US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 20 for "Method and apparatus for controlling flux of an electric drive unit for heat generation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,768, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method and apparatus for controlling flux of an electric drive unit for heat generation" was invented by Yuying Shi (Novi, Mich.), Vinod Chowdary Peddi (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Brian A. Welchko (Oakland Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for operating an electric drive unit having an inverter operatively coupled to a polyphase alternating current (AC) motor includes receiving a torque command corresponding to a torque to be produced by the AC motor; receiving a heat level request corresponding to a heat to be ...