ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,026, issued on June 2, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Compact cable assembly" was invented by Adam Verne Broughton (Harrisburg, Pa.), David Donald Erdman (Hummelstown, Pa.), Josiah D. Kadar-Kallen (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen (Harrisburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical fibers of a multi-fiber cable are grouped into connection units. The distal ends of the fibers of each connection unit are terminated at a connection unit body that attaches to a tapering cable core formed of longer ones of the connection units. After deployment of the cable, two or more connection units ca...