Patent ID: 6530696
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector comprising:a ferrule having an optical connecting surface with which an opposite-side optical component is brought into contact; a boot member, connected to said ferrule, serving as the lead-in portion of an optical fiber; a pair of guide pins for aligning with the opposite-side optical component; and a coupling member for coupling said pair of guide pins on one end portion of said pair of guide pins. wherein at least one fiber insertion hole into which an optical fiber is inserted and a pair of pin insertion holes into which said pair of guide pins are slidably inserted are formed in said ferrule, one end portion of the fiber insertion hole and one end portion of each of the pin insertion holes are open to the optical connecting surface, each of said pair of guide pins has a total length larger than a total length of each of the pin insertion holes, axial positions of said guide pins can be arbitrarily changed from outside by moving said coupling member, and other ends of said guide pins can be accommodated in the pin insertion holes by sliding said guide pins and said ferrule and said boot member restrict moving of said coupling member so as to prevent said pair of guide pins from falling off from the pin insertion holes.