US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on March 25 for "Optical connector for photonic circuits" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,587, issued on March 25, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Optical connector for photonic circuits" was invented by Francesco Testa (Pisa, Italy), Alessandra Bigongiari (Pisa, Italy), Luigi Tallone (Pisa, Italy), Gabriele De Angelis (Pisa, Italy) and Marco Romagnoli (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector for a photonic circuit. The optical connector includes a first part, fixable to a photonic circuit, having at least one slab of optically transparent material, the at least one slab including a first lens. The optical connector includes a second part, movable between a con...