Three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10566894-B2
Application number	US-201716347675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Priority date	Dec 27, 2016
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

A three-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine having a three-phase alternating-current input terminal, a three-phase rectifier circuit, a direct-current circuit, an inverter, and a three-phase alternating-current motor is changed into a single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine by attaching a single-phase AC-DC converter unit having a single-phase alternating-current input terminal, a single-phase AC-DC converter, and a direct-current circuit to the three-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine and connecting the P and N electrodes of a direct-current output terminal of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit to the P and N electrodes of the direct-current circuit, respectively, and further open-circuiting the three-phase alternating-current input terminal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine comprising:
an inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body of three-phase alternating-current power supply compatible type, the inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body having a three-phase alternating-current input terminal to which a three-phase alternating-current power supply is connectable, a three-phase AC-DC converter converting a three-phase alternating current input to the three-phase alternating-current input terminal into a direct current, a direct-current circuit connected to an output side of the three-phase AC-DC converter, an inverter connected to an output side of the direct-current circuit and converting a direct current electric power from the direct-current circuit into an alternating-current electric power having a predetermined phase and a predetermined frequency, an alternating-current electric motor for load hoisting up and down connected to an output side of the inverter, and a converting mechanism converting a rotational force of the alternating-current electric motor into a hoisting up-down force of a load hanging device; and
a single-phase AC-DC converter unit having a single-phase alternating-current input terminal to which a single-phase alternating-current power supply is connectable, and a single-phase AC-DC converter converting a single-phase alternating current input to the single-phase alternating-current input terminal into a direct current;
wherein, when the inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body is to be used as a three-phase alternating-current power supply compatible type, the single-phase AC-DC converter unit is not used, and the three-phase alternating-current power supply is connected to the three-phase alternating-current input terminal;
whereas, when the inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body is to be used as a single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible type, the single-phase AC-DC converter unit is attached to the inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body, and an output side of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit is connected to the direct-current circuit, and the three-phase alternating-current input terminal is open-circuited from the three-phase alternating-current power supply, and further the single-phase alternating-current power supply is connected to the single-phase alternating-current input terminal of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit.

2. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 1 , wherein the alternating-current electric motor and the converting mechanism of the inverter-equipped electrically driven hoisting machine body are accommodated in a casing, the casing having a side covered with a cover, the cover having an interior defining an electrical component accommodating chamber accommodating electrical components, the electrical component accommodating chamber being capable of accommodating and disposing therein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit.

3. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 2 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has an output voltage adjusting device having a power supply voltage switching device and enabling a direct-current output voltage value of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit to be kept at a predetermined constant value even if a single-phase alternating-current power supply voltage input to the single-phase alternating-current input terminal is different by switching the power supply voltage switching device.

4. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 2 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has a circuit board and a heat dissipation plate made of a material of excellent thermal conductivity, the heat dissipation plate being installed underneath the circuit board;
the single-phase AC-DC converter of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit comprising a diode bridge, the diode bridge being mounted on the heat dissipation plate, other components of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit being mounted on the circuit board, the heat dissipation plate being disposed such that a surface of the heat dissipation plate on a side thereof remote from the circuit board is in contact with an end casing covering a side end of the casing.

5. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 2 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has an inrush current suppressing device suppressing an inrush current when the single-phase alternating-current power supply is turned on.

6. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 2 , which is equippable with a noise filter removing noise generated in a process of conversion of a direct current from the direct-current circuit into an alternating current by the inverter.

7. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 1 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has an output voltage adjusting device having a power supply voltage switching device and enabling a direct-current output voltage value of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit to be kept at a predetermined constant value even if a single-phase alternating-current power supply voltage input to the single-phase alternating-current input terminal is different by switching the power supply voltage switching device.

8. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 7 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has a circuit board and a heat dissipation plate made of a material of excellent thermal conductivity, the heat dissipation plate being installed underneath the circuit board;
the single-phase AC-DC converter of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit comprising a diode bridge, the diode bridge being mounted on the heat dissipation plate, other components of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit being mounted on the circuit board, the heat dissipation plate being disposed such that a surface of the heat dissipation plate on a side thereof remote from the circuit board is in contact with an end casing covering a side end of the casing.

9. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 7 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has an inrush current suppressing device suppressing an inrush current when the single-phase alternating-current power supply is turned on.

10. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 7 , which is equippable with a noise filter removing noise generated in a process of conversion of a direct current from the direct-current circuit into an alternating current by the inverter.

11. The three-phase/single-phase alternating-current power supply compatible electrically driven hoisting machine of claim 1 , wherein the single-phase AC-DC converter unit has a circuit board and a heat dissipation plate made of a material of excellent thermal conductivity, the beat dissipation plate being installed underneath the circuit board;
the single-phase AC-DC converter of the single-phase AC-DC converter unit comprising a diode bridge, the diode bridge being mounted on the heat dissipation plate,

Assignees

• Kito Kk

Inventors

• Yamano Tadashi

Classifications

• H02M7/28

  using electrolytic rectifiers · CPC title

• H02M5/4585

  having a rectifier with controlled elements · CPC title

• H02M7/06

  using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode · CPC title

• H02M1/10 Primary

  Arrangements incorporating converting means for enabling loads to be operated at will from different kinds of power supplies, e.g. from AC or DC · CPC title

• H02M5/458

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title