ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,565, issued on March 25, was assigned to ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLtd. COMPANY (Ireland).

"Electric motor control system" was invented by Thomas Ernst (Pinneberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new method and circuit arrangement for operating an electric motor, such as a stepper motor, in a control loop for preventing motor stall, the electric motor comprising at least a first motor coil and a second motor coil, the method comprising: operating the electric motor at a velocity equal to the target velocity; receiving a load value associated with an electric motor load; and determining whether the load value is greater...