ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,831, issued on May 19, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).
"Fiber optic connector with field installable outer connector housing" was invented by Julian S. Mullaney (Raleigh, N.C.), Eric Emmanuel Alston (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) and William Alan Carrico (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connector includes a first sub-assembly that is factory-installed to a first end of an optical fiber and a second sub-assembly that is field-installed to the first end of the optical fiber. The optical fiber and first sub-assembly can be routed through a structure (e.g., a building) prior to installation of ...