US Patent Issued to PPC BROADBAND on Sept. 1 for "Dust cap for fiber optic connectors" (British, American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,208, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Dust cap for fiber optic connectors" was invented by Stefan Donchev (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), Sandeep Puliyankulangara (Ernakulam, India) and Pete Carapella (Fayetteville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust plug for a fiber optic connector includes a plug wall, an alignment member and a ferrule protector. The plug wall includes a first side and a second side. The plug wall may or may not be part of a housing. The alignment member may extend from the first side of the plug wall wherein the alignment member is configured to engage with and ...