ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,082, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Control device and method for operating an electric motor, in particular of a steering system" was invented by Paul Lemmer (Goeggingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for operating an electric motor, in particular a steering system, includes a power electronics, a primary driver unit provided for actuating the power electronics in a normal operating state, and a secondary driver unit connected in parallel to the primary driver unit and provided for actuating the power electronics in at least one fault operating state in which a m...