ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,478, issued on July 28, was assigned to Furukawa Electric Latam S.A. (Curitiba, Brazil).
"Reinforced optical cable connector" was invented by Marcela Carneiro Lopes (Curitiba, Brazil), Thiago Deconto Vieira (Curitiba, Brazil), Renato Flavio Cruz (Curitiba, Brazil) and Lucas Gabriel Chaves (Curitiba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a reinforced optical cable connector comprising an inner body for housing an optical cable, the inner body comprising a plug holder for securing a connection plug at a first end; a crimping base comprising a retaining sleeve for retaining the optical cable; and an oute...