Torque And Current Control Methods For Switching Variable Electric Drive Vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US20210036643A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16527846

    申请日:2019-07-31

    Abstract: A current command module is configured to, based on a direct current (DC) bus voltage for an electric motor of the vehicle, generate a d-axis current command for the electric motor and a q-axis current command for the electric motor. A voltage command module configured to generate voltage commands based on the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command. A battery switching control module is configured to: determine a voltage operating state of a battery based on the voltage commands; compare a battery parameter to at least one of a predetermined voltage parameter and a predetermined current parameter during a dwell time when a plurality of switches of the battery are open; and generate a switch control signal to transition at least one switch of the plurality of switches to cause the battery to operate in the voltage operating state based on the comparison.

    DIRECT CONTACT COOLING OF AXIAL FLUX MOTOR STATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220166268A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17489552

    申请日:2021-09-29

    Abstract: A stator assembly for an axial flux motor includes a heat exchanger jacket configured to circulate a heat transfer liquid. A stator also includes a plurality of stator cores each having a conductive winding, an electrically insulating material disposed over at least a portion of the conductive wire winding, and a molded soft magnetic composite (SMC) material. The heat exchanger jacket is disposed circumferentially around at least a portion of a perimeter of the stator. Each stator core defines a peripheral surface configured to contact the heat exchanger jacket and at least a portion of the peripheral surface is defined by the molded soft magnetic composite (SMC) material. Methods of making a molded soft magnetic composite (SMC) material stator core are also provided.

    DISCONNECTED ROTOR WEB FOR INCREASED RELUCTANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230344287A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US17725653

    申请日:2022-04-21

    CPC classification number: H02K1/27

    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine includes: N pole pieces, each of the N pole pieces including two half pole pieces, where N is an integer greater than 2; apertures through the half pole pieces, respectively; permanent magnets disposed within the apertures, respectively, the permanent magnets including, in each of the N pole pieces, a first permanent magnet of a first magnetic polarity and a second permanent magnet of a second magnetic polarity; and structural non-magnetic portions disposed in gaps of the half pole pieces, respectively, and configured to magnetically disconnect a rotor web from a q-axis flux guide.

    CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220286072A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17191050

    申请日:2021-03-03

    Abstract: A motor control system includes: a d-q target module configured to, based on a target torque of an electric motor, determine a first target d-axis current and a first target q-axis current; an offset module configured to, based on a capacitor current through capacitors connected across phases of the electric motor, determine a d-axis current offset and a q-axis current offset; an adder module configured to determine a second target d-axis current based on a sum of the first target d-axis current and the d-axis current offset and to determine a second target q-axis current based on a sum of the first target q-axis current and the q-axis current offset; and a driver module configured to, based on the second target d-axis current and the second target q-axis current, switch switches of a current source inverter (CSI) module configured to apply power to the phases of the electric motor.

    Magnets, Pole Shoes, And Slot Openings Of Axial Flux Motor

    公开(公告)号:US20210288569A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17081390

    申请日:2020-10-27

    Abstract: An axial flux motor includes: a stator having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the stator including: N stator core components on the first side, where N is an integer greater than two; and pole shoes attached to radial sides of the N stator core components, N slot openings between adjacent ones of the pole shoes, where each of the N slot openings extends in at least one direction non-radially on the first side; and a rotor including a third side and M permanent magnets on the third side, where the first side is parallel to the third side, and where M is an integer greater than two.

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