US Patent Issued to Fujikura on May 19 for "Optical connector and method for manufacturing optical connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,829, issued on May 19, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Optical connector and method for manufacturing optical connector" was invented by Masayuki Hirose (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes: a ferrule that includes a connection end surface, and a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is configured to be inserted up to the connection end surface; a spring that is disposed on a rear side of the ferrule that is opposite to a front side that is a side on which the connection end surface is disposed in a longitudinal direction of the fiber hole; a spring push that sandwiches the spring with t...