Fiber optic connector

A fiber optic connector for optically coupling a pair of fiber optic cables or coupling a single fiber optic cable and a light source or detector, said cable having an outer coating about an inner fiber core, comprising:

• a terminal member including a pair of matching halves having complementary front end portions which, when assembled, form a flush front mating end of said terminal member;
• an open groove formed in at least one of said matching halves and extending through said mating end for receiving a length of said fiber core stripped of said outer coating and properly positioning said fiber core with respect to said mating end of said terminal member, and the other matching half cooperating with said one matching half for holding said fiber core in proper position in said groove when said matching halves are assembled;
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• means positionable about said matching halves of said terminal member for holding said matching halves together to retain said fiber optic cable therein.

A fiber optic connector for optically coupling a pair of fiber optic cables or coupling a single fiber optic cable and a light source or detector, said cable having an outer coating about an inner fiber core, comprising:

• a terminal member including a pair of matching halves having complementary front end portions which, when assembled, form a flush front mating end of said terminal member;
• groove means formed between opposed mating faces of said matching halves and extending through said mating end for receiving a length of said fiber core stripped of said outer coating and properly positioning said fiber core with respect to said mating end of said terminal member;
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• means positionable about said matching halves of said terminal member for holding said matching halves together to retain said fiber core in said groove means.