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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Eslick, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Alan Michael Judge, Dublin, IE;
Alaa Adel Mahdi Hayder, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin John Whittaker, Dublin, IE;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A plug may be coupled with a cable and include a fiber ferrule extending from the plug. A biasing mechanism may be arranged to bias a cover toward a covered configuration in which the fiber ferrule is situated within an internal volume defined by the cover and away from an uncovered configuration in which the fiber ferrule is situated at least partially outside of the internal volume defined by the cover. Bristles or other blockers may be positioned along or within a boundary of the internal volume of the cover, may be arranged to block particulate entry through the blockers into the internal volume of the cover in the covered configuration, and may be movable to permit passage of the fiber ferrule through the blockers in response to movement of the cover between the covered configuration and uncovered configuration.