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AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJulie Ann Kleinau, Ashok Chandy
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A vehicular system includes a controller and an electric motor in signal communication with the controller for receiving current and rotating at speed; while the controller includes a first function responsive to a signal indicative of the speed of the electric motor, a filter responsive to a signal indicative of the heat generation rate of the vehicular system, a second function in signal communication with the first function and the filter, and a limit calculation function in signal communication with the second function for providing a motor current limit responsive to the second function; wherein a method for controlling the vehicular system includes receiving a signal indicative of the heat generation rate of the vehicular system, receiving a signal indicative of a speed of the electric motor, providing a scale factor or an overload value in response to the received signal indicative of speed, filtering the received signal indicative of heat generation rate in correspondence with a time constant, processing the filtered signal by executing a multiplication by the scale factor or a comparison with the overload value to produce a signal indicative of compliance with a duty cycle requirement, and calculating a motor current limit in correspondence with the processed signal to thereby protect the system from thermal overload while maximizing its performance.
A vehicular control system having an electric motor with stall detection and thermal protection comprising:
A method for controlling a vehicular system having an electric motor, the method comprising:
A system for controlling a vehicular system having an electric motor comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.