ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,101, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Optical device" was invented by Takuya Ishida (Osaka, Japan), Tetsuya Nakanishi (Osaka, Japan) and Hong Chuyen Nguyen (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes: a host device having a first housing, a first optical connector arranged inside the first housing, and an electrical connector arranged inside the first housing; and a light-emitting device having a second optical connector optically connected to the first optical connector, an electrical plug electrically connected to the electrical connector, and a second...