ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,320, issued on July 15, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Fiber optic connector" was invented by Hiep Nguyen (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connector with a connector housing that holds a ferrule includes a retractable shutter having a shutter plate and a shutter actuator. The shutter actuator is slidably connected to the connector housing for movement relative to the connector housing between a front position and a rear position. The shutter actuator is configured to engage the mating interface as the optical fiber connector is plugged into...