ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,993, issued on June 9, was assigned to Collins Aerospace Ireland Ltd. (Cork, Ireland).

"Filter for a motor drive" was invented by Georgios Erotas (Enschede, Netherlands) and Ignacio Castro Alvarez (Gijon, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter for a motor drive includes a plurality of phase lines configured to connect an output of a power source to an input of a motor. The power source is configured to supply at the output a voltage that switches between a high voltage state and a low voltage state. The filter includes a plurality of capacitors, where each capacitor is connected between one of the plurality of phase lines and a...