Patent ID: 7637673
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector, comprising a body; a ferrule provided in said body; an incorporated optical fiber with a predetermined length, securely supported on said ferrule; and a splicing section provided in said body near said ferrule and able to operate so as to securely support said incorporated optical fiber projecting out from said ferrule and an optical fiber of an optical fiber cable introduced from outside of said body in an end-abutting condition, characterized in that: said optical connector further comprises a cable holding member provided in said body at a location opposite to said ferrule with said splicing section disposed therebetween, said cable holding member being able to hold an optical fiber cable; and in that said cable holding member is movable with respect to said body in a direction substantially parallel to an extending direction of said incorporated optical fiber; said cable holding member being able to be set, in the state holding the optical fiber cable, at a temporary position where said cable holding member makes the optical fiber of the optical fiber cable abut against said incorporated optical fiber in said splicing section and bends a covered optical fiber of the optical fiber cable between said splicing section and said cable holding member by a lengthwise pressing force, wherein said cable holding member is able to be set at a finished position where, after said splicing section securely supports said incorporated optical fiber and said optical fiber of said optical fiber cable in said end-abutting condition, said lengthwise pressing force applied to said covered optical fiber of said optical fiber cable is substantially released.