ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,647, issued on May 26, was assigned to COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BV (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

"Optical fiber management tray assemblies with improved fiber routing configurability" was invented by Bart Mattie Claessens (Hasselt, Belgium) and Pieter Doultremont (Kermt-Hasselt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical fiber management tray assemblies for optical fiber closures. The tray assemblies include features that enable different fiber routing schemes and configurations depending on specific fiber routing needs at a given fiber optic closure. A plurality of inner fiber management trays can pivotally mount to an outer fiber ...