Patent ID: 7500790
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector assembly comprising: a plurality of identical simplex connectors, each connector comprising at least a housing having a top, a bottom and two sides, and having a plug end for insertion into a mating receptacle and a cable end for receiving an optical cable, said housing having a recess along each of the two sides; and a clip holding said plurality of connectors together in a side-by-side relationship, said clip having a bottom portion, first and second end walls extending upward from said bottom portion, and one or more intermediate portions extending upward from said bottom portion between said first and second end walls, each of said one or more intermediate portions having a first end face facing said first end wall and a second face facing second end wall; wherein said first end wall and a first face of one of said one or more intermediate portions are received in the recess of one of said connectors and said second end wall and a second face of one of said one or more intermediate walls are received in the recess of another of said connectors such that said connectors are held in a side-by-side arrangement; wherein said recess of each connector is deep enough to receive said clip such that said clip does not extend beyond the periphery of said housing; and wherein said recess has a deep portion and said clip has a rib asymmetrically located thereon such that and said rib is received in said deep portion to hold said connectors in a side-by-side arrangement in a certain orientation.