US Patent Issued to HL MANDO on Dec. 16 for "Electronic control unit and driving method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,542, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Electronic control unit and driving method thereof" was invented by Kyuyeong Je (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering assistance device and a driving method thereof are capable of simplifying the configuration of a circuit, reducing manufacturing cost, and reducing the possibility of circuit failure. The vehicle steering assistance device may include: a motor; and a switch unit that connects or disconnects all phase terminals corresponding to a neutral point of the motor based on an external control signal."

The ...