US Patent Issued to US Conec on Sept. 30 for "Adapter to jacketed fiber interface" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,654, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"Adapter to jacketed fiber interface" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.) and Michael E. Hughes (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface provides protection and support for transitioning a jacketed fiber optic cable. The interface has a crimp body, a transition portion and a front end to receive an adapter. The interface preferably has a main body with two pieces that are identical. The two pieces have tabs and recesses corresponding to the tabs for alignment and structure. The main body also may have an opening for an adapter latch. A...