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7323845 Apparatus for controlling operation of compressor and method therefore  
Provided is an apparatus for controlling an operation of a compressor which can always apply a constant voltage to the compressor without noise and a method therefor. The apparatus for controlling...
7317296 Electric motor  
The electric motor is equipped with an electronic control, for example in the form of a frequency converter ( 2 ) and comprises at least one Seebeck element ( 6 ) whose one side is connected to the...
7307400 Inverter operation with over-modulation  
A variable frequency drive including a plurality of power cells that are configured as three phases of series-connected cells to deliver power to a load. The drive is operated to increase the...
7307401 Method and apparatus for PWM control of voltage source inverter  
PWM methods and apparatus are provided for loss minimized control of AC motors taking into consideration inverter non-linear limitations. The method comprises providing a voltage to the AC motor...
7304451 Motor control apparatus and method for generating modulation wave instruction of PWM inverter of the same motor control apparatus  
A motor control apparatus capable of expanding a voltage output and a modulating wave signal generating method for a PWM inverter apparatus of the motor control apparatus, which is controlled by a...
7282886 Method and system for controlling permanent magnet motor drive systems  
Methods and system are provided for controlling permanent magnet motor drive systems. The method comprises the steps of adjusting a first current command in response to a first voltage error to...
7282877 DC brush motor rotation amount detection method and apparatus  
The present invention provides a DC brush motor rotation amount detection method comprising the steps of: counting pulses generated by switching of brushes when a DC brush motor rotates; removing...
7271566 Method and system for managing the voltage on the DC bus of a speed controller for an AC motor  
A method and system for managing the voltage of a DC bus of a speed controller for an AC electric motor linked to a current distribution network. The method includes comparing a value of the...
7271565 Apparatus for controlling speed of fan motor of air-conditioner  
An apparatus for controlling a speed of a fan motor (HIM (Hybrid Induction Motor)) of an air-conditioner extends a speed control range of a fan motor of an air-conditioner by controlling...
7268516 Circuit for use with switched reluctance machines  
A switched reluctance machine is energized by phase circuits with four active switches, for example MOSFETs, arranged in a bridge configuration. The switches are capable of conducting current in...
7265511 Motor control device  
A speed controller includes a speed integration compensation low-pass filter, an integral control system, a proportional control system, and a multiplication device means. The speed integration...
7265506 Noise improved linear DC motor control systems and methods  
A linear power controller and related circuitry may be implemented to provide linear control of a variable DC electric motor. The controller and motor are coupled to form a closed loop for...
7262577 Method for estimating the sum of stator and rotor resistances  
A method for estimating the sum of the stator and rotor resistances of an induction machine using a frequency converter when the frequency converter is connected to the induction machine. The...
7240761 Electric power steering apparatus  
In a current control system for a cylindrical permanent magnet synchronous motor as the drive source of an electric power steering apparatus, proportional gain Kdp and integral gain Kdi of a d-axis...
7230394 Apparatus and method for controlling motor in washing machine  
An apparatus for controlling a motor in a washing machine, which includes a speed sensor for measuring speed of the motor, and a controller that compares the measured speed with a target speed to...
7227331 Safety interlock and protection circuit for permanent magnet motor drive  
A circuit for protecting against controller failure wherein the controller provides control signals for controlling a DC to AC inverter fed by a DC bus and driving a permanent magnet motor, the...
7224141 Position controller of motor  
A position controller of a motor in which the position time can be shortened even if an external force is applied. A speed control unit ( 13 ) comprises a compensation low-pass filter ( 133 )...
7221121 Frequency converter for different mains voltages  
The invention is directed to controlling an electric motor by means of a frequency converter. The frequency converter can be connected to one of several different mains voltages. According to the...
7221122 Inverter control device  
An inverter control device controls the operation of an inverter connected to an electric motor. A switching vector SV is determined as an output switching vector SVo to be supplied to the inverter...
7211984 Start-up and restart of interior permanent magnet machines  
A method of starting a permanent magnet machine. A machine stator voltage in a stationary reference frame is sensed. An initial speed of a rotor of the machine is estimated based on the sensed...
7211985 Training device  
On a training device, in particular for developing human muscles, having a torque-generating unit which comprises an electric motor and a reduction gearing, and whose output interacts with at least...
7197410 Predicting loss of frequency lock between a motor control circuit and a motor  
Method arid apparatus for accelerating a multi-phase motor having a rotatable rotor are disclosed. The method incorporates use of a motor control circuit to predict a subsequent loss of frequency...
7193388 Offset PWM signals for multiphase motor  
A multi phase motor includes a switching array for interconnecting a power source to each phase. A current sensor senses current supplied from the power source via the switching array to the...
7190143 Pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier with variable switching frequency  
A method for controlling a device including a plurality of switching devices operated in accordance with a pulse width modulation technique includes receiving a reference voltage signal associated...
7180263 Synchronous motor control method and device  
Synchronous motor controlling apparatus and method controls power applied to minimize or eliminate speed variations of a synchronous motor due to variations in load imposed the motor. The...
7176653 Electric motor drive  
The invention relates to an electric motor drive for operating an alternating-current motor. The electric motor drive comprises a frequency converter for controlling the motor, which frequency...
7170283 Device for detecting a position of a magnetic pole  
A position-of-magnetic-pole detecting device includes first and second units for inferring a position of a magnetic pole. The first unit applies a current command while changing an excitation...
7154244 Steering apparatus  
Steering apparatus includes at least one motor for generating a steering assisting force in a direction to steer a steerable wheel, two drive circuits having respective switching elements for...
7151354 Magnetic noise reduction method for AC rotary electric machine, and motor control apparatus and AC rotary electric machine apparatus using the same  
The invention provides techniques for reducing or altering the magnetic noise of an AC rotary electric machine. A magnetic noise reducing harmonic current of order n, whose frequency is n times the...
7148651 Apparatus and method for controlling AC motor and module therefor  
A method and apparatus for controlling a permanent magnet synchronous motor by accurately detecting 3-phase motor currents from a DC input current in a full voltage range are provided. In the motor...
7148650 Maximum power point motor control  
A method and apparatus are implemented in software to control motor speed as a function of available power in a DC source-inverter-AC motor system, i.e. to perform maximum power tracking of motor...
7148652 Method and apparatus for determining and handling brake failures in open loop variable frequency drive motors  
A controller for a variable frequency drive monitors electrical power from a variable frequency drive motor while a brake is maintaining a load driven or moved by the motor without requiring...
7145310 Method and system for controlling permanent magnet synchronous motor  
A system for controlling a permanent magnet synchronous motor calculates fundamental a d-axis (or q-axis) voltage command based on a difference between a d-axis (or q-axis) current command and a...
7141948 Electromotive power steering system  
An objective is to provide, in a motor controller used for an electromotive power steering system, a concrete realistic method for easily performing abnormality judgments in its control system. The...
7135834 Modified field oriented control  
In accordance with certain embodiments, the present technique provides a reduced current field-oriented-control scheme. For example, the present technique provides a method of controlling an...
7126306 Motor control unit  
Windings of each phase in a three-phase AC motor are independent of one another. A motor control unit gives, to windings of each phase (U, V and W-phase), currents (IU, IV, IW) obtained by adding,...
7112931 Motor control device and motor control method  
An inverter supply voltage generator comprises an inverter supply voltage computing unit 10 , a voltage converter 11 and a battery 12 . The inverter supply voltage generator varies inverter...
7106024 Filter with increased first harmonic response and reduced phase shift in a wide frequency band for encoderless drive applications  
A method and apparatus for use with a controller that supplies voltages to an induction machine via supply lines, the voltages including a fundamental voltage component and an injected voltage...
7102325 Method for determining rotor flux vector of AC electrical machine  
A method for determining the rotor flux vector of an electrical machine, the method comprising the steps of controlling the electrical machine with an inverter, forming an equation for the reactive...
7102314 Brushless motor control apparatus having overheat protecting function  
A brushless motor control apparatus detects a phase current flowing in a brushless motor, converts the phase current to a vector current including a d-axis current of a magnetic flux direction...
7102305 Apparatus and method for controlling motor  
A motor control apparatus includes a direct-current power source and an inverter circuit, which includes a switching element. The motor control apparatus receives a current command value in every...
7102312 Motor driving apparatus, driving method thereof and mobile terminal  
A motor driving apparatus and a driving method thereof, and a mobile terminal in which a terminal voltage value of a terminal is detected at a terminal voltage detection unit, and is held in a...
7102326 Motor speed variator and a driving method thereof  
A motor variator and a driving method thereof are provided for controlling the operating speed of a fan, which employ an alternate current chopper to change the working cycle and the rotary speed...
7102324 Fixed speed drive  
A controller for an electric machine. The controller includes a first voltage input that directly provides a first voltage to the electric machine, a second voltage input configured to receive a...
7095209 Method and apparatus to regulate torque provided to loads  
A method and apparatus for use with a controller for controlling a machine wherein a torque reference value is provided, the method for identifying an error representative of the difference between...
7091690 Power conversion device  
A power conversion device is constituted by: a power converter that receives AC power and uses this to drive an AC motor; a control section for controlling an inverter section of the power...
7084602 Predicting wheel slip and skid in a locomotive  
The present invention is directed to the termination of the occurrence of wheel slip/skid and prediction and prevention of the onset of wheel slip/skid in a locomotive. In one configuration, a...
7084604 Speed sensorless control of an induction machine using a PWM inverter with output LC filter  
A method of controlling of an induction machine using an inverter is disclosed with output LC filter. The method includes determining an inverter output current vector ( i A ), determining an...
7084603 Motor control device  
A motor control device that can reduce electrical noise is provided. A motor control device includes an inverter, a current controller, a high frequency wave superpositioner, and a high frequency...
7081735 System and method for bypassing a motor drive  
A motor control system comprising a plurality of motor controllers and a power source adapted to drive an electric motor. The motor control system comprises a switch that is selectively operable...