ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,055, issued on May 27, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).
"Couplers for single pair connectors" was invented by Paul John Pepe (Clemmons, N.C.) and Shawn Phillip Tobey (Trinity, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler couples a first connector with a second connector wherein each of the connectors is coupled to exactly two electrical conductors. Each coupler can be utilized in a shielded (e.g., metal) or non-shielded (e.g. non-metal) form as appropriate to a specific application. Each coupler includes exactly one pair of pin contacts, preferably with a square or rectangular cross-section. Each end of ...