ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,187, issued on March 4, was assigned to MAGNIX USA INC. (Everett, Wash.).

"Electric propulsion system for delivering high torque" was invented by David B. T. Sercombe (Arundel, Australia) and Roei Ganzarski (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to convert electrical power to torque is disclosed where the system includes one or more motor controllers, each motor controller adapted and configured to receive power input commands and to receive high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) input power and convert the HVDC input power to multiphase high-voltage, alternating-current (HVAC) output power, wherein each motor controlle...