ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,201, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Fusion splicer" was invented by Yuta Ryono (Yokohama, Japan), Ryosuke Meo (Yokohama, Japan), Takahiro Suwa (Yokohama, Japan), Yoshiyuki Nishizawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Ryuichiro Sato (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusion splicer according to one embodiment includes a pedestal including a plurality of V-grooves that position a plurality of respective optical fibers; and a plurality of clamps for pressing the plurality of optical fibers placed in the plurality of respective V-grooves. The plurality of clamps are arrang...