ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,325, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Optical module" was invented by Jingqi Ji (Shandong, China), Fabu Xu (Shandong, China) and Wei Cui (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module includes a circuit board, an internal optical fiber, a first light transceiver component, a second light transceiver component, and a protective cover. The internal optical fiber includes a first optical fiber strip and a second optical fiber strip. The protective cover includes a first protective sub-cover and a second protective sub-cover. The first protective sub...