ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,105, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, N.C.).
"Splice closure" was invented by Rodney C. Schoenfelder (Shakopee, Minn.), Scott Jean Anderson (Burnsville, Minn.), David Patrick Percival (Tabernash, Colo.) and James J. Solheid (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splice equipment assembly includes two routing paths along opposite sides of a splice region. The two routing paths do not cross. The two routing paths do not extend circumferentially around the splice region. The two routing paths provide adequate slack to allow a splice tray to be removed from the splice region and moved to a ...