Patent ID: 6471418
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector comprising:a ferrule unit including an optical fiber, a ferrule rigidly fitted to one end of said optical fiber, and a spring placed around said optical fiber which abuts at one end against said ferrule; a plug housing which receives therein said ferrule unit; and a spring cap having a rear wall and a fiber letting-out portion formed in said rear wall through which said optical fiber is let out, said spring cap being fittable, with said spring abutting at an opposite end thereagainst, to said plug housing, wherein said plug housing has integrally formed thereon a resilient protecting means projecting from a rear wall of said plug housing which, when said spring cap is fitted to said plug housing, overhangs a part of said optical fiber let out through said fiber letting-out portion of said spring cap.