US Patent Issued to PPC BROADBAND FIBER on Sept. 9 for "Fiber optic connector having flattened regions that face and align to prevent rotation" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,288, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD. (Woodbridge, Great Britain).

"Fiber optic connector having flattened regions that face and align to prevent rotation" was invented by Kim Leeson (Ipswich, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule configured to hold an optical fiber therein, a ferrule holder configured to hold the ferrule, a retaining tube configured to hold the ferrule holder and receive a fiber optic cable, and a connecting tube configured to be rotatingly coupled with the ferrule holder and slidingly receive...