Patent ID: 6755574
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector having a housing body and a fixed part disposed opposite each other on the front and back sides of a backplane and installed so as to hold said backplane therebetween, and connecting an optical connector plug inserted into said housing body via an installation hole in said backplane of another optical connector plug inserted into said housing body from the direction opposite to that of said optical connector plug, wherein:said fixed part provides a plug insertion hole into which said optical connector plug is inserted and flexible claws that are positioned on opposite sides of said plug insertion hole and engage by being inserted into said housing body; and further wherein: said flexible claws engage said housing body via said installation hole of said backplane, and thereby said housing body and said fixed part are installed so as to hold said backplane, and said plug insertion hole communicates with said installation hole and said housing body.