US Patent Issued to EXFO on Aug. 11 for "Optical test device and connector adapter" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,435, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EXFO INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"Optical test device and connector adapter" was invented by Alexandre Drapeau (Ancienne-Lorette, Canada) and Michel Leclerc (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical test device, in combination with a removable connector adapter, is provided. A method of testing an optical fiber is also provided. The test device comprises a test port configured to interface with optical-fiber cables having a given number of optical fibers. The connector adapter comprises a device connector adapted to connect to test port; and a fiber-under-test (FUT) connector adapted...