Patent ID: 6860645

Claim:
A connector system for terminating an end of an optical fiber cable including an outer jacket, comprising: a connector plug having a first axis, a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end along the direction of the first axis, and an axial bore formed to extend between the proximal and the distal ends of the connector plug; and a crimp insert having a second axis, a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end along the direction of the second axis, and an axial bore formed to extend between the proximal and the distal ends of the crimp insert; wherein the distal end of the crimp insert is formed and dimensioned to be joined to the proximal end of the connector plug; a first portion of the axial bore in the crimp insert opens at the proximal end of the insert and has a first diameter that corresponds to an outside diameter of the outer jacket of the optical fiber cable; a second portion of the axial bore in the crimp insert has a second diameter that corresponds to an outer diameter of an unjacketed end of the cable; and the crimp insert is constructed and arranged to deform in response to a crimp force applied by a set of jaws on the outer periphery of the insert in the vicinity of the first and the second portions of the axial bore in the insert, so that the axial bore closes uniformly about both (i) the outer Jacket, and (ii) the unjacketed end of the cable, and the outer jacket and the unjacketed end of the cable are restrained from axial movement with respect to the joined insert and connector plug.