ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,425, issued on March 18, was assigned to Holland Electronics LLC (Ventura, Calif.).
"Uninterruptable cable distribution tap" was invented by Michael Holland (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and George Goebel (Camarillo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial tap in a hybrid fiber coaxial cable distribution system includes a hardline circuit with a bridge and a drop circuit with a directional coupler, the tap for serving subscribers with an RF signal and optionally an equipment supply voltage while passing the RF signal to devices downstream of the tap."
The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/241,543.
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