Patent classifications
B60L15/02
VEHICLE
A vehicle includes a first and second motors, a high-voltage device, and a power converter. The power converter is disposed between the first and second motors. The power converter is configured to convert the electric power and to supply the converted electric power to the first and second motors. The power converter has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that has a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall opposite to the third side wall. The first connector is provided on the first side wall and is connected to a first three-phase line via which the first motor is electrically connected to the power converter. The second connector is provided on the third side wall and is connected to a second three-phase line via which the second motor is electrically connected to the power converter.
VEHICLE
A vehicle includes a first and second motors, a high-voltage device, and a power converter. The power converter is disposed between the first and second motors. The power converter is configured to convert the electric power and to supply the converted electric power to the first and second motors. The power converter has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that has a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall opposite to the third side wall. The first connector is provided on the first side wall and is connected to a first three-phase line via which the first motor is electrically connected to the power converter. The second connector is provided on the third side wall and is connected to a second three-phase line via which the second motor is electrically connected to the power converter.
Electric motor torque control
A vehicle includes one or more inverter-fed electric machines such as permanent magnet synchronous motors. In response to a torque request, a controller issues commands to an inverter calculated to cause the motor to produce the requested torque. A method of operating the inverter may determine the commands based on the ratio of rotor speed to inverter input voltage, reducing the approximation error associated with multi-dimensional lookup tables. When the speed and voltage vary while maintaining a constant ratio and constant torque request, the issued commands produce a winding current in the electrical machine with constant direct and quadrature components.
Electric motor torque control
A vehicle includes one or more inverter-fed electric machines such as permanent magnet synchronous motors. In response to a torque request, a controller issues commands to an inverter calculated to cause the motor to produce the requested torque. A method of operating the inverter may determine the commands based on the ratio of rotor speed to inverter input voltage, reducing the approximation error associated with multi-dimensional lookup tables. When the speed and voltage vary while maintaining a constant ratio and constant torque request, the issued commands produce a winding current in the electrical machine with constant direct and quadrature components.
Software-defined vehicular powertrain and method of operation
A software-defined powertrain transmits commands to at least 4 distributed polyphase motor controllers. A single vehicle control unit transforms operator control indicia into a plurality of individual commands, and securely transmits said commands to each one of a plurality of independent motor controllers mechanically coupled to a single wheel by a polyphase electric motor. The motor controllers are DC to variable AC electrical converters which each receives phase and magnitude requirements. A mixed criticality operating system provides an encrypted application-programming interface to operate functions such as torque vectoring, cooling, braking, and battery management. The OS provides an isolated trust zone to each of a plurality of cores for authentication and validation.
Method of verifying the operation of a motor propulsion plant fitted to an automotive vehicle and corresponding system
A method and system for verifying operation of a motor propulsion plant fitted to an automotive vehicle with electric or hybrid traction, the motor propulsion plant including an electric motor including a permanent-magnet rotor. The method includes: a regulation of currents of a stator and a measurement of direct and quadratic components of the currents; an application, in a model of the electric motor linking control signals to the direct and quadratic components of the currents, of a change of variable in which X=Iq3+Id3, Y=Iq−Id; determination of minimum and maximum bounds for X and Y to deduce therefrom minimum and maximum bounds for Iq and Id; and a comparison between the measured direct and quadratic components of the currents and the minimum and maximum bounds for Iq and Id.
Method of verifying the operation of a motor propulsion plant fitted to an automotive vehicle and corresponding system
A method and system for verifying operation of a motor propulsion plant fitted to an automotive vehicle with electric or hybrid traction, the motor propulsion plant including an electric motor including a permanent-magnet rotor. The method includes: a regulation of currents of a stator and a measurement of direct and quadratic components of the currents; an application, in a model of the electric motor linking control signals to the direct and quadratic components of the currents, of a change of variable in which X=Iq3+Id3, Y=Iq−Id; determination of minimum and maximum bounds for X and Y to deduce therefrom minimum and maximum bounds for Iq and Id; and a comparison between the measured direct and quadratic components of the currents and the minimum and maximum bounds for Iq and Id.
Electric motor temperature compensation
A vehicle includes one or more inverter-fed electric machines such as permanent magnet synchronous motors. In response to a torque request, a controller issues commands to an inverter calculated to cause the motor to produce the requested torque at the current temperature. A method adjusts the direct component of the winding current such that the requested torque is delivered efficiently. For a given rotor speed, bus voltage, and torque, the direct component increases as the temperature increases.
Automatic suppression device for cyclic disturbance
In torque pulsation suppressing control in apparatus using battery as main power source, with feedforward table, there arises compensating table error due to voltage fluctuation by battery internal resistance, depending on load power. In system where compensating values for suppressing torque pulsation are collected beforehand in the form of compensating table, and the torque pulsation of each frequency component is suppressed by the torque compensating quantity determined by inputting torque command and sensed rotational speed, the system senses main power source voltage of controlled object, and to perform compensation by outputting the torque compensating quantity dependent on the voltage by inputting into the compensating table corresponding to voltage. Furthermore, a compensation correcting section corrects torque compensating quantity Tcn determined by the sum of output Ta of real part compensating table and quantity jTb of imaginary part compensating table, with predetermined table or proportional expression depending only on voltage.
COMPENSATION FOR MULTIPLE NON-IDEAL POSITION SENSOR HARMONIC COMPONENTS IN A ROTARY SYSTEM
Examples described herein provide a rotary system that includes a rotor having an axis of rotation, a position sensor to measure an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation, and a processing system to perform operations. The operations include receiving an output from the position sensor, the output being a measure of an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation. The operations further include generating, based on the output from the position sensor, an error signal, an estimated angular velocity, and an estimated position. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic adaptation based at least in part on the error signal, the estimated angular velocity, and the estimated position to generate adaptation coefficients. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic compensation based on the adaptation coefficients and the estimated position to generate a difference in position.