ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,940, issued on July 1, was assigned to Clearfield Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Aerial optical fiber distribution hub" was invented by John P. Hill (Oak Grove, Minn.) and Randy T. VanHorn (Princeton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber distribution hub comprises a housing, a first side panel and a second side panel comprising one or more ports, and at least one cover disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel and forming an interior compartment. The interior compartment may include cable managers. A mounting structure aerially strand mounts the fiber distribution hub. Fiber distribution hubs comprising a first fib...