Patent ID: 6908233
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector plug comprising: a ferrule having a cylindrical member for supporting an optical fiber and a flange member disposed at a rear end portion of the cylindrical member; a biasing spring mounted on a rear end portion of the flange member of the ferrule; and a plug housing for supporting therein the ferrule and the biasing spring and for engagement with an optical connector adapter to provide an optical connection between a first optical fiber supported by the cylindrical member of the ferrule and a second optical fiber of another ferrule, the plug housing having a longitudinal axis and a slit extending through an outer periphery of the plug housing along the longitudinal axis thereof to permit insertion therethrough of an optical fiber core of the optical fiber into the plug housing in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis during assembly of the optical connector plug.