Patent ID: 8113721

Claim:
An off-axis misalignment compensating fiber optic cable plug comprising: a cable interface to engage a fiber optic core end, where the fiber optic core has a cross-sectional area; a housing having an outer surface for selectively engaging a jack housing inner surface without permanently fixing the plug housing to the jack housing, the plug housing having a lateral tolerance when engaged with the jack housing; a lens formed in the housing having a first surface to transceive an optical signal with a connected jack connector lens, the first surface having a cross-sectional area at least 30 times as large as the core cross-sectional area to compensate for the lateral tolerance, the lens having a second surface to transceive optical signals with the fiber optic line core end; and, an air gap cavity formed between the plug lens first surface and the connected jack connector lens, having an air gap length responsive to the lateral tolerance.