ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,072, issued on March 24, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"VSFF connector and adapter" was invented by Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo), Man Ming Ho (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Man Kit Wong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cross-compatible VSFF connection systems include optical connectors that are compatible with at least two types of adapters and adapters that are compatible with at least two types of optical connectors. Optical connectors have one or both of connector latch recesses and depressible latches, and likewise adapters have one or both of adapter latch arms and adapter latch recesse...