ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,492, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).
"Motor control unit" was invented by Sunoj Cherian George (Woking, Great Britain) and Tao Chang (Woking, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor control unit for a vehicle comprising an electric drive motor, the motor control unit comprising a first processor, a second processor and a third processor, in which: the third processor is configured to: receive an actuation demand for the vehicle; calculate a torque for the motor in dependence on the actuation demand; and provide the calculated torque to the first processor; the first proce...