H02P 6/00
Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation
Official title: Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation dependent on the rotor position; Electronic commutators therefor (vector control H02P21/00)
H02P6/00 (Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation) appears on 8,403 US grants and 7,970 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 137 | 201 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H02P 6/14Electronic commutators4,619
- H02P 6/08Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor1,712
- H02P 6/20Arrangements for starting980
- H02P 6/28Arrangements for controlling current824
- H02P 6/10Arrangements for controlling torque ripple811
- H02P 6/06Arrangements for speed regulation of a single motor wherein the motor speed527
- H02P 6/34Modelling or simulation for control purposes437
- H02P 6/24Arrangements for stopping400
All 16 subgroupsShow fewer
- H02P 6/12Monitoring commutation327
- H02P 6/26Arrangements for controlling single phase motors273
- H02P 6/04Arrangements for controlling or regulating the speed or torque of more than224
- H02P 6/006Controlling linear motors199
- H02P 6/30Arrangements for controlling the direction of rotation175
- H02P 6/32Arrangements for controlling wound field motors86
- H02P 6/005Arrangements for controlling doubly fed motors48
- H02P 6/007Wherein the position is detected using the ripple of the current caused27
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