ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,482, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).

"Motor control" was invented by Robert Huxford (Bromsgrove, Great Britain) and Christopher Dixon (Solihull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor circuit incorporated into a control system for a motor, in which the motor circuit comprises: a current determination stage arranged to generate a current demand signal in response to a torque demanded of the motor; a feedback loop comprising: a detector stage including a means for determining one or more operational values from the motor; and a current controller configured to calculat...