ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,887, issued on May 27, was assigned to F.A.I.T FABBRICA APPARECCHIATURE PER IMPIANTI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE-SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA (Rome).

"Safety female adapter device for fiber optic connections" was invented by Alfredo Ventrella (Rome) and Giovanni Pugliese (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a safety female adapter device for fiber optic connections, configured to house a male optical connector, characterized in that it includes controlled release locking means configured to constrain a longitudinal sliding of the male connector with respect to the female adapter device, when the conne...