An electrical motor system and a method for operating the electrical motor system are disclosed. The electrical motor system comprises a direct current (DC) source, a filter connected in parallel with the DC source and an electric motor with at least two sets of windings. A voltage signal is provided from the DC source to the inverter circuit where the signal is modulated. The modulated signal is then supplied from the inverter circuit to each set of windings with a respective time offset between each set of windings respectively, providing a very efficient DC bus ripple reduction. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to use small filter capacitors/capacitor banks in electrical motor systems.

An electric drive unit for a wheel of a motor vehicle, including an electric motor for driving a drive shaft joined to the wheel in a manner resistant to rotation. The drive shaft is disposed coaxial to the rotor of the electric motor and is joined thereto in a rotation-resistant manner. The drive shaft is joined to the rotor of the electric motor in a rotation-resistant and axially moveable manner via a bearing.

In a process of cancelling shutdown of a second converter during transmission of electric power between a first power line and a second power line with voltage conversion by a first converter in a shutdown state of the second converter, a motor vehicle performs single element switching control that switches one switching element between third and fourth switching elements of the second converter while setting the other switching element off, such as to prevent an electric current in a reverse direction to an electric current flowing in a first reactor of the first converter from flowing in a second reactor of the second converter.

A motor vehicle with at least one energizable active current line, which at least sometimes carries an active current for the operation of at least one electrical consumer. At least one attenuation line layout is coupled by way of an inductive coupling to the energizable active current line in such a way that, in a protection area spaced apart from the active current line and the attenuation line layout, a magnetic field generated by the active current and/or a perturbation superimposed on the active current and/or a leakage current produced by the active current is attenuated by current flow induced in the attenuation line layout.

An electrical motor system and a method for operating the electrical motor system are disclosed. The electrical motor system comprises a direct current (DC) source, a filter connected in parallel with the DC source and an electric motor with at least two sets of windings. A voltage signal is provided from the DC source to the inverter circuit where the signal is modulated. The modulated signal is then supplied from the inverter circuit to each set of windings with a respective time offset between each set of windings respectively, providing a very efficient DC bus ripple reduction. Hereby, it is e.g. possible to use small filter capacitors/capacitor banks in electrical motor systems.

A device for transporting a payload (to include a human user) over varied terrain. A platform accommodates the payload. A pair of wheel clusters are mounted to opposite ends of the platform and are powered in rotation relative thereto. Each includes at least two co-planar wheels powered by electric motors. A latch is hand-operable (without tools) to secure the cluster to the platform and, alternatively, allow the cluster to be detached from the platform and rotated 90 to lie parallel thereto. An electrical connector conducts electric power from the platform to the cluster when the latch is operated/actuated to secure the cluster to the platform, and is configured such that it does not impede or obstruct detaching the wheel cluster from the platform, with no requirement that the user take any additional step (other than actuating the latch) to detach the wheel cluster.

An automotive power system includes a circuit arrangement including an AC input, an AC/DC power converter, an electromagnetic interference filter connected between the AC input and AC/DC power converter, a transformer, a first switching bridge connected between the AC/DC power converter and transformer, and a switch bank connected with a secondary side of the transformer that connects the secondary side with a second switching bridge such that the second switching bridge is connected between a traction battery and the transformer, and the switching bridges and transformer form an isolated DC/DC power converter. The system also includes one or more switches that directly connect the traction battery between the AC input and electromagnetic interference filter.

An automotive power system includes a circuit arrangement including an AC input, an AC/DC power converter, an electromagnetic interference filter connected between the AC input and AC/DC power converter, a transformer, a first switching bridge connected between the AC/DC power converter and transformer, and a switch bank connected with a secondary side of the transformer that connects the secondary side with a second switching bridge such that the second switching bridge is connected between a traction battery and the transformer, and the switching bridges and transformer form an isolated DC/DC power converter. The system also includes one or more switches that directly connect the traction battery between the AC input and electromagnetic interference filter.

A converter system for transferring power, including a first high voltage DC-DC module, a second high voltage DC-DC module, and a controller. The high voltage DC-DC modules are electrically separated, the first high voltage DC-DC module is connected to a first high voltage interface of a high voltage system and to a first low voltage interface of a low voltage system, and being of a first DC-DC module type, and the second high voltage DC-DC module is connected to a second high voltage interface of the high voltage system and to a second low voltage interface of the low voltage system, and being of a second different DC-DC module type. The controller is configured to control power supply via one of the high voltage DC-DC modules to the low voltage system in case of failure affecting the other one of the high voltage DC-DC modules.

A vehicle electrical system includes: an electrical storage system, a first multiphase electrical machine having stator windings, and a first inverter connected to the electrical storage system and the first multiphase electrical machine, the first inverter has a plurality of switch legs with switches; a second multiphase electrical machine having stator windings, and a second inverter connected to the electrical storage system and the second multiphase electrical machine, the second inverter has a plurality of switch legs with switches; and a terminal having poles that receive single-phase AC or multi-phase AC or DC from a vehicle charging source, a first line connects a first pole of the terminal with a first switch leg of the first inverter, a second conductive line connects a second pole of the terminal with a first switch leg of the second inverter, and a first inductor in the first or second conductive lines.