Method and apparatus for controlling an electric machine

US9496810B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Raichle · Lambach, DE
• Markus MERTEN · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling an electrical machine (10) by means of an inverter (12), in particular for use in a motor vehicle, wherein the inverter (12) has a plurality of controllable circuit breakers (14) which are designed to convert a DC voltage from a voltage source (22), which is coupled to the circuit breakers (14), into an AC voltage for supplying electrical energy to the electrical machine (10), wherein the electrical machine (10) is then switched to a freewheeling mode (32) by opening all the circuit breakers (14) of the inverter (12), wherein a phase current of the electrical machine (10) is detected, wherein the electrical machine (10) is switched from the freewheeling mode (32) to a short-circuit mode (36) as a function of a comparison (34) of the phase current, or of a first variable which is derived from the phrase current, with a first reference value, wherein the circuit breakers (14) which are associated with a first potential of the voltage source (22) are closed in the short-circuit mode (32) and wherein the circuit breakers (14) which are associated with a second potential of the voltage source (22) are opened, and wherein the electrical m…