ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,040, issued on July 8, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Adapter configured to permit a heat shrink splice holder portion of a fiber splice cassette to hold a mechanical crimp splice protector" was invented by Shaun Trezise (Aldeburgh, Great Britain), Kim Leeson (Ipswich, Great Britain) and Stefan Donchev (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter configured to permit a heat shrink splice holder portion of a fiber splice cassette to hold a mechanical crimp splice protector includes a base portion and a holding portion configured to extend from the base portion The holding portion m...