ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,240, issued on July 14, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Adaptor for an optical connector" was invented by Sergio Mosti (Genoa, Italy), Claudio D'Inca (Genoa, Italy), Alberto Deho (Genoa, Italy) and Roberto Magri (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor for an optical connector is provided. The optical connector defines first and second optical connector channels. The adaptor comprises a first part to couple to the optical connector and a second part comprising a connector portion for coupling to an optical device, in order to optically couple the first and second optical connector c...