Patent ID: 6945704
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector comprising: a first ferrule attached to a terminal of a first optical fiber; a first housing which accommodates said first ferrule; a second ferrule attached to a terminal of a second optical fiber; a second housing which accommodates the second ferrule and can be coupled with the first housing; the first and the second optical fiber being optically connected to each other when the first housing and the second housing are coupled with each other; an inner housing for accommodating said second ferrule in the second housing; an outer housing for accommodating the inner housing, which can be coupled with the first housing; an urging means accommodated in said second housing to urge said second ferrule toward the first housing and to urge the second housing in a direction leaving said first housing; and a spacer secured to the first housing to prevent the first ferrule from coming off from the first housing, wherein said first ferrule is movably supported by the first housing along an axial line of said first optical fiber, and said inner housing is urged toward said first housing by said urging means through said second ferrule so that when said outer housing is coupled with said first housing, said inner housing is brought into contact with the first ferrule, and moves the first ferrule until the first ferrule abuts the spacer.