Patent ID: 6536955
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector comprising:(a) a body having a fitting hole portion into which a protruding portion of a counter optical connector forming an optical path is to be inserted; (b) a cylindrical wall formed in the body, wherein the fitting hole portion is formed by an internal space surrounded by the cylindrical wall; (c) an optical element mounted on the body, wherein the optical element is opposed to the protruding portion that fits into the fitting hole portion; and (d) a cover mounted on the body to open and close an insertion/extraction port formed in a front end of the fitting hole portion, wherein the cover comprises: (i) a covering wall portion that fits to, and is detachable from, an outside of the body; and (ii) a cover main portion disposed in a front end of the covering wall portion, wherein the cover main portion is extractable and retractable with respect to a front side of the insertion/extraction port, and a rear end portion of the covering wall portion is rotatably attached to a lateral shaft disposed in a rear end portion of the body, wherein a projection is disposed on a front side, with respect to the lateral shaft, on each of the body and the cover, each projection being fitted into a corresponding oblong hole formed in an end portion of a link so that when the cover is opened at a maximum opening angle, each projection engages with hole edges of the corresponding oblong hole formed in the link.