ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,584, issued on March 25, was assigned to Corning Research & Development Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Multi-fiber connector and fabrication method" was invented by Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux (Avon, France) and Riley Saunders Freeland (Corning, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connector comprises a multi-fiber ferrule having an array of grooves recessed relative to an upper surface of a medial portion thereof, wherein each groove has a depth greater than a maximum diameter of an uncoated fiber segment received therein, and is shaped such that an optical fiber received therein lacks contact with the groove over large arc ...