ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,698, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Telecommunications enclosure including containment structures for O-rings" was invented by Mohamed Aznag (Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium) and Samory De Zitter (Mechelen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telecommunications enclosure is disclosed. In one example, the telecommunications enclosure includes an upper dome and a lower base. An O-ring seal can be compressed between a scaling surface of the upper dome and/or a sealing surface of the lower base to provide scaling thereinbetween."

The patent was filed on May 20, 2024, under Applica...