| 1. A cable boot for use in a connector assembly in which a fiber optic connector terminating one end of a fiber optic cable
is adapted to be connected to a mating component said mating component having a transversely extending conductive surface
portion and a receptacle accessible through an opening in said surface portion for receiving said connector when the connector
is connected, said cable boot comprising a resilient, conductive material and being adapted to be fitted on said cable, said
cable boot having a forwardly projecting portion having a broad leading edge portion adapted to press longitudinally against
said transversely extending conductive surface portion to form a transversely extending resilient seal therewith when the
connector is connected, thereby electromagnetically shielding said connector and said receptacle, said receptacle projects
beyond said transversely extending conductive surface portion of said mating component and in which said forwardly projecting
portion of said cable boot is formed with a concavity for receiving the portion of said receptacle projecting beyond said
transversely extending conductive surface portion when the connector is connected, said forwardly projecting portion of said
cable boot extends beyond said connector when the connector is disconnected, in which said mating component comprises an optical
transceiver having circuitry for transmitting and receiving optical signals over said fiber optic cable, and in which said
optical transceiver is a pluggable transceiver having said receptacle at one end, said cable boot being adapted to envelop
said end of said transceiver when said fiber optic connector is connected thereto.
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