# US 2017/0288510 A1 · Rotation angle detector, rotary electrical machine and elevator hoisting machine

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- Number: US 2017/0288510 A1
- Document ID: US20170288510A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/507,405
- Filed: 2014-10-20
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-20
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Inventors: Ryuichi TAKIGUCHI; Satoru NAKADA; Morishige MINOBE; Shuhei NIIKURA; Shunta KASHIMA; Takanori KOMATSU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170288510A1

## CPC

- H02K 11/225: Detecting coils
- B66B 5/0018: {Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system}
- G01D 5/20: by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
- G01D 5/2046: {by a movable ferromagnetic element, e.g. a core}
- H02K 21/16: having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20)
- B66B 1/28: electrical (detecting excessive speed B66B5/04 {; control of electrical motor H02P})
- B66B 11/043: {actuated by rotating motor; Details, e.g. ventilation (roping on drum, sheave, winch or pulley B66B11/0065; power supply or control B66B1/28, H02P; motor construction H02K)}
- H02K 11/215: Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00)
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In a reference state of a rotation angle detector, plural first output coils include first output coils having the number of windings of Ai and Aj, plural second output coils include second output coils having the number of windings Bk and Bm. The rotation angle detector includes at least one configuration from among: a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that the number of windings Ai is the number of windings Ai±a or the number of windings Aj is the number of windings Aj±a; and a configuration in which the number of windings Bk is the number of windings Bk+b or the number of windings Bm is the number of windings Bm±b.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-11. (canceled)

### Claim 12

A rotation angle detector, comprising:
a detecting stator including a detecting stator core, a plurality of excitation coils, a plurality of first output coils, and a plurality of second output coils, which are provided respectively on the detecting stator core; and
a detecting rotor including a plurality of salient poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor and configured to rotate with respect to the detecting stator while the salient poles face the detecting stator in a radial direction of the rotor; wherein
the first output coils and the second output coils are output coils of mutually different phases;
the detecting stator core includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the circumferential direction;
the excitation coils are respectively wound about the teeth;
the first output coils and the second output coils are wound about mutually different teeth so that winding of output coils of the same phase is avoided in two teeth that are mutually adjacent in the circumferential direction;
a number of pole pairs of the excitation coils is set to M, which is an integer no less than 1;
a number of salient poles is set to N, which is an integer no less than 1; and
when a reference state is a state wherein the plurality of first output coils include at least a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai, which is an integer no less than 1, and a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj, which is an integer no less than 0 that is smaller than Ai, and wherein the plurality of second output coils include at least a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk, which is an integer no less than 1, and a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm, which is an integer no less than 0 that is smaller than Bk, and moreover wherein a spatial distribution of the numbers of windings of the first output coils and the second output coils is obtained by a sum of a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M±N| and a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M−|M±N∥ having an amplitude equal to an amplitude of the sine wave of spatial order |M±N|, and when a is the integer no less than 1 and b is the integer no less than 1, then
at least one configuration is provided from among:
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that the first output coils are wound by increasing or decreasing the number of windings by a such that the number of windings is not set to a number less than or equal to 0 without changing relative magnitudes of the number of windings on the teeth wherein the number of windings is Ai and the number of windings on the teeth wherein the number of windings is Aj, in the teeth wherein the first output coils having the number of windings of Ai or Aj are wound in the reference state; and
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that the second output coils are wound by increasing or decreasing the number of windings by b such that the number of windings is not set to a number less than or equal to 0 without changing relative magnitudes of the number of windings on the teeth wherein the number of windings is Bk and the number of windings on the teeth wherein the number of windings is Bm in the teeth wherein the second output coils having the number of windings of Bk or Bm are wound in the reference state.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 12, provided with at least one configuration from among:
a configuration in which Aj is the smallest number of windings among the respective numbers of windings of the plurality of first output coils in the reference state, and
a configuration in which Bm is the smallest number of windings among the respective numbers of windings of the plurality of second output coils in the reference state.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 12, provided with at least one configuration from among:
a configuration in which a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai±a or Aj±a is only wound about any one of the plurality of teeth; and
a configuration in which a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk±b Or Bm±b is only wound about any one of the plurality of teeth.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 12, provided with at least one configuration from among:
a configuration in which a relationship a/Ai≦2% is established; and
a configuration in which a relationship b/Bk≦2% is established.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 12, wherein
the spatial order δ of error expressed by |M−|M±N∥ and the spatial order ε of error expressed by |δ−M| are values other than 1 and 2.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 16, wherein the number of teeth is set to 2M.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 16, wherein the spatial orders δ and ε of the errors are also values other than 4.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 16, wherein
the number of the pole pairs M of the excitation coils is 9; and
the number N of the salient poles is 15, 24 or 30.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 16, wherein
the number of the pole pairs M of the excitation coils is 15; and
the number N of the salient poles is 10, 20 or 24.

### Claim 21

A rotation angle detector, comprising:
a detecting stator including a detecting stator core, a plurality of excitation coils, a plurality of first output coils, and a plurality of second output coils, which are provided respectively on the detecting stator core; and
a detecting rotor including a plurality of salient poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor and configured to rotate with respect to the detecting stator while the salient poles face the detecting stator in a radial direction of the rotor; wherein
the first output coils and the second output coils are output coils of mutually different phases;
the detecting stator core includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the circumferential direction;
the excitation coils are respectively wound about the teeth;
the first output coils and the second output coils are wound about mutually different teeth so that winding of output coils of the same phase is avoided in two teeth that are in the circumferential direction;
a number of pole pairs of the excitation coils is set to M, which is an integer no less than 1;
a number of salient poles is set to N, which is an integer no less than 1; and
when a reference state is a state wherein the plurality of first output coils include at least a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai, which is an integer no less than 1, and a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj, which is an integer no less than 1 that is smaller than Ai, and wherein the plurality of second output coils include at least a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk, which is an integer no less than 1, and a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm, which is an integer no less than 1 that is smaller than Bk, and moreover wherein a spatial distribution of the numbers of windings of the first output coils and the second output coils is obtained by a sum of a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M±N| and a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M−|M±N∥ having an amplitude equal to an amplitude of the sine wave of spatial order |M±N|, and when a is an integer no less than 1 that is smaller than Aj and b is an integer no less than 1 that is smaller than Bm; then
at least one configuration is provided with from among:
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai±a which is greater than Aj is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai is wound in the reference state, or a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj±a which is smaller than Ai is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj is wound in the reference state; and
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk±b which is greater than Bm is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk is wound in the reference state, or a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm±b which is smaller than Bk is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm is wound in the reference state.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 21, provided with at least one configuration from among:
a configuration in which Aj is the smallest number of windings among the respective numbers of windings of the plurality of first output coils in the reference state, and
a configuration in which Bm is the smallest number of windings among the respective numbers of windings of the plurality of second output coils in the reference state.

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 21, provided with at least one configuration from among:
a configuration in which a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai±a or Aj±a is only wound about any one of the plurality of teeth; and
a configuration in which a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk±b or Bm±b is only wound about any one of the plurality of teeth.

### Claim 24 (depends on 21)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 21, wherein
the spatial order δ of error expressed by |M−|M±N∥ and the spatial order ε of error expressed by |δ−M| are values other than 1 and 2.

### Claim 25

A rotation angle detector, comprising:
a detecting stator including a detecting stator core, a plurality of excitation coils, a plurality of first output coils, and a plurality second output coils, which are provided respectively on the detecting stator core; and
a detecting rotor including a plurality of salient poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor and configured to rotate with respect to the detecting stator while the salient poles face the detecting stator in a radial direction of the rotor; wherein
the first output coils and the second output coils are output coils of mutually different phases;
the detecting stator core includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the circumferential direction;
the excitation coils are respectively wound about the teeth;
the first output coils and the second output coils are wound about mutually different teeth so that winding of output coils of the same phase is avoided in two teeth that are mutually adjacent in the circumferential direction;
a number of pole pairs of the excitation coils is M, which is an integer no less than 1;
a number of salient poles is set to N, which is an integer no less than 1; and
when a reference state is a state wherein the plurality of first output coils include at least a first output coil having the number of windings of Ai, which is an integer no less than 1, and a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj, which is an integer that is smaller than Ai, and wherein the plurality of second output coils include at least a second output coil having the number of windings of Bk, which is an integer no less than 1, and a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm, which is an integer that is smaller than Bk, and moreover wherein a spatial distribution of the numbers of windings of the first output coils and the second output coils is obtained by a sum of a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M±N| and a function expressed by a sine wave of spatial order |M−|M±N∥ having an amplitude equal to an amplitude of the sine wave of spatial order |M±N|; then
at least one configuration is provided from among:
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that a first output coil having the number of windings of a, which is an integer no less than 1, is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a first output coil having the number of windings of Aj=0 is wound in the reference state; and
a configuration in which the numbers of windings of the first and second output coils are respectively the same numbers of windings as in the reference state, with the exception that a second output coil having the number of windings of b, which is an integer no less than 1, is wound about at least any of the teeth wherein a second output coil having the number of windings of Bm=0 is wound in the reference state.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The rotation angle detector according to claim 25, wherein
the spatial order δ of error expressed by |M−|M±N∥ and the spatial order ε of error expressed by |δ−M| are values other than 1 and 2.

### Claim 27 (depends on 12)

A rotary electrical machine, comprising:
a stator;
a rotor which rotates with respect to the stator; and
the rotation angle detector according to claim 12, in which the detecting rotor rotates integrally with the rotor.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

An elevator hoisting machine, comprising:
a motor which is a rotary electrical machine according to claim 27; and
a drive sheave which is caused to rotate by a drive force of the motor.