Patent ID: 8047727

Claim:
A strain-relieved connector for a fiber optic cable that has an optical fiber with a front end, a buffered layer, and strain-relief strands, the strain-relieved connector comprising: a ferrule holder having a front section with an open front end and a back section having an open back end, wherein the open front and back ends are connected by a ferrule holder channel; a ferrule and a splice assembly arranged in the ferrule holder front end, the ferrule and splice assembly having respective central channels; a fiber stub held within the ferrule and splice assembly channels, wherein the fiber stub has a back end residing in the splice assembly channel; the buffered layer held in the ferrule holder back section so that the fiber stub back end interfaces with the optical fiber front end within the splice assembly channel; an intermediate sleeve that engages and generally surrounds a portion of the ferrule holder back end section so as to generally surround the buffered layer held therein; and a crimp sleeve arranged around the intermediate sleeve so as to hold ends of the strain-relief strands between the crimp sleeve and the intermediate sleeve, wherein the crimp sleeve grips the strain-relief strand ends between the crimp sleeve and the intermediate sleeve, wherein the crimp sleeve fixes the intermediate sleeve to the ferrule holder back end.