US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on June 2 for "Coupling member, connector coupling set, optical coupling structure, and coupling method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,035, issued on June 2, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Coupling member, connector coupling set, optical coupling structure, and coupling 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: "A coupling member for coupling an optical component to a connector in a first direction is disclosed. The coupling member includes a locking portion that extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the coupling member being configured to be locked to the optical co...