ground (HRG) fault or a ground resistance fault when the drive is in operation. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249039 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE ESTIMATING METHOD - A temperature estimating unit includes an energy calculating unit that calculates a heat generation energy rate of a motor on the basis of a difference between power input to the motor and power output from the motor, a heat radiation energy calculating unit that calculates a heat radiation energy rate from a target member on the basis of a difference between a previous temperature estimation value Tm of the target member and an ambient temperature, and a thermal coefficient of the target member, and an amount calculating unit that calculates a temperature increase rate of the target member on the basis of a difference between the heat generation energy rate and the heat radiation energy rate, and an estimation value calculating unit that calculates a current temperature estimation value of the target member on the basis of the temperature increase rate and the previous temperature estimation value. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120274258 | AUTO-COMPENSATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITION MONITORING OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES - A condition monitoring method for an electrical machine is provided. The method includes providing at least one first sensor element embedded in or disposed on at least one substrate element located in a stator core for obtaining a first set of data. The method also includes providing at least one second sensor element for obtaining a second set of data from the electrical machine. Further, the method includes generating signals indicative of changes in characteristics of the first sensor element based on the second set of data. Finally, the method includes refining the first set of data by combining the first set of data with the generated signals. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274259 | ALERTING APPARATUS FOR FAN FAILURE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An alerting method for fan failure first reads a target value of rotating speed of a fan motor. Predetermining values of each parameters of the fan motor is calculated according to the target value of rotating speed of the fan motor. If a current value of rotating speed of the fan motor is lower than the target value of rotating speed of the fan motor, the failure recorded in a counter is added one time. If a current peak value of the fan motor is higher than a first predetermining current value, the failure recorded in the counter is added one time. If the duration of the current which is higher than a second predetermining current value of the fan motor is higher than a predetermining duration, the failure recorded in the counter is added one time. An alarm signal is sent if the failure recorded in the counter is larger than a predetermining time. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274260 | MOTOR CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - In a motor control unit, a current-carrying failure detection unit determines a first determination condition and a second determination condition. The current-carrying failure detection unit measures a duration of a state where the first determination condition is satisfied, and a duration of a state where the second determination condition is satisfied. When the first or second duration exceeds a predetermined reference period, the current-carrying failure detection unit determines that a current-carrying failure has occurred. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120299521 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electric motor ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120306422 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMALLY MONITORING A PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method for determining a temperature of an electric motor including stator windings includes injecting an AC current into a D-axis current of a stator winding at a frequency that is synchronized with a control frequency of the electric motor, determining a DC-phase current, determining a resistance of the stator winding corresponding to the DC-phase current and an applied voltage, and determining a temperature of the electric motor as a function of the resistance of the stator winding. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120319636 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSING THE DAMAGE TO ROLLING BEARINGS, IN PARTICULAR IN INVERTER-FED ELECTRIC MACHINES - A method and device for assessing damage to a rolling bearing caused by bearing currents, in particular high-frequency bearing currents, in an electric machine which is electrically connected to an inverter, in particular to an inverter having a DC voltage link circuit, is described. The rolling bearing has a lubrication gap between an inner bearing ring and a rolling body and between an outer bearing ring and the rolling body. The method includes detecting the energy of an electric discharge event in the lubrication gaps, searching for a coincident event having a frequency above one GHz indicative of a damaging bearing current event, detecting a frequency of occurrence of discharge events, and evaluating the discharge events by correlating the frequency of occurrence and the energy of the discharge events. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130009583 | DEMAGNETIZATION DETECTION DEVICE AND DEMAGNETIZATION DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A demagnetization detection device and a demagnetization detection method thereof are provided. The demagnetization detection device is for use in a power control unit which is electrically connected to a testing permanent magnet motor. The power control unit is electrically connected to a direct current power source. The demagnetization detection device is configured to detect a testing voltage value and a testing current value of the direct current power source, and to compute a testing power value of the direct current power source according to the testing voltage value and the testing current value. The demagnetization detection device determines the difference between the testing power value and a standard power value, and then determines whether the testing permanent magnet motor is in a demagnetization status according to the difference. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130020978 | MICROCONTROLLER, CONTROL DEVICE AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A microcontroller includes a central processing unit, a PWM signal generation unit which generates a PWM signal according to a generation condition of a PWM signal set by the central processing unit, and a diagnostic unit which inputs the generated PWM signal therein and detects a pulse period and a pulse width, based on the input signal and which determines whether the detected pulse period and pulse width respectively coincide with a pulse period and a pulse width corresponding to the generation condition. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130033214 | Rotating Electric Machine for Electric Vehicle, Drive Control Device and Insulation Diagnosis Method - A rotating electric machine for an electric vehicle, installed in a vehicle and driven by an inverter power source, includes: a partial discharge measuring device that measures partial discharges occurring in insulated areas between windings, between phases and between the rotating electric machine and a ground. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130063066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FAULTS IN A BRUSHLESS EXCITER - A method of operating an electrical machine is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a brushless excitation system including a diode rectifier having at least one diode, sensing heat energy generated by at least one resistor connected in parallel with the at least one diode, wirelessly transmitting a signal representative of the heat energy, detecting a deviation of generated heat energy from the at least one resistor, and generating a signal indicating an error if the deviation in generated heat energy exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130082633 | System and Method for Determining Position of Hall Sensors Relative to Stator Winding of Brushless DC or Synchronous AC Permanent Magnet Motor - A method is provided for monitoring a motor having a stator, a rotor and a detector. The stator can receive a driving signal to produce a first magnetic field. The rotor can rotate in a circle relative to the stator. The rotor has a magnetic portion that can emit a second magnetic field in a radial direction. The detector can output a detection signal based on the position of the rotor. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130119913 | INTEGRATED DRIVE MOTOR POWER INTERFACE - An integrated drive motor (IDM) power distribution architecture utilizes an IDM power interface module (IPIM) to create a control voltage that is distributed to all the IDMs in a network. This power distribution may be accomplished along a hybrid cable, for example, that includes both signal conductors and power conductors. The IPIM is capable of detecting short circuits and/or overload conditions and disabling the power supply to the IDMs. Additionally, a second power supply may be utilized in the IPIM such that when the power supply to the IDMs is deactivated, the IPIM may remain functional, for example, to report one or more fault conditions to the user. Additionally, this reporting of fault status may be accomplished via a user display integrated with or coupled to the IPIM. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127390 | System, Method and Apparatus for Computing, Monitoring, Measuring, Optimizing and Allocating Power and Energy for a Rod Pumping System - A system and methods are provided for controlling a motor of a rod pumping system using previous RPMs of the motor and predicting an RPM of the motor; correcting a power factor of a motor of a rod pumping system; allocating energy consumption and allocating energy generation for a set of wells connected to an electricity meter using an amount of energy generated by each well; and generating an alert if a set of data is beyond a threshold for the set of data. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130134917 | IMPROPER WIRING DETECTING SYSTEM OF PARALLEL INVERTER SYSTEM - An improper wiring detecting system of a parallel inverter system can include two polyphase inverters connected in parallel, and voltage detectors to detect an output voltage of each of the phases of each of the inverters. Control units can control turning-on and -off of semiconductor switching devices of the inverters, and a wiring condition deciding means can operate at least one control unit to turn-on specified switching devices in at least one inverter to form a closed circuit between arbitrary two phases of the at least one inverter. The system can carry out comparisons among values of output voltages of the two inverters corresponding to respective phases and detected by the voltage detectors, and make a decision as to whether wiring is correct or not on the basis of the results of the comparisons. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134918 | CONTROLLER - An electrical controller for electric motors is provided. A control system for an electric motor comprises a supply for supplying excitation current to different windings of the motor at any given time. Furthermore, the amplitude of the excitation current is independently variable of the timing and duration of the application of the excitation current to the windings. This allows increased control of the motor and facilitates the operation of the motor at high mechanical and/or electrical speeds. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130154533 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING DRIVE CHARACTERISTIC OF DRIVE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus for extracting a drive characteristic of a drive system. The apparatus includes a drive unit supplying a rotating force to a drive shaft. A force-torque sensor unit is detachably coupled to the drive shaft of the drive unit, and may not rotate when it is coupled to the drive shaft. A load unit is detachably coupled to the drive shaft of the drive unit. A control unit is configured to control drive energy supplied to the drive unit, derive a drive-unit constant by using a relation between the input drive energy and measurement torque when the drive unit is coupled to the force-torque sensor unit, calculate frictional torque using the derived drive-unit constant, the input drive energy, an inertia moment and angular acceleration of the load unit when the drive unit is coupled to the load unit, and derive a frictional coefficient from the frictional torque. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154534 | VEHICLE SEAT APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle seat apparatus including drive mechanism for moving configuring elements of a vehicle seat using a motor drive, in order to adjust a posture; control mechanism for controlling the operation of the drive mechanism; a rotation sensor which outputs pulse signals synchronized with a motor rotation; position detection mechanism for detecting a movement position of the configuring elements by counting pulse edges of the pulse signals according to the motor rotation direction; and reverse rotation detection mechanism for estimating that a reverse rotation has occurred in the motor rotation, in a situation where the pulse edges are continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped, if the rotation direction is unchanged, in a case where a motor rotation speed indicated by the pulse edges after the stop becomes faster than the motor rotation speed before the motor drive is stopped. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130162190 | INTEGRATED CONTROLLER FOR CLOSURE OPERATOR UNIT - An integrated controller for an operator unit for powering an overhead garage roller door or roller shutter is described. The operator unit comprises a motor, an output drive assembly, a timing assembly unit, and a clutch assembly for providing selective engagement between motor powered operation and manual operation (provided by a chain rotating a chain wheel). The motor is arranged to drive a shaft which, in turn, provides drive to the roller door or shutter assembly (not shown), which includes an axle around which the roller door or shutter is wound. The integrated controller comprises an inverter for receiving a single phase power supply and supplying three phase power to drive the motor; and a drive controller in operable association with the inverter for providing active management of the operation of the motor. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130175965 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A TORQUE OF A THREE-PHASE DRIVE MOTOR FOR A VEHICLE - A method for estimating a torque of a three-phase motor for a vehicle includes measuring a respective current strength in at least two of three phase lines, wherein the three-phase motor is supplied with power by a converter, and wherein the three phase lines lead from the converter to the three-phase motor of the vehicle, measuring a respective voltage at each of the three phase lines, determining a rotating field frequency as a function of the measured current strengths or the measured voltages; and determining an estimated value for the torque as a function of the measured current strengths, the measured voltages and the determined rotating field frequency. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130181650 | MOTOR CONSTANT CALCULATING METHOD FOR PM MOTOR, AND MOTOR CONSTANT CALCULATING DEVICE - A motor constant calculating method for a PM motor according to the present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage applied in the voltage applying step, and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the PM motor based on the applied voltage and the motor current. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130193894 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130193895 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The second torque value and a motor speed detected from the motor in operation are compared to an upper limit and lower limit of torque tolerance which is obtained based on the third torque value. Accordingly, if the third torque value exceeds the upper limit or underruns the lower limit of the torque tolerance, the motor is stopped in accordance with a difference between the third torque value and the torque tolerance. Consequently, since abnormality of the motor can be promptly and accurately detected within an entire speed range including a lower speed range, it is effective for protecting the motor or the machine equivalent of a load for the motor. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130193896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE SYSTEM - An electrical drive system includes an electric motor having an armature, which is mounted on a stator, and a rotor, wherein aligning stator flux with rotor flux enables current to flow in the armature without inducing torque on the rotor shaft. The disclosed operation may be used, for example, in testing the electrical drive system. The electric drive system can carry full rated current yet produce little or no torque, thereby increasing the current that can be tested during electrical drive test procedures without producing undesired forces or motion. The method may be used, for example, in heating the electric motor, for example for de-icing. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130200835 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - To improve estimation accuracy of a frequency and an attenuation coefficient of residual vibration in which a plurality of frequencies are superimposed, a motor control device includes a vibration-damping-control setting unit | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130207586 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PHASE ROTARY MACHINE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A first inverter circuit and a second inverter circuit are provided for a first winding set and a second winding set of a motor, respectively, and switch over power supply to the winding sets. A control unit controls operations of the inverter circuits. The control unit detects abnormality in the inverter circuits. The control unit calculates a first value with respect to each drive system based on phase currents of the inverter circuit in each system, calculates a second value based on two values selected from a plurality of first values calculated for each drive system, and detects abnormality of the inverter circuits, which corresponds to the selected first value, when the second value deviates from a predetermined range. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130221891 | MOTOR DRIVER HAVING BUILT IN SELF TEST FUNCTION - There is provided a motor driver having a built-in self test function. The motor driver includes: a test signal generating unit generating a test signal having a preset frequency; a signal processing unit processing an input sensing signal; and a selecting unit selecting one of the test signal from the test signal generating unit and a signal from the signal processing unit. The motor driver further includes: a motor driving controlling unit receiving the signal selected by the selecting unit to perform a motor driving control operation or a preset test. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221892 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PHASE FAILURE IN THE ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A method is disclosed for determining a phase failure in an electrical device for driving or monitoring a three-phase AC motor, wherein the electrical device comprises a first, a second and a third line. In order to detect a phase failure in a line in the three-phase electrical device, in particular in a soft starter, the phase failure in the third line is determined by analysing the first and second lines, wherein the analysis includes: determining a value which characterizes a phase shift between a current in the first and second lines, and outputting a signal if the value which has been determined is in a range of values which characterizes a phase failure in the third line. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130257332 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING FAILURE DETECTION CIRCUIT, AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING FAILURE DETECTION CIRCUIT - An electric motor driving apparatus having a failure detection circuit includes: a bridge circuit driving an electric motor; a PWM control circuit generating voltage instruction for driving the electric motor; a PWM signal generation circuit generating a PWM signal; a DC current detection circuit detecting DC current of the bridge circuit; a phase current calculation circuit calculating output phase current of the bridge circuit, based on the DC current and PWM signal; and a failure detection circuit detecting failure of the DC current detection circuit. The failure detection circuit determines failure of the DC current detection circuit from the DC current detected values in a zero voltage period in which the high-potential-side arms of the bridge circuit are all ON and in a zero voltage period in which the low-potential-side arms are all ON. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130271052 | APPARATUS FOR ALARMING INVERTER STATUS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MOTOR STATUS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are an apparatus for alarming an inverter status and an apparatus for analyzing a motor status in a mobile terminal. The apparatus for analyzing a motor status in a mobile terminal includes: a first recognition unit configured to recognize vibrations of a motor contacting thereto, and providing the vibrations to a controller; a second recognition unit configured to recognize sound of the motor, and providing the sound to the controller; and the controller configured to analyze a frequency from the vibrations and sound of the motor, to check a change of the vibrations, and thus to obtain an analysis result on a status of the motor. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271053 | Method and Apparatus for Checking a Speed System of a Motor-Driven Apparatus - A method for checking a speed system of a motor-driven apparatus is proposed. In the absence of a speed signal, a first aspect provides for a control device to send a test signal via the speed system, the test signal being expected at an input of the control device. If the test signal is not detected, a fault in the speed system is identified. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271054 | ELECTRIC TOOL - An electric tool may include an electric motor, a switch operable by a user for adjusting the rotational speed of the electric motor, an operation amount detection device configured to detect the operation amount of the switch, and an operation amount indicating device coupled to the operation amount detection device and configured to indicate the detected operation amount to the user. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278197 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH DELTA-SIGMA MODULATION AD CONVERTER - A motor control apparatus includes a power conversion unit which supplies drive power to a motor, a current detection unit which detects the value of a current flowing from the power conversion unit to the motor, a delta-sigma modulation AD converter to which the current value detected by the current detection unit is input as analog data, and which includes a modulator and a plurality of digital low-pass filters and outputs digital data in accordance with the filter characteristics of the respective digital low-pass filters, and a command generating unit which is connected to the digital low-pass filter to be used for motor drive control among the plurality of digital low-pass filters, and which generates a drive command to the power conversion unit by using the digital data output from the motor drive controlling digital low-pass filter. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278198 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A motor control device includes an anomaly detection means that detects an anomaly occurring on power feeding paths of respective phases on the basis of first electric current values, second electric current values of the respective phases and a phase electric current value obtained by the first electric current values and the second electric current values. When at least one of an absolute value of the first electric current value and an absolute value of the second electric current value exceeds a first threshold value corresponding to a limit value of an electric current detection and an absolute value of the phase electric current value is smaller than a second threshold value corresponding to zero in any one phase, the anomaly detection means determines that an anomaly of an electric current sensor has occurred as regards the corresponding phase. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130285588 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device includes: a frequency instruction setting section for outputting a plurality of frequency instructions; an AC voltage instruction generation section for generating and outputting an AC voltage instruction based on each of the frequency instructions; a voltage application section for applying voltage to a motor based on the AC voltage instruction; a current detection section for detecting motor current flowing in the motor; and a type determination section for determining the type of the motor based on a transfer characteristic of the motor calculated from the motor current, the AC voltage instruction, and the frequency instruction. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300333 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING QUANTITY OF STATE RELATING TO MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC TOOL - The present application discloses an apparatus including: a motor model that reflects a characteristic of a motor and includes at least inputs pertaining to a first quantity of state and a second quantity of state and an output pertaining to a third quantity of state; a comparator that calculates a difference between the third quantity of state in an actual motor and the third quantity of state output from the motor model; and an amplifier that amplifies an output of the comparator at a predetermined gain. The first quantity of state in the actual motor is input into the motor model as the first quantity of state, and an output of the amplifier is input into the motor model as the second quantity of state. The apparatus then uses the output of the amplifier as an estimated value of the second quantity of state in the actual motor. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130320903 | METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH SWITCH TESTING - For each phase of a controller, a pair of semiconductor switches comprises a high side switch and a low side switch. A direct current voltage bus provides electrical energy to the semiconductor switches at a test voltage level less than a full operational voltage level. A measuring circuit is adapted to measure the direct current bus voltage. A data processor determines that a deficiency in a tested, related semiconductor switch is present if the measured direct current bus voltage decreases or collapses upon activation of a particular semiconductor switch in the same phase of the controller, or if other sequential test results indicate a deficiency. If the deficiency in the related semiconductor switch is present the processor may prevent the voltage supply from providing the full operational voltage to the direct current data bus to prevent damage to the motor or the controller, for example. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320904 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING FAN - A method of monitoring a fan of a second electronic device. A first electronic device controls a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the second electronic device to return parameter values, the returned parameter values including temperature values of the second electronic device, and actual speed values of a fan of the second electronic device. The first electronic device records the returned parameter values and returned time of the returned parameter values. Upon acquiring standard speed values corresponding to the temperature values, the first electronic device draws a graph representing a relation between the actual speed values and the determined standard speed values corresponding to the returned time to monitor the fan. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320905 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electric motor drive apparatus includes multiple inverter sections arranged corresponding to winding sets of a motor, multiple relays that controls power supplies to the inverter sections, and a control unit. Each inverter section and corresponding winding set are referred to as a system. The control unit includes an obtaining section that obtains a winding current, a determination section that determines a fault occurrence, a specifying section that specifies a faulty system in which the fault occurs, an interrupting section that controls the relay corresponding to the faulty system to interrupt the power supply to the faulty system, and a vibrating section that controls the inverter section of a properly-operating system to add a vibration to an output torque from the electric motor. The vibrating section gradually increases a vibration component of the vibration added to the output torque from the electric motor. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320906 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING INITIAL DRIVING THEREOF - Provided are an electric power steering system and a method for checking an initial driving thereof, in which no additional redischarging and charging time is required by simultaneously determining a freezing of a safety switch and/or a safety switch off of a sub MCU, which monitors a state of a main MCU, thereby shortening initial driving time of the electric power steering system. The electric power steering system includes: a power supply; a motor configured to generate steering auxiliary power; a safety switch provided between the power supply and the motor and configured to control supply of power; a main MCU configured to control an operation of the safety switch; and a sub MCU configured to monitor a state of the main MCU. The main MCU applies an on driving signal to the safety switch, receives front and rear stage voltages of the safety switch, and determines that the safety switch has been frozen and/or a safety switch off function of the sub MCU has failed, when there is no potential difference between the received front and rear stage voltages. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130342150 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR MOTOR - In a diagnostic device and a diagnostic method for a motor unit of an electric vehicle, an oil degradation/others detection unit is provided which is configured to detect at least any one detection item of a contamination degree, a degradation degree, and an oil amount of an oil used for cooling a motor unit or a reduction gear unit during a non-traveling period when the vehicle is powered on. An abnormalities-time control unit is provided which is configured to send notice of abnormalities of an oil supply system or not permit start of rotation of the motor unit when a detection value detected by the oil degradation/others detection unit is out of a setting range. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140001997 | MOTOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DISTANCE OF AIR GAP BETWEEN ROTOR AND STATOR ASSEMBLY | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140015463 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE IN A SHORT-CIRCUIT MODE - A method for operating an electric machine ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140028234 | MOTOR DRIVE OVERCURRENT DETECTING CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT WITHOUT HEADROOM VOLTAGE LOSS, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OVERCURRENT IN MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a motor drive overcurrent detecting unit, a motor driving circuit without a headroom voltage loss, and a method for detecting an overcurrent in a motor driving circuit. The motor drive overcurrent detecting circuit includes: a motor driving unit switched according to a driving control signal to drive a motor; a sensing unit for distributing a sensing current from the current flowing through the motor according to turn-on of a distribution switching element and sensing the distribution current through a sensing resistor; and an on-resistance maintaining unit for maintaining on-resistance of the turned-on distribution switching element by turning on the distribution switching element. Further, a motor driving circuit without a headroom voltage loss and a method for detecting an overcurrent in a motor driving circuit are provided. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028235 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A MOTOR SIGNAL - A method and a device process a motor signal of a direct current motor, in particular of an adjustment drive of a motor vehicle. The armature current and the motor voltage of the direct current motor are detected and used for determining the counter induction voltage of the direct current motor, by which a number of control signals having different ripple frequencies for controllable frequency filters are generated. The current ripples that are generated in a frequency dependent manner by the frequency filters, to which a filter input signal derived from the armature current and the motor voltage is applied, are synchronized with each other in the course of the ripple count. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035506 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A DOOR - To improve the energy efficiency of electrical drive systems for doors, the electric motor is actuated position-dependently, the electrically driven door is disconnected from the supply network in a resting position, a change of position of the door performed in the state of being disconnected from the grid is detected by a position encoder unit that is independently supplied with power by an energy store, and the change of position is used for position-dependently actuating the electric motor after the supply voltage has been reapplied. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140077741 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077742 | LINEAR ACTUATOR SYSTEM WITH MEANS FOR FIRE DETECTION - A linear actuator system comprising at least one linear actuator, a power supply, a control and an operation device. The linear actuator system comprises at least one printed circuit board having multiple layers comprising an electrically conductive circuit. At least one of the layers of the printed circuit board is designed as a detection layer for detecting a leakage current in the electrical circuit, including the electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board. An output voltage is applied to the detection layer, said voltage falling outside of the voltage range in which the electrical circuit works. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140084836 | COMPRESSOR HAVING A CONTROL AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE - A system and method includes a power supply that generates an alternating current power for powering a compressor with a capacitor, a voltage sensor that measures voltage values based on the alternating current power, a current sensor that measures current values based on the alternating current power, and a controller. The controller communicates with the voltage sensor and the current sensor, determines a power factor value based on at least one of the voltage values and at least one of the current values, and determines a fault in the capacitor based on the power factor and at least one of the current values. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140091745 | ITEM OF FURNITURE HAVING AN ACTUATING SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A LEAST ONE MOVABLE ELEMENT - The item of furniture according to the invention has at least one movable element and an actuating system for adjusting the movable element, wherein the actuating system comprises at least one linear actuator, a power supply unit and a manual control device, wherein the power supply unit and the manual control device are electrically connected to the linear actuator and the linear actuator has a diagnostic system having at least one illuminated indicator for indicating the functioning of the three components. By means of the diagnostic system, the user himself, but at the latest the repair service, is able to determine in a simple manner which of the three components is faulty, so that specifically only the faulty component has to be replaced. In that manner, any repair costs can be reduced significantly. The replacement of one of the three components can also then be carried out without difficulty by the user or a repair service. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140103848 | ERROR DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS IN MOTOR DRIVES - An automation network that utilizes motor drives to diagnose faults, and provide potential solutions to a user. The fault status and/or diagnostic remedies may be displayed via a user display integrated with (e.g., in a single cabinet with) the motor drives and/or coupled to (e.g., in an external device separate from) the motor drives. As such, a logic process or other algorithm may be executed by the motor drive to determine a potential set of solutions for any given fault, based on, for example, determined errors and likelihood of causes for presentation to a user. In this manner, motor drives may allow for user corrective actions to be communicated to a user. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140103849 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is provided a system and method for detecting an abnormal operation of a motor controlling an operating parameter of a machine. Both a torque of the motor and the operating parameter are monitored. A memory stores a plurality of predetermined torque values indicative of a normal operation of the motor. A plurality of operating parameter values are also stored in the memory with each operating parameter value having a corresponding predetermined torque value associated therewith. The predetermined torque value corresponding to the monitored operating parameter is retrieved from the memory and compared to the monitored torque value to detect an abnormal operation of the motor. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140117910 | Self-Diagnostics Within Power Electronics - This disclosure relates to diagnosing a power electronic device by itself and extending the diagnostics to an electric machine coupled with the power electronic device and deployed at an operational site. The power electronic device can power and control the electric machine. The diagnostics can include testing the status of the power electronic device, and monitoring hardware changes in the electric machine. The diagnostics can be performed within the power electronic device on demand, periodically, or both. In some instances, the self-diagnostics can evaluate whether components are defective or wired incorrectly, characterized by wrong inductance, and/or resistance, for example. In some implementations, the power electronic device includes a digital signal processing unit for the self-diagnostics and a data record system for recording and troubleshooting errors related to load performance and/or parameters. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117911 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS AND MONITORING THEREOF - An assembly includes an electromagnetic actuator ( | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117912 | System For Detecting Internal Winding Faults Of A Synchronous Generator, Computer Program Product And Method - A system, method and computer program product for monitoring including detecting internal faults especially inter-turn faults of a synchronous generator and thus protecting the synchronous generator. The synchronous generator includes a winding for each phase of a power network, a terminal for each phase arranged on a terminal side of the synchronous generator, and connected to the respective winding, the terminals on the terminal side are connected to an electrical power network, and the synchronous generator is arranged to input power to the electrical power network by means of the terminals. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140152223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - There is provided an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor. The apparatus for controlling a motor includes a signal detection unit detecting a first signal, a sampling unit acquiring the number of pulses of the first signal included in a predetermined sampling period, and an operation unit dividing the sampling period into a predetermined number of, a plurality of sub periods, and computing a speed of a motor by allocating predetermined weights to the number of pulses of the first signal included in the plurality of respective sub periods, wherein the operation unit computes the speed of the motor by controlling at least one of the weights and the number of sub periods when the number of pulses of the first signal included in the plurality of respective sub periods is different. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152224 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT, MOTOR DEVICE, AND MOVING VEHICLE - A motor drive circuit comprises: a DC power supply; power supply lines; an inverter which has upper arm switch elements and lower arm switch elements; and a detection unit for detecting, based on a power state on the previous stage side of the inverter, the insulation resistances of the motor drive circuit and the motor. The detection unit performs a first detection operation for detecting the insulation resistances by using the output of the DC power supply while the upper arm switch elements and the lower arm switch elements are all turned off and a second detection operation for detecting the insulation resistances by using the output of the DC power supply while the elements of one of the upper arm switch elements and the lower arm switch elements are all turned off and at least one of the elements of the other one is turned on. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140159635 | Monitoring Motor Condition - In various implementations, a condition of a motor may be monitored based at least partially on time required to achieve a change in speed. A notification may be transmitted based on the condition of the motor. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140167669 | OFFSET COMPENSATION METHOD OF CURRENT SENSOR AND MOTOR DRIVING SYSTEM - An offset compensation method of a current sensor is provided for determining whether an offset compensation of the current sensor is abnormal, and a motor driving system includes the current sensor. The offset compensation method includes: compensating for an offset of the current sensor, and determining whether the offset compensation of the current sensor is abnormal. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140184124 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING FAN OF COMPUTING DEVICE - In a method for protecting a fan of a computing device, firstly, a current supplied to the fan is read. Secondly, if the current supplied to the fan is more than or equal to a predefined current, a baseboard management controller(BMC) is controlled to send a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to decrease a duty cycle of the fan by a predefined proportion, so that the current supplied to the fan is decreased. Thirdly, if the decreased current is more than or equal to the predefined current, the BMC is controlled to send the PWM signal to the fan to decrease the duty cycle of the fan by a predefined proportion, so as to decrease the decreased current. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184125 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A TORQUE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - The invention relates to a method ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140191697 | STATOR WINDING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing stator windings in an electric motor. An exemplary method for diagnosing stator windings in an electric motor involves determining an input energy imbalance across phases of the stator windings for an electrical period of the electric motor and identifying a fault condition when the input energy imbalance is greater than a first threshold value. In some embodiments, an input energy ratio across phases of the stator windings is also determined for the electrical period, wherein the fault condition is identified as a phase-to-phase short circuit fault condition when the input energy ratio is greater than a second threshold value and the input energy imbalance is greater than the first threshold value, or alternatively, as an in-phase short circuit fault condition when the input energy ratio is less than the second threshold value. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140197770 | LOAD CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATING APPARATUS FOR DRIVING MACHINE - A load characteristic estimating apparatus for a driving machine includes an action-command generating unit for generating an action command for a position and speed of a driving machine, a driving-force-command generating unit for generating a driving force command to cause an action of the driving machine to follow the action command, a driving unit for generating driving force corresponding to the driving force command and drive the driving machine, a sign determining unit for determining, based on driving speed of the driving machine, the state of the driving machine, a load-driving-force estimating unit for calculating, based on the driving force command, a load driving force signal, and a normal reverse-rotation-average calculating unit and a reverse-rotation-average calculating unit, configured to calculate a sequential average of the load driving force signal, respectively when the determination result is a normal and reverse rotation action. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140203749 | MOTOR CONTROLLER HAVING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PIN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a motor controller having one or more multi-functional pins. The motor controller includes a plurality of pins but does not include a dedicated pin for transmitting a clock signal and a dedicated pin for transmitting a motor specification database setting signal, wherein the clock signal and the motor specification database setting signal are for setting motor specification data. The clock signal and the motor specification database setting signal are transmitted through two of the plural pins which are multi-functional function pins shared by other functions in a normal operation mode. In a motor specification database setting mode, these multi-functional function pins are used for transmitting the clock signal and the motor specification database setting signal. In the normal operation mode, these multi-functional function pins are used for other functions. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140203750 | SECURE MOTOR STARTER - According to an embodiment of the invention, a motor starter includes a connection module, which includes a second and third interface, wherein the second interface is electrically conductively connected to the third interface. The security evaluation unit can be mechanically coupled to the connection module so that an electrically conductive connection is produced between the first and second interfaces. The secure switch unit can be mechanically coupled to the connection module so that an electrically conductive connection between the third and fourth interfaces is produced, so that, in the coupled state of the security evaluation unit and the secure switch unit to the connection module; there is an electrically conductive connection between the first and fourth interfaces via the connection module, so that the control command can be transmitted from the security evaluation unit via the connection module to the secure switch unit. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140217945 | CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR MOTOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS UTILIZING BACK-EMF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES - A method and apparatus for automatic resonance detection is disclosed for a motor-driven mechanical system such as a voice coil motor (VCM) in which a resonance detector and driver are provided. The automatic resonance detector may be implemented on the same integrated circuit as the driver, and dynamically determines the natural resonant frequency of the VCM driven by the driver. The resonant frequency is determined by measuring the back electromotive force (BEMF) of the VCM, detecting the slope of the BEMF signal, and determining the resonant frequency from the slope of the BEMF signal. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140232313 | Reduced Size Power Inverter Suitable for a Vehicle - A power inverter comprises at least a box-shaped housing; and a power module, a smoothing capacitor, a base plate made of a flat plate, and a rotating electric machine control circuit board arranged in order in the housing. The base plate is arranged with the fringes fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the housing, and the smoothing capacitor and rotating electric machine control circuit board are fixed. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232314 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY MACHINE AND INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR ROTARY MACHINE - A control device for rotary machine includes: a voltage instruction generation section for generating a voltage instruction; a voltage application section for applying voltage to a rotary machine based on the voltage instruction; a current detection section for detecting rotary machine current of the rotary machine; and an inductance calculation section for calculating an inductance of the rotary machine from the voltage instruction and the rotary machine current. The voltage instruction generation section generates voltage instructions of constant DC voltages. The voltage application section applies voltages to the rotary machine based on the voltage instructions. The inductance calculation section calculates the inductance from a voltage instruction for measurement arbitrarily selected from the voltage instructions, and the rotary machine currents detected by the current detection section before and after application of the voltage instruction for measurement. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140247002 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ON/OFF DETECTION WITH SPEED PROFILE OPERATION - A motor assembly coupled to an external alternating voltage input, the motor assembly comprising a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The motor assembly further includes a circuit assembly, the circuit assembly having a state detector operable to detect the state of the external alternating voltage input and a control unit operable to control the motor based on the state of the external alternating voltage input detected by the state detector. The motor assembly also includes a housing substantially encasing the motor, and the circuit assembly. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140253007 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method for generating a challenge-response pair in an electric machine as a basis for an identification or authentication is described, the electric machine having a stator and a rotor, a first alternating voltage between two points of a first defined point pair of the electric machine being applied as a challenge, which causes an induction in the electric machine, a variable dependent on the caused induction being determined as a response. The first alternating voltage has a frequency which is higher than the working frequency of the electric machine. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140265981 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR - A control system for controlling a motor having a stator and a rotor coupled to the stator is provided. The control system includes a plurality of input taps and an input coupled to the plurality of input taps. The input is configured to transmit an input voltage to at least one input tap of the plurality of input taps. The control system also includes a microcontroller coupled to the input. The microcontroller is programmed to determine the at least one input tap of the plurality of input taps that is asserted by the input voltage; access from a memory a predetermined input condition; detect an invalid operating input condition of the motor based on a comparison of the predetermined input condition and the at least one input tap of the plurality of input taps that is asserted by the input; and perform a function to change an operating characteristic of the motor. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140265982 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A control apparatus having high control performance is provided. A control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a control apparatus that controls a DC motor, including a first current detection system that detects a current value of the DC motor, a second current detection system that detects a current value of the DC motor, and a control unit that controls the DC motor based on a signal indicating a current value input from the first or second current detection system, in which the second current detection system includes an amplifier. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140265983 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Motor Current for an Electric Valve Positioner - A system and method for monitoring and controlling the amount of electrical current provided to a motor used to actuate a field device within a control system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140265984 | System For Selecting An Output Speed For An Electric Motor - An electric motor has a control circuit that enables an operational speed of the electric motor to be selected with reference to multiple ranges of speeds and the input voltage to the motor. Switching between speed ranges occurs in response to activation of a switch or in response to expiration of a time period set by a selector switch. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285131 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS WITH ABNORMALITY DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention provides a motor driving apparatus of the invention comprises a power semiconductor device ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140300306 | ERROR FREQUENCY COMPONENT ACQUISITION DEVICE, ANGLE OF ROTATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND ANGLE OF ROTATION ACQUISITION METHOD - In a device in which the rotation angle of the rotor is detected with a resolver, the rotation angle of the rotor with less error can be obtained while reducing burden of the operator. The measured angle value acquisition unit ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140306634 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT - A power failure detection unit in an AC-DC converter device detects power failure of a 3-phase AC power supply at the time of driving a motor, and generates a power failure detection signal in accordance with detection of power failure. A transmitter unit in the AC-DC converter device transmits the power failure detection signal using a cable, radio, or an optical fiber. A receiver unit in a DC-AC converter device receives the power failure detection signal transmitted from the transmitter unit. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306635 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device performs drive control of a motor connected to an object. The motor control device includes a rotation detection unit that detects rotation of the motor and outputs a detection signal, a counter unit that receives the detection signal from the rotation detection unit and outputs a count based on the received detection signal, and an error detection unit that receives counts from the counter unit at intervals of a reference period, computes a difference between a present count received from the counter unit and a previously received count, and detects that an error arises in the rotation detection unit when the difference is continuously less than a reference value. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140312822 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF DC LINK UNIT - A motor drive device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a converter ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140327383 | PARCEL AND MASS FLOW SCALE - Weighing system (FIG. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140340017 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MULTIPHASE INVERTER, OPERATING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for calibrating a multiphase, in particular three-phase, inverter ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140354205 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH - There is provided a motor controller capable of suppressing the rotation of a motor at the time of discharging an electric accumulator, and a construction machine provided with the motor controller. A motor controller | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354206 | System and Method for Temperature Estimation in an Integrated Motor Drive - A system to monitor the temperature of power electronic devices in a motor drive includes a base plate defining a planar surface on which the electronic devices and/or circuit boards within the motor drive may be mounted. The power electronic devices are mounted to the base plate through the direct bond copper (DBC). A circuit board is mounted to the base plate which includes a temperature sensor mounted on the circuit board proximate to the power electronic devices. The temperature sensor generates a digital signal corresponding to the temperature measured by the sensor. A copper pad is included between each layer of the circuit board and between the first layer of the circuit board and the sensor. The circuit board also includes vias extending through each layer of the board. The copper pads and vias establish a thermally conductive path between the temperature sensor and the base plate. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140361722 | Diagnosis of Over-Current Conditions in Bipolar Motor Controllers - A circuit for controlling a load current through a coil is connected to an output port of a transistor H-bridge that includes two low side transistors and two high side transistors. A current sense circuit is coupled to the H-bridge and configured to provide a representation of the load current provided by the output port. A current regulator is configured to generate a modulated signal dependent on the representation of the load current and a current set-point. The modulated signal has a duty-cycle. A gate control logic drives the individual transistors of the H-bridge on and off in accordance with the modulated signal. A direction signal provides the load current to the coil. The direction signal determines the direction of the load current. An over current detection circuit is coupled to each individual transistor and is configured to signal an over-current by providing an active over-current failure signal when a transistor current through the respective transistor exceeds a respective maximum value. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368147 | CURRENT MEASUREMENT AND OVERCURRENT DETECTION - Techniques are described for determining the amount of current flowing through an electrical conductor of an isolation device by measuring the voltage level across the electrical conductor. The isolation device also includes a sensor that provides a measure of the amount of current flowing through the electrical conductor. By using both the voltage level and the sensor to determine the amount of current flowing through the electrical conductor, the techniques provide for verifying the current measurements made by the isolation device. Also, the techniques provide for fast overcurrent protection. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368148 | MOTOR LOCK DETECTING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A lock detecting circuit includes: a CPU | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140375241 | RESOLVER DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A resolver device ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150008858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - Provided are a system for controlling a motor and a method thereof. The system includes: a data storage unit in which data relating to a thermal equivalent circuit of the motor is stored; a temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of a cooling medium which enters a cooling flow path portion; a rotation speed measuring unit which measures a rotation speed of a rotor; a driving electric current measuring unit which measures a driving electric current of the motor; a permanent magnet temperature estimating unit which estimates a temperature of the permanent magnet portion of the rotor; and a driving controller controls driving of the motor. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150035465 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE CONTROL APPARATUS AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE SYSTEM - A rotating electrical machine control apparatus includes a position information generator and a controller, where a reset request is given from the controller, the position information generator stores position information in accordance with a first signal indicating the rotation position of a rotating electrical machine in a position storage portion, and thereafter updates the position information stored in the position storage portion on the basis of a second signal. The controller gives a reset request to the position information generator, and determines an abnormality of the position information on the basis of the position information obtained before and after the reset request is given. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150061563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ROTATIONAL POSITION OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method for monitoring an electric motor employing a pulse-type rotational position sensor includes monitoring a signal output from the pulse-type rotational position sensor and a reference signal associated with a control signal for the electric motor. A position of a rotor of the electric motor coincident with the reference signal is determined based upon a nominal rotor position, a nominal rotational speed of the rotor and a time between the reference signal and a falling edge of the signal output from the pulse-type rotational position sensor. The electric motor is controlled based upon the position of the rotor. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150069946 | ELECTROMOTIVE DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - An electric-motor drive arrangement is proposed having at least one electric motor and having at least one control device, wherein the electric-motor drive arrangement has a measurement data processing apparatus and a non-volatile memory. In this case, the memory is connected to a comparator which operates at least one optical display block of a display apparatus when a predetermined set value is reached or exceeded. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150084568 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ASSEMBLIES FOR DETECTING STOPPAGE OF ELECTRIC MOTORS - A motor controller for an electric motor having a stator and a rotor. The motor controller includes a power input for receiving AC power from a power source; a control input for receiving a control signal from a control; and circuitry for switching power from the power source to the electric motor in response to the control signal. The circuitry is operable to: apply a driving waveform to the stator to cause rotation of the rotor; remove the driving waveform from the stator to cause the rotor to coast and eventually stop; apply a stop detection waveform to the stator while the rotor is coasting, wherein the stop detection waveform induces a waveform on the rotor which in turn induces a waveform back to the stator while the rotor is rotating; and monitor the stator to detect a characteristic of the waveform induced back to the stator to detect when the rotor has substantially stopped rotating. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150091486 | Method and Apparatus for Detection of Drive Misconfiguration in a Multi-Axis Configuration - A system for detecting a mismatch between how a motor drive is connected electrically and how it is configured for operation is disclosed. The motor drive may either be connected in a stand-alone mode to control operation of a motor from an AC source without connection to another motor drive or be connected electrically to other motor drives, for example, in a paralleled mode, shared DC bus mode, or a combination thereof. A parameter identifies the expected electrical configuration of the motor drive. The power transferred to the DC bus is compared to the power transferred from the DC bus in the motor drive. If the difference between the power transferred to the DC bus and the power transferred from the DC bus exceeds a predetermined threshold, the motor drive detects the mismatch between 110W a motor drive is connected electrically and how it is configured for operation. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150097504 | Electrical apparatus and control system - In a system that receives power from an electric power grid, a variable frequency AC drive has an output connected to an AC electric motor, and an input connected to the power grid. The motor is in 1 connection with a load, and the AC drive includes an active converter having a predetermined maximum apparent power capacity. The converter is coupled to a controller programmed to regulate reactive power generation and consumption of the variable frequency AC drive so that the drive produces reactive power when the converter is utilizing less than its maximum apparent power capacity. This reactive power is fed to the power grid. A device monitors current and voltage in the power grid and calculates power factor, which is then used as a feedback to an external controller that generates a reactive power reference signal intended to control the system's power factor. The controller is programmed to respond to the signal, controlling power generation and consumption so that the combination of reactive power and real power does not result in apparent power exceeding the maximum capacity of the active converter and avoids generating reactive power that would result in a leading power factor for the system. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150102757 | MONITORING MOTOR CONDITION - In various implementations, a condition of a motor may be monitored based at least partially on time required to achieve a change in speed. A notification may be transmitted based on the condition of the motor. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150130386 | Methods and Apparatus for a Motor - Methods and apparatus for a motor generally comprise a motor shell, a drive unit, a motor electronics assembly configured to operate the drive unit, and a shaft coupled to the drive unit. The drive unit may comprise an axial design configured to increase the efficiency of the system. The motor may be totally enclosed, the shaft may be sealed using a labyrinth seal, and the motor electronics assembly may be contained within the motor shell. The motor may comprise shapes and materials to promote cooling by air flow and thermal conduction. The motor may further comprise a touch-sensitive interface, may operate at high speed in response to a signal, and may provide a single location for the connection of all inputs. A motor according to the present invention may have improved operating characteristics. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150137724 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR DRIVE DEVICE - Multipliers | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150145459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A system and method of controlling an electric motor using a motor drive controller are provided. The motor drive controller includes a rectifier configured to convert an AC input voltage to a DC voltage, a DC bus electrically coupled to the rectifier, an inverter electrically coupled to the DC bus and configured to generate an AC voltage to drive the electric motor, and a control unit. The control unit includes a sign calculation module configured to determine a polarity of each phase of a reference current command and a compensation module configured to generate a voltage compensation command signal using one of the determined polarities of the reference current command and a measured current, and one of a measurement of DC bus voltage and a constant DC bus voltage value, the voltage compensation signal compensating the drive controller to neutralize a deadtime effect. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145460 | MOTOR CONTROLLER HAVING ABNORMALITY DETECTION FUNCTION OF POWER TRANSMISSION UNIT BETWEEN MOTOR AND MAIN SHAFT - A motor controller includes: a motor rotation angle acquisition unit acquiring the rotation angle of the motor; a main shaft rotation angle acquisition unit acquiring the rotation angle of the main shaft; a one-rotation signal acquisition unit acquiring a one-rotation signal output every time the main shaft rotates once; a motor rotation speed calculation unit calculating the rotation speed of the motor from the rotation angle of the motor; a main shaft speed calculation unit calculating the rotation speed of the main shaft from the rotation angle of the main shaft; and an abnormality determination unit in which, when a change amount of the rotation angle of the motor or when the difference between the rotation speed of the motor and the rotation speed of the main shaft deviates from a second range, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the power transmission unit. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293165 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE INCLUDING FUNCTION TO DETECT FAILURE IN INSULATION RESISTANCE DETERIORATION DETECTION UNIT OF MOTOR, AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD - A motor drive device includes a power source unit rectifying AC voltage to DC voltage and to smooth the DC voltage by a capacitor, a motor drive amplification, a power source voltage measurement unit, an insulation resistance deterioration detection unit having a contact unit connecting one end of the capacitor to the ground and a current detection unit provided between the other end of the capacitor and a motor coil, and detecting a deterioration in an insulation resistance of the motor based on a detected signal obtained from a closed circuit formed by the contact unit, the capacitor, the motor coil, and the ground by using the current detection unit, and a failure detection unit detecting a failure in the insulation resistance deterioration detection unit based on the detected signal in the insulation resistance deterioration detection unit and a voltage value measured by the power source voltage measurement unit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150306977 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A control device for a vehicle seat includes at least one motor for adjusting the seat, a sampling circuit for generating a ripple signal indicative of a rotational number of the motor, a converter for converting the ripple signal to a pulse signal which has the frequency proportional to the ripple signal, and a controller for counting the pulses in the pulse signal such that seat position information can be determined. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311839 | CIRCUIT FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A MOVABLE MEMBER - A circuit for determining a position of a movable member driven by at least one electric motor includes a sampling circuit for generating a ripple signal indicative of a rotational number of the motor and a converter for converting the ripple signal to a pulse signal which has a frequency the same as the frequency of the ripple signal. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311848 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE CAPABLE OF DETECTING MALFUNCTION IN SWITCH - In a rotary electric machine, a modulation signal generator generates a modulation signal including information indicative of rotation of a rotor based on change of a voltage at an output end of a stator winding, and outputs the modulation signal. A rectifying unit alternately turns on and off the switch to rectify the voltage at an output end of the stator winding, thus generating a rectified voltage. An excitation current supplying circuit is communicably connected to the modulation signal generator via a communication line, and starts a supply of an excitation current to the excitation winding of the rotor to induce a rotating magnetic field in the stator winding when the modulation signal output from the modulation signal generator is input thereto via the communication line. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150323584 | MOTOR DRIVE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETECTING WELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CONNECTOR - A motor drive includes an electromagnetic connector for connecting an alternating current (AC) power source to an AC/DC conversion unit or disconnecting therefrom, a DC link unit, a DC/AC conversion unit for converting smoothed direct current voltage to AC voltage, a DC link voltage detection unit for measuring voltage of the DC link unit, and a control unit. The control unit includes a time measurement unit for measuring elapsed time since switching by the electromagnetic connector, and a welding judgment unit for judging that the electromagnetic connector is welded, provided that the difference between voltage between terminals of the DC link unit after charging the DC link unit and voltage between the terminals of the DC link unit after predetermined time has elapsed since disconnecting the AC power source from the AC/DC conversion unit, after the charge of the DC link unit, is less than a predetermined voltage level. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326167 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE THAT DETECTS BREAKAGE OF MOTOR POWER LINE OR POWER ELEMENT ABNORMALITY OF MOTOR POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A motor control device includes a current command calculation unit configured to calculate a current command value for driving a motor, a current detection unit configured to detect a value of a current that flows through a power line of the motor, a current deviation calculation unit configured to calculate a current deviation, which is a difference between the current command value and the detected current value, a voltage command calculation unit configured to calculate a voltage command value applied to the motor based on the current deviation, a filter processing unit configured to calculate data by filtering the current deviation, the absolute value of the current deviation, or the power of the current deviation and to output the data as index data, and a power line breakage detection unit configured to detect a breakage of the power line based on the index data. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150333676 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH CONTROLLER, ELECTRONIC SWITCH CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic switch controller, an electronic switch control method, an electronic switch and an electronic device are disclosed. The processor comprises voltage-stabilized power supplies, a processor and a driving circuit; the processor is connected between the voltage-stabilized power supplies and a measurement device to receive working parameters of the power supply, a load and the electronic switch measured by the measurement device, read duty cycle parameters matching with the working parameters, calculate a new duty cycle with the duty cycle parameters and the working parameters, adjust the current control signal to a PWM signal having the new duty cycle, and send the PWM signal to the driving circuit; and the driving circuit is connected between the voltage-stabilized power supplies and the load to control the rotation speed of the motor in the load. By reducing the volume of an electronic switch and achieving a long low-speed travel, the disclosure enables the user to work at an accurate working point with an electronic device. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150349689 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING VEHICLE MOTOR PERFORMANCE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for diagnosing motor performance of a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for diagnosing motor performance includes calculating magnetic flux of the motor under a predetermined diagnosis condition using a magnetic flux calculator. The apparatus further includes determining whether the calculated magnetic flux of the motor is included in a normal range using a validity determiner. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150349693 | Motor Driving Device - The present invention provides a motor driving device without an additional signal line for identifying whether a motor rotates stably. The motor driving device ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150357887 | PRODUCT SPECIFICATION SETTING APPARATUS AND FAN MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A product specification setting apparatus includes: an electronic tag for updatably storing specifications of a product; and a control computer for controlling the product according to the stored specifications. A fan motor includes: a motor driving unit for driving a motor for rotating a fan; an electronic tag for updatably storing specifications of the fan motor; and a control computer for controlling the motor driving unit according to the stored specifications. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MOVING PART DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A system for determining the position of a moving part driven by an electric motor: a single position sensor, coupled to the electric motor, incrementally detects an amount of movement thereof; a direction switching arrangement controls a direction of movement of the electric motor; and a control unit, coupled to the single position sensor and the direction switching arrangement, at each incremental amount of movement detected by the single position sensor, determines a current position of the moving part based on a previous position thereof and the current direction of movement controlled by the direction switching arrangement. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357955 | MAGNET DEGRADATION AND DAMAGE CONTROLS AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS - Techniques for motor magnet degradation controls and diagnostics are disclosed. An exemplary technique determines q-axis current, d-axis current, q-axis voltage, and/or d-axis voltage of a permanent magnet motor based upon sensed current and voltage information of the motor. This information is utilized to determine flux information. The flux information is utilized in evaluating collective state conditions of a plurality of motor magnets and evaluating localized state conditions of a subset of the plurality of motor magnets. The evaluations can be used to identify degradation or damage to one or more of the magnets which may occur as a result of elevated temperature conditions, physical degradation, or chemical degradation. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150362556 | FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD FOR MOTOR SYSTEM - A failure determination method for a motor system includes setting a current value required to initially drive a motor to a first current command value, increasing a rotational speed of a rotating magnetic field of the motor up to a preset reference speed, comparing an intensity of a back electromotive force, generated when a rotor of the motor is rotated at the preset reference speed, to a magnitude of a voltage applied to apply current in accordance with the set first current command value, and determining a cause of a failure of the motor based on the comparison. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365019 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE HAVING PROTECTIVE UNIT OF CHARGING RESISTOR - A motor control device includes a rectifier, a smoothing capacitor provided to a DC link, an inverter that power-converts DC power of the DC link and AC power of a motor side, an initial charging unit that charges the smoothing capacitor before motor driving start, a current detection unit that detects an AC current detection value of an input side of the rectifier, a current conversion unit that converts the detection value into a value corresponding to a DC link current, a current integration unit that outputs an integration value obtained by integrating the conversion value, an alarm output unit that outputs an alarm when the integration value is equal to or more than a first threshold value, a disconnecting unit that disconnects the AC power to the rectifier in response, and a protective unit that commands the disconnecting unit to disconnect the AC power when the alarm is output. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365039 | VEHICLE COOLING-FAN MOTOR/INVERTER SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Included are: a motor control device that has a switching element, that converts DC power supplied from a high-voltage power supply into three-phase AC power, and that supplies the three-phase AC power to a three-phase motor; a first control portion that controls the motor control device; an isolated-type CAN driver that is activated by using power supplied from a low-voltage power supply and that exchanges information with a vehicle ECU that is mounted in the vehicle and that is superordinate to a vehicle cooling-fan motor/inverter system; and an isolation portion that electrically isolates a low-voltage system to which power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply from a high-voltage system to which power is supplied from the high-voltage power supply. If a fault in the switching element is detected, the first control portion outputs fault information notifying that there is a fault in control of the three-phase motor to the vehicle ECU via the isolated-type CAN driver. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365041 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND INTERFACE - A motor control system is presented. The motor control system includes a motor controller and a motor driver. The motor controller and motor driver are coupled by an interface which includes a conductor configured to carry both a motor speed control signal from the motor controller to the motor driver and a motor feedback signal from the motor driver to the motor controller. The motor controller provides a motor speed control signal to the motor driver and the motor driver provides a motor feedback signal to the motor controller. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150368877 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - The present disclosure relates to a charging system for an energy storage device of hybrid construction machinery, and more particularly, to a charging system for an energy storage device of hybrid construction machinery which is capable of computing an amount of regenerable energy predicted according to an operational situation of an actuator, calculating a target charging rate of the energy storage device by reflecting the computed amount of the regenerable energy, and finally, computing an amount of power generated by an engine auxiliary motor in order to compensate for a difference between a target voltage and an actual voltage of the energy storage device, in the case of charging the energy storage device of the electric hybrid construction machinery. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150372631 | MOTOR FAULT DETECTOR - A motor control circuit includes a processor configured to calculate a plurality of motor impedances from measurements of an excitation voltage on a power bus to a motor and measurements of a plurality of currents through the motor resulting from the excitation voltage, and the processor configured to calculate individual winding inductances in the motor, based on the measured motor impedances, and configured to determine whether there is an inter-turn winding fault based on the calculated individual winding inductances. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150377970 | CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - A control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires via a communication line reference value data indicating predetermined reference values for a torque and a rotating speed, which are parameters indicating an operating state of an electric motor, from a driving device that controls driving of the electric motor, and a calculating unit that acquires via the communication line present value data indicating one of a physical quantity, which is a value of the respective parameters measured in the electric motor during operation and a ratio of the physical quantity to the reference value from the driving device, and calculates the other one of the physical quantity and the ratio from the present value data and the reference value data. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160028293 | Motor Driving Apparatus - A motor driving apparatus includes: a switch having a first terminal that receives an external voltage, and a second terminal; a driving circuit coupled to the first terminal of the switch, and powered by the external voltage; a control circuit coupled to the second terminal of the switch; and a power circuit coupled across the switch, and outputting an internal voltage associated with the external voltage to power the control circuit to control the driving circuit to drive a motor of a power tool to rotate in a first direction when the switch operates in the ON state and to rotate in a second direction for a predetermined time period counting from each instance the switch transitions to the OFF state. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160056750 | VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE SELF-CHECK - Diagnostic and/or control methods, systems and apparatuses for variable frequency drives are disclosed. The variable frequency drive may be controlled by a controller that may conduct one or more tests or evaluations. The tests or evaluations may include determining whether a switching device in the variable frequency drive is open-circuited, short-circuited, or operating normally. The tests may include determining whether current provided at an inverter output of the variable frequency drive is within a predetermined range. An exemplary embodiment evaluates the drive for a short circuit condition, an open circuit condition, and a sensor error or failure condition, controls operation of the drive based upon these one or more evaluations, may abort operation of the drive based upon one or more evaluations, and may set a fault code indicative of the type of error encountered. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160065113 | Method of Diagnosing a Malfunctioning DC Fan Motor - A method of diagnosing DC fan motor performance is provided in which normal operation of the motor is periodically and temporarily suspended in order to verify that the motor is operating within an acceptable performance range. When normal fan motor operation is suspended, the back EMF of the motor is used to determine (i) whether the motor is seized and/or (ii) whether the rate of deceleration after interrupting power to the motor is indicative of a failing motor. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160077498 | ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE OF POWER TRANSMITTING MEANS, MOLDING APPARATUS, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD OF POWER TRANSMITTING MEANS - An abnormality detecting device of power transmitting means comprises an electric motor; a converting mechanism that converts a rotary motion of the electric motor into a linear motion; a first detector that detects rotation of the electric motor; a second detector that detects the movement of the driving object at a predetermined position; a storage device for storing, as a reference value, a rotation amount of the electric motor which is detected at normal time by the first detector and which is at a time when detecting the driving object by the second detector; and a comparing device configured to compare a rotation amount of the electric motor which is detected by the first detector when the movement of the driving object is detected by the second detector, with the reference value. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079891 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention discloses a monitoring device for an electric machine, comprising a first detection apparatus which is configured to detect electrical power supplied to the electric machine, comprising a second detection apparatus which is configured to detect theoretical mechanical power output by the electric machine on the basis of a commutation of the electric machine, and comprising a calculation apparatus which, on the basis of the detected electrical power and of the detected theoretical mechanical power, is configured to calculate an efficiency of the electric machine and to emit an error signal if the calculated efficiency is greater than 1. The present invention further discloses a control device for an electric machine and a method for monitoring an electric machine. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160087559 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR DETECTING SINGLE PHASE DC MOTOR ROTATION DIRECTION AND METHOD FOR STARTING MOTOR - A motor drive circuit including a back electromotive force detecting module and a processing module is disclosed herein. The back electromotive force detecting module is electrically connected to a single phase DC motor and is configured to detect a back electromotive force of the single phase DC motor and to output a detecting signal correspondingly. The processing module is electrically connected to the back electromotive force detecting module and the single phase DC motor. The processing module is configured to determine the rotation direction of the single phase DC motor according to the detecting signal and a hall signal outputted by a hall element located in the single phase DC motor, and is configured to control the single phase DC motor. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160090772 | Door Operator System Capable of Detecting a Current- Time Position of a Movable Barrier - A door operator system capable of detecting a current-time position of a movable barrier comprises a current-time position detecting device comprising a first gear, a first angular position sensing unit, a revolution counting unit and an arithmetic unit. The first gear is coupled to an output shaft of a motor or a winding shaft. The first angular position sensing unit is provided for detecting a first angular position of the first gear. The revolution counting unit counts the number of revolutions of the first gear. The arithmetic unit calculates a number of total circumferential intervals of the output shaft of the motor or the winding shaft based on D=(La*X)+A/(360/X), where D is the number of the total circumferential intervals, La is the number of revolutions of the first gear, A is the first angular position, X is a number of circumferential intervals per revolution of the first gear. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091568 | METHODS OF ESTIMATING ROTOR MAGNET TEMPERATURE AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - At least one example embodiment discloses a method of estimating a rotor magnet temperature of a motor. The method includes determining an applied voltage during operation of the motor at an operating point, obtaining a reference value associated with the operating point and associated with a reference temperature and determining an estimated rotor magnet temperature based on the applied voltage and the reference value. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160105133 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECORDING OPERATING INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED MOTOR - A unit for recording operating information of an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The unit includes a system controller communicatively coupled to an ECM. The system controller includes a processing device configured to control the unit. The unit also includes a memory device communicatively coupled to the system controller. The memory device is configured to receive and store ECM operating information provided by the processing device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160111952 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING INVERTER - According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an inverter including a rectification unit rectifying inputted AC power to DC power, a smoothing unit smoothing the DC power, and a power conversion unit received the DC power from the smoothing unit to convert the received DC power into AC power having a predetermined size and frequency, the method includes receiving an abnormal signal of the inverter or an electric motor for driving the inverter, determining whether a DC terminal voltage of the smoothing unit is equal to or greater than a low voltage failure level when the abnormal signal is received, determining whether the power conversion unit is operating, and blocking current output of the power conversion unit when the DC terminal voltage is equal to or greater than the low voltage failure level and the power conversion unit is operating. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111989 | FAN MOTOR DRIVING MEANS, DRIVING METHOD, AND COOLING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - The present invention inhibits the voltage jump of a source voltage or an output voltage by an approach which is different from a conventional one. A logic circuit allows an H bridge circuit to be shifted among a plurality of states in a specific sequence. A compulsory regenerating circuit is configured to be switched between an enabled state and a disabled state; while being in the enabled state, the current that flows in from a ground line via the H bridge circuit and a motor coil to a power line back-flows to the ground line. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160118890 | CIRCUIT APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - An output transistor of an output circuit that outputs a large current may have a partial fault, but such a partial fault may not be detected because the transistor is very large. To address this, the invention provides an output circuit in which one output transistor is divided into a plurality of transistors, and a plurality of pads that are connected correspondingly to the transistors are provided. Fault detection can be performed on the plurality of transistors by using each pad. At least some of the pads are connected to one same output terminal of the substrate or the like. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160126882 | DRIVE DEVICE - A drive device that includes a current sensor that detects a current flowing in the wheel driving rotary electric machine; and shunt resistors that detect currents flowing in the respective second switching element units for the corresponding phases between the direct-current power supply and the second switching element units for the respective phases, wherein a ratio of a period during which current detection can be performed by the current sensor to a control period of the first inverter is higher than a ratio of a period during which current detection can be performed by the shunt resistors to a control period of the second inverter. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160134221 | INVERTER APPARATUS - An inverter apparatus that includes an inverter that is interposed between an AC rotary electric machine and both a DC power supply and a smoothing capacitor and that includes a plurality of switching elements; a controller that controls driving of the plurality of switching elements; and a current sensor that detects a current flowing through a wire connecting the DC power supply and the inverter together, wherein the controller determines whether or not to stop driving of all of the plurality of switching elements based on the current detected by the current sensor while the AC rotary electric machine is caused to perform a regenerative operation of generating power. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160149531 | MOTOR DRIVE HAVING FUNCTION FOR PREVENTING SECONDARY DAMAGE - A motor drive includes a condition detection circuit for monitoring the condition of the drive, an determination circuit for determining whether detected data indicates an abnormality, a memory unit for storing a detection value including at least one of a peak voltage applied to the drive, a peak current flowing through the drive, the cumulative number of occurrences of abnormalities, and variations in the peak voltage or current with time, when the abnormality occurs, and a setting unit for setting in advance set values including an allowable peak voltage and current and the allowable number of occurrences of abnormalities, and allowable variations in the peak voltage and current with time allowable by the drive. Whenever the motor drive is powered on, it is determined whether the detection value reaches the set value. When the detection value reaches the set value, the power-on of the motor drive is prohibited. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160149532 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor control device includes: a control processing unit that controls the driving of a motor based on a command signal input from a controller and a detection signal which is a detection result of the operation of the motor; an abnormality determining unit that detects an abnormality in the controller, the motor control device, and the motor according to the command signal, the detection signal, and a control signal generated in the motor control device and that determines a level of repeatability of the detected abnormality on the basis of a predetermined criterion; a specific abnormality storage unit that stores occurrence information of a specific abnormality which is determined to have high repeatability on the basis of the predetermined criterion; and an abnormality releasing unit that erases the occurrence information of the specific abnormality stored in the specific abnormality storage unit according to an erasure command signal. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160156293 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160169952 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR THREE-PHASE DETECTION, AND COMPRESSOR | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173021 | CONVERTER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160190964 | Motor Driving Apparatus and Controlling Method Thereof - Disclosed herein are a motor driving apparatus and a controlling method thereof. The motor driving apparatus includes a motor having a rotor including a permanent magnet, and a stator, an inverter to supply a driving power to the motor, and a control unit to estimate a parameter using a startup estimation when a rotation speed of the rotor is less than a preset startup speed, to estimate the parameter using a driving estimation with compensating for a dead time when the rotation speed of the rotor is equal to or greater than the preset startup speed and a torque of the rotor is equal to or less than a preset driving torque, and to estimate the parameter using the driving estimation without the dead time compensation when the rotation speed of the rotor is equal to or greater than the preset startup speed and the torque of the rotor exceeds the preset driving torque. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160190972 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device includes an alternating current rotating machine having a multiple of multi-phase windings, a multiple of power conversion means that convert direct current voltage of a direct current power supply based on a multiple of switching signals and apply voltage to the multiple of multi-phase windings, first current detection means that detects a first bus current, which is current flowing between the power conversion means that applies voltage to one multi-phase windings of the multiple of multi-phase windings and the direct current power supply, and first phase current calculation means that calculates the current flowing through the one multi-phase windings based on the first bus current, wherein the first current detection means detects the first bus current at a timing at which a multiple of voltage vectors based on the multiple of switching signals neighbor or coincide. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160197565 | Procedure for the monitoring of drive motors | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160199563 | EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160204790 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER, AND MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME | 07-14-2016 |
| 20180026565 | MACHINE TOOL AND DETECTION METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
| 20220137137 | INVERTER SYSTEM WITH MOTOR INSULATON INSPECTION FUNCTION - An inverter system includes a converter, an inverter, a first switch SW | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139659 | MODULAR SWITCH APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC DRIVE - A modular switch apparatus for controlling at least one electric drive includes a mounting rail bus system having a control line and two power supply lines, a power supply device, and a safety relay module that is configured to obtain a first, high level control signal from a DC supply voltage applied to the two power supply lines and to feed the first control signal to the control line via the first bus interface if the emergency stop command device has not been actuated. Furthermore, at least one safety motor starter module is provided, which includes a processing device with an input that can be electrically connected to the control line via a bus interface. The processing device is adapted to evaluate a first, high level control signal as transferred via the control line and to provide control signals for controlling the at least two switch devices. | 05-05-2022 |
