ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,196, issued on July 8, was assigned to CommScope Connectivity Spain S.L. (Alcobendas, Spain).
"Latch for telecommunications connector" was invented by Longinos De Dios Martin (Barcelona, Spain) and Antonio Carreras Garcia (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly (10) includes a main body (12) and a latch member (30). In one aspect, the latch member (30) is formed as a spring and has a first portion (32) with a locking rib structure (38) that can be depressed towards the main body (12) to allow the connector assembly (10) to be inserted through a front side (102a) or a back side (102b) of an opening (102) i...