ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,370, issued on April 22, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Uninterrupted magnetic bearing power control for power failure and recovery" was invented by Huaiyu Lin (San Jose, Calif.), Zhongfan Zhao (San Jose, Calif.), Zhengyun Ran (Foshan, China) and Fei Qiao (Foshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control system includes a current sensor and a control unit. The current sensor is coupled to a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) and is configured to monitor a current profile of the PMSM. The control unit is coupled to the PMSM and a magnetic bearing system. The control unit receives signals assoc...