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Fault tolerant electrical machine

US8908336B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2011
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P25/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fault tolerant electrical machine including: a plurality of phases; a detector arranged to detect a fault in at least one of the phases; and a controller arranged to intentionally cause a fault in at least one other of the phases such that the vector sum of the second harmonic power vectors of the remaining phases is zero.

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