ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,661, issued on June 30, was assigned to MO-LINK TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Richmond, Canada).

"Hybrid optical-electrical interconnection device" was invented by Hao Wang (Richmond, Canada) and Haitang Qin (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a hybrid optical-electrical interconnection device. The device may include an enclosure for providing an optical-electrical mating interface. The device may further include a securing device positioned at opposing ends of the mating interface. The device may further include a lens module positioned within the enclosure for providing the mating interface for optical-electrical ...