ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,850, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).
"Optical connector" was invented by Kenji Yanagisawa (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes a holding member to which a waveguide member is fixed. The waveguide member includes a first clad layer having a longitudinal direction and a first surface, a core layer provided on the first surface, a second clad layer provided on the first surface and covering the core layer, and first and second contact layers provided on the first surface, sandwiching the core layer in a cross sectional view perpendicular to th...