US Patent Issued to AFL Telecommunications on April 1 for "High density patch panel with modular cassettes" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,275, issued on April 1, was assigned to AFL Telecommunications LLC (Duncan, S.C.).

"High density patch panel with modular cassettes" was invented by Mark A. Vogel (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch panel may include a tray that is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position on tray supports and features for holding the tray in the retracted position and in the extended position. The patch panel may also include a cassette that is slidable on cassette supports, latches for engaging the cassette to block movement of the cassette and features for disengaging the latches."

The patent was filed on...