ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,329, issued on May 6, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for calibrating motor position offset using back electromotive force zero crossing detection" was invented by Awab Ali (Bay City, Mich.), Kade Hudson (Bay City, Mich.) and Tomy Sebastian (Bay City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for calibration a motor position in a motor having multiple phases including first, second, and third phases is electrically connected to a first phase winding and a second phase winding of the motor. The circuit comprises a comparator having first and second inputs; and a plurality of resist...