ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,033, issued on July 8, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Pluggable optical module and optical communication system" was invented by Yuuji Minota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is, in a pluggable optical module, to compactly house an optical fiber used for connecting optical components in a housing in which a plurality of optical components are mounted. The pluggable optical module (100) includes: a plurality of optical components, a printed circuit board (51); one or more optical fibers; and optical fiber housing means (14). All or a part of the plurality of optical components are mounted on the printed circuit boar...