Power source control apparatus for rotating electrical machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356543-B2
Application number	US-201314399767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Priority date	May 11, 2012
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A power source control apparatus for a rotating electrical machine includes a TRC optimum voltage output portion ( 21 ) and a GEN optimum voltage output portion ( 22 ) that acquire a TRC optimum voltage and a GEN optimum voltage; a normal target voltage output portion ( 23 ) that sets a normal target voltage commonly applied to a traveling motor system and a power generating motor system using a DC/DC converter, based on a highest optimum voltage out of the TRC optimum voltage and the GEN optimum voltage; and a temperature protecting target voltage output portion ( 24 ) and a target voltage output portion ( 25 ) that limit the voltage commonly applied to the traveling motor system and the power generating motor system to a value lower than the normal target voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power source control apparatus for a rotating electrical machine, the control apparatus comprising:
a plurality of rotating electrical machine systems each of which is constituted by a rotating electrical machine and an energization control device that performs energization control of the rotating electrical machine;
a target voltage setting unit that sets a target voltage commonly applied to the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems;
a voltage control device that applies the target voltage set by the target voltage setting unit to the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems;
an optimum voltage acquiring unit that acquires the optimum voltage of at least any one out of the rotating electrical machine and the energization control device in each of the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems; and
a limiting unit that limits the voltage applied to the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems by the voltage control device,
wherein the target voltage setting unit sets the target voltage based on a highest optimum voltage among a plurality of the optimum voltages acquired by the optimum voltage acquiring unit, and
wherein the limiting unit computes a difference between the plurality of optimum voltages, and limits the voltage applied to the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems by the voltage control device to a value lower than the target voltage when the difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

2. The power source control apparatus for a rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the limiting unit limits the voltage applied to the plurality of rotating electrical machine systems when a state where the difference becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value lasts for a predetermined period or more and the temperature of the rotating electrical machine is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.

3. The power source control apparatus for a rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the limiting unit sets the temperature of the rotating electrical machine to substantially the same temperature as the temperature of a coolant that cools the rotating electrical machine.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Kenji
• Ito Yoshihiro

Classifications

• B60L2240/427

  Voltage · CPC title

• B60L3/0061 Primary

  relating to electrical machines · CPC title

• B60L2240/423

  Torque · CPC title

• B60L2240/36

  Temperature of vehicle components or parts · CPC title

• H02P23/14

  Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage · CPC title