US Patent 10151695 Optical assurance cap

An optical assurance cap, having a body including a through-bore, a first section having a first light absorption coefficient, a second section having a second light absorption coefficient, and a third section having a third light absorption coefficient, operatively arranged between the first section and the second section, wherein the first and second light absorption coefficients form a first combined light absorption coefficient, and the first, second, and third light absorption coefficients form a second combined light absorption coefficient, the first combined light absorption coefficient being less than the second combined light absorption coefficient.