Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor circuit
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Application No.: US15809006Application Date: 2017-11-10
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Publication No.: US11791752B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Nathanael Rice , Maciej Kudanowski
- Applicant: ZF Automotive UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Solihull
- Assignee: ZF Automotive UK Limited
- Current Assignee: ZF Automotive UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Solihull
- Agency: MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
- Priority: GB 19147 2016.11.11
- Main IPC: H02P5/51
- IPC: H02P5/51 ; H02M1/088 ; H02P6/00 ; H02M7/5387 ; H02K11/33 ; H02K11/27 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A motor circuit for driving a motor having two independent sets of windings forming 3 or more phases, wherein each phase of a first set is paired with a respective phase of a second set. A first bridge driver circuit has a top side switch and a bottom side switch driving each phase of the first set, and a second bridge driver circuit has a top side switch and a bottom side switch driving each phase of the second set. First and second current determining means determine current flowing in each respective sets of windings independent of the current flowing in the other set of phase windings. A third current determining means is configured to determine the sum of the current flowing in each pair of the N pairs of phases of the motor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180138838A1 Motor Circuit Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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