Patent ID: 8272787

Claim:
A connector enclosure assembly, comprising: a connector enclosure including: a main body including a first body portion and a second body portion, wherein the first body portion is adapted for selective releasable engagement with the second body portion; and each of the first body portion and the second body portion defining a cavity having a first connector portion, a second connector portion, and an adapter portion disposed between the first and second connector portions, the cavity of each of the first and second body portions cooperatively defining a passage through the main body that is generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of the main body; and a fiber optic cable assembly including: a first fiber optic cable having a first connectorized end disposed in the first connector portions of the first and second body portions of the connector enclosure; a second fiber optic cable having a second connectorized end disposed in the second connector portions of the first and second body portions of the connector enclosure; and an adapter in connected engagement with the first connectorized end and the second connectorized end, the adapter being disposed in the adapter portions of the first and second body portions of the connector enclosure; wherein an axial clearance between the first connectorized end of the first fiber optic cable and the first connector portions of the connector enclosure is less than an axial clearance between the adapter and the adapter portions of the connector enclosure so that a tensile force applied to the first fiber optic cable is resisted at an axial interface between the first connector portions of the connector enclosure and the first connectorized end.