US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI on March 11 for "Optical connector and optical connection structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,183, issued on March 11, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI Co. LTD. (Komaki, Japan).

"Optical connector and optical connection structure" was invented by Sho Yakabe (Osaka, Japan) and Motoyoshi Kimura (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes a ferrule accommodating an optical fiber, and a housing covering an outer circumference of the ferrule. An outer circumferential surface of the ferrule has a recessed part or a projecting part for positioning extending in an optical axis direction of the optical fiber. The housing has a slit extending in ...