Patent ID: 11867871
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. The optical connector according to claim 1, further comprising:
a housing body configured to house the ferrule therein such that a tip end of the ferrule is exposed at the front end of the optical connector, the housing body being connected to the outer housing; and
a tab placed on an outer side of the latch to cover at least a part of the latch and connected to the outer housing to be movable along the first direction with respect to the outer housing, the tab being configured to push down the engaging part of the latch toward the housing body according to movement of the tab along the first direction from the front end toward the rear end,
wherein the distal end of the latch floats to space apart from the housing body,
wherein the tab includes at least one protrusion disposed on an inner side of the tab between the front end of the optical connector and the proximal end of the latch, and the optical connector is configured to contact an inner side of the latch with the protrusion to push down the engaging part toward the housing body with the protrusion as a fulcrum when the engaging part of the latch is engaged with the external device.