ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,774, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Electric motor system" was invented by Atsushi Yonehana (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electric motor system, a power conversion device includes, for each phase, two sets each of which includes an upper arm and a lower arm that are connected in series, the two sets being connected in parallel to a direct-current power supply. The electric motor is a star-connected electric motor. The electric motor includes two coils for each phase."
The patent was filed on March 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/188,591.
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