US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Managed connectivity in fiber optic systems and methods thereof" (Minnesota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,494, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Managed connectivity in fiber optic systems and methods thereof" was invented by Mark Smrha (West Chicago, Ill.), Michael D. Schroeder (Webster, Minn.), Michael Gunderson (Shakopee, Minn.) and Vern Loch (Prior Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defi...