Conveyance with electronic control for left and right motors
OwnerLloyd L. Lautzenhiser, John L. Lautzenhiserinventors
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OwnerLloyd L. Lautzenhiser, John L. Lautzenhiserinventors
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A conveyance (10) is provided with: automatic limiting (223) of the rate of change in power supplied to left (26a or 232a) and right propulsion motors, whether electrically or hydraulically propelled; dynamic braking of electric propulsion motors (26a and 26b) that is achieved by shorting a motor winding (150a) during a portion (233a) of an interval (217a) between power pulses (207a) of a pulse-width-modulated driving voltage (209a); power-off braking that is achieved by shorting a motor winding (150a) when no power pulses are being supplied; extended life of relays (144a & 148a) that is achieved by preventing current flow to the motors during opening and closing of the relay contacts (154a and 156a); and a solid-state switching device (168a and 170a) that is controlled by a signal in a single conductor (200a) and that provides an effective delay (219a and 221a) in switching between two circuits (152a and 160a).
An electric motor drive (90a or 268a) having dynamic braking, which motor drive comprises:
An electric motor drive (90a or 268a) as claimed in claim 28 in which said electric motor (26a) includes a motor winding (150a) having first (158a) and second (166a) ends;
A conveyance (10) having dynamic braking, which conveyance comprises:
A motor drive (90a or 268a) of the type which includes an electric motor (26a), the improvement which comprises:
A method for controlling an electric motor (26a) in an electric motor drive (90a), which method comprises the steps of:
A method for dynamically braking a conveyance (10) of the type having a first electric motor (26a) that is drivingly connected to a first propulsion element (12a), which method comprises the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.