US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ Imaging on Sept. 30 for "Optical signal transmission device with magnetic interface coupling" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,271, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Optical signal transmission device with magnetic interface coupling" was invented by Larry Oslie (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Christopher Zimmer (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Maxim J. Skender (Ventura, Calif.) and Mark Gregory Belding (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device, such as a camera controller includes a connector having a first magnetic element and a first cam surface. An electrical housing includes a housing panel having an outer surface configured to receive the connector. A target element is disposed within the electri...