Electricity: motive power systems – Motor structure adjustment or control – Brush or other current-collector control
Patent
1983-07-11
1986-01-28
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Electricity: motive power systems
Motor structure adjustment or control
Brush or other current-collector control
318361, 310240, 310243, H01R 3942
Patent
active
045674140
ABSTRACT:
A method and a device for controlling a brush-commutator assembly of a machine under application of an electrical processing and control unit, by sensing one or more operating parameters of the electric machine, the sensing values being processed and converted into one or more control signals controlling the operation of the brush-commutator assembly to provide an optimal commutation process of the machine current. The machine current is sensed and the pressing exerted on the brushes is controlled by a fluid under pressure; the brush tracks, moreover, being engaged and disengaged upon increase and decrease of the machine current respectively in order to maintain an optimal current density in the brushes. One or more sensors for sensing operating parameters of the electric machine are used and a processing and control unit to process the signals sensed by the sensors and to supply control signals to one or more control means controlling the operation of the brush-commutator assembly. The control device comprises a fluid control circuit having an electrically controllable pressure system. The sensors are operable to detect the temperature of the cooling air and/or of the commutator, the humidity of the cooling air, the commutation noise on the machine current, the speed of revolutions, and extreme mechanical vibrations.
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Ro Bentsu
Shoop Jr. William M.
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