An electrical combination, a motorized device system, a motor assembly, a battery pack, and operating methods. The combination may include an electrical device including a device housing, a load supported by the device housing, the load being operable to output at least about 1800 watts (W), and a device terminal electrically connected to the load; a battery pack including a pack housing, battery cells supported by the pack housing, the battery cells being electrically connected and having a nominal voltage of up to about 20 volts, and a pack terminal electrically connectable to the device terminal to transfer current between the battery pack and the electrical device; and a controller operable to control the transfer of current.

A torque-limiting safety circuit servo drive for AC permanent magnet motors including a three-phase inverter bridge, a first current sensor in series with a first motor phase, a second current sensor in series with a second motor phase, a third current sensor in series with the DC bus, and a drive control circuit that controls the six pulse-width modulated gate drive signals for the three-phase inverter bridge. The drive circuit has first and second safety channel STO inputs whereby either channel can shut down the three-phase inverter bridge, emits a signal set to represent the switching state of the three-phase inverter bridge, and modifies the switching pattern of the PWM to ensure the dwell times of PWM is sufficiently long to allow a valid measurement of phase current using the bus current sensor. First and second safety processors controls the first and second safety channel STO inputs, respectively.

A system for controlling an operation of an induction motor (IM). A controller processor detects a spectrum of a current signal from received sensor data using a module. Obtain a number of rotor bars and a number of pole pairs of the IM to identify a principle slot harmonics (PSH) type IM from stored IM data. Use the PSH-type IM to identify a static eccentricity (SE) fault signature signal located at a secondary PSH frequency of the PSH-type IM. Determine a level of signal strength in the spectrum of the current signal at a location of the secondary PSH frequency, and compare to a SE fault table database to obtain a SE fault level of the PSH-type IM. Compare the SE fault level to a database to obtain a SE fault threshold, and if the SE fault level is outside the SE threshold, generate an interrupt command to the controller.

An overvoltage protecting system and method of a motor pre-driver are provided. An overvoltage protecting circuit compares a first reference voltage with a common voltage inputted to a single phase motor to output a first comparison signal. When a controller circuit determines that the common voltage is higher than the first reference voltage according to the first comparison signal, the controller circuit turns off a first high-side switch and a second high-side switch, and turns on the first low-side switch and the second low-side switch, during a phase time of a phase transition signal of the single phase motor. After the phase time ends, the controller circuit alternately turns on the first low-side switch and the second low-side switch according to a level of the phase transition signal.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a surgical instrument. The method includes connecting a power assembly to a control circuit, wherein the power assembly is configured to provide a source voltage, energizing, by the power assembly, a voltage boost convertor circuit configured to provide a set voltage greater than the source voltage, and energizing, by the voltage boost convertor, one or more voltage convertors configured to provide one or more operating voltages to one or more circuit components.

The Electrical Interlock System (EIS) for Swimming Pools provides the interconnection of the chemical feeders, main pool pump and flow rate in order to meet the government regulatory requirements. The EIS will have the ability to determine if the main pool pump is on, adequate water flow is present and vacuum pressure is within limits. In addition the EIS will provide GFCI protection regardless of electrical manufacturer and pool equipment manufacturer. Based on these conditions, the EIS will provide power to the main pool pump and chemical feeders or disconnect power as required.

A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) with self-diagnostic, self-maintenance, and self-protection capabilities includes: a power semiconductor device; an air gap disconnect unit connected in series with the power semiconductor device; a sense and drive circuit that switches the power semiconductor device OFF upon detecting a short circuit or overload of unacceptably long duration; and a microcontroller unit (MCU) that triggers the air gap disconnect unit to form an air gap and galvanically isolate an attached load, after the sense and drive circuit switches the power semiconductor device OFF. The MCU is further configured to monitor the operability of the air gap disconnect unit, the power semiconductor device, and other critical components of the SSCB and, when applicable, take corrective actions to prevent the SSCB and the connected load from being damaged or destroyed and/or to protect persons and the environment from being exposed to hazardous electrical conditions.

MCU (2001) determines whether at least one of double three-phase inverter (2030) or battery (2002) has a failure, or battery (2002) is fully charged, and switches control to be performed in inverter (2030) between all-phase shut off and three-phase short circuit based on a motor rotation speed of double three-phase motor (2050) when MCU (2001) determines that any one of inverter (2030) and battery (2002) has a failure, or battery (2002) is fully charged. Battery (2002) and inverter (2030) can be protected when current is inhibited from flowing from motor (2050) to battery (2002) due to a failure of inverter (2030) or battery (2002).

An induction motor overheat monitoring method and device detects overheating of an induction motor from a detection value of a current sensor. A resistance calculation relationship data indicating a relationship between a resistance and a feature amount at the time of starting of the induction motor and a determination reference value for determining overheating are stored in advance. At each starting, a current of the induction motor is detected, a signal regarding a phase angle difference is calculated, and a feature amount of the motor is calculated from the signal regarding the phase angle difference. Further, a resistance of the induction motor is calculated by using the feature amount of the motor and the resistance calculation reference data stored in advance. Then, a temperature of the induction motor is calculated from the resistance of the induction motor, and it is determined if the motor is overheated.