ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,301, issued on March 3, was assigned to GLORIOLE ELECTROPTIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

"Optical fiber connector" was invented by Hsien-Hsin Hsu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Yu-Cheng Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Yen-Chang Lee (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connector includes a fastener member threadedly connected to a main housing. A resilient member is received in the main housing and the fastener member, and abuts against the fastener member. A rotatable tube seat is sleeved by the resilient member, and is positioned by the main housing and the resilient member. A turning m...