Patent ID: 7281856

Claim:
A connector housing for protecting one or more fiber optic connectors terminating a fiber optic cable, comprising: a single-piece unitary housing body; a first opening formed in one end of the housing body configured to receive the terminating fiber optic connectors; a second opening formed in the other end of the housing body configured to receive the fiber optic cable; an interior passage through the housing body connecting the first and second openings, the interior passage being shaped and sized to allow a crimp tail connected to the fiber optic cable to pass therethrough; and a latch mechanism formed within the interior passage for securing the terminating optical connectors within the first opening, the latch mechanism having a resilient extension axially aligned within the interior passage for engaging a corresponding latch receiving means attached to the terminating fiber optic connectors; wherein the second opening has bore larger than the cross-sectional area of the interior passage forming a shoulder and a recessed space within the housing body so that the crimp tail can be rotated within the recessed space and seated against the shoulder for securing the fiber optic cable to the connector housing.