MODEL-BASED HEALTH MONITORING OF ELECTRIC MOTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240186922A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18075165

    申请日:2022-12-05

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H02P7/22 H02P7/32

    CPC分类号: H02P7/22 H02P7/325

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an electric motor health monitoring system that includes an estimator module configured to model one or more estimated motor values of an electric motor based on one or more motor control parameters and one or more motor control states, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a fault detector module configured to (1) provide a fault signal based on the modeled one or more estimated motor values of the motor and a predetermined parameter threshold value, and (2) modify the non-transitory computer readable medium based on the fault signal.

    TRAVELING FINGER LOCK FOR AN ACTUATOR
    82.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240183325A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18214261

    申请日:2023-06-26

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F02K1/76 F16H25/24

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a linear actuator lock apparatus having a housing having an inner surface defining an axial cavity having a first housing portion where the axial cavity has a first lateral size, a second housing portion having a second, larger lateral size, and a face from the first housing portion to the second housing portion, a lock assembly having a lock carrier configured for movement within the cavity between a first position and a position, and a lock finger affixed to and extending away from the lock carrier, where the second finger end is configured to contact the face when extended and fit within the first housing portion when retracted, and a sleeve configured to move between a position in which the lock finger is permitted to extend and a position configured to contact and retract the lock finger.

    Flame triggered and controlled volumetric ignition

    公开(公告)号:US11965455B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17819830

    申请日:2022-08-15

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method of igniting an air/fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine includes receiving an air/fuel mixture into a pre-combustion chamber, the pre-combustion chamber enclosing a portion of an igniter, igniting the air/fuel mixture in in the pre-combustion chamber with the igniter to produce a flame, directing the flame to eject the pre-combustion chamber through a collection of passages in a wall of the pre-combustion chamber, toward a peripheral wall of a main combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, igniting, by the flame, air/fuel mixture in the main combustion chamber adjacent the peripheral wall, and then igniting air/fuel mixture in the main combustion chamber in a central region of the main combustion chamber with a propagating flame front of the ignited air/fuel mixture or a portion of the directed flame adjacent the peripheral wall.

    Fuel cell hydrogen module
    85.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11955672B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US18047976

    申请日:2022-10-19

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a hydrogen fuel cell anode control system including a hydrogen inlet configured to receive pressurized hydrogen, a hydrogen outlet configured to be fluidically coupled to an anode manifold of a hydrogen fuel cell, a recirculation inlet configured to receive overflow hydrogen from the anode manifold, a hydrogen pressure regulator configured to receive pressurized hydrogen from the hydrogen inlet, a hydrogen recirculation module configured to mix hydrogen received from the hydrogen pressure regulator and the recirculation inlet, and provide a hydrogen mixture to the hydrogen outlet, a differential pressure measurement module configured to measure a differential pressure between the anode manifold and a cathode manifold of the hydrogen fuel cell, and a controller configured to control at least one of the hydrogen pressure regulator or the hydrogen recirculation module based on the measured differential pressure.

    REDUCTION OF CURRENT RIPPLE DUE TO MOSFET SWITCHING DELAYS IN PWM-BASED DRIVES

    公开(公告)号:US20230246572A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US18007691

    申请日:2020-06-03

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H02P7/29 H02P6/28

    CPC分类号: H02P7/29 H02P6/28

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a first electrical current output setpoint, identifying a first operational condition based on the first electrical current output setpoint, providing, based on the identified first operational condition, a first pulse width modulated (PWM) signal having a first predetermined duty cycle, based on the first electrical current output setpoint, provided on a predetermined period, receiving a second electrical current output setpoint, identifying a second operational condition different from the first operational condition based on the second electrical current output setpoint, and providing, based on the identified second operational condition, a second PWM signal having a second predetermined duty cycle, based on the second electrical current output setpoint, provided on a predetermined multiple of the predetermined period.

    COMBUSTION CONTROL FOR AMMONIA FUELED ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20230101071A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17935495

    申请日:2022-09-26

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F02D41/00 F02D41/40 F01N3/10

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method performed in connection with an internal combustion engine, and the method including receiving a pressure signal from a combustion chamber pressure sensor during a first range of volumes, the first range corresponding to a portion of a compression phase, the received pressure being a first pressure, providing, based on the received pressure signal, a first pulse of fuel at a first position of the body during the compression phase, and providing, based on the received pressure signal a second pulse of fuel at a second position of the body during the compression phase.

    Asynchronous rotary fuel valve
    90.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11608789B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17459909

    申请日:2021-08-27

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F02M21/02 F02D41/00 F02D41/38

    摘要: A housing defines a gaseous fuel inlet and a gaseous fuel outlet. A rotor defines an internal flow passage therethrough that rotates with the rotor to, alternately, allow gaseous fuel flow, or to block gaseous fuel flow, between the inlet and the outlet, based on a position of the rotor. A seal is biased to abut an exterior surface of the rotor. The seal is between the rotor and the outlet. An actuator is rotably coupled to the rotor. The driver is configured to rotate the rotor. A controller is in communication with the driver and is configured to control the driver to rotate at a rate based on an engine speed of the engine.