Patent ID: 7628546
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector that is connected to an optical plug holding an optical fiber to a terminal end of which a ferrule is attached, comprising: a light-emitting device or a light-receiving device; a sleeve which optically connects the light-emitting device or the light-receiving device and the optical fiber; and a guide pipe which positions the sleeve and has a supporting portion on an inner circumferential surface thereof so that a space is formed between the guide pipe and the sleeve, wherein the supporting portion is provided in at least two places in an axial direction of the guide pipe and in each of the places there is provided a pair of acute-angled convex pieces which has a shape contoured along a peripheral surface of the sleeve and pinches the sleeve, and the convex piece present on a side where the ferrule is inserted is a ferrule abutment surface and has also an annular ferrule stop flush with the ferrule abutment surface.