Patent ID: 8126307
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly for a fiber optic connector comprising: the fiber optic connector mounted to an end of and terminating a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic connector including a ferrule at a first end of the fiber optic connector and the fiber optic cable extending from a second end of the fiber optic connector; a cover including a box and a lid that cooperate to define a cavity that is sized and configured to receive the fiber optic connector, the lid engaging the box with a snap-fit connection, the cover also defining an opening on only one side of the cover, the fiber optic cable extending through the opening when the fiber optic connector is received within the cavity, the box and the lid being configured to seal together to inhibit contamination of the ferrule of the fiber optic connector from outside the cover.