ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,559, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).
"Telecommunications terminal" was invented by Johan Geens (Bunsbeek, Belgium), Pieter Doultremont (Kermt-Hasselt, Belgium) and Philippe Coenegracht (Hasselt, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telecommunications terminal including a terminal housing and a fiber optic adapter secured to the terminal housing and having a first port accessible from outside the terminal housing and a second port positioned inside the terminal housing, the first port being a hardened port. A first fiber optic cable is routed into the terminal housing, the first fiber o...