ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,876, issued on June 9, was assigned to Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Coaxial cable seizure assembly with multi-part conductor for use in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network device" was invented by William G. Mahoney (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial cable seizure assembly includes a includes a multi-part conductor to provide a coaxial cable connection inside an HFC network device, such as an HFC node or amplifier. The multi-part conductor portion includes a pin portion and separate a socket portion that engages the pin portion. The pin portion and the socket portion are located in an insulato...