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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Shingo Nakanishi, Obu, JP;
Masahiro Kako, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Shingo Nakanishi, Obu, JP;
Masahiro Kako, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brushless motor controller for use in a fuel pump detects a rotor phase based on an induced voltage in each phase coil of a brushless motor, and controls energization of the each phase coil based on the detected rotor phase. A control circuit of the controller is arranged to check the induced voltage by using three reference voltages as judgment values, convert a result of the check into a logic signal, and detect the rotor phase based on a prescribed change of the logic signal.