Patent ID: RE42094

Claim:
A method of validating continuity of an optical fiber upon which a fiber optic connector is mounted, the method comprising: providing a fiber optic connector including a ferrule defining at least one bore extending between opposed front and rear faces, an optical fiber stub disposed within the bore and extending beyond the rear face of the ferrule, and a cam mechanism; introducing light into at least one of an optical field fiber and or the optical fiber stub; advancing the optical field fiber into the fiber optic connector such that a glow emanates from an end portion of the at least one of the optical field fiber and the optical fiber stub while the optical field fiber is advanced into the fiber optic connector; actuating the cam mechanism to secure the optical field fiber in position relative to the optical fiber stub once the glow dissipates; evaluating the continuity of the optical field fiber and the optical fiber stub once the cam mechanism has been actuated; deactuating the cam mechanism in instances in which the evaluated continuity of the optical field fiber and the optical fiber stub is unacceptable such that the optical field fiber can be repositioned relative to the optical fiber stub; and reactuating the cam mechanism following the repositioning of the optical field fiber relative to the optical fiber stub.