ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,927, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to RAYCAP IP ASSETS LTD (Nicosia, Cyprus).

"Distribution and signaling unit with over voltage protection for fiber optic and power cables" was invented by Elias Fermelis (Koropi, Greece), Shawn A. Warner (Rathdrum, Idaho), Kostas Bakatsias (Gerakas, Greece) and Charis Coletti (Nea Erythrea, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution and signaling unit comprises an enclosure having walls forming an interior and an exterior receives a trunk cable entering an interior portion of the enclosure. Hybrid adaptors are arranged in an array in the interior and extend through one or more of the wal...