US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on June 17 for "Control systems and methods for mitigating motor start-up instabilities in lightly loaded conditions near synchronous speed" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,850, issued on June 17, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Control systems and methods for mitigating motor start-up instabilities in lightly loaded conditions near synchronous speed" was invented by Stan Simms (Arden, N.C.) and Gabriel Teixeira Braga (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inventive concepts herein relate to mitigating phase current oscillations and vibrations in a spinning, lightly loaded three-phase electric motor. A motor starter can transition between various acceleration profiles defined by unique firing angles and/or firing angle rates of change. These transitions adjust the...