ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,058, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Integrated coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE)-flex coupler" was invented by Nenad Duricic (Ottawa) and Roozbeh Ahmadi (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opto-mechanical package may include a package body having a first opening. The opto-mechanical package may include a coupler in the first opening of the package body. The coupler may have a second opening. The coupler may comprise a flexible element. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of a material of the coupler may be less than a CTE of a material of the package body. The opto-mech...