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HIGH DENSITY FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR A fiber optic connector is described, which has a retention clip (100, Fig. 4) that is part of the terminus so the clip is removed with the terminus from a connector housing, to enable replacement of a broken clip as well as to provide a more compact and low cost connector. The clip has a rear end (102) forming a ring that slides along the termir us body, and has a plurality of tines (104 - 107) that extend forwardly and radially outwardly. The free forward end of each tine has a rearwardly-facing clip shoulder (112) which abuts a forwardly-facing housing shoulder (114) so the clip cannot be removed in a rearward direction until the tines are deflected together. The front ends of the tines abut the rear end (92) of a spring that lies around the terminus body. The termini ofthe plug and receptacle connectors are identical except that one of the connectors (14, Fig. 5) uses a spacer (140) in place of a helical spring.
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