US Patent Issued to Juniper Networks on June 10 for "Self-actuating protective cover device for connectors of a field-replaceable unit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,836, issued on June 10, was assigned to Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Self-actuating protective cover device for connectors of a field-replaceable unit" was invented by Jimmy Chun-Chuen Leung (Fremont, Calif.), Franklin Demick Boyden (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Sean Kim (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field-replaceable unit (FRU) includes a self-actuating protective cover device that includes: a protective cover, a housing component that includes a slot, a driving link component attached to the protective cover and the housing component, a supporting link component attached to the protective cover and th...