Patent ID: 6874945
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optic fiber connection system which includes first and second mateable connectors that each have a housing, each housing having at least one body passage extending in front and rear longitudinal directions and each connection system including at least one of a pair of mateable optic fiber terminus assemblies, with at least a first one of said terminus assemblies including a terminus and a terminus spring that biases the terminus toward the mating terminus assembly, wherein: the first housing of said first connector includes a first frame and a first body slideable in longitudinal directions in said first frame, said at least one body passage in said first housing being formed in said first frame; a pair of body springs and means connected to said body spring for urging said body forward with respect to said first frame, said means having a pair of front surface locations that lie on opposite sides of said passage, said front surface locations being exposed to be pressed rearward to prevent further forward movement of the first body, said second housing has a pair of standoffs positioned to engage said pair of front surfaces, to stop further forward urging of said body by said pair of body springs.