US Patent Issued to Fujikura on June 23 for "Optical connector cleaning tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,591, issued on June 23, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Optical connector cleaning tool" was invented by Yuya Sakaguchi (Chiba, Japan) and Shunsuke Fujita (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector cleaning tool includes a supplier that supplies a cleaning element having a belt shape, a cleaning shaft including a head having a pressing surface that presses the cleaning element supplied from the supplier against a connection end surface of an optical connector and a supporter supporting the head part, a collector that collects the cleaning element from the pressing surface, and a tubular member having an...