US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Oct. 28 for "Duplex fiber optic assembly with repositionable latch housing for polarity reversal, and related methods" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,418, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Duplex fiber optic assembly with repositionable latch housing for polarity reversal, and related methods" was invented by Diana Rodriguez (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duplex fiber optic connector assembly suitable for polarity reversal includes first and second fiber optic connector subassemblies received by a primary housing that in turn is received by a latch housing. The primary housing is configured to be releasably engaged with the latch housing in either an upwardly-facing or downwardly-facing configuration (e.g....