ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,767, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Ferrule push" was invented by Mitchell Cloud (Hickory, N.C.), Craig M. Conrad (Hickory, N.C.), Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.) and Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic ferrule push includes a main body extending between a front end and a rear end, the main body having a central opening extending between the front end and the rear end to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough, a front facing surface configured to engage a rear surface of a fiber optic ferrule, and at least one projection extending outward from th...