ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,834, issued on May 19, was assigned to QuantumZ Inc. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

"Optical transmission device and coupling method thereof" was invented by Chun-Chieh Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Po-Ting Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Chao-Hui Kuo (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Chia-Jung Chang (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical transmission device is provided. A substrate includes an optical transmission channel exposed on its end surface, and a first positioning portion. A jumper includes a mounting portion abutting the end surface and a second positioning portion engaged to the first positioning portion. ...