Patent ID: 7614799

Claim:
A connector system for use with a cable having at least one optical fiber therein, the connector system comprising: a connector plug configured for terminating an optical fiber; a plug housing configured to receive therein at least a portion of a first end of the cable and at least a portion of the connector plug therein; a translator configured to couple the plug housing and the connector plug to an optical fiber connector adapter; and a coupling nut configured to couple the plug housing to the translator in such a way that, when the translator is coupled to a jack receptacle portion of the optical fiber connector adapter, the connector plug is operably positioned within the optical fiber connector adapter, wherein the translator is configured to couple to the jack receptacle portion of the optical fiber connector adapter by a translator coupling in such a way that the connector plug coupled to the translator is operably positioned within the optical fiber connector adapter, and wherein the translator is configured to couple the plug housing and the connector plug to the optical fiber connector adapter in such a way that when a tensile load is applied to the cable that is sufficient to decouple the connector plug and the plug housing from the optical fiber connector adapter, the translator decouples the connector plug and the plug housing from the optical fiber connector adapter without the translator coupling damaging the adapter.