Patent · US Expired

Brushless d-c motor system

US4099104A · kind A · utility

52Cited by
4References
13Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1977
Grant dateJul 4, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 17, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K29/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To improve low noise operation of a brushless permanent magnet d-c motor, and reduce voltage peaks and stresses on switching transistors connected in series with stator windings thereof, a galvanomagnetic sensing element, such as a Hall generator, is located on the stator positioned in the gap between adjacent poles and subjected to stray leakage flux from the stator poles in such a way -- for example by means of soft-iron flux guide elements -- that the leakage field from the stator pole which is oppositely poled -- at any instant of operation -- to the rotor pole which controls operation of the galvanomagnetic sensing element provides a counter-acting flux to the galvanomagnetic sensing element, thus flattening the turn-off flanks of control pulses controlling current flow through the stator winding.

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