ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,476, issued on July 28, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Optical fiber support structure" was invented by Daniel Kurtz (Huntersville, N.C.) and Darrell R Childers (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber support structure for an optical fiber includes a substrate having a groove configured to receive the optical fiber and running lengthwise generally parallel to the optical fiber and at least two projections from the substrate and into the groove, each of said at least two projections including a surface to receive the optical fiber. The optical fiber support structures may also be included in a f...