Abstract:
Vehicle operation ( e.g ., speed, acceleration) may be limited based on various conditions such as a current charge condition of an electrical energy storage devices ( e.g ., batteries, super- or ultracapacitors), history of such, conditions related to the vehicle ( e.g ., mileage, weight, size, drag coefficient), a driver or operator of the vehicle ( e.g ., history with respect to speed, acceleration, mileage) and/or environmental conditions ( e.g ., ambient temperature, terrain). A controller may control operation of one or more power converters to limit current and/or voltage supplied to a traction electric motor, accordingly.
Abstract:
A rotor core 6 includes magnet insertion holes 9 embedding permanent magnets 9a and arranged in a substantially U-shape, facing an outer circumferential surface of a rotor 5, and includes hollow portions 9b formed at both side surface portions in a direction orthogonal to a magnetization direction of the permanent magnets 9a embedded in the magnet insertion holes 9. A permanent magnet group for each pole having the plurality of permanent magnets includes vent holes 7 passing through the rotor core 6 in a direction of a rotating shaft 51, between one of the magnet insertion holes 9 in which the permanent magnets are embedded and adjacent one of the magnet insertion holes 9 or between the one of the magnet insertion holes 9 and outer circumferential portions of the rotor core 6. The vent holes 7 are arranged at positions to form the substantially U-shape together with the magnet insertion holes 9.
Abstract:
Provided is a control system for controlling a hybrid vehicle including: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor for starting the internal combustion engine; an inverter (35) for controlling the electric motor; a clutch for selectively connecting and disconnecting power transmission between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor; and a battery (30) for supplying power to the electric motor. The control device includes: a voltage detection unit for detecting the voltage of the battery (30); a voltage control unit for controlling the output of the battery (30) in accordance with a first power value currently available within the range of limit voltages of the battery (30); and an internal combustion engine starting unit for engaging the clutch to start engine (10) while controlling the inverter (35) in accordance with the output from the battery (30) that in turn is controlled by the voltage control unit.
Abstract:
In an electric powered vehicle in which vehicle driving force for reverse running is produced by a traction motor, vehicle driving force is set by a product of a base value set at least based on an accelerator opening and an amplification factor (k1). The amplification factor (k1) is set at k2=1.0 during reverse running (V 1.0 at the start of reverse running (V‰¥0) depending on the vehicular speed. The vehicle driving force at the start of reverse running can thereby be made larger than the vehicle driving force after the start of reverse running at the same accelerator opening.
Abstract:
Creep control is performed, in response to an accelerator-off operation, to control a second motor to cause a predetermined creep torque Tcr to be output from the second motor to a driveshaft. First creep cut-off control is performed, in response to a brake-on operation during the creep control, to control the second motor to cause a torque reduced from the creep torque Tcr at a high rate by a predetermined high variation ”Thi to be output from the second motor to the driveshaft (S210). Subsequent to the first creep cut-off control, second creep cut-off control is performed to control the second motor to cause a torque reduced at a low rate by a predetermined low variation ”Tlow smaller than the predetermined high variation ”Thi to be output from the second motor to the driveshaft (S230).
Abstract:
An electric vehicle includes a motor unit (6) to drive a wheel (2). The electric vehicle also includes a control system that controls the motor unit (6). The control system includes an inverter (31). The electric vehicle also includes a temperature sensor (Sma) to sense temperature Tmc of the motor coils (78) of the motor unit (6) or a temperature sensor (Sia) to sense temperature Tic of the inverter (31). The electric vehicle also includes a limiter (95 (102)) to, if the temperature Tmc sensed by the sensor (Sma) exceeds a motor coils temperature threshold, reduce a motor current of the unit (6) until a derivative dTmc/dt of the sensed temperature Tmc with time t drops to zero or below, or to, if the temperature Tic sensed by the sensor (Sia) exceeds an inverter temperature threshold, limit a current command to the inverter (31) until a derivative dTic/dt of the sensed temperature Tic with time t drops to zero or below.
Abstract:
A current instruction generation unit (102) generates a d-axis current instruction (Id*) and a q-axis current instruction (Iq*) based on a torque instruction (TR) for an AC motor, using a map in which a current instruction capable of lowering noise (vibration and sound noise) (low-noise current instruction) generated from the AC motor is determined in advance for each torque of the AC motor. Then, a signal (PWI) for driving an inverter is generated based on the generated d-axis current instruction (Id*) and the q-axis current instruction (Iq*).
Abstract:
Four VVVF main circuit inverters for supplying electric power to drive a permanent-magnet synchronous motor 2 are packaged into one unit. The four VVVF main circuit inverters 21 are configured as a 4-in-1 inverter unit which shares a cooling mechanism for radiating heat generated due to power supply operation for the permanent-magnet synchronous motors 2 to outsize. A 2-in-1 semiconductor device package in which two semiconductor elements to convert electric power are packaged into one unit to be able to drive a permanent-magnet synchronous motor 1 is contained in the 4-in-1 inverter unit. Thereby, individual control of inverters and reducing the size of the entire apparatus can be achieved for the electric-vehicle control apparatus.