Patent ID: 7237965

Claim:
A fibre optic connector assembly including first and second parts that can be physically connected together and separated from one another, each connector part including a plurality of optical fibres, each for optical connection to a respective optical fibre of the other part, wherein a housing is provided within the assembly, the housing defining a plurality of passageways for housing respective optical connections of the optical fibres of the first and second connector parts and for maintaining the optical fibres of each optical connection in alignment, wherein the housing is tethered to the first connector part by an elongate flexible member, the flexible member having one end fixed to the housing, the flexible member being associated with an opening in said first connector part, the flexible member extending from the housing to a free end of said flexible member, the free end not attached to the first connector part, the free end being arranged such that said free end is prevented from passing all the way though the opening in the first connector part.