Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.

Roy Alan McCann

Mark Philip Colosky

Sayeed Ahmad Mir

Dennis B Skellenger

Steven James Collier-Hallman

James Charles Tallant, Ii

Phillip Weilhammer

A method and system for determining a torque current in an electric machine coupled to a polyphase bus. The method comprises: detecting a rotational position of the electric machine with a position encoder; controlling an inverter comprising a plurality of switching devices, the inverter having an input coupled to a direct current bus, and an output coupled to the polyphase bus. Where the inverter is responsive to commands from a controller coupled to the inverter and to the position encoder. The method also includes measuring a current from the direct current bus; and capturing the current at a predefined interval of time.

Current determination in a permanent magnet electric machine

Disclosed herein is a method and system for initializing a rotating device such as an electronically commutated electric machine. The system comprises: an electric machine; a position sensor subsystem operatively connected to the electric machine configured to measure a position and transmit a position signal to a controller. The controller executes a method initializing position for the electric machine, the method comprising: establishing a sensor subsystem datum indicative of a measurement reference point for a sensor subsystem; obtaining a calibration value corresponding to a distance to a selected magnetic reference position for the electric machine, relative to the sensor subsystem datum; and measuring a position and calculating a position delta relative to an initial reference. The method also includes: estimating an offset from the sensor subsystem datum to an initial reference; determining an absolute position estimate of the electric machine relative to the magnetic reference position. The absolute position estimate is responsive to the calibration value, the position delta, and the offset from the sensor subsystem datum to the initial reference.

Method and apparatus for calibrating and initializing an electronically commutated motor

A method of minimizing the torque ripple produced by unbalanced phase currents in a sinusoidally excited motor is disclosed. The method comprises measuring the position of the motor; sampling the phase currents of the motor generating thereby at least one phase current; synchronizing the at least one phase current of the motor with the position of the motor; determining the imbalance in the magnitudes of the at least one phase current of the motor; generating a set of modulation index terms for reducing the imbalance in the magnitudes of the at least one phase current to ensure acceptable torque ripple characteristics over the operating velocity of the motor; and generating a set of minimized line-to-ground voltage commands.

Minimization of motor torque ripple due to unbalanced conditions

A controller for an electric brake system in a vehicle. The brake system utilizes switched reluctance electric motors to apply braking force to wheels. Such motors have non-ideal torque-speed characteristics, wherein excessive amounts of time and current are required to change torque delivered. The invention reduces the times, and currents, by adjusting the phase angle, and durations, of current pulses delivered to the coils of the motor. The adjustment is based on several parameters, including presently demanded torque, speed of the electric motor, deviation of vehicle system voltage from a norm, and deviation of motor temperature from a norm.

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Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Roy Alan McCann