US Patent Issued to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES on July 29 for "Hardened optical power connection system" (Pennsylvania, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,726, issued on July 29, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Hardened optical power connection system" was invented by Dwight A. Bretz (Hummelstown, Pa.), Robert Charles Flaig (Lancaster, Pa.), Thomas P. Huegerich (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) and Michael Lawrence Gurreri (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a hardened power and optical connection system for use with hybrid cables. The hardened power and optical connection system includes electrical pin and socket contacts for providing power connections, and ferrules for providing optical connections. The hardened power and opti...