ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,829, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AirBorn Inc. (Georgetown, Texas).
"Space active optical cable" was invented by Lance A. Wood (Winter Park, Colo.), Harsha Krishna Kopuru (Parker, Colo.), Rebekah Jean Mitchell (Littleton, Colo.), Jason Paul Smith (Sartell, Minn.) and Timothy John Wasland (Little Falls, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A space active optical cable (SAOC) includes a cable including one or more optical fibers, and two or more electrical transceivers on opposing ends of the cable and interconnected by the cable. Each of the electrical transceivers includes an enclosure that encloses one or more light sources, o...