ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,230, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LaserMotive Inc. (Kent, Wash.).
"Remote power safety system" was invented by Thomas J. Nugent Jr. (Bellevue, Wash.), Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, Calif.) and Alexander Hay (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power beaming system delivers electric power in laser light from a first location to a second location. The laser light has a high energy intensity level defining a hazardous illumination area and a low energy intensity level defining a safe illumination area. The system includes guard circuitry emitter(s) and corresponding detector(s). The guard circuitry forms a detection area ...