US Patent Issued to LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA on Sept. 30 for "Smart motor systems and methods using local intelligence" (Canadian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,822, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA Co. (Halifax, Canada).

"Smart motor systems and methods using local intelligence" was invented by Thomas Braun (Heroldsberg, Germany), Caitlin Nicole Vicary (Sarnia, Canada) and Milosz Niec (Tecumseh, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart motor includes a motor, a memory, and an electronic processor connected to the motor and the memory. The electronic processor executes a software stack including a hardware layer, an operating layer, and an application layer. The hardware layer provides input/output operations between the motor and the electronic processor. The...