ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,071, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Wiltshire, Great Britain).

"Method of controlling a brushless permanent magnet motor" was invented by Neil William Hodgins (Bristol, Great Britain) and Libo Zheng (Swindon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a brushless permanent magnet motor includes determining a motor operating target. The method includes comparing the motor operating target to a set of pre-determined excitation timing parameter relationships. The method includes operating the motor in accordance with an excitation timing parameter relationship determined from the set ...