ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,860, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to THE SIEMON COMPANY (Watertown, Conn.).
"Breakout cable assembly" was invented by Robert S. Carlson (Weatogue, Conn.) and John Corsi (Sandy Hook, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakout cable assembly includes a first connector; a plurality of cable legs terminated at the first connector, each cable leg including two or more optical fibers; an intermediate connector in each cable leg, each intermediate connector dividing a respective cable leg into a first cable segment and a second cable segment; a plurality of second connecters, each second connector terminated to a respective second c...