US Patent Issued to AFL Telecommunications on Aug. 11 for "Splice closure apparatus and fiber optic distribution network" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,693, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AFL Telecommunications LLC (Duncan, S.C.).

"Splice closure apparatus and fiber optic distribution network" was invented by Patrick E. Dobbins (Greer, S.C.) and Richard Megill (Taylors, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splice closure apparatus and a fiber optic distribution network are provided. The splice closure apparatus includes a housing forming a plenum and an opening. A mount plate is affixed in the plenum within the housing, A signal splitter device is affixed to the mount plate. A fiber optic cable stub is extended through the opening of the housing. The cable stub includes an inpu...