ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,584, issued on May 13, was assigned to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (UK) Limited (Middlesex, Great Britain).
"Reducing fibre optic cable tube connector" was invented by Glen Ansell (West Drayton, Great Britain), Joshua Smith (West Drayton, Great Britain) and James Fade (West Drayton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reducing fibre optic cable tube connector with a plastic body having a connector at either end for connection to a respective tube. The body has a wide portion terminating at a wide end and a narrow portion terminating at a narrow end to receive tubes of a different diameters. The two portions meet at a ce...