Patent ID: 7509000

Claim:
A downhole optic fiber wet-connect system comprising: first and second matable portions of a tool body; first and second matable portions of a connector body, including: a first magnet associated with one of the first and second matable portions of the connector body and a second magnet associated with the other of the first and second matable portions of the connector body, the first and second magnets being oriented to attract one another; a first opening in one of the first and second matable portions of the tool body; a second opening in the other of the first and second matable portions of the tool body; at least one of the first and second openings in the first and second matable portions of the tool body being configured and dimensioned to loosely receive one of the first and second matable portions of the connector body therein; and a flex-support in operable communication with the matable portion of the connector body received in the loosely configured and dimensioned opening, the flex-support having sufficient stiffness to support the portion of the connector body suspended loosely in the opening and insufficient stiffness to resist mechanical load associated with mating of the first and second matable portions of the tool body.