US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Nov. 3 for "Cable harnesses for use in an equipment rack of a fiber optic network and methods for manufacturing cable harnesses" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,662, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Cable harnesses for use in an equipment rack of a fiber optic network and methods for manufacturing cable harnesses" was invented by Scott Eaker Buff (Hickory, N.C.), Terry Lee Cooke (Hickory, N.C.) and Christopher Shawn Houser (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furcation subassembly for carrying optical fibers includes a primary fanout tube configured to receive a connector. The subassembly includes a plurality of secondary fanout tubes to carry at least one optical fiber and configured to receive a connector. The furcation suba...