ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,825, issued on May 19, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Optical fiber cutter" was invented by Shinsuke Kurino (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cutter includes a main body including a fiber fixing portion, and a moving portion including a blade for scratching the optical fiber, the moving portion being attached to the main body to be movable between a first position and a second position, the first position being an initial position before the optical fiber is scratched, the second position being a position after the optical fiber is scratched. The fiber fixing ...