ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,163, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).
"Single pair connector module" was invented by Teresa Agee (Schererville, Ind.), Robert E. Fransen (Orland Park, Ill.) and Roman J. Churnovic (Manhatttan, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector module is disclosed having physical dimensions for being installed into standardized, or pre-existing, structures such as a patch panel including pre-populated slot openings. The connector module provides simple field termination for different sized single pair cables using screw-down/cage-clamp for the bare single pair of conductors emerging from a centralized...