ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,070, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Optical fiber cable" was invented by Takayuki Yokochi (Osaka, Japan), Kenichiro Otsuka (Osaka, Japan) and Takayuki Shimazu (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable includes a plurality of optical fiber cords and a trunk section in which the plurality of optical fiber cords are bundled in a cross section honeycomb shape, and each optical fiber cord included in the plurality of optical fiber cords is separably connected to at least one of other optical fiber cords adjacent to the optical fiber cord in the trunk section."...