ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,998, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Slew rate controllable system for powering electric machine" was invented by Yilun Luo (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Khorshed Mohammed Alam (Canton, Mich.), Eric B. Gach (Clarkston, Mich.), Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Rashmi Prasad (Troy, Mich.) and Mohammad F. Momen (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slew rate controllable system for powering an electric machine. The system may include a plurality of power switches operable for converting a direct current (DC) input into an alternating current (AC) output suitable for electri...