DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN MOTORS

• US 20090315497A1
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verde Smart Motors Inc.
• Original Assignee: Verde Smart Motors Inc.
• Inventors: Jeung, Young-Chun, Cain, Thomas Earl
• Application Number:
  US12/490,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20090315497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/558
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/343 in operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 31/00 Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors not provided for in groups H02P1/00 - H02P5/00, H02P7/00 or H02P21/00 - H02P29/00

Abstract

A method for transferring existing data from a source motor to a target motor includes retrieving the existing data from the source motor, optionally converting the existing data into a new format, and at least one of storing, erasing, writing, overwriting, or replacing software and/or data on the target motor such that the existing data is stored on the target motor in a format compatible with the target motor.

Claims

1. A method for transferring data between motors, the method comprising:

connecting a source motor to a target motor;

accessing data stored in a first memory device of the source motor;

analyzing the data to determine whether the data is in a first format usable by an electronic control system of a target motor;

converting the data into the first format usable by the electronic control system of the target motor when it is determined that the data is in a format other than the first format; and

storing the data on a second memory device of the target motor in the first format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least one operational parameter stored in the first memory device when the source motor is manufactured.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one operational parameter comprises a power factor, an RPM value, a service factor, a voltage magnitude, or a full load current magnitude.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least one operational parameter generated after the source motor is installed at a worksite.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one operational parameter comprises data about a load applied to the source motor, data about a thermal environment in which the source motor is operated, data about torque generated by the source motor;

or data about friction in the environment of the source motor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting a source motor to a target motor comprises connecting the source motor to a transfer device and connecting the transfer device to the target motor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting a source motor to a target motor comprises connecting a cable between the source motor to the target motor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting a source motor to a target motor comprises connecting the source motor to a data network and connecting the target motor to the same data network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein connecting the source motor to a data network comprises using a motor interface separate from the source motor to facilitate a connection between the source motor and the data network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the data comprises translating operational parameters from a first data model to a second data model different from the first data model.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the data comprises accessing a library of data relating to field codes used by various motor manufacturers.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising running the target motor using the data from the source motor.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein running the target motor comprises using operational parameters from the source motor to select a mode of operation of the target motor.

14. A method for transferring data between motors, the method comprising:

connecting a source motor to a data transfer device;

retrieving operational parameters stored in a memory of the source motor; and

storing the operational parameters in a format compatible with a target motor.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising running the target motor using the operational parameters from the source motor.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the data transfer device comprises the target motor.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the data transfer device comprises a device, apart from the target motor, configured to facilitate a transfer of data between motors.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein storing the operational parameters in a format compatible with a target motor comprises converting the operational parameters from a first data model to a second data model.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein storing the operational parameters in a format compatible with a target motor comprises:

determining whether the operational parameters need conversion; and

converting the operational parameters into a format usable by an electronic control system of the target motor when it is determined that the operational parameters need conversion.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining whether the operational parameters need conversion comprises querying the target motor to identify a data model usable by the target motor.