ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,263, issued on May 27, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for operating an electric machine" was invented by Sebastian Paulus (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany), Michele Hirsch (Esslingen, Germany) and Thomas Zeltwanger (Ingersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating an electric machine. A harmonic manipulated variable with respect to a harmonic of a predetermined frequency occurring during the energization of the electric machine is determined. The electric machine is energized using the determined harmonic manipulated variable by means of a puls...