ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,776, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MITSUBA Corp. (Gunma, Japan).
"Control device and communication method in control device" was invented by Miya Yamada (Gunma, Japan) and Kota Fukashiro (Gunma, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor control device includes an MCU and a predriver configuring at least a part of a circuit for controlling driving of a motor. The MCU includes a communication timing judgment portion, outputting a communication verification command when a diagnostic signal including information indicating whether the mechanism or equipment to be controlled by a combination of the MCU and the predriver is in a fa...