US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 23 for "Physics based coolant flow algorithm for electric motors" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,386, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Physics based coolant flow algorithm for electric motors" was invented by Farzad Samie (Franklin, Mich.), Peng Peng (Columbus, Mich.), Xiaofeng Yang (Troy, Mich.) and Derek Frei Lahr (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, system, and method of operating a motor of the vehicle. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. A motor controller controls a motor torque of the motor. A sensor measures a motor speed. A rotor temperature sensor measures a temperature of the rotor. A stator temperature sensor measures a temperature of the s...