US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 29 for "Detecting degradation within electric motors" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,175, issued on July 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Detecting degradation within electric motors" was invented by Jiyu Zhang (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Brian J. Gallert (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes receiving data from an electric motor of a vehicle, the electric motor comprising a stator and a rotor. The method further includes performing a motor health degradation analysis to determine whether a degradation of the electric motor has occurred. The method further includes performing a stator health ...