Patent ID: 6769815
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector comprising:a shield case capable to accommodate an optical element, a plate-like grounding piece formed on said shield case, a connector housing capable to accommodate said shield case, a plate-like fixing piece formed on said connector housing to overlap with said grounding piece, wherein said grounding piece is pressed against a circuit board by said fixing piece in a state where said optical connector is mounted to be fixed to said circuit board, and at least one spring piece is formed from said grounding piece by cutting, raising and bending a part of said grounding piece into a strip-like shape with the spring piece extending beyond the uncut part of the grounding piece so as to be closer to the circuit board than the uncut part, said spring piece being elastically deformable to be flattened in a raising region between said circuit board and said fixing piece.