Patent ID: 11906794
Assignee: US CONEC LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A fiber optic connector having a boot, a crimp body, and a housing having two optical fibers terminated respectively within two fiber optic ferrules therein, the fiber optic connector comprising:
a front end opening in the housing for the two fiber optic ferrules, the housing having a pair of short sides forming a top and a bottom and a pair of long sides joining the top and the bottom, a separation between the top and the bottom is more than a separation between individual ones of the pair of long sides, the two fiber optic ferrules being spaced apart from each other between the top and the bottom but equidistant from each of the pair of long sides;
the crimp body positioned rearward of the front end of the housing, the crimp body having a rear portion to receive the two optical fibers; and
the boot receiving the rear portion of the crimp body and having a front extension, the front extension extending towards the front end of the housing and attached to the housing via at least one latch forward of a center portion of the boot, wherein the crimp body and the boot have a longitudinal opening to accommodate the two optical fibers having ends terminated forward of the front end opening of the housing, and
wherein the longitudinal opening extends through a back portion of the boot rearward of the center portion of the boot.