ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,480, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"State estimation for controlling a drive machine without sensors" was invented by Ahmed Soliman (Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for controlling an electrical drive machine. Actuator stator currents of the electrical drive machine are measured. A manifestation of an internal state of the electrical drive machine are estimated based on the measured actuator stator currents. A quality criterion is ascertained for the estimated manifestation of the internal state of the electrical driv...