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

A fiber optic connector comprising:

• a housing having a front end opening and 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 housing configured to receive at least two optical fibers;
• a crimp body positioned rearward of the front end of the housing, the crimp body having a rear portion also configured to receive the at least two optical fibers;
• and
• a push-pull boot configured to at least partially receive 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 push-pull boot, wherein upon assembly, the crimp body and the push-pull boot form a 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 push-pull boot rearward of the center portion of the push-pull boot, and
• wherein the back portion has openings on an outside surface along a length of the back portion to provide strain relief to the at least two optical fibers.

A fiber optic connector comprising:

• a push-pull boot;
• a crimp body at least partially received within the push-pull boot from a front side of the push-pull 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 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 with an opening to receive the two optical fibers,
• wherein the push-pull 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 the rear 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 with the opening at the rear portion of the crimp body, 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 fiber optic connector is insertable into a receptacle upon an application of a push force to the push-pull boot and is removable from the receptacle upon an application of a pull force on the push-pull boot.

A fiber optic connector comprising:

• a push-pull boot;
• a crimp body at least partially received within the push-pull boot from a front side of the push-pull 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 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 with an opening to receive the two optical fibers,
• wherein the push-pull 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 the rear 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 with the opening at the rear portion of the crimp body, and
• a front extension portion extending forward and beyond the front end of the center portion, and
• wherein the fiber optic connector is insertable into a receptacle upon an application of a push force to the push-pull boot and is removable from the receptacle upon an application of a pull force on the push-pull boot, and
• wherein the back portion has openings on an outside surface along a length of the back portion to provide strain relief to the two optical fibers upon an assembly of the fiber optic connector.