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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Michael Santos Finona, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Douglas Reid Gastineau, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Michael Santos Finona, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Douglas Reid Gastineau, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber connector includes a housing () with a terminus-holding housing () portion that holds a plurality of optical fiber termini () with optical cables trailing therefrom. A pair of metal sleeves are crimped to the strength member of each optical cable to form a crimp sleeve assembly (). The housing including a holder () with a plurality of channels () that each removably holds one of the sleeve assemblies. This arrangement enables a selected one of a plurality of optical fiber cables with termini fixed thereto, to be easily removed from the rest of the housing, and to allow a new optical fiber cable with a terminus and crimp sleeve assembly thereon to be installed in its place.