Electronic pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10097128-B2
Application number	US-201615244941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	Aug 26, 2015
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

An electronic pump includes a controller. The controller includes a power input terminal, a printed circuit board, a motor driver and a microprocessor. The power input terminal, the microprocessor and the motor driver are spaced from each other by an electronic clearance and are fixedly connected to the printed circuit board. The microprocessor is electrically connected to the motor driver by the printed circuit board. The motor driver drives a motor to rotate based on a drive control signal from the microprocessor. There is no motor drive circuit composed by discrete components and configured to drive the motor to rotate separately arranged on the printed circuit board between the motor driver and a motor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic pump, comprising a controller and a motor; the controller comprising a power input terminal, a printed circuit board, a motor driver and a microprocessor; the power input terminal, the microprocessor and the motor driver being spaced from each other and being fixedly connected to the printed circuit board; the microprocessor being electrically connected to the motor driver by the printed circuit board;
wherein the microprocessor outputs or stops outputting a motor drive control signal based on a received control signal; the motor driver drives the motor to rotate based on the motor drive control signal from the microprocessor;
and wherein there is no motor drive circuit composed by discrete components and configured to drive the motor to rotate arranged separately on the printed circuit board between the motor driver and the motor,
and wherein the microprocessor comprises a first communication unit, a control unit and a second communication unit; the motor driver comprises a detection unit, a third communication unit, a logical control unit and a main drive unit;
the first communication unit receives the control signal, analyzes the control signal and sends an analyzed control signal to the control unit; the control unit outputs or stops outputting the motor drive control signal based on the analyzed control signal; the logical control unit processes the motor drive control signal from the control unit to obtain a logical control signal; and the main drive unit receives the logical control signal and drives the motor to rotate.

2. The electronic pump according to claim 1 , wherein the motor driver comprises an overcurrent protection unit; the overcurrent protection unit starts to perform self-protection when a current passing through the motor exceeds a preset range.

3. The electronic pump according to claim 2 , wherein
the overcurrent protection unit comprises a current or voltage detection unit detecting a value of current or voltage passing through the motor;
the microprocessor collects the value, determines whether the value is in a preset target range, and stops outputting the motor drive control signal in a case that the value is not in the preset target range.

4. The electronic pump according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises a power protection circuit;
a power supply supplies power to the motor driver and the microprocessor via the power protection circuit;
one end of the power protection circuit is connected to the power supply and the other end of the power protection circuit is connected to the microprocessor and the motor driver.

5. The electronic pump according to claim 4 , wherein the power protection circuit comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first diode, a metal oxide semiconductor transistor, a first resistor and a second diode,
wherein the first diode is a bidirectional transient voltage suppression diode; the second diode is a transient voltage regulator diode; one end of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a positive of the power supply; the other end of the first capacitor is connected to an negative of the power supply; one end of the first resistor is connected to the positive of the power supply; the other end of the first resistor is connected to the metal oxide semiconductor transistor; the second capacitor is connected to the first capacitor in parallel; the first diode is connected to the first capacitor in parallel; the second diode comprises an anode and a cathode; the anode is connected to a reference ground of the controller and the cathode is connected to the positive of the power supply; the metal oxide semiconductor transistor comprises a drain electrode, a source electrode and a gate electrode; the drain electrode is connected to the negative of the power supply; the source electrode is connected to the reference ground; and the gate electrode is connected to the first resistor.

6. The electronic pump according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic pump is applied to an automobile; the control signal received by the microprocessor comes from a controller of the automobile; the control signal comprises a target rotation speed range of the motor; the microprocessor generates a pulse width modulation signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the target rotation speed range of the motor and sends the pulse width modulation signal to the motor driver; and the motor driver controls the motor to rotate based on the pulse width modulation signal.

7. The electronic pump according to claim 5 , wherein the motor driver comprises a detection unit; the detection unit detects a current working environment parameter of the motor driver and sends the current working environment parameter to the logical control unit; the current working environment parameter comprises an input voltage and an environment temperature; the logical control unit determines whether the current working environment parameter is in a preset target range; the logical control unit feeds back a warning signal, which indicates that the current working environment parameter is not in the preset target range, to the control unit through the third communication unit and the second communication unit in a case that the current working environment parameter is not in the preset target range; and the logical control unit feeds back a recovery signal to the control unit through the third communication unit and the second communication unit in a case that the current working environment parameter is in the preset target range again.

8. The electronic pump according to claim 7 , wherein the electronic pump further comprises a hall sensor; the hall sensor is configured to detect a current rotation speed and a current phase of the motor and feeds back the current rotation speed and current phase of the motor to the first communication unit;
the control unit further determines whether the current rotation speed of the motor from the first communication unit is within a target rotation speed range of the motor, outputs the motor drive control signal if it is determined that the current rotation speed of the motor from the first communication unit is not within the target rotation speed range of the motor, and adjusts the current rotation speed of the motor to be within the target rotation speed range;
the control unit further determines whether a direction of a current passing through the motor needs to be adjusted based on the current phase of the motor, and sends a control signal for adjusting the direction of the current to the third communication unit through the second communication unit after it is determined that the direction of the current passing through the motor needs to be adjusted;
the third communication unit receives the control signal for adjusting the direction of
the current; and the main drive unit adjusts the direction of the current passing through the motor based on the control signal after the control signal is logically processed by the logical control unit.

9. The electronic pump according to claim 4 , wherein the power protection circuit
comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first diode and a second diode,
wherein the first diode is a bidirectional transient voltage suppression diode; one end of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a positive of the power supply; the other end of the first capacitor is connected to an negative of the power supply; one end of the first resistor is connected to the positive of the power supply; the second capacitor is connected to the first capacitor in parallel; the first diode is connected to the first capacitor in parallel; the second diode comprises an anode and a cathode; the anode

Assignees

• Hangzhou Sanhua Res Inst Co Ltd
• Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Lulu
• Gong Xuexia
• Ye Boning
• Lu Hongmin

Classifications

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title

• F04D1/00

  Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps (adapted for pumping specific fluids F04D7/00; priming or boosting F04D9/00) · CPC title

• H02K11/33

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P29/032

  Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions · CPC title