US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Sept. 1 for "Optical module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,213, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module according to one embodiment includes a package having an opening surrounded by side walls, and a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening. The lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated fro...