ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,233, issued on April 7, was assigned to Gloriole Electropic Technology Corp. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and SHEN ZHEN WONDERWIN TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen City, China).

"Fiber optic adapter" was invented by Hsien-Hsin Hsu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Wu-Li Chu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yen-Chang Lee (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Shu-Bin Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic adapter includes a shielding casing that is connected to a casing body and that defines a through channel. Two engagement members extend from a casing body and extend through the through channel. A pivot shaft engages the shielding casing. A shielding pla...