Patent ID: 6739759
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optic fiber connector system which comprises a housing that has at least one through bore with front and rear longitudinally spaced opposite ends, said bore ends constructed to each receive and latch to a pair of mating optic fiber connectors wherein each connector includes a frame with a through passage, a terminus lying in the through passage, and an optic fiber cable with a fiber that extends through the through passage, comprising:an assembly of a plurality of shells that lies on an axis, said shells including a middle shell that closely receives said housing, and front and rear backshells that are each sealed with respect to said middle shell and that extend forward and rearward, respectively, from said middle shell; elastomeric grommets that each lies in one of said backshells, each grommet having a periphery sealed to one of said backshell and each having a middle sealed to one of said optical cables.