Patent ID: 8070366

Claim:
An optical fiber connector, comprising: a first optical fiber connector member and a second optical fiber connector member, the first and second optical fiber connector members each having a first end with a first eccentricity tolerance and a second end, each of the first ends is configured for optical connectivity; and a plurality of optical fibers interconnecting the first and second optical fiber connector members, the optical fibers each having ends configured to achieve optical connectivity, wherein the first optical fiber connector member is connected to the second optical fiber connector member so that the second ends face each other and the first ends are disposed at opposite ends of the optical fiber connector; the first and second optical fiber connector members each include a housing defining a body cavity between the first and second ends and having an opening at the second end thereof, the openings face each other and are aligned with each other so that the plurality of optical fibers extend through the openings and the body cavities and extend to the respective first ends; each first end includes ferrules configured to receive the ends of the plurality of optical fibers so that the plurality of optical fibers extend between the ferrules of the first optical fiber connector member and the ferrules of the second optical fiber connector member.