ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,014, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Brushless motor control device and brushless motor control method" was invented by Masaki Hano (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a brushless motor control device and a brushless motor control method that can suppress occurrence of step-out caused by reverse rotation, in low-speed sensorless control of a brushless motor. The brushless motor control device applies, to a brushless motor, a positive pulse generating torque in a rotation direction of the brushless motor and a negative pulse generating torque in a reverse ...