公开(公告)号：US06454053B2

公开(公告)日：2002-09-24

申请号：US09774024

申请日：2001-01-31

申请人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30

摘要： An elevator control apparatus includes a converter; an inverter; a controller for controlling a motor based on the AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency supplied from the inverter and operating an elevator; a power storage unit for storing the DC power; a thermistor for detecting temperature of the power storage unit; a charge/discharge control circuit for controlling a charging and discharging of the power storage unit based on the detected temperature and issuing a drive signal; and a charge/discharge circuit for charging and discharging the power storage unit based on the drive signal. The elevator control apparatus estimates a charging and discharging capability of the power storage unit and protecting the power storage unit, restraining sudden deterioration of the power storage unit.

摘要翻译： 电梯控制装置包括转换器; 逆变器 控制器，用于基于从变频器提供的具有可变电压和可变频率的AC电力来控制电动机并操作电梯; 用于存储DC电力的蓄电单元; 用于检测蓄电单元的温度的热敏电阻; 充电/放电控制电路，用于根据检测到的温度控制蓄电单元的充电和放电并发出驱动信号; 以及用于基于驱动信号对蓄电单元充电和放电的充电/放电电路。 电梯控制装置估计蓄电部的充放电能力，保护蓄电部，抑制蓄电部的突然劣化。

公开(公告)号：US06435313B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-20

申请号：US09785448

申请日：2001-02-20

申请人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

摘要： An elevator controller for stably controlling charging and discharging of a power accumulating device by using a cheap secondary battery having a low capacity, without damaging energy saving effects obtained by charging. The controller of the elevator includes a converter for rectifying AC power and converting the AC power to DC power; an inverter for converting the DC power to AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency to operate the elevator; a power accumulating device for accumulating DC power from a DC bus in a regenerative operation and supplying the DC power in a power operation; a charging-discharging control circuit for controlling charging and discharging operations of the power accumulating device; a series connecting body, arranged between DC buses, and a gate for regenerative current control and a regenerative resistor; a regenerative control circuit for controlling operation of the gate for regenerative current control; and a charging discharging state measuring device measuring charging and discharging state of the power accumulating device.

公开(公告)号：US06415892B2

公开(公告)日：2002-07-09

申请号：US09788447

申请日：2001-02-21

申请人： Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/302 ,  Y02B50/142

摘要： A controller of an elevator in which space for mounting a power accumulating device can be saved and the controller can be applied to an elevator having no machine room. The controller has a power accumulating device arranged between DC buses connected to a converter and an inverter, and accumulating DC power from the DC buses during a regenerative operation of the elevator and supplying the DC power accumulated to the DC buses during a power operation; and a charging-discharging control for controlling charging and discharging of the power accumulating device with respect to the DC buses. The power accumulating device includes a secondary battery and a DC—DC converter for controlling charging and discharging of the secondary battery, and the secondary battery includes plural cells connected in series. The secondary battery is arranged at any one of four corners within an elevator shaft, near a rail, or near a cable within the elevator shaft.

摘要翻译： 可以节省用于安装蓄电装置的空间的电梯的控制器，并且可以将控制器应用于不具有机房的电梯。 所述控制器具有配置在连接到转换器的DC总线与逆变器之间的蓄电装置，并且在电梯的再生运转期间累积来自所述直流母线的直流电力，并且在电力运行期间提供累积到所述直流母线的直流电力; 以及用于控制蓄电装置相对于直流母线的充放电的充放电控制。 蓄电装置包括二次电池和用于控制二次电池的充放电的DC-DC转换器，并且二次电池包括串联连接的多个电池。 二次电池布置在电梯井内的四个角落中的任何一个处，轨道附近或电梯井内的电缆附近。

公开(公告)号：US06474447B2

公开(公告)日：2002-11-05

申请号：US09742894

申请日：2000-12-21

申请人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30

摘要： To reduce a total power amount required to drive an elevator by a commercial power supply during a peak power-consumption time period, for instance, afternoon in summer time, a control apparatus for this elevator is arranged by employing: a converter for rectifying AC electric power to be converted into DC electric power; and inverter for inverting the DC electric power into AC electric power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency; a motor driven by said AC electric power having the variable voltage and the variable frequency so as to operate an elevator; a power storage apparatus for charging thereinto electric power; and a power controller for using both the power storage apparatus and the commercial power supply so as to supply the electric power to the inverter, and for controlling at least any one of the power storage apparatus and the commercial power supply in order to supply electric power which is required for the inverter.

摘要翻译： 为了减少在峰值耗电时间段（例如夏季下午）期间由商用电源驱动电梯所需的总电力量，该电梯的控制装置通过以下方式配置：用于整流交流电的转换器 电力转换成直流电力; 以及逆变器，用于将直流电转换成具有可变电压和可变频率的交流电; 由具有可变电压和可变频率的所述交流电驱动的电动机，以便操作电梯; 用于对其进行充电的蓄电装置; 以及功率控制器，用于使用蓄电装置和商用电源，以便向逆变器提供电力，并且用于控制至少任一个蓄电装置和商用电源，以便提供电力 这是变频器所需要的。

公开(公告)号：US06460658B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-08

申请号：US09771930

申请日：2001-01-30

申请人： Ikuro Suga ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Ikuro Suga ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30

摘要： An elevator control apparatus includes a power storage unit for storing the DC power; a charge/discharge control circuit that controls a state of charge of the power storage unit, outputs a drive signal to charge the power storage unit with the DC power during a halt of the elevator based on operational information regarding the elevator received from the controller, and outputs a stop signal to stop charging when a voltage of the power storage unit reaches a preset voltage; and a charge/discharge circuit for starting charging the power storage unit with the DC power in response to the drive signal, and stopping the charging in response to the stop signal. This arrangement ensures landing of the elevator in case of a power failure, eliminates a peak in power consumption, and permits energy saving by effectively using power produced in a regenerative mode of the elevator.

摘要翻译： 电梯控制装置包括用于存储直流电力的蓄电单元; 控制蓄电单元的充电状态的充放电控制电路基于从控制器接收到的电梯的操作信息，输出驱动信号，对电力停止期间的直流电力进行蓄电单元的充电， 并且当所述蓄电单元的电压达到预定电压时，输出停止信号以停止充电; 以及充电/放电电路，用于响应于驱动信号以直流电力开始对蓄电单元充电，并响应于停止信号停止充电。 这种布置确保在电力故障的情况下电梯的着陆，消除了功率消耗的峰值，并且通过有效地使用在电梯的再生模式中产生的功率来允许节能。

公开(公告)号：US06435311B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-20

申请号：US09780391

申请日：2001-02-12

申请人： Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

摘要： An elevator control device includes: a convertor which rectifies a.c. power and converts the a.c. power into d.c. power; an inverter which converts the d.c. power into a.c. power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency; an electric motor which is driven by the a. c. power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency to operate an elevator; a power storing unit which is charged with electric power; a required-power arithmetically operating circuit which calculates power required by the elevator, which is an electric power required for the operation of the elevator or an electric power caused by the operation of the elevator; and a charging/discharging control circuit which controls charging and discharging of the power storing unit based on the power required by the elevator.

公开(公告)号：US06439347B2

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09771931

申请日：2001-01-30

申请人： Ikuro Suga ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Ikuro Suga ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30 ,  B66B1/285

摘要： An elevator control apparatus includes: a converter for rectifying AC power into DC power; an inverter for converting the DC power into AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency; a controller for controlling a motor based on the AC power having the variable voltage and the variable frequency, operating an elevator; a power storage unit for storing the DC power; a required power computing circuit for computing required power of the elevator based on a speed command of the controller; a charge/discharge control circuit for issuing a drive signal for changing charge current, supplied to the power storage unit, based on regenerative electric power so as to charge the power storage unit with the regenerative electric power if the required power of the elevator is negative, meaning that the regenerative electric power is available; and a charge/discharge circuit for charging the power storage unit with the regenerative electric power in accordance with the drive signal. Thus, regenerative electric power can be effectively used, contributing to energy savings.

摘要翻译： 一种电梯控制装置，包括：将AC电力整流为直流电力的转换器; 用于将DC电力转换成具有可变电压和可变频率的AC电力的逆变器; 控制器，用于基于具有可变电压和可变频率的AC电力来控制电动机，操作电梯; 用于存储DC电力的蓄电单元; 用于根据所述控制器的速度指令计算所述电梯的所需功率的所需功率计算电路; 充电/放电控制电路，用于根据再生电力发出用于改变提供给蓄电单元的充电电流的驱动信号，以便如果电梯的所需功率为负，则用再生电力对蓄电单元充电 意味着再生电力可用; 以及充电/放电电路，用于根据驱动信号对蓄电单元进行再生电力的充电。 因此，可以有效地使用再生电力，有助于节能。

公开(公告)号：US06431324B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09785233

申请日：2001-02-20

申请人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

摘要： A controller of an elevator for reducing the number of execution times of uniform charging of a power accumulating device and having higher energy saving effects. The controller has a converter, an inverter, a power accumulating device arranged between DC buses, a charging-discharging control circuit for controlling charging and discharging operations of the power accumulating device, and a charging-discharging state measuring device for measuring at least one of temperature, charging and discharging currents, and charging and discharging voltages of the power accumulating device. The charging-discharging control circuit sets the execution of uniform charging of the power accumulating device on the basis of an output of the charging-discharging state measuring device, and executes only the required uniform charging. Thus, an elevator with the power accumulating device having larger energy saving effects is constructed.

公开(公告)号：US06533074B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-18

申请号：US10209583

申请日：2002-08-01

申请人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H02P23/06 ,  Y02B50/142

摘要： An elevator control apparatus includes a converter, an inverter, a controller for controlling a motor based on AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency supplied from the inverter and operating an elevator; a power storage unit for storing DC power; a charge/discharge control circuit that issues a drive signal such that discharge from the power storage unit increases within a range of power that can be discharged when an elevator is driven immediately following completion of uniform charging; and a charge/discharge circuit for charging the power storage unit in accordance with the drive signal. This arrangement permits quick discharging while effectively using discharge electric power until a state of charge is reached wherein regenerative electric power can be used for charging.

摘要翻译： 电梯控制装置包括转换器，逆变器，用于基于从变频器提供的具有可变电压和可变频率的AC电力来控制电动机的控制器，并操作电梯; 用于存储直流电力的蓄电单元; 发出驱动信号的充放电控制电路，使得当在均匀充电完成后立即驱动电梯时能够从功率存储单元的放电增加到可以放电的功率范围内; 以及用于根据驱动信号对蓄电单元进行充电的充放电电路。 这种布置允许快速放电，同时有效地使用放电电力，直到达到充电状态，其中再生电力可以用于充电。

公开(公告)号：US06457565B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-01

申请号：US09774025

申请日：2001-01-31

申请人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

发明人： Shinji Tominaga ,  Ikuro Suga ,  Shinobu Tajima ,  Hiroshi Araki ,  Kazuyuki Kobayashi

IPC分类号： B66B106

CPC分类号： B66B1/30 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H02P23/06 ,  Y02B50/142

摘要： An elevator control apparatus includes a converter, an inverter, a controller for controlling a motor based on AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency supplied from the inverter and operating an elevator; a power storage unit for storing DC power; a charge/discharge control circuit that issues a drive signal such that discharge from the power storage unit increases within a range of power that can be discharged when an elevator is driven immediately following completion of uniform charging; and a charge/discharge circuit for discharging the power storage unit in accordance with the drive signal. This arrangement permits quick discharging while effectively using discharge electric power until a state of charge is reached wherein regenerative electric power can be used for charging.

摘要翻译： 电梯控制装置包括转换器，逆变器，用于基于从变频器提供的具有可变电压和可变频率的AC电力来控制电动机的控制器，并操作电梯; 用于存储直流电力的蓄电单元; 发出驱动信号的充放电控制电路，使得当在均匀充电完成后立即驱动电梯时能够从功率存储单元的放电增加到可以放电的功率范围内; 以及用于根据驱动信号对蓄电单元进行放电的充放电电路。 这种布置允许快速放电，同时有效地使用放电电力，直到达到充电状态，其中再生电力可以用于充电。