US Patent Issued to PPC BROADBAND on Dec. 23 for "Fiber optical connectors" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,586, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Fiber optical connectors" was invented by William Crawford (Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic connector for terminating a fiber optic cable includes an inner housing, an outer housing, a connector sub-assembly, and a crimp sleeve. The outer housing is disposed radially outward of the inner housing, and the connector sub-assembly includes a ferrule basket configured to receive a ferrule that terminates a fiber of the fiber optic cable. The crimp sleeve surrounds and is crimped onto a rearward portion of the connector sub-assemb...