ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,928, issued on July 1, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).
"End part structure for optical connectors" was invented by Shuhei Kanno (Sakura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end part structure for an optical connector includes a ferrule having a connection end face and a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted up to the connection end face, a spring disposed at a rear side of the ferrule in a longitudinal direction of the fiber hole, a spring push that surrounds the optical fiber, a housing that accommodates the ferrule and the spring and to which the spring push is locked such that the ferrule is biased forward b...