ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,414, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Optical connector and optical connector module" was invented by Masatoshi Tsunoda (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector (20) according to the present disclosure is an optical connector (20) attached to an optical transmission line (10), which includes a base body (11) and an optical waveguide (12) stacked on the base body (11). The optical connector (20) includes a first base (21) placed on the optical transmission line (10), a contact portion (213) included in the first base (21) and being in contact with a placement surface of the opt...