IP Library Granted Patent US 12695026
Granted Patent B2
US 12695026 · App. 18/199,621 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Control device for power conversion device

Inventors: Yusuke Shindo (Saitama, JP); Ryota Kitamoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
H01F27/38H01F3/14H01F27/263
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12695026
App. No.
18/199,621
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner core portion includes an inner gap having a length in the first direction larger than that of the outer gap in a center in the first direction. A control device is configured to switch between a one-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any one of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate, a two-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any two of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate, and a three-phase operation of causing a current to flow through all of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate. The control device selects the inner coil in the one-phase operation.

Claims (19)

1 . A control device for a power conversion device which uses a three-phase magnetic coupling reactor, wherein:

the three-phase magnetic coupling reactor includes:

a first outer coil;

a second outer coil;

an inner coil disposed between the first outer coil and the second outer coil; and

a core including a first outer core portion around which the first outer coil is wound, a second outer core portion around which the second outer coil is wound, and an inner core portion around which the inner coil is wound;

the first outer core portion, the second outer core portion, and the inner core portion extend in a first direction, and are disposed side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;

one end sides of the first outer core portion, the second outer core portion, and the inner core portion in the first direction are coupled by a first coupling portion which extends in the second direction;

an other end sides of the first outer core portion, the second outer core portion, and the inner core portion in the first direction are coupled by a second coupling portion which extends in the second direction;

magnetic fluxes which pass through the first outer core portion, the second outer core portion, and the inner core portion are configured such that a direction of a direct-current magnetic flux derived from a coil wound around any core portion and generated in the core portion and a direction of a direct-current magnetic flux derived from another coil wound around another core portion and generated in the core portion are opposite to each other;

each of the first outer core portion and the second outer core portion includes an outer gap in a center in the first direction;

the inner core portion includes an inner gap having a length in the first direction larger than that of the outer gap in a center in the first direction;

the control device is configured to switch between:

a one-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any one of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate;

a two-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any two of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate; and

a three-phase operation of causing a current to flow through all of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate; and

the control device selects the inner coil in the one-phase operation.

2 . The control device for the power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device selects the first outer coil and the second outer coil in the two-phase operation.