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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:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hsiang-Ming Chen, Latham, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 905 ; 310 / ; 318615 ;
Abstract
The invention is an actively controlled radial magnetic bearing using inexpensive and rugged search coils as sensors instead of costly and delicate displacement or position sensors. It involves a feedback control scheme totally different from the conventional PID control algorithm. It comprises a velocity estimator with search coil signals as input, a velocity feedback controller with high-frequency gain and phase modification for the purpose of controlling flexible rotors, a self-starter automating the levitation, and a unique design and tuning method of analysis.