ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,605, issued on June 10, was assigned to OPTERNA AM INC. (Sterling, Va.).

"Carriage for patching, splitting, and/or guiding fiber optic cables" was invented by Philip Ward (Bampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carriage is configured to be mounted in a fiber distribution cabinet. The carriage includes a carriage body having a front end, a rear end, a first side, a second side, and a back wall cooperating to define a cavity. A top wall is disposed at the front end of the carriage body, and a plurality of side walls extending from the back wall to the top wall. The top wall, the side walls, and the back wall define a p...