US Patent Issued to NSK on Feb. 4 for "Current detection device, motor control device, and electric power steering device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,829, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Current detection device, motor control device, and electric power steering device" was invented by Takayuki Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Kyosho Uryu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current detection device includes a current detection unit configured to detect current flowing through a switching element of a lower-side arm; a correction value calculation unit configured to calculate an offset correction value, based on a detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit in a period during which the switching element off during PWM control, and to hold and ...