ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,882, issued on April 14, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Mini duplex connector with push-pull polarity mechanism and carrier" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.), Jillcha F. Wakjira (Hickory, N.C.), Mitchell Cloud (Hickory, N.C.), Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.) and Michael E. Hughes (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing. The housing accepts a push-pull mechanism that allows for insertion and removal from a carrier as well as an adapter. The push-pull mechanism may also include a flexure me...