Patent ID: 6357931
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A hybrid connector comprising:an optical fiber cable having a ferrule attached at one end thereof; an optical adapter having an insertion opening and a receiving cavity for said one end of said optical fiber cable and a connection opening located at a side opposite said insertion opening for connection therethrough of said one end of said optical fiber cable, arranged contiguously along an insertion direction of said one end of said optical fiber cable; an electrical connector having terminal receiving cavities formed therein for receiving electrical terminals and an optical adapter mount section for receiving said optical adapter; an optical adapter cover for receiving said optical adapter, having walls arranged circumferentially relative to said insertion direction of said one end of said optical fiber cable; and an optical housing having a housing side insertion opening and a housing side receiving cavity for said one end of said optical fiber cable and a housing side connection opening located at a side opposite said housing side insertion opening for connection therethrough of said one end of said optical fiber cable, arranged contiguously along said insertion direction of said one end of said optical fiber cable; wherein said hybrid connector is selectively assembled as an optical/electrical connector including said optical fiber cable, said optical adapter and said electrical connector, as a first optical connector including said optical fiber cable, said optical adapter and said optical adapter cover, or as a second optical connector including said optical fiber cable and said optical housing.