US Patent Issued to Ciena on April 21 for "Liquid-cooled small form factor pluggable optical module" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,815, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).

"Liquid-cooled small form factor pluggable optical module" was invented by Behzad Mohajer (Vancouver, Canada), Marko Nicolici (Ottawa), Peter Ajersch (Ottawa), Simon J. Shearman (Carleton Place, Canada) and Michael Bishop (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pluggable optical module, including: a body; a coldplate coupled to the body; and a pair of cooling fluid supply and return line quick disconnects coupled to the coldplate and extending from the coldplate and the body. Optionally, the coldplate is integrated into the body. Alternatively, the coldplate is co...