US Patent Issued to Fujikura on Aug. 18 for "Ferrule for optical connector, optical connector, and method for manufacturing optical connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,600, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Ferrule for optical connector, optical connector, and method for manufacturing optical connector" was invented by Akifumi Kimura (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferrule for an optical connector includes: a body portion having fiber holes into which optical fibers are inserted, and a connecting end face through which the fiber holes are opened. The fiber holes include: first fiber holes disposed at a predetermined pitch in a first direction on the connecting end face; and second fiber holes disposed at the predetermined pitch in the first direction and at ...