ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,504, issued on July 28, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Measurement connector, measurement jig, and measurement system" was invented by Kazuaki Toba (Kanagawa, Japan), Masanari Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroshi Morita (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement connector (521) of an aspect according to the present disclosure includes a housing (1) attachable to an optical communication connector of a measurement target device, and an optical detection element (5) that is provided in the housing (1) and detects light emitted from the optical communication connector."

The patent was filed on March 7, ...