ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,109, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).
"Motor control method for power tools" was invented by Song Lin (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a motor of a power tool includes driving the motor such that the motor rotates in a first direction and in response to the power tool entering a stall condition, operating the motor in a first stall state for a predetermined duration or a predetermined number of motor rotation cycles. In the first stall state, either the motor is driven such that the motor rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction ...