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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:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Lipo, Madison, WI (US);
Julio C Moreira, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318809 ; 318807 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided wherein air gap fundamental flux magnitude and relative position are determined from stator voltage third harmonic components and stator current in operating alternating current machines having a stator, a rotor and an air gap therebetween. Such determinations have various uses, such as for efficiency control.