ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,417, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).
"MPO adapter for APC connector inspection" was invented by Yu Huang (Orland Park, Ill.), Jose M. Castro (Naperville, Ill.), Andrew R. Matcha (Chicago) and Bulent Kose (Burr Ridge, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic adaptor has a first face defining a first central axis and a second face opposite the first face defining a second central axis, wherein the first central axis is at an angle relative to the second central axis. In one embodiment, the angle matches the angle of the front face of an APC connector."
The patent was filed on May 20, 2024...