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Granted Patent B2
US 10,044,299 · App. 15/820,554 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Motor driving device

Inventors: Yu Sasaki (Toyota, JP); Hiroyuki Iyama (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02P6/12
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Patent No.
US 10,044,299
App. No.
15/820,554
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor driving device includes: an inverter control unit configured to generate and output a control signal for feedback-controlling a motor using a control command value for setting driving of the motor and a feedback value including a current value of driving power supplied to the motor; an inverter configured to supply driving power to the motor in accordance with the control signal output from the inverter control unit; and an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality of the inverter. The abnormality detecting unit determines that the inverter is abnormal when a sum of three-phase AC voltage values of the driving power supplied to the motor is greater than a predetermined voltage value and a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value.

Claims (16)

1. A motor driving device that drives a motor which is driven with a three-phase alternating current, the motor driving device comprising:

an inverter control unit configured to generate and output a control signal for feedback-controlling the motor using a control command value for setting driving of the motor and a feedback value including at least one of a current value of driving power supplied to the motor, a rotational speed of the motor, and a torque value of the motor;

an inverter configured to supply the driving power to the motor in accordance with the control signal output from the inverter control unit; and

an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality of the inverter,

wherein the abnormality detecting unit is configured to determine that the inverter is abnormal when a sum of three-phase AC voltage values of the driving power supplied to the motor is greater than a predetermined voltage value and a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value.

2. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the abnormality detecting unit is configured to determine that the inverter malfunctions when the abnormality of the inverter is detected a predetermined number of times.

3. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a current sensor configured to detect three-phase AC current values of the driving power supplied to the motor, wherein:

the inverter control unit is configured to generate a first current value and a second current value of two phases which are the feedback value on the basis of the three-phase AC current values detected by the current sensor;

the inverter control unit is configured to generate a control signal for feedback-controlling the motor using differences between the first current value and the second current value and a control command value of the first current value and a control command value of the second current value; and

the abnormality detecting unit is configured to determine whether a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value using at least one of a difference between the control command value of the first current value and the first current value, a difference between the control command value of the second current value and the second current value, and a sum of the difference between the control command value of the first current value and the first current value and the difference between the control command value of the second current value and the second current value.

4. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a speed sensor configured to detect the rotational speed of the motor, wherein:

the inverter control unit is configured to generate a control signal for feedback-controlling the motor using a difference between the rotational speed of the motor detected by the speed sensor and a control command value of the rotational speed of the motor; and

the abnormality detecting unit is configured to determine whether a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value using a difference between the control command value of the rotational speed of the motor and the rotational speed of the motor.

5. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a torque sensor configured to detect a torque of the motor, wherein:

the inverter control unit is configured to generate a control signal for feedback-controlling the motor using a difference between the torque value of the motor detected by the torque sensor and a control command value of the torque value of the motor; and

the abnormality detecting unit is configured to determine whether a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value using a difference between the control command value of the torque value of the motor and the torque value of the motor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052281/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2017
From: SASAKI, YU; IYAMA, HIROYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044197/0203 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-229910 · Nov 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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