ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,972, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations Inc. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Optical transceiver" was invented by Masato Hino (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical transceiver includes an outer part provided outside the apparatus upon an engagement of the optical transceiver with the apparatus. The outer part includes a first spindle, a rotational member, a sliding member. The rotational member is configured to rotate on the first spindle. The sliding member is configured to move along the first direction. The rotational member has a hole. The sliding member has a second spindle. The firs...