US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on June 23 for "Optical module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,659, issued on June 23, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical module" was invented by Munetaka Kurokawa (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Hara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module according to one embodiment includes: a beam splitter having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a third surface intersecting with the first surface, a fourth surface facing the third surface, and an inner surface formed within a region defined by the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface; and a light receiving unit arranged at a position f...