Patent ID: 8956057
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber connector configured to hold an optical fiber having an end and to be operable by a stopper, the optical fiber connector comprising: a ferrule having a facing portion, the ferrule being able to accommodate the end of the optical fiber; a housing having a side surface which is formed with a stopper-insert-hole, the housing holding the ferrule so that the ferrule is movable in an optical direction which is parallel to an optical axis of the held optical fiber; a holding member accommodated in the housing so as to be movable in the optical direction and to be able to transit between a hold state where the holding member holds the optical fiber and a release state where the holding member releases the optical fiber; a maintaining member having an abutment portion, the maintaining member being accommodated in the housing so as to be movable relative to the holding member in the optical direction, the maintaining member being locatable at a maintain position where the maintaining member maintains the holding member in the hold state and a release position where the holding member is able to transit to the release state, the abutment portion facing the facing portion of the ferrule in the optical direction so that the stopper is insertable between the abutment portion and the facing portion through the stopper-insert-hole along a direction crossing the optical direction; and a pressing member pressing the maintaining member toward the maintain position, the pressed maintaining member keeping a position located apart from the ferrule in the optical direction by a predetermined distance defined by a size of the stopper while resisting the pressing member under an inserted state where the stopper is inserted between the abutment portion and the facing portion.