Patent ID: 7722258

Claim:
A method for converting an assembled SC connector to a different connector style, the assembled SC connector including a SC connector body, a ferrule supported by the SC connector body, and a SC release sleeve that mounts over the SC connector body, the method comprising: removing the SC release sleeve from the SC connector body thereby creating a sleeveless SC connector; and mounting a converter housing over the SC connector body after the SC release sleeve has been removed, the converter housing including an interface end that provides the sleeveless SC connector with a different mechanical interface, the converter housing including a first half-piece and a second half-piece that meet at a longitudinal plane of the SC connector body, the mounting of the converter housing including: aligning a retention shoulder of the SC connector body with a retaining slot of the first half-piece; laterally inserting the SC connector body into a half-passage of the first half-piece thereby engaging the retention shoulder of the SC connector body with the retaining slot of the first half-piece; and positioning the second half-piece adjacent the first half-piece such that the first and the second half-pieces meet.