ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,017, issued on June 3, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Fiber optic ferrule and fiber optic ferrule receiver" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.), Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.) and Craig M. Conrad (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic ferrule receiver includes a main body that has an opening extending between the front end and the rear end and being defined at least by a portion of internal surfaces of the four sides. A first side in the opening has first tapered surface and a second tapered surface, the first tapered surface reducing the opening between the rear end and a first posi...