Ferrule holder for miniature mt ferrule and adapter interface for mating with fiber optic connectors

An adapter to mate bare fiber optic ferrules to respective fiber optic ferrules in a housing within fiber optic connectors, the adapter comprising:

• a main body having a plurality of ferrule-side openings on a ferrule side to receive the bare fiber optic ferrules and a plurality of connector-side openings on a connector side of the main body to receive the fiber optic connectors;
• a plurality of partitions on the ferrule side;
• a plurality of columns associated with each of the partitions, each column in the plurality of columns extending between a top side and a bottom side of the main body, the ferrule-side openings defined by adjacent ones of the plurality of partitions and columns;
• a plurality of triggers attached to a top side of the adapter, each of the plurality of triggers having a pair of trigger legs, each trigger leg of the pair of trigger legs positioned inside respective columns on opposing sides of each ferrule-side opening;
• a holder extension groove oriented longitudinally in each column and configured to receive a holder extension of a fiber optic ferrule holder supporting a fiber optic ferrule;
• and
• a pair of ferrule stop pedestals on each column on opposite sides of each holder extension groove configured to seat the fiber optic ferrule when the fiber optic ferrule holder is fully inserted into the adapter.