US Patent Issued to NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Oct. 28 for "Optical fiber connecting jig and optical connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,419, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI Co. LTD. (Komaki, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical fiber connecting jig and optical connector" was invented by Yoshio Ukita (Komaki, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Imaizumi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connecting jig according to one embodiment includes: a plate-shaped base mounted on the optical connector so as to cover the optical connector; a wedge portion protruding from the base and inserted into a mechanical splice; an operation portion provided respectively on both sides of the base in a width direction and ...