ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,852, issued on Oct. 28.
"Hybrid power fiber enclosure" was invented by Walter Mark Hendrix (Richardson, Texas), Syed Babar Abbas (Chicago) and Elizabeth Grace Dabdoub (Bartlett, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid enclosure embodies a hybrid power fiber enclosure. The hybrid enclosure includes a power distribution area, within the hybrid enclosure, configured to distribute one or more power cables. The hybrid enclosure further includes a fiber tray with a fiber access area configured to distribute one or more optical cables. The fiber tray, when in a closed position within the hybrid enclosure, prevents access to at least a ...