US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on July 14 for "Optical connector and optical connection structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,237, issued on July 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical connector and optical connection structure" was invented by Tetsu Morishima (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes an optical fiber that includes a glass fiber and a resin coating portion, a ferrule that includes a ferrule main body holding the glass fiber and a flange portion fixed to the ferrule main body, a housing that accommodates the ferrule and includes an inner wall surface facing the ferrule, and an elastic member that is accommodated in the housing and applies an elastic force to the ferrule...