US Patent Issued to SICK on Oct. 28 for "Optoelectronic sensor movable with the aid of the rotor for periodic scanning of a monitored zone by transmitted light" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,375, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Optoelectronic sensor movable with the aid of the rotor for periodic scanning of a monitored zone by transmitted light" was invented by August Baumgartner (Waldkirch, Germany) and Ralf Ulrich Nubling (Waldkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic sensor, in particular a laser scanner, for detecting objects in a monitored zone is provided, wherein the sensor has a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light; a drive having a stator and a rotor; a scanning unit movable with the aid of the rotor for the periodic scanning of the monitore...