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Abstract

An optical connector plug adapted to be freely and readily attached to or detached from either an SC or an FC connector adapter comprising a housing that couples to the adapter and attaches the plug to the adapter, a plug frame disposed within the housing, which plug frame supports a ferrule secured to one end of an optical fiber and a flange secured around the outside of the ferrule such that the ferrule and the flange can rotate around the axial center of the ferrule, and a plug holder, disposed inside the housing, for positioning the ferrule in relation to the housing by non-incrementally rotating the ferrule to any determinable angle in relation thereto, the plug holder having a coupling part that couples to a groove formed in the flange and is capable of rotating in relation to the plug frame around the center axis of the ferrule. A method for assembling an optical connector plug adapted to be attached to or detached from either an SC type or an FC type optical connector adapter is also disclosed wherein the step of grinding ferrule and optical fiber end faces is performed before the ferrule is inserted into a plug holder and plug frame. The method also includes the steps of aligning the optical fiber by non-incrementally rotating the plug holder in relation to the plug frame and then securing the plug holder to the plug frame.

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