ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,076, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KDDI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Multi-core optical fiber connector" was invented by Hidenori Takahashi (Fujimino, Japan), Daiki Soma (Fujimino, Japan), Noboru Yoshikane (Fujimino, Japan) and Takehiro Tsuritani (Fujimino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector that connects a first multi-core optical fiber to which a first plug is provided and a second multi-core optical fiber to which a second plug is provided to one another, includes: a first jack for inserting the first plug; and a second jack for inserting the second plug, wherein the first jack is configured so that the first plug in a first...