ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,558, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Optical connector cleaning tool" was invented by Shuichiro Asakawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenta Arai (Kanagawa, Japan) and Etsu Hashimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cleaning portion pressed against a coupling end face of an optical connector, a container storing a cleaning liquid, and an atomizer spraying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning portion."
The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/523,389.
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