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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Tara Astigarraga, Rochester, NY (US);

Allen K. Bates, Tucson, AZ (US);

Nhan X. Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);

Louie A. Dickens, Tucson, AZ (US);

Reed A. Hancock, Tucson, AZ (US);

Stephen L. Schwartz, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael E. Starling, Tucson, AZ (US);

Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/14 (2006.01); H02P 1/04 (2006.01); H02P 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/14 (2013.01); H02P 1/04 (2013.01); H02P 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

For an electric motor used as a generator in an electric vehicle for dynamic braking, employing a dynamic reconfiguration-switching of motor windings upon the generator exceeding one of a maximum usable constraint of a first rechargeable battery in order to reduce a voltage constant of the electric motor thereby limiting one of a produced voltage and a produced power.


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