Patent ID: 7899300
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A dust cap for protecting and supporting a fiber optic connector, the fiber optic connector including a connector body having a first end and second end and a ferrule positioned at the first end of the connector body, the ferrule holding an optical fiber having an end face, the dust cap including at least one mounting member for releasably coupling the dust cap to a support structure and a housing defining a cavity having an open end sized to receive at least the ferrule and the end face of the optical fiber, the mounting member movable between a first position and a second position, the mounting member supporting the dust cap and the fiber optic connector from the support structure when the dust cap is releasably coupled to the fiber optic connector with at least the ferrule and the end face of the optical fiber received in the open end of the cavity and the mounting member is releasably coupled to the support structure.