US Patent Issued to US Conec on May 19 for "Non-removable latch assembly for VSFF fiber-optic connector" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,832, issued on May 19, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"Non-removable latch assembly for VSFF fiber-optic connector" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.), Jillcha F Wakjira (Hickory, N.C.) and Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A very small form-factor (VSFF) fiber-optic connector has two latch assemblies, one on each side of the connector and being non-removable from the connector. The latch assemblies are movable between a forward active position and a rearward inactive position parallel to a longitudinal axis, and when the first latch assembly is in the forward active position, ...