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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
AISIN AW CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
An inverter apparatus that includes an inverter that is interposed between an AC rotary electric machine and both a DC power supply and a smoothing capacitor and that includes a plurality of switching elements; a controller that controls driving of the plurality of switching elements; and a current sensor that detects a current flowing through a wire connecting the DC power supply and the inverter together, wherein the controller determines whether or not to stop driving of all of the plurality of switching elements based on the current detected by the current sensor while the AC rotary electric machine is caused to perform a regenerative operation of generating power.