ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,834, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Telecommunications enclosure with a separate mountable hinge" was invented by Philippe Coenegracht (Hasselt, Belgium), Pieter Doultremont (Kermt-Hasselt, Belgium), Johan Geens (Bunsbeek, Belgium) and Robert A. Roach (Garner, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications enclosures that can be customizable to include a hinge. That is, a separate hinge may be utilized as an add-on feature for telecommunications enclosures. The hinge can be attached to at least two different sides of an enclosure or may not...