US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on Sept. 2 for "Power and optical fiber interface" (North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,435, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Power and optical fiber interface" was invented by Thomas P. Huegerich (Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Wayne M. Kachmar (North Bennington, Vt.), Robert Charles Flaig (Lancaster, Pa.) and Dwight A. Bretz (Hummelstown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power and optical fiber interface system includes a housing having an interior. A cable inlet is configured to receive a hybrid cable having an electrical conductor and an optical fiber. An insulation displacement connector (IDC) is situated in the interior of the housing configured to electrically terminate...