IP Library Granted Patent US 10,967,744
Granted Patent B2
US 10,967,744 · App. 16/330,398 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Electrically operated working vehicle

Inventor: Toshihiko Ishida (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
B60L50/15B60L3/003G01R31/52B60P1/04
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Patent No.
US 10,967,744
App. No.
16/330,398
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dump truck is provided with a ground fault detection device that detects a ground fault detection voltage V 0 as a difference between a detection voltage Vp between a positive electrode line of a DC bus and a neutral point N and a detection voltage Vn between the neutral point N and a negative electrode line of the DC bus and detects a ground fault based upon the ground fault detection voltage V 0 . The ground fault detection device includes a DC component determining section that extracts a DC component V Ldc from the ground fault detection voltage V 0 and determines a ground fault based upon the DC component V Ldc , and a drive frequency component determining sections (that extract drive frequency components V LiR , V LiL of the inverters from the ground fault detection voltage V 0 and determine a ground fault based upon the drive frequency components V LiR , V LiL .

Claims (22)

1. An electrically operated working vehicle, comprising:

a DC bus that is composed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode and to which a DC voltage is applied;

an inverter that is connected to the DC bus;

an electric motor that is connected to the inverter;

a voltage divider that is connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the DC bus and divides a voltage applied to the DC bus to form a neutral point; and

a ground fault detection device that detects a ground fault detection voltage as a difference between a voltage between the positive electrode of the DC bus and the neutral point and a voltage between the neutral point and the negative electrode of the DC bus and detects a ground fault based upon the ground fault detection voltage,

wherein the ground fault detection device includes:

a DC component determining section that extracts a DC component from the ground fault detection voltage and determines a ground fault based upon the DC component; and

a drive frequency component determining section that extracts a drive frequency component of the inverter from the ground fault detection voltage and determines a ground fault based upon the drive frequency component,

wherein the DC component determining section includes a DC component extracting section that extracts a DC component from the ground fault detection voltage, and a DC component comparing section that compares the DC component with a predetermined criteria value for DC ground fault detection, and

wherein the drive frequency component determining section includes a drive frequency component extracting section that extracts a drive frequency component of the inverter from the ground fault detection voltage, and a drive frequency component comparing section that compares the drive frequency component with a predetermined criteria value for AC ground fault detection.

2. The electrically operated working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the DC component extracting section calculates an average value of the ground fault detection voltage over a predetermine specified time.

3. The electrically operated working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive frequency component extracting section performs integral calculation on the value which the ground fault detection voltage multiplied by a fundamental wave of a driving angular frequency of the inverter to find a fundamental wave component of the driving angular frequency of the inverter from the ground fault detection voltage.

4. The electrically operated working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a power generator is connected to the DC bus through a converter that converts AC into DC, and

the ground fault detection device further includes an output frequency component determining section that extracts an output frequency component of the power generator from the ground fault detection voltage and determines a ground fault based upon the output frequency component.

5. The electrically operated working vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

the output frequency component determining section includes an output frequency component extracting section that extracts an output frequency component of the power generator from the ground fault detection voltage, and an output frequency component comparing section that compares the output frequency component with a predetermined criteria value for AC ground fault detection.

6. The electrically operated working vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the output frequency component extracting section performs integral calculation on the value which the ground fault detection voltage multiplied by a fundamental wave of the output angular frequency of the power generator to find a fundamental wave component of the output angular frequency of the power generator from the ground fault detection voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: ISHIDA, TOSHIHIKO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048499/0445 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-045918 · Mar 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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