Patent ID: 8727638

Claim:
A fiber channel-interchangeable fiber optic connector, comprising: an adapter comprising an inside accommodation chamber, two axle holes located on a front side thereof in a parallel manner and axially disposed in communication with said inside accommodation chamber, and two springy hooks respectively and obliquely backwardly extended from opposing top and bottom walls thereof; two connectors, each said connector comprising a connector housing, a connection member, a ceramic tube, a boot, a ferrule and a dust cap, said connector housing comprising a latch obliquely extended from a top wall thereof, said connection member being mounted in a rear side of said connector housing and comprising a hollow base, a tubular axle perpendicularly extended from a back side of said hollow base and inserted into one said axle hole of said adapter, a front tube perpendicularly extended from a front side of said hollow base and kept in axial alignment with said tubular axle, said ceramic tube being mounted in said connector housing and said connection member and partially extending out of a front side of said connector housing, said boot being mounted in said connection member and attached to a rear end of said ceramic tube, said ferrule being attached to a rear end of said boot and partially extending out of said tubular axle of said connection member, said dust cap being fastened to a front side of said connector housing; a sub-assembly adapted for housing said adapter, said sub-assembly comprising an accommodation chamber extending through opposing front and rear sides thereof for accommodating said adapter, a bottom locating hole located on a rear side of a bottom wall thereof for engagement with the springy hook at the bottom wall of said adapter, a top locating hole located on a rear side of a top wall thereof for engagement with the springy hook at the top wall of said adapter, and a press plate forwardly upwardly extended from the rear side of the top wall thereof and kept in contact with the latches of said two connectors; and a cable inserted through said sub-assembly and mounted in said adapter, said cable comprising two optical-fiber cores extending into said accommodation chamber of said adapter and respectively inserted into the ferrules of said connectors, a strain relief surrounding said optical-fiber cores and inserted into said sub-assembly.