US Patent Issued to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS on May 27 for "Female hardened optical connectors for use with male plug connectors" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,888, issued on May 27, was assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Female hardened optical connectors for use with male plug connectors" was invented by Robert Elvin Barnette Jr. (Hickory, N.C.) and Hieu Vinh Tran (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female hardened fiber optic connector for terminating an end of a fiber optic cable that is suitable for making an optical connection with another hardened cable assembly and cable assemblies using the same are disclosed. The female hardened fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly, a crimp body, a connector sleeve, and female coupling h...