US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 18 for "Sensorless induction motor system and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,559, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sensorless induction motor system and control method thereof" was invented by Joo Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Seok You (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Do Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Min Su Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a sensorless induction motor system including a controller configured to control operation of a motor by controlling a voltage applied to each phase of a stator, to set a stop waiting time expected to be required for the rotor to stop during stop ...