US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Fiber optic enclosure with external cable spool" (Minnesota, Massachusetts, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,506, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Fiber optic enclosure with external cable spool" was invented by Scott C. Kowalczyk (Savage, Minn.), Trevor D. Smith (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Jonathan R. Kaml (Shakopee, Minn.), Thomas G. LeBlanc (Westminster, Mass.) and Ronald A. Beck (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic telecommunications device includes an enclosure defining an interior. A first fiber optic adapter is provided at the enclosure. A spool is provided at an exterior of the enclosure. A fiber optic cable, which includes a first optical fiber, is wrapped around the s...