Patent ID: 8491200
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug, comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion with a front surface at a rear side of the receiving space and a tongue forwardly extending from the front surface of the base; an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, the optical module having a light receiving element located behind the front surface and forwardly exposed to the receiving space; a protecting mechanism assembled in the receiving space, the protecting mechanism having a door lying in a vertical plane to shield the light receiving element along an insertion direction and an elastic slider linked with the door and having at least one abutting section located in front of the door, the at least one abutting section having an oblique portion obliquely protruding into the receiving space, the oblique portion deflecting downwardly when being pressed to bring the door to downwardly leave the receiving space.