US Patent Issued to Panduit on Feb. 3 for "Automatic alignment methods for free-space optic communication" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,609, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Automatic alignment methods for free-space optic communication" was invented by Yu Huang (Orland Park, Ill.), Jose M. Castro (Naperville, Ill.) and Bulent Kose (Burr Ridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-latency free-space optical data communication channel with automatic alignment function has an optical channel, collimators, high reflective screens, and cameras. The optical channel can have two optical lenses designed to facilitate the transmission of an optical signal. The collimators can be integrated with optical fibers and precisely positioned ...