Mitsuba Corporation

Tomofumi Kobayashi

Naoki Kojima

Takashi Hoshino

Takeshi Ikeda

Toru Furusawa

Hiroto Tanaka

Tamotsu Iwazaki

Tomohiko Annaka

Takashi Tai

Atsushi Kawasaki

Based on an output signal, among a plurality of switching elements, an element control part outputs a PWM signal having a maximum duty ratio to a pair of switching elements that drive a first coil among a plurality of coils to a high level, outputs a PWM signal having a minimum duty ratio to a pair of switching elements that are connected to each other in series and that drive a second coil among the plurality of coils to a low level, and outputs a PWM signal having a medium duty ratio between the maximum duty ratio of the PWM signal and the minimum duty ratio of the PWM signal to a pair of switching elements that are connected to each other in series and that drive a third coil among the plurality of coils.

Motor drive apparatus and motor drive apparatus control method

A brushless motor () which supplies currents to coils (U, U, V, V, W, and W) and rotates a rotor (), the brushless motor comprising a control apparatus () which switches and selectively executes: first energization control to start energization to the coils (U, U, V, V, W, and W) at first timing, and to continue the energization for a first period to control the rotation number of the rotor (); and second energization control to start energization to the coils (U, U, V, V, W, and W) at second timing advanced by an electric angle with respect to the first timing, and to continue the energization for a second period longer than the first period to control the rotation number of the rotor ().

Brushless motor, wiper apparatus, motor apparatus and control method for motor apparatus

A motor drive apparatus includes: a stage determination part that determines a position of the rotor based on a combination of states of a plurality of the output signals; and a power distribution timing determination part which determines that a power distribution timing when power is distributed to the coil is a timing obtained by advancing an angle by an amount that corresponds to a predetermined electric angle in a startup time of the motor, wherein, when a rotation speed of the motor becomes a predetermined rotation speed or more, the power distribution timing determination part determines that a timing when a predetermined period of time elapses since a position of the rotor arrives at a position of an electric angle that corresponds to a displacement amount of an electric angle which is arbitrarily advanced with respect to a predetermined electric angle that is advanced in the startup time is a power distribution timing.

Motor drive apparatus and motor drive method

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Tomofumi Kobayashi