Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC

Johannes N Van Ginkel

Stijn Goossens

Ben Goyens

A brushless direct current motor including a rotor, a first stator disposed adjacent the rotor, and a second stator disposed adjacent the rotor. The first stator is configured to selectively cause a rotational movement of the rotor during normal operation of the motor, and the second stator is configured to selectively maintain a stationary position of the rotor against a force exerted by an external source.

Brushless direct current motor with dual stators

Provided herein is a BLDC motor having a control system, a rotor including a motor magnet having a plurality of alternating magnetic poles thereon, a stator and a ring magnet. The ring magnet is mounted on the rotor axially adjacent the motor magnet. The number of poles on the ring magnet is an integer multiple of the number of poles on the motor magnet. Also provided is a method for controlling the BLDC motor including the steps of supplying a current to the motor, determining if the torque produced by the motor is in a positive or negative direction, determining a multiplier based on the direction of the torque, multiplying the supplied current by the multiplier, implementing a commutation sequence to provide current to the motor, measuring the current in each of the plurality of windings and adjusting the current provided to the motor based on the measured current.

Brushless direct current motor with a ring magnet

Provided herein is a method for calibrating a clutch by searching for the minimum of a multi-dimensional surface including determining the error between a spline function and recorded data relating to clutch characteristics, creating a multi-dimensional surface corresponding to the error values, determining the minimum of the multi-dimensional surface using the steps of performing a Steepest Gradient & Direction determination step and conducting a Golden Section Search and Switch Direction Step to find a minimum that meets a predetermined closing condition. Additionally, provided herein is a computer-implemented system for calibrating the clutch.

Method for searching for a minimum of a multi-dimensional surface

A method of estimating electric motor speed. The method determines whether a sequential cycle of the electric motor has occurred. The method calculates a correction factor for each of the Hall states. Where a sequential cycle of the electric motor has occurred, the method also calculates an update quality factor for the correction factors of the sequential cycle. The method updates the correction factors utilizing the update quality factor. Utilizing the updated correction factors, the method updates the electric motor speed signal.

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Bruges, Belgium

Johannes N Van Ginkel