A dual motor drive assembly comprising a housing, a shaft rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, a first gear connected to and configured to rotate with the shaft, first and second motor circuits, each motor circuit including a motor having an output driving a respective output gear, the output gears being engaged with the first gear, a control circuit adapted to allocate independent torque demands to each of the first and second motors to cause a net torque to be applied to the shaft comprising the sum of the torques applied by the two motors, and a processing circuit adapted to estimate the level of load independent mechanical friction of the system by applying torque demands to the two motors.
DUAL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY
2024-03-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
Dual motor drive assembly and method of operating dual motor drive assembly
European Patent Office | 2024
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