ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,556, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Method of reducing mechanical vibrations of a motor system" was invented by Rahul Kanchan (Vasteras, Sweden), Omer Ikram Ul Haq (Surahammar, Sweden) and Pedro Rodriguez (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing mechanical vibrations of a motor system including an electric motor, the method including: a) receiving a vibration-related signal based on measurements by one or more sensors mounted on the electric motor, b) generating a reactive torque reference based on the vibration-related signal, and c) controlling the electric moto...