Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12214812-B2
Application number	US-201917418939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2019
Priority date	Dec 28, 2018
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle, in particular to a rail vehicle, has at least one drive motor and a brake control device. A monitoring device measures, in the braking mode of the vehicle, at least one drive current which flows through the drive motor, and at least one drive voltage which is applied to the drive motor, to form measured values, and to generate operational information which specifies the mode of operation of the drive motor, in particular braking information which specifies a braking effect of the drive motor, on the basis of the measured values.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
at least one drive motor;
a brake control device; and
a monitoring device configured to measure, in a braking mode of the vehicle, at least one drive current flowing through said drive motor and at least one drive voltage applied to said drive motor, to form measurement values, and to generate operational information specifying a mode of operation of said drive motor on a basis of the measurement values.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 being a rail vehicle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the operational information is braking information specifying a braking effect of said at least one drive motor.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein:
the vehicle has a friction-based brake;
said brake control device is configured for actuating said friction-based brake; and
said brake control device is configured to control said friction-based brake by taking into account the braking information of said monitoring device.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein said brake control device is configured, in the braking mode of the vehicle, to determine a required braking effect of the friction-based brake by calculating a difference between a predefined desired braking value and the braking information of the monitoring device and to generate a control signal for said friction-based brake on a basis of the required braking effect of said friction-based brake.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
said at least one drive motor is a two-phase or multi-phase drive motor; and
said monitoring device comprises a current sensor per each phase for measuring a phase current flowing through said drive motor to form a current measurement value, and a voltage sensor per each phase for measuring a phase voltage applied to said drive motor to form a voltage measurement value.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
said at least one drive motor is a three-phase drive motor; and
said monitoring device comprises three current sensors for measuring three current measurement values and three voltage sensors for measuring three voltage measurement values.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein said monitoring device is configured to add up the current measurement values to form a current sum and/or to add up the voltage measurement values to form a voltage sum.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein said monitoring device is configured to generate a fault signal when a value of the current sum exceeds a current-based threshold value and/or when a value of the voltage sum exceeds a voltage-based threshold value.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein said brake control device is configured, in the braking mode of the vehicle and in a presence of the fault signal, to actuate said friction-based brake without taking into account the braking information.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring device is configured, in the braking mode, to switch off a drive current if the drive current flowing through the drive motor and the drive voltage applied to the drive motor indicate a traction mode of the drive.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said monitoring device is configured, upon an issuance of an emergency brake command, to switch off a drive current if the drive current flowing through the drive motor and the drive voltage applied to the drive motor indicate a traction mode of the drive.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive control device and a power converter connected downstream of said drive control device and actuated by said drive control device, said power converter, in a driving mode, supplying the drive motor with driving energy and, in the braking mode of said drive motor, removing braking energy from said drive motor.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 , further comprising a switch connected between said power converter and an energy supply, and wherein:
said switch having a switched-on state connecting the energy supply with said power converter and a switched-off state separating the energy supply from said power converter;
said monitoring device is configured to switch off said switch if, in the braking mode of the vehicle, a fault signal is present and/or, in the presence of an emergency brake command, the measurement values indicate an active driving mode of said drive motor.

15. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the friction-based brake is an electropneumatic brake.

16. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the friction-based brake is configured for stepless actuation and/or for generating continuously adjustable braking force.

17. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein said brake control device is connected to a drive control device and said brake control device is configured to process braking information determined by said drive control device in addition to the braking information of said monitoring device.

18. A method for braking a vehicle, which has at least one drive motor and at least one braking control device, the method comprising:
in a braking mode of the vehicle, measuring at least one drive current flowing through the drive motor and at least one drive voltage applied to the drive motor to form measurement values; and
generating operational information specifying a mode of operation of the drive motor on a basis of the measurement values.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the generating step comprises generating braking information specifying a braking effect of the drive motor.

20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the vehicle is a rail vehicle.

Assignees

• Siemens Mobility GmbH

Inventors

• Amler Gerald
• Kluth Wolfgang
• Reinicke Stefan
• Schiefer Dieter

Classifications

• B60L3/0076

  relating to braking · CPC title

• B60T17/228 Primary

  for railway vehicles · CPC title

• B60T13/665

  the systems being specially adapted for transferring two or more command signals, e.g. railway systems (B60T13/662 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60T13/662

  characterised by specified functions of the control system components · CPC title

• B60L2240/427

  Voltage · CPC title