Patent ID: 8651749

Claim:
A fiber optic interface device comprising: a ferrule having front and rear ends connected by one or more optical pathways configured to respectively operably support one or more optical waveguides; one or more optical waveguides respectively supported by the one or more optical pathways; an enclosure having front and rear ends and an interior in which the ferrule is translatably supported therein, the interior having a storage region adjacent the ferrule that is configured to loosely store one or more excess portions of the one or more optical waveguides; and at least one resilient member operably configured relative to the ferrule to provide a forward-bias position of the ferrule when the fiber optic interface device is unmated and a rear-bias position of the ferrule when the fiber optic interface device is mated, wherein the ferrule front end resides within the enclosure interior at a distance D from the enclosure front end while in the rear-biased position, D is 0.5 mm≦D≦20 mm.