Field installable connector system for drop cables and the like

A system for a fiber optic cable, comprising

• a clamp including a connector receiving space configured to receive at least part of a connector connected to the fiber optic cable,
• a stop configured to block withdrawal of the connector from the clamp,
• a strain relief coupling for the fiber optic cable, comprising
• a hollow tubular member having an entrance end and an exit end in which the fiber optic cable may be located, the tubular member having an axial extent,
• at least part of the entrance end having a plurality of fingers extending in a direction generally parallel to the axial extent,
• a resilient sleeve positionable around the fiber optic cable, the resilient sleeve of a size as to fit resiliently at least part way in the entrance end engaged with a plurality of the fingers, and
• an urging member positionable on the tubular member at the entrance end configured to urge the fingers into engagement with the resilient sleeve to tend to retain the resilient sleeve in the tubular member and to urge the resilient sleeve toward the fiber optic cable to tend to retain the fiber optic cable in the tubular member,
• wherein the hollow tubular member has a clamp receiving space at the exit end, the clamp receiving space being configured to receive at least part of the clamp, configured to retain the at least part of the clamp in the hollow tubular member, and configured to urge the clamp to hold the fiber optic cable.

A method of assembling a termination system for a connectorized optical cable, comprising

• placing relative to each other a hollow housing and an optical connector that has an optical cable attached thereto such that the optical cable extends in the hollow housing and exits both a first end and a second end of the hollow housing such that the optical connector is exposed outside of a hollow interior of the hollow housing, wherein the hollow housing has a plurality of fingers extending at the second end of the hollow housing in a direction generally parallel to an axial extent of the hollow housing,
• placing clamp members about at least part of the optical connector with at least part of a fiber optic member extending in a path in at least one of the clamp members,
• aligning the clamp members to provide an enclosure for at least part of the optical connector and fiber optic member and to retain the optical connector and fiber optic member in the clamp members,
• inserting the clamp members with the optical connector and fiber optic member therein in the first end of the hollow housing such that upon such inserting the housing and the clamp members cooperate to urge the clamp members together to tend to resist withdrawing of the clamp and the optical connector from the hollow housing.