- Patent Title: Systems and methods for rotating a crankshaft to start an engine
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Application No.: US15834059Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10608565B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Yash Veer Singh , Ruxi Wang , Satish Prabhakaran , Cong Li
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: B60L11/02
- IPC: B60L11/02 ; H02P9/30 ; B64D41/00 ; B64D35/00 ; H02P9/08 ; H03H7/01 ; H02P101/30

Abstract:
An electrical power unit is disclosed. The electrical power unit includes a controller configured to generate a first control signal based on a first operational state of an engine, a multiphase electrical machine including a plurality of three-phase windings; and an electrical power conditioning subunit operatively coupled to the controller, where the electrical power conditioning subunit comprises a plurality of converters, where at least one converter is electrically coupled to a corresponding three-phase winding of the plurality of three-phase windings based on the first control signal, and where the electrical power conditioning subunit is configured to transmit a first electrical power from the at least one converter to the corresponding three-phase winding, where the multiphase electrical machine is configured to generate a mechanical power based on the first electrical power and rotate a crankshaft operatively coupled to the engine based on the generated mechanical power to start the engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190181786A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROTATING A CRANKSHAFT TO START AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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