US Patent Issued to US Conec on Feb. 3 for "Ferrule holder for miniature mt ferrule and adapter interface for mating with fiber optic connectors" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,063, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"Ferrule holder for miniature mt ferrule and adapter interface for mating with fiber optic connectors" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.) and Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter to mate fiber optic ferrules to respective fiber optic ferrules in a fiber optic connector housing includes a main body having ferrule-side openings and connector-side openings to receive the fiber optic connectors. The adapter includes columns that extend between a top side and a bottom side of the main body, a plurality of triggers attache...