IP Library Granted Patent US 8,324,774
Granted Patent B2
US 8,324,774 · App. 13/000,553 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Rotating electrical machine apparatus

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,324,774
App. No.
13/000,553
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating electrical machine apparatus comprising a motor generator 10 having a stator ( 11 ) to which a plurality of coil groups are provided and a rotor ( 12 ), and a control apparatus ( 30 ) which controls a current supplied to the coil groups of the stator ( 11 ), wherein the stator ( 11 ) is provided with a stator friction portion ( 21 ) and the rotor ( 12 ) is provided with a rotor friction part ( 19 ), and the rotor ( 12 ) is movable between a connection position, in which the stator friction portion ( 21 ) and the rotor friction portion ( 19 ) are in contact with each other and the rotor ( 12 ) and the stator ( 11 ) are connected with each other, and a separation position, in which the stator friction portion ( 21 ) and the rotor friction portion ( 19 ) are separated from each other, and is constituted to move to the connection position when at least two coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are simultaneously excited, and the control apparatus ( 30 ) controls a current supplied to the coil groups so that at least two coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are simultaneously excited when prescribed connection condition is fulfilled.

Claims (21)

1. A rotating electrical machine apparatus comprising: a polyphase rotating electrical machine having a stator provided with a plurality of coil groups and

a rotor provided coaxially with the stator, and

a control device that controls a current supplied to the coil groups of the stator, wherein

the stator having a portion facing the rotor, wherein the stator portion is provided with a stator friction portion, and

the rotor having a portion facing the stator, wherein the rotor portion is provided with a rotor friction portion,

the rotor is movable between a connection position and a separation position, wherein the connection position is defined by the stator friction portion and the rotor friction portion are in contact with each other and the rotor and the stator are connected with each other, and the separation position is defined by the stator friction portion and the rotor friction portion are separated from each other, and

the rotor is provided to move to the connection position when at least two coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are simultaneously excited, and

the control device comprises a rotor position control device that controls a current supplied to the coil groups so that at least two coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are simultaneously excited when prescribed connection condition is fulfilled.

2. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a spring device that pushes the rotor in a direction away from the stator so that the rotor moves to the separation position.

3. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spring device pushes the rotor in a direction away from the stator with an elastic force that is stronger than the magnetic force generated when one coil group among the plurality of coil groups is excited, and weaker than the magnetic force generated when three coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are excited.

4. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is an axial air gap rotating electrical machine, wherein the stator and the rotor are aligned in a rotation axis direction of the rotor.

5. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor comprises a connection assisting device that uses the torque in a prescribed direction generated by the rotor after the rotor moves to the connection position from the separation position to generate a force in a direction that presses the rotor friction portion to the stator friction portion.

6. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is provided to a driving apparatus for transmitting power of an internal combustion engine to driving wheels of a vehicle so that a counterforce being generated for transmitting the power of the internal combustion engine to the driving wheels, and the rotor position control device determines that the prescribed connection condition is fulfilled in a case that the counterforce is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of an output of the polyphase rotating electrical machine.

7. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is a parallel-type hybrid vehicle, wherein the internal combustion engine and an electric motor are installed as power sources for driving, and the driving wheels can be driven by each of the power sources.

8. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is a power split type hybrid vehicle, wherein the internal combustion engine and an electric motor are installed as power sources, and the vehicle comprises a power split mechanism capable of splitting the power of the internal combustion engine to the polyphase rotating electrical machine and the driving wheels, and the driving wheels can be driven by each of the power split by the power split mechanism and the power of the electric motor.

9. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is an axial air gap rotating electrical machine wherein the stator and the rotor are aligned in a rotation axis direction of the rotor.

10. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is an axial air gap rotating electrical machine wherein the stator and the rotor are aligned in a rotation axis direction of the rotor.

11. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the rotor comprises a connection assisting device that uses the torque in a prescribed direction generated by the rotor after the rotor moves to the connection position from the separation position to generate a force in a direction that presses the rotor friction portion to the stator friction portion.

12. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the rotor comprises a connection assisting device that uses the torque in a prescribed direction generated by the rotor after the rotor moves to the connection position from the separation position to generate a force in a direction that presses the rotor friction portion to the stator friction portion.

13. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is provided to a driving apparatus for transmitting power of an internal combustion engine to driving wheels of a vehicle so that a counterforce being generated for transmitting the power of the internal combustion engine to the driving wheels, and the rotor position control device determines that the prescribed connection condition is fulfilled in a case that the counterforce is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of an output of the polyphase rotating electrical machine.

14. The rotating electrical machine apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the polyphase rotating electrical machine is provided to a driving apparatus for transmitting power of an internal combustion engine to driving wheels of a vehicle so that a counterforce being generated for transmitting the power of the internal combustion engine to the driving wheels, and the rotor position control device determines that the prescribed connection condition is fulfilled in a case that the counterforce is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of an output of the polyphase rotating electrical machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2010
From: KITABATAKE, HIROTATSU; EBUCHI, HIROAKI; KOMADA, HIDEAKI; SUZUKI, MICHINOBU; ONO, TOMOHITO; HATA, KENSEI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
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