Patent ID: 9625655
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical fiber socket adapted to be connected to an optical fiber plug and a first optical fiber cable, said optical fiber socket comprising: a socket sleeve unit adapted to be sleeved on the first optical fiber cable; a socket shell having a surrounding wall that is connected to said socket sleeve unit, and that defines a connecting hole adapted for insertion of the first optical fiber cable thereinto and adapted to be engaged with the optical fiber plug, a plurality of spaced-apart receiving holes that extend radially through said surrounding wall, and that communicate with said connecting hole, and a plurality of locking members that are movably and respectively disposed in said receiving holes; and a socket guiding unit disposed fixedly in said socket sleeve unit and said socket shell, exposed toward said connecting hole, and adapted to be connected to the first optical fiber cable; wherein, when said optical fiber socket is connected to the optical fiber plug, said locking members are urged to move toward and clamp the optical fiber plug.