ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,425, issued on May 12, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method, device and system for configuring communication link used for exchanging data related to cooperative control algorithm" was invented by Arnaud Bouttier (Rennes Cedex, France) and Julien Guillet (Rennes Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring communication links between a plurality of communicating nodes. wherein the communication links are used for exchanging data related to a cooperative control algorithm, wherein the communicating nodes are arranged according to a regular formation, said ...