ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,102, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).

"Communication module for a system for transferring data by light beams and system for transferring data by light beams" was invented by Zhidong Hua (Bruchsal, Germany), Thomas Schafer (Karlsdorf-Neuthard, Germany), Andreas Wanjek (Waghausel, Germany) and Michael Ermert (Bruchsal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication module for a system for transferring data by light beams includes a transmitter for emitting a light beam in which data to be transferred are encoded, and a receiver for receiving a light beam. The transmitter inclu...