Patent ID: 6130983
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A rotatable L-shaped fiber optic connector for connecting a fiber optic wire to a socket, said fiber optic connector comprising:an L-shaped body having a bottom face and an outlet face, and an arcuate path defined therein configured to guide said fiber optic wire from said bottom face to said outlet face thereby said fiber optic wire being arcuately turned;a plug having an inner space defined therein, through which said fiber optic wire is inserted, a front portion to expose said fiber optic wire, an end portion embedded into the outlet face of said L-shaped body, and a medium portion with an annular groove defined in a periphery thereof;a hollow head rotatably arranged around said plug, having an upper wall and a lower wall with an inserting slot defined therethrough; anda locking key disposed in said inserting slot of said head and detachably engaged with the annular groove of said plug.