Fault tolerant electrical machine
US8908336B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2031 |
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- 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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