US Patent Issued to Molex on May 27 for "Identifying and monitoring connections in an optical system" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,441, issued on May 27, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Identifying and monitoring connections in an optical system" was invented by Lifu Gong (San Jose, Calif.), Chao Xiang Shi (Saratoga, Calif.), Bichang Huang (Shenzhen, China) and Frank Liu (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for identifying and monitoring connections in an optical system. A plurality of optical ports is configured to receive a plurality of optical links that couple with one or more remote optical devices. At least one light source generates identification (ID) signals. At least one optical element configured to dire...