Power tool and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427631-B2
Application number	US-202318313062-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2023
Priority date	Dec 30, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A power tool includes a motor including a rotor and multi-phase stator windings; a driver circuit having multiple switch elements for outputting switch signals to drive the motor to rotate; and a controller electrically connected to at least the driver circuit and the motor. The controller is configured to acquire rotor position information of the motor and adjust a resultant magnetic potential of the motor according to the rotor position information such that an output electrical parameter of the motor corresponding to the resultant magnetic potential is within a preset parameter range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power tool, comprising:
a motor comprising a rotor and multi-phase stator windings;
a driver circuit having a plurality of switch elements for outputting switch signals to drive the motor to rotate; and
a controller electrically connected to at least the driver circuit and the motor,
wherein the controller is configured to:
acquire a rotor position information of the motor; and
adjust a resultant magnetic potential of the motor according to the rotor position information such that an output electrical parameter of the motor corresponding to the resultant magnetic potential is within a preset parameter range, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the driver circuit to change conduction states to increase a stator magnetic potential when the rotor is at a first preset position and control the driver circuit to change the conduction states to decrease the stator magnetic potential when the rotor is at a second preset position.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control conduction states of the driver circuit based on the rotor position information to adjust a stator magnetic potential of the stator windings, and calculate the resultant magnetic potential of the motor based on a rotor magnetic potential of the motor and the adjusted stator magnetic potential of the motor such that the output electrical parameter of the motor corresponding to the resultant magnetic potential is within the preset parameter range.

3. The power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising a rotor position detection module configured to detect a rotor position of the motor, and an electrical parameter detection module electrically connected to the motor and configured to detect the output electrical parameter of the motor.

4. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the rotor position detection module comprises a Hall sensor.

5. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the rotor position detection module is configured to estimate the rotor position based on a back electromotive force of the stator windings or estimate the rotor position based on phase currents of the stator windings.

6. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate, based on a rotor magnetic potential of the motor and an adjusted stator magnetic potential of the motor, a first resultant magnetic potential in a first direction and a second resultant magnetic potential in a second direction such that a rotational speed of the motor corresponding to the first resultant magnetic potential is within a preset rotational speed range and work efficiency of the motor corresponding to the second resultant magnetic potential is within a preset efficiency range.

7. The power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

8. The power tool according to claim 5 , wherein the motor has three-phase stator windings and the controller is configured to control the driver circuit to change conduction states such that the three-phase stator windings of the motor are all on to access a power module when the rotor is at a first preset position and control the driver circuit to change the conduction states such that any two phases of the three-phase stator windings of the motor are on to access the power module when the rotor is at a second preset position.

9. A control method for a power tool, wherein the power tool comprises:
a motor comprising a rotor and a plurality of stator windings;
a driver circuit having a plurality of switch elements for outputting switch signals to drive the motor to rotate; and
a controller electrically connected to at least the driver circuit and the motor; and
the control method comprises:
acquiring a rotor position information of the motor;
adjusting a resultant magnetic potential of the motor according to the rotor position information such that an output electrical parameter of the motor corresponding to the resultant magnetic potential is within a preset parameter range, and
controlling the driver circuit to change conduction states to increase a stator magnetic potential when the rotor is at a first preset position and control the driver circuit to change the conduction states to decrease the stator magnetic potential when the rotor is at a second preset position.

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Hong
• Lu Zhijian

Classifications

• B25F5/001

  Gearings, speed selectors, clutches or the like specially adapted for rotary tools · CPC title

• B23Q5/04

  rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles · CPC title

• B23Q5/027

  reciprocating members · CPC title

• B25F5/00

  Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• H02P21/18

  Estimation of position or speed · CPC title