# US 10,312,838 B2 · Drive system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,312,838 B2 - Document ID: US10312838B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/753,859 - Filed: 2016-08-19 - Published: 2018-08-23 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-21 - Assignees: Lenze Drives GmbH - Applicants: Lenze Drives GmbH - Inventors: Heiko Stichweh; Felix Klute; Torben Jonsky; Thorsten Hohnsbein; Volker Grabs; Holger Borcherding - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10312838B2 ## CPC - H02P 6/10: Arrangements for controlling torque ripple, e.g. providing reduced torque ripple - H02P 25/22: Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases - H02P 27/08: with pulse width modulation - H02P 27/14: with three or more levels of voltage - H02M 7/5387: in a bridge configuration - H02P 2209/01: Motors with neutral point connected to the power supply - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A drive system has an electric motor, wherein the electric motor includes a first three-phase stator winding system and a second three-phase stator winding system. The first and the second stator winding system are arranged on the stator in a manner rotated through an electrical phase angle in relation to one another. The drive system includes a frequency converter, wherein the frequency converter has a first bridge circuit arrangement which is designed to generate voltages for the first winding system and a second bridge circuit arrangement which is designed to generate voltages for the second winding system. The first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement are connected in series. A control device is designed to actuate the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drive system, comprising: an electric motor, wherein the electric motor has: a first three-phase stator winding system, and a second three-phase stator winding system, wherein the first and second stator winding systems are arranged on the stator in a manner rotated through an electrical phase angle in relation to each other; and a frequency converter, wherein the frequency converter comprises: a first bridge circuit arrangement which is configured to generate voltages for the first winding system, a second bridge circuit arrangement, which is configured to generate voltages for the second winding system, wherein the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement are connected in series, a third bridge circuit arrangement, which is configured to generate potentials for the first winding system, and a fourth bridge circuit arrangement, which is configured to generate potentials for the second winding system, wherein the third bridge circuit arrangement and the fourth bridge circuit arrangement are connected in series, wherein the first three-phase stator winding system comprises six phase terminals, wherein the second three-phase stator winding system comprises six phase terminals, wherein the first bridge circuit arrangement comprises three output terminals, the second bridge circuit arrangement comprises three output terminals, the third bridge circuit arrangement comprises three output terminals, and the fourth bridge circuit arrangement comprises three output terminals; a control device, which is configured to actuate the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement; and a capacitive voltage divider, to which an intermediate circuit voltage is applied, wherein one tap of the capacitive voltage divider is electrically connected to a connecting node of the first bridge circuit arrangement, the second bridge circuit arrangement, the third bridge circuit arrangement and the fourth bridge circuit arrangement, wherein the output terminals of the first bridge circuit arrangement and the output terminals of the third bridge circuit arrangement are electrically connected to a respective associated phase terminal of the first three-phase stator winding system, and wherein the output terminals of the second bridge circuit arrangement and the output terminals of the fourth bridge circuit arrangement are electrically connected to a respective associated phase terminal of the second three-phase stator winding system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second winding systems are rotated through an electrical phase angle of 30 degrees in relation to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The drive system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement, respectively, comprise power semiconductors which are rated for a blocking voltage of up to 600 V. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement, respectively, comprise power semiconductors which are rated for a blocking voltage of up to 600 V. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first bridge circuit arrangement and the second bridge circuit arrangement, respectively, comprise at least one B6 bridge or three half-bridges. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to execute an individual current control function for each winding on the first and second winding systems. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electric motor is a specifically permanently-excited synchronous machine. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first output terminal of the three output terminals of the first bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a first phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system, a second output terminal of the three output terminals of the first bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a second phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system, a third output terminal of the three output terminals of the first bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a third phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system, a first output terminal of the three output terminals of the third bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a fourth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system, a second output terminal of the three output terminals of the third bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a fifth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system, and a third output terminal of the three output terminals of the third bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a sixth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the first three-phase stator winding system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The drive system as claimed in claim 8, wherein a first output terminal of the three output terminals of the second bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a first phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system, a second output terminal of the three output terminals of the second bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a second phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system, a third output terminal of the three output terminals of the second bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a third phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system, a first output terminal of the three output terminals of the fourth bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a fourth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system, a second output terminal of the three output terminals of the fourth bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a fifth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system, and a third output terminal of the three output terminals of the fourth bridge circuit arrangement is electrically connectable to a sixth phase terminal of the six phase terminals of the second three-phase stator winding system.