Method for determining information about a state of a drive motor system and/or of a drive battery pack of a gardening, forestry and/or construction device, and system for determining information about a state of a drive motor system and/or of a drive battery pack of a gardening, forestry and/or construction device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11530663-B2
Application number	US-202117457200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2020
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A method for determining information (Info) about a state (Z) of a drive motor system (2) and/or of a drive battery pack (11) of a gardening, forestry and/or construction device (1), includes the steps of: acquiring at least one sensor temperature (TS) of at least one temperature component (3) of the drive motor system (2) and/or of the drive battery pack (11) by way of at least one component temperature sensor (4) at the same time as and/or at a time after operation of the drive motor system (2) and/or of the drive battery pack (11) and/or of a heater (300) and/or of a cooler (310) and/or of a fan (320) for heating and/or for cooling the drive battery pack (11), wherein the temperature component (3) heats up or cools down due to the operation; ascertaining operating data (BD) of the operation, wherein the operating data (BD) are of a different kind than the sensor temperature (TS); comparing the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or a variable based on the sensor temperature and the ascertained operating data (BD) or a variable (TM) based on the operating data (BD) by way of a temperature model (MOD), wherein the temperature model (MOD) is based on at least one model state (AZyes) of the drive motor system (2) and/or of the drive battery pack (11); and determining the information (Info) on the basis of a result of the comparison.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining information (Info) about a state of an electric drive motor system and/or of a drive battery pack of a gardening, forestry and/or construction device, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring at least one sensor temperature (TS) of at least one temperature component of the electric drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack by way of at least one component temperature sensor at the same time as and/or at a time after operation of at least one of: the electric drive motor system, the drive battery pack, or a heater, cooler or fan for heating and/or cooling the drive battery pack, wherein the temperature component heats up or cools down due to the operation;
ascertaining operating data (BD) of the operation, wherein the operating data (BD) are of a different kind than the sensor temperature (TS);
comparing the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or a variable based on the sensor temperature and the ascertained operating data (BD) or a variable (TM) based on the operating data (BD) by way of a temperature model (MOD), wherein the temperature model (MOD) is based on at least one model state (AZyes) of the electric drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack; and
determining the information (Info) on the basis of a result of the comparison,
wherein the operating data (BD) are linked to: an energy supply (Pzu) of the operation and/or a heat dissipation (Pab) due to the operation,
wherein the operating data (BD) contain at least one of: an operating current (I), an operating voltage (U), or a speed (n), and
wherein the temperature component is an electric drive motor, motor electronics, a battery cell, or pack electronics.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the operating data (BD) contain an operation running duration (BZD).

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
ascertaining at least one model temperature (TM) or a variable representative of the model temperature of the at least one temperature component based on the ascertained operating data (BD) by way of the temperature model (MOD); and
comparing the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or the variable with the ascertained model temperature (TM) or the ascertained variable.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
ascertaining a deviation (ΔT) of the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or the variable based on the sensor temperature and the ascertained operating data (BD) or the variable (TM) based on the operating data (BD) by way of the temperature model (MOD), based on a determined model state (Zyes) from the ascertained model temperature (TM) or the variable representative of the model temperature; and
determining the information (Info) on the basis of the ascertained deviation (ΔT), by determining the information (Info) about a determined state (Zyes) if the ascertained deviation (ΔT) is less than a deviation limit value (ΔTlimit), and/or about a non-determined state (Zno) if the ascertained deviation (ΔT) is equal to or greater than the deviation limit value (ΔTlimit).

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
lowering at least one maximum permitted drive and/or charging power (Pmax), for at least one associated speed (n), of the drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack, on the basis of the determined information (Info) about the non-determined state (Zno).

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the lowering comprises deactivating the drive motor system and/or the drive battery pack.

7. The method according to claim 4 ,
wherein the non-determined state (Z, Zno) is a soiled, maintenance and/or defective state (VWDZ).

8. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
outputting and/or transmitting the information (Info), wherein the information (Info) contains at least one of: the determined state (Z), a lowering and/or deactivation instruction (AAH), or a cleaning, maintenance and/or repair instruction (RWRH).

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the information (Info) about the state (Z 5 ) of a state component of the drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack on the basis of the result of the comparison, wherein the state component is an electric drive motor, motor electronics, a controller, an air filter, an air filter grating, a cooler, an air inlet and/or outlet, a pack shaft, a battery cell or pack electronics.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the state component is:
a motor bearing, a rotor, a stator or at least one coil of the drive motor, or
motor power electronics, or
a cooling air filter, or
cooling fins, a fan wheel, or a cooler bearing, or
an air inlet and/or outlet opening, or
pack power electronics.

11. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the drive motor system and/or the drive battery pack contain/contains a plurality of state components, and
wherein the method further comprises:
identifying the state component having a non-determined state (Z5no), by way of varying at least one model parameter (c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6) of the temperature model (MOD) and/or by way of an extended Kalman filter (KF).

12. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
ascertaining an ambient temperature (TU) of surroundings (UM) of the drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack, of the gardening, forestry and/or construction device; and
comparing the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or the variable based on the sensor temperature and the ascertained operating data (BD) or the variable (TM) based on the operating data (BD) by way of the temperature model (MOD) taking into consideration the ascertained ambient temperature (TU).

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
acquiring the ambient temperature (TU) by way of the at least one component temperature sensor at a time before the operation.

14. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
acquiring the ambient temperature (TU) by way of at least one ambient temperature sensor, wherein the ambient temperature sensor is different from the component temperature sensor and/or separate from the temperature component.

15. A system for determining information (Info) about a state (Z) of an electric drive motor system and/or of a drive battery pack of a gardening, forestry and/or construction device, the system comprising:
an acquisition unit, wherein the acquisition unit is designed to acquire at least one sensor temperature (TS) of at least one temperature component of the electric drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack by way of at least one component temperature sensor at the same time as and/or at a time after operation of at least one of: the electric drive motor system, the drive battery pack, or a heater, cooler or a fan for heating and/or cooling the drive battery pack, wherein the temperature component heats up or cools down due to the operation;
an ascertainment unit, wherein the ascertainment unit is designed to ascertain operating data (BD) of the operation, wherein the operating data (BD) are of a different kind than the sensor temperature (TS);
a comparison unit, wherein the comparison unit is designed to compare the acquired sensor temperature (TS) or a variable based on the sensor temperature and the ascertained operating data (BD) or a variable (TM) based on the operating data (BD) by way of a temperature model (MOD), wherein the temperature model (MOD) is based on at least one model state (AZyes) of the electric drive motor system and/or of the drive battery pack; and
a determination unit, wherein the de

Assignees

• Stihl Ag & Co Kg Andreas

Inventors

• Sigle Christian
• Trinkle Simon
• Naegele Claus
• Conrad Nils

Classifications

• F02D2400/06

  Small engines with electronic control, e.g. for hand held tools · CPC title

• G05B23/0286

  Modifications to the monitored process, e.g. stopping operation or adapting control · CPC title

• A01D69/002

  driven by power take-off · CPC title

• G05B23/0283 Primary

  Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] (preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06) · CPC title

• G01K13/00

  Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes · CPC title