ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,527, issued on June 30, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for diagnosing phase current sensor failure of 3-phase inverter" was invented by Hye-Ung Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for diagnosing a failure, which may include a motor, an inverter for driving the motor, a phase current sensor for respectively detecting a phase current supplied to the motor from the inverter, and a controller for converting the phase current detected by the phase current sensor into a current, obtaining an average value of ...