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Granted Patent B2
US 9,310,798 · App. 14/385,558 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Motor drive device

Inventors: Yuichi Nagata (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Shuya Sano (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Hiroshi Sugie (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G05B19/404G05B6/02H02K11/0047H02P29/0055H02K11/0015
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Patent No.
US 9,310,798
App. No.
14/385,558
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor drive device in embodiments includes: a motor drive unit that generates a current for driving a motor on a basis of a position command and a position detection value of the motor; a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value by correcting an output value of a temperature sensor provided in a peripheral portion of a motor coil of the motor by using a filter including both a phase-lead characteristic and a low-pass characteristic; a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value on a basis of the current; and a motor-coil protection unit that limits the current on a basis of the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value and the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value.

Claims (9)

1. A motor drive device comprising:

a motor drive unit that generates a current for driving a motor on a basis of a position command and a position detection value of the motor;

a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value by correcting an output value of a temperature sensor provided in a peripheral portion of a motor coil of the motor by using a filter including both a phase-lead characteristic and a low-pass characteristic;

a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value on a basis of the current; and

a motor-coil protection unit that limits the current on a basis of the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value and the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value, wherein

the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation unit causes the filter to have the phase-lead characteristic when a temperature increase value calculated on a basis of an output value of the temperature sensor and its immediately previous output value is larger than a predetermined value, and causes the filter not to have the phase-lead characteristic when the temperature increase value is smaller than the predetermined value.

2. The motor drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation unit determines a coefficient to be used for the phase-lead characteristic on a basis of a time-series pattern of an output value of the temperature sensor and a time-series pattern that is obtained by multiplying the time-series pattern of the output value by the low-pass characteristic when driving the motor with a predetermined acceleration/deceleration pattern.

3. The motor drive device according to claim 2 , wherein the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation unit calculates the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value by correcting a value that is obtained by multiplying a square value of the current by a predetermined gain by using a low pass filter, and determines the gain on a basis of the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value obtained by using the determined coefficient and on a basis of time-series patterns of the output value of the temperature sensor and the current when driving the motor with the predetermined acceleration/deceleration pattern.

4. The motor drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation unit calculates the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value by correcting a value that is obtained by multiplying a square value of the current by a predetermined gain by using a low pass filter, and determines the gain on a basis of time-series patterns of the output value of the temperature sensor and the current when driving the motor with a predetermined acceleration/deceleration pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2014
From: NAGATA, YUICHI; SANO, SHUYA; SUGIE, HIROSHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033747/0616 →
Continuity (1)
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