US Patent Issued to US Conec on June 30 for "Array and duplex polarity schemes for optical links using multi-row optical connectors with signal inversion and crossover" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,656, issued on June 30, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"Array and duplex polarity schemes for optical links using multi-row optical connectors with signal inversion and crossover" was invented by Jennifer Cline (Granite Falls, N.C.), Thomas Mitcheltree (Hickory, N.C.) and Michael E. Hughes (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fiber optic assemblies are used to link transceivers carrying a signal from the transmitter portion of one transceiver to the receiver portion of another transceiver. The fiber optic assemblies have multi-fiber fiber optic connectors with a multi-fiber ferrule with two rows of optical fi...