ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,001, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS Co. (Mayfield Village, Ohio).
"Extendable splice tray" was invented by Cameron Clines (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Dan Levac (Gahanna, Ohio) and Matt Becker (Mentor, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-optic splice holder. The holder includes a first holder portion that has a first plurality of fiber-optic splice holding locations. The holder includes a second holder portion actuatable with respect to the first holder portion to provide a second plurality of fiber-optic splice holding locations. The holder includes a coupling for connecting the second holder portion to...