Patent ID: 7052185

Claim:
A connector for joining a first fiber optic cable end and a second fiber optic end of a fiber optic cable, said connector comprising: a first connector end adapted to receive said first fiber optic cable end; a second connector end adapted to receive said second fiber optic cable end; a first plurality of termini disposed within said first connector end for terminating said first fiber optic cable end, wherein the first plurality of termini is unbiasly fixed within the first connector; a second plurality of termini disposed within said second connector end for terminating said second fiber optic cable end, each termini of said first plurality of termini mating with each respective termini of said second plurality of termini; a first alignment feature for properly aligning said first connector end with respect to said second connector end; and a second alignment feature for properly rotationally aligning each termini of said first plurality of termini with each termini of said second plurality of termini.