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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Arnaud Dal, Versailles, FR;
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A modular power bay for an aircraft comprises a plurality of electric machines, a plurality of inverters, and a control member configured to assign to at least one machine one or more inverters, according to the operational requirements of the plurality of machines. The control member comprises: an observer, able to measure phase currents and phase-neutral voltages of an electrical power supply signal of the machine, an estimator, able to determine a rotor position, based on the measurements of at least one observer, means for communicating, to each of the inverters: a control instruction for each of the inverters for responding to the operational requirement of said machine, measurements of at least one observer, or of the estimated rotor position.