US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC on May 19 for "Optical connector ferrule" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,830, issued on May 19, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Optical connector ferrule" was invented by Takayuki Ando (Tokyo) and Masayoshi Tsukamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector ferrule is a member in which an optical fiber is fixed inside a body section, and the distal-end side thereof forms a connection end surface for the optical fiber. An internal space in which the optical fiber is accommodated is formed inside the body section. The internal space runs through from the rear end to the distal end of the body section. An adhesive injection window that is open to the outside is formed in...