US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER on Nov. 11 for "Optical wiring and optical connection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,093, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Optical wiring and optical connection method" was invented by Tetsuya Nakanishi (Osaka, Japan), Masahiro Shibata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Atsushi Kataoka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical wiring includes a plurality of first set groups each including a plurality of first connecting components, a plurality of second set groups each including a plurality of second connecting components, and a receptacle which has a first end face and a second end face on an opposi...