Automotive fiber optic cable splice

A fiber optic cable splice for connecting first and second fiber optic cables in an abutting connection, the fiber optic cable splice comprising:

• a two-piece casing having first and second outer ends, the casing encircling the first and second fiber optic cables;
• first and second snap-on end caps enclosing the first and second ends of the casing;
• first and second ferrules crimped onto the respective fiber optic cables and insertable within the casing, the ferrules being generally adjacent the abutting connection of the first and second fiber optic cables, respectively, the first and second ferrules being crimped on the fiber optic cables;
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• first and second seals juxtaposed between the respective end caps and ferrules radially sealing the fiber optic cable and sealing the fiber optic cable with respect to the casing and urging the respective fiber optic cables toward one another.

A fiber optic splice for connecting first and second fiber optic cables in an abutting connection comprising:

• a casing with first and second ends encircling the first and second fiber optic cables, the casing having a radially inward directed flange generally adjacent the abutting connection of the first and second fiber optic cables;
• first and second ferrules inserted within the casing for aligning the first and second fiber optic cables generally adjacent the abutting connection of the first and second fiber optic cables;
• first and second crimps radially gripping the first and second fibers, respectively, creating on the fiber optic cables a crimp region;
• first and second seals radially sealing the respective first and second fiber optic cables being adjacent the crimp region of the first and second fiber optic cables, urging the first and second fiber optic cables toward one another;
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• first and second end caps generally enclosing the first and second ends of the casing, the end caps having a portion generally inserted within the casing and surrounding the seal and aligning the ferrules within the casing.