US Patent Issued to Corning Research & Development on July 8 for "Fiber optic adapters for use with fiber optic connectors and methods for coupling fiber optic connectors" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,027, issued on July 8, was assigned to Corning Research & Development Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Fiber optic adapters for use with fiber optic connectors and methods for coupling fiber optic connectors" was invented by Hiroyuki Sato (Sagamihara, Japan) and Akihiko Yazaki (Hachiouji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic adapter for use with a fiber optic connector is provided. The fiber optic adapter indicates during installation of the connector when the connector is properly installed in the fiber optic adapter. The adapter includes a housing with a cavity at one end for receiving the fiber optic connector. The housing con...