An assembly for use in a fiber optic connector for aligning and spacing the terminal ends of a pair of fiber optic cables to achieve efficient light transfer includes a pair of terminal pins, each having a bore for receiving one of the cables and an external shoulder. A resilient sleeve is tightly received...http://www.google.ca/patents/US4140366?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4140366 - Fiber optic connector assembly
