US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS on Sept. 1 for "Optical transceiver with two rows of contact pads on both surfaces of the electrical connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,214, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS INC. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Optical transceiver with two rows of contact pads on both surfaces of the electrical connector" was invented by Hiromi Tanaka (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical transceiver includes an electrical connector, an internal circuit, first switch and second switch. The internal circuit is electrically connected to the apparatus through the electrical connector when the optical transceiver is completely inserted into the apparatus, and generate a switching signal after a first signal pad and a second signal pad in a ...