US Patent Issued to TECHNETIX on Sept. 15 for "Signal tap faceplate alignment" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,017, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TECHNETIX B.V. (Veenendaal, Netherlands).

"Signal tap faceplate alignment" was invented by Gareth Shelley (Veenendaal, Netherlands) and Paul Chapman (Veenendaal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a faceplate for a network signal distribution tap, the faceplate being adapted and configured for removable attachment to a tap back box, the faceplate comprising a guide element of suitable dimensions and positioning to prevent the faceplate from being offered up to the back box at a significant deviation from perfect alignment; and a signal distribution tap comprisin...