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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Igor Gusyev, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/028 (2016.01); H02P 25/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/028 (2013.01); H02P 25/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for protecting an electrical machine in the event of a fault, the electrical machine having six phase terminals includes a monitoring unit for detecting a fault of the electrical machine and a switchover unit for switching the electrical machine from a normal operating state into a short-circuit operating state if a fault of the electrical machine is detected. The switchover unit is designed to short-circuit the six phase terminals of the electrical machine asynchronously in accordance with a predefined pattern.