ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,518, issued on April 29, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Optical fiber connector and method of assembling the same on site" was invented by Zhaoyang Tong (Shanghai), Xingjun Cheng (Shanghai), Lei Liu (Shanghai) and Longzhou Qi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optical fiber connector, comprising an integrated ferrule assembly and an integrated outer housing assembly, the ferrule assembly being adapted to be fitted into the housing assembly. The ferrule assembly at least comprises an inner housing, a spring, a multi-hole ferrule, a multi-fiber optic...