Patent ID: 9618706
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical connector comprising: a body including a contact part having a contact groove, a cover having an outer surface on which a protruding lock region is formed, a first insertion part formed on one side end portion of the contact part, and a second insertion part formed on the other side end portion of the contact part; a holder slidably inserted onto the contact part and the cover, and including an inner upper surface in contact with an outer surface of the contact part, an inner lower surface in contact with the lock region of the cover, and inner side surfaces; a guide protrusion formed to protrude from each side surface of the cover; and a guide slot concavely formed on each inner side surface of the holder in a longitudinal direction of the holder, wherein the glide protrusion is inserted into and guided by the guide slot, wherein the guide slot includes an unlock region in which a vertical distance from inner upper surface of the holder to a contact point of the guide slot and the guide protrusion based on a vertical direction is increased in a longitudinal direction of the holder; wherein the guide protrusion is formed to protrude from each of both side surfaces of the cover; wherein the guide protrusion is formed on an end portion of the cover toward the first insertion part; wherein a curved part is formed on each of both side inlets of the guide slot to extend sizes of both of the side inlets.