Patent ID: 9182554
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector, comprising: a connector housing having a first bore extending between a rearward end of the connector housing and a forward end of the connector housing and a second bore extending between the rearward end of the connector housing and the forward end of the connector housing; a rigid retaining plate abutting an outside surface of the rearward end of the connector housing, the retaining plate having a central opening with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side having a first notch, the second side having a second notch; a first pin having an elongated shaft with a first groove in a first end of the first pin forming a first head, the first pin extending through the first notch perpendicularly to the retaining plate with an inside surface of the first head abutting an outside surface of the retaining plate, the first groove engaged in the first notch, the first pin extending through the first bore; and a second pin having an elongated shaft with a groove in a first end of the second pin forming a second head, the second pin extending through the second notch perpendicularly to the retaining plate with an inside surface of the second head abutting an outside surface of the retaining plate, the second groove engaged in the second notch, the second pin extending through the second bore.