Field current control method in motor

• US 6,580,874 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2000
• Issued: 06/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Tsuchiya, Kouji, Kuribayashi, Takashi, Sekiya, Shigenobu, Asaumi, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US09/604,327
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 318/244, 318/245, 318/251, 318/252, 388/801, 388/803, 388/806, 388/826
• US Class Current: 388/806
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/02 Providing protection against overload without automatic interruption of supply protection against faults of stepper motors H02P8/36
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/282 controlling field supply only

Abstract

In separately excited DC brush motors ML and MR, an armature current control circuit for feeding power to armatures 61 and a field current control circuit for feeding power to a field system 62 form separate systems and are independently controllable except that both the control circuits share a battery B2 between them. When the overrotation of the motors ML and MR is detected from the backflow of an armature current and a rise in the voltage of the battery B2 or when the reverse rotation of the motors ML and MR is detected from an increase in the armature current and a decrease in PWM for the armature current, the generation of counter electromotive force is restrained by reducing the field current of the motors ML and MR so as to prevent the armature current control circuit from being damaged.

Claims

1. A field current control method in a separately excited DC brush motor for controlling a field current and an armature current of said motor comprising a step of reducing said field current when a predetermined rotation of said motor is detected, wherein said field current and said armature current are respectively and independently controlled,

wherein said predetermined rotation is an overrotation.

2. The field current control method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of detecting the overrotation according to a rise in a voltage of batteries for feeding power to the motor.

3. The field current control method according to claim 2, comprising a step of deciding the overrotation of said motor according to a comparison between a motor power supply voltage of said batteries and a predetermined value of a power supply voltage.

4. The field current control method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of detecting the overrotation according to a backward flow of said armature current of said motor.

5. The field current control method according to claim 4, comprising a step of deciding the overrotation of said motor according to a comparison between said armature current detected in an armature current control circuit and a predetermined value of a decision armature current.

6. A field current control method in a separately excited DC brush motor for controlling a field current and an armature current of said motor comprising a step of reducing said field current when a predetermined rotation of said motor is detected, wherein said field current and said armature current are respectively and independently controlled,

wherein said predetermined rotation is a reverse rotation.

7. The field current control method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of detecting the reverse rotation according to an actual value of said armature current of said motor.

8. The field current control method according to claim 7, comprising a step of deciding the reverse rotation of said motor according to a comparison between said actual value and a predetermined value of an armature current for deciding reverse rotation.

9. The field current control method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of detecting the reverse rotation according to a pulse width modulation value of said armature current of said motor.

10. The field current control method according to claim 9, comprising a step of deciding the reverse rotation of said motor according to a comparison between said PWN of said armature current of said motor and a predetermined PWN for deciding reverse rotation.