US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 16 for "Systems and methods for air gap and eccentricity detection for electric motor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,204, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for air gap and eccentricity detection for electric motor" was invented by John S. Agapiou (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Anmol Aggarwal (Waterford, Mich.) and Sean Robert Wagner (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eccentricity detection system includes: a vibration eccentricity module configured to determine a vibration eccentricity of the electric motor based on vibration of the electric motor measured during operation of the motor; an inductance eccentricity module configured to determine an inductance eccen...