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Motor driving apparatus, vacuum cleaner, and hand dryer

US10658964B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 2015
Grant dateMay 19, 2020
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/5395
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor driving apparatus drives an electric blower including a single-phase PM motor. The motor driving apparatus includes: a single-phase inverter that applies an alternating-current voltage to the single-phase PM motor; a rotor position detecting unit that outputs, to an inverter control unit, a position detecting signal corresponding to a rotational position of a rotor of the single-phase PM motor; a motor current detecting unit that outputs, to the inverter control unit, a signal corresponding to a motor current flowing to the single-phase PM motor; and the inverter control unit that outputs a driving signal to corresponding switching elements of the single-phase inverter on the basis of the position detecting signal and the motor current. The single-phase inverter performs control to increase or decrease effective electric power supplied to the single-phase PM motor. The air blower changes an air volume by the increase or decrease in effective electric power.

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