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Motor control unit, failure detecting method, and electric power steering apparatus and vehicle equipped with the same

US10232875B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 2015
Grant dateMar 19, 2019
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P29/0241
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor control unit is provided that controls a motor with multi-system windings via motor driving circuits on winding systems based on a current command value including current detecting circuits to detect at least two-phase or more currents for each of the multi-system windings of the three-phase motor, three-phase/two-phase converting sections to convert the detected phase currents to two-phase currents for the multi-system windings, and a failure diagnosing section to perform a current-calculation of the two-phase currents converted to two-phase for the multi-system windings, and to perform a diagnosis failure by comparing a difference of current-calculated results between the multi-system windings and an accumulating value of the difference with respective thresholds.

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