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Patent No.:

US 10020759 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2015

Parallel modular converter architecture for efficient ground electric vehicles

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Matthew J. Krolak, Renton, WA (US);

Shengyi Liu, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeffrey J Restifo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/26 (2006.01); H02P 5/74 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01); H02M 7/493 (2007.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 15/38 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 5/74 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/0076 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/38 (2013.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01); H02M 7/493 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01); B60L 2260/28 (2013.01); H02M 2001/008 (2013.01); Y02T 10/642 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and apparatus for powering electric motors. The electric motors are connected to a DC power supply by a parallel modular converter that includes a plurality of parallel power converters that convert the DC power to AC power. The parallel modular converter selectively connects different parallel power converters to different ones of the electric motors to provide an adequate supply of electrical power to meet the load conditions of the electric motor. As the load conditions of the electric motors dynamically change, the parallel modular converter can selectively connect certain PPCs to different motors to satisfy the changing load conditions.

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