US 11,718,186 B2
Motor with predictive adjustment, motor controller, and method for automatically adjusting said motor
Régis Esnault, Châtillon (FR); Stéphane Louis Dit Picard, Châtillon (FR); and William Correa, Châtillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 16/768,010
Filed by Orange, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FR2018/052786
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/106252, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1761476 (FR), filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0361320 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 15/2045 (2013.01) [B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/645 (2013.01); B60L 2240/647 (2013.01); B60L 2260/42 (2013.01); B60L 2260/50 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2710/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor with predictive adjustment for a vehicle, the motor comprising a rotor and a stator separated by an airgap, the motor configured to:
receive, during a current route of the vehicle and from a motor controller, an airgap width command, the airgap width command being a function of a predicted characteristic item of data of the current route of the vehicle based on data provided by at least one vehicle sensor; and
adjust, during the current route of the vehicle, the airgap of the motor.