Control system for electric vehicle

• US 5,801,498 A
• Filed: 04/29/1996
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kusano, Katsuyuki, Itoh, Tomoyuki, Ito, Hisahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US08/639,475
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 318/139, 318/106, 318/798-803, 318/807, 318/810, 318/811, 318/375, 318/376, 318/377, 318/442, 318/500, 180/65.1, 180/65.8
• US Class Current: 318/139
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0023 Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train

Abstract

A motor control device for controlling the driving and regenerative operation of a motor includes CPU, ROM, RAM and a back-up RAM. An electric power is normally supplied from a subsidiary battery through a second regulator to the back-up RAM. An electric power is also supplied to the CPU, the ROM and the RAM through a main switch and a first regulator, on the one hand, and through the first regulator and a transistor which is turned ON when the number of revolutions of the motor becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, on the other hand. Therefore, even if the main switch is opened during traveling of a vehicle at a high speed, the counter-electromotive force of the motor can be decreased by the motor control device which is supplied with the electric power through the transistor to maintain its function, thereby preventing damage to an inverter.

Claims

1. A control system for an electric vehicle, comprising:

an inverter which is disposed between a battery and a motor, and which converts a DC electric power of the battery into an AC electric power to supply it to said motor during driving of said motor and converts an AC electric power generated by said motor into a DC electric power to supply it to said battery during regenerative operation of said motor;

a motor control means for controlling the driving and regenerative operation of said motor through said inverter and for conducting a field weakening control in a high revolution range of said motor;

a first power source circuit for supplying an electric power to said motor control means by closing a power source switch operated by a driver;

a motor revolution-number sensor for detecting the number of revolutions of said motor; and

a second power source circuit for supplying an electric power to said motor control means when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

3. A control system for an electric vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when said power source switch is in an opened state, said motor control means controls the driving torque of the motor to 0.

4. A control system for an electric vehicle according to claim 3, wherein when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor drops to a value less than said predetermined value after said motor control means has controlled the driving torque of the motor to 0, then said motor control means controls the driving torque of the motor by controlling the driving and regenerative operation of the motor.

2. A control system for an electric vehicle, comprising:

an inverter which is disposed between a battery and a motor, and which converts a DC electric power of the battery into an AC electric power to supply it to said motor during driving of said motor and converts an AC electric power generated by said motor into a DC electric power to supply it to said battery during regenerative operation of said motor;

a motor control means for controlling the driving and regenerative operation of said motor through said inverter and for conducting a field weakening control in a high revolution range of said motor;

a power source switch operated by a driver to supply an electric power to said motor control means;

a motor revolution-number sensor for detecting the number of revolutions of said motor; and

a power source circuit for supplying an electric power to said motor control means, when said power source switch is in a closed state, and when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

5. A control system for an electric vehicle, comprising:

an inverter which is disposed between a battery and a motor, and which converts a DC electric power of the battery into an AC electric power to supply it to said motor during driving of said motor and converts an AC electric power generated by said motor into a DC electric power to supply it to said battery during regenerative operation of said motor;

a motor control means for controlling the driving and regenerative operation of said motor through said inverter and for conducting a field weakening control in a high revolution range of said motor;

switch means operated by a driver of the electric vehicle to activate said motor control means;

a motor revolution-number sensor for detecting the number of revolutions of said motor; and

means for supplying an electric power to said motor control means, both when said switch means is in a closed state and when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor is equal to or larger than a predetermined value even though electric power is not supplied by said switch means.

6. A control system for an electric vehicle according to claim 5, wherein when said switch means is in an opened state, said motor control means controls the driving torque of the motor to 0 (zero) when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

7. A control system for an electric vehicle according to claim 6, wherein when the number of revolutions of said motor detected by said motor revolution-number sensor drops to a value less than said predetermined value after said motor control means has controlled the driving torque of the motor to 0, then said motor control means controls the driving torque of the motor by controlling the driving and regenerative operation of the motor.