ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,411, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Optical fiber adapter, optical fiber connector plug, connector assembly, and communication device" was invented by Xiupeng Li (Wuhan, China), Shangjun Peng (Wuhan, China) and Yuanyuan Li (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber adapter is provided, including an adapter body provided with a first slot, the first slot being used for connecting to an optical fiber connector in insertion fashion; a first locking structure, the first locking structure being provided on the adapter body and being used for engaging with a second lock...