Patent ID: 8256970

Claim:
A cam termination tool for terminating a fiber optic cable within a stub fiber connector assembly having a connector housing containing first and second cam actuated clamping devices, a ferrule holder with a keying structure exposed to a front bore of the connector housing, the ferrule holder containing a ferrule on which a stub and field fiber can be terminated by actuation of the first and second cam actuated clamping devices, the cam termination tool comprising: a main body having a cam tool engagement end having a predefined circumferential profile to fit within the front bore of the connector housing, the tool engagement end having a corresponding keying structure insertable into the connector assembly housing into mating contact with the keying structure of the ferrule holder to lock rotation of the ferrule holder with rotation of the cam termination tool, while allowing rotation of the connector housing, wherein the main body is dimensioned to allow rotation of the connector housing relative thereto between an unterminated position where field and stub fibers within the fiber optic connector assembly are not constrained and a terminated position where the first cam-actuated clamping device clamps down on the stub and field fibers with at least a predefined holding force to terminate connection of the fiber optic cable to the connector assembly and the second cam-actuated clamping device provides strain relief to the field fiber at a point distant from a termination of the field fiber to the stub fiber.