Patent ID: 8295669

Claim:
An optical fiber splice holder device for housing a splice between first and second optical fibers of first and second optical fiber cables, the first and second optical fiber cables each including a fiber portion surrounded by buffer portion and an outer jacket surrounding the buffer and fiber portions, the splice holder comprising: a housing comprising a cover and a main body, the main body configured to contain a splice device disposed therein in a splice device housing portion of the main body portion, the splice device configured to splice the first and second optical fibers, wherein the cover is configured to be received by the main body to substantially enclose the main body upon application of a pressing force, wherein the main body also includes first and second cable jacket clamping regions formed on the ends of the main body and disposed on either side of the mechanical splice, the first cable jacket clamping region configured to clamp the jacketed portion of the first optical fiber cable containing the first optical fiber and the second cable jacket clamping region configured to clamp the jacketed portion of the second optical fiber cable containing the second optical fiber; and a first boot attachable to the first cable jacket clamping region and a second boot attachable to the second cable jacket clamping region of the main body, wherein the cable jacket boots are configured to clamp the first and second cable jacket clamping regions onto respective jacketed portions via axial movement relative to the main body.