US Patent Issued to CISCO TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 9 for "Power delivery through an optical system" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,315, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Power delivery through an optical system" was invented by Joel Richard Goergen (Soulsbyville, Calif.), D. Brice Achkir (Livermore, Calif.) and Chad M. Jones (Doylestown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a connector for coupling a cable comprising at least one optical fiber and at least one electrical wire to an optical module at a network communications device, the connector comprising an electrical contact plate for engagement with an electrical contact on the optical module, and a ferrule for receiving the at least one optic...