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US 11,870,375 · App. 17/715,007 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Motor apparatus and vehicle

Inventors: Takashi Koikegami (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Shimazu (Kanagawa, JP); Yuhi Nakada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
H02P21/18B60K1/00B60L15/007B60L15/20
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Patent No.
US 11,870,375
App. No.
17/715,007
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor apparatus is provided. The motor apparatus includes a motor having a rotor and a stator, an inverter used to covert an input voltage into a three-phase alternating current (AC) voltage and provide the three-phase AC voltage to the motor, an inverter controller used to control the inverter, and a rotation angle sensor. The rotation angle sensor is fixed to the motor and is used to detect a rotation angle of the motor. The inverter controller includes a calculator. The calculator calculates an offset angle of an installation position of the rotation angle sensor according to a difference between a measured value and a theoretical value of a voltage phase of the motor.

Claims (24)

1. A motor apparatus, comprising:

a motor;

an inverter, used to convert an input voltage into a three-phase alternating current voltage and provide the three-phase alternating current voltage to the motor;

an inverter controller, used to control the inverter; and

a rotation angle sensor, fixed to the motor, used to detect a rotation angle of the motor,

wherein the inverter controller comprises a calculator, and the calculator calculates an offset angle of an installation position of the rotation angle sensor according to a difference between a measured value and a theoretical value of a voltage phase of the motor.

2. The motor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the inverter controller further comprises a determination component, and the detennination component determines whether or not the calculator is allowed to perform the calculation,

the calculator calculates the offset angle of the installation position of the rotation angle sensor when the determination component allows the calculator to perform the calculation.

3. The motor apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the determination component determines whether or not the calculator is allowed to perform the calculation based on a current flowing in the motor, a system state, and a speed of the motor.

4. The motor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the motor apparatus is s mounted on a vehicle, and the vehicle includes a vehicle controller,

the inverter controller further comprises a diagnosis component and a controller, and

the diagnosis component notifies the controller and the vehicle controller of an abnormality when the offset angle exceeds a predetermined value.

5. The motor apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the inverter has a motor driver circuit comprising an upper arm and a lower arm,

the controller perfoinis on-off control of switches comprised in the upper aim and the lower arm, and

the diagnosis component notifies the controller of an abnormality when a speed of the motor exceeds a threshold, and the controller then executes fail-safe control.

6. The motor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the fail-safe control is control for turning on one of the upper arm and the lower arm in all phases and turning off the other one in all phases.

7. The motor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the fail-safe control is control for turning off both the upper arm and the lower arm in all phases.

8. A vehicle, comprising the motor apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: KOIKEGAMI, TAKASHI; SHIMAZU, SATOSHI; NAKADA, YUHI
To: NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059578/0603 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110371715.8 · Apr 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220329185A1 · Oct 13, 2022