ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,711, issued on July 22, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Small form factor fiber optic connector dust cap" was invented by Jason Higley (Hickory, N.C.), Jillcha F. Wakjira (Hickory, N.C.) and Shubhrangshu Sengupta (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small form factor dust cap for a fiber-optic connector includes a main body having a front portion, a middle portion, a rear portion, and an internal opening extending within the main body from the rear portion toward the front portion, the main body formed by two long side walls joined by a short top wall and an oppositely placed short bottom wall, a pair of cu...