Flexible push-pull boot and crimp body for fiber optic connector

A fiber optic connector having a boot, a crimp body, and a housing having two optical fibers terminated respectively within two fiber optic ferrules therein, the fiber optic connector comprising:

• a front end opening in the housing for the two fiber optic ferrules, 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, a separation between the top and the bottom is more than a separation between individual ones of the pair of long sides, the two fiber optic ferrules being spaced apart from each other between the top and the bottom but equidistant from each 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 to receive the two optical fibers;
• 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 via at least one latch forward of a center portion of the boot, wherein the crimp body and the boot have a longitudinal opening to accommodate the 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.

A fiber optic connector comprising:

• a boot;
• a crimp body engaged to the boot forward of the boot;
• and
• a housing having two optical fibers terminated respectively within two fiber optic ferrules therein, the housing comprising a front end opening for the two fiber optic ferrules, a pair of short sides forming a top and a bottom and a pair of long sides joining the top and the bottom, a separation between the top and the bottom is more than a separation between individual ones of the pair of long sides, the two fiber optic ferrules being spaced apart from each other between the top and the bottom but equidistant from each of the pair of long sides,
• wherein the crimp body is positioned rearward of the front end of the housing, the crimp body having a rear portion to receive the two optical fibers,
• wherein the boot includes:
• 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 having the two optical fibers,
• 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 extending forward and beyond the front end of the center portion, and
• wherein the boot is movable longitudinally relative to the housing upon application of a pull force, and wherein after application of the pull force, the boot and the housing are rotatable relative to each other to change a polarity of the fiber optic connector.