An electric vehicle propulsion control device includes a power converter that applies an alternating-current voltage to an induction machine and a controller that controls the power converter based on an external operation command. The controller includes a first calculation unit. The first calculation unit calculates, from current information (id and iq) detected at the induction machine and current command values (id*1 and iq*1) that are based on the operation command, a d-axis voltage command (Vd*1) and a q-axis voltage command (Vq*1) for the power converter, and a primary magnetic flux ds and a secondary magnetic flux dr of the induction machine. The first calculation unit also adds to or subtracts from a term including the q-axis voltage command (Vq*1) an interference term stemming from the d-axis voltage command (Vd*1) in calculating a first speed 1 that is a free-run speed of the induction machine.

According to some embodiments, a traction system is disclosed. The traction system includes a DC bus, an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus, and a voltage converter assembly coupled to the energy storage device. The voltage converter assembly includes a plurality of phase legs. The traction system further includes an electromechanical device including a plurality of windings coupled to the voltage converter assembly. The traction system also includes a switch coupled to the DC bus between the voltage converter assembly and the energy storage device. The traction system includes a controller configured to control the switch and the voltage converter assembly such that a phase leg and a winding of the electromechanical device form a DC/DC converter.

A drive unit for an electric vehicle includes a stator having an axis extending through an opening in the middle of the stator, a case, a clamp to fasten the stator within the case and a fastener. The case includes a boss with an opening having an axis and a ramp adjacent to the boss and slanting toward the axis of the stator as it extends away from the opening of the boss. The clamp includes a first portion to contact a side of the stator to provide a radial force to the stator and a second portion to contact an end of the stator to provide an axial force to the stator. The fastener is inserted through the clamp into the boss. The slanted edge is configured to slide against the ramp when the fastener is inserted into the boss, to generate the radial force.

A system includes a torque sensor; and a hybrid power system. The hybrid power sensor includes a frame; an engine mounted on the frame; and a generator, the generator including: a generator rotor mechanically coupled to a shaft of the engine; and a generator stator coupled to the frame by the torque sensor. The torque sensor is configured to measure a torque on the generator stator.

A propulsion system includes plural inverters configured to be onboard a vehicle and to convert direct current into an alternating current, and plural motors configured to receive the alternating current from the inverters. The motors also are configured to be operably coupled with axles of the vehicle to rotate the axles. The inverters are configured to be coupled with and control the motors that rotate non-neighboring axles of the axles in the vehicle.

The disclosure discloses a coaxial propulsion system with multiple electric motors, comprising a housing, two or more electric motors being provided in the housing, wherein the electric motors share one common shaft. Electric motor is a permanent-magnet synchronous motor, an asynchronous motor or a switched reluctance motor, and of different efficiency maps. The disclosure can improve the power density and system efficiency of propulsion system while maintaining high performance output, to enhance the integration level, and reduce size, weight and cost.

A drive device (102) with a converter function for a vehicle (100) has at least one first motor connection and one second motor connection for connecting the drive device (102) to a converter (108), a least one first motor coil and one second motor coil, wherein a first connection of the first motor coil is connected to the first motor connection and a first connection of the second motor coil is connected to the second motor connection, at least one first intermediate tap and one second intermediate tap, wherein the first intermediate tap is connected to a first tap point of the first motor coil and the second intermediate tap is connected to a first tap point of the second motor coil, and at least one first supply line connection and one second supply line connection for connecting the drive device (102) to an AC voltage supply line, wherein the first supply line connection is connected to the first intermediate tap and the second supply line connection is connected to the second intermediate tap.

A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.

A vehicle electric machine assembly including a stator core and a terminal block is provided. The stator core includes one or more three-phase terminals connected to end windings. The terminal block includes a connector for each of the three-phase terminals. A portion of the end windings extending from the stator core, the three-phase terminals, and the terminal block are overmolded as a single unit such that a portion of each of the connectors is exposed for connection to an inverter. The terminal block may further include one or more threaded apertures, each sized to receive a threaded stud to facilitate an electrical connection between one of the one or more three-phase terminals and the inverter. Each of the one or more three-phase terminals may extend axially along an axis substantially parallel to a central axis of a rotor disposed within a cavity defined by the stator core.

The invention relates to a drive system (10), in particular for a vehicle, comprising a fuel cell unit (12) for generating electric energy, a secondary battery (14) for storing electric energy, an electric machine (20) with windings (21, 22, 23), and an inverter for actuating the electric machine (20). The inverter (30) is designed as a 3-level inverter and has multiple electronic switches (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S12), diodes (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X12), a plus pole (37), a minus pole (35), and a neutral pole (36). The fuel cell unit (12) and the secondary battery (14) are connected in series and are connected to the poles (35, 36, 37) of the inverter (30). The invention also relates to a method for heating a drive system (10) according to the invention, wherein the switches (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S12) of the inverter (30) are actuated such that a short-circuit current path is produced between the inverter (30) poles (35, 36, 37) to which the fuel cell unit (12) is connected.