Spring clip assembly for fiber optic adapter

A connector assembly for releasably mating the connector housing to an opening in an enclosure, the connector assembly having at least one fiber optic cable connectable thereto, comprising:

• a spring clip having a generally planar first surface extended between a first insertion end and a second end of said spring clip, said spring clip having a first clip member and a second clip member disposed on said first surface between said first insertion end and said second end, each of said first and second clip member being disposed upwardly from the horizontal plane of said first surface;
• a connector housing having a first distal end and a second distal end disposed in an aligned configuration, said second distal end removably insertable through the opening in the enclosure, said spring clip in slidable communication with said first and second distal end of said connector housing, and
• an actuator member attached at said second end of said spring clip, said actuator member being disposed out of the horizontal plane of said first surface, said actuator member having a cantilevered end biased against said second clip member;
• whereby when said actuator member is pressed against a first end of said second clip member, said free end of said second clip member is biased toward said first surface, thereby said spring clip is slidably movable in relation to said connector housing.

A method of utilizing a connector system for removable connection in an opening through an enclosure, the connector system having a first and a second fiber optic cable attachable in opposed alignment on respective first and second sides of the opening through the enclosure with the connector system, comprising the steps of:

• providing a spring clip, having a first clip member and a second clip member articulated above a first surface of said spring clip;
• positioning a connector housing having a first and a second distal end, said second distal end positioned into the opening in the enclosure;
• inserting said spring clip in removable engagement against one side of said connector housing, said step of inserting includes inserting said first clip member into the opening in the enclosure on the first side of the opening having the first fiber optic cable thereon and locking said first clip member on the first side of the opening through the enclosure opposite the second side having the second fiber optic cable thereon, said second clip member of said spring clip remaining on the second side of the opening through the enclosure;
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• providing alignment of the first and second fiber optic cables for optical communication therebetween and within said connector housing.