Inventor · Saginaw, MI, US

Tomy Sebastian

43Patents
11h-index
52Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1994 → Mar 2, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5410229A Motor speed control circuit with electronic clutch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US7307416B2 Position sensor and assembly Physics 58 Expired
US7474090B2 Position sensor and assembly Physics 57 Active
US5982067A Brushless DC motor having reduced torque ripple for electric power steering Electricity 43 Expired
US6759780B2 Fractional-slot winding motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7174795B2 Integrated non-contacting torque and absolute position sensor for steering applications Physics 27 Expired
US6801012B1 Sensorless control of switched reluctance electric machines Electricity 19 Expired
US7021160B2 Apparatus for sensing position and/or torque Physics 15 Expired
US6788013B2 Permanent magnet electric motor and method of making same Electricity 15 Expired
US6713921B2 Permanent magnet structure for brushless motor and power assist actuator using the same Electricity 12 Expired
US6380658B1 Method and apparatus for torque ripple reduction in sinusoidally excited brushless permanent magnet motors Electricity 11 Expired
US6690135B2 Method for compensating for dead time non-linearities in a pulse width modulation controlled switching scheme Electricity 11 Expired
US7639004B2 Apparatus for sensing angular displacement between first and second rotating shafts including flux collectors Physics 8 Active
US7188533B2 Apparatus for sensing position and/or torque Physics 8 Expired
US6577086B2 Device for disconnecting a neutral point of a motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6851324B2 Non-contacting compliant torque sensor Physics 6 Expired
US7659679B2 System and method for adjusting a dead-time interval in a motor control circuit Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US7898139B2 Variable effort steering actuator Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US6982537B2 Identification of parameters for switched reluctance electric machines Electricity 5 Expired
US6437526B1 Commutation system for torque ripple minimization Electricity 4 Expired
US7298967B2 Electromagnetic sensor direct communication algorithm to a digital microprocessor Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US6851325B2 DSP based algorithm for non-contacting torque sensor Physics 4 Expired
US9143081B2 Motor control system having bandwidth compensation Electricity 3 Active
US6803740B2 Method and apparatus for determining phase current of switched reluctance electric machines Electricity 3 Expired
US9136785B2 Motor control system to compensate for torque ripple Electricity 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.