ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,839, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (UK) Limited (Middlesex, Great Britain).

"End connector for a fibre optic micro duct" was invented by Joshua Smith (Middlesex, Great Britain) and Jack Braisher (Middlesex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end connector for a fibre optic micro duct. The end connector includes a hollow housing open at a first end which comprises a connector to connect to the end of the micro duct. A flow path extends through the end connector. A gas pressure sensitive valve is provided in a second end of the housing opposite to the first end. The pressure sensitive va...