Dynamically Reconfigurable Synchronous Motors and Generators

    公开(公告)号:US20230231433A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18153555

    申请日:2023-01-12

    CPC classification number: H02K3/28 H02P25/22 H02K11/33

    Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of poles facing an air gap, and the poles are configured to generate a magnetic field in the air gap. The poles include a group of unchanged poles and a group of reversible poles, where a polarity of each reversible pole is configured to be changed during an operation mode, and after the polarity has been changed, each reversible pole and at least an adjacent unchanged pole in effect merged into one augmented pole, such that the pole number of the magnetic field in the air gap is changed.

    Multi-Harmonic Field Oriented Control for Poly-Phase Motor/Generator Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20250015744A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18898451

    申请日:2024-09-26

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    Abstract: A method includes configuring a motor drive system with a motor/generator with a plurality of windings and coupling the plurality of windings to an inverter, configuring a plurality of active harmonic planes in a controller of the inverter to control a torque through controlling a magnetizing component and/or a torque component of winding currents on each active harmonic plane, and inserting a smooth transition between a first operating mode and a second operating mode of the motor/generator such that on at least one of the plurality of active harmonic planes, the magnetizing component of the winding currents changes in a sinusoidal fashion during the smooth transition.

    Multi-harmonic field oriented control for poly-phase motor/generator systems

    公开(公告)号:US12113466B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17645989

    申请日:2021-12-26

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    CPC classification number: H02P27/08 H02K3/28 H02P21/22

    Abstract: A method includes configuring a motor drive system with a motor/generator and a plurality of inverters coupled to the motor/generator, configuring a plurality of active harmonic planes to generate a torque on each of the active harmonic planes, and applying a harmonic plane synchronization mechanism to the plurality of active harmonic planes so that torque components and magnetizing components of currents are controlled in coordination on different active harmonic planes to output a desired torque from the motor/generator.

    Multi-Harmonic Field Oriented Control for Poly-Phase Motor/Generator Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20220209703A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17645989

    申请日:2021-12-26

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    Abstract: A method includes configuring a motor drive system with a motor/generator and a plurality of inverters coupled to the motor/generator, configuring a plurality of active harmonic planes to generate a torque on each of the active harmonic planes, and applying a harmonic plane synchronization mechanism to the plurality of active harmonic planes so that torque components and magnetizing components of currents are controlled in coordination on different active harmonic planes to output a desired torque from the motor/generator.

    High Efficiency High Density Motor and Generator with Multiple Airgaps

    公开(公告)号:US20220069685A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17407273

    申请日:2021-08-20

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a stator with an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of rotors magnetically coupled to the stator, wherein a first rotor faces the inner surface of the stator and a second rotor faces the outer surface of the stator, and a first airgap between the inner surface of the stator and the first rotor, and a second airgap between the outer surface of the stator and the second rotor, wherein first conductors, the first airgap, and the first rotor form a first submotor, and second conductors, the second airgap, and the second rotor form a second submotor, and wherein the first submotor and the second submotor are so configured that the first rotor and the second rotor produce mechanical torques in a same direction when currents flow in the plurality of windings in an operation mode.

    High Efficiency High Density Motor and Generator with Multiple Airgaps and Interleaved Magnetic Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20240171053A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18427504

    申请日:2024-01-30

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    CPC classification number: H02K16/02 H02K3/28

    Abstract: An apparatus has a stator having a first surface and a second surface, and a plurality of rotors magnetically coupled to the stator, with a first rotor facing the first surface of the stator through a first airgap and a second rotor facing the second surface of the stator through a second airgap. First slots, each containing first conductors and separated from each other by a first tooth, are distributed along the first surface. Second slots, each containing second conductors and separated from each other by a second tooth, is distributed along the second surface, where each second tooth is separated from a close-by first tooth by a yoke area. The first teeth are interleaved with the second teeth. Windings are configured using the first conductors and the second conductors. The first rotor and the second rotor are configured to produce mechanical torque in a same direction when currents flow in the windings in an operation mode.

    High efficiency high density motor and generator with multiple airgaps

    公开(公告)号:US11923733B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17407273

    申请日:2021-08-20

    Inventor: Hengchun Mao

    CPC classification number: H02K16/02 H02K17/14 H02K2201/03

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a stator with an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of rotors magnetically coupled to the stator, wherein a first rotor faces the inner surface of the stator and a second rotor faces the outer surface of the stator, and a first airgap between the inner surface of the stator and the first rotor, and a second airgap between the outer surface of the stator and the second rotor, wherein first conductors, the first airgap, and the first rotor form a first submotor, and second conductors, the second airgap, and the second rotor form a second submotor, and wherein the first submotor and the second submotor are so configured that the first rotor and the second rotor produce mechanical torques in a same direction when currents flow in the plurality of windings in an operation mode.

    Hybrid electric vehicle system and control method

    公开(公告)号:US11414065B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16701280

    申请日:2019-12-03

    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle having an engine, a first motor mechanically coupled to a shaft of the engine, a second motor configured to provide torque to the vehicle or the engine in combination with the first motor, and a first controller coupled to at least one of the first motor and the second motor, wherein the first controller is configured such that the first motor and the second motor provide a mechanical torque to rotate the shaft of the engine before the engine is running.

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