Starter generator for internal combustion engine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02P-009/08
H02P-001/00
출원번호
US-0620501
(2003-07-16)
우선권정보
JP-0239195 (2002-08-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Nakagawa, Masanori
Inaba, Yutaka
Muramatsu, Shuichi
Suzuki, Hideaki
출원인 / 주소
Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Pearne & Gordon LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
28인용 특허 :
4
초록▼
A starter generator for an internal combustion engine including: a rotating electric machine having a magnet rotor mounted to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, and a stator with a three-phase first armature coil and a three-phase second armature coil; a first battery and a second batte
A starter generator for an internal combustion engine including: a rotating electric machine having a magnet rotor mounted to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, and a stator with a three-phase first armature coil and a three-phase second armature coil; a first battery and a second battery connected in series or in parallel; a first driver circuit provided between the first armature coil and the first battery, and a second driver circuit provided between the second armature coil and the second battery; and an inverter that converts voltages of the first battery and the second battery into an AC voltage, wherein drive currents are supplied to the first armature coil and the second armature coil from the first battery and the second battery through switch circuits in the first driver and the second driver, when the engine is started, and induced voltages of the first armature coil and the second armature coil are supplied to the batteries through rectifier circuits in the first driver and the second driver to charge the batteries, after the engine is started.
대표청구항▼
1. A starter generator for an internal combustion engine that operates as an electric motor for starting said internal combustion engine when said internal combustion engine is started, and operates as a generator after said internal combustion engine is started, comprising:a magnet rotor mounted to
1. A starter generator for an internal combustion engine that operates as an electric motor for starting said internal combustion engine when said internal combustion engine is started, and operates as a generator after said internal combustion engine is started, comprising:a magnet rotor mounted to a crankshaft of said internal combustion engine;a stator having a polyphase first armature coil and a polyphase second armature coil;a first battery and a second battery;a first driver provided between said first armature coil and said first battery, and a second driver provided between said second armature coil and said second battery;an inverter that converts a voltage of said first battery and a voltage of said second battery into an AC voltage; anda controller that controls said first driver, said second driver, and said inverter,wherein each driver includes: a polyphase rectifier circuit that is constituted by a bridge circuit of diodes, and rectifies an AC voltage induced in the corresponding armature coil to supply the AC voltage to the corresponding battery; and a polyphase switch circuit that is constituted by a bridge circuit of switch elements, each switch element being connected in anti-parallel to the corresponding diode that forms said polyphase rectifier circuit,said controller includes: a driver control unit that flows drive currents to said first armature coil and said second armature coil from said first battery and said second battery through the polyphase switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver, respectively, so as to rotate said magnet rotor in a direction of starting said internal combustion engine, when said internal combustion engine is started, and controls the polyphase switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver so as to keep, at a value equal to or less than a set value, DC voltages supplied to said first battery and said second battery from said first armature coil and said second armature coil through the polyphase rectifier circuits in said first driver and said second driver, after said internal combustion engine is started; and an inverter control unit that controls said inverter so as to output an AC voltage at a desired frequency from said inverter, andsaid first battery and said second battery are connected in series or in parallel according to an effective value of the AC voltage output from said inverter and are connected between DC input terminals of said inverter. 2. A starter generator for an internal combustion engine that operates as an electric motor for starting said internal combustion engine when said internal combustion engine is started, and operates as a generator after said internal combustion engine is started, comprising:a magnet rotor mounted to a crankshaft of said internal combustion engine;a stator having an n-phase first armature coil and an n-phase second armature coil (n is an integer equal to or more than 3) wound around an armature core with magnetic pole portions facing magnetic poles of said magnet rotor;a first driver including an n-phase rectifier circuit that is constituted by a bride circuit of diodes, an n-phase switch circuit that is constituted by a bridge circuit of switch elements, each switch element being connected in anti-parallel to the corresponding diode that forms said n-phase rectifier circuit, n-phase AC terminals drawn in common from said n-phase rectifier circuit and said n-phase switch circuit, and a pair of DC terminals drawn in common from said n-phase rectifier circuit and said n-phase switch circuit, said n-phase AC terminals being connected to n-phase terminals of said first armature coil;a second driver having the same construction as said first driver, n-phase AC terminals being connected to n-phase AC terminals of said second driver of said second armature coil;a first battery connected between the DC terminals of said first driver, and a second battery connected between the DC terminals of said second d river;an inverter having DC input terminals to which output voltages of said first battery and said second battery are input; anda controller that controls said first driver, said second driver, and said inverter,wherein said controller includes: a driver control unit that flows currents to said first armature coil and said second armature coil from said first battery and said second battery through the switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver, respectively, so as to rotate said magnet rotor in a direction of starting said internal combustion engine, when the internal combustion engine is started, and controls the switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver, so as to keep, at a value equal to or less than a set value, DC voltages supplied to said first battery and said second battery from said first armature coil and said second armature coil through the rectifier circuits in said first driver and said second driver, after said internal combustion engine is started; and an inverter control unit that controls said inverter so as to output an AC voltage at a commercial frequency from said inverter, andsaid first battery and said second battery are connected in series or in parallel according to an effective value of the AC voltage output from said inverter and are connected between DC input terminals of said inverter. 3. A starter generator for an internal combustion engine that operates as an electric motor for starting said internal combustion engine when said internal combustion engine is started, and operates as a generator after said internal combustion engine is started, comprising:a magnet rotor mounted to a crankshaft of said internal combustion engine;a stator having an n-phase first armature coil and an n-phase second armature coil (n is an integer equal to or more than 3) wound around an armature core with magnetic pole portions facing magnetic poles of said magnet rotor;a first driver including an n-phase diode bridge full-wave rectifier circuit, an n-phase bridge type switch circuit that is constituted by a bridge circuit of switch elements, each switch element being connected in anti-parallel to the corresponding diode that forms said n-phase rectifier circuit, respectively, n-phase AC terminals drawn in common from said rectifier circuit and said switch circuit, and a pair of DC terminals drawn in common from said rectifier circuit and said switch circuit, said n-phase AC terminals being connected to n-phase terminals of said first armature coil;a second driver having the same construction as said first driver, n-phase AC terminals of said second driver being connected to n-phase terminals of said second armature coil;a first battery connected between the DC terminals of said first driver, and a second battery connected between DC terminals of said second driver;a first diode having a cathode and an anode connected to a positive terminal of said first battery and a positive terminal of said second battery, respectively;a second diode having a cathode and an anode connected to a negative terminal of said first battery and a negative terminal of said second battery, respectively;an inverter having a positive DC input terminal and a negative DC input terminal connected to the positive terminal of said first battery and the negative terminal of said second battery, respectively; anda controller that controls said first driver, said second driver, and said inverter,wherein said controller includes: driver control means for flowing currents to said first armature coil and said second armature coil from said first battery and said second battery through the switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver, respectively, so as to rotate said magnet rotor in a direction of starting said internal combustion engine, when the internal combustion engine is started, and controlling the switch circuits in said first driver and said second driver so as to keep, at a value equal to or less than a set value, DC voltages supplied to said first battery and said second battery from said first armature coil and said second armature coil through the rectifier circuits in said first driver and said second driver, after said internal combustion engine is started; and inverter control means for controlling said inverter so as to output an AC voltage at a commercial frequency from said inverter, andthe negative terminal of said first battery and the positive terminal of said second battery are connected or disconnected to transfer between a state where said first battery and said second battery are connected in series and a state where the both batteries are connected in parallel. 4. The starter generator for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein a series-parallel transfer switch is connected between the negative terminal of said first battery and the positive terminal of said second battery.
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