ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,021, issued on July 8, was assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS Co. (Mayfield Village, Ohio).

"Retrofit cover for fiber optic cable connection" was invented by Jonathon Randall Olszewski (Elyria, Ohio), John Lewis Hornsby (Ravenna, Ohio) and Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk (Madison, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for a fiber optic cable connection includes a cap portion having a first housing portion having a first housing wall and a second housing portion having a second housing wall. A union portion has a union wall defining a union opening and is configured to receive the first housing portion and the second housing porti...