Patent ID: 7766557

Claim:
A fiber optic connector mountable to a back-plane, where the back-plane has an aperture, a right hand side, and a left hand side, the fiber optic connector comprising: a housing having a collar, a mounting portion, and a groove formed in the mounting portion; a first lens attached to the housing; a second lens attached to the housing; a first ferrule attached to the housing; a second ferrule attached to the housing; a first optical fiber attached to the first ferrule, and wherein the first lens is in optical communication with the first optical fiber; a second optical fiber attached to the second ferrule, and wherein the second lens is in optical communication with the second optical fiber; an o-ring mounted to the collar of the housing; and a clip mounted to the groove formed in the mounting portion of the housing, and wherein, when the fiber optic connector is mounted to the back-plane, the mounting portion extends through the aperture of the back-plane, the o-ring is compressed between the collar and the left hand side of the back-plane, and the clip contacts the right hand side of the back-plane.