ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,064, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

"Telecommunications enclosure for hardened fiber optic connector" was invented by Philippe Coenegracht (Hasselt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic connection system includes a fiber optic connector and an adapter assembly. The fiber optic connector is coupled to the adapter assembly with a fast coupling mechanism. The fast coupling mechanism allows the fiber optic connector to be mounted into the adapter assembly with rotation of the fiber optic connector relative to the adapter assembly less than a full turn."

The pate...