US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on Oct. 7 for "Fiber optic connectors and fiber optic connection systems" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,342, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Fiber optic connectors and fiber optic connection systems" was invented by Yu Lu (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Ryan Kostecka (Waconia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system for making or assembling fiber optic connectors that allows a pre-terminated fiber optic cable to be made compatible with any number of different styles or types of fiber optic connectors or fiber optic adapters. The present disclosure also relates to a fiber optic connector having first and second pieces connected to twist-to-engage interface...