Fiber optic connector

摘要

A fanout connector (20) is provided for a fiber optic cable (28) including a plurality of optical fibers (30). The connector includes a housing means (22,24) having a passage (34) for receiving the fiber optic cable transversely along an axis (36). A fanout member (26) in the housing spreads the individual optical fibers (30) of the cable (28) transversely of the axis (36). At least one frangible mounting member (64) is provided on the housing means for mounting the connector on an appropriate support structure. The mounting member (64) is readily breakable from the housing when the connector is to be used as a stand-alone unit. The housing includes a base (22) and a cover (24) with complementary interengaging polarizing members (92,94) between the base and the fanout member. The cover (24) has a transparent window (80) to afford visual inspection of at least a portion of the cable within the housing.