Patent · US Active

Method and device for operating an electronically commutated electrical machine in the event of a fault

US10978982B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
2References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 2012
Grant dateApr 13, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 1, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/64
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a multiphase electrical machine (2) in the event of a fault, wherein the electrical machine (2) is driven with the aid of a driver circuit (3), wherein the driver circuit (3) has half-bridge circuits (31), each associated with a phase (U, V, W), and bridge paths (32) for connecting or disconnecting predetermined voltage potentials to/from the respective phases (U, V, W) of the electrical machine (2), wherein one or more of the bridge paths (32) are operated according to a first fault operating mode if a fault is detected, wherein, in the first fault operating mode, the one or more bridge paths (32) are controlled in such a manner that said paths connect a first of the predetermined voltage potentials to the phase (U, V, W) via a predetermined electrical resistor.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.