ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,612, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Fiber optic adapter assembly" was invented by Jimmy Chang (Sturbridge, Mass.), Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo) and Paul Newbury (Ashland, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic adapter assembly reduced in size from a SFP footprint to a SC footprint to accommodate a first fiber optic connector on a first side within one or more ports, and a second fiber optic connector on a second side within one or more ports. The first fiber optic connector is a duplex fiber optic connector with an overall length of about 50 mm and the second fiber optic co...