ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,951, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Single port blindmate for fiber optic connectors" was invented by Hiep V. Nguyen (Fort Mill, S.C.), Jason Higley (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 fiber optic connector assembly is mated with a bracket on a printed circuit board at one end and inserted into a backplane adapter that is adjacent a backplane. In particular a spring push in slidingly attached to the bracket and also to the housing of the fiber optic connector assembly. The housing of the fiber optic connector ass...