ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,330, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Flexible push-pull boot" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.), Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.), Mitchell Cloud (Hickory, N.C.) and Jillcha F. Wakjira (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new boot for a fiber optic connector has a ribbed back portion, a center portion, and a forward extending portion that can be used to insert and remove the fiber optic connector to receptacle. The ribbed back portion has grasping elements and is connected to the center portion. The center portion is removably connected to a crimp body that is in turn connec...