ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,625, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD. (Woodbridge, Great Britain).
"Optical fiber connector for minimizing signal transmission losses" was invented by Kim Leeson (Ipswich, Great Britain) and Shaun Trezise (Aldeburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connector for achieving reduced signal transmission losses includes a ferrule basket portion configured to hold a ferrule portion and be disposed in one of a plurality of predetermined tuning positions, a carrier portion configured to engage the ferrule basket portion, and a polygonal biasing member configured to engage the ferrule...