US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on July 21 for "Optical connector module, optical coupling structure, connecting member, and connecting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,686, issued on July 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical connector module, optical coupling structure, connecting member, and connecting method" was invented by Taisuke Nagasaki (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Inoue (Osaka, Japan), Kensaku Shimada (Osaka, Japan) and Toshihisa Yokochi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector module connected to an optical component is disclosed. The optical connector includes at least one optical fiber, a connector that holds the optical fiber, the connector being configured to be connected to the optical component in a first direction, and a ...