US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Feb. 24 for "Male plug optical connectors for use with a conversion adapter for mating with dissimilar connector" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,766, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Male plug optical connectors for use with a conversion adapter for mating with dissimilar connector" was invented by Michael De Jong (Colleyville, Texas), Ashley Wesley Jones (Denton, Texas) and Gordon Mueller-Schlomka (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Male plug fiber optic connectors and a conversion adapter for mating with a dissimilar connector are disclosed along with cable assemblies using the same, thereby providing backwards compatibility with existing optical networks. The fiber optic connector comprises a ferrule, a connector ...