Power conversion apparatus, motor driving unit, and electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11414124B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16637779

    申请日:2018-06-28

    申请人: Nidec Corporation

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 H02P25/22 H02P27/06

    摘要: A power conversion apparatus converts power from a power supply to power to be supplied to a motor including windings for n phases where n is an integer equal to or greater than three. The power conversion apparatus includes a first inverter connected to one end of the winding for each phase of the motor, a second inverter connected to another end of the winding for each phase, and a control circuit to control an operation of each of the first and second inverters. The windings for the n phases include a winding for a first phase and a winding for a second phase, and the control circuit superimposes a correction wave to reduce an induced electric current induced in the winding for the second phase by passing electricity through the winding for the first phase on a fundamental wave to pass electricity through the winding for the second phase.

    Power converter, drive, and power steering device

    公开(公告)号:US11533014B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17298751

    申请日:2019-11-22

    申请人: Nidec Corporation

    IPC分类号: H02P29/024 H02P27/06

    摘要: A power converter converts power from a power source into power to be supplied to a motor having n-phase (n is an integer of 3 or larger) windings. The power converter includes an inverter including switches connected to the windings, a controller to control operation of each of the switches, and a failure detector to detect a sign of failure in a drive system ranging from the power source to the motor. When a sign of failure is detected by the failure detector, the controller is configured or programmed to check presence or absence of a failure in the drive system while supplying power to the motor by causing the inverter to perform a failure operation.

    Drive controller, drive unit, and power steering

    公开(公告)号:US11926378B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US17259906

    申请日:2019-07-04

    申请人: NIDEC CORPORATION

    发明人: Kaori Nabeshi

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 H02P29/024

    摘要: A drive controller according to an aspect controls drive of a three-phase motor, and includes an electric value calculation unit that calculates an electric value in each of coordinate axes of rotating coordinates of the three-phase motor based on an electric value that is at least one of a current value and a voltage value generated in the three-phase motor, and a fault determination unit that determines a fault phase having a fault in phases of the three-phase motor by combining positive-negative information on at least one of a difference between a calculation electric value calculated by the electric value calculation unit and a target electric value indicating a control target of an electric value in each of the coordinate axes, and a variation of the difference, with each of the coordinate axes.

    Power conversion device, motor module, and electric power steering device

    公开(公告)号:US11472472B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16637288

    申请日:2018-06-22

    申请人: Nidec Corporation

    摘要: A power conversion device includes a first inverter and a control circuit that controls an on/off operations of switches in the first inverter and diagnoses disconnection failures of n-phase windings, where n is an integer of three or more. The control circuit generates a control signal to turn off all of n low-side switches and n high-side switches, supplies the control signal to the n low-side switches and the n high-side switches and measures the n-phase voltages that change depending on patterns of on failures of the switches, and executes a first failure diagnosis to diagnose the on failures of the n low-side switches and the n high-side switches based on the measured n-phase voltages by referring to a table associating the patterns of the on failures of the switches with n-phase voltage levels.

    Power conversion device, motor module, and electric power steering device

    公开(公告)号:US11329588B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16961262

    申请日:2018-11-20

    申请人: Nidec Corporation

    摘要: A power conversion device includes a first inverter, a second inverter, and a control circuit that performs Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control of switching elements of the first and second inverters according to at least one switching scheme. For an H bridge of each phase, the control circuit performs PWM control according to at least one switching scheme that turns on a high-side switching element in one of a pair of legs and switches a low-side switching element in another of the pair of legs, or turns on a low-side switching element in one of the pair of legs and switches a high-side switching element in another of the pair of legs.

    Power conversion device, driving device, and power steering device

    公开(公告)号:US11476777B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16968619

    申请日:2019-02-08

    申请人: Nidec Corporation

    发明人: Kaori Nabeshi

    摘要: A power conversion device includes a first inverter including an upper arm and a lower arm and connected to a first end of a winding wire of each phase of a motor, a second inverter including an upper arm and a lower arm and connected to a second end on the other side of the first end, a first power supply to supply power to the upper arm of the first inverter and the lower arm of the second inverter, and a second power supply to supply power to the upper arm of the second inverter and the lower arm of the first inverter.