INTEGRATED VARIABLE FLUX MEMORY MOTOR CHARGER
An integrated synchronous motor charger includes a battery, and a synchronous motor having a set of phase windings, with each phase winding thereof having an open-ended winding configuration, the synchronous motor being electrically connected to the battery via a bidirectional inverter on a first end of at least one phase winding from the set of phase windings, and to a power source on a second end of the at least one phase winding. The synchronous motor is operably shiftable between a charging mode and a driving mode, the synchronous motor allowing electric power to flow bidirectionally between the power source and the battery in the charging mode, and allowing electric power to flow bidirectionally between the battery and the synchronous motor in the driving mode.
1 . A vehicle having an integrated unit, the integrated unit operating with a battery for storing power from a power source, the integrated unit comprising:
at least one synchronous motor having at least one set of phase windings;
at least one bidirectional inverter operably coupled with a first end of the at least one set of phase windings and with the battery; and
wherein a second end of the at least one set of phase windings is operably coupled with the power source; and
wherein the at least one synchronous motor being operably shifted between a charging mode and a driving mode, the synchronous motor operably allowing the power to flow bidirectionally between the power source and the battery in the charging mode, and operably allowing the power to flow bidirectionally between the battery and the synchronous motor in the driving mode.
2 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor operably propels at least one wheel.
3 . The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor being operably shifted between the charging mode and the driving mode by adjusting a magnetization of the synchronous motor.
4 . The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor being operably shifted between the charging mode and the driving mode by at least one switch, the at least one switch operably forming a star connection.
5 . The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor comprises at least one rotor having a magnetization operably adjusted by passing a pulse to magnetized or de-magnetized the at least rotor magnet.
6 . The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the magnetization being operably adjusted by controlling an amplitude of the pulse.
7 . The vehicle of claim 6 wherein the at least one synchronous motor comprises at least one of a Variable Flux Memory Motor (VFMM) or a Wound Field Synchronous Motor (“WFSM”).
8 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least rotor magnet comprises a soft-ferromagnetic material.
9 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the soft-ferromagnetic material magnet of the at least one synchronous motor, in the charging mode, being operably demagnetized to prevent torque generation caused by the flow of the power.
10 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the soft-ferromagnetic material magnet of the at least one synchronous motor, in the driving mode, being operably re-magnetized to enable torque generation.
11 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor further comprises a stator being magnetically coupled with the rotor, and an intensity of the magnetically coupling being operably manipulated by varying a current passed through the rotor.
12 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor comprises a 3-phase windings to operable couple with the power source having a three-phase configuration.
13 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor comprises at least one coil wound on the stator, the at least one coil corresponding with the at least one set of phase windings, and the at least one coil operably creating an inductive reactance to the power if the soft magnets are demagnetized.
14 . The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor being to operably prevented from generating torque if the at least one coil operably creates an inductive reactance.
15 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least one synchronous motor being operably configured to act as a filter inductor when receiving power from the power source.
16 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the bi-directional inverter operably converts the power from the power source indicative of Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) for charging the battery.
17 . The vehicle of claim 7 , further comprising a step-down transformer that operably lowers the power flow to the battery.
18 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the bi-directional inverter comprises:
at least one inverter bus capacitor; and
at least one buck-boost converter, the buck-boost converter operably coupling at least one phase
winding of the set to the battery to operably receive single-phase power.
19 . The vehicle of claim 18 , wherein the at least one inverter bus capacitor operably decouples the at least one phase winding of the set and operably allowing the synchronous motors to receive power from the power source in a plurality of phases.
20 . An integrated charging unit operating with a battery for storing power from a power source, the integrated charging unit comprising:
at least one Variable Flux Memory Motor (VFMM) having at least one set of phase windings, the at
least one VFMM comprises at least one rotor having a magnetization operably adjusted by passing a
pulse to magnetized or de-magnetized the at least rotor, the at least one VFMM being operably
shifted between a charging mode and a driving mode corresponding with magnetization of the at
least one rotor;
at least one bidirectional inverter operably coupled with a first end of the at least one set of phase windings and with the battery, the at least one bidirectional inverter comprising:
at least one inverter bus capacitor; and
at least one buck-boost converter, the buck-boost converter operably coupling at least one phase winding of the set to the battery to operably receive single-phase power;
wherein a second end of the at least one set of phase windings is operably coupled with the power source; and
wherein the at least one VFMM operably allowing the power to flow bidirectionally between the
power source and the battery in the charging mode, and operably allowing the power to flow
bidirectionally between the battery and the at least one VFMM in the driving mode.