B60H1/3222

TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
20220194175 · 2022-06-23 ·

A method of controlling a transport refrigeration system including a refrigeration unit including a compressor, and a refrigerated compartment operably coupled to the refrigeration unit, and the transport refrigeration system is operable in a standby mode in which the transport refrigeration system is connected to and powered by a mains power source, the method including providing a first compressor speed, wherein the first compressor speed is less than a maximum speed of the compressor of the refrigeration unit; determining when the transport refrigeration system is being operated in the standby mode; determining whether a current time is within a first time period; and when it is determined that the transport refrigeration system is being operated in the standby mode, and when it is determined that the current time is within the first time period: operating the compressor of the refrigeration unit in accordance with the first compressor speed.

MOTOR OPERATED COMPRESSOR

The present disclosure relates to a motor operated compressor, including a housing, a compressor provided in the housing, a motor connected to the compressor to drive the compressor, an inverter coupled to one side of the housing, and connected to the motor unit in an electrically conductive manner. The motor operated compressor includes a hermetic terminal assembly, one side of which extends into the inverter unit, and an opposite side of which extends into the housing. A plurality of busbars have one end of each busbar connected to the opposite side of the hermetic terminal assembly, and the other end of each busbar connected to the motor unit. A first insulating cover portion encloses and seals the hermetic terminal assembly and the plurality of busbars inside the housing, such that a conductive body connecting the motor unit and the inverter unit in the main housing is sealed from refrigerant.

Multi-stage compressor and method of controlling the same

A multi-stage compressor includes a compression module configured to compress a refrigerant therein through reciprocation of a plurality of pistons provided in a front housing, a rear housing coupled to the front housing to define an internal space between the front housing and the rear housing; a separation plate located between the front housing and the rear housing to separate the internal space between the front housing and the rear housing into a front space and a rear space; and a partition wall coupled to the rear housing to partition the rear space into an injection space before a refrigerant injected thereinto is primarily compressed, a primary discharge space from which the refrigerant is discharged in a primary compressed state by some of the pistons, and a secondary discharge space from which the primary compressed refrigerant is discharged.

ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR

Provided is an electric compressor in which there are fewer instances of a magnetic force line being blocked more than necessary by a through-hole for a bolt, the number of components and number of machining steps do not increase as much, and the degree of adhesion of a laminated steel plate can be increased to ensure stiffness. A stator has a stator core (35) configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates in an axial direction, the electromagnetic steel plates having a substantial ring shape as seen from the axial direction. As seen from the axial direction, a plurality of through-holes (40) are formed through the stator core (35) in the lamination direction of the electromagnetic steel plates, on the same circle centered around the axis line, and as seen from the axial direction, a first arc length (L1) or a second arc length (L2) longer than the first arc length (L1) is set as each arc length between through-holes (40) adjacent in the circumferential direction. The stator is secured to a housing by a bolt inserted through the through-holes (40), the stator core (35) is varnished at least in areas near the centers in the circumferential direction between through-holes (40) where the second arc length (L2) is set.

Hybrid motor vehicle and method for operating a hybrid motor vehicle
11345333 · 2022-05-31 · ·

A hybrid motor vehicle including an internal combustion motor and an electric drive motor as drive motors in a powertrain, wherein the electric drive motor and a high-voltage battery associated therewith are connected to a high-voltage network of the hybrid motor vehicle, wherein the hybrid motor vehicle moreover includes at least one air conditioning system with an air conditioning compressor with which an electric motor for operating the air conditioning compressor from the high-voltage network is associated, wherein the electric motor, forming an auxiliary unit arrangement, is connected via a first clutch to the air conditioning compressor and via a second clutch to a belt drive of the internal combustion motor and can be operated in order to charge the high-voltage battery. A control device is provided for actuating at least one of the clutches as a function of a current operating state of the hybrid motor vehicle.

VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING TORQUE RESERVE VIA BELT INTEGRATED STARTER GENERATOR

A vehicle includes an air-conditioning (AC) compressor, an engine, a belt-integrated starter generator (BISG), and a controller. The controller, responsive to detecting a first AC compressor engagement condition, compares a first AC torque demand that is required to engage the AC compressor with an available torque from the BISG. The controller further, responsive to the available torque being insufficient to engage the AC compressor, engages the AC compressor using the available torque from the BISG and an engine torque from the engine to compensate a torque shortfall between the AC torque demand and the available torque by retarding spark timing and increasing air intake.

TRANSMISSION MOUNTED ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM WITH ENGINE OFF COASTING AND DUAL MODE HVAC
20220153091 · 2022-05-19 ·

A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, a motor generator an HVAC compressor and a controller. The transmission has an input shaft, a mainshaft, an output shaft and a countershaft offset from the input shaft. The countershaft is drivably connected to the first input shaft and a mainshaft. The motor generator is selectively couple to the countershaft. The HVAC compressor is selectively driven by the motor generator. The controller operates the transmission system in various modes based on operating conditions.

TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION UNIT WITH VARIABLE-SPEED ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION DRIVE AND VARIABLE-SPEED DIESEL ENGINE SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR POWER SOURCE
20220153090 · 2022-05-19 ·

A transport refrigeration (TRU) system is provided and includes an air management system, a compressor, a generator which generates alternating current (AC) from operations of an engine to power operations of the air management system and the compressor and an AC inverter operably interposed between the generator and the compressor to decouple a drive frequency of the compressor from a frequency of the generator.

Method for controlling air-conditioning compressor, compressor and motor vehicle

An electromagnetic clutch (1) of an air conditioning compressor (2), in particular for a motor vehicle (11), transmits a torque to a drive shaft (3) of the compressor (2) depending on an electric current (I) being fed to clutch coils (4) of the electromagnetic clutch (1) to generate an electromagnetic clutch force. According to a control method (10), a slippage of the electromagnetic clutch (1) is determined by a difference between the rpms of the electromagnetic clutch (1) and of the drive shaft (3), and is monitored by a slippage sensor (5). The electric current (I) and the resulting clutch force are adjusted dependent on slippage by a pulse width modulation controller (6) of the compressor (2). The pulse width modulation controller (6) is electrically connected to the clutch coils (4) and modulates a pulse width of the electric current (I) fed to the clutch coils (4).

Control device for mobile body
11731642 · 2023-08-22 · ·

A controller includes a control section configured to actually control a hardware unit, an identification model including a hard model obtained by modeling a dynamic characteristic of the hardware unit and a soft model configured to execute same processing as processing performed on the hard model by the control section, and an adjustment section configured to update a dynamic characteristic of a model of the hardware unit in the hard model such that an output value of the hard model obtained by processing of the soft model matches an actual output value of the hardware unit.