US Patent Issued to NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on June 30 for "Optical connector ferrule, optical connector, and production method for optical connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,657, issued on June 30, was assigned to NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI Co. LTD. (Komaki, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical connector ferrule, optical connector, and production method for optical connector" was invented by Motoyoshi Kimura (Komaki, Japan) and Masaki Omura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an optical connector ferrule, a side surface of the front end portion is connected to a front end surface of the front end portion and extends in a direction intersecting the front end surface. The flange portion is connected to the front end portion on an opposite side of the front end surfac...