ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,706, issued on April 8, was assigned to TIMES FIBER COMMUNICATIONS INC. (Wallingford, Conn.).
"Cable reel" was invented by Rakesh Thakare (Cary, N.C.), Caichun Song (Changzhou, China), Phillip S. Bowen (Chatham, Va.), Marvin Bryant (Chatham, Va.), Paul R. Boucher (Callands, Va.) and Barry Holt (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable reel that includes a one-piece frame body, a flange separate from the frame body, and a hub member therebetween. The one-piece frame body includes an outer frame portion and an inner flange portion. The flange has an inner side that faces the inner side of the one-piece frame body. The hub member i...