ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,799, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).

"Device and method for transmitting data" was invented by Andreas Wanjek (Waghausel, Germany) and Mauricio Bucerius (Hambrucken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transmitting data includes a transmitter for generating a frequency-modulated output signal. The transmitter includes a phase-locked loop for adjusting an output frequency of the output signal to a carrier frequency, and a coupling circuit for coupling a data stream into the phase-locked loop. The output signal modulated in frequency by the coupled-in data stream has a...