ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,319, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Angled multifiber ferrule and optical fiber connectors" was invented by Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo), Kenji Iizumi (Tokyo) and Heng Loong Lee (Puchong, Malaysia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifiber ferrule has a generally forward-facing angled ferrule contact surface that is skewed with respect to the widthwise axis of the ferrule such that the angled ferrule contact surface defines a widthwise skew angle with respect to the widthwise axis. A multifiber optical connector has a connector housing assembly that holds at least one of this type of fe...