Patent ID: 7246950

Claim:
A method of assembling a fiber optic connector, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a one-piece housing defining an interior chamber and an interior cavity; b) providing an optical cable assembly including a mandrel, a hub, a ferrule, and an optical cable having an optical fiber, the optical cable extending through the mandrel and the hub, the optical fiber of the optical cable extending through the ferrule, the ferrule being contained by the hub; c) inserting the optical cable assembly into the housing, including: i) locating portions of the ferrule within each of the interior chamber and the interior cavity of the housing; ii) positioning a spring within the interior cavity of the housing to bias the hub of the optical cable assembly toward the interior chamber of the housing; and iii) inserting a portion of the mandrel into the interior cavity of the housing and biasing the spring such that a terminal end of the optical fiber extends through an opening in a leading end of the one-piece housing; and d) securing the optical cable assembly in relation to the one-piece housing.