Patent ID: 9547135
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a transmission optical module having a plurality of signal electrodes each inputting an electric signal; and a transmission receptacle having a plurality of contacts to be electrically directly connected to the respective signal electrodes when fitted to the transmission optical module, wherein the transmission optical module is in a rectangular shape as viewed from the top and has a first side and a second side both extending in parallel in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the signal electrodes, and a cutout is formed in the first side, the transmission receptacle includes a projection fitted in the cutout when the transmission optical module is fitted to the transmission receptacle, the transmission optical module does not have a cutout in a portion of the second side, said portion corresponding to a portion of the cutout in which the projection is fitted, and the connector further comprises an erroneous fitting prevention arrangement preventing erroneous fitting of a reception optical module to the transmission receptacle when the projection is brought into contact with a portion other than a cutout of the reception optical module.