Patent ID: 6726369
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optic fiber connector which includes a housing having an axis and having a passageway extending in front and rear directions along said axis through said housing, an optic fiber terminus assembly lying in said passageway, and an optic fiber cable extending through a bore in said terminus assembly and trailing rearwardly from said terminus assembly and said housing, said housing having a retainer part that prevents said terminus assembly from moving rearwardly out of said passageway wherein:said housing has a main portion and has a rear portion extending rearward from said main portion, and said housing has a groove that extends around said housing between said housing portions, said groove lying forward of said retainer part, so when said housing is broken at said groove said retainer part no longer prevents said terminus from moving rearward out of said housing.