ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,571, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZHEJIAN UNIVERSITY ADVANCED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INNOVATION CENTER (Zhejiang, China) and ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Zhejiang, China).

"Fast rotor position estimation method for permanent magnet motor based on N-division approach" was invented by Changliang Xia (Zhejiang, China), Mengting Ye (Zhejiang, China), Chen Li (Zhejiang, China), Zhanqing Zhou (Zhejiang, China), Yan Yan (Zhejiang, China) and Tingna Shi (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for quickly determining the rotor position of a permanent magnet motor using the N-division approach is provided. The method involves conver...