US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier on Feb. 17 for "Optical fiber holder and method for connecting coated optical fibers" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,068, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Optical fiber holder and method for connecting coated optical fibers" was invented by Shinsuke Kurino (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber holder includes: a holder body including an accommodating portion, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate a plurality of optical fibers in a state in which the plurality of optical fibers are arranged in parallel; and a first lid portion configured to be opened and closed relative to the holder body and cover at least a part of the accommodating portion...