ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,780, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).
"Telecommunications distribution elements" was invented by Pieter Vermeulen (Westerlo, Belgium), Johan Geens (Bunsbeek, Belgium) and Peter Claes (Berlaar, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge structure for pivotally mounting a first telecommunications element to a second telecommunications element includes a hinge pin provided on the first element and a hinge pin receiver provided on the second element. The hinge pin defines a notch separating the pin into two pin halves. The hinge pin receiver defines two sets of opposing surf...