ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,069, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI Co. LTD. (Komaki, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Optical connector" was invented by Yoshio Ukita (Komaki, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Imaizumi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an optical connector, a connector main body includes an integrally formed plug frame. The plug frame has a connecting portion accommodation portion accommodating a ferrule, a mechanical splice, and a spring biasing the mechanical splice toward the ferrule, and a guide portion guiding the optical fiber extending from an optical cable. The connecting portion acco...