# US 5,708,343 A · Control device for direct current electric motor

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- Number: US 5,708,343 A
- Document ID: US5708343A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/702,620
- Filed: 1996-10-29
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1994-12-28
- Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Nobuo Hara; Hiroaki Ogata; Masaya Suenari
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5708343A

## CPC

- B62M 6/45: Control or actuating devices therefor
- H02P 7/29: using pulse modulation
- H03K 17/0822: {in field-effect transistor switches}
- H02P 2205/01: Current loop, i.e. comparison of the motor current with a current reference
- B62M: RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR {SINGLE-TRACK} CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16)
- H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M)

## Abstract

A device includes an FET 206 interposed between one end of a motor 201 and a positive electrode of a battery EB; a diode 203 for circulating an electric current so as to flow through the motor 201 after the switching means is turned off, the electric current is the same as that which has flown through the motor 201 before the switch 220 is turned off; a shunt 203a, differential amplifier 203b, and a low-pass filter 203c as means for detecting a value of an electric current flowing to the motor 210; and a controller 250 for turning on and off the switching means by the PWM control, so that the value of the electric current detected by the current detection means coincides with a target value. The controller 250 sets a very small value as the target value when the motor is rotated by inertia thereof, and supplying the electric current of the small target value to the motor 201. As a result, it is possible to protect the FET for actuating the motor in an auxiliary motor-equipped bicycle without addition of structural elements at a low cost.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control device for a direct current electric motor comprising:
switching means interposed between a direct current electric motor and an electric power source therefor;
circulation means for circulating an electric current so as to flow through the motor after the switching means is off, the electric current is the same as that which has flown through the motor before the switching means is on;
current detection means for detecting a value of the electric current flowing to the motor; and
controlling means for turning on and off the switching means by the PWM control, so that the value of the electric current detected by the current detection means coincides with a target value, the controlling means setting a very small value as the target value when the motor is rotated by inertia thereof, and supplying the electric current of the small target value to the motor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A control device for a direct current electric motor according to claim 1, wherein the controlling means sets a vary small value as the target value when a switch of the power supply is turned off, and supplies the electric current of the small target value to the motor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A control device for a direct current electric motor according to claim 1, wherein the controlling means sets a very small value as the target value before setting the target value zero, and supplies the electric current of the very small value to the motor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

A control device for a direct current electric motor according to one of claims 1 through 3, wherein the controlling means sets the very small value to zero after passage of a predetermined time from the time when the supply of the electric current of the very small value is started.