US Patent Issued to Clearfield on June 23 for "Modular vault for fiber optic cables" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,603, issued on June 23, was assigned to Clearfield Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Modular vault for fiber optic cables" was invented by John P. Hill (Oak Grove, Minn.), Donovan Hample (Otsego, Minn.), Brian Larson (Andover, Minn.), William J. Cruzen (Monticello, Minn.) and Randy T. VanHorn (Princeton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular utility vault system can include a plurality of panels, a clip, and a cover panel. Each panel can include a first side including a first protrusion, a second side including a second protrusion, a lower side having a first length, and an upper side having a second length. The second length is less tha...