SENSORLESS POSITION DETECTION FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220173680A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17529127

    申请日:2021-11-17

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    IPC分类号: H02P7/00

    摘要: An electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, at least one measurement circuit, and a controller. The rotor includes a plurality of salient poles arranged radially around a rotation axis of the electric machine and spaced apart from the rotation axis of the electric machine. The stator includes a plurality of coils configured to selectively align with the plurality of salient poles of the rotor. The at least one measurement circuit is configured to measure at least one current through at least one of the plurality of coils. The measured current includes a current ripple. The controller configured to compute a position of the rotor based on a characteristic of the current ripple.

    ISOLATED INVERTERS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220140749A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17579025

    申请日:2022-01-19

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    摘要: An isolated bus inverter system including inverter circuits and a controller. The inverter circuits include a switching array to provide a polyphase alternating current (AC) signal to an output. Each of the inverter circuits includes an energy source isolated from the other inverter circuits of the inverter circuits or a reference isolated from the other inverter circuits of the inverter circuits. The controller is configured to generate timing signals for the inverter circuits to generate the AC signals for the output based on DC signals received from one or more rectifier circuits.

    OFFLINE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GENERATORS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200153251A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16188670

    申请日:2018-11-13

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    IPC分类号: H02J3/42

    摘要: A system and method for paralleling generators. A timing signal indicative of a waveform reference point of at least a first generator of the generators is received at a second generator. The receiving generator determines a closing time for a second generator breaker associated with the second generator in response the timing signal from the first generator. The first generator breaker and the second generator breaker, or an aggregated generator breaker is closed to a bus at the closing time.

    MOTOR GENERATOR CONTROL FOR FIXED FUEL SOURCE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20200023832A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16038867

    申请日:2018-07-18

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    IPC分类号: B60W20/15 B60W10/06 B60W10/08

    摘要: A system for supplementing a fixed fuel source for an engine includes a motor-generator set connected to a mechanical load device and a controller. The motor-generator set includes a motor and a generator. The engine is configured to provide a first torque from a fixed fuel source from an independent variable flow input. The fixed fuel source is independent of the engine and set external to the engine. The mechanical load device is driven by the engine and configured to require a second torque defined by an independent flow device. The controller is configured to compare the first torque and the second torque, provide a first control signal to the motor to provide power to the engine when the second torque exceeds the first torque and provide a second control signal to the generator to draw power from the engine when the first torque exceeds the second torque.

    DUAL AXIS MOTOR
    6.
    发明申请
    DUAL AXIS MOTOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190356206A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US15983323

    申请日:2018-05-18

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    摘要: A dual axis motor a first epicyclic gear, a second epicyclic gear, a rim gear, an inner rotor, an outer rotor, a brake and a stator assembly. The second epicyclic gear is operative to mesh with the first epicyclic gear and move in around the first epicyclic. The inner rotor is fixedly connected to the first epicyclic gear. The outer rotor fixedly is connected to the second epicyclic gear. The stator assembly spaced from the inner rotor by a first gap and spaced from the outer rotor by a second gap. The motor provides a resultant torque to driven device. The resultant torque is provided by the inner rotor, outer rotor, the brake, or by sudden deceleration of one or more elements within the dual axis motor. The gear ratio provided by the first and second epicyclic gear allow for an enhanced speed range while providing high starting torque.

    Alternator Flux Shaping
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190305704A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US15941371

    申请日:2018-03-30

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    摘要: An electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, and magnets. The stator includes multiple flux members having ferrous material. The rotor is configured to rotate relative to the stator and spaced from the stator by an air gap. The magnets are rigidly mounted to the flux members of the stator. At least a first magnet and a second magnet of the magnets includes an elongated axis parallel to a radius of the rotor and a minor axis perpendicular to the elongated axis, and a first pole of the first magnet having a first polarity and positioned along the minor axis to face a first pole of the second magnet having the first polarity.

    ACYCLIC EXCITER FOR AN ALTERNATOR
    10.
    发明申请
    ACYCLIC EXCITER FOR AN ALTERNATOR 有权
    ACYCLIC EXCITER为替代者

    公开(公告)号:US20150054472A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-26

    申请号:US13974834

    申请日:2013-08-23

    申请人: Kohler Co.

    发明人: Adam Larson

    IPC分类号: H02K19/28 H02P9/02

    摘要: A self-excited alternator for generating electrical energy. The alternator includes a stator, a rotor, and an exciter. The rotor includes conductors which are integrated within the rotor via one of a casting process, a welding process, or a fastening process. The exciter includes a magnet producing a static magnetic field, and a rotatable conductive member coupled to the shaft and electrically coupled to the one or more conductors. The rotatable conductive member is operable to output the direct current to the one or more conductors upon rotation within the static magnetic field, thus exciting the alternator.

    摘要翻译: 用于产生电能的自激式交流发电机。 交流发电机包括定子,转子和励磁机。 转子包括通过铸造工艺,焊接工艺或紧固工艺中的一个集成在转子内的导体。 激励器包括产生静磁场的磁体和耦合到该轴并且电耦合到一个或多个导体的可旋转导电构件。 可旋转导电构件可操作以在静态磁场内旋转时将直流输出到一个或多个导体,从而激励交流发电机。