ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,607, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NTT INC. (Tokyo).
"Optical module" was invented by Yuriko Kawamura (Musashino, Japan), Takashi Yamada (Musashino, Japan) and Yusuke Nasu (Musashino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module according to the present invention includes: an optical device including an optical waveguide chip; an optical fiber block bonded to and arranged on an end face of the optical waveguide chip; an optical fiber that has one end optically connected to the optical waveguide chip via the optical fiber block; an optical fiber holding mechanism for holding the other end of the optical fiber; and an op...