ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,648, issued on May 26, was assigned to Belden Canada ULC (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

"Optic fiber cassette and retainer assembly for same" was invented by Lucas Rakoto-Sam (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an optic fiber cassette, comprising a housing, at least one cable spool, at least one retainer. The housing comprises a cable retaining surface, each of the at least one cable spool extends above the cable retaining surface, each of the at least one retainer is secured to an outer free end of a respective one of the at least one cable spool and each of the at least one retainer comprises a pair of fingers exte...