Patent ID: 6464408
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A socket for receiving a fiber optic connector housing, said socket having forward and rearward directions, upward and downward directions transverse to the forward and rearward directions and lateral directions transverse to the other said directions, said socket defining a bore extending in said forward and rearward directions, said bore having a main portion and a keyway extending along the top of the main portion, said keyway having lateral dimensions less than the lateral dimensions of the main portion, said socket having an exterior profile including a principal portion having a first width and a top portion having a second width less than said first width, said top portion and said principal portion cooperatively defining a pair of ledges extending axially on opposite sides of said top portion, said main portion of said bore being disposed in said principal portion of said exterior shape, said keyway extending in said top portion wherein said bore is adapted to receive an MT-RJ connector hosing.