IP Library Patent Application 15801613
Patent Application
App. No. 15/801,613

MOTOR-DRIVEN APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

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App. No.
15/801,613
Abstract

A motor-driven apparatus comprises a motor, a heating subcircuit and a motor controlling subcircuit connected in parallel between two ends of an alternating current power supply. When the heating subcircuit operates, a power of the motor is adjusted according to an operating state of the heating subcircuit so that a total operation current flowing through a main line is less than a predetermined value.

Claims (30)

1 . A motor-driven apparatus, comprising:

a motor;

a heating subcircuit;

a motor controlling subcircuit connected in parallel with the heating subcircuit between two ends of an alternating current power supply;

wherein when the heating subcircuit operates, a power of the motor is adjusted according to an operating state of the heating subcircuit to make a total operation current flowing through a main line of the motor-driven apparatus is less than a predetermined value.

2 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motor controlling subcircuit comprises a first microprocessor to control the motor.

3 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the heating subcircuit comprises a heating component with at least one heating level.

4 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the power of the motor is adjusted by adjusting a pulse width modulation signal transmitted to the motor according to the heating level of the heating component.

5 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the power of the motor is adjusted by adjusting a duty ratio of the pulse width modulation signal.

6 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the heating subcircuit comprises a heating level selection unit, the heating component and a controllable bidirectional AC switch connected to each other in series, and the heating subcircuit further comprises a second microprocessor connecting to the heating level selection unit and a control end of the controllable bidirectional AC switch, and the second microprocessor controls the heating level selection unit according to an operation instruction to make the heating component operate at a corresponding heating level.

7 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first microprocessor is connected to the second microprocessor and the second microprocessor transmits the operating state of the heating subcircuit to the first microprocessor.

8 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motor-driven apparatus is a food processor, and/or the motor is a three-phase brushless direct current motor.

9 . A control method of the motor-driven apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:

determining whether the heating subcircuit needed to operate; and

adjusting the power of the motor according to the operating state of the heating subcircuit when the heating subcircuit is needed to operate, the total operation current flowing through the main line made less than the predetermined value.

10 . The control method of the motor-driven apparatus of claim 9 , wherein determining whether the heating subcircuit is needed to operate according to the operation instruction.

11 . The control method of the motor-driven apparatus of claim 9 , wherein when the heating subcircuit is needed to operate, a heating level of the heating component is determined, and the power of the motor is adjusted by adjusting the pulse width modulation signal outputted to the motor according to the heating level of the heating component.

12 . The control method of the motor-driven apparatus of claim 10 , wherein when the heating subcircuit is not needed to operate, the power of the motor is not adjusted according to the operating state of the heating subcircuit.

13 . A motor-driven apparatus, comprising:

a motor;

a heating subcircuit;

a motor controlling subcircuit connected in parallel with the heating subcircuit;

wherein when the heating subcircuit is operated, a power of the motor is adjusted according to an operating state of the heating subcircuit to make a total operation current flowing through a main line of the motor-driven apparatus is less than a predetermined value.

14 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the motor controlling subcircuit comprises a first microprocessor to control the motor.

15 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the heating subcircuit comprises a heating component with at least one heating level.

16 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the power of the motor is adjusted by adjusting a pulse width modulation signal transmitted to the motor according to the heating level of the heating component.

17 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the power of the motor is adjusted by adjusting a duty ratio of the pulse width modulation signal.

18 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the heating subcircuit comprises a heating level selection unit, the heating component and a controllable bidirectional AC switch connected to each other in series, and the heating subcircuit further comprises a second microprocessor connecting to the heating level selection unit and a control end of the controllable bidirectional AC switch, and the second microprocessor controls the heating level selection unit according to an operation instruction to make the heating component operate at a corresponding heating level.

19 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first microprocessor is connected to the second microprocessor and the second microprocessor transmits the operating state of the heating subcircuit to the first microprocessor.

20 . The motor-driven apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the motor-driven apparatus is a food processor, and/or the motor is a three-phase brushless direct current motor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 11, 2019
From: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 048865/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2017
From: XIANG, YOUQING; WANG, SHIWEN; QIU, WUFENG; HU, XIYI; ZHANG, LIANZHONG
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
Reel/Frame 044028/0785 →