US Patent Issued to II-VI DELAWARE on July 29 for "Retainer for multi-fiber push-on (MPO) connector" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,733, issued on July 29, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Retainer for multi-fiber push-on (MPO) connector" was invented by Joseph Tzyy-Hsien Lin (Cupertino, Calif.) and Paul Joseph Perkins (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic module includes a housing enclosing at least one optical transmitter or receiver and includes a release mechanism configured to engage with a cage sized and shaped to receive the housing. A cable connector for a fiber optic cable is configured to engage in a port of the module, and a slideable collar on the cable connector can keep the module engaged in the po...