Dual redundant variable field permanent magnet dynamoelectric machine

• US 7,948,192 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Himmelmann, Richard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Leykin; Rita
• Application Number:
  US12/182,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20100026221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• Field of Search: 318/34, 318/51, 318/63, 318/53, 318/98, 318/112, 318/113, 318/45, 310/10, 310/11, 310/121, 310/124, 310/112, 310/114, 310/119, 310/154.05, 361/42, 361/55, 361/31, 123/372, 123/398, 123/376, 123/364, 123/375, 123/378, 123/379, 123/390, 251/129.01, 251/129.11, 251/129.13, 416/27, 416/47, 607/19, 607/20, 746/61
• US Class Current: 318/45
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 37/08 electrically driven
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 16/00 Machines with more than one rotor or stator machines for transmitting mechanical power from a driving shaft to a driven shaft and comprising structurally interrelated motor and generator parts H02K51/00; permanent magnet machines with multiple rotors or stators relatively rotated for vectorially combining the excitation fields or the armature voltages H02K21/029
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/024 Radial air gap machines

Abstract

A dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine includes a dual flux throttle system to selectively disable one of a first motor and a second motor.

Claims

1. A dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine comprising:

a first motor;

a second motor; and

a dual flux throttle system to selectively disable one of said first motor and said second motor, said dual flux throttle system includes a first ring and a second ring for operation of a first flux throttle system relative said first motor and a first ring and a second ring for operation of a second flux throttle system relative said second motor.

2. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 1, further comprising an active control system which selectively disables either said first motor or said second motor in response to a detected condition.

3. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 2, wherein said detected condition includes a short circuit.

4. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 1, wherein said first motor and said second motor power a common drive shaft.

5. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 1, wherein said first flux throttle system includes a first piston system to operate said first ring and said second ring of said first motor, and said second flux throttle system includes a second piston system to operate said first ring and said second ring of said second motor.

6. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 5, wherein said first flux throttle system includes a first spring system to bias said first ring and said second ring of said first motor, and said second flux throttle system includes a second spring system to bias said first ring and said second ring of said second motor.

7. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 6, wherein said first spring system biases said first ring and said second ring of said first flux throttle system to an outboard position, and said second spring system biases said first ring and said second ring of said second flux throttle system to an outboard position.

8. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 7, wherein said first piston system operates to selectively overcome said first spring system independently of said second piston system, said second piston system operates to selectively overcome said second spring system independent of said first piston system.

9. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 8, wherein said first piston system, said second piston system, said first spring system and said second spring system are located within a common drive shaft which is powered by said first motor and said second motor.

10. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 9, wherein said common drive shaft powers a fuel pump.

11. A dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine comprising:

a first motor;

a second motor;

a common drive shaft powered by said first motor and said second motor; and

a dual flux throttle system to selectively disable one of said first motor and said second motor in response to a detected condition while said common drive shaft is rotated by the other of said first motor and said second motor, said dual flux throttle system includes a first ring and a second ring for operation of a first flux throttle system relative said first motor and a first ring and a second ring for operation of a second flux throttle system relative said second motor.

12. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 11, further comprising an active control system which communicates with said dual flux throttle system.

13. The dynamoelectric machine as recited in claim 12, wherein said active control system is operable to control a fluid flow to said dual flux throttle system.

14. A method of operating a dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine comprising:

axially positioning a first ring and a second ring between a stator assembly and a rotor assembly of a first motor and axially positioning a first ring and a second ring between a stator assembly and a rotor assembly of a second motor to selectively disable one of the first motor and the second motor in response to a detected condition while continuing to rotate a common drive shaft by the other of the first motor and the second motor.

15. A method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

electrically removing one of the first motor and the second motor while the other of the first motor and the second motor continues to rotate the common drive shaft.

17. A method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

disabling one of the first motor or the second motor in response to a short circuit.

16. A method of operating a dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine comprising:

axially positioning a dual flux throttle system operable to selectively disable one of a first motor and a second motor in response to a detected condition while the other of the first motor and the second motor continues rotating a common drive shaft; and

overcoming a spring bias of the dual flux throttle system to disable one of the first motor and the second motor.

18. A dual redundant permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine comprising:

a first motor;

a second motor; and

a spring bias of a dual flux throttle system to disable one of said first motor and said second motor in response to a detected condition while a common drive shaft is rotatable by the other of said first motor and said second motor.