Abstract: Provided is a fiber optic connector including a housing sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle and having a longitudinal passage for receiving a fiber optic terminus, and a deflectable locking member including a base attached to the housing, a deflectable portion having a first end extending from the base and a second end wider than the first end in a first direction orthogonal to the longitudinal passage, and ledges extending downward from the second end of the deflectable portion toward the longitudinal passage for engaging with a wall of the fiber optic receptacle to prevent accidental separation of the housing from the receptacle.

Abstract: A visual fault locator includes a housing; a receptacle retained by the housing and configured to receive a connector of a fiber optic cable under test; a light source retained by the housing and positioned relative to the receptacle to emit light into a filament of the fiber optic cable under test; and an interface in the form of an electrical connector retained by the housing. The housing is physically configured so as to be installed in and removed from a port of a host device, such as a network communications. The visual fault locator receives operational power for the light source from the host device via the interface. Optionally, operational commands for controlling a state of the light source are received from the host device over the interface.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber optic connector including a housing sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle and having a longitudinal passage for receiving a fiber optic terminus, and a deflectable locking member including a base attached to the housing, a deflectable portion having a first end extending from the base and a second end wider than the first end in a first direction orthogonal to the longitudinal passage, and ledges extending downward from the second end of the deflectable portion toward the longitudinal passage for engaging with a wall of the fiber optic receptacle to prevent accidental separation of the housing from the receptacle.

Abstract: A fiber optic adapter including a housing, a deflectable member and a locking member. The housing has a longitudinal passage extending between a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing, and the housing is sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle. The deflectable member is in the longitudinal passage of the housing and configured to retain a fiber optic terminus in the housing. The locking member is interfaced with the housing and is sized to fit within a retaining notch in the fiber optic receptacle to prevent separation of the housing from the receptacle. The adapter may be an in-line embedded adapter that does not introduce optical loss to optically and mechanically couple an LC receptacle and a terminus.

Abstract: A fiber optic adapter including a housing, a deflectable member and a locking member. The housing has a longitudinal passage extending between a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing, and the housing is sized to fit within a fiber optic receptacle. The deflectable member is in the longitudinal passage of the housing and configured to retain a fiber optic terminus in the housing. The locking member is interfaced with the housing and is sized to fit within a retaining notch in the fiber optic receptacle to prevent separation of the housing from the receptacle. The adapter may be an in-line embedded adapter that does not introduce optical loss to optically and mechanically couple an LC receptacle and a terminus.

Abstract: To improve the termination of a fiber optic cable, disclosed is an overboot assembly for a fiber optic terminus that retains a terminal end of the fiber optic cable in a receptacle. The overboot assembly provides strain relief to the fiber optic cable. Also, the overboot includes a removal member that is not separable from a fiber optic assembly of the fiber optic cable, the terminus and the overboot. The removal member may be advanced longitudinally relative to the terminus to manipulate a retaining member in the receptacle that latches the terminus in a connected state with the receptacle. Manipulation of the retaining member unlatches the terminus so that the terminus may be removed from the receptacle.

Abstract: To improve the termination of a fiber optic cable, disclosed is an overboot assembly for a fiber optic terminus that retains a terminal end of the fiber optic cable in a receptacle. The overboot assembly provides strain relief to the fiber optic cable. Also, the overboot includes a removal member that is not separable from a fiber optic assembly of the fiber optic cable, the terminus and the overboot. The removal member may be advanced longitudinally relative to the terminus to manipulate a retaining member in the receptacle that latches the terminus in a connected state with the receptacle. Manipulation of the retaining member unlatches the terminus so that the terminus may be removed from the receptacle.