ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,609, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Fiber-optic apparatus" was invented by Christophe Joseph Marie Corbille (Saint Nicolas de Redon, France) and Michel Teva Menguy (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-optic apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a housing defining an interior; an access means for accessing the interior of the housing; at least one opening for a fiber optic cable; an organizer for managing one or more optical fibers in the closure, the organizer comprising an organizer tray configured to receive one or more fiber-optic storage trays; and one or m...