US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on April 1 for "Fiber optic connectors having a sealing membrane disposed on the connector housing" (North Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,266, issued on April 1, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Fiber optic connectors having a sealing membrane disposed on the connector housing" was invented by Thomas Theuerkorn (Hickory, N.C.) and Christopher Robin Towery (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fiber optic connectors having a sealing membrane such as a foil or the like disposed on the front end of the connector housing for inhibiting dirt, debris or dust from reaching a ferrule end face are disclosed. The fiber optic connectors may have one or more ferrules with a mating end face that is located rearward of a front end of a c...