US Patent Issued to Regal Beloit America on Nov. 25 for "Methods and circuits for cross conduction protection in an electric motor" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,179, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Regal Beloit America Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Methods and circuits for cross conduction protection in an electric motor" was invented by Michael R. Koller (Columbia City, Ind.) and Ludovic Andre Chretien (Columbia City, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including an electric motor of a compressor system and a controller is disclosed. The electric motor includes a switch configured to provide line frequency power to the electric motor to drive the electric motor at a full speed, and an inverter to provide variable frequency power to the electric motor to drive the electric motor at a variab...