US Patent Issued to FUJIKURA on Sept. 30 for "Boot, ferrule structure, and method for manufacturing ferrule-equipped fiber" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,656, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FUJIKURA LTD. (Tokyo).

"Boot, ferrule structure, and method for manufacturing ferrule-equipped fiber" was invented by Hirotaka Asada (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boot configured to be attached to a ferrule includes: a fiber insertion hole into which optical fibers are inserted; a lower part on one side with respect to the fiber insertion hole; and an upper part on another side with respect to the fiber insertion hole. The fiber insertion hole is disposed to correspond with fiber holes of the ferrule that are disposed in an array in one direction. The upper part includes a pr...