US 11,719,893 B2
Flexible push-pull boot and crimp body for fiber optic connector
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US); and Mitchell Cloud, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/45,068
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/025944
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/195652, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/793,198, filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,706, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0149124 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3888 (2021.05) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01); G02B 6/38875 (2021.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boot for a fiber optic connector, the fiber optic connector having a housing, at least two fiber optic ferrules, and a crimp body, the boot comprising:
a center portion having a front end and a back end, a first longitudinal opening extending between the front end and the back end to receive a portion of the crimp body and a fiber optic cable;
a back portion attached to the center portion and extending away from the front end of the center portion, the back portion defining a second longitudinal opening that is in communication with the first longitudinal opening; and
a front extension portion connected to the center portion and engageable with the fiber optic connector, the front extension portion extending forward and beyond the front end of the center portion and having at least one latch to engage a receptacle.