ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,594, issued on June 10, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Optical connector and method of manufacturing optical connector" was invented by Ririka Seino (Sakura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes: a ferrule that holds an end part of a fiber; and a holding member including: a holding part that slidably holds the ferrule; a fixing part through which the fiber extending from the ferrule is inserted and to which a sleeve for protecting a fusion splice point between the fiber and an optical fiber is fixed; and a housing part that houses the fiber between the holding part and the fixing part when the f...