ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,018, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Method for controlling operation of permanent-magnet synchronous motor through sensorless vector control" was invented by Jinghao Lan (Zhongshan, China) and Wenqing Bian (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling operation of a permanent-magnet synchronous motor includes: during operation of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor, receiving, by the permanent-magnet synchronous motor, a shutdown signal from an external device; uninterruptedly outputting, by a microcontroller unit (MCU), a deceleration pulse ...