ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,574, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Self-aligning window mounted communication apparatus" was invented by Long Ching Macor Ho (Kent, Wash.) and Chad Au (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-aligning window mounted communication apparatus is discussed herein. In some examples, a wireless gateway may comprise a first unit to be mounted outside a window and a second unit to be mounted inside the window. A first unit and a second unit may each include an optical unit, a coupling unit, and a housing unit. A first optical unit may include a magnetic array with polarities of the mag...