Remote actuation systems and related six-phase motor control methods

A method of operating a six-phase motor associated with an actuatable component of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving an actuation command for the actuatable component;
• obtaining, from one or more systems onboard the vehicle, measurement data indicative of a current operating state associated with the vehicle;
• identifying a commutation type for the six-phase motor based at least in part on the current operating state associated with the vehicle;
• operating a topology configuration switching element connected between a common neutral node of the six-phase motor and a reference node to based on the commutation type to vary the commutation type from a prior commutation type;
• and
• operating one or more phase legs of a power conversion arrangement to provide input power to the six-phase motor based at least in part on the actuation command in accordance with the commutation type based at least in part on a state of the topology configuration switching element, wherein each phase leg of the one or more phase legs is coupled between a voltage regulation arrangement and the reference node and each winding of a plurality of windings of the six-phase motor is coupled between a respective output node of a respective phase leg of the one or more phase legs and the common neutral node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to:

• receive an actuation command for an actuatable component of a vehicle;
• obtain, from one or more systems onboard the vehicle, measurement data indicative of a current operating state associated with the vehicle;
• identify a commutation type for a six-phase motor coupled to the actuatable component based at least in part on the current operating state associated with the vehicle;
• operate a topology configuration switching element connected between a common neutral node of the six-phase motor and a reference node to based on the commutation type to vary the commutation type from a prior commutation type;
• and
• operate one or more phase legs of a power conversion arrangement to provide input power to the six-phase motor based at least in part on the actuation command in accordance with the commutation type based at least in part on a state of the topology configuration switching element, wherein each phase leg of the one or more phase legs is coupled between a voltage regulation arrangement and the reference node and each winding of a plurality of windings of the six-phase motor is coupled between a respective output node of a respective phase leg of the one or more phase legs and the common neutral node.