US Patent Issued to Legrand DPC on Feb. 3 for "Hybrid fiber connector" (Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,062, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Legrand DPC LLC (West Hartford, Conn.).

"Hybrid fiber connector" was invented by Ryan J. Grandidge (Wakefield, Conn.), Daniel M. Smith (Providence, R.I.) and Thomas Knychalski (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example hybrid fiber connector is provided. The hybrid fiber connector includes a housing defining a proximal end and an opposing distal end. The housing includes at least one wall. The hybrid fiber connector includes a ferrule disposed at the proximal end of the housing, and at least one contact pad coupled to the at least one wall of the housing. Upon insertion into a po...