IPC Main Group
H02P 23/00 Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by a control method other than vector control
Introduced: January 2006
Last revised: January 2016
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- GENERATION, CONVERSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- Subclass:
- CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
Filing statistics
IPC H02P 23/00 belongs to the parent subclass H02P, which recorded 122,940 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 9,364 in 2013 to 11,656 in 2023 (+24%), peaking at 12,542 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H02 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (54,496 applications), MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (10,495 applications) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (9,464 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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- H02P 23/02 specially adapted for optimising the efficiency at low load
- H02P 23/03 specially adapted for very low speeds
- H02P 23/04 specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
- H02P 23/06 Controlling the motor in four quadrants
- H02P 23/08 Controlling based on slip frequency, e.g. adding slip frequency and speed proportional frequency
- H02P 23/1 Controlling by adding a DC current
- H02P 23/12 Observer control, e.g. using Luenberger observers or Kalman filters
- H02P 23/14 Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage
- H02P 23/16 Controlling the angular speed of one shaft
- H02P 23/18 Controlling the angular speed together with angular position or phase
- H02P 23/2 Controlling the acceleration or deceleration
- H02P 23/22 Controlling the speed digitally using a reference oscillator, a speed proportional pulse rate feedback and a digital comparator
- H02P 23/24 Controlling the direction, e.g. clockwise or counterclockwise
- H02P 23/26 Power factor control [PFC]
- H02P 23/28 Controlling the motor by varying the switching frequency of switches connected to a DC supply and the motor phases
- H02P 23/3 Direct torque control [DTC] or field acceleration method [FAM]
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 54,496
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 10,495
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9,464
- GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 9,339
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,226
- SIEMENS DE 8,218
- DENSO CORPORATION 7,063
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 6,619
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,826
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,094