US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Jan. 27 for "Optical fiber bundle connector and method of manufacturing optical fiber bundle connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,642, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical fiber bundle connector and method of manufacturing optical fiber bundle connector" was invented by Osamu Shimakawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber bundle connector includes a plurality of optical fibers, a plastic tube, a ferrule, an intermediate member, a frame member, and a pressing member. A portion of each of the plurality of optical fibers is inserted in the plastic tube. The ferrule extends in a first direction and holds tip portions of the plurality of optical fibers. The intermediate member has a cy...