US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Sept. 2 for "Sensor fusion controller for fault tolerant EMA" (Minnesota, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,010, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Sensor fusion controller for fault tolerant EMA" was invented by Ryan Madson (Dassel, Minn.), Meng Wang (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Richard Strong Wallace Jr. (Saint Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for fault toleration actuation include an actuator with a position. A first sensor measures a first parameter associated with the actuator. A second sensor measures a second parameter associated with the actuator. A sensor fusion module receives data from each of the first and second sensor and executes a sensor fusion process on ...