US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 19 for "System and method for controlling a multi-phase power inverter of an electric machine" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,860, issued on May 19, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for controlling a multi-phase power inverter of an electric machine" was invented by Benjamin S. Ngu (Royal Oak, Mich.), Michael Z. Pieszala (Panama City, Fla.), Khorshed Mohammed Alam (Canton, Mich.), Yilun Luo (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Muhammad Hussain Alvi (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate drive system for a multi-phase power inverter includes a gate controller, a gate drive circuit, and a hybrid switch power module that is integrated into a phase leg of the multi-phase power inverter. The hybrid switch power modul...