ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,184, issued on March 11, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Optical connector" was invented by Masayuki Hirose (Sakura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes: a ferrule having a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted and a guide hole into which a guide pin is inserted; a housing that accommodates the ferrule; and a biasing member disposed in the housing and applies to the ferrule a biasing force directed toward a side close to an opening portion of the housing in an axial direction of the guide hole, the biasing force having nonlinear characteristics."
The patent was filed on April 21, ...