ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,641, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS DIRECT LLC (Mentor, Ohio).

"Fiber optic splitter modules and systems" was invented by Wade J. Womack (Allen, Texas), Joseph C. Livingston (McKinney, Texas) and Manual Veyna Jr. (Grand Prairie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, a fiber distribution hub for use in a passive optical network includes a cabinet having an interior space and a vertical cable management tower extending vertically from a bottom portion of the cabinet or cabinet frame and having a plurality of cable management spools. The vertical cable management tower is coupled to the cabin...