US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on June 10 for "Cable and dual inner diameter ferrule device with smooth internal contours and method" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,598, issued on June 10, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Cable and dual inner diameter ferrule device with smooth internal contours and method" was invented by Steven C. Zimmel (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic ferrule includes a body extending from a first end to a second opposite end, with the body including an axial passage extending between the first and the second ends. The axial passage includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than a diameter of a buffer, and a smoo...