ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,103, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Standstill angle detection for salient motors" was invented by Joseph Wilson Latham (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a salient motor is provided. In one example implementation, the method can include determining, via a controller of the motor, a series of estimated injection angles. The method can further include injecting, via the controller, a high-frequency signal into the motor at each of the series of estimated injection angles to provide a series of high-frequency signal injections. The method can...