US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Oct. 20 for "System and method for controlling a multi-phase inverter of an electric machine" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,234, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a 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 power inverter. The hybrid switch power module includes a first semiconductor switch connected in parallel with a...