Patent ID: 8348516

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a socket assembly comprising: a main socket housing affixable within an opening of a panel; and an inner socket assembly having a socket body slidably received in said main socket housing, a socket neck slidably received in the socket body and having a front end, a socket faceplate connected to the socket neck, a socket spring extending around the socket neck, and a socket door pivotally connected to the socket body to open and close within the socket body, wherein the socket neck receives a first optical fiber having a mating face and retains the mating face of the first optical fiber at the front end of the socket neck; a plug assembly comprising: a main plug housing having a front end and a rear end, the rear end having a groove; a plug actuating member affixed at the front end of said main plug housing; and an inner plug assembly having a plug body slidably received in said plug actuating member, a plug neck slidably received in the plug body and having a front end, a plug faceplate connected to the plug neck, a plug spring extending around the plug neck, and a plug door pivotally connected to the plug body to open and close within the plug body, wherein the plug neck receives a second optical fiber having a mating face and retains the mating face of the second optical fiber at the front end of the plug neck, wherein the mating face of the first optical fiber mates with the mating face of the second optical fiber when said plug assembly is received in said socket assembly; and a cable assembly comprising: a cable housing; a crimp formed about the second optical fiber; a retention device receiving the crimp, the retention device pivotally connected to said cable housing; and an elongated slide member connected to said cable housing and slidably received in the groove of said main plug housing.