ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,780, issued on April 22, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).
"Managing cables in fiber installation" was invented by John Paul Anderson (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Jason Mikel Bautista (Mayer, Minn.), Paula Lockhart (New Prague, Minn.), Kamlesh G. Patel (Chanhassen, Minn.), Michael J. Wentworth (Belle Plaine, Minn.), William J. Young (Plano, Texas) and Scott C. Sievers (Jordan, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server rack is cabled to obviate the need for top-of-rack switches. Switches and severs are connected through de-mateable connection interfaces at distribution modules disposed along the raceway above th...