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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen R MacMinn, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318696 ; 318685 ; 318701 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for estimating torque generated by a switched reluctance machine utilizes a ROM table look-up scheme to generate a torque estimate based upon phase current and rotor position information. Each ROM address is accessed by digitizing and then combining sensed phase current and rotor position signals. Knowledge of the instantaneous torque output enables closed-loop torque control including appropriate adjustments of phase currents to reduce or eliminate torque pulsations.