Patent ID: 9116316
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector, comprising: a male connector housing to which optical transmission path-related members forming an optical transmission path are assembled; and a female connector housing for allowing the male connector housing to be inserted thereinto; wherein: at least one of outer side surfaces of the male connector housing has a guided convexed and concaved part extending in a direction in which the male connector housing is inserted; an inner side surface of the female connector housing, corresponding to the at least one of outer side surfaces in a state where the male connector housing is inserted into the female connector housing, has a guiding convexed and concaved part extending in the direction in which the male connector housing is inserted, the guiding convexed and concaved part being engageable with the guided convexed and concaved part to guide the male connector housing in the direction in which the male connector housing is inserted; the guiding convexed and concaved part has an inclining surface inclining with respect to a direction perpendicular to the inner side surface; and the guided convexed and concaved part has a counter inclining surface facing the inclining surface.