US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 30 for "Increased motor torque capability through time-based thermal derating" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,779, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Increased motor torque capability through time-based thermal derating" was invented by Michael Mayberry (Detroit), Brent Steven Gagas (Pleasant Ridge, Mich.) and Daniel J. Berry (Macomb Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a system that performs a method of derating a motor of the vehicle. The system includes a timer and a processor. The processor is configured to start the timer when a temperature of a stator of the motor exceeds a high temperature threshold, select a blend ratio based on a time value on the timer, de...