US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Dec. 2 for "Direct discrete-time current controller for virtually-translated alternating current machine" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,776, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Direct discrete-time current controller for virtually-translated alternating current machine" was invented by Vinod Chowdary Peddi (Shelby Charter Township, Mich.) and Anmol Aggarwal (Waterford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive system of a motor vehicle or another battery electric system includes a power inverter module (PIM) connected to a DC power supply, an alternating current (AC) motor connected to the PIM and to a load, and a controller. The motor is a salient machine. Control logic of the controller includes a plant mode...