Armored fiber optic cable connector assembly

An armored fiber optic cable connecter assembly, comprising:

• a terminal wall having a port constructed and arranged for connecting a first fiber optic cable at a front side of the wall, with a second fiber optic cable disposed at a back side of the wall;
• an elongated spacer having an axial through bore, a leading portion, and a rear portion;
• a connector adapter;
• the port on the terminal wall is sized and formed to retain the connector adapter so that a first end of the adapter is disposed on the front side of the wall for connection to the first fiber optic cable, and a second end of the adapter is disposed at the back side of the wall for connection to the second fiber optic cable;
• the leading portion of the spacer is dimensioned and configured to engage the port in sealing relationship at the front side of the wall;
• a generally cylindrical cap having an axial through bore that defines an opening in a back end of the cap, and a leading portion of the cap is dimensioned and configured to engage the rear portion of the spacer in alignment with the axial through bore in the spacer;
• a cable grommet/boot having a leading end, a rear portion, and an axial through passage dimensioned to receive the first fiber optic cable for relative sliding movement;
• and
• the leading end of the grommet/boot is dimensioned and formed to engage the rear portion of the spacer in sealing relationship, and the rear portion of grommet/boot is sized and dimensioned to protrude from the opening in the back end of the cap to act as a boot for the first fiber optic cable, when (i) the first fiber optic cable is passed through the opening in the back end of the cap, (ii) the cable is inserted in the passage in the grommet/boot and the rear portion of the grommet/boot together with the inserted cable is disposed within the bore in the cap, and (iii) the cap is engaged with the rear portion of the spacer after a leading end of the cable is connected to the first end of the adapter and the leading portion of the spacer is engaged with the port at the front side of the terminal wall;
• wherein the leading end of the cable and the port at the front side of the terminal wall are protectively enclosed or armored by the spacer and the cap.