A motor controlling device configured to control an on-board motor is provided, which includes an H-bridge type drive circuit comprised of first switching elements and configured to drive the on-board motor, and a controlling circuit configured to control the on-board motor by controlling the drive circuit, the controlling circuit carrying out an ON control of one of the first switching elements connected to ground, when not operating the on-board motor.

According to an embodiment, a driving apparatus of a DC brush motor includes: a drive circuit that supplies motor current to a coil of a DC brush motor; and a control circuit configured to: after a predetermined time interval has elapsed since starting-up of the DC brush motor, drop down step-by-step a limit value that sets an upper limit of the motor current; and detect turning into a state where the motor current is limited by the limit value.

An abnormality monitoring apparatus includes a drive circuit unit, a current detection unit, a current cutoff unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The drive circuit unit switches an energization to the motor winding. The current detection unit detects a motor current, which is a current flowing through the motor winding. The current cutoff unit cuts off the motor current. The first control unit has an energization control unit for controlling energization to the motor winding and an energization state notification unit for outputting an energization state signal according to an energization command. The second control unit is provided separately from the first control unit and has an abnormality monitoring unit configured to monitor an abnormality based on a detection value of the current detection unit and an energization state signal so as to perform fail-safe measure according to a monitoring result.

Methods and systems for operating a driveline disconnect clutch actuator are provided. In one example, the driveline disconnect clutch actuator may be supplied with electric power to activate and deactivate a driveline disconnect clutch when electric power is available via a first power source. The driveline disconnect clutch actuator may be supplied with electric power to open the driveline disconnect clutch when output from the first driveline disconnect clutch is unavailable.

A power supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal having a rectangular cross section are respectively connected to a first terminal hole of a power supply pattern and a second terminal hole of a ground pattern. An inductor is surface-mounted on a substrate, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which an input end connected to a power supply pattern and an output end connected to a power supply relay face each other. A first electrode terminal of a capacitor is connected to the power supply pattern, a second electrode terminal is connected to the ground pattern, and constitutes a filter circuit together with the inductor. A wall surface of an input end of the inductor is arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis direction (x direction) of the first terminal hole. The inductor opposes the first terminal hole so as to include the entire length Wh of the first terminal hole within the width Wt of the input end in the x direction.

Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a homing mechanism within a drive mechanism of a lacing engine for an automated footwear platform are described. In an example, the homing apparatus can include an indexing wheel, a plurality of Geneva teeth and a stop tooth. The plurality of Geneva teeth can be distributed around a portion of a perimeter of the indexing wheel. Each Geneva tooth of the plurality of Geneva teeth can include side profiles conforming to a first side profile that generates a first force when engaged by an index tooth on a portion of the drive mechanism. The stop tooth can be located along the perimeter of the indexing wheel between two Geneva teeth. Additionally, the stop tooth can include side profiles conforming to a second side profile that generates a second force when engaged by the index tooth.

Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a homing mechanism within a drive mechanism of a lacing engine for an automated footwear platform are described. In an example, the homing apparatus can include an indexing wheel, a plurality of Geneva teeth and a stop tooth. The plurality of Geneva teeth can be distributed around a portion of a perimeter of the indexing wheel. Each Geneva tooth of the plurality of Geneva teeth can include side profiles conforming to a first side profile that generates a first force when engaged by an index tooth on a portion of the drive mechanism. The stop tooth can be located along the perimeter of the indexing wheel between two Geneva teeth. Additionally, the stop tooth can include side profiles conforming to a second side profile that generates a second force when engaged by the index tooth.

A motor drive system includes a rectifier circuit, a controller, a modulator circuit and a direct current (DC) motor. The rectifier circuit is configured to convert an alternating current (AC) voltage to a DC voltage. The controller is configured to output a control signal. The modulator circuit includes a pulse generation module, a feedback determination module, a pulse modulation module and a driving module, and is configured to generate a modulated DC driving signal based on the DC voltage and the control signal generated by the rectifier circuit and the controller. The DC motor is configured to operate in accordance with the modulated DC driving signal generated by the modulator circuit.

The present disclosure provides a motor drive device. The motor drive device includes a current detection unit, a control unit and a determination unit. The current detection unit detects a current flowing through a motor coil. The control unit executes a slow attenuation mode that attenuates the current after an end of a power supply mode. The determination unit determines whether the current at a second time point while a predetermined time has elapsed from a first time point when the power supply mode is switched to a slow decay mode is below a limit value. When the determination unit determines that the current does not fall below the limit value, the control unit is configured to switch from the slow attenuation mode to a fast attenuation mode at the second time point.

A method for controlling a stepper motor includes calculating a duty cycle of a current provided to the stepper motor and comparing a difference, between the calculated duty cycle and a base duty cycle of current provided to the stepper motor under a base load condition, to a reference duty cycle value. The method also includes adjusting a peak current level of the current provided to the stepper motor responsive to the comparison.