ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,915, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, N.C.).
"Management device for hybrid cable" was invented by Ronna Ellen Davis (Henderson, Nev.) and Scott Martin Keith (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure includes a management insert disposed within a housing to divide the interior into three levels. Hybrid cables enter the housing at the first level. Electrical conductors of the hybrid cables are terminated at the second level. Optical fibers of the hybrid cables are terminated at the third level. Excess length of the optical fibers may be stored at the third level. The management i...