US Patent Issued to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 10 for "Automatic shutter assembly for multi-fiber connection systems" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,947, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Automatic shutter assembly for multi-fiber connection systems" was invented by Josiah D. Kadar-Kallen (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Robert Charles Flaig (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a bare fiber connection system that includes first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors that have a retractable shroud with a pivotal locking member mounted thereon. The pivotal locking member can be configured to lock the retractable shroud in an extended position. The pivotal locking member can be pivoted ...