Patent ID: 7574095
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly for communication purposes, comprising: a communication cable having a free, front end, wherein said cable can be passed through a cable guide from a starting position to an end position with its free, front end; and a communication connector comprising at least one sleeve positioned around a connecting element; wherein said cable is built up of at least an optical fiber, said optical fiber being coaxially surrounded by at least one cable sheath within which at least one strain-relieving element is present, and wherein said communication connector can be mounted to said free, front end of said cable in communicative contact with said optical fiber; wherein said at least one sleeve of said communication connector comprises spaced-apart first and second cams extending toward said connecting element, said first cam engaging a recess formed in said connecting element and said second cam engaging a spring element positioned around said optical fiber between said connecting element and said at least one cable sheath; and wherein, to make it possible to pass said cable through said cable guide, said optical fiber is exposed at said free, front end of said cable, said free, front end being fixedly surrounded by said connecting element, which can be mechanically connected to said at least one sleeve after said cable has passed through said cable guide.