ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,971, issued on June 23, was assigned to Techtronic Floor Care Technology Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).
"System and method for controlling a motor at a constant rotations per minute (RPM)" was invented by Kevin Terry (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning system including a motor configured to provide rotational energy, a current sensor configured to sense current provided to the motor, and a controller having an electronic processor. The controller is configured to receive, from the current sensor, a current signal indicative of the current provided to the motor, filter the current signal to produce a fi...