US Patent Issued to AFL Telecommunications on July 15 for "Butt closures and bases therefor" (Georgia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,551, issued on July 15, was assigned to AFL Telecommunications LLC (Duncan, S.C.).

"Butt closures and bases therefor" was invented by Eddie Kimbrell (Dacula, Ga.) and David Wittmeier (Greer, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A butt closure base includes a base housing defining a plurality of cavities. A first gel is disposed in each of the plurality of cavities. The butt closure base further includes a plurality of wedge assemblies, each of the plurality of wedge assemblies removably insertable into one of the plurality of cavities. Each of the plurality of wedge assemblies includes an outer cover, a second gel, and a main pressure...