US 12,113,401 B2
Method and system for activating an electric machine in an aircraft
Frederic Lacaux, Woodinville, WA (US); Kamiar J. Karimi, Kirkland, WA (US); Eugene V. Solodovnik, Kenmore, WA (US); and Vyacheslav Khozikov, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,660.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261551 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 11/20 (2016.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/20 (2016.01) [B64D 47/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A discrete signal interlock system for controlling an electric machine in an aircraft, comprising:
a first controller, a second controller, a power source, a single wiring harness bundle, and a motor controller, wherein the power source is coupled via the single wiring harness bundle to the motor controller that is operatively connected to the electric machine;
wherein the motor controller includes a first circuit electrically coupled to a driver enabler of the motor controller and a second circuit electrically coupled to a driver of the motor controller;
wherein the driver enabler and the driver act in concert to operate the motor controller to control the electric machine;
wherein the single wiring harness bundle encloses a first signal cable electrically coupling the first controller to the first circuit, a second signal cable electrically coupling the second controller to the second circuit, a first power cable electrically coupled to the first circuit, and a second power cable electrically coupled to the second circuit;
wherein activation of the first circuit requires a first signal being transmitted from the first controller to the first circuit via the first signal cable;
wherein activation of the second circuit requires a second signal being transmitted from the second controller to the second circuit via the second signal cable; and
wherein activation of the motor controller requires activation of the driver in concert with activation of the driver enabler.