IP Library Granted Patent US 7,633,197
Granted Patent B2
US 7,633,197 · App. 10/553,178 · Granted Dec 15, 2009

Dynamoelectric machine

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Patent No.
US 7,633,197
App. No.
10/553,178
Granted
Dec 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dynamoelectric machine enabling stator winding temperature detecting precision of a temperature measuring means to be improved while also improving assembly of the dynamoelectric machine is provided. The dynamoelectric machine according to the present invention includes: a stator winding disposed in a stator; a temperature sensor for estimating a stator winding temperature of the stator winding; and a thermally-conductive bracket disposed between the stator winding and the temperature sensor. An estimated value of the stator winding temperature is calculated using a sum of a measured temperature measured by the temperature measuring means and a correcting value for correcting the measured temperature.

Claims (31)

1. A dynamoelectric machine comprising:

a stator winding;

a temperature measuring means disposed in a vicinity of said stator winding in order to estimate stator winding temperature;

a thermally-conductive supporting portion for supporting said temperature measuring means; and

a thermally-conductive body interposed between said stator winding and said supporting portion for conducting heat from said stator winding to said supporting portion,

wherein:

an estimated value of said stator winding temperature is calculated using a sum of a measured temperature measured by said temperature measuring means and a correcting value.

2. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said supporting portion is constituted by a member that does not generate heat.

3. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said stator winding and said supporting portion are simultaneously cooled by an identical cooling medium.

4. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said supporting portion is a separate member from a stator holding said stator winding.

5. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said correcting value is determined using a function of a physical quantity based on a value of line current flowing through said stator winding.

6. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 5 , wherein:

said correcting value is determined using a second-order function of said value of said line current.

7. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said estimated value is corrected by averaging over time.

8. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said temperature measuring means is a temperature sensor.

9. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

an electric current flowing through said stator winding is suppressed if said estimated value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

10. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

an engine driven to rotate by said dynamoelectric machine is stopped if said estimated value is less than or equal to a predetermined value when a vehicle is stopped.

11. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said supporting portion is disposed on a bracket for supporting a stator having said stator winding.

12. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said supporting portion is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a stator core to which said stator winding is mounted.

13. The dynamoelectric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said thermally-conductive body is a stator core in which said stator winding is disposed.

Assignments (3)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068829/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2005
From: ISODA, HITOSHI; ASAO, YOSHIHITO
To: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 017885/0654 →