ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,479, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ridgemount Technologies Ltd (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Fibre optic connector" was invented by Mark John Limbert (Oxfordshire, Great Britain) and Christopher Russell Peters (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, there is provided a connector for attachment to the end of an optical fibre; the connector comprising a rear body and a resilient biasing member; wherein the rear body comprises a longitudinal slot configured to allow a cable to be inserted; wherein the rear body comprises a transverse slot configured to receive the resilient bi...