ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,686, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Dust cap" was invented by Jimmy Chang (Sturbridge, Mass.), Siu Kei Ma (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust cap is particularly constructed for capping an adapter of the type that receives connectors terminating two optical fibers in respective ferrules. In one instance an optical connector may be received in one end of the adapter and the dust cap may be received in another end of the adapter, opposite the connector. The dust cap is at least partially translucent or transparent, and constructed so...