ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,090, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Fiber optic receptacle having an alignment assembly" was invented by Flavio Puppin Moreira da Silva (Niteroi, Brazil), Luiz Alberto Lourenco Rozo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Rodrigo Resende Machado (Lcarai, Brazil) and Willian Souza Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic receptacle includes a receptable housing defining an internal cavity opening through an internal end and an opposing external end; an alignment assembly disposed within the internal cavity defined by the receptacle housing and received thro...