US 11,906,794 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)
Filed by US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,399.
Application 18/351,399 is a division of application No. 17/045,068, granted, now 11,719,893, previously published as PCT/US2019/025944, filed on Apr. 5, 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 2023/0358973 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic connector having a boot, a crimp body, and a housing having at least two optical fibers therein, the fiber optic connector comprising:
a front end opening in the housing, the housing having a pair of short sides forming a top and a bottom and a pair of long sides joining the top and the bottom, the at least two optical fibers spaced apart between the top and the bottom formed by the pair of short sides, a separation between the top and the bottom is more than a separation between individual ones of the pair of long sides;
the crimp body positioned rearward of the front end of the housing, the crimp body having a rear portion; and
the boot receiving the rear portion of the crimp body and having a front extension, the front extension extending towards the front end of the housing and attached to the housing forward of a center portion of the boot, wherein the crimp body and the boot each have a respective contiguous longitudinal opening to accommodate the at least two optical fibers having ends terminated forward of the front end opening of the housing, and
wherein the longitudinal opening extends through a back portion of the boot rearward of the center portion of the boot.