Robert Boschgmbh

Martin Eisenhardt

Daniel Raichle

Gunther Goetting

Dieter Hoetzer

Klaus Rechberger

Alexander Seufert

Stefan Tumback

Oliver Kaefer

Peter Ahner

Manfred Ackermann

Siegfried E Schustek

Harald Tschentscher

Arnold Winter

Stefan Blind

Martin Wirth

Alexander Scheidle

Robert Schenk

Juergen Landsgestell

The present invention relates to a surge arrester for a charge controller of a battery. The surge arrester comprises a first voltage detector with a fixed predetermined response threshold and a second voltage detector with an adaptively adjustable voltage threshold. The voltage threshold of the second voltage detector is adapted as a function of the response of the first voltage detector.

Surge arrester and method for operating a surge arrester

In a method for determining a power limiting value for an electric machine in a vehicle, the electric machine being assigned an energy storage device, an intermediate power value is calculated from a maximally allowable current of the energy storage device and an instantaneous voltage. A corrected intermediate power value is determined by adding at least one power loss to the intermediate power value. A first correction value is determined for reducing the absolute value of the corrected intermediate power value if an instantaneous power of the energy storage device is greater than the absolute value of the calculated intermediate power value. The power limiting value is determined by superimposing the first correction value on the corrected intermediate power value.

Method for determining a power limiting value for an electric machine in a vehicle, computer program and control unit for controlling an electric machine in a vehicle

A method for operating a polyphase machine having a pulse-width-modulated inverter includes: determining a setpoint current value respectively for a current in the longitudinal direction and/or the transverse direction based on a specified torque, ascertaining a setpoint voltage value respectively for a voltage in the longitudinal direction and/or the transverse direction with the aid of the setpoint current value and/or of an actual current value determined at the pulse-width-modulated inverter, controlling and/or regulating the polyphase machine corresponding to the ascertained setpoint voltage value. In this context it is provided that, in addition, using a model, a model value is determined respectively for the voltage in the longitudinal direction and/or the transverse direction, the difference between the setpoint voltage value and the model value is ascertained, and in response to the exceeding of a specifiable maximum difference, an error signal is triggered.

Method for operating a polyphase machine having a pulse-width-modulated inverter

A method and a device for monitoring the startup of an electric drive, which has a polyphase machine, a pulse-controlled inverter and a control unit. The control unit is provided to compare rotational speed values that are successive in time to one another during the startup of the drive, and when recognizing a non-increase in the rotational speed of the rotor shaft, to detect a mixup of phase lines or pulse-controlled inverter lines.

Method and device for monitoring the startup of an electric drive

A method for determining the magnet temperature of a permanent magnet electrical machine. The magnet temperature is able to be determined particularly simply and accurately if a phase voltage and the rotational speed of the electrical machine are measured, and the magnet temperature is determined from this.

Method for determining the magnet temperature in synchronous machines

A pulse-width rectifier for operating an electric machine in motor operating mode or in generator operating mode, includes a terminal for a control device that communicates with the pulse-width rectifier via a data connection. In order to safeguard the supply of energy in the case of a disturbance in the data transmission between the control device and the pulse-width rectifier, the pulse-width rectifier is constructed such that it automatically switches into an emergency generator operating mode in which it produces at its direct-voltage output a prespecified power with which it is possible to maintain at least an emergency operation of electrical consumers.

Pulse-width modulation rectifier having an emergency generator operating mode

A method for determining the torque of an electric machine, in particular a permanently energized electric machine. The torque is determined by a particularly simple and accurate method by measuring a phase voltage and the rotational speed of the electric machine and calculating the torque based on these values.

Method and device for determining the torque of an electric machine

An electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, a control unit being provided for specifying an optimal efficiency operating state or for specifying a dynamically optimal operating state for the electric machine. Switchover means are used for switching over the usually specified optimal efficiency operating state to the dynamically optimal operating state before operating procedures in the motor vehicle which require a rapid torque setting.

Electric motor coupled to an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle

A method is described for adjusting a setpoint operating state of a hybrid drive in a motor vehicle, the hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least two electric motors as the drive motors, and the output shafts of the drive motor being capable of being operatively connected to a drive train of the vehicle, a setpoint operating point of the hybrid drive being adjusted as a function of an instantaneous power demand (output torque) on the hybrid drive and an instantaneous electrical power demand of an electrical system of the vehicle, by determining the speeds and the torques of the drive motors. At least one of the electric motors () is controlled by voltage regulation and the other electric motor(s) () is/are controlled by speed regulation.

Method for setting a desired operating condition of a hybrid drive for a vehicle

The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for field-oriented control of a permanent-magnet-excited synchronous machine. Conversion of an ascertained longitudinal voltage component and an ascertained transverse voltage component into triggering pulses for the synchronous machine is accomplished in a low rotation speed range using a pulse-width-modulated inverter, and in a high rotation speed range using a block switching mechanism or a software program functionally corresponding to a block switching mechanism. The invention reduces output oscillations in the upper rotation speed range that occur in known systems as a result of angular inaccuracies with respect to the target voltage zero transition and the voltage zero transition that is actually implemented.

Method and device for the regulation of permanent-magnet excited synchronous machine having reduced power oscillations in the higher rotational speed range

A method and a device for regulating a polyphase machine, in particular a synchronous machine, in which a direct-axis voltage and a quadrature-axis voltage are determined as manipulated variables of the regulating system, and also including a pulse-width-modulation inverter which generates the phase voltages of the individual phases and is triggered to operate either in PWM mode or in block mode as a function of the operating mode of the electric machine. To simplify the hardware component of the regulating device, PWM control signals and block control signals are generated via software and sent to a PWM/block signal device as a function of the operating mode, the device being capable of generating either PWM signals or block signals as a triggering signal for the pulse-width-modulation inverter as a function of the control signal supplied.

Regulating system having a simple hardware unit for regulating an electric machine optionally in PWM operation or block operation

A method for generating manipulated variables for the direct-axis and cross voltage, respectively, to represent the flux-forming current ID and torque-forming current IQ in field-oriented control of asynchronous machines, taking into account the stator voltage drop and steady-state internal voltage. The steady-state internal voltage is calculated on the basis of reference variables of the currents.

Methods for simplified field-oriented control of asynchronous machines

The components of a multiphase converter, which contains semiconductor power components and a capacitor on a support containing cooling devices, are arranged in an optimally compact configuration, in which the support containing the cooling device is configured as a hollow body, the capacitor is or the capacitors are insertable in its interior in as tightly and precisely fitted fashion as possible, and the semiconductor power components are arranged on its outer side, where the height of the hollow body corresponds substantially to the height of the necessary capacitor. For a three-phase converter, the hollow body may be in the shape of a hexagon on the outer side, so that an overall shape approximating a cylinder is created, and a cylindrical cover protects everything and makes a compact component available, and for a two-phase converter, a parallelepipedal volume is optimally utilized.

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Renningen, Germany

Martin Eisenhardt