Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintaining a temperature of an electric motor below a threshold temperature while the electric motor is stalled to generate heat
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Application No.: US17886197Application Date: 2022-08-11
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Publication No.: US12218615B2Publication Date: 2025-02-04
- Inventor: Artem Dementyev , Dimitri Kanevsky
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: DORITY & MANNING P.A.
- Main IPC: H02P29/60
- IPC: H02P29/60 ; G08B6/00

Abstract:
An electronic apparatus includes an electric motor, driver circuitry to drive the electric motor, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the electric motor, and one or more processors. The one or more processors control the driver circuitry to drive the electric motor according to a predetermined voltage signal to cause the electric motor to stall and generate heat, receive information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled, and maintain a temperature of the electric motor below a threshold temperature value while the electric motor is stalled based on the information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled.
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