Resolver and electric power steering device

US12372380B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-12372380-B2
Application numberUS-202017785617-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 17, 2020
Priority dateJan 17, 2020
Publication dateJul 29, 2025
Grant dateJul 29, 2025

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Provided is a resolver capable of increasing an accuracy of a detected angle of the resolver. The resolver includes: a stator; and a rotor, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of salient poles; wherein the stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of winding groups each of which is provided on each of the plurality of teeth, wherein the winding groups are divided into two systems, wherein the numbers of turns of the excitation windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of N e -th spatial order, wherein each of the numbers of turns of a first output windings and the numbers of turns of a second output windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of |N e ±N x |-th spatial order, and wherein the following expressions are satisfied, N out1 =N 1 cos{| N e ±N x |( i −1)/ N s ×2π+α}, N out2 =N 1 cos{| N e ±N x |( i −1)/ N s ×2π+β}, and 90(deg)<|α−β|<140(deg).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A resolver, comprising: a stator; and a rotor which rotates with respect to the stator, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of salient poles; wherein the stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of winding groups each of which is provided on each tooth, and has an excitation winding, a first output winding, and a second output winding, wherein the winding groups are divided into a plurality of systems, wherein the numbers of turns of the excitation windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of N e -th spatial order, where N e is a spatial order of the excitation windings, wherein each of the numbers of turns of the first output windings and the numbers of turns of the second output windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of |N e ±N x |-th spatial order where N x is the number of salient poles, and wherein the following expressions are satisfied, N out1 =N 1 cos{| N e ±N x |( i− 1)/ N s ×2π+α}, N out2 =N 1 cos{| N e ±N x |( i− 1)/ N s ×2π+β}, and 90(deg)<|α−β|<140(deg) where N s is the number of teeth, “i” is a natural number being one of 1, 2, . . . , or N s , N out1 is the number of turns of the first output winding wound on an i-th tooth, N out2 is the number of turns of the second output winding wound on the i-th tooth, N 1 is an amplitude of each of the number of turns of the first output winding and the number of turns of the second output winding, α is a positive number and is an initial phase of the numbers of turns of the first output windings, and β is a positive number and is an initial phase of the numbers of turns of the second output windings, wherein the initial phase α and the initial phase β are such values that a phase difference between an output signal of the first output windings that is different from the initial phase α and an output signal of the second output windings that is different from the initial phase β is 90 (deg), wherein frequencies of excitation signals supplied to the excitation windings of the respective systems are different from one another, and wherein the resolver further comprises a plurality of angle calculation units each of which is provided to each system, and is configured to use the output signal of the first output windings and the output signal of the second output windings to calculate an angle of the rotor, wherein each angle calculation unit is configured to remove components corresponding to the frequencies of the excitation signals supplied to the excitation windings in the systems, which are different from one another, from the output signal of the first output windings and the output signal of the second output windings. 2. The resolver according to claim 1 , wherein the value of |N e ±N x | is different from a value of an integer multiple of M where M is the number of systems. 3. The resolver according to claim 1 , wherein the number N x of salient poles is an odd number. 4. The resolver according to claim 1 , wherein the number of systems is two. 5. An electric power steering device, comprising: the resolver of claim 1 ; and a rotating electric machine which includes a rotating-electric-machine rotor, a rotation angle of which is measured by the resolver.

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  • Controlling the motor · CPC title

  • Machines adapted for the instantaneous transmission or reception of the angular displacement of rotating parts, e.g. synchro, selsyn · CPC title

  • G01D5/2046Primary

    by a movable ferromagnetic element, e.g. a core · CPC title

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What does patent US12372380B2 cover?
Provided is a resolver capable of increasing an accuracy of a detected angle of the resolver. The resolver includes: a stator; and a rotor, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of salient poles; wherein the stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of winding groups each of which is provided on each of the plurality of teeth, wherein the winding groups are di…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01D5/2046. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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