ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,654, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Optical fiber cutter" was invented by Shinsuke Kurino (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cutter that cleaves a part of an optical fiber, the optical fiber cutter comprising: an openable and closable clamp configured to hold the optical fiber, and a movable blade portion configured to scratch the optical fiber held by the clamp. The optical fiber cutter further comprises a scrape collection mechanism configured to collect scraps of the cleaved optical fiber. The scrape collection mechanism includes a case con...