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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Sanghyeon Moon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngkook Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jin Hwan Jung, Gyoenggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A power cable breaking detection method for a vehicle includes detecting currents of respective phases supplied to a three-phase motor from an inverter through at least a power cable, and a driving speed of the motor, determining whether the respective currents and the driving speed of the motor satisfy power cable breaking detection conditions, determining whether various conditions are satisfied with respect to a cable breaking sensing reference value of a current command performing cable breaking timer counting when the conditions are satisfied, and determining whether a predetermined period has elapsed such that a cable is considered broken when the predetermined period has elapsed.