ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,517, issued on April 29, was assigned to ONESUBSEA IP UK Ltd. (London).
"Fibre optic wet mate connector system" was invented by Joseph Allan Nicholson (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connection system includes a first connector having at least one first optical element and a first actuation arm rotatable about a first pivot point. The optical connection system also includes a second connector having at least one second optical element configured to be coupled to the at least one first optical element via an optical connection procedure. The second connector also includes a second actuation a...