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US 11,984,909 · App. 17/690,008 · Granted May 14, 2024

Interconnected inverter and method of manufacturing interconnected inverter

Inventors: Kojiro Asakawa (Toyota, JP); Kazuhito Hayashi (Toyota, JP); Ikuhiro Nakamura (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H03M1/645H02J3/40H02M7/48H02P27/06
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Patent No.
US 11,984,909
App. No.
17/690,008
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system of an interconnected inverter includes an inverter that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power and provides AC power to an AC power line, an RDC that converts a voltage value obtained by a voltage sensor into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle of an output voltage, the voltage sensor obtaining a voltage value of an output voltage from the inverter to a power grid, and an ECU that controls the inverter to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the RDC attains to a prescribed angle. Extra cost for diversion can be reduced.

Claims (24)

1. An interconnected inverter comprising:

an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power and provides AC power to an AC power line;

a resolver digital converter that converts a voltage value obtained by a voltage sensor into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle of an output voltage from the inverter circuit to the AC power line, the voltage sensor obtaining the voltage value of the output voltage; and

a control unit that controls the inverter circuit to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to a prescribed angle, wherein

the control unit controls the inverter circuit to provide AC power in synchronization with AC power that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to 0 degree or ±180 degrees.

2. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein

the inverter circuit, the resolver digital converter, and the control unit are diverted from a system for driving a motor.

3. The interconnected inverter according to claim 2 , wherein

the system for driving a motor is a vehicle.

4. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein

the AC power line is a three-phase AC power line.

5. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein

the AC power line is a single-phase AC power line.

6. A method of manufacturing an interconnected inverter, the method being a method of diverting a resolver digital converter, an inverter circuit, and a control unit mounted on a system, the system including

an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power,

a motor that generates driving force by using AC power from the inverter circuit,

a resolver that detects a value relating to rotation of the motor,

a resolver digital converter that converts a value from the resolver into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle relating to rotation, and

a control unit that controls the inverter circuit by using an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter,

the method comprising:

providing a terminal for connection to a DC power supply, of input of DC power to the inverter circuit;

providing a terminal for connection to an AC power line, of output from the inverter circuit connected to the motor;

providing a terminal for connection of a signal line from a voltage sensor to the resolver digital converter, the voltage sensor obtaining a voltage value of an output voltage to the AC power line; and

modifying a method of control by the control unit to control the inverter circuit to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to a prescribed angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: ASAKAWA, KOJIRO; HAYASHI, KAZUHITO; NAKAMURA, IKUHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059202/0459 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-040343 · Mar 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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