US Patent Issued to Hosiden on June 24 for "Lens, lens and optical fiber assembly, and optical communication system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,499, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hosiden Corp. (Yao, Japan).

"Lens, lens and optical fiber assembly, and optical communication system" was invented by Akihiro Tanaka (Yao, Japan), Shuhei Tsubota (Yao, Japan), Kosuke Sasada (Yao, Japan) and Hayato Kondo (Yao, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens including a lens body and a support. The lens body includes at least one lens portion and at least one holding hole for holding at least one optical fiber. A central axis of the or each holding hole is positioned on a phantom line extending through an optical axis of the or a corresponding lens portion. The support includes a sup...